Chapter 322: One Theory Breaks the Double Void and Acts in a Great Country.

What a naughty little guy.

In addition to Wang Ziteng, the ministers including Lin Ruhai all saw the careful thoughts in Chen Heng's memorial.

The imperial court has a heart-to-heart relationship with you, but you are playing tricks on everyone else, right?

Deliberately take two difficult things and put them in a memorial, forcing us to choose one from them?

If ordinary magistrates are acting like this, it will be okay if they don't. Maybe he would even write a reply and scold him. Could it be that he dared to show off to the ministers?

It can be expected that the person who submitted the memorial was Li Zhi's confidant. Wei Yinghong and Cao Tingshou were the most focused, carefully paying attention to His Majesty's expression.

The only people in the palace who were indifferent to this matter were Lin Ruhai and Wang Ziteng. The latter has recently been deeply involved in Xungui's conspiracy case. Following the fall of the Zhen family last year, the Third Division's investigation of Xungui has progressed to the boundaries of Shuntian Prefecture.

Recently, rumors have spread from time to time in the court that when the new year is over, Li Zhi will take action against the four kings and eight princes.

Wang Ziteng's own situation was already precarious, so he had no time to pay attention to Chen Heng's minor matters.

Compared with these people, Lin Ruhai's mentality was the most relaxed. The news about my son-in-law is just a trivial matter.

Now that two major national affairs were involved, all he could do was keep silent, neither adding trouble nor helping.

Noticing that all the ministers had their own thoughts, Li Zhi had no choice but to take the initiative and said, "Let's discuss these two matters. What do you, my beloved ministers, think of these two matters?"

How we think about it depends on what you think? Wei Yinghong and Cao Tingshou looked at the Minister of Household Affairs in a tacit understanding. Both matters were related to money matters. In theory, you Lao Wen should come out and express your position.

Wen Shangshu was also interesting. He was looking at Lin Ruhai with a smile on his face. That look seemed to express his belated congratulations with his eyes.

A few people were in a stalemate. When Guo Bangxian, the new Minister of War, saw an opportunity to take advantage of it, he immediately stepped out and said: "Your Majesty, I think it is feasible to establish a navy."

Guo Bangxian was originally the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment. He was upright and fair. Before the former Minister Sha Xiang resigned from office, he recommended him to take on this important task.

Although Lao Sha was confused when he became an official in his later years, he could not find any faults in his life. Li Zhi didn't hesitate too much and accepted the veteran's recommendation.

Damn it, why did you forget that the Ministry of War was also there to disrupt the situation? Wei Yinghong screamed in his heart. He suddenly thought that the current Minister of Punishment was from Shanxi. For a moment, it was not clear whether Lao Guo was in a hurry to express his position and had an early disagreement with the Minister of Punishment.

He had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, I also think this matter can be handled."

While talking, Wei Yinghong hurriedly stepped out of the queue. While Lao Guo continued to talk, Wei Yinghong quickly changed the topic elsewhere.

"However, for many state affairs, the cabinet has already drafted this year's affairs last year. At the Ministry of Household Affairs, the amount of the national treasury has not yet been calculated. I believe that when doing things, especially big things, you must first understand your own family background."

Lao Wei's face must be given. Li Zhi nodded and turned his attention to Wen Shangshu.

After getting the signal, Lao Wen couldn't continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb. He had no choice but to take a step forward, came to Guo Shangshu's side, and replied: "Congratulations, Your Majesty! Six chief officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs and thirty-six house officials reviewed it day and night. Last year, the taxes collected by the treasury totaled 6,780. Ten thousand two liang.”

After some remarks that were both an expression of merit and a complaint, Li Zhi could only be heard nodding from the throne. This number is much higher than the more than 50 million taels in the early years of Jianping.

Li Zhi expressed his love for your hard work and asked about various details. Lao Wen is a veteran in officialdom, how could he not be prepared for this. He first orally recounted the financial situation of the provinces south of the Yangtze River, and then focused on the rapid progress of Ludi, Shenzhou and other places.

At the end of the conversation, Wen Shangshu, who had gained enough performance points, calmly took out a booklet from his sleeve.

"All kinds of detailed entries are included. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

You just want to be in the limelight, but you, Lao Wen, are ruined. Wei Yinghong pouted, reasoning that this document should be handed over to the cabinet first. After he reviewed it, he handed it to Li Zhi "in person" and "in person".

As expected, Li Zhi was very interested in Wen Shiqian's excerpts, so he asked Xia Shouzhong to go get them and read through them on the spot. A pair of thick black eyebrows could not help dancing, obviously the dragon's heart was filled with joy.

Another sentence of "I love you for your hard work" floated over. For Wen Shiqian, who was unlikely to be promoted, this was the moment he got His Majesty's approval.

As if feeling His Majesty's palm gently falling on his shoulder, the delighted Wen Shangshu returned to his original position.

Look at Lao Wen's appearance. When he returns to the ministry in the afternoon, I don't know how much praise he will get.

Turning around, Li Zhi continued to ask what Wei Yinghong meant. The latter’s previous remarks were not without purpose.

The cabinet is the steward of the imperial court and has drafts for all expenditures this year. Chen Heng's intervention really disrupted many of Wei Yinghong's plans.

After the civilians continued to pour into the coastal provinces. The negative effect is the increase in prices in various places. The departure of young laborers from various places has the greatest impact on farming.

Wei Yinghong did not become the chief minister by flattering him. When he was the prefect of Yangzhou, he was known for his effective governance.

He has already planned a package of plans to support farming. This is Dayong's national foundation and a red line that cannot be compromised easily.

After explaining his concerns and arrangements in a well-founded and well-founded way, Wei Yinghong's words also made Li Zhi think deeply.

It is understandable that people want to make more and easier money, but the court has to consider everything.

The subsequent debate was mainly about the navy. Regarding the issue of pirates, all the ministers expressed their approval for the expansion of the naval division, but they were still unable to make a decision on the scale.

As for the treasure notes that Chen Heng mentioned, no one took it to heart.

What are you thinking about? Do we have to repeat the mistakes made during the Hongwu period of the former Ming Dynasty?

Stop, stop. As long as I, Wei Yinghong, am still the chief minister of the cabinet, the treasure notes will never be a problem.

In the subsequent debate, Lao Guo felt that if we were to do it, we should do it well. In military affairs, there is no such thing as taking one step and looking at two steps. If we fight with pirates, the navy will be out of the battle for a long time and the troops will be insufficient. Who will be responsible if we lose?

Wei Yinghong also said that in order to stabilize the local people and farm the land with peace of mind, the court must introduce policies.

Since it is impossible to unilaterally stop sea transportation, he plans to urge Shandong and the two lakes to continue to increase the grain storage reserves in the name of the cabinet, and use the court to absorb the surplus grain in the hands of the people.

The two parties were deadlocked, but Li Zhi thought they were all right. The group quarreled until the afternoon, and Li Zhi kept them to have dinner together.

Taking advantage of the intermission, Li Zhi led Lin Ruhai and Li Xian to walk alone in the imperial garden.

Perhaps it was because of the memorial written by Old Wen that Li Zhi was in a good mood despite the headache caused by the quarrels between the two adults Wei and Guo.

Now it was private time, and Li Zhi did not hide his attitude.

He turned his head first, looked at Li Xian on the left, and asked, "What do you think of this matter, Prince?"

"I think both adults are right." Li Xian did not look at Li Zhi's frown. Of course, he knew that his father would definitely not be satisfied with this answer.

He immediately said, "But to appease the people and cultivate the land, the court still needs more money."

This statement is quite insightful, and it can be regarded as a disguised support for the expansion of the naval division. After all, without sea transportation, there is no money. The current court can no longer go back to the poor days.

Li Zhi nodded and began to sigh in his heart. Since the emperor left, the prince has become more and more restrained in front of him.

Alas, it's not as interesting as the father and son talking and laughing before.

"What about Lin Aiqing? Didn't your kid tell you?"

Lin Ruhai was used to others mentioning Chen Heng in front of him, and he said happily: "He has just become a father now, and I'm afraid he doesn't have time to pay attention to an old man like me."

I don't believe your nonsense. Li Zhi didn't care, just took out a letter and handed it to Lin Ruhai, saying: "This letter is written by Zhixing, you take a look first."

After the greeting, Lin Ruhai hurriedly took Zhixing's handwriting and looked at it carefully in his palm.

It was the time of spring recovery, and the bright sun above shone a touch of red among the thousands of green bushes. The breeze swayed, which was even more intoxicating.

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"Your Majesty is well, your minister..."

After the familiar letter, Lin Ruhai noticed that Chen Heng used a bold and cold tone in the letter to tell a problem that had troubled the Central Plains dynasty for nearly a thousand years.

Your Majesty, why do all dynasties have border troubles? Whether it was the Han Dynasty's pacification of the Xiongnu, the Tang Dynasty's extermination of the Turks, the two Song Dynasty's customs and collection, and the Ming Dynasty's two methods, it was difficult to eradicate it?

The difficulty between the two countries is not just the difference between nomadism and farming. It is not as simple as the ancient sages said: those who are not of my race must have different hearts.

Under Chen Heng's narration, Lin Ruhai's perspective unconsciously followed the other party's thinking. Tea, salt and other items were traded from the Central Plains Dynasty, while the nomadic dynasty took out horses, wool and other items.

This may not show the problem. But when Lin Ruhai saw Chen Heng point out the status of tea, salt and other items in his country, and bluntly stated the importance of horses, wool and other items to nomads, he immediately understood what Chen Heng meant.

"Tea is not a necessity for the people of our dynasty, and salt is also in surplus. But fine horses are the foundation of countries such as the Xiongnu and the Turks.

If they don't want to exchange fine horses, the grassland tribes can only collect the people's property and purchase them for border trade.

In the long run, the wealth of the grassland tribes is actually the wealth of the people in the Central Plains. The wealth of the people in the Central Plains is definitely not the wealth of the grassland tribes.

That is why the grassland tribes are difficult to govern, and there has been a struggle between the two places for nearly a thousand years.

However, this matter cannot be avoided, only war!"

This is an economic account, looking back. In fact, even if the dynasties did nothing, the Central Plains dynasty, which mastered the most advanced productive forces, would only silently plunder the other party's assets.

It has nothing to do with the general concept of good and evil, this is the relationship between the different values ​​of the import and export goods of the two sides.

Over time, the gold and silver in the hands of the nomadic people flowed into the Central Plains, only in exchange for tea, silk, salt and other things.

The continuous economic plundering destined that there would only be a short period of peace between the two places. Unless one of the two sides completely falls, there is no possibility of reconciliation.

This is also the reason why the Turks emerged after defeating the Xiongnu, and the Liao and Jin dynasties emerged after defeating the Turks.

This statement, not to mention earth-shattering, is also a unique statement in the world. Facing Chen Heng's well-reasoned correction, Lin Ruhai felt that his son-in-law was right even if he had doubts in his heart.

It was just that the ideological imprint left by reading sage books for many years still made Lin Ruhai unable to fully understand it for a while. But this did not affect him to continue reading...

"Your Majesty is wise, the Han Dynasty is to the Xiongnu, the Tang Dynasty is to the Turks. It is also like Dayong to the maritime countries.

The hot sales of our products, along with the influx of silver from Western countries. The two sides will inevitably have a naval war within a hundred years.

This war is not your Majesty, but the prince, and the emperor's grandson. It is also the millions of people in the future who are in it and cannot avoid it."

The core of the problem is that the Western countries do not have the necessary items for Dayong.

If they unilaterally exchange money for goods in the long run, where will the Western countries find silver?

Without silver, we can’t do business and buy goods from the Celestial Empire.

The difference in economic status cannot be reversed by forcing the people to accept Western goods.

As long as the people of Dayong don’t buy it, Westerners can’t think of using goods to break open the country’s door.

Unless they find a necessity that the people of Dayong can’t live without, otherwise…

Facing Chen Heng’s foresight to see through the future, even Lin Ruhai felt his scalp tingling.

This is not what scholars used to do, arguing with each other about the teachings of the master.

This is to jump out of everyone’s chessboard of thought, stand in a strange field that no one has ever reached, and make predictions that transcend the times.

Lin Ruhai has never underestimated his students. To this day, he still feels that he underestimates the other’s intelligence.

After several trials and tribulations, gold is finally obtained, and heroes are revealed after the great waves.

The beloved son-in-law has been walking step by step in the local area, and it is finally time to bear fruit.

Seeing the shock in his minister's heart, Li Zhi stroked his beard with satisfaction and asked with a smile: "What do you think, Lord Lin?"

Lin Ruhai smiled bitterly and sighed: "Now I know why Master Pei gave him the name Zhixing.

'One theory breaks the double void, Zhixing in the great country'. Chen Zhixing is indeed worthy of his reputation."

He added: "Master Pei taught him everything he knew. I feel a little jealous and wish I could listen to Master Pei's teachings more."

They all studied under Master Pei, why did Chen Heng learn so much that was so amazing?

Li Zhi also nodded, and he also agreed with Lin Ruhai's judgment. Thinking of the deceased mentor, Li Zhi felt even more touched and couldn't help saying: "If Master Pei was still alive, I wonder how happy he would be to see his remarks."

Li Xian listened from beginning to end and was really curious about the content of the letter. He hurriedly said, "Dad, can I take a look?"

Hearing this long-lost address, Li Zhi had no reason to disagree, and he was secretly delighted with a stern face.

When Li Xian finished reading, he clapped his hands and said, "I wish I could invite Mr. Chen to Beijing immediately, and I would like to talk with him by candlelight and ask for advice every day."

Thinking of the guards, Xia Shouzhong and others who were with him, Lin Ruhai hurriedly said modestly on behalf of his son-in-law who was not present, "Your Highness is too kind."

"Not too kind, not at all." Li Xian said, and brought up the example of Li Jun following Chen Heng to the south last year.

He also said, "After Jun'er returned to Beijing, his knowledge and talents are indeed far better than before."

It was rare to hear Li Xian praise Li Jun, and Li Zhi also became interested and asked, "Are you serious?!"

"Father, call Jun'er to try it out tonight and you will know." Li Xian hurriedly bowed.

You won't say things your father likes to hear. Li Zhi snorted suddenly, and then said angrily: "I originally wanted to leave him to you, but now it seems that I am afraid I can't wait any longer."

Symbolically informing a result, Li Zhi said to Lin Ruhai: "Are there any arrangements for the New Year's inspection of all officials?"

This is a major project of the Inspectorate once every six years, and Lin Ruhai naturally answered fluently.

After walking a few steps, the group walked towards the Linjing Hall again. When they arrived at the door of the hall, the eunuch waiting outside reported: Lord Wang Ziteng wanted to see the emperor alone.

Li Zhi had no time to pay attention to him, and directly ignored the news and entered the hall.

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Recently, there are many people at home, and every day is very lively. Chen Heng also often works at home, first to accompany his parents, uncles and aunts who have not seen for a long time, and second to accompany his wife and children.

It's interesting to say that when Sheng'er was just born, Chen Heng didn't feel much, and he thought that this boy made his wife suffer.

But after the third baptism ceremony, one day half a month later, Chen Heng suddenly realized the so-called father-son relationship.

Gradually noticing that her husband would ask about Sheng'er's situation whenever he had time, Daiyu, who was about to leave the confinement period, could not help but laugh at Chen Heng's late realization.

"What's the big deal?" Chen Heng was teasing Sheng'er in his arms, "It's better to know late than not to know."

His son had just finished his milk and was sleeping soundly. But Chen Heng was anxious. Your father had finally finished his official duties and came to hold you eagerly.

How could you sleep at such a young age?

Seeing that Chen Heng was about to wake Sheng'er up, Daiyu, the mother, had to reach out and pat her husband on the back.

She was ruthless and the sound was very crisp.

"You made Sheng'er cry, you can comfort him later." Daiyu said angrily to Chen Heng, who was grinning.

"I will comfort him." Chen Heng didn't know where he got the confidence from. After waking his son up, he hurriedly carried him to the soft couch.

The father and son sat together in front of the screen window, enjoying the warm spring sun while taking books for his son to play with.

It was called playing, but in fact, Chen Heng was just reading to his son unilaterally. But a child of this age doesn't have time to listen to this. Seeing that his father didn't pay attention to him for a while, he immediately started to spit bubbles and fell asleep.

After this period of confinement, Daiyu can already go out. The doctor said that as long as she doesn't go out and get caught in the wind, nothing else matters.

Daiyu watched Chen Heng happily reading alone, and she was too lazy to intervene in the foolish behavior of her foolish husband. She took the needlework and started to make some underwear for her son.

The thread in the hands of a loving mother, the clothes on the body of a wandering son. What a warm moment, but Lin Jue and Qingyue, two loud voices, stood outside the window and kept shouting into the house: "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, is Sheng'er awake?"

"What are you two going to do?" Chen Heng knew that the two guys were not holding back their farts, so he started to interrogate them directly.

"Brother-in-law, let me take my nephew out to play!"

"That's right, let's take him out to see the world."

Lin Jue and Qingyue sang and harmonized, which was quite interesting. It happened that the clerks of the government office had something to report. Chen Heng hurriedly called them into the house to be with the children, while he got up and went to the outer hall to handle official business.

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At the child's full-moon ceremony, Sheng'er not only received gifts from his maternal grandfather and grandmother, but also a longevity lock prepared by the craftsman in the palace ordered by Li Zhi.

After thanking the emperor for his kindness, Chen Heng gathered together with his relatives and friends who came over to share the joy of the peaceful years. During the dinner, he heard a good thing about Xue Biao.

This autumn, he will marry the only daughter of the Xia family.

For such a big event, it's natural to have a few drinks. Chen Heng lamented the wonderful fate of the Xue and Xia families, and asked how Xue Biao captured Xia Jingui's heart.

Xue Biao said speechlessly: "Look at what you said, I didn't subjugate her, it was she who subdued me."

Bao Qin was also there to expose Xue Biao's background and said bluntly: "It was the Xia family's aunt who asked a matchmaker to come to the house, and my parents only found out about this."

"Then what?" Chen Heng couldn't help but start gossiping.

"Of course there is nothing wrong with my brother." Bao Qin laughed and said, "Sister Xia is so powerful this time. Before the matchmaker proposed marriage, she blocked my brother in the streets of Yangzhou and asked: If you don't agree to marry me today, I will marry you tomorrow. Started crying at the door."

Chen Heng was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect Xia Jingui to be so daring to love and hate. He sympathized with Xue Biao and said, "I'm afraid Brother Xue will have to work hard in the future..."

"Nonsense, the husband is the guide to his wife! Even if she is a Hedong lion, I...I can cure her."

Xue Biao argued hard, which made Qian Dayou and Jiang Yuanbai laugh out loud, even saying they didn't believe it.

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Just after February, the imperial court issued an order to rebuild the maritime division in Fujian and Zhejiang.

Chen Heng read the news in the court newspaper. Xin Suzhao, who had just been transferred to Zhejiang Navy Commander, was feeling headache about his new job.

Who said that after this battle, he would let me go back to the border?

Hahahahahaha, time flies so fast!