Early the next morning, Qi Yu hurried to the provincial government office. After completing the routine meeting, he took out his pen and paper and bent over the desk to work.
From time to time during this period, he would spread out a map of Southeast Asia and think about writing it down while looking at it.
He was busy until noon, when he finally stopped writing. After sealing the new dossier with satisfaction, he immediately rushed home to have dinner.
The atmosphere at lunch today seemed a bit special.
Why do you say that?
Look, Qi Yu not only asked his son to fill a glass of 'reward wine' for him, but also sent someone to invite his sister-in-law, Mrs. Huang, over, saying that they wanted to have a meal together.
When Liu Quan saw this, he couldn't help but feel surprised.
With Huang's acrimonious appearance, even she didn't want to spend more time with her, so why did her husband suddenly look at her so highly today?
Could it be that there is any special purpose here?
Wait and watch.
After a while, Mr. Huang rushed over at the invitation.
She looked around and was about to say a word or two about her brother-in-law's promotion, but at a glance, she saw that her sister's face was full of gloom, so she swallowed the words that slipped to her lips.
Qi Yu naturally didn't notice this. He took a sip of his wine and said slowly: "Sister-in-law, now I have appointed three divisions and delegated my powers. In the future, I will be the one responsible for the administration of officials."
If you can't participate, don't participate. To put it simply, it is impossible for me to protect you in big and small matters like before. As Jincheng's wife, you must pay more attention to your speech and behavior in the future. Don't do it.
No more showing off your sarcastic remarks about not avoiding relatives in favor of talents. If it causes any trouble, haha..."
As soon as she heard this, Mrs. Huang was frightened immediately. After wiping off a cold sweat, she said with fear: "Brother-in-law, you can rest assured about this. I promise you that I will never do anything that attracts attention again."
Already."
Well, the attitude is not bad!
It seems that the incident with the golden jade dress last time taught her some lessons.
Seeing this, Qi Yu nodded happily and said: "As the saying goes, if the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them. I hope you can truly understand this truth. This is the case now and will be even more so in the future. Otherwise, Jincheng will be in trouble.
As the governor of Luzon, there is no chance that he will be impeached by the inspector under my command."
"Well! That's, that's..."
As soon as he said that, Huang realized something was wrong.
The administrative division of Luzon is at the most basic county level, and what my husband did was to become the seventh-level county magistrate there. But why did my brother-in-law just call him the 'prefect of Luzon'?
?
Was it a slip of the tongue?
Although she thought so in her heart, she still didn't dare to correct her outright, for fear of being scolded by her sister next to her for being insignificant.
"Uh... Sir, did you say something wrong just now?" Liu Quan also realized the problem, so she asked.
"Oh? Where did I say something wrong?"
"You just said that Luzon is a state capital?"
Qi Yu chuckled and said: "Madam, I don't know. Now I have re-divided the administration of the jurisdiction. In Qiongzhou Island, the three-county system remains unchanged as before, while Dawan and Luzon are divided by
The county level has been upgraded to the state capital. This way, the administration has become much more reasonable... Oh, by the way, as for my brother-in-law Jincheng, let him follow my fortune and rise to a higher level, so as not to talk about me as a brother-in-law.
If you don’t take care of him..."
Oh, that’s what happened!
After figuring out the whole story, Huang quickly stood up, thanked her husband, and gave Qi Yu the bowing ceremony that he had just learned.
At this time, Liu Quan was also very happy. His younger brother had made rapid progress in his official career, and the entire Liu family would follow Yourong Yan. He must talk about it carefully when he returns to his parents' home in Guining next time.
"Next time to return to Ning? There's no need to wait so long. To be honest with you, madam, I have already written a letter to my father-in-law, so that they can be happy." After saying that, Qi Yu looked at his wife and revealed his smile.
An expression that says I understand you very well.
Liu Quan responded with a smile, his face full of happiness.
Unexpectedly, the harmonious atmosphere of this scene was disturbed by Huang's sudden voice.
I saw her eyes rolling, and she shouted in surprise: "Ha, my husband has been promoted to the fourth rank official, doesn't it mean that he can invite me to be my wife?"
Qi Yu nodded and replied: "According to the imperial official system, it is indeed possible."
"Ah! Ah!..."
Even in her dreams, Mrs. Huang always coveted Liu Quan's costume as Mrs. Gaoming, but she never thought that one day she would be able to wear it too!
The more she thought about it, the more excited she became, and the happier she became, and in the end she couldn't help but dance.
Liu Quan looked angry and funny at the same time. He glared at her with feigned anger and said, "I'm eating right now. If you show your teeth and claws, you're not afraid of breaking my plate!"
Well……
Huang retracted her hands and feet in embarrassment and said: "I'm not happy~~"
"With your character, even if you put on Mrs. Gaoming's clothes, you still don't look like a big lady!" Liu Quan scolded her.
"Ah~~"
"Ah what, hurry up and eat!"
After being so frightened, Huang immediately became weak again.
…
Three days later.
Qi Yu officially announced the new administrative division of Qiongzhou Provincial Government and the appointment status of key officials.
In terms of attention, apart from the chief ministers of Dawan and Luzon, the most eye-catching ones are the provincial government officials and the vacant post of Qiongzhou prefect.
Let’s talk about the provincial government office first. Generally speaking, Qi Yu has retained his old team. The former officials have basically followed the restructuring and jumped directly from the original state government officials to the current ones.
provincial government official.
Use it cooked, not raw.
Nothing wrong.
What is quite surprising is that Liu Shicheng, the former manager of the ceremonial house of the prefecture, was appointed by Qi Yu as the new prefect of Qiongzhou because of his talent, virtue, and hard work.
Alas, some people are happy while others are disappointed. Competition in officialdom has been like this since ancient times.
The announcement of the appointment order marks that the official structure of the entire provincial government has been established. As for the vacancies in those small positions, they can be filled in the future.
However, after everyone came to their senses, they realized that Master Qi seemed to have missed one person in his appointment.
who?
Tan Junyan, a household leader who once had high hopes.
Everyone else had related appointments, but he was the only one to do the hollowing out.
empty?
Yes, he neither retained his original position nor was he notified of another promotion. It seemed that he had ended up in the legendary position of being without an official.
When he ran over to ask, Qi Yu calmly replied: "Don't be anxious, just wait a moment."
Wait a minute?
Could it be...that this is the rhythm that wants to keep oneself in line?
Thinking of this, Tan Junyan couldn't help but panic a little. However, he had no good solution and had to wait at home.
In fact, Qi Yu did this on purpose.
Because, when Peng Wenchang was investigating the smuggling case, he actually touched the Hai family's head.
Even the fools in Qiongzhou know that the Hai family relied on Tan Junyan to climb up the ladder. Now that someone from the Hai family is suspected of being unclean, what does it matter if Tan Guangling can get away with it?
It's really hard to say this.
To be cautious, Qi Yu put a question mark on this.
Forget it, let’s understand the case first before talking about it.
"Master, tell me quickly."
"Yes! At first, I couldn't find any clue about this case. Later, I followed your suggestion and found the entry point from the Fujian merchants who were wandering among the merchants. Then I followed the clues and found out.
There has been a breakthrough." Peng Wenchang smiled happily and said.
Qi Yu's eyes flashed, and he nodded and said, "Well...just keep talking."
"The goods traded by those Fujian merchants are not many, there are only two items, one is glass products, and the other is tiger balm, both of which are popular commodities with huge profits."
"However, both of these commodities are heavily taxed by Qiongzhou, so it is worth taking some risks for the merchants to evade taxes. So, they found a merchant named Hai Dalong to ask for convenience, and the two parties hit it off.
, and then started engaging in illegal activities." Peng Wen made a brief introduction, cutting out the redundant words.
"Hai Dalong?"
"Sir, this man is the cousin of Hai Dafu, the richest man in Qiongzhou. If we go by the seniority of the Hai family, Tan Junyan would still call him second uncle."
Hai Dafu's cousin...
Hearing this, Qi Yu couldn't help but nodded a little.
Although the Hai family was just a group of merchants, their contribution to Qiongzhou was huge. If not for their help, how could the food shortage during the earthquake be easily alleviated?
It was precisely because of this reason that I felt some care, but I never thought that it would actually cause a disaster.
"Do Hai Dafu and Tan Junyan have any feelings for Hai Dalong's illegal activities?" Qi Yu's face straightened and he said with some worry.
Peng Wenchang first reviewed the facts of the case, and then replied relatively confidently: "Judging from the information currently available, Hai Dafu and Tan Junyan did not know about this matter. In other words, they should have been kept in the dark."
No complicity?
That's good!
Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that he would be forced to cut off his robe and sever his righteousness?
"By the way, Mr. Qi, behind Hai Dalong, there seems to be a mysterious figure from the mainland hidden. As for his identity, I haven't been able to find out yet." Peng Wenchang said.
"Mysterious figure...from the mainland?" Qi Yu said silently to himself.
"Master Qi, what should we do now? Should we arrest people?" Peng Wenchang seemed a little undecided and asked in a consultative tone.
"let me see……"
If an arrest were to be made, it would inevitably be aroused, and the so-called mysterious figure would most likely get wind of it and hide.
But if they are not caught, the smuggling of goods will not be curbed, and may even get worse and lead to irremediable consequences.
"As the saying goes, whichever is the lesser of two evils, arrest him!" Qi Yu made a decisive decision after thinking about it.