Wang Xiantong had been wasting his time in the yamen for a long time. He had long been an idler who was not familiar with the world, so he did not know the outside situation very well. He had heard of Liu Yi's name. After all, the name of the South Zhili New Army was relatively popular.

Extensive, but Wang Xiantong himself had no understanding of the New Army

I don't know what the concept is, and I don't know how powerful the New Army's combat effectiveness is. It's not like there was no such thing as the New Army before, but it was just a flash in the pan. The Qi Family Army was powerful enough. It took more than ten years after Qi Jiguang's death to completely decline.

So Wang Xiantong is not interested in these news

, it was still a matter of drinking. And he didn’t take it seriously when he received the documents from the court. After all, there were so many officials coming and going over the years. In terms of water transportation coordination, they basically came and went. It’s not that he didn’t want to leave, it was just that

This governor-general must be appointed by an honorable official. He himself has no power.

, the ancestor Wang Yangming did not leave any huge wealth. Compared with other honorary officers, he is just a beggar. If he has no money to maintain relationships, who will care about your life and death. The other honorary officers are not willing to come to this Qingshui Yamen, so there is no way

, Wang Xiantong has been working in this position until today.

However, there is one advantage after spending such a long time, that is, Wang Xiantong's temper has been completely worn away. He never considered himself a first-class official or a governor of water transportation, he only thought that he was a forgotten official.

But after those people under me worked together to manage relationships and moved to other positions, they all held real power and were popular.

, they naturally do not have any respect for Wang Xiantong. The newly appointed Xionghe is a military commander, and the court gave him a position as a water transport coordination. Wang Xiantong felt that other positions must be full and there is no room for him at the moment.

, so in order to improve his level, first use a coordinated position to stabilize him. If there is a vacancy after a while, the person will definitely have to be transferred.

Wang Xiantong knew in his heart that these generals who held military power were domineering in the local area. The civil servants in the court were afraid of their local military strength and usually adopted the strategy of making friends. Emperor Chongzhen was several times better to the generals than the civil servants.

, after all, if you have to rely on these generals to fight for yourself, it is better to support them. So when you first knew that the person in front of you was Liu Yi, Mr. Wang

Wang Xiantong was ready. Anyway, everyone met by chance and just went through the motions. Wang Xiantong's temper was really good. When Liu Yi splashed tea on his face, he was not angry or upset, but acted as if nothing had happened.

Hehehe said with a smile: "It turns out to be General Liu. Please get up quickly. Please get up quickly. The governor received the official document a few days ago. I didn't expect General Liu to arrive at the Governor's Yamen so quickly."

This moment made Liu Yi stunned. There are still people with such good tempers in the world. He must not be hallucinating. Isn't the person in front of him a first-class official? Although he is a poor settler, there is also a new uncle.

He had no temper at all. Liu Yi was embarrassed, and he immediately said: "My subordinate is Liu Yi." Wang Xiantong stood up.

He found the black gauze hat that he had dropped on the ground, and put it on his head properly, and stepped forward to help Liu Yi up, and then said: "Master Liu can come to the Governor's Yamen, it really makes the Governor's Yamen shine."

." Liu Yi felt more and more unbelievable. Is this Wang Xiantong really his Shangguan? Looking at it this way, why did he feel like he was Wang Xiantong's Shangguan?

After Liu Yi was helped up by Wang Xiantong, he immediately said to Gengzi: "Gengzi, take the soldiers to withdraw outside the hall and wait outside." "Yes!" Gengzi said with his fists in hand. With a cheer, the soldiers withdrew.

After a while, the hall was emptied out immediately. However, the broken wine jars and glasses on the floor still looked very disharmonious.

Wang Xiantong said nonchalantly: "Come on, everyone, come and greet the newly appointed Master Liu." The officials immediately stepped forward, listlessly bowing their hands to Liu Yi, and then introduced themselves one by one: "This is the official.

Chang Yingcang is in charge, Xiaguan is in charge of rivers, and Xiaguan is Li

The chief criminal officer, the lower official is the river lifter, the lower official is the water transport doctor, the lower official is the master of the governor's office..." Mr. Lin and more than a dozen people greeted Liu Yi one by one. These people had various official positions. Liu Yi

It was impossible for Yi to remember their names one by one, so he only returned the favor symbolically.

After the ceremony, everyone sat down again, and they consciously vacated the seat where Wang Xiantong was sitting down for Liu Yi to sit down. As soon as Liu Yi sat down, he asked Wang Xiantong straight to the point: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, I have already reviewed the situation of water transportation before I came here.

I have heard about it, and I have been training troops in South Zhili for a long time. I have no idea about the Yangtze River.

I am relatively familiar with the situation of the canal. Although water transportation has been depleted in recent years, to put it bluntly, after all, the Water Transport Governor's Mansion is still the yamen of a first-class official. The imperial court has not explicitly stipulated that the power of the Water Transport Governor be taken back, so the Water Transport Governor's Mansion is

It is still the yamen in charge of Jianghe in the Ming Dynasty, why are you here?"

While Liu Yi was talking, he looked around and found that all the officials did not dare to look at him. Instead, they buried their heads deeply, as if Liu Yi was not talking about them. Wang Xiantong's face also looked a little embarrassed.

Thinking of how vigorous and resolute this young Master Xiong was, he asked such a sharp question right away.

Question, doesn't this make everyone feel embarrassed? Young generals are different. They are probably used to leading troops, and have never encountered such a situation. According to Wang Xiantong's inner thoughts, you won't stay here anyway.

You won't be able to stand the atmosphere here for a long time, so why bother asking these meaningless questions.

Wang Xiantong cleared his throat and said: "Mr. Liu, if you really want to answer this question, it would be a long story. But you have seen the situation here, and I don't want to hide anything from you. You are here to stay anyway."

Not long ago, the Caoyun Yamen was no longer the original Caoyun Yamen. Wei Jianzhi

Later, the power of water transportation was divided among the local governments. I am a bachelor governor with no soldiers and no power. Who is willing to listen to my orders? It is said that the grain in the warehouse is always overflowing. We have no soldiers to guard the warehouse, nor a large number of soldiers.

We have sailors and ships carrying grain, who will pay our bills, don’t you think?”

Liu Yi quickly asked: "What do you mean by the Governor's words? Aren't you in charge of the food in Chang Yingcang?" "We are no longer in charge of it. Wherever Chang Yingcang is located, the government will come forward.

There is no way to take over. They are all backed by the Chief Envoy. That is also the opportunity of a first-class official.

structure, not to mention the closer ties with North Korea and China, it is our turn to make irresponsible remarks. In recent years, there has been unrest everywhere. Food is needed for wars and disaster relief. Presumably, the food waiting for transshipment in Changying warehouse has been given to us long ago.

The local government should take it out and use it," Wang Xiantong said listlessly.

With a bang, Liu Yi smacked the case angrily. Chang Yingcang was the foundation of the water transportation yamen. It was a warehouse used to transport and store grain. Along the Yangtze River, the Grand Canal, and the Yellow River, there were warehouses in every few prefectures.

A permanent surplus warehouse will be set up, and the food in it will only be used by the country in times of emergency.

Requisitioned and uniformly allocated by the Water Transport Yamen, that is Cao Liang, which is military food for the army and life-saving food for the people. If it is controlled by the local government, it is okay. Just imagine, if a war breaks out in Liaodong, Taiping Prefecture responds to the imperial court's orders

Called for help, tens of thousands of stones of grain were raised and carried out along the river.

After transshipment, the grain arrived at Changyingcang in Shandong, but was directly intercepted by the local officials in Shandong and used for other matters in Shandong. The soldiers on the Liaodong front line could not eat a grain of rice. What's more, in the Ming Dynasty,

The government has been corrupted to a certain extent, and the people in Changyingcang

How much of the grain is actually used is still unknown. In this way, doesn't Chang Yingcang become the foundation for many moths to survive? Anyway, the water transportation yamen doesn't care where the grain comes from and where it ends up.

Wherever it is, it's all a blur and there's no way to check it.

At the same time, Chang Yingcang is the basic institution, and there are a lot of subsidiary institutions such as the Criminal Division and the Shipyard. If the foundation of Chang Yingcang is passive, it means that the subordinate institutions below must also be completely abandoned. And these things

It is very important to you. Your army wants to control

To control water transportation, we must rely on these subsidiary organizations to expand. Otherwise, if the name is not justified and the words are not smooth, I can't directly dispatch troops to take over the defense of a certain river section. Originally, I came to visit Wang Xiantong to help Tao Zong.

They paved the way for them to march their troops directly into all levels of the Caoyun Yamen

Subordinate organizations, it doesn’t matter even if these organizations are paralyzed like the Water Transport Yamen, as long as these organizations still exist, I will have a way to restore them. But if it is to rebuild, it will take more energy, and the people under the Water Transport Yamen

The shipyard is what I want most,

Although a military port and shipyard have been established in Zhongweizhou, the production capacity is still limited, and naval ships must be produced secretly. If the Caoyun Shipyard is captured, naval ships can be produced openly in the Caoyun Shipyard, and

Under the banner of water transportation, it will be much easier to do things.

Liu Yi said angrily: "The local government is so audacious that they dare to invade Chang Yingcang's grain. If so, the sword in my hand will not recognize anyone. I dare to ask the governor, the shipyard under Chang Yingcang,

Do the administrative and criminal bureaus, the prosecution department, the river engineering department and other departments still exist?"

Wang Xiantong knew that a general like Liu Yi would react this way when he heard this. He thought for a while and said: "The shipyard is still there, but it is in disrepair and has not been used for many years. In fact, the governor of other yamen does not
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