"Brother Peng, you haven't been here to take care of this Caoyun business for a while, why did you think of this canal today?" Qiu Qingge caught up with Peng Yue, who was walking in front, as he spoke. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"I'm here today to have a look, mainly to feel it..."Peng Yue said as he moved his limbs that were a little sore, which were bumped in the carriage.

"This canal is really a big project, although it is troublesome to build, but the benefits are really endless..."Peng Yue looked at the merchant ships coming and going on the canal in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh.

"But when Emperor Yang of Sui built this canal, it cost a lot of people and material resources, and how many people's lives were buried under this canal..."Qiu Qingge said softly on the side.

"The question... The praise and criticism of later generations are not all true..."Peng Yue smiled dryly, "Forget it, I won't mention this today, just talk about the benefits of the construction of this canal..."

"Thinking about the Tang and Song dynasties, Kublai Khan, the ancestor of the Yuan dynasty, and the emperor Chengzu of our dynasty have all put a lot of effort into the construction of the canal, and today they have finally seen results..."

"Yes, if this canal is not passable, we will not be able to do this Caoyun business..."Qiu Qingge echoed on the side. Since returning from Houshan last time, she has quarreled with Peng Yue a lot less, sometimes she doesn't want to, sometimes she doesn't even dare, she has always been generous and cheerful in front of him, and sometimes she is as docile as a kitten.

"Do you think the current Caoyun reform is good?" Peng Yue turned to look at Qiu Qingge beside him.

"Huh? Of course..."Qiu Qingge looked up at Peng Yue, and then lowered his head embarrassedly, "I don't know how many times people have praised the reform of Caoyun, could it be that you have forgotten what people said?" ”

"How could I forget...," Peng Yue said with a smile, "The reason why I asked you this question is because I recently wanted to do something bigger than the Caoyun reform. ”

"What's the matter?" Qiu Qingge stared at Peng Yue with wide eyes.

"This thing... It's similar to Cao Yun..."Peng Yue stretched out his finger and pointed into the distance, "but the benefits are thousands of times greater than Cao Yun." ”

"Oops... Brother Peng, don't sell anything to me, tell me quickly..."Qiu Qingge leaned towards Peng Yue's side in disgust.

"Abolish the sea ban and trade with all nations!" Peng Yue's words were firm, just like that day in Xia Yan's mansion.

"What?" Qiu Qingge's delicate body was shocked, and he leaned forward unconsciously, "You want to abolish the sea ban?" ”

"Why, don't you agree with this?" Peng Yue didn't expect Qiu Qingge to have such a reaction.

"No... I agree..."Qiu Qingge shook his head lightly and then regained his composure, "I also think that the sea ban should be abolished, and I also know the many benefits of abolishing the sea ban..."

"Oh? It turns out that you also know something about this? Peng Yue asked with a smile, he really didn't expect that the people would also care about this matter, it seems that abolishing the sea ban is really not as difficult as imagined.

"Of course I do, how could I not understand?" Qiu Qingge looked unconvinced, as if he was unhappy that Peng Yue had "despised him" in this matter, "I've helped you run the Cao Yun business for so long, of course you will have some understanding of the sea ban." ”

"That's right, haha..."Peng Yue said with a smile, feeling a trace of anger in Qiu Qingge's heart, "After all, Ling Zun is a big businessman, so he naturally cares about things like sea bans. ”

"My father was not a businessman... Yes... It's not..."Qiu Qingge blushed a little in a moment's anxiety, "I mean... It's not because of my father that I care about the sea ban, but because I've been in the shipping business for so long. ”

"When I was in the shipping business, I often wondered why we couldn't expand the scope when we could move goods from the south to the north. At this time, you came up with a way to reform land transportation, and we were able to resell the goods on the eastern and western borders to each other..."Qiu Qingge seemed to want to try his best to prove to Peng Yue that he was really very interested in the matter of the sea ban, so he described the matter in great detail, "Our business is getting bigger and bigger, making more and more money, and my mind is becoming more and more active, so I wonder why we can't expand our business a little more, and even expand the scope overseas, so that our profits will be greater, and we will earn all the money of those foreigners." , not our Ming people's own silver, in this way, we will definitely learn about the sea ban..."

"Alright, alright... I know you know something about the sea ban..."Peng Yue said with a smile, "Then why did you react to the abolition of the sea ban just now?" ”

"Where do I have? I'm very much in favor of abolishing the sea ban, oh..."Qiu Qingge smiled embarrassedly, as if remembering his reaction just now, "I just now because you suddenly came up with this idea... And a little shocked, after all, the policy of banning the sea has been implemented for so long, and I want to change it... It's not as simple as Cao Yun..."

"I also know this..."Peng Yue heard Qiu Qingge say this, and his mood was also a little depressed, "I also know that it is not easy to reform, so this time I am extremely cautious and fully prepared, and it can't be as simple as the previous Caoyun reform, opening the military weapons office, and weaving bureau, just making suggestions to the emperor and then putting them into action." ”

"That's... What else needs to be done? Qiu Qingge knew that this matter was difficult to do, but he didn't know what good way to solve it.

"There are too many things to do...," Peng Yue sighed, "The reasons for the sea ban are complex, and the obstacles to be solved also come from many forces, if you want to get all these forces to agree to accept the abolition of the sea ban, I am afraid it is impossible." Therefore, it is necessary to take different measures to defuse it, suppress it, persuade it, cooperate with it, and give benefits, there are too many of them, and I can't say clearly for a while..."

"Originally, I didn't think it was that difficult, but after you said that, I think this matter may not be done..."Qiu Qingge's tone of voice also carried a bit of depression.

"Yes, I'm becoming more and more aware of the difficulties of this matter now..."Peng Yue's eyes became a little melancholy, "Actually, the previous Caoyun reform and other things were not so easy to do. It is difficult to persuade the emperor, and it is quite difficult to do it, and it is necessary to take a step at a time in specific practice, fortunately, with the strong support of Lord Xia, and the interests of too many people have not been touched, so it is not so difficult, but this time... It's a lot harder..."

"Brother Peng..."Qiu Qingge looked at Peng Yue with a firm look in his eyes, "I believe in you, in my heart, you are a hero, in this world... There's nothing you can't do. ”

Qiu Qingge didn't know why she would say such a thing, in fact, she knew in her heart that Peng Yue would also be timid and cowardly, and even sometimes when she looked at Peng Yue's not very strong body, she would secretly wonder if he would be a man who was powerless.

But his tenacity, his determination, and his indomitable spirit are deeply engraved in his mind, making him think that his inner strength is enough to offset all deficiencies, and that his spirit is strong enough to do everything. Caoyun reform, management school, ordnance institute, weaving bureau, this pile, piece by piece, if it is not a hero, an omnipotent person, who else can do it? And he's so young, so righteous...

I remember that every time the reform encountered difficulties and bottlenecks, his brows never opened, but his spirit of fighting at night and never admitting defeat was also deeply engraved in his mind. and his carefulness, his caution, and the bits and pieces of his daily life about himself, slowly unfolded like a picture scroll: I remember that when I was sick, Peng Yue made myself feel the warmth I had never felt when I was alone in the capital. The action of gently blowing the decoction for himself, the figure of him running around for himself, the thoughtfulness of preparing his favorite dishes for himself, and the careful silhouette of him not forgetting to put a basin of hot water for himself next to the bed when he left...

"Qingge! Are you telling the truth? Peng Yue grabbed Qiu Qingge's hand excitedly, obviously he didn't expect Qiu Qingge to say such a thing.

"Brother Peng..."Qiu Qingge bit his lip, looked at Peng Yue, and lowered his head shyly, as if he had something to say but didn't want to say.

"Brother Peng, you... It hurts me..."Qiu Qingge moved his trembling arm and whispered.

"Ahh I'm a little excited..."

"It's okay..."Qiu Qingge pursed his lips and leaned closer to Peng Yue's side, "What I just said... It's all from the heart..."

"Haha... Rest assured, I will definitely take care of this matter. Peng Yue seemed to have received great encouragement, "Actually, I have already thought of most of the countermeasures, but it is a little troublesome to do..."

"Really?" Qiu Qingge laughed with some surprise, "Then you just said that the matter was so serious, and it hurt the people..." Qiu Qingge blushed, but he was embarrassed to say it further.

"It's not that I'm talking about things seriously, it's because it's one thing to think about it, it's one thing to say it, it's another thing to do it..."Peng Yue sighed lightly, "For example, I thought about this matter relatively simple at the beginning, but now that I really do it, I realize the difficulties." ”

"Yes, just saying that the old system is difficult to change..."Qiu Qingge said with a sigh on the side.

"You don't have to worry about this..."Peng Yue smiled lightly, "It seems that this reason is very good, but this is just a fig leaf for some officials." These old fritters in the officialdom are all human spirits, where will they be pedantic enough to maintain the ancestral system, but it is only because some reforms have violated their interests that they will move out of the ancestral system to oppress people, in fact, as long as their interests are coordinated, there will be no signboard of the ancestral system. ”

"What Brother Peng said is also right..."Qiu Qingge tilted his head and thought, "In fact, it is indeed like this, the reform of every dynasty will have a group of people holding the signboard of the ancestral system to oppose it, but those people are not pedantic people. ”

"If those people really want to uphold the patriarchal system, then their loyalty is ridiculous. When each dynasty falls, the ministers who are eager to surrender to the new regime are often the loudest voices to defend the ancestral system. Speaking of this, Peng Yue's voice was a little joking, "Even the country of the ancestors can be sold, and it is really ridiculous to talk about the system of the ancestors, so their hypocrisy can be seen." ”

"But it's inevitable that there really are some pedantic ministers..."Qiu Qingge reminded in a whisper on the side, "There are always people in the court who really have the idea of abiding by the ancestral system and valuing agriculture and suppressing business, what are you going to do with these people?" ”

"I also know this, but after all, this kind of person is a minority, and they are pedantic to this point, they naturally will not be favored by today's saints, and they have no right to speak, so don't worry."

"Brother Peng, it's better for you to be careful, after all, the opposition of this part of the people should not be underestimated... Some ministers of the DPRK and China still attach great importance to the old system of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce. After Qiu Qingge said this, his eyes glanced away, as if he had said something that he shouldn't have said.

"Qingge, I found that you don't look like a merchant's daughter, but like you were born in a family of eunuchs." Peng Yue stared at Qiu Qingge, and his eyes became mysterious.

"I... I never told you that I was the daughter of a merchant, and you imposed it on me by your own speculation..."Qiu Qingge glanced at Peng Yue and muttered in a low voice.

"When I met you, it wasn't you who said Ling Zun..."Peng Yue suddenly thought that at that time, Qiu Qingge only vaguely revealed that his father had done business, and he had just met at that time, and she was not clear at that time. Later, after getting acquainted, every time she mentioned her family affairs, she would deliberately avoid it, so it was inconvenient for her to ask more.

"What did I say? I didn't say anything! Qiu Qingge made a mischievous grimace at Peng Yue, but a trace of loneliness inadvertently flashed in his eyes.

"Sister Qingge, in fact, whether you are the daughter of a merchant or not, I don't care about this..."Peng Yue grabbed Qiu Qingge's shoulder and patted it gently twice comfortingly. He thought that Qiu Qingge was ashamed of his status as a merchant's daughter, after all, being a merchant in ancient times was not a glorious thing, "You know, I'm not like those..."

"Oops... Don't say it's okay! Qiu Qingge broke away from Peng Yue's arm with some anger, "You are not allowed to mention my family affairs in the future!" ”

"Okay, okay, I won't mention it, I promise never to mention it in the future!" Peng Yue said as he chased after Qiu Qingge, who was walking briskly in front.