In the Jinjia Restaurant in Zhaoqing City, the leading figure in the Zhaoqing officialdom is welcoming the new Tongzhi Tong Tuchang.

I have a different opinion about this new acquaintance. The prefect Chen Zilong is nothing, but the others are different, most of the others are from Jinshi, and Chen Bingwen, the county magistrate with the lowest status, is also a person, but this Tongzhi Tong is not even a showman, just a child.

Today, these people came completely because of the face of the prefect Chen Zilong, and they had to come, and of course they didn't have a good face when they came.

Chen Zilong saw that he was going to be cold today, and hurriedly said: "Colleagues, let us drink this cup and welcome Master Tong to take up his new position!" ”

After everyone finished drinking, Chen Zilong then asked, "Lord Tong, I heard that you used to be a pusher in Qiongzhou Mansion?" ”

"Lord Hui Governor, that's the case, but His Royal Highness the Supervisor ordered me to be in charge of the iron mine in Changhua full-time, so the magistrate hasn't done it for a day!"

Pushing the official to Tongzhi, from the seventh grade to the fifth grade, and upgrading to six levels in a row, the king of Chu really has nothing to say about his care.

Chen Zhongwen, the magistrate of the county, said: "Lord Tong, from the seventh grade to the fifth grade, His Royal Highness the Prison State has a really deep trust in you!" Chen Zhongwen has something to say here, satirizing Tong Tuchang for relying on his uncle's relationship to be promoted.

Chen Zhongwen is a native of Huguang and a native of Wuchang County, when Zhang Xianzhong came, he fled to Guangdong with refugees, and when he came to Guangdong, he naturally took refuge in Ma Mingyuan, who was also a scholar, so it was not a false color for the Tong family.

These officials here also hate Tong Tuchang, an upstart in officialdom, but they all know that Tong Yangjia is not easy to mess with now, so they just hate it in their hearts, but they don't dare to show it like Chen Zhongwen.

Tong Tuchang's eyes narrowed and asked, "Lord Chen, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Master Tong, don't you know what it means? It is really unfortunate that we are born in fame and fame, and I am an official in the same dynasty as a sycophant like you! ”

"Master Chen, don't think that if you take refuge in Ma Ge, I'm afraid of you!"

"My official position is appointed by the superintendent, why is your official position not Lord Tong? Or did your uncle get you your official position? ”

Chen Zilong saw that the two of them were getting stiffer and stiffer the more they talked, and quickly turned pale and said, "Two, okay, don't quarrel!" ”

Chen Zilong's face is not dared to be given to everyone, his fame and qualifications are above the two of them, not to mention that Chen Zilong heard that he is still a good friend of the King of Chu, so the two of them quickly got up to make amends.

Chen Zilong saw that tonight's banquet was like this, and he was not in the mood to drink it, so he ended hastily and then went back to his own house.

Tong Tuchang also returned to his home, because of the difficult conditions when he became an official in Changhua, his family members stayed in Guangdong, and now he is coming to Zhaoqing to be an official, so naturally he can't be the same as before.

Entering the house, Tong Tuchang's wife Jia Shi saw the master coming back, and hurriedly asked someone to fetch water to wash the master's face.

This Jia is Tong Yangjia's personal ring, when he was in Dongjiawu Fort, Henan, Dong was accepted by Tong Yangjia to continue the string, and saw that his nephew had no wife, so he gave Dong's personal ring to Tong Tuchang.

Because the Dong family is not welcomed in the Dong family, the Jia family is not very outstanding, she is still old, and she was already an old girl of twenty-five when she married Tong Tuchang. But this Jia family and the Dong sisters of the Chu princess have a good relationship, and the Dong sisters were brought up by the Jia family when they were young, so Tong Tuchang is very respectful to this Jia family.

"Master, aren't you going to have a drink? Why did you come back so early? ”

"Don't mention it, I didn't expect that the small Zhaoqing Mansion also has Ma Mingyuan's minions, and the local Gaoyao County Commander Chen Zhongwen is Ma Mingyuan's doorman, and he was very breathless with this wine just now."

"Chen Zhongwen? Is it the one who lifted people in Wuchang County before? ”

"Yes, it's that old man Chen, I didn't expect to come to Guangdong, I don't know what path Ma Mingyuan went, and he actually became a high-ranking county magistrate."

"Then sir, you have to be careful in the future, don't have any tricks in his hands!"

"Don't worry, I also know how to say it, five or six levels older than his county order, and he doesn't dare to do anything in the officialdom! But I just don't know the attitude of Governor Chen. ”

Jia Shi dried Tong Tuchang's feet, let his subordinates enter the house to clean up, and then served Tong Tuchang to strip and sleep.

Jia Shi said: "I heard that this Chen Zhifu and the King of Chu have a good relationship, and Ma Mingyuan is a friend of the same department, what can I do?" ”

"I'm also worried about this, I'm not afraid of working, I'm afraid that Chen Zilong will be stabbed in the back!"

The two discussed for a long time and didn't have a good idea, so they had to take one step at a time.

Just when Tong Tuchang and his wife were worried, there were also two people in the prefect's yamen talking about Tong Tuchang, these two were the prefect Chen Zilong and the county magistrate Chen Zhongwen.

Chen Zilong and Ma Mingyuan are the same year, and Chen Zhongwen is Ma Mingyuan's protégé, so as soon as Chen Zilong arrived in Zhaoqing, Chen Zhongwen immediately posted it.

"Lord Prefect, this Tong Tuchang has no fame, why do you want to appoint him as a fellow intellectual, I really don't know what those cabinet elders think?"

In fact, Chen Zilong also didn't want to see Tong Tuchang very much, but there was no way, Tong Tuchang was the same acquaintance appointed by the King of Chu, and Chen Zilong was deeply favored by the King of Chu and handed over the land of Yifu to Chen Zilong to take care of, so Chen Zilong could never say that the King of Chu was not.

"Lord Chen, don't talk nonsense, no matter what Tong Tuchang's background is, now that he has come to Zhaoqing, he is our colleague. The king of Chu has ordered that the resettlement of millions of displaced people in Zhaoqing must be properly handled, so I hope that Lord Chen will not bring personal grievances to work, take the safety of the displaced people as his own responsibility, and do not live up to the trust of the king of Chu, the prison country! ”

Hearing Chen Zilong's big truth, Chen Zhongwen didn't dare to say anything, not even to say it. The two talked for a while, and Chen Zhongwen said goodbye and went back.

Chen Zilong also hated the Tong family's uncles and nephews very much in his heart, but now the party struggle in his heart was still secondary, mainly to do a good job of the tasks assigned by the King of Chu.

"It seems that Tong Tuchang will be sent out tomorrow, and he can't be allowed to stay in the city."

The next day, when it was dark, Tong Tuchang was at home and ready to go to work.

Jia served him and put on the official mansion, looking at the prince in a green robe, Jia said: "Master has to work hard, five-grade green robe, when can I change into a red robe!" ”

In the Ming Dynasty system, the fourth grade or more is a red robe, that is, a serious high-ranking official, and the fifth grade is a green robe, but it is one level worse than the fourth grade, but the treatment is much worse. There are four-person sedan chairs when the fourth product goes out, and the fifth product is just a two-person sedan chair.

Tong Tuchang smiled and said, "That's simple, madam, you wait, I will definitely earn a life for you!" ”

Listening to Xianggong laughing at himself, Jia Shi was also very happy, after all, he didn't like to be promoted and made rich?

Tong Tuchang went out and got into his small sedan chair, and came to the prefect's yamen to visit the official, ready to start the first day of work.

After meeting the prefect Chen Zilong, the two sat down in the second hall of the prefect's yamen.

Chen Zilong said: "Lord Tong, the King of Chu wrote on your appointment that you, the Tongzhi, are working on the resettlement of displaced people. Therefore, the official wants Master Tong to be responsible for the work of the displaced people in Guangning and Sihui counties, after all, these two counties concentrate eighty percent of the displaced people in the prefecture, which requires you to work with all your might, brother. ”

Tong Tuchang didn't expect that he would be sent down on the first day, isn't this the same as in Changhua? But there is no way, the edict of the king of Chu clearly states that he is responsible for the work of the displaced people in Tuntian, but fortunately, Sihui and Guangning are not far from Zhaoqing, and they can come back once every three days.

"Your Excellency has an order, and the subordinate will not dare to disobey, but the subordinate has just come to Zhaoqing, and his eyes are black, can you please introduce the situation in Sihui Guangning?"

Chen Zilong has only been here for two months, and the situation in Sihui Guangning is still told by Xu Dali, the former prefect, but this does not delay Chen Zilong from repeating it to Tong Tuchang.

Sihui County is named "Sihui" because of the place where the four rivers (Xijiang, Beijiang, Suijiang and Longjiang) meet. Because it is the place where the four rivers meet, a large number of the Sihui area is alluvial plains and river valley basins, and there are a large number of wastelands in the south and east. Guangning was separated from Sihui during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, and the geographical situation was similar to that of Sihui.

After three years of construction, 2.18 million displaced people have been accommodated in Zhaoqing Prefecture, and more than 1.6 million people have been accommodated in the two counties of Sihui and Guangning, accounting for seventy or eighty percent of the displaced people in the whole prefecture, so these two counties are the top priority of Tuntian, and there can be no mistakes.

Tong Tuchang managed more than 100,000 people when he was in Changhua, and he still has some work experience in how to manage and accept displaced people, which is one of the reasons why Zhu Hongsan sent him to Tuntian.

After listening to Chen Zilong's introduction, Tong Tuchang said: "In this case, the next official will set off today, please rest assured, there will be no mistakes in the matter of Tuntian!" ”

The next step is very simple, Tong Tuchang rushed to Sihui under the leadership of the guide, and continued to work hard for the great cause of the king of Chu.

Sending Tong Tuchang away Chen Zilong fell a big stone in his heart, and he didn't want to be involved in the party dispute between Ma Mingyuan and Tong Yangjia, but he and Ma Mingyuan were in the same year, and they were naturally marked with the symbol of the Ma Party. Now that Tong Tuchang is gone, Chen Zilong is like putting down a big stone, but his work is not easy, in addition to the work in Tuntian, there is also a note that the cabinet just issued yesterday, and the king of Chu wants to run a development zone in Gaoyao County.

Chen Zilong didn't know what the development zone was, but Chen Zilong had seen the prosperity of the Dongguan Development Zone. The cabinet's article Chen wrote very clearly, Gaoyao this development zone should be based on the silk manufacturing industry, craftsmen and equipment have been from Dongguan, is expected to be transported to Zhaoqing in half a month, Chen Zilong's side to do is to select a site and land acquisition.

Chen Zilong looked at the order of the cabinet, it seems that this matter has to be done by himself, Gaoyao County is attached to Guo, plus there is a governor's yamen in the city, although the governor of Liangguang is vacant now, but there are still some left-behind personnel in the governor's mansion, they are not Chen Zhongwen A seven-pin county can be settled, Chen Zilong thought about it and said outside: "Inform me and let Chen County order come over in the afternoon." ”