Xinqi Town is still a town in Han County, and it is not possible to appoint officials such as the magistrate, and the official who manages this county is Zhang Linhe, the county magistrate of Han County, Zhang Linhe is also a six-year jinshi of Jiayou, and he was sent to Han County to serve after opening up the relationship.

This is also the unique advantage of Kunzhou, and all the officials assigned to Kunzhou are directly transferred from alternate to Beijing officials.

This policy has been stopped in other overseas states, and only Kunzhou is still maintained to this day, making Kunzhou a sweet spot in the eyes of all kinds of jinshi, and the competition is extremely fierce.

This kind of competition seems unfair, but in fact, it has brought huge benefits to Kunzhou, which has the privilege of building roads, building cities, and running schools, and has a very rich finance, and has a lot of money to recruit Japanese laborers, and the people and officials here are very wealthy, and Kunzhou is one of the best in the Great Song Dynasty in terms of living conditions and office conditions.

Not only that, but the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty gradually formed a Kunzhou department, headed by Fan Ning, followed by a series of officials such as Yu Xiaonian, Cao Shi, Li Dashou, and Su Liang.

Therefore, Fanning's return to Kunzhou for inspection this time is of great significance to Kunzhou officials.

Fanning pointed to the large woods in the north and said to Zhang Linhe Road: "Returning forests and refarming cannot be attacked from all sides, we must concentrate our fists to open up a large piece of land, I think it is necessary to pave the land in the north as soon as possible, all the way to the sea, which has a crucial impact on the future development of Qi County, you stop logging in the south and west, concentrate labor to knock down the big trees in the north, and form fertile fields as soon as possible, in addition, you can't wait for the land to be fully formed before allocating the land, you can distribute it now, hurry up and catch the spring ploughing, it's still too late, Strive to achieve self-sufficiency in grain in the autumn, and the people of Qi County cannot be allowed to eat official grain for another year. ”

"The lowly office understands that, in fact, all the land distribution matters have been prepared and will be implemented in these two days."

Fan Ning nodded and said with a smile: "Soon, the officials of Kunzhou will gather in Xinqi Town, and if there are any difficulties that need the help of brother counties, take this opportunity to bring it up, I also told you in the morning, the construction of the city wall is now approved by the envoy, and I will approve it in the next two days, you hurry up and negotiate with the state government, how to arrange the labor and craftsmen who built the city, first of all, you must have a plan yourself, and you can't completely count on the state government." ”

"Humble duty understands!"

Seeing that he was already sweating on his forehead, Fanning smiled and said: "Everything has priorities, if the number of laborers really can't be dispatched, then you have to judge for yourself, which things need to be done urgently, and which things can be slowed down, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Zhang Linhe nodded silently, "I think it's more urgent to cut down forests and open up land." ”

"That's okay, you cut down the forest first, but at the same time you have to start burning bricks, and when the forest is cut down, the bricks for building the city wall have also been burned, so that the construction period of the city will be greatly shortened, and then you will build a dock and build an official road leading to the dock, and there will be warehouses and so on, these things must be arranged in advance."

"When I got home, I started drawing up a plan."

While the two were talking, a soldier rode a horse to report, "Envoy Qiyu, Governor Liang, and officials from Han County and Jin County have arrived." ”

Fanning turned his horse's head and rode towards the town with Zhang Linhe.

The current governor of Kunzhou is called Liang Chun, about thirty-five or sixteen years old, a native of Jiangning Prefecture, and Fan Ning is the same branch jinshi, is the son-in-law of the former Xiangguo Pang, he was originally the deputy envoy of the Sansidu branch, and was recommended by Sima Guang to replace Yu Xiaonian as the governor of Kunzhou, and it has been two years so far.

At this time, Li Yang, the magistrate of Han County, Luo Fangsheng, the magistrate of Jin County, Cheng Qing of the county, and Lu Bangjiang and Zhao Ziwen of Tang County all rushed to Xinqi Town, and everyone sat down in a mansion that had not yet been listed.

"Everyone, let everyone work hard to come to Xinqi Town, the main thing is that I want to come to Xinqi Town to have a look, get together with everyone today, tomorrow I have to go to the military camps in various places, and then go to Heianjing, Japan, so my time in Kunzhou is about six days, if there is anything I need help with, try to bring it up within these six days, and we will solve it in person."

Fanning got straight to the point and briefly told the officials present about his schedule.

None of the officials spoke, and Zhizhou Liang Chun's smile was even a little embarrassed, of course, it was not that they didn't have a problem, but Fan Ning's words were a bit out of place, or rather, a bit overstepping.

For example, when Fan Ning returned to Beijing as the governor of Kunzhou to report on his work, he did not report to the Jingluo Mansion at all, but only transferred a report to the Jingluo Mansion, and then directly reported to the Governor's Office, which was the nominal leader of the state and county.

Today, everyone rushed to Xinqi Town to see Fan Ning just out of respect, out of consideration for the future officialdom, it is good to be able to climb the friendship, even if you can't climb, you can't offend, so everyone invariably put down the things in their hands and rushed over.

Now Fanning actually proposed to solve the practical problems for the state and county, which really surprised everyone, and there was silence in the lobby.

Fan Ning understood everyone's thoughts, so he smiled lightly: "You may not know, when my father died, after I was reinstated in three years, the first emperor wanted me to serve as an overseas economic envoy, at that time I was only a doctor from the fourth grade Taizhong, and now I am a doctor of the third grade Jin Ziguanglu, once served as the chief writer of the East Palace, and the power is equivalent to the deputy prime minister, why is it now that I have turned around and become an overseas economic envoy?"

So many people say that I, Fanning, have been deposed, and I have the merit of supporting but have been deposed, who has heard of such a thing? The fact is that I was not deposed at all, but I took the initiative to ask to be appointed as an overseas economic envoy. ”

Fan Ning slowly glanced at everyone, and continued: "The problem is not my body, but the official position of overseas economic envoy, although the name has not changed, but the various powers are tailored for me Fan Ning, I tell you, except for the governor of Kunzhou, I have the right to recommend all state-level overseas officials and the governor of Kunzhou, and I have the right to directly appoint and remove officials at the county level in other states."

I have the right to directly approve overseas mines and pastures, and I do not need to be reviewed by the three divisions, and I have the right to directly sell land within a radius of less than 50 miles overseas, and if the radius is more than 50 miles, it needs to be reported to the Governor for approval, and if the radius is more than 100 miles, it will be reported to the Son of Heaven for approval.

There are also troops, and the 25,000 troops belonging to the overseas economic and strategic governments are deployed by me with full authority overseas, and they can directly command operations, and I have the right to directly declare war on small overseas countries.

In addition, the Overseas Economic Strategy Office is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, and the administrative side reports to the Governor's Hall, while the military side reports directly to the Son of Heaven, of course, now the two Queen Mothers.

I don't know what powers my successor will have in the future, but now my power is very clear, I have the right to approve the establishment of a middle county with less than 1,000 households, and then report to the Zhizheng Tang for approval, these are all compromises reached by the Zhizheng Tang and me, to put it nicely, it is the Zhizheng Tang that supports overseas expansion, and to put it mildly, it is the Zhizheng Tang to send Fan Ning out of Beijing. ”

Fan Ning's words suddenly made the lobby explode, and the officials were shocked, Liang Chun stammered and asked, "We.... How.... Why haven't you been notified yet? ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "Because the documents of the Zhizheng Hall and the Privy Council need to be signed by the Privy Council before they can be officially issued, but it just so happens that I came out, so the notice will be a few days late, but since I can tell you calmly here, I naturally have my confidence, I will soon approve the establishment of Qi County and Wei County, and appoint the corresponding county orders and county officials, everyone will know that what I said is true." ”

Fanning pushed out his various powers here like a showdown, which was also the result of his repeated consideration.

Kunzhou is where he started, is his base camp, he hopes that he still maintains a significant influence on Kunzhou, deterrence is a good way, his remarks are not only an oath of power, but also a kind of co-optation and warning to Kunzhou officials, follow me will have a bright future, but if you disobey me, then don't blame me for being unpredictable.

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Whether it was deterrence or co-optation, Fanning's words had an effect, and the officials became active, raising all kinds of problems that needed to be solved, and Fanning discussed them with everyone one by one, and the deliberations lasted for three hours, and finally came to an end in the evening.

Everyone was exhausted, and they all got up and went back to the post station to rest, Fan Ning stopped Liang Chun, Liang Chun was also a little tired, he reluctantly smiled: "Could it be that the envoy still wants to invite me to drink?" ”

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "I'll be Dong at noon tomorrow, and I'll invite everyone to drink, but forget it tonight, everyone is tired, I have something to say hello to Liang Zhizhou in advance." ”

"Please speak up!"

"That's right, the Ryukyu Prefecture also plans to bring in 20,000 Japanese laborers, and I'm going to go to Heiankyo to negotiate this matter with the Japanese Imperial Court, but I don't have a translator, so I want to borrow a translator from Kunshu."

Liang Chun thought for a while and said, "There are many people in Kunzhou who can speak Japanese Chinese, but only Cheng Qing can write and speak, so let Jun take him there!" ”

Fanning smiled and nodded, "That's exactly what I mean!" ”