Zhengde and Yang Ling have already planned carefully and made a decision, at this time he is like a dutiful actor, even once someone sacrifices to lift the sea ban, lower his body and take the initiative to trade with the barbarians, violating the 'tributary' ancestral system, insulting the banner of the great tomorrow, he and Yang Ling, Jiao Fang, Yan Song and others have deliberated in advance and prepared lines.

Yang Ling didn't have Zhuge Liang's clever calculations, and he could expect that they would definitely use this reason to obstruct the opening of the sea, but after seeing more of the methods of modern politicians, it was not difficult to use some careful tricks to induce them.

Four of the officials who followed Liu Daxia and shouted loudly against the lifting of the sea ban were ministers whose families were involved in maritime smuggling and had to completely defect to Yang Ling's side.

When others opposed the opening of the sea for various reasons, they kept mentioning the issues of 'tribute' and 'exploration', and Jiao Fang, Liu Yu and others were also very cooperative, and immediately refuted other reasons, but avoided talking about this reason, as if they had touched the lack of confidence of the ancestral system.

With such a clever hint, how can a politician who is good at capturing the weakness of his opponent not notice it? Especially when the other party's sudden attack was taken by surprise, and most of the prestige figures on the other side were away from Beijing, and they could not organize a strong counterattack at all, they suddenly found that in such an impregnable fortress, how could they not happily regard it as their last resort?

Liu Daxia said "exactly" and landed sonorously, and Zhengde couldn't help but be overjoyed: "This old guy, it's the first time to speak so well, and now it's finally my turn to get out of the horse." ”

Zhengde stood up with a spring breeze on his face, and said loudly: "What you Aiqing discussed, although you have your own opinions, they are all for the sake of my Daming Jiangshan Society, and I am very relieved.

In fact, what is the difference between the sea and the land? Cattle and sheep crops are produced on the land, and foreign countries are reached. The fish, shrimp and crabs produced on the sea route are also accessible to the East and the West, the difference is just that the sea is by boat, and the land is by car. ”

Li Dongyang and the others said solemnly: "What the emperor said is true! ”

Liu Daxia and the others listened to Zhengde's tone and obviously tended to agree to open the sea, so they just stood silently, only waiting for Zhengde to express their opinions, and immediately sacrificed the magic weapon of the ancestral system and the national prestige.

Zhengde said: "In the past, the sea was banned, and the reason for the inherent ban on the sea was that I wanted to use the strong wall to clear the sea so that the Japanese could not survive, and now a hundred years later, the Japanese are still rampant on the sea, which can be seen that this method is just like the big fish to control the water, although the intention is good, it is not feasible." The forbidden sea makes the people poor and barren, and it also makes the small people of Fanbang who are eager for the kingdom of our heavenly kingdom sigh at the sea.

Moreover, the Ming sea area is the Ming Dynasty, and in the past, it was said that the forbidden sea was only a temporary measure to trap and destroy the Japanese invaders, not to abandon the great rivers and mountains. ”

Emperor Zhengde raised his eyebrows and shouted murderously: "Little widow, what ability does it force me to be afraid of a tiger and make the boundless sea area a pirate home?" Erect the Great Wall of the Sea and Shut Yourself on the Shore from then on? ”

This question exploded on the Golden Palace, causing ripples in the hearts of the ministers, and the huge Golden Palace was silent for a while.

Zhengde breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Therefore, sooner or later, the Tartars of Mobei will be expelled by my Ming Iron Cavalry, and the Tartars of the East China Sea are not strong enemies who can block the gateway of my Heavenly Empire." The sea is a must-open! Forbidden, it must be solved! ”

"However", when he saw Liu Daxia and Ma Wensheng coming out of the crowd, he immediately changed his tone and said: "What Liu Aiqing said is also reasonable, the Ming Dynasty should not be timid to open the sea to fall into the power of the Ming Dynasty because of the rampant Japanese Invaders, nor should it be greedy to open the sea in the name of the Ming Dynasty because of the small profits. ”

Liu Daxia strode forward from the ranks of the ministers, just took two steps, and listened to the emperor's words, first stunned, and then happy, the steps that have been taken are not easy to take back, only a little hesitation, has bowed down, and shouted in his mouth: "The emperor is wise, and the old ministers are admired!" ”

The ministers went down to the palace, Liu Daxia gave Ma Wensheng a corner of the eye, hurried two more steps, stepped on Yang Shou and whispered a few words, and the civil officials outside the noon gate entered the sedan chair and the military attache got on the horse and left. Liu Daxia deliberately slowed down his pace with his own soldiers, and the sedan chairs of Ma Wensheng, Yang Shousui and several others also followed.

The six departments and three divisions of the yamen are actually not far from each other, and they are basically on the same street to facilitate the transmission of the emperor's will. The six departments are ranked in the order of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and the buildings of the yamen of each ministry are also arranged in this order. Several old ministers crossed their own yamen and did not enter, and followed Liu Daxia directly to the yamen of the military department.

The military department is in charge of the selection and awarding of military positions, punishments, military registration, ordnance, prohibition and post stations, etc., since the Sui Dynasty, the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the Ming Dynasty's military department is relatively the most powerful, but the chariots and horses in front of the door are still much neglected compared to other yamen.

Liu Daxia arrived at the door and pulled the saddle and dismounted and waited for a while, Ma Wensheng, Yang Shousui, Yang Fang, Wang Wei and other old ministers arrived, Liu Daxia arched his hand, invited this group of old ministers into the yamen, passed the middle hall, and came to the courtyard where he had read official documents and rested and practiced martial arts.

The courtyard is not big, the one-color green tile powder wall, the terrazzo blue brick paving, and the brick carving of "Fu Lu Shou" on the shadow wall is exquisite and orderly. Although the courtyard is small, it is also complete, the main house, the east and west wings, the north hall are three rooms each, the roof is low and gentle, simple and simple, and the armor of the sword, gun, stick and halberd wiped on the weapon rack under the eaves.

These people are all old friends for many years, and some of them are still fellow scholars, and Liu Daxia is not polite to them, but only orders the soldiers to "serve tea", and then opens the door curtain and enters the inner room. Ma Wensheng and the others were familiar with his temper, so they looked at each other and smiled, and sat down by themselves.

Ma Wensheng sighed lightly and said: "Today is a dangerous life, Jiao Fang and the others are obviously prepared. Alas! When the old man saw the newspaper two years ago, he just laughed, but he really didn't expect such a big event, they were actually in charge of a small household department, and they didn't expect that there would be so many officials in the DPRK and the central government."

Zhuang Yin, the head of the household department, said: "Yang Ling patrolled the south of the Yangtze River, and after he came back, he talked to the emperor about lifting the ban on trade, but at that time he just said it casually, and there was no follow-up on it, and none of us paid attention to it." I didn't expect that he was young, and he had such a city government, and he had been holding back, until now when the foundation was deeper, he used a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and transferred Lord Han and others out of the capital, which was suddenly launched, if it weren't for the impatience of Lord Yang, who pressed the tributary ancestral system, so as to impress the emperor, his plan of annihilation would have succeeded."

Yang Shou had a look on his face, twisted his beard and was busy with politeness, James Yang Fang gently plucked the tea leaves on the water while holding the tea lid, and said coldly: "I said earlier that this person is a wolf, but now you see it?" Jiao Fang's old puppet was originally Yang Ling's party, and he regarded himself as a subordinate in front of him, and he has always been the only one who looks at the horse, which is not unusual, and now his power is getting bigger and bigger, Li Dongyang is going to the situation, Yang Tinghe pretended to be dumb, and the wall grass in the middle of the court who only cares about his personal future is even more echoed. ”

"In the past, there were three old papier-mâché pavilions and six clay sculptures in the court, is it said that the old things will be repeated now, so that Yang Ling and his group can control the government?" As soon as the loud voice fell, Liu Daxia lifted the curtain and walked out.

He changed into an official robe, wore a cotton shirt, his silver-white hair was pulled up high, coiled into a bun at the back of his head, and he wore cloth boots with a thousand layers of soles under his feet. Liu Daxia walked to the table, took a sip of water from the cup, raised his eyebrows like a silkworm, and said with a blazing gaze: "The old man watched coldly, Yang Ling has always been indistinguishable from good and evil, good and evil, until he is poor and dagger is revealed, he can be regarded as missing a horse!" ”

"In the past, Zheng He went to the Western Ocean seven times, and the accompanying fleet reached tens of thousands, sailing and flying, like a country on the sea, and the eunuch forces almost completely controlled the government. Eunuch heart mutilated limbs, born surname vicious and greedy, fortunately, Emperor Yongle is wise and martial, in the end, although the eunuch is strong, he does not dare to be evil.

Now that Yang Ling and his party are advocating the lifting of the ban, the drunkard's intention is not to drink, who will be in charge of the city at that time? Who is in charge of the sea? Who is the one who holds the water master? ”

Liu Daxia said with a solemn expression: "My lords, please think about it, at that time, the army, wealth, and laws are all in the hands of Yang Ling and a group of eunuchs, what will happen if he has ambitions?" ”

Ma Wensheng and the others listened to this, and a chill rose in their hearts.

Wang Wei has a good impression of Yang Ling, his student Tang Bohu also praised Yang Ling in the letter sent from Suzhou during the Year of the Tiger, Wang Wei still believes in the skill of this first genius in the south of the Yangtze River, so he hesitated and said: "Lord Liu, this person has always been humble and courteous, except for the extravagance when he was recently promoted to the Lord, he is not extravagant and arrogant, looking at his words and deeds, it seems that he can't see such ambition, right?" ”

Yang Shou said slowly: "Duke Zhou is afraid of rumors, Wang Mang is humble and has not usurped the time, look at his current methods, act old and spicy, and the city government is very deep, is he a flattering courtier who does not learn and has no skills?" ”

Yang Fang also said: "Yang Ling is in charge of the inner factory, and the wealth in his hands is rolling, with his current status and wealth, but he has always lived in a mansion given by the emperor, a dignified marquis, and so far he has not even purchased a courtyard, he eats more than just the imperial court, isn't it strange that he is so thrifty?" ”

Moreover, this person is the age of the young Mu Ai, as a marquis, a general, and an inspector of hundreds of officials, but there is only one wife and two concubines in the house, and those two concubines are still given by the emperor, and there are no concubines. A young minister who holds the world's wealth and soldiers and horses does not like wine and beauties, gold and jewelry, so where is his ambition?

If you want to make a contribution, do you want to leave a name in history or do you want to be in the world and watch the artifact? The emperor is young and absurd, not only does he not dissuade him, but he indulges in the king's playfulness, no matter how I think it, he doesn't look like a loyal son! ”

Ma Wensheng frowned and said: "There is no need to comment on these, the top priority is to lift the sea ban." Obviously, Yang Ling and Liu Jin are ordinary people who want to open the sea ban in a high-sounding manner, aiming to gain greater power and control the government. Although the ancestral system has finally suppressed their arrogance, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not accumulate strength to make a comeback. Do you immediately send a message to all the adults who have left Beijing, asking them to return to Beijing immediately to discuss countermeasures? ”

Liu Daxia bowed his head and said: "I invite you to come, it is to discuss this matter, please immediately write to inform you that the adults who have been transferred out of Beijing will return to Beijing as soon as possible." Master Ma has a great reputation in the court, and there are many officials in the ministry who personally promote and support him, so he should immediately contact the ministers to give him a hard advice, and he must let the emperor completely dispel this absurd idea."

"As for the old man", Liu Daxia smiled faintly, his eyes flashed and said: "The old man is staring at him Yang Ling, but I want to see what tricks this hairy boy can play in front of the old man!" ”。

Liu Daxia was jealous of Yang Ling, lest Yang Ling be ambitious, and once he had the ambition to sweep the world with heavy troops, it would cause boundless killing.

He has been in the military department for many years, and there are many personal soldiers and generals in the army who were personally brought out in the past, and now they are all generals of one side, and the emperor wants to transfer the general troops of the four towns into Beijing and hand them over to the commander of Yang Ling, Liu Shangshu has made up his mind to place a few people in it, and then make something not big or small, as the secretary of the military department, he is qualified and has an excuse to lead the generals to write and ask the emperor to take back the military power.

These plans, even if they have been friends for many years, it is inconvenient to tell each other, so he naturally has to be vague about the past.

Wang Wei is also opposed to the lifting of the ban. In his mind, the lifting of the ban on trade is likely to breed official corruption, which is not conducive to the rule of officials. It is easy to make the wealthy pursue exotic and ingenious things, so as to give birth to more extravagant style. And the ban on the sea and the refusal of commerce has no loss to the Ming Dynasty, and the Celestial Empire is rich in things and people, so why ask for a foreign state?

It's just that his attitude is not as warm as that of a group of old friends, especially seeing that they look like a big enemy to a hairy boy, he is quite disapproving, and he got up to say goodbye after a perfunctory discussion with a few adults.

Wang Wei got out of the military department and got into his own official sedan chair, closed his eyes and pondered, always felt that several Shangshu and the inner court forces headed by Yang Ling were so-for-tat, in fact, the biggest fear was that the eunuch power would swell uncontrollably.

In Wang Wei's heart, he didn't have a good impression of the eunuchs, but he couldn't help but sigh secretly when he thought that if the two sides used Xie Hai as a weapon and quarreled with each other, it would inevitably be another bloody storm in the court.

He opened the sedan curtain and found that he had arrived in front of the ceremonial department, so he couldn't help but move in his heart, and hurriedly kicked the pedal and said, "Stop the sedan car, stop the sedan car!" ”

Wang Wei thought that Wang Huashangshu was also on Jiao Fang's side to support the lifting of the sea ban. He admired Wang Hua's character and talent very much, and Wang Wei never figured out that Li Dongyang and Wang Hua, who were highly respected and had excellent conduct, would be forced by the situation and succumb to Yang Ling's pressure.

He has a good personal relationship with Wang Hua, because he wants to talk openly and honestly with Wang Hua to understand his real thoughts.

The concierge reported that Wang Shangshu heard the news and hurriedly greeted him in person, took Wang Wei into the house, brought tea to him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhenji hasn't been to the door for a long time, and he came today, but is it for the sake of the court to discuss the opening of the sea ban?" ”

Wang Wei smiled and said, "Lord Shangshu, I won't hide it from you, this is exactly for this matter." Lifting the ban on trade, there are pros and cons, there are advantages to opening, there are benefits to not opening, I don't care too much, but today it is said that the court is meeting, Jiao University and others are clearly prepared, Wang Shangshu is obviously also a person in the know, you and I are close friends, and I hope you can guide me to the maze to open the mouth."

Wang Hua smiled and was about to answer, Wen Ze'an, the secretary of the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites, hurriedly walked in, and when he saw Wang Hua, he immediately saluted and said: "Lord Qiqi Shangshu, the lower official has just received the news, saying that the special envoy of the king of Wengui has arrived in Cangzhou, and Ke said that the representative of the king of Beijing paid homage to the emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty, and said that the special envoy has not been in contact with our dynasty for many years, what kind of courtesy should be treated, please show it to Lord Shangshu!" ”

When Wang Wei heard this, Huo Di stood up, rolled up the teacup with the sleeves of his robe, and smashed it with a "snap".

(To be continued)