Gong Dingyu's blind words have been implemented.

After receiving a letter from Zhou Yanru, the first assistant to the cabinet, Gan Xuekuo made up his mind to do everything according to his requirements, as for Zhang Pu and others who have opinions, he can't care so much, and the biggest thing now is to let Caoyun start smoothly.

There are many problems faced, but the most critical problem is the grain, the Cao Yun that began in March, to the two months of May, at least one million stone of Cao grain needs to be transported, and now the Cao Yun Governor's Office does not have a stone of grain, and one million stone of Cao grain is collected in a short period of time, which is not a small matter.

Gan Xuekuo knew that as long as Zheng Xunrui nodded, this task could be completed, and once Zheng Xunrui gave the order, Ma Shiying and the others would act quickly, whether they borrowed it or thought of other methods, they would definitely be able to raise enough food for one million stones.

Gan Xuekuo knows better that if he wants to get Zheng Xunrui's support, it is like ascending to the sky, what he did after he became the governor of Caoyun was to disintegrate all the forces arranged by Zheng Xunrui in Huaibei and destroy all the rules set by Zheng Xunrui, but even if it is ascending to the sky, Gan Xuekuo has to try.

It has been almost half a year since he was appointed governor of Caoyun, Gan Xuekuo is not just a mind to deal with Zheng Xunrui, he actually observed the situation in Huaibei, it took nearly two months, to all the four prefectures and three prefectures in Huaibei, and he was surprised to see the situation, the wealth of Huaibei and the stability and satisfaction of the people, beyond his expectations, in his impression, the people of the capital are not so stable.

The Jinshi who came out of reading the sage book always has a little conscience in his heart, Gan Xuekuo has to admit that Zheng Xunrui's ability is indeed outstanding, and he really does things for the people.

The wealth of the Huaibei region has a great characteristic. It is the protection fee charged by Hongmen, and Gan Xuekuo has also learned about it in private, this so-called protection fee is actually a commercial tax, and if you want to say that you want to collect a commercial tax, it is resolutely opposed by the Donglin Party. Thinking that this is a competition with the people, every time the emperor wants to collect trade taxes, he will encounter strong opposition, and he didn't expect that in this place in Huaibei, Zheng Xunrui changed his name and asked Hongmen to collect protection fees.

Gan Xuekuo couldn't understand the amount of protection fees, but the actual situation he saw was that the merchants in Huaibei did not pay the protection fees. On the contrary, the vast majority of businessmen are doing very well, as long as the businessmen do business honestly, they will not encounter any exploitation, and officials at all levels do not dare to think of making a fuss about the heads of businessmen.

In addition, it is the income of the officials of Huaibei Prefecture and County, which is a matter that surprised Gan Xuekuo, the prefect of the four products, with an annual income of nearly 10,000 taels of silver. Moreover, all the expenses of the government have special silver. There is no need for the prefect to pay out of his own pocket, nearly 10,000 taels of silver is enough, even if it is the lowest grade of the main book, there is an income of more than 1,000 taels of silver every year.

Officials earn so much, of course, they need to cherish their official positions. If you reach for the silver you shouldn't have taken, and you are expelled or even put in prison, it will be too uneconomical.

The income of the officials is also not low, a few hundred taels of silver per year, and the soap subordinates of the officials at all levels in Huaibei also have a fixed income. It's just that there are great restrictions on the number of people, taking Huai'an Mansion as an example, the total number of soap is only fifty people, you must know that there are many mansions in Beizhili, and the number of soap is more than 1,000 people.

In exchange for this kind of management, the officials work together and do things conscientiously, and the common people will naturally be able to benefit.

All this prompted Gan Xuekuo to reflect, especially after Zhang Pu and others came to Huai'an, he spent more time reflecting.

From this, Gan Xuekuo also realized a truth, that is, Zheng Xunrui still pays attention to people's livelihood and the future.

It is precisely because of this insight that Gan Xuekuo is ready to ask Zheng Xunrui for help, he doesn't believe that Zheng Xunrui is watching the people in the north starving, he believes that Zheng Xunrui will agree to restore Cao Yun.

Gan Xuekuo also made up his mind, no matter what, as long as Zheng Xunrui supported him to restore his luck, he would find a way to mediate between Zheng Xunrui and the Donglin party, and asked the Donglin party not to deal with Zheng Xunrui specifically.

Of course, Gan Xuekuo also knows what kind of risks he faces in doing this, and there are some things he feels he must do, otherwise he will be sorry for his conscience.

Gan Xuekuo no longer had a good impression of Zhang Pu and others, he felt ashamed of Zhang Pu and others, and felt even more saddened by the depravity of the Donglin Party.

Gan Xuekuo first found Ma Shiying, he said very directly, I hope that the Cao Yun can be restored in March, as for the Cao Grain, or according to the previous method, first find the merchant Jia to lend out the Cao Grain, and then return it in batches according to the proportion, the Cao Grain is transported to the capital, and all the income is returned to the Shang Jia, but in terms of price, the Shang Jia must suffer some losses.

Ma Shiying did not explicitly refuse, but she did not agree either, which made Gan Xuekuo see hope.

Gan Xuekuo then found Su Jiancheng again, hoping that Su Jiancheng could help, and the situation was the same.

After that, Gan Xuekuo successively found Shi Kefa, Wu Weiye, Gu Menglin, Chen Zilong and others, with only one purpose, that is, to ask them to help intercede with Zheng Xunrui, and implore them to resume Cao Yun in early March.

Gan Xuekuo himself can't see Zheng Xunrui, although Huai'an is not very far from Nanjing, but Gan Xuekuo can't take this step, he knows very well that doing so is likely to directly ruin him and Zheng Xunrui, the emperor will never rest assured and trust Zheng Xunrui, and the emperor will not fully believe in the Donglin Party, once there are signs of union between the Donglin Party and Zheng Xunrui, then the emperor is likely to do it directly.

In the Caoyun Governor's Palace, Gan Xuekuo was unabashedly close to and believed in Ma Shiying and Su Jiancheng and others, but for Zhang Pu and Wu Changshi and others, it was obviously cold.

Regarding the matter of Cao Yun, Gan Xuekuo almost did not find Zhang Pu and others to discuss, he thought that Zhang Pu and others could not think of any good way.

Nanking.

Zheng Xunrui had already received letters from Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, Su Jiancheng, Wu Weiye and others.

He was still a little hesitant, in fact, judging from all aspects of the situation, the emperor maintained the situation in Huaibei was just an expedient measure, once Caoyun returned to normal, the emperor and the cabinet would definitely think of other ways to make it difficult, but the situation in front of him made Zheng Xunrui a little embarrassed.

If Cao Yun can't return to normal, it will be the people of the north who will suffer in the end, and of course it will also affect the battle to exterminate the Liukou, at this time, if Zheng Xunrui is ruthless, he can get great benefits from it, and even be able to control Nanzhili in a short period of time, but the price of doing so is that tens of thousands of people in the north pay for their lives.

Using such means to gain power, this is really not Zheng Xunrui's style.

Zheng Xunrui is not a soft-hearted person for a long time, but he must be in awe of history, such a big thing, will eventually be recorded in history, if he uses the lives of tens of millions of people in exchange for his own power, how people will talk about it in the future, his conscience will never be at peace.

After just two days of thinking, Zheng Xunrui made up his mind.

Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong agreed with Zheng Xunrui's decision, but both of them put forward conditions, Xu Wanghua believed that the annual transportation of two million stone of grain was enough, the emperor and the court were too greedy, if the annual transportation of four million stone of grain, then it would basically cut off the business of the merchants, which was not appropriate, not to mention that the price of grain was far from being able to compare with the price of grain in the market.

Zheng Jinhong and Xu Wanghua had similar opinions, and also thought that it was enough to transport two million stone of grain for a year, and when Yang Yipeng was the governor of Caoyun in the past, he could only transport about one million stone of grain every year, and the imperial court was not maintained at that time.

Zheng Jinhong also believed that if too much grain was transported to completely stabilize the north, the emperor and the imperial court would be free to interfere in the affairs of Nanzhili, and Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun would face great trouble at that time.

Zheng Xunrui agreed to Xu Wanghua and Zheng Jinhong's suggestion, and wrote back to Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, Su Jiancheng, Wu Weiye and others, and also asked Hong Mingcheng to prepare for the start of Cao Yun in early March.

At the beginning of February, the Caoyun Governor's Mansion began to get busy.

The warehouse has grain transported in every day, this is the season of green and yellow, to be able to have grain transported to the warehouse, it is not a simple thing, Zhang Pu and others were originally ready to continue to make trouble, seeing such a situation, they did not dare to move, they still know the severity, at this time, if the matter of Cao Yun is delayed, Gan Xuekuo may really not be emotional, and it is very possible to turn his face on the spot.

Gan Xuekuo's mood was very good, seeing that the grain continued to enter the warehouse, Huai'an Wharf also began to sit on all the preparations, part of the Cao boat has docked at the wharf, waiting for the thaw of the Northern Grand Canal, and began to transport the grain.

Gan Xuekuo fully believed in Zheng Xunrui's influence in Huaibei, and it can be said that he, the governor of Caoyun, left Zheng Xunrui's help, and could not play a role in Huaibei at all, could not collect grain, and could not start Caoyun.

That is, when the grain entered the treasury, Gan Xuekuo's attitude towards Hongmen was also quietly changing, and he praised Hongmen for maintaining order in Huaibei on some private occasions.

Gan Xuekuo's attitude, businessmen and scholars are very sensitive, they found that the governor of Caoyun also supported Hongmen, which shows that Hongmen's strength is by no means ordinary, if you still oppose Hongmen at this time, it is asking for hardship, and there are already individual businessmen in front, because they oppose Hongmen and do things in private, and they suffer a big loss, and it can be said that the family is ruined.

Within a short period of time, peace was restored in most parts of Huaibei, and the influence of Hongmen and Hongmen Qianzhuang in these places increased even more. (To be continued......)