marquis of jingan

Chapter 671 Infighting
A province is very large.

The province of Fujian alone is much larger than many small countries.

Zhou Yishan, the governor of Zhejiang next door, was able to single-handedly push the Wenzhou Shipbuilding Department down in Zhejiang because Zhou Yishan had been a governor in Zhejiang for four or five years.

He is part of an interest group in Zhejiang's officialdom, so mobilizing people in Zhejiang's 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 in the establishment of the Shibo Department in Fujian, he should be able to achieve similar results to Zhou Yishan.

And Cheng Tingzhi...

He is not part of the interest group of Fujian officialdom, at least not now.

It is not difficult to fight against this group. With the imperial edict in hand and capable manpower in hand, Cheng Tingzhi's personal will can clearly overwhelm all officials in Fujian.

But I want these people to be obedient, to complete the tasks assigned to them by the imperial court honestly, to establish the two municipal ship divisions in Fujian in a down-to-earth manner, and to run smoothly.

Zhou Fantai sat in his seat, bowed his head and thought for a long time, then shook his head slowly: "Zhang Dushuai, brother Lu is right."

Originally, the Sansi Yamen should be headed by the chief envoy Si Yamen, and the three of them should also come out to speak at Zhou Yan, but at this time, when the three were sitting together, Zhou Fantai and Lu Jietai's eyes were all on Fujian They all command Zhang Bing.

As he spoke, he stood up and said, "Ziheng, you wait here, the old man will write you a note right away."

Cheng Tingzhi looked a little embarrassed, he said helplessly: "Ziheng, you also know that the governor is not the head of the feudal department, without the nod of that surnamed Zhou, the old man can't use the money in the treasury."

Lu Gui, the procurator, looked at Zhang Bing, and said in a low voice, "But that lord, can he still keep his word now?"

Cheng Tingzhi stopped, looked back at Shen Yi, frowned slightly and said, "I heard this name before when I was the chief envoy..."

"Give it silver."

Shen Yi nodded first, and then asked: "Zhongcheng seems to be very familiar with farming?"

"I can't mix with you military officers."

Cheng Tingzhi cupped his hands at Shen Yi and said, "Just send it to the governor's office. If they want to raise old men, they will go and do so."

Cheng Tingzhi said in a low voice: "This year's rain is much greater than in previous years. The Minjiang River also had a spring flood, which flooded some villages. It is now March, and it is just the time for spring plowing. Originally, the chief envoy should send someone down to supervise all the villages. Spring farming in prefectures and counties, but there are many vacancies in the vassal yamen, and..."

"I won't do it!"

This is a very difficult thing.

Zhang Bing said in a low voice, "Now, only this thigh can be hugged!"

"If you have to write a note, then write a note to Dazhong Tea Shop."

Shen Yi glanced at him, and said softly: "This is a business in the palace."

After the two sat in the living room and drank tea, Cheng Tingzhi looked at Shen Yi, hesitated for a while, and said, "Ziheng, I want to talk to you..."

The chief envoy's face was ugly: "Jiankang has sent back news that the officials of the San Judicial Department have reported my documents to the heavens!"

To be honest, without Shen Yi's help, it would be difficult for Cheng Tingzhi to be the governor this year.

"If I had known this, when that Lengtou Qing surnamed Cheng returned to Fuzhou, we simply bowed our heads to him, and we did whatever he asked us to do, so that we wouldn't get out of hand like now. to the point of!"

Cheng Futai said in a low voice: "But Ziheng, don't worry, this Zhou surname won't be here for long, when the time comes, the old man will definitely pay back the money owed to Ziheng with interest!"

The procurator Lu Gui stood up directly, and he said loudly: "I was just greedy for some money and sent me to the capital. I have something to say to Your Majesty..."

Zhou Fantai's tone was full of annoyance and regret.

Cheng Futai also smiled, didn't say much, but silently printed the words "Dazhong Tea Shop" in his heart.

"The note is still for you, Ziheng."

"At most it's dismissal!"

"Maybe in a few days, there will be an imperial decree coming to Fuzhou to punish us!"

Cheng Tingzhi's face changed slightly, he looked at Shen Yi, shook his head and said, "Ziheng don't want to talk nonsense, how could the palace compete with the people for profit and come out to do business?"

Master Shen gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "Why is Zhong Cheng a second-rank official, and I'm only a fifth-rank official."

"Sun Yuantu has already escaped by himself, so don't care about us!"

"About 10 taels of silver."

Shen Yi just drank the tea and almost spat it out. He swallowed the tea reluctantly, then looked at Cheng Tingzhi, smiled wryly and said, "I thought that Zhongcheng invited me over today to let me listen in on how Zhongcheng was fighting with the group. Confucianism, it turned out that he wanted to borrow money from me..."

Cheng Zhongcheng said, "Otherwise, if the officials of the Sanju Department ask about this matter, I can't explain it to them."

Up to now, the only investment of Dazhong Tea House is to invest in those Frangji merchants, and they haven't spent too much cash.

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, Zhang Bing, who is a warrior, did not rush. He glanced at Zhou Yan and Lu Gui, lowered his head and took a sip of wine and said, "The two adults are too anxious."

Speaking of this, Zhang Bing paused, and continued: "My lords, the lord in the north said that as long as the two municipal bureaus in Fujian can't be built, or they can't be used..."

It requires identity, status, strength, means and care.

The commander-in-chief of the Fujian capital said with a smile: "This Da Chen, not to mention the level of feudal lords and Taiwanese, even the county magistrates of various provinces, who is not greedy? If the higher authorities want to strictly investigate this, I am afraid that the court will The next official is gone."

"He doesn't agree, I can't touch the treasury."

"Even if the two of you are punished this time, you will only be demoted for a few years at most. After a few years of hard work, you will be able to return to your original position and even have a chance to be promoted to the capital."

"Even if the two of you are reported to the court by the people of the Sanju Division, it will be nothing more than dismissal from office."

Now, the big and medium tea shops should have quite a lot of cash.

Shen Yi glanced at Cheng Tingzhi faintly, and said helplessly: "Zhongcheng, you, the governor's office, still owe me a large sum of money to those subordinates, and I paid it in advance to Zhongcheng..."

Zhou Fantai looked at the martial artist in front of him, lowered his head and took a sip of his wine, his face was a little unsightly: "Zhang Dushuai, what kind of regulations are there, you have to tell us the truth!"

Now, Cheng Tingzhi already possessed the first three factors, it is hard to say when he will be able to complete this matter completely.

"Both of you bow your heads and admit your innocence, and you are taken to Jiankang for interrogation. Will Cheng Liao let you off in the future?"

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Shen Yi sighed helplessly, and asked, "How much money does Zhong Cheng want to borrow, and what is it for?"

At this time, the chief officials of the Sansi Yamen gathered together again.

Shen Yi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Does Zhong Cheng want cash or cash? If it is cash, it is too conspicuous to send it to the governor's office?"

Fuzhou, Zhoufu.

To be precise, it is the residence of Zhou Yan, the chief envoy of Fujian Province, and the residence of the Fantai, the Yamen of the Fansi.

“Dazhong Tea Shop…”

"In the past two days, the old man has carefully calculated in the study, and it costs about 10 taels of silver."

He sighed and said, "The old man wants to borrow some money from you."

"In the past three years, I served as the Chief Envoy of the Fujian Feudal Division. Basically, I was in charge of farming in Fujian."

When Cheng Tingzhi said this, he was still a little depressed: "That Zhou Yan and Sun... wore a pair of pants. Thinking of this, the old man is still a little angry."

"There are many county magistrates in the local area, and they all sent letters to the Sansi Yamen and the Governor's Yamen, saying that the spring floods have receded, and the local government offices need some money to loan to the affected people to buy grain seeds, and then return them to the government when this year's harvest comes. .”

"It's not murder and arson."

Although Shen Yi didn't know the exact number, it should be as much as one or two million taels.

"I'll ask them to send the money to Zhongcheng later."

"It's a thankless effort."

"I'm a civil servant, if I really get involved with you, that's my own death!"

"They don't listen to the governor's office."

Zhang Bing said calmly, "It's nothing more than corruption and bribery."

Cheng Futai said helplessly: "Originally, I invited you here today, Ziheng, just to tell you about this matter, but before I even spoke, those three people came over and disturbed my business."

"You don't need to write a note."

"You said last time that as long as the three of us can work together and don't buy into Cheng Tingzhi's account, he can't do anything to us. What about now?"

He coughed and said seriously: "If it's true, it should be because the Holy One couldn't bear to see profiteers dominating the market, so he sent people to rectify Fujian's tea industry."

When Xu Fu went south to do business, he had a lot of capital in his hands.

Seeing that Shen Yi didn't speak, Cheng Tingzhi said: "Don't worry, Ziheng, this time I will borrow money, and I will write you a note with the official seal of the governor's office and my private seal. No matter what happens, I will be responsible for it."

He said with some helplessness: "That week's banquet, I know I won't be able to work in Fujian for long. I wish Fujian would become chaotic, so that he can blame me for all the crimes. I definitely can't allocate money to the people below."

Shen Yi took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

Xu Fu spent most of this money on selling tea in the past few years. He was doing a stable business. He didn't make a lot of money, but he wouldn't lose money.

Zhang Bing said in a deep voice: "Cheng Lianzi came back, obviously to attack our Fujian officialdom, especially you Zhou Fantai."

After all, Lu Jiantai stood up straight away and strode away.

"What can the three courts sue the two of you?"

"Zhongcheng's awareness is much higher than mine."

"You two have no other way to go."

Shen Yi called out to stop him.

He stood up and spoke slowly.

"You are from the Huaihe Navy."

Zhou Fantai turned and left.

"I'm not..."

　This piece has been revised many times before and after. The original plot was unreasonable, so I deleted it all. When I wrote about the chief official of the Sansi Yamen, I originally thought that the three people would collude, but I thought of the three people. The situation and the identities of their respective civil and military officials felt that something was wrong, so I revised another version, and I am sorry for the lateness! !
　　
　
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