Rise From the Humble

Sunshine rode fast and whipped all the way. In more than an hour, they arrived in front of the Yamen of the Provost and Inspector of Yingtian City.

"Sir, you are back."

Several officers on duty in front of the yamen saw Zhu Ping'an and his party from a distance, and trotted up to greet them. Liu Dadao and others also received special treatment for their service, leading the horses to the saddle and riding behind the saddle.

Now Zhu Ping'an is the acting deputy envoy of Zhejiang's Prosecution and Prosecution Commission. It is only a matter of time before the word "dai" is removed. His status is different from the past. His status in the yamen is second only to the procurator's envoy, and he belongs to the highest leadership of the yamen. The yamen officers are naturally enthusiastic. Ingratiation.

This is human nature.

Zhu Pingan was not used to it, but he understood it.

As before, Zhu Ping'an first visited Zhang Zhengtai, and then went to meet the two deputy envoys.

Then, Chu Xiong, Zhang Chufeng and others came to pay their respects. Feudal society had a strict hierarchy, and it was an official rule for lower officials to pay respects to superior officials.

Chu Xiong was still affectionate as usual, but a little more respectful, while Zhang Chufeng felt a little guilty.

Zhang Chufeng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Zhu Pingan treated him as usual and showed no obvious hostility.

Before, I had taken refuge in the strict party and had confidence in him. I regarded Zhu Pingan as a thorn in my side and a thorn in my flesh, and I often tried to suppress him. When Zhu Pingan warned Yingtian about the Japanese invasion, I ridiculed and ridiculed Zhu Pingan many times. Secretly colluded with Zhang Han, the head of the Yingtian Military Department, and Liu Qing, the governor of the Yingtian Procuratorate, to impeach Zhu Pingan for not knowing military affairs, spreading rumors to cause trouble, sensationalizing, disrupting the morale of the military and the people, and undermining the stability of Yingyao. They demanded that Zhu Pingan be held accountable and dismissed. Unexpectedly, Zhu Pingan's words came true. The Japanese pirates really attacked Yingtian, and Zhu Pingan also made great achievements in destroying the Japanese. As a result, Zhang Han, the director of the Yingtian Military Department, and Liu Qing, the governor of the Yingtian Procuratorate, slandered and framed Zhu Pingan. They were all demoted to the barren land of Guangxi and became county magistrates.

Fortunately, when I first colluded with Zhang Han and Liu Qing to impeach Zhu Pingan, I considered that if I and Zhu Pingan were both from the Zhejiang Prosecution and Prosecution Commission, if we jointly impeached, people would think that they were involved in the impeachment and acted like a villain, which would damage the image. , so they did not name themselves or jointly impeach, so they escaped disaster, and spent a large sum of money to seal Zhang Han and Liu Qing's mouths, so they were not exposed.

Otherwise, if Zhu Pingan is promoted to deputy envoy, he will definitely be liquidated.

God knows how I got through these days. I was terrified, fearing that the incident would come to light and Zhu Ping'an would liquidate him.

However, it will be fine in a few days, and I won’t have to be frightened anymore.

Because Mr. Zhao Wenhua and Mr. Zhao will be here soon, and his backer is here. As long as he holds Mr. Zhao's thigh tightly, Zhu Ping'an is nothing.

Not worth mentioning at all!

Deputy envoy, haha, if Zhu Pingan can do it, I, Zhang Chufeng, can do it as well.

In addition, Zhu Ping'an offended Prime Minister Yan so badly that he actually guided Yang Jisheng to impeach Prime Minister Yan. If Yang Jisheng had not been stubborn and did not listen to his advice, Prime Minister Yan would have been in big trouble. This was the reason for Mr. Yan Xiaoxiang. talk. Mr. Yan Xiaoxiang wants to get rid of it quickly, and has spoken out many times.

Mr. Zhao is the godson of Prime Minister Yan and a high-ranking member of the Yan Party.

I believe that Mr. Zhao will not sit back and watch Zhu Pingan get promoted and make a fortune in Jiangnan. Zhu Pingan, the acting deputy envoy, is about to reach his end. By then, it will not be him who is worried, but Zhu Pingan.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chufeng felt more confident.

At noon, he had lunch at the Yamen of the Provincial Department of Punishment and Prosecution. After dinner, Zhu Ping'an read through the Yamen's correspondence and became familiar with the official affairs and political affairs of the Yamen. Anyway, Zhao Wenhua hadn't come yet, so this period of time was idle.

As acting deputy envoy, Zhu Pingan was qualified to read official documents in the yamen. The contents of official documents are mostly judicial, such as major cases, important cases, difficult and miscellaneous cases, etc. There are also a few documents related to official governance and ethics.

Zhu Ping'an looked through the official documents on official governance and discipline and found that two of them were about Songjiang Mansion. Some people impeached Songjiang Prefecture for its inability to control Japanese pirates, resulting in Huating, Zhelin, Chuanshawa and other places being occupied by Japanese pirates. In recent days, more and more Japanese pirates have gathered here, about 40,000, forming the Japanese pirate bandits. nest. Moreover, Japanese pirates continued to gather in this bandit nest, forming a huge Japanese pirate force.

These Japanese pirates would not just stay in the bandits' den. They often went out to harass the people in nearby places. They committed endless acts of burning, killing and looting. The people of Songjiang Prefecture were miserable, and they were also full of resentment towards the officials of Songjiang Prefecture.

"Huating, 40,000"

Zhu Pingan put down the official document, shook his head helplessly, and sighed.

The Japanese pirates in Jiangnan are getting more and more serious. When I went to Yiwu to recruit troops, Xu Hai, Chen Dong and other Japanese pirates only occupied Zhelin, Chuanshawa and other places. Their number was about 30,000. How long did it take? Xu Hai and other Japanese pirates actually occupied Huating again, and their strength increased by 10,000 to more than 40,000.

This is only the Japanese plague in Songjiang Prefecture. The seriousness of the Japanese plague in Jiangnan can be seen from this.

Huating

Huating is still the hometown of Master Xu Jie. It is estimated that Master Xu in the capital should take action after receiving the news that Huating was occupied by Japanese pirates.

In the second half of the afternoon, news came that Zhao Wenhua's fleet was about to arrive in Yingtian.

Then, an order from Jiangnan Governor Zhang Jing came, ordering all major government offices and officials to go out to Wuli Wharf at the North Gate to greet the imperial envoy Zhao Wenhua.

Zhang Zhengtai took Zhu Ping'an and others out of the north gate and went to the pier to meet the imperial envoy Zhao Wenhua. On the way, I met many officials who were going to greet me, and they all went together in yamen units.

Everyone greeted each other, then gathered together and headed to the pier to greet Zhao Wenhua.

As we walked, it became majestic.

Everywhere along this route was clean. The Ministry of Rites organized the guards and civilian workers to clean the place as early as yesterday. This morning, they sprinkled water on the place. Even if there was a gust of wind, there was no dust flying.

The pier was also decorated, and red silk was tied to the trees on both sides of the road. Zhu Pingan took a closer look and found that these red silks were all used once when he welcomed the eunuch who announced the decree last time. Well, not bad, reuse, click A thumbs up.

Soon, after Zhu Ping'an and his party arrived, all the major yamen in Yingtian and officials of fifth rank and above from all over the country gathered in front of the dock.

After a while, Zhang Jingcai, the talker of Jiangnan, arrived belatedly, surrounded by generals such as Wei Guogong, Linhuai Marquis, and Yu Dayou.

Among the generals, Zhu Ping'an only knew Wei Guogong, Linhuai Marquis, and Yu Dayou, but not the others.

"Meet Governor Zhang." A group of officials waiting for Zhao Wenhua stepped forward to pay homage to Jiangnan Governor Zhang Jing.

"My lords, there is no need to be polite. I came a step late to inspect the drills in the capital camp. Please forgive me."

Zhang Jingxu helped everyone and nodded slightly. .

"It's not too late, Sir Zhao hasn't arrived yet. In order to exterminate the Japanese pirates, Governor Zhang neglected to sleep and eat. He is really a role model for us. What's the crime?"

All the officials spoke one after another and consciously stood behind Zhang Jing, showing full respect for Zhang Jing, the governor of Jiangnan.