Your Majesty, please resign again

Chapter 133 If you are in your position, you must find your own position! (Here it comes!)

In Bianjing, one wave has not subsided and another wave has arisen.

But Jianghuai and Jingxi are ushering in the rain.

There is a continuous flow of food shipped from the south. Although the food shipped is still in short supply for the massive victims, there are soup kitchens in every state and county to ensure that the victims will not starve to death for the time being.

With the opening of sea trade, especially the opening of the Haizhou port, Fujian ships brought food and purchased it locally. They purchased various products, and then went to Japan and Goryeo from here. The products of the Song Dynasty were sold in these two places.

All are very popular.

Jianghuai gradually came to life.

Originally, the business here was exclusive to Hangzhou maritime merchants. Now that Hangzhou maritime merchants cannot go to sea, Fujian maritime merchants fill their vacancies in a timely manner, making a lot of money.

Fujian maritime merchants purchased products from places like Jianghuai, which immediately triggered a wave of construction. In order to supply Fujian maritime merchants with their purchases, many workshops reopened, and they had to recruit people when they started. Every day, people came to the soup kitchen to recruit workers.

Moreover, in fact, it is not just the maritime merchants in Fujian who are purchasing, there are also many wealthy people in Jianghuai who are optimistic about maritime trade. They did not have the opportunity to enter maritime trade before, but now that they have been let go, they are still willing to wait.

Go to shipyards in Mingzhou, Wenzhou and Quanzhou to order seagoing ships.

Haizhou also has a local shipyard. Haizhou is the Lianyungang Port in later generations. Haizhou Port is a natural port, a semi-natural closed harbor. In addition, there is Houyuntai Mountain behind it to block the wind, so there will never be such a wave or threat in the harbor.

Ship safety.

This kind of natural bay is very rare among the seaports north of the Yangtze River, except for a few such as Qingdao and Dalian, like Haizhou. After all, it is too difficult to build artificial bays in this era, and it is basically impossible to do.

With this kind of natural bay, Haizhou certainly has the conditions for a shipyard. However, because Mingzhou and Wenzhou are closer to the south of the Yangtze River and have unique advantages, there are not many or big shipyards in Haizhou.

But this time it has ushered in a rare opportunity for development.

Orders from shipyards in Wenzhou, Mingzhou, Quanzhou and other places are flying like snow flakes. Some orders are directly scheduled to the year after next, but how can this maritime trade afford to wait? Although many Hangzhou Jiangnan maritime merchants were arrested, and then they

They have been temporarily stopped from going to sea, but everyone knows that Jiangnan maritime merchants cannot go to sea forever. Once the ban is lifted, Jiangnan will still be the strongest in the end with its strength.

Therefore, we must first compete with them. It is best to seize all routes and customers when they are at their weakest, and then cultivate local suppliers.

Routes and customers are of course crucial, but suppliers are also extremely important.

Jiangnan Maritime can rely on Jiangnan’s complete supply chain, but Jianghuai does not.

Now that Jiangnan merchants cannot go to sea, Jiangnan merchants will provide goods to them. However, once Jiangnan merchants go to sea, the faces of these Jiangnan people will not look good. At that time, they will definitely give priority to Jiangnan merchants.

The newly established maritime merchants on the Jianghuai side are bound to suffer heavy losses.

Therefore, you still have to train your own suppliers, otherwise you will be controlled by others in the future!

It's no wonder that the Jianghuai people think so. The main reason is that behind those who want to enter the maritime trade industry are some local bigwigs. There are many officials in the tribe, and only those who are officials know the tyranny of the Jiangnan people.

This time the Jiangnan faction was suppressed, but everyone knew that the suppression would not last long. The people in Jiangnan were too wealthy, there were too many scholars, and there was still a Prime Minister of Linchuan sitting in the political hall.

Linchuan is from Jiangxi, but the full name of Jiangxi in the Song Dynasty was Jiangnan West Road.

Jiangnan people not only refer to Jiangnan East Road, but also Jiangnan West Road.

If the Jianghuai people want to seize this opportunity to develop maritime trade, they must make all preparations.

Therefore, Haizhou must have a shipbuilding industry and a supporting supply chain!

Some people with a foothold in Bianjing set their sights on Lin'an Trading Company.

Gongxi Dacai placed an order for ten large-scale ships in Wenzhou, and placed an order for five large-scale ships in Quanzhou. Then he did not know where he first obtained five large-scale ships.

Those with a keen eye can see the scratched-off ship's hull number, which is probably from the Jiangnan maritime merchants whose houses were ransacked.

Gongxi Dacai is one of those people with a particularly long-term vision. He is unwilling to place life-and-death matters such as suppliers on the reputation of Jiangnan people. He wants to build his own supply chain, not only to supply his own sea trade.

Business, we also want to become the largest sea trade manufacturer in Jianghuai!

However, he did not have such strength. After many inquiries and the introduction of the boss behind him, he finally focused on Lin'an Trading Company.

The name of Lin'an Commercial Bank sounds like it is from Hangzhou, but in fact it is a company that originated from Bianjing. Although I don't know who the owner is behind it, the big shopkeeper knows a lot of people.

The big shopkeeper is called Lu Yining, and she is a girl, but many business people in Bianjing know her.

Lu Yining was originally the chief shopkeeper of the imperial treasury, but later he ran away for unknown reasons and turned around to open a Lin'an trading firm. In a short period of time, he turned around with Feiyan Soap and opened Lin'an Trading Firm in Hangzhou and Quanzhou.

Soap has become an extremely important maritime trade product. Even if you don't sell anything, you can still make a lot of money just by taking this soap to sea.

Moreover, the Lin'an Trading Company has developed products such as dish soap, shower gel, facial cleanser, body lotion, etc. Every time they come out, there is a rush to buy them.

Gongxi Dacai is eyeing a series of products from Lin'an Trading Company. These products can be regarded as the flagship products of sea trade. For other products, they can find other suppliers, but no one can replace them.

Gongxi Dacai wants to establish a series of supply chains in the Jianghuai region, and the Lin'an Trading Company's cleaning supplies are indispensable.

So Gongxi Dacai made a special trip to Bianjing to find Lu Yining to discuss cooperation.

"You want to build a Feiyan workshop in Haizhou?" Lu Yining frowned, "Actually, it's not necessary. There are workshops here in Bianjing and there are workshops in Hangzhou. If you need them, we can arrange them for you from both sides.

The goods are all available, there is no need to build another one.”

Gongxi Dacai smiled and convinced Lu Yining with just one sentence: "This workshop can be exclusively used overseas."

Lu Yining immediately agreed.

Lu Yining was a resolute person and immediately found Zhang Heng and Zeng Youwei to finalize the matter. Zhang Heng ordered workers to be recruited from Jianghuai, so naturally this was not a big problem.

Zhang Heng heard about Gongxi Dacai's vision and was immediately very interested. He even met with him. Gongxi Dacai originally thought he was a minor official, but after meeting Zhang Heng, he was astonished.

.

"It turned out to be Zhang Sanyuan in person, hahaha, you are this, you are the great benefactor of the entire Jianghuai people. Thousands of families have Buddhas. You may not know that many families enshrine your Changsheng tablet.

"

He gave a thumbs up.

Although Zhang Heng did not come forward much when Jianghuai was hit by the disaster, everyone in Jianghuai knew that it was Zhang Heng who raised food for relief. Although the people did not know about the crackdown on maritime trade, the upper-level people had some channels.

, Although Gongxi Dacai is not in the officialdom, he must have a background behind him, and there is nothing surprising if he knows about it.

Zhang Heng smiled sheepishly, doing good deeds without leaving his name and writing them in his diary is naturally a moral thing, but if someone could know about it, that would be... so cool!

Zhang Heng looked at Gongxi Dacai with encouraging eyes: You are quite nice with your little mouth. If you can speak, please praise me more.

Gongxi Dacai was a little confused and looked at Lu Yining next to him. When Lu Yining saw Zhang Heng's appearance, he immediately knew what he was thinking. He was a little dumbfounded and quickly reminded him: "Don't you have something to ask the shopkeeper of Gongxi?

"

Zhang Heng said with some reluctance: "How is Jianghuai's situation now?"

Gongxi Dacai thought that Zhang Heng was concerned about the victims in Jianghuai, and said quickly: "Life is still hard, but we can survive.

After receiving the grain, local governments in Chuzhou, Shouzhou, Luzhou, and Haizhou opened porridge sheds to provide porridge, and on the other hand, they took advantage of the current dry season to build water conservancy projects and dig canals to divert water to provide relief through work.

With these water conservancy facilities, we should be able to have a bumper harvest next year.

However, there are still some displaced people who have been displaced. They are handicraftsmen who have lost their jobs due to the drought and war. Life will be very difficult for a while, but they will gradually get better."

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "It's a good thing that you want to open a workshop. Feiyan Workshop can attract a lot of people, what other workshops do you plan to open?"

Gongxi Dacai said with some embarrassment: "With the cleaning products workshop, there is no way to open other workshops for the time being. This investment is quite large. In the early stage, we bought many large ships, and then launched a dozen more ships.

order, so take your time first..."

Zhang Heng looked at Zeng Youwei who was listening and said, "Does the trading house have enough money this year?"

Zeng Youwei asked: "How much do you want?"

Zhang Heng thought for a moment and said, "Do you have five hundred thousand strings?"

Gongxi Dacai is a bit astonishing.

Zeng Youwei said: "It can be taken out after a few draws, but the risk is too great. Taking out two hundred thousand strings will not have much impact."

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "Three hundred thousand guan..."

He turned to look at Gongxi Dacai and said, "...can three hundred thousand guan be used to build a series of factories?"

Gongxi Dacai was surprised and said: "Zhang Sanyuan, what do you mean?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "I have no other requirements. If you build a factory, your management can take a share according to the capital contribution. But I have two conditions. One is that the workers are mainly refugees, and the other is that I want to be stationed in the accounting office."

, is that okay?”

Gongxi Dacai quickly said: "I have to discuss this with my boss."

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "Okay, you can just ask Shopkeeper Lu and Miss Zeng when the time comes."

Gongxi Dacai left happily.

Lu Yining asked: "JAC is not far away. We can go there and organize it ourselves. Why should we give them shares?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "They are local snakes. They can organize it faster and save a lot of trouble.

Once established, their customers will be local maritime merchants, which can reduce many sales links.

Feiyan Workshop already has the potential to become a behemoth. As long as we continue to work hard in the cleaning products industry, we will become one of the largest trading houses in the Song Dynasty.

More investment can be made in other industries and more support can be given to commercial banks in various places.

A flower blooming alone is not spring; a garden full of purple and red flowers is full of spring. The Song Dynasty needed thousands of merchants."

No one would refuse to give someone money to open a workshop, and soon news came that the owner behind Gongxi Dacai nodded.

Zhang Heng is indeed very happy, not only because his business acumen has been extended, but the key is that the investment of 300,000 yuan has been invested in the Jianghuai area, which may benefit tens of thousands or even 100,000 people. In addition,

Feiyan Workshop has benefited even more people.

When Jianghuai recovers from the drought next year, and with the impact of sea trade, the people of Jianghuai will live a good life!

But, when will Zhang Heng’s good days come?

Zhang Heng hurried out and then hurried back.

He was the only chief officer in Liu Neiquan, so he couldn't do it without going back and keeping an eye on him.

The workload of conducting official training according to Fan Zhongyan's assessment standards is very heavy. The key is that in Zhang Heng's view, this work is just useless.

The information itself is a piece of fabricated stuff and has no way of reflecting what the officials actually did. Using such information to select officials is just a joke.

If we really want to promote officials who have done practical things, we need to learn from the organizational methods of later generations.

There are seven steps in selecting and appointing people, including selecting people and making motions, communicating and verifying the situation, making recommendations, organizing inspections, and then going to meetings for discussion. After that, publicity and supervision must be carried out. If someone objects, the reasons must be asked clearly and the truth must be investigated.

, after confirming that there are no problems, you must serve on a probationary basis before being formally appointed. Only after the probationary period proves that you are competent can you be formally appointed!

The key points are to conduct on-the-spot inspections of political performance and to have public supervision. If these two things are not available, it will be difficult to say that the person elected is the right person.

But the problem with these two items is that it requires a lot of manpower and a long period of time, both of which do not exist for Ryunai Quan.

Fan Zhongyan seemed to have expected that the reform might not last long, so he was very anxious. Every time he called Zhang Heng to report, he would urge Zhang Heng to seize the time to select people and select good officials.

What can Zhang Heng do?

Faced with a bunch of shoddy talent information, and then asking him to select competent officials from these inaccurate materials... isn't this nonsense!

If it were another person, it would probably just be perfunctory. It is impossible to verify the authenticity anyway, so treat all these materials as true, and then follow Fan Zhongyan's standards to make solid materials.

After selecting the people and handing them over, Fan Zhongyan was happy to see them and felt relieved too, right?

How can Zhang Heng agree?

A good official is probably good for the court, but for the people, it is related to their living environment.

The so-called governor who wipes out the family, the magistrate who destroys the family, and the secret official who kills invisible people, Zhang Heng is in charge of the secret official.

Some people say that county magistrates are officials who are close to the people. In fact, the real officials who are close to the people are the officials and subordinate officials in various states and counties. These people control the local area.

If officials can be selected who love the people a little more, then the people in the local area will be able to find peace. If bad officials are selected, they will break the bones and suck out the marrow, and the people of the area will be miserable.

Zhang Heng could feel that the materials he handed out were weighty. This was the weight of the common people. He couldn't let himself deal with it because he knew that when he handed over a document, there would be an official who didn't know whether it was good or bad.

Will be appointed, will be promoted.

The portion is very heavy!

So on the third day, Zhang Heng refused to hand over the materials hastily.

Fan Zhongyan called Zhang Heng to the Political Council Hall.

"Why didn't you hand over the materials?" Fan Zhongyan stared at Zhang Heng and asked.

Zhang Heng said: "These materials are highly similar and copied from each other. There is no guarantee that the officials selected based on these materials will be good or bad."

"So do you have any good ideas?" Fan Zhongyan asked.

Zhang Heng said: "I have some ideas, so it will take at least a month to be demoted. If successful, although it may not be possible to select good officials, at least they will not be harmful to the people."

When Zhang Heng said this, Fan Zhongyan was immediately interested: "Oh, tell me."

Zhang Heng said: "Xiaguan was previously a magistrate who managed the treasury affairs of the warehouse. He also assisted in the contracting of the Minister's Treasury under the supervision of Yushi Bao Xiren. Xiaguan plans to start from the Minister's Treasury."

Fan Zhongyan nodded: "I've heard about this, what do you want to do specifically?"

Zhang Heng explained the method, and Fan Zhongyan was very interested: "This is a method. You can try it. These things need to be done as soon as possible. Changes are in full swing now. If there are no suitable officials to implement the changes, big problems will arise.

"

Zhang Heng nodded solemnly.

He actually doesn't care about the outcome of the reform, as it is inevitable to escape the fate of failure, but the selection of officials cannot be delayed. Any delay will cause a lot of dissatisfaction, so he does not have much time.

Zhang Heng returned to Liuneiquan and immediately sent someone to invite Bao Maolun.

Bao Maolun is the supervisor of the minister's treasury.

Different from looking depressed before, Bao Maolun now looks high-spirited, and even looks much more cheerful: "Sir, congratulations on your promotion!"

Zhang Heng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What kind of boss? I am only a teenager, how can I become a boss!"

Bao Maolun chuckled: "You are my old superior, what's wrong with calling me boss?"

Zhang Heng could only smile when he heard this, so he told Bao Maolun his thoughts. Bao Maolun frowned when he heard this: "It's OK, but even this thing cannot be guaranteed to be accurate. You know, even the embassy and local officials

There is also overlap, and if there happens to be a friendship, they will also focus on it."

Zhang Heng nodded and said: "I have thought about this too. These things are for reference. The embassy may not necessarily have contacts with all local officials. As long as the official reputation of most of the officials in its place is given to

Just describing it will already be of great help.

In addition, the embassy has a record of the officials who have stayed in the embassy. Those who requested extra-standard hospitality and those who came according to the specifications should also have records in the embassy, ​​especially those they want to complain about..."

Zhang Heng smiled: "...I don't believe they don't record it. Although they may not complain, they will always record it for use in negotiations with the minister."

Bao Maolun laughed.

(End of chapter)