Chapter 154 Promotion again! (Coming!)

Long-term workplace experience tells Zhang Heng that when you are working on a big project and the current situation is not good for you, you don't have to worry, you just need to wait for the opportunity. When the time is right, everything will fall into place.

Zhang Heng is a very aggressive person, but he is also a very patient person.

The momentum of sea trade was very strong. When everyone in the imperial court learned about the revenue from sea trade this year, everyone was shocked.

After being shocked, everyone was very excited. At this time, Wu Yu put forward the suggestion to fully liberalize sea trade, and everyone from top to bottom disagreed.

Especially the officials from the Jiangnan faction were very happy, except of course the officials from Fujian.

Zhang Heng is not happy or unhappy at all. Full liberalization is the general trend and no one can stop it.

As for Quanzhou, Zhang Heng had already told them that the fifth year of Qingli was the best opportunity for Quanzhou. As long as the opportunity of the fifth year of Qingli was seized, Quanzhou would have already established its foothold even if it was fully liberalized.

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If Quanzhou can't compete with Jiangnan under this situation, then it's better to stop doing it as soon as possible.

Sure enough, the imperial court decreed a comprehensive liberalization of sea trade. From north to south, Dengzhou, Mizhou, Chuzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Taizhou, Wenzhou, Chaozhou, Guangzhou and other ports were all open. The imperial court set up offices in all these places.

Entered the Shipping Department.

Quanzhou maritime merchants wrote to Zhang Heng, saying that they were confident that they would continue to lead. On the other hand, they would take this opportunity to help other port cities develop maritime trade.

What this means is that they open the shipyard to maritime merchants from other cities. Maritime merchants from other cities can go to the shipyard in Quanzhou to order ships. They will also sell some small boats with one or two thousand materials to the maritime merchants in these cities. As for maritime merchants in these cities,

They themselves replaced large ships with five thousand materials, just in time to sell off the outdated ships and reduce some losses.

Not only that, Quanzhou maritime merchants have also begun to open the supply chain established in Quanzhou to maritime merchants in other cities. Maritime merchants from all over the world can purchase exported products in Quanzhou. After all, other cities may not have enough export commodities.

When Zhang Heng heard the news, he smiled and said to Zeng Youwei: "Quanzhou people know how to do business. In this way, all the maritime merchants of the Song Dynasty are working for Quanzhou.

I heard a little story before, saying that a gold mine appeared somewhere, so people from all over the country flocked to dig for gold. There was a smart man who did not go to dig for gold, but did the business of gold diggers.

After selling clothes, shoes and food, few gold diggers became rich, but he became extremely rich.

Now, of course, people in Quanzhou continue to engage in sea trade, but perhaps half of Quanzhou's future prosperity will be due to the business of sea traders.

Chuzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Taizhou, and Wenzhou are within the scope of Jiangnan. They probably do not need to rely on Quanzhou's supply chain, while Dengzhou and Mizhou can rely on Jianghuai's supply chain.

However, Chaozhou, Guangzhou, and even Leizhou and Qiongzhou to the south of Quanzhou will be centered on Quanzhou, which is most of the ports of the Song Dynasty. As long as Quanzhou firmly grasps these places, Quanzhou will become the southern port of the Song Dynasty.

Outstanding!"

Zeng Youwei smiled and said: "The people of Quanzhou have to thank Sanlang for everything he has planned for them."

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "When there was a big disaster in Jianghuai, if Zhang Mazi and the others hadn't helped me, I might not have been able to do anything. Quanzhou is what it is today because of their own hard work. In that situation, they were able to withstand the situation with Jiangnan

The risk of a full-scale maritime war helped me, and I have always kept this sentiment in mind."

Zeng Youwei pondered for a moment and said: "Jiangnan maritime merchants brought it upon themselves and were suppressed for a year. Many other maritime merchants had their homes confiscated because of you, Sanlang. Many Jiangnan officials were even implicated. I'm afraid the people in Jiangnan hate Sanlang so much."

Yes, let go this time. With the abilities of Jiangnan people, they will get up again soon. Saburo, don’t we need to make some preparations?”

Zhang Heng chuckled: "They'd better be honest. The Fujian clan is no longer what it used to be. My father will probably make some moves after the new year. This move will either go to the imperial censor Zhongcheng or to the political affairs council, no matter which one it is.

, the deterrent effect is huge.

There is also Master Wu. His deputy privy envoy should still be unable to move for the time being, but a deputy privy envoy can still have enough intimidating power.

Not to mention that there is also Xianggong Jia who is in charge. Although Xianggong Jia is not of Fujian origin, he has a great relationship with my father and me, and they always have to take it into consideration.

Moreover, now is the time for them to regain their strength, and they should be afraid of me suppressing them, instead of thinking of retaliating against me."

Zeng Youwei said with some relief: "That's good, but I'm afraid that in a few years, they will regain their strength and come to retaliate against us, which will be troublesome."

Zhang Heng couldn't help but laugh. A few years from now... A few years from now, Zeng Gongliang might be a member of the Political Affairs Hall, and Wu Yu should be promoted to the Council of Political Affairs or the Privy Council. Moreover, in a few years, he should also be

How many steps have you gone up?

But Zeng Youwei is right, you still have to be vigilant. Although there is enough deterrence, you cannot stop some people who are not clear-minded.

The bank's preparations had to wait for the opportunity for the time being, so Zhang Heng focused on the work of the Sansidu branch.

We borrowed money before to help Duzhisi tide over the difficulties. This new year is much better. Even though we have three million yuan, we can only keep moving around, constantly tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and fooling each other.

But at least there won't be any incidents like hundreds of officials surrounding the Third Division and Qiu Ba beating people to make trouble. This made the court feel relieved.

This is also merit. If you have merit, you should be promoted.

In the twelfth lunar month, Zhang Heng moved to the rank of Julang. This Julang was different from the previous Xiujuzhu. The previous one was just a errand, but now he is an official.

Zhang Heng used the title of "Lilang Rendu" to serve as a judge. In fact, it was a bit low for the official to be assigned a low position. There will probably be new assignments in the future.

Zeng Gongliang told Zhang Heng: "...you will have new assignments around the end of the New Year. As for whether you will be relieved of the assignment of Judge Duzhi, it depends on His Majesty's wishes.

But I probably won’t offload it to you, because the promotion you were given this time was because of the sea trade thing. The things you did in Quanzhou before are now showing results, and everyone recognizes you quite a lot.

Especially since Bao Xiren, the magistrate of Quanzhou, said that everything in Quanzhou is being done according to your previous arrangements, and the credit belongs to you, not him, so he promoted you to another level.

If you weren't young, it wouldn't be too much to upgrade you to the third level based on Quanzhou's shipping tax this year."

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "It's not bad. Yes, Bao Xiren has done a good job this year. Didn't he get promoted?"

Zeng Gongliang smiled and said: "He has to continue working in Quanzhou. After next year, he will probably make arrangements. After all, he is indeed doing a good job."

Zhang Heng nodded when he heard this: "Who will go to Quanzhou then?"

He is quite concerned about this. After experiencing the development of Quanzhou for five years in this year, it will probably be stable in the future, but it still needs to be done by the chief officer. If he changes to someone who is good at cooking and likes to toss, he is afraid.

It turned an originally good situation into a mess.

Zeng Gongliang glanced at Zhang Heng and said with a smile: "Well, Quanzhou's status is different now. There should be many people willing to go there for gold plating. I guess some aristocratic family members will be arranged to go there by then. I heard that the Han family members are already active, so it is estimated that by then

It will be time for Han Jiang to pass."

Zhang Heng laughed when he heard this: "It's okay for Zihua to come over. Then I'll treat Zihua to a drink during the Chinese New Year."

Zeng Gongliang also laughed: "You don't need to go, he will come over naturally."

Sure enough, as Zeng Gongliang expected, Han Jiang not only came to find him, but the year had not yet arrived.

Some time has also disappeared. After winning the imperial examination in the second year of Qingli, Han Jiang was sent to judge Chenzhou, and his promotion speed was not slow. He is now Youzhengyan, but he is still several years behind Zhang Heng.

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Zhang Heng sighed when he saw Han Jiang. He was indeed a son of an aristocratic family. Since he became an official, his political achievements have been one after another, and each one has produced great benefits for the court. This is how he has accumulated merits.

He was promoted to Julang, but Han Jiangtong did not achieve anything when he was sentenced to Chenzhou. However, this official was also at the right level, and he was just a little worse than himself. Do you think he is angry or not?

However, Han Jiang was also filled with admiration when she saw Zhang Heng.

He himself was able to rise so quickly, and he naturally understood why. His father was Han Yi, the political counselor, and his grandfather was the original prime minister Wang Dan. They left him with a lot of political resources, so he was promoted quickly, but after

In front of Zhang Heng, he could only sigh to himself.

When he first entered Bianjing City, the three brothers had no foundation at all, let alone political resources. They didn't even have enough to eat and had to do some small business on their own. But in just a few years, they were able to catch up with

Zeng Gongliang also has a good relationship with the Deputy Privy Envoy and the current Prime Minister Jia Changchao, and his current official position is much higher than his own.

Moreover, he had achieved his official position by himself. No one in the same year in this term could match the achievements he had made, especially the incident in Quanzhou. Han Jiang was even more impressed with his admiration.

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After all, Han Jiang was a son of an aristocratic family, and he was much better informed than the others. He knew a lot about the big official storm in the fourth year of Qingli. He knew that although Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu and others were in front of the storm, there were others behind it.

It's Zhang Heng who's manipulating it!

Standing in front of Zhang Heng again, admiration arose in Han Jiang's heart: "Sanlang, look up to the mountains!"

Zhang Heng was a little stunned when he heard this: "Brother Zihua, what do you mean by this?"

Han Jiang smiled and said: "I am far away in Chenzhou, but I keep hearing news about Brother Ju Zheng, one after another. Brother Ju Zheng is like a dragon, stirring up the Song Dynasty!

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Zhang Heng just smiled bitterly when he heard this: "It's just a last resort."
Chapter completed!