Volume 3 Chapter 14 Staying in the Yamen of the Metropolitan Division
Fuzhou City, across Wang Mountain in the north, around Wushi Mountain and Jiuxian Mountain in the south, is vast and ten miles, there are more than 150,000 households, and it is the largest city in the southeast.
Zhang Bin lightly clamped the horse's belly and followed behind Zhao Yuncheng, looking at the wide streets and bustling crowds in front of him, and his heart was excited.
Fujian can be said to be the strongest province in the late Ming Dynasty, with two capital divisions, eighteen guards, twelve guards, and more than 100,000 guards;
There are more than 10 government-run and private shipyards, thousands of large and small warships, and the strength of the sailors is the best in the world;
There are two major ports of Fuzhou and Quanzhou, and there is the only foreign port of the Ming Dynasty, the Moon Port, and the development of trade is also the best in the Ming Dynasty;
There is also the city of Fuzhou in front of you, with more than 150,000 households and nearly 800,000 people, the third largest city in the Ming Dynasty, second only to the capital and Jinling.
Here, it will be the starting point of his dreams, the foundation of power, and the foundation of saving the Ming Dynasty.
Master the most powerful sailors of the Ming Dynasty, train the most powerful army of the Ming Dynasty, control the foreign trade of the Ming Dynasty, research steam technology, develop industry and commerce, etc., the plan to save the Ming Dynasty is finally in full swing.
However, first of all, we must firmly control the whole of Fujian in our own hands, otherwise, nothing can be done.
Thinking of the faces of those eunuchs, Zhang Bin couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly, and waited for the master to see how I cleaned you up.
The reason why he chose the Dusi Yamen as the office location is naturally to grasp the military power, the troubled times are coming, everything is fake, only when he controls the army, can he have the right to speak, those officials in the DPRK and China are fighting openly and secretly, what can they do in the end, Li Zicheng entered Beijing and beat them like dogs!
Thinking about it all the way, they walked slowly, and after about half an hour, the group finally came to the capital of the city.
This is not comparable to the county yamen, covering an area of at least more than 100 acres, as soon as you enter, it is a large teaching field that can accommodate hundreds of people, and then there is the canteen, the guest house, the stables, the barracks, and then the office and residence of the officials.
In fact, the barracks of the Dusi Yamen are not used to garrison the troops, but to place the rotating guards, this rotation is actually to do miscellaneous work, a county yamen can recruit dozens of miscellaneous servants, and a Dusi Yamen can naturally recruit more.
The miscellaneous servants generally have to give money, but for the Dusi Yamen, the tun guard is free, so the general Du Si Yamen will use various names to draw the tun guard from the subordinate guard to do chores, the specific amount of transfer, it depends on the ability of the commander, after all, the miscellaneous servant also has to eat, not pay, the meal always has to be fed, there are more people, and the rations are also a big consumption.
Hong Xianchun's ability can only be regarded as average, and the occupancy rate of the barracks that can accommodate two or three hundred people on both sides is less than half, and it is obvious that the most guards he has transferred are about 100 people.
Zhang Bin rode on the horse and looked left and right, then pointed to the barracks on the left and said: "The barracks on the left are for the official's relatives to live in, and you let them all move to the right." ”
Zhao Yuncheng hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "My subordinates, let them move." ”
After saying that, he immediately turned his head to the commander on the side and said, "Lord Wang, you go and arrange it." ”
The commander obeyed the order, and rushed directly to the barracks on the left.
Zhang Bin asked again: "Is there any room available in the backyard?" ”
When Zhao Yuncheng heard this, he said embarrassedly: "This, there should be a vacant room, but the backyard is occupied by Lord Hong's family, Lord Hong is not here at this time, it's not very convenient, my lord, look?" ”
This means that Zhang Bin should find a place to live first, and wait for Hong Xianchun to come back.
Zhang Bin shook his head and said, "Don't wait for Lord Hong, Mrs. Hong is a relative of this official." ”
His words are a bit tricky, where is Hong Xianchun's wife Yang is his relative, and Yang Geng is a relative, he just wants to let those eunuch officials misunderstand Hong Xianchun, reject Hong Xianchun, and push Hong Xianchun to his side.
Of course, this is just a means that cannot be put on the table, and people who are familiar with the Yang family naturally know that Zhang Bin and the Yang family are not relatives, but as soon as this rumor spreads, it will be difficult for Hong Xianchun to explain it clearly.
When Zhao Yuncheng heard this, his face was full of shock, the governor turned out to be a relative of Mrs. Hong, and he hadn't heard of Lord Hong!
Zhang Bin saw Zhao Yuncheng's shocked face, knowing that this goods had been deceived, he didn't explain what kind of relatives he was, but turned his head to the Qi brothers and Cao's uncles and nephews and said, "Why don't you go to the guest house first to be wronged?" “
The Qi brothers and Cao's uncles and nephews naturally had no opinion, but Qi Fanghua pouted and said, "Then what should I do?" “
How did you forget this aunt and grandmother, Zhang Bin slapped his forehead, and said, "Why don't you go to the backyard with me first." “
After saying that, he turned his head to Zhao Yuncheng and said, "Let's go, arrange them first, and then you will lead the official to the backyard." ”
Zhao Yuncheng is also very helpless, Lord Hong is not here, and he can't afford to provoke this governor, he can only act according to orders, I hope that Lord Hong will come back and not be mad.
He led the group to the State Guest House first and ordered people to arrange the Qi brothers and Cao's uncles and nephews, and then came to the barracks and ordered people to arrange the others, and then led Zhang Bin and Qi Fanghua to the backyard.
The backyard of the Yamen is also much larger than the backyard of the county yamen, and the left and right wings are a small quadrangle, Hong Xianchun and Hong Rong'er and a few maids and old mothers all live in the wing room on the left, and the wing room on the right is still empty.
At this time, Hong Xianchun was not there, but he arranged two guards to guard the backyard door, Zhao Yuncheng led Zhang Bin and Qi Fanghua to the backyard gate and was stopped, one of the guards solemnly arched his hand and said: "Lord Zhao, Lord Hong confessed, during his outing, no one is allowed to come to the backyard, who are you?" ”
Zhao Yuncheng shook his head helplessly and introduced, "This is the newly appointed governor. ”
What about the governor, then you have to take it, otherwise it would be strange if Lord Hong didn't clean them up when he came back, the guard still said solemnly: "The villain has seen the governor, Lord Hong is not here, please go back." ”
This guy is quite loyal, Zhang Bin smiled and said: "This official is not here to find Lord Hong, Mrs. Hong is here, you go and spread the word, and say that the little nephew Zhang Bin is here." ”
Natun Wei was also stunned when he heard this, the governor actually knew Mrs. Hong!
After thinking about it, he turned around and ran to the door of the wing room on the left and called out a maid to let her go in and pass the word.
After a while, the maid ran out and saluted Zhang Bin and said, "Mr. Zhang, Madame, please come in, please come with the slave." ”
When Zhang Bin heard this, he smiled and arched his hand towards Zhao Yuncheng, and then took Qi Fanghua to follow the maid and walked inside.
Zhao Yuncheng looked at Zhang Bin's back in a daze, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time, this governor turned out to be really Mrs. Hong's relative!