The atmosphere in the small meeting hall was a bit solemn. The incident of Ning Zhiwen's robbery was beyond the expectations of everyone here. All the officials in the Beijing Affairs Hall gathered together rarely, and Guo Jiuling from the Eagle's Nest also attended the meeting. There are two themes of the discussion. One is whether to save it? The second is how much the Ming Dynasty is willing to pay to save it.

The meeting hall has been in a long time, and no one is willing to speak rashly on such matters. After a while, the censor Jin Jingnan stood up and said, "I think we should not set a precedent because of this matter. From a clear perspective, Ning Zhiwen is still a senior official of Chu. If we take action, it would be a sign to others that Ning Zhiwen is our Ming Dynasty. This is equivalent to tearing the veil of warmth and affection between us and Chu, and letting both sides openly engage in evil. This is not in line with our Ming Dynasty's strategic plan. Secondly, if this example is opened and the people of Qi taste the sweetness, then in the future, will our senior officials of the Ming Dynasty want everyone to be in danger? If one of them is tied up, will we have to pay a huge price to rescue? What is this? Is kidnapping and extortion? I think that only by ignoring it can we be in a long-term peace and make the people of Qi lose this thought."

Before Jin Jingnan finished speaking, Fang Dazhi, the Minister of Personnel, who had always sang against him, also stood up and retorted: "Mr. Jin is such a bad word. I think we must save Ning Zhiwen. First of all, Ning Zhiwen has been doing things for my Ming Dynasty over the years. Whether it is the Jinghu incident or the rebellion of Zhou Shuguang in Bozhou, he has made great contributions. If we ignore a hero of the Ming Dynasty and let him die, wouldn't it make others feel heartbroken? Who would still be willing to die for my Ming Dynasty in the future? I think

It is precisely in the long run that we have to rescue Ning Zhiwen. People’s hearts are easy to disperse but not condense. We cannot let the heroes bleed and cry. Furthermore, please don’t forget that Ning Zeyuan is now the general of the Ming Navy. He led the Ming Navy and the Ming Navy. He was basically established by him. Among the Navy, Ning Zeyuan has a profound influence. Although Ning Zeyuan has not said a word about this matter so far, but he has not spoken, which has actually shown his attitude. Your Majesty, I think I want to save it."

"I'm saving this time. How should the Qi people deal with this move? Will our Ming Dynasty be blackmailed like this?" Jin Jingnan asked coldly.

"The Qi people are not robbers. They have a strong goal in kidnapping Ning Zhiwen. Your Majesty said before that the Qi people's intentions must be above the navy. The Qi people should understand that such things can never be repeated. If they are as Master Jin said, the Qi people will still run to our Ming Dynasty to kidnap our high-ranking officials. That is why people laughed out loud. If they really do this, will we not take revenge? It is completely unfair to worry about it."

Jin Jingnan wanted to say something else, but Qin Feng waved his hand and signaled him to sit back.

"Save it, it must be saved. The Qi people will not put it on the surface of this matter, and we will not announce it. As for whether the Chu people will know, there is no need to worry. As long as we don't say it, even if the Chu people know it, the Chu people will not make it public. After all, Ning Zhiwen was just appointed as the county magistrate by Min Ruoying. At this time, Ning Zhiwen is a person from the Ming Dynasty, and his face must not be good-looking. He is a person with great face. Moreover, Yang Qing is dead, and the inner guards of the Great Chu are now without a leader, and they are basically paralyzed. It will take a certain amount of time to recover. Their intelligence acquisition ability will definitely be affected during this period. What we need to discuss now is what price the Qi people will offer, and what is our bottom line?" Qin Feng looked at everyone and said.

The chief assistant Quan Yun stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Ning Zhiwen's only role on the Qi people is to be above the navy. The rebellion in Bozhou of Qi gave the Qi people a strong signal. Without the navy, any of their thousands of miles of sea fronts could become the target of our Ming Dynasty's attack. They must have wanted to rebuild the navy. Ning Zhiwen is such a person. He knows how to build ships and trains in navy. I am not afraid of anything else, but I am just afraid that the Qi people will not offer any price. Even if we have the will to save people, they are not willing to let them go."

"Although I don't know how to build ships, I have also gained some understanding of this industry with the large-scale development of Baoquan Shipyard and Huludao Shipyard in recent years. Shipbuilding is a systematic industry and involves too many problems. When we first built ships, many people were recruited from Chu State. Zhou Li was responsible for these things, but our navy really ushered in a big explosive development, which started after completely accumulating the people of Ningshi Shipyard. Now everyone in Ningshi Shipyard has arrived at me."

Although the State of Qi was great, the country's policy of sealing the sea for so many years, coupled with the rebellion of the Zhou family in Bozhou, they actually no longer had the most basic technical reserves, so they just tied up Ning Zhiwen, which was not enough to change anything, and Ning Zhiwen could not do anything alone. I think the people of Qi are very clear about this, so they will definitely exchange Ning Zhiwen for things they are interested in, for example, our complete set of technology technology for shipbuilding. With these technology, Daqi has the possibility of revitalizing the navy in a short period of time."

"Don't think that if they offered this condition, we would never agree." Jin Jingnan said angrily: "I believe Ning Zeyuan knew the importance of this matter, and we would not agree. Ning Zhiwen could also measure our difficulties. Qi people are our great enemy. There will be a battle between Ming and Qi. This is to support the enemy and let the enemy make up for their shortcomings. Commander Guo, can the Eagle Nest find Ning Zhiwen's whereabouts? It's better to end it all." Jin Jingnan said murderously: "As long as Ning Zhiwen dies, all problems will naturally be solved."

Everyone in the room suddenly became quiet. This was indeed the fastest and most effective way, but it was also the most dispelling method. Will Ning Zeyuan have no idea about this?

Guo Jiuling smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Mr. Jin, it's not that I'm a slut, but that ghosts are actually very powerful. Although we have fought against them over the years, more wins and fewer defeats, it is all based on a prerequisite. The place where we are facing each other is either in Ming or Chu. Now that we want to compete with them in their local area, Guo really has no confidence. Moreover, Cao Hui spent so much effort to get Ning Zhiwen away, how could we find his trace and start?"

Qin Feng frowned and knocked on the table, "I don't need to discuss this matter. I will not agree."

Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor rarely called himself me in front of these important officials. Once he called himself like this, it meant that he was already very unhappy.

The emperor concluded that Ning Zhiwen must have saved him. Only Jin Jingnan was still holding his neck in the room. "Since His Majesty said he wanted to save him, we still have another way, that is, to exchange Cao Yun. They are unkind and we are unrighteous. We do not believe that the people of Qi will ignore Cao Yun."

"How much Cao Hui really cares about Cao Yun, he would not kidnap Ning Zhiwen during this period." Qin Feng shook his head and said, "Maybe he hopes that we will hold Cao Yun and not let him return home, or this matter was originally the instruction of the Emperor of Qi."

After hearing this, Jin Jingnan couldn't help but be surprised. "Cao Yun is their prince. His influence in Qi State, especially in the military, isn't they afraid of the military objection when they do this?"

"The problem is here!" Qin Feng said: "The Emperor of Qi was extremely afraid of Cao Yun. During this period, the plan we have spared no effort to implement has also created more and more gaps between the two of them. The Emperor of Qi may have already developed deep suspicion and concern about Cao Yun. Cao Hui kidnapped Ning Zhiwen, and first, he could threaten us to get what they wanted, and second, if we really threaten Cao Yun, we would be afraid that it would hit him."

"What is most annoying is that we cannot make this matter public, otherwise the Chu people will be embarrassed and it will be difficult for us to do it. Now the Chu people are disinterested in us. If such things are made public, then the Chu people will be in the wrong hands and the Chu people will be able to openly go further and further away from us." Quan Yun sighed and said, "Cao Hui's plan is extremely vicious."

Xiao Hua, the Minister of Rites who had been rolling his eyes and listening to everyone's words, heard this and spread his hands and said, "In other words, we will definitely agree to the other party's conditions in the end?"

Quan Yun glanced at Qin Feng and said, "Since Your Majesty has decided to save people, even if we suffer a loss, we can only finally agree to their conditions."

"But you can't suffer such a loss!" Xiao Hua said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has also participated in the plan of Cao Yun and Cao Tiancheng. Since the results have been achieved, why don't we use this matter to push it?"

"What does the boss mean? You can't really hold on to Cao Yun!" Qin Feng said.

"We can use Cao Yun to discuss the conditions with Cao Hui first!" Xiao Hua said in a real way: "And there is no need to hide it. Send people from Taoyuan County to talk to them directly. Let Xian Bisong and Guo Xiancheng know! If these people know about this, they will not be able to make noise? They can put pressure on them. If they successfully put pressure on them, then we can get Ning Zhiwen back without any effort. If their pressure is not successful, hehe, Cao Yun will definitely feel uncomfortable. When Cao Tiancheng knows that Cao Yun is not feeling well, he must be ignorant. When Cao Yun's generals see this situation, they will inevitably feel heartbroken. If their loyalty to their emperors is a little bit lower."

Everyone looked at Xiao Hua. The old man never spoke about things outside the Ministry of Rites. Today, he actually spoke. Seeing everyone looking at him, Xiao Hua couldn't help feeling uncomfortable: "The old man just said this, okay, everyone is concerned about it."

Qin Feng smiled and said, "Old Master Xiao woke up the dreamer with his words. We cannot detain Cao Yun, but it does not prevent us from using him as a condition. Besides, the kitten should not be idle during this period. Go to the coastline of Qi for a few times, of course, as a pirate."
Chapter completed!