Seeing that the two of them got along quite well, Lin Ruhai's heart became more and more stable, "Wenyan, sit, sit." ”

Wang Wenyan sat down, and Lin Ruhai said in a deep voice: "Wenyan, you tell Ziying about some of the information you have learned and collected in the past few days, today Ziying has already told Master Cui of the household department, and they have also greeted the Yangzhou Mansion and Caoyun, it is estimated that there should be some arrangements, but they still think that Ziying is still a little exaggerated, thinking that it is not so dangerous, and Ziying is also a little uncertain,......

Wang Wenyan coughed lightly, and then nodded and said: "Dong Weng, Lord Feng, because the previous group of official trips of the imperial court and the transfer of salt to the Yamen have nothing to do with it, so Wen Yan did not deliberately collect and understand the relevant situation, but the opening of the maritime university is related to the national fortune and people's livelihood in Jiangnan, so I also have some understanding, a few days ago Dong Weng mentioned the relationship between Lord Feng and Dong Weng, so Wen Yan has also done a special understanding in the past few days, and there is still something to gain,......

In just a few days, Feng Ziying was also a little shocked by Wang Wenyan's ability and the energy of the Si Yamen.

Wang Wenyan must have some ability, and he can make such a big noise in history, if he is famous, it is too much to underestimate the ancients.

In addition to knowing that he was in control of the silver of the salt introduction class, Feng Ziying, the envoy of the salt envoy of the capital, also knew that this should be a small treasury ATM of the previous emperors.

Well, of course, this must have reached some kind of tacit agreement with the imperial cabinet, which is reasonable, but it is not compliant and illegal, and this kind of tacit acquiescence exists.

As for what else is special about the Yamen of the Salt Envoy Division, Feng Ziying doesn't know much about it, but judging from Wang Wenyan's attitude today, this Yamen must have quite a lot of resources, at least in the area of intelligence and information.

Seeing that Feng Ziying's eyes had a somewhat inquiring look, Wang Wenyan naturally understood that this person should be interested.

It's a pity that this is all salt transfer so that the Yamen does not have the rules of father-to-son, and Wang Wenyan also thinks that if he really takes over the position of the salt patrol imperial history, it may be a surprise for others, but for Feng Ziying, it may not be, and even the loss is far greater than the gain.

Of course, if Dong Weng wants to hand over some resources to his son-in-law, there is still half a year, but he can make some preparations.

"......, according to the Wenyan, the overall reaction of the imperial court to open the sea in Jiangnan is still preferred, and the vast majority of the gentry are supportive, of course, there are some people who are more old-fashioned, thinking that the imperial court attaches too much importance to merchants and ignores the fundamentals of agriculture, and such remarks have little impact and are not worth paying attention to,......

"......, but there are still some people, the number of this group is not large, and it is very low-key, and it is not obvious, among which there are more in Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and there are more in Nanzhi, but there are few, they are the maritime merchants we mentioned in the general sense, well, or to be precise, they are smugglers who are connected with the Japanese people,......"

"The preliminary estimate of the number of this maritime merchant group should be between thirty and fifty, which can not be seen in the local area, very low-key, but the family is huge, and the network is very wide, and the local officials have a lot of collusion with them, but they do not belong to the local gentry among the celebrities, the influence is limited, and the reputation is average, but the potential power is very strong, of course, these thirty or fifty are only an approximate estimate, in fact, there must be hundreds of attached to these thirty or fifty, but the scale is certainly not as good as these families,......

"This group should be the most opposed to the opening of the sea by the imperial court, because they know that once the sea is opened, then those gentry who have influence and reputation and even money and silver capital are bigger and stronger than them will join in openly, and they are not enough to see these gentry who are extremely influential in the local area and even the government has to be in awe of one or two, in the past, these people were reluctant to interfere because of their reputation and court regulations, but now the court has banned it, even if they themselves will not participate, But the nephews and nephews in the family will definitely be involved,......"

This was all within Feng Ziying's estimate, he nodded slightly, and motioned for Wang Wenyan to continue.

"But although this group opposes the opening of the sea by the imperial court, the vast majority of people are still relatively rational, thinking that this is the adjustment of the imperial court's policy and the general trend, so it cannot be stopped, although the most powerful of them oppose it, but they will retreat after knowing that the opposition is ineffective, because they are familiar with the place and have rich experience, and the original scale is relatively large, so even if the imperial court opens the ban, they are actually not too afraid to compete head-on with the newcomers,......"

"......, and those small ones, the opposition is not too fierce, because they are at the bottom, before the ban, they will be used as scapegoats by the local government if they have a little trouble, and now they are open, the competition is fierce, but they have more choices, they can have more partners, and the legal risks from the imperial court are gone,......"

"Wenyan, do you mean that this group in the middle is the most fierce and most opposed?" Feng Ziying nodded.

This Wang Wenyan still put a lot of effort into it, at least he didn't know so much, he only knew that there was fierce opposition, but he didn't study what type these people belonged to.

"We still have to score." Wang Wenyan has the intention to impress Feng Ziying, and the first impression must be deep for the other party.

Lin Ruhai had already talked to him, and after a few days of contact, he felt that Feng Ziying was basically credible, and of course he had to investigate further, but if there was no accident, his family foundation would basically be handed over to this future son-in-law.

And he feels that the pattern of his future son-in-law is by no means just what it is now, and it is not surprising that the future may directly target the level of the six bigwigs, or even directly at the cabinet elders.

Therefore, Lin Ruhai's words also made Wang Wenyan feel very excited.

Although the power of the Yamen is not small and the contact area is also wide, the level is still slightly lower, and the pattern is too narrow, and it always revolves around a salt word.

Salt is very important, and it involves a wide range of issues, but after all, it is still limited, and it certainly cannot be compared with the six affairs at a higher level.

And both Lin Ruhai and Wang Wenyan sensed that with Feng Ziying's current growth momentum, she would definitely have a place among the important ministers of the imperial court in the future.

It's the equivalent of a bet on this young man with his entire net worth and his own fate, but it's worth it!

"Still want to divide it?" Feng Ziying was intrigued.

"Well, this group is not small, so it has to be divided, in fact, the vast majority of businessmen are never willing to confront the government, no matter what the circumstances, at least they are never willing to confront the government head-on, so although the middle group is facing a lot of pressure, but they can also have some countermeasures, such as forming a group of interests to form a community of interests, jointly contributing and sharing dividends to compete with those sea merchants and gentry,......"

"......, but after all, there are still some unwilling people, they are slightly inferior to those head sea merchants, so they can't compete with those gentry who are ready to enter, but they want to let them gang up, but they feel that their interests will be lost and affected, so they are the most unwilling, and some of these people are trying to block and interfere with the advance of the imperial court's strategy of opening the sea, and under certain circumstances, they may have to take risks."

Wang Wenyan peeled back the cocoon, layer by layer, the entire maritime business group and the groups that are ready to enter the maritime trade in the future, and also analyzed which people are against it, but there will be no violent behavior, which people are unwilling, but can only obey, and which people may be at risk.

Identifying these risk groups and monitoring them in a timely manner can essentially kill the biggest sources of risk.

"Mr. Wang, did you come to Yangzhou with these dangerous groups recently?" Feng Ziying was not polite.

"Lord Feng, Yangzhou is a place where thousands of merchants gather, Fujian, Zhejiang and Nanzhili are very closely connected, many goods from the south to the north will be traded in Yangzhou, especially from Hangzhou, Suzhou, Ningbo more merchants, I dare not assert who has a problem, but I compared the number of Fujian and Zhejiang merchants entering Yangzhou in the first three months, a slight increase, and it stands to reason that it is November, neither the beginning of the year nor the end of the year, nor the best time for business in May, June and September and October, Generally speaking, from November to December, it should be a slow decreasing trend, so this anomaly, I can't judge, but it must be a bit strange,......"

"And some of the suspicious objects I circled did come to Yangzhou a few days ago, but I don't know where to go today,......"

The last sentence surprised Feng Ziying and Lin Ruhai.

"Wenyan, are you sure?" Lin Ruhai knew that it was impossible for Wang Wenyan to say such words, but he still felt that it was amazing that he could actually circle some specific people if he asked clearly.

"Dong Weng, in fact, is not so mysterious, these people come to Yangzhou, either they can only live in so many inns, it is more likely to borrow some local merchants in Yangzhou to live in the other houses, the latter is far from being comparable to the former in terms of comfort or concealment, or the convenience of the conditions, so you only need to stare at this piece, the whole Yangzhou kind of businessmen can meet the needs, but it is only thirty or fifty places, there is a target, it is not difficult to stare and find."

Wang Wenyan's understatement made Feng Ziying even more impressed by this person's insight and inductive analysis ability, and it was difficult for people to consider these aspects.

"Of course, it's not that this kind of person has to do bad things when he comes to Yangzhou, but if he came in the past, he would either go to the theater or have a banquet, but this time he came in a hurry and acted secretly, and he didn't go to such an occasion of spending time and drinking, it would inevitably arouse suspicion,......"

Wang Wenyan chuckled.