Wang Jinghui arrived in Chuzhou at the end of August, which was one month later than he expected. Fortunately, Manager Li called the front station in advance and went to Funing and Yancheng for preparations in advance. The "high-level" highway invested by Xingguo Bank connecting Chuzhou to Funing and Yancheng has been completely completed, and the small canal network expanded by relying on the original irrigation main canal in Chuzhou is also close to completion. At that time, all ships docking in Funing and Yancheng can choose convenient and developed water and land transportation as soon as they dock, and can transport goods and personnel to Chuzhou and through the Grand Canal to the entire Song Dynasty. In terms of developed transportation, Chuzhou was second only to Kaifeng, the capital of Bian, in the Song Dynasty.

Chuzhou is developing very fast now, and it can be regarded as changing with each passing day. Within two months after Wang Jinghui left Chuzhou, it became much more prosperous. The land price of Chuzhou's old city is also growing rapidly. The scale of the city can no longer meet the needs and begins to spread outward. Several villages and towns that were closer to the past have gradually gained weight to deal with merchants from south to north and become satellite cities in Chuzhou.

Before Wang Jinghui came back, he sent people to summon all local officials from Chuzhou to the prefectural prefecture to discuss matters. He is still in charge of the position of the military affairs of Chuzhou, but the position of the Transfer Envoy of Huainan East Road has been handed over to the court to hand over the officials. The next candidate for the military affairs of the military affairs of the emperor, he recommended his deputy to the emperor, Xue Xiangzhi. According to Wang Jinghui's identity and status, he recommended a few people to the emperor. There is no problem with this ability. Emperor Shenzong Zhao Xu also agreed very happily, and the edict of appointing Xue Xiangzhi was placed in his sleeve.

Although Wang Jinghui served in Chuzhou for a short time and had not yet met the requirements of serving in the Song Dynasty official system for three years, it was not important before the emperor could return to the ground. Although the development of Chuzhou made people in this era a little dumbfounded, Wang Jinghui's mind was far from meeting his goals. Reality needs and did not allow him to realize his original ideas here, so finding a suitable successor is what he cares about the most.

Strictly speaking, the magistrate Xue Xiangzhi is not the best candidate in Wang Jinghui's mind, but through his observation, although Xue Xiangzhi is a little dull, he has a very good "advantage" - he completes the orders assigned by his superiors without fail, and Xue Xiangzhi is also a rare honest official, so he becomes the "best" candidate.

As long as the Emperor Shenzong Zhao Xu was still respectful to Wang Jinghui's holy favor, he could remotely command Xue Xiangzhi to continue to implement his reform strategy in Chuzhou. After Wang Jinghui's iron-handed baptism in Chuzhou, no one dared to commit crimes against his will. Xue Xiangzhi himself was a clean official and very stubborn. As long as he passed Zhao Xu's hand edict, he could manipulate the overall situation of Chuzhou, which would facilitate him to fulfill his ideas.

Originally, his friend Su Shi was also a very good candidate, but Su Zizhan is now the attendant of Longtu Pavilion. To go up to three levels, he is the direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion that Wang Jinghui dreams of. Letting others be a local official in Chuzhou may affect the bright future of Su idol. Su Shi now has different political views from him. Although his personal relationship is good, it would be too difficult for Wang Jinghui to achieve "remote control command" in Biandu, so he gave up this idea.

In the lobby of the Chuzhou Prefecture Prefecture, Wang Jinghui read to everyone the edict on the succession of the Tongzong Xue Xiangzhi as the new Chuzhou military affairs department in front of all the main local officials of Chuzhou. He had communicated with Xue Xiangzhi in private in advance, so Xue Xiangzhi himself had known the news long ago. He had no objection to this - he had been a Tongzong for only more than three years, and his political achievements were all done with Wang Jinghui. Although he could also go to Biandu to be a capital official according to his qualifications, it was a bit too ordinary.

Hui asked him to be a military affairs officer and take charge of the responsibilities of a state. Although he had to wait for three years, he had a solid foundation for his ex-boy. If he had no achievements, he would be too useless. When he entered Biandu and became a capital official, his status would be completely different. Anyone could see that this was a great benefit. Although Wang Jinghui was a son-in-law, he was the most favored minister of the Song Dynasty. He could be a famous emperor on the list. As long as he did not make any principled mistakes in his official career, he would naturally have hope of becoming the center in the next ten years!

After announcing the edict, everyone looked at Xue Xiangzhi with envious eyes, but he had always been a stern face and accepted the edict as usual. All the officials reported to Wang Jinghui step by step the situation in various parts of Chuzhou in the past two months. Although Xue Xiangzhi's edict was obtained, Wang Jinghui was still fully responsible for handling Chuzhou affairs in Chuzhou, and he would not take office in another month!

After listening to the report, Wang Jinghui realized that several merchant ships had already stopped at Funing Port three days ago. He quickly summoned officials from the Maritime Bureau. It was of great significance to develop overseas trade. He wanted to know the result in the process as soon as possible. The people from the Maritime Bureau were waiting in the hall. When they heard Wang Jinghui's summoning, the Maritime Bureau summoned Zeng Wei to the side hall, where there were only two people, Wang Jinghui and Xue Xiangzhi. After the other officials reported, Wang Jinghui would invite them to the evening, so they all dispersed.

Zeng Wei, a person with a background, was also a relatively background. Wang Jinghui had also had contact with him. Seeing that he was only thirty years old and treated people very well. He was very old-fashioned and demeanor. Soon after he noticed, he learned from Manager Li that Zeng Wei was the nephew of Zeng Gongliang, the assistant minister of the government affairs officer. It turned out that Quan Zhi

The fourth son of Mr. Zeng, Kaifeng Prefecture! Fortunately, he is still quite upright in his eyes. He is a very energetic young man. He is of the same type as Su Shi, but he is much more sophisticated than Su Shi.

After Zeng Wei entered the flower hall, Wang Jinghui asked him about the news about the merchant ship that had come back early. He could tell that he was prepared for it. What surprised Wang Jinghui the most was why only a few merchant ships came back, and what about the other ships? Where are the frigates?

After hearing Wang Jinghui's question, Zeng Wei smiled and said, "Not only the adults were confused, but also the same at the beginning. According to the letter from the six merchant ship owners who returned, they brought the navy to promote Lu Zishao, he said that on the way to sail, he solved the invading pirates who were rampant in Goryeo and our Song Dynasty. They followed the pre-determined rules of the adults and wiped out these pirates, but did not let anyone go. It was difficult to leave prisoners when sailing on the sea!

Although the frigate was temporarily transferred from the Lianshui Army and the Hangzhou Navy Army, Yingzong Zhao Shu still attached great importance to appointing a navy army. The land mentioned by Zeng Wei was the highest navy commander in charge of defense. His name was Lu Xianyun and Zishao.

After hearing this, Wang Jinghui smiled: It was indeed the tone he set in advance that he had set in advance, but it was his decision to say that it was unexpected that it was difficult to keep the prisoners! Wang Jinghui didn't expect these pirates to become the broth that disrupted his navigation trade. When he encountered pirates, he would uproot and use cruel means to shock the pirates who dared to fight against the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty. It was imperative to use cruel means to intimidate the pirates who dared to fight against the Song Dynasty's merchant ships! The Song Dynasty had the most advanced weapons and navigation technology of this era. It was understandable that there were no horses on land and they could not be so polite at sea. He gave the order to the naval army of the frigate Lu Zishao: As long as it could shock the sea bandits, he could use any method and must establish the national prestige of the Song Dynasty on the sea!

Zeng Wei presented Lu Zishao's letter to Wang Jinghui. After he opened it, he smiled and said, "Good! Zishao did a good job!" In the letter, Lu Xianyun introduced the various events encountered during this voyage and explained the pirates very clearly. Not only did he completely wipe out the invading enemy, but he also took the other person's nest and obtained a lot of property. However, at that time, the ship was full of cargo and had no place to load the seized property, so he collected six merchant ships from the merchant fleet. After the weather was unloaded, he took the risk of sailing to the island where the pirates treasures were hidden under the conditions of not being very good. After the waves were calm, he would return to the Song Dynasty with full loads. Due to the sea conditions, he delayed until now. The large fleet would arrive in Funing and Yancheng in half a month at the latest.

Wang Jinghui collected the letter and said to Zeng Wei: "Zihua. First allocate a part of the seized pirate property to compensate the families of the Song soldiers who died in the extermination of pirates. They bleed for the Song Dynasty at sea and could not let them have any worries! Contact the Privy Council for the remaining property to see what arrangements they have!"

Zeng Wei said: "This batch of goods will probably be transported to Chuzhou by soldiers in batches tomorrow. The next year, and the next year, will arrange the handling properly. However, the Privy Council may be inappropriate to handle this matter, so I should write to the court and ask the emperor to come to the throne!"

Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "Zihua's words are reasonable, so do what Zihua said. When this batch of goods arrives in Chuzhou tomorrow, after counting, I will write another memorandum to report the matter here to the emperor!"

Xue Xiangzhi said: "Now that the construction of the port in Yancheng and Funingdi has been completed. I just wait a few days later, Zishao's fleet will return to the port and quickly transport the money and goods obtained from this overseas trade to Chuzhou. The Maritime Bureau and the defenders have been prepared and have replenished personnel according to the instructions of the adults. At that time, they can count and pay taxes as quickly as possible. The defenders are also divided into several guards. The merchants and travelers who are in exchange for transactions can hire these defenders as bodyguards according to their own situation to prevent robbery by bandit gangs along the way."

Wang Jinghui nodded and said, "Well, it's not bad! I will write a memorial to submit it to the emperor, and let the Xiangjun, who are responsible for escorting goods, change their business and set up an armed escort agency. This time, the matter is urgent, so let's make do with it first! In the future, the transportation of goods traded in Chuzhou should be given priority to this escort agency composed of Xiangjun's relocation. The situation will be expanded. If there is a lack of personnel, I can write to the emperor to write to the emperor to second the Xiangjun from Lianshui Army or elsewhere to transfer the Xiangjun! However, for Xiangjun's relocation to become members of the escort agency, it must be strictly reviewed. In addition to a small number of members who involve accountants and other positions, members who are responsible for daily escort must choose Xiangjun soldiers with good physical fitness and should not just fill in the numbers in order to reduce the number of Xiangjun. At that time, even if an escort agency is opened and the safety of the goods cannot be guaranteed, it will be bad!"

Xue Xiangzhi replied: "Sir, please rest assured. The defenders stationed in Yancheng and Funing were all selected after strict selection. Although their combat effectiveness is not as strong as those of the imperial guards, there is no problem with dealing with ordinary bandits who gather in the mountains and forests! However, the escort agency has not been established yet. Although these defenders are temporarily recruited and selected, they cannot undertake the transportation of goods on a long distance. The route only involves relatively close areas such as Huainan Road, Jingdong Road, Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan East Road. This is also considered that the public security in these places is relatively good, and there are no bandit gangs that are full of elegance."

Wang Jinghui said: "Well, this is good, don't spread the stall so big. At present, we are just showing other places. Be cautious and cautious to avoid any problems when there is any problem. Even if the officials in the court have made a bulletin stamp, they will not cause a lot of trouble. When setting up an escort agency in the future, the weapons used by the escort agency should be written out. Although the escort agency is separated from the escort agency, the imperial court has strict regulations on the weapons held by the people. We must consider it well and not let others catch the handle! It just so happened that the escort agency was not officially established during this period. They are still escorts and can also hold the weapons used by the escort agency. You can first find out the weapons used by the escort agency, and then you can file with the Privy Council."

Xue Xiangzhi smiled and said, "Maybe he's too worried. Even if this matter is biased, I believe the ministers in the court will understand it!"

Zeng Wei said from the side: "Mr. Xue, it's not unreasonable for Lord Xue! The Song Dynasty was the new emperor ascended the throne. People's hearts were also fluctuating in the court. In order to increase their reputation, some censors who "take the world as their responsibility" would pay more attention to Lord Wang's every move at this time. If Lord Wang's behavior is somewhat biased in normal times, it doesn't matter, but if something goes wrong at this time, the bullet stamps on the emperor's imperial case will be listed as a mountain!"

Wang Jinghui looked at Zeng Wei and thought that this young man was worthy of being Zeng Gongzhu's son. Although he was a bit useless, his son's political sense was much more sensitive than himself. He was a talented person, but he just didn't know what expressions he would have when Zeng Gongzhu knew his idea of ​​beating his son. Zeng Wei's political tendency was also very important. Wang Jinghui had never heard of such a person in history, especially Zeng Wei was a member of the Zeng family, which was a bit abnormal.

After hearing Zeng Wei's words, Xue Xiangzhi nodded. He had long heard of Wang Jinghui's land. The status of the prince-consort was in charge of real power in a state. This was only in the early Song Dynasty, when the Song Dynasty was under heavy military pressure from the Liao Kingdom, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong asked the prince-consort and other royal families to be stationed in important border positions, which meant "living and dying with the Song Dynasty". There was no such thing in the past century. He also knew that his superiors had received much attention from the censors, which was a rare thing in the past few decades. Those censors who were eager to get promoted all took it as their responsibility to turn the prince-consort. Zeng Wei's words were quite hidden, and this was an open secret in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty.

Seeing that the house was a little dull, Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "How can we not take risks when doing things? Sometimes we are just extra sensitive, and things must be done. If Bao Zheng was afraid of offending the powerful and fearless, could he still gain the support of the people of the world?! This official thought that only officials like Bao Zheng could be kept in history and live forever in the hearts of the people of the world! Of course, doing things still requires strategy, focusing on progress and retreat, and not fearing dangers. What we do now in Chuzhou is all for the purpose of promoting and implementing the country across the Song Dynasty. The mistakes in the middle are certainly inevitable, but if they can be perfect, they can strengthen the confidence of the emperor and the ministers in the court. In the future, the Song Dynasty will be proud of the world, and you and others will leave a lot of marks in history. Let's encourage each other!"

After hearing this, Zeng Wei and Xue Xiangzhi had a hot thing flowing in their hearts. They were at the age of "great promising" and hoped to make some achievements in this era to be admired by the world. They all knew that Wang Jinghui admired Bao Zheng the most, and for this, he wrote a book that recorded Bao Zheng's life. This was the first time that he used such a large amount of space to record a person's life. How could people not envy it? Zeng Wei was not very familiar with Wang Jinghui, but Xue Xiangzhi watched him do business in Chuzhou. He knew that the first thing Wang Jinghui did when he came to Chuzhou was to clarify the administration. He was a little chilling when he was ruthless against corrupt officials. In the next door, Wang Jinghui even offered a portrait of Bao Zheng there, just like a school in the world enshrines portrait of Confucius!

Zeng Wei and Xue Xiangzhi stood up and said, "Abide by the teachings of lord!"

Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "I am much younger than you. How dare I call the word "teaching"? It's just a complaint from one of my officials when I sighed and said. If everything goes well, then people won't cherish it. I think that what I only want in life is the word "hard" so that I can inspire a person's greatest motivation to move forward. Two adults, in order to realize the rejuvenation of the Song Dynasty, can I be willing to go on the road with me?"

Xue Xiangzhi smiled and bowed and said, "But he has a destiny, so he dare not refuse!"

Zeng Wei also smiled and said, "I am willing to follow the adults, and it's just a matter of hard work!"
Chapter completed!