Number of People

  Chapter 2221 The Kui-character scroll tells the old and accepts the new, the era of Dingge

"My lord, it's not what Wenyan thinks so, but what you think in your heart, that's the key." Wang Wenyan didn't deny it, "Even if you enter the cabinet ten years later and become the chief assistant at the age of forty, you still have How long can I be in the position of chief assistant? Twenty years? I think this may be a bit difficult. Ten years as chief assistant is a more reasonable situation, or a little longer, fifteen years, not to mention that scholars will I won’t support it all the time, I’m afraid the Tian family won’t allow it.”

   "Even if I become the chief assistant, do I have to die of old age in the position of the chief assistant, and I am so in love with power?" Feng Ziying looked at Wang Wenyan and laughed playfully,

"The word love stack power position sounds derogatory, but I think how to look at it, if you only care about your own self-interest, then of course it is not advisable, but if you want to achieve the great things in your mind and make a famous pioneering work that will go down in history. I don’t think there is anything wrong with continuing to work in the position of chief assistant, as long as it is beneficial to the people of the world and the court, what’s wrong with that? So it’s not a problem.”

  Wang Wenyan spoke very frankly.

"Wenyan, are you so sure that I have such an ambition? I can achieve such a grand plan that will go down in history?" Feng Ziying said with a bit of self-deprecation and ridicule, "I am only in my early twenties, and many people see Come on, I am a lucky person, but I was lucky enough to catch up with a few good opportunities, and there are people in the court."

"Whether you are lucky and capable, you can judge for yourself. If you succeed in doing one thing, you can call it good luck. If you can do two things, you can barely say it's a fluke. If you do three things or four things, then who dares to say it's luck." Fortunately, that would be an insult to the wisdom of the people in the DPRK."

  Wang Wenyan's words made Feng Ziying laugh out loud, "Wen Yan, you are so optimistic about me, I really can't bear it."

"My lord, I still say the same thing. If you just want to be an official, then you can go the first way, and you can still be very famous. At that time, the Feng family will be very famous for at least three generations. You can also do it at other times." It is quite honorable to retire, but if you choose to do things, and do things that have never been done before, let go of the old and bring in the new, and let the court regain the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, then you cannot take the first path I just mentioned."

Wang Wenyan's eyes were clear and sharp, facing Feng Ziying, and Feng Ziying did not avoid it, but frowned slightly, as if thinking, and finally nodded: "Well, the second road seems to be full of obstacles, obstacles and thorns. ?”

"Of course. Those who have achieved great things in the past have not been able to succeed through hardships and obstacles, and they have been persevering. And adults already have the right time, place, and people. If you really want to, you should forge ahead without fear of wind and rain." Wang Wenyan's words are very Pertinent.

"Wenyan, where can you tell that I will choose the second path? I am not satisfied with some of the current situation, and I do intend to change some of the status quo, but it seems that I am still a little far away from the big event you mentioned. Let's go." Feng Ziying said in a nonchalant way.

This time it was Wang Wenyan's turn to laugh. He could already be sure that Feng Ziying didn't consider the first way he said at all, but chose the second way very resolutely, without even waiting for himself to say the second way. Telling the specific situation, this shows that this son has long had great ambitions.

   This is exactly what he would like to see.

He is just a prison official, no matter how ambitious and talented he is, his non-imperial examination background determines that if he does not have a special encounter, he will not be able to fundamentally change his destiny. If he can follow Feng Ziying all the way up, he will be invincible. But in the situation where scholars are in control of the court, people like him will never be really reused.

  So he hoped that Feng Ziying and the Feng family would have bigger ideas, but he couldn't explain this clearly.

"My lord, you are too modest and polite. Just the few things you have done casually in the past few years are enough to make people feel your ambition." To discuss specific things to do.

"As a scholar from the north, the theory of opening the sea should not be brought up. It's not that I haven't mentioned it before, but it's all mentioned by Jiangnan, and most of them are general. There is no specific operation plan. It's up to you It's only now that you have turned from a virtual idea into a realistic measure, and at the beginning, the scholars in the North were extremely worried that it would cause huge damage to the North, but in fact, everyone has only now discovered that without your wise decision back then, Yuguan and the Great If Gu has not been able to quickly open up and develop ports in the past few years, then this time the change in the south of the Yangtze River will put the court in a desperate situation."

"The interruption of water transportation is such a big thing. In the past few years, I am afraid that the people's hearts in the capital have been fluctuating, and it is even out of control. But now we see a steady stream of sea ships transporting grain and other products from the south from Dagu and Yuguan. The people in the capital were not too worried when they were transported in. Even the materials on the grasslands of Liaodong and Eastern Mongolia were transported by sea and then by land, instead of relying on water transport. Both the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce are well aware of the huge compensation brought by the imperial finances,..."

   "In classical Chinese, repeating one thing over and over again, it seems that I can only sit on the credit book and not turn the pages of my life..." Feng Ziying waved her hand disapprovingly.

"My lord, I just choose one to talk about. If you want to talk about what you did in Yongping and Shuntian, I won't mention anything else, but I think your idea of ​​vigorously promoting the development of industrial and mining industries is also the first in this dynasty. One person, you must know that this dynasty follows the previous generation, which is based on agriculture, and has always discriminated against industry and mining, thinking it is a small way, only you can see the huge development of industry and mining to productivity,..."

  Wang Wenyan added with a smile, "I also learned the word productivity from you. The more you taste it, the more meaningful it becomes,..."

  Feng Ziying smiled and did not speak, just listened quietly.

"It's not so easy for you to fully implement this concept in the north and the south. Also, in the promotion of new crops, although Mr. Xu is a step ahead, you have also seen that Mr. Xu has a good reputation in the court, but But you have never been able to really promote it. But you, when you came to Shaanxi, you expanded the planting area from a few hundred acres in Tianjinwei to tens of thousands of acres in one year. This is the difference between having power in your hands. You can Carry out the things you have determined quickly. On this point, I believe that you should have more feelings in your heart, sir..."

  Wang Wenyan became more confident as he spoke, and his tone became slower and more earnest.

   Slightly better, but I still feel weak all over. I should be considered relatively light. I guess I will continue to recover tomorrow. Thank you brothers for your concern.

  (end of this chapter)