Returning to Chongzhou, Chen Mingzhe was already a censor from the Sixth Grade Inspection School. He was wearing a lake-blue official robe. He and his brother-in-law Chen Huawen stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the towering military mountains in the river.
This censorship was newly established and was under the jurisdiction of the two capital procuratorates. It was mainly used to control the newly established envoys in various places and prevent the envoys from having too much power and separatizing local areas.
The censorship of the six southeastern counties was issued by the Jiangning Metropolitan Procuratorate, which also officially stated the imperial court's decision to "lead all affairs in the southeast to Jiangning." It's hard to say how much role this censorship can play.
Everyone was vying for the position of censor of the school in Huaixi and Huinan; everyone avoided the position of censor of the school in Xuzhou like a ghost, and finally Liu Yefei, who had lived in Jiangning for two years, was appointed.
When Liu Yefei was serving as the inspector in Shandong, he was overthrown by Tang Haoxin and Lin Fu because of the mutiny of the Qingzhou soldiers; and the cause of the Qingzhou mutiny was the Sun family of the Xihehui, which is now the core force in Huaidong----
Chen Mingzhe really couldn't guess how Lin Fu and Gu Wuchen viewed the willow leaves flying back.
The censor of Huaidong was Tang Enshu, the former censor of the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. When the refugee army suddenly attacked Yunti Pass, Tang Enshu was lucky enough to save his life, so he must stay in Chongzhou. The Tianjin-Hai Grain Road was linked to Huaidong and Dongyang.
With control in hand, the presence of Tang Enshu and other officials only gave the court a relatively accurate grasp of the situation on the Jinhai grain road.
Uncle Tang En's personal relationship with Huaidong is also quite complicated.
Uncle Tang En's ability to save his life and official position was inseparable from the help of the Huaidong Army Division. However, the beloved concubine Tang En Uncle left in Yunti Pass was given to Sun Zhuang, who later joined the Huaidong Army Division and served as the commander of the Huaidong Army Division's Infantry Division and Rear Army.
He kept sending people to ask for it, but he never paid attention to it - and Lin Fu didn't say anything about it.
Uncle Tang En was alone in Chongzhou, so it was hard to imagine what economical effect he could have on Lin Fu. During the Jiangning Military Conference, Lin Fu agreed to the Ning Prince's Palace to set up two more river stations to collect taxes in Chongzhou, but it was Ning Prince's Palace who took the initiative.
Forgot about this matter.
Among the officials in Huaidong, the only one who really had some restrictions on Lin Fu was Liu Tingzhou, the prefect of Huai'an and the chief envoy of the Huaidong Army.
Chen Mingzhe served as the censor of the school in northern Zhejiang, which was also the result of checks and balances from all parties.
Chen Mingzhe knew that Dong Yuan was extremely powerful. At this time, he did not expect to interfere in the affairs of the three Jiahang Lake Prefectures. His main focus was still on Pingjiang Prefecture, restricting Dong Yuan's infiltration into Pingjiang Prefecture, and trying his best to ensure that Pingjiang Prefecture's
The tax revenue goes to Pingjiang Prefecture for local military use.
It is a pity that the local military equipment of Pingjiang Prefecture, including Haiyu Township Camp, Bai Nao Army, etc., do not have the confidence to intercept Pingjiang Prefecture's taxes and keep them for their own use.
Chen Mingzhe followed Chen Huawen to Chongzhou this time. Firstly, he wanted to discuss the attack on Daishan and Changguo after the Autumn. Secondly, he wanted to use Huaidong to strengthen the local military equipment of Pingjiang Prefecture. Thirdly, he wanted to strengthen the commercial exchanges between Pingjiang and Huaidong.
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Looking at the green Junshan Mountain, Chen Mingzhe remembered what his mentor Chen Xiyan warned in Jiyang: Dong Yuan and Li Zhuo had a teacher-student relationship, and Lin Fu was secretly promoted by Li Zhuo to achieve such a status.
The two men are inseparable in appearance, and only by dealing with the relationship between these two men can we, the Wu Party's forces, have the possibility of independence.
After the construction of Jinghaihai City, Junshan, Zilang Mountain and Xinchong City were integrated with stone dams. Nanya Pier and the river west of the stone dam were exclusive to Jinghaihai Camp; all official ships came and went in Dongcheng
Mooring at the pier.
Chen Mingzhe, Chen Huawen and others could not get a full view of the newly built Jinghaihai City, but when crossing the river, they could see the water gate, breakwater, wave platform, pier, lighthouse and city wall outside Junshan.
From the enemy towers and other buildings, it is not difficult to imagine the majesty of Jinghaihai City.
Chen Mingzhe and Chen Huawen were not able to see the whole picture of Zilangshan City, but when they saw the streets and alleys of the city at the east gate of Chongcheng, which were slanted and stretched for several miles, they knew that compared with the last time they came across the river, Huaidong was even more beautiful.
The foundation has become much more solid.
The officials in Chongzhou who were in charge of greeting the dock were headed by Li Shuyi, the Prime Minister of Chongzhou County and the Secretary of the Huaidong Army. He was one of the first people in Chongzhou local forces to join Lin Fu, and he is now very important. Lin Fu
As the magistrate of Chongzhou, he actually had no energy to manage the affairs of Chongzhou. Li Shuyi was the nameless but real magistrate of Chongzhou.
Chen Mingzhe saw that Li Shuyi was thirty-one or twelve years old, short in stature, with thin cheeks, and looked very capable. One characteristic of the officials in the Huaidong Military Division was that it was almost impossible to find anyone with fat heads and big ears.
"The envoy of Zhizhi is planning his journey. He will not be able to return to Chongzhou until the evening of tomorrow at the earliest. The two masters Zuo Changshi and You Sima also need to go to Hecheng temporarily for something. They can come back at night, so they specially asked me to come with them.
Apologize!" Li Shuyi said, asking Chen Mingzhe and Chen Huawen to make a car and follow him into the city.
Lin Fu banned sedan chairs in Chongzhou, and officials had to travel by car or on foot. Chen Mingzhe knew about this, so he didn't think they were being neglected.
After entering the city, Chen Mingzhe, Chen Huawen and others arranged to go to the post house to rest first, but how could Chen Huawen, Chen Mingzhe's uncle and nephew rest peacefully? Although they had been bumpy on the road for a day, they were all taking a boat.
There's nothing hard about it either.
"Uncle, when you entered the city, did you notice that the number of households in the east gate of Chongzhou was huge? I'm afraid there are no less than six or seven thousand households." Chen Mingzhe went back to the house, washed his face, and came to follow
Chen Huawen discussed the matter and mentioned to Chen Huayi some of the special things he saw after landing, and said, "Before Lin Fu entered Chongzhou, there were only more than a thousand households in Chongzhou. Unexpectedly, in just two years,
In three years, it increased six to seven times..."
"There are probably more urban households in Guanyintan," Chen Huawen said. "The price of rice in Jiangdong County has also skyrocketed in the past two years, from three or four cents to six or seven cents now. Pingjiang,
In Haiyu City, most urban households rely on craftsmanship to make a living. In recent years, silk and cotton prices have dropped sharply, and iron prices have not increased. Urban households cannot survive in Pingjiang and Haiyu City with their previous wages.
We went down and rushed to Chongzhou to recruit craftsmen, so they all came to Chongzhou together. It is not surprising that the number of households in Chongzhou increased sharply."
"Lin Fu has worked hard to open up the trade routes to Haidong, and his vision is much higher than others!" Chen Mingzhe sighed slightly, "But I don't know how big a hole Chongzhou can loose in this matter!"
The price of silk has dropped so much that the Chen family is deeply hurt.
The reason why the Chen family became the richest man in Binh Giang Prefecture was not because of anything else, but because the Chen family was the most powerful silk merchant in Binh Giang Prefecture and even the entire Dai Viet Dynasty. In Haiyu, the Chen family's mulberry garden was nearly 2,000 hectares, and there were tens of thousands of tenants in the mulberry garden.
Thousands of things.
Compared with the price of rice, the price of raw silk has actually dropped by more than 70% in the past few years. If it were not for a strong foundation, the Chen family would not be able to withstand such a blow.
Chen Huawen and Chen Mingzhe's uncles and nephews came here. In addition to military cooperation, they also hoped to transport the Chen family's raw silk and silk to Haidong for sale through the maritime trade routes controlled by Huaidong.
Haiyu County is next to the sea, so it naturally knows the price of raw silk in the Haidong area. In the past, the East China Sea bandits were powerful and the sea routes were interrupted. Now, those who have the ability to contact Haidong, apart from Huaidong, are the She family who occupy Zhejiang and Fujian.
Why did Huaidong bother to find Daishan and Changguo? Chen Huawen, Chen Mingzhe's uncles and nephews also had their own understanding: after capturing Daishan and Changguo, it would be ten thousand times more difficult for the She family's ships to sail from Mingzhou Prefecture. Jin'an
The government's merchant ships going to sea will also be greatly affected. After all, Huaidong still wants to monopolize Haidong's trade routes.
It was getting late, and Li Shuyi came over again to accompany Chen Huawen and Chen Mingzhe's uncle and nephew to a dinner party.
At the end of the dinner, Lin Mengde and Qin Chengzu returned to Chongcheng.
It was getting late, but Chen Huawen, Chen Mingzhe, uncles and nephews knew that there were many things that needed to be done urgently. They just waited for Lin Fu to return to Chongzhou to make up their minds. The specific details still had to be discussed with Lin Mengde, Qin Chengzu, Sun Jingxuan and others.
Uncles and nephews Chen Huawen and Chen Mingzhe did not want to delay it for a moment, so they proposed to Li Shuyi that they hope to interview Lin Mengde and Qin Chengzu at night, and when Lin Fu comes back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, many things can be settled.
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As we enter early August, the weather gradually cools down, at least the nights are no longer so harsh.
Lin Mengde and Qin Chengzu had just returned to Dongya to take a breather. They didn't bother to go home for a meal. Li Shuyi sent someone to tell Chen Huawen that Chen Mingzhe's uncle and nephew wanted to start talking tonight.
Qin Chengzu rubbed his face with his hands and asked the person sent by Li Shuyi: "Is Su Pinxiao here?"
Su Pinxiao was the leader of the Bai Nao Army in Taihu.
After Ninghai Town Shuiying defected to Shejia, part of its jurisdiction was assigned to Jinghaiyuan Camp, and part of its jurisdiction was assigned to Jiangning Shuiying. However, in the Taihu Lake Basin, both Pingjiang Prefecture and Danyang Prefecture boycotted Jinghaishui Camp, and Jiangning Shuiying entered. On the contrary,
Let the Bai Nao Army, a Taihu water village force, gain room for development and become the most important rural army force on Taihu Lake.
In the early years when the East China Sea bandits plundered Taihu Lake, Lin Fu maintained a good relationship with the Taihu water village forces headed by the Bai Nao Army. Not only did they jointly fight against the East China Sea bandits, but when Lin Fu established Chongzhou and Xisha Island, he needed a large amount of supplies, such as Taihu
Coal, iron, lime, rice, bamboo, wood, etc. from the southwest were all transported through the areas controlled by the Bai Nao Army.
With the help of Chen Xiyan, Yu Xinyuan and other Wu Party bosses, the Bai Nao Army, which had a close relationship with the Wu Party and shared the same roots, was officially merged into the Haiyu Army, which was only officially recognized by the court in July. Its leader Su Pinxiao served as Haiyu Army.
Lieutenant General.
Huaidong did not have the ability to cross the border to recruit the Bai Nao Army. Rather than being recruited by Dong Yuan, the Bai Nao Army merged with the Haiyu Army. Huaidong was more happy to see such a result.
Compared to the Haiyu Chen family, the Huaidong side pays more attention to the Bai Nao Army.
"I'm here. I'm at the post house with Mr. Chen and Mr. Li Xiancheng." The person sent by Li Shuyi replied.
"Let's meet then?" Qin Chengzu asked Lin Mengde inquiringly.
"Yes, but we can't delay it. We have basically settled the matter, and we will wait until the Lord comes back to come up with an idea," Lin Mengde said, "In any case, the war can be delayed as long as possible, and other matters must be dealt with first."
All right!"
"Why did the imperial court generously give up Huaidong in the later stages of the Huaisi War?" Qin Chengzu sighed lightly and said, "Don't you see that the eleven counties of Huaidong are not places that can become a climate?"
"According to common understanding, it is not wrong for them to view Huaidong this way," Lin Mengde smiled and said, "But Huaidong will soon have the opportunity to make them stunned!"
Although the eleven counties in the two prefectures of Huaidong can be regarded as a land of plenty, most of them are low-lying Hudang areas with low yields. The output of crops such as rice, grain, mulberry, cotton and linen is not as good as that of Weiyang Prefecture, and even less than that of Pingjiang Prefecture.
Not to mention coal, iron and shipbuilding timber, Huaidong was seriously short of even lime; the most abundant salt industry was still controlled by Weiyang's Lianghuai Salt and Iron Division.
In the eyes of many people, although Lin Fu and the Huaidong Army were arrogant and domineering, they still did not worry about what Lin Fu would do if he controlled Huaidong.
Qin Chengzu smiled softly and said: "Send someone to ask Jingxuan and Zhiyong if he is free. It would be best to meet with people from Pingjiang Mansion together..." Whatever the Chen family lacks, what can the Chen family provide to Huaidong?
Yes, Qin Chengzu and the others all knew about it, so they also knew who to draw out to talk to the Chen family.