On September 15, Zheng Xunrui and his family arrived in Huai'an.

This time he was with his family all the way, he didn't speed up, he had time to spend more time with his family, which also made him feel more at peace and feel less guilty, the time to crusade against the rogues and resist the Houjin Tartars was too long, and he didn't see his family for more than half a year, although Wen Manshan and the others wouldn't say anything, but there was definitely a sense of loss.

Zheng Xunrui accompanied his family to Huai'an Mansion City, the road was very lively, Wen Manshan, Dongmei, Lotus Leaf and Yang Aizhen and others, they were very happy, and when they rested every day, they chattered around him, and there were endless words.

However, Zheng Xunrui is not completely idle, he has been thinking about Caoyun.

Cao Yun is related to the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also a matter of special concern to the emperor.

The Grand Canal excavated in the Sui and Tang dynasties has always undertaken a good task, transporting grain, silk, tea, porcelain and other materials from the south to the north on a large scale, and the most transported is grain, because of climate and soil and other reasons, the grain output in the north has been very low, almost half of the yield per mu in the south, and the north as the political center of the dynasties, gathered a large number of officials and troops, and the cost was huge, especially in the Ming Dynasty, most of the troops were concentrated in the north, Liaodong and the border pass are even more dependent on the support of grain sent by Cao Yun, so in this case, Cao Yun has a pivotal role.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has been dug by successive dynasties, and by the time of the Ming Dynasty, the total length has reached 3,564 miles, reaching Hangzhou Mansion in Zhejiang Province in the south, and Beijing in the north, passing through Zhejiang, Nanzhili, Shandong, Henan, Beizhili and other places along the way. The cities through which the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes are all prosperous in commerce and trade, and merchants gather.

As the Huai'an Mansion where the Caoyun Governor's Mansion is located, not to mention, the Caoyun Governor's Mansion is here. Large and small officials and guards were also stationed here, and many businessmen gathered here to seek business opportunities, guiding the prosperity and wealth of Huai'an Fucheng, and becoming a lively and prosperous place in Nanzhili second only to Nanjing.

Caoyun Governor's Mansion is located in the center of Huai'an Mansion City, and is in a prosperous area.

When he took office in Huai'an Fucheng, Zheng Xunrui did not publicize it. However, when he arrived at Huai'an Fucheng, Wu Zhenying, the governor of Fengyang, and Yang Ze, the eunuch who guarded the town, still led officials of all sizes to greet him at the gate of Fucheng.

This is a common practice in officialdom, although Zheng Xunrui does not like this form. But he also wants to express his gratitude to many officials, who know very well that his appointment as governor of Caoyun has worried the nerves of many people, especially those with vested interests.

The so-called vested interests are the officials, scholars, merchants, and the people at the lowest level who rely on Cao Yun to make a fortune.

This is a powerful force, and collusion between officials and businessmen has become an open matter in various industries. The many Caoyun gangs supported by merchants relied on the protection of the government to save their lives and honor the officials at the same time. Influence the rise and fall of Caoyun.

Zheng Xunrui has long been prepared, and the Zheng family army led by him has become the absolute backbone at this time, and many of the shortcomings in Caoyun must be completely abolished, in other words, to defeat the cancer of collusion between officials and businessmen. It has become the most important task to ensure the prosperity of Caoyun, and the silver that should be earned. It was also Zheng Jiajun who earned it.

Of course, this requires a process.

Entering the city of Huai'an, you will be greeted by the bustle. still made Zheng Xunrui quite emotional.

In fact, outside the city of Huai'an, Zheng Xunrui has an unusual feeling, both sides of the official road are full of shops, dense, row to scale, there are many people coming and going on the official road, there are leisurely readers, more are in a hurry, and the people are rushing to survive.

Zheng Xunrui is the governor of Caoyun, and entering the city of Huai'an certainly has an unusual style, there are guards and soldiers who specialize in opening the road in front, and dozens of carriages in the middle, Zheng Xunrui and many officials follow behind the carriage, and behind are two thousand soldiers who follow Zheng Xunrui at all times.

Zheng Jiajun, under the leadership of Zheng Jinhong and others, had arrived in Huai'an ahead of schedule and was stationed in the Weicao military camp.

Such a majestic style is also opposed by Zheng Xunrui, and he even regrets it a little, he should not go to Huai'an Mansion with his family, if he comes early, he can avoid complicated etiquette. In fact, this kind of momentum has already shown an attitude, that is, he, the governor of Caoyun, is still of the same mind with many officials, and he will not make much changes when he comes to Huai'an, and he will do things according to the original requirements.

There is a profound meaning behind everything, and Zheng Xunrui is not stupid.

There are too many merchants in the city of Huai'an Mansion, all the way through, are large and small shops, houses along the street, almost no dwellings, luxurious and elegant restaurants, green buildings, tea houses and gambling houses, are also particularly dazzling, there are many people coming and going on the street, which reminds Zheng Xunrui of a poem by Qiu Jun, who was an official in the four dynasties from Ming Yingzong to Ming Xiaozong: Ten miles of Zhu Banner on both sides of the boat, when to sing and dance in the middle of the night. The thousand-year-old prosperity of Yangzhou has moved to the mouth of the West Lake.

Zheng Xunrui remembers that Nanjing's Qinhuai River is the most prosperous and wealthy and entertainment place in the Ming Dynasty, in fact, Huai'an Mansion City is no less than Nanjing's Qinhuai River, but there are many merchants here, in the eyes of Daming readers, merchants are not on the elegant hall, they are not willing to sing the praises of merchants, so as not to lose their value, the place where readers pride themselves on enjoying is elegant, Huai'an Mansion City is a place like this, it must not be in their eyes, really speaking, Huai'an Mansion City is more lively than Qinhuai River, and there are many more people gathered. It's just that the people here are three religions and nine streams, which are different from the Qinhuai River, where most of the people are scholars.

In Huai'an City, the situation of singing every night and not closing the market at night is very common, in order to be able to seize business opportunities, businessmen are tireless, especially those businessmen at the bottom, in order to be able to make money and survive, especially hard, those who have been based on the big businessmen, although they no longer have to work so hard, but will not miss the opportunity to make money, and their subordinates run errands as hard.

Prosperous business and trade, will drive the development of all aspects, just imagine, all the ships of Cao Yun, all need to stay in Huai'an Mansion, accept inspection, tens of millions of boatmen and sailors, Cao Yun officers and soldiers stay here, eat and stay, the merchants from the south to the north need to trade goods here, and the passengers also need to stay here, more importantly, in order to ensure the smooth flow of Cao Yun and ensure the supply of grain, Huai'an Mansion has also set up two Changying warehouses, two Chang Ping positions, three reserve warehouses, and five early Zhuang warehouses, These warehouses had to ensure that there was enough grain to be ready for shipment to the north and the capital.

The huge demand for commerce and trade will surely drive the development of merchants, so countless merchants in the Ming Dynasty have gathered in Huai'an Fucheng, looking forward to getting a piece of the pie.

It can be said that Caoyun has become the largest business action in the Ming Dynasty, which has led to the development of too many aspects.

The most important problem here is that the so-called policy of hiding wealth from the people in the middle of the Korean and eastern Lin Party has protected the interests of the southern scholars and merchants to the greatest extent, increased agricultural taxes, harmed the interests of the peasants, and greatly reduced the grain that needs to be allocated and transported by the Caoyun, resulting in a strict shortage of grain supply in the north, especially in the third to eighth years of Chongzhen. When the north suffered a large-scale famine, it was impossible to mobilize large quantities of food from the south.

The bigger hidden danger lies in the dredging of the river.

Cao Yun must rely on the smooth flow of the river, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is as long as 3,564 miles, any section of the river siltation, has a fatal impact on the Cao Yun, but since the early years of Chongzhen, the imperial court lacks silver, the daily expenses are almost impossible to maintain, can be invested in the river dredging on the silver is more limited, the main guarantee is from Huai'an to the capital of the river dredging, other aspects of the river dredging, often negligent.

You must know that the transportation of the Ming Dynasty is not developed, if the grain relies on land transportation, the cost is very great, and the road is not particularly safe, compared with the land transportation, the cost is much smaller, the speed is much faster, there are obvious advantages, so the transportation has become the lifeline of the north and south communication of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Xunrui remembers very well that when he was in Shaanxi, many times he bought grain from the south, relying on Cao Yun, if the businessmen could not rely on Cao Yun and completely relied on land transportation, the cost of grain would be unimaginable.

Along the road to the Caoyun Governor's Palace, the people and merchants were to avoid.

Zheng Xunrui on horseback looked at this qiē and did not speak, although he had a smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes, this kind of high-minded attitude was extremely unsuitable for him, and this kind of behavior was afraid that it would also cause disgust from others and make the people misunderstand.

Half an hour later, the brigade arrived at the Caoyun Governor's Palace.

In front of the governor's yamen, a pair of dusty alum stone stone lions, aroused his attention, this pair of stone lions, it is said that the Yuan Dynasty Persian tribute stone lions, the entire Ming Dynasty only two pairs, a pair left in the Huai'an Mansion of the Caoyun Governor's Palace, a team in front of the Yingtianfu Yamen in the capital.

Caoyun Governor's Mansion is Wanli seven years when Huai'an Mansion City moved, rebuilt here, less than 60 years ago, the building scale is large, there are 213 rooms, Caoyun Governor's Mansion is large and small more than 270 officials are working here, Caoyun Governor's family is also living in the Governor's Palace, the same as other yamen settings, there are halls, two halls, the difference is that there is also a Grand View Hall and Huaihe Festival Building.

The rank of the governor of Caoyun is the second grade, and the yamen is set up to be similar to the six departments, and there are more than 20,000 officials and guards under the jurisdiction of the Caoyun soldiers, which is more than the people directly under the jurisdiction of the six departments. (To be continued)