Since the day before yesterday, it has been raining in Kunshan and there has never been a sunny day.
The dock of the official ship was now full of big shots, the stomping of their feet could make Jiangnan tremble. They waited eagerly, just like a group of geese waiting to be fed, looking at the lower reaches of the Lou River dreamily.
After waiting for an unknown amount of time, everyone finally saw a snow-white sail silhouette appearing in the misty rain curtain.
¡°Here he comes, he¡¯s back!¡± People shouted excitedly. Even the dignified soldier Wu Qing's eyes were full of expectation.
The Science Cruiser slowly sailed into the pier and docked at the pier.
Seeing the big bosses from the south of the Yangtze River gathered here, Mr. Zhao was a little surprised and hurriedly raised his hands to greet everyone.
"The young master is finally back." Everyone also saluted him.
"Bingxian, my father-in-law, my Lord Zhongfu, and all your parents and old gentlemen, why bother to welcome me in person? It's really a trivial matter to kill him." Zhao Hao couldn't help but smiled bitterly and returned the courtesy again.
"Mr. Zhao is the hope of the whole Jiangnan," Wu Qing said emotionally: "Compared with what you have to do for Jiangnan, what is our welcome?"
"The military constitution is serious." Zhao Hao stepped off the ship steadily and met Wu Qing and the two prefects again.
¡°It¡¯s raining, let¡¯s talk about it when we go back.¡± Then he asked everyone to get on the sedan, so they wouldn¡¯t be piled here to watch the show.
Wu Qing wanted to ask Zhao Hao to sit in the same sedan with him. Although Lord Bingxian's eight-carrying sedan was more than enough for two people, Zhao Hao always felt something was strange.
Fortunately, his carriage also arrived, so he invited Wu Bingxian to ride in the carriage with him. Wu Qing mainly wanted to tell Zhao Hao something, so he naturally agreed.
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On the carriage, Mr. Zhao first poured a glass of wine for Wu Qing, then sunk into the sofa and adjusted to the most comfortable position.
Wu Qing was not used to this kind of soft chair. She wanted to imitate Zhao Hao's sitting posture, but felt it was too unofficial. Then he straightened his back and rested half of his butt on the edge of the chair. It looks like a subordinate facing a superior.
¡°Don¡¯t look at him like this, but Wu Bingxian actually has a lot of background. He was from Wuxi and ranked first in the palace examination in the 23rd year of Jiajing.
Who would have expected that during the roll call, when the old Jiajing immortal heard his name, he actually said, "Damn it, how can there be a ruthless number one scholar in the world?" ¡¯ So he was demoted to Tanhua. As a result, Qin Minglei, who was originally scheduled to be the top pick, got the top pick in vain.
In addition, the name of the second-place candidate at that moment was Qu Jingchun, who was the father of Zhao Hao¡¯s new disciple Qu Rukui. There is also Zhao Hao's elder brother Zhao Jin, who is also in this subject.
In the 40th year of Jiajing reign, Wu Qing presided over the Autumn Palace of Nanjing and selected thirteen Wuxi-registered sons in one go. As a result, many failed candidates were dissatisfied and wrote limericks to ridicule him, saying, "There is also love in ruthlessness, and Wuxi passed thirteen in a row." Although no problem was found after subsequent investigation, he still couldn't bear the material criticism and returned home claiming illness.
Wu Qing actually has no official addiction, but she deeply hates that her reputation will be damaged throughout her life, and she cannot feel at peace with herself.
This time, he came out of the army again under the recommendation of his fellow villagers in the same year. The purpose was to do something for the people of Jiangnan, so as to wash away his shame and regain the respect of his hometown. Therefore, he attaches great importance to the "grain shipping plan" proposed by Zhao Hao. Once this matter is successful, all those involved will become heroes in Jiangnan's eyes.
What¡¯s more, he, the Su Song Military Preparation Department, is in charge of the military preparations and Jiang defense of the two prefectures of Songjiang and Suzhou. No matter what, he will play an important role in it.
"If you need us to do anything, just ask." After pondering for a moment, Wu Qing said to Zhao Hao: "I will fully support you."
Zhao Hao nodded and said without being polite to him: "This time it is about national policy. It is a contest of hard power, and there is no room for opportunism. Later we will discuss a charter together, make overall arrangements, and work together to solve this matter." Let¡¯s get it done.¡±
"Yes." Wu Qing nodded heavily. He agreed with Zhao Hao's view and sighed softly: "I have thought about it carefully these past few days. This matter is really difficult and dangerous, and it cannot be made worse. The current governor of Cao, Zhao Yuquan, is the one who climbed up with me. In the same year of my first year, I had some friendship with him. He has a resolute temperament and will never give in easily."
Zhao Hao nodded. He naturally knew the biggest objection to grain shipping.
"But I can still write to him, reason with him, and see if I can persuade him to make concessions." Wu Qing said and sighed: "But I'm afraid his words don't count. The one who really makes the decision in Huai'an is Zhenyuan Marquis, who served four times as commander-in-chief of water transportation! Mr. Gu Laohou spent his whole life in the army, went to Guangdong and Guangxi, and fought against Japanese pirates. His prestige among Caoding could not be increased. Hundreds of thousands of Caoding called him "Grandpa Gu". If Zhao Yuquan had If you dare to give in, I'm afraid you will be chopped down by the old Marquis with a knife."
After Wu Qing finished speaking, he felt that he had lost his prestige and boosted the ambition of others. BusyHe said: "But the Marquis of Zhenyuan's Mansion is in Nanjing. Let's see if we can ask Mr. Xu to help with the matter?"
"Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded, thinking that it was true that the Gu family was in Nanjing, but the one the old Marquis despised most was Xu Pengju. Xu Bangrui is afraid that he won't be so proud.
While the two were talking, the carriage stopped in front of the three-story building of Kunkaisi on Xitang Street. The Jiangnan Group headquarters in Suzhou has not yet been completed, so it can only use Kunkaisi's site for meetings.
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Zhao Hao, the senior officials of Jiangnan Group, as well as officials and gentry on the ground in Jiangnan, held this enlarged meeting for a whole day.
Finally, through collective efforts, a complete strategy was finalized, including the lowest and highest goals, how to achieve them step by step, what problems will be encountered, and how to solve them. And which ones are enemies, which ones are allies, which ones are centrists that can be won over, which ones are chess pieces that can be used, etc. are all clarified. And assigned tasks to everyone.
In fact, Zhao Hao, Xu Wei and the old man had basically finalized all these matters during the Chinese New Year. The reason why he had to waste time and energy to do it all over again. One is to allow everyone to go through the decision-making process and inspire their sense of ownership. In this way, they can do their best to treat it as their own thing.
Second, he did not want the officials and gentry in Jiangnan to feel that they were being controlled by him. This will make these pretentious guys resist themselves from the bottom of their hearts. So we need to create a state where we control others together, so that everyone will feel much better.
Don¡¯t underestimate this feeling. If you don¡¯t pay attention, it will cause hidden dangers.
Third, for such a big matter, of course, collective decision-making and collective responsibility are required. If something goes wrong then, don't let me take the blame alone
The meeting ended one day later, and the participants went back to their respective tasks.
Although Mr. Zhao¡¯s eyelids were heavy and he wanted to sleep, he still did not return to the county government office. Instead, he came to Jinfeng Garden behind the county government office first.
Although the garden is called "Golden Wind", the east wind comes from here.
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