After speaking, the two of them fell to the ground, and without Emperor Wanli shouting "flat", they got up and left with a smoke, leaving the three people in the imperial study laughing! After laughing, Zhang Jia said: "Long live Lord, the slave really didn't know that Lord Shen was so interesting, and he actually used this method to bargain!" ”

As for Emperor Wanli, tears came out of his eyes when he laughed! He wiped the corners of his eyes and said, "Yes, it's the first time I've thought these guys are a little funny!" I really can't imagine that my dignified Shoufu still has such a side! ”

Liu Haojia said with a wry smile: "This is Lord Shen threatening the minister!" If the minister doesn't give them some money, it will cause some trouble in the court! And he just laid out the carriage and horses to tell His Majesty that he was going to do so, but these things are simply inexplicable! If it is really brought up in the court, it really has to be argued! And anyway, His Majesty promised to give them silver, so it is better to give them something directly! ”

Emperor Wanli also came back to his senses at this time and said: "Just give it to him, anyway, I just said that I would give some silver to the treasury!" And just like Aiqing said, the royal team is also ready to go to sea, and silver is always indispensable! I just don't know why they gave in so easily? I thought I was going to have to talk about it! ”

Liu Haojia said: "The minister doesn't know! But I think it has something to do with the Jiangnan incident, right? The biggest possibility is related to the gentry who participated in the sea trade! ”

Emperor Wanli nodded and said, "I also think it's possible!" However, it is better for Aiqing to investigate this aspect, otherwise it will always be inappropriate in my heart! ”

Liu Haojia naturally took this order, and he himself was very curious about what was the origin of Shen Shixing's performance? And in fact, he was really right, Shen Shixing's performance came from the split of the Jiangnan gentry!

Liu Haojia has been tossing in Jiangnan for more than half a year, and the court has been paying attention to what he has done. Especially when he openly agitated to open the sea, there was a lot of discussion in the court! But it didn't take long for the controversy to cease!

Because the Jiangnan gentry who originally advocated the ban on the sea now tell their agents in the court to advocate the opening of the sea!

Shen Shixing is a figure who is older than Huan Hai, and after hearing the appeal of the Jiangnan gentry, he sensitively discovered one thing, that is, the dispute between opening the sea and banning the sea will cause a split in the imperial court!

Needless to say, the officials who advocate the opening of the sea must hope to profit from the opening of the sea. The traditional gentry, on the other hand, least wanted change, so they would have advocated for a ban on the sea! If these two factions argue, the agents in the court will naturally fight, and then the civil officials of one will be directly divided!

So after thinking of this question, Shen Shixing scolded Liu Haojia in his heart for being vicious! At that time, Emperor Jiajing divided the courtiers into two factions with a single move of the dispute over righteousness, thus mastering the government! Now there is a struggle for actual interests between the open sea and the forbidden sea, and it is even more fierce than the battle for fame!

If this continues, the division of civil officials will inevitably become even more severe! I'm afraid that there are more people who fall to the emperor! But is it too late to ban the sea now? I'm afraid it's too late! Because Liu Haojia did not argue in the court about whether to open the sea or not like in the past, the court opened the sea! Because as long as this matter is discussed in the imperial court, those who advocate the prohibition of the sea have 10,000 ways to drag this matter down!

Therefore, Liu Haojia used the establishment of a navy to eliminate smuggling in the name of banning the sea, and then openly connived at the surrendered pirates to carry out open smuggling. Then the gentry who provided the goods would naturally fall to Liu Haojia, because Liu Haojia made a profit at the same time!

Then these gentry will naturally hope to get more benefits, so they will think of turning themselves from simply providing goods to directly intervening in maritime trade, so that the profits will be greater! Therefore, Liu Haojia opened two cities in Jiangnan as port cities, which catered to the ideas of those gentry and united a group of people, and it was impossible to ban the sea again at this time!

So in the face of this situation, Shen Shixing knows what to do! Since it's hard to ban the sea, okay, then simply can't help the sea, and take this opportunity to find some benefits for yourself! With the silver of the sea trade tax in the account, at least a group of officials can be bribed to calm them down, at least they will not fall to the emperor so quickly!

That's why he used a farce-like way to compete for enough tax amount! Otherwise, he has not been the first assistant for a long time, and he does not have the prestige of Zhang Juzheng, and if he wants to openly discuss this matter in the court, it will only get worse and worse, so it is better to cut through the mess quickly!

And it turns out that Shen Shixing is quite far-sighted! He has tried his best to suppress the news of the opening of the sea in two cities in the south, but it still caused an uproar in the DPRK! A large number of officials attacked Liu Haojia from all sides, trying to prevent the opening of the sea!

Of course, there are the requirements of the traditional gentry in Jiangnan, and it is also related to the fact that these civil officials like to enjoy an unchanging and comfortable life! And the gentry, who supported the opening of the sea, resolutely opposed the ban on the sea! They also listed various reasons, but after all, such gentry are a minority, and the officials affected are also a minority, so they are at a disadvantage in the court!

But Shen Shixing still has a wrist in the end! While he vaguely supported the Kaihai faction, he threw out the official positions of the two city directors at the right time! And he deliberately set the position of the official position of the city department to be larger! In order to get the position of the crotch of these farts, the officials naturally have to fight, which makes him win the support of some officials!

At the same time, he also vaguely informed Liu Haojia who were the officials who firmly advocated the ban on the sea, so that Jinyiwei could put moderate pressure on them! also urged Liu Haojia to let Tianjin come up with some results as soon as possible!

After this brawl, no one has made any progress, not to mention that the opening of the sea has become an established fact, and the officials who advocate the ban on the sea have not been able to stop it! So after some arguments, I can only pinch my nose and admit it! So Daming finally has three ports that officially open to the sea, that is, Tianjin, Nanjing and Guangzhou!

And what really calmed down the controversy in the court was nothing else, but a few ships that sailed back! According to Liu Haojia's rules, ships returning from afar can only anchor in Taiwan, and if people on board want to return to the mainland, they have to take a sea ship between the mainland and Taiwan.

The purpose of this is to maintain the illusion that there is no open sea, which is what people often say would rather be known than seen! But now that he has set the rules for opening the sea, the sea ship can naturally go ashore directly! In this way, although Taiwan said that the absence of sea ships would reduce part of its income, it was also more closed, and the Liu family's arrangement in Taiwan was more secretive!