Chapter 461: Pretending to be "Crazy" with Wine

Fu Shi Fenglai's words surprised the ministers in the court, when would Fu be able to say such a reasonable and well-founded remark? The ministers in the court didn't react at once, and they were caught off guard.

"Ladies and gentlemen, is there anyone else you want to say?" Yang Reform was also very surprised by Shi Fenglai's combat effectiveness, which was rare, and he could suppress the different voices in the court with a few words.

There was silence in the court, and the ministers were still very uncomfortable, why did this assistant suddenly have such a strong "combat effectiveness"?

The aggressive minister just now was so anxious that he stared, but for a while, he couldn't find any suitable words, it was very simple to embarrass the emperor before, even if the reason made sense, but, as long as they were unwilling, there was no way to implement it, because they needed silver to do these things, and without silver, the emperor couldn't do anything, but now this emperor is the only one who is not short of silver, and he doesn't even blink an eye for millions of taels of silver in a war outside the border. It is estimated that it is really going to become a national policy, if it is like this, it will be extremely unfavorable to the officials in the south of the Yangtze River, those drought, the affected places definitely have positive xìng planting sweet potatoes, I can't wait to take all the land under my rule to plant sweet potatoes, in order to improve their performance in planting sweet potatoes, so as to promote the officials by planting sweet potatoes, but the south is not good, the places that can be farmed in the south have been opened, and many of them have been changed to mulberry fields.

In a panic, the aggressive minister just now, seeing that the emperor was about to follow this conversation and make a decision on this matter, he could only keep looking around asking for help, this thing was going to be done, it would be extremely unfavorable to the south.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." A minister in the front row stood up and said.

"Oh, hehe, Elder Han Ge, just say anything." Yang Gengai took a look and was one of the cabinet scholars.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Shi Fu will be" The people take food as the national policy of this dynasty, and it is not inappropriate to solve the problem of eating for the people in the world, but the minister thinks that Jiangnan is a tax land, and the mountains and rivers that can be opened have been exhausted, and then the sweet potato is used as the basis for the official assessment, which is indeed unfair to the officials in some places in the south of the Yangtze River, if this policy is forcibly implemented, it will inevitably have an impact on the tax of our dynasty, and then affect the tax of our dynasty, one stone of rice can be worth five stones of sweet potatoes, and five stones of sweet potatoes can be converted into one stone of rice, so that it will not have more impact on the tax areas in the south of the Yangtze River, nor will it affect the national policy, but everyone is happy. Elder Han Ge was also reasonable, and took care of the claims of both the imperial party and the south.

As soon as this remark came out, it was immediately approved by most of the ministers present, the Ming Dynasty has always had a tradition of folding color, not only sweet potatoes can be folded rice, wheat, corn can be folded rice, and some places can even be folded into rice with special products, such as mercury, wood These things are folded into rice, but the degree of folding is different, for example, a stone of wheat folded into rice is about 1:o.8, so, as soon as this word came out, it was immediately approved by the ministers present, this is five to one! Han Ge Lao seemed to be fair, but he really dared to speak, and he immediately opened the grade of sweet potatoes and rice.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this policy is more fair, which not only increases grain production, but also avoids the injustice to the tax-heavy land in Jiangnan, which is a great good." Immediately, some officials came out to play a round, and it was obvious that this morning the emperor and the people in the south did not pay, and they were about to tear their faces.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Han Ge Lao deserves to be a fair person, if Your Majesty can implement the world with this policy, he will definitely win the support of the people of the world and solve the problem of eating for the people of the world, and my dynasty will last forever." There are also many officials who have followed up, and the smell of fire in the court this morning is indeed a bit strong, and some people in the south are indeed a little aggressive towards the imperial party, and the relationship between the two parties should not be too tense, otherwise, everyone will not have a good life.

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In the court, it seems to be a good situation, but the aggressive minister just now is not reconciled, although Han Ge Lao's proposal is more fair, but he is still unwilling, and he wants to come out and say something again. A minister next to him saw it in his eyes, the emperor was obviously determined to do this, and moved the two imperial party cabinets to agitate about this matter, if he and the emperor in this matter, I am afraid that it will not work, besides, this national policy, if it is done according to what Han Ge Lao said, it does not have much conflict with the interests of the south, many states and counties in the south do not need to plant sweet potatoes at all, what should be done, this national policy can basically be regarded as a useful thing for the north, especially the affected places, Seeing that his colleagues around him were ready to say something after leaving the shift, he pulled him and said, "...... Five to one, this is enough...... "Five stone sweet potato is converted into one stone of rice, this ratio is already very exaggerated, you know, wheat can be worth eighty percent of rice, even corn, can also be worth sixty percent, sweet potato directly to five to one, can only be worth two." ,

The aggressive minister flicked his sleeves several times, but he didn't shake off the minister who was pulling him, and he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

Yang Gai saw that there was basically no problem, and he was relieved, this matter was completely Xu Guangqi's book of songs, and he was completely moved to temporarily add it, although the truth is right, the notes are well written, and the writing is touching, but when the interests of all parties are actually involved, they will still suffer huge opposition, if it is not for their own strong pressure, they will use a lot of strength to "settle" this matter, relying on this Xu Guangqi alone, relying on this touching letter, this kind of sweet potato, it is absolutely impossible to get the vigorous promotion of the imperial courtIt is impossible to raise sweet potatoes to the height of the national policy, this Ming Dynasty will inevitably continue to slide down to the abyss in accordance with history, even if there is a golden finger of sweet potatoes, it will not be able to save the Ming Dynasty.

"Since you have not been able to say anything, then this matter is settled, to' In the next five years, we will vigorously promote the planting of sweet potatoes throughout the country, link the annual examination of officials with the planting of sweet potatoes, and if the promotion is not effective, it can be rated as inferior, because of the poor promotion and the disaster victims are not hungry, gather and rebel, severely punish them, and the seeds and technology are all responsible for the agricultural department. Seeing that no one came out to say anything against it, Yang Reform naturally settled the matter.

"Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order!" The ministers replied.

Seeing that the matter had been settled, Yang Reform was in a good mood, and said: "Actually, this sweet potato is a good thing, you may not know, Master Xu sent me a letter, saying that this sweet potato can not only be eaten as a meal, but also has many other uses, for example, it can be made into vermicelli, called sweet potato powder, stewed with pig rou, very fragrant, delicious, it is a rare delicacy, after this sweet potato vermicelli is made, it is durable, there is no problem with it next year, and it is convenient to eat, I am ready to use this sweet potato vermicelli as military food, It can solve the suffering of the border army with food difficulties; This sweet potato can also be made into sugar, called sweet potato sugar, which is also very sweet to eat; This sweet potato can also make wine, according to Master Xu's guidance, I have asked the ministers to make some, everyone taste, this is Master Xu's painstaking efforts, in order to promote sweet potatoes, Master Xu has worked hard! Yang Gengai smiled, and after speaking, he gestured to Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen got the emperor's signal, and immediately beckoned the eunuchs to bring in these things that the emperor said.

Before the ministers could figure out what the emperor was going to do, the eunuchs carried some things, and some bottles and jars came out.

"This filament-like thing, it's sweet potato flour, it's made, everyone, no one brings back twenty or thirty catties, it's a gift, go back and call the cook to cook it is cooked, you taste it, see if the taste is good? I have prepared a note for the preparation method, and you just need to ask the cook to make it according to this method. Yang Reform said with a smile.

In this early dynasty, in this solemn, solemn, and sacred early dynasty, the emperor did this kind of thing of giving sweet potatoes, and bundles of sweet potato flour were piled up in front of the ministers, and the ministers couldn't cry or laugh.

"This beige white lump is sweet potato candy, quick, knock it down for you to taste, see if I deceive everyone." Yang Reform said with a smile.

So, the eunuch Xiao immediately used a wooden mallet and a wooden awl to crack open the beige sweet potato candy, and distributed the pieces of sweet potato sugar to the ministers, so, in the wry smile of the ministers, the ministers in the Taihe Sect all ate sweet potato candy with bitter faces, although the sweet potato candy is sweet, but when you eat it in your mouth, why can't you feel that he is sweet?

"This kind of sugar, each of you will bring a few catties back and distribute it to the children at home, fù孺, which is a little bit of my heart." Yang Gai said again.

The ministers were even more bitter, but this was something given by the emperor, and they didn't dare to say no.

"Finally, look at this wine, which is also made from sweet potatoes." Yang Gai said again.

Speaking of wine, some ministers have come to their minds, in ancient times, this salt, iron, tea and wine are strictly controlled things, if this high-yield sweet potato can make wine, undoubtedly, this is a good way to make money! Sweet potatoes are not valuable, but this wine ......, and some ministers have a sharp turn of mind and begin to taste sweet potato wine. ,

"Good Fragrance ......"

"It smells so good! ……”

As soon as the wine bottle is opened, this hall is full of bursts of wine, ancient literati and wine, that is a good thing that can not be separated from the family, for other things, they may not be able to cry and laugh, for wine, it is indeed another attitude, it is completely smiling.

"Your Majesty, is this really a wine made from sweet potatoes? Dare to ask about this brewing method? Why does it smell so good? "Some ministers have a penchant for good wine, and when they smell the wine, the wine worms come and begin to swallow their saliva.

"Hehe, drink first, and then talk about it." Yang Gai said with a smile, this thing, but the killer weapon he prepared to promote sweet potatoes was ready to be taken out when the court debate was unfavorable, but he didn't expect that today's unexpected Shi Feng came to kill the Quartet, and even the auxiliary minister surnamed Han also had a neutral attitude, and made this happen all of a sudden, this killer weapon doesn't need to be used, but it still has his use.

A few alcoholic ministers couldn't wait, so they poured a glass and tasted it themselves, regardless of whether this was Taihemen or the main hall of the early dynasty.

"Good wine, good wine! This wine is mellow and sweet, and after drinking it, it feels very refreshing...... Your Majesty, this is really a good wine......" Several ministers who had drunk this wine unanimously praised this wine as good.

I heard that the first few ministers who tried the wine said that it was delicious, and smelled the pungent aroma, more ministers couldn't help it, and began to pour wine and drink ...... from the eunuch xiao, if it was something else, if they ate and drank in the important land of the early dynasty, they would definitely reject it and oppose it, but, this wine, it's different, literati and ink writers, how many people don't like wine?

Another minister poured wine from another flask, took a sip, only felt that his throat was burning, his face changed suddenly, he swallowed the wine, shivered all over, and came back to his senses after half a sound, and said, "What a strong wine!" After saying that, the whole person stared at the flask with trepidation.

The ministers looked at the changing face of this guy, looked at the trembling look, some people didn't believe it, and they also tried it themselves, and the result was the same as the minister just now, with his face closed and shouting wine, but the more this is the case, the more he shouts good.

Yang Gai smiled and said nothing, this sweet potato wine is brewed according to the recipe in the future, how can there be a reason why it is not fragrant? Nowadays, the technology of purifying alcohol has matured, and the technology of brewing high-grade liquor is naturally not a problem.

After drinking the wine, the ministers all blushed, constantly praising each other for the good wine, this hall is full of the smell of wine, this early hall has become a tavern, Yang Reform himself also drank a few sweet potato wine, his face instantly became red, looking at the ministers below who were already a little drunk, Yang Reform spit out the wine, and said with a smile: "Don't look at sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes are worthless, but they have become these things, but they are worth money,...... I have already sent my ministers to collect sweet potatoes, and I am ready to turn these items into several big deals, especially this wine, in addition to making this fragrant and delicious wine into a national liquor, I am also going to make spirits and sell them outside the customs, if you are interested, you might as well follow me to do it, you all come to buy shares...... "Halfway through, Yang Reform didn't say anything, and went to drink again.

Although this was only halfway said, the ministers listened to it, but everyone trembled, what is the emperor talking about? "Blatantly" said in the court that he wanted to do business!! Many ministers were so drunk that they woke up with the emperor's words, and hurriedly threw their glasses.

Looking at the surprised, frightened, and panicked expressions of the ministers, Yang Reform took advantage of the wine, and said: "Mistake, mistake, I drank a few sips of wine, just talk about wine, you don't have to ......take it seriously, this matter should not be born, don't say it outside!" …… Get down to business, get down to business! Yang Reform vaguely revealed the business through the wine.

Some of the ministers were embarrassed, some were funny, some were happy, and some were lost in thought. Everyone looked at the wine glass in their hands, looked at the pot of wine, and then thought about the wine they drank, and the wine breath they exhaled, this ...... is really a mistake in drinking! Many more are crying and laughing.

The ministers "tossed" the cups and began to get down to business.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something unclear, and I ask Your Majesty to show me." The ministers saw that the emperor was "playing drunk" by drinking, and said in this hall that everyone should buy shares to do business, and they were all serious at the moment, and if they were not serious, the emperor estimated that they would sell stocks directly in this hall, and the one who asked was Bi Ziyan.

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

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister only listened to Lord Fu talk about the national policy, but His Majesty didn't say where the money for the national policy came from! This household ...... "Bi Ziyan was depressed, the emperor asked him to mention the matter of the salt merchant, but today, it is a big mess about planting sweet potatoes, and there is a national policy, what is even more outrageous is that everyone is actually drinking in the court, the most outrageous thing is that the emperor is "drunkard", and wants everyone to invest in business, Bi Ziyan does not object to the emperor doing business, anyway, most of the money earned is also used in state affairs, but, his business, do you want to say it?

"Uh, this money for this national policy, this, supplement, how much silver does it need to run this national policy every year?" Yang Gengai asked "drunk".

"Back to Your Majesty, I have nearly 200 states and more than 1,100 counties in the Ming Dynasty, and if you follow the national policy of 500 taels of silver for each state and county, you will need 650,000 taels of silver." Fu Shi Fenglai also drank wine, and after completing the national policy, he was happy in his heart, and he shook his head and said with his head in the wine.

"Hmm, 650,000 taels......" Yang said.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say." The military department Shangshu also immediately said with the intention of drinking, seeing that the emperor was about to approve the 650,000 taels of silver, wouldn't it be too late to say anything?

"Oh, what's the point?" Yang asked "drunkly".

"Back to Your Majesty, all the states and counties in the world have national policy funds, but why don't you have this health center? There are nearly 500 guards in the world, and more than 300, Your Majesty, if sweet potatoes can solve the problem of military rations, wouldn't it be a great good deed? Liu Yanyuan suddenly opened his mind, and through the wine, he said it directly, this is usually not the courage he may have, he must discuss it with the emperor first.

"Well, it makes sense, the officers and soldiers of this guard station also have to live on the tuntian, and they are also my people, if they can rely on sweet potatoes to solve the problem of military rations, it is also a good thing, in this way, it is also included in the national policy plan, however, the silver does not need to be given as much as the state and county, and it is not included in the annual examination, auxiliary, you see, how much is more appropriate?" Yang Reform said "drunkly", this is through the wine, saying "wine talk", it is indeed very pleasant, what you want to say and say anything.