In Zhu Qiyu's view, Lu Jin's performance today is really perfect. ◢ With the words of *dream◢ Xiao*.lā, it has been difficult for the ministers to refute, and every sentence is reasonable, and every sentence is for the country, it seems that as an emperor, he can't help but agree.

But just when he wanted to nod his head in agreement, he saw more than a dozen courtiers suddenly jump out of the courtiers like rabbits with arrows, knelt on the ground like Lu Jin, and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, you must not listen to Lu Jin's words, the sea ban must not be opened!" ”

Subsequently, the others also came back to their senses one after another, kneeling on the ground in batches, and tried their best to oppose Lu Jin's proposal to open the sea and ban the sea. It was only at this time that both Zhu Qiyu and Lu Zhen really saw how huge the number of officials in the DPRK and China opposed the opening of the sea, and at a glance, almost more than half of them.

The emperor was dumbfounded, and he couldn't say anything more when it came to his mouth, and Lu Zhen was also stunned. Although he thought that there would be obstruction, the momentum of so many people coming out together still caught him off guard. And what is especially odious is that these people did not come up with any powerful arguments to refute them, and they repeated those few clichés, what is the ancestral family law, and what once the sea is banned, the country will not be a country, as if as long as the emperor is at this point today, the Ming Dynasty will die tomorrow.

Listening to the officials around him against the noise, Lu Jin's face became extremely gloomy, and the anger in his heart also burned suddenly. Just now, he had turned his head and glanced at it, and found that most of the people who shouted the loudest and opposed the most fiercely were officials from the coastal areas of Jiangnan.

In fact, this is also due to the law of the distribution of officials in the DPRK and China today, and the prosperous place of Wenchang is in the Jiangnan region and Jiangxi Province in the Ming Dynasty, so half of the officials who stand up at this time are naturally Jiangnan people. But in Lu Jin's view, this has another meaning, the purpose of these guys' opposition to the opening of the sea is afraid that it is not pure.

Just as he said to the Son of Heaven before, the current sea ban of the Ming Dynasty is actually only aimed at ordinary people and the government, and it has long been useless for those local gentry and noble families. Moreover, they also take advantage of the convenience of the forbidden sea, and can sell things more expensive, so as to seek more profits.

And now, Lu Jin's proposal to open the sea will obviously violate their interests, and the opposition of these people is naturally fierce. Perhaps, some of them are really opposed because of outdated thinking, but these people are only a minority.

Thinking about this, Lu Jin's gaze quickly became resolute, it is related to the prosperity and future of the Ming Dynasty, and he will never back down. Especially when these opponents are still motivated by their own selfish interests, he has to compete with them.

So Lu Zhen slowly stood up again, and his eyes swept over these people: "Are you adults really doing this reaction for the sake of me?" ”

"Of course!" Many people replied without hesitation: "Could it be that Lu Shilang, you, who want to violate the rules of your ancestors, are you thinking about my Ming dynasty?" ”

"I don't think so." Lu Zhen smiled hesitantly: "The official of Jiangnan, I, Lu Jin, have also been a servant, others may not know the coastal situation there, but I still know someone in Lu." The sea ban may be an untouchable taboo for ordinary people, but for some people, it is completely the same. ”

was swept away by his profound words, and then swept away by his sharp gaze, and the hearts of the ministers suddenly tightened. Many of these people really opposed the opening of the sea with this idea, and now that they have been broken, they naturally feel a little weak-hearted.

But then, everyone settled down again, and someone said loudly: "We don't understand what Lu Shilang said, the sea ban is a national policy set by Taizu, and no one has ever violated it." If you want to say that there are people in Jiangnan who are prohibited, please come up with evidence, otherwise it will be slander and difficult to convince the public. ”

"That is, listening to Lu Shilang's meaning, it seems that we, officials from Jiangnan, have all violated the sea ban, so let me ask you, a Suzhou person, have also violated the sea ban? Also, Yu Butang is also from Hangzhou, is he also prohibited? ”

As soon as he said this, he completely muddied the waters. Although Lu Zhen knew that there was such behavior in Jiangnan and other places, it was difficult for him to really ask him to come up with evidence, not to mention now, even when he was an official in Hangzhou, he couldn't get empirical evidence from the local area to prove all this.

"Your Majesty, Lu Shilang slandered the ministers with speculation, which is really difficult for the ministers to convince, and I hope that Your Majesty will be the master for us."

"Your Majesty, if Lu Zhen does not obey Taizu's orders, he will definitely have a bad heart, and I hope that Your Majesty will severely punish him to reassure people." Seizing this opportunity, many people began to attack Lu Jin.

Zhu Qiyu still looked hesitant, in fact, he already regretted it in his heart, he shouldn't have listened to Lu Jin's advice and touched the red line of the forbidden sea. Who would have thought that just by mentioning this matter, these courtiers who used to look at their promises and didn't dare to make a sound would suddenly go crazy like cats who had been stepped on by their tails?

As for the other courtiers, they all looked embarrassed, and they wanted to speak for Lu Jin, but they couldn't find any proper words for a while. For example, Yu Qian complained in his heart at this moment: "Good thinking, good thinking, how could you have such thoughts?" And without consulting with me, he suddenly brought it up in front of the ministers. Now, you are in the wrath of the people, but you ask me how to help you? ”

In fact, Yu Qian himself was a little unimpressed with the opening of the sea. Although he is a famous minister, he also has great wisdom and courage, but after all, he has the limitations of the times, and in his opinion, the strategy of opening the sea is not so safe, so he can't stand firmly on Lu Jin's side.

In the face of his colleagues who attacked in groups, Lu Zhen seemed so lonely that he seemed to have no choice. But at this moment, he smiled instead, and a sneering smile came out of the corner of his mouth, and then filled his whole face: "Well said, you adults are really upright and dedicated to the country." ”

"That's nature, I'm waiting for the emperor's grace, and I should do my best to repay it. Even if your status as Lu Shilang is far higher than ours, since you have said the wrong thing and done the wrong thing, we, as courtiers, should refute it! ”

"Really? Since you and others are all loyal and patriotic people, do you have any way to help Your Majesty share your worries in my current predicament? Lu Zhen sneered, and suddenly turned the topic back to the reality of the empty treasury at the beginning.

For a while, the officials who were still imposing had nothing to say. What good advice can they make? If anything, say it long before to receive the credit.

Lu Jin's gaze swept over their faces, and then said: "There is one more thing, I want to ask you, you open your mouth Taizu and close your mouth to become the law, but are you really acting according to the law set by Emperor Taizu?" ”

In the face of this problem, some people have noticed that there is another mystery in it, there is no interface. But someone casually responded: "That's natural, since we are Ming courtiers, we should follow the rules set by Taizu." ”

"Really? Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, when Emperor Taizu was there, there were rules, and the officials in the court and the central government were different according to their ranks, and the Yulu was also different, in addition, there was no input outside of the Yulu, what charcoal was respected, and there were other rewards outside of the Yulu, please let Your Majesty be exempted from today onwards. Although this may not be able to get my Ming court out of the current shortage of money and food as soon as possible, it can at least help. Presumably, all of you are dedicated to the imperial court and try your best to maintain the rules of Emperor Taizu, and this point will also be supported. Lu Zhen suddenly turned around and said to the Son of Heaven.

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were immediately dumbfounded. No one expected that he would come up with such a statement. And what made them feel even more headache was that because they had just said so much, they couldn't even say anything against it. Lu Zhen actually has such a trick, which is really unguardable.

The Son of Heaven also looked at Lu Zhen in surprise, and it took a while to come back to his senses, and nodded: "What Lu Qing said is also true. Now that the imperial court is in difficulty, I hope that you can share the joys and sorrows with me, so these common rules will be avoided first. ”

"Your Majesty......" Now the officials who danced the most happily just now panicked. As the most oil-free officials in the capital, they are counting on these routines to subsidize them, and if even these are stopped, then they will really let the whole family follow them to drink the northwest wind.

Without waiting for them to speak, Lu Zhen continued: "Your Majesty, the minister also heard that Emperor Taizu hated corrupt officials the most, and he had made a rule at the beginning, but anyone who embezzled more than fifty taels of silver would be executed and skinned to set an example. Since the adults in the court and the central government admire Taizu's law, then naturally everyone is very honest, and there will be no problem. Your Majesty can send someone from the factory guard to investigate and see what is going on. ”

"You ......" Everyone looked at Lu Zhen with resentment and fear, but they couldn't say the words that came to their lips. They felt like they had lifted a stone and hit themselves in the foot, but who would have thought that he would actually take out all these methods that were specifically aimed at officials when Emperor Taizu was there!

But in Lu Jin's view, this is a natural thing. You can't just talk about the Taizu rules that are beneficial to you, but kick the Taizu rules that are unfavorable to you away, right? How can there be such a cheap thing in this world, since you want to say it, then simply say it!

The emperor also saw the opportunity at this time, and stopped doing wood carving, and immediately asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" Whether this sea ban can be opened or not, and whether this rule should be kept? ”

A big problem was in front of everyone, and they had only one or the other. Either you agree to open the sea, you won't have any trouble, or you have to carry it to the end, but then I'm afraid you will really encounter a lot of trouble!

The situation suddenly froze......