Zhu Youzhen agreed to Wang Chengen's proposal, and the top priority now is indeed to immediately elect an official to serve as the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture and the promotion of the city's shipping department.

After all, today's Songjiang Mansion is the most important concentration of foreign trade in the Ming Dynasty, and tens of millions of silver dollars of goods enter and exit every day, so the post of prefect of Songjiang Mansion cannot be suspended for a long time, otherwise the entire Songjiang Mansion will be in a leaderless place, and the public security and commercial order will become chaotic, which will cause great losses to the imperial court.

"Who is the current Songjiang Mansion?" Zhu You asked with a calm face.

"Back to Your Majesty, Songjiang Mansion Cheng Wushi Tong has just submitted his resignation", Wang Chengen knows the mind of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, and all the rules of Songjiang Mansion's opening and trade are all taught by Zhu Youzhen during Wu Jiayin's tenure as the prefect of Yingtian, and it is almost difficult to easily manage the commerce and trade of Songjiang Mansion as an ordinary official, and now that Wu Jiayin is dead, it is not easy to choose an official who is familiar with commerce and trade, and he can only choose from the officials of Songjiang Mansion. After all, these officials all followed Wu Jiayin to create a world in Songjiang Mansion.

However, when Zhu Youzhen heard Wang Chengen say that Songjiang Mansion Cheng also submitted his resignation, he was even more angry for a while, Wu Jiayin was the person he was promoted from the household department member Wailang to Ying Tianfu Yin and then transferred to Songjiang Mansion for less than three months, and he was personally taught the knowledge of economic and trade reform, but he didn't expect that he finally waited for Wu Jiayin to fight a world in Songjiang Mansion, and ended up being assassinated, and now even Songjiang Mansion Cheng has to resign.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen with a frosty face, Wang Chengen was also a little uneasy, he was an official who followed Zhu Youzhen to move south, he did not have his own industry in the south, and now he also relied on Songjiang Mansion to open a port, and he also made a lot of money by opening his own three shops in Huangpu, Songjiang Prefecture, so he also did not want the newly prosperous business and trade of Songjiang Mansion to be dimmed because of the killing of the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture.

"Songjiang Mansion opened the port, the most benefited is the imperial court and the merchants who opened shops in Songjiang Mansion, and the heaviest loss is these local gentry households, especially after seeing the huge profits brought by their repossessed fields after the opening of the port, it is inevitable to cause the jealousy of these local gentry households, Wu Jiayin Qingzhang Tianmu has angered them, and now Songjiang Mansion has prospered after the opening of the port, naturally it is even more hateful, Songjiang Mansion Cheng Wushi Tong has been an official in Songjiang Mansion for ten years, and naturally knows the strength of the local gentry. Naturally, he didn't dare to be this official. ”

As soon as Wang Chengen said this, Zhu Youzhen smiled coldly: "This Songjiang Mansion is not as good as before, and the annual income of being the prefect of Songjiang Mansion is not less than one million silver dollars, it is impossible that there is no official who is unwilling to be this official, convene the cabinet and cabinet ministers, and nominate a new prefect candidate. ”

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At this time, the ground of Shanghai County, Songjiang Prefecture, the entire Huangpu and other banks are lined with shops, and even began to build high-rise buildings near the river, and the Central Bank of Daming has also set up its own foreign exchange headquarters here, where it collects Yingyang and silver and gold and other coins, and puts silver coins to the sea.

The already noisy two sides of Huangpu are now more lively than before, and everyone gathers in the nearby teahouse and wine shop to discuss the violent death of Yin Wu Jiayin, the governor of Songjiang Prefecture.

At this time, the local eunuch Lu Renchang was also gathering in a teahouse with Xu Erlu, the Ministry of Works, Lu Renchang poured half a glass of wine into the cup of Xu Erlu before saying: "Now that the prefect of Wu is dead, the government is also preparing to resign, but the court is only afraid that a new prefect and the government will immediately appoint a new prefect and the government to come, and I don't know if this new mansion will return the land that should belong to us to us. ”

"Needless to say, we are not against the opening of the port by the imperial court, now that the transportation has been broken, the business is not as good as before, and we do have to count on the opening of the port to take the road of shipping in order to restore the prosperity of the past, but the imperial court should not occupy our fields, these official fields are our family property for decades, how can we say that we will take it away, this Wu Jiayin does not hesitate to forcibly take it away, and he deserves to die! However, you say, the court will not find out the clues in this. Xu Erlu asked.

"What's the discovery, you are the grandson of Xu Ge Lao, Your Majesty has always valued Xu Ge Lao, even after moving south, he did not forget to praise Xu Ge Lao, and even gave you a false title of Guanglu Siqing, you are still afraid that the court will not be able to do anything to you, and besides, this is a matter of no evidence, as long as the officials of the world know that we are not easy to mess with! Wait for the arrival of the new prefect, if the new prefect comes, willing to help us return the fields that belong to us and the shops on the fields, we will naturally let him be the prefect, make a lot of money, and be promoted back to Nanjing in a beautiful manner. ”

This Lu Renchang said and attached his ear to Xu Erlu's ear: "I have already got in touch with Li Tianjing, the left Tongzheng of Nanjing City, Li Tongzheng has promised that if the cabinet can recommend him to be the prefect of Songjiang Mansion, it will definitely meet our wishes. ”

"It's easy to say!" Xu Erlu agreed to Lu Renchang's proposal.

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On this day, Fan Jingwen, Gao Hongtu, Ma Shiying, Qi Biaojia, Liu Zongzhou, and Song Yingxing gathered in Fengtianmen, and Shi Kefa, who had been promoted to the palm seal of the celebrant supervisor, Zhu Youzhen first asked the eunuch Bingbi and the governor of Dongchang to explain the purpose of the court meeting.

Of course, before coming, the six cabinet scholars had already learned the news of the violent death of Wu Jiayin, the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, from various channels, so when Wang Chengen said the purpose of the court meeting, the six did not show much surprise.

"Your Majesty, the status of Songjiang Mansion in the Ming Dynasty is no less than that of Yingtianfu and Fengyang Mansion, and the officials of Songjiang Mansion should be cautious in selecting officials, Zuo Tongzheng Li Tianjing is quite familiar with money law and commerce, so Weichen suggested that Li Tianjing of Zuo Tongzheng be transferred to Songjiang Prefect and City Governor to ensure that the commercial port of Songjiang Mansion can continue to be maintained."

Fan Jingwen, the first assistant of the cabinet, first expressed his suggestion, he did not know who was more suitable to serve as the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, and there were only a handful of officials in the Manchu Dynasty who really understood commerce and trade, and he could only recommend a place based on the suggestion of Xu Erlu, the son of an old friend.

Zhu Youzhen was not familiar with this Zuo Tongzheng Li Tianjing, but at this time, Wang Chengen whispered in Zhu Youzhen's ear: "Your Majesty, according to the people in Dongchang, this Zuo Tongzheng Li Tianjing has a very close relationship with Lu Renchang, a rural eunuch in Shanghai. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, didn't say anything, and then asked the other cabinet scholars: "Do you have any objections to the people recommended by the first assistant?" ”

Gao Hongtu and Qi Biaojia all shook their heads.

And Zhu Youzhen laughed: "Since this is the case, according to the performance of the first assistant Fan Gelao, Li Tianjing of Zuo Tongzheng was promoted as the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture and the city secretary, and in addition, the resignation of the government of the government was dismissed!" ”

(End of chapter)