Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 218 Chapter [-]: Taking off the Official Robes of the Border Officials

After finishing the matter in Zhoushan, Wang Daoqiu, escorted by the fleet, entered the Qiantang River along Hangzhou Bay and landed at the dock below the famous Liuhe Pagoda.

In later generations, this was a prosperous place. Real estate developers used every opportunity on both sides of the Qiantang River to build high-rise buildings wherever there was open space for so-called river-view houses.

As a result, the wind from the Qiantang River could no longer blow into Hangzhou. In addition, Hangzhou itself has four high-rise buildings, which are not conducive to air circulation.As a result, the summer heat in Hangzhou, the exhaust fumes from millions of cars every day, and the fumes from restaurants and kitchens in the streets and alleys all piled up in the city and could not be discharged.The paradise that was once there is no longer even clean air, and it is truly a city that is not suitable for human existence.

Of course, these are the great achievements jointly created by the great men of Qingtian and profiteers after the real estate development.Today's Hangzhou, on both sides of the Qiantang River, in the mist and rain, is still so beautiful that people will live forever. I want to stay with her like this and don't want to leave.

Feeling the vicissitudes of life and the uncertainty of the world, Wang Daoqiu saw off the fleet that had shared the joys and sorrows with him for half a year, and then said goodbye to the local county magistrate who came to greet him. He led a team of royal guards to protect him and his four small personal guards, and just left. The horse ran towards Hangcheng.

The current governor of Zhejiang Province is Zhu Wan, who also supervises the coastal defense and military affairs of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. He is an authentic feudal official who holds military and political power. He is also the kind of so-called "honest official" who Wang Daoqiu believes should be cut to pieces.

This Zhu Wan was crazy enough. Before Wang Daoqiu came, he sent a letter to him, saying that he planned to go to Hangzhou today.Zhu Wan also sent water pilot ships to guide Wang Daoqiu's fleet across Hangzhou Bay and into the Qiantang River.But the people who greeted Wang Daoqiu at the Qiantang River Pier were only a county magistrate and some county officials. Zhu Wan and others were not even seen.

Wang Daoqiu, a dignified cabinet minister, Grand Tutor, and Minister of Household Affairs, received such low standards after arriving at the local level. This is Zhu Wan's provocation!
With a raging fire in his heart, Wang Daoqiu rode his horse to the gate of Genshan in Hangzhou. At this time, a crowd of people watching the excitement gathered at the gate of the city, as well as nearly a hundred "officials and beasts".

As the horse approached, he turned over and dismounted, and saw a middle-aged official in his 40s with slender eyebrows. He came up and saluted and said, "I'm going to be the Chief Envoy of Zhejiang Province, Liang Tingzhen. I've met the Grand Tutor."

Liang Tingzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, spoke very politely, but he had a strong Cantonese accent, which made it difficult to listen.But his courtesy to Wang Daoqiu was still very respectful, showing his sincerity.

Although Wang Daoqiu was very angry at this time, he suppressed his anger and bowed his hands to the face of others, and said politely: "Master Liang, you are polite. Master Liang is the governor of Zhejiang, and it is also my Wang Liangzhen's. Parents!”

Liang Tingzhen was the chief minister of Zhejiang, and Wang Daoqiu was from Huzhou, Zhejiang. Speaking of which, Liang Tingzhen was really Wang Daoqiu's parent official. Wang Daoqiu called him his parent, which is true.

However, Wang Daoqiu is a first-rank official and a cabinet bachelor. Although due to his seniority, he is now ranked fourth in the cabinet.However, Wang Daoqiu is a grand tutor, a loyal and brave marquis, and his status is not even comparable to that of Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet.So now Wang Daoqiu calls Liang Tingzhen his parents, but Liang Tingzhen still dare not accept Wang Daoqiu's title.So he waved his hands again and again, saying, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be."

After the two were polite, Liang Tingzhen introduced Wang Daoqiu to the Zhejiang officials who came to welcome Wang Daoqiu.Among this group of Zhejiang officials, Wang Daoqiu was not familiar with anyone, not even Zhejiang Yan Xuezheng, the nephew of Yan Song who had introduced him to the Yan Party.Wang Daoqiu guessed that Yan Xuezheng was promoted after Yan Song completely replaced Xia Yan and took control of the cabinet, right?

Regardless of Yan Xuezheng, Wang Daoqiu finished greeting the Zhejiang officials at the city gate and then rode into the city.At this time, the citizens of Hangzhou heard that Wang Daoqiu, the highest-ranking official from Zhejiang, who was the pride of Zhejiang people, was back. They stood on both sides of the road and warmly welcomed Wang Daoqiu.Faced with the enthusiasm of the people in his hometown, Wang Daoqiu also rode on horseback, smiling and waving his hands to greet the villagers.

Amid the welcome of the citizens of Hangzhou, Wang Daoqiu arrived at the gate of the Zhejiang Governor's Yamen.Wang Daoqiu still didn't see Zhu Wan here, because as a second-rank official, Zhu Wan's official uniform should be Fei color and the golden pheasant color.But now, standing at the gate of the governor's office, Wang Daoqiu was greeted by all blue official uniforms.

This Zhu Wan really expressed his unhappiness vividly!There was a county magistrate at the dock, a chief executive at the city gate, and some clerks with pens and swords at the governor's office gate, but he himself would not show up.Really, even though you have a high official position, Lao Zhi has to arrange for someone to greet you, but don’t expect Lao Zhi to condescend to you. He just sees you unhappy and doesn’t give you face. What can you do to me?

Over and over again, does Zhu Wan really think that he is young and easy to bully?So in the face of Zhu Wan's arrogance, Wang Daoqiu was not used to him, so he rode on horseback and stood at the gate of the governor's office. No matter what the Zhejiang officials said, he would not dismount or move.Even after being annoyed by the Zhejiang officials, he asked the Jin Yiwei to keep all these Zhejiang officials away.

When things got to this point, not to mention the officials, even the citizens of Hangzhou who gathered around the gate of the governor's office to watch the excitement now understood that today's six-yuan pass was to make Zhu Wan look good!
Wang Daoqiu immediately stood at the gate of the governor's office and refused to come in. When Zhu Wan heard about it at first, he was still furious.Pointing at the clerk who came to report, he angrily scolded Wang Daoqiu and told the clerk to leave Wang Daoqiu alone. It was up to him whether he could come in or not.But as time passed slowly, and waves of officers from the Yamen Gate came to report, and waves of Zhejiang officials came to persuade, Zhu Wan panicked.After all, Wang Daoqiu was of a higher rank than him. According to the ceremony, it was Zhu Wan, his subordinate, who came to greet him, not his superior Wang Daoqiu.

So if this matter came to the court, it would be Zhu Wan who had lost his decency.So after holding on for more than an hour and seeing that Wang Daoqiu Si showed no intention of giving in, Zhu Wan gritted his teeth and came out fiercely.

Arriving in front of Wang Daoqiu's horse, Zhu Wanyi bowed to him, glared at Wang Daoqiu, and said in a bad tone: "I am the governor of Zhejiang Province, Zhu Wan, to pay my respects to the Grand Tutor."

Zhu Wan's attitude made Wang Daoqiu even more angry, and he ignored Zhu Wan. Wang Daoqiu ordered the guards behind him: "Remove prisoner Zhu Wan's black gauze and official robe, and put him into the prison car."

"Wang Liangzhen, you are so bold! What do you say, I, Zhu Wan, am also the governor of Zhejiang appointed by the imperial court and a high official in the border areas? You dare to attack me without any purpose. Do you want to rebel?"

Just because he acted a little willfully in the reception, Wang Daoqiu was going to jail him. This made Zhu Wan so angry that he pointed at Wang Daoqiu's crotch and cursed him there.

Zhu Wan didn't know Wang Daoqiu's importance to Emperor Jiajing, and he didn't know the extent of his trouble this time. He just thought it was a problem of insufficient etiquette in the reception.So he relied on his age, seniority, and being a second-rank official in the border area.He didn't take Wang Daoqiu as a young man seriously, and fearlessly scolded Wang Daoqiu, a cabinet bachelor and tutor, in public.

Zhu Wan is ignorant and fearless, but those imperial guards behind Wang Daoqiu, do they know what position Wang Daoqiu holds in Emperor Jiajing's house, and how decisive and decisive Wang Daoqiu is.And knowing that Wang Daoqiu was authorized by the imperial court to investigate the residence report of Zhu Wan, the governor of Zhejiang, it was delivered to Wang Daoqiu from the capital by their Jin Yiwei the day before yesterday.

Therefore, Wang Daoqiu gave an order, and the Jinyi guards did not care about Zhu Wan, a high official in the border area!Several people went up and cut Zhu Wan's hands behind his back and took off his official uniform.

The "dressed beast" was turned into a "white-striped chicken" in public. Zhu Wan was so angry that he cursed Wang Daoqiu regardless of the dragging of the imperial guards and ordered the soldiers of the governor's Yamen to take action.

Zhu Wan was the governor of Zhejiang. He gave an order, and the soldiers guarding the governor's yamen did not dare to disobey, so they all surrounded him.

But they knew that Wang Daoqiu's official was bigger than Zhu Wan's, and they didn't dare to do anything to Jin Yiwei.So when they surrounded him, they surrounded Wang Daoqiu and Jin Yiwei, not allowing them to leave.

When things got to this point, the officials and people who were watching the excitement were dumbfounded. It was so violent that some of them turned around and told their acquaintances.

Everyone else watched Wang Daoqiu and Zhu Wan fighting each other, wondering who would win in the end.And Liang Tingzhen, the largest official in Zhejiang besides Zhu Wan, has to speak out now.

So he quickly came to Wang Dao Qiu Ma, and he repeatedly bowed and begged: "Master Taifu, Master Taifu, although Zhu Butang is unbecoming and rude to you, a superior official. But you should consult him in this matter." Sorry, if you imprison a provincial official without any purpose, you will inevitably face a lawsuit, right? Master Taifu, Master Taifu, if things can still be resolved now, you might as well let Master Butang go."

Liang Tingzhen did not want to make the matter bigger and wanted to make peace, so he persuaded Wang Daoqiu to let Zhu Wan go while the matter could still be resolved.

But just as Liang Tingzhen finished speaking, Wang Daoqiu hadn't had time to reply!Zhu Wan, who was pinned down by the Jin Yiwei, was fierce and said that if Wang Daoqiu dared to take off the official uniform of the imperial court's frontier official and dare to do violence to the imperial court's frontier official, then he must be captured today and sent to the capital for questioning.

(End of this chapter)