Chapter 11 The Governor's Yamen (1)
Although the Governor's Office has been vacant for nearly three years, within half a year after Zhejiang Governor Wang Jun took office, this place has re-established the political center of Zhejiang and even Jiangnan.
The yamen was very strict in the control and the servants were obedient, but officials came and went, and there were even more people in the yard outside the yamen.
The middle-aged man in a green robe slowly picked up the teacup in his hand, smiled and nodded to greet him. The officials around him immediately squeezed out a smile no matter what his mood was. Although this person with a mean face and pointed mouth and monkey cheeks were now the most valued confidant Yukishi, who is now the governor of Zhejiang.
The first thing Wang Jun did after taking office was to recruit staff. He was from Taicang, Suzhou, and most of his staff came from the Jiangnan area, mainly Susong and Zhejiang. Naturally, Shaoxing, which has the most outstanding people and strong local clan concepts, is not missed.
Fortunately, I came from Kuaiji, Shaoxing and passed the scholar in the eighth year of Jiajing. Unfortunately, I failed the provincial examination six consecutive times, so I lost my intention to become an official and started my master's experience with my fellow villagers.
Zhu Chongba, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was a mosquito-door leg who had to dig meat. Not only did he set the salary standard that countless officials complained about, but he also reduced the office staff in the yamen, so many officials could only pay for their own money to hire staff.
Over time, the so-called aides gradually became an important political force, and the Shaoxing army began to take shape during the Jiajing period, such as the famous Xu Wei and Xu Wenchang later.
Although there was no seat and was squeezed to the outside of the yard to blow the cold wind, when luckily Shi came to his eyes, Qian Yuan straightened his back with a faint smile on his face. The poss he deliberately made was obviously better than others. Although he still didn't say a word, his demeanor suppressed the surrounding officials.
Fortunately, he noticed the young man wearing a long blue gown and looked at him several times with interest.
The affairs that the governor's yamen had to handle were naturally very complicated. Qian Yuan waited for more than two hours, and there were few people in the yard, and Qian Yuan stood there with a calm expression, as if he had never moved.
Fortunately, I noticed the young man again, hesitated and saw that there was an empty seat in the hall. I coughed twice and prepared to let the servant bring people in. But at this time, the wooden door on the left creaked and two burly men walked out.
Xushi quickly threw away the thoughts just now, stood up with a smile and went to meet them, "Commander Lu, everything goes well?"
"Mr. Xun." Lu Tong, who had just come out of prison three days ago, respectfully bowed, "I thank you Lord Zhongcheng, and Lu saw the light of day again."
This famous anti-Japanese general who was later known as the second only to Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou had been in prison for four years. Zhu Wan committed suicide unjustly, and Jiajing was furious to dismiss Lu Tong from prison for his crime. It was not until Wang Wei recently wrote a letter to the court to re-activate it and was promoted to the commander-in-chief.
"Conductor Lu was really suffering from unpredictable disasters back then, and he was just a fair-minded person." Fortunately, he was a versatile person. He looked at another big man and said with a smile: "Isn't Mr. Zhang here too? It can be seen that this is pure luck."
Lu Tong was Zhu Wan's confidant back then, and I was not favored by Zhu Wan... Zhang Siwei squeezed out a smile on his slightly tight face, "The little guy in the lower lord really can't catch Shangguan's eyes, so he was lucky."
"To be honest, Commander Lu's luck is really not as good as President Zhang. In recent years..."
Zhang Siwei twitched the corners of his mouth, and saw that there was no one on the left and right, he stepped forward and directly reached into Yukishi's loose cuffs. The smile on the latter's face became stronger and stronger.
A trace of disdain flashed in Lu Tong's eyes, "Sir, I'll leave for Taizhou tomorrow morning, General Tang has already set off first."
"Since the number of Japanese pirates in Zhejiang, Susong, Jiaxing and Ningbo have been reduced, but there have been more and more Japanese pirates plundering ashore in Taizhou." Yukishi's expression tightened, "Then we will rely more on Command Lu."
Fortunately, although he was not good at imagery, he was very eloquent. He sent the two out of the yamen for a short period of time, and said a few casual words with great interest. Even Zhang Siwei, who was quite nervous, nodded with a smile.
As soon as he walked out of the yamen, Zhang Siwei's eyes flashed. Just opposite the yamen, the chubby Jin Hong was waving desperately.
Xushi squinted his eyes and looked at him. Lu Tong hummed and was about to leave. Zhang Siwei took a deep breath and bowed to the side, but at this moment, an unexpected and joyful voice sounded.
"Uncle Jin!"
Jin Hong was stunned for a moment. After a while, he found Qian Yuan, who was poking his head out from behind the crowd, knew that he had contact with the governor's eldest son Wang Shizhen, but he did not expect that he would appear in the yamen.
Zhang Siwei reacted earlier than Jin Hong, and suddenly turned his head and stared at Qian Yuan who had felt eye-catching before. Is this the head of the Songjiang case?
"Uncle Jin, why are you here?" Qian Yuan, who had been rushing over a few steps, was surprised and happy, "I haven't seen you for a few days."
"My dear nephew is here today..."
"Hey, my nephew is also confused. His feet were numb after standing for more than two hours, which was even worse than when he was a child. "Qian Yuan smiled bitterly and turned to look at Zhang Siwei, "Uncle Jin, who is this?"
"Uh, this is Mr. Zhang." Jin Hong introduced nervously: "Relatives at home..."
"Zhang Bar." Qian Yuangong bowed his hand and leaned closer and whispered: "I have calculated that Zhang Barrio stayed in the longest, and it was almost two meals."
Zhang Siwei's mouth twitched, it was considered a matter of communicating with Qianyanshen.
Lu Tong had already left across the street. Yukishi stroked his long beard and looked at the scene with a smile. Zhang Ju behind him looked at him with expressionless face and guessed in his heart what Qian Yuan wanted to do...
"By the way, I happened to be looking for Uncle Jin these days." Qian Yuan said intimately: "I haven't had a cup of tea until now, I'm thirsty and hungry. I guess I won't leave any food in the yamen... I'm stingy, Uncle Jin comes to the shop tonight? I'm really not convenient to come to my nephew with mourning."
Jin Hong stammered and looked at Zhang Siwei's face before nodding, and said with a reluctant smile: "I order a table and a cubicle to go over tonight, but there are still some chores now..."
"Uncle Jin, you're busy, you're busy." Qian Yuan bowed to Zhang Siwei and turned to cross the street, squeezing at Zhang Juzheng, "Brother Baigui, is it my turn?"
"What are you calling me?" Zhang Juzheng glared.
"Uncle Brother." Qian Yuan smiled.
Yukishi Ninko, who was beside him, reached out to make a gesture of invitation. The three of them walked back to the yamen together. Zhang Siwei, who was watching this scene across the street, shrank his pupils. It seemed that the relationship between the Songjiang case leader and the governor's yamen needs to be considered again.
Although Qian Yuan had taken over Wang Shizhen's line before, Zhang Siwei did not intend to give up his original plan. It was a secret recipe that could inherit his descendants.
But seeing this scene, Zhang Siwei made up his mind simply and said, "That matter will be given up."
"What's the matter...oh, okay." Jin Hong wiped the cold sweat from his head, "Will he know about that?"
"What's the matter... it shouldn't be." Zhang Siwei shook his head slightly, "I have asked someone to check it out. Qian Yuan occasionally bumped into the eldest son of Wang in a restaurant."
Zhang Siwei is an ambitious person, but also a self-aware person. He is as high as Lu Tong, and Tang Kekuan will be imprisoned all the time. Nowadays, no general in the Ming Dynasty is not afraid of civil officials. Since Qian Yuan really took over the governor's office, it is too risky to take action.
But Zhang Siwei was also a very cautious person. After hesitating, he turned around and ordered, "Try it tonight and see if you can invite him to my house."
Chapter completed!