marquis of jingan

Chapter 662 Please leave
Accompanying the two governors for dinner is actually a meaningless thing. After the whole meal, basically you can't hear a few words of truth, but you still have to go through the cutscenes that should go, and say the scenes that should be said.

Because His Majesty the Emperor doesn't want to touch this Sun Futai now.

Therefore, even if Cheng Tingzhi had a lot of evidence of Sun Fu accepting bribes in his hands, he still had to greet Sun Fu with a smile and pretend that nothing happened.

When the meal was full, Sun Fu raised his wine glass, toasted Shen Yi, and sighed slightly: "When I met Xueshi Shen last year, I talked about the Fuzhou Shipping Department, but it was approaching the end of the year. Xueshi Shen is anxious to return to Beijing, so he can only shelve it for the time being, and plans to work with Xueshi Shen to build the Fuzhou Shipping Department this year."

"I didn't expect to wait for the imperial court's order before Xueshi Shen came back. It's really an impermanent world."

Master Shen accompanied a glass of wine with a smile, and said with a smile: "Sun Shaobao was promoted to six ministers. This is a great joy. As for the matter of Fuzhou Shipping Department, I will slowly prepare with Cheng Futai."

"The old man has been in Fujian for more than five years."

Sun Fu sighed, and said: "The errands here are not very easy to do. If you want to run the errands assigned by the imperial court well, and complete the annual taxes, grain, rice and silk yarn of the imperial court, you only need dozens or hundreds of staff from the Governor's Yamen and the Sansi Yamen. Officials, it must be impossible."

He looked at Cheng Tingzhi and said with a smile: "Your brother also works in the local area all the year round, so you should know this truth. If you want to do things smoothly and successfully in the local area, sometimes you have to sit down and talk with these local people. If you talk to them smoothly, things will go smoothly.”

"It's not going well..."

He shook his head slightly: "That's too powerful."

Sun Fu's remarks can be said to be based on his experience as a local official.

Because this era belongs to the era of small government.

Not to mention the county yamen, there are some magistrate yamen, and there may be only a dozen or even eight or nine officials who really have a "staff".

And such a small system, if you want to manage a large territory, basically you can only cooperate with the local gentry, village sages, and even the village chiefs and patriarchs.

This is the so-called reason why imperial power does not go to the countryside.

However, this kind of truth is well-known in this era, even Shen Yi, the "Beijing official", understands these truths, and it seems a little vague to say it at the wine table.

And Sun Fu, the former governor, would not talk nonsense.

He said this to tell Cheng Ting.

Remind him that if he wants this governor to be An Sheng, try not to touch the local forces in Fujian.

Not moving local forces means not being able to move, or in other words, not being able to move the original Fujian officials.

Obviously, the outgoing governor has received some rumors from the imperial court.

Maybe, he already knew the news that the officials from the San Judicial Division were about to arrive in Fuzhou.

Cheng Tingzhi silently lowered his head and took a sip of wine, then smiled: "Sun Shangshu's words, Cheng will always remember them in his heart."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Sun Fu shook his head slightly and said: "It's just nonsense after drinking, if you listen to my brother, you should listen to it, and if you don't listen to it, let it go."

Master Shen, who had been eating and drinking all the time and didn't say much, suddenly raised his wine glass, toasted Sun Fu, and said with a smile: "Anyway, Sun Shaobao has been worshiping six ministers this time. After so many years in the local area, he finally made it through Now, in Jiankang from now on, no matter whether you are minister or prime minister, you don't have to worry about these trivial matters anymore."

Shen Yi's words were very simple.

Now that he has escaped from the quagmire of Fujian, he should stop paying attention to local affairs and be an official in the capital honestly, so as not to get into trouble again.

Hearing Shen Yi's words, Sun Shangshu's expression was a little complicated. He raised his wine glass, touched Shen Yi, and drank it down: "This old man has been an official in the local area all his life. Some are difficult to part with.”

"For the Fujian matter, His Majesty has sent Cheng Futai to deal with it."

Master Shen smiled and said: "Although Shen is young, he believes in His Majesty's vision. Since His Majesty has sent Cheng Futai down, Cheng Futai will definitely be able to sort out the local affairs and manage Fujian Province well."

With that said, Shen Yi looked at the chief officer of the Fujian Third Division who was at the same table.

They are the chief envoy of Fujian, the envoy of the inspector, and the envoy of the capital.

"If you want to come to the Sansi Yamen, you will support Cheng Futai to do business."

The three of them first glanced at Sun Fu, then at Cheng Tingzhi, and finally at Shen Yi.

Among these three people, the first two are third-rank civil servants, and the last commander is a second-rank military officer. Originally, with their rank, Shen Yi was ignored, but Master Shen still holds the status of an imperial envoy, and the two governors are both To give him face, these three people naturally had to ignore them. The chief envoy surnamed Pan smiled at Shen Yi, and said: "What Xueshi Shen said is that we are waiting for the third office, so naturally we support Zhongcheng."

The other two also said at the same time: "We naturally support Zhong Cheng!"

All three people said "Zhongcheng", but there were two Zhongcheng present, and they did not mention which one they supported.

In fact, the three departments of the provinces are the highest units at the provincial level, and they are all directly responsible to the imperial court. The position of governor was originally sent by the imperial court from Yushitai to inspect and monitor the local area as an "imperial envoy". of.

Kind of like a disciplinary committee member.

It's just that later, the governor system gradually became a common practice, and with the position of governor, he could supervise and even control the three divisions. Now, it seems to be superior to the three divisions.

But all of this requires the cooperation of the three divisions.

If the Sansi Yamen does not cooperate with the governor at all, then the governor is still just a "discipline committee member".

And the three yamen in Fujian, especially the chief envoy's yamen, are definitely not easy to deal with with Cheng Tingzhi.

Therefore, this welcome banquet has a bit of a competitive taste.

After more than an hour after a meal, everyone left the venue. Cheng Tingzhi was half drunk, and Shen Yi helped him into his carriage.

As for Sun Fu and Sun Shangshu, his drinking capacity was obviously much better, and he sent Shen Yi and the two out with a smile.

Before parting, Shen Yi bid farewell to Sun Fu, and then asked with a smile: "When will Shaobao go to Jiankang to take up his post?"

Sun Fu stroked his beard, and said: "You have to wait until the errand is delivered. This old man is nostalgic and has lived in Fuzhou for five years. If he leaves this trip, he may not have a chance to come back in the future. Therefore, he wants to take With my family, I went around all over Fujian."

Because of the inconvenient transportation, the timeliness for appointments in this era is very long. For example, Sun Fu transferred to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, as long as he can take office within half a year, it is not a big problem.

Shen Yi looked around and saw no one around, so he said with a smile: "I suggest Shaobao, leave Fujian immediately after handing over the errand."

Sun Fu looked at Shen Yi and asked, "What do you mean by Xueshi Shen?"

"It's just a suggestion."

Master Shen said slowly: "Shaobao is an old senior in the officialdom. Some things should be clearer than the younger generation. For example, Shaobao can think about why His Majesty sent Cheng Futai back to Fujian as the governor."

"Last year, so many cases of piracy in Fuzhou have been reported to the police. The princes in the palace and Zhongshu may not be annoyed."

"In the eyes of the younger generation, it is already a great blessing that Shaobao can get out of Fujian safely."

"If you are held back by those disciples and old officials, and you can't get out, wouldn't it be a disappointment to His Majesty's support?"

Sun Fu's face changed suddenly, he looked at Shen Yi, and said in a low voice: "Scholar Shen, did you say what you said? Or did your majesty say it?"

"Your Majesty didn't say anything."

Shen Yi smiled: "I didn't say either."

"If Shaobao talked about it outside, Shen would deny it."

In this era, there is no recording and no monitoring. As long as there is no third person to hear, no matter what is said in private, as long as you deny it, it means you never said it.

After Shen Yi paused, he continued.

"As for how to make a decision, it is all in Shaobao's own consideration."

After finishing speaking, Shen Yi bowed his hands to Sun Fu, then got into his carriage and left.

Sun Shaobao looked at the direction in which Shen Yi's carriage was leaving, frowned slightly, and was speechless for a while.

Until someone yelled from behind.

"Futai, my servant has set up another table in Mingxiang Building, please move over."

It was the voice of Pan Ju, Fujian Chief Envoy.

Sun Fu looked back at him, and after a moment of silence, shook his head slightly.

"No, the old man is old and a little tired."

He rubbed his temples and spoke slowly.

"I'm going home to rest..."

(End of this chapter)