Stabilizing her mind, Feng Ziying certainly knew that opening the sea was an extremely sensitive topic within the Great Zhou court.

It's not that no one has mentioned opening the sea, but the pros and cons of opening the sea have been debated within the imperial court.

Similarly, even among the groups that support the opening of the sea, there are different views.

More people are still inclined to support the choice of one or two ports for limited sea opening, and all foreign maritime trade can only be confined to these two ports, and there is still an urgent need for strict implementation of maritime bans in other places to prevent piracy, Japanese troubles, and Westerners from infiltrating and harassing them.

In the two policy treatises of the Hui Examination and the Palace Examination, he mentioned the relationship between the Japanese and the opening of the sea, especially in the policy of the Hui Examination, he also devoted a lot of space to expounding the positive significance of the opening of the sea to finance.

Feng Ziying estimated that these two articles should have been noticed by some people within the imperial court.

However, due to the lack of sufficient field research, Feng Ziying also found it difficult to judge how much direct tax revenue the opening of the sea could bring to the finance, which was exactly what Emperor Yonglong valued the most.

As for how much direct and indirect benefits it will bring to the local people, Feng Ziying estimates that this is not what Emperor Yonglong and the cabinet elders are concerned about now.

The gentry and merchants related to the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang and maritime trade may have reached a consensus or tacit understanding with some officials with the same views, intentionally or unintentionally, but the views of the officials within the imperial court on the ancestral system of the sea ban are still very strong, and the mainstream view is still to resolutely ban the sea and put an end to the Japanese and the sea, which makes not many people in the court willing to talk about opening the sea at all.

In particular, the recent appearance of the Western-Yiren in Guangdong, especially the appearance of the Jesuit priests, caused a lot of shock, which made some people in the imperial court adhere to the sea ban even more.

"Brother Zixun, it seems that you are also very concerned about Kaihai and the troubles." Feng Ziying chuckled.

"Ziying, I can't help but pay attention to it, the foolish brother is from Fujian, and no Fujian scholar will not pay attention to this." Xu Zheng accentuated his tone on the words "Fujian scholars".

Feng Ziying's heart moved slightly, "In this way, Brother Zixun also agrees with opening the sea, so what do you think of the trouble?" ”

"The opening of the sea is very important, and the foolish brother is also very contradictory now, and it is difficult to choose, but I always feel that if it continues like this, will it be possible to put an end to the pirates and the woes? However, from the former Ming Dynasty to the Great Zhou Dynasty, in the past 100 years, the imperial court has always adhered to the sea ban, and we almost moved the coastal people of Fujian and Zhejiang inward, but is this price too great? Since it can't be done, and the results of the sea ban are still unsatisfactory, can we change the strategy? ”

Xu Ji's eyes burned, and his tone raised a few degrees slightly, "But after so many years of sea ban in the imperial court, there is a lot of opposition to the opening of the sea, and they all think that the opening of the sea will bring dangers and threats, especially now that Xiyi appears, Ziying should know, right?" There are more and more in Guangdong, and even in Nanzhili and Fujian and Zhejiang, the imperial court doesn't know what to do,......"

Feng Ziying has basically been able to determine that this Xu Qi should speak on behalf of a certain person or a few people, or even a certain group.

Well, Fujian scholars, although this group is not too many within the imperial court, their interests are relatively consistent, but they don't know what they want.

Xu Ji is just a scholar who has not yet become a scholar, no matter what you say, it will not have much impact, at least it will not have much impact on his award, and even if there is, someone will help him come forward to eliminate it.

It's the same with yourself, but why find your own head, is this a deal?

"Brother Zixun, with the understanding of the younger brother, if you want to discuss the strategy of opening the sea, you first need to understand one problem, that is, the pros and cons." Feng Ziying thought for a moment and replied.

"Pros and cons?" Xu Qi chewed on the word and quieted down, "Ziying, this is a thousand words, and it says the true meaning." ”

"Hehe, Brother Zixun has a good reputation, in fact, things in the world are like this, no matter what there are pros and cons, the key is the size of the pros and cons, to take the simplest example, is it a good thing to build water conservancy? Is it good to start a school? I'm sure everyone knows that's a good thing, but what about the money? Perhaps the money used to build water conservancy should be used to defend against foreign invaders, or perhaps the money used to build a bridge to facilitate the lives of the people, how can the pros and cons be weighed? ”

Feng Ziying casually gave an example, and then continued to say: "What are the advantages and disadvantages of opening the sea, it is a matter for the imperial court and the local people, many people feel that this may be inconsistent and conflicting, so this requires a specific analysis of specific problems, and it can be clarified bit by bit, so that the advantages and disadvantages can be judged." ”

"The sea ban of our dynasty is a continuation of the former Ming Dynasty, and the initial reason for the sea ban of the former Ming Dynasty is due to the rampant Fujian and Zhejiang seas when the Zhu family started, and has always opposed the Zhu family, so after the founding of the Zhu family, it was deliberately suppressed, and then formed a sea ban policy, and I also had a call for opening the sea in the early stage of the dynasty, but with the civil strife in the Japanese land, a large number of exiled Japanese people flowed on the sea, and their livelihood was lost, so they began to develop from smuggling to looting,......"

"......, and because of our policy of prohibiting the sea from the sea, the interests of some maritime merchants along the coast have also been damaged, and then some maritime merchants have become land dens for smuggling, and in turn, this kind of smuggling and pirates have directly damaged and affected the interests of the imperial court and the people, so naturally they must be cracked down on, and this cycle has naturally intensified until today,......

"......, fortunately, it was the Imjin Wa Rebellion that had an impact on the Waji, and now the Tokugawa clan is still in the stage of stable rule in Waji, so the sea frontier is relatively stable, once the Tokugawa clan intends to consolidate their rule through foreign wars, or is subject to internal pressure in the hope of obtaining benefits from the outside, then our sea frontier will encounter severe challenges,......"

Xu Zheng also had to admit that Feng Ziying had a very thorough understanding of the situation in the maritime frontier, but he also couldn't understand how Feng Ziying could have such an understanding of the internal situation in the Japanese territory, and he was afraid that even the staff of the Ministry of War might not be able to understand it in such detail, right?

I heard that the Feng family has a livelihood in Shandong, could it be that the Feng family also has a livelihood at sea in Shandong? If that's the case, it's easy to explain, and it's more favorable.

Xu Ji's mind became more and more flexible.

"Then what does Ziying think about the pros and cons of the current sea ban?"

"In my humble opinion, the disadvantages of the sea ban far outweigh the advantages." Feng Ziying is very frank, this is the attitude that she also showed in the article about the palace examination, there is nothing to hide, this is also the reason why the people behind Xu Ji found themselves.

"Oh, I want to hear about it." Xu Zheng said patiently.

"Let's talk about the disadvantages first, most of the opponents feel that if the sea is opened, it will intensify maritime smuggling, but this is based on the premise that only one or two ports are set up in the opening of the sea. However, my Great Zhou Dynasty went from Liaodong to Annan, the vast sea frontier, involving seven or eight provinces, and the people were more than tens of millions, so could it be that the maritime trade between Guangdong and Liaodong must also go to Yuegang and Ningbo, so what is the significance? People will definitely have to smuggle, but if the location of the city can be properly arranged, then this can at least be greatly improved,......"

"There is also the fear that the opening of the sea will strengthen the power of the Japanese and intensify the attack of the Japanese invaders, but in fact, unless all the coastal people are moved inward, you will not be able to cut off contact with the Japanese at sea, this worry itself is meaningless, Brother Zixun should know this, now that the sea is banned, will those Japanese invaders get supplies from our continent and less?"

Xu Zheng nodded slightly, there are many islands along the coast of Fujian and Zhejiang, the coastline is tortuous, and the people and merchants are uneven, it is too difficult to cut off the connection between these Japanese and the mainland.

"Of course, the most critical point is that the tributary system followed by the imperial court at the beginning made the Great Zhou unbearable, especially the tribute from the Japanese land, so the imperial court cut off the tribute, which eventually led to the collusion between these so-called tributary missions and the Japanese pirates at sea,......"

"Of course, there are still some people who are artificial, opening the sea may allow more Xiyi people to come in and endanger the rule of the imperial court, but if they don't open the sea, won't they come? Now that they have come to the surroundings of our Great Zhou, Wadi, Nanyang, we are hiding our ears and stealing bells when we turn them away, so why don't we get in touch with them frankly and understand them? ”

"These so-called drawbacks, in fact, boil down to the fact that the imperial court feels that this damages the majesty of the Great Zhou Dynasty and is troublesome to manage, and there is no clear and standardized management system, and it does not realize what benefits the opening of the sea ban can bring, or it does not feel that the benefits are too big at the beginning, so it simply simply absolutes the sea ban."

"What about the profits?"

"Profit, from the current point of view, the opening of the sea can solve the livelihood of many poor people in coastal areas, whether it is running a boat, sea trade, or wharf livelihood, it can at least bring a job to fill the belly, second, we can sell more of our Da Zhou production, and at the same time exchange for what our Da Zhou people need, well, even the things that the imperial court needs, such as spices, silver and copper, but this is based on a new trade model, not the original tributary ,......"

"Ziying, do you mean to change from maritime trade smuggling to open smuggling?" Xu Di's eyes lit up.

"If you can provide taxes to the imperial court, then it is not called smuggling, Brother Zixun, this concept must be clarified, if it can provide the imperial court with considerable taxes and revenues, then even if it is smuggling, it is also the smuggling that our Great Zhou Dynasty should support, isn't it?"

Feng Ziying smiled slightly, this smile fell into Xu Ji's eyes, but it was so weird.

The content and meaning of these words are so rich that it is difficult for Xu Ji to understand for a while, and the impact they bring is even greater, Xu Ji needs to digest them, and then pass on these views.

"Ziying, can you write a more detailed policy?" Xu Zheng pondered for a moment before saying.

"Do you need to submit it to the imperial court?" Feng Ziying laughed, I'm afraid this is the real deal, "But I'm not a student of Qingtan Academy now." ”

"Then you are now a second-class jinshi." Xu Zheng also laughed.