The first year of Chongzhen. This book is from.

Twenty days.

Nanking.

With the news of Beijing's 10 million taels of salt class reaching Nanjing, Jinyiwei, who had not moved, suddenly came out and searched the salt merchants everywhere, and the remaining ones were still waiting and hesitating, and the salt merchants who were ready to pass the test were sent to prison and raided their homes, which was completely different from the previous style of "civilized case handling", showing the true colors of Jinyiwei.

If you add the salt merchants who took the initiative to donate their family wealth before, then, the salt merchant capture case has wiped out a number of salt merchants in the Ming Dynasty, and no salt merchant can escape the involvement of the salt merchant capture case, some have been waiting, vacillating, or expecting to pass the test in the mud, the salt merchant has not escaped, and compared with the previous salt merchants who took the initiative to donate their wealth, what is waiting for them, naturally needless to say.

The officialdom of the entire south was also silent, no one dared to intercede for those salt merchants who were suddenly handled, and they didn't even dare to look at these salt merchants, the news from Beijing was really scary, the salt class of 10 million taels was really different from the previous salt class of less than 1 million, who would dare to touch them? At this time, it doesn't matter whether they are captured or not, such a huge difference in salt class is here, no matter how you argue, it is pale and powerless, and after eating such a huge salt class in the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, this is all people's fat and people's ointment, and everyone in the world wants them to die

Then when the news of Liulizhai prepaid five million salt classes came from Beijing, the entire southern officialdom was even more frightened, this method was really powerful, so powerful that people could not resist it even if they knew it, and it was impossible to refute it, and at this time, everyone understood the emperor's backhand. The emperor carried the general trend of the world, uprooted the salt merchants with one brain, without mercy, it can be said that they were all killed, and the salt merchants were completely ended in the hands of the emperor

Many officials also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that the emperor just wants to run a salt merchant, and does not intend to involve officials, otherwise, this time, I don't know how many people will lose their officials and lose their heads. Since the emperor is merciful, he doesn't dare to get involved in this matter anymore, for fear of implicating himself and being that vain ghost. Under such a general trend, it is impossible for anyone who wants to block it, and it is all a mantis arm blocking the car

There are many salt merchants who donated their family wealth and lived in the temple, and took out extra family wealth, begging the Xi Gonggong to send personnel to "supervise", this temple that no one "supervises", all day long in the face of those angry eyes, in the face of those eyes who want to eat people, living is really frightening, that day those angry crowds were beaten to death, afraid that no one cares, such as the resentment of people against them today, has reached the extreme. The people's grievances have reached the extreme.

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February 25.

Beijing.

Mandarin Palace.

After dealing with a lot of chores, Yang Gai took out Xu Guangqi's report to himself, asking for instructions on how to deal with the salt merchants, although he had secretly discussed how to deal with the salt merchants, but such a big matter, on the surface, after all, he had to go through the process that should be taken.

"This is Master Xu's recital, and it is for instructions on how to deal with the salt merchants, so please take a look." Yang Gengai was expressionless and said flatly, as if this was just a trivial matter.

Several cabinets, Shang Shu, listened to the emperor's words and immediately looked at the emperor with various eyes. There are surprises, there are envy, there are fears......

The thick report was circulated in the hands of several important ministers. Yang Reform began to speak.

"Master Xu said, now the southern people's grievances are boiling, the discussion is raging, the common people are eager to eat the meat of those salt merchants, gnaw their bones, Master Xu said, it is best to deal with the salt merchants as soon as possible, to give an explanation to the people of the world, otherwise, let the people's grievances boil, those salt merchants are afraid that they will be buried in the belly of the people of the world......" Yang Reform said flatly, glanced at the people in the Wenhua Palace, and said.

The people present, Sun Chengzong still looked calm and calm, it seemed that this matter had nothing to do with him, and it was not a day or two that he didn't take care of political affairs, and everyone was used to it.

Some people were very frightened, the emperor's methods were already known to everyone, although the consequences of this incident had been expected, but the news from the south still made people feel frightened, thinking that the whole south of the people had to eat the meat of those salt merchants, and they who were involved with the salt merchants, even though they were in the city of Beijing, still felt chills down their backs.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it should be dealt with as soon as possible, if it is a little late, I am afraid that there will be a change" The first person to speak this time was not the first assistant Shi Fenglai, but Han Yi, although he reached a compromise with the emperor, knowing that the emperor would not "start" on his relationship, but when he thought of the common people in Nanjing who would eat people, Han Yi felt scared, this matter, if it dragged on for a few more days, I was afraid that even the emperor would not be able to keep his "relationship", even if the emperor did not run his family's "relationship", but in case of an unexpected ......, thinking of this, Han Yi shuddered. ,

"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that it should indeed be dealt with as soon as possible, and an explanation should be given to the people of the world as soon as possible, otherwise, if it drags on, it will definitely be bad." Immediately, more people came out in favor of dealing with the case as soon as possible and closing the case quickly.

On this issue, both the imperialist party and the non-imperialist party unanimously agreed to close the case as soon as possible, and if the case is not concluded as soon as possible in the form of the south, I am afraid that there will really be "people" who will eat it, and at that time, no one wants to see it.

"Okay, since all of you agree to close the case as soon as possible, let's talk about how to deal with it, Master Xu has also drafted some opinions on how to deal with it, and you can discuss it." Yang Gengai looked at everyone indifferently, and sure enough, when the emperor has to take advantage of the situation, there is no need to force himself to turn his head and drink water by himself, and the situation has been laid out, and they all have to agree to close the case as soon as possible, instead of checking one by one, one by one, wasting time and energy for no reason.

It was agreed to close the case as soon as possible, and began to discuss how to close the case, everyone's eyes began to light up again, Xu Guangqi said in this report that there are salt merchants who are willing to break up with the salt merchants and voluntarily donate their family wealth, this wealth is as high as tens of millions of taels, and the silver that can be counted alone is more than 30 million taels, and other shops, fields, houses, vehicles and boats, etc. need to be counted separately, such a huge fortune can make everyone's eyes light up.

Speaking of this question, the sound of breathing in this Wenhua Hall suddenly increased, and many people's hearts jumped to their hearts, this amount of silver is really too much. Of course, everyone also knows that this is the emperor's.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, is there really such a huge amount of money as Xu Ge Lao claimed?" An official asked cautiously.

"There should be, Master Xu has always been safe, and if there is no thing, dare to talk nonsense?" Yang Gai said disapprovingly.

The minister asked, and immediately retreated, his eyes shining brightly.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the son is right, even if the salt merchant should die and be killed, but the responsibility for this crime is also big and small, and the punishment should also be severe, otherwise, it is not enough to understand the law of the country and show justice. Han Yi immediately followed what was said in this newspaper and said, punish a group of salt merchants, this is certain, it is necessary, otherwise the emperor will not be able to come down, but the emperor has already reached a compromise and will let go of a group of salt merchants, such as their relationship, compared to them, there may be some preferential treatment, which is all promised by the emperor, Han Yi hurriedly put it forward, hoping that the emperor did not forget.

Yang just nodded and didn't say anything. The current situation is not beyond their expectations, and a group of people who need to be let go are the "relations" of these bigwigs in the DPRK and China, since they have already agreed to this matter, they will definitely not smash their own brands, in addition to not doing their crimes, they may even need to return part of the family property ......, as for the batch that should be killed, it is natural that the news of the tens of millions of salt classes has spread to the south, and there are still no salt merchants who have donated their family wealth, and most of these people are going to play the role of killing talents, and the salt merchants who have eyes and connections have already done it according to their own rules. The rest of these killers are all not strong enough, and if you want to deal with them, you won't encounter too much resistance, as for those other than these two kinds of people, that is, so-so, they can be regarded as spanking and passing the test......

Seeing that the emperor didn't speak, everyone knew that the emperor had let everyone talk about it, so they began to discuss, and some people began to get anxious.

After discussing for a while, Yang Gengai pressed his hand, and everyone quieted down, waiting for the emperor to speak.

"Then let's agree on each article, and if there is anything inappropriate or that needs to be added, you will bring it up." Yang Reform said lightly, now that he has the initiative, he should turn the direction of things in the direction he wants, and it is impossible to listen to what someone says and accept it indiscriminately.

“…… Regarding what Master Xu said, the salt merchant eats the national money, sucks the people's blood, and the money is not right, so the salt merchant's family wealth should be confiscated, do you have any objections? Yang Reform asked, how to deal with it, how to guide things to where they want, Yang Reform has his own ideas, although he also promised some things, but these things promised are on the basis of achieving his own goals, otherwise, he is not busy in vain? Therefore, in response to Han Yi's hurried reminder, Yang Reform did not react much.

The emperors were silent, and they all supported the emperor in whatever the emperor did. ,

"This ......" Some non-imperialists were puzzled, this is more than 30 million taels of silver plus countless family wealth, this sentence has been copied, that is, it all belongs to the emperor...... do you want to mention this matter again? Asking for some silver? Some people are starting to wonder.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be, I want the salt merchant to be prosperous, but he doesn't want to serve the court, blindly eating the national money, blindly scraping the people's fat and people's ointment, and the family wealth obtained is all ill-gotten gains, and it should indeed be copied ...... all" Han Yi immediately made a decision, not ready to entangle with the emperor on this issue, if this premise has to be repeated, then the emperor will move the salt merchants, wouldn't it be in vain, busy with others? Messing around with this issue, I am afraid that those salt merchants in the south will really want to eat the common people, this is the premise of everything, how can it be discussed? Agree with the emperor right away.

Some ministers looked at Han Yi and saw that Han Yi said this, so they didn't say anything more.

"Well, yes, these should have been the imperial court's state funds, the blood of the people of the world, after I get it, I will also use it for the people, for the ...... of the imperial court's expenses" Yang Reform said, this is to obtain the control of that money in an open and honest manner, and I am not afraid of anyone worrying about it in the future, I play this book every day or something, it is okay not to do this, but too many flies are flying in my ears, which is also annoying.

The ministers saw that the emperor said this, although some people were unwilling, but there was no way, it could only be so, and the emperor could indeed say this openly, the emperor in order to provide disaster relief, but he paid a lot of money out of his own pocket to make up for the arrears of wages at the border pass, but he also paid out of his pocket, saying that he spent all the money on state affairs, which is by no means a lie.

"What do you have to say about the punishment of salt merchants that Master Xu said in the notebook?" Yang Gengai saw that the premise of everything was done, so he said the next thing. It's time to deliver on your promises.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xu Zixian is reasonable, and it is absolutely not advisable to treat it differently, and it needs to be treated differently...... someone immediately brought it up.

"Your Majesty, the ministers also think that it should be so, one size fits all is too general, I hope Your Majesty ......will treat it differently" The ministers jumped out one after another, and spoke on how to punish the salt merchants, nothing more than one sentence, Emperor, it's time for you to fulfill your promise.

Yang Gengai saw it, smiled slightly, and said: "Heaven and earth are not complete, and a glimmer of life needs to be left to conform to the principles of heaven, even my Jinluan Palace, after it is built, it also needs to remove a few tiles, in order to show that the heaven and earth are not complete, conform to the principles of heaven, do not dare to be "full" and "full", for fear of damage, to the curse of heaven, although the salt merchant should be killed, deserve to die, but must not cut off everyone's way of life, it is true that the net should be opened, so as not to hurt the heaven and ......"

As soon as the emperor's words came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, since the emperor pulled the matter to the point that the way of heaven was incomplete and to metaphysics, then this matter was true, the emperor was really credible, and everyone was waiting for the emperor to fulfill his promise, and the depression in the court was empty.

“…… I heard that there are many salt merchants in the south, as soon as the salt merchant case broke out, he took the initiative to stand up and donate all his family wealth to help me exterminate the Dongyu, and the donation of family wealth was as high as millions of taels, I had always thought that the salt merchants were insatiable, and the sin was unforgivable, but through this matter, I also saw that among the salt merchants, there were also loyal people, so in order to comply with the principles of heaven, these salt merchants should indeed be given a way to live, which can be regarded as I shun the principles of heaven...... "Yang Reform is a nonsense, and simply took out the salt merchants who donated their family wealth out of the salt merchant case.

"Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty Rende......" After listening to the emperor's nonsense, all the ministers unanimously shouted the emperor's Shengming, benevolence, this is a sincere chant, not absent-mindedness. The emperor really fulfilled his promise, and the road that seemed to be a dead end now seems to be a way to live.

“…… These salt merchants who took the lead and cut off the salt merchants and helped us exterminate the eastern captives with huge amounts of family wealth, should be different from the later ones, Wang, Liang, Guo, and Li...... Wait for the family, I will tell Master Xu that he should be pardoned appropriately, and he should be given extra favor......" Yang Reform said here, showing a slight smile.

"Your Majesty Shengming" The ministers once again chanted the emperor Shengming, hearing that the emperor further fulfilled his promise, many ministers were overjoyed, it seems that the emperor is still reputable, but I don't know how far this favor can go.

"Well, well, these salt merchants who are loyal and reimbursed should be pardoned, and those salt merchants who are captured and punished severely for their crimes should be severely punished, this is no problem, so what do you think should be done with this part in the middle?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile, smiling a little secretly. ,

The ministers began to use their brains to think about this problem again, all the salt merchants have raided their homes, this is the overall situation, some people who do not open their eyes must die, this is a foregone conclusion, some salt merchants have been pardoned and favored, this has also become a foregone conclusion, then now it is indeed the middle part, the middle part, but the upper part is not up to the sky, and the lower part does not need to land, it is not good or bad, perhaps, according to what Xu Guangqi said, it is time to beat the ass.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xu Ge Lao has already mentioned it in this recital, so he might as well do what Xu Ge Lao said." A minister said that if they can escape from the ascension to heaven, these salt merchants should laugh secretly, compared with those who are not long-sighted, but they are also in the sky and underground, besides, these people have more or less hidden some family wealth, plus the relationship is still there, it will not be too difficult to turn over.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the sages have a saying: 'Knowing mistakes can be done, and being good is great', we should treat this group of people with the view of curing the sick and saving people, punishing the former and the future, although this group of people has passed the test this time, it is Your Majesty's mercy, they still have some problems and problems, some punishments, but not enough to solve all problems, if you are wrong and do not change, isn't it contrary to the principles of the sages,......" Hubu Shangshu Bi Ziyan came out and said solemnly.

The hearts of the ministers are tight, this Bi is strict, don't come out to make trouble, this guy is now a famous minister all over the world, if he doesn't follow the emperor's way, it will make today's matter yellow.

"Oh, then Bi Aiqing tell me, what should I do?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is necessary to educate, to treat the disease, to save people, and to punish the past and the future, through punishment, through education, let these people realize that tax arrears are wrong, and tax arrears will not only endanger the imperial court, but also endanger themselves, so that they can realize the greatness, and more importantly, let these people correct this mistake, so that these people can not make the same mistake again in the future......" Bi Ziyan said in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner, and the spirit of a generation of Zhengchen has been revealed.

When the ministers heard this, what did this mean? Educate? How to educate? Correcting mistakes? How to correct? What does this mean, Emperor? Some old foxes, who had already smelled some smells, suddenly looked at the emperor with wide eyes, and looked at the emperor with disbelieving eyes, this must be the emperor's idea, it must be, it must be ah, sure enough, the emperor's plan is not small

"Hehehe......" Yang Gengai listened and smiled hehehe.

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