All Heavens: Starting from Traveling Through Song Qingshu

Chapter 107 Are Young People Now So Brave
For the civil and military officials standing in the court hall, Song Xuan is still satisfied for the time being.

At least, when the new dynasty was first established, all the officials were very enthusiastic about their work.As a founding hero, who wouldn't want to leave a name in history and be extolled by future generations?

Maybe they will become corrupt in the future and become what they once hated, but at least at this stage, those who can still stand in the court after being screened by the Tsing Yi Guards are mostly good officials with ideals and aspirations .

In fact, the atmosphere in the court was greatly influenced by the emperor's personal style.

If an emperor is not thinking about state affairs but all kinds of calculations and balances all day long, the civil and military officials under him will definitely do the same, with the main goal of fighting for power and conspiracy and calculation.

And for a pragmatic emperor like Song Xuan, his officials would naturally move in this direction.

Because you are not pragmatic and do not make real achievements, you will not be able to stand firmly in this court, and you are not even qualified to appear in the performance or to criticize the emperor.

You don't even have a decent performance, where do you have the face to stand up and criticize the emperor for not being obsessed with women?
The emperor is a womanizer, and this point has almost been unanimously approved by all officials in the court.

But for this matter, Baiguan was actually very happy in his heart.

An emperor who is too perfect and glorious puts too much pressure on them, and an emperor who has personal preferences and even some flaws is easier to be recognized by them.

It's good to be lecherous, an emperor who is not lecherous is definitely not a good emperor!

A man can't even look good, so is he still a man?
Li Shanchang and others were very efficient. The day before yesterday Song Xuancai asked them to come up with a suitable plan on the imperial examination. Today they proposed a plan to separate the imperial examinations from the north to the south.

This plan cannot be said to be perfect, after all, nothing can be completely fair, but at least, this plan can be easily carried out without encountering too much resistance.

Regarding the plan proposed by Li Shanchang, the ministers had no opinion, so Song Xuan directly decreed to implement it accordingly.

With the implementation of the imperial examination system, Song Xuan continued: "Is there still something to play?"

Hu Qian, the Minister of Finance, came out and said: "I have a book to play!"

Song Xuan nodded, signaling him to continue.

Hu Qiandao: "Your Majesty decreed the day before yesterday to build shipyards in Guangdong and Fujian, and specifically appointed Tang He as the commander of the Wu Dynasty Navy. Your Majesty intends to open the sea?"

Song Xuan said with a smile: "I think opening up the sea for business, making the country rich and the people strong, is something that benefits the country and the people. Why, Ai Qing thinks there is something wrong?"

Before Hu Qian could speak, the old man Song Lian spoke first, "Your Majesty, our Wu Dynasty is a great country, why do we need to make deals with those foreign barbarians?

Those barbarians are all uneducated people. If our Wu Dynasty merchants get in touch with them more, it is inevitable that they will have different opinions and it will not be conducive to the rule of the court. "

Another civil servant came out and said: "If your majesty wants the magnificent scene of all nations coming to court, you can order foreign nations from all over the world to pay tribute. Why do you need to specialize in opening up seas and doing business, and for no reason fall into the majesty of our heavenly kingdom?"

Song Xuan glanced at the civil official, and said flatly: "Your family has a business in shipping?"

The civil official shook his head quite proudly, and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to be suspicious. Although I was born in Yangzhou, I also came from a poor family, and I have nothing to do with shipping."

Song Xuan smiled and said: "Very well, it seems very confident, then you continue to say, as long as what you say makes sense, it's not that I can't accept it!"

He knew that Kaihai would definitely encounter all kinds of opposition, so he was not surprised. He mainly wanted to hear what novel reasons these people could come up with.

"The minister just let go!"

"Even if we can lay down our dignity and do business with foreign countries, has Your Majesty ever thought about the consequences of letting go of shipping?
People's hearts are all about profit, and Kaihai will definitely make a lot of people earn a lot of money. How can such a huge profit not move people's hearts?

At that time, people will be impetuous, and everyone will go into business. Who will still be able to farm steadily with their own duties?

After the opening of the sea and opening up trade, the silk, porcelain and other products of our Wu Dynasty will inevitably sell well in all countries, and the common people will inevitably destroy the fields and plant mulberries in pursuit of profit. If they are all planted with mulberries, what will everyone eat?
Your Majesty, our Wu Dynasty has just established a country not long ago, and the people in many provinces even have problems eating, and food is the most important thing that our Wu Dynasty needs to solve.

Opening up the sea to trade at this stage will only exacerbate the food crisis in our Wu Dynasty. If there is another natural disaster or something, Your Majesty, the tragedy of the people leaving their homes and changing their children to eat may have to happen again! "

Song Xuan was silent.

Sometimes you have to admit that although you are a time traveler, you are not necessarily smarter than these ancient people.For example, he is very clear about the benefits of opening the sea, but he does ignore the immediate disadvantages.

"What's your name?" Song Xuan looked at the young civil servant. He remembered that this person was an official of the Ministry of Justice, and it seemed that Liu Bowen personally recruited him into the Ministry of Justice.

"Return to Your Majesty, humble minister Yang Xian, now the sixth-rank inspection envoy of the Ministry of Justice!"

"Yang Xian." Song Xuan took a deep look at this person.

This young man is not an ordinary person. He is capable and courageous, but he is also too eager for quick success.In his memory, it seemed that this person had fooled Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang for a moment, and finally ended up as a fake.

But I have to say that just from the person's remarks just now, it can be seen that this person is still capable and knowledgeable.

This is also normal, if it is not really capable, Zhu Yuanzhang would not be able to gain the trust at first, and he could even deceive the extremely suspicious Ming Taizu.

"What you said makes sense." Song Xuan said kindly, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Yang Xian said: "Yes!"

"Well, then you continue!"

"Before, I was talking about the food issue, and what I want to talk about next is the military issue of our Wu Dynasty after the opening of the sea."

"There are more than seaside areas in my Wu Dynasty. If the sea is opened, naval forces must be stationed in these areas, which will consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

In addition, the navy has been sailing overseas for a long time, and the boundless sea is extremely difficult to control. If a general has a different heart and occupies an overseas island as king, how will he control it? "

As soon as these words came out, the civil servants who originally wanted to add a few words suddenly became quiet one by one.

Many people, including Li Shanchang, showed strange eyes when they looked at Yang Xian.

Is this person so brave?

You talked about the food issue and the military expenditure issue earlier, but if you talk about occupying the island as the king or something, then you will be in big trouble.

It's fine to talk about this kind of thing in private, and directly point it out in the court, isn't this going to cause a civil and military dispute!

Sure enough, Lan Yu and the others, who were about to take a nap listening to state affairs, suddenly looked vigilant.

What the hell, you guys are noisy, why are you targeting us generals again?
(End of this chapter)