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Chapter 621
In Beijing in August, the top strata of the entire Ming Dynasty gathered here to participate in or pay attention to the most "spectacular" struggle in the past 200 years of the Ming Dynasty. Did the emperor win or those people won?This may affect the fate of the Ming Dynasty for 200 years.

This struggle has already begun. Since the emperor announced in a high-profile manner to help the Ryukyu Kingdom restore the country, this struggle has reached its final juncture.The reason why the eruption did not happen immediately is simple. Everyone needs a certain amount of time to contact the layout, coordinate and organize internal forces to make final preparations. As for who will have the last laugh, it depends on their own means.

After the Beiyang Marine Division and Zheng Zhilong received the emperor's decree to help the Ryukyu Kingdom restore the country, they began to block sailing not long after, strictly prohibiting ships from the Ming Dynasty from approaching the Kingdom of Wa and Ryukyu, and ships from the Kingdom of Wa were also strictly prohibited from approaching the Ming Dynasty.The reason is also simple. Since you want to help the Ryukyu Kingdom restore the country, you must fight the Japanese people. Since you want to fight, everyone should stand far away. First, don’t hurt innocent people; .

It is the time of the year to do business, but they are not allowed to approach the country of Japan. So much raw silk is produced, and where are the sea trade products sold?Nanyang doesn't even have to think about it, first of all he won't be able to pass Zheng Zhilong's test, although he is recruited now, but he is still a pirate, whether he will let you pass depends entirely on his heart and mood, as for whether the emperor ordered it or not, no one can say for sure .In addition to Zheng Zhilong, there are other pirates, and the number is not small. In addition to other pirates, there are barbarians. It's almost like there is a life to go, but there is no life to return.Now the trade between Japan and North Korea has been interrupted again, and the maritime trade has completely stagnated.

The news of helping Ryukyu restore the country spread to the south. Many families that relied on maritime trade for profit could no longer sit still and began to contact secretly to find a way. In addition to the families that relied on maritime trade for profit, there were also many families that opposed paying taxes Started to participate in the liaison, the number of the emperor's way can be said very clearly, the emperor changed the way to ask everyone to pay taxes, today is the turn of these maritime merchants, and it will be their turn in the future, so there are many people involved in the secret liaison.

People from all over the world gathered in the capital, which provided convenience for the communication and development of this matter.

After a period of communication, fermentation, layout, and integration, this matter has reached the cusp, and it is time for the two parties to share.

It can be said that the news of the Navy's closure of the voyage sounded the clarion call for the final decisive battle for both sides.As soon as the news reached the capital, everyone held their breath.

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In the teahouses in the city of Beijing, hot discussions about these matters are already public. There is neither the imaginary inspection by the Jin Yiwei, nor the interference of the official.

This tea house is quite quiet.Only these few people were drinking tea in the entire teahouse, which was completely different from the lively scenes in other teahouses.

"The navy really wants to cut off overseas trade." Cao Yubian spoke first, exactly as expected, when the emperor said that he would help the Ryukyu Kingdom to restore the country, he actually aimed his spearhead at maritime trade.

In this tea house, all the high-ranking officials and dignitaries are seated, and they come here for only one thing, and that is to fight for tax payment.

"Fortunately, I have anticipated and prepared, otherwise, wouldn't I be passive today?" Another person interjected, with a smug smile on his face, as if he had guessed the emperor's mind.

Han Yu had to despise in his heart, was this expected?This is the emperor clearly telling everyone, what the emperor wants to do, if you have connections, if you have connections, if someone finds someone, the emperor wants to clean up together. Is this worthwhile?

This person's response to this sentence was really not very good, that is, he laughed alone, while the others all had sullen faces and couldn't laugh at all.

Although they are gathered together and seem to be powerful, it has to be said that the emperor is the emperor, and what he does is full of grandeur. A high-ranking official in the left hand goes out to sea, and a sweet potato wine in the right, dispelling their aura invisibly. In view of the pressure of the emperor's hands, how can he laugh?Coupled with the fact that the Navy has banned the sea, which is almost clearly informed now, the emperor seems to have ignored them at all. He does everything clearly, and he does not use black hands at all. If they can be here Free discussion on how to deal with the emperor undoubtedly made them even more unable to laugh.The more this is the case, the more invisible pressure is overwhelming, and only those with a single-minded mind can laugh.

"Can you mention the matter of the navy again to His Majesty, it's better not to seal the sea, otherwise, even if we can win, this year's loss will be great!" A person suggested, it is obviously impossible for them to fight the emperor How big a deal would it be to knock down the emperor to the ground all at once, even if he really knocked the emperor down to the ground?Do you still care about overseas trade?In other words, this year's best period of trade has to be missed, and this year's losses are doomed.

"How can this matter stop Your Majesty? Even if the sea is not sealed, wouldn't it be worse if a pirate and Japanese pirate make trouble and the ship goes to sea? If it is robbed by pirates and Japanese pirates, can it be returned to you? The reason why your majesty is to seal the sea , instead of acting in the name of pirates and Japanese pirates, because His Majesty cherishes feathers and is unwilling to use black hands, so it is basically impossible to stop His Majesty..." Cao Yubian asked rhetorically, and explained that this matter, As a top boss, he knows the cause and effect of the matter best, knows the ins and outs of the matter, and immediately explains it to this person.

"The chief constitution makes sense, alas..." The person who just mentioned the matter of the navy sighed and shook his head. He had to admit this. The emperor can seal the sea because he wants to help the Ryukyu country become rich, but he can pretend in secret. Pirates, in short, can't get out of the sea.

Cao Yubian vetoed the matter, and there was only the sound of drinking tea in the teahouse.

Cao Yubian was even more depressed, how to fight the emperor, until now, he still hadn't figured it out, originally Han Yu was the "boss" among them, but Han Yu didn't seem to make much noise, let him be the "boss" ".As the boss, how to fight the emperor is his headache, how to fight the emperor and win the fight, he really can't think of any tricks.

Ordinary methods don't seem to work anymore.Like a shrew, if this method is used again and again, it is too tasteless, not to mention the loss of value, it will be laughed at by others; there are many people in the imperial party, and if there is no strong reason, It is obviously impossible to use the sea of ​​people to suppress the emperor, and the emperor sometimes can use the sea of ​​people, although not many, but a few times a year is enough for them.

It is a shortcut to impeach the members of the imperial party, but nowadays, none of the members of the imperial party are easy to impeach, easy to impeach, and they are all sesame characters. Those who cannot stand on the stage are not the real imperial party.

The real imperial party, the core figure, Xu Guangqi presides over immigration all the year round, basically has no intersection with the court, impeaching him is really out of reach; Sun Chengzong is not so easy to impeach, he basically does not get involved in the affairs of the court, except Apart from occasional speeches in the military, almost nothing else is spoken, and even the tax dispute seems to be ignored, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with it.

The chief assistant Shi Fenglai seems to be very easy to impeach, but he is a batter. Although the batter is incompetent, not hard-spoken, and can't manage things, but he doesn't care about things, he will do less wrong things, and he can do basically no bad things. We must arrest him It's not so easy to get hold of. Now, during his tenure as chief assistant, the imperial court has done a lot of things. Although none of them have anything to do with him, he is the chief assistant after all, and he will be rewarded if he doesn't do anything.

Bi Ziyan from the household department seems to be easy to impeach, but in fact, he has a great reputation. Many people in Beijing still support Bi Ziyan. Among other things, at least the salary has never been in arrears. Not to mention, the salary can still be increased. Up to now, the salary of Beijing officials has been "increased" several times. Based on this, Bi Ziyan has a good reputation in the official circles of Beijing. It is also difficult to impeach him. Not to mention that he has a good relationship with Lin Qian and Liu Zongzhou. If he is impeached, I am afraid that in the eyes of those who are dedicated to education, they will cut off their money, and something may happen.Not to mention the people like Lin Qian and Liu Zongzhou, they are bound together, and to move one of them is to fight against those people who are engaged in education. When these people get ruthless, the emperor will make troubles from it, I'm afraid it will be even worse. In terms of clean buttocks, those people who are dedicated to education are much cleaner than them. Although those people who are dedicated to education are now leaning towards the emperor, But they haven't completely turned to the emperor. If they move the people among them, I'm afraid things will get worse and worse, and eventually they will fight with these people, and the emperor will laugh his teeth out.

Except for these people, only one Fanwei City still has some weight, the others are all small fish and shrimps, it is not worth him to take action lightly. It's a joke.Fan Weicheng is cunning, even though he is an imperial party, he does not reject them. They want to send a manuscript, and Fan Weicheng basically does not refuse. To impeach him in the capacity of the general constitution, and use other small people to impeach him, but the effect is not good. For some reason, those small officials who impeached Fan Weicheng suddenly stopped talking, and there is no more content, so this matter can be regarded as nothing. up.

In fact, there are other ways to get the imperial party to step down. For example, the induction between heaven and man, using the disaster on the earth to ask the ministers to step down, or even the emperor to bow his head, is not impossible, but this kind of induction between heaven and man is too fantasy If you want to talk about such fantasy things, the emperor is more qualified than them. At least the emperor once predicted the natural disaster in Shaanxi. Nowadays, everyone in the world believes that the emperor can see gods and men in his dreams. Therefore, if you want to talk about such illusory things, the emperor They are more capable than them. When the emperor just talks casually about gods and men, they can't stand it.They are more mysterious at this level, they are not the emperor's opponents, and using this method to deal with the emperor will only make people laugh.

In fact, the best way is to deal with the Wanli mine supervisor in the past. There is no way to take the emperor in the court. You can tax the emperor at the local level, and the emperor can't do anything with them.

Regarding this matter, Cao Yubian now realizes what it means to suffer and can’t express it. Now the tax supervisor is different from the previous one. The current tax supervisor does not allow others to pay taxes, which is completely different from that of Emperor Wanli. What are the tax supervisors harassing and deceiving the people? Where does this start?Others don't let you pay taxes, and basically don't go out and walk around, so how can they bother you?How can I bully you?If you play the trick of resisting taxes and not paying taxes, the tax supervisors will ignore you at all. It can be said that it is useless for tax payment disputes. Even if you can "kill" the tax supervisors in the south, Cao Cao Yu Bian knows that those who "voluntarily" pay taxes will automatically pay the tax to the northern tax supervisor... This is the biggest difference between "voluntary" tax payment and tax collection, and this is what makes Cao feel the most. Yu Bian's troubled place.Cao Yubian had never thought about such a difficult task of killing the Northern Tax Supervisor under the emperor's nose.

Cao Yubian only dared to think about other more cruel and taboo methods. Cao Yubian dared not even think about these methods, let alone discuss them with others. But it was completely hopeless.

Cao Yubian took another sip of tea. At this time, he hadn't figured out any good way to deal with the emperor, so Cao Yubian could only take one step at a time.

The people in the room were silent for a while.

"I heard that Lord Yansheng was reprimanded by His Majesty, and after he came back, he stayed behind closed doors. What do you guys think about this matter?" A person suddenly said this matter, and this matter caused quite a stir. It was the news from the palace that was really surprising. It is said that Yan Shenggong knelt in front of the emperor for more than half an hour, and when he came back, he seemed to be a different person.

"Yan Shenggong is a descendant of a sage and a model for scholars in the world. How could His Majesty reprimand Yan Shenggong so severely?" Someone defended Kong Yinzhi.

"That's right, I don't know what it is. It's really inappropriate for His Majesty to reprimand you so harshly!" Someone interjected.

Han Yu took a look at Cao Yubian, but he was not sure what was going on, this matter was really strange, everyone said that the emperor reprimanded Yan Shenggong, and the reprimand was extremely severe, but everyone stood and watched from a distance, No one knows exactly what the emperor said. It stands to reason that if the emperor really reprimanded Yan Shenggong, then Yan Shenggong would have to ask for a memorandum of pleading guilty, but now I see Yan Shenggong behind closed doors. There was no memorial, and the emperor did not see any imperial decree about Yan Shenggong, which is strange. Therefore, as to whether he was reprimanded, this has yet to be determined.

"Now that His Majesty has reprimanded Duke Yansheng, Duke Yansheng must be dissatisfied. Perhaps...if we can get the support of Duke Yansheng, this matter will definitely be accomplished." Someone suggested.

Cao Yubian was also thinking about this while drinking tea. Why did the emperor reprimand Yan Shenggong?Could it be that there is something wrong with their meeting with Yan Shenggong?The emperor was also afraid that Yan Shenggong would get involved with them?But thinking of the process of talking with Yan Shenggong, Cao Yubian couldn't figure it out even more. Kong Yinzhi was very shrewd. If he talked dryly, he didn't get any promises. Why was the emperor so strict? reprimand Kong Yinzhi?Could it be that His Majesty still wants to drive Kong Yinzhi to their side?Thinking of this, Cao Yubian was even more troubled, he really couldn't see the emperor's way.It felt like Han Yan glanced at himself, and also looked over, and the information he got was also puzzled and uncertain.

"I'm afraid Yan Shenggong won't get involved in these things easily. If you want to ask Yan Shenggong to help us, I'm afraid it will be difficult..." Another person held a negative attitude towards this matter.

"Why is it so difficult? Could it be that His Majesty collects taxes, but not Yan Shenggong's taxes? Who doesn't know that the Kong family is in Shandong, and there is a county dedicated to it..." The man immediately retorted.

"So what if there is a county? Can you stand on our side? Can you support us? The imperial court's preferential treatment of Yan Shenggong is not unique today. Compared with these, what is a little tax? A little bit out of his hand is enough for Yan Shenggong to enjoy, how can that little tax be compared?..." Immediately another person retorted.

"As a descendant of a sage, Yan Shenggong should stand on our side. Your Majesty's new interpretation of Confucian characters is to use a knife on the head of Confucian characters. How can Yan Shenggong not suffer from personal pain? To prevent His Majesty from dismantling Confucian characters, You can only stand on our side..." Immediately there were people fighting.

This point has won the approval of many people, and many people nodded their heads. The new interpretation of the Confucian character, the interpretation of the Confucian character, is the real family that needs to be divided into Confucianism!

"For this matter, I will wait for the old man to visit again, to test the situation, and then we will talk about it." Cao Yubian immediately concluded, and everyone gathered here, and finally came up with a little better news.

Everyone nodded again, and the atmosphere became more active.Han Yu also nodded, but he was confused, what kind of move did the emperor take?Is this on purpose or just fainted?He couldn't read it, and he couldn't understand it.

The meeting ended here, and it was almost done. Cao Yubian was disturbed, looked at Han Yu, and said, "Do you have anything to say, Mr. Ge?" Han Yu gave up the "boss" seat, but it was Cao Yu's turn. Bian is in charge.

"I won't say much, this old man, everything depends on the general constitution." Han Yu can think about it, and doesn't plan to be on the front line against the emperor. This kind of thing is really too big, Han Yu thinks that he just I'm afraid I can't hold on, so I might as well retreat to the back and let Cao Yubian stand out. The comparison of the strengths of the two sides really doesn't see any chance of winning here.

"Okay, this time is close to a decisive battle. We must stop His Majesty from collecting taxes. This matter requires everyone to work together to overcome difficulties. Success or failure depends on one action." Cao Yubian made a conclusion, although there is no good way to deal with the emperor. , but Cao Yubian felt that he could use all the unused means to form a dragon, which might have a miraculous effect, so he made up his mind and prepared to adjourn the meeting.

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(End of this chapter)