Pan Jixun first gave him a book (a list of river defenses), then made chicken soup (he was demoted by Zhang Juzheng). After such a big bend, he finally revealed his intention to replace him as the governor of the river.

To be fair, Lin Yanchao was very moved. However, the governor of the river channel was not as expected by him.

Because of the identity of the Left Minister of Rites, you can enter the cabinet directly.

Even if you cannot enter the cabinet, the Left Minister of the Ministry of Rites can also be promoted to the Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. The Right Minister of the Ministry of Personnel holds Quanzheng, which is a good place for gilding.

But Lin Yanchao never thought that the governor of river water transport was not as good as the foreign official. There was no precedent for officials in the Ming Dynasty to enter the cabinet with the governor of Caohe, and of course there was no precedent for Hanlin to serve as the governor of Caohe.

Of course, there is no such precedent, which does not mean that you cannot. If you have a strong wrist, you can change the rules.

In the 38th year of Wanli in another time and space, there was only Ye Xianggao in the cabinet at that time.

Although Ye Xianggao was close to the Donglin Party, he was not a member of the Donglin Party after all. So someone in the court proposed to break the old rules that he would not enter the cabinet unless he was a Hanlin, and to select the cabinet Grand Secretary from outside officials.

Gu Xiancheng, Xiangye Xianggao, and Sun Piyang, Minister of Personnel, recommended Li Sancai, Governor of the River Sewage Transport to enter the cabinet.

However, this move was severely counterattacked by the Zhejiang Party, and the Donglin Party also stood up to speak for Li Sancai. The two parties argued with each other, which eventually caused a big party dispute.

In the end, Li Sancai saw that things were not done, not only did not enter the cabinet, but also voluntarily resigned from his position as governor of Caohe.

Of course, Li San was a foreign minister and had no experience as a Hanlin, so he was so troublesome. But Lin Yanchao didn't have to do this, and he never thought about the road of entering the cabinet with the River Supervisor.

But if you take a step back and say that the Holy Will has not turned around and you cannot enter the cabinet, then becoming the governor of Hecao is also an excellent choice.

The Governor of Hecao is different from other Governors. Although he does not hold military power, he is the most powerful person in the world and controls the most important economic lifeline of the Ming Dynasty.

When it comes to Pan Jixun saying this, Lin Yanchao is also a little dilemma and has difficulty making a decision.

If you cannot enter the cabinet, then the Governor of Hecao is a good choice.

But if he takes over as the Governor of Hecao, Lin Yanchao may lose the opportunity to enter the cabinet.

This is the question before him.

Of course, even if Pan Jixun recommended himself to Shen Shixing, he might not have been successfully appointed as the governor of the canal transportation, but at this moment, a problem was before Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao looked at Pan Jixun and said, "Sikong's green eyes, the students are really..."

Pan Jixun waved his hand and said, "It's not that I have to look for you as a substitute, I'm just trying to find you and you don't have to be busy with gratitude."

Lin Yanchao almost rolled his eyes. When he recommended others in the officialdom, he wanted to be grateful for his favors and asked him to be grateful in the future. Is there anyone like you?

Lin Yanchao said reluctantly: "Law Sikong's inquiries is also an honor for the students. In fact, it is not concealed by Sikong. The students have difficulties in resigning this time. Your Majesty personally told Yuan Fu that they will not allow students to enter the cabinet in the future."

Pan Jixun nodded and said, "Okay, since Your Majesty doesn't let you enter the cabinet, then you can just put it out."

Lin Yanchao cursed in his heart when he heard this, "I can't enter the cabinet." You are so happy."

But when Pan Jixun smiled, he said, "Zonghai, I am a person who has experienced it. Let me tell you, even if you enter the cabinet, the cabinet scholar who does not have the will of the holy will be angry at both ends. The Governor of Hecao is a chief official, and the princes of one side are better than the cabinet elders who look at people's faces."

After hearing Pan Jixun's words, Lin Yanchao felt that he was saying it was not bad at all.

Lin Yanchao immediately said: "Before leaving Beijing, students had already lost their minds of career. But if the students refused to do this, they would have dispelled Sikong's good intentions. Yes, the students did not change their ambitions. However, the holy intention did not turn around. If Sikong elected the students, the students would probably not only think that the students resigned from office was a rebellion, but also that the students had some opinions about Sikong because of the students' affairs."

Pan Jixun nodded when he heard Lin Yanchao say this, and then said, "No, after you say this, I feel that I am not thinking well."

Pan Ji paused and said, "Okay, let's put this matter aside for the time being. You have just resigned, so why not talk about it in a year or two."

Lin Yanchao immediately said: "Sikong's love for talent is grateful to the students."

Lin Yanchao secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. This is a good choice. You can advance and retreat.

Then Lin Yanchao bowed to Pan Jixun for a long time, and then boarded the boat with everyone.

Lin Yanchao Linxuan looked at Pan Jixun at the ferry, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

Then the boat headed south through the canal to Xuzhou, and then moored the boat in Yangzhou.

Yangzhou in the Ming Dynasty also had the benefits of the grain transportation and salt industry, which was one of the most prosperous places in the world.

When Yangzhou broke the city in another time and space, the commander of the Qing army collected 300,000 taels of silver from the brothers of the Wang family of Huizhou salt merchants. They begged the Qing army not to massacre the city, but they failed.

In this era, Lin Yanchao came to this ancient town in Jiangnan and the ancient fireworks alley, and he didn't think of a scene that would come seventy years later.

When the ship was moored in Yangzhou, the mows and oars were like hemp. The shore was densely populated with merchants and vendors everywhere, and they couldn't get out of the crowd, so that the people on the boat could not get off the boat.

In this era, Yangzhou City had two new and old cities, with the small Qinhuai River between them, and the old cities were divided into two Huai City, and the old cities had two Huai City's salt transportation envoys, as well as government and school. Later, Yangzhou's population increased, and countless merchants had to live outside the city. Therefore, the prefect of Yangzhou built a new city for the sake of preparing for Japanese deeds.

Therefore, most of the people living in the old city were scholars, and few pedestrians were on the road, and most of the people living in the new city were wealthy businessmen. Businessmen had to go out to socialize, so the new city was very lively.

Lin Yanchao asked the female family to stay on the boat. After getting off the boat, he went to the new city. Now the new city cannot accommodate more residents, and many people in the city moved to the city to live.

There are brick carved gatehouses in the new city, lined up roofs and small embroidery buildings. Here, merchants with 100,000 properties cannot make a fortune, and they can only be considered small wealth. The real big salt merchants live extremely luxuriously, and they do not mention all kinds of food, clothing and consumption. The most special thing in Yangzhou is the romantic industry here, and Yangzhou Slim Horse is even more famous in the world.

Zhang Rulin's son Zhang Dai wrote in his book.

There are nine alleys in Yangzhou. There are nine alleys, and there are hundreds of them that are circling around the left, front and back of the alley. The entrance of the alley is narrow and curved, with intestines in a row, with dense houses and secret houses, famous prostitutes, and crooked prostitutes. Famous prostitutes are hidden and cannot be seen, and no guide can enter.

From Zhang Dai's description, we can see that the city's residents are very dense, and the roads are crowded, and pedestrians are scrambling to shoulder. In history, foreigners came to Yangzhou to sigh at the large number of people on the streets and thought something big had happened, but in fact this scene is just the daily life of residents.

Everyone was walking in the new city, and there were countless families living in the Yuchen alleys that could be seen everywhere on the road. Many famous prostitutes lived in such alleys, and they had to be led by a dedicated person to see them.

There are also musicians who are talented and proficient in lyrics and music, and there are also scholars who are poor and poor in order to meet beautiful women and spend all their money.

However, Yangzhou does not belong to them. The prosperity here belongs to the salt merchants, eunuchs and his children in the city. They live in wine and drunkenness today. The so-called "born in distress, die in happiness" probably means this.

Wang Shi had a close friend who was familiar with him and a beautiful woman he wanted to see but had not seen, so he invited Lin Yanchao to see the prosperity of Hangzhou with him.

Lin Yanchao immediately refused, and if he had known the prosperity of Yangzhou, he could not help but feel uncontrollably.

But Lin Yanchao remembered the incident for seventy years, and although he sighed in his heart, he agreed to let them go out, but it was dark and he had to return to the boat.

The student agreed and left, while Lin Yanchao asked Zhan Ming and Chen Jichuan for inquiries, but came to a salt merchant's home.

That's right, this salt merchant is the Mei family.

The Mei family’s house in Yangzhou looks like a blue brick and black tiles, which is no different from others. Indeed, the money has reached the Mei family, so it should be that it will keep its wealth from being exposed.

After Lin Yanchao handed over a famous post, the Mei family at the door changed his expression and immediately entered the report.

Soon the Mei family mansion opened the middle door, and an old man and two men went out to greet each other.

One of these two men is Mei Kan, and the other is a little older. He looks extremely elegant and does not show that he is a child raised by a merchant family.

The more successful the businessman in this era, the more Confucianism is, the more Confucianism is. Of course, this is the Confucian business route. In order to facilitate dealing with officials in the officialdom, many officials who are well-read in poetry have a business-oriented face.

"I am paying homage to the master of the tribe and visiting the humble house. It's so bright."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "The old man is so serious. Brother Mei and I are old friends. I will be placed by the way through Yangzhou. I didn't deliver the post in advance. It's really rude."

The old man smiled and said, "Mr. Master is such a distinguished guest. Our Mei family cannot come even if we look forward to it. How can we talk about any rudeness? Please invite Master.

At that moment, Lin Yanchao went to Mei’s house as a guest.

However, it is said that the Mei family is one of the largest merchants in Yangzhou. Although the Mei family is a salt merchant, its business has long surpassed the salt industry. Moreover, they have a lot of connections in the officialdom. They used to lend to officials before, which can be said to have made great connections in the officialdom.

But the main backer of the Mei family is Zhang Jing. This time, Zhang Jing fell, the Mei family can maintain the situation temporarily based on the past business layout. However, in the long run, if they cannot find a new big backer, their wealth that is as rich as the country will sooner or later be coveted.

Therefore, Lin Yanchao made a special trip to Yangzhou to attract the Mei family.

Of course, in other words, it can also be seen as Lin Yanchao coming to Yangzhou to ask the Mei family to support him.

Of course, as soon as we met, we wouldn't speak so clearly. We spent each other happily greetings and chats.

This old man is Mei Kan's father and is now the helm of the Mei family, but he is already in the second tier. The older than Mei Kan was his brother. At present, most of the Mei family's industries are managed by them.
Chapter completed!