Zhou Yanru's letter has been carefully analyzed, and Zheng Xunrui and others have analyzed a lot of information from it, the most important of which is that the imperial court is very likely to adjust the position of Zheng Xunrui Caoyun's governor.

Zheng Xunrui served as the governor of Caoyun for several years, and poured a lot of effort into Huaibei, especially in the rules set in commercial transactions, which were fully rolled out, and the businessmen who did business in Huaibei were accustomed to it, and knew that they had to pay the so-called protection fee according to the size of the business, otherwise they would not be able to continue to do business in Huaibei, and this income had become the most stable and important part of the Caoyun Governor's Mansion in the local prefectures and counties.

Once Zheng Xunrui leaves Huai'an, no matter where he goes, whether this situation can continue to be maintained, whether it will suffer twists and turns, you must know that it is not a simple matter to collect protection fees from the hands of merchants, if someone announces that they are not collecting protection fees, then merchants can't ask for it.

This is probably the problem that Xu Wanghua and others are most worried about.

Zheng Xunrui can not be indifferent to this matter, fully roll out the trade tax, this is one of Zheng Xunrui's main policies, the reason why Huaibei can collect a huge amount of trade tax, is because the development here is very balanced, the people have food and silver in their hands, you can buy more things, at the same time Huai'an terminal almost monopolizes all the goods transported to the north, safe transportation so that the vast majority of businessmen, rather pay some protection fees, but also concentrate the goods to Huai'an wharf.

It was Hongmen who coordinated these things.

Hongmen is already famous in Huaibei and along the Grand Canal, everyone knows that Caoyun is directly controlled by Hongmen, if you don't follow the rules of Hongmen, then don't think about relying on the Grand Canal to do business, but Hongmen is completely different from the previous Cao Gang. Because the rules of Hongmen are clear, there is no arbitrary deduction, and Hongmen guarantees the smooth flow of water transportation and the safety of any ship coming and going to the canal.

The relationship between Hongmen and the Caoyun Governor's Mansion is also well known, and at some point. Hongmen can replace the Caoyun Governor's Mansion, many businessmen are also aware of this, to say that the businessmen are willing to take out the protection fee, this is unrealistic, it is precisely because behind the Hongmen is the Caoyun Governor's Mansion, so Huaibei and the businessmen who do business in Huaibei obediently pay the protection fee.

But Hongmen has one of the biggest problems, that is, it does not have the identity of the government.

In this case, it sounds better. With the support of the Caoyun Governor's Mansion, Hongmen can call for wind and rain, and there is no problem in doing whatever he wants, but once he leaves the support of the Caoyun Governor's Mansion, Hongmen is likely to be struggling, and even suffer from the calculations of the businessmen.

Since the emperor and the imperial court have decided to adjust Zheng Xunrui's position, it will be a matter of time, and it will not stop because Zheng Xunrui is devoted to doing a good job. At the same time, Zheng Xunrui also has his own plans, he can't always do things as the governor of Caoyun. The limitations are too great, and what he can rule is the four prefectures and three prefectures in Huaibei, although these places are basically rich places.

Xu Wanghua and others also made an analysis, once the imperial court decided to adjust Zheng Xunrui, then it would be impossible for the next position to go to the capital. Under the current circumstances, neither the emperor nor the court will do this, according to Zheng Xunrui's qualifications and merits, he will enter the cabinet when he arrives in the capital, which is probably unbearable for the emperor. And the position of local governor is even more impossible, so think about it, there are only two positions, one is the governor of Jiliao, and the other is the secretary of the Nanjing military department.

Combining the two positions, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, but obviously the power of the governor of Jiliao is much greater, and there are more places that can be controlled, but it is a pity that if the imperial court lets Zheng Xunrui be the governor of Jiliao, it means that Zheng Xunrui and the imperial court have completely turned their faces, after all, the duty of the governor of Jiliao is to guard Liaodong and fight against Houjin Tartars.

The Nanjing Military Department is still the book, the power is smaller, and the places that can be controlled are also smaller.

The situation of Nanzhili is very special, there are Caoyun Governor, Fengyang Governor, Yingtian Governor, they are each responsible for a place, if the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu has enough qualifications, these people may still buy it, but if the qualifications or ability are not enough, then these people will not obey the order, and the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu is likely to become an empty shelf.

But if the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu can control the entire Nanzhili, the power is also amazing, because the richest places in the Ming Dynasty are all in Nanzhili.

Once the imperial court is ready to adjust Zheng Xunrui, whether it will be the governor of Jiliao or the secretary of the Nanjing military department, Xu Wanghua and others can't analyze, but it is okay to make all preparations in advance.

Judging from the current situation, it is best to serve as the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department.

After two days of analysis and discussion, Zheng Xunrui finally made up his mind.

Caoyun Governor's Palace, study.

After listening to the analysis of Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong and others, Zheng Xunrui has already thought maturely.

"Your analysis is very good, since the emperor and the court don't want me to be the governor of Caoyun, there are always many ways to think of it, so we have to make adjustments."

"The first thing, this year's Caoyun, the grain transported has been reduced from 2 million stones to 800,000 stones, and there is not a single grain more, I might as well give the imperial court a chance to adjust my title as the governor of Caoyun."

"If the transportation of grain is reduced, the north will definitely be in trouble, and the imperial court will definitely be in a hurry, so let them go in a hurry, and it will not be a matter of time for them to be in a hurry."

"The second thing, to strengthen the strength of the Hongmen, we must not let the rules set before be ruined because we have left the Caoyun Governor's Palace."

"This matter is very important, and it must be done at all costs, especially the merchants from all over Huaibei, if they think that the sky has changed because of the change of the governor of Caoyun, then they will be punished by Hongmen, so don't think that they can continue to do business in Huaibei."

"The third thing is to stabilize the governments at all levels in the four prefectures and three prefectures, don't let the imperial court adjust the prefects and counties in a short period of time, as long as these officials are not adjusted, our foundation here is stable, and Hongmen has a lot of contacts with these governments, and the stability of the government means that Hongmen can continue to play a good role."

"The fourth thing is that some of the sergeants of the Zheng family army continue to be stationed in Huai'an, and their main duty is to protect the Huai'an Firearms Bureau, Jiangwutang and other places, which are forbidden areas and no one is allowed to interfere."

"The fifth thing is to make the new Caoyun Governor unable to perform his duties, so that Caoyun will stop completely, as long as someone who does not meet my heart becomes the Caoyun Governor, then the north will wait for food and hunger, then they will wait to transport grain from land."

"As long as we can strengthen the power of Hongmen and stabilize the Yamen of Fuzhou County, then even if the new governor of Caoyun is an immortal, he will not be able to exert his skills in Huai'an, and the emperor and the court will not ask me to recommend the candidate for the governor of Caoyun, but I will force them to do so, and I will let them steal chickens and rice." ……

When Zheng Xunrui said the arrangements one by one, his face was calm.

Everyone knows the bloody wind and rain hidden behind this, the transportation has almost stopped, the grain in the north has decreased suddenly, the north has suffered many years of famine, and will soon fall into a huge shock, Chongzhen's large-scale rebellion in the first year, on the one hand, because the government collected the arrears of taxes over the years, on the other hand, it was a famine, and the people ran out of food.

In recent years, the situation in the north has been generally stable, because of the smooth transportation of water, and more than 2 million stone of grain is continuously sent to the north every year, which is equivalent to the south supporting the north, but once such support is suspended, the stable situation will not exist in an instant.

The enhancement of Hongmen's power means that it can sometimes even represent the government, and the deeper meaning is that after Zheng Xunrui left Huaibei, Hongmen dared to work against the governor of Caoyun to ensure that all the policies determined by Zheng Xunrui would not change.

Speaking of the Firearms Bureau and the Jiangwutang, the key to these two places, everyone knows that leaving Zheng Jiajun to guard these two places will undoubtedly make the new Caoyun Governor extremely uncomfortable, but because of the prestige of the Zheng Jiajun, presumably the new Caoyun Governor is also dissatisfied in his heart.

The most important thing is to squeeze out the governor of Caoyun, which is very likely to make the emperor and the court angry.

Hongmen actually controlled Caoyun, once Hongmen made a hindrance from it, Caoyun could not continue at all, the new Caoyun Governor faced such a situation, even if he scolded people every day, it was useless, after all, Hongmen listened to Zheng Xunrui, and the elites on the Caowen, such as A Bing and others, were all members of Hongmen, which made the hope of the new Caoyun Governor start a new stove was completely shattered.

And the new governor of Caoyun, there is a very heavy burden, that is, the Huaibei officials at all levels of the Lu, Huaibei officials at all levels of the Lu, and other places are very different, the monthly salary is fixed, but the subsidy is very high, often several times the monthly salary, just take the county of Yulu as an example, the Yulu it should get, five taels of silver per month, sixty taels of silver a year, but its subsidy is fifty taels of silver per month, six hundred taels of silver throughout the year, ten times the monthly salary, it is precisely because of such a high Yulu that the county is guaranteed a decent life, So that they can do things with peace of mind.

It can be said that the situation in Huaibei is completely different from the situation in various parts of the Ming Dynasty, and the newly appointed governor of Caoyun cannot do anything unless he is recognized by Zheng Xunrui and completely maintains the original situation.

Zheng Xunrui has been planning for such a long time, that is, to gradually control more places, he once served as the governor of Shaanxi, and now basically controls Shaanxi, so he left Huai'an, no longer served as the governor of Caoyun, and he wanted to control the entire Huaibei. (To be continued......)