Chapter 218: I almost made a mistake
Wang Chengen's mouth opened wide, and his eyes were only starry. This emperor knows so much! No wonder it's so powerful, it seems that it's right to read a lot!
"The slave and maid have been taught, the slave and maid have been taught, Your Majesty is well-read, and the slave and maid are envious...... Wang Chengen patted the emperor's ass very happily.
"Hehehe...... Hehe, big companion, remember, send people to collect more of this kind of thing, I think this Shen Kuo is right, this oil, I'm afraid it's going to be popular! I want to send someone to study it...... "Yang Reform simply didn't do it, and he didn't stop it, anyway, there were people in the Song Dynasty who used oil, and they said that this oil would be popular, so why didn't they use it in a dignified manner?"
"The slave and maid understand, the slave and maid will send a large number of people to collect it, and it will not disappoint Your Majesty." Wang Chengen saw that the emperor could find useful things from the books of the Song Dynasty, and he admired them very much, and immediately promised the emperor to collect a large number of these things.
"Well, remember, use more labor from Shaanxi, by the way, this time to collect oil, do not use local labor, directly give silver, three meals." Yang Gai thought about it for a moment and said.
Wang Chengen was very puzzled, isn't it very economical to use local labor? Why do you need to give money? Also 3 meals? This treatment is also a little better: "Your Majesty, why don't you use local labor?" If it's all driven by silver, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money! I have to include three meals, which is ......."
Yang Reform has his own ideas, in Shaanxi, I am afraid that a peasant uprising will break out this year, and he can be regarded as solving the problem of eating for some people, and I only hope that through his own series of efforts, the scale of this peasant uprising can break out a little lighter.
"Alas, Omemate, you don't understand! This natural disaster is coming, what will this people do if they don't have enough to eat? I am also looking for a way to live for the people! It is also for the sake of the country, remember, this matter must be done by a competent person, and it must be done according to what I said, no local labor, pay wages, three meals, a worker, is a family! A worker, a month, just give a tael of silver......" Yang Gai looked at the blue sky outside the door, hoping that he had done nothing wrong and could reduce the power of the outbreak of the peasant uprising.
Wang Chengen didn't expect that the emperor would think so, opened his mouth wide, and looked at the emperor in surprise. The natural disaster in Shaanxi, the emperor has foreshadowed it, this ......, the emperor is right, this natural disaster has no food to eat, the people have to rebel, the emperor is merciful to the people of Shaanxi, specially give the people of Shaanxi a bite to eat! However, there are so many people in Shaanxi, how many people can solve the problem of eating just by digging a little oil?
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's heart is good, but how many people are there in Shaanxi? Can Your Majesty be saved? I am afraid that it will not take much manpower to collect and transport oil! Wang Chengen couldn't figure it out.
"Hehe, big companion, don't you say it, I haven't thought about it yet, so let's just expand the scale of this oil collection and expand it to accommodate as many local laborers as possible...... Yang Reform suddenly realized that he could actually vigorously exploit oil in Shaanxi and treat this oil as an industry.
Wang Chengen was even more surprised! Why does this emperor need so much oil? You must not eat for food, but have mercy on the people there, and you must not spend all your money. You must know that the emperor has put a lot of effort into making money, and now he wants to invest in that bottomless pit.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this ......" Wang Chengen was incoherent and dizzy, he really couldn't figure out why the emperor did this. If you want this useless oil, you might as well give it directly there.
"Hehe, Omemate, don't you understand this? This oil is very useful, it can be exchanged for a lot of money, for example, it is said in this "Mengxi Pen Talk", this oil can be made into ink, and the ink made is better than the high-quality loose ink, hehe, big companion, don't you think, this is a financial road? In addition, this oil can be burned, if you can extract relatively clean oil from it, hehe, I'm afraid it can be used as lamp oil! How many people in the world need to use lamp oil, isn't this another way to make money? "Yang Reform has a greater use, not to mention, this oil can be refined into gasoline, in this way, on this battlefield, there is another sharp weapon, incendiary bombs, against the cavalry, especially the ironclad cavalry...... In the face of the emperor's gushing words, Wang Chengen didn't know how to answer, maybe the emperor was right, this, oil may be a way to make money, not a bottomless pit.
"The slave and maid understand, and the slave and maid will send a competent person to find it, and it will not disappoint Your Majesty." Wang Chengen was persuaded by the emperor, so he did exactly what the emperor wanted.
In Yang Reform's heart, he was thinking about how this oil was refined, and he had the impression that it seemed to be a kind of separation tower, heated below, and the oil in the separation tower would be divided into many layers by itself, and it would be different things in different places...... However, these things are very professional, and they may have to get some information, plus a separation tower in the cottage, so that they may be able to get gasoline, and maybe, they will have to check the information of this incendiary bomb, or what kind of cocktail thing they know when they read the novel, not to ask how good it is, but to use it to greet the elite of the wild boar skin when they fight with the wild boar skin in the future, so that they can taste the taste of hell.
…… May 13.
It was the time of the early dynasty again, and Yang Reform discussed with a few of his henchmen and was ready to take back the coinage right. Everything will start with the resumption of the right to mint money, so this is very important for Yang reform.
As in the past, after the ministers brainwashed and sang and kowtowed, the most important time was ushered in, the court.
Yang Gengai swept Sun Chengzong with his eyes, Sun Chengzong was like an old monk who had settled down, and he couldn't see any emotion.
Looking at Xu Guangqi again, Xu Guangqi looked confident, and when he saw the emperor looking at him, he nodded slightly.
Feeling Xu Guangqi's nod, Yang Reform put his mind at ease, in the past few days, he has been busy with "science and technology", black weapons, making information at night, and asking the eunuchs to make corresponding tools during the day, very busy and tired, I don't have time to communicate with my descendants, but I think that this minting new money is a major right of the new emperor, and there should be no big problem.
Yang Reform is busy looking at his lineage, to see if his lineage is ready, someone will come out to do something.
"Your Majesty, the minister received reports from all over Shaanxi, saying that the drought has begun to appear, and in some places, it is already foreseeable that the harvest will be lost, and please ask Your Majesty to give relief in advance, otherwise ......" A "young" minister ignored the unspoken rules of the imperial court and took the lead in saying this "most important" thing.
Originally, Yang Reform planned to deal with the matter of coinage rights today, but he didn't expect that this drought had become a top priority, and it seemed that the natural disaster at the end of the Ming Dynasty had already begun! The time has come to test yourself! Yang Gengai thought about it in his mind for a while, and came to the conclusion that "Hero Mode is on", which is 100%!
As soon as the young "minister" spoke, the ministers below talked about it, and Yang Reform did not bother, and it was not a bad thing to discuss it in a controlled manner, and it was still very important to exchange views.
Somehow, a minister jumped out happily and shouted: "Your Majesty, it has been fulfilled, it has been fulfilled......"
Yang Reform, who was worried and emotional, felt very surprised, this natural disaster was expected, you are shouting a bird here! And it was fulfilled, is it good that it has been fulfilled? This drought is the beginning of him, and the end is that Lao Tzu hanged himself on the coal mountain, the Ming Dynasty played, you shouted here that it was fulfilled, didn't you curse Lao Tzu to return to the West early?
"This Qing family, I know that it has come true, but what are you excited and happy about? Is it worth rejoicing that it has been fulfilled? You know, this natural disaster, drought one after another, do you think it's a good thing? "Yang Reform is very unhappy, this brain-dead guy, I'm still happy when the natural disaster comes, it's really, it's not you who hanged yourself in the coal mountain! Damn, Yang Gengai scolded in his heart.
This minister was counted down by the emperor, and immediately scraped off a layer of face, but this joy has not passed, Tian continued with this face: "Back to Your Majesty, it is not worth being happy that this natural disaster has been fulfilled, but there is one thing that is worth rejoicing!" Your Majesty's dream of a man of God, a man of God! Can give His Majesty a dream, can predict the future......"
In the eyes of this minister, he is afraid that this miraculous god-man, a god-man who can predict the future, is more interesting than that drought.
"This Qing family? Do you mean that this natural disaster and drought is not as important as that of the man of God? Is it? The anger in Yang Reform's heart rose unconsciously, this guy didn't open his eyes, and cursed Lao Tzu to return to the west early.
"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister did not say that the gods and men are more important than natural disasters, and of course natural disasters are more important than the gods, but the minister feels that there is one thing that is more important than natural disasters." The minister changed his face and replied to the emperor.
"Oh? What is more important than a man of God, more than a natural disaster? "Yang Reform wonders, is it more important than natural disasters? Do you still want to invite the man of God out to show miracles? If so, I can't help it.
"Back to Your Majesty, this natural disaster is important, but it is far less important than the dragon body of the Long Live Lord! His Majesty is wise and martial, wise and clear, and he is a master and a holy monarch who has not been born for thousands of years,...... Now that this god-man's dream has come true, it shows that this god-man does have the ability and great divine power, why doesn't Your Majesty ask the god-man to tell him how to live forever? If you want this god to take care of Your Majesty like this, there will definitely be a way, and when the time comes, Your Majesty should enjoy the Supreme for thousands of years! Your Majesty, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! How can it be said that it is not a good thing? What does Your Majesty think? The minister smiled and said what he meant.
Vomit......! Yang Gengai saw this guy's flattery, like that, that voice, that tone, it was simply ...... I can't say that Yang Gengai wants to retch. The sycophant is not disgusting, and he dares to say that natural disasters are good things, how powerful this thinking is, he is the emperor, and he feels tired after a day, if he crosses over, he does not cross over to Chongzhen, and he is not willing to be Chongzhen if he is killed. Or 10,000,000 years? You are a dry corpse! If you don't provide disaster relief, after more than ten years, Lao Tzu will be hanged in the coal mountain, and he will be a bird for thousands of years!
Yang Reform decided to "pay attention" to this guy, this kind of thing, Yang Reform really doesn't know what to say.
Many people in the court were very disgusted with this guy's sycophancy, and when they saw the emperor looking at this guy with strange eyes, they seemed to be watching, and they also followed the emperor to look at this guy.
This guy who said that natural disasters are a good thing finally felt that something was different, and when he looked around, he found that he was being watched by many people, and his smiling face finally changed color, and he lowered his head low.
Yang Gengai scolded wildly in his heart for a while, and then saw this guy lower his head in the crotch of his pants, and then said: "Ladies and gentlemen, continue to deliberate, since this natural disaster has already had a clue, then, let's talk about what to do, the business is important, don't say something insignificant." ”
Yang Gai felt that it was better to get down to business first, the coming of this natural disaster was far more important than this sycophant
When the courtiers saw the emperor speak, they began to get down to business again.
Shi Fenglai, the first assistant, planned to restore the qualifications and treatment of the first assistant of his cabinet, so he was the first to speak.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since this natural disaster has begun to appear, it must not be delayed, and we should start disaster relief immediately, otherwise, once the natural disaster comes, I am afraid it will be too late to ......." This Shoufu has always played soy sauce, and he doesn't speak much in the court or in political affairs, and he is bent on giving others the impression that he does not take power, so as to leave a way back for himself and retire quietly. However, even if this is the case, it is not as imagined, in the dark, someone used him as a gun to harm him, this Shi Fenglai noticed it, and also changed his style. Since you don't let the old man be quiet, then, you will take refuge in the emperor, let you guys who use the old man as a gun to eat and eat, perhaps, you lean on the emperor, and the emperor accepts it? Wouldn't I be able to work as a first assistant for a few more years?
There is a first assistant to open, and the people below have also echoed it, this natural disaster, the emperor predicted it a long time ago, and most people are mentally prepared. The imperial court also has a lot of countermeasures, and it is not that there is no way to deal with natural disasters.
After the people below had been talking for a while, Yang Reform said, "Master Xu, how are you prepared for this matter?" "Before Yang reformed, he handed over this disaster relief to Xu Guangqi to make a plan, but at that time, this natural disaster was still being predicted, even if there were abnormal celestial phenomena, but there was no natural disaster, it was impossible to make a large-scale disaster relief in advance, because the power of the imperial court is also limited, it is impossible to use it indefinitely, and it is impossible to make a big move for the emperor's prediction, but now, this clue is beginning to appear, and it can already be determined that this natural disaster is coming, and it is time to use the power of the imperial court. It's time to start working on disaster relief.
"Your Majesty, this strategy against natural disasters, the minister has already prepared some of them." Xu Guangqi did not participate in the discussion just now, and has been very quiet. Now it was his turn to speak, and to speak crisply.
The ministers saw that the emperor had already prepared, and handed over such an important matter to Xu Guangqi, and they all cast envious eyes, this emperor called Xu Guangqi "master", it seems that the name is well deserved! It's much stronger than the title of Raushzi's Taishi.
"Well, let's talk about what countermeasures there are." Yang reform's recent brain, not used in this aspect, all he thinks about is how to make money, these days, he is engaged in science and technology, invention, now, for a while, the brain can't turn around.
"Your Majesty, the minister's countermeasures are divided into relief, relocation, drought fighting, recruitment, tax exemption, and work for relief......" As soon as Xu Guangqi's words came out, the court was immediately very quiet, to the extent that they could hear a needle, and they all listened to what the actual emperor would say.
This Xu Guangqi's disaster relief plan, Yang Reform has not communicated with Xu Guangqi due to the suddenness of the incident, and it is the first time he has heard Xu Guangqi's disaster relief plan.
So much? Yang Gai was very curious and said, "Master Xu, tell me quickly, what are the ways to do this?" ”
"Your Majesty, this relief, the minister is planning that the imperial court will allocate money and grain into the Yellow River through the canal, transport it to Kaifeng and other cities along the river, and then transport it by land to the affected states and counties for relief, so that the affected places, there is food to eat, and it will be able to alleviate the displacement of the people caused by natural disasters, it is now the middle of May, if the holy decree is issued now, start disaster relief, the holy decree to the south, I am afraid that it will be at least half a month,...... Raising and mobilizing grain in the south, I am afraid that it will take another period of time, and then transport the grain to Kaifeng by water, and the affected prefectures and counties in Shaanxi, it will take another month, so down, I am afraid that it will be at least July and August, and the time is already very urgent...... "Xu Guangqi already had a countermeasure, and said slightly, which immediately won the nods and praise of many people.
"Yes, it's really good, now, it's really time to issue a holy decree for large-scale disaster relief, if it's late, I'm afraid that it will change!" Yang Reform nodded, at this point in time, it really can't be too late, no matter how late, the people of Shaanxi will not be able to eat the relief grain of the imperial court in August, and they are afraid that the peasants will revolt, which will be sooner or later.
“…… Your Majesty, while mobilizing relief grain in the south, can send people to the affected prefectures and counties in Shaanxi to organize the affected people to form a grain transport team to assist in transporting grain, and some of them will be stationed along the canal, the Yellow River and other banks along the river. Now it is almost the middle of May, send people to the prefectures and counties of Shaanxi to organize people, not a month, I am afraid it will not work, and then down the river to the Yellow River, on both sides of the canal, these together, one and a half to two months, time is enough, just to receive the grain fleet in the south of the Yangtze River, in this way, will not miss the time for transporting grain...... "Xu Guangqi's plan, one link to the other. The timing was just right.
(To be continued)