Qiyun comes to the east

The imperial decree of the empress to punish the two princesses had just spread throughout the harem. The princesses, concubines, eunuchs, and palace maids looked at Yongfu from afar. Some shook their heads and sighed, while some were gloating, the emperor's decree arrived. The princess's mansion regained its glory, and the reduced cost was returned to all the maids. Luo Xiang, the chief supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was taken away by Yang Ling, the commander of the emperor's personal army, and was dismissed and investigated.

No one could think of any method Yang Ling used, and the counterattack was so fast. But even the harem knew that the two princesses had a close relationship with the Marquis of the Weiwu in the outer court, and Marquis of the Weiwu was the emperor and the No. 1 celebrity. The Queen lost this battle.

After Zhengde immediately went to the palace to pass the imperial edict, he was still furious and said angrily: "A bastard, my sister has to count on her fingers if she wants to use a few candles. He said he was greedy for tens of thousands of taels of silver. Fortunately, I have always regarded him as a good person."

Yang Ling comforted: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be too angry. The two princesses are trapped in the palace all year round. The emperor knows the most. The emperor is polite to the princess and brought them out to relax. It was originally a kind intention, but the minister did not pay attention to the traditional Chinese mattress festivals, which violated the rules in the palace..."

Zhengdeyu was furious and waved his hand and said, "It's not your business. This is the queen giving me a face, too! If not, I can't see Luo Xiang's wolf ambition!"

Yang Ling took the opportunity to say, "Emperor, the Empress, just issued an imperial edict, was refuted like this. The Empress must be unfair. The Empress is in the world and is the lord of the six palaces, so she cannot embarrass the Empress. When I respectfully invite the two princesses, I am worried that the Emperor will wait for a long time. There are many women in front of the palace gate. I made a mistake in my busy schedule. Before I could ask the Empress, I would have borrowed it.

Furthermore, there have been many memorials impeached ministers in the past few days. Liu Daxia and Ma Wensheng were dismissed. There must be many dissatisfied among the ministers. The emperor did not follow the order to punish the ministers. This way, the empress's face can be fully quelled, and the anger of the ministers can be slightly calmed, and the third..."

Zhengde's arrogant personality suddenly rose up, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "It's outrageous. I want to go on a trip to Yumei. I'm embarrassed by me and I have to be careful. What should I do? I just don't do it. I want to see who dares to touch you!"

Yang Ling hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, you forgot that when the generals of the four towns lead the army into the capital, I will accompany the emperor to practice martial arts training. The emperor trusts the ministers and gives them many missions. But when you are busy, you will inevitably make mistakes in your busy schedule. Isn't that disappointing the emperor's trust and making others laugh at it? What I mean... hand over the tax supervisor. The Ministry of Revenue and the Minister of Legal Supervisor jointly manage. This is the third... I can accompany the emperor to practice military affairs and assist my emperor in achieving hegemony."

When he said this, Zhengde turned anger into joy and said, "What I said is that I forgot that Yang Qing was worried about everything, but he didn't have time to train troops with me. However... the tax supervisor was originally under the jurisdiction of the Li Supervisor. At that time, Wang Yue's old man deceived his superiors and concealed his subordinates, but I was relieved to hand it over to you. Why do you need the Ministry of Revenue to intervene now? I can't believe it? My dear, I don't know that as soon as I asked Han Wen for money, he would cry with me and be poor. I really don't want to pay attention to him."

This is not the time to overthrow Liu Jin. From his treatment of Gu Dayong, we can see that Gu Dayong caused the disaster that Gu Dayong is ten times greater than Luo Xiang. Didn’t the little emperor want to protect him? This emperor values ​​feelings more than reason. Unless he hurts his close relatives and trustworthy people and betrays his trust, he will bear the sin of greatness for you with his great nature.

Yang Ling knew this well, so he said seriously: "I dare not guarantee the future, but now Eunuch Liu must be loyal to the emperor. What can I trust? I am checking and balancing each other to prevent problems before it is burned.

The foundation of governing the country lies in the use of laws, strict systems, clear strategies, and careful checks and balances. I hope that the emperor will do this, not because Eunuch Liu is trustworthy, but because the system is formed for a long-term plan, so that in the future, there will be no sacking of affairs due to people, and there will be no fear that someone will deceive the emperor and cause another phenomenon of people like Luo Xiang."

Yang Ling smiled and said, "Take me as an example, the emperor eats meat, and I also want to make some soup. When I assist the emperor, I will not be able to walk on the road until my head is covered in white hair. I have a son and a grandson. Maybe I will become greedy, and maybe I will also knock on the emperor's ground and take advantage of the emperor. But if another group of people stare at me, and are ready to report to the emperor at any time, how dare I?"

Zhengde was amused by him and said, "Don't pretend to be pitiful to me. Your son is my godson, and will he be wronged? Well... But it makes sense for you to say that. The Ministry of Revenue of the Foreign Court and the Ministry of Revenue of the Inner Court supervised each other, and the taxes in the world would not be put into personal bags. This mission will be handed over to others in the future. When the country is handed over to my descendants, you will not be afraid that anyone will make a profit from it. Just do this. I will submit it to the cabinet tomorrow to discuss it. See how this is the division of authority, just..."

Zhengde looked at Yang Ling apologetically, patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's just that I have suffered for me, alas! I really feel wronged you."

Yang Ling and Jiao Fang drove to the Meridian Gate in the same car.

It was not clear and the spring was cold. The car was well maintained, and the axle made a slight squeak. Walking on the spacious and flat Beijing Avenue, the car did not see any bumps.

Jiao Fang was wearing a vermilion official robe and sat on the cushion and twisted his beard slightly and said, "Sir, my subordinate didn't sleep well yesterday. Although many things are still in the planning stage, there are too many things to do. He trades with the three guards of Duoyan, raises horses, and receives Japanese envoys, discusses the candidates for the establishment of the envoys, naval commanders, customs establishment, charter, yamen setting, shipyard location... The adults entrust him, and the subordinates were afraid that there would be any mistakes. He dared not be careless at all."

Yang Ling had already seen his tired face, his eyes were covered with bloodshots, and he advised him after hearing this: "The master of the cabinet should know how to grasp the big and let go of the small, take the big and abandon the small, and do everything personally, be a wise minister, but he is definitely not a capable minister. If we continue to implement this policy, we should not be sang a distorted scripture by local officials. We must rely on a group of credible officials."

Yang Ling glanced at Jiao Fang slightly and chuckled, "Yan Song had outstanding political achievements and should have been promoted long ago. This time he wrote a letter to talk about things, but the cabinet master still did not value it. Haha... is it because he is from Jiangxi?"

Jiao Fang's hands stagnated, his old face turned red, and he said, "Sir, the disciple..."

Yang Ling patted his hand comfortably and said warmly: "The Master of Ge's career has been ups and downs, and I have heard of the fact that he has been depressed and unsuccessful for many years. I have also heard of the many talented people in the south. There are many people in the local area. It happens that he met a few ministers who are jealous of the virtuous and capable, and like to use local ministers in the hometown. However, since the Master of Ge was deeply harmed, why is he in a high position today and like someone he deeply hated and disdained in the past?"

Yang Ling smiled and said, "The Master of the Pavilion is the prime minister of the dynasty and should have the heart of the prime minister. Now it is the time to use people. Not to mention Yan Song is our person, even if he is not, as long as he is loyal to national affairs and devotes himself to serving the people, our plan can be implemented seriously, the Master of the Pavilion should also use him."

He pondered for a moment and said, "I mean, the shipyard and naval construction can be boldly handed over to the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War and the Nanzhenfu Department. As long as a trusted local person is used as the Minister of War, as for the specific location selection, employment, establishment of a yamen, and formulating the charter to put all these things down and grasp the overall situation, otherwise you will vomit blood if you are tired. Even if you really make a careful plan, it will be difficult to fulfill your ambition without a capable official."

Yang Ling said confidently: "The Songhua River Shipyard is close to the original forest. The Jinling Shipyard has a thousand acres of trees that have been planted for more than a hundred years, and can be used locally. Quanzhou Shipyard's large land keels and other objects may need to be transported from the north. These matters are left to the Ministry of Works. Don't worry, the cabinet master."

Yang Ling was so confident because he had seen the Zheng He chart found by Liu Dabanchui from the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War.

In his original impression, he thought that Zheng He's naval chart was just a few pieces of paper, recording the routes on the sea through the Western Ocean. Unexpectedly, the naval chart information that Liu Dabangcui retrieved from the Ministry of War had nine big boxes. After reading the information in these boxes, Yang Ling realized that Liu Dabangcui had dug a mountain of gold for him and returned.

He had originally thought about naval construction too simply, and it was a passionate nonsense. If he had not seen these information, he had not seen the introduction of the various functional ships and the cooperation of the team, he could foresee how many times his so-called naval army would have to pay for blood and even the danger of being wiped out in order to grow and mature.

Among the nine big mouth boxes, in addition to the sea route map, precious information such as the customs of the countries, the land, politics, and regions along the way, there are also treasure ships, flagships, horse ships, grain ships, warships, warning ships, command ships, command ships, command ships, command ships, command ships, command ships, command ships, command ships, command ships, command ships, command ships, command ships, combat, supplies, and transportation in all aspects of warship manufacturing and water warfare, detailed drawings for land weapons, as well as the composition of various combat troops and the composition of water combat during the day and at night.

The Ming Dynasty not only did not have all-round talents who could manufacture all functional ships of the entire fleet, but there was no qualified navy general who thought of the various types of ships needed for the entire fleet to go to sea to fight. Through these entire fleet types and equipment drawings, an experienced commander could easily guess their role and quickly master the rich experience accumulated in ocean-going combat. If all this is from scratch and learn from scratch, how much blood would it cost to accumulate these experiences and knowledge?

Yang Ling was overjoyed. There were too many technologies that could be used with a slight change in these materials. He had underestimated the complexity of naval construction. After reading these detailed information, he realized that if there were no these charts, a new naval troop can be built to create a naval field that can go out to sea, train corresponding personnel, and achieve scientific equipment in nautical technology, communication command, and fleet tactical formations, and at least ten years of exploration to improve it.

What he didn't know was that these technologies were ahead of the world for seventy or eighty years a hundred years ago, and they were used intact now. They dare not say that they were more advanced, but they were never backward. The gains and losses of these charts saved at least tens of millions of taels of silver for the Ming Dynasty. Yangling is now concentrating the Ministry of Industry and Military Equipment Bureau, and requires some personnel from the internal factory to participate in the organization. They are classified and registered and re-copied.

Because of these detailed information, Yang Ling was so confident when speaking to Jiao Fang.

He thought for a while and said, "Mr. Master, remember that you only need to grasp three things, and you must never let go: First, the personnel of the navy, the Maritime Bureau, the tax supervisor, the customs, and the municipal government must be someone we can trust, use, and stand firmly!

The second is that the tax supervisor shall be handed over to the Ministry of Revenue to formulate tax laws, tax laws, tax types, and supervision of taxes. The tax payment and tax payment shall be handed over to the Ministry of Justice. The transaction litigation, maritime litigation, and tax litigation shall be handed over to the Ministry of Justice. The three shall be checked and balanced;

Third, transaction taxes can be divided into parts based on transaction volume, transaction volume and local products, and are related to national economy and livelihood products, and are directly collected by the local government. There is no need to submit them to the court and then transferred back by the court. On the one hand, it saves the trouble of confiscation and transportation, and on the other hand, it can support local officials and spare no effort to promote it, so as not to be hindered by local governments' lip service; on the third, the collection and sharing of different commodities through taxes is guided to develop corresponding products and goods, and thus will have an impact on the local governance strategy. This is called taking the point to lead the whole.

I have achieved these three points and grasped the overall situation. I have grasped the rudder and held the rudder. No matter how big the storm is, the direction will not be deviated."

Jiao Fang was greatly inspired by his spirits. He was very surprised. Mr. Yang was sometimes very naive in the officialdom. He could see the pros and cons of the pros and cons of the officialdom for a few years, and even had obvious traps. However, this man was very naive. If the emperor had not been favored by the emperor, he would have been stumbled and would have been doomed. But sometimes his political views and plans were forward-looking and sharp, and he took into consideration many aspects. He was meticulous and thoughtful and could not penetrate the needle or pour water into it. Even an old minister like him would sigh that he was not as good as him.

Jiao Fang nodded repeatedly and said, "After a moment, the car arrived at the Imperial Road, Yang Ling got off the sedan chair, changed his horse, and arrived at the Meridian Gate together. Many officials waiting to attend court gathered in front of the Meridian Gate, gathered together in groups of three or three to talk.

Bo Xichuming. I don’t know who is well-informed. I have heard that yesterday the Empress in the Palace beat the mountain and shocked the tiger, and ordered one of the eight tigers to punish the two princesses. Yang Ling counterattacked and stripped Luo Xiang of his position, but he could not withstand the simultaneous accusations from the inside and outside courts, and had to hand over the power to control the tax power in the world.

The news soon spread among many officials. Yang Ling and Bahu were both in trouble, and both were forced to hand over their wealth and power, which made the listless officials who were hit by the removal of the two ministers and the implementation of the national policy of Jiehai's trade land were boosted and they were very happy.

However, even the four dynasties such as Liu Daxia and Ma Wensheng were dismissed from office and were dismissed from office. They were somewhat afraid. Seeing Yangling's horse coming, Jiao Ge Lao also walked out of the sedan chair. Unconsciously, his smile was slightly calmer and his voice was softer.

Yang Ling came to accompany the Minister of Rites Wang Hua out of the city to welcome the King and Envoy of the King of Japan today, so he came very early. Yang Ling found that the scholars and officials of the Ming Dynasty had a very strange mentality. On the one hand, they regarded themselves as the superior country of the Celestial Empire, and the four barbarians and barbarians were all people of the border and desert. They were small and humble in front of the Celestial Empire and seemed to be worthy of attention at all. However, they were very etiquette for the foreign countries that came to the camp, regardless of residence, food, or gifts, which were dozens of times as good as those given to the camp, to show the great righteousness of the country of prosperity, kindness and etiquette.

They were willing to fight for the foreign envoys to kneel down on both legs or kneel down on one leg and never give in. However, they were ashamed to be petty about the rewards that were repeatedly bargaining.

When Yang Ling looked through the Ministry of Rites and Annan, Ryukyu, Goryeo and other countries to communicate with each other, he was really unthinking about the "pragmatic" diplomatic attitude of the Ming Dynasty, and he couldn't think of what they thought about it. Therefore, based on the reason that the people had allowed free trade between the countries in the future, he stated that most of the missions visited in the future must be for trade purposes. If the number of people who were not tributed by the Ming Dynasty and the number of people who were tributed by the prescribed by the Ming Dynasty, they would not be welcomed with the ceremony of the state guest.

Wang Hua was not stupid. He also knew that Yang Ling's suggestion would definitely be agreed upon, so he agreed readily. However, in order to be documented, he still submitted a memorial to the emperor in the name of the Ministry of Rites.

Yang Ling walked to the palace gate and saw Wang Hua standing in a corner chatting with several ministers. He was about to walk over, but suddenly he noticed something was different. The officials scattered around felt the sudden calm atmosphere and looked in the same direction.

Yang Ling looked closely and saw an old man with white hair in a common man and a tough body. He walked towards the Meridian Gate with high ambition.

Some of the officials next to him who were discussing privately, whispered: "It's Mr. Liu, Minister of War."

"He has not left the capital yet? Didn't he hear that the emperor issued an edict so quickly that the Ministry of Rites drafted a gift, and had already sent it back to his hometown by the Post Office yesterday?"

"Tsk! I knew you didn't go to see me off. That was Lord Ma. Lord Ma was 80 years old and his body was not good. He became depressed these days and he didn't get off the bus when he heard that he had arrived at Changting. He only chatted with a few friends through the curtain, and then he left. Alas, the leader of the six ministries, the first Shangshu, tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk."

"Okay, I have the title of rank and I am not an official from Lord Ma Jianba. What should I do? After I went there, I didn't pay any attention to me. Alas! So you went there?"

"I..., shh, Lord Liu is here, don't argue. If there is a good show, maybe the eldest son will have to be with Lord Yang... Hum..."

The ministers were talking, and Yang Ling looked at Liu Daxia. The old man was wearing a cloth dress. He had a pair of round-toed cloth shoes with a thousand-layer sole under his feet, and his hair was as silver as silver. Although many colleagues and friends on the left nodded and greeted him warmly, he looked at him without squinting or saying anything.

He strode to the palace gate, narrowed his eyes and looked up. The palace was majestic. The palace walls and palace rooms were lined up in scales. A ray of Chenxi had broken through the clouds and shot on the red palace walls and the eaves of the palace gate in front. The yellow glazed tiles, spears, and bronze horses and beast heads were all reflected in the rising sun, golden and bright and brilliant.

Liu Daxia turned over and knelt down, looked at the palace and bowed, and his head slowly knocked towards the dust...

After performing the ceremony of kneeling three times and knocking nine times, Liu Daxia suddenly burst into tears and said in tears: "The Emperor..."

He sobbed for a long time. Liu Daxia shouted loudly: "The last emperor has received a favor, but he has the greatest grace. The old minister can't repay him even if he has done his life. However, God does not follow the wishes of others, the last emperor..."

He stood up wiped his tears and clasped his fists and said, "My colleagues, I am secretly loyal and loyal, and the heavens and man have learned from each other, but now I have no way to serve the country. Now I am a common man, but a common man can also be able to speak with things, behave with character, behave with integrity, be unswerving in poverty and humbleness. My colleagues like to take care of themselves, I am gone!"

Liu Daxia bowed in a row, his eyes flashed at Yang Ling, his lying eyebrows flickered, and suddenly said sternly: "Disaster harm to the country and the people, heaven and earth do not tolerate them, good and evil will be rewarded, and the cycle of cause and effect, I will widen my eyes and see how the heaven has taken you!"

Yang Ling smiled bitterly. What the old man in front of him did and thoughts was really ridiculous, but his character and character were very respectful. Can he understand his good intentions?

In his eyes, he was ruthless and harmed the country and the people's political strategy. Perhaps it would take many years to get unanimous recognition from the people of the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps, in the end of Liu Daxia's life, in this old man who deserves his sincere respect, but had to helplessly expel him from the court to stop his stupid behavior, he was a treacherous and slander.

The sun shone on Yang Ling. His face was calm, but his heart was a little lonely. His eyes drooped slightly, and he did not look directly at the old man. He just replied softly: "Only all sentient beings can achieve Bodhi. Hell is not empty, and he will not become a Buddha. Heaven is not good, so it is better not to go. Lord Liu, my good intentions are really hard to tell in front of you... Alas! Take care of yourself all the way."

Yang Ling bowed slowly and bowed deeply. After a while, he straightened his waist and saw that there was nothing in front of him, and all the officials were silent. Liu Daxia's common man passed by the market and had already left with great pride.

The breeze is coming slowly, and the bells in Jingyang are heard slowly...

Yang Ling and Wang Hua sat in the long pavilion waiting for the arrival of the special envoy. Although the reception was a little higher, the tribute was of great significance to the visiting envoy, and since Zhengde succeeded to the throne, a country that had long been re-treasoned and recognized the status of the suzerain state of the Celestial Empire, which was a major political achievement of Emperor Zhengde. It is no wonder that he was very happy and attached it to him.

The mission had already reached twenty miles away. Yang Ling waved his hand and stepped back and smiled at Wang Hua, "State Shangshu. The special envoy of Japan is about to arrive. This time, the matter of Kaihai lifting the ban, and the Minister Shangshu has strongly supported it, which has achieved today's results. Yang is really grateful."

Wang Hua smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite. My family is in Jiangnan. I know that although the imperial court has banned the sea for a hundred years, the great families in Zhejiang and Fujian all have long had long business dealings with Japan. Since the official investigation and cooperation trade was interrupted, private smuggling trade has become more rampant, and the ban on the sea has long become a piece of paper, which has left a large amount of taxes in the court in the hands of the gentry."

Wang Hua sighed and said, "But... Wang knew that he could not make a sound alone and could not turn the world back. He only hoped that one day the general trend would lead to the court that would respond to public opinion and lift the sea ban. Unexpectedly, the lord had such courage. I naturally supported it with all my strength."

Yang Ling knew that although this scholar Wang was knowledgeable and talented, he was indifferent and somewhat contented. However, he said the truth. If he had not used many means, he would have made such a humble gentleman to propose the opening of the sea and lift the ban, and the 19th would not be achieved. Maybe he would have been abandoned by the current ruling class like Huang Qiyin back then.

Wang Hua smiled and said, "Most of the items needed by the Japanese country are produced in our own dynasty. Such as the magnetic utensils in Raozhou, silk cotton in Huzhou, gauze hats in Zhangzhou, cotton cloth in Songjiang, as well as books, copper coins, calligraphy and paintings, etc., trafficking in Japan is profitable, which is several times higher than trading with Luzon. It is a great thing to do with the country and the people."

In order to plan to open the sea, Yang Ling did a lot of investigation and preparations, and knew very well about these things. He laughed and said, "That is, the Japanese country only has a few kinds of goods such as swords, swords, sulfur, fans, etc. that can be used to acquire land in the Ming Dynasty, and the rest can only be paid in silver. Our country has a shortage of silver. The gold produced by Japan can flow into our country in large quantities to alleviate the people's need for silver. Moreover, real gold and silver have their own value and can pass through the world, which will benefit our country's accumulation of national strength."

The two chatted very much. After two more incense sticks, they saw a team of people coming from afar. Yang Ling couldn't help but frowned and said, "My messenger didn't tell them that the Minister of Rites and the official are here to welcome him? Why are you so negligent?"

Wang Hua glanced at the team of more than 60 people. He smiled and said, "The Japanese have always been arrogant and highly regarded themselves. They have been like this since ancient times. At the same time, they are extremely greedy for profit and cunning. Don't see that they have any requests to join our ranks. They come from afar to pay tribute. They still have to dress up as reserved at the feet of the emperor."

The Japanese were arrogant and walked slowly on purpose. Yang Ling and Wang Hua did not get up to arrange the ceremony and prepared to greet each other, but they still sat and chatted and laughed. Wang Hua glanced at the horse team contemptuously and said, "I think it's because our dynasty lacks a navy, and the Japanese pirates rampant at the sea, our dynasty was helpless, which made such Japanese people look down on them.

When the Japanese sent envoys of Sui to submit their letters, they called themselves the "Emperor of the Sun" and called the Emperor of Sui "Emperor of the Sun". On the surface, they were divided by the eastern and western regions, and they were still considered equal. But next time they came, they called themselves the "Emperor of the East" and called the Emperor of Sui "Emperor of the West". Haha, one emperor and the other emperor, only changed one word, and pressed themselves on the head of the Emperor of Sui.

Later, the Tang Dynasty supported Silla and the Japanese supported Baekje. They fought a big battle with each other. There were thousands of warships of all sizes in Japan, but they were defeated by 170 warships of the Tang navy. From then on, they were willing to submit to their sanctions. The country above the Tang Dynasty regarded itself as a country, and gave it the title of "Yangtze". It was also readily accepted, which shows that the people of that country bully the weak and fear the strong."

Yang Ling laughed at him. It turned out that their tempers were from a long time, but not in modern times.

At this time, the horse team had approached, and there were several carriages carrying gifts inside. Yang Ling knew that Cheng Qiyun was in the team and looked out, he saw two officials from the Ministry of Rites who were sent by the Ministry of Rites in front of the horses. A man wearing a simple white scholar's robe next to him was very familiar with him, and he couldn't help but feel joy.

The delegation members were accompanied by two officials from the Ministry of Rites, and were still more than ten feet away. Yang Ling and Wang Hua also got up and left the Changting Pavilion and greeted them with a smile.

Yang Ling did not look at the oncoming Japanese envoy. His eyes flashed involuntarily to the white-robed scholar who was following behind. Although he was wearing men's clothes, his eyes were so familiar.

Yang Ling suddenly realized that two dots of light appeared in her eyes. Is it the sunshine reflected in her eyes?
Chapter completed!