"The situation is very different." Zhao Liben glanced at the big maid, and the big maid went out tremblingly. Then he said to Zhao Hao: "Duke Dingguo and the old man Ji found them, and knew them with emotion and reason. Finally, they understood that the result of eating alone was that no one could eat."

Zhao Hao couldn't help but be surprised: "They just passed by this simple one?"

Chen Shaoru and Ye Mengxiong were both famous officials who became the Minister of Shangshu, especially the latter, who were rare military talents in the Ming Dynasty. How could such people easily change their courses?

"Because Duke Dingguo threatened them, if they dared to vote against them, they would ask Hai Rui to go to Guangdong to investigate smuggling!" Zhao Liben spit out a cigarette ring and said, "Do you think they are afraid?"

"That's it." Zhao Hao suddenly realized and couldn't help but smile: "I'm afraid if I were me."

Thanks to the hard work of Lu Guang and Xu Wu in Beijing, Chen Shaoru and Ye Mengxiong both knew about the gentry in Jiangnan, and all made Hai Rui complain. Many people wanted to move him and let him harm the gentry elsewhere.

In fact, if Jiangnan Group had not protected Hai Rui, Governor Yingtian would have probably replaced him now. If Jiangnan Group and Xishan Company had another activity, it would be very likely that Hai Rui would be transferred to Guangdong.

Officials at the level of governors and governors did not avoid their posts. For example, Hu Zongxian, a native of Huizhou, was able to become the governor of Zhejiang. What's more, Hai Rui, who was extremely selfless.

If they were really allowed to operate Hai Rui to Guangdong, they would be disappointed. What interest groups? What are the complexities? Who can withstand the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms of the Sea Fighter?

At that time, I guess the officials and gentry in Guangdong will hate them to death, right?

This threat makes people so scary.

Perfect!

~~

"But they can only vote abstaining at most." Zhao Liben told Zhao Hao: "They said that if they voted for support, they would not be able to return to their hometown. Why would they ask Hai Gangfeng to help purify Guangdong..."

"Hehe, I'm really clear." Mr. Zhao sighed: "It's good to abstain from the ticket, so don't be too embarrassed."

In his eyes, these two, especially Ye Mengxiong, are future officials worthy of making friends, and do not want to push them completely to the opposite side.

"Well, the abstention ticket is really good." Zhao Liben brushed the ashes from the blue and white porcelain ashtray and said lightly: "I suggest that you don't force those three Shandong old men to abstain from the same vain."

"Grandpa wants to tie?" Zhao Hao frowned. If the opponent's five votes abstain, it would be a great situation of 20 to 12. Even if Lao Xier and Huguang Lao voted all eight votes for each other, it would be a draw.

However, as long as one of the five votes is voted for Shipping, you will be sure to win. If you work harder, you should win? Mr. Zhao still has many interests to exchange.

Isn't it a pity to tie this way?

"It's good to tie, the smartest one is the one who tied the ball." Zhao Liben spitted a smoke ring and smiled: "You think, what would it be if all these five votes were voted for us?"

"We won a big victory." Zhao Hao rubbed his swollen head, and after the hangover, his thinking was particularly slow. He thought to himself that he was not very good at dealing with those top smart people in the Ming Dynasty. His brain was not enough, and he could not damage brain cells in vain.

"Wrong, we will face a catastrophe." Zhao Liben sneered and said, "Where do you think we won? The chief minister, Xianggong Zhang, and the Minister of Personnel are all opposite us - we can actually defeat the Caoyun Group in such a passive situation. What does it feel to you as the Dukes of the Court and the People?"

"Jiangnan Group has killed four times, Jiangnan Group is super amazing, Jiangnan Group is invincible..." Zhao Hao finally understood his grandfather's concerns. He woke up from his drunkenness and finally recovered his mind.

"They would think that the Ming Dynasty court was controlled by our Jiangnan Group!" He said with a pale face: "But it's not that at all. This is just an increase brought by special issues."

"Those censors never make sense to you. They will only take things out of context and exaggerate. They will definitely seize the result of this court discussion and shape us into the great devil king who covers the sky with one hand!" Zhao Liben said with a grim expression: "So we just tie it, so that we can avoid arousing others' vigilance."

"Yes." Zhao Hao nodded deeply and said, "Since he has decided to let Gao Gong come out of the mountain, it is acceptable to tie this time."

"Not bad." Zhao Liben nodded and said, "You must pay attention to this point in the future. The embankment is higher than the shore, and the waves will destroy it. Do you remember?"

"Remember, we are just urging us." Mr. Zhao smiled a little stinky and said, "You said that if I am a child in every family, why would you be super amazing if you are not careful?"

"I call you boy crazy!" The old man shuddered his head. "You have to be low-key in China, and go overseas and go high-key. Do you remember?"

"Remember it, remember it." Zhao Hao hurriedly ran away with his head in his arms, fearing that his head would be beaten to death just now.

However, my grandfather is right. He really needs to restrain himself in China, so that Jiangnan Group will always be in a position where he is not visible, and is important, and people dare not provoke him.

If you are not urging yourself well, it will cause trouble!

~~

On May 1st of the third year of Longqing, it was the day of the highly anticipated shipping court discussion.

This day was also a grand ceremony on the morning day. During the morning court, Emperor Longqing, who was on the Jintai tent, specifically reminded all the voting ministers to keep the country and the people in mind, be impartial and wise, and choose a way to solve the transportation of the canal.

Then he added a rather blunt sentence, not only to come up with a solution as soon as possible, but also to speed up the transportation of canals. This is to express his support for shipping.

The ministers naturally responded together, but looking at their bare expressions, no one could hear them...

‘I’d better go back to read my books.’ The buzz was quite a blow, and I would suffer from cold violence every time I went to court. This feeling was so bad. How could I feel like being an emperor?

After the ministers respectfully sent the emperor to retire from the court, forty-five voting ministers, led by two great ministers, came to Zuoyemen Gate, commonly known as the "Dong Pavilion" to hold today's court meeting.

When the forty-five voting officials stood in the east cabinet, Li Chunfang, the chief minister of the cabinet who presided over the court, explained the content of today's court discussion to the ministers again:

"You have read the letter. Because the Yellow River breaks its dam, the canal will not be expected in one or two years. But the grain transportation cannot be stopped. The grain must be transported to the capital as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable. For this reason, the grain supervision office proposed to reopen the Jiaolai River and temporarily resolve the urgent needs through river-sea transportation. In addition, former governor Lin Run, and several officials from Jiangnan, came to this place to request sea transportation."

"The detailed proposals are listed in the posts sent to the public, so I won't go into details." After a pause, he looked around and said, "Today, I am ordered to ask my colleagues to come and discuss together to see if it is better to transport rivers and seas or pure seas? This is a big deal, so please be sure to speak freely..."

"Here." The officials responded and began to sit and discuss, expressing their opinions on the shipping and Jiaolai River.

For shipping, officials are nothing more than worrying about the dangers of maritime storms and losses are too great? But the package of plans proposed by Jiangnan Group has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and perfectly solved most of the problems that officials are worried about.

However, some people raised a sharp question on the spot, that is, if grain is transported by sea, the Jiangnan Group's fleet may reach a scale of thousands of large ships.

How can such a large fleet be relieved if it is not in the hands of the imperial court?

As soon as this statement was made, the ministers nodded one after another. Someone was about to agree, and then he heard the Minister of Revenue Masen explain:

"You don't have to worry, this matter has been considered long ago. In the future, the shipping will be managed by the government. Although the fleet belongs to the people, the Royal Family and the Ministry of Revenue will jointly send personnel to supervise it, and the imperial court's control over the fleet and grain."

After a pause, he added: "In addition, sea boats cannot enter the Dagu River or the Yangtze River. All sea boats entering the Dagukou two miles in the north are all treated as illegal acts, and the deputy general of Tianjin is responsible for supervising the arrest. All sea boats entering the Yangtze River two miles in the south are also arrested and controlled by the Censor Caojiang."

When the ministers heard this, they felt that the restrictions were very sufficient, so they had nothing to say.

The Ming Dynasty, which had been banned for a hundred years, almost lost its awareness of maritime power. These ministers who formulated national policies were only worried that the ships would attack the two capitals of the north and south along the Dagukou of the Yangtze River. No one was worried at all that these ships could do after they went abroad.

What do you like to do... What does it have to do with the Ming Dynasty when you make a fuss?

The lovely court ministers thought so.

~~

However, the Jiaolai River debate has caused considerable controversy.

Officials, especially those in Jiangnan, were bombarded by the canal. The canal government proposed that what was the intention of reopening this canal that had been repeatedly proven to be useless?

After all, Jiaolai River is dry in spring and summer, without any invocation, and has skyrocketed in autumn and winter, and there is no way to accumulate shallowness. The sand in the north and south seas is easy to block, and the boats are stagnant but not connected. It is just a matter of hard work to open it, and at most it takes a few years. Compared to simply shipping, it is really not cost-effective.

Seeing that the officials supporting the canal transport were dumbfounded and could only use the grounds of "the food and clothing of millions of canal workers" to make a weak statement, Li Chunfang had to stop the court's discussion in advance.

"Since each person has his own opinions, it's better to vote and decide." Li Chunfang forced the 55th, and then nodded to Zhang Siwei, the Hanlin attendant who was in charge of counting votes.

Zhang Siwei sent the blank question book. After the voting ministers finished writing and closing the question book, he put away a thick stack of question books again.

"Remember." Li Chunfang ordered.

Because it is a registered voting, there is no need to supervise the vote voting, and it is enough to let him read the results on the spot.

"Yes." Zhang Siwei began to recite one by one:

"Yang Bo, Minister of Personnel, supports Jiaolai."

"Huo Ji, Minister of War, supports Jiaolai."

"Gao Yi, Minister of Rites, supports shipping."

"Ma Sen, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, supports shipping."

"Mao Kai, Minister of Justice, supports shipping."

"Zhu Heng, Minister of Works, supports shipping."

Two Shujishis, who were in charge of counting, stood in front of the blackboard and drew regular characters.

When I finished reading the six ministers, the situation was normal and the ministers were calm. Unexpectedly, when I reached the level of the Minister of the State Council, I suddenly became confused...
Chapter completed!