Yang Heng sneered: "Before you saw the alliance between Han Baohu and Tubo, you had already hidden the people in Meizhuang in the cave, at that time they were still Qin criminals, you only relied on your personal likes and dislikes, you helped the imperial court to get wanted criminals, and deceived the superiors and subordinates, isn't it the crime of bullying the king?"

Although Duan Qianqiu was unconvinced, but what Yang Heng said was the truth, at that time, he really took it for granted that the people in Meizhuang were wronged, and there was indeed no exact physical evidence to corroborate it. After thinking about it, what Yang Heng said was that he was deceived and deceived only based on his personal likes and dislikes, and he was not wronged.

So, he lowered his head and said: "Weichen was thoughtful, acted recklessly, and accidentally committed the crime of defrauding the king. ”

"Are you guilty of more than that? Do you know that it is more disgusting to deceive and deceive than to deceive your superiors and subordinates!"

"Wechen doesn't know. ”

"If you don't know, I'll tell you!"

"Have you ever told King Zhengyang that I have the intention of reopening the sea, but because of the opinions of the ministers and the last instructions of the emperor, I did not dare to abolish the sea ban. ”

"Yes, Wechen once mentioned it to Master Zheng. ”

"Have you ever said that just by the promotion and transfer of the officials, you can guess that there is a possibility that I will reopen the sea? ”

"Yes. ”

"It is a national policy to reopen shipping, and it is related to the stability of the DPRK situation. You have the audacity to speculate, to figure out my intentions, and to think that your words must be true, and as a courtier, you cannot plan things seriously, but you are so flattering and cunning, do you not know your sin?"

Duan Qianqiu sighed lightly in his heart, and then kowtowed: "Weichen is guilty." ”

"That's not all, you even suggested that the imperial court borrow grain from Cui Chengxiu, the capital of Dengzhou, and be dignified, do you still need to bend your knees to a speculative businessman and a giant thief at sea? Duan Qianqiu, you are too bold?" Yang Heng said In addition, his voice was full of violent, and the sound shook the house.

Everyone in the imperial study had never seen Yang Heng have been so angry, but they didn't expect to be so angry with a middle-level general in Zuo Yulin's army today.

Duan Qianqiu crouched in front of the steps, seemingly under Yang Heng's tiger might, but in fact, there was no fear in his heart. He said in a flat tone: "Your Majesty, borrowing grain from Cui Chengxiu, the capital of Dengzhou, was indeed proposed by Weichen to Lord Zheng. But he wasn't just a speculative businessman or a sea thief. He has great ambitions and dreams of doing business in every corner of the world, but as a victim of the imperial court's ban on the sea, he can only reluctantly choose to go to sea with a private ship to do trade, face all the risks alone, and be regarded as a pirate. There were thousands of businessmen like him in the Dajing Dynasty, and they all hoped to do business overseas, so they were all looking forward to the emperor abolishing the sea ban for them. ”

His words were tantamount to attacking the imperial court's decades-long sea ban as a wrong strategy, and Yang Heng was still angry with him, and now he was disobeying the dragon scales again.

Lu Bangyan and King Zheng Yang, who were present, couldn't help but sweat for Duan Qianqiu.

King Zheng Yang felt guilty because he told Yang Heng about Duan Qianqiu's thoughts to him, so he answered: "General Duan, the sea ban is abolished, the emperor has his own measure, and the court has his own decision, you don't need to say anything, everything has its own emperor's holy judgment." ”

"No, you let him continue. Yang Heng sneered. "I want to see what this rebellious minister has not yet said. ”

Duan Qianqiu said: "The minister obeys the order." The sea could not be opened, and the losses of the Dajing Dynasty were even greater than the rebellion in Jiannan Province. Now that the sea is not passable, once the river transportation is blocked, there will be problems with the supply of grain and grass in northern Xinjiang, and once the situation in northern Xinjiang changes, it will lead to the whole body, and the financial and tax revenues of all parts of the country in the Dajing Dynasty. As far as the ministers know, during the reign of Emperor Chengzu of Dajing alone, the annual shipping tariffs amounted to 10 million taels of silver, and once the shipping was banned, these taxes and silver were no longer included, and the second harm was this; the maritime ban greatly affected the livelihood of coastal fisheries, and many fishermen were unable to build large boats to go to sea, and the fish in the coastal waters became scarce day by day, and their livelihoods were very problematic, resulting in a large number of fishermen moving inward and displaced. There are also three evils. The imperial court did not allow overseas merchants to come to the Dajing Dynasty to do business, nor did the merchants of the Dajing Dynasty go to sea to do business in other cities, but everyone has the desire for profit, the more forbidden the more blazing, since they can not clearly go to sea to trade, there are countless merchants who organize their own armed fleets, and the court and pirates confront, maintain their interests, the ban on the sea was originally for the peace of the sea frontier, but now it has become its harm, and the four evils are also. Although the establishment of the Dajing Naval Division is huge, due to the neglect of maritime affairs over the years and the backward technology of manufacturing, the combat strength of the naval division is now not as good as that of Chengzu in its heyday. This is also the five evils. ”

"It's a good theory of five evils of the sea ban. Yang Heng said angrily: "It seems that if I don't abolish the sea ban, I will really become the king of the sea." ”

"No, the emperor is an emperor through the ages, and he is eloquent and strategic, which has never been seen by the ancient emperors. The sea ban is difficult to abolish, because the ministers are confined to the rules of their ancestors, and do not seek merit, but seek no fault, and oppose it by raising up in groups. However, now that there is a shortage of grain in northern Xinjiang, there is a rebellion in the southwest, and the situation in Dajing is like a pile of dry firewood, and the slightest spark will become a prairie fire. Although it is expedient to borrow grain from Cui Chengxiu with the opening of the sea ban as a bargaining chip, it can solve the dead knot in the current situation, avoid the chronic disease of the imperial court's difficulty in collecting and transporting grain, and also prosper the coastal state capital. ”

Duan Qianqiu's words made everyone else in the entire imperial study bow their heads and ponder, but Yang Heng was still full of anger and said: "Your remarks are alarmist, and my Dajing Dynasty is as stable as a rock, how can it be as dangerous as you say." However, your paradox can be brought to the court meeting for the officials to discuss. I want to see how people will refute your fallacy!"

"Cai Xun, the purpose. Three days later, the officials above the sixth rank of Yehuang City were in the Longhua Hall in the early dynasty. The political agenda was the abolition of the maritime ban. Later, you will call the officials of Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province to come here, and we will first discuss the regulations of this political discussion. ”

Cai Xun obeyed. ”

"Lee. ”

"The minister is here!"

"Put Duan Qianqiu in the prison first, and then dispose of it after the political discussion is over. ”

"King Zhengyang. ”

"The minister is here!"

"You prepare a note, sort out the ban on the sea of Duan Qianqiu, and hand it to Zhongshu Province as a topic for discussing politics in the court three days later. ”

A faint hint of joy flashed across King Zhengyang's face, and he said: "The minister's decree! My emperor is like a stream, and his intentions are new, and he will be able to open a new and prosperous world of Dajing Huanghuang again, and I am very fortunate for the dynasty and the people!"

Yang Heng said coldly: "This kind of sycophancy article, let's talk about it after the court discusses politics!"