Chapter 1548 Bribing senior officials

When it comes to making money, no one, from the traffickers to the court officials, would think there is anything wrong with making more money. Especially when a large amount of money can automatically flow into their own pockets, and the source is legal and can

There are even fewer people who resist this temptation. I think that Wang Yuan, the general judge, was once an aspiring young man who was passionate about being an iron-faced judge in the Ming Dynasty. However, under the polish of social reality, the edges and corners were also in the process of becoming an official.

Slowly disappeared.

Nowadays, the business cooperation between Wang Yuan and Haihan is booming, money is constantly flowing into his name through various channels, and the scale of the industry directly or indirectly operated by him is also getting larger and larger. This kind of

The sense of achievement in business management is different from that of being an official. In Wang Yuan's view, there is an upper limit to being an official. Background, strength, and opportunities are all indispensable. If he reaches his current position and wants to move up, he can

It's very difficult. Even with Haihan's support and support, it will be difficult for him to reach a higher level for a while.

But doing business is different. As long as it is done properly, the scale of business can continue to expand, and the scope of business will not even be restricted by national borders. This is really a novel experience for Wang Yuan, who has been in officialdom for half his life, and even makes him feel uncomfortable.

He felt the excitement that he had not seen for a long time. If Wang Yuan resigned now, the business experience he learned from his interactions with the Haihan people would be enough to make him a successful businessman.

Shi Diwen wanted to use him to drag down Zhejiang Chief Minister Wang Ji. This seemed to Wang Yuan to be a logical thing. If the Haihan people did not take this action for a long time, Wang Yuan would find it unreasonable. Shi Diwen has not only done this before

I mentioned to him once that Haihan would definitely not openly invade the Ming Dynasty, but he would try to win over local senior officials when necessary to ensure the stability and security of Haihan's various industries and income in the Ming Dynasty.

With Wang Yuan's position, he can naturally be regarded as a high-ranking local official. In the time when the traveler originally lived, he was equivalent to the executive deputy mayor in charge of specific work in certain fields. In Hangzhou, Wang Yuan still has considerable influence.

Because of his influence, even the prefect He Guanzhi would not dare to provoke him easily. However, for Haihan, just controlling officials at the state level is not enough to achieve long-term planning. The chief envoys in charge of administrative affairs in each province will naturally

became the preferred target.

Zhejiang Chief Minister Wang Ji was able to establish a connection through Wang Yuan's network. Naturally, Shi Diwen would not let him go. No matter whether he could finally negotiate a cooperation with Wang Ji, he should at least work hard in this direction. If it didn't work, he would still stay.

We will create an opening here, and then let executive committee members like Schneider or Ning Qi, who are good at negotiating, go to Zhejiang and contact Wang Ji in person.

Of course, before that, Shi Diwen also specially sent a telegram back to Sanya to apply to the Executive Committee for various special conditions required for negotiations. To bribe senior provincial officials, you have to offer some benefits that can impress the other party. And Executive Committee

The committee also gave Shi Diwen a relatively large authority in this regard. There is almost no upper limit in terms of economics, as long as Shi Diwen feels it is worth it. Unless the conditions proposed by the other party involve Haihan's future political stance, other conditions are basically the same.

It can be decided by Shi Diwen with one word.

After obtaining enough authority from the executive committee, Shi Diwen came to Hangzhou and asked Wang Yuan to arrange a meeting with the chief envoy Wang Ji for him. Wang Yuan was quite efficient in doing things. Shi Diwen was in Hangzhou

After only one day of waiting, there was already a response. Wang Ji agreed to meet Shi Diwen at a house at the foot of Tianmu Mountain, north of Hangzhou City.

This meeting place was proposed by Wang Ji. Shi Diwen took a closer look and felt that this person really had some skills. First of all, the other party did not want to meet in an official capacity in Hangzhou, but arranged for it to be held in a private place outside the city.

It shows that Wang Ji has deep plans. No matter where Haihan wants to negotiate cooperation and terms, it is all private. Anything Wang Ji says does not represent the Ming Dynasty official. Secondly, this place is arranged in the north of the city, far away from Haihan and relatively safer.

The people along the Qiantang River who are easy to control may not be on guard against Shi Diwen. If there is any emergency, the Haihan people participating in the negotiations must go around half of Hangzhou City before they can return to the water they are familiar with. In this way, Wang

Ji gave himself enough time to react.

However, Shi Diwen is not worried about what tricks Wang Ji will play with him. Officials at Wang Ji's level must have received the news of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Ming Dynasty and Haihan. If they conflict with Haihan at this juncture, there is no way to follow up.

The imperial court made an explanation. So Shi Diwen readily agreed to Wang Ji's conditions and met at the place designated by Wang Ji two days later.

Haihan actually had a lot of work to do for this meeting. The field team of the Security Department made two trips back and forth to determine the route to and from the location and how to escort Shi Diwen to safety if something happened along the way.

Emergency route for evacuation. In addition, other departments must also be prepared in advance to deal with emergencies. Especially after Shi Diwen left Zhoushan, almost all relevant work was delegated to the naturalized officials. In case of emergency, contact us

Without Shi Diwen in Hangzhou, all departments still have to operate as usual.

Shi Diwen only had two days to arrange these things, and since he couldn't go back to Hangzhou now, most of the work matters could only be arranged remotely. Fortunately, he had already arranged most of the things in advance before setting off from Zhoushan.

The work now only needs minor adjustments. During this period, he even took the time to meet with several groups of local businessmen who had trade dealings with Haihan, and negotiated several large-volume transactions.

Shi Diwen met local businessmen calmly at the Haihan Store on the bank of the Qiantang River. Naturally, someone reported these situations to Wang Ji. Regarding Shi Diwen's calmness, Wang Ji relaxed a little.

He thought that the Haihan people's appointment with him might be related to the establishment of diplomatic relations and to re-evaluate the trade matters in Zhejiang. But since the other party was not so eager and promised to meet again in two days, Wang Ji was more happy.

Time to prepare for this meeting.

Two days later, a train of horses and horses drove out from the business inn by the Qiantang River. There were three carriages and more than 20 riders. The Hangzhou government sent here to protect more than 200 Ming soldiers stationed near the business inn.

The army had received the order in advance and did not follow it. This was also Shi Diwen's request. He believed that there was no need to use this kind of formation to protect himself near Hangzhou City, where public security was good. He had his own personal

The Guard is enough.

Of course, Shi Diwen still had unspoken subtext. He actually believed that these Ming troops sent by the Hangzhou government were useless except to get in the way. In terms of combat effectiveness, they were definitely not as good as the guard platoon he brought with him. No more

With these Ming troops following, the team was able to move more freely.

This team did not choose to pass through the city, but chose a route that detoured from the east of the city in a low-key manner. This was also the recommendation of the field team of the Ministry of Security, because the city has a large population and a complex environment, making it difficult for the guards to effectively control the city.

It is better to go directly outside the city because the terrain is open and it is not easy to be ambushed secretly. Although the route is a bit detoured, it is relatively safer and more reliable.

Although the purpose of arranging this route outside the city was to travel in a low-key manner, the fact that this team was walking outside was really eye-catching. After all, it is difficult to see so many knights guarding the carriage convoy on the official road. And this is exactly what happened.

In this way, the pedestrians, carriages and horses on the official road saw the formation of this team and took the initiative to avoid it, fearing that they would collide with some important person.

The origin of the name Tianmu Mountain is related to its topography. "Yuanhe County Chronicles" records: "There are two peaks, with a pool on each peak, commensurate on the left and right, named Tianmu." Due to the geographical environment, this place has an average annual average

The temperature is always stable at 14 to 5 degrees Celsius, which can be said to be warm in winter and cool in summer.

A famous mountain like this is naturally indispensable for the historical and cultural heritage left by Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. There are more than fifty monasteries and nunneries in the mountain with thousands of monks. Zhang Daoling, the great Taoist leader of the Western Han Dynasty, practiced Taoism here, and the Taoist master Ge Hong once lived here.

For alchemy, the Dongyuan Collection of the Eastern Han Dynasty even called Tianmu Mountain the "Thirty-Four Cave Heavens". Since the Ming Dynasty alone, hundreds of literati have climbed Tianmu Mountain and left hundreds of poems and essays to record the beautiful scenery here.

But the place Wang Ji agreed on is not actually in the mountainous area of ​​Tianmu Mountain. At most, it is at the foot of the mountain that can be regarded as the remaining range of Tianmu Mountain. It is called Dongming Mountain. This house is located in a metasequoia forest, and it looks very strange from the outside.

It is difficult to see clearly the buildings inside through the dense trees. If it were not for the four-foot-wide gravel carriageway leading into the woods, it would be easy for people to mistakenly think that the woods are actually an abandoned mansion.

The name of this house is also based on the environment here. It is called "Qiu Shan Ju", which means that the best scenery here is in autumn when the leaves in the entire forest turn yellow. Although the property rights of this place are not owned by the king,

Wang Ji had the house in his hands, but the owner had actually given the house to him. Wang Ji could use this place to do whatever he wanted at any time, including, of course, meeting guests with special identities who were difficult to appear in public, such as Shi

Devine is like this.

There were Ming troops on duty outside the metasequoia forest. When Haihan's group arrived, soldiers stood in the middle of the road and stopped them, requiring that only one carriage could enter and the others had to wait outside. Shi Diwen knew this

It was because the other party was afraid of their own performance, so they did as they wanted without saying anything immediately.

After a while, Wang Ji and Shi Diwen finally met in a flower hall in Qiu Shan Residence. Wang Ji expressed admiration for Shi Diwen's youth: "It turns out that the local person in charge of your country is like this."

Young, I have heard a little about General Shi’s deeds, but I didn’t expect that he is a very low-key person in private!”

Shi Diwen was actually in his thirties at this time, but because he had lived in Zhoushan for a long time, his appearance had always maintained the same level as when he first joined the time-travel operation, and no obvious changes had been seen after more than eight years.

Shi Diwen smiled and cupped his hands and responded: "Thank you, Mr. Wang! If you have the opportunity, please invite Mr. Wang to live on Zhoushan Island for a while. Aging will naturally slow down."

Wang Ji said: "In the past two years, I have often heard people talk about Zhoushan Island, but I have never seen it. After the imperial edict to establish diplomatic relations is issued, I must go there to see what your country has turned that island into.

"

"You are welcome to come at any time." Shi Diwen said this truthfully. Anyone who has been to Zhoushan Island is surprised by the level of development and construction on the island. Even Wang Ji is a senior official in Zhejiang, but Shi Diwen

Wen is sure that he will be surprised when he sees a seaport with the scale of operation of Dinghai Port.

After the two sat down, they chatted for a while, and then Wang Ji brought the topic to the right track: "General Shi's visit to Hangzhou this time can be regarded as a visit to the Three Treasures Hall. Since he specially made an appointment with me, then General Shi must be more than just a general.

Why don’t we come here to have a cup of tea and chat for a while?”

Shi Diwen said: "You can drink tea anytime and anywhere. I am asking for an opportunity to meet with you this time. In fact, I have important matters to discuss."

Wang Ji's vision and level are much higher than those of Wang Yuan, He Guan and others. When he heard this, he took the initiative to answer for him: "Since you are not here to drink tea, you must be here to discuss business. Tell me, your Excellency, what you plan to do.

How to do it."

Shi Diwen said: "Sir Wang must have known that the establishment of diplomatic relations between our two countries is imminent. In the future, all coastal states in Zhejiang will release Haihan merchants and goods. I wonder if Mr. Wang is interested in participating?"

Wang Ji just looked at him but did not respond. Seeing this, Shi Diwen understood that the other party was probably waiting for him to make more specific conditions, and immediately said: "Mr. Wang has any business firms under his name that can be with us."

Sign up and you will have the opportunity to get exclusive sales rights for several products."

Wang Ji still said nothing and began to drink tea with a calm look. It seemed that the conditions offered by Shi Diwen did not satisfy him immediately.

Shi Diwen thought for a while and then asked: "Is Mr. Wang interested in investing overseas? Let's find out about the plantation project. In recent years, it has been one of the key projects invested by Ming businessmen in our country."

Wang Ji responded slowly: "How profitable is this plantation?"

"Generally, the capital is recovered in about three years, and the profit period can be more than twenty years. The short-term profit may not be as good as that of ordinary commodities, but the long-term income is stable..." Seeing that Wang Ji finally asked, Shi Diwen quickly responded and explained.

: "For situations like Mr. Wang who is unable to take care of the plantation himself due to busy official duties, our country also provides comprehensive custody services."

After hearing this, Wang Ji asked: "Besides plantations and exclusive sales of goods, is there anything else?"

Listening to his tone, Shi Diwen obviously didn't take fancy to the conditions he just offered. He couldn't help but mutter in his heart that Wang Ji was quite thoughtful. Ordinary officials would usually be satisfied with these two conditions. This was the first time.

This was the first time I met Wang Ji and he actually asked me if he had any other projects.
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