All the officials in the coastal areas of Zhejiang and Fujian knew that Qin Zhongtang's trip to the south was not just to put down the Japanese riots, but also a response of the imperial court to the out-of-control chaos in the southeast coast in recent years.

The imperial court is not blind, so how could it not be blind to the widespread smuggling situation.

With Qin Zhongtang's status and the great authorization he has received, people in the officialdom can basically tell that Qin Zhongtang is different from other governors.

The rest of the governors came out of the town, basically with the imperial court's decision, and acted in accordance with the imperial court's policy.Qin Zhongtang is not the case, he himself is the decision.

So everyone was guessing which side Qin Zhongtang's attitude was facing.

Probably Qin Zhongtang also understood everyone's urgency, so he came to make a public statement before disembarking.

Regardless of whether it is in line with everyone's wishes, this is at least an open and honest one, letting officials know which way the wind is blowing.

Whether the sea is banned or opened, it is the decision of the big bosses above anyway. For most officials, all they can do is to adjust their opinions according to the decisions above.

In addition, everyone has a premonition that there will be troubles in Zhejiang and Fujian provinces in the past two years.

Seeing that Qin Zhongtang is young and energetic, the means of banning the sea must be harsh, and then the coastal prefectures and counties of the two provinces will inevitably have disturbances, and if they fail, there will be civil unrest.

Among the officials who came to welcome Qin Zhongtang, the person with the highest status was Ren Zhong, Zhejiang Zuobu Zhengshi.

When Qin Zhongtang abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, Mr. Ren hurriedly walked forward a few steps, and then greeted Qin Zhongtang on behalf of other officials, and said a few more polite words.

At the same time, setting up a public banquet and unblocking Qin Zhongtang to clean up the dust are all the prescribed routines for welcoming and sending.

But Qin Zhongtang refused to accept the wind and wash the dust today, waved his hands and said: "Because of the king's order, don't dare to neglect it. For newcomers, you should first familiarize yourself with the customs of the jurisdiction."

There is no need for a banquet today. After ten days, I will have a little income in the middle hall, and then I will invite you to the banquet!
The first level of the official rank crushes people to death, and Qin Zhongtang is the biggest here, so of course Qin Zhongtang has the final say on how to arrange it.

All the officials thought in their hearts, this Lord Zhongtang really has a personality as rumored.

The normal routine should be to get to know people first, make initial contact, and make a judgment, who is the enemy and who is the friend, who is easy to bully and who is not to be trifled with, and then the new official takes office with three fires to do something.

But this Master Zhongtang had to be silent for ten days before starting to contact people, which is indeed quite different.

Just when everyone was thinking about their own thoughts, they suddenly heard Qin Zhongtang's order saying: "In these ten days, all government offices will report the items they are currently doing, the items they plan to do in the second half of the year, the planned completion time, and the previous completion progress." List all the provisions and submit them to me.

Isn't this the way to pass the test? Mr. Ren, the chief envoy of the left, couldn't help muttering in his heart.

Most officials have heard that when Qin Zhongtang was in the capital, he strongly promoted the examination method, which made the officials of the six ministries miserable.

However, because Qin Zhongtang deliberately restrained himself, the examination method was not implemented locally this year.

Unexpectedly, when Qin Zhongtang went out of the town of Zhejiang and Fujian in person, he brought the Kaocheng method with him.

There is really no one here who can confront Qin Zhongtang head-on, so no matter what Qin Zhongtang ordered, the response he received was always good.

...

Some people began to think, maybe this is Qin Zhongtang's first fire after taking office?
Afterwards, Qin Zhongtang got into the sedan chair, and entered the city through Wulin Gate surrounded by his own soldiers, followed by all the officials to escort him.

Qin Zhongtang's nature wanted to enter the city in a low-key manner, without disturbing the people or the ground, but his status and status here made it impossible for him to enter the city in a low-key manner.

Needless to say, the Qingluo umbrella on the top of the head is a standard equipment for local officials, and the guard of honor in front of them has also played a high-level card.

If it was in the capital, it would be impossible for officials to put on such a show.

In terms of pomp and prestige, Beijing officials are generally recognized as far inferior to local officials.

According to the usual practice, the owner's most proud history and current status will be written on the highfoot card.

The front pair of silence and evasion are common and nothing new, but the other cards are a bit exaggerated.

Wen Kui and the number one scholar are a pair, Dr. Tejin Guanglu is a pair with Dongge University Bachelor, Youdu Yushi and Bingbu Shangshu are a pair, governors of Liangzhe and admirals of military affairs are a pair.

There are a total of five pairs of ten high-footed cards, which are held up in front of them proudly.Probably this is the most luxurious card in the world, not one of them, it was all arranged by Chen Feng, the subordinate officer at the front station.

If it wasn't for Chen Feng knowing that Qin Dewei likes to keep a low profile, this kind of high-handed card can add five more pairs, and the special gift of Donghuamen Fengzhoubo, Jingkui and the like can be added.

The entire city of Hangzhou is roughly long from north to south and narrow from east to west. The northeast belongs to Renhe County, the southwest belongs to Qiantang County, and the west is outside the city to the famous West Lake.

Chen Feng arranged for the shogunate to be stationed by the Tongjiang Bridge, so it didn't matter whether the transportation was convenient or not, and whether it was far or near to other government offices, Qin Zhongtang would not be inconvenient anyway.

There are many names for the governor's office, and the official standard name is the procuratorate. After all, the governors are all named as the official position of the metropolitan procuratorate.Then in private, some people call it Xingtai, some call it Xingyuan, and there are all kinds of names.

But Qin Zhongtang, the governor, was too special, and it was not appropriate to use the traditional name for the government office, so after much deliberation, others simply called it the shogunate verbally.

After entering the shogunate, let Mrs. Li take the servants to settle the lodging and living place. Qin Dewei and Chen Feng came to the side hall to talk.

Chen Feng reported the arrangement, and said to Qin Dewei: I went to Ningbo and made a preliminary inspection of the place, but I didn't have time to settle the government office there.Are you sure you want to go to Ningbo in the future?
Qin Dewei nodded and said: If you want to deal with maritime affairs, you must go to Ningbo.The warm wind makes tourists drunk, so what can you do in Hangzhou? So there must be a government office in Ningbo.

Chen Feng took the initiative to say: After the place is settled here, I will go to have a look.

Qin Zhongtang didn't pay much attention to things like the government office, and then asked Chen Feng: You came here a while ago, you should have collected different information, how is the current situation of the Japanese pirates?
Chen Feng replied: Summarizing the recent situation, the nine Japanese ships pretending to be tribute envoys did not dock here in Ningbo, perhaps because of the tight defense of the officers and soldiers.

Then went south to Taiwan, Wen, Zhang, and Quan to attack and harass, the army and the people suffered a lot of losses, and the guards just guarded their homeland.

This group of Japanese pirates plus the other people they coerced were divided into several groups. The total number was roughly two to three thousand, which is indeed a lot.

...

Qin Dewei analyzed casually: It is estimated that the forces on Shuangyu Island did not allow Japanese pirates to plunder in Ningbo, so as not to hinder the operation of Shuangyu Island.After all, Shuangyu Island is close to the sea off Ningbo. Once the coast is in chaos, they will also be affected.

These pirates can still listen to Shuangyu Island? Chen Feng asked in surprise.

Qin Dewei explained: Japanese pirates are also human beings, and they have to sell the stolen goods, so they have to ask for Shuangyu Island!
Then he sighed again: This year, the imperial court was caught off guard by the lax defense of the coastal guards, which gave these pirates a taste of the sweetness, and also saw the reality of the guards!
I'm afraid that next year, all kinds of real and fake Japanese pirates will increase several times, then it will be too troublesome!So we are short on time and the task is heavy!
Chen Feng is just a subordinate officer in charge of execution, and he doesn't have much independent thoughts, but he still can't help but wonder: Then why did you openly declare the ban on the sea? The stricter the ban on the sea, the more pirates there will be. You don't think there will be enough for next year. Trouble?
In my mind, I was thinking about following the usual policy inertia first, so as not to make drastic changes when it comes up, and cause the local tycoons to become vigilant.

There is a very metaphysical paradox in this. The big coastal households are secretly engaged in smuggling trade, but they hope to continue to maintain the forbidden sea, but at the same time, they also hope that the forbidden sea will not be too strict.

Chen Feng also said with emotion: Before you came to Zhejiang, I stayed in Ningbo for two days.

It's hard to believe if you don't see it with your own eyes. Almost every household by the sea is more or less involved in smuggling.

I advise you to go and see it with your own eyes, and you will understand after reading it. Sitting in the shogunate and giving orders is not the real situation.
condition.

Qin Dewei nodded in agreement and said: The situation is too complicated, you really should go and see it with your own eyes.

Chen Feng thought of something, and reported again: By the way, aren't you looking for a Fujian military officer named Yu Dayou?
He heard that you wanted to find him, so he came to Hangzhou City early to wait, and has been seeing you in the shogunate for the past few days.

Qin Dewei was very surprised. Why is this historical celebrity so unreserved? He ran from Fujian to Hangzhou in advance just because he called him? Is his personality so powerful?
Wasn't he guarding Qianhu and the Golden Gate? He dared to escape without permission? Qin Zhongtang would never deliberately take sides just because he was a historical celebrity.

He himself is quite possibly the most famous historical figure of our time.

Chen Feng smiled bitterly and said: You don't know, this Yu Dayou was born in a hundred households. After passing the martial arts examination, he was promoted to a thousand households and guarded the Golden Gate.

Two years ago, he wrote a letter to speak out, angered the inspector, and was immediately dismissed from his position, so now he is a small family with nothing to do and no actual dispatch.

Qin Dewei was speechless, no wonder Yu Dayou ran over immediately when he heard his call, because he is a fool now.

In the original historical time and space, Mao Bowen was a nobleman who appreciated Yu Dayou. After Mao Bowen became Minister of the Ministry of War, he reactivated Yu Dayou.

But in this time and space, Mao Bowen has been working as Minister of the Ministry of Punishments because of the exclusion of a certain middle hall.

Qin Dewei thought about it and ordered: Bring him here! Mao Bowen

At this time, Yu Dayou had no choice but to wait every day in the concierge of the shogunate, looking forward to the stars and the moon, so he came very quickly.

Qin Zhongtang hadn't tasted the taste of Longjing tea yet, when he saw a burly man striding in under Chen Feng's guidance.

...

At this time, Yu Dayou was very excited. He was full of strategy and liked to write letters to express his opinions. As a result, he lost his official position a few years ago.

After that, I wrote to the book many times, but I still hit a wall everywhere, and I haven't been able to use it again so far.

Unexpectedly, the mountains and rivers are full of doubts and there is no way out, and there is another village where the willows are dark and the flowers are bright. Qin Zhongtang, a top boss who has never met before, unexpectedly calls himself to use him!
Qin Zhongtang took a few glances, and said inexplicably, "It's okay, okay, you're in your prime, not a teenager."

Yu Dayou couldn't understand this sentence, but he guessed in his heart that Qin Zhongtang must have read his letter somewhere, and appreciated his talent and strategy, so he was going to use him!
Now that the Japanese rebellion is resurgent, and it is becoming more and more serious, it is time for a good man to make contributions!
After Yu Dayou finished his salute, he took out a booklet from his arms and presented it to Qin Zhongtang, saying: These are the eight strategies for Pingwa that Zagong painstakingly conceived, and I boldly present them to Zhongtang!
Qin Zhongtang took it casually, but didn't look at it, and said again: I'll accept the book first, but I didn't ask you to offer advice, I just wanted to use you.

Yu Dayou saw that Qin Zhongtang was not interested in his suggestion, although he was a little disappointed, he immediately stated: "Ningbo Taizhou to Zhangzhou Quanzhou, you can go anywhere, Qin Zhongtang just use it!"
Qin Zhongtang put down the teacup and said casually: "I plan to appoint you as the battalion commander."

Yu Dayou was overjoyed that the official position of commanding the battalion is directly in charge of the army, and his status is not low!
Then I heard Qin Zhongtang add: Then you go to Guangdong!
Yu Dayou was stunned immediately, thinking he had heard wrong.

Zheng Zhuang had a strong desire to go into battle and kill the enemy immediately, so why did he send himself to Guangdong in one go? Is Qin Zhongtang reliable? Isn't going to Guangdong tantamount to exile?
Qin Dewei added: [-] local soldiers were conscripted from various chieftains in Guangxi, and you will be responsible for receiving them when you go to Guangdong, and complete the training before the end of the year!
Yu Dayou: ...

What the hell are the soldiers? Can they fight? What is this Qin Zhongtang thinking? Let him go to Guangdong to train the soldiers?
Are you going or not? Qin Zhongtang asked unquestionably.

Yu Dayou came back to his senses, and said repeatedly: "I

go, i go!
It’s okay not to go now, there is no other way out.

Let the soldiers be the soldiers, anyway, it was Qin Zhongtang's order.

Qin Dewei continued to say, there is a second matter, which is my private matter.After you arrive in Guangdong, wait for Daotai surnamed Qi to take office, and then assist him in building a large sailing ship that can fight!
When Yu Dayou was thinking about Qin Zhongtang's intentions, he heard Qin Zhongtang say again: "Remember to keep these two things secret, and don't let any news out in Zhejiang and Fujian!"
Yu Dayou figured it out after a little thought. He was building warships and training troops in Guangdong, far away from Zhejiang, so that he could be a rare soldier in the future, so he nodded and clasped his fists and said: I understand!
At the very least, it can prove that Qin Zhongtang had a plan in his heart, either he messed up on a whim, or he didn't know whether the Guangxi native soldiers could do it or not.

After seeing off Yu Dayou, Chen Feng continued to talk to Qin Dewei, persuading: You are really tired from the journey, you might as well rest for a day or two to relax.

For example, go to see the beautiful scenery of West Lake.

Qin Dewei couldn't help thinking of the experience of visiting the West Lake during the Golden Week after 500 years, and subconsciously said: Forget it, there are too many people.

Chen Feng suggested: If you want to be quiet, then clear the venue and just drive away other tourists. Are you a fake governor?
Is it so cool to be the ruling class? Qin Dewei waved his hand.

With the king's order in hand and the Japanese pirates still alive, there is no need to deliberately visit the West Lake, but you should go to Yuewang Temple to worship.

Chen Feng couldn't help laughing out loud: you, Qin, go to worship Yue Fei?
What? No? No? What do you know? Superficial! Qin Zhongtang said disdainfully.

From the Song Dynasty, people were ashamed of their name juniper, and I was ashamed of my surname Qin in front of the grave. These two sentences are still circulating after 500 years.

I am also surnamed Qin, how can I not pretend like this?
And you can't go as an official with a lot of fanfare, you should visit secretly in a micro-service, and then leave these two sentences, so that the story will have enough charm.
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