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Chapter 386 Scroll C, Everything Is Interest

From the conversation with Qi Yongtai, Feng Ziying roughly felt that it was a foregone conclusion that Qi Yongtai would take over as Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and whether he could join the cabinet would depend on the situation.

Similarly, another division commander, Qiao Yingjia, may also have a change in position, and the right deputy capital censor may further become the left deputy capital censor.

This means that the voice and influence of my two masters will be further enhanced in the court.

The rain is coming and the wind is all over the building.

Feng Ziying felt that the impact of the Western Expedition to suppress the rebellion on the entire imperial court had even affected the stability of the entire imperial court.

The huge gap in money and food and the prestige of the court have become the most superficial contradictions. The rebellion and the reasons that caused the rebellion have endangered the stability of the court. Only by suppressing the rebellion and restoring the old land of the former dynasty can the prestige of the court be maintained and stability maintained, and this requires a lot of food and salaries. To solve this problem, the current state of the imperial court, which is stretched, must change and break through, and this in turn impacts the stability of the imperial court, which has become a deadlock in a cycle.

Any choice will have pros and cons, and now all parties are stepping up to judge the situation and various possible positive and negative impacts.

This was the case for Emperor Yonglong, the scholars in the north, the civil officials in the south who supported the comprehensive opening of the sea, and the merchants and their spokespersons who realized that the different policies of opening the sea would have a huge impact on their own vested interests.

"Brother Zixun is here?" Feng Ziying returned home, and Baoxiang had already informed him that the guests had arrived.

After more than half a year of ups and downs, Feng Ziying gave Xu Xie the impression that he hadn't seen him for a few years. Feng Ziying's calm and stern aura became stronger and stronger, which made Xu Xie a little puzzled. Is the tempering and baptism brought to people by a Western expedition to suppress the rebellion so unusual?
This even made him regret whether he should go too.

"Ziying, have you rested enough? The next issue of "Internal Reference" is about to start topic selection again, shouldn't it be time for you to take up the burden?"

Xu Xie sat down, her clear and thin face was much whiter than that of Feng Ziying, who had turned dark after going westward. It turned out that Xu Xie was famous for his dark face in Qingtan Academy.

After Feng Ziying left, no one was appointed to be in charge. Hou Xun, Xu Xie, Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng, Fang Youdu, Wang Yingxiong and others all actively participated, so a system of public consultation was formed.

No one can ignore this publication, which is becoming more and more influential within the imperial court, especially some targeted opinions, which are even directly used by some officials in the imperial court performances. This kind of subtle influence, Hou Xun , Xu Xie and others have already noticed it.

Feng Ziying is not sure if this is Xu Xie's sincere words, maybe it is, maybe it is not, it is very normal.

Although "Internal Reference" was discussed by many people to determine the topic and material selection, there is no doubt that Xu Xie, as the author of the beginning, took the initiative, especially since he is also a senior student of Qingtan Academy and a good scholar, even if he has the same Hou Xun, who has deep connections, is also inferior to him.

According to Fang Youdu, after Feng Ziying left, the two began to faintly compete for the dominance, but they still maintained their demeanor as scholars.

In contrast, although Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng and Fang Youdu deliberately performed under Feng Ziying's reminder when they left, it was still difficult to compete with these two.

Fang Youdu was even better. After all, his article in the first issue won him a lot of influence and reputation. Even Qiao Yingjia admired him, and several doctors in the Criminal Department also admired him.

So now he is still sitting on the third and looking at the second, and he is firmly seated as the third person in the editor of "Internal Reference", but compared with Xu Xie and Hou Xun, he is still a little behind.

"Well, I'm afraid I have to wait a little longer, brother Zixun, you also know the purpose of my return, Mr. Chai has high hopes, but the situation is more complicated now, I still need some time, and I also need your help." Feng Ziying was very happy. He calmly raised his hand, motioning for Xu Xie to drink tea.

After Jin Chuan'er and Yu Chuan'er brought the tea, they quietly retreated.

They rarely saw Feng Ziying so serious.

After Feng Ziying came back, the number of Feng's guests quickly increased.

Foreigners such as Liu Erye, Lian Erye, Xue Uncle, Han Qi, Wei Ruolan, whom both Jin Chuaner and Yu Chuaner had heard of before came here frequently, and the relationship with Uncle's former classmates suddenly became close.

In the beginning, Uncle Fang came more often, but now Master Xu, Master Lian, Master Fan, and Master He all came here more, especially during this period, people came to the door almost every day.

Sometimes this person just leaves, and the next one comes again, and now the master is not at home much, so the post is delivered, and how to arrange a time to receive it all needs to be coordinated.

In addition, after this trip, more people came from Ningxia and Gansu to give gifts. Although most of them were for the master, there are now some that are specially designated for the master.

For example, yesterday was a few pieces of brocade sent by the Shoushan Bo He's family. It is said that the He family brought back Shu brocade from Sichuan.

In addition, in April and May, before the uncle came back, there were new teas from the Fujian guild hall, and rouge rice from the Shanshan guild hall, which amazed Jin Chuaner and Yunshang.

It has never been like this before, even if there are gifts, they are all given to the master. Now that the master has not officially become an official, there are people who come to give gifts, and such rare things that are commonly used but rarely seen can be seen. Explained many problems.

Seeing that the door was quietly closed, Xu Xie asked in a deep voice, "What does Ziying mean by that?"

"Brother Zixun, Mr. Chai has submitted the strategy of opening the sea to the cabinet and the emperor, but Mr. Shoufu and Mr. Fang Ge have doubts. I will not mention Mr. Fang Ge for the time being. I guess no matter what kind of strategy it is, how to adjust it. He will not support it, but the attitude of Mr. Shoufu directly determines the progress and strength of the strategy of opening the sea."

Xu Xie was taken aback, "Old Ye Ge? Progress and strength?"

"Well, Mr. Shoufu may have his considerations, but he can't wait for the Western Expedition to suppress the rebellion. It must be finalized as soon as possible before Liu Dongyang's troops can go west." Feng Ziying said bluntly: "Brother Zixun, I Not to hide it from you, I went to Master Qi and Master Qiao to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of opening the sea. They are also considering it. You also know that the northern scholars in the imperial court have always been hostile to Kaihai. Strategic security, so they may be touched, if you can't take this opportunity to impress them, I'm afraid it will be slim to find such opportunities in the future."

Feng Ziying's blunt words made Xu Xie frowned and then relieved, why are you still struggling with these things at this time?
Feng Ziying's meaning is very clear, that is, to take advantage of this opportunity to promote a comprehensive opening of the sea. The attitude of the northern scholars has been shaken because of the rebellion and the Nine Frontiers strategy. Know if it will work in the future.

Now we need to take advantage of the wavering attitude of the northern scholars and quickly mobilize all forces to make this strategy a national policy. There will be some objections in the future, but the done thing is done, and it is too late to oppose it. At least we have to wait until the results of opening the sea Only after the results come out can there be a resolution.

"Then Ziying, what do you think are the reasons why Mr. Shoufu might feel hesitant?"

Xu Xie finally understood that this might involve the distribution and exchange of benefits, and he felt a burst of excitement in his heart.

I finally have the opportunity to become a participant in this imperial court plan, isn't this what all scholars dream of?

"One is that it may involve merchants from Fujian and Zhejiang who have already participated in maritime trade. If they are not dealt with properly, either they may be targeted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or they will make waves from Zhongxing and obstruct the promotion. But I I think that if Fujian and Zhejiang can see the situation clearly and can estimate the overall situation, they shouldn’t be so narrow-minded. If it breaks out, the original beneficiaries may benefit more, but they cannot prevent other more beneficiaries from coming in. After all, the more beneficiaries, the more the court can benefit,..."

Feng Ziying had already disclosed some ideas in this regard with Xu Xie before, and it is estimated that Huang Ruliang had discussed it with Xu Xie long ago, so he should have thought about it.

"What else?" Xu Xie knew that this was not the main thing. In fact, Mr. Huang and Mr. Shoufu should have communicated before, but there must be other reasons for the delay.

"The rest is mainly the distribution of income, which must be used for nine-sided defense."

This is the bottom line of northern scholars. Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia all raised this point in their conversations with Feng Ziying.

The safety of the nine frontiers directly endangers the interests of the scholars in the entire north. Whether it is Liaodong, Xuanda, or the three sides, Shanshan, Beizhi, Shandong and Liaodong, these are the core areas of the Northland, all in the Tatar Under the threat of Jurchen and Jurchen, if these benefits cannot be used to stabilize the Nine Frontier Defense Line, I am afraid that the strategy of opening the sea will never win their support.

"Ziying, I'm afraid this point needs to be discussed." Xu Xie didn't hide it either, "The Japanese pirates' raids on the sea have never stopped, from Nanzhi, Fujian and Zhejiang to Guangdong and Guangxi. It is definitely important to be used on the nine sides, but I am afraid that sea frontier defense also needs to be considered,..."

Feng Ziying and Xu Xie finally understood the crux of the matter, everything was benefit.

After the Kaihai strategy is determined, borrowing is only a matter of specific means. Everyone has their eyes on the money. How to use it and who will use it and who will control it is the key, and it is also the central goal for everyone to keep their eyes on.

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