After writing the reply letter to herself in the study, Feng Ziying breathed a sigh of relief.

Jianzhou Jurchen behaved very quietly, which made Dad feel a little bottomless, and he had already sent two letters to inquire about the situation.

On the one hand, it is to ask if there are any new developments on the side of the imperial court.

Although Dad also has his own information channels in the DPRK, but as Wang Wenyan intervenes and begins to weave Feng Ziying's own connections and intelligence system, the gap begins to appear.

Feng Tang finally realized how obvious the shortcomings of the lack of a principal in the imperial court who specialized in this aspect of affairs were, and how thin and pale the intelligence system that had been built purely on the exchange of letters between colleagues and superiors in the past and the newspapers of the imperial court seemed at this time.

Compared with the intelligence system integrated by Wang Wenyan, although it is still very immature and rough, especially in the south, a lot of intelligence in the south is not yet valuable and meaningful to Feng Ziying, and at the same time, the resources in the north are very scattered, no matter how capable Wang Wenyan is, it is impossible to achieve the desired effect at once, which takes time to precipitate slowly.

For example, the people left behind in the Beijing division of the Yehe Department have already established fixed contacts with the people under Wang Wenyan's men, so that the intelligence information from the East China Sea Jurchens from Horqin, Khalkha, Chahar, Yehe, Ula and even the Wuji Department can be slowly transmitted back.

Similarly, by Wang Chaozuo's side in Linqing, Feng Ziying also asked Wang Wenyan to arrange a fixed manpower to regularly receive news about the White Lotus Sect from Wang Chaozuo's side, and to link it with the activities of the White Lotus Sect in Beizhili.

For example, some of the network resources in Datong and Yulin, Feng Ziying also began to get some from his father and handed them over to Wang Wenyan, which can be slowly integrated, of course, there is still a process, not because Feng Tang handed it over to Feng Ziying, the two sides can quickly establish a relationship of familiarity and trust as before, which needs to be slowly deepened in the process of mutual cooperation and mutual benefit.

In the letter, Daddy mentioned that the Jianzhou Jurchens had suspended their large-scale offensive against the Ula Ministry, but the small group of raids and aggression suddenly increased, which caused great harm to the Ulabu.

At the same time, Nurhachi adopted a restriction and squeeze method on Shulhaqi's side, making it difficult for Shulhaqi to quickly expand his strength, and many small tribes of the East China Sea Jurchens who had just hooked up with Shulhaqi were hit hard by Nurhachi's side.

Nurhachi was able to lead the rapid rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and he did have some ability, and he quickly came up with a strategic countermeasure against his own side, and quickly implemented it, which also had an effect.

According to the news fed back by the Yehe tribe on the Horqin side, Nurhachi's envoys continued to enter the Horqin tribes, and they gave gifts in a large way, and the marriage momentum was stronger, which also made Feng Ziying a little worried about whether the Chahar people could still control Horqin and prevent the Horqin people from falling to the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Historically, Lin Dan Khan is a character with great ambitions and talents, before he was arrogant and put on a posture of wanting to fight ten, but was beaten by the Jianzhou Jurchens to lose his armor and was forced to flee westward, and now although there is a great Zhou to support it to deter the Horqin people, but the Horqin people are much more realistic, and may not really submit to the Chahar people of the so-called golden family.

Feng Ziying's reply to her father also put forward her own suggestions, resolutely preventing the Horqin people from getting close to the Jianzhou Jurchens, and making every effort to destroy the marriage of the Jianzhou Jurchen Horqin people, and continue to strengthen the strength of the Yehe tribe, making it a solid barrier to prevent the Horqin people from colluding with the Jianzhou Jurchens.

In addition, the Chahar people still had to push them to suppress the Horqin people from both the imperial court and the Liaodong Governor's Office, in order to cut off the external momentum of the Jianzhou Jurchens as much as possible.

Feng Ziying also mentioned that she would push Denglai's side to form an exploration fleet to bypass North Korea as soon as possible, explore the establishment of contact with the Jurchens in the East China Sea through the Whale Sea, and promote the Jurchens in the East China Sea to directly accept the canonization of the Great Zhou as much as possible, so as to realize the salary draw from the bottom of the kettle, so that the Jurchen tribes in the East China Sea will not be used by the Jurchens in Jianzhou.

It all depends on the strength of the imperial court's support for the Liaodong side.

In the first half of the year, Feng Tang received strong support from the imperial court when he took office, but can this support continue? Feng Ziying wasn't sure.

Although the strategy of opening the sea did bring a huge improvement to the financial income of the imperial court, this improvement was largely a one-time thing, and the proportion of long-term fixed annual income was not large, and it still needed many years of cultivation, such as the concession money and the sea tax collected by the municipal shipping department, before it could really grow.

In Feng Ziying's view, in the final analysis, if we want to make Dazhou's financial income have a lasting and stable growth, then we can only vigorously promote the development of industry and commerce and maritime trade, especially the development of several major industries that have a major supporting role in the national economy and people's livelihood, such as the coal and iron composite industry, such as the silk and cotton textile industry, tea and porcelain industry, which can drive huge sea trade exports.

Feng Ziying knows very well that the Great Zhou Dynasty is still a purely feudal agricultural country, and the stability of agriculture, that is, grain production, directly determines the safety of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but the factors that threaten the safety of the Great Zhou Dynasty are not only the food problem, but also the external troubles that can be solved by agriculture alone, that is, whether the grain is harvested, which also requires the imperial court to have abundant tax revenues and a strong army to defend.

In the final analysis, it is still necessary to talk about whether the imperial court is rich in wealth.

"Master, Master Xu, Master Fu, Master Song, a few of them are here."

Feng Ziying laughed, coming over early this morning, she must have invited herself to go to Hongbin Building to wait for the list.

The former Qingtan Academy won a big victory in the Hongbin Building, and now the Qingtan Academy has regarded the Hongbin Building as a treasure of feng shui, so the Hongbin Building was not wrapped up early, and all the students who participated in the Spring Festival of Qingtan Academy lived in the Hongbin Building, and now everyone is sitting in the Hongbin Building and waiting for the list.

"Please wait a minute." Feng Ziying went back to the east first, and saw that Shen Zizheng was talking to Shen Yixiu, so she asked with a smile: "It seems that Jun Yong is confident, Huchen, Yuxuan, and Zhonglun have come to invite me to Hongbin Lou to wait for help, do you want to go together?" ”

Shen Yixiu saw her husband coming in and quickly got up, "Xianggong, Jun Yong said that he won't go with you, he and a few classmates have also made an appointment to watch the list together, and there may be Lord Yang and Lord Hou ,......."

"Oh? Jun Yong wants to watch the list with Wen Weak and Ruogu? Feng Ziying smiled at the corner of her mouth.

"Well, I said it a long time ago, Wen Qiao and Ruogu are waiting for us in the Champion Building." Shen Zizheng is quite complacent, and he feels very good about this exam, especially with Feng Ziying's targeted help to solve the questions and guide his analysis and discussion, so it is extremely beneficial in the spring festival.

"That's okay, Jun Yong, you go first." Feng Ziying is not reluctant, these things are to be shared with her best friends, although Shen Zizheng has become his brother-in-law, but the relationship is still not comparable to Yang Wenqiao, Yang Sichang, Hou Sui, Hou Ke and other close friends who have been classmates for many years.

Seeing Shen Zizheng go out in high spirits, Shen Yixiu came to Feng Ziying's side with a worried face, "Xianggong, Junyong should be fine this time, right?" The concubine is worried that if he misses, he is afraid that Jun Yong will be hit too hard and will collapse, he is full of confidence in this Spring Festival, he is afraid that if he fails to make a Chinese style, then he will ......"

"No, Jun Yong's level of scripture and righteousness is much stronger than mine, and I have also guided him a lot in the past two months, and I have basically discussed with him the scope of the major topics he came back to, as long as I play normally, I think there is great hope for the second class." Feng Ziying comforted his wife.

"That's good, I hope Jun Yong can pass the test in one fell swoop, even if it is the last name of the top three, the concubine body is satisfied." There are too many uncertain factors, although his younger brother is smart, but he can't compare with her husband and Yang Sichang, Shen Yixiu is still clear about this.

"Don't worry, if you don't make a bet between your husband and Wanjun, if Junyong is in the second-class jinshi, Wanjun will allow me to be ridiculous, if Junyong is in the third-class jinshi, Wanjun will ......" Feng Ziying's voice did not fall, and was interrupted by Shen Yixiu with a red face, "If Junyong is in the second-class jinshi, the concubine will go to tell her mother-in-law that she will accept another second concubine for Xianggong, if Junyong is in the third-class jinshi, Xianggong can accept another concubine, if Junyong is not in the exam, then what does Xianggong say?" ”

Feng Ziying was dumbfounded, and said for a long time: "Wanjun, I don't have the idea of taking a concubine for my husband, with Second Sister You and Third Sister You, I am already very satisfied with my husband,......"

"The concubine didn't say now, the concubine's mind is understood, but at this point, if Jun Yong is not admitted, then the princess will be responsible for enlightening Jun Yong, don't let him hang his head and lose his will." Shen Yixiu pursed his lips and chuckled.

Feng Ziying shook her head again and again, "Wanjun, you are deliberately digging a pit for your husband." ”

has been with her husband for so long, and Shen Yixiu has become accustomed to some unintelligible words that often pop out of her husband's mouth, like digging a pit, she didn't understand what the word "digging pit" meant, and she didn't understand until her husband explained it.

"Is it digging a pit, Xianggong understands in his heart, maybe Xianggong is secretly happy in his heart now, and carefully plan who to accept."

Shen Yixiu's joke made Feng Ziying's face even redder, and she waved her hand again and again, "Wanjun, if you say that again, I won't make this bet with you,......"

Shen Yixiu pretended to be in a hurry and grabbed her husband's arm, "The concubine is just a joke, Xianggong should hurry up and take it, it would be rude to delay others like this." ”

When Feng Ziying and his entourage arrived at Hongbin Building, they saw Zhou Yongchun and Bi Ziyan going up to the second floor side by side.

"Mountain chief, head of the courtyard." After Zhou Yongchun became the head of the mountain, the position of head of the academy was vacant, and after Bi Ziyan resigned from the Ministry of Works, he was immediately invited to Qingtan Academy to serve as the head of the academy.

Both of them are from Shandong, Bi Ziyan is from Zichuan, and Zhou Yongchun is even three or four years younger than Bi Ziyan, but the relationship between the two has always been close, so as soon as Zhou Yongchun sent out an invitation, Bi Ziyan readily agreed.

Feng Ziying is also from Shandong, so Zhou Bi and the others are also very close to Feng Ziying.

"Ziying is here? I knew they were going to invite you. Zhou Yongchun said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go upstairs together and see who is the leader of Jinke." ”

Feng Ziying was not polite, so she followed the two upstairs, but Bi Ziyan motioned for Feng Ziying to stay.

"Helm." Feng Ziying didn't know what Bi Ziyan was doing at this time, he and Bi Ziyan were not particularly familiar, but they had also contacted each other a few times and knew that the other party had worked in both the household department and the Ministry of Industry, especially the financial hand.

"Originally, I didn't do anything in the court, so I shouldn't care about these idle things, but I heard that Denglai's side has huge expenses, and Wang Ziteng has repeatedly sent trouble to the military department and the household department, and I don't know much about the situation in Denglai, so I really need so much silver? So eager? ”

Feng Ziying didn't expect that the other party was no longer in his position, and he was still dedicated to the public, and he was also a little touched, and he sighed for a while before saying: "The head of the courtyard, Denglai is new, it definitely needs silver, but it is not so urgent, but I think it needs to be discussed, the construction of the naval fleet will definitely cost silver, but the scale of the Denglai army has expanded dramatically, which is probably the main reason why the silver in the Denglai Governor's Mansion is not enough, right?" ”

After Bi Ziyan was stunned, he couldn't help but sigh, "These martial artists are too selfish and distracting, and they don't ,......care about the court at all."

As soon as the words came out, he reacted, the person in front of him was also from a martial artist, Bi Ziyan's face turned red, and he hurriedly wanted to explain, but he was stopped by Feng Ziying with a smile: "There is no need to explain and apologize, I understand what the master of the academy means, there are indeed many people among the martial artists who disregard the overall situation, are very selfish, and can even be said to be suspicious, but this does not mean everyone, the vast majority of people in the army still understand the overall situation." ”

Bi Ziyan nodded again and again, but then said: "Ziying, there are too few military generals like Ling Zun who are worried about the monarch. ”

Feng Ziying smiled secretly in her heart, if Bi Ziyan learned about the conditions that his father opened to the military department this year, he was afraid that Bi Ziyan would scold his father for spending money like dirt and being extravagant and lascivious.

Feng Ziying felt that Bi Ziyan had not completely come out of the courtier's thinking, maybe the time was too short, maybe the other party was not suitable for teaching in the academy at all, or it was more appropriate to be a courtier who did practical things.

As soon as I went upstairs, I saw the students of the academy who were surrounded by more than a dozen tea tables, and Feng Ziying's appearance also attracted the cheers of the students, and Feng Ziying also saw that the practice of state affairs had also arrived, as well as Xu Ji, Fan Jingwen and others.

"Brother Zixun hasn't seen you for a long time." Feng Ziying also greeted Xu Ji, and the other party had basically decided to stay in the Ministry of Rites, which was quite appreciated by Li Tingji.

Xu Zheng was also in a complicated mood when he saw Feng Ziying, every step of the other party was unclear, obviously he could stay in the court, from the Ministry of Officials to the Ministry of Household or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he could choose at will, but he got the news that the other party was going to go down to the local office.

This made Xu Zheng puzzled, could it be that Feng Ziying didn't know the gap between Beijing officials and local officials? He didn't know, didn't Qi Yongtai and them know either?

After greetings, Xu Zheng saw that there were a lot of people around, and he didn't want to ask too much, so he could only pull Feng Ziying, Lian Guoshi, Fan Jingwen and them at the same table and wait for that moment to come.