Guo Zhiyuan had been the mayor's secretary before the crossing, and he still had a lot of means on how to deal with officials, so he smiled confidently and said: "The mountain people have their own clever plans, and when the time comes, please trouble Mr. Xu and me to cooperate, one of us will sing red face, and the other will sing white face, so that these officials and masters from the capital will obey it!" ……”

Xu Guangqi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said in surprise: "What is your plan?!" ”

Guo Zhiyuan leaned in and whispered to Xu Guangqi like this, Xu Guangqi looked at Guo Zhiyuan dumbfounded after hearing this, and after a while, he said with some uncertainty: "This... Will this work? He... After all, they are the officials of the imperial court, if... If something happens, how will it end? ……”

Guo Zhiyuan is not as cautious as Xu Guangqi, he has never been a person who is afraid of things, patted Xu Guangqi's shoulder and laughed: "Sir, don't worry, I am measured, we just act according to the plan!" ……”

This time, there are really a lot of Beijing officials sent by the imperial court to mix sand with Dongfan, there are more than a dozen people, and the lineup is strong, except for the candidates for several chief officials recommended by Emperor Wanli to Guo Zhiyuan, such as Zhizhi, Tongju, Tuiguan and other powerful officials have sent people, and if you really want these people to occupy the position, then Guo Zhiyuan will not talk about building Dongfan, and he will wait to fight with these officials every day.

At this time, these officials and masters were sitting on a big fortune ship to Dongfan, most of these people were going to sea for the first time, at this time the sea was beautiful and sunny, and there was no problem of seasickness, so they all gathered on the deck and chatted while enjoying the magnificent scenery of the sea.

Small talk is naturally inseparable from the purpose of their trip to Dongfan, so soon everyone pulled the topic to Guo Zhiyuan, and an elite man wearing a seven-grade official uniform said cautiously: "I heard that this Guo Zhiyuan is not a good lord, even Shen Xiang can't help him, and he was disgraced by him during the court discussion......"

A middle-aged man wearing a six-grade official uniform with a fat head and big ears sneered disapprovingly: "We are all officials of the imperial court, representing the imperial court, although Guo Zhiyuan is the prefect, but he also has to listen to the imperial court, Shen Xiang is too soft-hearted and not tough enough, otherwise he would not have been forced to resign voluntarily by the Donglin party......"

This fat-headed and big-eared middle-aged man is named Zhang Songbai, who is a member of the Chu Party, and his ancestors are still related to Zhang Juzheng, although Zhang Juzheng has fallen, but the power of the Chu Party in the court is still not small (Note: Zhang Ju is a native of Hubei, and many Hubei officials are attached to him, and gradually form a group of friends and factions, Hubei is Chu, so it is called the Chu Party), so don't look at Zhang Songbai's grade is not high, but his background in the court is not weak, and he is not too concerned about Shen in his words. Tongzhi is the adjutant of the prefect, who is in charge of supervising grain, catching thieves, coastal defense, river defense, water conservancy, etc., and it is clear that he is coming to share Guo Zhiyuan's power, so Zhang Songbai is also ready to wrestle with Guo Zhiyuan.

Zhang Songbai's words immediately attracted the echo of many people who were sloppy and patted horses, but in this way, some people were not happy, and another middle-aged man next to him who was also wearing a six-grade official uniform snorted coldly: "This Guo Zhiyuan is not simple, when he was still the prefect of Gutian, he dared not sell the face of the prefect, and beat all his subordinates' master books to death, and the master book is said to be a relative of Huang Sihua, the prefect of Fuzhou at that time, but he didn't have a, but Huang Sihua was lost by him...... It's better to be careful! ”

The name of the person who spoke was Liu Anzhi, who belonged to the Zhejiang Party, and this time he went to Dongfan to serve as the general judge of Dongfan Mansion, and among the officials sent by the imperial court, he and Zhang Songbai had the highest official positions, so he naturally did not want Zhang Songbai to steal his limelight, and this time the Yisi Jingcha Zhejiang Party and the Donglin Party were both defeated, but it made the Chu Party take advantage of the loopholes, and robbed a lot of fat in this batch of officials who were released, so although Liu Anzhi also had the intention of wrestling with Guo Zhiyuan, he couldn't help but raise the bar with Zhang Songbai.

These Beijing officials can be released, naturally they are all related, they all have their own news channels, and they have done their homework before coming, knowing that Guo Zhiyuan is not easy to mess with, hearing Liu Anzhi say this, many people also showed worried looks, Zhang Songbai saw Liu Anzhi stand up and raise the bar with him, glanced at him with a gloomy face, and sneered: "Lord Liu, has you forgotten the purpose of our trip?" Why do you want others to lose your prestige? No matter how domineering Guo Zhiyuan is, he doesn't dare to openly confront the imperial court, as long as we unite as one and twist into a rope, what are we afraid of?! ……”

Zhang Songbai and Liu Anzhi pinched up, and other members of the Zhejiang Party and the Chu Party also joined the debate, only a young man wearing a seven-grade official uniform shook his head and walked aside silently, his name is Wang Zheng, and he does not belong to the Zhejiang Party or the Chu Party, so for the party. Zheng was not interested, and when he saw that these colleagues had not yet arrived in Dongfan, they pinched themselves before they arrived in Dongfan, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, these people only knew infighting, and none of them could do anything, which really made him ashamed to be in company.

In the endless arguments of everyone, the Dafu ship finally arrived in Dongfan, everyone thought that although they were Guo Zhiyuan's subordinates, but so many of them came from the capital, Guo Zhiyuan had to come to greet him in person, but the warm welcome scene they expected did not appear, in addition to the busy people on the dock, there was only a man in a cloth shirt wearing a blue robe waiting for them.

The man in cloth was Zeng Qisheng, and when everyone got off the boat, he greeted him, and bowed without humility or arrogance: "Your Excellency has come from afar, and you have worked hard!" ……”

Everyone was naturally angry when they were treated so coldly, Zhang Songbai glanced at Zeng Qisheng coldly, and took the lead in asking: "Who are you?" Any official position in Dongfan Province? What about Mr. Guo? ……”

Zeng Qisheng didn't care in the face of Zhang Songbai's aggressive questioning, and still said without humility or arrogance: "Zeng Qisheng is Lord Guo's entourage, and he has not served in Dongfan Mansion. ……”

Zhang Songbai laughed angrily: "Guo Zhiyuan is too blind, no one!" I was appointed by the imperial court to come to Dongfan to take up his post, he didn't even show his face, and sent us away with an entourage, does he still have the imperial court in his eyes?! ......" others also angrily denounced.

Zeng Qisheng knew that everyone would react like this, and said with a slight smile: "Your lords are angry, Dongfan Mansion is created, and Lord Guo has every opportunity, and he is indeed unable to get out, but Lord Guo explained, let you immediately lead your lords to see him, and your lords' luggage will be arranged for someone to move to the post house to settle down......"