On March 13, Yinzhen and his entourage arrived in Tianjin.

Although the wharf has been cleared out, but the sides are still crowded with immigrants, fortunately, there are still many soldiers to maintain order, but it also seems orderly, Yinzhen, who stood on the bow of the ship and watched, couldn't help frowning slightly, I don't know what happened to the accident, Zhang Pengxi, Fu Ning'an, Shi Shilun are all capable officials who are familiar with government affairs and people's conditions, why do immigrants who have been preparing for so long seem so chaotic?

On both sides of the wharf, many immigrants who had never seen such a beautiful and huge Western warship kept pointing, Wang Daniu held two and a half hairy children in one hand, stood in front of his daughter-in-law and looked enviously at the soldiers on the battleship who were dressed in neat cotton coats and stood like nails, their family of four all came privately, and they couldn't get on the boat to go south in a short time, and they had nothing to do all day long, so they went to the dock to watch others get on the boat.

I didn't want to see the rare Western scenery today, and after looking at it for a long time, Wang Daniu said to himself enviously: "Look at the coats of these soldiers, they are far stronger than our soldiers of Gaoshanwei." ”

"That's, you don't want to inquire, the navy of the Qing Dynasty is higher than the salary of the Eight Banners." A man next to him said teasingly.

As soon as he heard that someone answered, Wang Daniu immediately followed the pole and said, "Fellow, where did these navies come from?" ”

"Who's with you? You are from Shanxi, and I am from Shandong. The man chuckled and said, "You don't need to ask, it must be from the south." As he spoke, he asked, "Where are you in Shanxi?" ”

"Shanxi Datong Mansion, Gao Shanwei's." Wang Daniu didn't care at all, and then said, "Brother, what kind of official is this?" ”

"Anyway, it should be a governor of eight cases or something." The man was also a little unsure.

"Don't be embarrassed here." A person next to him interjected: "You have listened to too many books, the governor of the eighth case, this must be a member of the second grade or above." ”

"A group of big pears, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand." A Tianjin accent said: "Do you know who greeted you at the dock?" The two of them are bachelors. Prime Minister, Prime Minister should know. Needless to say, those who came. It must be the fourteenth prince of today. ”

The Fourteenth Prince? Wang Da Niu is a flurry, I don't know who can do it, but the fourteenth prince can't not know that the immigration to Australia was proposed by the fourteenth master. The money for immigrants is also from the Fourteenth Master.

'Nanhai No. 1' slowly approached the dock, and Yinzhen and Yinxiang both changed into court clothes. As soon as they got off the boat, the sixteenth elder brother Yinlu, Haishan, Zhang Pengxi, Fu Ningan, Shi Shilun, Zhao Hongxie, Du Chengsi and others took the lead in greeting them. A group of local officials in Tianjin stepped forward to greet An again.

Yinzhen glanced at the immigrants on both sides of the dock. Then he smiled and said: "This is not the first time this king has come to Tianjin, everyone has an errand with them, so let's disperse." ”

As soon as the words fell, the immigrants leaning on both sides of the dock suddenly knelt down, and then they heard a shout, "Fourteenth Master Wanfu Jin'an." Immediately, there were bursts of "Fourteenth Master Wanfu Jin'an" on both sides of the dock. "The entire quayside of the quayside fell to their knees in waves.

Everyone didn't expect this to happen, and Du Chengsi, the chief soldier of Tianjin, hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Dereliction of duty." Because time is in a hurry, there are too many people. It's too late to dispel avoidance. ”

Yinzhen waved his hand, glanced at the black backs on both sides, and said loudly: "Australia is a good place, I hope you can live and work in peace and contentment in Australia, and keep Australia for generations to come!" It's not in vain that the court is a good idea! With that, he took the lead and hurried out of the docks.

Entering Tianjin City, Yinzhen went directly to Shi Shilun's temporary official office, Yinlu, Haishan, Zhang Pengxi, Fu Ningan, Shi Shilun, Zhao Hongxie, Du Chengsi and other high-grade followers. ..., Yinzhen asked: "Australian immigration should be carried out in batches and phases, why is the dock so chaotic and gathers so many immigrants?" ”

Here Zhang Pengxi's official rank is the highest and his qualifications are the oldest, and he did not dare to shirk his responsibilities, so he hurriedly reported the situation in Tianjin in detail.

After listening, Yinzhen was speechless for a while, inaction, it can be called a common problem in officialdom, it has been the same since ancient times, this matter involves many officials, although they are all just small officials, but now in the officialdom, who has no relationship network behind them, Zhang Pengxi and Fu Ningan did not make a spicy move, probably because they were afraid of committing public anger.

However, this matter will not be able to be controlled, and the immigrants who have gathered in Tianjin must be properly arranged, and once the news spreads, it will certainly encourage a large number of people who are not in the plan to flock to it.

After pondering for a long time, Yinzhen asked, "How many immigrants are there in Tianjin now?" ”

Shi Shilun replied without thinking: "Two hundred and one thousand." ”

Two hundred and ten thousand is not much, it is tens of thousands more than the total number of immigrants in the planned month, with the scale of Tianjin City, they can cope with it, no wonder they are not in a hurry, Yinzhen nodded slightly, and asked in a deep voice: "Is the number of immigrants in Tianjin gradually increasing or decreasing?" ”

"The situation has improved, and the number of daily increases has dropped to less than 3,000." Shi Shilun replied, paused slightly, and continued: "Tianjin Port has been open since February 26, and now it has been half a month, and the officials found that the situation was wrong, and urgently requisitioned a batch of merchant ships in the port, and as of today, 120,000 have been transferred. ”

No wonder a group of officials in Shanghai complained bitterly, Yinzhen couldn't help but secretly wonder, hearing that the number of daily increases had been controlled, he was also more satisfied, and pondered for a moment before saying: "Although the current situation has been controlled, we still can't be careless, the immigrants who are stranded in Tianjin who are not in the plan are not only guaranteed food and accommodation, but also transferred to the south in advance, which is not a good thing."

Now is the time of scarcity, and once the news spreads, it is very likely to cause a backlash, and then the situation will be difficult to control when the hungry people in the vicinity are mixed in. ”

As soon as I heard Yinzhen's words, all the adults present were shocked, the northern provinces, eight out of ten years are spring droughts, once there is a spring drought this year, hungry people flock here, there is really a possibility of a big incident.

After a pause, Yinzhen looked at Fu Ning'an, and then asked: "Fu Zhongtang should know how many officials are involved in dereliction of duty in this matter?" ”

Fu Ning'an has been in charge of the Ministry of Shangshu, these days have stayed up late to write letters, a little muttering, he said: "There are three major units of unorganized immigrants, all the way across the prefecture and through the county, like no one's land, involving a total of 12 prefectures, 38 prefectures and county officials. ”

"Tianjin is the source, Tianjin is not strictly controlled, Shanghai, Karopa will be dragged down, a little careless, it will cause a big change, lose the hearts of the immigrants, the imperial court to demolish a huge amount of immigration, is it not a wish?" Yinzhen said in a deep voice: "Australian immigration is a matter of national policy, how can it be such a child's play?" A group of officials, since they are corpses, it is better to be dismissed and investigated, and all officials involved in this matter will be impeached and dismissed! ”