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Chapter 578: Officialdom (1)

 "My clothes are wet with the rain of apricot blossoms, and the willow wind is not cold on my face." Spring is here, and the Shuntian Governor's Yamen in Beijing is full of spring, with a touch of red here and a few green bushes there.

Chen Zengyu, the newly appointed governor of Shuntian, sat in an official chair and worked with high spirits. He was the son-in-law of Sun Jinding, the second minister of the cabinet. There were people in the court who liked to be officials. He first joined politics from the third rank and left, and within a few years he was promoted to the second rank governor.

At just forty years old, he is already an important member of the party.

After Emperor Guangwu moved the capital to Nanjing, considering the old affairs of Emperor Yongle, he was afraid that high-ranking officials would live in Longxing, Beijing, and rebel. Therefore, there was no governor, and the northern Zhili area was divided into two, and governors were set up to govern it. Among them, the governor of Shuntian, Guanshun

Chen Zengyu is the governor of the four prefectures and two prefectures of Tianfu, Yongping Prefecture, Hejian Prefecture, Xuanfu, Yanqing Prefecture, and Baoan Prefecture; the governor of Baoding is in charge of Baoding Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, Shunde Prefecture, Guangping Prefecture, and Daming Prefecture.

In the land of the mansion, Wang Euzhi is the governor.

Although they are both governors, the status of the Shuntian governor is not comparable to that of the Baoding governor. Although Wang Fuzhi is a great imperial scholar and is good at flattering articles, his status in the heart of Emperor Guangwu is completely different from that of Sun Jinding, the hero of Conglong.

As Sun Jinding's son-in-law, he naturally had to look up to him. He made Chen Zengyu the governor of this important place in the capital to stabilize the king's wife.

Wang Fuzhi was unconvinced by this. Then Chen Zengyu was originally the son of the traitorous general Chen Bangchuan. His Majesty had already shown mercy by not killing him. How could he be allowed to become such a high-ranking official? In terms of poems, songs and official documents, how could he be like this?

Comparable to Yu? Besides, Yu was extremely loyal to the Ming Dynasty and organized rebels to fight against the Qing Dynasty many times. What credit did this person have? It was just because his father-in-law was Sun Jinding. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and even Sun Jinding started to hate him.<

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If we follow the historical trajectory, Wang Euzhi failed to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Instead, he lived in seclusion and wrote books to enlighten the people's wisdom. What about "anti-asceticism", "equalizing the world, and opposing autocracy"?

But in this era, he was favored by Emperor Guangwu and became a second-rank official in the imperial court. The word "official" is harmful to people. Since he became an official, Governor Wang has never mentioned "equalizing the world and opposing autocracy".

Instead, they shouted "divine right of kings" and "the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty lasts for tens of thousands of years", and wrote a book to theoretically explain: The Ming Dynasty was so big that it would be easy to cause chaos if there were too many people. It would be impossible without an emperor!

These remarks had an excellent effect. Zhu Hengjia covered his mouth with joy after hearing this, secretly praising Wang Fu for his loyalty, and his official position rose all the way, until he reached the position of governor of Baoding.

"In Fuyuan, there is a young master named Fan who says he is an old friend of yours and has sent me a greeting card."

Chen Zengyu was happily dealing with official documents, coming and going to report. Hearing this, his smile became even brighter. Since he became the governor of Shuntian, he has been paying constant attention to him. He is an old friend, and he is obviously here to help.

He glanced casually and said, "Huh? It's actually Fan Xiandi!"

I saw the signature on the greeting card, and it was the three characters "Fan Yuqi".

At that time, Chen Zengyu fell in love with Guo Qiaoer, a famous prostitute in Qinhuai, but he had no money to get her. It was the Fifth Young Master Fan who generously donated his money, redeemed Guo Qiaoer's body, and bought a mansion for them. The true righteousness allowed him to embrace it.

The beauty returns.

Chen Zengyu's first wife, Sun Shi, was a famous Hedong lion. Chen Zengyu kept Guo Qiao'er in his outer house until he gave birth to a son, and then he recognized his ancestor and returned to the clan. However, due to the power of Lao Taishan, he still lived in the outer house and did not dare to take Guo Qiaoer with him.

Go home.

After being promoted to governor of Shuntian this time, Chen Zengyu persuaded Sun to stay in Nanjing. Firstly, it was very cold in Beijing and his wife was weak, so she was afraid of the acclimatization. Secondly, Lao Taishan was old, his parents were here and he did not want to travel far, so he stayed in Nanjing.

So that you can be filial at all times.

With some sweet talk, Sun was successfully coaxed to stay in Nanjing; while he happily went to Beijing to take up his post with his concubine Guo Qiaoer.

It’s great that there is no Hedong Lion in charge!

"Quickly, please invite Brother Fan Xian into the court, no, please into the inner chamber." Chen Zengyu originally wanted to welcome him in person, but then he thought that he was now the dignitary of the governor, so he had to sit on the main seat and wait.

"My master has invited me, young master, please come with me." The steward humbly led Fan Yuqi, the fifth young master of the Fan family, to the living room.

Seeing that Chen Zengyu did not greet him in person, Fan Yuqi felt slightly unhappy, but did not dare to show it on his face. He smiled politely at the steward and followed leisurely.

Life tests people! Today, Fan Yuqi is no longer the playboy who spends a lot of money, but a mature businessman who has experienced the ups and downs of the business world. In order to gain access to the business, face is really not important!

Today's Lao Fan family is no longer ranked first among the "Eight Imperial Merchants" during the Manchu Dynasty. Emperor Guangwu disliked these "Eight Imperial Merchants" very much. Lianghuai salt merchants were included in the list. These eight

There was not even a single quota; the business of transporting military supplies to Xuanda, Mongolia, and the northwest garrison was snatched away by Huizhou merchants, Shaanxi merchants, and Jiangxi merchants; the original qualification to sell copper and cast copper coins in Japan for the Qing Dynasty was also cancelled.

The imperial court appointed Cantonese merchants and Jiangsu and Zhejiang merchant gangs to serve as official foreign copper merchants; as for the ginseng business, it is said that the imperial court has decreed free competition and strictly prohibits monopoly.

In short, the life of Lao Fan's family is very difficult, and the business has shrunk sharply. To make matters worse, I heard that the Changlu Salt Farm in Hejian Prefecture will soon distribute salt. Friends who know the inside story said that the court means that the salt from Changlu will be distributed.

Half of it was underwritten by Huizhou merchants and Guangdong merchants, and the other half was distributed to local small and medium-sized salt merchants. Lao Fan's family was not on the list.

This is a slap in the face! You must know that the Changlu Salt Field is the salt field with the largest sea salt production in the Ming Dynasty. Its production accounts for a quarter of the total sea salt production in the country. It is mainly distributed in Hejian Prefecture, North Zhili. During the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, the old Fan family almost

Controls the Changlu Salt Farm and holds 10,718 Changlu salt imports, which is 2,143,600 kilograms based on 200 kilograms per small import (300 kilograms for large imports).

If this business goes bad again, you really have to stop celebrating the New Year! Fan Sanba, the head of the Fan family, is at a loss what to do. Fan Yuqi volunteers and says that Chen Zengyu, the newly appointed governor of Shuntian, is his good friend and is in charge of Hejian Mansion. If he please

If Chen Zengyu comes forward, the Changlu Salt Class Promotion Branch will definitely be able to give him some face.

Who would have expected that when he asked to see Chen Zengyu, he didn’t welcome him in person! Alas! Now that my brother has become a high official, so will his reputation!

"My dear brother, I'm so sorry for my stupid brother. Please sit down and serve me some tea." Chen Zengyu was very polite when he met Fan Yuqi.

At this point, Fan Yuqi breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his eyebrows and smiled happily: "I also miss my brother very much!"

Suddenly he said sourly: "It's just that the courtyard is deep and my brother is busy with official duties, so it's not good to disturb him often!"

As if he didn't hear Fan Yuqi's dissatisfaction, Chen Zengyu took Fan Yuqi's arm affectionately and said, "We haven't seen each other for many days, and I will definitely get drunk with my dear brother today!"

Without any explanation, he took Fan Yuqi to the inner courtyard, where sumptuous food and wine had already been prepared.

Chen Zengyu summoned his beloved concubine Guo Qiaoer.

When Guo Qiaoer saw her benefactor coming, she hurriedly said a blessing. The wet nurse beside her was holding a little guy who was babbling and learning to speak.

Fan Yuqi was full of emotions, time flies so fast! In a blink of an eye, the two children are so old!

He hurriedly presented the gifts that he had prepared long ago. The old Fan family has always been generous, and gave Chen Zengyu a land deed of 50,000 acres, all of which are high-quality paddy fields; he gave the young master a long-life jade lock, which has a warm texture;

Guo Qiaoer gave a pearl necklace as a gift, more than twenty of which were not only large but also similar in size. In ancient times when artificial breeding technology was lacking, they were extremely valuable.

Chen Zengyu laughed and said, "Brother Xian has spent money again. Come on, Brother Fool will give Brother Xian a drink!"


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