Gu Zhengchen's vigorous and resolute actions impressed newly arrived officials such as Nie Yuanji, Lin Tangchen, and Su Xianqin.
Once the matter is settled, make arrangements immediately.
The Municipal Shipping Department needs to report what manpower it needs and how many manpower it needs, and the government office comes to recruit the people for corvee service.
After leaving Guanhaiyuan, Gu Zhengchen arranged for Zhang He, Chen Qing, Mao Ding and other sergeants to stay at Quanzhou Port to assist in the repair and construction of Quanzhou Port. He also arranged for the sergeants to be on daily patrol alert to prevent pirates from attacking and harming the people.
After the matters at Quanzhou Port were arranged, Gu Zhengchen, Lu Zongyi and others got on the carriage and headed towards Jinjiang City.
Inside the carriage.
Gu Zhengchen and Zhang Xiwan discussed: "Uncle Hu followed the fleet to Quanzhou Mansion and brought a group of businessmen. Gu Cheng and Hu Hengcai should still stay in Quanzhou Mansion. It is not convenient for me to show up. You ask Gu Cheng to entertain them well."
Zhang Xiwan smiled and said softly: "Uncle Hu is not an outsider. He has helped Qingqing and sister Qianer a lot these years. Don't worry about these things. I will arrange for Gu Cheng to take care of them."
Gu Zhengchen held Zhang Xiwan's hand and was about to speak when he felt the carriage suddenly stop.
"Someone's blocking the way."
Xiao Cheng announced outside the carriage.
Gu Zhengchen frowned, opened the curtain and said, "Ask if there is any grievance or something else."
Before Xiao Cheng sent anyone to ask, Chen Yanxuan shouted at the top of his lungs: "Prefect Gu, I am a businessman from Tong'an and I want to buy the tower building!"
"Tazilou?"
Gu Zhengchen was deep in thought and saw Xiao Cheng on guard with cold eyes. He looked sideways and saw Lu Changyan walking over.
Lu Changyan bowed and said: "Prefect Gu, the person speaking is Chen Yanxuan, the young owner of the same Antingxi kiln. A few days ago, I went to the government office to find Lu Shenzheng. He said that he would buy the tower building, but it was so ridiculous that he couldn't pay a penny. Lu Shenzheng thought it was a penny. If he’s a lunatic, just ignore him.”
Gu Zhengchen said with a smile: "It's interesting that here we can meet a smart man with nothing to show for it, Xiao Cheng. I sent someone to tell him to come to the government office tomorrow afternoon."
Xiao Cheng didn't understand Gu Zhengchen's arrangement and asked someone to pass on the message.
The carriage staggered to Jinjiang City. Zhang Xiwan lifted a corner of the curtain and looked at it, frowning slightly: "Husband, this is really the place where Quanzhou Prefecture governs. How come it doesn't even compare to Jurong."
Gu Zhengchen closed his eyes and rested his mind: "Jurong is a small place, and there have been few major wars. But there were ten years of wars here, and Chen Youding separatist power, the court sent troops to attack, and it finally became stable, and corrupt officials were rampant. , year after year, it was reduced year by year. You don’t know that there was a rich farmer who was forced to work in the government to raise horses. As a result, his family property was wiped out and he was even heavily in debt soon..."
"how so?"
"Human nature is greedy and unscrupulous. It has a lot of power but does not treat people as human beings. There is no way. The roots are rotten and the people's hearts are scattered. I have no choice but to go on a killing spree in Quanzhou Prefecture. If it were not the case , No one in this land listens to the government’s words, and no one believes in the government’s words.”
Zhang Xiwan looked at the people here. The girls running from the street were in tatters, the boys were still naked buttocks and barefoot, and some old people had backs so stooped that people suspected their waists were broken...
"arrive."
Gu Zhengchen got off the carriage first and took Zhang Xiwan next.
The merchants doing business on Fuqian Street were sharp-eyed. When they saw Gu Zhengchen coming back, they shouted: "Gu Qingtian is back!"
Being watched.
Zhang Xiwan looked at the people swarming in. Some shopkeepers even ignored the business and looked at their husbands one by one.
What is a good official?
Zhang Xiwan believes that good officials do not need to be determined by the government, but should be determined by the people.
The people think he is good, no matter how bad he is, he cannot be any worse. The people think he is bad, no matter how good he is, he will never be any better.
Only when you make decisions for the people and work for the benefit of the people can you be worthy of the title of "parent official".
And my husband is such a person.
He is as popular in Jurong as he is in Quanzhou Prefecture!
Gu Zhengchen raised his hands, and after everyone calmed down, he smiled and said: "Two things. The first thing is that Gu is still the prefect of Quanzhou and will not be able to leave for a while."
The people of Jinjiang City suddenly cheered.
The people here know how good Gu Zhengchen is. After he took charge of Quanzhou Prefecture, no official dared to kick in the door to collect money. There were no various tax items, and even the people were exempted from taxes for a year in disguise.
It's just that I don't know when the person in charge of the government office suddenly changed to Lu Shenzheng. Later, there was news that Magistrate Gu had gone to Jinling. The people of Jinjiang were very worried that Magistrate Gu would be punished by the court.
Now that Gu Zhengchen personally said that everything was fine and he would continue to serve as the magistrate of Quanzhou, everyone felt at ease.
Gu Zhengchen waved his hands and said to everyone: "The second thing is that your Majesty has granted Quanzhou Prefecture a special place to try out the strategy of opening the sea. Everyone, it is April now. Although it is summer in Quanzhou Prefecture, it is still in our day." It seems that this is a spring day in Quanzhou Prefecture! What are your plans, but you must seize the opportunity, this Jinjiang City will soon become lively."
After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but become even more excited, with smiles on their faces.
Gu Zhengchen did not disturb the joy of the people. They all understood what opening the sea meant.
Entering the government office, Huang Fei, Lin Wei, Zhao Sanqi and other officials and handymen came to greet him one after another.
Lu Zongyi handed the magistrate's seal back to Gu Zhengchen, and then said: "Since you are back, it's time for me to return to the provincial government office."
Gu Zhengchen thanked Lu Zongyi.
Lu Zongyi thought of something and said: "Gao Hui has been reinstated since he was involved in politics. When he helped the Bu family, he had no interest in it. He was just bewitched. What you did was outrageous..."
Gu Zhengchen thought for a moment and asked, "It's a good thing that Gao Shen is clean and honest. If I have the chance, I will plead guilty to him face to face."
Lu Zongyi laughed and said, "It's not enough to plead guilty. He often seduces others, and the timing every time he appears is so perfect that no one can doubt him. It's just Gu Zongfu. Although Gao Shenzheng is an honest man, this place - it's not big... "
Gu Zhengchen watched Lu Zongyi pat his belly and understood that he wanted to tell him that Gao Hui was short-tempered and might hold a grudge.
Gu Zhengchen didn't care about Gao Hui. After sending Lu Shenzheng to the carriage, he suddenly asked: "Lu Shenzheng, there is a question that I have never thought about."
"what is the problem?"
Lu Zongyi was very curious.
Gu Zhengchen said seriously: "Why was Gao Shenzheng imprisoned in Quanzhou Prefecture for so long, and his son Gao Dongxu never showed up?"
Lu Zongyi stared.
Gu Zhengchen lowered the curtain and said goodbye: "Lu Shenzheng, be careful on the road."
Lu Zongyi leaned in the corner, full of thoughts, and finally sighed for a long time: "I won't have any free time after I go back."
Xiao Cheng looked at the smiling Gu Zhengchen and asked, "The Bu family case has been closed. Gao Hui has been proven innocent. The matter should be over, right?"
Gu Zhengchen gave Xiao Cheng a bright smile: "Who knows."
Xiao Cheng was speechless.
Because of Lu Zongyi's conscientiousness, the Quanzhou government office did not have many things to do, which made Gu Zhengchen feel much more relaxed. But there were still many things before Gu Zhengchen. Gu Zhengchen summoned the officials of the government and made arrangements: "Marquis Deqing and more than 10,000 people will enter Quanzhou Prefecture on May 20th. The resettlement of the people is a big matter and time is short. Hurry, the general magistrate Lin Tangchen will be responsible for this matter. Three thousand people will be recruited to build a residence in the wasteland one mile east of Quanzhou Wei..."
Considering the progress and time, Gu Zhengchen introduced bunk beds again.
Gu Zhengchen looked at Nie Yuanji: "In the past, Quanzhou Port was directly under the jurisdiction of the provincial government and Zhongshu, but now it is under the administration of the government. Jiang defense and water conservancy are matters within the jurisdiction of Tongzhi. You will be responsible for the repair, construction and warehouse of Quanzhou Port's wharf. The construction and planning must be reasonable. I will personally check it out and recruit a thousand people to build it together with the Quanzhou Port Navy..."
Nie Yuanji solemnly accepted the order.
Gu Zhengchen said seriously: "The imperial court has issued a document. The Ming treasure banknotes are circulated all over the world. Each government has built a Daming bank first. I am responsible for this matter personally. Three hundred people have been recruited. The people are resettled, Quanzhou Port, and the Daming bank. The total number of people required is to be requisitioned. Four thousand three hundred. This time, only people from Jinjiang, Hui'an and Tong'an counties will be recruited, and document officials will be recruited to draft..."
One incident after another happened, and the entire government office moved accordingly.
Tang Dabang was instructing the clerk to clean up the shop, and Huang Ruyu came in with a clerk.
Huang Ruyu greeted Tang Dabang and said bluntly: "Prefect Gu is back. Have you heard the news?"
Tang Dabang nodded heavily: "Of course!"
Huang Ruyu rubbed her hands and walked: "We underestimated the situation. The court did not allow full opening of the sea, but only allowed Quanzhou Prefecture to open the sea! In other words, this will be the only place to go to sea approved by the Ming Dynasty! It won't take long for other places to go to sea. After hearing the news, businessmen gathered in Quanzhou Mansion! The houses, shops, and restaurants here will double in size within three years!"
Tang Dabang somewhat regretted it: "It's a pity. If we had known this situation, the good locations and shops in the hands of the government would have been taken down! Not to mention that the business is expected to be prosperous in the future, but it is in the hands of this shop. I also found gold!"
Huang Ruyu sighed.
Those good stores will indeed lose money if they don't buy them, but who has the guts to take such a big risk?
no one!
"Dr. Tang, please return this shop to us."
Huang Lu, the owner of the grain store, walked in, followed by a waiter carrying several boxes.
Tang Dabang saw that Huang Lu had come back and flatly refused: "Huang Dongjia, the sale and purchase transaction has been completed. We each found a broker, passed the store deed at the government office, and now we want to take the store back - not so good, right? "
Huang Lu's expression changed and he said, "I sold you this shop for 1,800 guan, and now I'll buy it back for 2,000 guan!"
Tang Dabang chuckled, waved his hand and said: "Let alone two thousand guan, this shop will not sell even 5,000 guan. Mr. Huang, don't forget that you signed the voluntary sale document at the government office. This transaction has Official evidence."
Huang Lu wanted to die.
The government official persuaded him that he might open the sea and asked him to wait and think about it. But I am worried that once it cannot open the sea, this shop will not be worth 1,800 guan, not even 1,000 guan.
Being obsessed with money, he sold the shop by himself.
Who would have thought that today there was news that Quanzhou Prefecture would open to the sea. Sooner or later, every inch of land here would become very expensive. If you sell it for only 1,800 guan, it will be a loss to your grandma’s family!
Just when some people were regretting it and others were rejoicing, the government officials rushed to the Hui'an and Nan'an county government offices with notices. The Jinjiang County government office was not far from the government office. All they had to do was ask them to come...
"Thank you for the reward from the two brothers of Zhengqi Yingying, evil spirits cannot be interfered with and the rare freedom should be like this. Thank you Jingxue."
