marquis of jingan

This knife from Jiankang was delivered to Shen Yi after passing through the post station for six hundred miles.

Master Shen just read the letter once, then put the letter away and stuffed it into the envelope, then looked at Jiang Sheng, and said slowly: "I still have something to do here, after you go back, go to Ling Su, let He's waiting for me at my residence."

Jiang Sheng nodded, then turned around and ran all the way to help Shen Yi run errands.

After Jiang Sheng left, Shen Yi put the letter in his sleeve, turned around and went back to the private room, and said with a smile to the chief envoy in the private room: "I have to read the urgent letter from Jiankang. .”

Cheng Tingzhi sat in his seat and said with a smile, "Scholar Shen is too polite."

After Shen Yi was seated, Cheng Fantai reached out and poured him a cup of hot tea, and said with a smile: "Bachelor Shen is so young that he has won the Holy Family, which is really enviable, unlike people in my generation who have worked so hard for dozens of years." Years, still doing nothing."

Shen Yi's ears were already callused after hearing such words.

People in the officialdom are always friendly on the surface, and they say good things to others when they see them, and they have to pick up good things to say. The most prominent feature of Master Shen now is his youth, so no matter who he meets, as long as he speaks good things to him, Most of them praise him for his youth.

Although Cheng Fantai's words are a bit old-fashioned, there seems to be some meaning in the old-fashioned.

"If the Fantai is doing nothing, there are so many people in the officialdom, they will all jump into the river."

Mr. Shen picked up the teacup, toasted Cheng Tingzhi with tea instead of wine, and said with a smile, "A province's chief minister, Da Chen, who was placed six or seventy years ago, was the head constitution of a province. I think Cheng Fantai's age is also It's not too big, and it won't be difficult for him to be promoted to Jiankang in the future, to be ranked among the nine ministers, and to ascend the imperial court to pay homage to the prime minister."

Six or seventy years ago, when the capital was still in the north, the governors of the provinces were not appointed regularly, but were only dispatched for special affairs. At that time, the Chief Political Officer was indeed the chief constitution of a province, in charge of the civil affairs of a province.

"Scholar Shen was joking."

Cheng Tingzhi lowered his eyebrows slightly, and sighed: "In this dynasty, apart from Fujian, which province has left and right governors?"

"Cheng was thrown into this position. Not to mention his embarrassing status, he doesn't even have much real power. His official career has come to an end."

This is a rare truth.

The chief envoy was supposed to listen to the arrangements of the governor's yamen, but now he is the right chief envoy and there is a left chief envoy above him. This feeling is almost more aggrieved than the prefect of Fuguo provincial capital.

And the reason why he was placed in this position can only be due to two reasons.

The first is that the foundation is shallow, and there are not enough political resources to help him climb to a better position.

The second reason is...

Offended people.

And he offended the officials.

No matter what the reason is, this Cheng Fantai's official career is indeed in jeopardy. Even if he works as a chief envoy in Fujian for a few terms, it is impossible to be promoted, and even a flat promotion may be a luxury.

Even now, he has no sense of presence in the Fujian Provincial Government.

Except for the governor and the Zuo Buzheng envoy, the inspector of the standard department and the commander of the capital department basically didn't take him seriously.

It was for these reasons that when Fujian provincial officials all avoided seeing Shen Yi, he, the right chief envoy, took the initiative to hand over a greeting card to Shen Yi and invite Shen Yi to dinner.

Because this Cheng Fantai felt that Shen Yi's arrival was an opportunity for him.

A rare turnaround opportunity.

After Cheng Fantai lowered his head and took a sip of tea, he looked up at Shen Yi. After a moment of silence, he said slowly, "Scholar Shen came to Fuzhou this time to investigate the Japanese case, right?"

He looked at Shen Yi, and said lightly: "Perhaps Cheng can help a group of Bachelor Shen."

Shen Yi was slightly taken aback.

He glanced at Cheng Tingzhi in surprise.

Because this fujian vassal was beyond Shen Yi's conventional understanding of officials.

Even for normal people, when they meet strangers for the first time, even if they can chat very well, they will not be particularly heart-to-heart.

And officials are even more so.

Unless it is from the same camp, or from the same country, from the same year, or from the same year, or the relationship between master and apprentice is completely bound, if you talk to a strange official, everyone will have 1 minds. If you should not say it, you will definitely not Said.

And what Cheng Fantai said just now can no longer be described by the four words "compassionate and profound".

Geng reached the point where he was a little careless.

Shen Yi was silent for a while, then sat across from Cheng Tingzhi, and sighed with emotion: "Although I haven't been an official for a long time, it's the first time I've seen an official speak. It's as direct as Cheng Fantai. I'm not used to it."

"Cheng has been suppressed by Fujian officials for three years."

Cheng Fantai looked at Shen Yi, smiled and said: "Scholar Shen has been in Fuzhou for six days, and I also sent someone to check on Bachelor Shen for six days, and considered it for six days."

"Now that you've thought it through, there's nothing to worry about."

Shen Yi was thoughtful, he looked at Cheng Tingzhi, and asked with a smile: "What did the unknown domain find me when they checked me?"

"Scholar Shen, it is His Majesty's hand extending to the southeast."

Cheng Tingzhi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "As far as the current situation is concerned, Bachelor Shen has to clean up the pirates along the coast first. This step, Bachelor Shen has done a very good job."

Cheng Fantai was silent for a while, then lowered his eyebrows and said: "If Cheng's guess is correct, the next step for Bachelor Shen is to establish a shipping company along the coast. Checked the situation of the Shipping Department in Wenzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province..."

"I heard it worked out pretty well."

He looked at Shen Yi and asked slowly: "The next step should be to establish a shipping department in Fuzhou?"

Shen Yi is not the kind of mother-in-law either. Now that Cheng Tingzhi has met him frankly, Shen Yi has nothing to hide, so he nodded and said, "Next year, the imperial court will establish a city bureau in Fuzhou."

"This Fuzhou shipping department cannot be built."

Cheng Tingzhi shook his head, and then slowly said: "The local gentry in Fuzhou have a strong sense of clan, they are united together, and they are very united. Si, grab a bite of food from their mouths..."

He looked up at Shen Yi with a calm voice: "Then, within a year or two, there will be large-scale smuggling along the coast of Fuzhou, and if the local government doesn't care about this large-scale smuggling..."

"A city shipping department cannot manage it."

Shen Yi took a sip of his tea, thought for a while, and asked, "Then if the Shibo Division can distribute some income to the local government?"

"How much can the Shibo Division get?"

Cheng Tingzhi said indifferently: "Cheng, Wenzhou Municipal Bureau of Shipping, has already understood that now it should be [-]% of the tax. Even if the Municipal Bureau of Shipping gives all the proceeds to the local government, it will only be [-]%."

"Many of these local officials are doing business with the local gentry, and they have benefited more than [-]% from it."

Cheng Tingzhi looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Then how do you divide the city ship division?"

Shen Yi frowned slightly.

The situation in Fujian seems to be far more complicated than in Zhejiang.

Although there are some problems with Cheng Fantai's understanding, for example, after the Shibo Division collects taxes, those businessmen can still share the remaining income with local officials again.

However, if local officials hold a large share in local business, then they will probably not be willing to support the existence of Shibo Company.

Large-scale smuggling seems to be an inevitable situation...

And once large-scale smuggling occurs, and the local government further condones it, even if the Fujian Municipal Bureau of Shipping is established, it will exist in name only.

After thinking for a while, Shen Yi looked at Cheng Tingzhi and asked, "What good strategy does Cheng Fantai have?"

"Overthrow the officialdom in Fujian."

Cheng Tingzhi's tone was flat, but the words that came out of his mouth were earth-shattering.

"In Fujian, from the governor's yamen to the Sansi yamen, and then to the local government offices and county offices, there are not many clean ones. There is no need to clean up the government offices and county offices immediately, and there is no way to clean them up. It is clean, but the Governor's Yamen and the Sansi Yamen have to be replaced from the beginning to ensure that the imperial court's policies can be implemented."

Shen Yi was silent for a while.

"Cheng Fantai said just now that the three yamen are not clean, and the chief envoy is one of the three yamen."

"I'm not clean either."

Cheng Tingzhi graciously admitted this matter.

"In the three years in Fujian, I also collected a lot of money, but I have to collect the money, otherwise I may die in a foreign land before I finish my term as chief envoy."

"I'll take the money."

Cheng Fantai said slowly: "They can feel at ease."

Shen Yi smiled: "Then how does Cheng Fantai plan to overthrow Fujian's officialdom?"

"I have evidence."

Cheng Tingzhi's expression was calm, and he said quietly: "The governor's yamen, the third department's yamen are corrupt and accept bribes, and I have more or less evidence of colluding with local governments. Although these evidences are not enough to shock the court, as long as the court is willing to investigate, The evidence is enough."

He looked at Shen Yi, and said slowly: "Scholar Shen can go straight to the heavens, I hope that Bachelor Shen can pass on Cheng's words to the Holy Majesty."

Shen Yi took a deep breath, and said slowly, "What happened after the officialdom in Fujian was overthrown?"

"I'll be the governor of Fujian."

Cheng Tinghe replied without hesitation: "I can assure His Majesty that next year the Fujian Shipbuilding Department will operate normally. As long as I am here any day, the Fujian Shipbuilding Department will be operating for a day..."

"I'm in Fujian for one day, and I will definitely rectify the officialdom in Fujian for Your Majesty!"

Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said, "Cheng Fantai is also greedy for ink."

"This happens to be a handle in His Majesty's hand."

Cheng Tingzhi looked calm, and looked at Shen Yi lightly: "One day His Majesty thinks that I have not done well in Fujian, and you can use this as an excuse to knock me into the dust at any time."

Hearing this, Shen Yi couldn't help clapping his hands with emotion.

"What Cheng Fantai said really opened my eyes."

Cheng Tingzhi breathed out, lowered his eyebrows and said: "Cheng, it's just that he has no choice but to give it a go. If His Majesty disagrees..."

Shen Yi interrupted him.

"If His Majesty disagrees with Fantai's opinion and does not deal with these corrupt officials in Fujian, then he will not deal with Fantai you."

"but…"

Shen Yi paused, and continued: "If Your Majesty agrees..."

He looked at Cheng Tingzhi, and said rather sighingly: "Then Cheng Fantai, your official reputation will be completely ruined."

Report your colleagues, report your boss, and use this to climb to a high position...

From then on, Cheng Ting knew that this person's reputation in the officialdom would be completely ruined. Even if he took the position of governor of Fujian, he could only stop at this position, whether he was transferred to another province or promoted to Jiankang. possible!
Because other civil servants...

I can't stand him anymore.

Master Shen spoke in a deep voice.

"Your official career only ends in Fujian, and it is absolutely impossible to go any further!"

Cheng Tingzhi laughed at himself: "I have already stopped at being a chief minister. If I can do something for your majesty and the court, and bear some infamy, Cheng will be happy."

"Well."

Shen Yi looked at the Fujian chief envoy whom he met for the first time, with complicated eyes.

"Your words..."

Master Shen let out a foul breath.

"I will tell the Son of Heaven closely."