Liu Ruyu returned home holding Zhao Ce's article and went directly to Liu Daxia's study.

Recently, the season has changed, and Liu Daxia's throat feels uncomfortable, and he always coughs from time to time.

He had previously received an errand from His Majesty to reduce royal family rewards and terminate titles. Now the general regulations have been discussed with various departments.

Just wait until it is finally submitted and approved by His Majesty and the cabinet ministers.

Seeing Liu Ruyu coming back, he said directly: "Go to Uncle Yongxi's Mansion?"

Liu Ruyu said "hmm" and put Zhao Ce's article on the desk.

"Yong Cibo asked his son to help him read the article, and his son brought back a lot."

Liu Daxia nodded and said: "Anyway, you don't have much to do now, so just help me take care of it."

Liu Ruyu said yes, and there was silence in the room for a while.

Liu Daxia raised his head and looked at Liu Ruyu who was hesitant to speak.

He frowned slightly and said, "What happened?"

Liu Ruyu said: "Father, my son met Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at Yongxi Bo Mansion today!"

"They went to Uncle Yongxi's Mansion to ask Uncle Yongxi about opening the sea."

Liu Daxia paused for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went there in person?"

Liu Ruyu nodded.

Thinking of the shocking policy theory that Zhao Ce brought over before, Liu Daxia sighed.

"Previously, His Majesty's attitude towards the opening of the sea was dispensable."

"But starting from the end of last year, it suddenly started to become tougher."

"It turns out that there is an expert guiding me behind this..."

As Liu Daxia said, he felt that Zhao Ce was too bold.

A good scholar shouts and kills every day.

He also said that he would invade and plunder other countries.

The Ming Dynasty is now consolidating its territory again and again. Where is the time when they can do these things?

Liu Ruyu saw his expression and quickly told him what he had heard about the two memorials.

Liu Daxia has not received this memorial yet.

Now that His Majesty has received it, it is estimated that he will get the news soon.

After listening to Liu Ruyu's words, he was a little uncertain and asked: "Have all the Japanese slaves been beaten away?"

Liu Ruyu said honestly: "Father, this is what His Majesty said personally, and it should not be wrong."

"So it seems that the establishment of a sea ban is not entirely without benefits?"

Liu Daxia remembered Zhao Ce's previous vows.

"If our Ming Dynasty does not develop the sea area, the sea area will not become our barrier..."

Liu Daxia murmured: "It will become a sharp weapon in the hands of others."

"Now...can it also become a sharp weapon in the hands of my Ming Dynasty?"

Liu Ruyu glanced at him and didn't know how to answer the question, so he simply said nothing.

After Liu Daxia said it himself, he felt a little ridiculous.

He pondered: "It's just an occasional thing, I can't say for sure."

"Send someone to the southeast coast to see the situation on the navy side."

"Although there is only one port opened now, there is no guarantee that there will be people who want to fish in troubled waters."

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens."

"If His Majesty really wants to fully open the sea, war will definitely be inevitable, and the soldiers' pay must also be prepared."

"As for the Folangji people in Guangzhou, they only have two ships and can't make much of a difference."

"Just teach them a lesson."

Liu Ruyu agreed honestly, thinking about what Zhao Ce had just said that Fo Langji should not be underestimated.

Still swallowed the words.

After all, the reason why Japanese pirates are difficult to deal with is because they have a steady stream of people to invade the Ming Dynasty.

But Franji was too far away from them, and it was impossible for something like the Japanese slaves to happen.

Liu Daxia asked him to help write down the memorial now, and Liu Ruyu put the matter behind him.

After the memorial was written, it was sent directly to the palace.

Liu Daxia said directly: "Go down and read the article."

"Uncle Yong Xibo has too many thoughts and doesn't know how to write this article."

"I think it will take a lot of effort on your part."

Liu Ruyu whispered: "Father, I read an article on the road and thought it was pretty good."

Liu Daxia looked at him doubtfully.

Liu Ruyu chuckled and said: "Yong Xibo's article follows the path of grand and solemn ancient prose, but it is not difficult to see from the article that he has a particularly good understanding of history and current affairs."

"If all articles are like this, my son thinks that he will probably achieve good results in Qiu Wei."

Liu Daxia coughed twice and looked away.

"In that case, then you can help him find out what needs to be improved."

After holding it back, Liu Daxia waved his hand and said, "Nothing else, go down and do your thing."

After Liu Ruyu saluted, he left with Zhao Ce's article.

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the other side.

Emperor Hongzhi returned to the palace, and because of this spring rain, he summoned several ministers to discuss spring plowing and spring floods.

Until it was time to turn on the lamp, he looked at the memorials that had not been completed during the day and gently pinched the center of his eyebrows.

Queen Zhang was followed by palace attendants, holding steaming food in their hands.

"I heard that Your Majesty didn't eat much for dinner, so I brought some food that's easy to melt. Do you want some?"

"It's getting late now. How about taking a rest after using up and continuing to deal with political affairs tomorrow?"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled tiredly and said softly: "Okay."

Empress Zhang waited on him for a while. Seeing that his appetite was not very good, she always felt a little worried about his health.

She asked someone to boil some nourishing soup and watched Emperor Hongzhi drink it before she felt relieved.

Passing the bowl to the palace attendant next to her, she took a wooden box from the hand of the palace maid.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the wooden box handed to him and asked curiously: "This is it?"

Empress Zhang said happily: "Your Majesty, can't you open it and take a look?"

Emperor Hongzhi saw the mysterious look on her face and couldn't help but open the wooden box in his hand in amusement.

"Bank notes?"

Looking at the stack of silver notes in the wooden box, Emperor Hongzhi smiled.

"Why did the Queen bring me money?"

Empress Zhang said confidently: "Your Majesty has been busy with political affairs recently, isn't it all because of money matters?"

"Previously, Hou Zhao and I participated in Yong Xibo's pastry business, and now this is the first month's dividend."

Emperor Hongzhi held the banknote in his hand and asked curiously: "It seems to be a lot of money. How much money was divided?"

Speaking of this, Queen Zhang became happy.

She said: "The profit was divided into three parts, and the one I got was more than 6,000 taels."

"My son's share was just delivered to him."

Six thousand taels per person, that is to say, in less than a month, the income is eighteen thousand taels?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the banknote in his hand and said with some surprise: "How much profit did you make?"

Empress Zhang said proudly: "Our things are unique in the capital, and the wealthy families are rushing to buy them."

"Business is naturally very good."

"Anyway, Prince, keep this money. If you have more later, I will get some more for you."

Emperor Hongzhi held the banknote in his hand, dumbfounded.

"How is this good?"

Empress Zhang said generously: "What's wrong?"

"Mrs. Yong Xibo is a young lady. She talks every day about trying to earn more money so that her husband can study in peace."

"I am the queen of the dynasty, so I should share your majesty's worries."

I remembered that Queen Zhang didn't like Zhao Ce and his wife very much because of her brother's incident.

Nowadays, it is these two people who speak loudly and silently.
Chapter completed!