Outside Huiji Gate. The bright sunshine had emerged from the thick dark clouds and shone on the officials kneeling on the ground.
Officials such as Zhang Yue, the censor of the left deputy capital, and He Yuan, the minister of Taichang Temple, were still kneeling on the ground without moving, like statues, and they still looked excited.
Qi Jiguang, who was about to enter the palace, was coming to Huijimen and saw this scene.
"Everyone, go back! There will be results today. No one will sit back and watch the problems in the country of our ancestors and ignore it." Qi Jiguang came over to persuade these bureaucrats.
Zhang Yue and others ignored Qi Jiguang. Seeing this, Qi Jiguang had no choice but to enter the palace first. Not long after, Shen Shixing also came in a carriage.
After seeing these kneeling bureaucrats, Shen Shixing didn't say much. He just silently entered the Huiji Gate and then went to the Shiyusi.
Qi Jiguang was already at the imperial court at this time, and after seeing Shen Shixing, he raised his hands and bowed. Shen Shixing also returned the gift.
Then, the two of them sat in silence on the left and right sides of a dragon chair, quietly listening to the sound of water dripping from the clock.
It wasn't until Zhu Yijun arrived that the two of them stood up and saluted.
"Sit down." After Zhu Yijun said this, he asked Shen Shixing: "Has the agreement been reached?" Shen Shixing held the elephant wat in his hands and replied: "Your Majesty, the agreement has been reached. The policy department also added a method of buying land with silver. "
"Buy fields with silver?" Zhu Yijun asked curiously.
"Yes!" Shen Shixing replied, and said with a smile: "This is also based on the revelation given by His Majesty to the policy department before, that is, silver dollars, as currency, must flow to generate value. Now they have thought of this because of this. Method." After Shen Shixing said this, Qi Jiguang couldn't help but look over.
And Shen Shixing then elaborated on how to do this method. Zhu Yijun didn't feel unfamiliar after hearing this. He remembered that in later generations, a certain big country bought land with money, and there were also various methods such as leasing. Anyway, it was a way of plundering, but this method didn't seem so simple and crude. , that is, just send out troops to conquer.
Because Ming Dynasty had advanced productivity and controlled many resources in this world, it was indeed possible to do this, that is, to increase the ruled area in a very civilized way.
Qi Jiguang felt it was new, so he asked: "So there is really no need to send out soldiers to suppress the rogue bandits?" Shen Shixing laughed and said, "Of course not!"
"The Policy Department believes that since we want to realize the new situation of His Majesty benefiting the people and promoting the new ritual system, we must use new methods under this new situation to complete the reform with as little blood as possible, at least as little as possible the blood of our own people. , there is no need to use the old methods, which cost the lives of many soldiers and civilians in vain, but did not increase the national wealth."
"This method should be used instead of encirclement and suppression by soldiers. It can also be regarded as proving that the new etiquette is indeed more suitable for governing the country than the old etiquette."
"Sure enough, the policy department can come up with a solution." Zhu Yijun also smiled and said: "Sometimes many things just have to wait and be impatient, but many ministers in this dynasty are still less calm. , I was so panicked when I heard about the turmoil. I wanted to stop this and that, and even asked me to change the chief minister and the minister. But the ills in this world will be eliminated automatically if they are not solved. The problems that arise can also be solved by changing people. Is it solved?" After Zhu Yijun said this, he said: "Let's do it this way. At the same time, let all the officials kneeling outside to remonstrate and leave, and tell them that the court has made arrangements." Shen Shixing and Qi Jiguang said yes.
Shen Shixing returned to the cabinet first and said to a group of cabinet bachelors and cabinet bachelors: "Your Majesty has approved the policy department's measures. Next, it is time to discuss how to implement them. First, the silver dollar coupons must be printed, and the calculations must be added. How much money you need to print depends on how much stacking capital you need to prepare; then you have to decide who will go to Japan to buy land. It is best to choose two people with both civil and military skills. If Dongyi is not afraid of royal power, let him know what kingly power is." Wang Xijue and Shen Li and others nodded.
Qi Jiguang also told Liang Menglong, Zhou Yong and others about the emperor's arrangements here, and said: "The holy will has been decided. The main purpose of this turmoil is to recruit peace, so the Privy Council will recommend a military minister who is more suitable and will recommend a civil servant who knows the people's sentiments. I am here to be responsible for the recruitment, and at the same time, I will be supplemented by military generals who are good at fighting, and responsible for exterminating the stubborn bandits who are really unwilling to recruit them."
"The money and food for the recruitment fee is no less than that of the conscription and suppression, and it will even be more troublesome. After all, the recruits have to be resettled and given official positions and salaries." Zhou Yong couldn't help but say at this time.
Qi Jiguang said: "It doesn't matter, this price is not borne by the country, but by the foreign barbarians! Because according to the national policy line formulated by the Policy Department, there will be less internal bloodshed in the future! However, this will inevitably make the foreign barbarians dissatisfied, so the Privy Council We should pay more attention to foreign wars here, especially naval battles." Liang Menglong, Zhou Yong and others nodded.
At this time, the bureaucrats who were kneeling outside Huiji Gate to beg the emperor for advice did not know that the central government had decided on a countermeasure, so they were still kneeling here.
Yu Shenxing, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Jin, the censor of Zuodu, Shi Xing, the minister of Taipu Temple, etc. couldn't stand it anymore and had to come to persuade him.
Zhao Jin first said to Zhang Yue: "Young Master, you should go back. If this continues, I'm afraid Ding Gong and others will force the palace and send Tiqi soldiers to kill him."
"A man deserves to die in a worthy way. It is not a loss for me to die on the road of serving the country and the people!" Zhang Yue said awe-inspiringly.
After hearing this, Zhao Jin couldn't help but persuade: "Why do you have to do this, sir? You must believe in Yuan Fu and your majesty."
"It is precisely because I believe that I have to stay here in order to save the world!" Zhang Yue replied again.
Zhao Jin couldn't help but sigh, then turned around and prepared to leave. However, Yu Shenxing, the Minister of Rites, was very moved by this, and he also knelt down: "You are the only one in the world who cares about the country. I should kneel down with you!"
"And I! I should also ask Your Majesty to make a quick decision like you did!" Shi Xing also knelt down.
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"It's as if I don't know the justice of the country!" Zhao Jin said this for a while, and then he had to kneel down.
Suddenly, more and more bureaucrats were kneeling. As noon approached, a large group of bureaucrats were already kneeling outside the Huiji Gate. It seemed that seeing that the imperial court had not sent imperial guards to suppress the situation, they simply came to join in the fun without even going home.
After all, after returning to my hometown like this, I can brag in front of my relatives and friends, saying that I knelt down outside Huiji Gate to remonstrate with my father for the sake of the common people.
But at the beginning of the afternoon, a eunuch from the clerk's room came out and read out the decree ordering all the officials to disperse and only present the memorial. He also said that the court had made arrangements, so the bureaucrats began to leave.
It’s impossible not to leave. Because the previous lessons were profound, if the emperor ordered them to disperse but still wanted to act arrogantly, they would be suppressed by force.
Zhao Jin, the imperial censor of Zuodu, also personally came over and helped Zhang Yue up: "Let's go, Sir, it depends on the situation. We have already decided what to do." Zhang Yue couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, so he stood up and asked: "It's really decided. ? Why didn’t you announce it to us ministers who are kneeling to remonstrate and ask how to decide?”
