Chapter 400: Wang Shouren who escaped

The generation of new ideas and new ideas has always been a long process, and it also requires at least a long period of accumulation and fermentation, and then it will explode in a certain era, and this explosion may be very violent, and may even lead to the death of some people, such as Copernicus, such as Galileo, are all victims of the generation of new ideas.

Zhou Zhong did not have the courage to be a victim of this alternation of old and new ideas, after all, in his opinion, his wife and children in his family are far more important than any social progress, and he finally had a second life, so he naturally could not waste it in vain, so he instilled the thoughts and concepts he brought from later generations to Wang Yangming, who is known as a saint, hoping to combine his mind and bring a new trend of thought to future generations.

However, the thoughts and concepts brought by Zhou Zhong from later generations are very complex, and even many of them are contradictory, even with Wang Shouren's wisdom, he still feels a little unbearable, and when he walks out of the Governor's Palace, his mind is already a mess, and he can't effectively absorb the new ideas and new knowledge from Zhou Chong, but this is nothing, it's a big deal to talk to Zhou Chong about learning in the future.

Just when Wang Shouren just walked out of the Governor's Palace, he didn't expect that a group of people outside suddenly came up and surrounded him, which made Wang Shouren startled, and almost used his self-defense kung fu to defend himself, fortunately, he found in time that these people were all wearing official uniforms, which made Wang Shouren relax, after all, this is in front of the Governor's Palace, and these people are all officials, maybe they are his colleagues in the future.

Sure enough, I saw that the leader was a gray-haired and thin official, looking at the official uniform on his body. It should also be a high-ranking official from the second grade. And in the entire governor's palace, there was only one high-ranking official from the second rank. That is Lord Yang Tongyang, who is the political envoy of Zuobu, and Wang Shouren has inquired very clearly about this before he comes.

"This must be Yang Tong, Yang Bu's political envoy, I don't know why you and your colleagues blocked Wang's way?" Wang Shouren saluted Yang Tong, although he was at the same level as Yang Tong, but the other party was older than him and had deeper qualifications than him, so Wang Shouren naturally took the initiative to salute. This is the etiquette of officialdom, and it must not be sloppy at all.

"Ha Luha, Lord Wang guessed well, the old man is Yang Tong, for the name of Lord Wang, the old man and your colleagues have long heard of it, I didn't expect to be able to be an official in the same place with Lord Wang today, speaking of which, this is also our fate, today the old man and your colleagues do the east together, and set up a banquet in Wanghai Garden. It can be regarded as a pick-up for Lord Wang, and please don't shirk Lord Wang! I saw that Yang Tong, who was the leader, helped Wang Shouren up. Said with a smile on his face.

"The elders don't dare to resign, not to mention that this is still a piece of the mind of your colleagues, Wang naturally does not dare to refuse, today Wang is desperately drunk and returned, but also worthy of your heart!" Wang Shouren has also been an official for many years, so he naturally knows the entertainment in the officialdom, and he also knows that if he wants to expand his hands and feet in the Governor's Palace, he must get the support of a group of people, and in front of him, Yang Tong and these people take the initiative to invite him, they must have the intention of making friends, so Wang Shouren naturally will not refuse.

Hearing that Wang Shouren has always regarded himself as a junior, this made Yang Tong also very happy, and the other officials were relieved to see that this envoy was so approachable and understood human feelings, which made them all breathe a sigh of relief, after all, the envoy was originally a picket of officials, and it was better to meet such a human envoy than to meet an iron-faced and selfless envoy.

At the moment, Wang Shouren and Yang Tong and others took a carriage to the north of Wanghai Garden, the Broken Sword Pavilion with the best scenery had already been booked by these officials, and it was the best seafood banquet in Wanghai Garden, all of which had just been fished out of the sea, and it would never take more than an hour from going to sea to being ready to serve, which was extremely fresh.

Wang Shouren was also very surprised by the novel layout of Wanghai Park, especially when he stood in front of the window of the Broken Sword Pavilion, overlooking the entire Shuangyu Port, those ant-like merchant ships flowed endlessly in the port, which showed how prosperous the entire Shuangyu Port was, which made Wang Shouren, who did not pay much attention to maritime trade before, also opened his eyes, coupled with the previous conversation with Zhou Chong, which made him feel like a frog at the bottom of the well for his previous self.

"Lord Wang, here is the best view of the whole Wanghai Park a pavilion, standing here can overlook the entire Shuangyu Port, you see that there are three major port areas in Shuangyu Port, each port area is extremely prosperous, of which the North Port Area is mainly to the ships of Nanyang and other places, and the South Port Area is mainly to go to the Wa Kingdom, North Korea and Ryukyu and other places, the West Port Area is more complicated, in addition to sharing the pressure of the North Port and the South Port, it is also the center of the entire Shuangyu Port to Daming import and export goods, now as long as it is a ship to and from all over the Ming Dynasty, It is generally moored in the Westport area. At this time, Yang Tong walked to Wang Shouren's side, pointed to the Shuangyu Port below and introduced him to him, and at the same time there was a little pride in his tone, because Shuangyu Port can have today's scale, and he has also made great efforts.

"Well, I heard that the scale of Shuangyu Port has surpassed Guangzhou and become the largest port in my Ming Dynasty, and the annual taxes and silver paid to the imperial court are much higher than those of other state capitals, these are the merits of the Governor and Lord Yang!" Wang Shouren is also a little admiring, he now has a little understanding of Zhou Chong's previous idea of vigorously developing industry and commerce, with the prosperous port in front of him, a large number of goods are needed every day, and the demand for these goods will naturally stimulate the industrial and commercial development of the Ming Dynasty, presumably this is why the Governor will vigorously develop Shuangyu Port.

Soon the banquet was placed neatly, and Wang Shouren sat down as the chief under Yang Tong's humility, after all, among the people present, only he and Yang Tong had the highest grade, and today's banquet was a reception banquet for Wang Shouren, so it was naturally necessary to focus on him.

After Wang Shouren sat down, everyone also toasted one after another, Wang Shouren also drank an amazing amount of alcohol, and he did not refuse to come at the moment, which made the officials present have a good impression of him. Soon after three rounds of drinking, Wang Shouren took this opportunity to start asking Yang Tong and them about the specific situation of the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, after all, Zhou Zhong only gave him a general idea, as for the specific situation, he still needs to inquire and understand.

Yang Tong and the others were also waiting for this opportunity, so they opened their mouths to explain the situation of the entire Shangsihai Governor's Mansion, but they focused on Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai, who were both northerners who participated in politics, and they were both very talented.

Hearing this, Wang Shouren finally understood the reason why Yang Tong and them invited him to the banquet, after all, he has also been an official for many years, of course, he is very aware of the dispute between the southerners and the northerners in the officialdom, although he feels that this kind of battle is very boring, but after all, he is in the officialdom, and he can't get rid of this kind of struggle no matter what.

In addition, he finally understood why His Majesty the Emperor suddenly ordered him to be transferred to the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, and it is estimated that this was also the idea of the young governor, in order to balance the strength of the southerners and northerners in the Governor's Palace, after all, now that the northern officials have the upper hand, the intention of transferring him, a southern official, here is naturally very clear.

It's just that what makes Wang Shouren very strange is that he doesn't have much reputation in officialdom, why does that Governor Zhou have so much confidence in himself, believing that he can balance the strength of the north and the south? You must know that among the leaders of the northern officials, one is Jiao Fang, who used to be the head of the cabinet, and the other is known as Zhang Yu, but everyone in the Governor's Mansion knows Lu Dao, he is Zhang Cai, the head of the household who assisted Liu Jin before, none of these two people are easy to match, even if Wang Shouren has always been confident, but in the face of such two opponents, he can't help but feel bottomless.

Now that he understands the reason why Zhou Chong transferred himself to serve in the Governor's Palace, and at the same time, he also knows that the young Governor is not a minister as rumored, but a person with great ambitions and worries about the country and the people, serving under such a person is definitely a good opportunity for Wang Shouren to show his ambitions, so he was also in a good mood for a while, and he couldn't help but drink a few more glasses at the wine table, and he returned drunk after the last.

In the following time, Wang Shouren officially served as the post of inspector under the rule of the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas, and at the same time unified with Yang and became the representative of the southern officials of the Governor's Mansion, but Wang Shouren did not clash with Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai head-on at the beginning, and even specially asked Zhou Zhong for instructions, and went to Taiwan by boat on the third day of his official appointment, and began to conduct a real investigation there, and at the same time, he could also observe the local officials and people's livelihood more directly.

After inspecting Taiwan, Wang Shouren still did not come to Calais, but went to Malacca and the old port in the South Seas, and it seemed that he planned to run all the land under the rule of the Governor's Office of the Four Seas before returning. This made Yang Tong's southern officials very disappointed, after all, Wang Shouren was not there, and they still couldn't fight Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai.

And the northern officials headed by Zhang Cai were also very proud, after all, in their opinion, although the new envoy was a southerner, he was a soft egg, and after taking office, not only did he not dare to fight them head-on, but he also fled to Taiwan, and such a person was not to worry at all.

However, Jiao Fang, who is also the head of the northern officials, does not think so, because in his opinion, Wang Shouren gave up fighting with them not because he was afraid of them, but because he put the government affairs of the envoy in the first place, that is to say, in Wang Shouren's heart, he did not regard the dispute between the north and the south as a thing, and there were such ambitious people among the southern officials, and it seemed that in the future, their northern officials would no longer be able to suppress the southern officials as before. (To be continued......)