Smuggling Daming

The emergence of new ideas and concepts has always been a long process, at least it needs a long period of accumulation and fermentation, and then erupts in a certain period of time, and this eruption may be very violent, and may even lead to some People died because of this, such as Copernicus and Galileo, they were all victims of the generation of new ideas.

Zhou Zhong didn't have the guts to be a victim of this kind of alternation of old and new ideas. After all, in his opinion, his wife and children are far more important than any social progress. He instilled the thoughts and concepts he brought from later generations into Wang Yangming, who is known as a sage, hoping to combine his philosophy of mind to bring a new trend of thought to future generations.

However, the thoughts and concepts that Zhou Zhong brought from later generations were very complicated, and many of them were even contradictory. Even with Wang Shouren's wisdom, he still felt a little overwhelmed. It's a mess, and it's impossible to effectively absorb the new ideas and knowledge from Zhou Zhong, but it's okay, the big deal is to talk to Zhou Zhong about learning more in the future.

Just as Wang Shouren walked out of the Governor's Mansion, he didn't expect that a group of people suddenly rushed up outside and surrounded him. This shocked Wang Shouren and almost used his self-defense skills to defend himself. Fortunately, he discovered in time that these people were all wearing official clothes. This made Wang Shouren relax. After all, this is in front of the governor's mansion, and these people are all officials, maybe they are his colleagues in the future.

Sure enough, the leader was a thin official with gray hair.Judging by the official uniform on his body, he should also be a senior official of the second rank, and there is only one senior official of the second rank in the entire Governor's Mansion, and that is Mr. Yang Tong, who is the political envoy of the left. Wang Shouren had already inquired about this before he came. It is very clear.

"This must be the envoy of Yang Tong, Yang Buzheng. I don't know why you and your colleagues blocked Wang's way?" Wang Shouren saluted Yang Tong. Although he was on the same level as Yang Tong, the other party was older than him.His qualifications were also higher than his, so Wang Shouren naturally had to take the initiative to salute.

"Haha, Lord Wang's guess is right, this old man is Yang Tong. I have heard about Lord Wang's name, and all my colleagues have heard about it for a long time. I didn't expect to be able to be an official in the same place as Lord Wang today. Speaking of it, this is our fate." Today, the old man and his colleagues hosted a banquet in Wanghai Garden. It is a welcome for Mr. Wang, and I ask Mr. Wang not to refuse!" Yang Tong, the leader, helped Wang Shouren up.Said with a smile on his face.

"The elder dare not resign, not to mention that this is the heart of all colleagues. Naturally, Wang dare not refuse. Today, Wang returned drunk, and he must be worthy of everyone's heart!" Wang Shouren is also an official. After many years, he is naturally aware of the entertainment in the officialdom, and he knows it too.If he wants to develop his hands and feet in the Governor's Mansion, he must get the support of a group of people.Now that people like Yang Tong took the initiative to invite him to a banquet, they must have wanted to make friends, so naturally Wang Shouren would not refuse.

Hearing that Wang Shouren has always regarded himself as a junior, Yang Tong was also very happy. The other officials were relieved to see that the inspector was so approachable and understood human relationships. After all, the inspector was originally a picket For a man of discipline, it is better to meet such a humane inspector than to meet a stern and selfless inspector.

At present, Wang Shouren, Yang Tong and others came to Wanghai Garden in the north in a carriage. The Broken Sword Pavilion with the best scenery had already been reserved by these officials, and they were cooking Wanghai Garden's best seafood banquet. The ones that are fished out will never exceed an hour from the time they go out to sea until they are ready to be served on the table, which can be described as extremely fresh.

Wang Shouren was also very surprised by the novel layout of Wanghai Garden, especially when he stood in front of the window of Broken Sword Pavilion, overlooking the entire Shuangyu Port. Those merchant ships like ants were constantly flowing in the port. How prosperous Shuangyu Port is, this opened Wang Shouren's eyes who didn't pay much attention to maritime trade before, and coupled with the previous conversation with Zhou Zhong, this made him feel like a frog in a well before himself.

"Master Wang, this is the pavilion with the best view in the entire Wanghai Garden. Standing here, you can overlook the entire Shuangyu Port. You can see that there are three major port areas in Shuangyu Port. Each port area is extremely prosperous. Among them, the North Port area is mainly It is a ship going to Nanyang and other places, while Nangang District mainly goes to Japan, North Korea, Ryukyu and other places, while West Port District is more complicated. In addition to sharing the pressure of Beigang and Nangang, it is also the entire Shuangyu Port to Daming. The center of cargo, as long as the ships going to and from various places in Ming Dynasty, they usually berth in the West Port Area.” At this time, Yang Tong walked up to Wang Shouren, pointed to the Shuangyu Port below and introduced to him, and at the same time, his tone was full of A little proud, because he has also contributed a lot to Shuangyu Port to have the scale it is today.

"Well, I heard that the scale of Shuangyu Port has surpassed that of Guangzhou and has become the largest port in Ming Dynasty, and the annual tax payment for the imperial court is much higher than that of other state capitals. Master Yang's credit!" Wang Shouren said in admiration, he suddenly understood Zhou Zhong's previous idea of ​​vigorously developing industry and commerce, with the prosperous port in front of him, a large amount of goods are needed every day, and these The demand for goods will naturally stimulate the development of Daming's industry and commerce. Presumably this is the reason why the Governor vigorously develops Shuangyu Port.

Soon the banquet was arranged neatly, and Wang Shouren was seated as the chief under Yang Tong's humility. After all, among the people present, only he and Yang Tong were of the highest rank, and today's banquet was for Wang Shouren. Let Him be the Lord.

After Wang Shouren sat down, everyone also toasted one after another. Wang Shouren also had an amazing capacity for drinking, and he would not refuse anyone who came at the moment. As a result, this made the officials present feel good about him.After drinking for three rounds soon, Wang Shouren took this opportunity to ask Yang Tong and the others about the specific situation of the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas. After all, Zhou Zhong only gave him an overview, and he needed to inquire about the specific situation by himself.

Yang Tong and the others were also waiting for this opportunity, so they all opened their mouths to explain the situation of the entire Governor's Mansion in Shanghai. They are all very talented, and now they are extremely suppressed by these southern officials. In the end, Yang Tong specially told Wang Shouren to be careful of Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai, and not to be arrogant.

Hearing this, Wang Shouren finally understood the reason why Yang Tong and the others entertained him. After all, he has been an official for many years. In the officialdom, this kind of struggle is inseparable no matter what.

In addition, he finally understood why His Majesty the Emperor suddenly ordered him to be transferred to the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas. It is estimated that this was also the young Governor's idea, in order to allow himself to balance the strength between the southerners and the northerners in the Governor's Mansion. After all, now that the northern officials have the upper hand, the intention of sending him here as a southern official is naturally very clear.

What makes Wang Shouren very strange is that he doesn't have much reputation in the officialdom. Why does Governor Zhou have so much confidence in him, believing that he can balance the strengths of the North and the South?You must know that among the leaders of the northern officials, one is Jiao Fang, who used to be the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the other is called Zhang Yu, but everyone in the Governor's Mansion knows that he is Zhang, the Minister of the Household Department who assisted Liu Jin before. Cai Cai, neither of these two is easy to deal with. Even Wang Shouren has always been confident, but when facing such two opponents, he still has no idea.

Now that he understands the reason why Zhou Zhong transferred himself to the Governor's Mansion, he also knows that the young Governor-General is not a sycophant as rumored, but a man with great ambitions and worries about the country and the people. For Wang Shouren, it was definitely a good opportunity to show his ambitions, so he was in a good mood for a while, and he inevitably drank a few more glasses at the wine table, and finally returned drunk.

In the following time, Wang Shouren officially assumed the post of Inspector under the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas. At the same time, together with Yang Tong, he became the representative of the southern officials of the Governor's Mansion. However, Wang Shouren did not confront Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai at the beginning. Conflict, even after specifically asking Zhou Zhong for instructions, he took a boat to Taiwan on the third day of taking office, and began to conduct actual inspections there, and at the same time, he could observe the local officials and people's livelihood more directly.

After inspecting Taiwan, Wang Shouren still did not go to Calais, but went to Malacca and Old Port in Nanyang. It seemed that he planned to visit all the lands under the administration of the Governor-General of the World before returning.This disappointed Yang Tong and those southern officials. After all, Wang Shouren was not around, so they still couldn't fight Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai.

And the northern officials headed by Zhang Cai are also very proud. After all, in their view, the new inspector is a soft guy even though he is from the south. In Taiwan, such people are nothing to worry about.

However, Jiao Fang, who is also the head of the northern officials, doesn't think so, because in his opinion, Wang Shouren gave up fighting them not because he was afraid of them, but because he put the government affairs of the inspector first. Wang Shouren didn't take the North-South dispute seriously at all in his heart. Among the southern officials, there were such ambitious people. It seemed that in the future, their northern officials would never be able to suppress the southern officials as they did before. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)