Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 287 Not docking

On the morning of the next day, Lin Cunde had just woken up. Officials from the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Jinyiwei were all waiting at the door of Lin Cunde's residence early.

They didn't dare not come and wait. The day before yesterday, the Empress Dowager had just adopted Lin Cunde as her adopted son. The whole capital knew about this, and soon the whole country would know about it. In addition, Lin Cunde was an imperial envoy. This time, there was no deputy imperial envoy. Lin Cunde has the final say on all matters in the two provinces!
After Lin Cunde woke up, he went to have breakfast. After breakfast, he found Lin Cunzhen and Lin Cunzhi waiting outside the dining room.

Lin Cunyi and his wife, Lin Cunli and his wife, Wang Chenghai and his wife, and Grandpa Yang were all waiting outside.

"Well, I'm about to leave. Take care, Grandpa Yang. Don't wait for me at the city gate. I don't know when I will come back. It will be at least three to five months. Maybe I will spend the New Year in my hometown this year. You You need to take care of yourself, I originally wanted to take you back, but considering that you are old and traveling around with me, your body will not be able to bear it!" Lin Cunde said, holding Grandpa Yang's hand and urging him.

"Hey, I know, I know, young master, if you go to the south and return to your hometown, I won't worry. I won't go to the city gate to wait for you. I will just watch these servants working at home. They are still young and not meticulous in their work! "Grandpa Yang said to Lin Cunde with a smile.

"Hey, that's right!" When Lin Cunde heard what Grandpa Yang said, he nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Ergou Sangou next to him: "Take care of Grandpa Yang. If anything happens to Grandpa Yang, tell my second brother in time. ,Remember?"

"Don't worry, young master!" Yang Ergou also said gratefully. He had never understood why the young master was so kind to his father. When he asked his father, he didn't say anything. Lin Cunyi said that it was because Grandpa Yang took good care of him. He cares about Lin Cunde, so Lin Cunde is so kind to Grandpa Yang.

Soon, Lin Cunde got on the carriage, opened the door, and the carriage went out. All the officials at the door also got on the carriage. Lin Cunde didn't want to say anything to them. He could speak slowly on the road, and he could only travel during the day. He needed to be there at night. Rest at the inn or in the city!

Soon Lin Cunde left the capital. Outside, there were 15,000 soldiers from the military camp waiting for Lin Cunde. When he saw Lin Cunde coming out, the cavalry opened the way in front and the infantry followed behind. In fact, the infantry were all sitting on carriages.
This time they will not go on foot. There are many war horses in the Fifth Army Camp, which were captured during the Dawara campaign. Moreover, they need to carry a lot of equipment for this trip, so the soldiers of the Fifth Army Camp are sitting on the carriages. Head to Jiangxi and Zhejiang!
Because they are taking a post road, Lin Cunde and the others need to be provided with supplements along the post road, including a place to live!
However, Lin Cunde issued an order not to stop during the day, to solve the problem with dry food, and to stop at the inn at night!
In the Ming Dynasty, there was a post station about forty miles away, but Lin Cunde and his friends could travel about one hundred and fifty miles a day by carriage!

The distance from Beijing to Ji'an Prefecture in Jiangxi Province is about 3,500 miles. However, Lin Cunde and the others did not take a carriage all the way to Jiangxi, but took a carriage to Tongzhou. From Tongzhou, they took an official ship and took the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which led directly to Hangzhou. From Hangzhou Head to Ji'an Prefecture, Jiangxi!
That night, Lin Cunde and the others arrived in Tongzhou. However, the cavalry and infantry could not go to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. They had to go there on foot. Lin Cunde only brought more than a hundred guards with him, and more than a hundred Jin Yiwei boarded the official ship.

Other officials also followed and boarded the official ship!

Just after Lin Cunde and the others boarded the ship, the official ship set off. There were many ships along the way. This canal is mainly used for water transportation, transporting food and commodities from the south to the capital. Therefore, water transportation is also very busy!

After Lin Cunde got on the official ship, he went to the deck. It was still very cool at night. Lin Cunde looked at the rivers on the canal and liked it very much.

"Sir!" Wang Zhi was standing with Chen Zeli, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Xie Yonghe, the right minister of the Ministry of Justice, Zhao Cheng, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Hu Yifeng, the young minister of Dali Temple. These four people were responsible for specific matters, and they would also be asked to investigate the case. Go do it!

This time they were chosen to accompany Lin Cunde on business, which they did not expect, and the list was only announced yesterday evening. They were very excited when they learned that they were going to Jiangxi and Zhejiang. There were not many opportunities to build a good relationship with Lin Cunde.

If they can get Lin Cunde's appreciation, they will have more chances of success in the future. However, they have never gotten along with Lin Cunde, so they are very nervous standing here!
"Well, we're all here. You're not tired. I wanted you to rest early. After riding in a carriage for most of the day, it's much easier to take a boat now!" Lin Cunde turned around and looked at the ministers not far away with a smile. They said that Lin Cunzhen was also with Lin Cunde just now, but they were far away, so there was no notification. However, they did not expect that they came directly to find Lin Cunde!

Lin Cunzhen also knew that sometimes it was better not to report. This was what Lin Cunzhen told him. Not everyone who approached Lin Cunde needed to be reported!

"My lord, it's not tiring to take the boat, and we need to stay on the boat for a while, so I brought them here to visit your lord!" Wang Zhi said to Lin Cunde with a smile.

"Well, look at the river. The ships are busy, which means the business of the merchants is good! Unfortunately, the lives of ordinary people are still difficult, and there is a problem!" Lin Cunde pointed to the ships on the river and looked at them. Wang Zhi and others said. "My lord, that's what you said!" Wang Zhi and the others nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's go have some tea. It just so happens that His Majesty and the Queen Mother gave me a lot of tea a few days ago. It's just a good time to drink and chat with me, and then go to rest. If there's anything else, we'll talk about it tomorrow!" Lin Cunde said to them , Lin Cunde doesn’t want to talk about official business today, he just wants to be quiet for a while!
"Yes, sir!" Wang Zhi and others immediately said with their hands in hand.

Soon, Lin Cunde led them to the cabin where he lived. It turned out that Lin Cunde was the Marquis and an imperial envoy, and these official ships were specially prepared by His Majesty for Lin Cunde. Therefore, Lin Cunde's cabin was very large, and he could even drink tea alone. space!
The other ministers all live in a room with two people. Even Wang Zhi only has a small cabin alone, and his servants are crowded at the bottom with the servants of other officials!

Lin Cunde arrived at the tea cabin and started making tea. Lin Cunzhen and Lin Cunzhi were waiting beside him!

Lin Cunde made tea and distributed it to them. At the same time, he said: "The arrangements are in a hurry this time. Have everything at home been settled?"

Lin Cunde only chatted with them and did not talk about business. After chatting for almost half an hour, Lin Cunde asked them to go to rest and he also took a rest!

After Lin Cunde woke up the next day, he went to the deck to get some air and look at the river view. It was very nice!

A hundred households from the Jinyiwei side also came over and raised their hands to Lin Cunde and said, "Some officials along the way want to visit the Marquis. I wonder if the Marquis will dock?"

"Huh?" After hearing this, Lin Cunde looked at the hundred households, then shook his head and said: "If we don't dock, my official ship will go straight to Hangzhou without docking along the way. You can send people to inform the officials along the coast. You don't have to wait for me." !”

"Yes!" After hearing this, the hundred households gave up and retreated!
After many imperial envoys leave Beijing, they are escorted by officials along the way, and they also stop at the shore to chat with those officials. Lin Cunde has no such interest, and he is not familiar with those officials. Besides, he is a military commander, and he does not want to Being familiar with them is not only useless, but harmful!
Moreover, Lin Cunde also knew that the officials who sent them would also give a sum of money to the imperial envoys and accompanying personnel. Don't think they are stupid. This is called investment. Originally, they were working here, so there were not enough people. They are high-ranking officials, and imperial envoys are basically high-ranking officials. If they can be sent in and serve for a while, then they will be registered among the officials in the capital in the future, and they will be promoted when they have the opportunity!
Moreover, the money for gifts is not their own money, but the money that the officials exploited from the people. Lin Cunde knows this, and Lin Cunde is not short of this money!

Wang Zhi and the others soon learned that Lin Cunde had ordered the official ship not to dock, and they were helpless!

In fact, Wang Zhi will not receive any gifts when he comes down this time. There were rumors before that he might be punished. Although he has been sent to two provinces to investigate the case, no one dares to give them away. However, those few The right minister and others can receive a lot of money. Some officials who served as imperial envoys in the past could have tens of thousands of taels of silver in their hands along the way, as well as countless other specialties, which can be converted into a lot of silver, not to mention When it comes to giving away jade, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., it’s all money!
Therefore, when Lin Cunde said he would not stop, the right servants sighed, but there was nothing they could do. They did not dare to say no in front of Lin Cunde now!
Otherwise, they would be in trouble if Lin Cunde would hold a grudge. Besides, they were just on errands this time to assist Lin Cunde in handling the case. They could only feel regretful when Lin Cunde said he would not dock!

However, they are very jealous of the New Deal's Yanglianyin and hope to promote it in the capital as soon as possible!

In the past two days, some officials also proposed promoting the promotion of honest silver to Beijing officials, but the memorial was sent up with no follow-up and was not sent back to the cabinet. Zhu Qiyu kept it!
Many ministers thought that if Lin Cunde went to convince His Majesty, there would probably be no problem!

Therefore, the six ministers, as well as the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, all hope that they can persuade Lin Cunde on the road!
But no one dared to start!
Lin Cunde blew the river breeze on the deck for a while, and the sun also rose. Lin Cunde returned to the bedroom, taking the reports that Zhu Ji had investigated before, and looked at them carefully!

Lin Cunde wants to remember all the officials here one by one. Those corrupt officials need to be strictly investigated. Although these officials may be innocent and the investigation was wrong, the probability is extremely small!

But are those officials who are not on this list really honest? Are they not corrupt? Lin Cunde didn't believe it!
(End of this chapter)