Qing Yao

Chapter 62: The teacher can't do it, but the invigilator can
The current Governor-General of Liangjiang does not have an official seal and is temporarily served by the Governor of Jiangsu, Fu Song.

Temporary appointment means agency.

Governor Fudai was the one who learned in advance last year that the investigation team was going to Zhejiang to check the warehouses, and organized people to "fill up the warehouses" overnight.

This matter was known to all officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but Emperor Qianlong, who was far away in the capital, did not know about it. Otherwise, he would not have been so pleased to allow Fusong, a corrupt official, to act as the governor-general of Liangjiang.

After all, the old man was too old, deaf and blind, and had no idea of ​​the real situation below, so some provincial officials dared to join forces to deceive him for several years.

The Panlong Stick, which represents the token of the leader of the Green Gang, is "locked" in the office of the Governor-General of Liangjiang. This does not mean that the Acting Governor-General Fusong is the leader of the Green Gang.

Zhao An believed that this practice was similar to the instruments used by fake monks who chanted scriptures and performed rituals in the countryside in his previous life, and that they had to be kept in the institute.

When you need it, go to the institute to get it.

When not in use, it is locked in the station.

This approach not only makes the "official" nature of the Qing Gang particularly prominent, but also prevents the uncontrolled growth of "barbaric forces" within the Qing Gang.

This barbaric force naturally came from the anti-Qing thoughts of the Han people that never ceased throughout the Qing Dynasty.

You should know that the third founder of the Qing Gang was a member of the White Lotus Sect, and the White Lotus Sect played an active rebellious role in Chinese history.

Five years later, the White Lotus Rebellion would occur, sweeping across Sichuan, Hubei, and Shaanxi. It would last for nine years and was the largest peasant uprising in the Qing Dynasty after the Three Feudatories Rebellion and before the rise of the Taiping Rebellion.

Therefore, no matter how Yongzheng and Qianlong, father and son, reformed the Qing Gang, they could not ignore the founding nature of the Qing Gang and the complex composition of its millions of members. If it were infiltrated by underground anti-Qing organizations, or if some high-ranking members of the Qing Gang awakened their White Lotus attributes, the consequences would certainly be unimaginable.

In this case, the power of the Qing Gang must be dispersed, so that each branch can act independently and cannot form a unified force.

Not having a gang leader is one measure, and using the Panlong Stick to restrict the Qing Gang's top leaders from uniting is also for this preventive purpose.

In other words, if Zhao An wants to obtain the "magic weapon" bestowed by Emperor Qianlong on the Qing Gang to command the gang members, he must become the Governor-General of Liangjiang, otherwise he will not be able to obtain the Panlong Stick.

The Governor-General of Liangjiang was a first-rank official, and he was now a ninth-rank official, a gap of sixteen levels between the two.

Even if you advance one level each year, it will take sixteen years.

Otherwise, even if he could become an uncle or an old master in the Qing Gang, he could only control one branch at most. The Qing Gang was distributed along the canal, and controlling only one branch would not allow him to launch a surprise attack on the Forbidden City and capture the old master alive.

This incident also shows that Emperor Qianlong was very politically skilled when he was young.

Everything is planned in advance.

After learning the rules of the incense hall and knowing the gang's historical origins, Zhao An must go to the incense hall at least twice a month according to the Qing Gang's rules for recruiting disciples.

There is no time limit. If you cannot come due to important matters, you must inform "Uncle" in advance.

Zhang Baofa was also busy. The grain collected as summer tax this year had almost been collected in various places. As the carrier, the Qing Gang would be responsible for transporting the grain to Beijing together with the Canal Transport Office.

This task required a huge workload. In Yangzhou alone, there were no less than 2,000 grain ships that needed to be mobilized, and at least tens of thousands of grain workers had to be mobilized. It was also necessary to deal with the transport workers, checkpoints along the way, and government offices at all levels related to grain transport in Huai'an, Jining, and Tongzhou. It was an extremely tiring task.

In previous years, whenever the grain was transported north, the Green Gang organizations in various places would work non-stop like crazy, not allowing any delay at all.

If anything goes wrong, the boat may capsize and people may die, or the whole family may be destroyed.

Zhao An had just followed the rules and was also a student at the provincial school, so Zhang Baofa naturally would not let him participate in the grain transport. Therefore, after giving his apprentice some instructions as a master, he went to the grain transport company located at Xiaguan Wharf to personally take charge of the transportation of grain to the north.

Zhao An returned to the prefectural academy to continue his boring work life. The only advantage was that as a school official, he had his own office, unlike before when he had to work in a crowded room with others.

It’s a little small, but it’s private and no one will disturb you.

Of course, it is understandable that no one takes him seriously at all.

The unit refused to assign him a job, and Zhao An was too embarrassed to tell the principal that he could teach, so he could only live a boring life of reading, reading newspapers, and drinking tea.

Every day after get off work, I go home and play with my cheap daughter Xiaoxiao, and then play with my cheap wife Chunlan at night. It's quite enjoyable.

He really didn't let the young lady go for even a single day, because he asked about her menstrual period and estimated based on the scientific calculation method of his previous life that the young lady would be spitting bubbles in the next two days, so he spared no effort in producing tadpoles.

There is no way. Unless this cheap girl gets pregnant with his child, there will always be a gap between the two of them and they cannot form a community of interests.

Zhao An has no feelings for her "fake husband" and there is no bond between the two. If disaster strikes, Zhao An will definitely suffer a great loss at the hands of Luo Chunlan.

A smart person must make the other person's belly swell up.

It has nothing to do with lust, it is actually the only means.

On the third day, Zhao An hired a carriage to go to Wu Weiping's house early in the morning as promised.

When we arrived at the place, Old Wu and his wife had already packed their things, but their children were not with them. We didn't know whether their children had grown up or the couple had never had any children.

Zhao An didn't ask any more questions. He handed the twenty taels of silver and some dry food for the journey to Old Wu's wife, Zhang. Then he asked the two of them to get on the hired carriage and personally took them to Xiaguan Wharf.

Finding a grain ship already loaded with grain and ready to sail north, Zhao An introduced himself as a disciple of the Zhi generation, and his master was his uncle Zhang Baofa. The captain of the ship immediately agreed and said, "Since you are my relative, then you are also the relative of the disciples in the gang. Please rest assured, my little boss!"

"Thank you!"

After Zhao An spoke a few words to the boat captain named Lu, he invited Old Wu and his wife to board the boat.

Old Wu nodded, and before getting on board, he suddenly stopped and asked Zhao An, "How can I contact you?"

Zhao An whispered, "After you settle down in Beijing, please write a letter to the prefectural school. I'm Zhao Youlu, the school's academic recorder."

"Are you a school officer?"

Old Wu was stunned. He originally thought that the other party was an official from the government office, but he didn't expect that he was a ninth-rank academic official. No wonder he was so scheming at such a young age.

Zhao An smiled and said, "Then I wish you all the best, and hope you can thrive in the capital and achieve great things!"

"I accept your good advice."

Old Wu looked at Zhao An deeply, gave his wife Zhang a look, and the couple carried the packages and got on the boat.

The captain naturally arranged the two of them in the cabin. The conditions in the boat were simple and the smell was not good. Fortunately, sailing on the canal was very stable if there was no strong wind. Otherwise, traveling by land would be very torturous just from the bumpy ride.

After watching the canal boat depart from the shore, Zhao An left and returned to the government school to work.

I didn't expect that something would happen today.

Ma Xuezhen, who was in charge of personnel affairs, assigned Zhao An, who was reading in the office, a job to be an invigilator at Dongtai County School under the jurisdiction of Yangzhou Prefecture.

(End of this chapter)