Chapter 416: The Inside Story of the Ming Dynasty

A difficult night passed, and Yang Jie didn't sleep very peacefully.

Yesterday, the action was quite big. Not only did the dividends of 4 million taels appear in the newspaper, but there were also news that 800,000 cotton coats were about to be shipped. For those who like to think about such a big thing, they will definitely be able to figure out something.

Yang Jing took this critical step and was also worried that the ministers would join forces to oppose him. Although he had a chance to break up with the ministers today, he did not want to break up with the ministers today. Maintaining face is still very important.

The sun was already high and had already dispelled the fog of early winter, so Yang Jinghui sat up from the bed.

"Big partner, what news is worth listening to today?" Yang Jingwei sat on the bed for a long time before saying to Wang Chengen beside him.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty. No major incident happened today, so I dared not disturb Your Majesty too early. Your Majesty, it's only two moments now. If Your Majesty feels that you haven't had enough sleep, you can sleep for a while." Wang Chengen said with a smile.

After hearing this, Yang Jie felt very confident that he would show up with those people at the end of the year. Now his actions will inevitably become bigger and bigger, and will inevitably arouse some people's alertness. This is what Yang Jie was worried about. Therefore, he didn't sleep well last night and was worried that something would happen. However, from Wang Chengen's attitude now, there are basically no major problems. In other words, this step has been taken by a stalker. The bureaucrats did not immediately confront themselves to show up with themselves. Then, they have successfully taken this step, and they will definitely get better and better.

As I expected, these bureaucrats in the late Ming Dynasty had blinded their interests. For the sake of their interests, they could do anything. For the sake of their interests, they could pretend to be invisible, pretend not to know, and pretend to be stupid. With such big moves, it should not be difficult for those who are interested to see anything. However, this most difficult night has passed and there is no movement yet. In other words, they have united many people with their interests. This step has become a new interest group, which has gradually taken shape.

"No, get up, you have to go to Wenhua Palace." Yang Jie's mind, which had been a little drowsy, became much clearer. He decided to get up and go to work. Today is indeed a good day, and you can't stay in bed like this.

"As for order..." Wang Chengen agreed, and then he called the palace maids, eunuchs, dressed in clothes and washed up.

Not long after, an energetic emperor appeared in front of everyone, and soon, he headed towards Wenhua Palace in a mighty manner.

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"Long live my emperor..." Everyone in Wenhua Palace shouted.

Yang Jingwei said as usual: "Get up."

The ministers stood up immediately.

Yang Jie was ready to start discussing things as usual, and hurriedly glanced at everyone in Wenhua Hall, all with serious, loyal and honest eyes. However, today's eyes were obviously different from those in the past. In the past, I would never feel such an uncomfortable feeling. Is it a vicious, resentful, curse? Or something else? Anyway, there are always some unkind eyes in these eyes today.

After looking closer, everyone's eyes were still serious, peaceful and honest. They didn't notice anyone staring at him with bad eyes. Perhaps he was too sensitive? Yang Jing swept away the ministers several times and frowned.

"Look at what we have to discuss today..." Yang Jingshu sighed, his sinister and unkind eyes always existed in his feelings, but he could never search, so he ignored it and started his official office today.

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There are some "trivial" things in front of them, and these things are quickly dealt with. In fact, there are even more trivial things that will not be discussed in Wenhua Palace. It is somewhat important to be able to get things in Wenhua Palace. However, in Yang Jing's eyes, they are all trivial things and will be settled soon.

"Your Majesty, I have something that I don't know whether to talk about it or not." A minister suddenly said.

"Oh, what's the matter, just say it." Yang Jing encouraged.

"Your Majesty, I mentioned it to Your Majesty a few days ago that some merchants in the south want to help transport disaster victims. I wonder what Your Majesty thinks." After the minister finished speaking, he looked up at the emperor.

After hearing this, the other ministers turned to see him.

"Oh, that thing? The Qing family means to ask me to pay for them to build ships? Then every time they do business, they bring a group of immigrants?" Yang Jing had an impression of this matter. At the beginning, he thought that the bureaucrats were too shameless and did not expect that this person would dare to mention such a thing again.

"Yes, yes, yes... That's right, Your Majesty, the fishermen in the south can invest with their strength and share new fishing boats with the victims. Your Majesty, some merchants in the south are willing to share your worries! As long as Your Majesty agrees to their investment, in this way, the matter of the disaster victims will be entrusted to them as a part of it. In this way, it can save a considerable amount of money. Your Majesty..." The official smiled with a flattering face. It would be better to smile at this kind of job of taking money from the emperor's pocket. If the emperor turns his back, as the saying goes, don't hit people with a smile, even if the emperor doesn't want to, he will not do anything to himself. If it turns out, he will be the hero of those in the south.

"This matter..., well, I will consider it seriously..." Yang Jing wondered, what's wrong with this official? Why do you always mention this matter? This is really taking money from your pocket! Is this official okay? Or is it a brain-smile?... It's not right! I'm afraid there is something else, Yang Jing thought about it again and again, and he figured out something. Logically speaking, such an obvious act of asking for money would never be mentioned to him again and again. It is indeed necessary for him to ask someone for the situation.

"...Okay, your family can share my worries and ask for the people, okay... I have agreed to this matter, but I still have to think about how to do it..." Yang Jing thought about it and seemed to suddenly understand something, so he suddenly changed his words and responded. Of course, there was nothing substantial.

"Your Majesty, long live my emperor..." Seeing that the matter was done, the official immediately smiled and knelt down happily, and gave a big gift.

Yang Jing became more careful and after finishing the discussion at Wenhua Palace, he hurriedly found Sun Chengzong. This guy always spoke to the south and kept talking to the south. He must be fighting for some people in the south. Since that's the case, he had to find someone familiar with the situation in the south to ask. This person, Sun Chengzong is a good candidate, the Donglin Party's target to resist!

"Master Sun, why did he mention the Southern Shipbuilding when discussing today?" Yang Jingwei asked.

Sun Chengzong was not liked to talk at first, and his face was serious and looked quite majestic. Since the emperor called him "master", he became even less talkative. He basically didn't speak in the morning court and discussed matters. He would never take the initiative to talk about things if he didn't ask about it. With Sun Chengzong's majestic appearance, he compared the Han generals in the court.

"Your Majesty, in fact, I just want to help immigrate to ask Your Majesty to pay for some man-made ships in the south..." Sun Chengzong frowned and thought for a long time and said.

"Oh, yes! I'm wondering, why is this guy so thick-skinned that he has the face to mention the money from my pocket again and again? Even if I have a good temper, it won't be bullied." Yang Jing asked about the strange things here. Logically speaking, officials are all wise, how could they say such mentally retarded?

Sun Chengzong was even more silent. After a long time, Sun Chengzong sighed and said, "Your Majesty, to be very disrespectful, this is some people tempting Your Majesty, or it is a signal to rely on Your Majesty..." Sun Chengzong hesitated for a long time, and finally told the emperor about this meaning that only the old foxes in the officialdom could understand.

Yang Jingyi's head suddenly sounded, testing his own signal?

"Master Sun, what does this mean? Signal?" Yang Jie seemed to understand a little, but there was still a layer of fog in his heart, so he asked Sun Chengzong again.

"...Your Majesty, this is a bit disrespectful. However, since Your Majesty asked, I said it straightforwardly. Although the things Your Majesty wants to do have not been clearly stated, the civil and military officials in the court are all human beings, and they can figure out what Your Majesty has done. The old minister guessed that some people smelled some smells. I guess they would test Your Majesty, or be prepared to lose sincerity to Your Majesty, in order to settle down in the future turmoil..." Sun Chengzong exposes the answer to this matter with a serious look on his face.

This... Yang Jing only had one word in his mind at this time, that is, "old fox", and he was secretly doing things, but these old foxes could actually figure out something from these things. I have to say that he underestimated them. He originally thought that he had a new army, a silver, a high reputation, and even a righteous person. He had enough evidence in his hand to easily kill them. Unexpectedly, these old foxes had a more flexible nose than a dog, and they actually smelled the smell and "say hello" to him in advance.

Moreover, the way of greeting was so special and obscure. Yang Jingwei had seen the cleverness of the Ming Dynasty bureaucrats. What is this? Seeing the momentum is wrong, should he bet on several sides? Or would he devote himself to himself?

Yang Jingwei always thought that he was very smart and could kill all sides without any scruples with the innate advantages he had come from the future. Today, this incident hit Yang Jingwei quite a lot. It seems that the affairs of the Ming Dynasty were not as simple as he thought. The bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty were all very talented. It seems that their strategies still need to be adjusted.

"Master Sun, does this person represent those people? Those people want to say hello to me? Do they really want to surrender to me, or test me? Or do they bet on both sides? What I want to do will not be known to everyone, right?" Yang Jing thought for a long time and couldn't find out the point, so he asked Sun Chengzong. Yang Jing was very depressed. He had not done his own thing yet, so he knew it. This world is so terrifying.

Sun Chengzong frowned and thought for a long time, saying, "Your Majesty, the old minister shouldn't have said these things, but the matter has reached this point, and some taboos are a bit unfair, so the old minister has to tell the truth." Sun Chengzong was also very distressed. He got up as a teacher Tianqi, and his feelings for the emperor and his family were different from others. However, he was a person of the Donglin Party's anti-target. In the current Chongzhen Dynasty, he had the right hand position, so he was in the right hand of the emperor and the Donglin Party.

, It was quite difficult, so in the court, they tried not to speak or speak as much as possible. Unless they had to, they usually only talk about war, about things outside the pass, and the court, so they would not say anything else. However, today, the emperor had already asked about this matter and had already reached the core. Sun Chengzong thought about it and felt that he had to tell the emperor truthfully that although the emperor was young, he was an ambitious, capable, and had a broad future. It was the ideal of countless ministers to assist an emperor who could surpass the ancient shovel gold. Sun Chengzong was no exception.

"Master Sun just say it." Yang Gui looked expectant.

"The one who mentioned this matter today represents some maritime merchants in Jiangnan. He told Your Majesty that he asked Your Majesty to pay for ships to build them and transport victims. In fact, he wanted to tell Your Majesty that they intended to move closer to Your Majesty and stand on Your Majesty's side. Fortunately, he would be protected by Your Majesty in the next bloody storm..." Sun Chengzong opened his box and had no worries. The inside story was poured out like pouring water.

"Maritime Business..." Yang Jing opened his eyes and realized the power of the Ming Dynasty's "elites". Not to mention anything else, this dog's nose is considered first-class; this ability to take the team is considered first-class.

"Your Majesty is strange. Why do the upright officials speak for the maritime merchants under their identities?" Sun Chengzong opened his mouth and couldn't stop it. He said many taboo topics in the past.

"Yes, I think so too." Yang Jingai looked at Sun Chengzong with a smile, his master's gossip is so fierce!

"Your Majesty, our ancestral dynasty system is rich in the people, and the people have always been rich. Although the status of merchants is low, after hundreds of years, those merchants have made money, they will fund good families. The children of their own families, with smart and good scholars, can often go to high school. Therefore, after hundreds of years, these merchants are not pure merchants. It is not surprising that some people in the court speak for them. It is complicated and difficult for ordinary people to imagine. Your Majesty can understand what I mean..." Sun Chengzong was afraid that his words would be too fierce and the emperor could not bear it, so he asked.

"Oh, hehe, that's it! I can understand..." Yang Jing listened attentively to the gossip of Sun Chengzong's Ming Dynasty. These are the core inside stories of the Ming Dynasty! Anyone who knows a little about the Ming Dynasty is not an inside story.

"... Didn't Your Majesty plead a pirate named Zheng Zhilong a few days ago?" Sun Chengzong said again with a glimmer of light in his eyes.

Yang Jingwei was shocked! There is no gossip about this, it’s insider.

"Yes, then Zheng Zhilong, I am going to pay some capital to recruit you. Master Sun, haha, what are the statements and requirements here?" Yang Jingwei wanted to know the inside story of the Ming Dynasty immediately.

"...Your Majesty can you tell that, now on the southeast coast, who dominates the sea? Who is powerful?" Sun Chengzong asked again.

"This? Pirates? Barbarians? Official Army?" Yang Jie said, ranking his own official army at the end. As long as some people who know the history of the Ming Dynasty know that Zheng Zhilong, the big pirate, rose in the late Ming Dynasty, so the official army must be ranked behind.

"... It's good that your Majesty knows it. The most elite ones on the southeast coast are the barbarians. One warship can often be regarded as several warships in the Ming Dynasty, but they have few people and few ships; secondly, they must be pirates. Although their warships are not as powerful as the barbarians, they are numerous and familiar with the local waters, and they are the second force; secondly, they are the official army, which occupies the advantage of the general trend of the court. In fact, ships are not as good as barbarians and pirates, and people are even worse, but the southeast waters are under their jurisdiction..." Sun Chengzong opened his mouth and did not intend to close them.

Yang Jing heard it with relish.

"... Since the officials and military forces cannot control the sea, but those maritime merchants have to trade, so they must find a reliable person to protect them from harm at sea... Can your Majesty know that in fact, do the barbarians need to collect taxes on the sea?"

"This..., I..." Yang Jie didn't know what to say. It turned out that everyone knew the face of the barbarians! Yang Jie originally thought that he knew that the bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty were all idiots. Now it seems that the bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty actually knew it.

"The barbarians rely on their sharp warships, so they have been collecting taxes at sea for a long time. The barbarians feel that there are too many and don't want to pay them. Besides, the barbarians cannot guarantee that they can wipe out all pirates, and the barbarians cannot guarantee the safety of the barbarians, let alone the official army. Therefore, the barbarians want to find someone who can shelter them at sea, and first eliminate the barbarians. Therefore, these barbarians have turned their attention to the official army... Your Majesty also knows that last year, the official army made Zheng Zhilong defeat the enemy, so those barbarians had to turn their attention to the pirates, including Zheng Zhilong. Some people want to help Zheng Zhilong up to fight against other pirates and the barbarians. In this way, to ensure their safety at sea. Do you understand when I say this? "Sun Chengzong asked again, afraid that he would reveal too much information, and the emperor did not understand.

Yang Jing was really like listening to the heavenly book. The gossips in the late Ming Dynasty were really not very complicated. If Sun Chengzong said, the situation on the southeast coast of the late Ming Dynasty was just right.

"I understand, Master Sun just say it." Yang Jie swallowed and spitted. This time, Master Sun had completely blew the inside story of the Ming Dynasty officialdom.

"... It's good that Your Majesty can understand. Nowadays, the southeast coast is full of three-legged tyrants, barbarians, pirates, and officials. None of the three parties will accept each other. One party must come out to lead the overall situation to ensure the safety of the maritime merchants. Otherwise, there will be no peace. Therefore, Zheng Zhilong is very important... And Your Majesty recruited Zheng Zhilong into Beijing, and the high-standard comforting made some people who were originally very shocked even more..."

"Those people?" Yang Jingwei asked hurriedly.

"Don't Your Majesty still understand? Your Majesty is now building warships and even hiring fleets of barbarians. This will undoubtedly cause major changes in the situation at sea. With Your Majesty's financial and manpower, it is easy to break the three-legged situation in the southeastern sea. Therefore, some people are helpless and have to lose sincerity to Your Majesty and surrender to Your Majesty. What's more, the Zheng Zhilong they are optimistic about is now under the control of Your Majesty. Does Your Majesty understand?" Sun Chengzong said quite frankly.

Faced with the shocking gossip that Sun Chengzong broke out, Yang Jie was like listening to a heavenly book, perhaps an epic legend.

"... Then, why is it out of helplessness?" Yang Jingang asked.

"Hahaha..." Sun Chengzong suddenly laughed, with a little helplessness in his eyes.

"...Okay, since Your Majesty asks, the old minister will tell you everything..." Sun Chengzong sorted out his thoughts and then said: "...As for why he said it was helpless, in fact, this has to start from Taizu at that time..." As soon as Sun Chengzong spoke, it was a long story.

"...Taizu, ah..., it's right and wrong, the crime of Taizu, I'm..." Sun Chengzong looked melancholy.

"It's okay, Master Sun just talks." Yang Jie said.

"...Your Majesty knows the empty seal case back then? Our Ming Dynasty was from the Ministry of Revenue, the thirteen governors and envoys, more than 140 prefectures, nearly 200 prefectures, and more than 1,000 counties. All the people in charge of the seal died, and then tens of thousands of people were implicated..." Sun Chengzong said, with a look of melancholy on his face.

"I know a little about this..." Yang Jie said.

"...This is just one of them. Alas, I won't talk about the others... There are too many right and wrong. Taizu killed too many times back then. Therefore, in the future officials, especially civil officials, have unwritten rules, that is, to restrict the imperial power and not allow the emperor to do whatever he wants, so as not to reappear the Taizu's affairs back then. Therefore, I, the Ming Dynasty, have the power to eunuch, which was the emperor who fought with the ministers..." Sun Chengzong said here, his eyes were floating, as if immersed in the entire two hundred years of Ming Dynasty history.

It was a bolt from the blue. Unexpectedly, the inside story and gossip of the Ming Dynasty were buried so deeply that it was even related to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"..., so, for the past two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, civil servants have always had traditions and rules to limit the imperial power. Therefore, the number of gold, silver and salt classes in Your Majesty is getting less and less, which is not unrelated to this. The incident in Shenzong Mining Supervisory was so staggering back then. This is also the reason why everyone would not let the emperor give his Majesty too much money, so as not to increase his ability and even reappear the Taizu's affairs back then. Therefore, Your Majesty seems to have quite a lot of incredible things, and they cannot speak out for this..." Sun Chengzong said with a melancholy look on his face.

"In other words, in order to limit the imperial power, there is no mining tax, no tariff, and no various taxes. Even salt tax will become less and less. The border troops cannot afford to eat, and they can only hold on when they are about to fight." Yang Jingwei faced this shocking inside story, and didn't know what to say.

"...Yes, it has become a tradition and a habit to restrict the imperial power. Gradually, it has increased the interest, changed its flavor, and left the same. Now, although it is to prevent His Majesty from increasing taxes and so on in the name of restricting His Majesty, in fact, it is more about filling his personal pockets, for the benefit and for the money, such as borders, wars, and no money to provide disaster relief, it is no longer important..." Sun Chengzong spoke openly, with a hint of pain between his eyebrows.

"..." Yang Jie didn't know what to say. The gossip of the Ming Dynasty was really a bit amazing and difficult to accept.
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