In the Zhejiang Governor's Office, Xie Di sat in the lobby with a smile. He had just sent invitations to Zhejiang's left and right governors and the censors, and asked them to come to the Governor's Office to discuss Zhou Chong's capture of Ningbo Port Taxation Office.

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While Xie Di was angry, he was a little happy in his heart. On the surface, Zhou Chong took the tax away without caring about the face of him as the governor. This was simply slapping him in the face.

This even marked that Zhou Chong and him had officially broken up, and his nature was much more serious than Zhou Chong's previous position as Cheng Quan Commander.

However, everything has two sides. Although the tax office is in the name of the governor's office, the tax bank collected is not taken by Xie Di alone. The left and right governors, chief and deputy chief censors have all the shares. Therefore,

After Zhou Chong took away the tax, he did not just beat Xie Di in the face, but also cut off a financial path for several senior officials in Zhejiang.

It is precisely because of this that Xie Di felt a little happy. In addition to him as the governor, the remaining officials in Zhejiang were the governor and the censor. The first two of these three were managing the civil affairs, and the other one

In charge of criminal affairs, he is the highest-level administrative official in a province. Of course, there is also a commander in charge of the military affairs of a province. However, the Ming Dynasty despises military positions very much, so the commander in charge of the position is lower, such as Zhejiang.

Here, there is no share of the tax-money collected by the tax. This is also a proof that the status of the commander is not as good as that of the governor and the censor.

Although the tax and silver income in Ningbo Port is not as good as the former Song Dynasty, there are at least tens of thousands of silver every year. Except for a small part of this silver taken away by others, most of the other ones are divided by several senior officials such as the governor and the governor.

, and this has formed a convention. Every governor and governor, and the inspector, will get the share they deserve, and the officials will also feel at ease.

However, now Zhou Chong cut off the financial path of tax and silver. Although Xie Di was annoyed, he was more happy. Because this marked that Zhou Chong offended several other senior executives in Zhejiang. It was said that he was two.

Among the governor and a censor, he only won one of them now, and the remaining two were a little disgusted with him. It just happened that he could use this opportunity to win over the other two to deal with Zhou Chong together.

I eased my tense relationship with them, and maybe I could even bring them to my own hands in the future. By then, no one in the entire Zhejiang officialdom will sing a opposite tune with him.

Thinking of his plan to kill two birds with one stone, Xie Di couldn't help but smile. Now Zhou Chong's Shengjuan Zhenglong dares not offend him easily. For example, although he had an unshirkable responsibility for Cheng Quan's dismissal last time,

In the end, he heard the news but said nothing. Because he knew that with Zhou Chong's hostility towards him and his tough backer behind him, nothing he said was useless, and although their Xie family had long hands.

The impact on the army was extremely limited, so he simply pretended not to know.

But this time it was different. Zhou Chong moved the tax office, which was already involved in the local government affairs in Zhejiang, and also moved everyone's financial resources. So Xie Di was anxious to summon people to join forces with other people to Zhou

After re-trial, he could take this opportunity to win back the game and save the face he had lost before.

Thinking of Zhou Jin facing the pressure from all senior officials in Zhejiang, I am afraid that no matter how tough he is, he still needs to think carefully. This made Xie Di very proud, and in the end he couldn't help laughing out loud.

However, after a while, Xie Di was proud, he suddenly felt something was wrong. He had been there for a while. It was time to come back, but why hasn't there been any movement yet?

Thinking of this, Xie Di stood up and wanted to send someone to see him, but before he could walk out of the living room, a servant who was sent out to deliver invitations hurriedly ran in and reported to him: "Master,

The young man just sent an invitation to the right governor Di, telling him to ask him to go through the mansion, but Lord Di said that he had something important to come, so he asked the master not to blame him!"

"What?" Xie Di was also surprised when he heard that the right governor was unwilling to come to see him. In theory, the news that Zhou Chong took away the tax office should have spread throughout the Zhejiang officialdom. The Di Buzheng

The messenger should also get the news, which is related to his interests. No matter what, he should come to him.

Before Xie Di could figure out this problem, he heard another burst of rapid footsteps outside. Then another servant sent out to invite people ran in, sweating profusely reported: "Master, invitation

He has been sent to the mansion of the censor Bai, but Lord Bai did not show up. He just told him that he is not available for the time being and will come to visit the master when he has time."

"Bang!" Xie Di was so angry that he slapped the table. The Zhejiang Censor's surname was Bai Wei. He had a great hope of replacing the former Zhejiang Governor, but unfortunately he didn't expect Xie Di to appear halfway, which made Bai Wei feel like he was

I am very dissatisfied with Xie Di. Since Xie Di took office, Bai Wei has been unable to get along with Xie Di in secret. Now Xie Di takes the initiative to show goodwill to the other party, but he doesn't expect that Bai Wei is still so disrespectful, which makes Xie Di naturally

Burning in anger.

However, Xie Di's cultivation skills were not bad, and he quickly woke up from his anger. He waved his two servants away, turned around and returned to the living room to sit down, took a few sips of herbal tea and pressed the anger in his chest.

He invited three people in total, but now both of them have stated that they will not come. And Xie Di also understood that the other party must have guessed the reason why he invited them, but the other party refused. Could it be that both of them were afraid?

Zhou Chong’s power?

"This is impossible. Although Zhou Chong was favored by His Majesty, no matter how favored he was, he was just an admiral and would not have much impact on local government affairs. With the power of the governor and the inspector, there is no reason.

Are you afraid of a temporary appointed admiral?" Shedi said to himself. No matter from any aspect, he couldn't understand why the other party refused his invitation.

"Hahaha~ Brother Yu Ji, you don't have to waste time thinking about this question anymore. Let me tell you directly!" Just as Xie Di finished speaking, a hearty laughter suddenly came from outside the hall.

Then a tall and thin middle-aged official came in, and without being polite to Xie Di, he found a seat and sat down.

Seeing the middle-aged official come in, Xie Di did not show any unexpected expression, but still frowned and said, "Brother Mianzhi, do you know why the two of them didn't come to see me?"

The middle-aged official who came in was named Wang Qing and his courtesy name was Mianzhi. He is now serving as the Left Governor of Zhejiang Province. It is worth mentioning that Wang Qing was promoted by Xie Di's brother Xie Qian, so he is also a

The reason why Xie Di, an official from the Xie family, was able to gain a foothold in the Zhejiang officialdom was that it was all thanks to Wang Qing's support.

"Brother Yu Ji, it's not me that I'm talking about you. You're too impatient for the facts this time. If you discussed it with me before, I would definitely not let you invite them, so you don't have to lose face because of their rejection.

!” Wang Qing tasted the tea and said.

"Oh? Why is this?" Xie Di asked in confusion.

"Brother Yu Ji, you may not know that Lord Di and Lord Bai have people in their families doing business, and they are all smuggling-related businesses, either transporting goods to Shuangyu Port and selling them directly, or organizing people to join the smuggling,

Moreover, these businesses are the biggest source of wealth for their two families. In addition, Zhou Chong has already taken all the smuggling business in Shuangyu Port. If they offended Zhou Chong at this time, then they may not be able to do the family's business in the future.

"Wang Qing said with a plain face. He has been in the Zhejiang officialdom for more than ten years and has long been able to understand the backgrounds of various officials. This is also one of the reasons why he stands tall in the officialdom.

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"So that's it. No wonder they don't even want to see me!" Xie Di said suddenly at this time. He didn't expect that there were such complex joints. Compared with the huge profits brought by the smuggling business, how many tax dollars are there?

Ten thousand taels of silver are nothing at all, so they naturally would not offend Zhou Chong because of this.

Seeing Xie Di's appearance, Wang Qing said solemnly: "Of course, the reason why Lord Di and Lord Bai don't want to go against Zhou Chong is not just because of the family's business, but Zhou Chong is in Shengjun Zhenglong,

Your Majesty’s trust in him is no longer under Qian Ning. Even in time, Zhou Chong is likely to be more favored than Qian Ning, so now they are not willing to take this risk to offend Zhou Chong.”

Although Wang Qing did not say it clearly in his words, he was actually reminding Xie Di that Zhou Chong is a man with a bright future in the future, so he should not be too irritated with Zhou Chong.

Xie Di naturally heard Wang Qing's advice, but he also showed a meditative look. In fact, he and Zhou Chong did not have much personal grudge. It was nothing more than that Zhou Chong took over Dinghai Guard, which was equivalent to weakening.

The power in his hands, but this was the order of His Majesty the Emperor, no wonder Zhou Chong was wrong.

However, Xie Di soon thought that the family behind him wanted to control the smuggling trade in Shuangyu Port, but Zhou Chong's Nanyang Chamber of Commerce had developed into a major overlord of Shuangyu Port, and Xie Da, who managed the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce, also rose up.

He not only married his daughter to Zhou Chong as his wife, but also regarded the Xie Family Chamber of Commerce as his private property, obstructing the family's Xie Family Chamber of Commerce. The Xie Family was suppressed by Liu Jin a few years ago and its financial resources were also affected.

Now we are very fond of the huge profits of smuggling, so we cannot give up anyway.
Chapter completed!