The ministers sat down, and the emperor didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "Since the beginning of this year, Qin Guogong has proposed a number of notes, some of which have been implemented, which can be described as outstanding, and some have been carried out halfway, and their effects are also well known. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Chang Ge Lao, you are in charge of the household, so let's talk about it first. ”

"Yes!"

Wenyuan Pavilion University scholar Chang Kuan, the scholar of the household department, got up and saluted and sat down again, and then praised the machine bureau that was booming and directly earned 50 million taels of silver, and said that the tax of 20 million taels that he earned indirectly was one-tenth of that.

In addition, the work of the Gunpowder and Firearms Bureaus in charge of Admiral Chang Wei, Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang, and Sun Yuanhua was also full of praise, and the outstanding performance of paper shells, Dingyuan bullets, flintlock guns, and rifled guns was obvious to all, and no one could deny their merits.

In addition, according to the Ministry of Households' estimates, the promotion of potatoes will double the country's grain production and feed at least one million people, and the exact number will not be counted until next year.

With the efforts of Wang Zhichen, the left servant of the Ministry of War, and Zhou Sheng, the Qianhu of the Fusi of Beizhen, the rectification of the guards in the five northern provinces has been completed, and a total of 120,000 vacancies have been cleared in Beizhili, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Shandong. Wang Zhichen has now gone to Sichuan, and if things go well, he will be able to complete this work next year, and it is conservatively estimated that he will be able to clear the empty quota of 300,000 people.

A soldier of the guard station will get at least two taels of silver a month for his salary and equipment, and 300,000 people will save at least seven million taels of silver for the military department and the imperial court a year.

The other big one is the cutting of the feudal domain, and there are already 70 vassal kings who have been cut off and invited by themselves, and there are less than 60 left, whether they want to or not, the court and the household department will not give another tael of silver. This item saves tens of millions of taels a year, and it saves 20 million taels for the household department inside and out, not counting the 30 million taels in the treasury of the palace, as well as more than 10 million stone grains and the 3 or 400 million mu of fertile land vacated, and one acre of land produces half a tael of silver, which is 200 million taels of silver, which is really a shocking figure!

“...... After all these matters are completed, it is expected that the imperial court will be able to increase its income every year, 400 million taels of silver!"

The court dignitaries present were all amazed, and even Chang Wei himself was a little dizzy, it was really shocking that he didn't know it!

However, these are the incomes that include the spread of the apportionment to the acre, a whip law, and a tenth-tax rate!

"Okay, good, hahaha!" Emperor Long Yan Dayue laughed loudly, "Qin Guogong Wen Yunwu is really the pillar of the country, you Aiqing should take Qin Guogong as a model!"

Chang Wei immediately stood up and said: "The minister just came up with some ideas, and the specific matters are all handled by the cabinet, Beizhen, the household department, and the military department, and the minister must also thank the local officials for their full cooperation, as well as the support of the court colleagues, otherwise the song will not be passed so smoothly." The eunuchs sent to various places by Gonggong Wei and the eunuchs of the ceremonies and the imperial horse eunuchs also made great contributions, and without their concerted efforts, the silver would not have been collected so quickly. Of course, all of this is the emperor's discernment, wisdom and martial arts, otherwise, my Ming Dynasty would not have the atmosphere of Zhongxing!"

"Okay, that's a good point!" the emperor sighed, his eyes swept over the ministers, "I heard that there are rumors outside that the Duke of Qin is arrogant, pampered and arrogant, you see, isn't this a humble and polite gentleman?

One of the ministers here is counted as one, almost vomiting blood when he listened, gentle and frugal, humble and polite, polite and gentleman, these words can be related to his Chang Wei? This kid is pretending to be garlic in front of His Majesty the Emperor, but these words are very useful, tsk, what a cunning little guy!

Wei Zhongxian sighed in his heart when he heard this, this kid is much more cunning than Donglin's gang who only know how to fight to the death, thought for a while, bowed down from his seat and said: "Emperor Mingjian, Qin Guogong is indeed a humble gentleman, and those rumors outside the old slave will deal with it well." ”

His Majesty the Emperor waved his hand, "It has nothing to do with you, Fearless Fang also said that you can collect so much silver, you have done a lot of work." You don't care about this matter, Tian Ergeng, these are the responsibilities of your Jinyiwei, right?"

Tian Ergeng's heart jumped suddenly, why did it hit me?

"Your Majesty rest assured, the minister will go back to check these rumors, and the minister will go to check it himself. ”

"Everyone has his own responsibility, and whoever is responsible for these things must be explained, so don't be confused. The emperor shook his head slightly, and his eyes swept to Cui Yingyuan, who was sitting on the statue.

Cui Yingyuan was thirty canes yesterday, and his buttocks were aching, but today's court discussion couldn't come, so he could only grit his teeth and half-lean on the Taishi chair, just hoping that today's court meeting time could be shorter, who knew that the emperor would take him out in the crowd.

"Cui Yingyuan, you are a fellow acquaintance of Jinyiwei, I will leave this matter to you, don't keep thinking about contradicting your boss, you know?"

Cui Yingyuan got up in a hurry, and limped out of work, "Yes, yes, the minister doesn't dare, the minister knows!"

The emperor didn't seem to be ready to let him go so easily, and sneered, "Does it hurt so much? Isn't it just a beating? Last year, Fearless was put into the edict by you, tortured half to death, and didn't you still live and die?"

Cui Yingyuan didn't know whether he was scared or hurt, he was sweating profusely, and he didn't know how to answer, but the emperor ignored him, retracted his gaze and said: "Everyone has also seen Qin Guogong's recital, and no one opposes it if he says something that has achieved outstanding results, right?" However, Qin Guogong had a lot of recitals last year, and some of the imperial courts discussed it for half a year, some of them agreed and some of them were opposed, and so on, and it seems that there is a trend of not ending, which is not good, very bad!"

The emperor said with a serious face: "Today's big court discussion, while Qin Guogong is here, everyone has a good discussion, and we must come up with a conclusion! Tu Wenfu, read the suspenseful recitals of Qin Guogong one by one!"

"Yes!"

The rules of procedure of the Ming court are: after the cabinet minister has seen the song, he discussed and made a proposal, which was written on a piece of paper by the cabinet chief assistant and pasted on the song, which is called "ticket draft", submitted to the palace, and the emperor made instructions with red letters, which is called "batch red".

After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor lived in the harem and did not like to deal with state affairs, and often the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi acted on behalf of the eunuch to "approve the red", and the civil ministers believed that the eunuch power seized the power of the prime minister.

In fact, in terms of the nature of its power, "approving red" belongs to the highest decision-making power, and it is a way to realize imperial power. Therefore, the eunuch "approving red" on behalf of the emperor is exercising imperial power on behalf of the emperor, rather than grabbing the relative power.

It can be seen from this that the emperor's authorization of the celebrant to act on behalf of the eunuch is not so much to ask the eunuch to handle state affairs on his behalf, but rather to use the power of eunuchs to contain the cabinet and fight against the huge civilian forces, so as to ensure that the imperial power is not damaged and prevent any behavior that goes against the emperor's intentions.

Because of the existence of the supreme power of criticizing Hong, Liu Jin of the Wuzong Dynasty and Wei Zhongxian of the current dynasty were able to have great power and arbitrarily clean up the civil ministers.

Therefore, during the court meeting, the celebrant eunuch had a palm seal eunuch, and the four eunuchs who held the pen sat opposite the six cabinet scholars, and their status was very high.

Tu Wenfu responded, and picked out Chang Wei's unresolved recitals in chronological order, the first one was to run a school and open five subjects, the content of this recital has been discussed by the imperial court for half a year, and everyone has a copy, and they can basically memorize it.

Tu Wenfu was full of poetry and books, eloquent, and a note was frustrated by his reading, which was very beautiful, and as soon as he finished reading, Chang Wei immediately got up and added a fire, "Your Majesty, the previous ministers were not thoughtful, and there was negligence in this recital." ”

Huh? Didn't you come yesterday at the Imperial Palace? Why did you change your tone again today? Could it be that you are cowardly? You are in the limelight, there is no reason!

When everyone was suspicious, Chang Wei changed his words, "The minister thinks that the strength of the five subjects alone is insufficient, and the five imperial examinations of mathematics, geometry, physics, chemistry, and machinery should be set up separately, which should be held separately from the eight imperial examinations.

These words immediately stunned everyone except the emperor and Yuan Keli, Chang Kuan, and others, what are you playing? The five subjects have not yet been decided, and you want to ascend to the sky in one step to make the imperial examination equivalent to the eight strands? Chang Wei, are you crazy?!

As soon as the words fell, whether it was the Eunuch Party or the Donglin Party, they all reprimanded angrily, this is a gun and rice bowl with the person who reads Bagu Wen Jinshi, and if he doesn't reprimand him, he will have a ghost.

"Ridiculous!"

"It's ridiculous!"

"Nonsense!"

The only ones who can still sit down are the two bigwigs who come to Zongdao, Liang Dingchen, Cui Chengxiu, Ni Wenhuan and others, they don't want to scold Chang Wei, but they don't need it yet, the bigwigs speak with a heavy weight, and they won't open their mouths until the hammer is finalized.

But to everyone's surprise, the first person to speak for Chang Wei turned out to be a very special person, "I have carefully read Qin Guogong's "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Theory of Sea Power", I have also studied the steam engine he built, and even the various machine tools of the Machine Bureau I have carefully observed, very remarkable, he is a great genius, in the future in the history books, his name will become the object of admiration." ”

It is foreseeable that Qin Guogong's inventions and theories will soon spread all over the world, and Europeans will also come to learn. The five sciences he proposed are also the direction of the future development of the world, and will become basic in weapons, astronomy, navigation, and machinery. Therefore, the minister was the first to support the Duke of Qin, and the minister believed that the inclusion of the five scientific sciences in the imperial examination would not only be a great innovation for the Ming Dynasty and the whole world, but also make the name of His Majesty the Emperor the same as that of Emperor Yang Jian of Sui, and spread through the ages!"

Hiss!

Isn't it embarrassing to shoot such an exaggerated shot? Emperor Wen of Sui opened the imperial examination, and you raised this imperial examination to the same height as Emperor Wen of Sui? You also put the emperor on the chariot? It's so shameless!

All the ministers looked together, and at the back of the position, they saw a high-nosed, deep-eyed, and unusual figure, this was the Qintian Supervisor - John Tang from the Holy Roman Empire!

Aha, it's a bit of fun now! Chang Vuitton was happy, and this one suddenly appeared and gave himself a strong assist, which was really unexpected.

In the face of international friends, everyone is still very polite, and did not angrily denounce him for absurdity and nonsense, after all, a big country is to talk about magnanimity, a foreigner came to the Ming Dynasty thousands of miles away, and became an official, and also read Confucianism, and can also go to the court to discuss politics, this kind of internationalist spirit is admirable, can't bully people, isn't it?

A member of the Donglin Party stood up and talked eloquently in front of international friends, "Master Tang, we know that Qin Guogong's five scientific knowledge comes from your Western theory, but it can't be equated, your Western knowledge is not as good as Baguwen, understand?

Poof!

Chang Wei couldn't hold back his laughter out loud, "Could it be that Huaxia Characteristics really has a long history?

Tang Ruowang waved his hand anxiously, "No, it's not like this, this lord, you misunderstood, Qin Guogong's doctrine is not from the West, this is the local knowledge of the Ming Dynasty, part of it is the crystallization of thousands of years of wisdom in China, and it is the doctrine of the sages and sages." ”

"The other part is Qin Guogong's own doctrine, a lot of knowledge I have come into contact with for the first time, and I am sure that no one in Europe has studied it so thoroughly and systematically. As for the steam engine and all kinds of advanced getting up, and that science called aerodynamics, it is unheard of, it is simply great. There are also rifled guns and flintlock guns, although there are also a small number of samples in Europe, but few people are mounted, Qin Guogong's practice proves that these guns can stand the test, his practice is very advanced, God, I have never seen a person with such talent, praise you Qin Guogong, you will definitely become a great person like Confucius in the future!"

This one is really blowing too hard, Chang Wei himself is a little embarrassed!

Chang Wei is so thick-skinned that people think it's inappropriate, where else can they endure it? In this era, there is no foreign adult, Westerners are just a group of barbarians in the eyes of Ming scholars, and the tolerance of international friends has finally come to an end.

Even the big guy came to Zongdao and said angrily: "Huangkou mattress, how dare you be with a saint?"

I don't know if Lai Shoufu was intentional or too angry, he forgot that the humble and polite Chang Wei was sitting in front, and Chang Wei heard this sentence really well!

Since international friends hold themselves so high, and since the bigwigs have begun to crusade, if Chang Wei doesn't return the salute, isn't it an empty name? How to fight back?

Looking at the old face of Lai Zongdao, Chang Wei immediately came up with an idea, got up proudly, and said loudly:

If you want to talk about the old and young of the country, please speak about the old and young of the people. The elderly often think about the past, and the young people often think about the future. Thinking about the past, so the heart of nostalgia, thinking about the future, so the heart of hope. Only nostalgia is also conservative, but hope is also enterprising. ...... The old people are often worried, but the young people are always happy. But if you are worried, you will be discouraged, and if you are happy, you will be full of joy. But discouragement, so cowardice, but vigor, so heroic. Only cowardice, so reluctant, but heroic, so risky. Only if you are reluctant can you destroy the world, but you can also take risks, so you can create the world. The elderly are often tired of things, and the young people are often happy. But those who are tired of things are always aware of everything that cannot be done, and those who are always aware of everything that cannot be done are good things......

What the hell? Chang Wei has started to write poetry and articles in the past two days? Yesterday he just recited a poem, and today he has another article, which is a metaphor for the country's conservatism and progress in old age and youth? It sounds like that!

Liang Qichao's "Juvenile China Says" is a well-known article in later generations, and it is of great practical significance to put it here to talk about the reform of the imperial examination and compare Lai Zongdao and Chang Wei!

...... The old people are like the sunset, the young people are like the rising sun, the old people are like the barren ox, and the young people are like the milk tiger. The old man is like a monk, and the young man is like a chivalrous man. The elderly are like a dictionary, and the young are like a drama. The old people are like meteorites from other planets, and the young people are like coral islands in the ocean. The old people are like the willows after autumn, and the young people are like the grass before spring. The old people are like the Dead Sea, and the young people are like the beginning of the Yangtze River. The personality of this old man is very different from that of a teenager. As a man is inherent, so should a nation......

This kind of large paragraph of the sentence is catchy to read, it sounds majestic, and it is very suitable for spraying people, Chang Wei stared at the face of Lai Zongdao and read it loudly, and it shocked everyone for a while.

When I read the essence part, I was even more enthusiastic and impassioned: "The wisdom of the youth is the wisdom of the country, the wealth of the youth is the wealth of the country, the strength of the youth is the strength of the country, the independence of the youth is the independence of the country, the freedom of the youth is the freedom of the country, the progress of the youth is the progress of the country, the youth is better than Europe, the country is better than Europe, the youth is stronger than the earth, the country is stronger than the earth." The red sun is rising, and its path is bright. The river flows out of the subterranean and flows into the ocean. The hidden dragon soars into the abyss, and the scales and claws are flying. The milk tiger roars in the valley, and the beasts are terrified. The falcon tried its wings, and the wind and dust were blowing. The first child of a strange flower, the emperor. The cadres will be hairy, and there will be a man. The sky wears its blue, and the earth wears its yellow. Through the ages, there are eight wildernesses. The future is like the sea, and the future is long. ”

The last two sentences even launched the newly acquired deterrence skills, and the tongue bloomed with spring thunder and said loudly: "I am a young China, and I am not old with the sky!

Chang Wei still stared at Lai Zongdao with an indignant face after reading it, as if he wanted to eat people, in fact, he wanted to see what effect the shock and deterrence skills had.

I don't want to, Lai Zongdao's face turned red, his snort twitched a few times, his mouth opened twice, his neck was crooked, and he fell into the Taishi chair with a bang, and he fainted like this! )