In the longing eyes of the boss, He Yuan, the prefect of Jinan, swallowed his saliva violently, and then continued: "The shallow opinion of the lower officials, in fact, we still have something to say about this matter. At this critical moment, not only do lawsuits and other matters that may affect the harvest be stopped, but even ordinary forced labor will also be stopped. Since this is the case, the matter of opening the port mentioned by Lord Futai can only be leaned back. ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then quickly showed joy: "Ah, this is indeed a perfect reason. Even the imperial court can't ignore the heavy matter of the autumn harvest, so the people have to ignore the crops in the fields and go to open the port! ”

Gao Duzhong nodded again and again with satisfaction: "That's right, in this way, this September can be completely dragged over." And in October, we still have to be busy with important matters such as autumn grain and autumn taxes, so naturally we can only rely on it further. ”

The others waited for a comprehension and nodded yes with a smile. According to this, how can he drag him for two or three months, if he can drag things into the wax moon, and the New Year is approaching, it will be even more difficult for Governor Lu to force the people to open the port in the wind and snow!

The problem that was originally pressing on their hearts was solved by He Yuan in a few words, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. After all, their original intention was to procrastinate, and now that they have an excuse to procrastinate, the rest of the matter is much easier.

And He Yuan, who proposed the method, also received praise and appreciation from many people. In fact, in terms of mind, he is no better than those bosses, but because he has to be busy with farming and autumn grain on weekdays, he is more sensitive in this matter.

But after rejoicing, someone frowned and said, "Although the words are reasonable, how should we open this mouth to Lord Futai?" If he realizes that this is our deliberate delay and plays the court and waits for a book, we will not be able to eat and walk around. Also, after all, he is now the governor of Shandong, and he has the status of a chap, so it is not too difficult to send us down. ”

This sentence once again cooled down the somewhat excited crowd a little, and many people also frowned, and then turned their eyes to Gao Duanzhong. In this matter, everyone is looking at the head of the lord of the domain, and since there is a problem, it is natural for him to think about it.

Gao Duzhong lowered his head and pondered for a long time before he spoke: "The only way to do this now is to stabilize Lord Futai first, so that he can believe that we have no ill will towards him." ”

"How easy is that?"

"There is always a way, before we arranged a beauty in the garden and he refused, then send him some money, as long as he accepts it, the rest of the words will be easy to say."

As an old fritter who has been in officialdom for many years, of course everyone understands the reason for short-handedness, and immediately smiled and nodded. In their opinion, since Governor Lu is not lustful, he is always interested in yellow and white things, after all, this is the way of the world, who is not an official for fame and fortune?

But someone else was uneasy: "But what if he is really different from ordinary people?" If we openly offer bribes, we will only give him a handle. That's what I said, but what I was worried about was that the money would come out of his own pocket, which would be too painful.

"Of course, it's not us who are subordinates who send him money, but we still have to leave it to those businessmen who are good at being people. Anyway, this matter is what Qufu meant, and they have an unclear relationship with the Kong family, so they naturally have to do their best. Gao Qianzhong immediately understood, and pointed out the key with a smile.

At this point, how could other people still object, they nodded in agreement, and bluntly said that the lord of the domain was wise. As for those merchants who will lose their fortune because of this, they will not even think about it, after all, in the eyes of these officials, rich merchants are their cattle and sheep, waiting to be slaughtered at any time. Who made the status of merchants in the Ming Dynasty so low?

Of course, although the merchants will shed some blood in this matter, they are not just inaccessible. After all, in this way, if they can stand on the same front as the government, their benefits will always be indispensable in the future.

So, after such a discussion, the Shandong officials finally made a comprehensive plan to deal with Lu Jin, and everything was just waiting for him to fall into his own calculations......

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However, these people still underestimated Lu Jin's ability, and when they crackled their wishful thinking, it was only half a day's work, and their plan was clearly known to Governor Lu, who had never been out of the way.

The ability of the Jinyi Wei spies is not something that these civil officials can understand, as long as they have the intention to keep an eye on certain people, that person's every move, even the matter of the bed between husband and wife, is no longer a secret, not to mention that so many officials gather together in a grand manner to discuss important matters.

After listening to Jinyiwei's people explain the other party's plan, Lu Jin unconsciously shook his head and laughed: "They are really willing to spend blood." But I don't know how much I'm worth as a governor this time. ”

Yang Zhen's face was a little cold as always, and he snorted at this time: "My lord, in fact, as long as we expose this point and report it to the court, it will be enough to convict them." ”

Lu Zhen shook his head and rejected this proposal: "Your approach can indeed solve the anger of a matter, but it will not help solve the problem at hand. If all these men are condemned, I, the governor, will be alone, but how can I do the work of opening the sea? ”

"This ......" Yang Zhen turned the corner, smiled bitterly, and then gave another way: "Then simply use this as a handle to force them to act according to the orders of the adults." ”

Lu Zhen raised his eyes and glanced at this master of brocade guards, the other party really deserved to be a martial artist, thinking that things were always so straightforward. However, this evaluation did not really come out, but patiently explained: "In this way, I will completely tear my face with them, even if I have a handle in my hand, I may not be able to really let them be used by me." The matter of opening the sea still depends on them, and there must be no double heart, otherwise as long as someone does something in key matters, it may lead to total defeat. ”

"What should I do according to the opinions of adults?" Yang Zhen is completely helpless.

"Only follow their intentions first, stabilize them, and plan later." Lu Zhen sighed. The situation in Shandong is much more complicated than he thought, and those officials have no one on his side, which makes him quite distressed.

What kind of approach is this? Yang Zhen frowned a little puzzled, and at the same time muttered in his heart, don't Lu Zhen he is greedy, he really wants to accept this bribe, right? But on second thought, he was the person Hu Butang valued, and it seemed impossible for him to do such a thing.

Lu Zhen also saw the other party's thoughts, but did not explain much. Some misunderstandings can be proved with practical actions, and there is no need to say too much.

At the same time, he also secretly made a decision in his heart that he had to take action.

Why did those magistrates dare to dig holes for themselves in secret, even though they were their subordinates? Why did they know that they were sent by order, but they didn't want to cooperate, but always put the wishes of the Confucian family first?

It's not that they really respect what Yan Shenggong is, in the final analysis, it's still because of their strength. It was because they didn't think that they, the governor, could really hold real power on the ground in Shandong, or they couldn't grasp real power in a short period of time and show their strength, so they chose to side with the Kong family without hesitation in the face of the different wishes of themselves and the Kong family.

"I have to let them know my methods, if I can take the Kong family under the knife, it would be the best." Lu Zhen secretly thought to himself: "But I don't know if Brother Lin and Qinggele can bring me some good news." ”

That's right, in fact, before Lu Zhen arrived in Shandong, he had already sent Lin Lie and Qinggele, two real henchmen, to Qufu secretly one step earlier, in order to find out the bottom of the Kong family, and it was best to find out some of their crimes such as disregard for human life in the fish and meat township.

Since Yu Qian woke him up that day and let him know that if he wanted to open the sea in Shandong, he would definitely be obstructed by Confucius, Lu Zhen had already begun to plan and prepare for this. He didn't even tell Yang Zhen, his deputy, about this, because in his opinion, these two people were his last killer moves.

He also believes that with the ability of these two people, they will inevitably find some problems in Qufu. The only thing that made him feel less at ease was the matter of time.

As far as he promised the Son of Heaven that it would be fruitful within a year or two, the matter of the port must be thoroughly finalized within this year, and it is even better to develop the first port before the beginning of spring, and to build ships ready for sea. Because navigation at this time was much more difficult and slower than in later generations, even if it was only to travel back and forth in the waters around Southeast Asia, it would take an extremely long time. I'm afraid that once people leave, they won't be able to turn around for more than half a year, and the two years of such a guarantee will not be enough.

So now it seems that Liwei is something that is about to be done, which makes Lu Jin feel a little anxious.

Seeing Lu Zhen fall into contemplation again, gritting his teeth and frowning from time to time, Yang Zhen had no choice but to retreat without disturbing.

But before he could go far, he saw Han Wutong running over in a hurry, with a hint of joy on his face. Before and after coming to the hall, he said carelessly: "My lord, now several merchants and gentry from the city have come together, saying that they have something to ask to see you. ”

With Yang Zhen's shrewdness, just by looking at his expression, he knew that the people around Lu Zhen must have benefited from others, which made his heart suddenly tighten......