"There are more than 10 million people near the sea, and the sea is the land of the people of the sea. The coastal provinces, the land is narrow and the people are dense, the mountains and forests are full of salt, all are villages, there is no land to cultivate, and the livelihood of the small people is difficult.

The forbidden sea was originally rampant by the Japanese pirates, but since the ban on the sea, the Japanese have become more and more violent, and the people on the seashore have no way out, and the poor people are forced to enter the sea to join the thieves, and they are desperate.

The sea ban is so strict that the people have no food, which is the reason. Since this is slightly ineffective, it is better to block than to sparse, for more than 100 years, the money abandoned by the forbidden sea has been more than 100 million trillions. Forbidden sea is to abandon the sea, to abandon the sea is to abandon the country, and to abandon the country is to abandon the people!

The sea is also the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the responsibility to defend the territory, and it is also the responsibility to defend the sea, and the sea power cannot be abandoned. The ministers please open the sea ban, open up the four seas with the momentum, threaten the eight wildernesses, and reassure the people, so that the barren smoke and wild grass will be restored to green and yellow grass, and the walls will be restored to Huatang carvings, and thousands of miles of wealth will be restored, and tens of millions of living beings will be restored......"

Yan Song's 10,000-word book, in which he put forward the benefits of opening the sea to lift the ban from the economic, political, and military aspects, and gave detailed suggestions on how to set up customs, city shipping divisions, and sailors once the sea was opened, which was reasonable and well-founded. Emperor Zhengde did not say anything about it, and only copied the newspaper according to the routine, and the civil and military officials commented on it.

For more than 100 years, there has been no shortage of people of insight who have proposed lifting the ban on the sea, and there are also people with extremely high prestige and status, but the advice put forward has sunk like a stone in the sea, and it has not caused any waves in the government and the opposition at all. Yan Song is just a small household head, who is willing to pay attention to this letter of ten thousand words? When the civil and military officials saw this recital, they just laughed and put it away.

However, this newspaper somehow spread to the people and Shilin, and unexpectedly attracted the attention of all strata of Shinong industry and commerce, and the people talked about it a lot, from the Shilin students, the circle of relatives and ministers, down to the Qinglou Jiguan, and the inn and wine shop, there were always people who kept mentioning this matter, depicting the various drawbacks of the sea ban, and the beautiful blueprint for lifting the ban on trade, and public opinion began to change quietly.

However, the six ministries of the central government, Hanlin, and the imperial envoys did not realize this, and some of their leaders either went abroad on official business, or released real power abroad, or gave money and leave, and this kind of behavior was considered by them to be a small victory for the emperor's admonition: the emperor was overwhelmed, and this was to give favors to the hundred officials in order to seek peace, so they made persistent efforts to sue the emperor for absurdity! Sue Liu Jin for occlusion and holy listening! Sue Yang Ling frivolous and domineering, and he is happy and unyielding......

And these parties let the twists and turns of impeachment come like snowflakes, but the more you sue me, the braver you become. The absurd continues to be absurd, the unauthorized continues to arbitrarily power, and the frivolous continues to be frivolous.

Emperor Zhengde, the dignified Son of Heaven of the Heavenly Dynasty, the first thing he did when he moved to the leopard room was to make a large number of felt hats and fur furs, and while the cold had not yet melted, he set an example and changed into Mongolian khan robes and decorations, so that the guards and palace maids also changed into Mongolian costumes, and also set up a huge cowhide tent next to the tiger pond, calling himself Kublai Khan, playing Tartars to entertain each other, and galloping with a group of 'Mongolian' guards and lamas and monks, behaving as well as mortals.

The Hanlin Academy is now leaderless, so it invited the scholar who had already gone home to recuperate, and the old master Cha, who was highly respected and over eighty years old, entered the leopard room to advise, and the old gentleman was helped into the leopard room by two little grandchildren, and entered the cowhide tent.

Old Master Cha was a little dizzy when he saw the big tent of the Mongolian Khan, and when he saw the costume of the Mongolian Khan, he didn't know whether he should pay homage to the emperor or not, so that he was full of talent and learning, and he was speechless for a long time.

The little emperor of Zhengde didn't care about his faux pas, he shook the sleeves of his leather robe, greeted him happily, gave the old master a warm hug when he met, and said happily: "Brother Zamuhe, thank you for coming to see me from afar, may the heavens bless you!" Please sit down and have a cup of milk tea."

After hearing this nonsense, Mr. Cha's nose was crooked, and he forgot all the euphemistic words he had prepared for a long time, and he trembled for a long time like a swing, and stammered and only said one sentence: "Minister...... Ministers...... Retire! ”

Bachelor Cha walked to the edge of the tent, thought about it and couldn't help it, turned around and corrected: "Your Majesty, Zamuhe is not Kublai Khan's brother, and he is worshiped as Temujin of Anda."

Before he could say a word, Emperor Zhengde had already caught up and put a white silk on his shoulder, and the old master Cha was startled, and just thought: "I'm really angry, how can I say the emperor's fallacy to my face, is this the way of a minister!" The emperor gave this white silk, yes. Is it to give death? ”

I saw two teams of palace maids pretending to be Mongolian shepherds singing and dancing, holding milk tea and singing the send-off song of the Assault Society, Emperor Zhengde said solemnly: "Brother Zamuhe, I don't mind that you and Temujin worship as Anda, there is not only one string on the horse-head qin, there is only one brother, we can also be commensurate with brothers." This Hada, uh...... When you entered the account just now, Ben Khan forgot to prepare, big use, big use? If the minister comes, don't forget."

Gu Da, who wore a leather robe and a fur hat, and a scimitar at his waist, rushed over at a trot, and smiled like a chrysanthemum with a wrinkle on his face: "Yes, yes, the old slave should die, the old slave took a hundred white silk horses from the big inner and made thousands of hata, and he will not forget it."

Bachelor Cha was dizzy for a while, his lips were closed and chirped like mourning, and he was stunned for a long time before staggering away......

Zhengde looked at the back of Bachelor Cha who was running away, looked at his own dress strangely, and asked, "Dayong, isn't my dress good?" How do you check the bachelor like a snake and scorpion? ”

Gu Da said with a sneer: "The emperor is handsome and martial, wearing this robe looks like a hero who dominates the world, how can it not look good?" It's just that it's rare and weird."

Zhengde laughed, took a cup of milk tea from the palace maid's hand, took a sip and frowned: "This taste, I really can't get used to it." ”

Gu Dayong secretly looked at his face and said: "Your Majesty, the letter requesting the lifting of the ban on the sea has been submitted for several days, and there is no fierce opposition among the ministers. ”

Zhengde glanced at him and smiled: "What? In a hurry? I can't run away from you, so don't poke me out again. These Yang Qing are impeached, and he is secretly busy with all kinds of state affairs, and I can't ask him to come to see me. ”。

Gu Da hurriedly said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the old slave is not in a hurry, he is really going to the south, and he is far away from the emperor, and the slave has accompanied the emperor since he was a child, and he is really reluctant to do it at this time." Although Lord Yang was impeached, he was very comfortable when he heard about it, and he was fascinated by two Qinglou names, one called Su Yue, and the other called Hua Wei's belly.

Zhengde rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Snow is skin, snake is bone, flower is belly, this name is very knowledgeable, Suyue is not bad, I think they must be two beauties with excellent appearance, Yang Qing won't really be tempted, right?" ”

Gu Dayong said with a smile: "The emperor doesn't have to worry, it doesn't hurt to do a fake show, the emperor can give a marriage, you can give a second time, who doesn't have a concubine with ten rooms and eight rooms, Lord Yang is only one wife and two concubines in the marquis, and people also say that Mrs. Yang is jealous."

Zhengde sneered: "Don't talk nonsense, is Mrs. Yang that kind of person?" I moved to the leopard room, I thought that there would be no constraints, and I could see Miss Tang often, but Yang Qing was so busy, it was inconvenient for me to invite Miss Tang out, alas! I really miss Miss Tang, and I don't know how many more days I have to wait."

The main hall of the east factory has been rebuilt since it was destroyed by Yang Ling's artillery, and now it has been rebuilt, and the layout in the west hall is still the same as before, a plate of fire kang, a few mahogany official hat chairs, and the statue of Yue Wumu is attached to the wall, taking its meaning of "serving the country with loyalty".

Dai Yi had just rushed back from Jinling, went to see the emperor, and then went to the East Editorial Factory to take office. He accepted the worship of stalls at all levels and thousands of households in the main hall, and was giving a lecture with great ambition, when suddenly a hundred households stepped forward and whispered a few words, Dai Yi immediately waved his hand to send everyone away, and hurriedly rushed to the west hall with his robe.

As soon as Yang Ling sat down, he saw Dai Yi coming in a hurry, and he was a little surprised, so he hurriedly got up and said with a smile: "I heard that Dai Gongcheng was in the front hall to handle affairs, why did he arrive so quickly?" ”

Dai Yi was dressed in a brand-new Hehong flying fish robe, wearing a veil on his head, pink boots on his feet, and a brocade belt around his waist, looking very energetic. However, it has not been half a year, and his pale and beardless face has aged a lot.

Dai Yi took a few steps forward and turned over and bowed, and said: "The lord once said that Dai Yi would be transferred back to Beijing within half a year to entrust him with an important task, Dai Yi didn't dare to be too extravagant, and he didn't expect that the adult would not only do this, but also handed over such an important mission to me, and Dai Yi did not forget the kindness of the adult."

Yang Ling hurriedly helped him up and said: "You and I are ministers of the same court, and there is little difference in rank between each other, why should Father-in-law Dai make this big gift, please get up quickly, please get up quickly."

Dai Yi kowtowed seriously in the end, and then stood up respectfully and said, "My lord, please sit down."

Dai Yi pressed Yang Ling on the top seat, accompanied him freely, and said: "Our family has just returned to Beijing, and I thought that I would go to the adult's mansion to pay a visit immediately, but I didn't expect the adult to arrive first." ”。

Yang Ling smiled and said: "The official was about to go to see the emperor, and on the way I heard that my father-in-law had arrived in the capital today, and he was gone, so I rushed to visit first."

Dai Yi thanked him and said with a smile: "On the way, our family heard that the lord assisted the emperor to go to Datong and made great achievements, and now he has been promoted to marquis and promoted to the general of the Zhuguo, which is really gratifying."

It's just that I heard that some people are impeaching the adults and staying in the Qinglou frivolous, which is really unreasonable. As the saying goes, people are not romantic, adults are high and powerful, the spring breeze is proud, and occasionally looking for wine is a matter of elegance, who of these ministers has not ordered a dog's skin to pour the stove, jealous of the adult's outstanding military achievements, and even such indiscriminate means have been used, I don't know if the adults have a place to serve our family? ”

Yang Ling smiled and thought: With this matter alone, it is not easy to impeach me, I can't say that I have to send them some more materials to tell them to be happy.

Yang Ling pondered for a moment and said: "You have just returned to Beijing, and it will take a while to straighten out the affairs of Dongchang, and when you talk about the matter of searching for the Maitreya cult, you must not let go of the real people in the cult, and you must not be innocent. ”

He got up with a smile and said: "This official has made an appointment with Admiral Mu of Jinyi Wei to meet the emperor, and he will not stay long, Dai Gong is busy with official affairs, and Yang will set up a banquet for you in the evening."

Dai Yi hurriedly stood up and said: "Don't dare to have Lord Lao, don't dare to have Master Lao, Lord Lao, is this going to see the emperor with Admiral Mu?" ”

Yang Ling yawned as if inadvertently, and said half-truthfully: "Yes, Gonggong Liu has been in charge of the celebrant since then, but now it is not what it used to be, Admiral Mu offended Gonggong Liu because of a little official matter, and now Jinyiwei is suppressed by the celebrant eunuch." Everyone is working for the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, how can they attack each other and mess with themselves? I'm going to protect Admiral Mu in front of the emperor, family, it's better not to hurt the harmony."

He walked to the door, glanced at Dai Yi leisurely, and said in a joking tone: "Dai Gong is directly under the jurisdiction of the celebrant supervisor, although you are the old subordinate of Liu Gong, but Liu Gong is now an official and has a long temper, you have to be careful in doing things normally, don't learn from Admiral Mu to offend Liu Gonggong." ”。

Dai Yi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized Yang Ling's intention: it turned out to be ...... Gonggong Liu and Lord Yang have already begun to have a suspicion!

Liu Jin and Yang Ling are all characters he can't afford to offend, and he is planning to prepare a generous gift tonight to visit these two adults separately, and now Yang Ling's mention is clearly implying that they are not in harmony with each other, and it depends on his attitude.

Which side are you on? In terms of power and position, these two people are almost comparable, and they take refuge in Yang Ling? Liu Jin is in charge of Dongchang, which is his direct superior, and if he offends him, I am afraid that it will be difficult in the future. Take refuge in Liu Jin? Yang Ling can kick Gu Dayong down and pick himself up, can't he do it again? What's more, will Liu Jin treat himself as a confidant?

I can have it all because of Lord Yang's efforts to protect the move, and to repay virtue with grievances, which is shameful. Besides: Now it seems that Jinyiwei is standing with Lord Yang, and there is also Miao Kui from the West Factory, who is also very close to Lord Yang. Just rely on Liu Jin to bring down Lord Yang? Lord Yang, this big tree doesn't fall, I'm afraid that there is no place to settle down? ”

Thinking of this, Dai Yi's face straightened, and he said solemnly: "Thank you for reminding you, our family has been away from the capital for a long time, and our ears and eyes are closed. Our family has been reborn twice by the adult, and this family name is entrusted to the adult."

Yang Ling's heart was relieved, and he was busy and repaid, and said: "Dai Gong must not say that, in the past, if there was no Dai Gong rumors and warnings, Yang would definitely step into the death set by Fan Ting, this kindness Yang has always kept in his heart, Yang is willing to work with Dai Gong to help each other, this entrusting words, but the words are serious."

(To be continued)