Fujian is just one province, which is already much larger than many small countries.
Zhou Yishan, the governor of Zhejiang next door, was able to single-handedly push Wenzhou Shipping Company out of Zhejiang because Zhou Yishan had been a governor in Zhejiang for four or five years.
He is part of an interest group in the Zhejiang officialdom, so mobilizing people in the Zhejiang officialdom will save a lot of effort compared to Cheng Tingzhi.
Zhou Yishan is more like Sun Fu, the former governor of Fujian who was forced to obey the orders of the imperial court.
Sun Fu also has a deep foundation in Fujian. If he is willing to fully help prepare for the establishment of a shipping company in Fujian, he should be able to achieve similar results to Zhou Yishan.
And Cheng Tingzhi...
He is not part of the interest group known as Fujian officialdom, at least not yet.
It is not difficult to fight against this collective. With the imperial edict and capable manpower in hand, Cheng Tingzhi's personal will can openly overwhelm all officials in Fujian.
But I want these people to be obedient, conscientiously complete the tasks assigned to them by the court, and establish the two shipping companies in Fujian and run them smoothly.
This is a very difficult thing.
It requires identity, status, strength, means and care.
Now that Cheng Tingzhi already possesses the first three factors, it is difficult to say when he will be able to complete this matter.
To be honest, without Shen Yi's help, it would be difficult for Cheng Tingzhi to serve as governor this year.
After the two of them sat in the living room and drank tea, Cheng Tingzhi looked at Shen Yi, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Zi Heng, I want to talk to you..."
He sighed and said, "I want to borrow some money from you."
Shen Yi almost spit out the tea he just drank. He reluctantly swallowed the tea, then looked at Cheng Tingzhi and said with a wry smile: "I thought Zhongcheng invited me here today to let me watch how Zhongcheng talked with the crowd.
Confucian, it turns out you want to borrow money from me..."
Shen Yi glanced at Cheng Tingzhi faintly, and said helplessly: "Zhongcheng, your governor's office still owes my subordinates a large sum of money and has not paid it. I paid it to Zhongcheng in advance..."
Cheng Tingzhi looked a little embarrassed, and he said helplessly: "Zi Heng, you also know that the governor is not the chief official of the vassal. Without the nod of the man named Zhou, I can't use the money in the vassal treasury."
Cheng Futai whispered: "But Zi Heng, don't worry, this person named Zhou won't be able to stay for long. When the time comes, the money I owe Zi Heng will be paid back with interest!"
Shen Yi sighed helplessly and asked: "How much money does Zhongcheng want to borrow and for what purpose?"
"It costs about one hundred thousand taels of silver."
Cheng Tingzhi whispered: "This year's rain is much heavier than in previous years. There is also a spring flood in the Minjiang River, flooding some Zhuangzi. It is March now, and it is the time for spring plowing. Originally, the Chief Envoy should send people down to supervise various fields.
The prefectures and counties are undergoing spring plowing, but there are currently many vacant positions in the vassal offices, and..."
"They don't listen to the governor's office."
"Many county magistrates in the local area have sent letters to the Sansi Yamen and the Governor's Yamen, saying that the spring floods have subsided and the local Yamen need some money to lend to the affected people to buy grain and seed, and then return it to the government during this year's harvest.
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"In the past two days, I have carefully calculated it in the study. It is almost one hundred thousand taels of silver."
He said helplessly: "That Zhou Yan, I knew I wouldn't be able to work in Fujian for long, and I wished that Fujian would be in chaos so that he could put all the blame on me. I definitely can't allocate money to the subordinates."
"If he doesn't agree, I can't touch the vassal treasury."
Cheng Futai said helplessly: "Originally, I asked Zi Heng to come here today just to tell you about this matter, but before I opened my mouth, those three people came over and disturbed my business."
Seeing that Shen Yi remained silent, Cheng Tingzhi said, "Don't worry, Ziheng. I will write you a note for this loan, using the governor's official seal and my private seal. No matter what happens, I will be responsible for it."
"There's no need to write a note."
Shen Yi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Zhongcheng, do you want cash or cash? If you want cash, send it to the governor's Yamen. Isn't it too conspicuous?"
"Just cash."
Cheng Tingzhi cupped his hands in front of Shen Yi and said, "Send it to the governor's office. If they want to sue me, go and sue me."
"I still have to write the note to you, Ziheng."
Cheng Zhongcheng said, "Otherwise, I won't be able to explain it to the officials of the Third Law Department if they ask about it."
Shen Yi nodded first, and then asked: "Zhongcheng seems to be very familiar with farming?"
"In the past three years, I served as the chief envoy of the Fujian vassal. I was basically responsible for the farming affairs in Fujian."
"It's thankless."
When Cheng Tingzhi said this, he was still a little annoyed: "Zhou Yan and Sun... were wearing a pair of trousers. Thinking of this, I am still a little angry."
After saying that, he stood up and said, "Ziheng, wait here, I will write you a note right now."
Shen Yi opened his mouth and stopped him.
"If you have to write a note, then just write a note to Dazhong Tea Shop."
Shen Yi took a sip of tea and smiled.
"I'll ask them to send the money to Zhongcheng later."
When Xu Fu went south to do business, he had a lot of capital.
Although Shen Yi didn't know the specific number, it should be as many as one or two million taels.
Most of Xu Fu's money was used to sell tea in the past few years, running a stable business. He didn't make a lot of money, but he didn't lose money either.
Up to now, Dazhong Tea Company's only investment has been in a few Folangji businessmen, and it has not spent much cash.
Now, Dazhong Tea Shop should have a lot of cash in hand.
“Dazhong Tea Shop…”
Cheng Tingzhi stopped, looked back at Shen Yi, frowned slightly and said, "I heard this name when I was the chief envoy..."
Shen Yi glanced at him and said softly: "This is a palace business."
Cheng Tingzhi's face changed slightly, he looked at Shen Yi, shook his head and said, "Zi Heng, don't talk nonsense. How can the palace compete with the people for profit and do business?"
He coughed and said seriously: "If that's true, it must have been the Holy One who couldn't bear to see profiteers dominating the market, so he sent people down to rectify the Fujian tea industry."
Mr. Shen gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Maybe Zhongcheng is a second-grade official, and I am only a fifth-grade official."
"Zhongcheng's consciousness is much higher than mine."
Cheng Futai also smiled and didn't say anything more. He just silently printed the four words "Dazhong Tea Shop" in his heart.
…………
Fuzhou, Zhoufu.
To be precise, it was the residence of Zhou Yan, the governor of Fujian Province, and the feudal lord's office.
At this time, the chief officials of the Sansi Yamen gathered together again.
Originally, the three Si Yamen should be headed by the Chief Envoy Si Yamen, and Zhou Yan should also come out to speak among the three. However, at this time, when the three of them were sitting together, Zhou Fantai and Lu Zhitai were both looking at Fujian.
All commanders put Zhang Bing on his body.
Zhou Fantai looked at the warrior in front of him, lowered his head and took a sip of wine, with a somewhat unsightly look on his face: "Zhang Dushuai, what exactly are the regulations? You have to explain to us!"
"You said last time that as long as the three of us can work together and don't buy into Cheng Tingzhi's fault, he can't do anything to us. What about now?"
The chief envoy had an ugly expression on his face: "News has come back from Jiankang, saying that the officials of the Three Laws Division have submitted our documents to heaven!"
"Maybe in a few days, an imperial edict will come to Fuzhou to punish us!"
Zhou Fantai's tone was full of annoyance and regret.
"If I had known this, when that stupid young man named Cheng returned to Fuzhou, we might as well have bowed our heads to him and done whatever he asked us to do. We wouldn't have gotten out of hand like now.
The point!”
After hearing Zhou Yan's words, Zhang Bing, a warrior, didn't panic. He glanced at Zhou Yan and Lu Gui, lowered his head and took a sip of wine and said, "You two adults are too anxious."
"What can the Third Law Division sue you two?"
Zhang Bing said with a calm expression: "It's nothing more than corruption and bribery."
"It's not murder and arson."
The commander-in-chief of Fujian Dusi smiled and said: "Who among the Chen family, not to mention the level of feudal lords and magistrates, is not corrupt? If the higher-ups want to investigate this strictly, I'm afraid the imperial court will
There is no official official left."
"Even if the two of you are sued to the court by the people from the Third Law Division, you will be dismissed from your posts."
Having said this, Zhang Bing paused and continued: "My lords, the lord from the north said that as long as the two municipal shipping companies in Fujian can't be built, or even if they are built, they won't be used..."
"Even if you two are punished this time, they will only be demoted for a few years at most. After a few years of hard work, you can be reinstated and even have the opportunity to be promoted to the capital."
Lu Gui, the inspector, looked at Zhang Bing and said in a low voice: "But that sir, can you still keep your word now?"
"You two have no other way to go."
Zhang Bing said in a deep voice: "When Cheng Lengzi comes back, he obviously wants to attack our Fujian officialdom, especially you, Zhou Fantai."
"You two are bowing your heads now and being taken to Jiankang for questioning. Will Cheng Lunzi let you go in the future?"
"Sun Yuantu has escaped on his own and doesn't care about us anymore!"
Zhang Bing's voice was low: "Now, this is the only thigh I can hug!"
"I won't do it!"
The inspector Lu Gui stood up directly and said loudly: "I was just greedy for some money and sent me to the capital. I have something to say to His Majesty..."
"The most that can be done is dismissal from office!"
"If we, the civil servants, really get involved with you, we are seeking death!"
After saying that, Lu Zhitai stood up directly and strode away.
Zhou Fantai sat in his seat, lowered his head and thought for a long time, and then slowly shook his head: "Zhang Dushuai, Brother Lu is right."
"I can't get involved with you military attaches either."
He stood up and spoke slowly.
"You are from the Huaihe Navy."
Zhou Fantai turned and left.
"I'm not..."
This picture has been revised many times. The originally planned plot was unreasonable, so I deleted them all. When I wrote about the chief officer of the Sansi Yamen, I originally thought that the three people would collude together, but I thought of the three people.
The situation, as well as the respective identities of civil servants and military attachés, felt that something was not quite right, so I revised another version. I am sorry for the late update!!
