The next morning, Emperor Hongzhi had just sat down on his buttocks, and Xiao Jing had just finished shouting the slogan, and several ministers immediately stood up.

"Zhou Aiqing, let's talk first."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the several courtiers who stood up, among which the highest grade was Zhou Jing, the household department of the Ming Dynasty, and most of the other ministers were some Hanlin and imperial history who were not of high rank, so naturally let Zhou Jing say it first.

Hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, the other ministers silently returned to their positions, and Zhou Jing, the head of the household, had something to play, unless it was the third cabinet elder, he basically had to let him first.

"Your Majesty, the minister was ordered to go to Tianjin to raise food for disaster relief, and I saw with my own eyes in Tianjin, a sea ship went to sea and got more than 100,000 catties of sea fish a day, which is enough to supply the needs of tens of thousands of people."

"Today, the three provinces of Beizhili, Shanxi, and Shandong are famine, starving all over the land, and the lives are devastated.

Zhou Jing's words were almost a stone that stirred up a thousand waves, and as soon as the words fell, the entire Jinluan Hall seemed to explode, and before Emperor Hongzhi could speak, more than a dozen ministers immediately stood up one after another.

"The minister is opposed, the implementation of the sea ban is the ancestral system set by Emperor Taizu, and it is the foundation of the country, and it must not be shaken, otherwise there will be disaster."

It was a Hanlin Wu Kuan of the Hanlin Academy who spoke, and it was he who said that he would use silver to buy grain for disaster relief, and that requisitioning merchant grain would break the trust of the people, and now he heard that Zhou Jing was going to admonish that he would open the sea ban, and he immediately took out the ancestral system and took out the national capital.

"The minister is also opposed, the sea ban is a national policy, but also the country's foundation, since Emperor Taizu set, the previous kings of the past dynasties did not strictly abide by it, and severely cracked down on merchants who went to sea without permission."

"Nowadays, just for a little sea fish to open the sea ban, it is really disloyal, unfilial piety, unkind and unrighteous acts, bearing the hard work of the previous kings, down to the life and death of the people of Li, the ministers swear to death and admonish, resolutely not to open the sea ban, on the contrary, Your Majesty should strictly abide by the ancestral system, severely crack down on people who go to sea without permission, and strictly prohibit fishing at sea, otherwise the country will be shaken, and the world will be in chaos."

The second person who stood up was called Xu Ziyuan, who was an imperial historian, and his words were extremely aggressive, not only opposing the ban on opening the sea, but also saying that the ban on opening the sea was disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust, in his mouth, as if the ban was opened, the sky of the Ming Dynasty was about to fall.

"The minister seconded the proposal, the sea ban is the ancestral system, starting from Emperor Taizu, I have repeatedly banned the Japanese in the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty, and the implementation of the sea ban can effectively crack down on the Japanese invaders, once the sea ban is lifted, it will inevitably make the southeast coastal areas ravaged by the Japanese invaders, and the lives will be miserable, and the people will not be able to make a living."

The third person who stood up was called Xu Long, a Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy, who told the reason for the implementation of the sea ban in the Ming Dynasty, believing that once the sea ban was lifted, the southeast coast would inevitably run rampant.

"The minister seconded the proposal, and the sea ban must not be opened."

"At that time, Emperor Taizu set the policy of banning the sea, dividing the peasants into industry and commerce, and implementing the household service system, all of which was to adhere to the national policy of agriculture-oriented that has been practiced by all dynasties since ancient times."

"Once the sea ban is lifted, businessmen make profits and sell the wealth of my Ming Dynasty overseas, which will inevitably cause my Ming Dynasty to become more and more difficult, and ordinary people will also become merchants because of the benefits of sea trade, give up farming, and shake the country's foundation, then my Ming Dynasty will inevitably be in danger."

"Besides, once the sea ban is lifted, the vassal states of my Ming Quartet will inevitably pay tribute every year, and my Ming treasury will be empty, and I will definitely not be able to give it back, which will lose the prestige of my Ming Dynasty."

The fourth person who stood up has some weight, his name is Dai Shan, and his official position is Zuodu Yushi, this official position is equivalent to the current number one of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and he is the important minister of the Zheng Erpin.

His words directly linked this sea ban with the agriculture-oriented national capital, and the opening of the sea ban is to give up the agriculture-oriented, which is to shake the national capital of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, he also mentioned the matter of the tributary of the vassal state, because of the good face, so every time a vassal state comes to pay tribute, the Ming side will inevitably pay it back several times, resulting in the consumption of a lot of financial resources of the Ming Dynasty, which is also an important reason for the strict implementation of the sea ban.

As soon as Zhou Jing's words came out, one after another ministers stood up one after another, as if he had aroused the anger of the masses, Zhou Jing just said a word, and then more than a dozen ministers expressed their resolute opposition one after another.

From the ancestral system to the country, and to loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, at the same time, in their mouths, once the sea ban is lifted, the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos in the world, the lives will be ruined, and the country will not exist, etc.

"The minister impeached Zhou Jing, Zhou Jing is a household secretary, an important minister of the country, he doesn't think about sharing worries for the king and the community, and he doesn't think about seeking well-being for the people of the world.

At the same time, Yu Shi directly stood up to impeach Zhou Jing, saying that Zhou Jing was worthless, and at the same time he was bent on seeing Zhou Jing and directly beating him to death.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't speak, but his face was not very good-looking, in fact, Zhou Jing, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Liu Jian, and Zhang Mao also discussed the matter of opening the sea ban with Emperor Hongzhi yesterday.

Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing came back from Tianjin, but they not only brought back a million catties of sea fish, but also more than one million taels of silver, which was the profit of the three million taels of silver that Du Mingen earned from going to sea, excluding the cost.

So he also tasted the sweetness of this sea trade and knew that this sea trade was very profitable.

Of course, what is more important is that he learned everything that happened here in Tianjin from the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, from Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing, and from Xiao Jing, who was in charge of Jinyiwei.

Knowing the importance of this ocean fishing for the Ming Dynasty, once the sea ban is opened, if the Ming Dynasty can fish in the sea, the entire Ming Dynasty catches enough marine fish every year to feed thousands of people in the coastal areas.

Especially now there is a famine in the three northern provinces, because the harvest of this sea fish is huge, Beizhili and Shandong are close to the sea, as long as there is a boat, you can go out to sea to fish, you can let the hungry people fill their stomachs and get through the current pass.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi, who loves the people like a son, convened the important ministers of the court yesterday to unify their thoughts and opinions, and prepared to put forward it by Zhou Jing in the early court today, and then everyone discussed it, this sea ban does not have to be fully opened, but can be opened to fishing first, at least so that the people in the coastal areas can go out to sea to fish, to fill their stomachs.

However, what Emperor Hongzhi didn't expect was that this Zhou Sutra had only just been proposed, and it was surprising that so many people in this court would stand up against it.