control the heavens

Chapter 37 Promotion
Back in Fujian, Tang Han got busy here.

As the Tang and Han memorials arrived in front of Shengyu, Emperor Hongzhi sent a thousand households of Jinyiwei to lead the troops to Fuzhou.

At the same time, there was a secret decree, but Emperor Hongzhi instructed Tang Han to do two things. One thing was to open up salt fields on a large scale, and the second thing was to rectify the navy.

"Emperor Hongzhi is regarded as the master of ZTE, wise and powerful, but unfortunately his physical foundation is not good, otherwise, if he is given another 20 years, maybe the history will be different." Tang Han secretly sighed in his heart, but this Emperor Hongzhi is very charming. Although he didn't have much martial arts, he was diligent in governing and caring for the people, and he was able to control the officials, making Ming a new look.

It's just a pity that Tang Han didn't care about officialdom. He was actually somewhat uncomfortable with this era.These all made Tang Han very uncomfortable. Life is his own, so why can the emperor decide his own life and death with a single word.

It is precisely because of this that when he was in the capital, Tang Han was not depressed when the civil official group pushed him to Fuzhou, and he was more free when he left the capital.

Tang Han handed over the method of making salt fields to Jin Yiwei, and began to cultivate them as salt fields in Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou. In just three months, the salt production in Fujian’s salt fields reached 10 tons, and they were all of high quality. Such a large output of high-quality refined salt can be said to account for one-sixth of the country's total production, which immediately brought down the price of salt.

Coarse salt used to sell for six renminbi a catty, but now coarse salt can only be sold for two renminbi, while refined salt used to sell for thirty renminbi per catty, but now it can only be sold for six renminbi.Even so, these salt fields developed in Fujian can sell millions of taels of silver a year.

This is only in the province of Fujian. The imperial court is also developing large-scale salt fields in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Shandong.

Tang Han advocated the large-scale construction of salt fields and salt industry official camps. I don’t know how many people hated them. You must know that in this era, the salt industry is making huge profits. Salt merchants everywhere are rich families who rely on salt for huge profits. The huge profits were gone all of a sudden, and many salt merchants were even unable to continue their business all of a sudden.

Therefore, the impeachment of Tang Han in the capital has never stopped. There are continuous censors and inspectors impeaching Tang Han for corruption, perverting the law, harming the people, and supporting the soldiers.

In March of the 18th year of Hongzhi, an imperial decree came from the imperial court. Because of the merits of the method of offering boiled salt in the Tang and Han Dynasties, he was promoted to the prefect of Xi'an Prefecture in the Tang and Han Dynasties.

The magistrate of Xi'an prefecture, this is an official of the fourth rank. The Fuzhou prefecture in the Tang and Han Dynasties was only the sixth rank, and he was promoted to four ranks in a row.

Tang Han didn't care either, he knew that it must be the officials who impeached him. Faced with the pressure from the officials, Emperor Hongzhi transferred Tang Han from Fuzhou Prefecture, and no longer served in the coast. Instead, he was transferred to Xi'an Prefecture, and he was also the magistrate of Xi'an Prefecture , It can be described as a promotion.

The person who came to take over the Fujian Navy was the commander of the capital, Zhang Lun, who was a military officer of the third rank.This person is from the 'British Duke' government.

The Duke of England was inherited from Emperor Yongle who granted Zhang Fu the title of Duke of England.Speaking of this British prince, he is also a legendary figure. This man was the eldest son of Zhang Yu, an important minister, famous general, and King of Hejian during the Hongwu period.In his early years, he participated in the Jingnan Campaign with his father, and was granted the title of Marquis of Xincheng many times.In the fourth year of Yongle, the right deputy general followed Cheng Guogong Zhu Nengnan to conquer Annan, and immediately took over as the commander-in-chief.After the war, he was awarded the title of British Duke for his meritorious service and was given a world certificate.From the 13th year of Yongle to the 20th year of Yongle, the Jiaozhi rebellion was suppressed three times with the commander-in-chief.He went to Jiaozhi four times successively, and the history said that he "everyone who captured the false king three times, Weizhen southwest".From the 22th year of Yongle to the [-]nd year of Yongle, he participated in the third, fourth, and fifth Northern Expeditions of Emperor Yongle, which can be described as illustrious military exploits.

It is a pity that in the 14th year of orthodoxy, the British Duke Zhang Fu accompanied Ming Yingzong to conquer Oala in the north, and was killed in a civil engineering change. He was 75 years old, which can be said to be late.

Tang Han handed over the Fujian Navy Division to Zhang Lun, and handed over the Yantian affairs to the Salt Industry Department. After the handover was clear, Tang Han left Fuzhou City on a horse and headed north to Xi'an Mansion.

In April of the 18th year of Hongzhi, Tang Han arrived in Xi'an Prefecture and took office as the magistrate of Xi'an Prefecture.

Tang Han has stayed in Xi'an Mansion, so he is no stranger to him. On his first day in office, Tang Han went to the academy to visit the administrators and teachers of the former academy. As a native of Huayin County, Tang Han can be regarded as a local, so his status is naturally unusual. .

After a busy month, Tang Han took people to Huayin County after all the affairs were dealt with. In name, he inspected Huayin County, but in fact he went home and went to Huashan at the same time. He had been away from Huayin for six years.

"My lower official pays homage to the magistrate!" Duan De, magistrate of Huayin County, greeted Tang Han at the gate of the city. A creek clock cannot become a heron.

Thinking that six years ago, I went to the Tang family as a parent official in Huayin County to get acquainted with Tang Han, and six years later, the former young man became my immediate boss in the blink of an eye.

"Your Majesty Duan, you don't need to be too polite. You don't need to follow Mr. Duan when the government is inspecting Huayin County this time, so as not to delay the official business!" Tang Han said.

As a native of Huayin County, Tang Han knew a little about Duan De, the county magistrate of Huayin County. He has done a lot for the people.It's a pity that this person's imperial examination achievements are not high, and his promotion is a bit slow.

Went to the county government office with Duan county magistrate. After the banquet, Tang Han naturally would not live in the government office, but returned to the Tang family with his entourage.

"Han'er, you are back!" Li Qingzhu and Tang Zhengde, who had received the report early, had already led the people in the house to wait at the door. As soon as they saw Tang Han, Li Qingzhu stepped forward to hug Tang Han, with tears streaming down his eyes.

Tang Han high school will take the examination, and the palace examination was awarded the champion of the palace examination by the emperor. It can be said to be "three yuan in a row".

But Tang Han couldn't go home either. He didn't expect that it had been several years since he went to Beijing for the exam last time. How could this not make Li Qingzhu's mother cry.

Tang Han had a strange feeling in his heart, because he had the soul of an adult, Tang Han behaved like a little adult since he was a child, very mature, and it was inevitable that he would not be close to his parents, but after a few years outside, Tang Han could only get back to the Tang Mansion. The warm feeling of home makes Tang Han not have that wandering loneliness.

Look at my younger sister 'Tang Tingyu', who is already ten years old, looks slim, wearing a new suit, looking at Tang Han timidly.

It's just that Tang Han's brother is a bit different from the one in her impression, and she can't say what the difference is.

When a group of people entered the Tang Mansion, their own butler arranged for Tang Han's entourage. Tang Han went to the lobby with his parents and younger sister, and he couldn't help but greet him.

"Daddy, is the business in the mansion okay?" Tang Han asked.

Tang Zhengde suddenly smiled happily: "Okay, very good! Now our Tang Mansion not only has tens of thousands of fertile fields, but also has industries in various prefectures in Shaanxi. There are more than 360 stores alone. Not too much."

Since Tang Han’s high school champion was passed back to Shaanxi, Shaanxi has become a sensation. Shaanxi is no better than Zhili and Jiangnan. Every time there are no two imperial examinations in Shaanxi, there are no two scholars in Shaanxi. , but the status of the Tang House suddenly increased, even the magistrate of Xi'an Prefecture took the initiative to communicate with each other.

Therefore, Tang's business has naturally become very smooth.

"Han'er, you are not too young this year. Any child of your age is not five or six years old. Mother is thinking about finding a marriage for you..." Li Qingzhu interjected at this time.

Hearing this, Tang Han couldn't help feeling a little headache. He was only 22 years old, still young, and he hadn't met a girl he liked yet. Tang Han didn't want to marry a girl at will, otherwise, in the capital, there would be many ladies waiting for him. pick.

Tang Han smiled wryly in his heart. In his previous life, he was forced to marry by his parents and became an older leftover man.In this life, I was still urged to marry by my parents.

"The last time I went to Xi'an, I met with the governor. The governor once said that there is a niece who is sixteen years old and is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. A few days ago, I went to ask the governor for marriage." Tang Zhengde also said.

Tang Han smiled bitterly, and said: "Father, mother, the child is still young, if you meet a girl you like in a few days, it will not be too late to get married."

Li Qingzhu and Tang Zhengde looked at each other, feeling quite helpless in their hearts. They knew Tang Han's temperament, and if they were unwilling, it would be useless to force them.

After staying at home for five days, Tang Han left for Huashan.

(End of this chapter)