Chen Gongyin is the son of Chen Bangyan, one of the three Lingnan loyalists. When the three Lingnan loyalists were defeated in the war against the Qing Dynasty, he was the only one left alive in the Chen family. It can be said that the whole family was killed. In these years, Chen Gongyin traveled all over the South to avenge his family and his country.

He contacted the rebels in Zhili, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places to plan for an uprising. In the original history, he was supposed to defect to the Yongli court this year, but failed to meet him, so he returned to Guangdong and settled in Zengcheng County. Now,

However, it was the restoration of Guangdong and the establishment of the Consultative Bureau that made him return to Guangdong early.

After returning to Guangdong, he first went to his hometown to worship. He is from Longshan Town, Shunde County, and has lived here for generations. However, when he returned to his hometown this time, the mountains and rivers were still vivid in his mind, but those hydraulic workshops on the shore were originally built for

The mulberry trees in the rice fields and the sewage discharged from the dyeing houses in the town made him almost think that he had gone to the wrong place.

Chen Bangyan was a hero who fought against the Qing Dynasty, and the Shunde County Government put a lot of effort into the memorial service. After the memorial ceremony was completed, Chen Gongyin set off for Guangzhou, firstly to visit friends, and secondly to thank Chen Kai in person.

, Thanks to Chen Kai for specifically instructing the Shunde County Government to build a tomb for Chen Bangyan, and thanks to Chen Kai for speaking out to preserve the Chen family’s land amid the trend of Shunde Silk Weaving Workshops annexing land in Shunde County.

"Mr. Iwano is a hero who fought against the Japanese invaders. These are all things I should do."

After being humble, Chen Kai mentioned the old events of the year, recalling the old events when Chen Bangyan, Zhang Jiayu, and Chen Zizhuang raised troops in Guangzhou to resist the Qing Dynasty, mentioned his struggle in Chaozhou at that time, and bluntly spoke of the bloody battle of the three loyalists in Lingnan.

Not only did he stop the Lu troops from sweeping the Guangdong and Guangdong provinces, but it also attracted the attention of the Qing army in Guangdong, so that he and Zheng Chenggong could have such a great opportunity to regain the entire territory of Chaozhou.

"The country and the nation have fallen to this level. Without sacrifices, there will be no future. And those who come after us should work extremely hard, even sacrifice, in exchange for a bright future for the country and the nation. Only in this way can the sacrifices of the sacrifices be comforted."

"What Chen Fujun said is absolutely true."

Chen Kai talked eloquently, and Chen Gongyin dealt with it easily. Chen Kai knew this person in advance. No matter what his talents were, Chen Bangyan's only surviving son, according to feudal ethics, as a parent official of Guangdong Province, also

Certain care should be given. This is the same reason. Even in later generations, taking care of the children of martyrs is an unshirkable responsibility of the government.

"I know that Yuan Xiao has been granted by the emperor the hereditary position of commanding the royal guards, but it is the time for the Han Dynasty to recruit people, and Guangdong is in desperate need of talents like Yuan Xiao. We have traveled a long way to Yunnan.

, spending too much time on the road, I thought it would be better to stay in Guangdong to benefit my hometown. Especially in the near future, Guangdong will send troops again to regain the lost territory, Yuan Xiao should be reluctant to do so. "

After a heart-to-heart talk, Chen Gongyin happily accepted Chen Kai's appointment, and after only a few days' rest, he went to Guangdong to serve as an inspector. As for how talented this person could be, he didn't care - his father died generously for his country.

Chen Bangyan, based on this alone, Chen Kai was able to keep him in Guangdong to serve for him, which was an attitude for the scholar-bureaucrats in this province and other provinces. Just like when he first came to Nan'ao Island, Zheng Chenggong also had the same attitude

With Qian Jinshi Ma Gu's thoughts in mind, his subsequent achievements are actually added value.

It is obvious that Tiandihui is now very popular in Guangdong. However, Chen Kai does not intend to just live with it. He has always spared no effort to win over scholars because he knows very well how he can continue to make Tiandihui a success.

Be bigger and stronger.

The two conferences have been over for a long time, but he still needs to meet with a large number of local people every day. These are not only the participants, but also many people from other places, such as representatives from Southern Gansu and Jiangxi, such as Fujian gentry

The envoys, and for example, some places in Guangdong Province that have not yet been controlled by the Guangdong Governor's Yamen, each with different thoughts, came here, naturally for the word profit.

"As long as it is profitable, they will have greater motivation, and I just need to guide them to use it for me."

With a smile on his face, Chen Kai stood up and stretched his body to slightly relieve the fatigue from sitting for a long time, and then called the official in charge of reception.

"Whose turn is it this afternoon?"

"Replying to Mr. Fujun, according to the order in which the posts were submitted, the following should be some gentry and merchants from Xinning County and Yangjiang County." Bowing and saluting, the official could memorize his life and identity without having to read the roster.

Xinning County and Yangjiang County belong to the two prefectures of Guangzhou and Zhaoqing respectively. Although they are connected by land, their administrative regions are different. Logically speaking, they cannot be easily brought together. However, now the two places have one thing in common, and this

What they have in common is the reason why they came to Guangzhou together to ask for Chen Kai.

"Oh, a group of petitioners."

The official didn't quite understand what petitioning the masses meant, but he didn't bother to ask. He just waited for Chen Kai's decision. It was Chen Kai's own decision whether to receive him or to postpone it. He could serve in the government all year round.

, he knows best what to say and what not to say.

"Then let them come to see me in the afternoon. Public opinion still wants it."

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"Public opinion? What kind of public opinion? Chen Kai came here for his own sake and the imperial court this time!"

Chen Kai approved the Guangdong Consultative Bureau's decision to lift the ban on the Dan people not being able to land ashore to make a living. The first people to be affected were those Dan people who were seeking a living on the Pearl River.

The Dan people have lived on boats for generations, and their production and life depend on them. This will undoubtedly cause a lot of inconvenience. However, even if the historical problems of the Dan people were completely solved in the Republic era, this group still relies on the fishing and shipping industries.

It's just that the living area has been transferred to the case.

After the government order was issued, for the people on the Pearl River, it was nothing more than that they could go ashore in the future, that's all. Other than that, they still had to do what they were supposed to do, and there was no difference. As the news spread,

, when Zhang Xiaoqi, the governor of Gao Lian and Lei Qiong's Fourth Prefecture, received the news, the people in southwestern Guangdong had no way of knowing about this good governance. However, sitting in Gaozhou City, he was very concerned about this seemingly unrelated government decree.

He was furious and shocked Zhou Tengfeng, who had just returned from Haibei Province.

"Fujun?"

"Just take a look at this urgent report."

Pushing the urgent report from the resident in Guangzhou City to the other side of the desk, he leaned on the Taishi chair again, Zhang Xiaoqi's heavy breathing from his nostrils could be heard.

Zhang Xiaoqi was obviously extremely angry. Seeing this, Zhou Tengfeng hurriedly stepped forward to copy the emergency report. He didn't even bother to sit down again, and just stood there and read every word. And he had read this paragraph.

, he also immediately realized what Chen Kai’s intention was.

"He wants to use the Dan people's affairs to intervene in the Hepu pearl trade, but those are tributes!"

Hepu beads are delicate and dignified, crystal clear, round and translucent, smooth and colorful, and have great medicinal value. Therefore, Qu Dajun once said in "Guangdong News" that "the west pearl is not as good as the east pearl, and the east pearl is not as good as the south pearl."

This is not a boastful statement from a native of this province. The queen of the British Empire in later generations would have a thumb-sized Hepu bead on her crown. In China, the introduction of Hepu beads into imperial palaces began with the first emperor of Qin, who violently suppressed the Qin Dynasty.

Since the founding of Baiyue, pearl officials have been established. In subsequent dynasties, whether it was a unified empire or a separatist power located in a corner, the collection of Hepu pearls never stopped. It was nothing more than a ban on merchants and common people.

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By the Ming Dynasty, pearl fishing in Hepu reached its most prosperous period in history. The streets on both sides of the Lianzhou River were brightly lit, and sailing boats on the river were like crucian carp. Li Hui's "Records of Lianzhou" said: "In the Ming Dynasty, the Lianzhou River was

On both sides of the strait, boats and sails were woven, and people were shouting and shouting day and night. Merchants and businessmen were busy, and the people were densely populated." This was the grand scene of Lianzhou Pearl City in the Ming Dynasty.

However, the price of the economic boom was a sharp decrease in production caused by excessive pearl fishing. Historically, the third and fourth great migrations of Hepu pearl oysters both occurred in the Ming Dynasty, so that today, Hepu pearl oysters

The production of pearls is no longer what it was in its heyday.

However, in addition to the usual tribute, the economic value brought by today's Hepu pearl production is used for the expenses of the Fubiao camp of Gao Lian Lei Qiong's fourth governor, and it is also a financial subsidy. Even if it is small

There is a lot more, but it is better than nothing. The collection of Hepu pearls required pearl residents to dive into pearl ponds or even the deep sea. In that era without diving equipment, they also had to face sharks in the sea, which was extremely dangerous. Such

Most of the work is actually done by the people.

In this way, Chen Kai's approval of the advisory board's proposal, since it is unlikely to have the actual effect of manpower replenishment, is obviously a warm-up to attack them!

Being in the game, they felt it most clearly. Zhang Xiaoqi was furious, and Zhou Tengfeng couldn't help but feel indignant, especially when they thought that Chen Kai actually represented the power of the feudal town. Calculating these orthodox court officials like them, it was obvious that

He is attacking the imperial court. Whether it is the current situation or the past peaceful times, this is intolerable and does not allow for the slightest compromise.

"Fujun, maybe Chen Kai can still lead his troops to kill us. He won't tear this last layer apart."

Taking advantage of Zhang Xiaoqi's disobedience to the "public opinion" represented by the Council, and taking advantage of the situation to invade southwestern Guangdong, this was a possibility that they could have imagined at the first opportunity. However, once the armies met, the window between the imperial court and the feudal town was broken.

, the subsequent impact is obviously not a price that a southwestern Guangdong or a Hepu Zhu can bear.

They had information channels. They had heard that some military generals in southwestern Guangdong were keen on Chen Kai's reform achievements in Guangdong and secretly organized river pirates to rob Shunde silk. However, Chen Kai not only used a ready excuse to refuse to expand, but actually

It's obvious that we still have some concerns about carrying out a local campaign.

Since we have some scruples about that matter, it is obviously unlikely that we will start a big war in southwestern Guangdong. So what is the purpose of taking this detour?

Of course Zhang Xiaoqi understood the implication of Zhou Tengfeng's words. The Zheng Group and the Western Guangdong Civil Service Group had always been at odds with each other, but it had never gone to the extent of a real fight. Everything was just a political struggle.

Within the scope, as a governor, Zhang Xiaoqi may not be as good as Chen Kai in rank and title, but as a governor, if Chen Kai refuses to take action, the threat he can pose to him will become extremely limited.

"I am not afraid of him for impeachment. I am afraid that he has no intention of handing over the decision-making power to the central government, but will continue to use his advisory board to deal with us."

The Advisory Bureau can win over people, and anyone with a discerning eye can see this. Although the right to share profits is now extremely limited, it is more of an organization that coordinates local governments and assists Chen Kai in administration. However, the future development trend, as long as it is

Anyone who has witnessed the party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty can have a premonition, and Fushe is the best example.

In southwestern Guangdong, military generals are entrenched in various prefectures and counties, each with their own agendas. The real power that the civilian group can control is extremely limited. This is the inevitable result of the loss of the actual control areas of Wuzhou Prefecture and northern Zhaoqing Prefecture after Lianchengbi died.

, their initial plan to rely on these actual control areas to accumulate resources and then regain control of the army and local areas was abruptly interrupted by Hong Chengchou, and the current situation can only be more cautious.

Although Zhang Xiaoqi has never been to Chen Kai's jurisdiction, he can still imagine that the scholar-officials there will definitely support Chen Kai more, at least much more than the scholar-officials in Gaozhou, Lianzhou, and Leizhou. Once Chen Kai promises

When preparing to establish advisory bureaus in these places, if the gentry's hearts turn against them and the gentry class that the western Guangdong civil servant group relies on the most will no longer be used by them, their money, food, manpower, and material resources will be strangled to death by these.

There is nothing wrong with this fact. However, as a local feudal territory, they must defend this area for the imperial court and the civil servant group. This is the capital of the central government to fight against the feudal towns, and it is also the confidence of the civil servants to prevent military chaos.

Such confidence, in southwestern Guangdong where vassal towns are everywhere, is really not much, but whether it is there or not is the essential issue, not how much. And the reason why they, the civil servant group in western Guangdong, did not deal with Chen Kai from the beginning, is that

After all, it was because Chen Kai was not an orthodox civil servant. A civil servant who was a staff member of a feudal town was regarded as an alternative to the civil service team. The confrontation between them and Chen Kai was to try to restrict the Zheng Group.

The rapid expansion of this vassal town made it the future enemy of the dynasty and the civil service group. In fact, the conflicts with Chen Kai can only be considered a minority.

Now that Chen Kai has taken action, they must react. Whether it is defense or counterattack, Zhou Tengfeng already has the first reaction answer, and Zhang Xiaoqi obviously thinks more deeply than he does.

"Chen Kai is obviously determined to win this time, and our strength is not enough to compete. We must try to obtain the support of the court. Only if the court can fully support us, we will have room for change."

"But Fujun, Kunming is thousands of miles away..."

Gaozhoufu in southwest Guangdong is already very far away from Guangzhou, but compared with Gaozhoufu and Kunming, this distance is just a short walk after dinner.

They were all successful in the imperial examinations, and at least their IQs were above average. Over the years, they had defected to the imperial court from various places, followed the imperial court around, and were sent to southwestern Guangdong to preside over the war against the Qing Dynasty. Their experience was not ordinary.

Those civil servants can't compare.

Zhou Tengfeng was so worried, and so was Zhang Xiaoqi. However, Zhang Xiaoqi had obviously read the letter earlier and started planning earlier. Zhang Xiaoqi had obviously thought of this, and even pointed out that they could ask for help from Guo Zhiqi, the Grand Superintendent of the Division—

-Although Liuzhou is not close, at least there should be enough time. And with Guo Zhiqi coming forward, I think it is possible to further delay the time until the court puts pressure on Chen Kai and the Zheng Group. For the sake of the overall situation, Chen Kai

It will also restore "sanity".

"Of course, this is not enough. We cannot place all our hopes on the imperial court and the Superintendent. Now, we must put some obstacles in place for Chen Kai. We must not let him win the hearts of the soldiers in southwestern Guangdong too easily."
Chapter completed!