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"Lianzhou is located in a barren area, the population has now increased to 500,000, of which only 60,000 Han people, the rest are mostly mountain barbarians, Yue people, the population has increased significantly, but the land is not much, in the long run, there will be chaos. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoLianzhou is close to Annan, which is the front of the imperial court to contain Annan, and if Lianzhou is in chaos, Guangxi is in chaos, and the imperial court cannot be despised by the imperial court. I implore Your Majesty to build roads and allocate money to connect Lianzhou, so that if the imperial court wants to use troops against Annan and other countries, it can guarantee the grain route, so that the imperial army can go there at any time. In normal times, it can also be used as a channel for commerce and trade, so that the people of Lianzhou are no longer confined to cultivating land, at least one more livelihood. ”

Road...... Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

Liu Chengfeng really thought that there was a need to build roads in a mountainous place like Lianzhou? It's just a joke.

As soon as Liu Chengfeng's words fell, a Hubu Shangshu immediately sneered and said coldly: "Dare to ask Liu Qianhu, how much silver does the imperial court need to build a road to Lianzhou?" ”

Liu Chengfeng's face did not change, and he said lightly: "From Jiangnan to Lianzhou, you need to tattoo three million silver ......"

Million...... There was an uproar in the DPRK and China, what kind of figure is 3 million? This is just a joke, Daming's annual income was only 2.8 million the year before last, is this guy crazy? It is a joke to use the annual income of the imperial court to build a road for his Lianzhou.

Liu Chengfeng continued: "The road was built with three million taels of silver so that it would not disturb the people, and the laborers recruited were not used as conscripts as before, but were paid so that they could support their families in addition to their work. Ben Hou did not say that the three million taels should be paid by the imperial court, as long as the imperial court agreed, the household only needed to allocate 500,000 silver, and the rest of the money would be raised by Ben Hou. What's more, the construction of a road directly from Nantong Prefecture to Lianzhou can strengthen the imperial court's control over the prefectures and counties on both sides of the road, and at the same time, it can also increase the convenience of the population from Jiangnan to Lianzhou and promote commerce, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone! ”

Many people couldn't help whispering, two and a half million taels of silver, this Liu Chengfeng actually said that he would raise it, what a big breath, what to increase the control of the imperial court! What promotes commerce! Added convenience is even more of a joke! The Ming Dynasty has not built any roads for so many years, has the imperial court lost control of Xiatoufu County? The people are not convenient?

The big question is, what kind of calculation is this guy playing?

Someone couldn't help but cautiously glance up at Zhu Youzhu on His Majesty, Zhu Youzhang's face was not very clear, only to see him sitting motionless on the imperial chair, looking deaf and listening.

Xie Qian finally couldn't help but stand up and scolded: "Liu Chengfeng, you said so much, what is your intention?" What traffic is there? Is there anything in Lianzhou, do you still have to go to the traffic? As for the imperial court's use of troops against Annan and other countries, it is even more of a joke, Annan and other countries are Ming vassal states, why does the imperial court use troops against them? ”

Liu Chengfeng was not in a hurry to discuss the issue of transportation, but talked about Annan first, and the reason for his refutation was very simple, he glanced at Xie Qian lightly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xie's words are wrong, when Emperor Wen was in the past, Annan was also my Ming vassal state, but why did Emperor Wen use troops against Annan?" ”

Liu Chengfeng paused for a moment before continuing: "This is because there are people in Annan who rebelled, and the Ming Dynasty put down the rebellion for it. ”

Liu Chengfeng smiled and said: "That's it, whether it is to use troops or help them quell the rebellion, the role of this road is the same, it is necessary to transport a large amount of baggage for the three armies to go to." ”

Xie Qian was speechless, he has always been able to speak well, but most of this eloquence is an academic dispute, and it is really a bit of a word deficit when encountering Liu Chengfeng's stubborn fighting, and it is obvious that Liu Chengfeng is fully prepared to come this time, how can he let him grasp what handle?

"As for whether there is traffic, it is not to let Lianzhou do business with Jingshi and Jiangnan, Lianzhou is just a trade turnover, so that the world's goods are hoarded here, and then dispersed to various countries by land and sea, this is whether there is transportation, Liu has issued an order to open the sea in Lianzhou, and now Lianzhou is surveying, building ports, and manufacturing ships......"

The whole hall suddenly became chaotic, in order to ban the sea, they fought with the emperor to the death, who knew that this guy was silent, and he was already preparing to open the sea in Lianzhou.

Crazy, it's just crazy, a brocade guard Qianhu, who gave him such a big guts? It just doesn't make sense! If so, what is the difference between the forbidden sea and the open sea?

"Liu Chengfeng, you are so bold!" At this time, even Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, couldn't help it, in fact, among the six departments of the imperial court, Liu Daxia was the weakest opponent of the forbidden sea, and he had always looked at this matter with a fair attitude, and he was even thinking that if the emperor opened the sea, should the imperial court start to build a fleet in case of emergency? It's just that I never thought that under the unanimous opposition of hundreds of civil and military officials, even the emperor has shown weakness, and now this Liu Chengfeng actually opens the sea without authorization? It's a bit of a rebellion.

Liu Chengfeng glanced at Liu Daxia and said lightly: "Dare to ask Liu Shangshu, where is the audacity of the lowly?" As a human minister, he has always done things according to the rules and followed the steps, how did he get into the mouth of Lord Shangshu and become a bold man? ”

Liu Daxia said: "You are just a vassal prince, how can you open the sea without the permission of the imperial court?" Is this your conformity? ”

When asked about this, Liu Chengfeng laughed even more and said: "Lord Shangshu is wrong, when Emperor Taizu formulated the ancestral law, he once said that all feudal states can act cheaply, and military and political affairs can be decided. Opening the sea is an internal affair of Lianzhou, and someone Liu acts according to the ancestral law, what does it have to do with the imperial court? How? Lord Shangshu wants to violate the ancestral law and come to inquire about the affairs of the feudal town? Liu Chengfeng wants to ask, is it Liu Chengfeng who is bold, or is Master Shangshu undisciplined and dares to ignore the ancestral system! ”

Liu Daxia fainted. The circle was so big that he couldn't turn around for a while.

Zufa ...... There is indeed such a rule. When Emperor Taizu was there, he divided the children surnamed Zhu to various places and established a vassal state, Zhu Yuanzhang obviously believed that as long as the children of the Zhu family were scattered all over the place, the world of the Ming Dynasty could be consolidated. Because, Zhu Yuanzhang gave the vassal kings a lot of rights, and the military and civil affairs were all grasped, so that each vassal state had its own system, which led to the Battle of Jingjing, and the vassal state could directly confront the imperial court.

It's just that after the Battle of Jingyan, the rights of the vassal state have been greatly curbed, although the imperial court has no explicit regulations, but this has become an unspoken rule, according to the unspoken rules, if the feudal state wants to open the sea, it must be agreed by the imperial court, but according to the ancestral system, Liu Chengfeng himself can decide the political affairs of Lianzhou, and there is no need to ask the imperial court at all.

It depends on whether Liu Chengfeng is under the guise of unspoken rules or ancestral system.

The biggest key to the problem is that in order to let Zhu Youzhu cancel the idea of opening the sea, the officials of the imperial court moved out of the ancestral system to force the palace, and now they can't overthrow the ancestral system again to force Liu Chengfeng to comply.

Everyone froze, and all at once they were in a dilemma.

Someone suddenly thought of why Emperor Fang suddenly changed his attitude and talked about the ancestral system for so long, isn't this clearly paving the way for Liu Chengfeng's next moves?

…… Tricked!

The ministers were angry, but anger was anger, and they wanted to refute it, but they couldn't say it.

Finally, a speech official stood up and shouted angrily at Liu Chengfeng: "Liu Chengfeng, you didn't ask the court for such a big thing as opening the sea, what are your intentions?" Is it a rebellion? ”

Don't look at the loud voice in this sentence, but there are flaws everywhere in the words, Liu Chengfeng smiled slightly, and retorted: "Why did the adults say this? There is no explicit prohibition in the ancestral law that the vassal cannot open the sea, nor does it say that the imperial court must be consulted, how? Adults are spewing blood like this, Liu Chengfeng wants to ask, what is your intention? Who gave you benefits and made you mad, and you dared to violate the ancestral system and shout at Benhou here? Do you know what the crime of slandering a vassal is? ”

If there were no previous civil and military officials under the guise of the ancestral system, I am afraid that it would be a bit excessive. However, the banner of the ancestral system was made by the hundred officials of the imperial court themselves, and now if they want to regret it, they are afraid that it will be too late.

Isn't it about the ancestral system? Then study this ancestral system with you and see what else you have to say!

The civil and military forces in the hall, although they were all angered, and Liu Chengfeng suddenly became the target of everyone, but for a while, no one spoke again, of course they knew that Liu Chengfeng's hand was almost impeccable, Lianzhou opened the sea, even if he was opposed, what should he oppose?

Liu Chengfeng bowed down and saluted to Zhu Youzhu on His Majesty, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Lianzhou opens the sea, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court. What Weichen asked was the question of building roads, and whether the court allocated money or not, and asked His Majesty to decide. ”

Zhu Youzhu sat on the royal chair, and saw the civil and military officials below him looking deflated one by one, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, especially thinking that just a few days ago, these people were impassionedly talking about what ancestral laws should not be abolished, once they were deposed, the society would be overturned, and the world would be uneasy. And now, these words are like a slap in the face to them, lifting a thousand pounds of boulders, but they are smashed on their own feet.

Zhu Youzhu deliberately stiffened his face, trying not to lose his temper, and only after a long time did he breathe a sigh of relief, and then said: "What Liu Aiqing said is not that there is no road, since Liu Aiqing is willing to take out 2.5 million taels of silver to build a road, and the court has no reason not to allow it, this matter is approved!" ”

(To be continued)