Emperor Hongzhi looked at the ministers, this Xie Qian came out to speak, and finally no one jumped out and said that Xie Qian was going to be impeached, and at the same time, those who danced the most were like frosted flowers, listless, even though there was unwillingness in their eyes, but more helpless.

After thinking about it, Emperor Hongzhi turned his gaze to Li Dongyang and asked, "What does Li Qing think?" ”

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, these officials from the Jiangnan region also cast their eager eyes again, if Li Dongyang can stand on his side, then everyone will immediately kick Xie Qian away and hug Li Dongyang's thigh, he is a southerner no matter what.

Li Dongyang slowly stood up, he was the same as Zhou Jing, he went to Tianjin, saw the prosperity of Tianjin, and also saw the benefits of unlocking the sea to the Ming Dynasty, not to mention anything else, just you can go to the sea to fish, how many people can be fed by a few boats in Tianjin.

At the same time, he also saw the three million taels of silver brought back from North Korea, and knew the huge profits of the sea trade, if the imperial court could collect this part of the tax, he believed that the treasury would definitely not be empty.

However, he also saw how huge the opposition in the court was, and there were too many officials from the Jiangnan region in the entire court.

Zhou Jing just proposed to open the sea, and he was immediately opposed by so many people, impeached and attacked, which shows that Jiangnan Shilin's opinions on this matter are surprisingly unanimous.

"The minister thinks that what Li Gong said is very true, in the matter of the sea, we should not be too hasty, we should take it step by step, we can start fishing first, and pilot it in a few areas to see the results."

Thinking about these clearly, Li Dongyang felt that Xie Qian's compromise plan was actually acceptable, as long as the fishing could be unlocked, people along the coast could go out to sea to fish, get a lot of cheap and easy food, and in a few places, you can also see the effect of unlocking the sea.

As long as this unlocking of the sea is really beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, everyone can profit from it, and there will be more and more people who support unlocking the sea in the future, and it is not too late to fully unlock the sea when the time comes.

Hearing Li Dongyang's words, the officials in the Jiangnan region immediately became even more discouraged, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian's influence in Jiangnan Shilin is undoubted, and the protégés and former officials are also all over the government and the opposition, and their influence is huge.

Some people are very unwilling, and frequently look at Dai Shan, Liu Daxia, He Qiaoxin and other six Shangshu and Shilang from the Jiangnan area, looking forward to these bigwigs being able to stand up and be the head of everyone.

Dai Shan looked at the situation and sighed in his heart, although he really wanted to be this bull head and had this qualification, but he was also a smart person, and when he saw today's posture, he knew in his heart that in fact, Emperor Hongzhi had already discussed this matter with others, and the bigwigs above had already reached a compromise.

Now that he continues to stand up, he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around, not to mention that Xie Qian and Li Dongyang can win this compromise plan, which is also acceptable.

If businessmen can go to sea justifiably, they don't need to hide, and go to sea privately, which is actually a good thing, and they are afraid that the follow-up court will come to levy business taxes, which is really fatal, touching the interests of the family and forces behind everyone.

The ministers were silent for a while, and no one continued to stand up and speak, and Emperor Hongzhi looked at the military general Xungui again and said, "Zhang Qing, what do you think about this?" ”

Zhang Mao has actually been listening, and his position is even more distinct, because he has already placed an order for three fishing boats from the Tianjin Shipyard, and when he returns to the capital, he is also constantly moving among the generals and nobles, pulling everyone to prepare to go to sea to fish and do business together.

He saw the infinite wealth of this ocean, just fishing, a few fishing boats can make a profit of one million a year, if he can go to sea to do business, just half a month to North Korea a trip to bring back three million taels of silver.

I didn't know the huge profits of this sea trade before, and I was able to calmly live a leisurely life by guarding my family's one-third of an acre, but now that I know the profits of this sea trade, I naturally want to get a piece of the pie.

If you want to get a piece of the pie, you naturally can't expect these big families and big businessmen in the Jiangnan region to play with you, and the generals and nobles have never been in the same group as them, and the two sides are clearly distinguished, and they can't play together.

Therefore, if you want to eat cake, you can only form your own boat to go to sea to do business, which is obviously not possible without opening the sea, and the fishing boat you bought cannot go to sea to fish, and the sea boat you buy cannot go to sea to do business, which is not a loss to your grandmother's house.

However, he is also a smart person, and he has seen the situation in front of him clearly, and it is obviously unrealistic to open the sea in an all-round way, but it doesn't matter, as long as he can start fishing first as Xie Qian and Li Dongyang said, it is okay to implement it in a few places.

"The minister thinks that what Gong Xie and Li Gong said is very true, you might as well untie the sea in a few areas first, the minister thinks that Tianjin is quite good, close to the capital, and it is the north, so you don't have to worry about the invasion of the Japanese invaders, it is very suitable for the pilot."

After thinking about it, Zhang Mao also expressed his opinion, and directly put forward the proposal of being a pilot in Tianjin, and his words were immediately supported by the generals and nobles.

In particular, Xu Yongheng, the Duke of Dingguo, and Zhu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo, stood up one after another to express their support, and the three of them almost wore the same pair of pants.

The three of them all stood up and spoke, which almost represented the attitude of the generals and nobles, although they have always rarely expressed their positions, and they have no sense of existence, but their influence is undoubted.

Next, many people came forward one after another to support Zhang Mao's words, first opening fishing in various parts of Daming, taking Tianjin as a pilot, and fully opening the sea in Tianjin.

When the officials from the Jiangnan region saw this, they immediately understood that the overall situation had been decided, and above the court, the officials from the north were all headed by Liu Jian, Zhou Jing, and Ma Wensheng, and they all supported Liu Jian and Zhou Jing.

As for the officials from the south, now the dragons are leaderless, Xie Qian proposed a compromise plan, Li Dongyang expressed his support, the two have great influence, and others can only acquiesce in this way.

In addition, the generals and nobles also expressed their support, and directly placed the pilot in Tianjin, this general trend has been achieved.

As for the attitude of Emperor Hongzhi, everyone knows at a glance, he has always been like a son, and now since fishing can feed many people, he has no reason not to support it, as for what ancestral system, national capital, etc., and the provisions of the previous kings of the past dynasties, they have always been used when needed, and when they are not needed, they are naturally thrown into their minds.

"Since everyone's opinion is relatively unanimous, the matter is settled."

Emperor Hongzhi saw that everyone was not arguing as fiercely as at the beginning, and everyone supported the compromise plan, so he smiled and settled down, and at the same time, he silently wrote down all the officials who had just jumped out in his heart.

"Your Majesty, there are people in the capital who peddle sea fish, disrupting the market, causing heavy losses to the people of the capital, and even worse, after eating these sea fish, they have bad symptoms, and some are even dying."

"I beg Your Majesty to immediately issue an order to seal the source of the sea fish and severely punish the lawbreakers."

The previous thing had just been decided, and immediately someone jumped out and pointed the finger at the sea fish.

In fact, the first thing they did was to come out to stop the sea fish from entering Beijing, but Zhou Jing first stood up and talked about the sea, so everyone argued for most of the day.

Now it is a foregone conclusion that Tianjin will open the sea, but they are still unwilling to give up and still refuse to give up, so the spearhead is immediately aimed at the sea fish.

As long as this sea fish can't enter Beijing, the grain of these grain merchants in the capital can still continue to sell at sky-high prices, and everything will still be under their control.

The bad symptoms they talk about, in the words of later generations, are seafood allergies, seafood allergies are not a big problem, most of them are relatively mild, and only a few people will be more serious and die.

Now that they are talking about this matter, they are obviously also prepared, and they have already made excuses in advance.

Obviously, this kind of person is the spokesperson of the grain merchant through and through, and the grain merchant's grain sells for 200 wen a catty, and they will not say that this is disrupting the market, but now that this sea fish is sold for a penny and a catty, they immediately jump out and say that it is disrupting the market, causing the people of the capital to suffer heavy losses.

This is simply shameless, and it is completely nonsense with open eyes.

When Zhou Jing heard this, he immediately became angry, and immediately stood up and said: "Xu Ziyuan, the price of grain merchants has risen to two hundred wen a catty, why don't you say that it will disturb the market?" ”

"The people of the capital have suffered heavy losses, what kind of people are these people, I think they are the grain merchants behind you, right?"

"Eating marine fish will cause a very small number of people to have allergic symptoms, but it doesn't matter at all."

"As for the outlaw you mentioned, this sea fish was purchased by me on the order of Tianjin, and it was sold for a penny and a pound to help the victims, do you want to say that Your Majesty is an outlaw today?"

Zhou Jing's words were sonorous and powerful, and Xu Ziyuan, who refuted, had nothing to say for a while, because he was already untenable, and his eyes were constantly looking at his colleagues around him, hoping that someone would be able to stand up.

But obviously no one has come forward, and it is no longer suitable to talk about this matter at this time, because they have already lost the matter of opening the sea in the front, and there is no chance of winning in the matter of this sea fish later, so naturally no one will stand up.

Their original plan was to immediately propose the seizure of sea fish as soon as the early court started, and prevent the sea fish from entering Beijing, and then naturally and logically proposed to buy grain from grain merchants to help the victims of the disaster, so as to achieve the original goal.

Now everything is in chaos, and everything that follows is stillborn.