Dominate the Country

In his previous life, Chen Ming had watched many TV series about emperors' secret visits. When he was young, there was "The Story of Qianlong". After a few years, a truly influential TV series began to occupy the prime time of many TV stations, and even the small county where he lived began to broadcast three episodes at night. That was "The Secret Visit of the Emperor"!

Although it became worse and worse later, it was still very attractive in the early 1990s.

Many TV stations across the country, big and small, broadcast it overwhelmingly and repeatedly. It can be said that it occupied the screen!

In it, Uncle Zhang took his concubine and eunuchs, maids, and monks to run around, travel around the mountains and rivers, and was idle. At that time, Chen Ming, who was still young, came to a "truth" in his mind-Kangxi and Qianlong did not do serious work during their six trips to the south of the Yangtze River. They were all playing, enjoying themselves, and falling in love with beautiful women. The first positioning of Kang Mazi in Chen Ming's mind was "romantic".

This is like when he was younger, he thought Qianlong was a man who flirted with beauties everywhere after watching "The Story of Qianlong".

Then it evolved into that the emperor's inspection of local areas was for fun; and the emperor's incognito visit was bound to be in danger.

Later, the assassination scene of Qianlong's incognito visit in "Return of the Pearl" deepened his impression. Even when he grew up and really understood some historical materials, the old impression in his mind could not be shaken off.

From the bottom of Chen Ming's heart, he was not good at inspecting local areas, which was a waste of money and labor.

This trip, the guards who protected the emperor had several thousand people, plus boats and horses, and the accompanying palace maids, eunuchs, guards, and even the ministers' family members, doctors, cooks, etc. This was a huge amount of money. It was comparable to adjusting a division.

With Chen Han's current economic situation, Chen Ming was certainly unwilling to do so.

But the local government was willing. In Hangzhou, and even in the whole Zhejiang, no one said a word of opposition. The emperor is coming to Hangzhou, and everyone is very happy to see him. From officials to businessmen to civilians, everyone is excited. There are all kinds of warm and extraordinary chatter floating in the sky of Hangzhou.

Wang Zhenyi may not really know what the people in Hangzhou are like, but there is one thing that is certain about the officialdom in Hangzhou, that is, the officials of all sizes in Hangzhou have been busy since the moment the news reached Hangzhou. [Does anyone know who Wang Zhenyi is? ]

Wang Zhenyi, who was only twelve years old, only knew that because of this incident, her father didn't even have time to celebrate her birthday. He was busy in the government office all day, and even her grandfather was helping her father plan and review the terms and conditions day and night. And on her twelve-year-old birthday, she could only receive two insincere gifts bought on the street by her father and grandfather's entourage.

Twelve years old is a very important day. According to the current regulations of the court, after the age of twelve, she is no longer considered a child, and she will go to Nanjing to attend a girls' school in the second half of the year.

In Wang Zhenyi's mind, her 12th birthday should be a grand celebration. Not only will she receive gifts carefully prepared by her parents and grandparents, but she will also invite her good friends to play at home and have fun.

But now, her birthday is cold and deserted. Even her good friends can't come to her house to celebrate, because the fathers of those classmates and playmates are also busy and have no time to distract their little girl's worries.

Wang Zhenyi's father, Wang Xichen, is the governor of Hangzhou. She goes to West Lake Girls' School, which is the top girls' school in Zhejiang. So her classmates and playmates are also famous children in Zhejiang, either rich or noble.

The real reason why no one came to Wang Zhenyi's birthday in person was that her father had said early that before the emperor left Hangzhou, if there was no official business, he could visit him, otherwise he would close the door to refuse visitors.

Wang Zhenyi's family was originally from Tianchang, Anhui, and moved to Nanjing when her grandfather was alive. Her grandfather, Wang Zhefu, whose courtesy name was Xingzhai, had served as the magistrate of Fengcheng and the prefect of Xuanhua. He was proficient in calendar calculation and had written many books. In particular, her family had a rich collection of books, and outsiders said that there were as many as 75 cabinets. Wang Zhenyi's father, Wang Xichen, had a rough life and failed in the imperial examinations many times, but he was also proficient in medicine while reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and he usually practiced medicine.

In the history of the original time and space, Wang Xichen eventually spent his life in obscurity, but in this changing world, he firmly grasped the opportunity and joined the Fu Han Army.

From an ordinary doctor at the beginning, he quickly became the head of a medical camp. Although Wang Xichen failed to pass the imperial examination, he was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. It was difficult to pass the imperial examination for the Qing Dynasty, but it was easy to pass the imperial examination for the Chen Han Dynasty. More importantly, he followed his father and stayed in the government office for many years. He had a lot of knowledge about political affairs. This was the biggest convenience for him to jump into the officialdom after he passed the imperial examination in the medical camp.

Wang Xichen, who is now 35 years old, has taken the position of prefect of Hangzhou, the capital of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province. Apart from those who made contributions during the war, Wang Xichen's future is definitely bright. Wang Xichen's father, Wang Zhefu, chose to retire from the post of prefect of Xuanhua early. In addition to taking care of his parents at home, he also served as an advisor to his son.

Now the emperor is about to go south to Hangzhou, which is definitely a major event that requires all-out efforts.

The first person to handle this kind of welcoming task is of course the prefect of Hangzhou.

In the entire welcoming "working group", Wang Xichen is a person who works hard and does not get any credit. If he does it well, it is his job; if he does it badly, he will definitely be punished. Who made him the unlucky prefect of Hangzhou?

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Of course, the emperor sent someone to notify Zhejiang early. Otherwise, Wang Xidi would have been even busier.

The reason why the emperor told everyone so early was that it was impossible for the emperor to travel without mobilizing a large number of troops. Although the current emperor kept saying that he wanted to keep things simple, he ordered a full regiment of the imperial guards, and the concubines, princes, princesses, eunuchs and palace maids in the harem were not many, only three or four hundred people in total, but what about the ministers who accompanied them? Who knows how many people they will bring?

Zhejiang can't afford to offend the emperor; can Zhejiang afford to offend the emperor's casual civil and military ministers? Or is it necessary to offend?

Following the emperor to Hangzhou was a small court. Although the main body of the cabinet was still in Nanjing, some cabinet ministers also came with them, as well as deputies or principals of other departments.

These people seemed not much higher than Zhejiang in terms of rank, and many of them were not as good as the governor of Zhejiang. However, the problem of "difficulty in running to the ministry" has been made public early on, just like the situation in the previous life. No matter how powerful you are in the local area, once you enter the various government departments in the capital, the small fourth- and fifth-rank officials dare to leave the local third-rank officials waiting in the living room for nothing.

In Chen Ming's previous life, this situation eventually evolved into "running to the ministry to make money". Now Chen Han is far more than that, but there is also the phenomenon of "difficulty in running to the ministry".

The national finances are limited. If you give more to Jia, Yi, Bing, and Ding, won't Wu, Ji, Geng, and Xin be less? And local officials, who want to leave some achievements for future generations to remember when they govern a place? And to leave achievements, you need the support of money.

For example, roads, canals, urban sewers, schools, hospitals, these are the most basic problems. If you solve one of them, you can leave a good record in the local chronicles.

So the people brought by the emperor cannot be offended easily. They have to consider the future.

The whole team has to be prepared along the way. The palace needs to be built, the servants need to be selected, the food, clothing, housing and transportation need to be arranged, and the emperor's entry and exit routes need to be guarded... and so on. Notifying the local authorities in advance is not to bother you!

These are just superficial matters. Everyone knows why the emperor came to Hangzhou this time.

No matter how it is evaluated, this industrial and commercial conference will be held, right?

The emperor will also meet with local officials and garrison commanders, right? Even whether the emperor will review the local troops?

Who will come and who will not come, who will be in front and who will be behind, who will accompany the emperor personally, where to hold it, how to entertain and guard, these are all problems, right? If the quota is not divided well, there will be a big fight.

All kinds of entanglements and problems not only involve Hangzhou, but also the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, so Wang Xichen is only the so-called deputy director of the welcoming ceremony, and the real director is the left councilor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

But he usually doesn't care about specific affairs, he just coordinates the overall situation, Wang Xidi is the one who really handles the troubles. The workload is beyond words.

Moreover, the emperor's final destination is not Hangzhou, but Xin'an River, which is more than 200 miles away from Hangzhou.

Xin'an River is very famous in later generations, because the Xin'an River Reservoir was built in the early days of New China, and then there was the world wonder "Thousand Island Lake" to the west of Hangzhou. But at this time, it is much worse. Even as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, someone built a college here to teach and educate people. But the light of Hangzhou is too hot, completely blocking the scenery of Xin'an River.

Now the emperor wants to go to Chun'an and Xin'an River, so he must build a temporary palace. And the place to stay is Songjing Village not far from Longshan, where there is a small Jinluan Palace.

The latter can be said to be famous in Chun'an. Compared with the Jinluan Palace in Beijing, it is "three feet shorter, three feet narrower, and three feet lower", and it has a history of more than 200 years. The temple covers an area of ​​hectares, and is very grand and wide, with bridges and water complementing each other... In fact, it is a family temple of the Yu family. According to the Yu family genealogy, this family temple, which was called "Little Jinluan Temple" by later generations, took 17 years to build with the efforts of the whole family.

But now the Yu family, which was once prominent in Chun'an, has disappeared, and this grand family temple has become public property, because the Yu family raised a total of 13 Jinshi in the late Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, and stood on the opposite side of the Fu Han Army during the war, and the entire family has disappeared.

Now Hangzhou Prefecture and the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces are mobilizing skilled craftsmen to work hard on the Little Jinluan Temple. Strive to turn this family temple into a real Little Jinluan Temple.

The overall scale has been expanded by more than three times, and the entire Songjing Village is included. At the same time, the Hai Rui Temple on Longshan Mountain has also been repaired. Nalong Mountain has been a famous scenic spot in western Zhejiang since ancient times. From the Hai Rui Temple, you can walk up the steps and walk about 500 stone steps to the Ninggu Bell Tower. There is an iron bell from the Song Dynasty in the tower. Visitors can ring the bell for fun, or look out over the lake and mountains, and look across the water at the county town, enjoying the rare beauty of the world.

And the periphery of the Small Jinluan Palace has also been built with cement buildings. The emperor has brought people to live in. In addition to eating, the ministers and escorts also need a place to live. Can you keep them away from the emperor?

Oh, by the way, the emperor must also see the local characteristics of Hangzhou, and various local products must be offered. This is a must. The emperor must not find that Hangzhou has a bad appearance. There are really no beggars in Hangzhou for a long time. They have all been captured and sent to immigrate or labor reform. But there are many rogues in Hangzhou, and there are also some idle people.

Hangzhou is the starting point of the Grand Canal. Although the imperial court has now opened the sea route, which has greatly affected the prosperity of the Grand Canal, its influence has not reached the level of later generations. The Grand Canal is still an economic artery. Even if it has degenerated, then It also changed from gold to silver, and it was still extremely prosperous. But this also caused many disputes at various terminals in Hangzhou.

Fights between boat gangs, cart drivers, porters, and local gangsters occurred frequently, causing headaches for both Wang Xichen and his former Hangzhou magistrate.

In the past, they could turn a blind eye. It was not a good thing anyway, so as long as they didn't call the police, it was up to them.

But now? That means nothing that is even remotely disharmonious can happen.

Wang Xichen now goes to Chun'an every now and then to supervise the construction of the project. The emperor in Nanjing is about to leave, and a series of projects in Chun'an can be said to have entered the final stage, and this stage cannot be careless.

As the direct person in charge of the palace renovation project, Wang Xichen had to be careful when large sums of money and food slipped through his hands. From the initial relocation of the villagers of Songjing Village, to the subsequent bulldozing and reconstruction of farmland, the demolition of surrounding houses, and then the recruitment of craftsmen and manpower for construction projects, etc., all expenditures on money and food must be recorded clearly. The current supervisory censor in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is Liu Wenwei, a ruthless guy.

Wang Xichen cherishes his future very much, and he is not a money-loving person, so he is unwilling to have financial problems.

In mid-May, Chen Ming finally started driving in Nanjing.

Wang Xichen's busy work also came to an end. Wang Xichen held his youngest son, whom he had not seen for a while, and looked at the baby who was not yet one year old. He kept spitting bubbles and gently poked his cheek with his hand. Wang was beside him. Just smile. A warm feeling of home immediately revived Wang Xichen's numb heart after having been busy for a long time.

"In a short time, the Holy Emperor will be here. I have pretty much finished my work. Who knows, we will also have the opportunity to follow the Emperor to Xin'anjiang and have a good time. We didn't have enough fun when we went back. Leave these tens of millions to mother, and please go out."

Chen Ming decided to settle in Xin'anjiang, which made Wang Xichen curious about Xin'anjiang, and he also wanted to visit Xin'anjiang. It was still early March, so he took the opportunity to leave with his family. One trip. The scenery is indeed beautiful. There are scattered small islands and sandbars in the river. What is even weirder is that each small island is surrounded by a golden soil belt where it meets the lake. The locals call it the "golden belt". Very vivid and very strange.

Wang Zhenyi and her younger brother Wang Zhenyu jumped up immediately. When the siblings asked for confirmation from their father again, their expressions instantly lit up, just like children who got their favorite toys for a long time, they both jumped up.

"I've seen West Lake over and over again, and I've long been tired of it. It's better to go to Xin'anjiang!"

"It's a resort where emperors always want to stay. We've been to Hangzhou for more than two years, but we've only been there once, and we're just looking at it. No one would believe it."

"You two don't have to sing together. This time I'll let you have fun there. It's summer vacation anyway."

Chen Ming probably didn't expect how much trouble his trip would cause to the officials appointed as the prefect of Hangzhou, but this is what he should do, right? He is the emperor.