Coming out of the Naval Mansion, Wujin did not take another boat, nor did he return to the Meihuawei military camp, so he rode directly back to the Naval Governor's Mansion in Jiangning City, which was close to the Chuzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and Changshi Zhou Xin also returned with him.

Along the way, Wu Jin was pondering, in fact, soon after he was appointed as the deputy governor of the Chuzhou Water Army, he got the exact news from the Ministry of War, his term of office is three years, this is the emperor's Emperor Xuande personally instructed, he also understands Huangfu Xuande's thoughts, let him stay away from Liangzhou, make room and time for Huangfu Zhuo, three years is the minimum, maybe he will be allowed to serve for five years.

Since he is going to be the governor of the navy for at least three years, then he has to make a little famous, and the Jin'an Association also has this idea, it is best to let the Chuzhou navy become a force under their control.

For this reason, Wu Jin began to consider his plan to transform the navy army in the capital, and he was ready to start from two aspects at the same time, one was to seize power, replace the captains of the navy and military offices, and let the people of the Liang Wang family control it, but considering that the officers of the Liang Wang family were not familiar with water warfare, could they transfer a group of henchmen from the Phoenix Society to serve? The plan is feasible, but Wujin needs to understand the attitude of the Chen family first, and how much support they still have for him, this matter can't be too urgent.

The second is to reform the establishment, Chuzhou's six naval forces, he is ready to reduce to three, increase the number of naval forces directly under the governor of the navy, from the previous three thousand to 12,000 people, this is actually the Chuzhou naval army from the defensive type to the offensive type, his idea has been approved by Huangfu Xuande, which is also expected, Huangfu Xuande appointed him in charge of the Chuzhou naval army One of the purposes is to let him exterminate the Phoenix Society, as long as he is willing to send troops to exterminate the Phoenix Society, no matter what conditions he proposes, Huangfu Xuande will agree, Wu Jin is very confident that the official reorganization order of the military department should come in the next few days, and he can even get more power.

"Circumference History!"

Wu Jin slowed down his horse and walked side by side with Zhou Xin, "I have one thing I want Changshi to do. ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "Your Highness, please command!" ”

Wu Jin pondered for a while and said: "That's the case, I want to restore the armor protection law in the coastal counties of Chuzhou, if I mention it, I am afraid that it will arouse the emperor's suspicion, I think it is most appropriate for the metropolitan governor to mention it, you see ....."

A hundred years ago, due to the rampant Japanese invaders, the Daning Dynasty ordered the coastal counties to implement the armor protection law, ten households for one Jia, ten Jia for one Bao, allowing the people to hide weapons, free time by the regular army to send people to help train the people, when the Japanese invaded, the people themselves organized to fight against the Japanese invaders.

But since the appearance of the phoenix, the invasion of the Japanese invaded and harassed the coastal situation has been greatly reduced, and the Baojia Law has also been relaxed, although the imperial court has not explicitly abolished, but the stability of life has made the coastal officials and people have diluted the Baojia Law, and in the last ten years, the Baojia Law has existed in name only.

Zhou Xin smiled slightly: "Your idea and Uncle Shen Guo thought of going together, but he wanted to implement the armor protection law in the interior of Chuzhou, but he couldn't find a reason, let me help him think of a reason, then I will tell him that you can start to recover from the coast first, and then expand to the interior, what does Your Highness think?" ”

Wu Jin smiled knowingly, estimating that Uncle Shen's purpose was the same as him, he nodded, "Then please ask Changshi to implement it as soon as possible!" ”

．．．．．．．． The Chuzhou Navy Governor's Mansion is located in the south of the city, only one mile away from the new house of Wujin, and covers an area of nearly ten acres, compared with the magnificent Chuzhou Metropolitan Governor's Office, the Navy Governor's Mansion looks a little shabby, it covers an area of only three acres, it is an old building with a history of 100 years, the broken eaves, the large peeling mottled walls, showing its decline.

Thirty years ago, when the imperial court decided to exterminate the Phoenix Society, the army gathered in Chuzhou, and the eyes of the entire Chuzhou were focused on this military office, and every word issued by the military government at that time would make the local government listen carefully.

But now the defeat 30 years ago made the Navy Governor's Mansion suffer merciless ridicule and blows, the Navy Governor was beheaded, Changshi, Sima, Judge and other more than 20 major civil officials were dismissed and exiled, the Navy Governor's Mansion almost became an empty government, until 30 years later, the vitality is still not restored, even the military government itself is said to be dilapidated, the court does not pay attention to it, does not allocate funds for repairs, the original 50 officials are mostly empty, only a dozen officials are in the military office day by day, receiving a meager salary.

This is also related to the Chuzhou Navy to take a defensive position, the Chuzhou Navy 30 years ago was not a military government system, but a group army system, directly commanded by the military government, after the defeat of the attack on the Phoenix Society, the 100,000 Navy was only reduced to 20,000, the Ministry of War divided them into six military offices, each for its own formation, and each military government has its own civilian officials, the reading power surname is very strong, the Chuzhou Navy Army lost the function of unified command, and finally even the logistics function was taken away by the governor of Chuzhou, turned into a decoration, its job is to write a report every month to the military department symbolic surname, As a matter of fact, the military offices also directly wrote reports to the military department, but the reports of the governor's office were made behind closed doors, the content was empty, and the data was false, and the military department always treated it as waste paper.

Even the Governor of the Navy no longer came to the military office, but bypassed the military office, and directly inspected the various military offices and gave orders, which put the Navy Governor's Office in an embarrassing situation of existing in name only.

When Wu Jin came to this declining military office, he saw a tattered drum at first sight, with a big hole in the drum surface, the drumsticks were nowhere to be seen, and the drum frame was covered with thick dust.

The front of the steps was deserted, the bluestone strips were covered with artemisia grass, and the paint on the gate and threshold was peeling off, showing a dilapidated gray-white color, especially the threshold, even the wood was rotten, so that Wu Jin couldn't help but think of the broken temple of the Eight Immortals Bridge.

Wu Jin took a few soldiers into the gate of the military office, and the courtyard of the military office was also deserted, and there was no one to be seen.

"Anyone?" His men shouted together.

Half a day, 'Squeak! With a bang, a small door next to him opened, and out came a middle-aged man, wearing a red four-rank official uniform, he asked a little unhappily: "Who are you, why did you trespass into the navy yamen?" ”

Wu Jin smiled faintly and said, "Is the news of your Navy Governor's Mansion so ill-informed?" ”

The official was stunned, he glanced at Wujin again, he knew that the new governor had arrived yesterday, but he didn't expect to be so young, and the other party was wearing a red background and white plum military uniform of Meihuawei, suddenly, he slapped his head, why are he so stupid, isn't their new governor of the navy concurrently serving as the general of Meihuawei in Chuzhou?

He hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to salute, "Xiaguan Cao Kaifu, see the governor!" ”

"You are Cao Changshi, the governor of the navy?" Wu Jin asked.

"It's Xiaguan."

Cao Kaifu suddenly remembered that the other party was still King Heiliang, he was even more at a loss, and actually knelt down, "Your Royal Highness King Heiliang." ”

At this time, more than a dozen officials walked out of each room one after another, one by one wearing thick cotton clothes, their movements were slow, and their expressions were sluggish, and they all looked at Cao Changshi blankly and knelt down for Wujin.

Wu Jin felt the laziness of these people, he sighed secretly, and gave Sun Jianhong next to him a look, Sun Jianhong immediately said in a loud voice: "The new Governor of the Navy and His Royal Highness the King of Heiliang have arrived, and you haven't seen the courtesy?" ”

As if waking up from a dream, all the officials stepped forward and knelt down, "See the Governor, see Your Highness!" ”

Wu Jin knew that maintaining proper majesty would help him control his subordinates, and being too tolerant would make people despise him, especially these lazy people who had become dull in their minds, and they needed to be burned with fire.

He said lightly: "Everyone, no courtesy! ”

Everyone stood up one after another, looking at him one by one with a worried mood, no one dared to leave, and did not dare to speak, Wu Jin glanced at everyone, and said coldly: "Just now I thought I went to the wrong place, I thought I came to a ruined temple that had been abandoned for many years, but I didn't expect that this is the Chuzhou Navy Governor's Mansion, the dignified Sanpin Yamen, it is really unexpected, I think the City God Temple is a little more glamorous than here!" ”

Everyone heard the governor's ridicule, they all lowered their heads, some people were ashamed, some people were ashamed, some people were dissatisfied, and some people didn't think so, Cao Changshi sighed and said: "The governor doesn't know, it's really too tight, the money allocated to us by the imperial court a month is removed from the money, only five taels of silver are left, just enough to invite two people to boil water, there is really no money to repair, even the pen and ink money and charcoal money are also solved by renting a house and collecting a little rent, please understand." ”

Wu Jin was stunned for a moment, he was still thinking just now, how could the three-acre Yamen be all crowded in one courtyard, he only understood now that it was estimated that the houses behind him were rented out, and he suddenly became angry in his heart.

"If you don't have enough money, go and ask the Ministry of War, but if the Ministry of War doesn't give it, then impeach them to Yushitai, how can anyone like this to you, even the yamen has been rented out, no wonder when it comes to the navy yamen, the brothers are disdainful, it's you who are too discouraged!"

When everyone saw that the new governor was angry, they all lowered their heads in fright, thinking that they would wait for the governor to check their affairs later, and what should they do if they couldn't get it? That's going to be dismissed.

Cao Changshi's face was swollen and flushed, he wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said with great shame: "It's incompetent, and he's willing to take all the responsibilities." ”

The crowd also pleaded guilty, "I'm useless, please punish them all!" ”

Wujin Chang let out a long sigh of sullen breath and said to everyone: "The previous things have nothing to do with me, and I will not punish you, but from today onwards, the Governor's Mansion will be completely changed, everyone will take off my cotton clothes and start working, pull out the weeds on the steps at the door, repaint the gate, and replace the drums with new ones for me, and also, within today, take back all the yamen for me, and I will not be allowed to rent it out again." ”

Without waiting for Cao Changshi to speak, he took out a silver ticket of five hundred taels and handed it to him, "If you lack anything, you will buy it yourself, Cao Changshi is fully responsible, I will come again tomorrow morning, if it is still so lazy and dilapidated, everyone will be dismissed, and I will ask the emperor to dissolve the Governor's Mansion of the Navy Army!" ”

With that, he turned around and walked quickly.

A group of officials in the courtyard all looked at each other, and someone whispered: "Dissolve the Governor's Mansion, then what else should he be the Governor?" ”

After all, Cao Changshi is a fourth-grade official, and his knowledge is a little higher than everyone else, he stood on the stone bench and said to everyone: "Everyone, I feel that this new governor is completely different from his predecessor, he is very strong, and he is a royal family, he is the governor of the navy, we may have to run from time to time, everyone listen to my arrangement, let's make a little appearance, let him know that the navy governor's mansion is not so unbearable, everyone move!" ”

Another elderly official also said: "Changshi is right, this new governor is really different from his predecessor, when did his predecessor pay us?" Since the new governor is willing to give us money, it means that he still has hope for us, let's not let him down, let's move! Let's get to work. ”

Everyone felt that it made sense, and more importantly, they saw hope, so they all went back to the room to take off their thick cotton jackets, changed into single official uniforms, and began to pack up busily, some people went to shovel the weeds at the door, some people went to carry drum racks, some people went to buy things, and Cao Changshi went to discuss with the tenants behind them, so that they could find a way to move out overnight.

The military office of the Governor's Mansion, which had been silent for many years, finally began to come to life, like an old machine that began to creak and run.

(To be continued)