Just as the ministers whispered and whispered, the eunuch of the Sili Principal Bi Yun waved the court whip, made a "pop" explosion, and shouted sharply: "Silent!"

The ministers immediately calmed down. Zhu Houcong had already read Xu Jin's memorial at this time and nodded, "I think Xu Qing's words are reasonable, so please recite them to everyone."

"I will receive the order!" Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, brushed his sleeves, took the memorial handed over by Xiaohuangmen, and recited it in a slight and slight manner.

Xu Jin's memorial mainly opposes the ban on the sea by clarifying two reasons: the first is to communicate with each other and gain the strengths of other countries to make up for one's own weaknesses, so that the country can develop and progress; the second is to enrich the people and the people are rich, and the country will naturally become strong.

However, the "Celestial Kingdom" idea of ​​the ministers present has been deeply rooted, and feudalism has always emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, so these two reasons of Xu Jin cannot be recognized by the ministers, and even make them feel ridiculous.

Now, after Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, finished reading Xu Jin's memorial, the Hanlin scholar Shi Yu came out and looked at Xu Jin and shouted: "Xu Jin, your memorial is about business matters. It's really a waste of reading the books of sages. I am ashamed to be with you."

As the saying goes, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, merchants rank at the last, which shows that merchants have a low status in feudal society, especially the scholar-official class, who look down on merchants. In the poems and essays of ancient people, the image of merchants is selfish and cunning, focusing on profits but neglecting friendship, which is not ashamed of scholars.

Xu Jin raised his sword eyebrows slightly and said calmly: "I wonder where the clothes Lord Shi wore, the dishes on the dining table at home, and the utensils used at home come from? Are they all made by Lord Shi himself?"

Shi Yu's face was slightly dark, and he didn't know how to refute it for a moment.

Xu Jin continued lightly: "The seven things that ordinary people do when they open the door in the morning are firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea. Which one can be separated from merchants? Therefore, merchants involve all aspects of people's livelihood. I dare to ask Lord Shi, why are you ashamed of merchants?"

Shi Yu's face turned red and he was speechless. The little emperor Zhu Houcong was secretly happy when he saw this and secretly gave him a thumbs up.

At this time, Xu Jin continued to whisper: "As the people are richer than the lower, the king is richer than the superior. The people are rich, who is not enough? When the people are rich, the country will naturally become strong. There is a saying that: Eat the mountains and eat the sea by the sea. Since the people along the coast of our Ming Dynasty can obtain wealth from maritime trade, why should we prohibit it? If we close the Maritime Tijuan just because of the revenge of the two barbarians, and ban maritime trade, it is undoubtedly equivalent to slaughtering food. In addition, as the saying goes, stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade, trade between countries, exchange or not, learn from other people's strengths, and promote the progress of our country.

Therefore, I believe that not only should the Maritime Quotation Division in Fujian and Ningbo should not be cut off, but the Maritime Quotation Division should be added to further open up the maritime mutual trade."

Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, looked as if he was ashen and shouted loudly: "Nothing is said, and he is a foolish way to talk about agriculture and serenity. It is a foolish way to focus on business and ignore agriculture and serenity. What's more, is it that you only have those yellow and white things in your eyes that completely ignore the dignity of our dynasty? The Japanese openly burned, killed and looted the border of our Ming Dynasty, and we opened our country to trade with it. Where will this place be my Ming Dynasty?"

Wang Ze, the Minister of War, nodded and agreed: "What Secretary Mao said is very true, not to mention that I, the Ming Dynasty, have nothing to lack in everything. It is just a small country in Japan. What is there to be rare in our Ming Dynasty."

Zhou Yusheng, the clerk of the criminal department, even said sternly: "Forbidden to go into the sea, this is the ancestral system set by Taizu. Xu Jin openly said evilly and confused the public, and his heart could be punished. I beg the emperor to issue an order to kill this villain to face the truth!"

Xu Jin couldn't help but be amused. Today, he finally experienced the barbarity of professional trolls in the Ming Dynasty. He wanted to kill whoever he wanted to kill. I, you, said coldly: "I'm sorry, who is your uncle?"

Zhou Yusheng said proudly: "I am the chief clerk of the Criminal Department. What is Jing'an Bo's advice?"

Xu Jin smiled lightly and said, "I dare not take it as a gift, but according to Zhou's words, should the eunuch of the Three Treasures be executed by Ling Chi?"

As soon as this statement came out, the entire Fengtian Palace was as quiet as death, and Zhou Yusheng's face turned green. You should know that the eunuch of the Three Treasures, Zheng He, voyaged the West seven times, and was always thousands of ships, and it was so powerful that if he violated the ancestral system, this person had violated it thoroughly. If Zhou Yusheng said just now, the eunuch of the Three Treasures was not enough to atone for the sins of a hundred times, but the eunuch of the Three Treasures was ordered by the Emperor Zhu Di to go to the West. Could it be that he had been cut with Chengzu?

"Xu Jin, you...you...you are so mean? I am the official..." Zhou Yusheng stuttered, and even said something was incomplete, and his back was sweating.

Xu Jin was too lazy to continue to pay attention to this small role, and instead said to the Minister of War Wang Ze: "Shangshu Wang just said that Japan is a small country, and there is nothing worthy of our Ming Dynasty?"

Wang Ze snorted coldly and said proudly: "So what? Is this official wrong?"

"The Master said, I will be my master when I walk through three people. Although my Ming Dynasty has a vast treasure, I don't lack anything. Everything is the best. For example, the Japanese sword is no worse than our waist sword; for example, the Folang machine cannon is also stronger than our artillery; for example, this..." Xu Jin said as he took out the exquisite pocket watch and continued: "We in the Ming Dynasty do not have accurate timing tools like Westerners. Are these not worthy of our imitation?"

Wang Ze sneered: "It's just a strange trick, it's not worth laughing at!"

Xu Jin was once again amused. Sure enough, you can't wake up a person who pretends to be asleep no matter what. Similarly, no matter how bright the lotus is, you can't convince a group of self-righteous "old antiques". If these people were not put on their necks and made them feel heart-wrenching, their thoughts would not have changed in any way.

Xu Jin suddenly became a little discouraged. In this situation, he wanted to promote the "opening of the sea ban", which was obviously just a delusion, so he simply put his pocket watch back in his arms, and was too lazy to refute Mao Cheng, the Minister of Rites, bowed to the imperial throne and retreated to the back of the team.

Zhu Houcon obviously understood that things should not be done today, so he couldn't help but sigh and said indifferently: "If you listen to both sides, you will be clear; if you listen partially, you will be secret. Since I ascended the throne, I have opened up a wide range of words. If you have any suggestions, I will not punish anyone for your words."

"The emperor is wise!" The two classes of ministers said in unison.

Zhu Houcong looked at the four elders of the cabinet and said with a kind look: "What do you guys think Xu Jin is talking about?"

Yang Tinghe stepped forward and said: "It is true that the people are rich and the country is strong, but the fundamental reason of the country is agriculture and sericulture. Commercial affairs are just auxiliary. If you emphasize commercial affairs and neglect agriculture and sericulture, it is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse. As long as the emperor lights taxes and reduces labor service and carries out benevolent policies, the people will naturally become rich. This is the true people who are richer than the bottom, and the king is richer than the top.

Therefore, what Xu Jin reported was not worth pondering at all, let alone the Japanese are so arrogant, so how can they not be punished severely? In addition, the ancestral system must not be violated."

The third auxiliary Mao Ji and the fourth auxiliary Jiang Mian also nodded to express their consent. As for the second auxiliary Fei Hong himself did not agree to the opening of the maritime ban, and others opposed it, he naturally could not obviously favor his disciples. Finally, he nodded: "I agree with the abolition of the Maritime Tendering Division, prohibiting coastal people from going into the sea, strengthening coastal defense to prevent similar incidents from happening again!"

The four elders of the cabinet all expressed a ban on the sea, and the ministers of the court almost supported the abolition of the Maritime Procuratorate, so the matter was finalized. Xu Jin couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It seemed that he was too presumptuous. With his current status and connections, even with the support of the young emperor, he could not beat these conservative schools.

After the court was dispersed, Xu Jin left Fengtian Palace in depressedly. As soon as he left Zhaode Gate, he was stopped by his teacher Fei Hong and quickly stood still and waited respectfully.

Fei Hongxing came to Xu Jin and said calmly: "Ziqian, go to the teacher's house after going to the teacher's house. There are some things to talk about when you are a teacher."

"Yes!" Xu Jin smiled bitterly in his heart, probably to be scolded.

Fei Hong nodded and walked towards the cabinet. Just as Xu Jin was about to turn around and leave, he saw the chief assistant Yang Tinghe coming towards him. He hurriedly stood up and bowed and said, "I have met Mr. Yang!"

Yang Tinghe nodded lukewarmly and said indifferently: "Xu Ziqian, I heard that you had sex with the emperor yesterday?"

Xu Jin frowned secretly and nodded, "That's right, the emperor was happy to see the hunting, and it was not convenient for the subordinates to wipe out the emperor's happiness."

Yang Tinghe snorted coldly and said, "Don't think I can't see it. You have already discussed with the emperor about the opening of the sea ban. The emperor is still young and easily confused. Don't blame me for not reminding you that Jiang Bin is a lesson from the past. You are a talent. I don't want to watch you embark on the road of a slander, and you will never be able to recover. Just do it yourself!" After saying that, he brushed his sleeves and walked away.

Xu Jin's eyebrows slowly raised his sword, and his hands tightly clenched into fists. This time, he was completely angry.

Originally, Xu Jin respected Yang Tinghe as a capable official and never thought of going against him, but he finally realized clearly today that although Yang Tinghe was a capable official and was considered honest and honest, he was also a representative of the conservative school and was too self-righteous.
Chapter completed!