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Wang Ti arrived in Yangzhou, and he should have arrived two days ago. On the way, Wang Ji was delayed.

Wang Ji is the new governor and governor of the grain transportation company Fengyang.

This Duke was a Jinshi in the 17th year of Wanli. He served as the assistant censor and governor of Baoding. He was later moved to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue. When Li Sancai entered Beijing as the Minister of Revenue, he appointed Wang Ji as the governor of the grain transportation and also the governor of Fengyang.

In the words of later generations, this is the promotion of the governor and the important minister, and the leap from the deputy minister of real power to the deputy state level with a higher title. As expected, due to the experience of this official serving in the Censorate, he will be just around the corner to become the director of the cabinet in the future.

The Governor of the Valley Transportation was also an important position that could shake the southeast half of the country in addition to the eunuchs in Nanjing and the garrison officials.

In a sense, the Governor of the Valley Transport was actually the leader of the Ming Dynasty, and his power was even more prominent than that of Li Chengliang, Liaodong.

Because the Governor's Office of the Grain Transportation General Leads more than 120 garrisons along the canal, the number of troops can be adjusted has reached 120,000, and more than 100,000 canal ships under the Governor's Office of the Grain Transportation General's Office of the Grain Transportation General's Office has reached more than 100,000.

On the other hand, in the Nine Territory of the Ming Dynasty, which town can reach a huge number of 120,000 soldiers? Not to mention the food, clothing and expenses of the Nine Territory, most of them are still allocated by the Governor of the Canal Transportation Office.

There is money, food, soldiers, and a river of gold and water. No wonder people say that the Cao Governor is the head of the local governor.

When Li Sancai was a governor of the grain, his favorite thing was to send troops to arrest the small eunuchs and those under his command, both killing or being in a pass, and openly extorting more than 100,000 taels of silver from Shandong Mining Supervisor Chen Zeng, but Chen Zeng shivered and dared not speak out. What Li Sancai relied on was that his prestige was great, and the other was that there were so many soldiers under his command.

In the late Chongzhen period, the Fengyang Governor Ma Shiying was able to make decisions on the Nandu because it was actually the Fengyang troops who were originally affiliated with the Governor of the Cao Transportation.

The ability of the admiral maritime eunuch Wei Liangchen to roam around the country with just a few thousand soldiers was also related to the fact that the general governor of the grain transportation was in charge.

The Ming Dynasty was in chaos in the south, and there was the power to dispatch troops in the south, and there were also the governors of the grain. All the guards were given the orders, some were given the orders of the commanders, some were given the generals, and some were under the jurisdiction of the generals. There was also the Nanjing Ministry of War, and there was the Beijing Ministry of War above the Nanjing Ministry of War. This made it even more difficult for the Nanzhi branch to gather a team of elite troops in a short time and regardless of the pressure from Beijing, it was even more difficult to act decisively.

In the Jiashen year, the southern provinces did their own things. On the one hand, there was no common rule, and on the other hand, it was also caused by this accumulated problem.

Therefore, Wei Liangchen, the eunuch who suddenly went south, was like a mouse who had entered the porcelain business. Even if the porcelain business was full of people holding sticks, he could act swagger.

Of course, this is also related to his military skills.

However, Eunuch Wei did not know that his arrogance and domineering nature made it difficult for Nandu to take action, but the Huai'an Governor's Office focused on him.

To be precise, Wang Ji, the governor of the Cao Transport, wanted to learn from his predecessor Li Sancai, to make a name for his eunuch Wei.

This is also a fuse, and it's all right. Wang Ji is a newly appointed governor. He has a lot of things waiting for him to move around, so he has no time to take care of Jiangnan's affairs.

You should know that this canal transportation was the fattest hole in the Ming Dynasty, with millions of people relying on the canal to make a living. Wang Ji's new official took office, how to appease the old people and how to take care of the new people, one after another, Wang Ji could not think of peace in the past year or two.

What's more, the eunuch Wei sealed the Yangtze River shipping, not the severance of the canal transportation. The Governor's yamen was full and he wanted to fight with him.

It’s not what Eunuch Wei asked for to be targeted by him.

The Qian family was destroyed and the canal canal in Gaoyou section was appointed by the Caokou Office in Gaoyou.

It is important to understand that in addition to the 120,000 troops under his jurisdiction, the Governor's Office still has hundreds of thousands of dependencies.

Officers and soldiers are used to maintain open order, and those hundreds of thousands of dependent forces are the real core of the canal transportation.

This power is a canal organization like Qian Wenye, all of which are young and strong. They not only bear the important task of transporting money and grain, but also maintain the order of interest in each canal section.

In addition to the so-called open rules, there are also dark rules, which are intertwined layer by layer to form the current situation of canal transportation.

Without the original history of Eunuch Wei, the influence of these Caokou in the future even came to the Republic of China, and the Qing Gang was an extension of Caokou.

Zhongzheng Gong talks about his seniority and is all disciples of the Cao Gang.

The canal transportation runs through several provinces, but it is actually an existence independent of several provinces.

It is very closed and cannot interfere at all. Therefore, even if you clean up the portal, you can only do it yourself in the Governor's Office of the Canal Transportation Bureau, which outsiders cannot do.

Eunuch Wei killed Qian Wenye, which undoubtedly violated the taboo of the Governor's Office.

If Wang Ji doesn't do anything, how do people below see him?

This is also a good opportunity. If the operation is done properly, Wang Ji will undoubtedly win the hearts of the people.

Therefore, Wang Ji was very polite to keep Wang Tiqian for two days.

As the governor, he is naturally not weak in his eyes.

After Wang Tiqian left the capital, he headed south along the canal, which was the territory of the Governor of the Canal.

An internal official, escorted by Jinyiwei, came to the capital, and his destination was in the south. Without thinking, Wang Ji also guessed that it was related to the Eunuch Wei who made a lot of noise in Jiangnan.

He also affirmed that this inner official named Wang must have the emperor's imperial edict, so the Governor wanted to know what His Majesty's decree was.

This is related to whether he is a fight against Wei in literature or a fight against Wei in martial arts.

Wang Tiqian is also an old fox. He has been soaked in the palace for 30 years. No one is a fool. He can see through Wang Ji's thoughts at first sight and is with Wang Jixu. He has not let Wang Ji find any truth in two days in Huai'an.

Wang Ji was a little annoyed, but he didn't dare to detain the person, let alone rob the other party of the imperial edict, so he had to release him.

After leaving Huai'an, Wang Tiqian thought the more wrong this matter was, so he stopped walking on the canal and rented a carriage to Yangzhou.

He knew that Wei Liangchen was in Yangzhou.

Thanks to the "dissemination" of merchants along the way, the maritime eunuch Wei's deeds in Jiangbei had long been spread to the capital.

Wang Tiqian and his party arrived in Yangzhou in the evening. According to the rules, they should go to the prefect's yamen branch first, but he did not go, but came directly to Zuiyuan Tower.

"The head of the case is full of redness. I think there is a happy event?" Wang Tiqian came quickly and said, with a flush on his face.

"Don't joke with my younger brother. When my father-in-law comes, there will be no bad things, and I will be happy. There will be no happy events."

Eunuch Wei laughed. He and Wang Tiqian were not outsiders, and they were filial to hundreds of taels of silver. In his heart, he was savoring the words of the Zhao family daughter-in-law upstairs. What does it mean to be inconvenient?

"Does my father-in-law announce the order first or eat first?"

Eunuch Wei knew that Wang Tiqian was a person who was ready to do things, so he asked directly. Then he greeted Li Wei and Tian Gang, who came with him.

"No hurry, I'll give you the things first."

Wang Tigan ordered Li Wei a few words, and after hearing this, the latter hurriedly took someone to move a few boxes from the car into Zuiyuan Tower.

"Your Majesty is so polite. How can you give gifts to your juniors?"

Eunuch Wei was very curious and asked Tian Gang what was in the box with his eyes, but the latter didn't know.

"These are brought by the Lord Liu of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and they are not ours." Wang Tigan smiled slightly and signaled his followers to open the box.

In the first box is a stack of official certificates issued by the Imperial Horse Supervisor and a box of official seals.
Chapter completed!