The ministers rushed in, entered the hall to see the emperor and the empress dowager, and after the salute, they all lowered their heads and kept silent, waiting for others to speak first.

The outbreak of the "Kangxi" case completely changed the atmosphere of the imperial meeting, and those Hanchen were originally riveted to show their faces in front of the empress dowager, but now they are all hiding from afar, and the auxiliary ministers are all humming and haha, all of them are not responsible.

Aobai, who was originally pinned on by the Queen Mother, has no energy in the past two days. Prince Kang and King Anqing initially focused their firepower on Sony, and when the chief royalist was dumb, the firepower of the prince's party immediately turned to Aobai. Originally, the flag people in Beijing were the most suspicious of Sony, and everyone said that the word "Kangxi" was taken out by Sony first, but Prince An actually took the initiative to relieve Sony, saying that the word "Kang" was proposed by Ao Bai first.

Prince An's words smashed down with his head and face, but he smashed Aobai very lightly, and every time he thought of this, he was angry: "At the beginning, my staff came up with several era names, among which the third-ranked era name has the word Kang, but it is also 'Kant' not 'Kangxi'!" ”

Under the inducement and hint of the princely party, the bombardment of Aobai has now begun to surpass Sony. The prince's party, which had always claimed to be the Han Chinese, had begun to "cautiously suspect" among the bannermen that it might be the important minister's staff, servants, or even family members who had leaked the information - even if this theory was true, the joint and several responsibility for killing the former emperor would be enough for the important minister to find a rope to hang himself, which is why Ao Bai refused to investigate at home anyway.

Now the Chongchen Group not only cannot investigate and do a detailed job, but insists that the "Kangxi" case is a rumor, and Deng Ming does not mean this at all. The Chongchen group must hold on desperately, and the year name cannot be changed, as long as it lasts until the day when the emperor becomes an adult and Deng Ming is exterminated, this matter will become an unsolved case in the history books.

"What is the opinion of the Aiqing on the matter of banning the sea?" The country still needs to function, and the war must continue, and the focus of today's meeting of the Empress Dowager to discuss the royalist faction is not how to fight back against the prince's faction, but to determine the next strategy and national policy.

"Sony must be fair at this time." Ao Bai muttered silently in his heart. Shunzhi was very interested in Huang Wu's strategy of banning the sea, and when Shunzhi talked about it, both Sony and Ao Bai felt that although the losses caused by the banning sea might be larger, as long as Zheng Chenggong also suffered losses, it was acceptable. The governors of various places did not have too many objections to this, especially the northwest officials, who had nothing to do with themselves; The considerations of the governors in the southeast were mainly focused on the impact on the feudal treasury after the cessation of maritime trade, but the feudal treasury has always been under the direct jurisdiction of the central household department, and because of the urgency of the war in Liangjiang, Huguang and Fujian, the household department once temporarily handed over the management power to the governor's yamen, but sooner or later the household department will have to take it back. Therefore, the governors of the southeast could not use this as an excuse to reduce the surrender of the field tax, and they did not care much about the feudal treasury, and the opposition was not great. Basically, the implementation of the ban on the sea has been a policy determined by Shunzhi, and it is only necessary to finally issue an edict and begin to implement it.

But now the shape is completely different from that time, Deng Ming's harassment of the southeast is so frequent and long-term, it can already be regarded as invasion and contention, Zheng Chenggong's pressure cannot be eliminated for a long time, and the day when the Liangjiang and Fujian feudal treasures will be retaken under the control of the household department is far away. If the ban on the sea is bound to have an impact on the governors of the southeast, there will be good reasons for them to refuse to pay the full amount of taxes.

Moreover, Shunzhi and his ministers did not expect that Caoyun would be threatened by the Sichuan army at that time, and if Caoyun was threatened by Yanzhòng, the Qing court could consider sending grain and silver from the southeast to the north by sea - Chongzhen had thought about doing this at that time, but had to give up because of the intricate interests on the canal. But unlike the Ming Dynasty, the Qing court did not need to carry out much reform if the efficiency of Cao Yun was within an acceptable range; If Deng Ming was a great threat to Caoyun and had to pay too much price to maintain Caoyun, the Qing court could switch to sea transportation. Compared with Chongzhen's Ming Dynasty, the current Beijing court has a higher ability to act, and there is less resistance to Caoyun's reform. If the Qing court now insisted on the ban on the sea, burned the sea ships on its own, destroyed the sea terminals, and stopped making new ships, in the event that the transportation was threatened again in the future, the Qing court would have no alternative but to maintain the transportation at any cost.

"The minions have no objections." Sonny replied slowly.

"It's too irresponsible." At this time, not only Aobai, but also the other auxiliary ministers and the Hanchen who participated in the imperial council had this idea in their hearts at the same time.

Sony's agreement to ban the sea was obviously out of his personal interests, and if it weren't for the "Kangxi" case, Sony might have dared to veto the emperor's established policy, but now Sony definitely doesn't have the guts to do so.

Not long ago, the Liangjiang and Fujian and Zhejiang governors made a 180-degree turn, and the Shangzhang agreed to the ban on the sea. Obviously, the officials of these four provinces saw that after the Battle of Gaoyou Lake, the imperial court could not recover the treasury for the time being, and the officials of the four provinces could use the forbidden sea to make profits. At that time, who is a maritime merchant and who is not, whether the relocation location is one more mile or one less mile, it is up to the local government and officials to have the final say, and this is undoubtedly a good opportunity for extortion.

Officials along the canal were also in favor of banning the sea, which would stillbirth potential competitors for Caoyun, and since Caoyun was the only and irreplaceable artery of the imperial court, the imperial court was bound to invest more resources in it in the future. Now, every year, from Yangzhou to Beijing, the government along the 3,000-mile waterway will make a lot of money by smuggling, entrainment, and confiscation. These officials, whose interests were closely related to Cao Yun, also had extensive contacts in Beijing, and even in the families of the auxiliary ministers, there were often gift-giving envoys sent by these officials.

"Fail to live up to the grace of God! How will you go underground to meet the emperor in the future? Undoubtedly, taking the lead in asking the court to reconsider the ban on the sea, it will offend many officials, and the number of envoys who come to the palace to give gifts will also be greatly reduced, but Ao Bai believes that Sony, as the head of the auxiliary ministers and the first confidant of the emperor, should make certain sacrifices for the interests of the royal family.

"What about you?" The Empress Dowager's gaze turned to Ao Bai's body.

"The minions have no objections!" Ao Bai replied quickly. After the Kangxi case broke out, he also naively thought that Sony would be the main target of his political opponents, and he would not only save himself, but also help the chief auxiliary minister to say two words of justice. But soon Ao Bai found out that he was very wrong, and Prince An Yue Le appeared in person to help Sonny clear his suspicion and draw everyone's suspicious eyes to Ao Bai. And Prince Kang Jieshu has the same status as the patriarch of the Aixin Jueluo family, and he praised Sony's merits in a high-profile manner, expressing his belief that Sony's caution should not have leaked out of his mansion - but Jieshu did not comment on Aobai in this way, but had some malicious hints.

At this time, Ao Bai suddenly remembered that after Dolgon's death, Sony did not send his daughter to the palace to serve the emperor, but sent a daughter to Yue Le as a side blessing - Sony as a slave of the Aixin Jueluo family, it is normal to send her daughter to the prince's house as a concubine, but Ao Bai felt that Sony did a little embarrassed at that time, after all, they were no longer ordinary minions, but important ministers in front of the emperor. Sonny may be able to speak more than Yue Le into the emperor's ears, at this time, not only did he not put his daughter on the throne of the queen, but also sent him to the prince as a concubine, which was a bit too demeaning for himself, for example, he would definitely not do such a thing.

However, it seems that the princes obviously appreciate Sony's behavior, and Sony's daughter is also favored by Yue Le. I don't know if I don't check it, I was shocked when I checked it, as a side Fujin, I actually gave birth to six children in the past eight years of marriage, and now I am pregnant with another one. In this way, it seems that Yue Le will really make something happen in the future and let Sonny's grandson become his heir to the princely throne.

Sony, as the chief auxiliary minister, will definitely be attacked by the princes at first, but when Sony quickly shut up, Jie Shu and Yue Le will not chase and beat hard; On the contrary, it was Aobai, the second-ranked auxiliary minister, who was attacked overwhelmingly by the prince's party. Now that Ao Bai is almost unable to support it, he will never jump out and offend a large group of people again.

"You are also two yellow flags." After hearing Sonny and Aobai's answers, Sukh Saha disdained the two of them in addition to disdainful shì. Due to Sukh Saha's embarrassing position, he was attacked a lot, and many people suspected that this guy with two white flags betrayed the emperor. But Sukh Saha was well aware of his innocence, and he estimated that the traitor was probably one of the two men, Sonny and Aobai. Suke Saha's feelings about these two people now are very similar to a sketch in Deng Ming's previous life: I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that Sony and Aobai you two with thick eyebrows and big eyes actually became traitors. (Tribute to Mr. Chen Peisi)

"Sure enough, there are traitors among them, and they may even be traitors, and now the ban on the sea may not be beneficial, so it should be postponed, at least you have to see the pros and cons before you can decide." Su Ke Saha was thinking in his heart, and when he saw that the Empress Dowager's gaze had already fallen on his face, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "The slave has no objection!" When it comes to doing it as fast as possible. ”

It was already embarrassing for Sukh Saha to be among the ranks of the auxiliary ministers as the two white flags, the two yellow flags did not regard him as their own people, and many people in the two white flags regarded him as a traitor, he was suspected because of his participation in several important imperial councils, and if the empress dowager was forced to throw a scapegoat out, Sukh Saha suspected that he had a good chance of being selected - he would never be the leading brother who obstructed the ban on the sea.

The fourth-ranked Curb Pilon has always been secretly happy that he was not able to rush back to Beijing in time, although there are always some people who don't know the inside story who regard him as a suspect, but most of the Eight Banners are still bright-eyed, knowing that Curb Pilon was still out of town at the time of the Imperial Meeting.

"No objections to the minion! The forbidden sea is imperative! Curb said respectfully. Now it is unknown which of Sonny and Ao Bai will be the lead target, and Ao Bai seems to have a narrow lead but has not yet opened the distance, with Sukh Saha close behind. The shape of the Curb is very favorable, he is the least noticeable of the auxiliary ministers - this good momentum must be maintained, not to be showy or to attract hatred, and not to be too many arrows as long as you do not make mistakes.

After the four auxiliary ministers expressed their attitude, it was the turn of the Han people, and of course the Han people would not have the slightest objection. It doesn't matter if the four auxiliary ministers are hit by a few arrows, Hanchen can't do it, he must hide far away, let alone be attacked by fire, as long as he misses the arrow, he can die with a whimper.