Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 503

Sun Chuanting said with a smile: "It's okay, the commander-in-chief has put so much effort into Zheng Sen, and he is obviously very optimistic about Zheng Sen. I believe the commander-in-chief will never be wrong."

"Then what kind of official are you going to get him?" Liu Er was stunned.

"The commander-in-chief awarded Zheng Sen the title of Zhongwu Colonel. This is a loose rank of sixth rank. If you give a real job, you have to give it to a seventh rank officer. In my opinion, let him be a general." Sun Chuanting said.

"Since he is given a real job, let's be more generous and let him lead a boat." Sun Meng laughed.

Liu Er shook his head in a daze, sighed, and said, "You two are both officials and soldiers, so I have to talk about it! I'll have someone call Zheng Sen, and you two can talk to him."

"Alright, the fastest way to go back and forth from Fuzhou to Quanzhou will take half a day. I'll arrange the transportation of troops first, and I'll find time to meet him tomorrow." Sun Chuanting said.

Sun Meng continued: "Then I will mobilize the troops immediately and have the artillery and ammunition prepared."

Seeing this, Liu Er was stunned and said, "Then I don't want to be idle, the magistrate of Fuzhou should also do something serious."

The three of them were straightforward people, and they did what they said they would do. Amidst the shouts, soldiers kept entering and leaving the governor's mansion, and Lin Yuji was dumbfounded.He secretly said in his heart: "If the officials of Ming Dynasty have this efficiency, what else can't be done?"

In a short while, the three people's affairs were properly arranged. Sun Meng and Sun Chuanting divided into two groups, one went to the school grounds to inspect the soldiers, the other went to the pier to arrange boarding, and the remaining Liu Erleng waited to meet the prefect of Fuzhou.

Seeing Lin Yuji's astonished expression, Liu Er waved his hands in a daze and said, "If you have nothing to do, go and look around the city. If you don't like to move, then go and meet the prefect of Fuzhou with me."

"Master Liu met the magistrate of Fuzhou at the governor's mansion, doesn't it seem to be against the rules?" Lin Yuji said in a daze.

"Fart rules, what's wrong with the governor's mansion? I can't do business here? If my grandson dares to fart, I will smash his governor's mansion." Liu Er said with a bull's eye.

Lin Yuji smiled wryly when he heard the words. This Liu Erleng's name was not wrong at all. He was really stunned enough to not care about the status of the workplace at all.

Shrugging at Liu Er, Lin Yuji said, "I will stay in Fuzhou for a while, and I will inevitably have to deal with the prefect of Fuzhou in the future. Then I will accompany Mr. Liu to meet the prefect of Fuzhou."

"Then let's go." Liu Er said in a daze.

After finishing speaking, he led the way and brought Lin Yuji to the main hall of the Governor's Mansion.

When Liu Er Leng came to the main hall, the prefect of Fuzhou was already waiting in front of the hall.

Wang Zhicai, the magistrate of Fuzhou, was a Jinshi in the 42nd year of Wanli. He is 52 years old this year.

Wang Zhicai was obese. When Liu Erleng and Lin Yuji came in, Wang Zhicai was fanning the wind and drinking tea.

Seeing Liu Er stunned coming in, Wang Zhicai couldn't help being startled. When the soldiers of the governor's mansion came to the mansion to pass the order, they just asked him to come to the governor's mansion, and didn't say who wanted to see him, but the one who could summon him in the governor's mansion probably was the governor. However, the person who didn't want to come out turned out to be the chief envoy.

Seeing a stranger following Liu Erling, Wang Zhicai thought to himself, "Could it be that Sun Meng was dismissed? This person is the new governor?"

Before he could think about it, Wang Zhicai hurriedly got up and saluted Liu Erleng: "I will see Mr. Liu."

Liu Er Leng waved his hands and said, "Master Wang, let me introduce you, this is Mr. Lin Yuji, the Shaoqing of Honghe Temple."

Then he turned his head to Lin Yuji and said, "This is Mr. Cai Wang, the magistrate of Fuzhou."

Wang Zhicai was relieved when Liu Erlen introduced that the person who came was the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.

The rank of Shaoqing of Honglu Temple is only from the fourth rank, which is one level lower than his magistrate.

He cupped his hands at Lin Yuji, and Wang Zhicai said with a smile, "So it's Mr. Lin, I've admired him for a long time."

Lin Yuji hastily returned the gift and said, "I don't dare to be the one. Hello, Mr. Wang."

"Okay, you two know each other now." Saying that, Liu Er came to sit down in the middle of the main hall, and then pointed to his side. Seeing this, the soldiers hurriedly pulled the chair over. Sit down beside me.

After Lin Yuji sat down, Liu Er looked at Wang Zhicai in a daze and said, "I have been busy with military affairs since I came to Fujian, and neglected government affairs. You people must think that I am a rough man who doesn't know how to deal with government affairs. in name only."

Seeing that Liu Erling didn't ask him to sit down and spoke very rudely, Wang Zhicai felt annoyed, but he still smiled and said: "Master Liu was joking. I heard that when Master Liu was in charge of Jiangxi, he handled Jiangxi's government affairs. Well-organized, if Master Liu is a big boss, how can there be any capable ministers in the world?"

Liu Er smiled and said: "You don't have to flatter me, I know how capable I am, I only know how to do things according to the Commander's orders, if someone doesn't obey the Commander's orders, I will be rude to anyone."

"That's, that's, my lord is loyal to the commander-in-chief, and everyone in the court doesn't know?" Wang Zhicai said with a smile.

Liu Er laughed blankly and said, "Since you know, have you ever followed the command of the commander in chief?"

Wang Zhicai hurriedly said: "The lower officials will naturally govern the region according to the wishes of the commander in chief. When you come to Fuzhou, you should be able to see that the people under Fuzhou's rule can still live and work in peace and contentment."

"Really? The commander-in-chief has promulgated a new tax system since last year. You must be clear. The commander-in-chief stipulates that except for small businesses, the commercial tax is one out of ten. Fuzhou's business is developed. Why didn't I see the commercial tax increase compared to previous years? "Liu Er sneered coldly.

"This... Fuzhou's businesses are only superficially glamorous. In fact, they are all small businesses, and they don't collect much business tax at all." Wang Zhicai said hurriedly.

Liu Er Leng sneered and said, "Master Wang, it's okay to fool others with your words, but it's almost impossible to fool me. You should have heard of my temper. No one who fools me will have good fruit! Go buy two Two cottons were spun and one was spun (one visit and one visit), how about the officials in Jiangxi? They still joined forces to fight against Lao Tzu, and the result was not tamed by Lao Tzu?"

"Your Excellency, you are joking. How dare you confront Your Excellency? What you said just now is the truth, and you have not lied to Your Excellency." Wang Zhicai hurriedly said.

Liu Erlen sneered and said, "Is there any deception? Your political achievements are all on display there. If you are an old man, you don't know that you are colluding with officials, gentry, wealthy businessmen in Fuzhou, and you are obedient to the commander-in-chief's orders?

I called you here today to tell you that if you want to fool me, there is no way!I would like to advise you, you'd better cooperate obediently with me, otherwise, it will be light for me to dismiss you from office. "

As he said that, Liu Er looked around in a daze, and then continued: "Do you think that I called you to the governor's yamen for questioning, because I wanted to use the governor's name to suppress you? Don't take yourself seriously Son, I might as well tell you, not to mention taking you, even if I cut you off, it's not a big deal."

Wang Zhicai wiped off his sweat and said, "Lord Liu, calm down, I will definitely obey your orders, and I will do whatever my lord wants me to do."

Liu Erlen nodded and said: "You said this, I will give you a chance. You go back immediately, count all the merchants in Fuzhou for me, and then collect all the taxes from last year and the few months of this year. Levy up.

If you do well, I will not bother you about the past. If you still dare to play with me like before, I will be rude to you. "

"Yes! Yes! I will understand it." Wang Zhicai hurriedly said.

Liu Er waved his hands in a daze and said, "I have a book office specializing in statistics in my mansion. After a while, I will send them to your prefect's yamen to assist you with errands."

"Thank you, my lord. Then I will take my leave." Wang Zhicai hurriedly said.

Liu Er waved his hand in a daze.

After Wang Zhicai retreated, Liu Er cursed in a daze: "Damn it, if it wasn't for Zheng Zhilong's rebellion, I'm afraid that my military affairs will be delayed, so I would have taken this kid down a long time ago, why do I have to waste so much talk with him?"

"Your Excellency takes the overall situation into consideration, and the lower officials admire you." Lin Yuji said hurriedly.

Liu Er shook his head in a daze: "There is no way, the commander asked me to be this job, so I have to finish the job well, and I must not embarrass the commander."

Lin Yuji felt ashamed for a while, and it was rare to hear that Liu Erlen didn't call himself Laozi. It was probably when Li Jing was mentioned that Liu Erlen dared not be presumptuous.

Sighing, Liu Er was taken aback and said, "I know that I am an outsider after all. If we want to cure Fujian, we have to rely on local Fujian officials."

"Your Excellency is wise." Lin Yuji said.

Liu Er shook his head in a daze, sighed, and said, "Don't flatter me. In fact, I really don't want to do such an errand. I'm not the kind of person who can be tempted, but the commander-in-chief just let me Come to be a chief envoy.

I guess the commander in chief doesn't have many people who can rest assured, that's why he sent me here, so I can only do my best to be a good job for the commander in chief. "

"Your Excellency has already done a good enough job. When the next official came, the Marshal once told him to let the next official learn how to deal with government affairs with all his heart." Lin Yuji said.

"Pull it down, the commander-in-chief wouldn't say such a thing to you." Liu Er laughed loudly.

Seeing Liu Er stunned to see through his lies, Lin Yuji felt embarrassed for a while.

Liu Erleng sighed lightly and said: "Since the commander-in-chief has sent you to preside over the external negotiations, it can be seen that the commander-in-chief treats you very highly, so you must not disappoint the commander-in-chief.

Our Daming now relies on the commander in chief to take the helm. The commander has too many things to worry about. If the commander has to worry about everything, the commander will not be exhausted. Therefore, we must share his worries for the commander. "

"Yes! I'm an official to be taught." Lin Yuji said hurriedly.

"What's the general's body like now? Is he fatter? I haven't seen the general for a while." Liu Er asked in a daze.

"The commander-in-chief's body is much stronger than in the past few months. I heard that the commander-in-chief now exercises every morning and goes fishing in Shuiyun Pavilion in the afternoon." Lin Yuji said.

"That's good, that's good. As long as the general is in good health, I don't worry." Liu Er said in a daze.

"Hehe, the commander-in-chief seems to have begun to train the eldest son now. He takes the eldest son to fish every day, saying that it is to cultivate the eldest son's character." Lin Yuji continued.

"Oh? Really? That's great." Liu Erleng said happily.

(End of this chapter)