Chapter 814: Receiving gifts, giving gifts
The group took a boat down the Minjiang River. At less than the afternoon of May 25, they finally arrived at the Tsutong Port outside Fuzhou City.
Chen Xi was ordered to control the coastal military affairs of Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces.
It means that he has the power to promote the Fujian Command and Commander Office, Guangdong Commander Office, and Guangxi Commander Office. If there is a war, even the Fujian Bureau Commander Office is qualified to regulate the situation.
There are three ministries and one army ministries. Chen Xi is the nominal supreme commander, but in fact his official rank is not as good as the commander commander of the second rank and the commander commander of the second rank. Not to mention that there are eunuchs in the local area and eunuchs in the garrison. These eunuchs are the emperor's slaves, with great authority and the right to supervise local military and political affairs.
But Chen Xi was a civil servant who led the army. His third rank was real. After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the status of military generals was greatly reduced. Even Chen Xi was not at a disadvantage when facing commanders with higher official ranks than him.
After getting off the boat, Chen Xi insisted on entering Fuzhou City and staying in the Guanyi Office in the city. Yu Niang stayed directly at the inn outside the city, or crossed the Minjiang River directly, and seized the time to rush to stay at Datian Office in the north of Fuqing. However, she had to seek help from Jiang Liwei. Jiang Liwei also felt that it was best not to provoke the monsters and monsters in Fuzhou, and hit it off. The two took turns to fight, hoping that Chen Xi would see the situation clearly and leave Fuzhou City as soon as possible.
Before leaving, when Chen Xi took Xie Hengnu back to the door, Xie Qianzhe reminded Chen Xi to be at peace after he arrived at the place, so that he could finish this job smoothly.
Chen Xi guessed that Liu Daxia's explanation was basically the same, but Liu Daxia did not face it and told him, so he told Yu Niang and Jiang Liwei that he would convey it on his behalf.
Jiang Liwei was a little angry and said, "Shen Hanlin entered Fuzhou to put us in a dangerous place, which was very unwise!"
"oh?"
Chen Xi said with a smile, "When the meaning of Jiang Shuo is it that someone will be detrimental to us in Fuzhou City?"
Jiang Liwei did not reply, but his expression was revealed... Didn't you ask this knowingly? The Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce was destroyed before. Not only did the people from the Fujian Provincial Administration and the Censorate and the people from the Commander Office were involved! They knew that you were a Hanlin official and a close minister of the emperor, but they dared to do this, which was obvious that someone supported them.
You are entering Fuzhou City at this time, and it is clearly a sign of liquidation. How could those people let you go?
"I dare not say that."
Jiang Liwei said, "But a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. Shen Hanlin should know where the dangerous wall is. If he wants to contact the people of Fujian Dushi, he can just send someone there. There is no need to go into the city and take risks in person."
Chen Xi smiled, thinking that he didn't know, he thought that you, Jiang Liwei, had changed his nature and actually cared about my safety... Didn't you think that since you were born Yu, you hope that I will die sooner?
"If Jiang Zhenfu feels that this trip is unsafe, it is not safe to enter Fuzhou City. I will go to the city alone, and life and death are all the way to heaven. I will never cause trouble for Jiang Zhenfu... and Yuzhu's family." Chen Xi said with a sneer.
This smile made Jiang Liwei very angry.
Chen Xi said he didn't have to worry about it, but he was escorted Chen Xi by the emperor's order. If Chen Xi died in Fuzhou City, he would have to go back to the capital to report his life? Jiang Liwei thought that this kid clearly had a clear sword and a gun in the officialdom, but he didn't know that it was easy to avoid hidden arrows and could not prevent it. He dared to enter the city with such a few people around him. I really don't know how the word "death" is written!
At this moment, Jiang Liwei really wished that he could tie Chen Xi to Wuzhou to perform his duties, but Chen Xi was now in the name of entering the city to contact the Fujian Commander and Commander Office, and he had no choice.
As time goes by, Jiang Liwei feels powerless in front of Shen Xi, and the worse the positions of each other's offices are, the more annoying they are, the more they are, the more annoying they are, but Chen Xi is a civil servant with a respectable status.
"Tonight we will stay at the inn at the port overnight. Let's have a break. I will do my best to protect Chen Hanlin into the city tomorrow!" Jiang Liwei angrily threw down a sentence and pulled away.
Chen Xi sighed and shook his head.
Perhaps Jiang Liwei was right. It is best not to enter Fuzhou City to avoid causing trouble, but he is the kind of person who is not afraid of trouble.
Thinking of the local governments searching for the people in the chamber of commerce in order to plunder the money of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce, even the shopkeeper Yin was implicated and died tragically. Yin Wen's little girl was displaced, and Chen Xi's fists couldn't help but clenched.
If you pass by Fuzhou City this time and don’t enter, you will think I am a soft persimmon. If I develop business in the future, you will still attack me!
Now, let you know that the pot is made of iron and that I am Chenxi’s greatness!
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The next morning, Chen Xi and his team entered Fuzhou City.
Because Chen Xi did not send anyone to inform him in advance, until he entered the south gate of Fuzhou City, the local government knew that the ranks of the border appointed by Emperor Hongzhi had arrived.
After Chenxi entered the city, he moved directly into the Guanyi in Fuzhou City.
The group had no family, including the people Yu Niang was in charge, so it was relatively convenient to settle down. Before Chen Xi's butt was hot, the Fujian Commander and Commander sent someone to give gifts.
As a person sent by the imperial court to regulate the military power of the three southeast coastal provinces, Chen Xi was also a third-rank right deputy censor, and his status was beyond the reach of local officials.
When Chenxi entered the city, the local officials thought that they wanted to go to the city to plunder, so they first sent the gift. The gift was only a wooden box and a wooden box, but the portion was very heavy.
When I sent it to Chen Xi, I opened it. The wooden box contained 200 taels of silver. As for the box, it was silk and satin, which was also worth dozens of taels of silver.
"I mean a little, I don't respect you." The person who came was an experience in the Fujian Commander Command. He was in the sixth rank of official position, in his forties, and was slightly fat, looking like a smiling Buddha. This person is named Zhou Xiazu. When Chen Xi saw him, he thought of the cunning Fatty Zhou, which is considered "Fatty Zhou No. 2".
The experience of the Ministry of Command and Command is a civil servant, so the people who perform their duties are usually civil servants, but they are not selected from Jinshi and Juren, and are mostly shaded. These people are responsible for dealing with civil servants and nobles, involving giving gifts and receiving bribes, because they can be deducted in disguise. It can be said that they are rare advantages and disadvantages in the Ministry of Command and Command and Command and Command and Command and Command and Command and Command.
If you earn more, you will eat better. If you live a rich life, you will inevitably become bloated.
Chen Xi smiled and said, "As soon as I arrived at the local area, the Fujian Metropolitan Department was going to bribe me?"
"It's definitely not bribery, it's hard money."
Zhou Xiazu quickly stated, "This is the rule of my Fujian Dusi Yamen. All the officials of the court will be given a statement without exception. Lord Shen is in the middle of the court and is also in the Eastern Palace lecture class. He serves as His Majesty's daily lecturer. His future is limitless, and this statement is still necessary."
Zhou Xiazu was very smart. He deliberately did not mention the regulation of Chen Xi's relationship with the Fujian Commander and Commander Office, and emphasized that Chen Xi was an official in Beijing and a Hanlin official. In fact, he wanted to remind Chen Xi that you are always a noble official in the capital, and come to the local area to get a degree of qualifications, and do not be stingy with each other's well water. Don't be timid with the officials of small places. Everyone is harmonious, you will get rich, and we will live a better life, and we can be at peace.
Chen Xi smiled and said, "When Zhou experienced this, it seems that I have to accept this kindness. The person comes and carry the gift down."
Chen Xi was so aware of his feelings that Zhou Xiazu felt relieved. He asked to withdraw at the right time and went back to report to Chang Lan, the commander of Fujian.
However, Chang Lan was transferred from the northwest to Fujian and performed his duties as the Fujian Metropolitan Department for less than a year.
Chang Lan is not a nobleman, but because of the nobleman's recommendation, he has been promoted all the way and has achieved the current Fujian Dushi. He is a type of person who makes enough money in the local area and then pays tribute to the money. To put it bluntly, such a person is the nobleman's white gloves, with the title of a second-rank military general, but he will not do anything practical in the local area.
After the person left, Chen Xi said to himself: "Is this a commander? I wonder if I am the young man from the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce?"
Chang Lan just arrived at the place. After Chang Lan arrived, the case of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce had been concluded. The money that should be reaped and the shops that should be seized were all done. The ex had already taken away the money, so strictly speaking, Chang Lan was not involved in the case of plundering the Chamber of Commerce.
But the local three departments in Fujian have always been a feather. Whether it is the predecessor or successor, they have close ties, just like the commander Fang Guan at the beginning, who had made good friends with his two successors.
Yu Niang entered the main hall and asked curiously: "Sir, why did you accept the meeting gift from Fujian Dusi?"
"The Yu Dang Family thinks it shouldn't be accepted? Why not?"
Chen Xi smiled faintly and asked, "Are you afraid of being reported and exposed?"
Yu Niang smiled bitterly: "What can I do if this gift is reported to the court? It's just that it will damage the reputation of the adults..."
Chen Xi shrugged: "Then I will follow the words of Yu Tang's family. How much damage will this small meeting gift damage my official reputation?"
Yu Niang has nothing to say now.
After Chen Xi went south, he did many things that seemed incomprehensible to her, traveled separately with his relatives, kidnapped Tang Yin, went to the coastal roads, entered Fuzhou City, etc. Now he has another bribe.
If Chen Xi is like others, who is from a poor family and suffers enough, then it is understandable to accept bribes. The more officials who come from the bottom of society, the more likely they are to be corrupt, because they know the pain of having no power or money. But who is Chen Xi? At that time, the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce made a huge fortune, but Chen Xi has never been worried about money yet. How could he betray his integrity for 200 taels of silver?
Chen Xi sighed: "The Yu family must understand the suffering of our officials. If the official is not accepted, it will be vigilant for the people of Fujian Dushi. What should we use to recruit soldiers and raise soldiers when we go back? Without soldiers, who will quell the bandits?"
Yu Niang thought about it and found that this is the reason, but she still couldn't accept Chen Xi's bribes.
But when he turned around, Chen Xi ordered: "Come, send these gifts to the yamen of the governor's office, which is said that the official passed by Fuzhou and sent a little gift."
Yu Niang was so amused and laughed. Chen Xi's unexpected behavior was tortured her crazy.
"Sir, what are you doing?" Yu Niang had the urge to open Chen Xi's head and see what was inside.
Chen Xi explained: "I suddenly realized that the Fujian Dushi is a yamen that provides troops to this yamen. If you want to recruit money and grain to raise soldiers, you must cooperate with the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the yamen of the
"Why is this great master's move too ostentatious? If the censor participates in the adult's book..."
Yu Niang couldn't help but want to remind Chen Xi of the harm of doing this.
It would be fine if you accept bribes quietly, but now you have to use the money you received from bribes to bribes. This is a big deal and the court cannot ignore it.
Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "There is no way. Who said that I am short of money? If you don't borrow flowers to offer Buddha, can you still borrow money from others to give gifts? That's it. Send the gift to the yamen of the governor and the envoy, and say that it was my official. Don't say much extra words!"
"Okay, I'm tired of traveling and I'm going to go into the room to rest!"
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