When they arrived at Xingzai, Yunxi asked his servants to clean up the house. Although Lian Zining had already asked the Hangzhou police and their families to clean up Xingzai over and over again, Wang Xi was still not satisfied and asked the eunuchs, palace maids and entourage to clean up the house.
The guards, the officers and soldiers of the direct guard will be cleaning carefully again.
At this time, Huang Lu said: "Your Majesty, Princess Wu came to Xingzai and said that His Royal Highness King Wu was infected with the wind and cold, so he was unable to go out of the city to meet His Majesty. Please forgive your sins."
Yunxi had already heard Lian Zining talk about this matter just now, and knew that Yunwen was indeed ill and was not making excuses for not coming to greet him. Wenkui had just met him on behalf of Yunwen, so of course he would not blame him and said
: "I know, how can I blame the second brother? I will go to Prince Wu's Mansion tomorrow to visit. Please ask the second sister-in-law to go back and take care of the second brother. You don't have to meet me."
Wang Xi accepted the order and retreated.
After that, Yunxi sent all the officials from Caojiang Dusi and Caojiang Inspectorate Department back, leaving only Lian Zining. He also ordered the guards: "Go and send Hu Guang, the governor of Hangzhou Prefecture, and the deputy inspector who patrols the West Zhejiang Road."
Let Xia Yuanji call over."
As soon as Lian Zining heard Yunxi's instructions, he knew that the emperor would soon learn about the progress of Hangzhou's reform. He understood Yunxi's style and didn't say much to Yunxi before they came over, just talking about Hangzhou casually.
of scenic spots.
Yunxi suddenly mentioned Hu Guang and Xia Yuanji: "Lian Qing, in your opinion, how have Hu Guang and Xia Yuanji performed during this period? Can they stand alone in one place?"
Lian Zining thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Hu Guang and Xia Yuanji are intelligent and good at managing affairs. If they have been practicing for a year or two, they will be able to stand alone."
"Xia Yuanji can't do it now?" Yunxi asked. Hu Guang was only admitted to Jinshi this year, so it's just that he can't do his job on his own;
?
"Your Majesty, Xia Yuanji is better than Hu Guang, but I think it is a little bit worse. If it is to govern the people to live and work in peace and contentment, it will be a place with few troubles. If the population is complex, it will be a place with endless troubles."
After hearing this, Yunxi closed his eyes and thought. Lian Zining stopped talking.
Soon Wang came to report: "Your Majesty, Hu Guang and Xia Yuanji have arrived."
Yunxi opened his eyes: "Let them in!" and straightened his clothes; Lian Zining also sat up straight.
Hu Guang and Xia Yuanji walked in and immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Hu Guang (Xia Yuanji) has met."
Yunxi stood up and said with a smile: "My dear friends, please go down without courtesy." Seeing Yunxi stand up, Lian Zining also stood up quickly.
Hu Guang and Xia Yuanji were both from Zhongshushe who were close to Yunxi before. They were relatively friendly, so after they stood up, they exchanged a few familiar words with Yunxi.
Afterwards, Yunxi asked them to sit down and pointed to the sky and said: "It's not too early now. Let's make a long story short. How is the reform of Hangzhou City?"
Lian Zining said: "Your Majesty, the subordinate officials in Hangzhou Prefecture and Qiantang and Renhe counties have been abolished. Those with greater public outrage have been reported to the capital for permission to be executed; those with less public outrage have been included in the police."
"After that, according to His Majesty's wishes, beggars and homeless people will be prohibited, and all these people will be reported to the capital to request for exile."
"Then we cleaned up the brothels and rescued several innocent women..."
Yunxi listened to what he said, and after he finished speaking, he said: "I guess the memorial you submitted has not yet been sent to me from the capital, and there is no need to wait for the memorial to be transferred from the capital. You will send someone to send a copy to me later.
Answer immediately."
He then asked Hu Guang and Xia Yuanji: "Do you have anything to add?"
The two shook their heads.
Yunxi smiled and said: "You have done a good job, I want to reward you. Well, let me think about it."
While he was thinking about it, Wang Xi suddenly walked in and said to him: "Your Majesty, it's already the beginning of Xu Shi. Her Royal Highness Princess Huainan asked a servant to ask if your Majesty is having a meal now."
Yunxi said: "I'm going to have a meal right away." Then he said to Lian Zining and others: "I wanted to keep a few of you to have a meal with me tonight, but it seems I can't do that now."
Lian Zining stood up and said, "How can I, He De, accompany His Majesty to have dinner? I will leave soon." After saying this, they all left one by one.
Yunxi didn't stay, and after they retreated, he went to the backyard. As he walked, he told Wang Xi: "Tomorrow morning I will go to Prince Wu's Mansion to see my second brother. You send someone to inform the person in charge of Hangzhou Jinyi Guard to come and meet him the day after tomorrow."
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"I remember that I specially brought a few guards and soldiers from the Hangzhou Prefecture out this time. I will let them go out tomorrow to see what the current situation in Hangzhou is like, and report back to me."
Wang Xi agreed.
Returning to the backyard, Yunzhi smiled at Yunxi and said, "Brother Huang received the ministers as soon as he entered the city. He is really a diligent and good emperor."
Yunxi smiled and said: "I am just anxious to return to Beijing, so I will meet them immediately. It's not that the emperor brother is really diligent to this extent. The emperor brother and grandpa can't compare."
Yunzhi suddenly said: "Yes, there are two sisters-in-law in Beijing who are pregnant and it's time to give birth. Of course, the emperor brother must go back as soon as possible."
Yunxi smiled and said nothing.
Yunzhi then said to Li Shaer, who had been dining with them in the past few days: "Sister-in-law, you must also work hard to give birth to a little prince for the emperor."
"Ah!" Li Sha'er, who was listening to them carefully, didn't expect that the topic would come to her again, and didn't know what to say, so she blushed and said nothing.
Yunzhi said again: "Your Majesty, you should go see your second brother and second sister-in-law tomorrow. I haven't seen them for a long time, as well as Wen Kui. By the way, I heard that the second sister-in-law gave birth to a little nephew, named Wen Gui. I
I need to take a look, newborn babies are the cutest..."
Yunxi smiled and said: "Go, go, of course I have to see my second brother tomorrow. Now my second brother is still sick, so of course I have to go and see him."
"Ah, second brother is sick? Is it serious?" Yunzhi said in surprise.
"I heard from Wen Kui that it's not heavy, but that my limbs are weak when traveling." Yunxi said.
Hearing that Yun Wen was fine, Yunzhi let out a long breath, patted her chest again, and then said, "No wonder I didn't see my second brother coming out to greet me when I entered the city today."
Yunxi naturally slept with Li Shaer at night. Perhaps because of Yunzhi's words, Yunxi was very tormented, which made Li Shaer unable to bear it.
The next morning, of course, Yunxi went to meet his brother Zhu Yunwen. Not only did he go alone, but the emperor's concubines Li Shaer, Baoqing, Yunzhi and Xianqin also went.
Of course, Yunwen was very happy that Yunxi could visit him. Although he was weak, he still pulled him to chat; Princess Wu, Ma Shi, entertained the female family members attentively. She and Yunzhi had a good relationship, and they sat together and talked;
She asked her son Zhu Wenkui to come out to play with Bao Qing and Xian Qin; at the same time, she did not neglect Li Shaer.
Yunxi noticed Ma's actions and thought to himself: "Grandpa Huang has a good vision. This Ma is qualified to be a queen. No wonder she has been Yunwen's wife in both lives. If it weren't for the new strategy he proposed, she
Could very well be my wife.'
That night Baoqing, Yunzhi and Xianqin all stayed at Prince Wu's Mansion. Yunwen also said to Yunxi: "I'm sick and it's not convenient for you to stay here. I'll let you stay together in the mansion after I recover in a few days."
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Yunxi also responded with a smile: "Definitely."
The third day is naturally to meet with officials from various yamen in Hangzhou. Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province. In Zhejiang Province, there are twenty or thirty yamen in Hangzhou Prefecture. There are hundreds of civil servants of seventh rank or above, as well as countless military generals.
There were hundreds of people. If Yunxi followed the way he received them in Suzhou and Songjiang before, he might not be able to receive them all in a whole day.
Yunxi then changed to personally meet with officials of the fifth rank and above. Originally he only wanted to meet with officials of the fourth rank and above, but then he remembered that Hu Guang was only the fifth rank, so he decided to meet with this rank; the rest were officials who were not of the fifth rank.
Just kneel down and worship in the courtyard.
At noon, Yunxi met with the local chief of the Jinyi Guard. After hearing what the guards and soldiers said about the current situation in Hangzhou, it was basically consistent with what Lian Zining and others said, so he decided to reward them.
"Lian Zining, the chief envoy to the left of Zhejiang Province, has... since he took office..., he has a good understanding of politics and people. He was awarded the rank of Zhongfeng Dafu and was promoted to Tongfeng Dafu."
"Xia Yuanji, deputy envoy of the Zhejiang-Qiang branch patrolling the western Zhejiang Province, has... made the place stable since he took office. He was awarded the rank of Zhongshun doctor and was promoted to Zhongxian doctor."
"Hu Guang, the magistrate of Hangzhou Prefecture, acted as the minister of Hangzhou Prefecture. Since he took office..., the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment. He has been awarded the rank of Fengyi Dafu and has been promoted to Fengzheng Dafu."
The successful reform of the Hangzhou Prefecture is not only due to the three of them. In addition to the currently vacant Right Chief Envoy, other officials also made many contributions, so Yunxi also rewarded them, so I will not list them one by one.
After the reward was awarded, Yunxi asked Lian Zining again: "Lian Qing, in your opinion, can this reform of replacing subordinate officials into police officers be implemented nationwide?"
"Of course you can. I can do it in Hangzhou, and of course other places can do it," Lian Zining said.
"It's just the governments. If states and counties carry out such reforms, I'm afraid they won't be able to afford it financially."
"Furthermore, the Ming Dynasty's garrison was limited, far less than in prefectures and counties. Setting up police in prefectures and counties may make it difficult for some states and counties to convert the garrison soldiers into police officers."
"You mean it shouldn't be implemented in prefectures and counties?" Yunxi asked.
"I think that the states directly under the Chief Envoy's Yamen should be able to do it, but the states under the jurisdiction of the prefecture may have some difficulties; as for the counties, unless the prefecture and county are the same as Guo, it won't work," Lian Zining said.
Yunxi pondered for a moment and came up with an idea, but he did not tell them. Instead, he said to them: "Write down all the problems you encountered and the solutions you encountered during the reform of subordinate officials to police officers. I will order Huang to do the same when I turn around."
Please write it in Huai and send it to me before the Chinese New Year."
Yunxi also specifically warned: "Don't ask for speed. Be sure to write down all the problems and solutions you encounter. There can be no omissions."
Lian Zining and others bowed and agreed.
In the afternoon of that day, Yu Xing was allowed to rest for half a day. In the morning of the next day, he went to inspect Hangzhou Fuxue and county schools in Qiantang and Renhe counties. In the afternoon, he met with local village elders, district chiefs and representatives of the gentry, and completed the necessary itinerary.