"These bastards, they're making trouble again!"

Yang Feng on horseback looked at the still dark sky and rubbed his nose helplessly, yesterday after he killed those soldiers and servants who wanted to forcibly snatch the silver car back to the household, he knew that those civil officials would definitely not give up, but he didn't expect Zhu Youxiao to break the tacit understanding between him and directly send someone to call him to the early court, obviously Zhu Youxiao also knew that those civil officials would definitely pounce like hungry wolves today, and even he, the emperor, was not sure to stop the saliva of these civil officials, so he temporarily sent someone to call him.

Sure enough, when Yang Feng rode his horse to the gate of the palace, the officials who had gathered outside the gate of the palace to speak immediately fell silent, like a tape recorder that had pressed the pause button, all the sounds stopped abruptly, and then countless eyes shot towards him almost at the same time.

Even the most courageous people may tremble in their hearts when they encounter such a situation, not everyone has the courage and ability to stand up to the entire civilian-bureaucratic group. But what kind of person is our Yang Daguan, who is backed by the entire modern society, will he be afraid of these rotten Confucians who will only talk about the benefits of the game?

Naturally, Yang Feng immediately replied with a fierce gaze.

When he paid tribute to these people, Yang Feng was imagining the scene when he killed people on the battlefield, and at the same time, he also regarded these people in front of him as those Manchu Tartars, and Song Ye and other family members who escorted Yang Feng were not to be outdone, holding the long knife on their waists and staring at these dignified adults in front of them.

These families who were personally selected by Yang Feng were all a group of poor military families who did not have enough clothes and food before following Yang Feng, and after following Yang Feng, their whole family could be fed and clothed, and many of them also married daughters-in-law, it can be said that their good days were all given by Yang Feng, so they are also the most loyal people around Yang Feng, and naturally they cannot tolerate others provoking their adults.

And these family members are not those who only follow their own master to help the old man fight and bully the common people, they are used to following Yang Feng on the battlefield, and the elite soldiers who are killed with a knife and a shot with the Tartars are that when these more than ten family members stare at them together, the eyes that were originally staring at Yang Feng unscrupulously immediately retreated.

Seeing that the provocative gaze retreated, Yang Feng ignored them, and walked to the side gate military attache team on the right, and lined up as if no one was there in the eyes of the patrol imperial history.

Soon, with the sound of crisp drums, the civil and military officials began to rush in, and soon they entered the Fengtian Temple......

When the civil and military officials entered the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Youxiao also came.

Today's Zhu Youxiao was in a rather strange mood, a little nervous and a little excited. Nervous is to face the counterattack of the civil officials, but the excitement is that once the counterattack of the civil officials is blocked, the 10 million taels of silver placed in the inner treasury at this moment will fall into his pocket.

10 million taels of silver, Zhu Youxiao has never had so much silver even as an emperor, with this silver, he can implement many things that he wanted to do before but couldn't do, and the most important thing is that with silver in his hands, he, the emperor, can also do things more hard, but will these civil officials be willing to hand over these silver to him? The answer was soon known.

When the eunuch standing on the main hall shouted loudly, dozens of people immediately stood up and bowed to Zhu Youxiao and fell to the ground, shouting in unison: "Your Majesty, the ministers want to impeach Jiang Ningbo in broad daylight, and kill people with the feet of the Son of Heaven. ”

"The ministers are sure that Your Majesty will kill this fang, and the dynasty will be right!"

Another large group of people fell to the ground, and Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, only saw a large piece of his back.

Seeing that there were hundreds of imperial historians, speech officials and a group of ministers below, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but be a little stunned. Today's early court civil officials will definitely attack him and Yang Feng He knows, but he always thinks that even if he attacks, he will be impeached one by one, he never thought that it would be a big piece of crackling, what are they going to do?

Li Qiyuan, the secretary of the household department, also stood up and cried: "Your Majesty, the minister went to the inner treasury with a group of colleagues yesterday, trying to prevent Jiang Ningbo from sending the silver taels confiscated from Yangzhou into the inner treasury, but he never thought that he was blatantly attacked by Jiang Ningbo and Jiang Ningwei and a group of soldiers, resulting in the innocent and tragic death of dozens of soldiers and servants of the military department and the household department. ”

"Your Majesty, please do justice!"

Everyone shouted loudly again, and when hundreds of people shouted loudly, the sound shook the entire Fengtian Temple.

This wave of civil officials is simply like a sea of mountains, and Zhu Youxiao is stunned, is this the rhythm of endless death? A little at a loss, he couldn't help but look at Yang Feng who was standing in the military attache team on the right.

In fact, not only him, but even many martial artists looked at Yang Feng at the moment with ridicule and ridicule in their eyes, since coming to Daming for more than a year, Yang Feng has offended the two major groups of civil officials and martial arts, it can be said that the current Daming is looking forward to Yang Feng's death There are not many people, and there are too many enemies for him.

Looking at the surging crowd in front of him, Yang Feng just pouted, he stood up and arched his hand at Zhu Youxiao and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to do!" ”

Seeing that Yang Feng finally stood up, Zhu Youxiao was overjoyed in his heart, he knew very well that Yang Feng was not only good at fighting, but also very powerful with his mouth cannon, so he hurriedly said: "Aiqing, please speak!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yang Feng turned around and pointed to the many officials in the hall and said: "The minister wants to impeach Li Qiyuan, the secretary of the household department, Guo Yunhou, the left attendant of the household department, Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the military department, and a cadre of officials who led troops to storm the inner treasury yesterday and tried to rob the imperial inner treasury of the Ming Dynasty. I beg Your Majesty to order Li Qiyuan, Guo Yunhou, Wang Yongguang and others to be taken down and punished! ”

"What...... Yang Feng, you are bold! ”

Li Qiyuan and Wang Yongguang never dreamed that Yang Feng would bite back, several people were so angry that their faces were deformed, Guo Yunhou was even more angry and jumped out of the squad and glared at Yang Feng angrily and shouted: "Traitor, you killed and slaughtered innocent businessmen in Yangzhou, this account has not had time to settle with you, and now you have to bite back, do you still have a conscience?" ”

"Conscience!" Yang Feng looked at Guo Yunhou in astonishment, pointed at him and then at himself, and then asked, "Dare to ask Lord Guo, do you have a conscience?" ”

"You ......"

Yang Feng didn't wait for Guo Yunhou to speak and said: "I don't understand, you saints who claim to be moral gentlemen regard money as a thing of blockage on weekdays, and you open your mouth and say that Meng Yun is closed, but what you do on weekdays is very different from the words of the sage, Ben Bo just transported 10 million taels of silver from Yangzhou to be transported into the inner treasury, you are like a shark that smells blood, and you don't even want to face one by one, and want to forcibly snatch the silver, Ben Bo wants to ask, Who gave you the audacity to rob the royal family? Who gave you the guts? ”

Yang Feng's passionate voice echoed in the Fengtian Palace, "Usually, when you encounter other things, you can push them away, but now when you encounter benefits, you all move forward bravely, is this also what Sage Kong taught you?" ”

Listening to Yang Feng's loud voice, the faces of some officials with such thick skin felt slightly hot, but more of them were calm and calm people, and this kind of thing was the least needed for officials, and it was also the most discarded.

Li Qiyuan deserved to be the head of the household department, and he quickly reflected it, and he snorted coldly: "But Yang Feng, don't forget, these silver are ill-gotten gains that you transported from Yangzhou, shouldn't they be collected by the household department and then taken from the people for the people?" ”

"What is taken from the people and what is for the people, this sentence is well said!" Yang Feng sneered and said to Li Qiyuan: "Didn't Li Shangshu just say that these silver were ill-gotten gains from Benbo's slaughter of Yangzhou merchants, why is it now taken from the people for the people?" ”

Li Qiyuan stubbornly said: "The words of this official are not contrary to each other, why did those businessmen suffer such a poisonous hand!" Is it wrong for this official to say this? ”

"Well said, how can the businessman be innocent?" Yang Feng nodded, his eyes immediately became sharp, staring at Li Qiyuan and asking in a cold voice: "Ben Bo just raided eight salt merchants in Yangzhou, and found tens of millions of taels of silver, but these merchants also jointly wrote to the Yangzhou prefect Yamen a few months ago, saying that the taxes collected by the imperial court are too heavy, and they hope to reduce and reduce taxes, and not compete with the people."

That Uncle Ben wanted to ask Li Shangshu, since even the merchants with a net worth of tens of millions of taels of silver don't want to pay taxes, but you can not hesitate to pass on all the taxes of the Ming Dynasty to those serfs who are digging and eating in the fields, Ben Bo will borrow the words of Guo Shilang just now to ask Lord Li and all the adults present, do you still have a conscience? ”

"This ......"

Li Qiyuan was immediately dumb, with a net worth of tens of millions of taels of silver, which was already comparable to two years of taxes by the imperial court, but even so, they still asked the imperial court to reduce taxes. The same is the tax, but the officials of the imperial court can not hesitate to pass on the tax to those poor farmers, when the question is raised, even the most eloquent imperial historian knows what to say.

After seeing that everyone was speechless, Yang Feng said sharply: "Because of this, Ben Bo ordered the mansions of those profiteers to be confiscated, and all their family property was confiscated, and then transported to the capital to be handed over to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can use this silver to benefit the people and people of the Ming Dynasty." But you are good, as soon as the silver arrives in the capital, you will flock to it one by one, and treat it as a piece of fat that can be shared wantonly. Ben Bo asked, do you still want to be shameless? ”

Listening to Yang Feng's scolding, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was flushed, and his hands were trembling slightly with excitement. Yang Feng's words were what he wanted to say but couldn't say on weekdays, and now when he heard Yang Feng say these officials speechless, he felt how happy he was in his heart, if he didn't care about his identity, he would have to applaud.

However, as the emperor, Zhu Youxiao also knew that he should appear at this time, otherwise it would really be a bad end for Yang Feng to wipe out the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

I saw him cough lightly before he said in a deep voice: "Okay, Yang Aiqing, you don't have to say a word." ”

Seeing that his boss opened his mouth to break the siege, Yang Feng naturally accepted it when he saw it, and bowed his head and said, "Yes...... Chen Meng Lang! With that, he stepped back to his place.

Seeing Yang Feng retreat, Zhu Youxiao said to Li Qiyuan: "Li Aiqing, I know that there is not much silver in the household department now, and it will not be easy to deal with in case of trouble, so I decided to transfer two million taels of silver from my internal funds to the household department for emergency purposes, but Aiqing must remember that if this silver is not allowed to be used at will without my promise, otherwise I will not spare it, do you understand?" ”

"Yes...... Thank you, Your Majesty! ”

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao sent a mouth, Li Qiyuan also sent a sigh, and with two million taels of silver in hand, he could also block the mouths of those colleagues. It's just that the thought of all the silver that was originally all in the household department has entered the inner treasury, his heart hurts a little, and the initiator of all this is the guy opposite, and he feels a little itchy at the root of his teeth when he thinks of this.

Seeing that all the officials were silent, Zhu Youxiao said with a straight face: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the past, there were always people who told me that they should pay taxes lightly, let alone compete with the people for profit, and collect less taxes from merchants. I thought that it was not easy for the people, so I reduced all the taxes that could normally be reduced, but now it seems that I am too naïve. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao's voice became louder and louder, and he glared at the ministers and said loudly: "Where is it not easy for these businessmen, they are already rich and rival the country!" Do you understand? ”

"Do you understand!"

Zhu Youxiao's voice echoed in the main hall.

"Ten million taels of silver, do you know what that means? This is the tax of the Ming Dynasty for two years, and this is just the property of a few salt merchants in Yangzhou, what about those places outside Yangzhou, Songjiang, Suzhou, and Jiaxing? And even the entire coastal provinces of Daming? Have you ever thought about how much money these salt merchants have? ”

Hearing this, the officials in the hall were all shocked, especially the Donglin Party who represented the interests of the gentry class in Jiangnan, and they almost jumped up, could it be that Zhu Youxiao, who had tasted the sweetness, was ready to attack the salt merchants and gentry in Jiangnan?

If this is the case, it will be equivalent to the end of the world for the Jiangnan gentry!

But fortunately, Zhu Youxiao did not continue to say that he wanted to attack the salt merchants in Jiangnan, he just said: "Next, I will send an inspector to inspect Jiangnan, and I will set a tone for all parts of Jiangnan, in the second half of this year, the salt tax in Jiangnan will be collected at least five million taels of silver, if there is not so much silver, I will hold the officials in Jiangnan responsible, first of all, starting with the governors of all places!" ”

As soon as Zhu Youxiao's words came out, I don't know how many people almost wailed on the spot......