Hai Rui is still a county magistrate, with a low status, but he is just a juren, and has little contact with Southeast Shilin. In addition, he has never had a popularity, so the official news is not that he is not well-versed, but that he is completely unfamiliar.

It was not until this time that I realized the taste that the new Zhejiang inspector came to make trouble for Qian Yuan.

Although he doesn't have much favorable feelings for Qian Yuan himself, Hai Rui is also very clear about one thing: to find trouble for Qian Yuan, at least in Zhejiang, that is to find trouble for Ning Shaotai’s three prefectures, to find trouble for Zhenhai, and to find trouble for business.

After staring for a long time, Wang Bengu unconsciously looked away and was about to smooth the scene to ease the atmosphere, but he heard Hai Rui's loud voice ringing in his ears.

"Qian Zhancai was a man, and he made great contributions to the attack on the Japanese. He set up a city to quell the Japanese treason, but he arbitrarily recruited Wang Zhi and promoted merchants, causing business to be spoken all over the southeast, which made the atmosphere very bad for the moment."

Wang Bengu smiled and asked, "It must be the former governor of Zhejiang Zhizhi, Hu Ruzhen, to recruit Jing Haibo?"

Hai Rui sneered, "Since Wang Wufeng came to surrender, Hu Ruzhen never set foot in the three palaces of Ningshaotai in one day."

This is consistent with the teacher's private explanation before leaving, Zhao Dazhou said, Wang Bengu nodded, Hai Rui's evaluation is quite objective, which is also the impression of Qian Yuan by some Qingliu in the court.

But Wang Bengu didn't quite believe it. This is also the impression of Qian Yuan in the Zhejiang officialdom... After all, the person in front of him may... no, he absolutely cannot represent the Zhejiang officialdom.

Wang Bengu asked about everything in Zhejiang casually, and was slowly thinking that in recent months, Gao Gong has frequently infringed on the ground. Although His Majesty still favored Qian Zhancai, he turned a blind eye to him... So this time he went south, could he take advantage of the situation and act in one go?

Wang Bengu knew a fact in his heart that no matter how fierce he was in the southeast, his opponent would only be Suiyuan... As long as he did not infringe on the interests of most people in Zhejiang's officialdom.

In the court, neither Gao Xinzheng nor Li Shiyan would have made a name for Suiyuan because of the Southeast incident, let alone Xu Jie, the minister.

Among the forces belonging to Suiyuan, Huang Maoguan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Pan Sheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, may not have just stepped forward. Although Sun Sheng, the Grand Secretary of the Dongge of the cabinet, is highly respected... but with his methods of acting, he should not have made any progress.

Wang Bengu sneered in his heart. He and Zhao Zhenji went south to Zhejiang one after another. Although they were both confidants of the master, they were actually different.

Unlike Zhao Zhenji, I will not break the opening of a ban on maritime ban this time, but it is just an infringement.

As long as the business journey continues, no one will stand out for Suiyuan... After all, Wang Bengu has been in the officialdom for more than ten years, and this interest has long been clear.

Wang Bengu asked absent-mindedly, and Hai Rui on the opposite side also responded absent-mindedly, and he also fell into deep thought.

The difference is that Hai Rui remembered Qian Yuan, the young man who had only met him twice.

In fact, Qian Yuan couldn't stand Hai Rui, and Hai Rui also couldn't stand Qian Yuan. The first time he met, Qian Yuan and the Governor of Zhejiang Province confiscated the Liu family, the head of Fuyang County.

In the 35th year of Jiajing, before Qian Yuan turned the tide in Jiaxing Prefecture, he led the Yiwu army to join Fuyang County with Qi Jimei. At that time, he repelled hundreds of Japanese pirates, and the people of Hairui ordered the county to rush to make dry food.

Apart from these two meetings, Hai Rui never met Qian Yuan again. Instead, this name sounded in his ears from time to time. After the battle of Hou Taoshan the next year, Hai Rui heard it and learned the inside story of Captain Liu's house being confiscated.

Hai Rui didn't know much about Qian Yuan, but Hai Rui did not object to the opening of a sea ban on trade, but he was very repulsive of the Japanese pirates such as Wang Zhi and Mao Haifeng.

After looking at the middle-aged official opposite, Hai Rui thought to himself that it seemed that he was Qian Zhancai's opponent and didn't know what background he had.

Just as the tea was drunk and Hai Rui was about to chase people, the sound of gongs and drums sounded outside.

Hai Rui rushed out with a quick step, "What's going on?"

"Sir, I'm leaving the water, I'm on East Third Street!"

"Hurry up, gather people!" Hai Rui shouted loudly and called out all the sergeants of the county government, and couldn't help but curse, "Qian Zhancai... Broomstar!"

Although he hated Qian Yuan to the core, Wang Bengu was stunned and completely unable to understand when he heard this inexplicable scolding.

The Lantern Festival is held on the Lantern Festival, and the world is the same, and it will leave from time to time... Can this also be scolded by Qian Yuan?

Wang Bengu couldn't help but guess how much hatred Hai Rui and Qian Yuan had!

Anyway, the county government could not settle down, so Wang Bengu simply followed everyone out of the door. After walking a few steps, he saw the red fire that reflected the night from a distance, and it seemed that the fire was quite strong.

The noise in front was getting louder and louder, the sound of gongs and drums and bamboo whistles pierced the sky from time to time, and the yamen runners and soldiers evacuated the crowd. Wang Bengu frowned and looked carefully, but saw a water dragon suddenly rising and pounced on the fire. Soon, more than a dozen water dragons rose into the air.

A small official following Hai Rui wiped the sweat beads from his forehead, "It's okay, fortunately, the people from the food garden arrived, and it's good that there is Longquan Gong."

Wang Bengu became even more confused. He would scold Qian Yuan when he left the water, and praise Qian Yuan when the fire was extinguished. Are the thinking of Zhejiang people so jumping?

Fortunately, this little official was not as stubborn as Hai Rui. Seeing Wang Bengu’s puzzled look, he quickly explained a few words.

Lantern Festival Lantern Market is available in all prefectures and states in the world. Hangzhou has always been an important town in the southeast, with flowers blooming. However, since the destruction of Ligang in the 32nd year of Jiajing, Japanese turmoil in the southeast has exploded, and Lantern Market has disappeared in Hangzhou.

In the 36th year of Jiajing, Xu Hai died and set up a city to trade. The Japanese stricken gradually subsided. However, in the 37th year of Jiajing, Zhejiang Governor Zhao Zhenji dismissed the Lantern Market again. Until the Lantern Festival in the 38th year of Jiajing, Qian Yuan organized a large-scale Lantern Market and returned to tradition since then.

When Qian Yuan organized the lantern market, he was afraid of water leakage, so he set several rules, saying that Hangzhou had the most crowded population, especially Qiantang County, which was the easiest to water leakage...

However, Qian Yuan also set up "fire brigades" in Hangzhou and various places. It is hard to say about other states, but Qiantang County is under the responsibility of Hangzhou Food Park, which is why the water dragon comes so quickly.

"They are all guards of the Qian family?"

"Most of them are missing the leader, Guo Yuan, a native of Songjiang, followed Qian Longquan in his early years. He lost his arm during the Tongxiang victory, and later settled in the Hangzhou Food Park."

Wang Bengu nodded slightly and took a few steps back. He recognized Guo Yuan. When he thought he was about to take office as an inspector in Zhejiang, he came to have a drink with Xu Fan, Zhang Juzheng and Wu Shilai at the Qian Family Restaurant, and finally caused a storm. At that time, Qian Yuan was accompanied by Yang Wen and Guo Yuan.

The one who was burned was a restaurant. It was not because the water was flowing in the lamp market, but because the kitchen was accidentally lit firewood. Hai Rui, who was tired, knew that he had scolded the wrong person, but he also had a stern face. It was just because he was eager to put out the fire. His face was so dark that he curled up his hair and looked embarrassed.

Guo Yuan's expressionless commander carefully checked and searched all possible places to prevent the resurgence of the fire.

In fact, Hai Rui and Guo Yuan knew each other. In the 35th year of Jiajing, Hai Rui and Qian Yuan had a conflict because Hai Rui held Guo Yuan who accidentally stepped on the pedestrian in the downtown city.

The restaurant shopkeeper sat on the ground with a bitter face and saw Hai Rui jumping up suddenly, "Mr. Magistrate, Magistrate, is it like walking..."

"Let him come."

Hai Rui's words were useless. The guards who stopped the outside world saw Guo Yuan nodding before making way out. The shopkeeper rushed over and knelt on the ground, "It's a group of drunks who have eaten too much wine and are crazy... Please make the decision."

Hai Rui asked a few questions, pulled his face and looked around, his eyes falling on the six or seven big men on the ground not far away, some were burned, some fell when they escaped, and two drunken wine had not yet woken up.

"Take them all to the county government." Hai Rui gritted his teeth and issued an order.

The guards in the food garden would not listen to Hai Rui, but more than a dozen yamen runners and constables rushed over, and the scene immediately became chaotic. He shouted loudly with a strong local accent, accompanied by the accusations of the restaurant shopkeepers, and the cheers of the people who were always around him.

After Hai Rui got it right, he found that the new Zhejiang Inspector Censor had disappeared from the crowd at some point.

Wang Bengu is a smart person, and his eyesight is not too bad. He looks a bit rash when he tests Hai Rui, but that is also too weird. In the next few days, Wang Bengu found an inn to stay in, and didn't even go to the inn.

It was not until the 21st day of the first lunar month that Zhejiang Governor Hou Ruliang visited Jinhua Prefecture and returned to Hangzhou. In Wang Bengu's view, Hou Ruliang, who was also a disciple of Xu Jie, was considered his family.

"I was still thinking about staying up with my people, but I didn't expect that the cold weather in the twelfth lunar month this year and the canal was frozen." Hou Ruliang smiled and made a gesture, asking Wang Bengu to attend the seat, "Today, please welcome the people, Mr. Zhang, to sit together."

Wang Bengu glanced at Master Zhang who was going to welcome him into the governor's yamen and smiled and said, "There are no outsiders, just go to the table together."

The governor of a province was very strong in his early years, but now he is a permanent position. There are no assistant officials. There are only clerks and minor officials. In terms of power, Mr. Zhang, who is most trusted by Hou Ruliang, is considered the second in the governor's yamen.

"Then the student can only be respectful and obey his orders." Master Zhang accompanied Xiaojing to sit down for the last time.

After a few greetings, Wang Bengu went straight in and asked about Zhenhai Business.

Hou Ruliang's eyes drooped slightly, and he poured a glass of wine and drank slowly. Master Zhang, who was beside him, took it and sighed: "I don't know anything about the imperial edict. Zhongcheng has been quite difficult for the past year."

Seeing that Wang Bengu looked suspicious, Master Zhang didn't care about Dongweng's face and carefully described what happened when he took office last year... Uh, or maybe this was just what Hou Ruliang asked his subordinates to say.

From the fact that there were only two or three big cats and kittens in the governor's yamen, everyone else was scattered, almost no one was available to Hou Ruliang, to the previous Zhejiang governor who had removed the regular silver from various prefectures, to the former Zhejiang governor Tan Zili who used a plan to exterminate the family before leaving... Until now, the governor's yamen still owes Zhenhai's silver to not be paid back.

Wang Bengu secretly scolded Hou Ruliang for being incompetent. As a governor, he was forced to do so as to take charge of the soldiers and dismount to control the people.

Hou Ruliang was transferred to Zhejiang by Xu Jieping last year to cause trouble for Hu Zongxian. Although he did not want to provoke Ning Shaotai, he was eventually rejected by the Zhejiang officialdom and became mediocre.

Zhejiang Province is now making a fortune by relying on maritime trade. Hou Ruliang clearly came to cause trouble for Hu Zongxian back then. He was coldly treated by the officialdom in Zhejiang. Even though his position is high, he is still very uncomfortable.

Among them, Hou Ruliang was not unable to force his means... But not long after, Emperor Jiajing passed away and Longqing ascended the throne.

Behind Suiyuan is the figure of Emperor Longqing. Everyone in the court knows this. How could Hou Ruliang provoke Suiyuan at this time?

Although he received a letter from Xu Jie, Hou Ruliang, who had been in Zhejiang for more than a year, was not optimistic about this plan, so he went out for inspection intentionally or unintentionally and did not welcome Wang Bengu as soon as possible.

Over the past year, Hou Ruliang has deeply understood how deep Qian Yuan’s influence in the southeast is. This cannot be erased by transferring a few prefects and magistrates.

To put it simply, few people in the capital can see that if Qian Yuan gave the order and did not say the word "chao" in the southeast, at least the amount of taxes and silver lost to Beijing would be reduced. Although Qian Yuan was unlikely to do such a taboo thing, if he was forced to retreat... Hou Ruliang glanced at Wang Bengu on the opposite side. If you could resist, then you should resist.

Wang Bengu unconsciously picked up a piece of pepper in his hand, chewed it for a few bites, his expression stopped, his mouth slightly opened, but he swallowed it in the end.

In the 35th year of Jiajing, peppers were still rare in Beijing, and only available for sale in Qianjia Restaurant. Wang Bengu is from the north and likes peppers very much. However, since Qian Yuan made a splash, even though peppers are now spread all over the capital, he has never tasted them again.

The complex situation in Zhejiang was considered by Wang Bengu before taking office, but he did not expect that it was so complicated.

Tang Shunzhi remained unmoved. Sun Ying, the magistrate of Zhenhai, was the backbone of Suiyuan, Guo Zhong, and Fang Fengshi came... These were something that Wang Bengu had known for a long time, but what he did not expect was that he had been in Zhejiang for a year and that the governor of Zhejiang, Hou Ruliang, who was nominally in charge of the military and political affairs of a province, had such weak control over Zhejiang.

Wang Bengu also wanted to take advantage of the moment when Suiyuan's power was declining, and beat the dogs in the water while the iron was hot.

Just go to grab the power directly?

From this point of view, the possibility of success is really not high... the first set of solutions can only be put on hold for the time being.

Should I contact Fang Fengshi, the prefect of Taizhou? Wang Bengu began to prepare a second plan. After all, Ninghai County, the second one, to open sea and trade, belongs to Taizhou, not Ningbo Prefecture.

Moreover, although Zhao Dahe, the magistrate of Ninghai, was regarded as a member of Suiyuan, and even was a Jinshi in the 35th year of Jiajing with Qian Yuan, Xu Wei and others, he was not the backbone of Suiyuan and might not have gone as far as the road... and after all, he was the magistrate of Ninghai, and Shangguan was not Tang Shunzhi but Fang Fengshi.

As long as there is a breakthrough, as long as it can be proved that it is not only Suiyuan who is in charge to bring generous taxes to the court... Not to mention that many officials who have green eyes will emerge from the court, at least Fang Du, the Minister of Revenue, will not stand on Suiyuan in the matter of business.

Wang Bengu raised his glass and drank it all, preparing to ask Fang Fengshi, who had already taken office at the end of last year, but at this moment, a noise came from outside, accompanied by the screams of the servants.

Hou Ruliang's face darkened at first, and then laughed: "The people have also seen it. The governor of a province has no prestige and dares to come to the door!"

Wang Bengu sneered, but he was worried. It wasn't that the Qian family's guards came to the door... He knew Qian Yuan quite well and had participated in a fight with the people in Suiyuan. The young man seemed reckless, but once he did this, he was confident.
Chapter completed!