Chapter 11: The Song of righteousness and the Blooding ()

The first year of Chongzhen, on the sixth day of the second month.

Taihe Gate.

As soon as he went to court, Yang Jing took out the "Song of Righteousness" by Wen Tianxiang of the Southern Song Dynasty and said to the ministers below: "My dear friends, I read this "Song of Righteousness" in a grand and generous manner, passionate way, and in line with my heart. Therefore, I decided to show you all my dear friends and recite it together, so that the king and minister can feel the feelings of this patriotic prime minister together."

After saying that, the eunuchs handed over a copy to the ministers in the hall.

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what the emperor was going to sell in this gourd. They had to pick up the "Song of Righteousness" and read it. To talk about these ministers, I don't know whether Wen Tianxiang was probably not, nor did anyone who hadn't read his "Song of Righteousness". Some people were so focused that they shook their heads in the hall and read it loudly.

Seeing that the ministers had been reading for a while, Yang Jing interrupted, "Dear friends, have you read it?"

All the ministers replied: I have read it.

"Well, very good, this is how I think the feelings of this patriotic prime minister are admirable. I decided to recite the poems of this patriotic prime minister with my beloved ministers to commemorate this patriotic prime minister. Secondly, increase the righteousness between my chest and abdomen. What do you think?"

Before the ministers could come back to their senses, Yang Jing waved his hand. An eunuch came up and shouted in a slender voice: "Sir, are you ready? Please read to me."

"The heaven and earth have righteousness." The eunuch who was in charge of reading the eunuch had a loud voice and was very high, but it had a little strange taste, which made the noble and righteous "Song of Righteousness" change a little.

"Heaven...the earth...there is %...the righteousness..." The ministers had not yet come back to their senses. The recitation was stuttering and sparse.

Yang Jing shouted loudly: "Have you eaten after being louder? "Song of righteousness" is such an inspiring song with great spirit, and it is really...against the song you read like this."

The eunuch who led the singer looked at Yang Jing and started to lead the singer again: "The world has righteousness..."

This time the minister below understood the routine and recited loudly: "The heaven and earth have righteousness..."

The eunuch's voice: "Married manifold..."

The voices of the ministers: "Married manifold..."

"The lower part is the river and the upper part is the sun and the upper part is the sun and the upper part is the sun and stars..."

"The lower part is the river and the upper part is the sun and the upper part is the sun and the upper part is the sun and stars..."

After reading a song of "Song of Righteousness" with great righteousness and enthusiasm, Yang Jie clapped and said, "A good poem is really a good poem."

"Pa,pa,pa,pa,pa..." Yang Jie's applause echoed in the empty hall. The ministers had just finished reciting the poem and were immersed in the shock brought by the poem. They were forgot about it for a moment. Hearing the emperor applauding alone, a group of ministers responded quickly and applauded together.

For a moment, the sound of "papapapapapa..." resounded throughout the hall.

Yang Jie was in a very comfortable mood. Seeing the scholar-official elites in the Ming Dynasty performing a poem, they found it very interesting and decided to keep this project for a long time in the future.

"My dear friends, I think that reciting such poems often helps to improve a person's integrity and personal character. Therefore, I am sure that I will recite such poems frequently in the future to improve the overall quality and cultivation of our monarchs and ministers."

Only then did the ministers understand what the emperor meant, that is, he would recite poems every day in the future! Although there was no previous example, it seemed not a bad thing. After all, poetry was also a good thing to cultivate a person's sentiment. Anyway, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were stranger than the other. There were emperors who did not attend court, emperors who were generals, and emperors who were carpenters. It would be easy to understand if such a thing happened. The ministers thought that the emperor was really nonsense.

Yang Jingwei had a headache when he discussed the following matters.

The first one is about the dismissal of the King's minister of Ji Liao. This Yang Jing still has some impression of it. This is not a good thing. If it is dismissed, it will be dismissed. However, his successor, Yuan Chonghuan! This is a difficult problem.

Almost no one came out to oppose the removal of the king's ministers. It was passed smoothly. Many people supported Yuan Chonghuan to the stage. If the emperor nodded, it would be fine. The problem lies in that once Yuan Chonghuan came to power, he would have to kill Mao Wenlong as in history. Second, the Later Jin wild boar skin was probably going to pass the pass. There were also problems such as mutiny, which probably occurred in this year. It was more or less related to Yuan Chonghuan's coming to power, and thirdly, his famous five years of fooling the emperor to pacify Liao.

Yang Jing was very troubled by this problem. After thinking about it, he decided: "Summon Yuan Chonghuan back to Beijing. I have something to ask him. That's it. The next issue."

The ministers saw the emperor sitting alone on the dragon throne and frowned for a long time before making such a decision. It was somewhat strange.

The next topic is about the ban on the sea, the ban on Zhangzhou and the sea of ​​human trafficking in Quanzhou. Yang Jing directly drew a big red "" to this memorial. After reading it, all the ministers took a breath. It is rare to see the emperor doing this. This memorial really provoked the emperor. Perhaps the emperor's stubbornness was wrong.

The next one is about military pay. The report came that Shaanxi has not paid military pay for several years. If it does not pay, it is probably a rebellion.

Yang Jing had a headache. How long has he been in office? The hole in military pay is about to open.

After a headache, I asked, "My dear friends, how much should I pay for this military salary?"

The Minister of War first spoke: "Return to the emperor, the Shaanxi military pay has been owed more than 800,000 taels in total over the years. It is urgent to reissue it, otherwise, the soldiers will inevitably mutiny over time."

The Minister of Revenue immediately said, "I have reported to the Emperor that the Ministry of Revenue has no silver, and only 70,000 to 80,000 taels of scattered silver are left. How can I pay military salaries to Shaanxi? Please forgive me for your crimes."

"I ask the emperor to issue the treasury to help the military pay. Otherwise, the soldiers will mutiny, and things will be even more difficult." A minister who Yang Jing did not know came out and said.

"I also ask the emperor to issue the treasury..." another minister also said.

"I would like to ask..."

"minister……"

In recent times, Yang Jing gave the ministers a very good impression. He was gentle and elegant. He never got angry or punished others at will. The ministers' courage gradually grew. Early morning court, which was more dull due to the influence of the Wei case, gradually became lively.

Yang Jing also spent some of the history of the past few years. He knew that this year is the year of mutiny and a high year of pay. If Shaanxi pays more military pay this time, what about Shanxi? Ji Liao, what about outside the pass? What about many guest troops? Will they reissue the reissue? They heard that Shaanxi paid more military pay, but they were not making trouble?

It is better to just reissue the whole group at one time to avoid mutiny this year. Yang Jinghui asked: "How much money have been owed to each side over the years? Including the guest troops inside and outside the pass."

The Minister of War immediately came out and reported: "Report to the emperor, the salary of each side has been owed as much as three to four million taels in the past years."

"Three or four million taels?" Yang Jingwei was somewhat prepared, but he was still shocked! The finances of the Ming Dynasty were really bad. Sad! The landlords, bureaucrats, and big merchants saved so much money, and the dead were reluctant to pay more taxes. They tried every means to evade taxes, which made the Ming Dynasty not have the money to pay the minimum military pay. In the future, wild boar skins entered the Central Plains and turned into the ruling class. These landlords, old bureaucrats, scholars and big merchants probably all belonged to others, and they had to be slaves to others. When they thought of this, Yang Jingwei was so angry that he came.

Yang Jie sat on the dragon chaise long before saying, "The salary for each side is owed 50% at one time. When the situation is better next year, the other half will be paid, and I will pay the money...I will leave." Yang Jie was very depressed and didn't get a penny. He spent nearly 2 million taels like this. It's not a good thing to pay if there is no salary for it. Otherwise, there will be no military salary on the front line, and he will not have much funeral and riots. He probably won't have much intention to fight. His combat effectiveness will probably have dropped to the level of a peasant. Fighting with the Later Jin Dynasty is a tragedy.

Yang Jing, who came from the 21st century, came up with a good word to express his current situation - Shengshu.

In the 21st century, there were house slaves who were worried about mortgages every month. They were card slaves who ran around to repay their credit card accounts every day. In the 17th century, the dignified Ming Dynasty Emperor of the Ming Dynasty became a slave to pay, and they were always worried about military pay.

The ministers who knelt all over the ground heard that the emperor paid the money for military pay, and they all knelt on the ground and shouted "Shengming".

Yang Jing was really angry and thought that the money was probably inevitable. If it was corruption and intercepted, it was probably only one or two of the soldiers who could really get into the hands of the soldiers. It was a good thing. I was almost crazy. But if those soldiers were to fight for the war, would they still expect you, the corruption, to fight with the wild boar skin?

Yang Jingwei was determined to beat these drifters, and the corrupt criminals were gone.

Yang Gui pressed with his hands, and the eunuch beside him immediately understood and shouted in a sharp voice: "Silent, quiet!"

The hall immediately became quiet.

Yang Jing glanced at the ministers in the hall and said, "I heard some words a few days ago, and I am very interested in these words. I don't know if you are interested in studying with me."

When the ministers heard that the emperor was going to study lyrics, they thought that the emperor was not crazy, so what lyrics should we read? Although lyrics are a good thing, reading poetry all day long is not the duty of our ministers! How can court officials write poetry all day long? It is time to educate the emperor.

"Who can explain to me how to explain the word "drift or not"?" Yang Jie's words were loud and the entire hall could hear them clearly.

Crazy! Shocked! Unbelievable! Absurd! Shame! and other words are written one by one on the faces and hearts of these ministers.

A "small official" standing in the back row probably didn't understand the taste. He jumped out and said, "Your Majesty, the last float refers to the ship walking on the sea, and it is inevitable that it will be hurt by the wind and waves and sink a little, so there is no such thing as float."

"Well, then you usually don't have enough time?" Yang Jingwei continued to ask.

"Your Majesty, you usually have less than 30% of your time..." As soon as he finished speaking, this "small official" came back to his mind. What is the discussion word? It was clearly the emperor who complained that everyone had no things to float. He beat everyone and jumped out rashly. He really didn't know how to write the word "death". His face turned pale in an instant.

"Thirty percent, it's very good. That is to say, if you are going to float my 2 million taels of silver, are you going to float my 600,000 taels of silver?"

"I dare not..." a group of ministers said in unison, all of them were scared.
Chapter completed!