Chapter 370: Follow the prefect for repaying the city

Li Gefei tried hard to help Zhao Xing: "It's okay if the court does not forgive me, but everyone can work together to build Guangdong. Now the court's pardon order is here, and the news of the demotion of Lingnan has spread all over the world. In this way, who would dare to go to the exiled place to become an official? I think the Central Plains is prosperous after all. We have been in Lingnan for many years and finally have the opportunity to return to our hometown. It is reasonable that they are unwilling to stay."

"Then Zhan Fan, the former guard of Huizhou, took good care of his teacher, and is now the Governor of Boni. He was born in Lingnan and must be willing to return to his hometown to be a rank of officials. I will write to him and tell him: As long as he nods, Guangdong will be his."

Li Zhiyi smiled awkwardly and replied: "There is another former Xunzhou guard who was named Zhou (Zhou Wenzhi). I remember that he went to Lianghu and transferred him back to guard Guangxi. In the Guangdong-Guangzhou area, the minor officials were originally brought out by us. Even if these two people became the transshipment envoys, Guangdong-Guangzhou was still in our palm."

Zhao Xing relaxed and looked at Li Zhiyi and smiled and said, "Brother Li went to Sichuan, and my Zhangshui Grand Canal can extend upwards. I plan to blow up the reefs along the river to make the water transportation between the Sichuan Prefecture and the Yangtze River smooth. In Chengdu, it depends on Brother Li to support it."

Li Zhiyi nodded: "The water transportation is smooth, and it is beneficial to me. I will pay attention if you don't need to say it."

The servant presented the two Chen Tangs, Li Gefei and Li Zhiyi stood up and bowed, "Please mourn!"

Zhao Xing grinned bitterly: "I should say this to you both."

Two Li Moran.

In the next few days, Zhao Xing continued to meet a group of unknown people and selected some of those who were willing to surrender, so he took Su Shi's eldest son Su Mai and his youngest son Su Dun back to Hangzhou, while Su Shi's other two children were no longer willing to struggle in the officialdom. Zhao Xing organized the Su family's division ceremony. Changzhou's property belonged to Su Ding, Ruzhou's property belonged to Su Guo, Su Mai and Su Dun followed Zhao Xing to settle in Hangzhou and served as minor officials.

In June of the summer, Zhao Xing left Changzhou and set out towards Xiuzhou along the Yangtze River. When he arrived in Xiuzhou, the young emperor Zhao Ji's reply to the ownership of Xiuzhou also came - Zhao Xing got what he wanted. At the same time, the young emperor also agreed to his suggestion to open the Xiuzhou Maritime Bureau.

Not only that, the little emperor was still unsatisfied and agreed that Zhao Xing could set up a maritime department at his discretion in various coastal states...

The little emperor was urgent in his pursuit of money. In history, in the era of Emperor Huizong of Song, it was said that "the motherland was everywhere with customs." At that time, the little emperor opened more than a dozen civilian departments in one go, hoping to take the money of the world into his pocket.

Zhao Xing, who received the imperial edict, was a little amused. He glanced at Chao Buzhi in a blink of an eye and asked: "Does Brother Chao plan to stay in Xiuzhou and prepare for the Xiuzhou Maritime Control Department, or should he follow me to go back to his hometown?"

Chao Buzhi shook his head gently and said with a smile: "I have been in Lingnan for several years. My brothers in the clan are very worried. If you have the opportunity to go home, you will naturally have to go home and stay for a year or two. This is also the enjoyment I deserve."

Zhao Xing turned to Su Mai again and asked: "In this case, Brother Boda will leave you. I will leave a few assistants for you, and it is also good to build the Huating Maritime Warehouse here... I remember that Huating County is also prosperous, with a population of more than 10,000, and the sand and Luli Er Salt Field are still produced. I will give you 300,000 yuan of opening fee. How about it?"

The Song Dynasty spent only 8,000 guan a year on renovation of a Yellow River, and the opening cost of 300,000 guan was already a luxury. However, among the Maritime Warehouses agreed by Zhao Xing, Huating had no infrastructure for overseas trading before, and its status was at the estuary of the Yangtze River, which was the top priority of Zhao Xing's plan, so the cost of 300,000 guan was not much.

Su Mai's appointment as the magistrate of Huating and the commander of the Municipal Commission for Trade Affairs. He was a person who didn't like to talk too much. He just bowed and agreed silently. Chao Buzhi hurriedly bowed and thanked him: "In this way, I will have to work harder for Brother Boda. After I go back, I will sort out the housework and take the post immediately."

Su Mai still nodded silently, and then Su Mai's family disembarked one after another - their branch will settle in Huating in the future and reproduce in the local area...

Zhao Xing's flag-keeper led Su Mai to land. After a little leaning, another soldier boarded the boat and reported: "Taiwei, Zong Ze Zong Rulin, the magistrate of Jiaoshui, Laizhou, asked for a meeting!"

Zhao Xing waved his hand impatiently: "It's another annoying request, no see... Wait, what, you said his name is Zongze - please please!"

Chao Buzhi heard about this person and introduced on the side: "Zongze Zong Rulin, this person was a Jinshi in the second year of Yuanfeng, the same year as me. At that time, the teacher happened to be a teacher at the imperial examination, and this person was also considered a disciple of the teacher. However, after he passed the imperial examination, the teacher was demoted to Huangzhou... This person was already thirty-three years old when he passed the imperial examination and was an experienced man. Unexpectedly, many years later, he was still in the position of county magistrate."

Chao Buzhi was qualified to say this. He passed the imperial examination in the same year as Zong Ze. Although he was repeatedly demoted, he is now a fifth-rank Huating Market Envoy. Of course, even without Zhao Xing's existence, he had served as a few Beijing officials, while Zong Ze has always been a county-level minor official.

Zong Ze is worse than Chao Buzhi, and even worse than Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing and Di are more than ten years later than Zong Ze. He is now the second-rank Grand Marshal, and Zong Ze is still the seventh-rank magistrate. Compared with the two, Chao Buzhi is naturally qualified to tease Zong Ze.

At this time, there was Qin Guan in the cabin. He could not go to the capital to serve as an official, and he was depressed all the way. He was not interested in such a seventh-rank county magistrate, so he stood up and walked towards the back cabin while everyone was talking.

After Zong Ze entered the cabin, he first talked about the same year with Chao Buzhi, and then greeted Zhao Xing.

In the Song Dynasty, the highest peak of the imperial examination was more than 400,000, but the number of people who passed the imperial examination was only more than 300 every three years, and when it was small, there were even less than 100 people. Therefore, the friendship was particularly rare when the Jinshi passed the imperial examination in the same year. After a while, Chao Buzhi and Zong Ze were having a passionate chat, and Zhao Xing, the master, could not get in touch with him for a long time.

After a little leaning, the female envoys began to serve the tea. Taking advantage of this time, the conversation between the two paused for a moment. Zhao Xing quickly interrupted: "Brother Rulin, do you know a boy named Yue Fei and Yue Pengju?"

Zong Ze was silent. He tilted his head and thought for a long time, shook his head and replied: "I have never heard of this name. Why? Is this person very outstanding? Where is the person who deserves such concern for the Taiwei?"

Zhao Xing said "Oh" and looked disappointed. He avoided answering Zong Ze's question. He picked up the tea bowl and said Weiwei: "Please have tea!"

"Good tea!" Zong Ze took a sip of the tea and couldn't help but admire it.

If Zong Ze can drink such tea, he needs to thank CCTV. Thank you... Well, to put it bluntly, one day Zhao Xing was bored and happened to see an agricultural science and technology program. There is a method of making green tea.

When Zhao Xing first came to the Song Dynasty, he also liked the method of drinking tea by the Song Dynasty people who added spices to tea. However, over time, the taste of green tea inevitably came to his mind. When he arrived in Guangzhou, he had free and rich, so he began to try to develop green tea in Huizhou, Meizhou and other places, but he did not expect it to succeed in one fell swoop.

At present, this kind of tea has not started to be launched and is only circulated among Zhao Xing's relatives and friends. However, those who are used to drinking Song-style fragrant tea cannot adapt to this light tea drinking method for a while. Even Su Shi once said that after citing green tea, the tea culture and tea ceremony of the Song Dynasty will inevitably disappear.

Therefore, the promotion of green tea is not satisfactory, and even the merchants in Guangzhou are not used to this new type of tea. Chao Buzhi couldn't help but complain every time he drank green tea. However, because it was extremely inconvenient on the boat, drinking green tea saved the cumbersome tea brewing process, and it could be completed with just a cup of hot water, so Chao Buzhi had to accommodate it, but he didn't expect that Zong Ze liked to be so light.

After enjoying the fragrance of tea with his eyes closed, Zong Ze bowed back to the main topic: "Xiao Guan is here for Lu Xiang."

Zhao Xing lowered his face and asked, "Who is Lu Xiang?"

After all, Zhao Xing is now the number one general of the Song Dynasty who commanded tens of thousands of troops to win every battle. He once led troops to threaten the court. His face seemed to be indifferent to the cabin, but Zong Ze, the "No. 1 Awesome Man in the Southern Song Dynasty", was not afraid of Zhao Xing's expression. He calmly put the teacup back on the table and bowed and said, "Lu Huiqing!"

Zhao Xing smacked his lips and said disapprovingly: "Lu Huiqing, I haven't heard of it. It seems that he has no reputation!"

This time, even Chao Buzhi blushed a little. He interrupted and said, "Brother Rulin, how did you know Lu Huiqing?"

Zong Ze crossed his hands and answered without changing his face: "The lower official was appointed as the Guantao County. Lu Xiang was the Shangguan who was in the lower court. In the second year of Shaosheng (1095), the prefect Lu Huiqing ordered the lower official to inspect the construction of the Yuhe River. It was just that the lower official lost his eldest son, and the emperor's order should not be violated. He was ordered to go immediately.

It was cold and the land was frozen, and countless migrant workers in the river repairing river were dead and dead. The lower officials wrote to the office and suggested that the construction period be postponed and the construction would start again when it was warmer next spring. Lu Xiang agreed to him and praised the lower officials, saying, "This can be said to be worried about the country and forget the family." The lower officials felt that Lu Xiang was kind to him, and were entrusted by Lu Xiang to come to plead with mercy..."

Zhao Xing looked up at the ceiling, and after a while, he said slowly: "Hangzhou magistrate has been dismissed, right?!"

Chao Buzhi glared at Zhao Xing with dissatisfaction. Zhao Xing said just now that he didn't know who Lu Huiqing was, but now he knew that Lu Huiqing was the governor of Hangzhou... This is too unconcealable.

After Fan Chuncui impeached Lu Huiqing and took the blame, the new party in the court remained strong. In order to avoid conflict between Fan Chuncui and Lu Huiqing, the appointment of Lu Huiqing by the new party was equivalent to promotion of him - the new appointment of another place was the governor of Hangzhou.

Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing have always been disagreeable, and now Zhao Xing has become a variable. In order to please Zhao Xing and to arrange a private place for Zhao Xing, Zeng Bu went to power and continued to pursue Lu Huiqing's crime of lying and making excuses, completely dismissed him and dismissed him as a civilian. At this moment when Zong Ze expressed his love, Lu Huiqing was staying in Hangzhou, waiting for Zhao Xing to return to take over, and then was monitored by the court.

I have to say that Lu Huiqing has a lot of energy. This corrupt official has been an official for many years and has made a group of friends. I have to say that this corrupt official has first-class thinking. He doesn't look for others, but only asks Zong Ze, an irrelevant outsider, to plead with him, to find Zhao Xing's temper.

Zhao Xing did not discriminate against others with his party. Liu Anshi, the "tiger in the palace", had angered Zhao Xing and offended Su Dongpo in the past. However, Liu Anshi was exiled to Guangzhou, and Zhao Xing still took care of him because Liu Anshi was indeed talented.

Zong Ze is also such a talented person. Zhao Xing was appointed as the Nanyang Affairs Bureau and "mainly promoted" while his Nanyang Affairs Bureau is an empty shell and urgently needs a subordinate who can lead the party and understand military tactics. Zong Ze is exactly such a person.

Zong Ze was depressed in the officialdom because he was like Su Dongpo, a master who liked "strange and erotic skills". His military books and war strategies also happened to be his favorite. This kind of scholar who does not do his job and only likes technology is a monster in the eyes of Confucian scholars, so he is still in the position of magistrate.

But when Lu Huiqing was right this time, Zhao Xing narrowed his eyes. After thinking for a long time, he asked, "How many positions did Brother Zong do as the magistrate?"

Chao Buzhi immediately understood Zhao Xing's question and immediately added: "Have you brought my beauty to you by Brother Zong?"

Zong Ze was still so calm. He took out the Mokanben (work resume) from his sleeve and handed it to Zhao Xing, and replied: "The Xiaguan had served as the magistrate of Guantao County and the magistrate. Later, he served as Quzhou Longyou, Laizhou Jiaoshui, etc. He had served as five magistrates!"

Zhao Xing nodded, took over the other party's Mokanben, and slowly replied: "Five magistrates should be promoted to provincial officials. Hangzhou still lacks a judge. Brother Rulin is interested?"

Zhao Xing's words were equivalent to agreeing to Zong Ze's plea in disguise. Lu Huiqing was the former governor of Hangzhou. Zhao Xing asked Zong Ze to take over as judge of Hangzhou, which was equivalent to asking Zong Ze to handle the handover with Lu Huiqing. In this way, even if Lu Huiqing's hands and feet were not clean, as long as Zong Ze concealed it, he could still get through it.

Zong Ze bowed his hand in fear of fame and disgrace and replied: "Abide by the order!"

Zhao Xing looked at the ceiling with his eyes rolled his eyes and replied arrogantly: "This depends on your situation... Well, the position of Hangzhou magistrate is on my head, and I am afraid I don't have time to take care of the state affairs. You will also take charge of the state affairs."

Zong Ze's muscles jumped, and he stood up to thank him: "So, thank you for your heavy use."

The prefecture judge is slightly higher than the magistrate. Generally, he is a local reserve officer before the official is promoted to the magistrate. Zhao Xing directly asked the other party to take charge of the magistrate's affairs. In the words of the Song Dynasty, this appointment is "the magistrate is in power and the affairs of the magistrate", which is equivalent to promoting Zong Ze.

Zong Ze felt in his heart when he was suddenly promoted. However, he was still happy and worried. He said calmly and asked Chao Buzhi with his eyes. Chao Buzhi signaled him to go to the back cabin for a while. After this person left, Chao Buzhi turned to Zhao Xing and asked: "Why, Li Ren likes him, this person is still steady in his work."

Who knows that Zhao Xing had already given a thumbs up in advance.

He is worthy of being the teacher of a famous general Yue Fei. Legend has it that Yue Fei learned from him and learned the word "stable". This is why the Jin soldiers lamented that it is easy to shake the mountain, but it is difficult to shake the Yue family's army. The person's appearance that he just now could not even be stabbed in, is worthy of being a model of being as stupid as a wooden chicken.

Legend has it that the best among the cockfighting is the "wood chicken" that looks like a piece of wood when it is in war, and is not affected by the surrounding environment at all. Zong Ze is the best among the wooden chickens.

After a moment of pause, Chao Buzhi said hatefully again: "Just let Lu Huiqing go so gently?"

Zhao Xing curled his lips and said coldly: "A dead dog, let me rub it. Why bother to make things difficult for him in handing over the office? Let him go."

There are naturally some unspoken rules for the handover in the officialdom. Even if the ex is a huge corrupt official, the later officials can only pinch their noses and accept the corruption. Otherwise, all officials in the officialdom would think that this person did not follow the rules and violated the ethics of the officials... Instead of letting others bear this corruption, it is better to let Zong Ze, the entourager take over, and let Zong Ze know that pleading for others is a cost.

Zhao Xing's boat was changing the sea boat at the estuary of the Yangtze River. Chen Buqun came to pick Zhao Xing up. When he saw Zhao Xing, he said anxiously: "Teacher, I can't help but fail to mourn the teacher. Please forgive me... But why did the teacher return to Hangzhou? We are ready in Guangnan and are planning to start. Why did the teacher flee?"

Zhao Xing applauded: "Okay! I thought you would also shout to go back to Hangzhou and to Central Plains. It turns out that you still remember the sea after all, and the land is very good."

Chen Buqun scratched his head and said with a silly smile: "In terms of academic research, I am not as good as my master or as my teacher, and I am not as good as my teacher. Even my brothers and sisters are not as good as my brothers. But when it comes to countless destruction of countries, I think I have hope to be the first person in ancient times. The teacher said that there are thousands of small countries on Nanyang Island, and I don't want many. As long as I have destroyed more than thirty countries in my life, I will inevitably leave a lot of marks in history. This is my development direction... Teacher, Jerusalem has already flowed into a river. When will we set off?"

Zhao Xing asked: "Have Wanqiyong arrived?"

Chen Buqun replied: "The appointment of the Huizhou Shou Zhan Fan will be sent out. Mr. Wanqi will not arrive at the end of the year. But I think Mr. Wanqi is staying in Guangzhou at this moment and is just right for us to provide supplies. When we return next year, it is good to go back to Hangzhou together.

However, although Mr. Wanqi did not come back, he brought me more than a thousand scholars from Guangzhou. Now I have emptied more than 20 schools in Guangdong and Guangxi, and I have all the tribute students and scholars, who have some skills, have returned. The teacher wants to open several yamen. These people are just in use. They can study and do things in Hangzhou, and then go to Beijing for scientific research. It's a great pleasure."

Chen Buqun moved not only scholars from the Mingjing Academy of the Prefecture, but also many students who had not graduated from the Guangnan Wubei Academy and the Navy Academy were brought in. In addition, the deposit of the Guangdong-Guangzhou region was also detained in his hands. After the handover, Zhao Xing deducted three million guan from the deposit of the Guangnan Kuangzhou as the starting fee for his yamen. He also used one million guan to buy warships and recruit sailors. He left some people to train at the estuary of the Yangtze River and went straight to Hangzhou.

In Hangzhou City, when Zhao Xing entered the city, half of the people in the city ran out. The leaders were all scholars. They set off firecrackers and threw fruits at Zhao Xing's convoy to express a warm welcome. The enthusiasm of the people in his hometown made Zhao Xing burst into tears. He murmured: "To repay the prefect, the teacher came to the city, and the people in the city came. Today, the disciples can also receive half of the glory of the teacher, which is enough to comfort their lives!"

Chao Buzhi, who was in the same car, smiled and said, "It's incomparable! The teacher wrote this poem in Mizhou at that time. How many people can be found in Mizhou? The people in one city can come out. There are only a few thousand people in Hangzhou now - 400,000, and half of the city can come out to welcome him. That's 200,000!"

The wall of the carriage and the ground was knocked by fruits, and Zhao Xing nodded in emotion.

The people of Hangzhou went out to welcome half of the city because Zhao Xing, a scholar with a scholar in Hangzhou, is also the pride of Hangzhou scholars. As a scholar, no one wants his disciples to follow him without regrets. Even when he is in a poor place like Lingnan, he is willing to wear clothes and protect him without hesitation. In this regard, Zhao Xing is not only a role model for Hangzhou scholars, but also a role model for scholars all over the world. Hangzhou scholars can come out to welcome him together, but also hope to point at Zhao Xing to teach his disciples, hoping that he can enjoy the "Treat of Su Dongpo" in his life.

In addition, people from Hangzhou went out to welcome Zhao Xing. They were also grateful for Su Dongpo's all he did for Hangzhou. This generation of Wenzong not only left Hangzhou with a thousand-year-old city business card - West Lake. In Hangzhou, the world's first free hospital in Hangzhou in the Song Dynasty: Anlefang. During the Great Famine in Hangzhou, the prefect also used work as a relief to save countless people in Hangzhou. Of course, they also resettled countless residents of the settlement in Hangzhou.

It can be said that at least two of the three people in Hangzhou have received the kindness of Su Dongpo’s disciples. The Song people are more grateful, so they went out to welcome Su Shi, the noble disciple, as the chief official in Hangzhou.

At the gate of Hangzhou, a bunch of gentry pots greeted him. Chao Buzhi jumped out of the car and introduced to Zhao Xing: "This is my brother, Chao Lunzhi, Chao Shuozhi, Chao Yongzhi, Chao Chongzhi, Chao Qianzhi, this is my nephew Chao Gongmai..."

Zhao Xing looked at a lot of young Chao Laochao, and was a little dizzy and asked jokingly: "How many good brothers do you have?"

Chao Buzhi smiled honestly and replied: "It's almost all, it's almost all!"

There are so many people who are still called the same, so how many should there be?

Zhao Xing didn't know that the Chao family was the most fully preserved family in China. Its genealogy not only escaped the destruction of the Mongolians and Qing people, but also escaped the hand of the "Red SS". It was preserved until the 21st century and became the only complete sample of modern generations studying the Song Dynasty clans.

After meeting with hundreds of relatives of the Chao family, next was Zhao Xing's acquaintance in Hangzhou. The "Five Prince Consort" Tang Di, who married five royal women, also came forward to visit with a smile. As soon as they met, they said without any hesitation: "You have made a fortune. After going out, you have become an expert in destroying the country. Good, very good, and we will have a wider source of wealth in the future."

Tang Di said the last sentence, which seemed a little dazed, but Zhao Xing knew what he meant - after the Hangzhou Maritime Warehouse opened the port, Tang Di, as a person who had business relationships with Zhao Xing, naturally wanted to get involved in the sea trade so that the business would be more prosperous.

As for Tang Di's contribution to the destruction of the country, although Zhao Xing attended a ceremony for the ritual of the whole country in the capital and also participated in the carnival of expanding territory held by the young emperor in Jinmingchi, he was not happy about this. On the other hand, this also shows that although Zhao Xing tried his best to regard himself as a Song Dynasty person, his thinking was not a Song Dynasty person after all.

The Song people were humiliated for more than a hundred years. After the Chanyuan Alliance, the Song people encountered external pride, but they were just surrendering. In the face of the Liao Kingdom, the Western Xia seized a piece of land. The Song people could not fight for a long time, so they could only surrender. The Song people had to surrender for a long time, and the Song people needed a victory. Zhao Xing seemed to easily wipe out Dali and return the Han family's hometown to the court. This was unimaginable pride for the Song people. Now the little emperor sent Zhao Xing to control Nanyang. Obviously, the Taiwei wanted to attack Nanyang, which further made the Song people's self-confidence expand.

The Taiwei in front of him was still a famous general who fought head-on with the Liao people and did not lose the disadvantage. The Song people present all hoped that Zhao Xing would go north again after cleaning up the South China Sea and restore Youyan. Therefore, their welcome to Zhao Xing was fanatical, but Zhao Xing did not have the feeling of the Song people. In his opinion, to wipe out Dali, that is, to pick a ripe fruit. Wherever the Song civilization reaches, picking those small countries is like harvesting cabbage in a vegetable garden, which is not worth boasting.

Unclear where the craze of the people in Hangzhou came from, Zhao Xing had to speculate, thinking that it was just because of the rewards that their master and apprentice benefited the people in Hangzhou. He returned to his Jasmine Garden in the crowded welcome of the people. Then, there was a grand banquet. The continuous visits made Zhao Xing indulge in the sea of ​​wine and the sea of ​​meat, and Chen Buqun jumped up in a hurry.

"Teacher, the monsoon has risen, and Guangzhou Maritime Businessmen are looking forward to it, but we waste our time on banquets. According to what the teacher said, this is a million yuan in profit every day. How can we afford it?!"
Chapter completed!