Everyone naturally looked at Zhao Wanyong. Everyone knew that Xiao Zhao had a quick mind. From the beginning of the army, Xiao Zhao served as the marching commander, handling secrets internally and strategizing the army externally. Many matters were handled directly by Hong Jinglai.

It was left to Zhao Wanyong to handle, while Hong Jinglai just took charge of military affairs.

Therefore, in the power politics of the Fengshan Hong family, from the time he started, Zhao Wanyong was actually in charge of a small part of the family. When Hong Jinglai had a child or something, he would definitely be tied to Zhao Wanyong by marriage.

Now that Hong Jinglai has not expressed his position for a while, if Zhao Wanyong expresses his position, he will basically be able to influence Hong Jinglai's thoughts.

"What you all said is actually reasonable. The opening of Hong Kong diplomacy will indeed disturb the entire country. For a while, it seems that it will definitely do more harm than good." Zhao Wanyong's answer did not exceed everyone's expectations. As a descendant of the Fengyang Zhao family of the great gentry clan,

Zhao Wanyong is obviously opposed to this kind of behavior that will destroy the entire feudal order.

"What Zhao Dafu said is right. Although the opening of Hong Kong diplomacy can obtain a certain amount of fiscal revenue, it seems to be nothing compared with the opposition of scholars all over the world." Cui Zhengji is temporarily in charge of the Xuanhui Department, and is actually concerned about expanding taxation.

Very happy, but now he thinks that consolidating Hong Jinglai's power is the first priority.

"Yes! It's really not appropriate to disturb the world's scholars just for a few tariffs." Hong Shourong hoped that the Hong family's political power in Fengshan would last for eternity. He was now enjoying his career in Li Cao's judgment and did not want to retire.

"Is this what you all mean?" Hong Jinglai did not expect that more than a dozen people, except Li Xizhu who was far away in Incheon, supported the opening of Hong Kong, but all the others opposed it.

"..." Everyone nodded, indicating that this was the case.

"Wufeng, if the Laishang people say they are doing something for trade, just let them go to the small island in the South China Sea. We here will turn a blind eye and pretend we didn't see it." Min Jingyou thought that Hong Jinglai was coming.

This is all blinded by poverty.

The finances of the imperial court have been poor, and even the salaries and wages of the officials and soldiers cannot be paid on time. Since Hong Jinglai is in charge of this family, he has to pay everyone for wages. Min Jingyou thought that Hong Jinglai was eager to open up new financial resources to enrich the finances of the Hanyang imperial court.

To maintain the normal operation of the entire court.

So he agreed to Laishang's smuggling, and then Laishang contributed money to the Hanyang court in the name of repayment. Hello, me, everyone, the money was earned, and no one would cause trouble.

"If it's just for a little money, it doesn't have to be like this." Others thought Hong Jinglai was here to make money, but only Hong Jinglai wanted to have direct exchanges with Europe.

Even though Hong Jinglai was so powerful in Hanyang, he still needed his group of people to work together to get things done. If even his cronies felt that it couldn't be done, then it would definitely not be possible to push forward.

Sometimes it is not so easy to gain power over the world!

Everyone saw that Hong Jinglai was not very interested, thinking that Hong Jinglai was worried about this matter, so they all looked at Zhao Wanyong, meaning you, Xiao Zhao, hurry up and persuade him. This is how a prime minister is in power. He can do everything according to his own pleasure.

Come on, how can you unite the majority and stabilize the political power without taking into account the interests of all parties?

"Everyone, on the order of the king and concubine, why did we raise troops to calm the situation?" Zhao Wanyong suddenly stood up.

"this……"

How to answer this? Hong Jinglai himself was panicked because he might be involved in the murder of Jin Zuchun. He turned against several generals from Hanyang. That's because since Brother Hong said he wanted to do it, we will follow you. Purely. Because I trust and admire Hong Jinglai, I think Hong Jinglai is okay.

As for the civil servants here, it’s even harder to say. Except for Zhao Wanyong, who traveled thousands of miles to join Hong Jinglai after hearing the news, the others were monks on the way. Cui Zhengji persuaded Li Sangxian to surrender, Min Jinghye persuaded Songdu to open the city, and Han It was true that he was Li Xi's logistics officer, and Hong Shourong was even better. He just lived in Hanyang, and an uncle came from heaven to do it for him.

Even Jin Pingchun, the younger brother, actually didn't think that much. He simply felt that Hong Jinglai was going to die, so he came to report the news. Then he saved the lives of his brother Jin Zuchun and his family at the expense of Kaicheng. He just felt that Hong Jinglai is a good person and should be followed. As for what to do and how to do it, there is no clear goal.

"We raised the army not to fight for power but to reform the country's politics, enrich the country and strengthen the army!" Zhao Wanyong's state was completely different from just now.

"Go on!" Hong Jinglai knew that Zhao Wanyong had an idea.

"Now, just because communicating with foreign countries will cause disturbances among scholars and scholars, we have to give up. What about changing the imperial examination system and amending the national land system in the future? Should we also give up? Just to ensure the current power, we will do nothing. Are you moving?" Zhao Wanyong asked very loudly as if he had been holding back for a while.

"If it is to amend the land system to benefit the people, then I am willing to support Zhao Dafu!" At this time, Jin Pingchun stood up and was the first to support.

Jin Pingchun is really a man of contradictions. In order to maintain feudal rule, ease the conflicts among various classes within the feudal order, and reduce the oppression and exploitation of the people, he agreed. As long as he can maintain the relationship between the king, the king, the ministers, the father, the son, and the son. He agreed and supported reforms within this framework.

"Jin Dujian should know that the communication about the opening of the port is just a disturbance from all directions. If the land system is revised, the whole world will turn against it! If we can't even carry out the communication about the opening of the port, how can we succeed in amending the land system!"

"Shi Ya, everyone understands what you are saying, but after all, this matter is a major matter and needs to be discussed in the long term." Min Jingxu is the oldest and has a high status, so he naturally wants to express his position.

"Isn't the prime minister not willing to see Wufeng radically reform the state affairs and become a famous minister who will be remembered for generations?" Zhao Wanyong suggested to Min Jingyue because of his reputation that scholars care about.

If Hong Jinglai's reforms were successful, Min Jingyue, who was in charge of political affairs, would definitely leave a mark in the history of China and become a famous official of ZTE.

"But how should we deal with the disturbance from Confucian scholars from all directions?" Min Jingyue was slightly shaken.

"Now that we have the support of our superiors and tens of thousands of troops below, all we have to do is wait for a few Confucian scholars to make noises and open another Huanggan exam." Zhao Wanyong actually even thought of a way to deal with it.

"This is a way..." Min Jingyou didn't know what to say for a moment.

What Zhao Wanyong meant was in the name of Jeju Island's tribute of yellow tangerines to Hanyang. In order to share such a good fruit with the scholars, the Lord called the scholars to share it together. The Confucian scholars were all focused on the imperial examinations, so they had no time to take care of Incheon. It’s about opening the port.
Chapter completed!