There was no big storm in the West Garden. Although Jiajing intended to travel around the world and found the ancient book of immortality that fell from the sky from his dream, he also knew that leaving Beijing would cause a great turmoil.

What's more, Jiajing's ideas are always imaginative, but when they really need to be implemented, they always look back and forth, just like the plan to regain Hetao in the past.

However, there was no major storm in Xiyuan. With the result of the financial management meeting participated by Jiuqing, the undercurrents under Beijing were surging, and this officialdom was destined to cause trouble.

With Wu Shan officially proposing the opening of the sea and the salt administration, this will inevitably lead to disputes, and this battle is likely to continue until one side completely suppresses the other side.

But many times, the undercurrents in the officialdom are surging, and the feeling that the outside world is still calm.

The people and officials in Beijing clearly live in the same city, but they seem to live in two completely different worlds, and the people will never feel the battle in the court.

Compared with the south of the city where officials frequently visit, the north of the city seems very calm, and this place is exactly the same as usual.

At the hour of You, a sedan chair left the Shuntian Prefecture as usual. Under the escort of a guard, he walked through the streets and alleys directly towards Jintaifang.

Although this is the city of Beijing where the royal relatives and ministers walk everywhere, the highest yamen in the north of this city is the Shuntian Prefecture, so Lin Fu and others who are walking in front seem arrogant.

It is also a small comfort. Although the head of the Shuntian Prefecture was suppressed by the Six Ministry officials and other imperial officials, the Shuntian Prefecture was able to walk sideways most of the time in the north of the city.

Lin Ran, wearing a third-rank official uniform, sat in the sedan chair, adding some official power to his body, and closed his eyes to rest. He was not interested in the scenery outside the sedan chair. At this moment, he was thinking in his mind, and his thoughts were floating to the south of the city.

The results of the financial management meeting have reached his ears. Although the proposal to rectify the Salt Administration was not approved, Jiuqing agreed to reopen the Ningbo Maritime Warehouse Department, which was undoubtedly a good result.

Ningbo opened the sea, which not only effectively strengthened the circulation of goods in Guangdong and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but also jointly promoted the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty, thus allowing the Ming Dynasty to embark on a path of prosperity and strength.

Of course, he is no longer an ignorant politician. He knows that although this strategy has been proposed, it is the same as whether it can be passed by the emperor and the cabinet, and whether it can be truly implemented is another matter.

Although opening the sea can drive maritime trade, thus obtaining a large amount of overseas silver, and thus promoting the development of handicrafts in the Ming Dynasty, this will change the single way of land production and gathering wealth, and even allow many people to escape from the constraints of land, which is something that the officials and gentry classes who have large tracts of land production do not want to see.

For the dynasty, it can be seen from the household registration system established by Zhu Yuanzhang that the Zhu family dynasty also hopes that the people under their rule will engage in agricultural production honestly, which will be conducive to the stability of the dynasty.

Whether it is the local officials and gentry, large places, or the essence of the Zhu family dynasty, the desire to open the sea does not have much strength, and it is easy to become a resistance to open the sea.

It is precisely because the Ming Dynasty's opening of the sea was a continuous struggle, and there will be various resistances in the future. Even officials cannot effectively promote the opening of the sea in Ningbo.

Lin Ran felt the shaking of the sedan chair, and he felt like he was in the court, and was in the midst of the waves and had to fight with the undercurrent below.

However, after so many years of official career, he has also grown slowly, and he has the confidence to promote the career of opening up the sea and resolutely change this dynasty that has not yet become a rotten dynasty.

"master!"

The sedan chairs fell to the ground one after another, and the curtains were carefully pulled open from outside with one hand, and the voice of the butler Lin Jinyuan came with respect.

Lin Ran knew that he had returned home and liked the feeling of returning home. This place was like a warm harbor.

He bent over and got out of the sedan door, but before he could step over the sedan chair, Hu Niu had already arrived beside him. Her cute face looked red, as if she had been rubbed with rouge by the sunset.

Hu Niu is no longer the little one, she is obviously taller, and the biggest change is that her little nose remains unchanged. She is moving towards a generous girl, and she is still full of vitality.

The moment he saw Lin Ran, his eyes burst out with an extremely excited light, but the next second he restrained himself, frowned and complained seriously: "Brother, why are you back so late? I've been waiting for you here for half an hour!"

"I'm late, so I came back directly. Do you have something to ask me for?" Lin Ran looked at Hu Niu suspiciously and asked in confusion.

Hu Niu nodded seriously immediately, but turned her head and looked around, and waved vigilantly: "Brother, let's talk about it later!"

Lin Ran looked at the wild girl making it mysterious, but she was used to her character, so she followed her towards the inner house with steps.

Wu Qiuyu was hurried out from outside, but as soon as she left the Chuanhuamen, she saw the brother and sister coming towards her. She bowed in a regular manner and said, "My husband, you are back!"

"Well, I don't know what this girl is asking for me!" Lin Ran and Wu Qiuyu nodded, pointed to Hu Niu who was walking in front and greeted him, and followed Hu Niu into the inner house again.

Wu Qiuyu looked at the brother and sister who hurriedly walked into the inner house and pursed her lips slightly.

Hu Niu came in through the hanging flower gate, stood in the courtyard, looking at no one around, then raised her face and asked seriously: "Brother, what is a branch in the world?" When she was asking, her eyes were staring at Lin Ran seriously without blinking.

Lin Ran did not expect that it was the problem, and immediately asked in confusion: "Brand the world? What should the emperor send someone to travel to the world for him?"

"Did you send the imperial envoy to the place to find treasures?" Hu Niu carefully digested Lin Ran's words and immediately continued to ask.

Lin Ran looked at the girl's serious appearance and nodded honestly and said, "Well, you can understand this way!"

"That's good!" A hint of joy immediately appeared on Hu Niu's eyebrows, and she turned around and wanted to leave.

"Where are you going?" Lin Ran asked in confusion as he watched the wild girl walk outside.

"I want to go to the Gulou to see if there are any treasures! You and your sister-in-law don't have to wait for me for dinner, I'll eat it when I come back!" Hu Niu replied without looking back.

Lin Ran looked at Hu Niu who jumped over the threshold and left, and a black line immediately appeared on his forehead. The wild girl suddenly became stupid. After waiting for him for a long time, she asked for some fur things, and then she didn't even plan to eat supper on time.
Chapter completed!