Shen Yu happily agreed, and after returning to the ya, he explained to Huai'an: "Let the coachman send you home first, and tell your mother that your father won't go back to dinner tonight." ”

"Oh......" Huai An responded, and began to pack up pen, ink, paper, inkstone and books: "Dad, when did you hook up with Master Yao?" Does Elder Zheng Ge know? ”

Shen Yu scolded with a smile: "What bastards! ”

Huai'an blinked: "I understand, I understand, I won't tell you about it." ”

Shen Yu knocked on his head: "It's not big, it's not small." ”

Huai'an ran away with his schoolbag and disappeared. When I went home, I told my mother that my eldest brother was admitted to the top prize because of his bright mind, and he couldn't pass the exam because he was beaten stupid by his father.

……

Shen Yu came to Huaiyang Building alone, and under the guidance of Xiao Er, he walked into a box guarded by soldiers.

The box is next to the street, and the shops and pedestrians on the street are in a hurry, because the sky is gloomy, and there is occasional thunder rolling, and it is obvious that heavy rain is coming.

Shen Yu had already guessed Yao Bin's intentions, Cao Yu and Zhou Yue had cleared the Japanese Invaders, and all industries along the southeast coast were waiting to be developed, and the governor of Fujian invited the city to open the ship, and it was easy to smuggle as a public dealer, in short, it was to open the sea ban, crack down on smuggling activities, and control the maritime trade in the hands of the imperial court. This move can not only solve the plight of the coastal people, turn the military into business and stabilize coastal defense, but also create tax revenue for the imperial court, and the government and the people will be convenient.

Yao Ge was moved and wanted to get a vote at the next court meeting, but before that, he had to do the work of the six ministers and canvass for votes for this measure that benefits the country and the people.

Shen Yu naturally advocated the opening of the sea, in fact, when the first emperor was in power, there were many people of insight who saw the disadvantages of the sea ban, and strongly advocated the opening of the sea, allowing coastal merchants to trade with foreign countries in the coastal sea, and also won the approval of many officials, but at that time, Shen Yu was still studying history in the Hanlin Academy, and he was soft-spoken and did not participate in it.

However, more officials still clinged to the word "ancestral system" and opposed the change of the ancestral law.

Shen Yu said: "Has the elder ever thought that the benefits of the sea ban are clear at a glance, why is there such a big opposition? ”

Yao Bin sighed slightly, and said without thinking: "First, out of fear of the sea, second, for fear that the Japanese will become more rampant, and third, the families on the southeast coast have an inextricable relationship with the maritime merchants who trade and smuggle, and the opening of the sea will touch the interests of these people, so they will naturally oppose it." ”

Shen Yu's voice was very deep: "Is Elder Ge really ready to declare war on these stupid and rotten silverfish?" ”

"Knowing that I sin against me is only spring and autumn." Yao Bin smiled suddenly: "I Yao Bin only has an old wife, and I can live on a few acres of land with a book, and I don't have so much foresight." ”

There was a muffled thunder outside the window, and the rain poured down.

Shen Yu nodded and said, "In this case, the lower official recommends two people to you." ”

"You say." Yao Bin Road.

"First, Xie Yankai, the prefect of Pingjiang, put forward the idea of 'Qingzhang Mu and Juntian Fu', which should be implemented in the entire Nanzhili."

Yao Bin frowned and said: "What does the opening of the sea ban have to do with Juntian Fu?" ”

Shen Yu said: "According to the humble opinion of the lower officials, the local landholders can be divided into several types - nobles, gentry, businessmen, and ordinary people. Among them, the nobles and gentry annexed the most land, and the merchants mainly engaged in business, regarded the land as a means of maintaining value, and the amount of land hoarded was not too large, and the people used it for cultivation and depended on it for a living. ”

Yao Bin nodded: "Not bad." ”

"The noble power of Nanzhili is not large, so it can be ignored for the time being; Merchants are moved by profits, as long as the opening of the sea is beneficial to them, they will naturally be united with the imperial court; Those who are unable to profit from smuggling among the gentry have long been looking forward to the ocean and sighing, and the opening of the sea will benefit them without harm; Not to mention the common people, the opening of the sea and the reform of taxes are only good for them; The real wealthy not only annexed a large amount of land, but also colluded with smuggling syndicates to extract a large amount of gold and silver. What we need to do is to pull one by one, concentrate our forces on dealing with the wealthy clans who oppose the New Deal, and not only realize the equalization of land and grain, but also implement the strategy of opening up the sea. ”

After listening to this, Yao Bin pondered for a moment: "That is to say...... You have no hope for the outcome of this court meeting. ”

Shen Yu just said: "Xiaguan naturally hopes to achieve a comprehensive opening of the sea in the simplest way, but the resistance is too great and cannot be blindly optimistic." ”

Yao Bin nodded and said, "You are right, I will strongly recommend to Your Majesty that the governor of Nanzhili be added, and Xie Yankai will serve as the governor." ”

The two drank a full cup of wine, and Yao Bin asked again, "What about the other person?" ”

"Donglin Mansion is the same as Zhao Chun." Shen Yu said: "The lower officials recommended him as the prefect of Pingjiang. ”

About Zhao Chun, Yao Bin really knows this person, because he is regarded as a flood beast by his colleagues wherever he goes, so the speed of promotion is particularly fast, every time he takes office, his colleagues and local gentry will do their best to help him operate and be promoted.

"Minghan," Yao Bin couldn't help but ask, "You won't be entrusted by someone to help Zhao Chun move his position, right?" ”

Shen Yu smiled: "The elder of the pavilion has misunderstood the officials, the gentry of Pingjiang Mansion are intertwined, and it is the most difficult bone to gnaw in Nanzhili, let him gnaw it." ”

"Pingjiang Mansion is the hometown of the respected teacher." Yao Bin Road.

"Pingjiang Mansion is the royal land of Daqi." Shen Yu said.

Yao Bin laughed loudly, raised his glass and said: "I am solely responsible for the appointment and dismissal of these two people, and I will not embarrass Minghan." ”

……

When Shen Yu went home, he smelled of alcohol on his body.

Xu Tinglan ordered someone to bring him a bowl of tea to relieve hangover, but suddenly her husband grabbed her hand, and the whole person collapsed softly, wrapping around her waist, humming and chirping.

"Keep the door open, so that the children can see it." Xu Tinglan said.

"They've seen less." Shen Yu said.

"Huai'an said that you met Yao Ge Lao today, what's the matter? Get up on the wrong side of the bed? Xu Tinglan asked.

Shen Yu said abruptly: "I remember that fourteen years ago, when I first arrived in the capital, I was not familiar with the place, my teacher sent someone to find a place to live for me, and my wife called me to my home for dinner in three days. Time has changed, and everything has changed......"

Xu Tinglan had already guessed probably.

"Minghan, you and the teacher haven't changed, it's just that the world is pushing you in different directions." Xu Tinglan said, "Everyone has their own mission, doesn't they? ”

Sister Peng's immature reading voice came from outside: "Therefore, the disciple does not have to be inferior to the teacher, the teacher does not have to be better than the disciple, there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the art industry, so it is." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, Shen Yu sat up straight, and laughed at himself: "The truth that Meng Tong understands is that I am hypocritical. ”

In the hall, there was Huai'an's encouraging applause: "Carry it well, my brother will be rewarded!" ”

After a while, the brother and sister broke in one after the other, each with a black frame rolled up in a paper tube on their faces, under the frame was a red nose cover carved from wood, and a black beard was glued under the nose cover, and a whistle was attached to the bottom of the beard.

"Dad, mother, this is a new toy I invented - blowing a beard and staring." Huai'an said, demonstrating again.

Sister Peng obviously loves this toy to death, and she blows endlessly.

Shen Yu's head was buzzing, and he rubbed his eyebrows and said to his wife: "You are right, people will not change." ”

Three-year-olds look big, seven-year-olds look old, and twelve-year-olds are set for life.

Chapter 141

All major events of the imperial court are held in court discussions, mostly resolved by voting, and the voting is a member of the cabinet, the six Shangshu, the squire, the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, the Dali Temple, etc., in addition, the six departments can also participate in the matter.

Yao Bin proposed to add the governor of Nanzhili, and recommended Xie Yan to serve as the right deputy governor of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the governor of Nanzhili, and the six departments of the capital like to hold together, but after the last "heavy blow", two of the six were missing, and they had not had time to make up for it.

In the end, the vote was narrowly won by two votes, but in fact, the voting result was already under Yao Bin's control.

The second item is the switch matter, as soon as Zheng Qian's voice fell, it caused a strong controversy.

One side believes that "not an inch of the board does not go to the sea" is the ancestral system, and the law of the ancestors is immutable; On the one hand, it is believed that "the plague begins in the city", and the imperial court has exchanged hundreds of years of maritime ban for the peace of the maritime frontier, and must not regenerate disasters because of the arrogant words of one or two scholars; On the one hand, it was believed that the opening of the sea ban and the taxation of taxes to replenish the imperial court's treasury could not only relieve the imperial court's finances but also benefit the country and the people.

The Emperor sat on the dragon chair and began to short-circuit his mind again.

Sure enough, as Shen Yu expected, the opening of the sea is not something that can be decided by a single vote in this court meeting, whether it can be opened or not, how many places to open, and where to open it, all need to be discussed.

The Manchu officials began a months-long tug-of-war over this matter.

The official spared no effort to block the opening of the sea, among which Sun Jing was the most happy in the matter of the military department - since this guy's private affairs in the inner house were introduced to the court, he has a nickname of the Japanese people, five times a night.

Gojiro's energy was really strong, not only wrote to the imperial court to punish the governor of Minhai who proposed to open the sea, but also impeached Yao Bin for forming a party for personal gain and cronyism.

The six departments and Jiuqing were all afraid of the officials, and they all retreated and gave three points, but Yao Bin, who had a violent temper, threatened to dismiss Sun Jing's officials the moment he saw the song, and still said a few cruel words in front of Zheng Qian.

Zheng Qian just looked at him lightly, still looking like a loyal elder, persuading him not to be impatient, and then put up a pen and agreed to dismiss Sun Jing.

When the emperor saw this ticket, he almost didn't think about it and ordered the celebrant to approve it.

Zheng Ge Lao, who has always defended the speech official, uncharacteristically dismissed Sun Jing's official, and the sixth branch speech official naturally refused to give up and made trouble in front of Zheng Jin, the elder of the small pavilion.

Zheng Jin looked in front of everyone, with a bitter expression: "Can't you see it?" The Cabinet is about to change. ”

When everyone heard this, they naturally put the account on Yao Bin's head, they didn't want to offend this official of the Ministry of Justice, but they had the mentality of being at peace, but now he really started to suppress Yanlu, and the nature is completely different. The group scolded Yao Bin, impeached him for his private use of public power, and persecuted Yanlu.

Yao Bin is not good at stubble, and he has many protégés, so he is indignant and scolds him. The two sides even arranged shifts, one book a day, and fought in turns.

……

In the duty room of Lu Xian, the priest of the country, Huai'an sat on the side with a small bench, holding a handful of melon seeds in his hand, listening with relish.

Shen Yu has a lecture in the Frank Hall today. Huai'an didn't understand, so he always took a nap, so he was thrown by his father to Lu Xian's duty room to read.

How could he let his dear Uncle Lu work quietly? Of course, I want to pester him to gossip. So Lu Xian told him about the brawl between the DPRK and China, originally intending to scare the crying child.

Who knew that he was carrying the bench and knocking melon seeds, looking like he had seen the world very much.

"Who won in the end?" Huai'an asked.

"I don't know yet." Lu Xiandao.

"If Master Yao loses, the opening of the sea will fail, right?" Huai'an asked again.

"Pretty much." Lu Xiandao: "I didn't expect you to be so worried about the country and the people at such a young age." ”

Lu Xian sighed in his heart, he is worthy of being Shen Minghan's son, worthy of being Shen Huaiming's younger brother, as the old saying goes, "there are no two kinds of people in one house", which is really ......

"Not really." Huai'an was a little embarrassed and said: "I wrote back to my hometown and asked my grandfather to collect a batch of silk and cotton yarn at a low price, and I also invested in the shares, and I am still waiting for the sea ban to open to make a lot of money." Huai'an said.

Lu Xian: ......

Lu Xian took the opportunity to educate him: "At a young age, there is no shortage of money to spend, and if you don't put reading in the first place, how can you be full of business experience?" ”

Huai'an looked at the dense rain curtain outside the door, and said very seriously: "Scholars are cultivated and governed, agriculture is supported by tools, workers are sharps, and commerce is currency, all of which are the foundation of the people, and there should be no distinction between three, six, nine and so on." ”

Lu Xian was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered the child who watched him quarrel with Xie Yan with big eyes a few years ago, and judged who had more words, whose voice was louder, and who expected to grow up in a blink of an eye, and had his own "concept of righteousness and benefit".

Shen Yu came in from outside, and the scribe took the umbrella from his hand.

"Minghan, your son is terrible." Lu Xian said with a smile.

"What are you talking about?" Shen Yu asked with a smile.

Huai'an replied without thinking: "Uncle Lu said, tell me to focus on reading, I said okay!" ”

Lu Xian didn't demolish him, just laughed blindly.

Shen Yu had no choice but to stop asking, and came in to pack up the books, Huai'an's books and utensils were all collected by himself, and when he left, he also gave Uncle Lu a "blowing beard and glaring".

Shen Yu kindly reminded him not to try, but Lu Xian didn't take it seriously, and the next day there was an interesting story that the Lord of the Sacrificial Wine was blowing his beard and glaring in the duty room......

……

After all, the disputes in the court will not affect the children. Huai'an and Chen Yong are doggy, sneaking out of the house every day after school, and sneaking back before dinner, and they don't know what they are busy with.