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Chapter 61 Provocation
Yang Reform decided to find his way back.

How can I swallow this breath?

The brain is activated, running rapidly, thinking of countermeasures.

Suddenly, I saw a lot of playbooks on the case table, one of which was open.The brush calligraphy was neatly written on it, and Yang Reform's heart moved.

Yang Reform felt that he had found the weapon to "counterattack" this group of NPCs.

"Who wrote this memorial? Why is it so long? Didn't I say it? Don't write irrelevant things in the memorial. It should be concise, clear, and use the shortest words to explain the problem..."

Yang Reform became angry for no reason.It is said that the person who wrote this memorial was scolded, but in fact, all the people in the hall were scolded.

All the ministers looked at each other, and I looked at you. I didn't know that the emperor was going crazy again.

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"Your Majesty knows your mistake, and your majesty has taught you a lesson..." These ministers simply admitted their mistakes directly, leaving nowhere for the emperor to vent his anger.

Cursed angrily, Yang Reform said in his heart: You NPCs, if you still want to fight with me, you know you have it.He didn't admit to the battle he just lost.

Yang Reform said: "Dear dears, take a look, this is not economical... Back then, in order to save money, Zhang Juzheng even cut down a lot of the candles of my ancestor Emperor Wanli. Lighting one more would be a waste... ...It also supported the government of my Ming Dynasty... Today, I feel that Zhang Juzheng has taught us a lesson. My Ming Dynasty is also struggling internally and externally, and the annual income is frequently in urgent need. We should also carry forward this frugal spirit. Save what you should save, save what should be saved... For example, today's memorial, such a large book, took so much paper, but only wrote a few dozen words. I think this is too extravagant It is a waste, it should be saved. I think that in the future, everyone should not write this word too big. More characters, documents that cost a lot of paper can also be reduced to a single piece of paper, so that if you save a little every day, you can save a lot of money for the Ming Dynasty in a year, what do you think?"

Yang Reform said a lot in one breath, the reason is to save money, and called on everyone to replace the brush characters with "pen characters".This is purely fighting with this group of ministers. If you steal my money, I will make you feel uncomfortable.

The ministers stared dumbfounded at His Majesty's spitting speech, saying that we should save money, change the big characters to small ones, and put the characters on several sheets of paper together in the future... The group of ministers fainted , When did this country of all nations come to court, become the country of beggars?A little too stingy, right?Oops, there is another monster in Lao Zhu's house.

Immediately, one person came out to object, saying: "Report to Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate."

"What's wrong?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I feel that I am a great country, how can I lose my face for a few pieces of paper? So that my face is swept away?" This man said very powerfully, and the problem of face is always How can we say no to the glorious tradition of our heavenly kingdom?

But Yang Reform's reason for refusing him was also very simple. He asked, "Where is the Secretary of the Household Department?"

"The minister is here." An old man immediately stood up and agreed, he should be the Minister of the Household Department.But Yang Reform didn't know him.

"Does the household department still have money? How much is the deficit this year?" Yang Reform asked a straightforward question.

"... Your Majesty, the household department is out of money now.... As for the shortfall, I'm afraid there will be three or four million taels this year..." The old courtier was probably in a hurry, his hair was all gray, and he frowned when he spoke , What he said also shut up many ministers who were about to come out and say something.

"Very good, just now the Minister of the Household Department also said that the Household Department has no silver, and it has a deficit of three or four million taels. Don't you Ai Qing think that you should save money? Hmm...?" The person who said the truth just now.

The man saw that the emperor had used his "killer mace" and was short of money, so he couldn't say anything about the celestial dynasty. If he still said, the emperor would definitely ask him to raise money to make up for the deficit of the household department.At that time, there is only one way to hang yourself.

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All the ministers were silent for a while, no one answered, the emperor wanted to be thrifty, this is a new thing, the ministers have always advised the emperor to save, no emperor himself asked to save, this group of ministers probably met for the first time, My mind was confused and I couldn't turn the corner.

It's really hard to refuse this topic. The emperor asked for savings. Could it be that the minister disagreed and insisted on being extravagant?If this is said, I am afraid that it will be written in the history books immediately, "leaving a name in history".

Also, the household department is currently in short supply. If anyone disagrees, the emperor will definitely send him to raise money.
Therefore, all the ministers also used their brains to think about the countermeasures for this matter.

After thinking for a long time, a person finally came out and said, "I want to tell you, Your Majesty, I would like to know how small is the size that His Majesty requires? How many sheets of documents do you need to gather into one?"

This person is asking the point.

"This, this..." Yang Reform actually wanted to say the words he used when he was in nine-year compulsory education in the future.But that's impossible. Now there are no printers or pens. If you write that kind of characters with a brush, how many scholars in this world will commit suicide?
Yang Reform couldn't tell the specific size for a while, and those ministers thought that since the emperor couldn't say anything about it, then the frugal matter, even if it was over, and even if the emperor said anything else, it would be to reduce the font a little bit to deal with it. All at once.

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Just when all the ministers thought they could breathe a sigh of relief.

Yang Reform looked at his hands and said, "Then it's limited to my fingernails. If it's big, it shouldn't be bigger than my thumbnail. If it's small, it shouldn't be smaller than my little fingernail..." Yang Reform looked at the well-maintained hands. Very good, very shiny nails, said quite proudly.

Yang Reform is happy in his heart!Such small characters, those ministers are all old, and they still need to read such small characters, haha, that is really tormenting them!
When the group of ministers heard this, they were no bigger than the thumbnail and smaller than the little fingernail. They all took out their own hands and compared them. Some hands were a little bigger and they thought it was okay, although they were much smaller. But they can still get by, and some people have thinner hands. When they look at their own hands, they feel cold in their hearts. Such small characters?How to write it?Kill me!
Immediately, someone jumped out to object: "Report to Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate."

"What's wrong? Tell me?"

"Your Majesty, this word is really too small. Many of you adults are old. How can you read such tiny handwriting? What if it delays state affairs because of this?" This person's worry is justified. , it makes sense, the ministers are all old, how can you read the characters too small?Who is responsible for the delay?
"This? Can't see clearly?" Yang Reform thought for a while, and said: "This is all thanks to your lovers to overcome it. I will set an example, and I hope you will lead by example, and take the lead in reducing the size of this handwriting and saving paper. , to save expenses. In the Ming Dynasty, I consumed countless papers every day and wrote countless official documents. If all of them were written in small characters, how much money would I save? This is a good thing to save money. Don’t you beauties think I’m just playing games? Have fun? Are you joking? The country is not rich enough to send money for disaster relief. Now I just ask you to write smaller letters and save a little paper. Don’t you all find it difficult? Think about the refugees I can't even eat..."

Yang Reform spoke clearly and logically.

Some of the ministers below couldn't take it anymore, jumped out and objected: "Your Majesty, I object to this matter."

"What's the matter? Tell me." Yang Reform was impatient when someone interrupted him.

"Report to Your Majesty, from ancient times to the present, this font has never been reduced. Your Majesty is limited to the fingernail. How do you tell the world's literati to write? Your Majesty is just fooling around!" This person is also quite powerful, and he sharply criticized Yang Reform when he came up.

There was silence in the hall!Everyone watched how the emperor responded to this man's provocation.

Yang Reform was also furious, and said, "Nonsense? You mean I have nothing to do when I'm full, are you kidding me?"

The man was also more straightforward, and said: "Exactly." The voice was impassioned, ready to die, with an expression that I am not afraid.

"You..." Yang Reform was so angry that he couldn't speak, his lungs hurt.

(End of this chapter)