Dongguan County, Nantou City, Patrol Sea Road Yamen.

In the 32nd year of Jiajing, due to the aggravation of the situation of the Japanese and the need to strengthen the defense of the Pearl River Estuary, the deputy envoy of Guangdong Patrol officially settled in Nantou City, which is located on the east bank of the Pearl River.

The Yamen of the Patrol Sea Road is usually responsible for drills and inspections, and when there is something to do, it goes to sea to suppress and arrest, and has the power to govern various coastal defense posts along the coast of Guangdong.

Guangdong has the longest coastline in the Ming Dynasty, and now the form of the Japanese is severe, its importance is self-evident, and the current deputy envoy of the Guangdong Patrol Sea Road is the deputy inspector of the judicial department Yan Rudou.

Although Yan Rudou is a third-class jinshi from a "low" background like Lu Lan, unlike Lu Luan's delay in entering the four-grade sequence, he has crossed this extremely important threshold in less than ten years after entering the officialdom.

And his ambition is not only that, he is eager to succeed Wang Bai's previous power, and even become the governor of Liangguang in the future.

At night, Nantou City seems very quiet, this small city near the mouth of the Pearl River is far from the wealth and prosperity of Guangzhou City, and there is not even a decent green building.

Yan Rudou is about fifty years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a good first-class face, wearing a crimson four-grade official uniform, the whole person looks very majestic, and is sitting in the living room drinking tea.

The fragrance of tea is curling, and the pale green tea is filled with a burst of aroma, but it is picked from the high-quality hair tips of tender teeth. He took a sip, his eyebrows raised, and he liked the fragrant smell very much.

Although they have not been in the officialdom for a long time, their Jiangxi Township Party has been extremely ambitious in the past few decades, and the former first assistant Xia Yan and the current first assistant Yan Song are both from Jiangxi. As a result, under the influence of his ears and eyes, his political wisdom is far beyond those of the same department, and now he can be described as an old fritter in officialdom.

"Meet Dong On!"

A staff member with a mustache strode in from the courtyard shrouded in the night, as if he was stained with some cold outside, and respectfully saluted Yan Rudou.

Yan Rudou put the teacup on the table, pointed to the position next to him and said gently, "Sir, please take a seat!" ”

"Dong Weng asked the old man to come over, what is the matter?" The staff's bearing was extraordinary, and he asked very calmly.

The status of the staff in this era is not low, and they are often still people of merit and talent. For example, Xu Wei once served as a staff member for Hu Zongxian, so naturally he will not be willing to be subordinate to others for the rest of his life, but hopes to have a backer in the officialdom in the future.

After Yan Rudou was appointed as the deputy envoy of Guangdong and the deputy envoy of the Guangdong Patrol Channel, he chose to come from Jiangxi to take refuge, hoping to get Yan Rudou's common sense and support.

The two sides hit it off, and Yan Rudou valued the other party's wisdom, so many important matters would be discussed with him.

"Look!" Yan Rudou picked up a note and handed it over, and said very cautiously.

The staff member Fang Mingzhi stepped forward to take the piece of paper, and then returned to his seat, but when he saw the news that Lin Haoran had invited Ding Yizhong to the mansion today, he looked up and said unexpectedly: "Ding Yizhong has an old relationship with Wu Shan and has a friendship with fellow villagers. Now he is about to be promoted to the governor of Shandong, although with the help of our Jiangxi party, Wu Shan is also working hard, so Ding Yizhong will support Lin Haoran! ”

"Mr. thinks Ding Yizhong will definitely write a letter to support the construction of Xiangshan New Town in Haojing?" Yan Rudou picked up the teacup again and asked carefully.

Fang Mingming nodded affirmatively: "If Lin Haoran makes this request, Ding Yizhong will definitely not refuse!" After all, in this matter, Ding Yizhong chose a vague attitude, which would not only offend Lin Haoran, but even Wu Shan in the capital would be very dissatisfied. ”

"Wu Shan doesn't look like an open sea faction!" Yan Rudou held the tea lid and gently flicked the tea, judging the authenticity.

Fang Mingzhi shook his head lightly and said, "It doesn't matter whether Wu Shan is the Kaihai faction or not, the key is that if Ding Yizhong doesn't sell his face, this is the behavior of a white-eyed wolf." But...... Ding Yizhong's personality has always been calm, and it is estimated that he will choose to drag it out for some time, but he must be a letter to publicly support the construction of Xiangshan New Town in Haojing! ”

This......

Yan Rudou's brows furrowed, he already believed in Fang Ming's judgment, but it was not good news.

In the most practical interest, once the Xiangshan New Town is established in Ho King, then the ships going to Ho King's pier will tend to be legalized. The authority of his patrol yamen will be reduced, and ships coming from the Pearl River will not be under the control and exploitation of his patrol yamen or Nantou Water Village.

In the same way, when Lin Haoran first proposed that Xiangshan New Town would be built in Haojing, he clearly raised his objections and mobilized officials in Guangdong to write against Lin Haoran's proposal.

Now, the proposal to build Xiangshan New City has become a wrestling between him and Lin Haoran. Victory or defeat is not only related to interests, but also a battle for honor, and even determines who will rule Guangdong for a short time after Wang Fu leaves office.

Although Yan Rudou's temperament is not perverse, he is a proud person. Not to mention that his qualifications and abilities are much higher than Lin Haoran's, Guangdong quickly changed his course and surname Yan, where can he still let Lin Haoran do whatever he wants, but he asked seriously: "Sir, if Ding Yizhong supports it in a letter, then how should we deal with it?" ”

"Naturally, it is to increase the opposition chips on our side! The adults asked Lei to participate in politics and Deputy Xiao to write a letter to oppose it, but his voice was not weaker than Lin Haoran's side! Fang Mingming said seriously as he spoke.

Yan Rudou's brows frowned slightly, and he pondered for a moment and shook his head: "No!" This method is not safe, this official is bound to win this time, and he will not allow the slightest mistake! ”

"That'...... We can only start with the capital! Fang Zhizhi looked up at Yan Rudou and proposed another plan.

The power of the Ming Dynasty has never been in the locality, the local only has the right to express its voice, but the real decision-making power has always been in the capital, in the cabinet and the emperor.

If the support of the cabinet is won, the voice of an envoy and a prefect of Guangzhou will be completely equal to nothing.

With Yan Rudou's identity as a member of the Yan Party, it is not difficult to win the support of Yan Song or Yan Shifan. Once the support of the father and son is obtained, not to mention that Yan Rudou and Lin Haoran's support voices are equal, even if Lin Haoran has the support of many people, it will be useless.

After Yan Rudou heard this suggestion, he quickly figured out the powerful relationship, his eyes immediately lit up slightly, and he immediately responded: "Good!" ”

But it's not that he's numb and optimistic, but that he just has the opportunity to get through the "sky".