More and more guests are coming.

Bustling and flowing.

Important guests, such as several masters and elders, had to accompany them to say a few words; close colleagues and classmates and friends in the same year say hello and say a few words; The ordinary businessmen and gentry are more of a ceremonial greeting.

There are nine classes of people, and it is even more evident in this situation.

Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia arrived together, so they naturally had to say a few words when they met.

It's just a big day, and it shouldn't take up too much time.

Glancing at the guests, Qiao Yingjia hadn't shown anything yet, but Qi Yongtai couldn't help frowning.

"Ziying, why are there so many businessmen coming and going? What is your current status? Compiled by the Hanlin Academy, I know that most of these people have dealt with you because of the strategy of opening the sea, but businessmen must talk about profits, and the affairs of opening the sea are already a matter of the Chinese calligraphy, and if you are not in his position, you will not seek his own government,......"

Qi Yongtai's lesson made Feng Ziying nod and admit his mistake, can he say that many people here are uninvited? Stretch out your hand and don't hit the smiling person, not to mention that the person is still a guest from afar.

"Riding the wind, I think most of these businessmen are uninvited, Ziying's strategy of opening the sea is very good to the businessmen, many people say that if Ziying really goes to business, she can definitely be called a contemporary Tao Zhu." Qiao Yingjia glanced at Feng Ziying, but still eased Feng Ziying's cheeks.

In fact, neither of them liked this kind of scene, but Qi Yongtai simply didn't like Feng Ziying to deal too much with these businessmen, while Qiao Yingjia saw that many businessmen from Jiangnan were also gathered in it, which made him unhappy.

"Contemporary Tao Zhu? What does it mean for the country and the people? Qi Yongtai said angrily: "Ru Jun, you don't have to excuse him, he is about to expire the period of observing politics, do you think he can continue to go to the middle school of calligraphy?" ”

A grim smile appeared on Qiao Yingjia's face, "That's not clear, Guan Dongxian has this intention, you are still a secretary of the ministry, and you have to make the decision." ”

Qi Yongtai glared at Feng Ziying, "Ziying, I admit that the affairs of opening the sea are indeed beneficial to the imperial court, and the deficit of the household department has been greatly compensated, but in the long run, this will promote the atmosphere of unearned gains and risk-taking for the imperial court, and the disputes between the north and the south should probably also understand, if you don't want to balance it, I am afraid that the disputes between the DPRK and China will be greater. ”

At present, the soldiers of the Nine Frontiers are basically from the northern provinces, while the troops of the Beijing camp and the inland Weizhen battalion are mostly from Huguang and the southern provinces.

In fact, this situation was not obvious in the early days of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but it was very obvious during the Renchen Rebellion, so when the Renchen Rebellion was pacified, a large number of Weizhen battalion troops were also transferred from Nanzhi, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Huguang to enrich the north, but this still could not change the pattern of the nine sides dominated by the soldiers in the north, and the climate, diet and even the preferences of the generals were the main reasons.

"Master Qi, Master Qiao, disciple understands." There is no need to defend at this time, Feng Ziying nodded rationally.

seemed to feel that his words were a little heavy, Qi Yongtai softened his tone again: "Ziying, you got married today, and now until the expiration of the period of observing politics for a few months, you will honestly study and study history in the Hanlin Academy, don't go to the east and west, attract the impeachment of the imperial history, about your whereabouts, when the time comes, they will have to discuss it carefully with Rujun and Dongxian." ”

Waiting for Qi Yongtai to take the lead, Qiao Yingjia stopped, "Ziying, Chengfeng has never liked businessmen's affairs, you don't have to worry about it, he is just worried that you will deal with businessmen all day long, and you will be infected with the habit of forgetting your righteousness, but I don't really agree with Chengfeng's point of view about businessmen, the southern merchants are developed, and the prosperity of our northland is getting farther and farther, the first line of the Shandong Canal is commercially developed, but it is three hundred miles away from the canal, and it will return to poverty, can it be said that our people in the north are lazy than the south?" After all, there are some reasons, as you said, businessmen can activate the local economy, communicate with each other, even if it solves the livelihood of landless people, it is a merit,......"

Qiao Yingjia's words made Feng Ziying's heart feel a lot more steady, but the backward means of transportation in this era still limited the development of merchants, and the reason why the coastal canals along the river were more prosperous and rich, and the water network area in the south of the Yangtze River was richer, to a large extent, in addition to the light and hot water conditions, convenient transportation was also a major reason.

Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia have different views on this.

"Master Qiao, Master Qi's well-intentioned disciples understand, but there are some things that still need to be done, and the disciples of the imbalance between the north and the south also see it, and they have been thinking about it for the past few days, and some ideas ,......"

Qiao Yingjia's eyes lit up, "But it has something to do with those Jin merchants?" ”

Qiao Yingjia's attitude towards Jin merchants is also very complicated, as an old imperial history who has been immersed in the Imperial Court for many years, and now he is the left deputy imperial history, he naturally knows that these businessmen in his hometown have many dirty deeds in the land of the nine sides, it can be said that the last time Yunguang fell from the horse, to a large extent, these Shanxi merchants were involved, so he still felt a little disgusted with these businessmen who had no bottom line.

However, as the leader of the Shanxi scholars, it was impossible for him to completely separate himself from these Jin merchants, this kind of township party relationship was the most important link in this era, and at some times he also needed these Jin merchants to do something that was inconvenient for him to come forward.

Similarly, the economic withering of the north also made Qiao Yingjia very anxious, there was a slight flood and drought disaster, the displaced people were everywhere, the government did not reduce taxes, and did not give relief, then the people and rebellions may follow, and if taxes and relief were reduced, this overwhelmed the imperial court, which has become the most headache for the imperial court and the local government in the north, which is especially prominent in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Beizhi.

The Jin merchants also came to him a few times, that is, they mentioned how the opening of the sea was good for the south of the Yangtze River, but the northern land did not take advantage of it at all, and even the Shanxi merchants were difficult to intervene, after all, from shipbuilding to sea trade to many of the production industries involved in the sea trade, were not good at the northern energy production and Shanxi merchants.

However, recently, he had heard a group of Jin merchants seem to have some movements, so as soon as Feng Ziying said it, he immediately reacted.

"It's also a bit related, but it's still too early, the disciple intends to choose a site in the Beizhi area, introduce Guangdong iron smelting everyone to cooperate with Jin merchants, and use coal mining, mining and iron smelting and even iron making as a drive, which can be regarded as a pilot,......

Feng Ziying didn't intend to hide it from anyone, this was good for the gentry in the north, and Qi Yongtai Qiao Yingjia naturally wanted to escort them.

Qiao Yingjia glanced at Feng Ziying and nodded: "Well, today is your big day, let's not talk about it for the time being, when these few days are over, you come to my house and listen to me carefully." ”

Seeing that Qiao Yingjia was so serious, Feng Ziying estimated that the series of changes brought about by the opening of the sea had brought great pressure to the leaders of these northern scholars, especially seeing that there was a large-scale growth momentum in industries such as shipbuilding, shipping, silk, cotton spinning, tea, medicinal materials, and porcelain, while the north was still the same, it was estimated that no one could sit still.

"The disciple obeys." Feng Ziying hurriedly bowed her hand and expressed her position.

"Well, of course, you have just become married, family affairs are important, your father and mother have been looking forward to it for a long time, Lin Ruhai's girl will have more than two years to go, hey, strive to leave your Feng family as soon as possible." Qiao Yingjia nodded and went in with his backhand.

Niu Jizong and Wang Ziteng came together.

As soon as the carriage entered the Fengcheng Hutong, the two of them had already felt the excitement.

"Ziteng, it seems that Feng Tang's appointment as the governor of Jiliao has made the Feng family popular in the capital city all of a sudden." Niu Jizong looked out the window, the closer he got to Feng's Mansion, the more people came and went, and of course he was more interested in watching the lively idlers and passers-by.

"Brother Niu, it's not entirely because of Zitang, are you a little familiar when you look at the people who went here? Many of them are businessmen from the Shanxi Guild Hall and the Huizhou Guild Hall, and most of them have seen Feng Ziying's ability to open the sea, Yangzhou and his party got back millions of taels of silver for the household department, which suddenly made Zheng Jizhi's waist much harder, Li Sancai jumped up and down and jumped out of a cabinet minister, didn't he rely on 800,000 taels of silver to smash it down, and make the river work beautiful enough? Without these millions of taels of silver, where would he be jumping? ”

Wang Ziteng's words made Niu Jizong shake his head, "Ziteng, Li Sancai still has some skills, not just earning silver is the ability, but being able to use silver is even more ability." Li Sancai's position in the Ministry of Industry is still remarkable, even the emperor recognizes it, and the emperor knows how to make good use of it. ”

Wang Ziteng's last sentence was a bit different.

Niu Jizong glanced at Wang Ziteng, "Ziteng, these civil officials, can you expect them to be so loyal?" Besides, the emperor is promoted, can he still pretend to be high? ”

The prince was silent.

"Ziteng, speaking from the heart, it doesn't make much sense to go on like this, I know your thoughts, everyone is similar, but there are some things that we can't do if we can back down, and we can't figure out the emperor's thoughts, the king of loyalty and filial piety, hehe, can loyalty and filial piety be both?" Niu Jizong's face flashed with a touch of ruthlessness.

The prince sighed, "Brother Niu, but the Emperor Taishang is so uncertain, Prince Yizhong has lost his righteousness, how can he argue with the emperor?" ”

"Huh, isn't that good?" Niu Jizong sneered lightly, "Everyone just sit and wait,......

"Then Brother Niu thinks we still have a choice?" Wang Ziteng asked tentatively.

Niu Jizong's face was straight, and his back was erect, "Ziteng, what do you think?" ”

Wang Ziteng sighed again and shook his head, but did not speak.

"Ziteng, if we don't have a choice, then we can only force some people to make a choice." Niu Jizong looked at Wang Ziteng, "What do you say?" ”

The prince is uncertain, Niu Jizong is very clear, but he believes that the prince can't let go, everyone has enjoyed enough preferential treatment in the era of the emperor's reign, to say that the emperor is not thin on his own people now, but the question is can this continue?

Niu Jizong didn't believe it, and the martial artists didn't believe it, the emperor is now using this way of boiling frogs in warm water to grind and drag slowly, and if it goes on like this, sooner or later it will be his turn to be these martial artists.

"Jizong, why do you have to keep an eye on the Emperor Taishang and Prince Yizhong?" Wang Ziteng finally responded, but his tone was a little more cold, "Maybe we can jump out of this trap,......"

Although several pavilion elders did not come, they were all politely delivered, which made the guests who came to the door to congratulate them sigh and sigh after learning about it, and they all added a little intuitive understanding of the reputation of this Xiao Feng.

Of course, what shocked everyone the most was the emperor's gift.

Everyone didn't expect it, so when the chamberlain surnamed Xie arrived at the gate of the Feng Mansion with the edict, there was a sensation inside and outside the entire mansion.

Even Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia were equally surprised.

It's not that the emperor's gifts are rare, in fact, like several pavilion elders, as well as the Jiuqing, have basically received gifts from the emperor, but like Feng Ziying, an official from the sixth grade, the quality is too low, and it is a gift from a marriage, so the meaning is different.

Feng Ziying naturally could only bow down and thank you.

The waiter held the edict and read it for a long time, Feng Ziying could only understand a rough idea after listening to it for a long time, that is, congratulations and congratulations, a hundred years of good luck with the meaning of giving birth to a noble son early, and the gift Feng Ziying did not look at it, a gold lacquer tray, covered with red satin, I don't know what it is, but now it can only be placed in the hall.

……

After worshipping heaven and earth, all kinds of red tape and festivals passed through one by one, and as soon as the wine was drunk, the bride went into the cave room and waited.

And Feng Ziying has become the busiest person, coping with the last congratulations of the guests, especially relatives and friends have to greet them one by one, this is the most important etiquette, and kinship is also the most important in this era.

With the last group of guests leaving or settling down, the Feng Mansion, which had been noisy for a day, finally quieted down.

The servants and maids in the house began to clean up and take care of the entire house, but the wedding stand erected outside the house will not be removed, according to the custom of the Great Zhou, it will not be dismantled until three days after the bride returns to her parents' house, in order to show the end of the formal ceremony.

Feng Ziying stepped into the still slightly unfamiliar East Mansion, well, the mansion of the long house was newly built after being demolished on the east side, not much smaller than the current Feng Mansion, but there was still a lot of vacant land left in the backyard, which was connected with the back of the old mansion of the Feng Mansion.

Walking to the door, Feng Ziying saw Qingwen pinching the belt with a smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Qingwen, what are you doing here?" Feng Ziying stood on her feet and squinted at the other party.

"My girl is married, before entering the cave room, of course the slave maid must guard the young lady." Qingwen took a deep breath and looked at her directly, "Now that the master is here, the slave is going to hand over the girl to the uncle." ”

Feng Ziying also glanced at this girl deeply and nodded, "Thank you for your protection, I wrote it down." ”

Without hesitation, he pushed the door and entered, two red candles as thick as children's arms illuminated the whole room, and a graceful figure sat at the head of the bed, the scarlet hijab swayed slightly.