Even if he can't wait for Shen Baozhen's full support, with He Jing's appointment letter coming back from Beijing, Hu Chuyuan can do a lot of things within the Fuzhou Shipyard.

Early the next morning, all the big and small officials of the Fuzhou Ship Administration gathered in the back garden of the Ship Master's Yamen, and they all had to bring their official seals.

Hu Chuyuan didn't have time to entangle one by one, and the first batch called in Wu Zhengbing, the head of the Shipping Bureau, Li Zuguang, the head of the Arms Bureau, Ye Datong, the head of the Mine Bureau, Zhang Baixi, the head of the Tongyuan Bureau, and Yang Jun, the head of the Telegraph Bureau.

Except for Zhang Baixi, the other four people are all Fujian people who were born in Jinshi during the Tongzhi period, and they were listed as fourth-class in the Hanlin Academy examination, so they had no chance to fill the vacancies. Soon after the opening of the yamen, Wu Zhengbing and Li Zuguang were recruited into the yamen by Shen Baozhen, while Ye Datong and Yang Jun were recruited when Ding Yuechang was the minister of shipping.

When the five of them entered the study, Hu Chuyuan asked Hu Rong to give each of them a financial report.

Zhang Baixi's situation was good, and the other four looked at it a little, and when they were covered with cold sweat, they all knelt down in fright and said, "Lord Tiao, we are all wronged." ”

"Oh?" Hu Chuyuan sneered and said, "Is that the official wronging you?" ”

"...... this?" The four of them didn't dare to argue for a while, whether there was corruption or deduction, they knew it in their hearts.

It's just that they have always felt that the amount they deducted is relatively small, only three or four thousand taels per person per year, compared to those Jinshi in the same year, they are very cautious.

Hu Chuyuan doesn't think so, others are officials who can collect taxes, and what they lose is the tax revenue of the imperial court, and what these people lose is the money used to build ships.

He snorted coldly and said, "I'll give you two choices, first, I'll give you a break to the Governor to dismiss you and investigate it; Second, you will leave the vacancy yourself. ”

As soon as they heard this, the four of them knew that Hu Chuyuan was not simply scaring them.

Wu Zhengbingsuo snorted and said stiffly: "Lord Promotion, you are just a promoter, you have no rank and no title to be promoted, and you dare to overstep your responsibilities, which is a bit too much." ”

Usually, the promotion of the shipmaster is accompanied by a common official title, such as the Fujian Supplementary Dao, or the rank of Gabu Political Envoy.

Hu Chuyuan is in Ding worry, these methods of adding titles are not suitable for him, he can only replace the title with his own five-rank rank, but the level of the title is not enough, at least it can't suppress Wu Zhengbing and others, and even more so Ye Wenlan, who has the title of Gabu's political envoy.

"Oh?" Hu Chuyuan sneered again, and when Hu Rong entrusted the appointment document sent by He Qigong to Wu Zhengbing, he immediately asked: "How about it, does this official have the power to investigate you?" ”

"...... this?"

As soon as he saw that the official document had the seals of Minister Yi of Military Aircraft and his old boss Shen Baozhen, Wu Zhengbing was really speechless, he knew that he was planted, and Hu Chuyuan was fully capable of immediately dismissing him from his position.

He knew better that with Hu Chuyuan's power, pinching him to death was as easy as pinching an ant to death.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.

Wu Zhengbing could only put away the arrogance of his Jinshi background, and said to Hu Chuyuan: "Please also ask the adults to take care of it, there are more than ten people in the Xiaguan family, and they only rely on the salary of the lower officials to support them, with an old mother and children." The subordinate officials must change their past mistakes and never do it again! ”

Zhang Baixi also took a step forward and said to Hu Chuyuan: "Raise your lordship, the matter of greed is the accumulation of disadvantages of the yamen, although the accumulation of disadvantages is deep, it can also be reversed. Lord Wu is an old minister of this office, proficient in shipbuilding and various affairs, not ordinary officials are comparable, hard work is high, I hope that the Lord will be more considerate, forgive him once, temporarily stay, to see the after-effects! ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly, and said to Wu Zhengbing: "Since this is the case, Lord Wu, I will leave you a favor." If there is a next time, I will not spare it! ”

Wu Zhengbing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will change my past mistakes in the future." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Zuguang and the others saw that the situation could be recovered, and they all stepped forward and knelt down and said: "Promote the lord, we also know that we are wrong, and please be magnanimous, and the lower officials will swear to serve the death in the future, and not disgrace the trust of the court and the lord!" ”

"Get up!"

Hu Chuyuan didn't want to really fire them, and said: "Compared with other officials at the same level, the amount of money you are greedy for is not excessive, as an official, you must have a lot of expenses, and your family and friends are used to relying on you for help." However, my lords, you must understand what you are doing, you are not a tax collector, nor a prefect of a county, you are an official of the ship administration, and the ships and munitions you want to build are used to defend the country from being bullied by foreigners. If you deduct 3,000 taels, the yamen will lose 6,000 taels of silver, and if we continue to deduct it, we can build a few ships to defend our home and country. Not to mention protecting the country, even defending Fujian is a problem. ”

Wu Zhengbing and the others were stunned for a long time, and they were indeed a little ashamed and aggrieved.

Life is not easy, you have to use money everywhere, as a fourth, fifth or sixth-grade official must always have the style of an official, and the expenses are naturally not low.

Hu Chuyuan gave Hu Rong a look, and Hu Rong gave Wu Zhengbing and the five of them an envelope, and they opened the envelope and found that there was a silver ticket with a denomination of 3,000 taels inside, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Hu Chuyuan said: "Society is like this, I heard that you are officials, relatives and friends will come to take refuge, and your parents, wives and children will also put pressure on you." As long as there is no problem, everyone will have an annuity subsidy, and these expenses will be paid by me personally, I hope you can understand my painstaking efforts, respect your duties, and handle everything impartially, and use every penny of the yamen's funds to the real thing. ”

After hearing these words, Zhang Baixi couldn't help but sigh and sighed: "The adults are dedicated to the public, and the lower officials are very admired, and they must not dare to make a mistake!" ”

Wu Zhengbing and Li Zuguang were palpitating, and they also said: "I admire it so much, I don't dare to have any more differences." ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded slightly, let the five people leave, and invited the secretaries and senators of the five departments of copywriting, support, reimbursement, issuance and review, and inspection, a total of fourteen people.

Hu Chuyuan can also see clearly, these officials who are responsible for supervising the ship's yamen are useless, and the meaning of their existence is only to increase the cost of corruption and deduction of other officials, and they have to share the money with them.

Except for Tu Renshou, the secretary of the reimbursement department, Hu Chuyuan directly asked the other thirteen people to leave by themselves.

That's how he cleaned up, warning the officials who handled the practice, and dismissed a few particularly corrupt officials, as well as those who didn't have much meaning, and were responsible for examination, participation, supervision, and administration.

He also didn't go to the court to investigate, that would be too troublesome, and as soon as the evidence of the crime was presented, he would either keep his official title and go home and wait for the vacancies of other yamen, or he would continue to stay and wait for him to participate.

Who would dare to fight him?

Everyone can only leave in disgrace, and there are still a few hundred taels of silver for severance pay.

Hu Chuyuan was extremely ruthless, and in one morning he dismissed 39 of the 57 officials of the yamen, especially those businessmen who were in charge of procurement and the officials in charge of supervision.

He had already figured out the details of these people, and it was impossible for them to pose a threat to him.

Subsequently, he merged the five departments of copywriting, support, reimbursement, issuance and examination, and inspection with the telegraph office, and only set up the general affairs office, the finance office, and the supervision and examination office, and appointed Zhang Baixi as the secretary of the general affairs office, Dai Hongci was promoted to the general office of the Tongyuan Bureau, and the secretary of the finance department was served by Tu Renshou, and at the same time acted as the secretary of the supervision and examination office.

He also merged the Arms Bureau and the Mine Bureau into the Military Industry Bureau, with Li Zuguang as the meeting office, and Ye Datong as the temporary director of the conference office, while Yang Jun, the former director of the Telegraph Bureau, temporarily served as the meeting office.

After such a rectification, the Fuzhou Shipbuilding Yamen has become Hu Chuyuan's world, and everything can really be done to the point where he has the final say.

However, he hasn't talked to Ye Wenlan yet.

……

Ye Wenlan.

This is not a simple person, at the age of fourteen, he followed his uncle to Nanyang to do business, and was famous for being proficient in the dialects of the Nanyang islands, and was appreciated by Shen Baozhen, and since then he has helped Shen Baozhen deal with private accounts in the shipyard yamen.

How could he have thought that he also has today, thirteen years have passed in a flash, and he can actually live in the second rank of official residence and add the title of political envoy of Fujian.

He thought, I can have today, and I have to thank Shen Baozhen for all this!

Raising his eyes to look at these old colleagues in front of him, he really couldn't tell what Hu Chuyuan was thinking, he could only drink tea silently, letting his old colleagues be anxious.

"Lord Ye, do you have something to say?" Huang Weicai, the secretary of the inspection department who had just been dismissed, was in a hurry, sweating profusely, and in order to get back his position, he could only pin all his hopes on Ye Wenlan.

"Yes, Lord Ye, at this time, only you have the ability to turn the tide, I think that Hu Chuyuan's kid clearly wants to make trouble and wants to take the shipmaster yamen for himself, so he abolished us." Others gritted their teeth in indignation.

Ye Wenlan still didn't speak, the fire hadn't burned on his head yet, what was he anxious about?

Glancing around, he also saw that these people who were dismissed by Hu Chuyuan were all idle, and they didn't have any special skills, just for the things they did, they could attract thousands of them with an annual salary of twenty taels of silver outside.

If this group of people is laid off, the yamen will be able to save at least 70,000 taels of silver every year, and if you count the money deducted from corruption, it will save at least 200,000 taels of silver.

Should!

Ye Wenlan sneered in his heart.

But, he thought...... These people are not easy to mess with, they can't enter the yamen without a network, and behind these people, there are at least a few Taoist platforms, a few prefects, and a lot of teachers in the same year.

Seeing that he was reluctant to express his position, Huang Weicai could only continue to instigate: "Lord Ye, if you endure this breath now, Hu Chuyuan's kid must think that you are afraid of him, and he will definitely bully you when the time comes." I can see it clearly, this Hu Chuyuan is a relative of the governor and the governor, so he wants to cover the sky with one hand in our yamen, and when the time comes, I am afraid...... Lord Shen kept that ......! ”

Ye Wenlan suddenly coughed and stopped Huang Weicai from continuing.

He raised his eyes coldly, and said to Huang Weicai and the others: "Adults, if you want me to say, you have all fallen for him." You are also related people, and if you really want to make a fuss, the Governor may not remove you altogether, and if you really quarrel, I don't know who will suffer. That's good, you yourself agreed to open the vacancy and resigned, and you also received severance pay from others. The mouth of the cannibal is short, the hand-holding is short, and the severance pay is taken, what else can you do? ”

"...... this?" Huang Weicai had a bad premonition, and immediately persuaded again: "Master Ye, are you also afraid of him?" ”

Provocate, provoke the ......!

Ye Wenlan sneered in his heart, he thought, Huang Weicai, you don't understand what kind of person I am, I am a businessman, and no matter how high I say, I am an official businessman.

Officials and businessmen are also businessmen!

Doing business pays attention to the way, yes, Hu Chuyuan is indeed several times larger than Ye Wenlan's family business, even ten times, the relationship network is larger, and there are many backers, but in the business of this section of Nanyang, Ye Wenlan's advantages are still obvious.

He has this reliance, and of course he is not afraid of what Hu Chuyuan will do to him!

He is a businessman, and Hu Chuyuan is also a businessman.

Businessmen all want to make money, he has a way, Hu Chuyuan is powerful, everyone cooperates, and everyone gets their place.

Therefore, he firmly believes that Hu Chuyuan will not embarrass him, which is completely different from these old colleagues in front of him.

Thinking of this, Ye Wenlan sighed and said to Huang Weicai: "Lord Huang, what you said is really unreasonable. Who is Hu Chuyuan, his family business is ten times bigger than mine, his younger brother is the eldest son-in-law of He Daren, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and he himself is also Zuo Zongtang's staff, and he is deeply respected. You must know that his appointment as the shipmaster was promoted or the name of Shen Baozhen and Lord Shen, and you must know that the Jiangnan Commercial Bank he is in charge of is the treasury of the Liangjiang Yamen and the Fujian and Zhejiang Yamen. Why am I afraid of him? On the borders of the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, you might as well look for it and see who is not afraid of him? ”

After a pause, he continued with Huang Weicai: "Even if it is Lord Huang's uncle, Lord Huang Jishu Huang of Xingquan Daotai should be very afraid of him, let alone me?" ”

"This ...... This one! Huang Weicai choked for a while, and his face became more and more red.

Seeing that he was about to turn his face, Ye Wenlan immediately smiled and said: "Don't worry too much about colleagues, there are still many vacancies in the imperial court, and there is no place to keep people here." Colleagues, please stay here for a casual meal, when leaving, I will also send you a piece of wrapping, if I know where there is a real shortage, I will definitely inform you in advance. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone knew that the possible surname of instigating Ye Wenlan to lead the trouble was almost zero, and they could only accept the fact that they were swept out of the house by the yamen. Fortunately, Ye Wenlan also had a sum of money to give them, so everyone didn't say anything, stayed for dinner first, and then slowly talked to Hu Chuyuan.