Chapter 135 Fear

After hearing the emperor's words, Xu Guangqi lay silently on the bed, looking at the top of the bed, his eyes hesitant. He seemed to be thinking about something. His cheeks were flushed and weird.

Yang Jingwei was also waiting for Xu Guangqi to see what idea Xu Guangqi would give him.

"Your Majesty, I think this is still possible."

"How?" Yang Jing asked quickly.

"Your Majesty can send people to Fujian to find Chen Yinggong's descendants, and apply for His Majesty's 'patent' for him in the name of his descendants. Then His Majesty's permission to protect this descendant well. Then, he can exempt the salt tax and secretly arrange a salt drying field. When the time is right, he will dry salt on a large scale. With the thunderous momentum, he will clear the salt merchants who are still cooking salt. They are not allowed to use the salt drying method. In this way, it won't take long, and the salt industry in the world will be taken over to Your Majesty. In this way, Your Majesty can make a profit from the salt industry every year..."

Xu Guangqi seemed to have made a great decision. He used such a trick for the emperor. This trick was not very open and honest. However, discussing the issue of openness with the salt merchants and salt mice was playing the piano against the cow. Xu Guangqi seemed to be completely disappointed with the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty. He no longer cared about the rules in the officialdom, but instead supported the emperor's practice of cutting off the firewood from the bottom of the pot, slashing the skin to the end, and killing everything.

"Okay, okay!" Yang Jing became more and more excited as he listened. If he followed Xu Guangqi's approach and sent someone to find Chen Yinggong's descendants to apply for patents in the name of future generations, it would be a reason to say that. After all, there was a large market in ancient times. Many technologies were passed down to men but not women, and not son-in-law. This exclusive formula and enjoying patents was barely a reason. Of course, this is just a cover. The key is that the emperor would prohibit others from using the salt drying method, especially salt merchants in Lianghuai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Yang Jing thought this idea was good. He called these salt merchants so depressed that he tasted what dumping was.

"But! Your Majesty, this method will surely arouse the counterattack of salt merchants, and even involve the counterattack of bureaucrats who have conflicts with the salt industry. This..." Xu Guangqi certainly knew that the matter of stealing salt merchants' silver would definitely be attacked by bureaucrats, inciting the stove owners to cause trouble, and even threatened the salt market, etc., so he also reminded the emperor.

"Master Xu, don't be afraid of this. Master Xu said that those salt merchants and salt rats counterattacked? Haha, I have sent Fang Hongzan, the new commander of the Jinyiwei, to secretly make arrangements. Only a few of us know about this. I asked him to set up secretly in the salt field along the coast to protect it secretly. When necessary, I will authorize him to mobilize garrisons and strangle those salt merchants and salt rats. As long as I kill the leader, others will definitely scatter birds and beasts, and they will not do much. Even if one of the mobiles will be successfully destroyed or destroyed, it will not hinder the overall situation. I am determined to take the salt into my own hands. I am already ready to start a killing..."

Xu Guangqi pondered, the emperor was very brave in this matter! He was much more courageous than the emperor he imagined. He originally thought that the emperor was young, had too little knowledge, lacked courage, and hesitated to plan things. He would definitely worry about the restlessness in the south and not dare to take any action. He was quite concerned. Now it seems that the emperor is very brave and determined.

Xu Guangqi didn't know that Emperor Chongzhen knew the history of the future. No matter how he did it, could he still be able to defeat the ending of history? He could still be able to defeat the three or four hundred years of backward history of the Chinese nation?

The emperor's decision affected Xu Guangqi's determination and judgment. Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty! My Ming Dynasty has reached the critical moment of life and death. I hope Your Majesty will make a decision and kill him. With the momentum of plowing the courtyard and sweeping the cave, he will control the salt industry in one fell swoop. In this way, only the people in the world can have a way out! Your Majesty!"

Xu Guangqi not only agreed to the emperor's killing, but also hoped that the emperor would kill him. This exceeded Yang Jing's expectations. In Yang Jing's expectations, Xu Guangqi should have advised himself to not be reckless! However, now, he advised himself to kill him. Yang Jing did not know that his will and thinking of the emperor would affect the people around him. What the emperor was thinking and what he wanted was all about, many ministers paid attention to and valued. Otherwise, wouldn't this feudal society be in vain?

"Uh! Master Xu, I didn't expect that you were the same as I thought. The Ming Dynasty has reached a point where it must be changed. If it does not change, I am afraid that my people and Chinese clothes will no longer exist in the future and will become slaves of alien races!"

"Oh... the old minister is old, and the time is not long. He has tried to change gently for decades, but there is no effect. The Ming Dynasty has become extremely rotten. If he doesn't apply heavy medicine, he will definitely go to the end in the future! The heavy medicine is first in the salt class. If the salt class does not change, my Ming Dynasty will surely perish..." Xu Guangqi's pathological pale face flushed and said in an excited tone. When it comes to the Ming Dynasty, he is already very breathless. It seems that the resentment and anger in his heart have been accumulated for a long time and have not been vented.

"Master Xu, don't be excited, don't be excited, just rest assured and recuperate. I have made up my mind and arranged it. Master Xu, don't be excited..." Yang Jie was startled. Unexpectedly, the gentle Xu Guangqi said so enthusiastically and so popular.

"I have no ruthlessness, and should not speak wildly, and say the rise and fall of the Great Ming Dynasty... I would like to ask Your Majesty to punish me." Seeing that he said too much, Xu Guangqi quickly apologized, what he said, the Ming Dynasty would surely perish. Such words are really not what a minister should say. If it were another emperor, just by this sentence, it would be a beheading, and it would be a dismissal. Fortunately, the otaku emperor Yang Jing did not take Xu Guangqi seriously.

"It's okay, Master Xu, I know you are kind-hearted, why would I blame Master Xu?"

"Thank you for your forgiveness. My old minister knows that I have not had much time left. I am willing to serve the country and cannot turn the world back. Your Majesty forgives me for saying that the Ming Dynasty has become difficult to return, and it is extremely decayed, and it has reached the point where the building is about to collapse... The foreign tribes who said were eyeing me and are eager to enter the pass, and there is a continuous natural disaster. I really don't dare to think about what to do in the Ming Dynasty. My old minister was suffering and there was no way to improve my Ming Dynasty again... In this way, it would be better to kill and make a big splash. Perhaps, I can make a bloody road for the Ming Dynasty..." Xu Guangqi's life has come to an end step by step. Even if nothing unexpected happens, he will die a few years later. Now he is vomiting blood again. The fire of life is probably about to burn out. Therefore, this statement has no scruples and pour out all the things that have been aggrieved in his heart for many years.

Originally, Xu Guangqi didn't know that the wild boar skin would enter the pass, nor would there be continuous natural disasters, so he still had a little fantasy about the bureaucratic class with the idea of ​​improving as much as possible. But now it's different. Through the "sand table" deduction, the Emperor's series of actions of the Eastern Barbarians and Later Jin deduced that the Eastern Barbarians would definitely enter the pass; there was also a god who asked to dream that the continuous natural disasters of more than ten years had been verified, which made Xu Guangqi, who had the last glimmer of hope, completely despair. The Ming Dynasty had no time to improve. The most direct way was to kill, constantly kill, and kill until the change was changed. Even if the blood flowed into a river, it was better than the end of the dynasty. Therefore, the originally gentle and kind Xu Guangqi became radical and even desperate.

Yang Jie was also full of murderous intentions when he heard Xu Guangqi's powerful words. He wanted to kill those salt rats and salt merchants cleanly. He also expressed his admiration for Xu Guangqi's eyes. History did not show Xu Guangqi's judgment. In history, the Chongzhen Dynasty had always worked hard on the field tax. On the salt tax, he only dared to pick some teeth in the salt merchant's mouth. The salt tax was no more than three million, which was only a fraction of the actual tax. If the sufficient salt tax could be levied, it would be more than enough to defend against the attack of wild boar skin. With money, no land tax was added. This peasant uprising would definitely not be so fierce. If you can't kill it, the Ming Dynasty would not be so desolate. Chongzhen would not have chopped his wife and children miserably, and he would have been hanged in Coal Mountain. Thinking of this, Yang Jie sighed again.

"I understand. Master Xu is safe and care. I will definitely do my best to recuperate in this matter without compromising." Yang Jie found that Xu Guangqi's face was getting more and more abnormal. An old man who vomited blood a few days ago now had such a flush on his face. I'm afraid it was not a good thing. The word "return to the light" instantly enveloped Yang Jie's heart. Yang Jie was shocked, knowing that Xu Guangqi was probably overworked, overdrawn, and his life was overdrawn, so he had to leave quickly. Otherwise, Xu Guangqi's life was really burned out, and he would have lost a lot and he had no place to cry.

"I'm leaving, Master Xu is rest assured to recuperate. When Master Xu recovers from illness, he will check it out for me and direct the counterattack of the salt merchants."

Before Xu Guangqi could speak, Yang Jie said again: "Big companion, send a few imperial physicians to Master Xu and take turns to serve Master Xu. He will go directly to the palace to get any medicine and ask Master Xu to recover as soon as possible. If something happens to Master Xu, I will pay them the life."

"Report to Your Majesty, Your Majesty has given instructions a few days ago that I have sent several imperial physicians." Wang Chengen, who was standing aside, quickly replied.

"Well, that's right. Let's go!" Yang Jinge was afraid that Xu Guangqi would stay or speak again, for fear that this "return to the sky" would become a reality, so he left without looking back.

After leaving Xu Guangqi's gate, Yang Jing walked aimlessly on the street, and the prosperity was still there, teahouses, shops, people coming and going, shouting, and a prosperous scene. It looked like there would be a dynasty in more than ten years?

Yang Jing felt very uncomfortable. Xu Guangqi looked so afraid of people. Yang Jing was really worried. He was afraid that he would not go far, so someone would cry and run towards him to report his demise. If this were the case, Yang Jing might slap himself a few big mouths in the street. It was not necessary to know that Xu Guangqi was so sick, but he still had to bother Xu Guangqi. But if this salt industry doesn't tell Xu Guangqi, who can he talk to? Although Sun Chengzong also knows a little, he is mainly focused on military affairs and is busy every day.

Yang Jingwei was very depressed and distressed. His arms were too old. Xu Guangqi could only live for a few more years. Now, it is still unknown whether he could live to the same life span in history. What should he do?

Walking around, I don’t know where I went. Yang Jie was a little tired and thirsty when he looked up and saw a huge character “tea”, carried by a bamboo pole, swinging around in the air. This character is a bit familiar! Yang Jie thought about it and had been here before. When he thought about it, he remembered that he had drunk tea here before and heard those scholars discussing bamboo pens.

Now that he is revisiting his old place, Yang Jie raised his legs and went to the teahouse. The "security guard" behind him is even more rumbling.

Upstairs, Yang Jie was about to find a place to sit down, be quiet and quiet. His thinking was a little confused and his mood was also very depressed!

"Brother! Are you interested in drinking with us?" A man in his thirties, with a happy face, invited Yang Jing to drink.

Uh! Being invited to have tea or drink? How long ago has it been? Since I became the emperor, I have never been treated like this again. After thinking about it, I said, "Okay! As my brother wishes."

"Dare you dare to ask me about your surname? Do you have any words?" The person who invited Yang Jing asked enthusiastically.

"Oh, my surname is Yang, my name is Jing, and my name is Baidu..." Yang Jing suddenly remembered that he had told others that his name was Yang Baidu.

When the person who invited Yang Jing heard this, he immediately said, "Negative, negligent, it turns out that he is Baidu Brother. Xiao Ke's surname is Ye, his name is Gaobiao and his courtesy name is Zigen. He is from Haifeng, Guangdong. I don't know where his brother Taigui Township is?" Ye Gaobiao, facing Yang Jing, who is obviously much younger than him, his attitude is very low.

"Uh, I'm a person in the capital." When Yang Jing was asked, he was still preparing to tell his 21st century household registration location. Think about it, it was in the late Ming Dynasty...

"Haha, look at my brother Tai's extraordinary spirit, I must be the tribute from Enke this time." Ye Gaobiao started to talk with Yang Jingdi very attentively.

"Uh, I have the protection of my ancestors at home..." Yang Jingwei was embarrassed. He couldn't say that he was the emperor, so he didn't need to take the exam, but he just took the exam for others. He had to take the protection of my ancestors.

"Haha, look at my brother, I know that it must be a wealthy family... Come on, I will introduce you to a brother, Yang Jing, whose name is Baidu, and you can call him Baidu Brother." Ye Gaobiao enthusiastically welcomed Yang Jing into a small circle composed of some literati. Of course, when introducing Yang Jing, the status given was not low.

The people in the circle are all with a look of eyes. Looking at Yang Jing's style, you will know that they must be the children of powerful families. I heard him talk to Ye Zigen just now and claim to be under the guise of himself. It is even more certain that he is a powerful child. And those who dare to be so arrogant in this capital are probably not ordinary powerful children. If there is a title, it is not uncommon. Therefore, they all like Yang Jing and are more friendly. There are only one or two occasional occasions. They don't like Yang Jing's appearance and are a little contempt in one corner.

"I've seen Brother Baidu...below..."

After an introduction, Yang Jingwei had some impression of the people here. The people here were also destined to be with him. Last time, he had met them and listened to them talking about the matter of Zhuguanbi. Now, he came here to drink tea and met them again.

"Good luck, lucky luck..." Yang Jing passed the two words "Yang Jing" and did not hear any famous person in history. Yang Jing's attitude towards these people was just average. If he heard about historical celebrities, Yang Jing would not be like this.

After everyone finished introducing the article, they sat in a corner of the teahouse and started talking a lot.

"This time, we gathered in the Attic. The matter we were discussing was the 'Jinshi Class'. I heard from the people in the court that His Majesty the Emperor was preparing to open a Jinshi Class. He taught us some practical knowledge and asked us to help the people after we were released. What do you think?" Ye Gaobiao was the leader, and threw out the topic and began to "buzz" the discussion below.

When a Jinshi is released, you can usually make a magistrate. This is a very ordinary starting point and the only way for most Jinshis.

"Brother Zigen, is your news accurate?" Some people doubted the reliability of this news.

"There is no mistake. I heard that the lords in the court have already confirmed it, and have also booked several teachers who gave lectures, most of whom are ministers in the court."

"Brother Zigen, this is a good thing! It's rare to meet you all. Now that I've entered the Jinshi class, it's also my blessing to be able to meet the adults in the court frequently!"

"Brother, what I said is very true. This is the opportunity for us to wait for. It is rare to encounter such a good thing. I usually want to see you all, but it is difficult to even enter the door..." This person told the truth.

Another person came out to reveal the news and said, "I also heard that the emperor is going to divide the courses of this Jinshi class into Chinese, mathematics, astronomy, geography, physical education, agricultural classes, etc. It seems that this subject is very detailed."

Someone came out and rolled his eyes and said, "I don't even know this? Your Majesty advocates the six arts of gentlemen. One art is a course, but it is just a combination of imperialism and sprinting. Everything else needs to be learned. Adding this astronomy and farming course seems to let me distinguish the weather and seasons, distinguish the crops of farmland and grains. In the future, I will not be able to distinguish the grains of grains, haha..." This person's attitude was not very good, with a sense of teasing and pride.

Immediately someone disliked him and came out to confront him and said, "Don't be proud. This is the course that the emperor has appointed today. Don't laugh at him at will, be careful..."

"You..." This person could not afford this crime and was so excited that he shut up.

Seeing the two sides arguing, Ye Gaobiao came out and adjusted: "Okay, okay, everyone should stop fighting. I'll wait. I'll guess which questions the emperor will give out in this palace examination. If you guess it, I believe everyone will benefit a lot."

Ye Gaobiao's successful transfer of the topic immediately attracted the attention of many scholars. The enthusiasm for discussing the Jinshi class just now disappeared immediately.

Palace Examination? Yang Jie thought about it. Isn’t this palace exam taken by himself? Hehe, this is interesting. He and his "students" were drinking tea in the teahouse to discuss the exam questions. If he said this, others would definitely shout cheating.

Yang Jing found it interesting. While everyone was still worried, he said, "In my opinion, the topic is roughly about discussing state affairs and how to increase taxes!"

Yang Jingwei didn't mind revealing the topic to these "students" who were destined to be with him. This would be interesting. In the future, if they meet in the hall, they must have a wonderful expression.

"Why are you sure, brother, the emperor will ask this question?" a scholar asked in disbelief.

Yang Jing laughed in his heart, hahaha, I am the emperor, don’t I know what questions I have asked?
Chapter completed!