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Chapter 825 I knew that I would return to Tianjin

The two capitals and thirteen provinces under the Great Tomorrow, counting the military towns and foreign domains, are really thousands of miles and a vast territory. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In this era, the problem brought by such a large territory is the inconvenience of transmitting news, and the Beijing division is on the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven guards the country, but there is also a ** annoyance, that is, it takes too long to transmit the news from the Beijing division to other provinces, after all, the speed of the horse is also limited.

This is also why the Nanjing Sixth Department was set up in Nanjing, the Nanjing Military Department Shangshu, the Nanjing Town Guard Eunuch and the Nanjing Garrison Trinity System, which can be regarded as the establishment of a sub-center, so as not to lose control of the south because the road is too far and the news is not smooth.

The news of the Beijing division went to Nanjing, to the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and the horses went out of Beijing quickly, and people only dismounted when changing horses, all the way non-stop, and it took ten days at the earliest.

The official official business of the Ming Dynasty is eleven days, that is to say, it is normal for the news from the two capitals to arrive on the eleventh day.

However, how many officials in Beijing came from Jiangnan, and how many policies in Beijing were inextricably linked to Jiangnan, and a large number of materials were transported from Jiangnan.

In the officialdom and shopping malls, how many political and monetary things need to be constantly communicated, not to mention anything else, the two Huai salt merchants are rich in the world, and the news about the salt industry in the household department is extremely important to them, and the slightest fluctuation is 100,000 or even a million taels in and out, how can they not care.

With better horses, there will be no official barriers along the road, and it is really a rotation of thirty miles, so that the horses are always kept at a high level of progress, and the fastest time for Beijing to Nanjing can be eight days, and it is said that it can be done in six and a half days.

This line does not belong to the official, but is jointly established by the wealthy merchants in Jiangnan, the salt merchants of Lianghuai, the wealthy families of Jiangnan, all aspects of which benefit from this line.

Wang Tong operated in Tianjin Wei for three years before setting up a fast horse mail route between Beijing and Tianjin, while the wealthy families in Jiangnan have been around for two hundred years.

Any news from the imperial court, Baoding Mansion and Zhending Mansion close to Shuntian Mansion may not know, but the Jiangnan side has already understood it clearly, as for the case of the encroachment on the fields of the Xu family in Songjiang Mansion, this case involves the Jiangnan clan at the moment, and it is very representative, I don't know how many people are staring at it.

Wang Tong received the will when he got married in June, and now he will only leave Beijing in July, how can there be a reason that he doesn't know in Jiangnan, anyway, Emperor Wanli's attitude is very clear, and Wang Tong is not in a hurry.

The left and right are tolerances, so do it according to official business, get on the boat at Tongzhou Wharf, go south along the canal, and then cross the river to the south of the Yangtze River, which will take more than 20 days on the way, leisurely and leisurely.

There were not many people who came from Jingshi to send each other, it was nothing more than Li Yuan, Lu Wancai and a few other officials who knew each other to send each other, and after a few words of advice there, everyone went back.

This time, Wang Tong's pro-soldiers naturally all brought with him, but Ma Sanbiao let him stay, and now Ma Sanbiao also has the title of deputy Qianhu in Jinyiwei, Yang Sichen is a soldier who is a little inconvenient, and Ma Sanbiao, a skilled martial artist, can help a lot.

Tongzhou sailed to Tianjin, if everything went well, it would take three days and two nights, Wang Tong brought a total of thirteen ships, more than 100 personal soldiers and equipment, but more than enough.

According to Wang Tong's habit, there are no subordinates around him, and they are all busy with personal soldiers and guards, but this time it is different from the past, but there are five servants in green clothes and hats who are busy on the boat.

Except for Tan Dahu and Tan Erhu, most of the rest of the soldiers were in rotation, and some of them stayed for a short time, and they were surprised when they saw Wang Tong's servants, and discussed in private:

"We're starting to play music too."

But Tan Dahu and Tan Erhu were the ones who knew the servant, not to mention anything else, when Wang Tong returned to Beijing, Shi Qi, who unknowingly stole the silver taels, was there.

"If you go back to the adult, your subordinates are not familiar with Jiangnan."

On that day, Wang Tong inquired about the situation in the south of the Yangtze River in Shi Qi, and Shi Qi replied like this, he finally had the opportunity to use himself, and he should have to show more performance, but Shi Qi told the truth.

"My lord, there are many rich people in Jiangnan, but it's not easy to start, except for those characters who are connected with the wealthy officials, the rest don't dare to do things over there"

According to Shi Qi, the people who can start on the Lianghuai side are all big salt merchants, and these wealthy families have salt lords and thugs under their hands, and they are first-class outlaws, not to mention the relationship between this cadre in the official face, if you really want to offend people, black and white will chase and kill together, then you really can't escape.

As for the area from Nanjing to Hangzhou, there is no oil and water on the body of the small people, if you stretch out your hand with the big households, you will accidentally offend some people who are all over the sky, not to mention the family of the big family, the entire Jiangnan government may be alarmed, it is really no way to heaven, no way to enter the ground.

At that time, Shi Qi walked in Shandong and Henan, and there was a group of people who were called with them, went to Jiangnan, did a few cases in Changzhou Mansion, and defrauded a certain household of tens of thousands of taels of silver, thinking that he could spend all day drinking, and a cadre hid for a few months, and finally carnivaled on the Qinhuai River, I thought that a place like Nanjing could be safe, but I didn't expect to be surrounded by people on the flower boat, but I didn't send it to the official, and I got it out of the city.

Lynching was cut with a thousand knives, and then thrown in the pigsty and gnawed clean, this is the disposal, even more ruthless, this cadre spent part of the silver, Jiangnan actually sent people to their house, and actually chased and killed the family.

This kind of thing is not one by one, after hearing too much, Shi Qi is also frightened, and he doesn't dare to touch this moldy head, it's actually quite funny to say, this cadre would rather make a seal on the official silver of the government's grain, than dare to touch the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River.

According to Shi Qi's words, coupled with Wang Tong's understanding, the biggest in this land south of the Yangtze River is not the government, but these wealthy families.

In addition to Shi Qi's words, Wang Tong, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, can understand more things, this kind of high-ranking clan formed because of the fame of the imperial examination is not only arrogant and domineering in the local area, but also gradually formed their faction in the court.

Since Yan Song lost power, more and more officials of the DPRK have come from several places in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are especially many officials from the various prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River.

There is such a faction in the officialdom, and those who have a relationship have joined this faction to strengthen their own momentum, but it doesn't matter, they are very afraid and dare not offend.

Perhaps in the Longqing year, these officials and scholars from various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River only helped each other among their fellow villagers, but with the development of time, those who have a heart can see the political interests contained in them, and as long as someone takes the initiative to agitate in tandem, it is possible to become a real party.

According to Wang Tong's knowledge, such people have appeared, Gu Xiancheng, who has entered the selection department of the Ministry of Officials, and Li Sancai, who is in a high position in the Ministry of Households, although the two of them cannot be regarded as high-ranking officials, but they have great energy in the Beijing Division, Qingliu scholars, and low-grade officials, they can exert influence.

Because everyone clamored in unison, there were more times together, they advanced and retreated together, acted in an orderly manner, and naturally had cohesion and knew the benefits of forming a party.

This year, there have been officials from Huzhou who have been sparse, criticizing officials from Su, Song, and Chang for forming a party, which has affected the imperial examination and the awarding of officials by the Ministry of Officials.

In the past, Wang Tong would have cared more about this, but now his attitude doesn't matter, the officials of this faction are currently attacking Wang Tong the most is the Ping An brand and Tianjin Wei's various measures.

The reason is very simple, their own interests have been damaged, and every year they rely on their fame and status to sell goods duty-free to make profits in Beijing, which is a big business, and there are many connections between Jingshi shops and officials, and the cards to collect taxes and Ping An brands are directly cut from them.

The opening of the sea is even more annoying, most of the goods from the south of the Yangtze River to the north, the Jiangnan maritime merchants obtained from the sea trade, and then took the canal all the way to the Beijing duty-free division, and now Tianjin Wei opened the sea, which is equivalent to the goods that were originally to be shipped north in the south of the Yangtze River, and they can be sold directly in Tianjin Wei, which makes Jiangnan lose a large piece of financial resources.

In a sense, because of Wang Tong and Tianjin Wei, the progress of the formation of the party in the south of the Yangtze River, especially in the area of Su Songchang, has been accelerated, and the degree has also deepened.

But no matter how they shout, it's useless, even Wang Tong doesn't do anything if he is trusted by the Son of Heaven, he can provide a large amount of silver to the palace every year, so that the royal family and relatives can do business and transfer a lot of wealth, how can such a place be canceled, you have to make money, others have to make money.

Compared with the desertion when he left Jingshi, when Wang Tong came to Tianjin Wei Wharf, it was really lively, Wang Tong's boat had just entered the Tianjin Wei River Basin, and a boat immediately greeted him.

In July, the canal was at its busiest and the boats were slow, but today the boats on the canal avoided or temporarily stopped upstream and downstream, allowing Wang Tong's fleet to pass first.

Cai Nan, Li Hutou and Sun Dahai and Ren Yuan were all on the boat to greet them, and when they arrived at the wharf, the leaders of the Wang Tong system, the leaders of the Tianjin Wei business community, as well as local officials and representatives of the people, were all waiting at the wharf.

Wang Tong walked out of the cabin wearing the robe of the Marquis of Dingbei, and when he was about to get off the ship, firecrackers rang out below, and the officials and gentry all bowed and saluted, and some of them knelt down.

"It's better to be home."

Wang Tong sighed in a low voice