Feng Ziying rushed to Qi Yongtai's mansion at the third quarter of the first month.

During this time, he didn't dare to run around, knowing that the bigwigs from all sides might be summoned at any time, especially a few Wenyuan Pavilion, but he didn't want to meet people, especially those who came to deliver posts all day long, and they were about to become a burden.

Wang Ziteng and Niu Jizong were also very active, and Feng Ziying didn't know if they had anything to do with the inner servants surnamed Dai.

But he quickly inquired about the details of the inner servant surnamed Dai, and Dai Quan, the nephew of Dai Quan, the prime minister in the Daming Palace.

It is still rare to find this kind of uncle and nephew to be an internal servant, but it is said that this Dai Peng actually came to be an internal servant after getting married and having children, and it is estimated that Dai Quan should be under the guidance of Dai Quan and admire the power, so he would rather castrate and enter the palace.

Dai Pan is in charge of the palace in Yanshou Palace, and he can be regarded as a real power.

The Dai family is originally from Jinling, and it should be said that they have something to do with the four families, but at present, with the abdication of Emperor Yuanxi, what role the Dai family plays here, Feng Ziying is also difficult to judge for a while.

During this period of time, there was a great deal of movement in Beijing, involving a series of spring personnel changes in the DPRK and China, and many officials who were dormant in Beijing also began to move.

In addition, when it comes to the opening of the sea, there will definitely be some new yamen, such as several major city departments, such as whether the yamen that handles the opening of the sea and borrowing will be new or add new officials, which will affect the hearts of all people.

As for the wealthy businessmen and tycoons in the south of the Yangtze River who flocked to it, there are even more innumerable, and no one can ignore such a big benefit.

Therefore, Feng Ziying can try not to go out if she can, and try not to go out if she can.

There was no requirement for him from the Hanlin Academy, and Huang Ruliang specially approved that he could work from home, so he had very little time to go to the Hanlin Academy, but people like Fang Youdu, Fan Jingwen, and He Fengsheng frequently went to the door of Fengfu.

Seeing Feng Ziying enter the door, Qi Yongtai directly waved his hand to signal to take a seat.

"Huang Ruliang handed your proposal into the cabinet, and today the cabinet has discussed it, and there are big differences, what do you think? In addition, why is the Dongfan affair involved? ”

Straight to the point, Qi Yongtai also knew that several people in the cabinet had been discussing compromises with each other for so long, and they had to discuss with people in their own camp for so long, and the general direction had been almost finalized for so long, but the next step was to involve specific operations.

"Qi Shi, but it is difficult to make the trip under the household department?" Feng Ziying had long expected that with the urine nature of the cabinet, it would definitely be impossible to place the debt affairs of Kaihai in a certain ministry, whether it was the household department, the military department, or the Ministry of industry, although it seemed that the household department should be the leader.

But look at the current situation of the household department, Shangshu Zheng Jizhi is from Huguang, Cui Jingrong is from Henan, even if he is transferred to the ministry, the successor official Yingzhen is also from Huguang, with the relationship between the Huguang faction and the northern scholars getting closer and closer, I am afraid that Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe will find it difficult to tolerate letting the strength of the household department be so huge that it is difficult for them to control.

Balance is a basic element of the operation of the Great Zhou court, whether it is the emperor or the Shilin Wenchen, this is very clear, once it is broken, then it will cause a lot of shock, greatly dragging down the operation of the court, so whether it is Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe, or Qi Yongtai are not willing to see such a situation.

"If it is placed under any ministry, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, it will cause great disputes, and it is not conducive to the stability of the structure of the various ministries." Qi Yongtai looked at Feng Ziying, "Do you have any suggestions?" ”

"How's it going?" After being seen through by Qi Yongtai, Feng Ziying was not polite, and directly expressed her opinion, "The Zhongshu Branch was originally the link between the emperor and the cabinet, but since the Tang Dynasty, it has been reduced to chicken ribs. ”

Qi Yongtai frowned.

After the Tang Dynasty, the two Song Dynasty and the former Ming Dynasty were all idle places, which were actually slightly higher than the shadow prison of the country.

After all, the Zhongshushe people are also from the seven-grade officials, and it is reasonable to appease the children of Zhishi Wenchen, so the Zhongshushe people have a fixed quota of twenty people from the seven-grade position, and then reduced to seven, and then swelled to more than ten people in the Great Zhou

Basically, like Ge Lao and Liubu Shangshu Zhishi, they can give their children a special grace of the Zhongshu Sheren, which is similar to arranging an idle position for the children of Wuxun in the Dragon Forbidden Lieutenant, but the Zhongshu Sheren belongs to the civil officials and nobles, and nominally they still write edicts, edicts, silver books, iron coupons, etc. for the emperor.

Qi Yongtai, who is also the secretary of the ministry, naturally knows this proposal, in fact, this suggestion was proposed by someone when Shen Zheng Zhishi, but Emperor Yonglong did not accept it at that time, but as Xiao Daheng and Zheng Jizhi faced Zhishi one after another, so this issue was also put on the agenda.

Will the Zhongshu Department continue to maintain its status quo and serve as a reassurance to the children of the civil and important ministers, or will it change and adjust the responsibilities of the Zhongshu Department as suggested by Feng Ziying, as a yamen placed under the emperor and the cabinet and connecting the six ministries?

Qi Yongtai frowned at first, and then slowly stretched out, thinking that this suggestion was very interesting.

If you want to set up a new institution, its complexity is self-evident, and the various obstacles it faces will be huge, which means that the powers of various departments must be divided, but the calligraphy itself exists, but the original functions and powers have changed since the Tang Dynasty, and now they are clearly customized, at least the resistance is much smaller.

"Zhongshuke is now an empty shell, and the Zhongshushe people are only from the seventh grade, how can they take on this responsibility?"

"Master Qi, in fact, this is very simple, Lord Huang can be in charge of the affairs of the academy with the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, can't he be in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Household Engineering or even a certain attendant of the Ministry of War? It's nothing more than a pretense in the name of a name, and you also know very well that the opening of the sea and even the matter of the east is not the original scope of responsibility of the Chinese calligraphy department at all, and the original little thing of the Chinese calligraphy department cannot be compared with the strategy of opening the sea at all, but if you want to set up a new yamen, it is time-consuming and laborious, and it is much simpler to redefine the duties and responsibilities of the Chinese calligraphy department. ”

Feng Ziying further said: "And in the student's opinion, the original responsibilities of this Chinese calligraphy department overlapped with the Hanlin Academy, either abolished, or started anew, now is the right time to catch up with such an opportunity, and the Chinese scholars themselves are an indefinite editor, and even their quality can be flexibly mastered,......

Feng Ziying's words made Qi Yongtai fall into deep thought, I have to say that my disciple is really not ordinary, and he can always consider problems from some different angles, and the Zhongshu Department itself is an institution that he originally thought should be abolished, but now it seems that it is more appropriate to keep it for new use.

It's just that it takes some thought to convince Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe, and there will inevitably be some confrontation and compromise.

"What do you mean by this Chinese calligraphy department, which is specially designed for the opening of the sea?" Qi Yongtai felt that if this was the case, I am afraid that some people would also have objections to this.

"Not necessarily, the strategy of opening the sea will definitely be complicated in the early stage, because it involves several parts, but after gradually getting on the right track, this is more like a coordinating body, of course, it also has its specific responsibilities, how to come, it depends on the idea of the division at that time, either a new establishment, or the expansion of the Chinese book department, the Chinese book supervision and the Chinese book province, re-establish the position and responsibility, and incorporate the strategy of opening the sea into part of its scope of work,......"

was taken aback by Feng Ziying's words, this Zhongshu Jian and Zhongshu Province are completely two concepts, in Cao Wei and the Tang Dynasty, it was almost the prime minister's institution, so where is this cabinet placed?

Slowly shook his head, but Qi Yongtai was already a little shaken in his heart.

Maybe the current structure of the cabinet + six ministries + the Metropolitan Procuratorate + the General Administration Department + Dali Temple is really not suitable for the situation?

Just like this strategy of opening the sea, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War both want to reach out, but it is obvious that it is difficult for either one to eat, Feng Ziying proposed that this temporary use of the shell of the Chinese calligraphy department as a temporary solution to deal with affairs is really the best way.

"I'm thinking about this matter, by the way, why did the matter of Dongfan come up at this time? Don't you understand the priorities? Qi Yongtai was a little angry when he thought of this, "One more thing is a little more fetter, don't you understand?" ”

"Master Qi, the disciple also knows that this matter really shouldn't be raised in the strategy, but the disciple is worried that this will drag on for a few years, I'm afraid that the Francophile and the Hongmao Fan will take the lead, and the disciple thinks that this eastern land will not involve too much energy in the imperial court, and it is completely possible to mobilize civil forces to develop, and the imperial court only needs to give a name, and the worst thing is that only one of the responsibilities of the Chinese calligraphy department can be brought together, and it is cheap."

Feng Ziying smiled and looked careless, he naturally had already considered the development of Dongfan, and now people in this era do not pay much attention to this kind of island land and colonization and development, always thinking that they are a central country, with a lot of land and resources, and they don't care about these lands that originally belonged to us.

Like Dongfan was incorporated into China as early as the Three Kingdoms era, and the Song and Yuan dynasties have made it clear that the government management, but the extensive management method of this era makes people very speechless, Feng Ziying will certainly not allow this situation to continue, the abundance of Dongfan, coupled with the special location and significance, also determines that this place must be developed as soon as possible, and it can also attract more people to join their camp.

"Oh?" Qi Yongtai didn't understand his disciple, and immediately heard the hidden meaning in his words, and his eyes were a little more probing, "Do you have other ideas?" ”

"Hehe, I can't hide it from Master Qi, I do have some ideas, and the land of Dongfan is completely different from others, and the disciple thinks that it can also be used as an attempt by the imperial court to make a strategy for foreign affairs." Feng Ziying nodded.

"Well, that's the case, write a note carefully, so that the teacher can take a good look." Qi Yongtai put his mind at ease, as long as the other party had ideas.