After finishing the instructions on the organizational setup, the next step is to arrange personnel. Yunxi had already made a decision in his mind and said to Yang Ren: "Yang Qing, I have decided to appoint you as the Chief Envoy of Guangdong Zuo to control this southeastern province for me."
In fact, Yang Ren wanted to be the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, or he could be transferred to another third-level yamen to be the official. However, he was promoted from the third-level Minister of the Ministry of Finance to the second-level Chief Envoy, and since His Majesty has established an official in Guangdong It is common sense for Baoan City Shipping Department to appoint a close confidant as chief envoy, so he bowed and said: "Yes, Your Majesty." He was not dissatisfied.
Yunxi ordered: "The reason why I appointed you as the Chief Envoy of Guangdong is for three reasons: First, the newly established Bao'an Shipping Department will inevitably cause some conflicts with Guangdong Province and Guangzhou Prefecture, and you can just adjust it;"
"Second, Guangdong is a large province in the southeast. In the future, it will be one of the three major tax centers along with Zhili and Caojiang. However, it is far away from the capital. I will let you control it for me;"
"Third," Yun Xi suddenly lowered his voice when he said this, and asked Yang Ren to listen.
After hearing this, Yang Ren was filled with surprise and said, "I will live up to my command."
Yunxi smiled and said: "I will check how you did it then. Remember, the focus is on the Leizhou Peninsula."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Yang Ren said.
Yunxi nodded, turned to Zhang Yanfang and said: "I appoint you as the envoy of the Maritime Affairs Council, and your post of the Shanghai Shipping Department will be taken over by the deputy chief minister."
"However, because the Bao'an City Shipping Department was founded, you temporarily take on the role of promoting the Bao'an City Shipping Department and are personally responsible for the establishment and opening of the Bao'an City Shipping Department. After a year and a half, the Bao'an City Shipping Department is on the right track. After you have found a suitable person to carry out the promotion, you can return to Beijing."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Yanfang bowed and said.
Zhang Yanfang paused, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, since the Bao'an Shipping Department has been established, the number of merchants here in the Shanghai Shipping Department will probably be greatly reduced, and there will be no need to set up so many people. I would like to ask your Majesty to allow me to follow the above instructions. The Shanghai Shipping Department transferred people to Bao'an."
"Haha, Zhang Qing, I allow you to transfer experienced people from the Shanghai Shipping Department to Bao'an Shipping Department, and the vacancies can be filled by the imperial supervisors. But you said that after going to the Shanghai Shipping Department, the number of merchants will be significantly reduced. , not necessarily." Yunxi said.
Historically, Guangzhou had the advantage of being the first mover, but after the "Five Ports of Trade", the trade volume was quickly surpassed by Shanghai. What's more, Shanghai now has the advantage of being the first mover. It is too difficult for Bao'an to surpass Shanghai.
Zhang Yanfang was not convinced by what Yun Xi said, but he would not be stupid enough to argue with the emperor and keep his head down.
Yunxi looked at him and thought: 'You will know after the Bao'an Shipping Company comes into operation.'
At this point, today's business was finished. Yunxi yawned, and the ministers hurriedly left, but he did not stay. Yunxi just said before they left: "Today's matter is not allowed to be discussed before I announce it." Others said."
Everyone agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty."
After the others left, Jin Shan stayed and said to Yunxi: "Your Majesty, do you still need to draft an imperial edict?"
"Well, you draft the imperial edict first. After I read it, I will keep it here for the time being. There is no need to print it or distribute it," Yunxi said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Jin Shan agreed, and drafted an imperial edict for Yunxi to see and then bowed and left.
Yunxi yawned again. He actually didn't have a good rest last night. He had been thinking about things. He just spent a lot of time discussing political affairs with the ministers and now he really wanted to sleep. So he said to Huang Lu: "Get a
Bring me the quilt, I want to lie here for a while."
Huang Lu agreed and hurriedly went to the bedroom to get the quilt. After getting the quilt, Yunxi squinted on the couch for a while.
About half an hour later, Yunxi got up from a good nap, washed his face, and before thinking about what to do next, Huang Fu ran in and said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness the Princess, Your Highness the Princess's car has arrived."
"Oh, Yunzhi and the others are here too?" Yunxi said, "Has the dormitory prepared for them been cleaned?"
"Your Majesty, we have already finished cleaning and are waiting for your highnesses to come over." Huang Fu said.
"Bring over the memorial that I received from the capital yesterday. I want to comment on it. Let me know when my sisters have settled down," Yunxi ordered.
Huang Fu agreed and went down to take the memorial.
Until late in the evening, Yunxi finished answering all these memorials and handed them to the accompanying young eunuch to hand them over to the guards and send them to the military post. He stood up and walked towards the dormitory where Yunzhi and the others lived.
When Yunxi walked to the door of the courtyard, he casually asked the maid guarding the door: "What are Yunzhi, Baoqing, and Xianqin doing?"
"Your Majesty, Princess Huainan is reading in the room. The eldest princess and Princess Yidu are also in the room. I don't know what your highness is doing," the palace maid replied.
"Ah!" The palace maid's answer surprised Yun Zhi: Yun Zhi actually stayed in the room and read a book? He walked towards Yun Zhi's house with a question mark on his forehead.
When he walked into the room, he saw her leaning on the bed reading a book. Yunxi smiled and said: "I really didn't expect to see you reading other than in class."
When Yunzhi heard Yunxi's voice, she quickly stood up and saluted, "I've met the emperor brother." She then scolded the maid and said, "Why didn't you pass it on?"
"Don't blame them. It's the imperial brother who forbids them from communicating. And don't change the subject. Why are you suddenly reading in the room?" Yunhe said with a smile.
Yunzhi gave up her seat to Yunxi, then leaned on the bed again, and said helplessly: "This way from Huating County, although you are not as fast as the emperor brother, but the speed is not slow either, my sister Dian
My bones ached, and when I got to the hospital, I felt too lazy to move. I couldn't sleep, so I could only read a book."
"Brother Imperial, you might as well let your sister ride a horse. When riding a horse, you can follow the movement of the horse. You can't tie yourself to the car when riding in a car."
"That's all when you leave the palace in disguise in Beijing. There are so many guards who dare not let you ride a horse." With the current social atmosphere, their family is not Mongolian. Why not make an uproar if they let the princess ride a horse in public? Will it change society?
A trend doesn't happen overnight.
Yun Zhi knew it herself, so she didn't say much, but talked about another thing: "Brother Huang, when you get to the Shanghai Post Office, you have to go shopping in the North and South City, and take your sister with you. Sister
You can pretend to be a eunuch and follow the emperor's brother."
"No!" Yunxi said categorically: "The people in the Shibo Division are so complex, how can you go with me? Even I don't dare to go incognito. I must at least wear official uniforms and go with a dozen guards to be safe. It's absolutely safe.
I won’t take you with me.”
"And if you give up your thoughts as soon as possible, you must not go to the Shibo Department incognito. I will instruct the guards guarding each door not to let you out!" Yunxi said again.