Hangzhou Prefecture, Qiantang County.

In the study of the governor's yamen, Hou Ruliang confusedly handed the letter in his hand to the staff he trusted most.

Master Zhang glanced at him and looked up, his eyes were very strange, and he muttered to himself, "It's that simple?"

Hou Ruliang's eyes were also strange, as if he was answering, but he also seemed to be muttering to himself, "It's absolutely impossible to be that simple!"

After more than a year of entering Zhejiang, Hou Ruliang has never found a breakthrough...or rather, he is unwilling to stab the hornet's nest, after all, his task at that time was just to pull Hu Zongxian's braid.

But after all, he had been in Zhejiang for so long, and Wang Bengu had only been here for more than two months. He was so resolute and went straight to the ranks and seized power, and he succeeded.

After looking at each other, Master Zhang pondered for a moment and said softly: "It may not be impossible. People like Tang Jingchuan will retire and return home... they will never be able to lie."

"Even if the court elects the next prefect of Ningbo, Wang Zimin should have a firm foothold... What's more, Yang Wei, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Personnel, made an appointment with Gao Xinzheng, and although Gao Xinzheng and Qian Zhancai were both old ministers of Qiandi, there were quite a gap." Hou Ruliang sighed: "After the year of entering Zhejiang, there was nothing wrong with it. It has only been three months since he entered Zhejiang. He worked hard and gained power in one day..."

"Where can you blame Dongwen?" Master Zhang put away his letter and advised: "At the end of the previous year, Dongwen got into Zhejiang and had a gap with Suiyuan. After that, he suffered several losses. At that time, Yuan Fu was in the middle of the capital... but he couldn't help much."

At that time, Xu Jie was in the trough period. After Hou Ruliang took office... it was even worse. Li Mo and Gao Gong joined forces to check and balance the cabinet, and he could not help Hou Ruliang at all.

"Now that the park's power is declining, Wang Zimin is forcing each other with power, and Tang Jingchuan intends to retire, so he has gained a bargain."

"Besides, the previous Zhejiang Inspector Censor Pang Shaonan, although he was a disciple of Yuan Fu, seemed...well, at least he was brave and decisive, not as good as Wang Zimin."

Pang Shangpeng has been back to Beijing for more than two months. As soon as the first month of the year came, many of the Censors and the Censors of the Six Censors wrote letters to impeach him, but some censors also called for justice for him... This matter is now hotly discussed in Beijing.

The reason is very simple. Behind the censor Kedao who impeached Pang Shangpeng, the shadow of Xu Jie could be vaguely seen, and behind the censor who was fighting against him, Gao Gong's figure appeared faintly.

The impeachment of Pang Shangpeng was that he tried the one-whip method in Jiaxing and Huzhou, Zhejiang, and replaced the power difference with silver differences, which caused civil unrest.

Pang Shangpeng was too anxious and deliberately avoided the wealthiest Ning Shaohang Prefectures. Jiaxing and Huzhou were robbed by Japanese pirates for many years and were exploited by the escalation method.

The reason for calling for justice for Pang Shangpeng... It seems a bit unprovoked. I will try the whip method for the country and cannot be blamed.

But the key is the one-whip method. With the ascension of Emperor Longqing, many things were spread in Prince Yu's mansion back then, and the old ministers of Qiandi were no longer as cautious as they did in previous years... Therefore, many people know that the two people who most support the one-whip method were Gao Gong, the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion and the Minister of Rites of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Juzheng, the Imperial Supervisor.

Thinking of the rebellion between Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie, the son-in-law and son-in-law of the father-in-law and son-in-law of Zhang Juzheng and Xu Jie, and Pang Shangpeng, who had tried the ten-stage brocade method and the one-whip method during the Fujian period, think about Pang Shangpeng and Wang Bengu's two Zhejiang inspectors who had completely different attitudes towards Zhenhai... A very clear route was revealed in Hou Ruliang's mind.

Hou Ruliang sighed, the water in the court was so muddy. Although it was not as tragic as in the Jiajing period, it was even more turbid and clear.

Not to mention, this year is the Beijing Cha Nian, and Pang Shangpeng's incident may lead to a huge storm.

Hou Ruliang couldn't figure it out. The teacher had been in the officialdom for decades, and there were countless disciples and relatives, so why did he have to turn against the two most promising relatives of his relatives... Xu Jie knew that Hou Ruliang had to jump into the foot if he thought so. I was going to turn against him?

One or two were ungrateful... Xu Jie also wanted to vomit blood. If he had known Zhang Juzheng and Qian Yuan was ungrateful, it would be better to choose someone else, such as Hu Yingjia, who lost his wife almost the same as Zhang Juzheng.

Originally, Hou Ruliang had once sought relocation after the new emperor ascended the throne. Pan Jixun was transferred to the right assistant censor of the Censorate, mainly responsible for repairing the river channel. The Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple who was left behind was quite suitable... Unfortunately, Hou Ruliang had just started to think about it and the newspaper of the mansion was published, and Gao Gong's in-laws had already succeeded.

But is it a blessing to lose his horse?

Now Hou Ruliang wants to come, the court is so difficult to predict, so it would be better not to return to Beijing.

Master Zhang broke the silence and asked softly: "Dongweng, is the invitation of Wang Zimin?"

Wang Ben is inherently self-aware. He knows that if he wants to take over business in a complete manner, he can't even think about it by relying on himself and his few subordinates.

Wang Bengu was not very trusted by Tang Shunzhi. Sun Ying, who was left by Tang Shunzhi, was now a firecracker, and he exploded at a glance, and the officials everywhere... After that day's about to start, Wang Bengu couldn't believe it.

However, Wang Bengu had already been ready.

As the governor of Zhejiang, Hou Ruliang has done nothing in the past year and a half, but he is a chief official after all, and his identity is there. He has many staff members and has gathered some people.

The key is that Wang Ben is a civil servant and instinctively wants to refuse the Dong family's deep participation in the maritime trade, but he can't just break the bridge after crossing the river, so he wants to use Hou Ruliang for some use.

Not to mention those border troops... they are not good birds. Now they are like rats falling into the rice jar. There is no hope of helping, but it is very likely to pull the hind legs.

Of course, for a few months after entering Zhejiang, although Wang Bengu and Hou Ruliang were a member of the party, their relationship could only be said to be average. If you want Hou Ruliang to help, you naturally have to give me a piece of meat.

There is no benefit. Can it be used to impose a territorial official like the governor of Zhejiang?

This is why Master Zhang hesitated to ask, because Wang Bengu gave a piece of bait that made Hou Ruliang very moved.

Trial to replace canal transportation by sea.

For the use of sea transportation instead of canal transportation, officials have proposed it since the Hongzhi period, but until now, more than half a century has passed, and only one person has officially written to the court to request sea transportation, which is Hou Ruliang.

In the 36th year of Jiajing, Hou Ruliang, who was the inspector of Liaodong at that time, witnessed the famine in Liaodong, and changed his corpses and fed him. After being transferred to the governor of Liaodong, he asked for silver and grain from the court and proposed that the grain be transported directly to Liaodong by ships and sea.

After learning about the Southeast Tong Business through Dibao, Hou Ruliang used this as a way to make achievements and keep it in history... Anyway, he did not expect that he could be competent for the six ministers of the ministry or even become the prime minister.

This is why Hou Ruliang is willing to enter Zhejiang, and it is also why Hou Ruliang did not deliberately fight back after being boycotted when he entered Zhejiang, and it is also why Hou Ruliang treated Ning Shaotai’s three prefectures quite preferentially.
Chapter completed!