Chapter 790 The Spring Festival Competition in the Eighth Year of Yonglong in the Wuzi Juan
After finishing writing the reply to herself in the study, Feng Ziying breathed a sigh of relief.
Jianzhou Jurchen behaved very quietly, which made my father feel a little unsure. Two letters have already come in asking about the situation.
On the one hand, he asked the court if there were any new developments.
Although Dad also had his own information channels in the DPRK, the gap began to appear as Wang Wenyan intervened and began to closely weave Feng Ziying's own personal connections and intelligence system.
Feng Tang finally realized how obvious the shortcomings of the lack of a person in charge of this matter in the court were. The intelligence system that was built purely on letters exchanged between colleagues, colleagues and superiors and the court newspapers became apparent at this time. How thin and pale.
Compared with the intelligence system integrated under the leadership of Wang Wenyan, although it is still very immature and rough, especially a lot of information in the south is still of little value and significance to Feng Ziying, and at the same time, the resources in the north are very scattered. Wang Wenyan then Even if you have the ability, you can't achieve the desired results all at once. It takes time to settle down.
For example, the people left behind by the Yehe tribe in the capital have established fixed contacts with the people under Wang Wenyan, so that they can bring people from Horqin, Khalkha, Chahar, Yehe tribe, Ula tribe and even people like the Woji tribe The Jurchen intelligence information of the East China Sea can be slowly passed back.
Similarly, Feng Ziying also asked Wang Wenyan to arrange a fixed manpower next to Wang Chao Zuo in Linqing to regularly receive news about the White Lotus Sect from Wang Chao Zuo, and to keep in touch with the activities of the White Lotus Sect in Beizhili. Get in touch.
Another example is some of the personal connections in Datong and Yulin. Feng Ziying also started to get some from her father and handed them over to Wang Wenyan, who can slowly integrate them. Of course, this still has a process, and it will not be handed over to Feng Tang. Feng Ziying, the two parties can quickly establish a relationship of familiarity and trust as before, which needs to be slowly deepened in the process of mutual cooperation and mutual benefit.
In the letter, Dad mentioned that Jianzhou Jurchen had suspended its large-scale attack on the Ula tribe, but the harassment and invasion of small groups suddenly increased, which caused great harm to the Ula tribe.
At the same time, Nurhachi adopted a restrictive and squeezing approach to Shuerhaqi, making it difficult for Shuerhaqi to quickly expand his strength. Many small Jurchen tribes in the East China Sea that had just come into contact with Shuerhaqi were attacked by Nurhachi. After so many fierce attacks from the outside, many small tribes of the Jurchen Woji tribe in the East China Sea no longer dared to move closer to Shuerhaqi.
Nurhachi was indeed quite capable in leading the Jianzhou Jurchens to rise rapidly. He quickly came up with the strategic countermeasures designated for his own side and implemented them quickly, which also produced results.
According to the news from the Horqin people, Nurhachi's envoys continued to enter the Horqin tribes, and gave out gifts lavishly, making the marriage more powerful. This also made Feng Ziying a little worried about whether the Chahar people could still control Horqin and avoid Horqin. People fell in love with Jianzhou Jurchen.
Historically, Lin Dan Khan was a character with great ambitions and little talent. He was so arrogant before that he wanted to fight ten of them, but was defeated by the Jianzhou Jurchens and was forced to flee westward. Now, although he has the support of Zhou Dynasty to deter the Horqin people. , but the Horqin people are much more realistic and may not really surrender to the Chahar people of the so-called golden family.
Feng Ziying also put forward her own suggestions in her reply to her father, resolutely preventing the Horqin people from getting closer to the Jianzhou Jurchen people, making every effort to destroy the marriage of the Jianzhou Jurchen Horqin people, and continuing to strengthen the strength of the Ye He tribe, making it a blocking force. A solid barrier connecting the Horqin people and Jianzhou Jurchens.
In addition, the Chahar people still need to use the imperial court and the Liaodong Governor-General's Office to urge them to suppress the Horqin people, in order to cut off the Jianzhou Jurchen's external relations momentum as much as possible.
Feng Ziying also mentioned that she would push Denglai to set up an exploratory fleet to bypass North Korea as soon as possible, explore to establish contact with the Jurchens in the East China Sea through the Whale Sea, and try their best to promote the Jurchens in the East China Sea to directly accept the canonization of the Great Zhou, so as to eliminate the firepower and let the Jurchens in the East China Sea The various tribes are not used by the Jianzhou Jurchens.
All this depends on the court's support for Liaodong.
Feng Tang received strong support from the court when he took office in the first half of the year, but can this support continue? Feng Ziying was not sure.
Although the strategy of opening up the sea did bring huge improvements to the imperial court's financial income, this improvement was largely one-time, and the proportion of long-term fixed annual income was not large, and it still required many years of cultivation. Only by royalties and sea taxes collected by shipping companies can we truly grow.
In Feng Ziying’s view, in the final analysis, if we want to achieve long-lasting and stable growth in Dazhou’s wealth and income, we can only vigorously promote the development of industry, commerce and maritime trade, especially the development of several major industries that have a major supporting role in the national economy and people’s livelihood. For example, coal and iron composite industries, such as the silk and cotton textile industries that can drive huge sea trade exports, tea making and porcelain making industries.
Feng Ziying knew very well that the Great Zhou Dynasty was still a purely feudal agricultural country. Agriculture, that is, the stability of grain production, directly determined the safety of the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, the factors that threatened the safety of the Great Zhou Dynasty were not just food issues, and foreign aggression was not solely dependent on food. Agriculture can only be solved by whether the grain harvest is good, which also requires the court to have sufficient tax revenue and strong military defense.
In the final analysis, it still depends on whether the imperial court's wealth is sufficient.
“Sir, Master Xu, Master Fu, Master Song are here.”
Feng Ziying laughed. She came here so early in the morning. She must have invited herself to go to Hongbin Tower to wait for the rankings.
In the past, Qingtan Academy had won a great victory in Hongbin Tower. Now Qingtan Academy has regarded Hongbin Tower as a geomantic treasure, so it has booked Hongbin Tower a long time ago. All the students from Qingtan Academy who participated in the Spring Festival Competition The students all live in Hongbin Building, and now everyone is sitting in Hongbin Building waiting for the results to be announced.
"Please wait a moment." Feng Ziying went back to Dongbian first. Seeing Shen Zizheng talking to Shen Yixiu, she asked with a smile: "It seems that Jun Yong is confident. Hu Chen, Yu Xuan, Zhong Lun and the others Come and invite me to wait for help at Hongbin Building, do you want Jun Yong to go with you?"
When Shen Yixiu saw her husband coming in, she quickly stood up and said, "Ms. sir, Jun Yong said he won't go with you. He also made an appointment with several classmates to look at the results together. There may also be Mr. Yang and Mr. Hou. …”
"Oh? Jun Yong wants to watch the rankings with Wen Ruo, Ruogu and the others?" Feng Ziying smiled.
"Well, we agreed a long time ago that Wen Ruo and Ruogu are waiting for us in the Zhuangyuan Building." Shen Zizheng was quite proud of himself. He felt very good about this exam, especially with Feng Ziying's targeted help and guidance. Its analysis and discussion are extremely beneficial in the spring period.
Seeing Shen Zizheng going out in high spirits, Shen Yixiu came to Feng Ziying with a worried look on his face, "Ms. sir, Jun Yong should be fine this time, right? I'm worried that if he misses, Jun Yong will be hit too hard. He will be in a state of despair. He is full of confidence in this Spring Festival Competition, but he is afraid that if he fails to win the Chinese style, then..."
"No, Jun Yong's level of classics and meaning is much better than mine. I've also given him a lot of guidance in the past two months on current policy, and I've basically discussed with him all the major topics he came back to talk about. However, as long as we perform normally, I think there is great hope for the second-tier A team." Feng Ziying comforted his wife.
"That's good. I hope Jun Yong can pass the test in one fell swoop. Even if he is ranked last in the top three, I will be satisfied." There are too many uncertain factors. Although my younger brother is smart, he cannot compete with the talents of his husband and Yang Sichang. Compared with Zong Zhicai, Shen Yixiu still knows this.
"Don't worry, why don't you make a bet with Wanjun for your husband? If Junyong wins the second-class Jinshi, Wanjun will allow me to be ridiculous. If Junyong wins the third-class Jinshi, Wanjun will..." Feng Ziying didn't finish her words. , was interrupted by Shen Yixiu with a blushing face, "If Jun Yong wins the second-class Jinshi examination, I will go and tell my mother-in-law that I will take another second concubine for my husband. If Jun Yong wins the third-class Jinshi examination, my husband can take another concubine." Concubine, if Jun Yong fails the exam, what will my husband say?"
Feng Ziying was stunned, and after a long while she said: "Wan Jun, my husband has no idea of taking a concubine. With Second Sister You and Third Sister You, my husband is already very satisfied..."
"I didn't say that now. I know my husband's thoughts. Having said that, if Jun Yong fails to pass the exam, then my husband should be responsible for educating Jun Yong. Don't let him be dejected and lose his will." Shen Yi Xiu pursed his lips and chuckled.
Feng Ziying shook her head repeatedly, "Wan Jun, you are deliberately digging a hole for your husband."
Having been with her husband for so long, Shen Yixiu has become accustomed to the words that often come out of her husband's mouth that she doesn't understand. For example, she didn't understand the meaning of the word "dig a hole" before, but she only understood it after her husband explained it.
“Whether it is digging a hole or not, my husband knows it in his heart. Maybe he is secretly happy now and is carefully planning who should be included.”
Shen Yixiu's joke made Feng Ziying blush even more, and waved her hands repeatedly, "Wan Jun, if you say that again, I won't make this bet with you..."
Shen Yixiu pretended to be anxious and held her husband's arm, "I'm just joking. My husband, I'd better hurry up. It's not polite to delay and let others wait."
When Feng Ziying and his party arrived at Hongbin Tower, they saw Zhou Yongchun and Bi Ziyan going up to the second floor side by side.
"The mountain chief is in charge of the academy." After Zhou Yongchun became the mountain chief, the position of the academy president was vacant. It was not until Bi Ziyan resigned from the Ministry of Industry that he was immediately invited to Qingtan Academy to serve as the academy president.
They were both from Shandong. Bi Ziyan was originally from Zichuan. Zhou Yongchun was even three or four years younger than Bi Ziyan. However, the two had always been close, so as soon as Zhou Yongchun sent out the invitation, Bi Ziyan readily agreed.
Feng Ziying is also from Shandong, so Zhou Bi and the two are particularly close to Feng Ziying.
"Ziying is here? I knew they would definitely invite you." Zhou Yongchun said with a smile, "Let's go upstairs together and see who is the leader in Jinke."
Feng Ziying was not polite and followed the two of them upstairs, but Bi Ziyan signaled Feng Ziying to stay.
"In charge of the hospital." Feng Ziying didn't know what Bi Ziyan was calling her at this time. He was not particularly familiar with Bi Ziyan, but he had met Bi Ziyan a few times and knew that he had served in both the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works, and was especially a financial expert. .
"Originally, I no longer work in the court and should not meddle in such nosy matters, but I heard that Denglai has huge expenditures. Wang Ziteng has repeatedly attacked the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs. I don't know much about the situation in Denglai. Really Need so much money? So urgent?"
Feng Ziying didn't expect that the other party was no longer in his position, but he was still dedicated to serving the public, and he felt a little touched. He pondered for a while and then said: "The new building in Denglai, in charge of the hospital, definitely needs money, but it is not that urgent, but I think it needs to be discussed. The water It will definitely cost money to build the division fleet, but the scale of the Denglai army has expanded rapidly. This is probably the main reason why the Denglai Governor's Mansion is short of money, right?"
Bi Ziyan was startled for a moment, then he couldn't help stroking his palms and sighing, "These warriors have too many selfish thoughts and are not interested in the imperial court's plans at all..."
As soon as he said the words, he realized that the person in front of him was also a martial artist. Bi Ziyan's face turned red and he hurriedly wanted to explain, but Feng Ziying stopped him with a smile: "Master, there is no need to explain and apologize. I understand what Master means. Among warriors, It is true that there are many people who ignore the overall situation, have serious selfish motives, and can even be said to have ulterior motives, but this does not represent everyone, the vast majority of people in the army still understand the overall situation and take the overall situation into consideration."
Bi Ziyan nodded repeatedly, but then said: "Ziying, there are too few generals like your father who can help you with your worries."
Feng Ziying secretly laughed in her heart. If Bi Ziyan learned about the conditions his father would impose on the Ministry of War this year, he would probably scold his father again for spending money like water, being extravagant and extravagant.
Feng Ziying felt that Bi Ziyan had not completely come out of the courtier's thinking. Perhaps the time was too short, or perhaps he was not suitable to teach in the academy at all, and it was more suitable to be a courtier who did practical things.
As soon as he went upstairs, he saw the academy students gathered around a dozen tea tables. Feng Ziying's appearance also attracted cheers from a group of students. Feng Ziying also saw that Lian Guoshi had arrived, as well as Xu Xie, Fan Jingwen and others. .
“Brother Zixun, I haven’t seen you for a long time.” Feng Ziying also met Xu Xie, who was basically determined to stay in the Ministry of Rites, which was highly appreciated by Li Tingji.
Xu Xie also had mixed emotions when he saw Feng Ziying. Every step he took was unclear. He could obviously stay in the court and choose whatever he wanted from the Ministry of Personnel to the Ministry of Household Affairs or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but he didn't. After getting the news, the other party actually wanted to go to work somewhere.
This made Xu Xi puzzled. Could it be that Feng Ziying didn't know the gap between Beijing officials and local officials? He doesn't know, don't Qi Yongtai and the others also know?
After exchanging greetings, Xu Xian saw that there were many people around him, so he didn't feel comfortable asking questions. He could only take Feng Ziying, Lian Guoshi, and Fan Jingwen at the same table and wait for the moment to arrive.
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