If a high-ranking official who has nothing to do with Shen Yi comes to Henan and serves as the governor of Henan, then he probably won't even pay attention to it. After all, apart from Shen Yi's slightly higher title, his highest actual position is just that of governor.
There is no difference between him and the governor of Henan.
Fortunately, Lao Cheng knew Shen Yi very well, and he knew very well how fast Shen Yi climbed up.
Even if we put aside the good personal relationship between the two people, from a rational point of view, it is impossible for Cheng Tingzhi to cause Shen Yi a stumbling block.
This time, he and Chen Yu took the initiative to come to Jinan to pay homage to the mountain, which already made their attitude clear.
That is, in the next one to two terms as governor of Henan, he will not ignore Shen Yi, but will try his best to assist Shen Yi in his northern expedition.
The four feudal officials sat down in a fairly good restaurant in Jinan. Shen Yi originally asked Cheng Tingzhi to sit at the front seat, but Cheng Futai forcefully pushed him to the main seat.
After he sat down, the other three people took their seats one after another. After sitting down, Cheng Tingzhi looked at Shen Yi seriously and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I am already over fifty years old, and this is the first time I have crossed the Huaihe River and set foot on the Qi River where I originally belonged. Human territory.”
"What's even more amazing is that I came here to be the governor."
He picked up the wine glass, toasted Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "This is something I never dared to think about before."
Mr. Shen picked up the wine glass and drank with him, jokingly saying: "In the current land of Dachen, except for Henan and Shandong, I am afraid that no other province can accommodate you, Zhongcheng."
Cheng Futai smiled hoarsely: "That's true. I violated official taboos back then. Except for these newly restored places, there is no other place in the world that can accommodate me."
He looked at Shen Yi and said sincerely: "After my two terms as governor of Fujian expired, I was already planning to retire and return home. Who would have thought that after I arrived in Jiankang to face the Holy Spirit, His Majesty arranged for me to be transferred to Shandong and asked me to serve the imperial court again? Give it a few years."
"At my age, I can still do something for this country. I feel so happy. When I walk on the road, I feel light and healthy. I seem to be several years younger."
He looked at Shen Yi, then at Chen Yu, and said with a smile: "Everyone here is a member of the imperial court, so I don't shy away from anything. Zi Heng, tell me, how do you need us to cooperate with you?"
"Chen Fantai and I will leave to return to Kaifeng tomorrow and start running errands in Henan."
"The first thing is to stabilize the situation in Henan, organize households and people, establish local yamen, promote our Hongde Tongbao, build schools, and promote scientific examinations."
At this point, Shen Yi lowered his head and took a sip of wine, looked at Zhang Jian, and said with a smile: "But I'm not familiar with these things, so I'll let my senior brother talk to you two. Most of the things in Shandong are handled by him. I am mainly responsible for the war effort."
Zhang Fantai glanced at Shen Yi resentfully, but he was not afraid of the stage. After clearing his throat, he said: "My lords, the two provinces of Shandong and Henan are very different from our well-established provinces in the south. The first two or even the first three years of working here are much harder."
"For example..."
"None of the original government officials in the Northern Qi Dynasty can be used anymore. If the local county government wants to rebuild, it may take several months to get together the errands of government servants, bookkeepers, and history books."
"In these newly recovered places, it is inevitable that some people will take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble. In the past few months, I don't know how many things will happen. In some places in Shandong, the county magistrates came to the local area, and no one listened to what they said. Things are very difficult.
Do."
"The local government offices have not been built yet, and other tasks such as spring plowing and field inspections are even more difficult."
Zhang Jian let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile: "If the Ministry of Revenue hadn't sent people over to help check and allocate the fields, I might not be able to get away now."
As he said that, he looked at Chen Yu, lowered his head slightly and said: "The governor has also been a local official, and he knows the twists and turns of the place better than me. In addition, there was a very shortage of people in the early stage. I didn't even know that during my time
How did you get through it?"
When Chen Yu was appointed as the prefect of Jiangdu, Zhang Jian served as the county magistrate of Jiangdu. The two of them had a superior-subordinate relationship. Now they mentioned their old names again to express their respect for Chen Yu.
Having said this, Zhang Jian let out a long sigh: "Another advantage is that within three years, the imperial court will exempt the people of Shandong from taxes. This makes the establishment of local yamen much easier."
"If you still want to collect taxes for the imperial court, then this job really can't be done."
Hearing this, Cheng Tingzhi's eyes moved, he looked at Shen Yi and asked: "Zi Heng, will Henan be exempted from taxes for three years?"
Shen Yi blinked.
He really doesn't know.
The last document issued by the imperial court stated that the land that had been recovered in Huaibei would be tax-free for three years, but Henan had not yet been conquered at that time...
He rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then said: "Well, don't write to the court again, lest the prime ministers in Zhongshu deny it. My opinion is that it should be treated as tax-free."
Cheng Tingzhi and Chen Yu looked at each other and nodded.
"Then just listen to Zi Hengqin."
Zhang Jian went on and told almost all the difficulties he encountered during this period, which made Mr. Shen on the side break into a cold sweat.
As the governor of Shandong, he has really avoided too many things.
After Zhang Jian had almost finished speaking, Shen Yi thought for a while and added: "Now General Pei's troops and Xue Wei's troops are in Luoyang Mansion. After Luoyang Mansion is taken down, the next step is to clean up the remaining enemies.
Already."
He paused and asked, "Has anyone been chosen as the Inspector General of Henan?"
Cheng Tingzhi shook his head slightly: "We don't know yet."
Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "No matter whether there are people on the inspection envoy or not, Zhongcheng must build the inspection envoy's office as soon as possible. All my troops in Henan may be mobilized at any time. By then, Henan will follow up to clean up the remaining enemies and suppress the bandits.
errand."
"It all needs to be handled by the Inspectorate."
Cheng Tingzhi's expression became serious and he frowned: "Is the war so tense that Henan can't even leave a guard station?"
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "No, by then all the troops, including General Pei Jun's troops, will leave Henan and go north, and I will dispatch them uniformly."
Cheng Futai smiled bitterly and said, "But if Henan doesn't collect taxes for three years, how can it have the money to support the soldiers of the Yamen?"
Shen Yi smiled.
"If you don't have money, just go to the court and ask for it. If the Si Yamen raises 10,000 soldiers, it probably won't cost 300,000 taels a year. Just ask the court to dispatch them to Zhongcheng."
Cheng Tingzhi stared at Shen Yi, and after a while, he shook his head helplessly: "I'm not Ziheng, you are prosperous in Jiankang, not to mention the Prime Minister of Zhongshu, even the Minister of Liubu, no one is willing to talk to me. many."
Shen Yi looked at Chen Yu and said with a smile: "Zhong Cheng has no connections, but Chen Fantai probably does."
"Let Chen Fantai go and ask for the money."
At this point, Shen Yi became serious and said: "Everyone knows the benefits of taking charge of these newly restored places. I don't need to say more. If you want to get these benefits, you will naturally have to spend more energy. Manpower.”
"Both of you must be considerate."
"And that's it."
Mr. Shen continued: "After the situation in Henan stabilizes, I may need to recruit troops and buy food in Henan. At that time, I will need the help of the local government. According to the current war situation, the war in Luoyang Prefecture should be over in about a month. By then, …”
Before Shen Yi finished speaking, there was a rapid knock on the door.
"Son."
Jiang Sheng suppressed his voice and said in a low voice: "An urgent report from the front line of the Di Reporting Department."
Shen Yi bowed his head slightly and apologized to everyone, then stood up and walked to the door. After taking the document from Jiang Sheng's hand and reading it, his expression changed drastically.
He walked back into the house and looked at everyone with a solemn expression.
"Everyone, there is an emergency in the army. I want to go north immediately."
Zhang Jian frowned slightly.
Cheng Tingzhi asked directly: "What happened?"
Shen Yi looked around at everyone and spoke slowly.