Chapter 707 Controversy

A new day.

Yang Reform had to get up early to prepare for today's events, which was originally very leisurely, but the war outside the Guanxi and the drought inside the Guanxi were not very stable, and Yang Gai did not dare to take it lightly, and got up early every day.

It is said that it is early to get up, in fact, it is also more than seven o'clock to get up, this time, actually, the sky has already dawned, and many people have done a lot of things.

"Heh...... companion, what's going on today?" As soon as Yang Reform got up, he yawned and asked Wang Chengen about the arrangements for this day.

"Your Majesty, there is something about the slave maid, I don't know whether to say it or not......" Wang Chengen thought for a while and said.

"What's the matter? Otomo just said. Yang reformed.

"Your Majesty, now the people who enter Beijing from all over the world must first kowtow to the palace outside the Zhengyang Gate, and ask them why they want to kowtow, and the people all say that this is grateful for Your Majesty's life, Your Majesty, now this matter is in the capital, and it is also boiling and discussing it very ......" Wang Chengen thought about it for a long time, and still reported this matter to the emperor.

“…… Your Majesty, this is by no means a slave in order to please Your Majesty to say so, this is zhende, all the Quartet immigrants fled into Beijing, all grateful for His Majesty's grace of life, many are dragging their families with mouths, helping the old and the young to come to the inner city, but it is easy to enter the inner city, many can only kowtow outside the Zhengyang Gate, some are well-dressed, but can enter the inner city, but kowtow at the foot of the imperial city, Your Majesty, now all the people are thinking of Your Majesty's good, all say that Your Majesty is the son of heaven, the living Bodhisattva......" Wang Chengen tried his best to say the truth, but the more he said it, the more he felt that he was touting the emperor and slapping the emperor's ass, and the more he said it, the more he felt that the emperor didn't believe in him.

After Wang Chengen finished speaking, he tried to look at the emperor with sincere eyes, and Emperor Xiwang believed that he was talking zhende.

Yang Reform was still half-asleep, and suddenly heard Wang Chengen say this, a little inexplicable, thinking that he was dreaming, kowtowing to the root of the imperial city, and the people who entered Beijing kowtowed? Yang felt that he had misheard. Didn't take it seriously.

"O Otobe! Anything else? "Yang Reform Yijing has not been out of the palace for a few days, and he has not seen the actual situation, in short, he doesn't believe it, let Wang Chengen say something else. Yang Reform has always wanted to turn the tide and save the Ming Dynasty, not to let Huaxia sink, and by the way, not to lose his life, but he never thought of asking the people for so much gratitude, and suddenly heard this, Yang Reform was very unconvinced, and even felt a little ashamed.

"Your Majesty, this is zhende, the slave maid didn't lie...... if your majesty doesn't believe it, you can send people to guard outside the Zhengyang Gate and the root of the imperial city every day, and you can definitely meet a lot, Your Majesty, the slave and maid zhende didn't tell a lie...... Wang Chengen hurriedly explained. Wang Chengen knew that the emperor didn't like to talk nonsense, and he didn't like others to pat him on the back, and he didn't like others to tell lies, and when he saw that the emperor didn't believe it, Wang Chengen immediately assured.

"......" Yang Reform held back for a while, if this matter is zhende, it means that the people are too kind, a little favor, can be exchanged for such pious gratitude, Yang Reform felt ashamed, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "...... If the companion says that Master Xu has this kind of treatment, I still believe it, if I say that I have this treatment, I don't believe it, I am the emperor, how difficult it is to deserve it, the companion doesn't know yet, don't come to me, hahaha......" Yang Reform smiled, even if it was zhende, Yang Reform didn't dare to admit it for a while, and panicked.

"Your Majesty, what the slave is talking about is zhende......" Wang Chengen hurriedly said sincerely. However, the emperor didn't believe it, Wang Chengen was helpless, Wang Chengen could only sigh, he thought about it for a few days, but he didn't dare to tell the emperor, for fear that the emperor wouldn't believe it......

"Forget it, let's not talk about this matter, let's talk about something else......" Yang Reform interrupted, Yang Reform didn't want to be entangled in this matter, even if this matter was zhende, Yang Reform didn't feel any sense of accomplishment, some only had sadness, shame and fear from the depths of his heart, he could pass through, he might not suddenly disappear, he gave these ordinary people such a big xiwang, and destroyed their xiwang in a blink of an eye, there may be nothing more cruel than this, Yang felt fear from the bottom of his heart. I only hope that time can be as fast as possible, and let more people get out of the abyss of death when I can still control this empire.

“…… Yes, Your Majesty, there is still something today, that is, Han Ge Lao has built the oil residue road from Tianjin Port to Tongzhou, and there are many people in the court who oppose it, and this matter may be disputed in today's small court meeting, Your Majesty ......" Wang Chengen reminded. …,

"Oh, really?" Yang Reform muttered, let Han Yi build the oil residue road from Tianjin to Tongzhou, it is his own instructions, Han Yi mentioned earlier, hundreds of thousands of people who rely on Cao Yun to eat may obstruct this matter, along the canal, people who rely on the canal to eat will also object, Yang Reform also knows, so, has not mentioned this matter, even if it is mentioned, it is also to let Han Yi take the lead, there is no intention of going into battle by himself, I think this matter has the support of the imperial party, and Han Yi's participation, the resistance should not be big, no xiangdao, In fact, when this matter is actually operated, there is still considerable resistance, and this matter will actually be discussed by Oh Xiaochao, which is enough to show that there is considerable resistance.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, but if you want to have Your Majesty's support, Elder Han Ge should be able to do this, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much......" Wang Chengen said again. To tell the truth, although there is a lot of resistance to this matter, there are many people who are in favor of it, needless to say that the imperial party also supports Han Yi's family, and with the support of these two forces, there is nothing that the imperial court cannot do.

"Well, I know about this, is there anything else?" Yang Gengai knew it in his heart, he had already arranged this matter, but he didn't need to have an accident.

"Back to Your Majesty, if there is anything else, it is the disaster reported from all over the country, the northern provinces, there are more places affected, Your Majesty, this year's drought is far more than last year's ......" Wang Chengen also said worriedly, this year's drought is menacing, and its danger even exceeds the first year of Chongzhen, not only last year.

"Oh, this! I know ......," Yang said. Then he straightened out his clothes, and seeing that Yijing seemed to be dressed neatly, Yang Gai decided to go to work.

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Mandarin Palace.

Today's early dynasty, that is, the great dynasty meeting yijing has become a formality, yijing basically doesn't discuss things, basically just go through a process, and then the meeting is dismissed, what should everyone do. Important matters were discussed at the small court meeting, and the cabinet handled the small matters by the emperor himself.

Yang reformed to the Wenhua Hall and accepted the courtiers' bows, and then began to discuss things.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you have anything to discuss today?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has the right thing to play." Immediately, a minister stepped forward to speak.

Yang Gengai looked at it, it was not Shi Fenglai, nor Chen Yuting. Yang Reform said secretly, there is still something strange about this matter today, these two people should have spoken, but none of them spoke.

"Oh, what's the matter with the Qing family?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Your Majesty, the minister wants to impeach the old ...... of Han Ge" As soon as this minister came out, it was a fierce news, Yang Reform had already broken the news of Wang Chengen, saying that he was going to attack Han Yi today, but he didn't expect that it would be impeachment directly, this matter is very fierce!

"Oh, you want to impeach Han Ge Lao? I don't think the Han Qing family has done anything wrong! What does the Qing family want to impeach Han Qing's family? Yang reformed, inadvertently, he revealed his meaning, and then let the minister express his opinion, this is to show his meaning to the ministers, he doesn't want Han Yi to step down, don't make trouble if you have something to do.

Sure enough, as soon as the emperor's words came out, many ministers began to shake their heads and roll their eyes in private.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the cash-for-work proposed by Han Ge Lao is good, but to build the oil residue road from Tianjin Port to Tongzhou, this is a waste ......of money and labor, Your Majesty, this matter should be stopped," the minister said indignantly.

Yang Gengai looked at it. I have long known that someone will come out to block this matter, and there are no xiangdao or zhende people, since this matter has reached this level, it will be solved together, and this is the time to completely solve this matter.

"Let's talk about it all the others......" Yang said. Start talking to the ministers.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is not proper, Tianjin to Tongzhou, there are three hundred miles, such a long road, all paved with oil residue, the cost must be millions of millions, Your Majesty, now, there is no peace outside, there are natural disasters inside, the people are waiting to be fed, and it is so extravagant, this is simply shameless...... "Immediately a minister continued.

Yang Gai laughed secretly, isn't this his own rhetoric? How did you get kidnapped?

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks it's inappropriate, the minister thinks that it's okay to work for relief, but you must not spend so much money to build such a luxurious road, Your Majesty, this road is too luxurious, it will be punished by God!" The minister cursed, according to the cost of repairing the oil residue road in Tongzhou, it is indeed quite outrageous, there is no thousand, this road cannot be repaired. …,

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since you want to work for relief, why doesn't Your Majesty dredge the Grand Canal?" Some people began to expose themselves and blamed the matter on Cao Yun.

Yang Gai was angry when he heard this, and Yijing knew that this was the gang of guys who relied on Cao Yun to eat. Yang Gengai took a closer look, and also felt strange, it was not the people of his own imperial party who came out to oppose it today, nor the people of Chen Yuting's gang who were the most fierce in the past, but the people in Han Yi's department plus a few people who used to play soy sauce. In other words, today's incident is actually Han Yi's civil war.

Yang Reform is now very familiar with the court, and he can say that he knows everything about it, and after only looking at it for a while, he saw the way out, and looked at Han Yi with a smile, and felt interesting, it seems that if you want to eat meat, you must learn to be beaten first, and it is indeed not wrong.

Han Yi lowered his head and remained silent.

"Well, that's right, that Qing family still has a different opinion?" Yang Gengai saw that the ministers discussed for a while, and they all said that Han Yi was wrong, and it was his turn to defend Han Yi, so he said.

Sure enough, as soon as Yang Reform said this, those who defended Han Yi immediately came on the field.

"Your Majesty, the ministers have different opinions...... "As soon as Yang reform's words fell, one person stood up and said loudly.

Yang Reform fixed his eyes, but it was Chen Yuting. Yang Gai felt that today's matter was a bit interesting, and Chen Yuting only jumped out to speak at this time, could it be that he still had to defend Han Yi today? If that were the case, it would be a strange day today.

"As the Qing family is the general constitution of the Ming Dynasty, just say what you think." Yang Gengai encouraged with a look of watching a good show.

"Your Majesty, the ministers support Han Ge Lao, and the work for relief should be ......started immediately," Chen Yuting said angrily when he applied for relief," Chen Yuting said angrily.

"Oh, can you tell me more about why?" Yang Reform asked, it's rare today, this Chen Yuting is quite Han Yi, isn't this old enemy? Yang Reform also had to ask again.

"Your Majesty, it's better to ask the ministers to ask the people outside the Zhengyang Gate who kowtow to the Great Interior, it is better to ask the people who kowtow under the root of the imperial city, for those people, if you don't start the cash-for-work immediately, when?" Chen Yuting's eyes were red, and he shouted loudly, looking at the situation, he was quite "graceful".

Yang Reform was very surprised, he didn't expect that Chen Yuting would be this statement, which was indeed beyond Yang Reform's expectations, and Yang Reform's heart sank.

Not only did Yang Reform's heart sink down, but the ministers present also sank down, Chen Yuting said this, so that many ministers who were originally on the side of the canal faction changed their minds, and they usually put petitions for the people on their lips, and now all the people have entered Beijing to kowtow to the emperor. Above the court, it was suddenly a lot quieter.

For the people's gratitude, Yang Reform is even more afraid, afraid that he will hurt them again, afraid that he will not be able to control the fate of the Ming Dynasty and send them to hell again.

Xiangdao here, Yang Reform was ruthless, and decided to expose Chen Yuting's statement.

“…… Is there anything else you want to say? Yang reformed.

In the court, after a little dullness, they began to talk again.

"Your Majesty, the ministers think that if the disaster spreads to several provinces today, and the north is wailing, if we do not start a large-scale cash-for-work relief, how can we resettle the victims? It is time to start a large-scale cash-for-work campaign, and road construction is undoubtedly the fastest and most effective way to resettle...... "Someone immediately came out to support Han Yi."

Han Yi himself was silent, as if he was avoiding suspicion.

"Your Majesty, I think this is a bad word, isn't there an old Xu Ge immigrating in the south in my dynasty now? The effect is quite good, yijing alleviates the drought in the northwest, why still spend a lot of money to build a road? If there is so much money, why not give it to Xu Ge Lao, Xu Ge Lao has so much money, and he can completely re-emigrate hundreds of thousands, isn't it better than supporting the disaster victims for a year and a half? Someone immediately retorted.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is a bad word, although the immigration to the Ryukyus is really good, but the immigration to the Ryukyus also has a limit, it is impossible to immigrate here without restrictions, last year and this year, Xu Ge old immigrants over there, I am afraid that they are all above the million, this number is still increasing, Your Majesty, the Ryukyu is just a big island, sooner or later it will be crowded, the minister thinks, or should not put the disaster resistance xiwang on the Great Ryukyu, should think of his way to disaster relief, and work for relief, is undoubtedly the best way, Now that Yijing is late April, and its drought is menacing, where is there still time for the imperial court to prepare calmly? The minister thought that it was time to immediately start a large-scale cash-for-work to accommodate the victims, and building roads was undoubtedly the fastest and most suitable way...... "This person also spoke for Han Yi, and the reason was also very strong and convincing. …,

"Well, that's a good point...... Yang Reform also said, as an emperor, it is natural to stand in the middle as an arbiter, not to end up in person, otherwise, this emperor will be unqualified, and now in this situation, Yang Reform feels very normal and very good.

"Your Majesty, it's not that the minister disapproves of cash-for-work, but he just thinks that building the road from Tianjin to Tongzhou is too wasteful and unnecessary, and it would be better if you spend a small amount of money to do other cash-for-work......" At the beginning, the minister who stood up to impeach Han Yi still took the lead and continued to argue.

“…… Oh, yes! Your Majesty, the cash-for-work project of building roads is too costly, Your Majesty, it is better to change it to other projects, that is, it can be used for relief work, accommodate the work of the victims, and it can also reduce the cost, wouldn't it be more than one stone...... someone immediately followed up.

“…… Even the ditch in the outer city has been turned over in this capital, what big cash-for-work is there to do in the capital? Could it be that you can't dig up the ditches that have just been dug up? "I don't know who said it.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if there is a great drought today and the people suffer from disasters, they can just take the opportunity to overhaul the canal and dredge the canal thoroughly. Your Majesty ...... "The person who impeached Han Yi at the beginning immediately said through this sentence.

Sure enough, it was the "Canal Faction", and finally showed the fox's tail, Yang Gengai smiled secretly. Build a canal, if you can collect tolls by building a canal, you don't mind building a canal, but can you receive money for the canal? Obviously, it can't be collected, and now the canal is controlled by the "canal faction", and it is obviously a waste of worry to receive tolls. Since he can't collect the money, Yang Reform doesn't have the mind to mix, and it is impossible to invest a lot of money in it, you know, the raw materials for road construction now, the oil residue, but they have a monopoly, how much they want for a car of oil residue, how much they want to adjust how to regulate, how can this canal be compared.

This canal, in fact, also cost the country's financial, material and manpower to build, but the imperial court actually transports grain every year, and more often, it is the "canal faction" who holds the tools to make money. In fact, more to put it mildly, it is still the canal faction that controls the canal and takes advantage of the country. According to Yang's 21st-century thinking, whoever builds the road will benefit; The principle of who benefits is responsible for building roads, and there is no reason for others to collect tolls for building roads themselves.

Therefore, Yang Reform is naturally less than in the same pot as those canal pies. It is natural to despise those people. What's more, now Yang Reform is bent on maritime transportation and maritime expansion, and he wants to support the maritime faction and suppress the canal faction.

"Han Qing's family, what do you say about this matter?" Yang Reform said with a smile, now that both sides have said it, it's time for this main person to say it.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that now the canal can still be used, there is no need for overhaul, to repair the canal to do work for relief, it is purely a waste of money, and the road to Tianjin is necessary, now Liaodong is about to be recovered by our dynasty, it is not enough to recover Liaodong, but also to operate Liaodong, otherwise, Liaodong will definitely raise another Dongyu, so, the development and operation of Liaodong, yijing has become a foregone conclusion, and with the fertility of Liaodong, coupled with the promotion of drought-resistant crops, Liaodong will become the granary of the north, From Liaodong to the capital, it must be by sea, and the sea must go to Tianjin, so the minister thinks that the construction of the road from Tianjin to the capital is actually more beneficial than disadvantageous...... "Han Yi was not ambiguous, and immediately sent the emperor and his words to Huilai in the original way. After speaking, he also looked at the emperor.

Yang Gai smiled secretly, this is a bit interesting. This Han Yi brought the matter to himself again. I can't help him get out of it.

"This is really good, it is not enough to recover Liaodong, but also to operate and develop there, otherwise, there will definitely be a new Dongyu, then my dynasty will lose a lot,...... If Liaodong is developed and operated, it will become the granary of our north, and Liaodong to the capital will definitely take sea transportation and build a road from Tianjin to the capital, I think it is necessary to ......" Yang reformed his attitude and supported Han Yi.

As soon as Han Yi's statement came out, many ministers were surprised, and there was still this statement? Running Liaodong? The breadbasket of the North? Could it be that the emperor deliberately reduced his dependence on the south? That's a big deal! It has a huge impact on the future development! A lot of people started talking about it. …,

When the emperor affirmed Han Yi's statement, the ministers were even more surprised, this Liaodong land sale, although it is also prosperous, but no one will raise him to such a height, today's emperor said this, it can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to the land of Liaodong, in case this Liaodong zhende becomes another granary of the Ming Dynasty, then the center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty can move north here, the importance of the south, but it is greatly reduced, the importance of the south is reduced, and the attached is the distribution of liliang above the court, It will also be lowered. This is a far-reaching thing.

"Your Majesty, the construction of the road to Tianjin is too expensive, Your Majesty, this is a waste, this is extravagance......" The minister who had just impeached Han Yi was not ambiguous, and still stood up and said loudly. Quite heart-wrenching.

"Well, I know, the Qing family is also reasonable, so let's do it, this road construction is limited to three million silver, not more than three million taels, more is indeed a fee, this silver, I came out, if there is a big drought today, we must immediately start a large-scale cash-for-work relief, the general project can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people to work, and the people must not be displaced, and the people must be allowed to have something to do......" Yang Gai immediately decided.

"But, Your Majesty...... "What else does that man want to say?"

"I also understand what the Qing family meant, the canal should indeed be repaired, so let's allocate 100,000 taels of silver this year to dredge the canal......" Yang Reform gave a consolation prize, which means.

The person who came out to impeach Han Yi had a pig's liver color, three million and one hundred thousand taels, this number is too different, and the emperor's heart is too biased. This person was about to argue with the emperor, but he saw the person who pulled his sleeve and kept making his eyes, and when he saw that the person's eyes made him sincere, he was puzzled, and he didn't know what he had done to make his colleague so blind, and he stopped in confusion and stopped fighting.

The main forces ceased fire, and the dispute stopped.

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