Text Chapter 549 Guazhou Ferry
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Zhu Hongsan listened to Zhu Hai's reading of the recital and the cabinet's vote, and asked, "What do you think should be done with this matter?" ”
Zhu Hai has been away from the core of power for more than a year, and a lot of things have happened during this period, and Zhu Hai didn't dare to make any decisions when he took over, but now that his father asked, he couldn't help but answer, and Zhu Hai only said cautiously: "Father, judging from the twists and turns, it was Zhejiang Governor Yu Shilong who embezzled the funds for the construction of the seawall, and the political envoy Chen Zilong found out and stopped it!" ”
"What do you think should be done?"
"Erchen thought that Yu Shilong should be allowed to make a self-defense fold, and then ordered him to make up for the misappropriated project funds!"
Zhu Hongsan nodded and said: "Yes, your suggestion is very pertinent, you have been away from the center for a long time, and it is not biased to make such a decision." But you have to think that the money for the seawall was allocated in October, and it is winter, and the sea is cold, so you can repair the seawall at this time. And Yu Shilong is a capable official in Guangdong, so he naturally knows that now is not the time to build a seawall, and he must have embezzled the money to build the Hangzhou Development Zone. ”
Zhu Hai knew that his father was very concerned about the progress of the construction of development zones in various places, and now he heard his father say this, and hurriedly asked: "Father, how about the decree that the project funds be allocated to Yu Shilong for use?" ”
Zhu Hongsan shook his head and said: "This will can't be issued, although Yu Shilong did not embezzle the money, and the money was also used for the construction of the development zone, but after the decree was issued, other officials formed an impression, is it possible to embezzle other silver dollars in the future, as long as it is used for the right way, the imperial court will definitely be able to approve it, so that the country will not have a law?" ”
"But Father, what can I do? Yu Shilong is for the development zone, and Chen Zilong is for the seawall, what should the father and son do? ”
"It's very simple, this recital is in the middle, and then let Yu Shilong make a self-defense excerpt, and finally give him a fine, Chen Zilong's side will allocate silver dollars to repair the seawall after the beginning of spring next year!"
Zhu Hai nodded, wrote down the handling opinions on the fold with a red pen, and handed it to the little eunuch to send to the cabinet.
Watching Zhu Hai finish handling this lawsuit, Zhu Hongsan asked again: "What do you think of Chen Zilong's impeachment of Yu Shilong?" ”
Zhu Hai didn't expect his father to ask like this, so he paused and said: "Erchen thinks that Chen Zilong can discover Shangguan's lawlessness in time, which is very commendable!" ”
Hearing Zhu Hai say this, Zhu Hongsan laughed twice: "Prince, you are still too young, Chen Zilong is speaking righteously, he is just doing it for me, he and Yu Shilong are not in harmony!" Yu Shilong came up step by step from the county order, the same governor, the prefect, and the political envoy, didn't he know about the embezzlement of * public funds? Why wait for Chen Zilong to be impeached first? If the two of them really don't get along with Yu Shilong's excerpts, they should arrive at the same time, this matter is just Yu Shilong's self-defilement! ”
Zhu Hongsan's sentence is to the point, Yu Shilong and Feng Ziyong have a good relationship, now that Feng Ziyong has been kicked out of the cabinet, Yu Shilong must be afraid, so he and Chen Zilong performed this double reed, so that the emperor feels that Yu Shilong is not so much of a threat, after all, in several provinces under the control of Zhu Hongsan, Zhejiang is relatively less damaged, and tens of millions of people in the province are handed over to Yu Shilong, if you replace a cautious emperor, it is inevitable that you will be suspicious of Shilong.
Zhu Hai was stunned when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this, he didn't expect his father to see so many things from a pair of folds, it seems that his father is an old man! In fact, Zhu Hongsan still hasn't said anything, Yu Shilong can unite with Chen Zilong to play double reeds, he must have taken refuge in Ma Mingyuan, it seems that Ma Mingyuan's power is a little bigger!
After this matter was dealt with, Zhu Hai began to deal with a few other twists and turns, and simply asked his father and queen to make his own decision, and discussed with his father to solve the difficulties he encountered.
When the two were working, Ma Jiyuan, who had met in the morning, had already taken a boat and rushed to the Guazhou ferry in Zhenjiang Prefecture.
Before the Tang Dynasty, Guazhou was still a sandbar in the center of the Yangtze River, and after the Sui and Tang dynasties, because of the siltation of sediment, it slowly became one with the south bank of the Yangtze River. When the Grand Canal was renovated in the Ming Dynasty, Guazhou became the starting point of the Yangzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
It is precisely because of the importance of Guazhou that the Ming Dynasty set up the Tongzhi Office, the Ministry of Industry Department, and the Guanhe Tong Judgment Office in Guazhou. The circumference of Guazhou City in the Ming Dynasty was 1,543 zhang and 9 feet, and it was 2 zhang and 1 foot high. Outside the east gate of Guazhou City, there is another "Ghost Willow City". There are dozens of large buildings, private gardens, temples, buildings, pavilions, halls, halls and so on in Guazhou City. There is a large view building built in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty; There is a Jianghuai Shengjian building built in the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty; As well as the tide viewing pavilion, the river wind mountain moon pavilion, the Qujiang pavilion and so on.
However, because of the war at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the officials here in Guazhou have already fled, leaving behind only damaged officials. Zhu Hongsan wants to attack Hangzhou, Guazhou has become a battleground here, and now the person in charge here is Zhang Juchang, the governor of Zhenjiang Prefecture.
Zhang Juchang is Chongzhen's thirteenth year Gengchen Branch Sanjia Jinshi, elected as the county magistrate of Shandong, after arriving in office, Chongzhen hanged himself, the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied the entire south, Zhang Juchang also abandoned the official and returned to Songjiang's hometown in Nanzhili. Originally, Zhang Juchang thought that when the Ming Dynasty was over, he didn't expect Zhu Hongsan to turn over and raise troops from Guangdong all the way to Nanjing.
At this time, Zhang Juchang happened to be at home, and he was not a scholar who was in the same stream as the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he was a native of Songjiang, not far from Qian Qianyi's hometown, and he was half a fellow countryman, so Qian Qianyi also recommended him to come out as the Tongzhi of Zhenjiang Mansion and act as the governor of Zhenjiang Mansion.
At the end of October, Zhang Juchang received a letter from the Ministry of War, asking him to be responsible for the logistics and supply of the expedition to Yangzhou. Originally, Zhang Juchang thought that this work was very simple, as long as he did a good job of collaborative work, the ship did not need to go out of his Zhenjiang Mansion, and the navy had a large sea ship, who knew that when he arrived in Guazhou, he knew that things were far from being as simple as he thought.
Let's not talk about the ship problem, that is, those Qiu Ba in the army can make Zhang Juchang angry to death, and those guys don't take Zhang Juchang, a fellow of the five grades, in their eyes, and a second lieutenant dares to beat and scold him. Zhang Juchang knew that these people were all descendants of the emperor, and he didn't dare to offend, so that life was worse than death for more than a month.
Now that Zhang Juchang heard that the governor of Liangjiang, Lord Ma, was coming, he felt that he finally had his own person, and Zhang Juchang hurriedly took a group of people to Guazhou Wharf to greet him.
Ma Jiyuan boarded the boat in the morning, went down the river very quickly, and arrived at the Guazhou ferry in the afternoon without waiting for dark. Ma Jiyuan stood at the bow of the ship and saw that the Guazhou ferry was now busy, a large number of canal ships were parked on the ferry, loading and unloading materials, and far away from the center of the Yangtze River, there were more than a dozen large or small giant ships, Ma Jiyuan knew that it was a naval warship, the water by the river was too shallow, these big guys were afraid of running aground, so they could only stop in the center of the river.
Zhang Juchang saw a tall middle-aged civil official coming down from the boat, wearing a red python robe, and knew that this was the emperor's eldest brother, Ma Jiyuan, the governor of Liangjiang. Seeing his own person Zhang Juchang greeted him with tears in his eyes, he had suffered from his old nose for more than a month, and now someone finally came to make the decision for himself!
Ma Jiyuan saw that he was greeted by a young official in a green robe, probably a fellow acquaintance of Zhenjiang, but this acquaintance saw that his eyes were full of tears, as if he saw his own father. Ma Jiyuan sighed dissatisfied, this official is so coy, it seems that he is another person who slaps his beard.
Zhang Juchang stepped forward and saluted: "The lower official is acting Zhenjiang Mansion, and Zhang Juchang is the same as the official to meet the master of Taiwan!" ”
Ma Jiyuan nodded and asked, "Lord Zhang?" Why did you see the official in tears! I don't recognize you! Ma Jiyuan is unsympathetic, he plans to directly sarcastically mock this petty official.
How do you know that Zhang Juchang knelt down on his knees and cried when he heard Ma Jiyuan say this: "My lord, please make the decision for the lower officials, the lower officials let those Qiu Ba bully and suffer!" ”
Ma Jiyuan didn't expect this ending, but when he thought about it, this Zhang Juchang is a civil official, and those Qiu Ba are all descendants of the emperor, so it's strange if they can treat him well, and it is estimated that the beating and scolding are light.
Ma Jiyuan stepped forward to help Zhang Juchang, and Wen Yan asked, "Lord Zhang, how did those military men bully you?" Speak up, and the official is in charge for you! ”
Zhang Juchang heard what Shangguan said, so he told Ma Jiyuan about the hardships he had suffered in the past month, what army needs to be fed, and Admiral Zhao whipped him with a whip half a day late; There were not enough grain ships in the canal, so he went to ask the navy for help and was teased by the navy soldiers; There are also army and navy fighting in Guazhou City, and they themselves brought their officials to dissuade them, who knew that the army and navy joined forces to beat their own side fat and so on.
Ma Jiyuan looked at Zhang Juchang chattering here, estimating that he might not finish talking about it when it was dark like this, so he quickly stopped him and said: "Lord Zhang, let's go to the city first, first borrow two of me to send a message to the army and navy, and let their commanders come into the city to see me!" ”
Zhang Juchang was probably bullied and scared by those Qiu Ba, and when he heard Ma Jiyuan say this, he hurriedly said: "My lord, I am afraid that those Qiu Ba will not be able to come, so it is better to take the sword of the Son of Heaven with you!" "Zhang Juchang knew that Master Ma had the emperor's holy decree, and he still acted cheaply, carrying the sword of the Son of Heaven given by the emperor.
Ma Jiyuan smiled and said: "This is not necessary, those Qiu Ba still listen to the words of the official!" Master Zhang just sent someone to inform them! ”
Zhang Juchang saw that Ma Jiyuan was so sure, and he didn't dare to say anything, so he had to send someone to inform him in disbelief.
Ma Jiyuan took his staff and guards to the Tongzhi Yamen in the city, and just sat down here, someone outside the door informed Jiang Pengju, deputy commander of the 10th Division of the Army, that he wanted to see him.
Zhang Juchang's eyes were about to pop out when he heard this, this Jiang Pengju knew that he was the most unreasonable, and he was beaten out every time he went to him to reason, but he didn't expect to be so happy today.
Ma Jiyuan looked at Zhang Juchang's appearance and shook his head with a smile, he could say that he had a relationship with Jiang Pengju.
After Jiang Peng entered the house, he changed Zhang Juchang's usual domineering, respectfully saluted Ma Jiyuan, and then stood aside without saying a word.