The Heavens: From Knowing Whether You Rule the World

Chapter 52: Six years of local governance, the world is peaceful and at peace!
Chu Hong is about to go to Jiangnan to serve as an official, so he naturally has to arrange the affairs of the Chu family in Hangzhou before leaving.

With his good friend Han Jiayan serving as the prefect and his old father Chu Yu serving as the associate prefect, the top and second-in-command were both his own people, so who the Tongpan was was not so important.

After arranging all the former officials in Hangzhou and ensuring that there was only one voice in Hangzhou, Chu Hong went to Jiangnan to take up his post.

The Deputy Transport Commissioner of the East Jiangnan Route settled down and retired peacefully. Chu Hong's three-year term had just expired, so he went to take over.

The Deputy Transport Envoy was a fourth-rank official who was in charge of reporting all the profits and power along the way to the emperor, and was also in charge of supervising officials in the counties.

He was responsible for collecting taxes and military reserves in the area, providing for the needs of the state and counties, and inspecting the reserves and accounts. He was also responsible for evaluating the quality of officials, recommending talented and virtuous people, pointing out the sufferings of the people, promoting benefits and eliminating harm, encouraging agriculture, and allowing direct communication.

The Deputy Envoy of Transport had many duties, but their main responsibilities were to encourage agriculture and sericulture, collect taxes and labor service, and evaluate officials.

He also has the power to supervise all officials along the way, and is definitely a well-known figure in the East Road of Jiangnan.

This time, Chu Hong was promoted from the fourth rank to the fourth rank, and he also concurrently served as a third rank official of Yinqing Guanglu Dafu.

That’s right, it was the title of Yinqing Guanglu Doctor that his father-in-law Sheng Hong had always dreamed of and longed to achieve before retiring.

He easily seized this official position.

Now, he has also worn the purple robe!
Cough
Chu Hong now holds an extraordinary official position, so some necessary protections have naturally gradually been upgraded.

Several official ships and hundreds of soldiers protected them on the sea, and officials and soldiers from various states, counties and prefectures cleared the way on land, heading straight into the south of the Yangtze River!

Once entering Jiangnan, the first thing to do was naturally to visit the Governor of Jiangnan East Road.

Chu Hong knew this governor, who was promoted by his teacher Han Zhang.

As soon as Chu Hong went to visit, the governor took Chu Hong's hand politely and enthusiastically, "Young Lord, you are finally an official in our Jiangnan!"

This name?
interesting!
Chu Hong was both happy and surprised, and quickly stopped, "My lord, I am so embarrassed, I am so embarrassed. Zifeng is still young, how can he deserve such a name? You should just call me by my name or Zifeng!"

Although he said that, Chu Hong couldn't suppress the slightly raised corners of his mouth.

This Jiangnan East Road Governor is a good man! A 100% honest official!

"Okay, whatever the young minister says is what it is. Young minister, please take a seat!"

The governor warmly invited Chu Hong to sit up, and called him "young cabinet minister" in a polite and friendly manner, which was both strange and warm.

The corners of Chu Hong's calm mouth curled up slightly, and he no longer bothered about the title. He immediately started talking to the governor in a familiar manner.

After a conversation, the governor personally took Chu Hong to the Transport Commissioner's Office to take up his post, and his cordiality and flattery were obvious.

After all, Jiangnan is Chu Hong's hometown, and Chu Hong knows most of the officials here, or he had visited them with his old father in the past.

Winter comes and summer goes, and another three years have passed in a hurry.

The weather in Hangzhou is getting colder, and you can even see snowflakes when looking at the distant mountains.

"Daddy!"

"Father!"

"elder brother!"

"Haha, run slower!"

Three children were trotting in the yard. The two younger ones walked unsteadily; the older one looked about six years old, laughing and making people feel happy.

Chu Hong stepped forward, straightened his clothes, and looked into the distance with emotion.

In a flash, has it been so many years?

He already has three children!

So old!

The young master is getting old, and he is slowly becoming a cough!

Don't talk nonsense! "The weather is cold. Yu'er, Zhao'er and Xiao Tan are still young. It's not suitable for them to stay in the yard for a long time. Madam, take them inside to play!"

Chu Hong shook his head slightly and looked at his wife who was slowly following him.

After so many years, she is still as beautiful and elegant as ever, with an even more dignified temperament, and the unique charm of a young woman is becoming more and more intense.

"it is good!"

Sheng Hualan smiled, her rosy little face looked full of nourishment.

Chu Hong let the cold wind blow, and his enthusiastic heart became more peaceful.

Today, Hangzhou is already full of traces of the Chu family. The three major families that have been licking their wounds have become increasingly weaker under the manipulation of Chu Hong and his old father Chu Yu. Their assets and power are far less than before, and it is only a matter of time before they withdraw from the stage of Hangzhou.

Chu Hong once took time out to go to Hangzhou to set up a clan school and teach there.

There isn’t much to teach, but it is extremely precious in this day and age.

That thing, called test-taking skills, mainly focuses on the fact that I don’t quite understand this thing, I only have a vague understanding of it, but I can explain it in an orderly manner.

In addition, Chu Hong also obtained a lot of real test papers from the Tongsheng Examination and the Provincial Examination, and specially asked someone to analyze and study them before the examination.

God helps those who work hard. Some young men who were naturally suitable for studying stood out. There were more than 200 students in the clan school, and more than 100 of them passed the examination for students of the Tongsheng School. The provincial examination was held some time ago, and among these more than 100 people, 19 passed the examination, which means that 19 of them became Juren.

Among these 19 people, the youngest one is not yet 30 years old, which is a very good result.

Many of the family's children are suitable for studying, and naturally there are also many who are suitable for development in other areas.

In the third branch of the Chu family, there is a young man named Chu Lun, who likes to drink and has a great talent in business. Chu Hong has investigated him and found that his character is fine and he is also stable in business. He is a person worth training, so he has officially taken over some of the Chu family's business affairs in the past two years.

The clan leader stayed in his hometown, and Chu Hong's eloquent second uncle also returned home to take care of the leader.

Under Chu Hong's arrangement, when his second uncle was free, he would also teach outstanding clan members how to brag about themselves.

Chu Hong attaches great importance to this path. Although it is a bit bad to brag about it, this is the only way for great scholars.

With the Chu family's current foundation, it is highly unlikely that a world-famous scholar will emerge. However, as long as they wait for another generation, they will definitely have the conditions to do so.

By then, great scholars and scholars will develop together, and each generation will have powerful officials, which can be called generations of nobility and power.

If a family can develop for four or five generations without decline, it will become one of the most powerful families in the world.

Chu Hong's second grandfather was also old, and he retired from the third rank and returned to his hometown.

The old man's eyes were bright and he was quite satisfied with his family's clan education. He specially summoned some local candidates who were going to be officials to teach them how to be an official.

Small officials also have their own way of being an official. The old man is a top-notch expert in this field and has unique insights into official careers.

The results of his personal teaching were quite remarkable.

Chu Hong's eyes were warm and gentle as he quietly looked at the snowflakes in the distance. Since he had come to this world, he naturally had his own pursuits.

The initial pursuit was to pass the imperial examination, and after becoming an apprentice, the pursuit was to have a successful official career and tremendous power.

In the future, one option is to implement the political views that one wants, and the other is to develop the family.

Now that we are here, we should leave some traces, right?

He did not approve of Wang Anshi's reform approach, nor did he approve of Sima Guang's conservative and introverted approach.

He has his own persistence.

This time, I’m going back to Beijing!

Chu Hong took out a letter sealed with gold tin and a jade seal from his sleeve, and his heart became more and more enthusiastic.

There is no chance to appreciate the picturesque scenery of Yangzhou for the time being!
Wait until next time. Young Master, now that you are old, it’s time to return home in glory!

(End of this chapter)