Because of Yuan Feng's persistence, the matter could not be concluded in the end.
The emperor had no choice but to postpone discussions on the matter.
Yuan Feng returned to the mansion and began to get busy again. He knew in his heart that if the temple agreed to Cao Cao's request, there would be a huge vacancy in the treasury, and next year's spring planting might be affected. The emperor attaches great importance to agriculture and mulberry. It is conceivable that if it is delayed
I'm afraid Yuan Feng won't be able to sit in this position next spring. To be honest, Yuan Feng is not as capable as Wen Rengong.
He had no way to keep all his income and expenditure in order and stabilize his finances.
The emperor returned to the main hall and sighed. Whenever this happened, he always missed Wen Renggong very much. Although Wen Renggong was like Yuan Feng, he often opposed various policies with huge expenditures, but as long as the emperor gave him a little scare,
He can provide himself with the best solution. What's more, with him around, the emperor will never worry about the shortage of the treasury no matter what he does.
It's different now. In Yuan Feng's hands, the treasury may really be empty!
Cao Cao waited for a long time but could not get a reply from the temple. He was not in a hurry. Instead, he contacted officials from various counties in Yangzhou through Xing Ziang. Through letters, he wanted to get some help from Yangzhou. Xing Ziang had been operating in Yangzhou for many years and was a good friend.
There were still quite a few. With him here, Cao Cao also received a lot of help. A large number of boatmen gathered in Wu County and set off towards Sanhan.
The prefects of various counties in Youzhou were ready to build Chi Road. However, Xing Ziang did not let them start construction immediately. He personally rushed to various places to conduct inspections. He wanted to survey the terrain and make the most precise plans before implementing it.
, if something goes wrong this time, he will never be able to compete with Wang Fu in the temple in the future. Xing Ziang does not desire power, but he knows that the greater his power, the more he can do for the people of the world.
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Wang Fu is different from him. Wang Fu is scheming and experienced. After arriving in Yangzhou, he immediately summoned the powerful local families and seemed to announce in a high-profile manner that I, Wang Jiexin, was back!
When these powerful Yangzhou families heard that Wang Jiexin was back, they were so moved that seven or eight of them fainted from excitement on the spot, and one even died suddenly. The others came to greet him with tears in their eyes because of emotion.
"Your Majesty~~~"
The heads of many wealthy families in Yangzhou came to greet Wang Fu with tears in their eyes. When they saw Wang Jiexin riding a horse and glaring at them with his nostrils, they immediately bowed and called the prince. Wang Jiexin looked at them without even getting off his horse.
Just nodding to express a return gift, the family heads were even more moved. After not seeing each other for several years, the princes and princes have learned to return gifts.
In order to welcome the prince, they all went out in groups, and the servants they brought lined the streets to respond, holding wine in their hands. Wang Fu just looked at them, and said with some disdain: "I haven't seen each other in several years, you guys have seen it before."
It's not bad... Within three days, I want each household to have a hundred boatmen and a certain amount of shipbuilding materials. If there is less, I will use your heads to make up for it..."
After saying that, he did not wait for their reply and walked towards the county town on horseback, leaving only a group of powerful family heads who were sighing and sighing.
Wang Fu did not give a clear and detailed number of materials for shipbuilding. This is the most fatal. These people do not know how much is too much. They are afraid that if they hand over the materials, they will be killed by Wang Fu. They gather
After discussing together, a decision was made. In fact, the materials provided by these family heads were still higher than the value they decided. Everyone knew this.
Wang Fu waited for three days in Wu County. After getting the supplies he wanted, he summoned the local officials and asked him to quickly build ships and go to sea, draw maps and so on, just like when he was in power in the past. These officials were originally
Those who were single-handedly promoted by Wang Fu followed Wang Fu's advice. Even some officials who had never met Wang Fu had heard of his bad reputation and did not dare to disobey him in the slightest.
After the order was given, Wang Fu began to inspect the entire Yangzhou. Wherever Wang Fu went, powerful people came to greet him. This became an interesting thing in Yangzhou.
When Wang Fu arrived at Yangzhou's administrative office, Liyang County, Yangzhou governor Wang Sheng immediately went to greet him. This Wang Sheng was the former Hanzhong prefect. He was promoted to Yangzhou and became the governor because of his meritorious service in foreign trade.
Knowing that Wang Fu was coming, the governor was frightened. They both had two thousand stones, but Wang Sheng was very afraid of this fellow clan member in his heart.
According to rumors, Wang Fu is cruel, moody, murderous, and commits all kinds of evil. How can we not be afraid when we meet such a fellow sect member?
Wang Sheng led the officials to greet him. After waiting for nearly two hours, he saw the frame of Wang Fu's carriage coming slowly. Wang Fu would definitely bring a large number of guards with him to prevent any accidents. He looked at the people around him holding yellow
Crossbow, looking at the surrounding guards warily, the officials knew in their hearts that the prince was back. Wang Sheng took a few steps forward, saw Wang Fu appear, held his hands in his hands, and bowed: "Meet Mr. Situ!"
Wang Fu stopped his horse, lowered his head, looked at him, and asked, "Are you Wang Sheng?"
"I am Wang Sheng..."
"You are quite good at studying classics and writing poems, but it's a pity that you don't have this talent when you are a governor..." Wang Fu said, shaking his head.
Wang Sheng's face turned red, he gritted his teeth and said, "What the prince said is reasonable, but it cannot be compared to the prince."
"You can't compare with me...Okay, just take me to the Governor's Mansion..." Wang Fu didn't bother to say anything more to him, he just waved his hand and ordered. Wang Sheng's face was dark, and he had beaten him before
He swallowed all the manuscripts and led Wang Fu back to the mansion.
Wang Fu sat in the upper position without hesitation, and the officials sat on both sides of him. Wang Fu began to ask questions one by one, including Yangzhou's current taxes, as well as the number of shipwrights, the number of sailors, the expanded sea areas, and contacts.
Countries, sizes and types of ships, etc. Wang Sheng realized that he couldn't get in the conversation at all. No matter what content was involved, Wang Fu was very proficient.
One moment he was discussing the types of ships with the Captain of Water Transport, and the next moment he was talking to the Navy Sima about overseas countries. It seemed that there was no area that he was not good at. He chatted with these officials familiarly and even corrected them.
Wang Sheng could only listen to their conversation blankly, but he himself could not understand it at all. He did not understand the type of ship or what the situation was like overseas.
At this time, he began to think, could it be that as Wang Fu said, he was not talented enough to be the governor of a party?
July, the seventeenth year of Jianning
Wang Fu governs Yangzhou
In that month, Wang Fu executed thirteen officials who were guilty of neglect, seven officials who were guilty of corruption, and six powerful families who were guilty of oppressing the people. In addition, the Lu family in Jiangdong was punished for having a private army.
Wang Fulian killed dozens of people.
Suddenly, all the powerful officials in Yangzhou were trembling.
However, Wang Fu's tough methods did not hinder him from governing Yangzhou. On the contrary, after he killed many people, Yangzhou, which had become a little lax due to Xing Ziang's departure, cheered up again, and Wang Fu's policies were also true.
This was being carried out locally, with ships taking shape on the shore, and the naval forces practicing rigorously. Compared to Xing Ziang, who had not yet achieved any results, Wang Fu was already several steps ahead.
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