"Yaoqing, come and sit down." Returning to her outer study room, Feng Ziying motioned to Wu Yaoqing, who was still a little cautious, to take a seat.
Although I have been in the capital city for a few days, this is the first time I have come into contact with the famous Feng Xiuzhan.
After learning more or less from Wang Wenyan about the future direction of this team belonging to the Lianghuai Capital Transfer Salt Envoy Si Yamen, Wu Yaoqing also seriously considered his own whereabouts.
Although Wang Wenyan was full of praise for Feng Xiuzhuan, he also knew that Wang Wenyan was not a person who spoke lightly and acted lightly, but after all, this was related to his future future or destiny, and he had to think about it seriously.
Wu Yaoqing is from Xuzhou. He was born as a scholar and failed to pass the exam three times. He had to find another way to make a living. His family situation was not bad. He first worked as an ethnographer for a wealthy family in Xuzhou. Later, he felt that this
This life was meaningless, so he went to Jinling.
He successively worked as a clerk in the Jiangdu County Government Office and the Household House, and later on, he was recommended by others and worked as a staff member for the former Songjiang Prefecture magistrate for two years, mainly responsible for economic affairs. Finally, he arrived in Yangzhou and joined Lin Ruhai.
His life as a clerk and staff allowed him to interact a lot not only with government officials, but also with gentry, merchants and people from all walks of life. In addition, he traveled to Xuzhou, Jinling, Songjiang and Yangzhou in several prefectures and counties in southern Zhili.
, familiar with the situation, and soon became an important member of Lin Ruhai's staff team.
However, although Wu Yaoqing was born as a scholar, Wu Yaoqing admired Wang Wenyan who was two or three years older than him.
Wang Wenyan was also a civil servant, but he had a tolerant and calm character, was serious about his work, had many methods and methods, and had a strong sense of the overall situation.
At the beginning of Wu Yaoqing's cooperation with Wang Wenyan, he was still a little unconvinced by Wang Wenyan.
They all worked as officials and staff. Jiangdu is more prosperous than She County and has more contact levels. However, after experiencing several things, Wu Yaoqing could not admit that Wang Wenyan was better than him in terms of vision and depth of understanding of problems.
There are many. It was not without reason that Lin Ruhai handed over this chief of staff to Wang Wenyan.
Several people in the staff team worked well together, and they were initially unconvinced and didn't understand Wang Wenyan, but gradually turned into understanding and admiration. Of course, this also had something to do with Lin Ruhai's courage to boldly let go and delegate authority, but in any case Wang Wenyan was still there.
The Salt Envoy of the Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers had a very extensive network of contacts within the scope of Si Yamen, or in other words, throughout South Zhili and Jiangxi.
The Liang-Huaidu Salt Transfer Department's Yamen mainly focuses on the marketing and management of Huaiyan salt. It not only covers southern Zhili, but in fact Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou, and Zhenjiang in the south are mainly the territory of the Liang-Zhejiang Salt Transfer Department.
Except for Xuzhou and Pizhou, the other prefectures in the north of the Yangtze River are under the jurisdiction of the Salt Transport Department of Shandong Province, and the other nine prefectures and Jiangxi are under the jurisdiction of the Yamen of the Salt Transport Department of the Huaidu Capital.
In the early years of Yuanxi, Huguang was also included under the Yamen of the Salt Transfer Envoy of the Huaidu and Huaidus, and even included the three prefectures of Henan, Runing, Nanyang and Chenzhou in Henan Province.
It is precisely because the territory covers such a large area and it is important to be in charge of salt affairs that the power and influence of the Yamen, the salt transfer envoy in the Huaihe River, are so great, and it is also possible for a staff member like Wang Wenyan, who was born as a small official, to
Has such a large network and influence.
In view of Lin Ruhai's special status as the Salt Patrol Censor, especially after the Supreme Emperor abdicated and Yonglong Emperor succeeded to the throne, his status became more sensitive and embarrassing. In many cases, it was not appropriate to appear in person. Instead, he needed the chief staff to negotiate with all parties.
Mediation and communication gave Wang Wenyan such an opportunity to express himself and strengthen himself. Many network resources were slowly cultivated in the past few years.
People like Wu Yaoqing and others who followed Wang Wenyan have also gained a lot in knowledge and experience in the past few years.
But now as Lin Ruhai's condition worsens, the team is facing a huge crisis.
If the Salt Patrol Censor is replaced, it is impossible for this old team to stay. Every Salt Patrol Censor will have people whom he can absolutely trust, and his staff are particularly important.
The story of the tree falling and the monkey scattered will inevitably repeat itself, so it is urgent to find a suitable place. So when Wang Wenyan recommended Feng Ziying to everyone, except for Cao Yu, a guy who mainly focuses on internal copywriting and planning, he immediately expressed his intention to follow Jiwei.
, several other people showed caution.
Such a big matter cannot be decided easily.
Even if Feng Xiuzhan looks very popular now, even if he has a strong backer behind him, even if he may marry Lin Ruhai's legitimate daughter, so what?
The key now is whether he has the need to form and operate such a huge staff team. A member of the Hanlin Academy is indeed noble, and the future prospects are visible, but that should be at least ten years later, but what about now?
Of course, Wang Wenyan's vague "inside information" still made a few people a little excited, but if they were to make a decision wholeheartedly, even Wu Yaoqing was still a little hesitant, hoping that there would be more things that could make them trustworthy.
"Sir." Seeing Feng Ziying's gentle attitude, Wu Yaoqing relaxed a little, nodded with a smile and sat down.
"This is the first time that Yaoqing and I have met. We haven't had much contact before. When I was in the salt envoy's office in the capital, I only heard that Yaoqing was busy outside. I heard that Yaoqing was introduced in Wenyan. When we met today, he really lived up to his reputation."
Feng Ziying had a smile on her cheeks and her eyes were full of appreciation.
Being able to use one's own resources to entrust people from the capital to mobilize and find someone without being familiar with the place, and being able to quickly locate Dinghui Temple, this level of sophistication is commendable.
As for not being able to complete the task completely, I can't blame him. Who made Dinghui Nunnery the place where Princess Zhongshun cultivated herself? Even if you are a member of the capital, like Ni Er, if you want to rush into Dinghui Nunnery without permission, I'm afraid
Also have to eat up.
Unless you are a member of the government and there is a good reason.
The loyal and obedient king is not a good person.
"The adults are laughing, but the problem can be solved only if the adults come forward." Wu Yaoqing really admired the other party.
Dare to go directly to Prince Zhongshun's palace, and also get support from Prince Zhongshun, which even made Wu Yaoqing very curious.
Even if it is compiled by the Hanlin Academy, an official from the sixth rank, Qinggui is Qinggui, but in terms of real power, there is not the slightest bit. And who is King Zhongshun? As we all know, even Wu Yaoqing in the south is very aware of this situation.
.
But King Zhongshun really bowed his head to Feng Ziying.
This also gave Wu Yaoqing a bit more mystery and confidence in Feng Ziying. No wonder Wang Wenyan had such high expectations for her.
"Haha, Yao Qing, don't think it's so complicated. Although King Zhongshun has a high and powerful position, he is a member of the royal family. He often needs to consider his own status and cannot act arbitrarily. I am a editor of the Hanlin Academy, although my taste is low.
Some, but I am a scholar and civil servant, and you may also know that I proposed the strategy of opening up the sea. I have a lot of power of interpretation and speech. Many people are pricking up their ears and waiting for the next step? Interest comes first, no matter what.
People can be exempted from vulgarity, do you understand?"
Feng Ziying was half-truthful and vague. Of course, she also had to show off her strength. Otherwise, just relying on Wang Wenyan's bragging, people like Wu Yaoqing who are just wandering around the local area may not be able to truly feel their true heritage. Therefore,
Necessary publicity is also necessary.
Wu Yaoqing was also shocked in his heart.
The strategy of opening up the sea affected thousands of people, and he felt it even more in Jiangnan, because the benefits of opening up the sea mainly involved Jiangnan, Fujian and Zhejiang. He didn't expect that even the princes in the capital city would value it so much.
It seems that the interests involved here are greater than he thought. No wonder Wang Wenyan said not to underestimate this sixth-grade editor, maybe a team of just a few of them can't meet his needs." Other roundabout words.
I won’t say more. Two days ago, I entered the palace. The emperor gave me meals and talked with me for more than an hour. The emperor attached great importance to the impact of the opening of the sea on the north and the various preparations required for the opening of the sea. However,
At present, the imperial court does not have a complete strategy to promote this matter. The opening of the sea involves the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and of course the Ministry of Personnel. It has a very important relationship. I am acting as a frontline for the emperor and all the ministers, so it is involved.
The scope is very broad, and I need a staff team that can provide me with more support to assist me. Well, both public and private considerations are taken into consideration, so I proposed it to Mr. Lin..."
Feng Ziying did not give Wu Yaoqing more time to think, and said to herself: "My teacher, um, Qi Gong, the Bachelor of Dongge University and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, also hopes that I can take this opportunity to polish my life and prepare for my future return to Beijing."
Then lay the foundation. Although the plan to open the sea is just a temporary assignment, the affairs are complicated and there are many entangled interests. The north and the south still need to coordinate, how to coordinate between the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Industry, and how to reach an agreement between the government and merchants.
Taking into account the interests of all parties, well, it is inevitable that there will be too many big figures hiding behind it, so I need help very much..."
"..., Qiao Yingjia, the left deputy censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, is also my teacher..."
"Guan Yingzhen, the official who is about to be the right minister of the household department, also has a favor to teach me. He was also my master when I was studying at Qingtan Academy..."
Wu Yaoqing was completely overwhelmed by this flamboyant acceptance. Wang Wenyan only said that Feng Xiuzhan had a great background and was going to be Lin Gong's legitimate daughter. He even found out that Feng Xiuzhan's father was a martial artist.
Xun was born in Xun, and is now the commander-in-chief of Yulin Town. He has made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion in Western Xinjiang. However, he did not expect that the three masters of this one were more powerful than the other and more arrogant than the last.
In short, when Wu Yaoqing left Feng Mansion, his head was dizzy. It was not until the cold wind blew outside the door that he really woke up. Such a fierce man with such a arrogant background was not exactly what he wanted to serve.
The object of?
Maybe there will be a great fortune in the future.
