After brewing for a while, Guan Yingzhen slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, but did not speak.

The slightly dark cheeks were slightly thinner than when he was the head of Qingtan Academy and the head of the mountain, which also showed that during the period of his appointment, this backbone leader of the Huguang faction was not easy.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Huguangshi people have always been a force that cannot be ignored.

Compared with the insignificant Southwest Shi and Liangguang Shi people, Huguang Shi people can have good results in almost every subject of autumn and spring, which also makes Huguang Shi people have always maintained a very strong vitality in the court.

When the confrontation between the Beidi scholars and the Jiangnan scholars became more and more obvious, and the contradictions became increasingly serious, the Huguang scholars have always been a tool for the emperor and other scholars to hedge and balance the forces of the other party.

Whenever each party felt that their momentum was frustrated and their strength was weakened to their advantage, they would consider introducing Huguang scholars as a buffer, and the emperor was often inclined to do so, and Huguang scholars were happy to play such a role.

Among the current Huguangshi people, Zheng Jizhi, the head of the household department, is on the way back to Beijing, and it is estimated that Chai Ke, the right attendant of the military department and the governor of the three sides, will enter Beijing in the next two days, the official Ying Zhen in front of him, and Yang He, the right servant of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Wu Liangsi of the Hubu Langzhong are among the best.

In contrast, Feng Ziying, a dark horse who suddenly broke into the political arena of the Great Zhou, is a bit unusual.

On the surface, he was recommended by Qiao Yingjia to enter Qingtan Academy, and studied under Qi Yongtai and Guan Yingzhen, three mentors and benefactors, both of whom are leaders of the Beidi scholars, and he is the ancestral Shuntianfu attached to Shandong, and grew up in Shanxi, which can be described as a model of the Beidi scholars who can no longer be north.

However, judging from his various suggestions and suggestions after entering politics, he is not like those simple radical young scholars in the North.

For example, the suppression of rebellion in western Xinjiang and the defense of Liaodong are undoubtedly in line with the interests of the north, and even the strategy of reopening and returning is also proposed in the name of relieving the financial pressure of the imperial court on the defense of the nine frontiers and ensuring the implementation of the defense expenditures of the nine frontiers, but in fact, the beneficiaries are by no means only the people from the north, and it can even be said with certainty that the gentry and merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, especially the gentry and merchants in Fujian and Zhejiang, have benefited a lot.

This is also the reason why both Ye Xianggao, Li Tingji and Fang Congzhe have a blue eye for Feng Ziying, and it is also the key to his smooth entry into the Hanlin Academy to cultivate.

Otherwise, just because this groundbreaking second-class Jinshi was awarded the compilation of the Hanlin Academy, even if he was highly valued by Emperor Yonglong, it would be impossible for him to be approved in the cabinet.

The rules of officialdom are not so easy to break, especially when it comes to the reform of the official system, which is even more important.

In the eyes of Ye Xianggao, Fang Congzhe, Li Tingji and others, although Feng Ziying is young and a native of Beidi, at least he is first and foremost a great Zhou scholar who understands the overall situation, and it is really not easy to get such an evaluation from these people.

Now Feng Ziying is also the daughter of a famous family in Suzhou, and she is also the daughter of Shen Fu, a famous scholar in the south of the Yangtze River, and even Guan Yingzhen heard that Feng Ziying may also marry the daughter of Lin Hai, who is also a scholar in Suzhou, and Feng Ziying is from a martial arts background, so his identity suddenly seems confused and blurred.

According to Guan Yingzhen's observation, this disciple of his own is indeed extremely broad-minded, far better than any disciple he has taught in Qingtan Academy in the past few years, and better than any young scholar he has come into contact with.

Whether it is Lian Guoshi, Xu Ji, or Han Jing, Huang Zunsu, Yang Sichang, and Hou Sui, at least in terms of vision, these peers cannot be compared with Feng Ziying at all.

Moreover, although Feng Ziying was almost the youngest among his students in the same period, only slightly older than Sun Chuanting, he began to gradually show his leadership demeanor after the Spring Festival.

If it is said that when they were in the academy, Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng and others were not very convinced of Feng Ziying, but after experiencing the Chunqiu Dabi and the selection of Shu Jishi in the museum, especially after experiencing the counterinsurgency in Western Xinjiang and proposing the strategy of opening the sea and the Jiangnan line, He Fengsheng and Fan Jingwen even recognized Feng Ziying's leadership position in this department with joy and sincerity even in practicing state affairs.

When Fan Jingwen came to visit him a few days ago, he mentioned Feng Ziying's various performances during his trip to Jiangnan, especially the measures to inspect the shipbuilding industry and win over maritime merchants, which made Fan Jingwen and He Fengsheng both feel that they have studied for so many years, why is there such a big gap between them and Feng Ziying, and why they have never considered or can't think of such a trick.

In fact, even Guan Yingzhen himself was also very shocked after hearing it, and even asked himself if he could be like Feng Ziying if he was in that position.

Guan Yingzhen felt that he might have similar measures, but he might not be as decisive as Feng Ziying, of course, he could have his own means to do it more perfectly, so that those people were more convinced, but this is not something that Feng Ziying's experience and age can do.

In other words, given Feng Ziying's tempering and tempering for ten or twenty years, this guy is only afraid that he will really have to prove himself as the youngest pavilion elder or even the first assistant in history, right?

This thought had been coiling in Guan Yingzhen's heart at this time, and his eyes were looking directly at Feng Ziying in front of him, and Feng Ziying looked creepy.

"Official? ……，”

Guan Yingzhen finally collected all kinds of complicated feelings, snorted lightly, and put down the teacup.

"Tell me, what kind of goal do you think you should achieve for the next step, that is, the opening of the sea? What should we do now? ”

The official should weigh his words.

Ye Xianggao and Qi Yongtai both talked to him separately, and this matter was basically decided.

Nanjing's Household Department Zuo Shilang, in charge of the affairs of the imperial court, is in charge of the affairs of the imperial court, and now he is waiting for the emperor to summon him, and after the official confirmation, the imperial court will be written.

"The teacher is now a grasshopper on a rope with you, Jun Yu also came to find the teacher yesterday, I don't know where I got the news, I also want to do things with you, the teacher is thinking, if the Hanlin Academy loses two generals in a row at once, Huang Ruliang will have to tear up with the teacher when he sees the teacher."

Feng Ziying smiled dumbly, and she was very fast in practicing state affairs.

As for the source, Lian Guoshi is a scholar from Henan, and Cui Jingrong, who is about to be transferred from the right attendant of the household department to the right attendant of the ministry, is his hometown, so this kind of news naturally cannot be concealed.

"Hehe, official teacher, Brother Junyu came to the student a few days ago, and felt that it was meaningless to practice history in Hanlin Yuan, and he didn't want to continue, so he came to ask the disciple, and the disciple said that of course he was willing to do things with him." Feng Ziying said happily: "As for the Hanlin Academy, where are the talents gathered, where will there be a shortage of disciples and Brother Junyu?" Lord Huang is afraid that he can't bear the disciple who is not under his nose, and he hangs the title of the Hanlin Academy all day long, but he does not do the work of repairing history and making edicts, besides, it is not clear how long Lord Huang, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, is in charge of the affairs of the Hanlin Academy. ”

Guan Yingzhen glared at Feng Ziying, "You know again?" Why didn't you find Ziying before, you still have this preference? ”

Feng Ziying smiled, people in officialdom, unless they have great self-control, who is not good at this? Besides, it's all about self-interest, how can you not care?

"Get down to business!" Guan Yingzhen reprimanded angrily.

"Well, in the big picture, it is natural to open the Liaonan-Denglai route to ensure the logistics support of Liaodong, which is the basic requirement of the Ministry of War and the imperial court, and it is also the main responsibility of the Denglai Governor's Office, but this early fact needs us to promote." Feng Ziying's face also became solemn, "This is the north, and the south is to vigorously develop maritime trade, collect the concession money from merchants, and borrow a lot of money, and the household department is also counting on the opening of sea trade, the city can bring stable sea tax revenue to it, and it is best to be able to solve the debt, and there will be some more income,......

"It's on the surface, but what else?" Guan Yingzhen is not a pedantic literati, before he served as the head of Qingtan Academy, he had been bumpy in his career for decades, and of course he would not be so shallow in looking at the problem.

"One level deeper, in addition to the fact that the trade between Japan and Korea should be controlled in the hands of the imperial court, the disciple intends to open up the path of Denglai to Ezo through Korea, and then go straight to the rear of the Jianzhou Jurchens, and form an alliance with the Haixi Jurchens and the savage Jurchens, so that it will be difficult to take care of the end and end, and no matter how bad it is, the Jianzhou Jurchens will not be able to go west and south with all their might." Feng Ziying's tone was firm, and he obviously had already made up his mind about this, "Develop Dongfan, solve the problem of coastal pirates and pirates, and at the same time make Dongfan a strategic place and a place of wealth for the imperial court in the East China Sea." ”

Guan Yingzhen shook his head slowly, "That's all?" Ziying, as a teacher, I don't think this is like your mind, you should still have some ideas, do you still have to hide it from your teacher? ”

"Official, you have raised your disciple too high, just these, you can have a small success in five years, and you can see the results in ten years, it is very rare, and the disciple is not an immortal, where can he have such a great ability? Moreover, this is just some superficial thoughts of the disciple, and it stands to reason that it should be you who come up with your ideas, and the disciple is just providing you with some reference opinions. ”

Feng Ziying hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Hmph, don't give me this set, I don't know you as a teacher?" Guan Yingzhen was unceremoniously, "This is just the most realistic and superficial or direct purpose, you should have some more far-reaching goals, this is the feeling of being a teacher, and take one step and see three steps, isn't this your usual routine?" This is only two steps, let's take out the third step and talk about it. ”

Feng Ziying didn't expect that this official teacher would force himself to confess as soon as he came, but he had to say that he knew the apprentice Mo Ruoshi, and his more than two years in Qingtan Academy probably left a deep impression on Guan Yingzhen, so he didn't believe that he was just having such simple ideas, of course, he did have it.