"Your errand is extremely dangerous."

When Chen Xi told Xie Duo, the Imperial College Supervisor who was both a teacher and a friend, about his transfer, the first thing Xie Duo said was full of concern about Chen Xi's trip.

Xie Duo was in the court for many years and knew the appointment and removal process of court officials. He did not understand Chen Xi's "promotion" this time. After all, he was not very clear about Chen Xi's military achievements in Beiguan.

Chen Xi asked, "Then Master Xie thinks I should refuse to the court, so he said he is not competent and asked His Majesty to appoint someone else to go?"

Xie Duo laughed: "Your Majesty personally asked for your opinion. He is also a minister of the cabinet. The Secretary of the Shangshu and the Zhanshi Mansion recommended it at the same time. Can you refuse?"

This is the truth. This job is equivalent to forcibly placing Chen Xi. The court promoted him to the right concubine in advance, just to smooth his external transfer. If he refuses, it is obviously impossible to surrender him back. If he stays in office, it will be a violation of the court's laws and regulations. There are two right concubines at the same time.

Therefore, Chen Xi must be transferred externally and cannot be rejected!

"Mr. Xie doesn't know if he can give him a face-to-face?" Chen Xi said respectfully, "I am uneasy when I am on this trip, and I'm afraid I have something to worry about."

After thinking seriously, Xie Duo said seriously: "If you go to Fujian and Guangdong alone, there will be many thorns and obstacles. It would be better to attract more people, which may help you."

A fence and three stakes, a hero and three gangs, Chen Xi nodded silently. He agreed with Xie Duo's statement. If he went on the road alone, he would not be able to deal with the local officials when he arrived at the place. The best way was to find helpers. In addition to those who could give advice for him, there were also those who helped him do things, and it would be best to be both literary and military.

But such a helper is not easy to find.

Song Xiaocheng and Ma Jiu are both his capable assistants, but these two are more brave and have shortcomings in their plans. It is best to find someone with a smart mind to be his aide.

Su Tong and Zheng Qian could have been a juren who had certain talents, but their talents were all very orthodox imperial examinations. Wentao could barely make do with it, so he didn't think about martial arts.

Chen Xi couldn't help but think of someone, and his eyes suddenly lit up. This person should be a good helper, but this person should be still busy having a marriage change in his hometown.

However, after divorce, this person is basically busy with his own livelihood. If you want to buy a garden to grow peach blossoms, you might as well follow me out for a few years. At least, it is an "old acquaintance", although you don't know each other without fighting.

"Thank you for your advice."

Chen Xi respectfully saluted Xie Duo.

If you want to say that Xie Duo’s judgment on matters is very accurate, and he is also a mature person. Xie Duo first realized that local responsibilities are difficult to handle. Perhaps Xie Duo himself had served as an imperial envoy and visited various parts of Lingnan, and had a deep understanding of this.

The imperial envoy sent by the court, no matter how high the official position is, it is just a strong dragon. As the saying goes, a strong dragon cannot defeat local snakes. Even if the officials below dare not sing opposites to you for the time being, they will set traps for you everywhere and impose false concessions. Many of the people sent to you to help will cause trouble.

Doing things depends on the people you bring to you.

In terms of manpower, Chen Xi could take Song Xiaocheng, Ma Jiu and his brothers from the Che and Horse Gang, and even recruit some more manpower from Tingzhou. After all, with the foundation of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce in the past, people should not be a problem, but in terms of property, Chen Xi needed to find a way himself.

At present, we must first strive for the right to sell salt in the southeast coast. Even if there is not too much, we must at least ensure that we can support a team of two or three thousand people.

To suppress bandits, it involves battlefield battles. Two or three thousand regular troops are already the limit. If the number of people is small, Chen Xi will almost die when he travels.

During the Ming Dynasty, there were many salt fields along the southeast coast.

The salt industry has always been monopolized by the state. The court approved a certain amount of salt intake every year, which was sold to salt merchants by the salt road yamen, and then the salt merchant took the salt to the salt field to raise the salt by himself. The income from salt tax is one of the important income of the national treasury.

Due to the backward methods of salt making and the serious monopoly of the salt industry, the implementation of cool laws on the private salt among the people made salt very expensive in the Ming Dynasty, and ordinary people could not afford salt. In some inland salt-deficient areas, people lived to be about 40 years old and had countless white-haired people, all because they ate less salt on weekdays.

Since Chen Xi is responsible for the "Supervising Food and Pay and Managing Salt Law", in theory, he can supervise the salt industries in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian. It is reasonable to approve a batch of salt intake from the court as military expenses.

However, selling salt indicia not only involves the income of the Ministry of Revenue, but also an important channel for local officials to make profits. The court will not easily hand over the sales rights of the salt indicia to him.

In order to ensure the supply and tax revenue of breaking promises, the Ming Dynasty had six "Salt Transfer Offices" and seven "Salt Training Offices" in major salt production areas such as Lianghuai, Liangzhe, Changlu, and Hedong. When demarcating households, they specially designated "stove households" and were hereditary to cook salt for the Ming Dynasty.

The amount of salt entries approved by the court every year is a certain amount. Chen Xi cannot go to the local area and then go to the salt entries to ask for salt entries. He must get the approval document from the court before leaving the capital. The way to go is to access the channels of the Ministry of Revenue.

This requires Chen Xi to walk among the various yamen in the capital.

For an official who does not have much official qualifications and connections, it is difficult to reach the sky.

Chen Xi received an errand in March and was about to take office in early April. His time in the capital was extremely limited. Fortunately, the bad habits in the Ming Dynasty are far from being as blatant as the Qing Dynasty. Chen Xi did not need to consider the issue of "don't respect", otherwise with his little family background, just taking care of the government among the capital, he would lose all his money and owed a lot of foreign debts.

Before taking office, there were several yamen he had to go.

Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of War, Ministry of Revenue, and Governor's Office of the Five Army.

The Ministry of Personnel is a place where officials are appointed, and Chen Xi cannot help but visit and express his gratitude. At the same time, Chen Xi is the identity of an imperial envoy. After arriving at the local area, he will be a member of the military power to be promoted. The Governor's Office of the Five Army also needs to go over. Needless to say, the Ministry of War was recommended by Liu Daxia, the Minister of War. He needed some orders to mobilize the army in the local area, and he had to pass the Ministry of War.

He left smoothly in the previous yamen because it was a routine note that the Ministry of Personnel, the Governor's Office of the Five Army and the Ministry of War would not make things difficult for him. Liu Daxia even personally met him and gave him more explanations.

However, when the Ministry of Revenue arrived, Chen Xi was turned away.

This is not the treatment given to him by the Ministry of Revenue, but a regulation of the Ministry of Revenue: the Ministry of Revenue will not receive any admirals, governors, and prime ministers from other places, because the officials of the Ministry of Revenue know that these people come to the Ministry of Revenue for nothing else, just ask for money.

Based on the principle that more things are worse than less things. When meeting prestigious old ministers, you will be allowed to sit in the hall all day and leave on your own. However, Chen Xi, a minister who has no prestige in the capital, simply blocks the door directly outside the gate and prevents you from entering the yamen.

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