Chapter 381 Prying Scroll C

   Coming out of Wenyuan Pavilion, Feng Ziying was a little disappointed.

   It seems that Ye Xianggao still has some concerns and lacks courage, while Fang Congzhe is still the same old, and he is more inclined to solve the problem from the perspective of throttling.

  Feng Ziying didn’t know whether Chai Ke and Yang He had written letters to Ye Xianggao or Fang Congzhe. Apart from official letters, private letters were often more representative of the true intentions, and the emperor’s link was also extremely important.

The current imperial court is almost a lame court, the pavilions are uneven, and the six ministers are either waiting to become official or serving vegetarian meals, or they are the second assistants like Fang Congzhe who are also ministers of the official department. The backbone who want to do things has not yet fully grown up.

In Feng Ziying's view, even Li Sancai has some abilities. Maybe he may not agree with people like Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia in terms of views, but at least he can do things, which is better than procrastinating and perfunctory. The situation is good.

Emperor Yonglong also wanted to do things, but he was restrained by the attitude of the Supreme Emperor and did not dare to over-perform, so as not to attract unnecessary suspicion and be benefited by Prince Yizhong. Da Zhou became weaker.

  Feng Ziying also discussed this matter with her father before, and her opinion is also very simple, that is, delay until the Supreme Emperor Dragon Yu Bintian and Emperor Yonglong really take power, and then discuss it. Before that, you can only muddle along.

Now that the old man has hid in Yulin, his heart is at ease, and his speech is relaxed. Anyway, he is not in the capital city, and whatever the Taishanghuang, the emperor, and Prince Yizhong make troubles about, he will not be involved. Government affairs are the business of civil servants, and have nothing to do with him as a general.

  But Dad can ignore it, but Feng Ziying can't sit idly by, especially Chai Ke also has high hopes for himself, hoping that he can play a role in this.

  But today's public inquiry report obviously had little effect. Fang Congzhe didn't mention a word at all, or Chai Ke didn't write to him at all, and he didn't know anything about Kaihai and debt raising.

  Ye Xianggao implicitly mentioned the difficulties of the court, but did not explicitly say how to solve them.

  Of course, people may feel that it is inappropriate to talk to me about this. In their minds, I am just a tool person who comes back to report on behalf of Chai Ke.

  The carriage drove slowly on the street, and Feng Ziying, who was sitting in the carriage, felt an indescribable sense of aggrieved.

  This is the case these days. Even if you want to do something, you still need to lobby and get through all kinds of twists and turns. No official is willing to give up his own interests and do things that are beneficial to the court.

   Now the Western Expedition to suppress the rebellion army is still waiting for the court to come up with a solution, but looking at the ambiguous attitude of the two court elders, and seeing the reaction of the court to this matter, Feng Ziying feels half-hearted.

When the rebellion broke out, these people panicked like ants on a hot pot, but once the situation improved, they immediately returned to their original state. It looks like, um, let's talk about it when the trouble comes out.

However, Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe praised Feng Ziying's personal performance very much. It is estimated that Chai Ke and Yang He also specifically mentioned their own performance in their letters, such as going out to the grassland to persuade Bu Shitu, and going to Ganzhou to persuade Liu Baichuan anyway. , These are all real credits, and they are quite risky, no one can obliterate them.

What kind of reward the imperial court will give is probably still to be discussed, but Feng Ziying believes that it will not be bad. At least I can save two years by watching politics for three years. compose.

   When Ye Xianggao returned to his mansion, he received a report from the porter that Huang Ruliang had arrived.

   "Sit down, get up tomorrow." Ye Xianggao gave Huang Ruliang to his study without much courtesy.

  Huang Ruliang was not polite, and said bluntly: "Brother Jinqing, how is the situation?"

"Well, you have also read Zishu's letter. Zishu asked this son to come back, probably because he wanted him to mediate. Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, one is a famous official from Beizhi, and the other is a leading scholar from Shanxi. It can represent a considerable part of the voices of northern scholars, if he can persuade Qi and Qiao to support, then there is great hope for Kaihai."

Ye Xianggao and Huang Ruliang have already discussed the issue of opening the sea countless times. Although the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River are generally supportive of the opening of the sea, it is still very complicated. Some people do not want the court to It is completely liberalized, but tends to choose one or two specific locations as the resident of the Maritime Department, and is more strict in the selection of maritime merchants, and hopes to continue to be exempt from commercial taxes.

  These people are inextricably linked with the big smuggling merchants. They are opposed to the complete relaxation of the sea ban, but they are unwilling to continue the current sea ban policy. After all, the current sea ban policy is always in the hands of the court.

  Last year, Qiao Yingjia and Yang He joined hands in the salt administration storm in Zhejiang, which sounded the alarm for them. As long as the policy does not change, the court can take action at any time.

  These handles are always in the hands of the imperial court, just like killing a pig. If the pig is fattened up, and the pig is not very obedient, then you can do it at any time, so that you have no room for resistance.

  After all, the sea ban is a national policy. If you violate the national policy, the evidence will be held by the court. Even if you have a solid network, it will be of no avail.

"The Northwest War has come to this point. If it continues like this, the financial resources of the imperial court will definitely be difficult to support. Even Zhonghan is aware of this, but he still blindly hopes to save money. But now, how can the imperial court save money?" flow?"

  Ye Xianggao sighed, and there was a bit of worry in his eyes.

"I don't know how much turmoil will be caused by opening the sea, and the court will be troubled and restless from now on, but compared with throttling, I always think that as long as the strategy of opening the sea can be used well, it will be very big. No matter how bad it is, opening the sea is better than the emperor's continuous addition of new mine supervision and tax supervision? At least hundreds of thousands of people without land and land in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang can make a living by this, and they will not fall away. Overseas, right?"

   "If this is an opportunity, the emperor can get support, but what about the emperor?" Huang Ruliang mentioned another worry.

Ye Xianggao was silent for a long time, "We still need to get the support of the martial arts, but this is a bit difficult. Zishu called Feng Keng back because of this factor. After all, the Feng family is also a martial artist. After a while, it may have some effect,..."

"Hmph, those warriors have always been incompatible with us, and most of them are wine bags and rice bags. Look at Shi Guangjue in Ningxia Town, and look at Ma Xia in Gansu Town. They are all people who have misunderstood the country..." Speaking of this, Huang Ruliang also gnashed his teeth, "If it wasn't for this generation's corruption and dereliction of duty, why would the state affairs come to this?"

   "Ming Qi can't be generalized, like Wang Ziteng and Feng Tang still have some skills." Ye Xianggao said something fair, "There are also Niu Jizong and Chen Daoxian..."

"Wang Ziteng and Feng Tang are considered good candidates, but Niu Jizong and Chen Daoxian are not necessarily. Niu Jizong just relied on his family background and has a false name, while Chen Daoxian was not well-known before. As for how he won the favor of the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor to become the five General of the military camp, although I don’t know the reason behind it, but I can’t get rid of those entanglements, if you really have the ability, go to Liaodong or Gansu to work for a few years, that’s about the same.”

  Huang Ruliang didn't hide anything in front of Ye Xianggao, his tone was harsh and sharp, Ye Xianggao just smiled and said nothing.

  Chen Daoxian is a dark horse, and he suddenly assumed the key position of General of the Fifth Army Battalion. This is a candidate that both the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor can accept. This alone is difficult for many people to do.

   Civil servants didn't care much about the appointment of the Taishanghuang and the emperor in the three major battalions of the Beijing camp, the warrior battalion, the four guards, and the standard bearer guards.

Everyone knows very well that the forces of the Jingying and Suwei are related to the security of the Tian family. Whoever goes up and who goes down can only be the most reassuring military members of the Tian family. As for which faction of martial arts has the upper hand, the civil servants do not I don't care much, because no matter who is the emperor, they have to rely on civil servants.

  As for the appointment of generals outside the capital, it must be in the hands of the court, because it is related to the safety of the entire Zhou Dynasty, not the safety of a certain person.

"Okay, fame, let's not talk too far, let's get down to business, Zhonghan and I met Feng Keng in Wenyuan Pavilion today, and I also said something, but I don't know if Feng Keng will pay attention to it, but I guess he will go to Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, if they can realize that the Northwest strategy must be like this, maybe there will be some changes."

  Huang Ruliang hesitated, "Brother Jinqing, Qi Yongtai is going to be Minister of the Ministry of Officials? Is he going to join the cabinet?"

  According to the practice of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is very likely that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials will serve as a cabinet assistant, but there are also cases where the Minister of the Ministry of Officials will not join the cabinet, it depends on the situation.

  Generally speaking, if there are four or five cabinet ministers, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials will join the cabinet, but if there are three cabinet ministers, he will not join the cabinet.

   That is to say, if only one cabinet minister is added to join the cabinet now, then Qi Yongtai will not join the cabinet even if he serves as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but if two cabinet ministers are added, then Qi Yongtai may join the cabinet.

"Qi Yongtai's qualifications are still a little low, it depends on the emperor's will." Ye Xianggao stroked his beard under his chin with a heavy expression, "From the current point of view, Qi Yongtai's entry into the cabinet is beneficial to us, but in the long run Come to see but not necessarily,..."

   "Brother Jinqing, what do you mean? The emperor will definitely ask for your opinion." Huang Ruliang asked.

  Ye Xianggao hesitated, "Let's see after Feng Keng talks with Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia."

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