At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 143 Tang Xinggu, the attacking giant!
After saying these words, Zhu Qizhen couldn't help giving a thumbs up secretly.

Tang Xinggu's performance today is really perfect. What's even more rare is that the two monarchs and ministers have never communicated before. For Zhu Qizhen, today is a complete surprise!
Professional people do professional things, and in terms of eloquence, they must be scholars.

Look at what they said, not only with reason and evidence, but also for the country and the people. It seems that as the emperor, if he doesn't agree, he will feel sorry for his ancestors.

It was difficult for the ministers to refute for a while, so they simply played a rogue.

I saw more than a dozen civil officials headed by Wang Wen and Xu Bin suddenly knelt down, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, don't listen to Tang Xinggu's one-sided words, the sea ban will never be lifted!"

Afterwards, other people came back to their senses one after another, followed by kneeling on the ground, trying their best to oppose Tang Xinggu's strategy of opening the sea.

Only at this time did Zhu Qizhen really see the huge team of officials who opposed Kaihai. At a glance, they almost accounted for more than half of them.

These people didn't come up with any strong arguments to refute. They repeated those few clichés over and over again, such as the ancestral family law that cannot be changed, and the country will not be the country. It seems that as long as the sea is opened, the Ming Dynasty will perish.

Listening to the chatter of His Highness and officials, Zhu Qizhen's face became extremely gloomy, and the anger in his heart gradually rose.

Because, he has discovered that most of the people who yell the loudest and oppose the most are officials in the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, especially since the imperial examinations, the scholars in the south have steadily suppressed the north, and most of the officials in the DPRK and China came from the rich places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The reason for this is not difficult to imagine. The Ming Dynasty unified the Central Plains from south to north. The south was rich and the north was in war. If you can't even eat enough, what books do you read?

It stands to reason that the closer to the coast, the more aware of the importance of the ocean.

However, it is precisely these people who oppose the most fiercely now, and it is hard to say what their motives are.

According to the information currently available, although the imperial court strictly forbids civilians to go to sea, in fact, there are not a few people engaged in sea smuggling.

In other words, the sea ban in Ming Dynasty was actually only aimed at ordinary people, and it was useless to those local gentry and noble families.

But now, as long as the court opens the sea, their interests will be violated, and these people will naturally resist desperately.

Maybe some of them are really opposed because of outdated thinking, but most of them are ulterior motives.

Zhu Qizhen's gaze gradually became resolute, and he would never back down as the sea issue was related to the future of Daming Jiangshan.

At this time, Columbus had not yet been born, and the Francier countries were still being rubbed on the ground by the Ottoman Empire, and only a few Arabs could go to sea.

If we fail to grasp this opportunity, it will be too late to say anything when the West begins the age of great voyages.

Right now, Tang Xinggu is particularly important to open this breakthrough.

According to the understanding during this period, in fact, this person's character is not bad, he is not greedy for money, not lustful, just chasing a "name".

For the sake of fame, he can fight against himself, who is the emperor.

Also for the sake of fame, he can give up the fine clothes and fine food in the capital, and follow the army to Mobei to eat sand.

Now, with his own strength, he alone faced the attacks of the officials.

It's time to add some chips to him!

"Tang Qing's family, I remember that you once worked in Nanjing, right?"

Tang Xinggu immediately understood the meaning of the emperor, and immediately replied: "I have served in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate for five years, and I have been a censor in Zhejiang for three years."

According to their different identities and responsibilities, the inspectors and censors in the Ming Dynasty can be divided into two types: functional inspections and authorized inspections.

Authorized inspections are mainly sent by the emperor from time to time to inspect the censor, or other officials act as inspectors to conduct inspections.

Functional inspection refers to the inspection and censor who takes a province as a team and travels in separate ways for a period of one year, and returns to Beijing after the event is completed.

Tang Xinggu has been a censor for three years, which shows that he has been to at least three places to serve, and he knows the local customs and customs like the back of his hand.

Zhu Qizhen was very satisfied with his answer, so he continued to ask: "Since the Qing family used to work in Zhejiang, why not talk about it, what is the situation along the coast? What kind of life do the people live there?"

Tang Xinggu settled down and said: "Back to the emperor, the people along the coast are not doing well, and it can even be said to be... miserable."

"Tang Yushi, you are so alarmist, what is your intention?"

Xu Bin, Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, seemed to have caught the loophole in Tang Xinggu's words, and immediately started to fight back.

"According to the emperor's sage, now that the world is peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment, you actually said that the life of the people is miserable. Let me ask you, do you still have the emperor in your eyes? And the Daming Jiangshan Sheji?"

Seeing Xu Bin gaining power, the others reacted immediately and attacked Tang Xinggu together.

"That's right, scaremongering, you can kill your heart!"

"It's simply a rebellious statement..."

However, Tang Xinggu was still unmoved, he turned around slowly, his eyes swept over these people.

"Xu Shaoqing, my lords, I would like to ask, are you really for the great Ming Dynasty?"

"That's natural!"

Xu Bin shot back without hesitation: "Could it be that someone like Tang Yushi who wants to violate the rules of his ancestors is thinking of the Great Ming Dynasty?"

"I can't see it!"

Tang Xinggu sneered, and said: "I, Tang, lived along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang for three years. Others may not know what kind of life the people live there, but I, Tang, have seen it with my own eyes."

Xu Bin snorted coldly with his nostrils upturned, "I hope to hear good advice!"

"As the saying goes, you rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and the sea to eat the sea. However, the people in the coastal areas of the south of the Yangtze River rely on the vast ocean and watch the countless treasures in the ocean, but they can only look at the ocean and sigh. I don't know what Xu Shaoqing's opinion is?"

Xu Bin was full of disapproval, and retorted: "Since the imperial court forbids the people to go to the sea, it is enough to return to the shore to farm. Why is it so miserable?"

"Farming?"

Tang Xinggu sneered and said: "Most of the coast is saline-alkali sandy land, which is extremely barren, and less than one in ten can grow food. In summer and autumn, a gust of wind hits, and even the houses are gone. Not to mention Japanese pirates are rampant, and every day we have to beware of Japanese pirates landing and looting. Xu Shaoqing must have never experienced such a day in his life, right?"

"However, the ancestral system... cannot be violated!"

Facing Tang Xinggu's aggressiveness, Xu Bin felt cold sweat dripping from his forehead, and his tone became weaker and weaker until it was inaudible.

Tang Xinggu ignored him, and continued to say to Zhu Qizhen: "I invite you to open the sea because today, the sea ban may be an untouchable taboo for ordinary people, but for some people, it is nothing at all. .”

As soon as this remark came out, the officials suddenly felt the chrysanthemum tighten.

Youdu Yushi Wang Wen frowned and said: "The sea ban is a national policy set by Emperor Taizu. If the Tang Yushi impeaches someone for violating the ancestral system, please show evidence, otherwise it will be slander and it will be difficult to convince the public."

Immediately afterwards, all the ministers stood up one after another, with distressed expressions on their faces.

"Your Majesty, Tang Yushi slandered the ministers with conjectures. It is really hard for the ministers to be convinced. I hope the emperor will be the master for us!"

"Tang Xinggu did not abide by the ancestral system and ruined the government. I hope the emperor will punish him severely, so as to make an example to others!"

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(End of this chapter)