"Wenyuan," Yun said again, "Are you willing to go to other yamen for errands?"
"A son only obeys his father's orders." Wenyuan was a little excited, but he still said this.
"Don't you have any ideas of your own?" Yun asked.
"My son has been an official in Lifanyuan for more than two years, and he really wants to go to other yamen for training; but my husband must have a purpose in arranging which yamen his son will train in, so the son listens to his father's words," Wenyuan said.
"In that case, my father will arrange a new job for you." Yun said with a smile: "You should know that the imperial court is going to set up a shipping department in Tianjin on the Bohai Bay, and my father plans to appoint you as the deputy director of the shipping department.
With Zhang Yanfang as the deputy envoy of the Du branch and concurrently as the municipal shipping department, the Tianjin Shipping Department was established."
"Being an official in another place?" Wen Yuan was a little surprised. He never thought that Yun would send him to be an official in another place.
"I am an official from other places." Yun said: "The annual customs duties of the City Shipping Department are millions of dollars, and the collection requires few people and is easy to collect. It is the most important tax in the Ming Dynasty. It is very necessary for you to understand the city's customs duties."
How does a shipping company operate? It happened that your father wanted to set up a shipping company in Tianjin. You saw it being built from scratch, you saw many merchants coming to trade, and you saw taxes collected one after another, you knew what would happen in the future.
Treat businessmen well."
"My son knows it," Wenyuan said.
"When you are in Tianjin, don't interfere with Zhang Yanfang's work at will. Zhang Yanfang once promoted the first post of the Shanghai Shipping Department and is very familiar with how to set up the Municipal Shipping Department. Just watch him do it." Yun warned again.
"Yes, father." Wenyuan agreed again.
Yun gave a few more instructions and asked him to retreat.
In the Kunning Palace in the evening, Xiyao asked Yun very puzzledly: "Didn't you tell me a few days ago that you would let Wenyuan continue to work in Lifanyuan? Why did you let him go to the Shibo Department again? And he was still working in other places.
official?"
"This is what I suddenly thought of. I announced several more reforms this morning, including the abolition of the Maritime Affairs Bureau, the establishment of the Duzhiyuan, and the inclusion of the Shipping Department into the Duzhiyuan. When I listened to the waiter read out the imperial edict
, I suddenly thought: The Municipal Shipping Department is very important because it collects a lot of taxes, and Wenyuan should also work in this yamen to get to know it; it happens that the Tianjin Shipping Department has just been established, and Wenyuan can watch how the Municipal Shipping Department is doing from beginning to end.
Establish."
"Besides, the people coming from the Municipal Shipping Department are mixed, and they are different from the envoys from various countries he met in Lifanyuan. It will allow him to meet more different people, which will also be beneficial to his future as a king. Therefore, we arranged for him to go to Tianjin to serve as the emperor.
Officer." Yun said.
After hearing this reason, Xiyao looked at Yun with suspicion. Yun felt aggrieved in his heart: these words are indeed true. He really suddenly thought of sending Wenyuan to the Tianjin Shipping Department when he went to court today. But even if
Xiyao might not believe it even if he explained it, so he didn't explain it and just looked at Xiyao.
Xiyao and her husband looked at each other for a few times, but did not ask, but added: "But if the girl from the Li family is really good, then Wenyuan will be engaged and will get married next year. Isn't it right to send him to other places to serve as an official at this time?"
Very good.”
"He only stayed in Tianjin for more than half a year and returned to the capital in the twelfth lunar month. It will not affect the wedding. He does not need to show up in person to get engaged. His going to Tianjin will not affect anything." Yun said.
"Husband, I don't want Wen Yuan to leave the capital." Seeing that the excuse was refuted by Yun, Xiyao simply revealed her purpose. "Wen Yuan has only worked in Li Fan Yuan, a yamen. Even if he stays in the capital, there are many
You can learn things, and you don’t necessarily have to go to other places to work as an official in the Shipping Department."
"Isn't it just a coincidence that a new shipping department will be established in Tianjin?" Yun said: "I will not set up more shipping departments. Tianjin may be the last city shipping department to be established. In the future, there may not be anyone who can see the shipping department from beginning to end.
There is an opportunity to establish the company, so let him go to Tianjin."
"And there is another reason." Yun told Xiyao the reason why he decided to set up a shipping company in Tianjin in the first place, and finally said: "Since there is still the intention to encourage businessmen to open woolen textile factories in Tianjin, then what happened in Suzhou?
Wen Yuan, who handles matters related to the factory, complements Zhang Yanfang and is suitable for being promoted to deputy director of the Tianjin Shipping Department."
"In this case, I have no objection to letting Wenyuan go to Tianjin for business. But he must return before Min'er's wedding at the end of the year; there will be many weddings next year, including his own, and they cannot be outside other places." Xiyao said.
.
"We must let him return before Min'er's wedding." Yun agreed.
A few days later, Wenyuan set off for Tianjin. At this time, the Tianjin Shipping Department had not yet been established, and Zhang Yanfang and other officials were also handing over their errands. Wenyuan had nothing to do when he arrived in Tianjin; however, allowing Wenyuan to leave so early was not to allow him to stay in Tianjin
Wandering around. "Wenyuan, read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. You have read thousands of books, but what is missing now is to travel thousands of miles. You happen to have to go to Tianjin on business, so go to Tianjin by land from the capital and see various places along the way.
Strange customs, let’s see how the people’s livelihood is.” Yun said to his son.
"Yes, father." Wenyuan agreed quickly.
Yun gave a few more instructions and said: "Wen Yuan, when his father was the grandson of the emperor, he patrolled the north along this road and saw many things he had never seen before. And..." At this point, he paused.
Then he continued: "We fought a battle with the Mongols. You will not go to the border this time, and you will not fight with the Mongols, but you have seen many things you have never seen before, and you know the livelihood of the common people in the north, which will be helpful to you as king in the future.
Governance is very beneficial.”
"Yes, father, son understands." Wenyuan said again.
"Well, you go down." Yun nodded and said the last thing. Wenyuan bowed again, left Qianqing Palace and returned to Kunning Palace to pack his luggage and set off early tomorrow morning. Yun walked back to the front hall and gave instructions to a roommate.
Said: "Draw up a decree to reward each family of the descendants of the soldiers who died in the Battle of Katyn a hundred coins and a piece of silk."
‘Why did your Majesty suddenly think of the Battle of Katyn again?’ Shiren thought in his mind while drafting an order.
Yun sent someone to the Governor's Mansion again to ask what Chen Yonghua's current position was. It took the officials of the Governor's Mansion a long time to figure out who Chen Yonghua was, and they hurriedly sent a governor general to the palace to report: "Your Majesty, Li
Xinnan Chen Shi is now King Wu’s avant-garde for hundreds of households.”
"I have ordered him to be the guard of the East Palace and escort the prince to Tianjin tomorrow," said Yin.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Governor Qianshi suppressed the envy in his heart and bowed in agreement.
After the governor Qian Shi retreated, Yun looked to the north and said to himself: "Chen Xing, I will place your son next to mine as a bodyguard, and go north along the road we used to patrol the north together.
I hope the two of them can have the same feelings as the two of us."