Coming out of Wenyuan Pavilion, Feng Ziying was a little disappointed.

It seems that Ye Xianggao still has some concerns and lacks courage, while Fang Congzhe is still old-fashioned and prefers to solve the problem from the perspective of throttling.

Feng Ziying didn't know if Chai Ke and Yang He had sent a letter to Ye Xianggao or Fang Congzhe, in addition to official letters, letters between private individuals are often more representative of true intentions, and the emperor's side is also extremely important.

The current imperial court is almost a lame court, the cabinet is not old, and the six Shangshu are either waiting for Zhishi or the corpse is vegetarian, or it is like Fang Congzhe, who is also the second assistant of the Ministry of Shangshu, it can be said that it is really in a storm, and the backbone who really wants to do things has not yet fully grown.

In Feng Ziying's opinion, even Li Sancai has some ability, maybe he may not be the same as people like Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia in terms of views, but at least he can do things, which is better than this situation of procrastination and perfunctory.

Emperor Yonglong also wanted to do things, but he was constrained by the attitude of the Emperor Taishang and did not dare to behave excessively, so as not to attract unnecessary suspicion and benefit from Prince Yizhong, but this kind of tinkering and procrastinating inertia can only make Da Zhou weaker.

Feng Ziying had also discussed this matter with her father before, and her father's opinion was also very simple, that is, to drag it until the Emperor Taishang Dragon controlled Bintian, and after Emperor Yonglong really grasped the power, he could only get by before that.

Now that my father has hid in Yulin, my heart is steady, and I can speak easily, anyway, I am not in Jingshi City, no matter how much the emperor, the emperor and Prince Yizhong toss, they can't involve him, as for the affairs of the court, it is the matter of the ministers, and he, the military general.

But Dad can ignore it, but Feng Ziying can't sit idly by, especially Chai Ke also has high hopes for himself, hoping that he can play a role in this.

But today's public inquiry report obviously did not have much effect, Fang Congzhe did not mention anything at all, or Chai Ke did not write to him at all, and he did not know anything about the opening of the sea and the debt.

And Ye Xianggao implicitly mentioned the difficulties of the imperial court, but did not clearly say how to solve them.

Of course, maybe people don't think it's appropriate to say this to themselves, but in the minds of others, he is just a tool person who reports on behalf of Chai Ke.

The carriage moved slowly down the street, and Feng Ziying, who was sitting in the carriage, had an indescribable sense of grievance.

This is the case these days, even if you want to do something, it also requires all kinds of twists and turns to lobby and open up joints, and no official is willing to give up his own interests and do things that are beneficial to the court.

Now the Western Expedition and Counterinsurgency Army is still waiting for the imperial court to come up with a solution, but looking at the ambiguous attitude of these two pavilion elders, and then looking at the reaction of the imperial court to this matter, Feng Ziying's heart is half cold.

When the rebellion broke out, these people were like ants on a hot pot, panicking, but as soon as the situation improved, they immediately returned to their original state, unhurried, and walked in peace, anyway, there were still people on the front line, as for what it would become, well, let's wait until the chaos comes out.

However, Ye Xianggao and Fang Congzhe still praised Feng Ziying's personal performance, and it is estimated that Chai Ke and Yang He also specifically mentioned their own performance in the letter, such as going out of the grassland to persuade Bu Shitu, and going to Ganzhou to say that Liu Baichuan was moved anyway, these are all real achievements, and they are quite risky, and no one can erase them.

What kind of reward the imperial court will give, it is estimated that it will have to be discussed, but Feng Ziying believes that it will not be bad, at least he can save two years after three years of observing politics, at least he can get a Hanlin Academy to edit it, and maybe he can even get a revision.

When Ye Xianggao returned to his house, he received a report from the porter that Huang Ruliang was coming.

"Sit down, get up." Without much politeness, Ye Xianggao went straight to Huang Ruliang to his study.

Huang Ruliang was also not polite, and said bluntly: "Brother Jinqing, how is the situation?" ”

"Well, you have also read Zishu's letter, Zishu let this son come back, it is estimated that he also intends to let this son mediate, Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, one is a famous minister in Beizhi, and the other is a leader in Shanxi scholars, basically can represent a considerable part of the voices of the northern scholars, if he can persuade Qi and Qiao to support, then there is great hope for opening the sea."

Ye Xianggao and Huang Ruliang have already discussed the issue of opening the sea countless times, although the attitude of the Jiangnan scholars towards the opening of the sea is generally supportive, but this is still very complicated, some people do not want the imperial court to be completely liberalized, but tend to choose one or two specific locations as the residence of the city's shipping department, and the selection of maritime merchants is also more strict, and hope to continue to exempt commercial tax.

These people are inextricably linked with the current smugglers and sea merchants, who are opposed to the complete lifting of the sea ban, but they are also unwilling to continue the current sea ban policy, after all, the current sea ban policy has always been in the hands of the imperial court.

Last year, Qiao Yingjia and Yang He teamed up in Zhejiang's salt political storm to sound the alarm bell for them, as long as the policy is not changed, the imperial court can take action at any time.

These handles are always in the hands of the imperial court, just like killing pigs, fattened, and pigs are not very obedient, so they can be used at any time, so that you have no room for resistance at all.

After all, the sea ban is a national policy, and if you violate the national policy, the evidence handle will be held by the imperial court, even if you have a thick connection, it will be useless.

"The war in the northwest has come to this point, if it continues like this, the financial resources of the imperial court will definitely be difficult to support, even Zhonghan is aware of this, but he still blindly hopes to throttle, but now which part of the court can still throttle?"

Ye Xianggao sighed, and there was also a little worry in his eyes.

"I don't know how much turmoil this will cause by opening the sea, and the court will be troubled and unpeaceful from now on, but compared with throttling, I always think that as long as this policy of opening the sea can be used well, it can greatly alleviate the situation of the imperial court. At least hundreds of thousands of landless people along the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang can make a living from this, and they won't drift overseas, right? ”

"If you take this as an opportunity, the emperor will be able to get support, but what about the emperor?" Huang Ruliang mentioned another concern.

Ye Xianggao was silent for a long time, "This matter still needs to be supported by the martial artists, but this point is a little difficult, Zishu called Feng Keng back, it is not without this factor, after all, the Feng family is also a martial artist, if you can thread the needle from it, maybe it can have some effect,......"

"Hmph, those martial artists have always been incompatible with us, and most of them are wine bags and rice bags, look at Shi Guangjue in Ningxia Town, look at Ma Xia in Gansu Town, they are all people who have misled the country,......" Speaking of this, Huang Ruliang also gritted his teeth and hated, "If it weren't for this generation's greed and dereliction of duty, why would the state affairs be like this?" ”

"From Ming Qi, you can't generalize, like Wang Ziteng and Feng Tang still have some skills." Ye Xianggao said a fair word, "There are also Niu Jizong and Chen Daoxian ......"

"Wang Ziteng and Feng Tang are considered generals, but Niu Jizong and Chen Daoxian may not, that Niu Jizong is just relying on his family lineage, and he has a false name, and Chen Daoxian was not famous before, as for how he won the favor of the emperor and the emperor to become the general of the five military camps, although I don't know the reason, but I can't get rid of those things, if you really have the ability, go to Liaodong or Gansu to work for a few years, that's about the same."

Huang Ruliang didn't have any cover in front of Ye Xianggao, his tone was mean and sharp, and Ye Xianggao also smiled and didn't say anything.

Chen Daoxian is a dark horse, and he suddenly took up the key position of the general of the Fifth Military Battalion, which is a candidate acceptable to both the Emperor and the Emperor, and it is difficult for many people to do this alone.

The ministers did not care much about the appointment of the Emperor Taishang and the emperor's three major battalions in Beijing, the warrior battalion and the four guards, as well as the bannermen, the army and the guards in Beijing.

Everyone knows very well that the Jingying and Suwei forces are related to the safety of the Heavenly Family, and whoever goes up and down can only be appointed by the most reassuring martial artists of the Heavenly Family, as for which faction of martial artists has the upper hand, the civil officials don't care much, because no matter who is the emperor, they have to rely on the civil servants.

As for the appointment of military generals outside the Beijing Division, it must be in the hands of the imperial court, because it is related to the safety of the entire Great Zhou, not the safety of a certain person.

"Okay, fame, let's not talk far, let's get down to business, today in Wenyuan Pavilion and Zhonghan and I met Feng Keng, I also said some, but I don't know if Feng Keng will pay attention to it, but I guess he will go to Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, if these two can realize that the northwest strategy must be like this, maybe there will be a change."

Huang Ruliang hesitated for a moment, "Brother Jinqing, Qi Yongtai is going to serve as the secretary of the ministry?" Is he going to join the Cabinet? ”

According to the practice of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it is very likely that the secretary of the ministry will serve as the assistant of the cabinet group, but there are also cases where the secretary of the ministry does not enter the cabinet, depending on the situation.

Generally speaking, if there are four or five ministers, the secretary will enter the cabinet, and if there are three people, he will not enter the cabinet.

That is to say, if only one cabinet minister is added to the cabinet now, then Qi Yongtai will not enter the cabinet even if he serves as the secretary of the ministry, but if two cabinet ministers are added, then Qi Yongtai may enter the cabinet.

"Qi Yongtai's qualifications are still a little shallow, it depends on the emperor's wishes." Ye Xianggao stroked his beard under his chin, his expression was heavy, "From the current point of view, Qi Yongtai's entry into the cabinet is beneficial to us, but in the long run, it may not be ,......."

"What do you mean, Brother Jinqing? The emperor is sure to ask for your opinion. Huang Ruliang asked.

Ye Xianggao hesitated, "Let's see Feng Keng, Qi Yongtai, and Qiao Yingjia talk about it." ”