Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 271

"Zheng Jiwu has entered Hangzhou, and Zhu Guofan took the lead in offering the city and surrendering."

East China Sea, Zhoushan.

Zhoushan City hangs alone in the vast ocean of the East China Sea. This city has a history of nearly a thousand years. It was first built in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. Added six city gates.

In the Ming Dynasty, the city wall was repeatedly destroyed and rebuilt, and it was rebuilt six times. A total of 28 generals were stationed in Zhoushan.

In the Ming Dynasty, Chang Guowei was set up in Zhoushan, and later Chang Guowei moved to Xiangshan, leaving only Dinghaisuo in Zhoushan.Beginning in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Zhoushan's coastal defense duties were strengthened. During the flood season, the Zhenwa General Brigade was also stationed in Zhoushan, and in normal times it was stationed in the sea.

For a period of time in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese controlled the trade of Shuangyu and Ligang in the archipelago. Therefore, Zhoushan became the largest smuggling sea trade base in the East China Sea at that time. When it was prosperous, thousands of ships gathered, thousands of sails covered the harbor, and the houses on the island were contiguous. , densely populated, and countless workshops, but was eventually destroyed by the imperial court.

Wang Binqing was previously based in Zhoushan. In order to strengthen his strength, he implemented several hegemonic policies, stipulating that people at the age of 15 should serve as soldiers in the village.Those who have no children at the age of sixty will receive their land property, and do not give them food.

Before Huang Binqing came, most of the fields in Zhoushan belonged to big families in the interior.

Because Huang Binqing asked the landowners to serve as soldiers in the township, the landowners did not dare to come to the island on the sea, so Tian Quan was registered as official land, Huang Binqing monopolized two-thirds of the land, and the remaining one-third was The people on the island wait for everything.

Huang Binqing once wanted to be a chieftain and barbarian in this troubled world, neither invading nor rebelling, and living a happy life of an island owner.

But now, he is forced to go to Chongming, and everything in Zhoushan belongs to Zhu Yihai.

"The Qing court shouldn't have made things difficult for Zhu Zhifu, right?" Zhu Yihai was very concerned about the same surname. When he was evacuating, he also persuaded Zhu Guofan to leave, and even offered him the post of Zhejiang chief envoy, but Zhu Guofan finally decided to stay.

Although a large number of craftsmen and others moved out of Hangzhou, and many large households went south, most of them remained. There were about [-] in the city, more than a million in the suburbs, and a large number of registered residents in the affiliated counties. He hoped that To stay, Zhu Yihai also complied with his wishes.

"Marquis Haining reported to Jiang Ning for his meritorious service in opening the city and surrendering, and Zhu Guofan also said that he opened the city at the behest of Tianxiong's last order to save the people of the city. Jiang Ning has not yet replied, but Yan My father-in-law is one of us, so he should be able to protect the prefect Zhu."

Chen Qianfu accompanied Zhu Yihai for a walk on the island. Right now Zhoushan Island was bustling with activity. A large number of craftsmen and soldiers poured in, making the island very lively.

The largest island in the Zhoushan Archipelago is Zhoushan Main Island, with Jintang Island in the west, Daishan, Xiushan, and Qushan Islands in the north, and Zhujiajian and Taohua Island in the southeast. These are the larger islands in the archipelago.

From the Tang and Song Dynasties to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Zhoushan Islands have always been very important because of their special geographical location. As the saying goes, Japan controls Japan in the east, Denglai in the north, Ou and Min in the south, and Wuhui in the west.

During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Zhoushan Islands were even banned from moving across borders by sea several times. The cities on the island were abolished, and the population was moved inland to deal with the intrusion of pirates and Japanese pirates.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Fang Guozhen used Zhoushan and other islands as his base camp. Later, at the end of the Hongwu period, Fang Guozhen's old troops, the strong and the old, the old died, and the coast was rested and stable.

Zhu Yihai also took a fancy to Zhoushan's geographical advantages in the sea, and insisted on putting the military industry and some silk weaving and other manufacturing industries in Zhoushan, although Liu Zongzhou blatantly refuted him, saying that there is no emperor on the sea in this world, is there a country in a boat?
But Zhu Yihai didn't bother to pay attention to Liu Zongzhou, the talkative king. At this stage, Shaoxing dare not say that it can stick to it. You worked hard to recruit craftsmen, purchase materials, and build workshops, and then the elite Tartars came. What should we do?
Make wedding clothes for Tartars?
The Tartars all knew that they started researching and casting artillery and guns, and established the Wuzhenchaoha Artillery Unit. Did Zhu Yihai think that he would chop up a piece of moso bamboo and make it into a bamboo gun and a wolf's whisk to fight against the Tartars?

Although some people suggested putting Fujian or Guangdong in place, they are not places under my complete control. Wouldn’t it be cheaper for Zheng Zhilong and the others to put them there?
Chief Assistant Song Zhipu looked into the distance and couldn't help but said, "The former Changguo County of Zhoushan is suspended in the sea, with a circumference of about [-] li, and there are no less than a hundred islands in it. There are plenty of grains, fish and salt, and tens of thousands of them can be eaten. People, don't wait to take it from the outside.

Nowadays, sea trade is opened again, and workshops are established on the island to connect North Korea, Japan, Luzon, etc. The benefits of sea trade are dozens of times better than those of grain, fish and salt. "

"I suggest that Zhoushan abolish the health center and restore the county, and open the port for trade."

Zhu Yihai nodded, "What the chief minister said is true. There are many islands in Zhoushan with great potential, and it is suspended in the sea. It is very safe and worthy of our vigorous management."

"It will return to Changguo County, which will govern the archipelago."

"Your Highness, I have recently made some suggestions on the establishment of official positions in some prefectures and counties in the imperial court under the current situation."

"Shoufu, please speak."

As the chief assistant, Song Zhipu was supported by Zhu Yihai, but he was under a lot of pressure.

"Previously, His Royal Highness issued an edict to change the name of the ministers and envoys to the provinces. This is the traditional folk name since the Yuan Dynasty, although it is not the original intention of restoring the Xingzhong Secretary. I think that although there are still three divisions in the province today, its The functions have completely changed and are no longer suitable for the original structure, so they should be adjusted according to the current situation."

"For example, the commander of the capital should now be abolished, and all the guards under it should be withdrawn. There are no guards to govern and no military households to rule. The imperial court newly established the imperial camp and the provincial camp. The governor, the governor and the admiral are in charge, so the real names of the commanders and envoys are not valid, and there is no need for them to exist."

Zhu Yihai thought the suggestion was good, "Well, it can be abolished."

From the middle of the Ming Dynasty to the Chongzhen Dynasty, the imperial court was above the three divisions and sent governors, governors, etc., and from the temporary dispatch at the beginning to almost fixed later, the governors and governors actually controlled the battalion soldiers, and deliberately commanded the envoys who had already been dispatched. It's just a decoration.

It is useless to keep it now, it is better to abolish it.

"His Royal Highness has issued a decree before that the governor and the governor are no longer the places where the capital officials are temporarily dispatched, but are designated as local officials and become permanent economic positions. Later, a new admiral was appointed to lead the battalion of a province. Within, the governor, governor, and admiral are all in charge of the provincial battalion, each with a standard battalion, and their responsibilities should be clearly defined."

Each province has a governor, and some provinces even have two or three governors. The governors can be said to have actually become high-ranking officials, while the original three giants in the province were basically replaced by admirals.

Although from the point of view of the official setting, the governor is regarded as a local official with comprehensive management, but the specific personnel, money and food are under the control of the chief executive, and the criminal name and justice are under the control of the procurator.

(End of this chapter)