From the conversation with Qi Yongtai, Feng Ziying roughly felt that Qi Yongtai was a foregone conclusion that he would take over as the secretary of the ministry, and whether he could enter the cabinet depended on the situation.

Similarly, another division commander, Qiao Yingjia, may also change his position, and the right deputy capital may further become the left deputy capital imperial history.

This means that the voice and influence of his two masters will be further enhanced in the court.

The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings.

Feng Ziying felt that because of the impact of the Western Expedition to counterinsurgency, it had even affected the stability of the entire imperial court.

The huge shortage of money and food and the prestige of the imperial court have become the most superficial contradictions, the rebellion and the reasons for the rebellion have endangered the stability of the imperial court, to quell the rebellion and restore the old land of the former dynasty in order to maintain the prestige of the imperial court and maintain stability, and this requires a large amount of food, and the overstretched status quo of the imperial court to solve this problem must be changed to break through, and this in turn affects the stability of the imperial court, which has become a circular dead knot.

There are trade-offs between the pros and cons of any choice, and now all sides are stepping up their efforts to evaluate the situation and the possible positive and negative impacts.

This was true of Emperor Yonglong, of the northern scholars, of the southern of the country, of the merchants and their spokesmen who realized that the different policies of the opening of the sea had a huge impact on their own vested interests.

"Brother Zixun is here?" When Feng Ziying returned home, Baoxiang had already informed him that the guests had arrived.

After more than half a year of ups and downs, Feng Ziying's impression on Xu Zheng is as if he has not seen him for a few years, and Feng Ziying's calm and cold and capable atmosphere has become stronger and stronger, which makes Xu Ziying quite puzzled, is this Western Expedition and counterinsurgency brought to people so unusual?

This even made him regret a little whether he should have gone too.

"Ziying, you're almost rested, aren't you? Soon, the next issue of "Internal Reference" is about to start the topic again, is it time for you to shoulder the burden? ”

Xu Ji sat down, and his thin face was much whiter than Feng Ziying, who had gone through the westward journey, and it turned out that Xu Qi was famous for his black face in Qingtan Academy.

After Feng Ziying left, no one was designated to be responsible, Hou Sui, Xu Ji, Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng, Fang Youdu, Wang Yingxiong and others all actively participated, so a system of public consultation was formed.

No one can ignore this publication that is becoming more and more influential within the imperial court, especially some targeted opinions, and even directly used by some officials in the imperial court.

Feng Ziying was not sure if this was Xu Ji's heartfelt words, maybe it was, maybe it wasn't, it was normal.

Although "Internal Reference" is a topic selection for many people to decide, there is no doubt that Xu Zheng, as the initiator, occupies a certain initiative, especially since he is also the senior brother of Qingtan Academy and a Shu Jishi, even Hou Sui, who has deep connections, is inferior to him.

According to Fang Youdu, the two began to faintly show signs of fighting for dominance after Feng Ziying left, but they could still maintain their scholarly demeanor.

In contrast, although Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng and Fang Youdu also deliberately behaved under Feng Ziying's reminder when they left, they were always difficult to match with these two.

Fang Youdu is slightly better, after all, his article in the inaugural issue has won him a lot of influence and reputation, even Qiao Yingjia is impressed by him, and several Lang Zhong in the Criminal Department also admire him.

So he is now sitting on the third and second in the editors of "Internal Reference", but he is still a few points behind Xu Ji and Hou Xun.

"Well, I'm afraid I have to wait, Brother Zixun, you also know the purpose of my return, Lord Chai has high hopes, but now the situation is more complicated, I still need some time, and I also need your help." Feng Ziying raised her hand very calmly and motioned for Xu Qi to use tea.

After Jin Chu'er and Yu Chu'er brought the tea, they quietly retreated.

They rarely saw Feng Ziying so serious.

After returning from Feng Ziying, the Feng family's guests quickly increased.

Like Second Master Liu, Second Master Lian, Uncle Xue, Han Qi, and Wei Ruolan, all of whom Jin Chu'er and Yu Chu'er had heard of, they came frequently, and the uncle's original classmates suddenly became closer.

At the beginning, Uncle Fang came a little more, but now there are many people like this Xu Ye, Lian Ye, Fan Ye, and He Ye, especially during this time, people come to the door almost every day.

Sometimes this one has just left, and the next one has come again, and now there are not many times when the master is at home, and the post is sent, how to arrange the time to receive, which needs to be arranged as a whole.

In addition, this trip, there are more people from Ningxia and Gansu to give gifts, although most of them are for the master, but now there are some special points for the uncle.

For example, yesterday was a few brocades sent by the He family of Nashou Mountain, it is said that the He family brought back the Shu brocade in Sichuan, the color is beautiful, the weaving and dyeing is exquisite, I am afraid that a horse will be worth dozens of taels of silver.

In April and May, when the uncle had not yet returned, there was new tea sent by the Fujian Guild Hall, as well as rouge rice sent by the Shanxi Guild Hall, all of which made Jin Chu'er and Yunshang amazed.

There has never been such a situation before, even if there is a gift to the master, now the uncle has not officially appeared, there are actually people to give gifts, and such a rare thing that is commonly used but rarely seen in daily life, but can explain many problems.

Seeing that the door was quietly closed, Xu Qian asked in a deep voice, "What does Ziying mean by this?" ”

"Brother Zixun, Lord Chai has submitted the strategy of opening the sea to the cabinet and the emperor, but Lord Shoufu and Elder Fang Ge have doubts, Elder Fang Ge will not mention it for the time being, the younger brother estimates that no matter what kind of strategy it is, how to adjust it, he will not support it, but Lord Shoufu's attitude directly determines the progress and strength of the strategy of opening the sea."

Xu Zheng was taken aback, "Old Ye Ge? Progress and intensity? ”

"Well, Lord Shoufu may have his considerations, but for the Western Expedition to counterinsurgency, he can't wait, and it must be finalized as soon as possible before Liu Dongyang's troops can go west." Feng Ziying said bluntly: "Brother Zixun, I won't hide it from you, I went to Qi Shi and Qiao Shi to talk about the pros and cons of opening the sea, and they are also considering it, you also know that the northern scholars in the imperial court have always been hostile to Kaihai, and the current western expedition to suppress the rebellion is also related to the strategic security of the entire nine sides, so it may be touching for them, if they can't take this opportunity to impress them, I am afraid that if they have to find such an opportunity in the future, it will be slim." ”

Feng Ziying's straightforward and explicit words made Xu Zheng frown and then relieved, what are you still struggling with at this time?

Feng Ziying's meaning is very clear, that is, to take this opportunity to promote the comprehensive opening of the sea, the northern scholars have wavered because of the rebellion and the nine-sided strategy, if they can't take this opportunity to finalize it, I'm afraid that if they miss this opportunity, they don't know if they can do it in the future.

Now it is necessary to take advantage of the wavering attitude of the northern scholars to quickly mobilize the forces of all parties, so that this strategy will become a national policy, and there will be some objections in the future, but the wood is already in the boat, and it is too late to oppose it, at least until the results of the opening of the sea come out.

"What do you think are the reasons that may make Shousuke-sama hesitate at the moment?"

Xu Zheng finally understood that this might involve the distribution and exchange of interests, and he was also excited.

I finally have the opportunity to become a participant in such a grand plan of the imperial court, isn't this exactly what all scholars dream of?

"One is that it may involve your Fujian and Zhejiang side of the merchants who have already participated in the sea trade, if the response is not appropriate, either they may be targeted by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or they will make waves from the wind and obstruct the promotion, but I think that if the Fujian and Zhejiang side can see the situation clearly, can estimate the overall situation, it should not be so narrow, the prospects of the sea trade are extremely impressive, if after the imperial court strategy is finalized, there will be no more constraints and worries, it will usher in a round of outbreak, then the original beneficiary may benefit more, But they can't stop other more beneficiaries from coming in, after all, the more beneficiaries there are, the more benefits the court can gain,......"

Feng Ziying had already revealed some ideas in this regard to Xu Zheng before, and it is estimated that Huang Ruliang had already discussed with Xu Zheng on his side, so he should have some considerations.

"What else?" Xu Ji knew that this was not the main thing, in fact, Lord Huang and Lord Shoufu should have communicated before, but it was undecided, there must be other reasons.

"The rest is mainly the distribution of revenues, which must be used for the defense of the nine sides."

This is the bottom line of the northern scholars, and Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia undoubtedly raised this point in their conversations with Feng Ziying.

The security of the Nine Frontiers directly endangers the interests of the entire Northern Scholars, whether it is Liaodong, Xuanda, or the Three Sides, Shanxi, Beizhi, Shandong and Liaodong, these are the core areas of the Northland, all under the threat of the Tatars and Jurchens, if these interests cannot be used to stabilize the Nine Frontier Defense Line, I am afraid that the strategy of opening the sea will never be able to obtain their support.

"Ziying, I'm afraid this point needs to be discussed." Xu Zheng did not hide it, "The raids of the Japanese on the maritime frontier have never stopped, from Nanzhi, Fujian and Zhejiang to Liangguang, everything is like this, even Shandong is also affected by this disaster, and it must be the main one for the nine sides, but I am afraid that the defense ,......of the maritime frontier also needs to be considered."

Feng Ziying and Xu Zheng finally understood where the crux of this problem was, everything was about interests.

After the strategy of opening the sea is determined, borrowing is only a matter of specific means, and everyone has been eyeing this silver, how to use it, who to use, who to control, this is the key, and it is also the central goal of everyone to keep an eye on it.