Chapter 283: Borrowing Someone's Head, Reality After Excitement
In the platform of "Your Majesty Think ...... Twice", all the ministers unanimously begged the emperor not to go to Shanxi to borrow people's heads, whether it was true or not, they kept kowtowing and begging for the emperor's forgiveness.
Yang Gai looked coldly at the people kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, without a trace of pity in his heart, let alone a trace of forgiveness. If he doesn't get rid of this person today, he said, even if he dies miserably, who will pity himself when the time comes? Who do you ask for mercy?
Wang Chengen finally walked out of the platform and went to do this in person, the ministers in the platform were desperate, this time, this Hu Yanyan was dead, this guy who was bold and dared to intercept the news of the murder of officials and rebellion, met the emperor who was bent on taking his sacrifice flag, this time, it was considered to have put his life into it. Seeing that the emperor could not be dissuaded, the ministers kowtowed and begged for mercy, and the voices gradually died out. If you hadn't been so bold and reckless at the beginning, now you wouldn't have ended up like this, the tragic death is not the most terrible, the terrible is destined to leave an infamy in history, this person is completely finished, thinking of the emperor who is now praised by all the people, the emperor who is willing to spend tens of millions of taels of silver to relieve the disaster, and the emperor who is destined to leave a name in history borrowed the head, this person must be a negative teaching material! It's just a Qin Hui-style infamy! When the ministers thought of this relationship, they didn't even have the courage to ask for a reprieved death for this person at the end.
Yang Gai sat coldly on the chair, in front of him was the table that was overturned by himself, as well as the fragments of a place, scattered objects, and then below was the ministers of a place, the ministers from the beginning of the loud voice, gradually, there were only a few people humming and moaning, to this day, no one dared to speak out, everyone recalled the seriousness of this matter, remembered the horror of this matter, can only set off a storm in their hearts, silent cicadas.
The whole platform continued to be "calm" like this.
…… Wang Chengen went to hand over the matter of borrowing the head, the stakes are very high, and it can't be done in one or two clicks, a small yellow door shrank his head outside the door, and when he saw the strange situation in the platform, he was so frightened that he immediately retracted his head.
After a while, the little yellow door still stuck his head out, and then, he also moved his body in, walked carefully to the platform, and knocked from a distance: "Your Majesty, Sun Chengzong, Master Sun has arrived." ”
Yang Gai was immersed in the pleasure of killing, and it was the first time that he took the initiative to kill a high-ranking official, and there was an inexplicable excitement and pleasure in his chest, and he felt quite good. Yang Reform was still reminiscing, and when he heard the little eunuch report that Sun Chengzong was coming, the happiness in his chest dissipated, and said, "Please come in Master Sun, I just have something to discuss." ”
Yang reformed the "calm" killing, his heart was very calm, his mind was very clear, and he knew that he had more important things to do, so he immediately let Sun Chengzong in.
The ministers who were suppressed by the emperor's murderous intent woke up like a dream, and when they heard that the "emperor" Sun Chengzong was coming, if they were savior, the hope of extinguishing burned again, and when they saw Sun Chengzong stepping into the platform, they didn't care about any etiquette, and shouted: "Lord Sun, quickly persuade Your Majesty, Your Majesty wants to go to Shaanxi to borrow the head of Hu Yanyan, Lord Sun, hurry up and persuade Your Majesty, this matter must not be ......."
This person's desperate shouting surprised Sun Chengzong! The emperor borrowed the head of Hu Yanyan's banquet? Who is Hu Yanyan Sun Chengzong naturally knows, as the governor of one of the thirteen provinces of the two capitals, it can be said that he is on the side of the feudal territory, and now he has actually made trouble with the emperor borrowing his head, what a big deal this must be! Sun Chengzong's eyes widened, he couldn't believe it, he looked at the mess in the platform in surprise, looked at the important ministers of the court kneeling on the ground, and looked at the unusually "calm" emperor, he couldn't believe that he was in the Forbidden City, and he was in the platform.
The ministers were reminded of this sentence, and they all woke up, and now, those who can persuade the emperor are afraid that it is this "emperor teacher", and they also echoed it, and suddenly, in the calm platform, it became shouting again.
Yang Gai didn't make a sound, just sat on the chair, and didn't say anything, and the Han general on the side couldn't stand it anymore, and shouted: "Silence! Quiet! In front of Your Majesty, you must not be rude. ”
Then the ministers were quiet again.
Sun Chengzong looked at everything on the platform in surprise, what's going on? Isn't the emperor's temper always good? Why is it like this today?
Sun Chengzong hurriedly greeted him. After seeing the salute, he said: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, why is this?" ”
Yang Gai smiled and explained: "Hehe, Master Sun, it's nothing, I'm just borrowing the head of a person with three nos and three poisons, this person is really a moth and scourge of my dynasty, and if I don't get rid of him today, my Ming Dynasty will definitely not be alive." ”
"Three nos? Three Poisons? Dare to ask Your Majesty, but do you say that Hu Yanyan, the governor of Shaanxi? This person has always had a good reputation, why does Your Majesty say that this person has three nos and three poisons? Sun Chengzong also felt strange, he didn't know what the emperor was stimulated, and he wanted to deal with Hu Yanyan by borrowing people's heads.
"Hehe, Master Sun, this matter is a long story, don't talk about it, it just so happens that Master Sun has arrived, I have more important things, let's talk about important things first." Yang Reform didn't take Hu Yanyan's death to heart at all, this kind of person should die like this.
"Your Majesty, Hu Yanyan is also the governor of Shaanxi Province, even if there is a big mistake, Your Majesty should not treat it in this way! Your Majesty, reputation matters! Sun Chengzong probably guessed what was going on, but he didn't expect that the emperor's reaction to this matter was so strong, far beyond his imagination.
"Hehe, Master Sun, this person, don't mention it, just a bully is enough for him to kill his head, deceive me to nothing, I don't care about it, I don't care about the surname of my colleagues, not to mention, but to block the local killing of officials and rebellion, to block the local disaster report, then this person can only have this way of death, in order to be worthy of the people under his jurisdiction who were starved to death by him, in my eyes, he Hu Yanyan is my people, those people in Shaanxi who were starved to death by him, but also my people, he dares to deliberately starve to death my people, I dare to deliberately ask for his head to make a joke, hehe...... Is it a joke that I made a grand oath of 'not abandoning, not giving up'? If I break this oath, I will be hit by five thunderbolts and die! If he doesn't die, let God chop me to death! "Yang's words of reform are cold and light, raising the severity of this matter by several levels.
Sun Chengzong gasped, this matter is really difficult to solve, the emperor's words forced Hu Yanyan into a corner, and there is no room for maneuver. These three, that one are capital offenses! In particular, the third article, deliberately starving to death the people under his jurisdiction, this is definitely contrary to the current emperor's concept of governing the country, you know, today's emperor, but tens of millions of silver disaster relief, but also issued a "do not abandon, do not give up" of the grand wish, this Hu Yanyan, can be regarded as self-defeating, if in normal times, everyone covers up, it will pass, but unfortunately, meet this more true emperor, meet such an emperor who made such a grand wish, this matter, is no matter what, I can't ask for mercy! Sun Chengzong sighed in his heart, he did his own sin, he couldn't live! He no longer persuaded the emperor, knowing that the emperor's mind had been decided, and it would be useless to persuade him again, so he could only give up.
The ministers listened to the emperor's sentence "The sky hit five thunders and died on the top", it was like bursts of rolling thunder exploding in their ears, deafening! Only then did I understand why the emperor had to kill Hu Yanyan, the words of "don't abandon, don't give up", everyone didn't take it seriously, thinking it was just a nice scene, and I knew that the emperor was so serious, the ministers were prostrate on the ground, and they no longer had the courage to look at the emperor, and all the strength around them was drained by the emperor's words.
"Alas......, Your Majesty, I don't know if there is something important about summoning the ministers?" Sun Chengzong listened to the emperor's "poisonous" oath, sighed, and stopped persuading the emperor, but asked about other things.
The ministers fell prostrate on the ground, and the last glimmer of hope was gone.
"Master Sun, I borrowed Hu Yanyan's head, Master Sun should probably know what the cause is, right?" Yang asked Gengai.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister knows a little bit, but Your Majesty said that the people of Shaanxi have changed?" Sun Chengzong knew that he was specifically in charge of the military for the emperor, and since he called himself, he must have nothing to do with the military, and after thinking about it for a while, he came to this conclusion.
"Yes, Master Sun, since the civil uprising in Shaanxi has happened, then, aside from the relief now, Master Xu is naturally responsible for the relief, now, let's talk about how to clean up the matter and how to prevent this kind of thing from happening again." After Yang reformed his roar, he calmed down in his heart, and was thinking about how to deal with this matter, now it is June, and it is only a month before the time of the peasant rebellion in history, it seems that there is still time, in fact, except for the time when the army marches on the road, in fact, if he sends troops from Yanjing to defend against the peasant rebellion in Shaanxi, now, it is close to the final moment, and no matter how late, the momentum of the peasant rebellion will be like a prairie fire, and the damage caused is incalculable. Yang had to calm down and consider countermeasures.
"What Your Majesty said is very true, now, it is needless to say that the relief is naturally needless to say, if Xu Zi goes to the disaster relief first, there will naturally be no problem in this regard, but it will take time for the relief to be effective, and Your Majesty still needs to send the elite to guard it, just in case, it is the best policy." Sun Chengzong didn't think much about it, so he agreed with the emperor's words, disaster relief is disaster relief, but it also needs military deterrence, on the one hand, to guide the migration of disaster victims and resettle them in other places; On the one hand, to prevent some people with ulterior motives to coerce the victims to rebel, to avoid creating an uncontrollable situation, that place in Shaanxi, from the time of Wanli aid to the DPRK, there were many officers and soldiers because they were afraid of going to the battlefield, fled from the army privately, and could not return home, so they could only fall into the grass, that place, it was a mess, it was a powder keg, once it became a prairie fire, it would not be good.
"Well, Master Sun is right, in that place in Shaanxi, I always feel that relying on just one disaster relief, now, I'm afraid it won't help, there must be a competent person to go over there to guard, just in case, okay, you all get up, don't kneel there anymore, I called you here today, not to see you kneeling there, but to ask you countermeasures, get up, look at this matter, what to do." Yang Gengai first agreed to Sun Chengzong, and then said to the ministers kneeling on the ground, let them get up and discuss things.
The rumbling thunder in the ears of the ministers only stopped now, and they had a little strength and stood up one after another.
"Everyone, come here." Yang Gengai walked to the edge of the big sand table and called his ministers to come over, ready to discuss what to do about this dispatch of troops.
The ministers were drained of their strength by the emperor's words, and a group of people softly gathered around the edge of the sand table, stood on three sides, and left one side to return to the emperor.
Yang Gengai picked up a long stick, pointed to the sand table and said: "Look, this is the Beijing Division, to the west, it is Shanxi, and then it is the Yellow River, and after the Yellow River, it is the boundary of Shaanxi. I also want to send a governor of the five provinces to suppress these popular uprisings, so the form is very bad...... well, well, don't talk nonsense, you see, what should I do? Yang Gai pointed to the city on the sand table, pointed, and then made a comment, and began to let the ministers come up with ideas.
The ministers looked at the realistic model on the sand table, and had a rough idea in their hearts, but the strength was exhausted by the emperor just now, and now, they couldn't take the slightest strength to think about it.
Yang Reform's eyes were on everyone's heads, hovering for a long time, and no one stood up, and Sun Chengzong also frowned and remained silent.
After another half of the ring, a minister came out and played: "Your Majesty, this matter must be done by the governors of several provinces, this matter involves many places, even many provinces, and the official rank is small, I am afraid that it will not help!" ”
Yang Gai looked at the minister and said with a smile: "Speaking of the governors of several provinces, I have forgotten that the governor of the three sides is also responsible for Hu Yanyan's matter......
The emperor smiled and talked about the trilateral governors, and the ministers were beating drums in their hearts. They all looked at the emperor in horror.
Yang Gai paused deliberately, saw the frightened look of the ministers, and said with a smile: "I am not so mediocre, I still know who to find for something, and this trilateral governor is also responsible in this matter, so it can be spared, it can be regarded as a small punishment." By the way, there is also the governor of Yansui, let's be exempted first, the matter of punishment, I will talk about it later, and now I will talk about the suppression of the rebellion. ”
The ministers beat drums in their hearts, talking and laughing, a trilateral governor was exempted, a governor of Yansui was exempted, and a governor of Shaanxi was even borrowed from the head, and the ministers looked at the emperor's gaze and became afraid.
“…… Since you are saying that this matter is complicated, the matter may involve several provinces, I am afraid that a high-ranking official is really needed to solve it, but the governors of several provinces do not have to, it is enough for me to see the governor of Shaanxi, just to make room for the new person to deal with the matter of the people's uprising, the one who is willing to serve as the governor of Shaanxi? Yang Gai said with a smile still on his face.
No one took the emperor's words, the governor of Shaanxi, that is indeed a big official, but unfortunately, it is not enough to see the people here, the minimum here is also a waiter, can be a waiter in the capital, why go to that place to suffer? The chaos in that place is not a day or two old, not to mention, how many people understand this military matter? What's more, the emperor got rid of three governors at once, who would dare to take this errand? All the ministers were silent.
Sun Chengzong moved his lips, Yang Gai saw it, interrupted and said: "Master Sun doesn't need to go, I still need Master Sun's assistance, and I can't do without Master Sun." "Yang Reform has already released Xu Guangqi, and he doesn't plan to release Sun Chengzong again, not to mention, the war in the north in the past two years is about to open, and it is impossible to put Sun Chengzong in Shaanxi, so his right-hand man is not around.
When Sun Chengzong heard the emperor say this, he didn't move his lips anymore, and left the words in his stomach again.
"Hehe, what, no one goes?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile.
Ministers, look at me, I look at you, this matter is definitely a hard work, a thankless task, and no one wants to pick up this burden.
"Don't want to go? How many people can I recommend? Yang asked again.
Still no one spoke, now that Shaanxi, everyone can see that there is a powder keg, the emperor's tens of millions of silver disaster relief, mainly aimed at Shaanxi, said to be good governance, but also from another aspect, the grim surname of that place, the emperor angrily borrowed people's heads, abolished the three governors, fools also know that the place is not good, whoever goes is a fool, whoever pushes people out, is to push that person into the fire pit. The ministers were calculating in their hearts, and none of them would say a word.
After waiting for a long time, the ministers seemed to be drained of their strength by the emperor's words just now, so that no one spoke until now. It's just that he was deaf and didn't dare to look at the emperor.
Yang Reform's gaze patrolled around everyone's heads a few times, and found that there was no one, and said with a smile: "Everyone, aren't you all afraid of this?" Although the place in Shaanxi is a bit chaotic, but I also have tens of millions of silver to help the disaster, if I work a little harder, maybe, I can take this opportunity to settle the Shaanxi side, at that time, but I am the hero of my dynasty, I will not be stingy. Yang said jokingly.
Bi Ziyan really couldn't help it, when he was the emperor, at the critical moment, he couldn't let the emperor be cold, right? So, he still stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not talented, he is willing to share his worries for His Majesty, and he is willing to serve as the governor of Shaanxi to quell the popular uprising. After saying this, Bi Ziyan was relieved.
Everyone looked at Bi Ziyan with the eyes of "you have courage" and "you are a hero", this emperor's person is not easy to be! At the critical moment, they had to stand up for the thunder, and everyone had a pity on their faces.
"Hehe, Bi Aiqing, you don't have to go, you know that you are a good hand at managing money, if you want to talk about war, you can't do it, hehe, don't go." Yang Reform smiled and stopped Bi Ziyan from going to Shaanxi, Bi Ziyan is an expert in financial management, not a good hand at fighting, which Yang Reform distinguishes very clearly.
The ministers had a "pity" expression again.
Bi Ziyan seemed to have suffered some blow, his chest rose and fell a few times, and he seemed to gather a lot of strength, and said: "Your Majesty, since Your Majesty does not let the minister go, the minister will recommend another person to serve as the governor of Shaanxi." ”
"Oh, who?" Yang asked Gengai.
Everyone is ready to watch a good show, the powder keg in Shaanxi, I don't know that Bi Ziyan wants to push that to top the thunder, and it's strange if others don't scold him to death, so they stretched their necks to watch the show.
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, you don't avoid enemies when you move outside, you don't avoid relatives when you move inside, and the minister recommends the minister's brother Bi Zisu to be the governor of Shaanxi......"
Everyone looked at Bi Ziyan in surprise, this is pushing his younger brother into the fire pit!
(To be continued)