Chapter 238
From the tall gate is a tall flagpole, not far ahead, is the middle gate. > there was a distant fire from inside the gate. The plaque with gold on a red background on the lintel: Zhejiang Governor's Office.
The governor was customized as the highest administrator of each province, which was a matter after Xuande of the Ming Dynasty, and the rank was slightly lower than that of the governor, but the real power of a province was in the hands of the governor, so the regulations of the yamen were the same as that of the governor. It's just that in the Wanli period, there was a serious shortage of officials, so the governors of many places were concurrently served by political envoys, except for large border provinces like Ningxia, which were nominated by the cabinet, and at least half of the governors were concurrently served by political envoys. The high eaves, the gate, the eight-character wall, and the flagpole are all the weather of the frontier. However, He Jinxian dared to use such a regulation without fear of impeachment by the officials, or because Qian Ning was resigned from the post of governor, and he concurrently served as him, which was extremely rare for the envoy. Therefore, He Jinxian was also very nervous, and sergeants were arranged from the gate to the middle gate, and the sedan chairs were also parked on the large lawn, and the lanterns and torches were bright.
This was the first meeting since he concurrently served as governor, so it was extremely grand, and he received a report from the front station that the new prefect of Hangzhou, Yu Xinwu, would come from Beijing today, and He Jinxian immediately informed the yamen at all levels, such as the domain, the division, and the Dao, to be sure to attend the meeting; Qian Ning is finished, and without the support of the cabinet, he is just a toothless tiger, not to mention. He Jinxian must make arrangements for changing rice into mulberry overnight tonight, and strive to conclude this matter within a month, and it cannot be delayed any longer. This is not only an important part of his political achievements, but also the fact that Qian Ning Zhejiang is still running when he leaves him!
From the beginning of the afternoon, martial law had been imposed in front of the governor's yamen, and all the idlers and miscellaneous people had been driven away, and the whole street was quiet and exuding a solemn atmosphere, and all the shops were closed. Qin Mi led the horse and walked on the quiet street, which was particularly conspicuous, but he scoffed at such a practice. For the sake of the government's meeting, all commercial activities were temporarily suspended, and the people were forbidden to move around at will, was this treating them as bandits? The Jingshi government is not afraid, but the local government is more protective of the people than Sichuan, how can it be prevented?
While thinking about it, while looking at Hangzhou in the night, Qin Mi had a sense of unreality. The style here is diametrically opposed to the rich atmosphere of Jingshi, revealing the laziness of the small jasper everywhere, stepping on the bluestone street, he looked around, but could not find a small shop to open. He was already hungry along the way, and the dry food he brought with him had already been eaten, and now he was only looking forward to finding a small restaurant to satisfy his hunger. This time he came to Hangzhou, he left his family and subordinates in Jingshi, they will only be safe in Jingshi, from Zhu Yidao's description, Qin Mi has already guessed the difficulty of the situation here, or he alone does not have so many scruples. What's more, the land of Beijing is much more complicated than Hangzhou, and there is a Jinyi Weidong factory, which is still much safer.
"Stop!" The officer guarding the gate walked up, looked Qin Mi up and down, and opened his mouth to ask, "What are you doing, don't you see that this is the governor's yamen?!" ”
Qin Mi unhurriedly took out the official slip of the Ministry and handed it over.
Although the team officer was illiterate, he still knew the vermilion official seal, and his attitude was not as blunt as before, but he still said arrogantly: "Which yamen?" ”
"Chun'an Zhixian, come to the meeting." Qin Mi didn't want to say anything more to him, no matter how much he said, it was useless, he was a new official, so it was better to keep a low profile.
"Chun'an Zhixian?" The team officer looked him up and down suspiciously, then looked behind him, and beckoned a man behind him, "Look at you like this...... It doesn't seem to be an official, right? Let's remind you, forging officials is going to lose your head! ”
"Won't you show the official to Lord He?" Qin Mi is a little funny, who would forge the official documents of the ministry, and what is the use of faking it?
"Bastard! Ho-sama, you can see what you want? Bang out! The officer clearly felt a little embarrassed to be despised by a hillbilly, and the sergeants around him looked at him with a mocking smile on their faces.
"Who dares?!" Qin Mi's face changed suddenly, he arched his hand to the sky, and said to the team officer with a dark face, "This official is an official appointed by the imperial court, how can he deceive you?" But everyone, what a majesty! The court raised you just to be powerful? These words stunned the officer, and the sergeants behind him also looked at each other in surprise. What if it's Chun'an Zhixian? This is a province, even if we can't be majestic, it won't be your turn to teach Lao Tzu a lesson! The team officer was stunned for a moment, and a sinister aura suddenly made his face distort a little, and he was about to draw his sword.
"Wait!" ran out of a bookstore from the gate, and also looked Qin Mi up and down and said, "Are you the new Chun'an Zhixian Qin Mi?" ”
"Exactly." Qin Mi replied with a lot of emotion.
"Let him in!" The clerk ignored him and waved his hand at the officer. The team officer was surprised and glanced at Qin Mi with contempt, and stepped aside hatefully: "Please!" My lord! ”
The yamen is bigger, and the gatehouse is also divided into left and right, although they are all for the people to rest, but there are also grades. Qin Mi entered the gate and was led by the clerk to the gatehouse on the right, which was empty, except for a row of benches against the wall.
"Rest! When the meeting starts, you'll be notified! The scrivener threw down a sentence and turned around and left.
There were lights here but they weren't very bright, but Qin Mi didn't care much, he casually found a place to sit down, and casually took out a record of what he had seen and heard along the way from his bag. From time to time, he would go down to the fields to talk to the farmers, then look at the mulberry seedlings in the fields, and then record what he saw on paper. The change from rice to mulberry was not going well, and the peasants were very resistant, and most of them were forced to change, and they were all honest people, and the government sent soldiers to scare them, so they honestly complied. But the mulberry farmers who have replanted mulberry seedlings are all sad, there is not much surplus grain at home, and now they are planting mulberry seedlings, which means that they must eat the old bottom, and there are many mulberry seedlings, and whether they can be sold according to the previous market price, no one has a bottom in their hearts. It's just one thing that no one thought of, the original good thing was to buy the land at the price of eight stones per mu, but those big households bought it at the price of seven stones per mu, and threatened these mulberry farmers, if they don't sell, they are deliberately violating the national policy, that is, they deliberately can't get along with the Ming Dynasty, and they will go to prison!
How many people can there be in the poor Sannon's family? A large number of old and young people, if they really enter the cell, this big family can only drink the northwest wind. Without being a family, this life will not be possible. It is even more impossible to take the lead in making trouble, which means that the whole family will be implicated, and they will be punished by the nine clans! Qin Mi's heart was terrified, fortunately, the farmers still had some surplus grain at home, and they could last for a while, if they even ran out of surplus food, they could only wait to starve; There are many hungry peasant households, and the only way they can go is that the people have changed.
From a distance, seeing the grandeur of Yuanmen, Yu Xinwu stopped the horse team, got out of the carriage, and said to everyone: "Leave two people here to watch, and the others go to the prefect's yamen first!" So saying, he went straight to the door.
The officer guarding the gate had already figured out the number of roads for tonight's meeting, and seeing that the person walking towards him was extremely elegant, he had already guessed a rough idea, and asked with a smile on his face: "May I ask which county is it from?" ”
Yu Xinwu was not interested in competing with a team officer, nor did he speak, and directly took out the official card from his arms.
"Jin" looked at the vermilion seal, and the team officer didn't know what it was, but he felt that his attitude couldn't be so arrogant anymore.
Walking into the door but no one received him, Yu Xinwu had to stand still, only to see a clerk at the entrance of the door on the right to a person carrying a kettle and shouted impatiently: "I have already said, everyone has their own errands, tonight is going to have a meeting, they are all busy on all fours, what water do you want to drink at this time, what are you in a hurry?" Later, when you get to the lobby for discussion, there will be enough tea for you to drink! Maybe you'll have to eat when you're done, not to mention tea, even drinks! ”
"Excuse me......" He walked over and was about to ask where to wait, when the clerk turned his head and glanced at him disdainfully, interrupting: "Which county?" Rest here! ”
A look of disgust flashed in Yu Xinwu's eyes, and he immediately held back and asked, "Do everyone from the county have to wait here?" ”
"Yes! Where do you want to wait from the county? It's good to have a place for you to sit and wait, pick and choose...... "The clerk raised his feet and wanted to go to the middle hall.
"Have Chun'an and Jiande arrived?" Yu Xinwu thought that his temper was not bad, but he was also a little dissatisfied when he met such a person, and asked coldly.
"Isn't that it?" The bookstore pouted at Qin Minu, who was carrying the kettle.
"Excuse me." Yu Xinwu looked at Qin Mi, who was dressed in coarse cloth, with some surprise, and said to the secretary: "Can you make a pot of tea?" ”
"It's not...... I said you people, why are you so blind, don't you see that I am ......" The secretary glanced at him, and before he finished speaking, he saw Yu Xinwu take out a piece of broken silver from his waist and stuff it in his hand, and his face immediately changed a lot, "I'm busy, hey, but let's get you tea first!" Saying that, without looking at it, he stuffed the broken silver into his cuffs, and snatched the kettle from Qin Mi's hand, "Wait a while, you two will come soon!" ”
Qin Mi then arched his hand at him: "In the lower Qin Mi, the new Chun'an Zhixian, may I ask Your Excellency......"
"Let's go, let's talk!" Yu Xinwu said and went to the gatehouse, and Qin Mi followed in.
Tidying up the cloth.
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