Chapter 170 Shopkeeper Teng is so arrogant at first and respectful at the other? (Here we go, happy New Year everyone)

After the Lantern Festival, the Spring Festival has passed, and the time has entered the seventh year of the Qingli calendar.

Ever since he became an official, Zhang Heng felt that time flew by quickly.

In the second year of Qingli, he officially entered the official career. In a daze, five years passed by in a hurry. Fortunately, time did not fail him. In five years, he went from being a general to being a living minister today, and he was promoted by a full six years.

Level, you have to move up one level every year.

Of course, this kind of promotion speed cannot be regarded as fast, but can only be regarded as steady and steady, because there are others who are really promoted quickly.

In the second year of Taiping and Xingguo's reign, the thirty-four-year-old Lu Meng was emerging in the imperial examination and won the first prize in the imperial examination.

After winning the first prize, Lu Mengzheng was appointed as the general's supervisor and promoted to the state magistrate.

Two years later, when Song Taizong personally conquered the Northern Han Dynasty in Taiyuan, he specially summoned Lu Mengzheng to his side to advise him.

Later, Lu Mengzheng was promoted to the rank of doctor in the Duguanzhong, and he entered the imperial court as a Hanlin bachelor. He was promoted to Zuo Jianyi doctor and participated in political affairs.

In the Song Dynasty, the chief minister was equivalent to the deputy prime minister. Lu Mengzheng was less than 40 years old when he became the chief minister.

In other words, it only took Lu Mengzheng six years to go from top scorer in the college entrance examination to deputy prime minister, and he created a miracle.

After that, Lu Mengzheng spent another five years to be promoted to prime minister.

This kind of speed is unprecedented in history, and it is also the only first person in the entire history of imperial examinations.

Even the famous Wang Anshi couldn't compare with him. It took Wang Anshi a full twenty-seven years to be promoted to the position of governor, and it took Wen Yanbo, who was also a first-class Jinshi, a full twenty years to be promoted to deputy prime minister.

However, from another perspective, Zhang Heng is no worse than Lu Mengzheng, because Zhang Heng was only seventeen years old when he passed the Sanyuan exam in the second year of Qingli, while Lu Meng was already thirty-four when he passed the exam.

Zhang Heng's promotion speed is not as fast as that of Lu Mengzheng, probably because of his age. Being too young and being promoted too quickly is not a good thing. After all, there is no chance of promotion after promotion, which is not a good thing for anyone.

Moreover, although his official position is not high now, he has a lot of power in his hands. He controls a bank comparable to the level of six ministries, has the position of knowing and controlling the imperial examination, and also controls the power of the judge of the Duzhi Division. This is

The real real power!

After all, who is the God of Wealth in the imperial court and a close minister of the emperor? Who dares to look down upon such a person, even if he has a low official position?

However, Zhang Heng did not have time to pay attention to these things. As soon as the Lantern Festival passed, he became busy.

The first thing I do when I get to work is to rush to the inner storage warehouse with a package of flower cakes.

It didn't take long to see Zhang Heng again, but Teng Shizhong was a little flattered: "Why is Zhang Zhizhi here?"

A person's title can reveal a lot of information.

People in the Duzhi Division called Zhang Heng Judge Zhang because this was the position Zhang Heng held in the Third Division, which meant his power within the Third Division.

When they arrived at the bank, the people at the bank called Zhang Heng Governor Zhang, recognizing that Zhang Heng was the top leader of the bank.

As for people outside, they all call him Zhang Sanyuan, Zhang Twenty-four, etc., but Teng Shizhong calls Zhang Heng Zhang Zhizhi, which means that he respects this position of Zhang Heng.

Thinking about it, for an eunuch like Teng Shizhong, only the position of Zhizhigao can restrain him.

After all, whoever is closer to the center of power has more power.

Although Teng Shizhong was a powerful person in the palace, he was not even a little bit inferior to Zhang Heng's Zhizhigao, so it was normal to feel flattered.

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "Why is Mr. Teng so arrogant at first and respectful at the other?"

When Teng Shizhong heard this, he immediately smiled bitterly and said: "I used to be ignorant of Mount Tai, but Zhang Zhizhi, you are now a famous person in front of the emperor. When you go to work, you bring gifts to me. How can I afford it?"

Ah, when it comes to official assignments, I have to go to you with the gifts!"

Zhang Heng snorted and said with a smile: "You have misunderstood. This cake is not for you. I bought it myself and ate it. I didn't come here specifically to find you. I was just passing by."

"Ah? That's it..." Teng Shizhong suddenly felt a little disappointed.

Zhang Heng laughed loudly. After he stopped laughing, he shook his head and said, "I was joking just now. I really came here specially. This flower cake was brought by a friend from Fujian. It is not expensive, but it is a wonder.

Bring it to shopkeeper Teng Da to try it."

Teng Shizhong was overjoyed, but then he became vigilant and said politely: "Thank you for your work!"

Zhang Heng opened the package and made an invitation gesture: "Come on, shopkeeper Teng, let's have a try."

Teng Shizhong's eyes were wary and hesitant.

Zhang Heng smiled and said, "Why, are you afraid of being poisonous?"

Teng Shizhong quickly picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. Hey, not to mention, the taste turned out to be quite good. There was a sweetness in the cake, and there was also a floral fragrance, which was quite good.

While he was tasting the taste of the cake, he saw Zhang Heng asking expectantly: "Master Teng, how does this cake taste?"

Naturally, Teng Shizhong would not deny it, and it was really delicious. He quickly said: "It's very delicious, very delicious!"

Zhang Heng held up his palms and smiled and said: 'As long as it tastes good, as long as it tastes good, that's it. Shopkeeper Teng, the so-called cannibal has a short mouth. If you eat my food, you should do something for me...'

Teng Shizhong immediately retracted his hand that reached out to the flower cake.

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "It's too late! You have already eaten!"

Teng Shizhong suddenly wanted to be good at his mouth.

Zhang Heng said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, shopkeeper Teng Da. I'm coming to see you today. The matter is not difficult to handle, and it will be of great benefit to the internal storage."

Teng Shizhong asked tentatively: "Do you want to borrow money from Duzhisi?"

Zhang Heng cheered and said, "How about that? Duzhi Division is only short of money before the New Year. After the New Year, there is no reason to be short of money again."

Teng Shizhong thought for a while and realized that this was true. It was normal for Duzhi divisions to be short of money at the end of the year, but after the New Year, all taxes from various places were sent to the capital. This was the time when the three divisions were the richest, so there was no shortage of money.

principle.

But on the contrary, Teng Shizhong became more and more nervous.

For him, borrowing money is the smallest thing. It is not lending to private individuals or lending money to the Third Division. Even if the money is not returned by then, it will only be a matter of the court changing its left hand to its right hand, and no one will be punished for it.

Zhang Heng saw Teng Shizhong's nervous expression and said quickly: "Master Teng, don't be nervous, I won't let you do anything excessive.

I am also running a bank on the side. You should know that banks don’t attract many deposits now, so I came here today to save money.

The inner treasure trove is the world's first-class treasure trove. It earns a truckload of money every year. With so much money, it is not a problem to hold the inner treasury in hand.

It’s difficult to save, and you can’t make money from money. Thank you, I can save it in the bank and get three cents interest every year. Isn’t this better than running a business?”

Hearing that this was the case, Teng Shizhong finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not agree immediately. Instead, he pretended to hesitate for a while and then said with a wry smile: "Zhang Zhizhi didn't know that the Neizangku was actually just looking at

Although you look glamorous, it’s actually not as beautiful as you say?

This internal warehouse makes a lot of money every year, but it also spends a lot of money. You see, there are many people in the internal warehouse, and the various expenditures every year are huge, and the money earned is also hard-earned money.

Then, the internal treasury supplies the expenses of the clan and the harem. Sometimes when the official family does not have enough money, they often take money from here, so in fact, the annual balance is not much.

Moreover, you said that the money in the Neizang Treasury is not easy to save. Hey, Neizang Treasury also has a lending business. This business of making money is done by banks, and the Neizang Treasury naturally does it too. Such a profitable business, Neizang Treasury

How could Zangku not do it?

So, I really don’t have much money left... But since Zhang Zhizhi is here, I can’t just say nothing. Let’s do this, I will keep the expenses for the first two quarters, and the rest of the money will be deposited in the central bank for you.

Go, what do you think?"

Zhang Heng chuckled: "How many?"

Teng Shizhong stretched out two fingers.

Zhang Heng said dissatisfied: "Just two million strings? Not enough."

Teng Shizhong shuddered: "I'm talking about 200,000 yuan!"

Zhang Heng had a look of hatred on his face: "The situation has become too small! Lao Teng! You, the big shopkeeper of Neizangku! Me! The judge of Sansi Duzhi! The governor of the Central Bank of the Song Dynasty! The Zhigao of the Song Dynasty! Only twenty

Is a huge sum of money worthy of such a serious discussion?"

Teng Shizhong was speechless for a moment, and after holding it for a long time, he said: "The annual coins that our Song Dynasty gave to the Liao Kingdom were only a few hundred thousand guan. If it increased to 100,000 guan, it would be astronomical wealth. Two hundred thousand guan, how could it...

…[merely]?”

Zhang Heng sneered: "Back then, I built a large shopping mall project for Neizangku, but you just spent a small amount of money and took away all my shares.

Now I just want a small favor from the Neizangku, and it’s not completely unpaid, but you’re just here, asking me to send you away because you want two hundred thousand guan. How can you justify it?”

Teng Shizhong's eyes widened: "Governor Zhang, what you said is too much. We discussed it carefully at the time. You agreed, and Prime Minister Zeng also agreed. Isn't it appropriate to say this again now?

Also, the last time you came to me to borrow money, I didn't say anything to you, not to misappropriate even one penny of the interest from the three million yuan. Isn't this considered an act of benevolence?

These 200,000 yuan are really the wealth of Neizangku. You... oh, you..."

Teng Shizhong looked sad and disappointed.

Zhang Heng was also speechless for a moment. He originally thought that he was shameless enough, but he didn't expect that Teng Shizhong was even more shameless than him.

But since we are here today, there is no reason to come in vain.

Zhang Heng thought for a while and said with a smile: "Okay, since the shopkeeper Teng is ruthless, then no wonder I am unrighteous. I will go find the official."

Teng Shizhong suddenly became nervous: "Why are you looking for an official?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "It's nothing, just put the internal storage under the management of the central bank. Shopkeeper Teng doesn't have to worry, I will definitely let you be the boss when the time comes."

Teng Shizhong didn't believe it: "You can't do that. The internal storage library belongs to the government. At that time, the three companies refused to leave. How can your bank take it?"

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Well, I have my own way. You know, I'm the best at doing such impossible things. I can do the sea trade thing, I can also do the bank thing. I'm just a person."
To be continued...