It's not bad. Zhao Liben glanced at the big girl, and the big girl went out tremblingly. Only then did he say to Zhao Hao: "Dingguo Gong and Ji Gonggong found them, knew them with affection, moved them with reason, and finally made them understand that the result of eating alone is that everyone doesn't eat." ”

Zhao Hao couldn't help but be a little surprised: "They started so easily? ”

Chen Shaoru and Ye Mengxiong are both famous ministers of the official Zhishangshu, especially the latter, who is a rare military talent in the Ming Dynasty. How can such a person change his course so easily?

"Because Dingguo Gong threatened them, if they dared to vote against it, they would let Hai Jui go to Guangdong to investigate smuggling!" Zhao Liben spit out a smoke ring and said, "Do you think they are afraid?" ”

"That's right." Zhao Hao suddenly couldn't help laughing: "I'm afraid of me." ”

Thanks to Lu Guang and Xu Wu's hard work in Beijing, Chen Shaoru and Ye Mengxiong knew that the gentry in Jiangnan made Hai Rui toss and cry bitterly. Many people wanted to move him to the trouble of the gentry elsewhere.

In fact, if there was no Jiangnan Group to protect Hai Rui, it is estimated that Governor Yingtian would have been replaced at this time. If the Jiangnan Group and the Xishan Company continue to do so, there is still a great possibility that Hai Jui will be transferred to Guangdong.

Officials at the level of governors, but there is no recusal from office. For example, Hu Zongxian is a native of Huizhou, but he can become the governor of Zhejiang. Not to mention Hai Rui, who is selfless to the extreme.

If they really let Hai Jui operate in Guangdong, it will really hit the streets. What interest groups? What are the intertwined entanglements? Who can withstand the eighteen dragon-descending palms of the sea fighter?

At that time, it is estimated that the officials and gentry in Guangdong will hate them to death, right?

This threat is so frightening.

Perfect!

~~

"But the most they can do is abstain." Zhao Liben told Zhao Hao: "They said that if they voted for support, they would not be able to return to their hometown." Why don't you ask Hai Gangfeng to help purify Guangdong......"

"Hehe, I can really carry it." Zhao Gongzi sighed: "Abstaining is not bad, don't be embarrassed anymore." ”

In his eyes, these two, especially Ye Mengxiong, are future masters worth befriending, and he doesn't want to completely push them to the opposite side.

"Well, it's actually a good abstention." Zhao Liben dusted off the cigarette ash from the blue and white porcelain ashtray and said lightly: "The old man suggests, don't force the three old Shandong nephews, let them also abstain." ”

"Grandpa wants to draw?" Zhao Hao frowned. If the other side abstains with five votes, it will be a 20-12 advantageous situation, and even if Lao Xi'er and Huguang Yau vote for each other with eight votes, it will at least be a draw.

However, as long as one of the five votes is for shipping, he will win. No matter how hard you try, you should win, right? Zhao Gongzi still has a lot of benefits to exchange.

Wouldn't it be a shame to draw like this?

"It's good to tie, and a tie is the smartest." Zhao Liben spit out the smoke ring and smiled: "Do you think, if these five votes are voted for us, what will be the situation?" ”

"We've won a big game." Zhao Hao rubbed his swollen head, and after the hangover, his thinking was particularly sluggish. The heart said that when dealing with those top smart people in the Ming Dynasty, his head was not enough, and he really couldn't damage brain cells in vain.

"No, we're going to be doomed." Zhao Liben sneered and said, "You think, under what circumstances did we win?" Shoufu, Zhang Xianggong, and the Ministry of Shangshu are all on our opposite side - we can actually defeat the Caoyun Group in such a passive situation. What do you think about calling the government and the opposition? ”

"Jiangnan Group has killed four times, Jiangnan Group is super god, Jiangnan Group is invincible......" Zhao Hao finally understood his grandfather's worries. I was so frightened that I woke up all of a sudden, and my head finally regained its light.

"They will think that the court of the Ming Dynasty is controlled by our Jiangnan Group!" I saw his little face pale and said: "But it's not like that at all, it's just a bonus brought by special issues." ”

"Those officials will never reason with you. They will only take things out of context and be alarmist. I will definitely seize the results of this court meeting and mold us into a great demon king who covers the sky with one hand! Zhao Liben said with a stern expression: "So let's draw, so as to avoid arousing the vigilance of others." ”

"Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded approvingly: "Since it has been decided to let Gao Gong out of the mountain, then this draw is acceptable." ”

"Not bad." Zhao Liben said: "You will have to pay attention to this in the future." The embankment is higher than the shore, and the waves will destroy it, remember? ”

"Remember, we're the ones who rush us." Zhao Gongzi smiled a little stinky and said: "You said that I am a child's family, why do I have to be supernatural if I don't pay attention?" ”

"I call you a kid crazy!" The old man gave him a shiver in the head. "You have to keep a low profile at home, and then go to a high profile overseas, remember?"

"Remembered, remembered." Zhao Hao hurriedly hugged his head and ran away, lest the head of Lingguang just now be beaten stupid.

However, grandpa is right, in China, it is indeed necessary to rein in, so that Jiangnan Group is always in a position that is inconspicuous, important, and dare not provoke.

The wave is not good. If it's too high-profile, it's going to be a disaster!

~~

The first day of the fifth month of the third year of Longqing is the day of the much-anticipated maritime court.

This day is also the New Year's Day Pilgrimage. In the early dynasties, the Longqing Emperor on the curtain of Jintai specially told the voting ministers to be sure to keep the people in mind, be fair and wise, and choose a way to solve the luck.

Then he also added quite bluntly, not only to come up with a way as soon as possible, but also to speed up the speed of Cao Yun. In this way, you can express your support for sea freight.

The ministers naturally responded in unison, but looking at their expressions, it is estimated that no one heard them......

I'd better go back and read my book." 'Hum is quite devastating, and every time he goes to court, he has to suffer cold violence. This feeling is too bad, how can there be a little pleasure of being an emperor?

After the ministers sent the emperor to retire from the court, the 45 voting ministers, led by two scholars, came to the Forbidden City's Zuoye Gate, which is commonly known as the 'East Pavilion', to hold today's court meeting.

Forty-five voting members stood in the East Cabinet facing each other in the right and left directions. Li Chunfang, the first assistant of the cabinet, who presided over the meeting, once again explained the content of today's meeting to the ministers:

"You have all seen the unveiling post, because the Yellow River burst its banks, and the canal will not be able to be counted on for a year or two. But the transportation cannot be stopped, and the grain must be transported to the capital as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. To this end, the Caodu Yamen proposed to reopen the Jiaolai River and temporarily relieve the urgent need by river-sea combined transport. In addition, Lin Run, the former governor of Yingtian, and a number of officials from Jiangnan, have come to this to request shipping. ”

"The detailed propositions are listed in the post sent to the public, so I will not repeat them." After a pause, he looked around at the crowd: "Today, I invite all my colleagues to come and discuss to see whether it is better to combine river and sea transportation or pure sea transportation?" The stakes are high, so please speak freely......"

"Whoa." In response, the officials began to sit down and discuss, expressing their views on shipping and the Jiaolai River.

As for shipping, officials are nothing more than worried about the treacherous storm at sea and the loss is too great. However, the package proposed by the Jiangnan Group has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has perfectly solved most of the problems that officials are worried about.

However, some people raised a sharp question on the spot, that is, if the grain is shipped by sea, then the Jiangnan Group's fleet may have to reach the scale of thousands of large ships.

With such a large fleet, if it is not in the hands of the imperial court, how can it be reassured?

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers nodded one after another, and just as someone was about to echo them, they listened to Masen, the secretary of the household department, explain:

"Don't worry, you've already thought about it. In the future, shipping will take the form of official supervision and private management, although the fleet is owned by the people, but the royal family and the household department jointly send personnel to supervise, and always maintain the control of the imperial court over the fleet and grain. ”

After a pause, he added: "In addition, sea ships cannot enter the Dagu River, nor can they enter the Yangtze River. All the seagoing vessels in the north that entered the second mile of Dagukou were punished for conspiracy to commit misdeeds, and the Tianjin deputy commander-in-chief was responsible for supervising the arrest. All the sea ships in the south that enter the Yangtze River estuary are also controlled by the imperial history of the Caojiang River. ”

When the ministers heard this, they felt that the restrictions were in place, so they had nothing to say.

The Ming Dynasty, which has been banned from the sea for a hundred years, has almost lost its sense of sea power. These ministers who formulated national policies were only worried that the sea ships would attack the north and south of the Yangtze River along the mouth of Dagu. No one worries at all about what these ships will be able to do after they go to sea.

What do you love...... What does it have to do with Da Ming?

So thought the lovely ministers of the court.

~~

However, the discussion of the Jiaolai River caused a lot of controversy.

Officials, especially those in the south of the Yangtze River, bombarded one after another, and the Caoyun Yamen proposed that the reopening of this canal, which had long been repeatedly proven to be useless, was the intention.

After all, the Jiaolai River is dry in spring and summer, and there is nothing to introduce, and it soars in autumn and winter, and there is nothing to store shallow. The north and south seas are easy to block, and the boat is sluggish but not passable', that is, the labor division is reluctant to open, and it will take a few years at most. Compared to pure sea freight, it is really not cost-effective.

Seeing that the officials who supported the Cao Yun were dumbfounded, and could only use the excuse of 'food and clothing for millions of Cao workers' to defend weakly, Li Chunfang had no choice but to stop the court discussion in advance.

"Since there are different opinions, let's vote and see." Li Chunfang forcibly opened five or five, and then nodded to Zhang Siwei, the Hanlin attendant who was in charge of counting the votes.

Zhang Siwei sent down the blank question book, and when the voting ministers finished writing and closed the question book, he put away the thick stack of question books again.

"Read it." Li Chunfang commanded.

Because it was a secret ballot, there was no need to supervise the counting of votes, it was enough for him to read out the results on the spot.

"Yes." Zhang Siwei unfolded it one by one and said:

"Yang Bo, the secretary of the ministry, supports Jiaolai."

"Huo Ji, the secretary of the Ministry of War, supports Jiaolai."

"The Ministry of Rites is still the secretary of the Grothe, and supports shipping."

"Hubu Shangshu Masen, support shipping."

"Mao Kai, the secretary of the Criminal Department, supports shipping."

"Zhu Heng, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, supports shipping."

The two giths, who were in charge of counting, stood in front of a blackboard and drew straight characters.

When the six Shangshu were recited, the situation was still normal, and the ministers were not alarmed. Who knew that when he reached the level of a squire, he suddenly became chaotic......

ps. The third is to ask for a monthly pass.