Zheng Ainong said goodbye first and left. Zheng Ping hesitated and said, "Your Highness must know that the emperor forced my father to work as a lobbyist!"
"I know about this. Your father also wrote a letter to me. Have you received the letter forwarded to you by the court?"
"I just received a letter yesterday from Zhang Bin, a member of the Ministry of Rites. This person will be appointed as the prefect of Chengdu at the same time, but Zheng Ainong doesn't know about it yet, so I didn't tell him."
"How about this Zhang Bin?"
"This Zhang Bin is Xu Xiantu's man. The situation is a bit complicated. I knew His Highness would be here today, so I didn't reply to him immediately."
Chen Qing felt a little unhappy. He had a good impression of Xu Xiantu. How come he was involved in Sichuan affairs and became the prefect of Chengdu when he got involved? Did he really think he would give in?
"What do you think? I'm talking about your father?"
"Of course I don't care about the county king. My father also meant the same thing. He wrote to me privately and asked me to refuse. I would definitely have no problem refusing, but I was worried about whether it would harm my family."
"so what?"
Zheng Ping smiled bitterly and said: "So I thought about it all night, and the best way is for His Highness to transfer me away, to Xiazhou or Lingzhou, so that I will lose my use value."
Chen Qing shook his head, "You must clarify a principled issue. The emperor doesn't care about you at all. What he wants is not you, but the Sichuan Road. It doesn't matter if I transfer you away, but the emperor can't get the Sichuan Road.
He will definitely be angry with your father and think that you and his son are secretly colluding, and he will definitely cause trouble for your father."
"What should I do with my humble position?" Zheng Ping asked worriedly.
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "There must be a way to reach the mountain. You don't have to worry. There are two ways to solve it. You don't need to be transferred, and your family will be safe and sound."
"any solution?"
Chen Qing said calmly: "The first way is for your father to take his family and leave Lin'an overnight. Your father also wanted to hide overseas for two years, but this plan was rejected by me. I don't want your father to leave Lin'an and report to the newspaper
Need him."
Zheng Ping sighed, "It's really unrealistic to leave Lin'an. A lot of the family's wealth will be destroyed in one day."
"So I want to use the second method. You publish a newspaper to denounce your father's betrayal and publicly declare your separation from the father-son relationship."
"What!" Zheng Ping's eyes suddenly widened.
"Don't be so anxious. This is just a strategy. On the surface, you break away from the father-son relationship and show it to the court. In fact, you are still father and son. Just wait for the opportunity in the future to re-register the father-son relationship and restore the father-son relationship."
"this."
Zheng Ping hesitated and said, "I'm afraid my father won't be able to accept it."
"You are wrong. This is what your father thought of. He asked me to persuade you."
Chen Qing took out Zheng Tongquan's letter and handed it to Zheng Ping, "Read it yourself!"
Zheng Ping took the letter and read it over. Sure enough, his father mentioned this plan in the letter. Although it was a bit hard to accept, it was indeed the best way. His father and family would not be affected by him.
"Your Highness, let me think about this matter again!" Zheng Ping was emotionally unable to accept it for the moment.
Chen Qing nodded, "I will rest in Chengdu for two days, and you can make a decision before leaving."
The next morning, Chen Qing met with Zhang Bin, a member of the Ministry of Rites, at the military camp. To be precise, it was Zhang Bin who came to visit Chen Qing.
He is a disciple of Xu Xiantu, a Jinshi in the second year of Shaoxing. He looks young, about thirty years old, but he is quite handsome.
"This is the appointment letter from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, please have your Highness take a look!"
Zhang Bin did not dare to be presumptuous in front of Chen Qing, and respectfully handed an appointment letter to Chen Qing. Chen Qing took it, looked at it, and said with a faint smile: "Didn't you agree on how to make the appointment and communicate with me first?"
You are too impatient! Now there are two prefects in Chengdu, which will make the Chengdu officialdom confused, and it will also appear that the court and I are not united."
Zhang Bin cursed in his heart, when did Chen Qing ever unite with the imperial court?
He still had a smile on his face and said: "It just so happens that there is no Tongpan in Chengdu Prefecture. How about asking Magistrate Zheng to be appointed as Tongpan? What do you think, Your Highness?"
Chen Qing was immediately furious. What the hell! Does he need to arrange what he should do?
Chen Qing laughed and said, "This is a good idea. I will consider it. I wonder where Zhang Yuanwailang lives now?"
"I am temporarily staying in the post office!"
Chen Qing nodded, "Can your family come with you to take office?"
"My family is still in my hometown of Wenzhou and will not come over for the time being."
"I see, you brought a staff with you?"
"With two staff, Your Highness also knows that you must rely on your staff for many things."
Chen Qing took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: "I wonder if Yuan Wailang plans to govern Chengdu after he takes office. Do you have any ideas?"
Zhang Bin said with hesitation and contentment: "To be honest with you, Your Highness, this is the first time I have been assigned a humble position as an official. I have many ambitions in my mind, but I have no chance to implement them. This time when I become the prefect, the first thing I want to do is to strengthen official studies. The results of Sichuan Road Examination candidates in two consecutive imperial examinations
It dropped significantly. Before leaving, I reported my thoughts to the emperor. The emperor was very supportive and gave me a lot of teachings?"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "What did the emperor say?"
"The emperor said that when you go to a local government, people, property and property are the most important. Talents are prosperous, financial resources are abundant, and materials are abundant. As long as you can do these three things, you will be a qualified local official. The emperor said that if you have any difficulties, you must rely on the imperial court.
, the imperial court will definitely provide strong support, and of course, His Highness’s support is also needed.”
Chen Qing was a little confused. Is this person in front of him a fool? Does he not know the struggle between himself and the court? Xu Xiantu would also tell him, then why did he still say this, or deliberately come to demonstrate to himself and express his attitude in front of him?
You won't be won over by yourself.
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Prefect Zhang has great ambitions, I will wait and see."
Chen Qing sent Zhang Bin away and immediately sent someone to find Zheng Ainong.
Not long after, Zheng Ainong hurried over and entered the tent and said: "Your Highness, early this morning, Zhang Bin came to me and said that he was the newly appointed prefect of Chengdu by the imperial court. He suggested that I serve as general magistrate, saying that this was Xianggong Xu's suggestion. I am not humble in my position.
I know what to do, please teach me, Your Highness!"
Chen Qing snorted and said: "I think Xu Xiantu is old and confused. A man who has only been an official for six years and has never been a local official has actually become the prefect of Chengdu in one step. Does Xu Xiantu know that he is breaking the rules?"
"Your Highness is right. He has never been a local official, and it is said that his family is very wealthy and he has no idea about the sufferings of the people. If he really takes power, he will definitely make Chengdu a mess. I really don't know how the emperor and Xu Xiangguo could
Appoint such an inexperienced person as prefect."
Chen Qing walked two steps with his hands behind his back: "This person should be deliberately used by the emperor to test me. It can be said that he is a flag. The court is staring at him, and the governments of various states in Sichuan are also staring at him. If it is not handled well, it will indeed
It will cause chaos in the officialdom, and at the same time I will be at odds with Xu Xianfu. This is something I don’t want to face yet, but I think Xu Xianfu himself knew it well and sent an inexperienced person.”
Chen Qing had already vaguely guessed that the emperor must have asked Xu Xianfu to recommend him to the Chengdu magistrate. Xu Xianfu was not willing, so he deliberately recommended a person with no experience to serve.
Thinking of this, Chen Qing knew how to deal with the imperial court, so he followed his own plan and completely ignored this person.
"I want to save Xu Xian's face. You will be appointed as the general magistrate of Chengdu. Then you will buy another government office and bring all the officials and servants there."
Although Zheng Ainong was a little aggrieved, he understood what Chen Qing meant, "Your Highness, the original official office of the Xuanfu envoys of Sichuan and Shaanxi is in Chengdu. It is a good place to use it as the official office of the minister, and the humble official can also move in."
"Yes, you can concurrently serve as the government affairs envoy of the Xingtai Shangshu Mansion and be in charge of the Chengdu Prefecture. This is a part-time job that I specially arrange for the general magistrates of various states. In fact, it is to bypass the various government and state offices. If you want to go against me, then set up an envoy. In addition,
, the official residence in Chengdu is quite tight, and there is no way to arrange an official residence for Zhang Bin. If he wants to rent a house, he can do whatever he wants!"
After a pause, Chen Qing said coldly: "In addition, find two prostitutes to complain to the county government. They will say that two of Zhang Bin's aides raped women. Let the county government's board be tougher, force them to confess, and put them in jail.
Zhang Bin is not allowed to visit!"
Zheng Ainong was speechless for a long time. This was too bad! Is this a solution thought up by a prince?
He did not dare to disobey, so he had to bow and agree, "I humbly obey my orders!"
Chen Qing smiled again and said: "If the county magistrate asks, just say it was Zheng Dutong's idea, and I will acquiesce."