Feng Ziying may indeed have to go south in the near future.

In addition to Guangzhou, Ningbo, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou are all in dispute, and no matter where the sea is opened, the interests of a considerable group will be involved, especially the dispute between Ningbo, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou involves the huge interests of Fujian and Zhejiang maritime merchants.

But now the imperial court does not dare to fully open up, and Feng Ziying does not agree with the full opening of the sea, after all, this is a new thing, once it is opened, many new problems will definitely emerge, and it is undoubtedly the safest move to engage in a pilot.

Therefore, there was an intense discussion between the household department and the cabinet, and Feng Ziying's exposition on the development of the industrial system brought about by the opening of the sea was also relayed to Ye Xianggao by Xu Zheng in great detail, which aroused Ye Xianggao's great interest, and soon Feng Ziying published a more detailed discussion in the form of a supplement to "Internal Reference", and sent it to the ministers of the imperial court, which immediately caused a greater shock.

This is the first time that Feng Ziying has elaborated on the combination of industry and people's livelihoods, talking about the shipbuilding industry (logging industry, wood processing industry, rubber and lacquer industry, sail rope manufacturing industry), dock service industry (dock handling and unloading, trade and trade) and the impact on people's livelihoods that may result in the expansion of industrial scale (tea, porcelain, medicinal materials, paper, silk, cloth and other export industries) that may be brought about by the opening of the sea.

Feng Ziying took the shipbuilding industry as an example, and made a vivid introduction with a template of a modern industrial chain, starting from the demand for ship wood, and describing one link at a time, talking about how many people a shipbuilding workshop may need to provide support for it, from wood to glue paint, to sail rope, to iron parts, and then to continue to extend from these specific industries, which can be described as nuanced and vivid.

Even the most ignorant of this industry can understand how much demand such a shipbuilding workshop will drive, how many urban poor and landless people who are struggling to make a living, and each of them may become one of the workshop workers, which means that a family of several people can make a living and get a stable life.

It can be said that this supplement is like a window, which not only makes the princes of the court aware of some differences, but also allows the businessmen to see some of the layers of gauze that they were hazy but never pierced, and it turns out that they are also paying for the court.

This has also brought fierce competition for the first place to open the sea in the future.

The competition between Ningbo, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou also made it difficult to divide the imperial court, and all parties had considerable supporters, and how to balance it became a major problem.

Fortunately, Feng Ziying's rhetoric has also become the reliance of the cabinet, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry, and how to make the strategy of opening the sea quickly take shape and maximize benefits has also become a criterion for choosing one of the three.

Because of this, the imperial court prepared to conduct an investigation of the situation in the three places to see if the conditions were more suitable for the pilot project of opening the sea.

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Ministry of Works.

Li Sancai read the supplement of "Internal Reference" in his hand with great interest, sometimes stroking his palms and sighing, and sometimes nodding with emotion.

He has just been appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and he is not yet fully familiar with the situation of the entire Ministry of Industry, but he has been in Caoyun for a long time and has dealt with a lot of departments of the Ministry of Industry, so he is not unfamiliar, that is, a process of adapting to familiarity.

When he was in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he had already begun to read "Internal Reference", and he did not miss one issue.

In his opinion, this publication run by the Hanlin Academy is still very interesting, especially the content of the two sections of "Strange Tales of Foreign Territory" and "Industrial Livelihood".

"Strange Tales of Extraterritoriality" can broaden his horizons and increase his knowledge, Li Sancai is not the kind of person who is rigid and old-fashioned, let alone narrow-minded, so he relish this kind of thing that many officials regard as grandstanding, and he does not think that these circumstances have no basis.

When he was the governor of Caoyun, he had considered that the cost of Caoyun was huge, and whether it was possible to take the matter of shipping, the consumption of sea transportation was much lower than that of Caoyun, but considering that Caoyun involved not simply the cost of consumption, he also considered it again and again.

When considering the issue of shipping, he had been in contact with many maritime merchants, and learned about the cost of shipping and some of the trade of sea vessels, although these maritime merchants must have reservations when it comes to maritime trade, but after all, they can also know a lot of things.

The overseas situation introduced in "Strange Tales of Foreign Territory" is very detailed, and there are also differences with some of the situations he knows, but on the whole, the content of these introductions is still reliable, especially when it comes to Japan, North Korea and Sulu Luzon, which is generally consistent with the situation that Li Sancai himself has mastered.

"Industrial Livelihood" is a new column, a new column that was only opened in late August, but it has attracted Li Sancai's attention from the beginning.

This is obviously a column for this opening of the sea, but it is very content, at least it makes the preparation of the Ministry of Industry Shangshu very interested, and the introduction of the shipbuilding industry in the first issue makes Li Sancai extremely excited, especially about the supporting industries required by the shipbuilding industry, which is also decomposed and introduced in great detail and is very meaningful.

In the second issue, the tea-making industry was selected as an introduction, focusing on the fermentation of tea and the introduction of the Xiyi people's demand for tea taste, and also briefly introduced a new flavor of tea - black tea production process.

The two supplements focus on the possible impact of the opening of the sea on the Dazhou maritime trade industry, and make a discussion from the balance between export industries and import demand, especially the focus and advantages of the traditional five major maritime trade export products in overseas regions, such as tea, silk, porcelain, paper and medicinal materials.

It is said that these two issues of the supplement are said to have been taken out by court officials and then resold for 50 taels of silver, and then transcribed and sold for 3 taels of silver each, and finally even formed a trend of expensive Luoyang paper, resulting in the previous issues of "Internal Reference" were privately purchased, which caused a great shock, so that later the Metropolitan Procuratorate intervened to investigate who first leaked this "Internal Reference" supplement, of course, there was no result in the end.

"Brother Daofu, are you still looking at this?" When Wang Yongguang walked into the lobby of the public house, he saw that Li Sancai was still pondering, and couldn't help laughing: "I'm afraid I've seen Brother Daofu no less than four or five times in the past few days, right?" ”

"Well, there is Fu, there is something to say, it is worth reading." Li Sancai sighed slightly: "Chengfeng and Ru Jun really have some vision, but it's a pity that I didn't meet at that time, well, Youfu, this son is said to have had an entanglement with you in Chongzheng Academy at the beginning, and Yang Wenqiao and Hou Sui They also fought with this son?" ”

"Hehe, it's some dealings, young people, they must be unconvinced by each other, they have learned from each other in Jingyi poetry and current policy theory, but Feng Ziying is far inferior to Yang Wenweak and Hou Sui in Jingyi poetry, but in terms of current policy theory, I also think that this should be their own strengths, but as soon as this "Internal Journal" comes out, I have to admit that this son is kung fu outside the poem, and they are not as good as the weak and magnolia."

Wang Yongguang originally admired his two proud disciples very much, even if he practiced state affairs and Huang Zunsu, Wang Yongguang didn't think that he could beat Yang Sichang and Hou Sui, but Feng Ziying's performance made people have to bow down.

"I heard that this son is also disdainful of poetry?" Li Sancai asked curiously.

"Well, this kid has always thought that poetry is a trail, and this point of view has also caused a lot of trouble, and later this kid simply said that he can't write poetry and songs, and never participates in these poetry activities." Wang Yongguang also shook his head with a smile: "This makes his reputation in the Jingshi Forest unpopular." ”

Li Sancai pondered for a moment before he said: "Poetry and poetry and scriptures are the foundation of our scholars, but if we rely too much on and ignore others, it is not appropriate, the court governs the government, and the policy theory is the right policy,......

Li Sancai said it very tactfully, but Wang Yongguang naturally understood the meaning.

"Well, this son is indeed a genius, but if he is pampered and arrogant, and he is too self-conscious, he will be a little disappointed in his talent." Wang Yongguang nodded, "Fortunately, Brother Chengfeng and Brother Ru Jun should also mention it at any time, presumably not." ”

"Well, there are Fu, this time to open the sea to raise debts, originally thought that this should be a well-planned move by the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of War, but I never thought that it would involve our Ministry of Industry, and in my opinion, this follow-up involves a lot of matters of the Ministry of Industry, especially when it comes to the construction of the port of opening the sea and related trade routes, I see that several cabinet elders have many ideas, have you noticed, in this supplement of "Internal Reference" also mentioned some of the responsibilities of our Ministry of Industry, and put forward some suggestions, It is believed that the responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry should not be limited to the practice of mountains, forests and rivers and the construction of ordinary roads and cities, but should include many industries in the livelihood of the people,......"

Wang Yongguang also laughed, "I thought I was the only one who noticed this, but I didn't expect Brother Daofu to notice it, but I think this kid has reservations, so I'm also thinking about when to call this kid to our public office and have a good talk, this guy is running around in Wenyuan Pavilion and the Ministry of War all day long, but he doesn't come to our Ministry of Industry, but he lures us like this in "Internal Reference", isn't he waiting for us to summon him?" ”

Li Sancai laughed, "Youfu, if you want to say this, it's really a bit like, not only the military department, Bo Xiao also called him to talk twice, but it is said that Bo Xiao loves face, so he didn't summon him in the public office, but went home to see him." ”

"What about us?" Wang Yongguang shook his head, "I don't think it's necessary, I'm also very familiar with this son, just call it." ”

"Well, Youfu, you also have to think about it, I'm afraid that Lord Shoufu will ask our Ministry of Industry and Household to have a comprehensive consideration of the opening of the sea in Fujian and Zhejiang." Li Sancai groaned: "The stakes are great, and there are many benefits." ”