Volume C Section 13 Movement, closer to home, more timid
"It seems to be better than nothing, but this heart is very commendable." Emperor Yonglong put down the fold in his hand and said with emotion: "If there are more courtiers in the court who care about state affairs like Cui Qing, why should I be worried all day long? ”
Several Zaifu hurriedly apologized, but Emperor Yonglong just waved his hand.
"Ye Qing, Fang Qing, Qi Qing, Li Qing, and Zheng Qing Li Qing, Cui Qing said very well in the twists and turns, the people of the Great Zhou billion, if you want everyone to have food and clothing, it is impossible to rely on a certain method alone, you can only take multiple strategies at the same time, well, there is a saying among the people, the eight immortals cross the sea to show their magical powers, and all the magical powers have to come out, so that more people can have more ways to make a living,......"
"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, although Lord Cui's policy can only solve the difficulties of Shandong for a time and one place, its orientation is similar to that of opening the sea." Li Sancai seized the opportunity to express his opinion.
"Oh? Daofu, what do the two have in common? "Emperor Yonglong is interested.
"The use of the ban on tribute bricks, the meaning of self-improvement is to solve the livelihood problem of possible migrants in Lunan Mingchun, and the second is that the demand for tribute bricks is huge, if the scale is expanded several times on the original basis, the kiln factory needs to be greatly manpower from dredging, embryo making, handling, firing to the later factory transportation and loading and unloading, if the disaster in Lunan is alleviated in the following year, the displaced people may not be willing to return to their hometowns, and they can also absorb some local people,......"
Emperor Yonglong bowed slightly.
"The same is true for the opening of the sea, the sea tax as a pledge to raise debts, is a matter of urgency, not the original intention of the imperial court, its more important aspect is to allow tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang to find a livelihood to rely on, whether it is working as a wharf at the wharf, working as a shipwright on a ship, or even because the tea mountain tea field, porcelain workshop, medicinal herb workshop, silk workshop for export and expand the scale to work, can find a way to make a living for the family,......
"Therefore, the minister thinks that these thoughts are as His Majesty said before, which is to work for the court and share worries for the king,......"
Ye Xianggao and Qi Yongtai secretly despised each other in their hearts, but Fang Congzhe's heart moved slightly, these words were very much in line with the emperor's appetite, and this Li Sancai also looked a little unwilling to be lonely.
Maybe this is a group assistant who is still missing, and this person already has some ideas?
Subconsciously glanced at Emperor Yonglong, who had a happy expression on his face, Fang Congzhe was already thinking about how to negotiate and communicate with the Ministry of Industry Shangshu who suddenly began to emerge.
"What Daofu said is very true, there are different opinions on the matter of opening the sea, but I think that most of them are boring people who are vain in their tongues, and they only know how to oppose it, but they don't think about how to solve the problem, if the affairs of the court are handed over to this group of talkers, it will only be good things to do, and bad things will be worse!"
During this time, Emperor Yonglong was also annoyed by the remarks of the government and the opposition to the opening of the sea.
There is no way for these scholars to say how to do and how to solve it, but they can talk about some things that oppose them, one, two, three, four, five, and can list a lot of them for you, many of which are important ministers in their father's era.
Of course, there are some opponents mixed with interests, if it is for the sake of interests, Emperor Yonglong can understand it, but those who are not old, oppose for the sake of opposition, or sell and shout for the sake of brushing up on the sense of existence or the so-called righteousness, it is too disgusting.
Hearing Emperor Yonglong say this, a cadre of ministers has understood Emperor Yonglong's thoughts, as long as it can solve the problem, even if it will attract some criticism and criticism, just do it boldly, if there is a reaction from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, then it is time for him, the emperor, to carry it.
Walking out of the Qianqing Palace, Fang Congzhe and Qi Yongtai both glanced at Li Sancai, who was leaving with expressionless faces, and then they left.
It is unlikely that Zheng Jizhi will enter the cabinet in terms of age and energy and the emperor's opinion of him, but Li Sancai has become an eye-catching highlight, especially these things have a lot to do with the original Ministry of Industry.
And for the emperor, as long as the imperial treasury can be filled, as long as it can reduce expenditures, that is the best thing, and if you can do this, it is a capable minister.
After several ministers dispersed, Emperor Yonglong went straight to the east study.
"Your Majesty."
"Say it."
"Li Gong has nothing else recently, but he is very busy after taking up his new position, he has always been kind to the gentry and businessmen in Jinling, Songjiang, and Suzhou, and he has close contacts, but he can't see too many other ,......."
Emperor Yonglong gently rubbed his temples and closed his eyes in contemplation.
In fact, Li Sancai had already written twice before, asking the imperial court to increase the repair of some water conservancy facilities in Beizhi and Shandong, ensure irrigation in northern Shandong and Beizhi, and avoid the impact of drought on the agricultural harvest in the entire northern region in recent years.
This opinion was also supported by Qi Yongtai, and even Li Tingji gave a positive response.
But Emperor Yonglong couldn't make up his mind about Li Sancai in his heart.
Li Sancai was extremely popular in his tenure as the governor of Caoyun, and it was said that all the scholars and officials in Nanzhili were praised, but there were people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate who said that this person was treacherous and loyal, and was good at covering up.
Emperor Yonglong originally intended to make the position of this group assistant temporarily vacant, and let Zhang Jingqiu enter the cabinet when the time is right, but now it seems that Li Sancai has a little thought, if he does not respond, he is afraid that he will have to make other people in the court think differently, but this has to be carefully considered.
A period of tiredness for no reason, Emperor Yonglong didn't know how his father had sat in this position for forty years, and he felt a little haggard after only a few years, but this taste was difficult to give up, especially when doing something he wanted to achieve, that satisfaction was not comparable to others.
"Well, anything else?"
"The prince has gone to Denglai, and the prince has also gone to Datong, everything is fine, but the Jingying side seems too calm,......"
Emperor Yonglong was silent, the Jingying side has gone through two rounds of rotation, he doesn't plan to easily appoint this Jingying Jiedu envoy, Chen Daoxian is temporarily in charge of the Beijing Camp with the general of the five military battalions, just wait for a while and wait until the enemy Shiben completely controls the Shenshu Battalion, it will be much easier.
"Yes, I see." Nothing was easy, and Emperor Yonglong thought about it again, "Is there anything else?" ”
"Well, Your Majesty, it is reported that Feng Keng has made an appointment with the daughter of Shen Fu, the prefect of Dongchang Mansion, and it is Qiao Gong who is the matchmaker,......"
"Oh?" Emperor Yonglong's mood relaxed a little, "But because of his succession and marriage, his long house is about marriage?" ”
"It should be so, this time the two Huai patrol salt imperial Shi Linhai are seriously ill, and the daughter of his family who lives in Rongguo Gongjia has gone south, and went south with Master Cui and Feng Keng,......
"So, Feng Keng is still likely to marry the Lin family?" Emperor Yonglong frowned, Lin Hai is the private minister of his father, and he has taken care of the two Huai salt politics for his father over the years, but this person is also low-key, and he arranged for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate carefully, although there are many suspicious points to Lin Hai, but Emperor Yonglong knows that most of them should be arranged by his father.
I admire Feng Keng very much, even if Lin Hai is not a big obstacle, but Emperor Yonglong still doesn't like the other party to have any involvement with his father's people.
"It's uncertain, but it's highly likely." Lu Song was also quite surprised that the emperor valued Feng Keng so much.
Besides, the other party is talented, but after all, he is only a sixteen-year-old young man, and if he does not have one or two decades of growth, it is impossible to enter the sequence of important ministers of the imperial court.
But if you think about it, after this son selected Shu Jishi from the museum, in just over a year, from the western expedition to quell the rebellion to open the sea, it can be said that wave after wave, and it also made the emperor make an exception to confer his official title from the Hanlin Academy of the Six Grades, which has broken the precedent of the Great Zhou Dynasty Xinke Jinshi who never awarded the champion.
Therefore, the future prospects of this son are really a little difficult to say, but if this kind of marriage has to interfere, it will be a bit too much, and even if Lin Hai's daughter is married to Feng Keng, Lu Song doesn't think it will have much impact on Feng Keng.
It seems that he also felt Lu Song's disapproval, and Emperor Yonglong also smiled at himself, he also felt that he was too sensitive, maybe he attached too much importance to this son, so he hoped to be perfect, but it was really perfect, but I was afraid that it might not be a good thing.
Besides, this son wants to marry Shen Fu's daughter as a long house, and he wants to marry Lin Hai's daughter, I'm afraid Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia should have already considered it, if it's not appropriate, these two people are afraid that they should intervene first, in comparison, like their parents, they may not have much influence.
"That's it, let's not talk about this matter for the time being, you Long Forbidden Captain cooperated with the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate in Yangzhou, can you have any other gains?" Emperor Yonglong asked softly.
"The Metropolitan Procuratorate is very worried about us, so we ......" Lu Song smiled bitterly.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate's prevention and restraint of the Long Forbidden Lieutenant is also a problem that the two families have been unable to get rid of when they jointly investigate the case, and they have to use some means of the Long Forbidden Lieutenant, but also hate the uncontrollable nature of the Long Forbidden Lieutenant, so every time they need to jointly investigate the case, they are stumbling, and after each time, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will inevitably impeach the Long Forbidden Lieutenant, which is extremely unpleasant.
Just when Emperor Yonglong and Lu Song were still discussing the Yangzhou case, Feng Ziying and Cui Jingrong and their entourage had already passed through Jining and went south to Xuzhou and headed for Yangzhou.
Jia Lian's ship followed closely behind the official ship, and the hometown was even more timid, and Daiyu, who had been away for several years, began to slowly decline, not knowing what her father's situation was, and she was afraid of facing an unacceptable result, which made Daiyu feel very bad in the past few days.
Feng Ziying was also very helpless, after arriving in Xuzhou, he simply sued Cui Jingrong and quietly went to Jia Lian's ship, anyway, the two ships have been connected one after the other, and it is fine.