Chapter 292: A big chapter of ten thousand words! Yang Sichang accepted the order, Li Dingguo surrendered, and the disaster relief arrangements ended.

The reason why Yang Sichang was in a hurry to do things was because what happened in the past year or so was too torturous for him.

In October of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, he arrived in Xiangyang. It was on behalf of the emperor that he went on an expedition with great glory. In order to establish his authority, he also killed Dabai, the supervisor of the army.

He also knew that as a civil servant, he always needed a local general who knew military skills and was easy to control to help him, so he saw the unlucky Zuo Liangyu.

At this time, Zuo Liangyu had suffered a huge defeat in Luo Yeshan and was demoted three levels by Chongzhen. He was having a headache over Fu Zonglong's advice to Chongzhen.

'If you are able to offer your loyalty, the previous crimes will be eliminated and eliminated, and rewards will still be given as usual; if you are unable to offer your loyalty, the two crimes will be treated concurrently.'

Yang Sichang directly promoted him to the post of General of Counterinsurgency and received the seal of quelling thieves. For him, it was simply a gift of reinvention.

Therefore, he was very grateful to Yang Sichang and vowed to perform some great feats to repay Yang Sichang for his support.

As a result, Yang Sichang did not take advantage of the good morale, but stopped moving. He recuperated his energy and started working in the fields.

Zuo Liangyu was originally a general like a bandit, but he gradually began to slack off. After Yang Sichang ran away from Fu Zonglong, the then Secretary of the Ministry of War, he also began to dislike Zuo Liangyu for being disobedient.

The result was that Zhang Xianzhong and the others were able to recharge their batteries for several months. In addition, Zuo Liangyu, who was slacking off, suffered several small defeats, and their morale was a bit low for a while.

Yang Sichang knew that Zuo Liangyu was promoted by him, and it was taboo to change the commander before the battle, so he took care of the defeat for him.

Zuo Liangyu also felt that he could not do this again, and would continue to lose and become the next Mao Wenlong, so the war began, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, and Zhang Xianzhong's wife and concubines were captured.

Later, there was another battle, and Zhang Xianzhong was chased everywhere in Sichuan. When the war reached this point, it could have had a good outcome, but Yang Sichang's old habit broke out.

He felt that Zuo Liangyu was difficult to control and disobedient, so he wanted He Renlong to replace Zuo Liangyu and told He Renlong.

He Renlong was short of brains. If you say I can do it, then I can do it, so you have to give it to me. Unexpectedly, Zuo Liangyu won another battle in Agate Mountain.

Now Yang Sichang could no longer suppress him, so he could only tell He Renlong that there was no way for you to replace him.

When He Renlong heard this, he said, "This is not okay. If you can't do what you promised me, then I will make you unhappy."

He Renlong told Zuo Liangyu about this, which made Zuo Liangyu also unhappy. After that, he directly turned against Yang Sichang. Whatever Yang Sichang said, he would do the opposite.

Thinking of this, Yang Sichang felt angry.

In addition, Zhang Xianzhong's surprise attack on Xiangyang this time made his mistakes so big that Chongzhen did not give him a specific reply in the past six months.

Later, his rival Sun Chuanting appeared repeatedly in the newspapers. It was not difficult to see that he was re-employed and Lu Xiangsheng was posthumously banned. This made him understand that things had changed.

So now he wants to make some achievements as soon as possible and return to the court. With his speaking ability, he can definitely coax Chongzhen into good things.

Especially for the cabinet committee that Chen Ye just mentioned, you can tell that it is a new core circle of interests just by looking at its name and the people who are participating.

If you can't enter, even if you become a governor, you are just a subordinate official.

Seeing Yang Sichang change the subject, Chen Ye didn't say anything more and just followed his words.

"What makes it difficult for the people to live is the Ming Dynasty officials, nobles, and too many interest groups. They invade and squeeze but don't know how to appease them.

The people are the foundation of the imperial court. If the people are forced to live, doesn’t this mean that His Majesty is forced to live? Governor Yang, are you right?

Fu Zonglong devoted himself to serving the people, but he ended up in jail. Isn't it because of you?"

"National Master, this matter is indeed due to Fu Zonglong's own incompetence. I am just telling the truth. Your Majesty, he impeached me much more harshly than I impeached him."

When Yang Sichang heard Chen Ye's words, he quickly complained. Fu Zonglong was almost killed. This was partly because of his impeachment, but mostly because he didn't do a good job when he returned to Beijing.

After Fu Zonglong had a conflict with him, he was called back to Beijing by Chongzhen to report on his work. When he returned, he told Chongzhen about the sufferings of the people in Huguang.

At first, Chongzhen was a little sighing, but he kept saying that the people were working hard and should be appeased as soon as possible.

Similar to the suffering of the people, Chongzhen could see it every day when he went to court and reviewed memorials. He was already numb. Everyone could only say two words: "The people are suffering, give money."

So Fu Zonglong, as the Minister of War, kept saying this, which gave him a headache. It happened that Hong Chengchou wanted to use Liu Zhaoji, but Gao Qiqian jumped out and said that this person could not be used.

As the Minister of War, Fu Zonglong has not yet decided to let Chongzhen become a fire. You can't solve any problem. If you just ask me to send money, I will kill you.

After listening to Yang Sichang's explanation, Chen Ye finally understood that this was really not Yang Sichang's fault. However, the main reason why Fu Zonglong was imprisoned was because Yang Sichang was fighting with him and happened to be shot.

"Aren't you ashamed that the party struggle was spoken out so righteously by you?

You know what you think, but you must know what His Majesty thinks this time, because it will affect whether you can join the Cabinet Committee in the future."

"Please ask the Imperial Master to speak frankly."

Yang Sichang clasped his hands and bowed his head to Chen Ye.

“There are no other requirements for this disaster relief, only one thing: crack down on corruption and embezzlement severely and very severely, and we must really distribute money and food into the hands of the people.

If anyone embezzles or embezzles, you will deal with it directly. If you cannot deal with it, you will lead troops to ransack their homes and deal with it by force.

During the disaster relief period, anyone who dares to touch His Majesty's money and food, regardless of clan, nobles, or those with joint and several ties, will be regarded as treason.

As long as you are arrested for embezzling money and food during the disaster relief period, Your Majesty will give you the Shang Fang sword and you can be executed directly.

Officials, clans, nobles, nobles, etc. are all treated equally. If the head of a thousand people is not enough, there is no need to report to the court, and His Majesty will pardon them all."

When Yang Sichang listened to Chen Ye's words, especially when the murderous intent was evident at the end, he couldn't help but beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his beard trembled slightly. He was both excited and scared.

However, he is not a three-year-old kid who knows this killing quota. He knows that he cannot take it seriously. Even if there are really so many damn people, he still has to control them.

"Master, why is your majesty so murderous? How can you be a gentleman in this?"

"Because your Majesty has endured it for too long, Mr. Wenqiao, you don't think that your Majesty doesn't know those nonsense things, do you?

Your corruption, allotments, forced labor, and occupation of fertile land are all secretly digging up the foundation of the Ming Dynasty to strengthen your own family. These things are difficult to detect?

Killing a few more rats will free up some land for the Ming Dynasty, allow the treasury to spend more money to help the victims, and make the Ming Dynasty more stable, so why not do it."

Chen Ye said with an indifferent expression, "Anyway, the people are not murderers, they are corrupt officials full of bad intentions, so let's just kill them."

But correspondingly, Yang Sichang was even more horrified, because the Imperial Master could directly point out these names, which meant that Chongzhen also knew about them.

The emperor who holds military power knows how the people below him are corrupt, but he can't change it even if he wants to?

"These two days are your preparation period. The food will not be delivered directly. Instead, after you have consolidated the disaster situation in various parts of Huguang, it will be delivered in batches to the warehouse you prepared.

The money will be airdropped directly tonight. At that time, you will mobilize people to start disaster relief, use work to build roads and purchase necessary supplies.

In short, if you work hard, you can still join the Cabinet Committee after you go back. Your Majesty will reserve a place for you.

I heard that you have been coughing. It seems that the pneumonia is not getting better. I can consult you on the corresponding medicine and stabilize your condition first.

The Royal Hospital has some miraculous medical equipment that can cure you and allow you to take further steps in the future. After all, you are only in your fifties, do you just want to return home in such an ordinary way?"

Hearing what Chen Ye said, Yang Sichang's eyes shone a little. Sure enough, His Majesty still loved him and reserved his position for him.

"Thank you for your guidance, Imperial Master. I will seriously urge the people below not to stretch out your claws at this critical moment."

"Well, it's best to go up and down, but if you really need to feed some people who should be fed, you can also use the methods you are accustomed to.

After all, the purpose of appropriating 200,000 taels of silver is to allow the people above you to send money to do things, but only a maximum of 50,000 taels are allowed to be used in this area."

Chen Ye's words made Yang Sichang more confident in his ability. Why do officials become officials? It's to make money.

Don't say it's a major disaster now. The more serious the disaster, the more corrupt officials will be. This cannot be controlled even by strict restrictions.

After continuing to chat with Yang Sichang for a few words and confirming that he had the details of the distribution of disaster relief food, Chen Ye made another excuse and found an empty yard to deliver the radio station to Huguang.

Since the Royal Army will not be coming to Huguang for the time being, radio station Chen Ye directly prepared four sets. Each set, including auxiliary equipment, weighs more than two hundred kilograms.

There are also printed color instructions, which are detailed enough to explain each step with color photos and text instructions.

When Chen Ye called Yang Sichang, carrying two large boxes weighing one hundred kilograms each, Yang Sichang suddenly reacted.

This shop owner suddenly seemed a little less human?

But he didn't have time to think about it anymore, because Chen Ye told him that he would be able to contact Chongzhen directly right away.

So he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the use and learning of the radio. His deputy general was not idle either. He found two staff members to come over and study with him, so that he could assist in its use at any time in the future.

As the battery powered the radio and the integrated computer, the multi-color screen began to light up with a serious portrait of Chongzhen, which made Yang Sichang gasp in fright.

"Oh, this is His Majesty's portrait. As long as you turn on the phone, you will see it. It is similar to the movie cloth in the newspaper.

The reason why it is serious is to remind all officials who use the radio that His Majesty is watching you careless people and must remain honest at all times."

"So it turns out that if you are weak, you are short-sighted."

After hearing Chen Ye's unkind words, Yang Sichang no longer had any thoughts of dissatisfaction. He could see that Chen Ye had a very contemptuous attitude towards the entire Ming Dynasty officials.

But thinking about this man's ability and his unparalleled change in Chongzhen, I have to admire him.

If such a person wanted to be emperor, even ten Chongzhen would not be enough to oppose him. It would be too easy.

After Chongzhen's portrait flashed, several signal instructions appeared on the screen, and Chen Ye explained them to him one by one.

At the same time, after receiving the report via walkie-talkie, Chongzhen, who was far away in the capital, had already asked the eunuchs of the radio station to handwrite a reprimand of more than a thousand words in classical Chinese.

Yang Sichang watched Chongzhen's profile flash by, and under Chen Ye's explanation, he knew that it was Chongzhen speaking to him, and his eyes instantly turned red.

Staring at the screen, Yang Sichang looked at the reprimand document on behalf of Chongzhen and burst into tears.

"Your Majesty, I, I, I am so ashamed of Your Majesty! Ahem, cough, cough."

Tsk tsk tsk.

Chen Ye watched from the side and couldn't say anything in his heart. Good guy, this guy has such great acting skills. No wonder he became Chongzhen's favorite person.

If Chongzhen had not continued to believe in Yuan Dudu and Yang Dudu, he might not have lost so miserably.
To be continued...