▁command , ▁Z hou ▁Ch ong ' s ▁was ▁limited ▁to ▁only ▁the ▁Southern ▁Metropolitan ▁Region , ▁Z he ji ang , ▁and ▁F uj ian . ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian ▁was ▁mean while ▁promoted ▁to ▁Grand ▁Co ordin ator ▁of ▁Z he ji ang , ▁and ▁was ▁soon ▁promoted ▁even ▁higher ▁to ▁supre me ▁commander ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 5 5 6 , ▁after ▁Z hou ▁Ch ong ▁and ▁his ▁successor ▁Yang ▁Y i ▁( <0xE6> <0xA5> <0x8A> <0xE5> <0xAE> <0x9C> ) ▁were ▁c ash ier ed ▁after ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁year ▁in ▁service ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁under wh el ming ▁performance . ▁ ▁Pres iding ▁over ▁the ▁w ok ou ▁affair ▁ ▁De fe ating ▁X u ▁H ai ▁ ▁Comp ared ▁to ▁the ▁short ▁appoint ments ▁of ▁his ▁prede cess ors , ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian ▁remained ▁in ▁power ▁until ▁ 1 5 6 3 . ▁His ▁lon ge vity ▁as ▁supre me ▁commander , ▁and ▁indeed ▁his ▁meteor ic ▁rise , ▁were ▁due ▁in ▁part ▁to ▁his ▁association ▁with ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ' s ▁cli que . ▁Z ha o ▁W en h ua ▁was ▁opposed ▁to ▁a ▁strict ▁enfor cement ▁of ▁the ▁mar itime ▁prohib itions ▁like ▁the ▁ones ▁carried ▁out ▁by ▁Z hu ▁W an , ▁and ▁instead ▁fav oured ▁opening ▁trade ▁as ▁the ▁means ▁to ▁solve ▁the ▁w ok ou ▁problem . ▁Hu ▁Z ong x ian , ▁in ▁turn , ▁carried ▁out ▁a ▁policy ▁of ▁appe as ement ▁despite