Chapter 147 This is a fucking sinkhole!

On October 15th, Zhang Heng was moved to the position of magistrate of the Third Division of Duzhi, but his official position remained the same as Zuo Zhengyan.

Zhao Zhen talks to Zhang Heng.

"...Actually, I wanted you to go to the Third Division as early as three years ago, but unfortunately you didn't get the approval. With your ability, the Third Division is the most suitable for you. After many twists and turns, I finally let you go.

It is easy to handle the job of Judge Sansi Duzhi, but it is difficult to do it well. Ju Zheng, you should know what I expect from you, right?"

Zhang Heng sighed in his heart. The Sansi River was too deep, much deeper than the Kaifeng government office. If he had a choice, Zhang Heng himself didn't want to go, but he was in an officialdom. How could he say that he wouldn't go if he didn't want to?

Hearing Zhao Zhen's words, Zhang Heng nodded and said: "Your Majesty, do you want the minister to go over and rectify the third division?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "Rectify the Third Division... The Third Division has too many chronic diseases, and I'm afraid it won't be rectified. I don't expect you to be able to do it. I hope that you can rely on the resources of the Third Division and contribute to the court."

Just open up a way to make money. If you can do it, I will let you be a real life-long man."

Zhang Heng was shocked when he heard this. This Kiju Lang was not the same as his previous one. The previous one was a errand, but actually he meant to repair the living notes. But now this one is an official, and he is more connected than the other Zuo Zhengyan.

After being promoted two levels, he has already entered the rank of sixth-grade official!

Tsk tsk, a sixth-grade official who is less than twenty years old.

Enticed by a high-ranking official with a generous salary, Zhang Heng reluctantly agreed.

Of course, Zhang Heng was not entirely responsible for this. The main reason was that Zhao Zhen did not ask him to rectify the Third Division, but just hoped that he could find a way to make money. This is probably... not difficult?

It can be seen that Zhao Zhen is too poor to choose a way out. Judge Sansi Duzhi is not doing this job, but Zhao Zhen asked him to do it, which shows how short of money he is now.

Zhang Heng also shook his head, hating that iron could not become steel.

In fact, since he arrived in Bianjing City, he has created a lot of wealth for the court overtly and covertly. Not to mention other things, let's talk about a few larger ones, such as the shopping mall project of Neizangku, which should be given to the court every year.

Create millions of profits, and indirectly create more than tens of millions of wealth.

Secondly, the coal yard he opened for the Kaifeng government office made more than one million yuan in profits every year just from selling coal stoves and coal cakes, and the indirect wealth created was in the tens of millions.

Then, his Lin'an Trading Company pays nearly a million yuan in taxes every year, and the indirect employment it creates may benefit hundreds of thousands of people.

Not to mention the business he has done in Quanzhou. Although he has left Quanzhou, Quanzhou Maritime Merchant still writes to him from time to time to report on the work in Quanzhou. This year he has been working for a full year, so it is okay.

We have initially seen some results.

Zhang Mazi was very excited and said in his heart that the wealth created by Quanzhou Sea Trade this year was at least tens of millions. Master Bao Zheng followed the rules and regulations and took great care of all walks of life, so all walks of life prospered.

, now even if Jiangnan maritime merchants become active again, Quanzhou maritime merchants will be able to match them.

The imperial court may not be able to account for all the income from these places, but the taxes that can really be collected by the Third Division are at least tens of millions of dollars. According to Zhang Heng's speculation, by the end of this year, the taxes of the Song Dynasty will be at least fifty million dollars.

It is more than 10 million yuan more than in previous years, but now Zhao Zhen still looks like he is so poor that he has to go to the streets to beg for food, which makes people hate that iron cannot become steel, but also pitiful for his actions.

However, Zhang Heng had seen how their monarchs and ministers were lying flat, and some people had rebelled, so he hurriedly organized people into the Xiang army and other practices, and also continued to shady officials and appoint officials without restraint, so

From this point of view, there is actually nothing to be pitiful about.

The real pity is Zhang Heng himself. They are spending money, but now Zhao Zhen wants him to help the court make money. Don't you think this is pitiful?

Zhao Zhen probably felt that he was wrong. Although he had promised to be promoted after doing good things, Zhang Heng hadn't left yet. He was promoted one level the next day, from Zuo Zhengyan to Zuo Sijian.

Good guy, this is urging him to make more money.

Originally, Zhang Heng just wanted to fool him, but now he couldn't fool him.

Zhang Heng was not sure what he should do, so he had better go to Sansi first to see what he should do.

The official office of the Third Division is located on the side of the West corner building. You can enter through the Zuoye gate. Zhang Heng feels good about this, because Zhang Heng now lives on Xijiaolou Street. He crosses a street and enters the Zuoye door.

The door is where the government office is located. As the saying goes, having more money and less things to do is close to home, so there should be a lot of things to do, but being able to occupy two ends is already very good.

I often hear that Sansi is a behemoth, and it is a very typical example of the long-standing shortcomings of the Song Dynasty over the past century. However, without seeing is believing, it is difficult to understand what a behemoth is.

When Zhang Heng stood in front of the official office of the Third Division, he could truly feel how complex the financial center of this huge empire was!

For most government offices, being deserted is the norm, but this place in Sansi is bustling with people, much noisier than when Zhang Heng went to the wet market to buy eggs.

Of course, many of the people coming and going here are from within the Third Division, but most of them are here to ask for money.

You can basically see the anxious expressions on their faces. The government office where they work has probably been waiting for money for a long time, but if they don't go hungry for three days, they don't need to be so anxious.

Have you ever seen a bird with a big mouth waiting for feeding? It looks like that.

The key is that the more anxious these people are, the less anxious the subordinates in the third division will be. Some people will be angry and scolded, but they will be rejected.

Zhang Heng even saw a high-ranking official who was at least Lu level, but he clasped his fists and begged to a person who looked like a subordinate. However, the subordinate did not give a good look and dismissed the person with a few words:

"This, we can't do it now, go back and wait for news!"

The official was so angry that his face was livid, but he had no choice but to stand there and almost ascend to the sky. But what he could do, he stamped his feet and was about to leave. Zhang Heng hurried over and called him: "This brother...

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Seeing Zhang Heng's youthful appearance, this man didn't want to pay attention to him, so he turned around and left.

Zhang Heng: "..."

Well, some people don't deserve pity.

Zhang Heng originally wanted to go over and ask this person to see if he needed help. In addition, if he could learn some inside information, he could use the opportunity to use it as an excuse.

The so-called "three fires" for a new official to take office must be taken as an opportunity to stoke the fire. Otherwise, it will happen for no reason, and it will not be that simple to rectify it.

But this old guy is ignorant.

Pooh!

You deserve to suffer!

Just when Zhang Heng was indignant, a middle-aged scribe hurriedly ran to Zhang Heng, bowed his hands and said, "Is this the new Judge Zhang Heng who is here?"

Zhang Heng smiled and nodded: "It's Zhang, who are you?"

The middle-aged scribe breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I am Guan Duzhi Kongmu, your direct subordinate. My name is Ding Shougong. You can just call me Lao Ding. Judge Zhang, I have been waiting for you!"

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When Zhang Heng heard that this smell was wrong, he couldn't turn around and run even though he was here, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow inside.

Ding Shougong is a Kongmu official. The so-called Kongmu official is a government official, which means that he is not a formal official, but a clerk. The so-called Kongmu means that every hole and eye must pass through his hands, which is similar to that in later departments.

The director of the general office, deputy director, director in charge, etc. Although their official positions are not high, their importance is extremely high!

The third division has more people and more official offices.

Standing at the gate and looking inside, there are densely packed plaques of various departments.

When we walked inside, we really saw how complex and huge the structure of the Three Divisions was!

I don’t know who Ding Shougong is yet, but he is a good tour guide. He introduced him to Zhang Heng as he walked.

"...the three divisions are in charge of the country's tea, salt, mining and metallurgy, industrial and commercial taxation, rivers and canals, and military affairs. They are also responsible for coordinating financial revenue and expenditure and grain transportation. In order to cope with such a huge revenue and expenditure, the three divisions can only become more and more important.

big.

There are seven cases under the Salt and Iron Cases, namely the Military Case, the Chest Case, the Commercial Tax Case, the Capital Salt Case, the Tea Case, the Iron Case, and the Establishment Case, etc., which are in charge of the national mining and metallurgy, tea, salt, commercial tax, rivers, canals, and military weapons.

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There are five cases under the Ministry of Household Affairs: household tax case, confession case, construction case, music case, clothing and food case, which are in charge of national household registration, two taxes, liquor tax and other matters.

And under our branch, there are eight cases, the reward case, the money and silk case, the grain case, the Changping case, the shipping case, the riding case, the fighting case, and the hundreds of officials case, which control the wealth of the country..."

Ding Shougong chuckled: "...there are twenty-one cases. Do you think this is all?"

Zhang Heng thought for a while and said: "Are there some supervision agencies?"

Ding Shougong slapped his thigh, gave a thumbs up and said: "I have long heard that Judge Zhang is the most intelligent man in the world, and it turned out to be true when I saw him today.

Indeed, there are some supervisory agencies, such as the Mining and Surveying Department, which oversees the Revenue and Expenditure Department, the Detention and Collection Department, the Debt Management Department, the Due Diligence Department, the Opening and Distribution Department, the Distribution Department, the Corrugation Department, and the Urgent and Driving Department.

, the receptionist, etc.

Speaking of which, the broad powers of these three departments and the complexity of their affairs are really a headache."

Ding Shougong's emotion made Zhang Heng nod in sympathy.

But then Zhang Heng thought to himself, fortunately, my official position is called Sansi Du Branch Magistrate, I only need to manage the affairs of Du Branch, and there is no need to worry about other things.

Duzhi is in charge of the cashier. It's not easy to collect taxes, but it's not easy to spend money.

Ding Shougong seemed to have seen Zhang Heng's thoughts clearly, and said with a wry smile in a low voice: "Judge Zhang, you may have thought of things too simply."

Zhang Heng humbly asked for advice: "Please also ask Ding Kongmu to explain it carefully."

Ding Shougong was happy to see Zhang Heng being so modest. He had been prepared to be scolded before, because officials have always been full of hostility and arrogance towards officials. On the one hand, they regard them as enemies and on the other hand

To drive them to work, although officials always have ways to punish officials, they are always unlucky.

A proud man like Zhang Heng is even more difficult to serve. Officials like Zhang Heng are characterized by having a high self-esteem and half-understanding of specific affairs, so they are most difficult to serve.

But he didn't expect that Zhang Heng would be able to ask him for advice humbly. This made Ding Shougong feel a lot more comfortable, and he quickly explained.

"...there are eight cases under the Du branch, namely, the reward case, the money and silk case, the grain case, the Changping case, the shipping case, the cavalry case, the Hudou case, and the Baiguan case. They are in charge of the country's wealth, but the most important one is

is still in charge of expenditures.
To be continued...