Rise From the Humble

Chapter 1987: Half a year has passed

After Zhu Pingan arrived in Shaoxing, the handover with Li Tianchong went smoothly. Li Tianchong cooperated very well and handed over all the official seals, yamen, and documents to Zhu Pingan. He also accompanied Zhu Pingan to count the warehouse and banknotes. After confirming that everything was correct, Li Tianchong immediately set off for the trip. Ying Tian, ​​served under Zhang Jing, the governor of Jiangnan.

On the first day after arriving in Shaoxing, Zhu Ping'an moved into the Shaoxing Governor's Office and officially took office as the governor of Zhejiang.

Although Zhu Ping'an is the highest official in Zhejiang, equivalent to a senior official in a province, governors are a new matter at this time. Only provinces with certain troubles (such as rebellions, uprisings, Japanese pirates, etc.) have governors, who are in charge of the administration and administration of a province. Judicial and military powers, the governor was removed after the matter was settled.

At this time, the governor was still an official sent by the central government, equivalent to an imperial minister, and the supporting facilities were not yet complete.

Zhu Pingan, nominally the highest military commander in Zhejiang, is just a bare commander and has no subordinate officials.

The imperial court did not provide the governor with supporting officials.

Although the three administrative, judicial and military chiefs of Zhejiang Province, the Chief Envoy of the Zhejiang Province, the Chief Envoy of the Tribunal and the Imperial Commander, all obeyed Zhu Ping'an, each of these three officials had their own offices and did not belong to the governor's office.

Currently, the Zhejiang governor's office only has a few clerks who handle documents.

When his predecessor Li Tianchong was the governor of Zhejiang, he recruited three masters in his own name to help him handle government affairs. When he left office, Li Tianchong took all three masters away, leaving only some local scribes.

These scribes can only engage in low-level copywriting work. If Zhu Pingan does not want to be crushed by the mountain of copywriting, he must recruit masters.

When he mentioned Master, Zhu Ping'an thought of Xu Wei and wanted to recruit him to help him.

Unfortunately, when I was in Yingtian, I tried to recruit Xu Wei many times, but failed to get what I wanted.

Xu Wei has his own pride. He now only wants to take the imperial examination, become an official, and become the protagonist himself. He is not willing to be a small supporting role, become someone else's staff, and fulfill other people's great achievements.

In particular, he successfully passed the preliminary test of the provincial examination this year and is eager to show off his skills in the formal examination.

He would not accept his own recruitment.

Only after Xu Wei experienced repeated failures in the imperial examinations and gave up, could he be recruited.

Historically, Xu Wei had to take the exam for a few more years, and his pride was shattered by his failure year after year. After giving up, he accepted Hu Zongxian's three visits to the thatched cottage, came out to serve as Hu Zongxian's staff, and assisted Hu Zongxian in annihilating the Japanese pirates.

However, even though he knew that Xu Wei would not accept his recruitment, Zhu Ping'an still wrote a personal letter as soon as he arrived in Shaoxing, settled Li Shu and others, and attached fifty taels of silver to send someone to respond. Leave it to Xu Wei.

At present, Xu Wei's life is still relatively tight, and fifty taels of silver can give him more room.

She formed a good relationship early and maintained her relationship. When Xu Wei gave up on taking the imperial examination, she naturally became his first choice.

Xu Wei cannot be recruited for the time being, and ordinary masters cannot bear the heavy responsibility. There is no rush, so we can only try slowly.

Zhu Pingan can only work harder on his own.

It was also the first day that Zhu Pingan's old boss and current subordinate, Zhejiang Sentencing Envoy Zhang Zijing, Zhejiang Chief Envoy and Zhejiang Du Commander went to the Zhejiang Governor's Yamen to pay homage to Zhu Pingan.

"Master Zhang, Zhu Butang has been promoted from your yamen. We are old friends, so you have to put in a good word for us."

The chief envoy of Zhejiang and the commander of the capital of Zhejiang said to the envoy of Zhejiang as they walked.

The two of them thought that Zhu Ping'an came from Zhejiang's Tixing and Procuratorate Department, and those who were closer to the water were the first to win. As Zhu Pingan's old boss, Mr. Zhang, the Zhejiang Procuratorate's Procuratorate, must have an extraordinary relationship.

"Ahem." Zhang Zijing, the Zhejiang Prosecution Inspector, heard this and couldn't help coughing.

"I said, Lao Zhang, why are you coughing? When Zhu Butang was an official under Qi, you never showed Zhu Butang's face, right? Then you're done, wish yourself well, we have to stay away from you , so as not to be implicated.”

The Zhejiang capital commander joked half-jokingly.

"Nonsense, Zhu Butang is young and promising, and his teacher is Mr. Xu Ge. Mr. Xu Ge sent me a letter to take care of Zhu Butang. How dare I show Zhu Butang's face? When Zhu Butang was in the Yamen, I However, I fully supported Zhu Butang’s work. I fully supported the establishment of the Zhejiang Army under Zhu Butang. At the beginning, the Zhejiang Army’s food and salary were not approved, and I went to apply for it many times. He immediately denied it.

"Then why are you coughing?" the Zhejiang Commander continued to ask.

"I'm so sorry." Zhang Zijing, the Zhejiang Sentencing Inspector, said sadly, his eyes recalling the memory.

It seems like yesterday when I recall the scene when Zhu Ping'an first came to Zhejiang Province to pay homage to him.

"What are you lamenting about?" Zhejiang Capital Commander and Zhejiang Chief Envoy couldn't help but asked curiously.

"It only took half a year for Zhu Butang to arrive at the Yamen of the Yamen, where I was the prosecutor and prosecutor. At that time, he was just the chief prosecutor of Zhejiang Province. In half a year, he went from being the official to the deputy commissioner, and then to the deputy commissioner. Now it's a leap. He has become the right minister of the Ministry of War and the governor of Zhejiang." Zhang Zijing, the inspector of the Zhejiang Province, said with a sigh on his face.

"Haha, half a year ago Zhu Butang wanted to go to your official office to pay homage to you. Now things have changed and it's you who went to pay homage to Zhu Butang. No wonder you are sighing." Zhejiang Commander in Chief joked with a smile.

"As the saying goes, 'Thirty years in the east, thirty years in the west', now it doesn't take thirty years, half a year is enough. Half a year ago, I was your subordinate, and half a year later, I became your superior, hahahaha"

The governor of Zhejiang also joked.

"Zhu Butang is obviously a man of few talents. His literary talent is self-evident, and his title as the top scholar is the best proof. He is also good at military affairs. The Jingnan Defense War, the Sea Sacrifice War, and the glorious Suzhou Defense War all prove his military talent. Now that the Japanese invasion in Zhejiang is so serious, it is time for Zhu Butang to display his military talent. In another half a year, I don't know what kind of merits Zhu Butang will make and what high position he will be promoted to. Lord Zhang, you have already become a loyal follower of him. When Zhu Butang is promoted to the center, you will also have someone in the court."

The two continued.

"Yeah, that's true. Hey, if I had known what Zhu Butang would be like today, I should have taken care of him ten times or a hundred times."

Zhejiang Judicial Supervisor Zhang Zijing thought of the past and said with some emotion.

"Just be thankful. Zhu Butang was offended at first. You didn't take advantage of him, but showed some care. Just be happy." The Zhejiang Provincial Governor and the Zhejiang Commander said.

"That's right." Zhang Zijing, the Zhejiang Criminal Supervisor, nodded.

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