The Han culture is spreading strongly in Southeast Asia

Chapter 281: King Mo, Not Afraid of Party Struggles (Thanks to the book friend Shuai Dui Wu Jin for the reward, thank you!)

Luo Fangbai's report came quickly, but Mo Zibu was stunned for a while after receiving it.

Because he didn't expect that the Dutch, or more precisely the Dutch East India Company, had already gained this piece of land, yet they were still thinking of making trouble in West Borneo?
Can't they see that after their naval advantage disappears, the Xingtang Palace, which has already signed a secret treaty with France, will soon take action against them?
Pei Jiannan, the Grand Secretary, was also stunned for a while, and after a long while he said hesitantly: "This Dutchman is a bit desperate.

Or perhaps they thought they could hold us back in West Borneo and prevent the war from spreading to Batavia."

Mo Zibu couldn't figure it out either, and grimaced with a toothache. Originally, he just wanted to take advantage of the time in Hue and Qui Nhon to recuperate and find some time to eat West Borneo.

But in the end, the Dutch had to come out and show their strength. Is there anyone who can steal the show like you?
"How should West Borneo be governed? What do my uncle and the other scholars think?"

Since I can't figure it out, I'd rather not think about it. Anyway, at the moment, it seems that the Dutch are not prepared to mobilize troops to fight in person, and are still playing the game of proxy war.

Pei Jiannan coughed dryly and replied, "I have discussed this with the other scholars and have decided that we should follow the example of An Dai and establish a West Borneo Road, where we can administer envoys and vassal states simultaneously.

Those who have made great contributions will be selected and conferred the titles of Earl, Viscount, and Baron.

After the army arrived, the imperial court took over the lands it had conquered from the natives, including the territory of Sanxingtang, and sent envoys to govern them.

Pei Jiannan was very clear about why the post of Xuanwei Envoy was established. It was obvious that King Mo's territory would become larger and larger, so large that many places would be impossible to manage with temporary officials.

However, I, King Mo, do not want to give the territory that I conquered with great effort to some ministers who have not made such great contributions.

So they came up with an official position called Xuanweishi, which was actually a Jiedushi. The position would be rotated every five years and would be managed using the model of governing a fiefdom.

In the future, these lands with the title of Xuanwei envoys will either be granted to ministers who have made great contributions, or be divided up and distributed to middle and low-level officers who have made great contributions in the army and let them suppress the rebellion.

Or they could wait until the princes grew up, and then give them titles in large numbers to establish vassal states to protect the Mo Dynasty.

Mo Zibu thought the same, so he quickly nodded in agreement, and then asked Pei Jiannan to go to the outer court to prepare food and fodder.

Immediately afterwards, Mo Zibu summoned Liu Zhisan, the internal secretary who was equivalent to the inner court, Wu Shixiu, the governor of the Five Military Commandery, and Zheng Xiu, the executive director of Fuxing Company.

"The Internal Affairs Office's staff officers immediately drew up a battle plan. The Special Operations Group compiled the information Jiang Wusheng had gathered and sent it to the Civil Service Office for analysis to determine which individuals from all walks of life in West Borneo could be exploited and won over."

Mo Zibu's Nei Si Yamen was actually a larger Si Li Jian after the three major camps of the capital were merged into the Imperial Stables.

However, there were only a small number of eunuchs among them, and most of them were guards and civil officials recruited by him personally.

Liu Zhisan was basically just a mouthpiece and a shield, and all the power was in the hands of Mo Zibu.

Wu Shixiu's Five Military Commandery was responsible for controlling military discipline, rewards and benefits, punishments, resettlement and transfers in Jiading Town and Tangshan Town, while the Outer Court Ministry of War was responsible for officer promotions, logistics supplies and file management.

"In addition to the Imperial Guards, we will also deploy the Wuding, Dragon Flag, Hakka Second, and Republican Regiments for this operation. The Five Military Commandery will prepare deployment orders and mobilization.

Especially regarding military discipline, we must emphasize that West Borneo is full of gold and diamond mines, and we must not let people think that we are going there just to take advantage of them."

There are 1.2 to 300 million people in West Borneo, and 700,000 to 800,000 people in Brunei to the east. There are abundant human resources, including nearly 2 million indigenous people and 200,000 to 300,000 Chinese. It is simply a godsend to suppress the indigenous resources.

Mozibu naturally hoped to win their hearts and take control of West Borneo, which is rich in rice, sugarcane, pepper, and has large quantities of gold and diamond mines.

Moreover, Mo Zibu planned to wait until the alchemists recruited by Huang Jue arrived in Nanyang before he could focus his next research on extracting kerosene.

This thing is not difficult, but it requires constant trial and error and is very dangerous. These guys are just right for it.

The light petroleum used to refine kerosene is abundant in northern Borneo, which is currently controlled by Brunei.

Damn it, Mo Zibu couldn’t help but touch his chin.

Borneo has abundant food and rice, cash crops such as sugarcane and pepper, nearly 100,000 hardworking and disciplined miners as military force, and oil in the future.

It also comes with a large amount of gold mines, which can be used as reserves for the issuance of the unified currency Xingtang gold and silver coins.

Even the people from the Sanxingtang Liu family are very useful. These guys have been controlling the indigenous people and building plantations in West Borneo for hundreds of years and have accumulated rich experience.

With their management model, supplemented by a certain number of Japanese warriors, isn't this a perfect match?

This is a fucking treasure trove, why haven’t I discovered it before!
"Zheng Xiu, what do you think of the gold mines in Borneo? How do you think we should proceed?"

Thinking of this, Mo Zibu became very excited. He turned around and began to ask Zheng Xiu who was setting up the framework for Fuxing Company.

Zheng Xiu was also very excited. He felt that he had become the Minister in Charge of the Imperial Household Department, so he was very concerned about the Fuxing Company.

The Hexian Mo family may lack some other talents, but they will definitely not lack business talents.

Therefore, Fuxing Company began to be established, and immediately recruited a group of talents and began to work properly.

Facing Mo Zibu's question, Zheng Xiu had already prepared a plan, "Your Majesty, I think we shouldn't control the gold mine ourselves.

Firstly, the Chinese in West Borneo will think that we are going there just to make a living and will be treated with hostility, which will be detrimental to the king's plans.

Secondly, many gold mine owners in West Borneo are too cruel. They treat the miners like beasts of burden. Not only do they not pay them, they also beat and scold them and even kill them.

These people must be dealt with. According to the king, at least a dozen families will lose their heads.

If we punish them and still allow Fuxing Company to control the gold mine, people will be suspicious of our motives.

It will also be detrimental to establishing rules in the future, fairly punishing unscrupulous mine owners, and upholding justice for the miners.

Therefore, I suggest that Your Majesty allow the Renaissance Company to set up a head office in West Borneo and stipulate that all gold ores and gold sand mined in West Borneo must be smelted into gold before they can leave the country.

All companies and individuals who smelt gold must send the smelted gold to the Fuxing Company's bank to assess its quality and determine its value.

More than 80% of them must be sold to money shops according to their value and handed over to the national treasury for issuing new gold and silver coins.

The remaining sales and exchanges must also be carried out under the supervision of the money shop.

In addition, all Chinese banks established in West Borneo must obtain approval from Fuxing Bank! "

Great! Mo Zibu couldn't help but give a thumbs up. As expected, professionals have to do professional things. Fuxing Money House was established, although it did not participate in gold mining and did not involve any gold mines.

But the gold mines in Borneo are under the control of the Renaissance Company. And the profits are not small. For example, if you want to identify the gold quality, you have to pay a fee, right?
In terms of gold purity, even if you buy a little lower and sell a little higher, you will make a lot of money.

It can also obtain big data on gold production in the entire West Borneo, making it easier for the government to collect taxes.

"This king thinks we could also require all Chinese banks in West Borneo to deposit 30% of the value of their issued silver bills and other convertible instruments at the Fuxing Bank as collateral."

As a central bank, this privilege is a must.

Zheng Xiu's eyes lit up. "Your Majesty is wise. Let's implement this in West Borneo first. If it works, we'll expand it to the entire Xing Tang Kingdom in the future."

Mo Zibu briefly considered it, then nodded. "In that case, Fuxing Company will have to cooperate more with the Transport Commissioner's Office in the future."

After thinking about it, Mo Zibu gave the order under Zheng Xiu's expectant eyes.

"The Fuxing Company can work with the Transport Commissioner's Office to establish a commercial tax inspection team to monitor, investigate, and even arrest unscrupulous mine owners and illegal traders who dare to disobey the law.

You should discuss this with the Transport Ambassador Wu Shiying and come up with some rules."

Zheng Xiu was overjoyed and immediately went downstairs to find Wu Shiying, while Mo Zibu looked at his back thoughtfully.

. . . .

Zheng Shishi stuck her head out and looked around at the entrance of the hall. Seeing that there was no one in the hall and Mo Zibu was still in a daze, she ran over in small steps.

The little girl still didn't get pregnant, but she did gain a little weight, barely 90 kilograms, and her little butt started to become a little perky.

Although it is far from the figure of Wu Qian, whom Mo Zibu likes the most, at least he is not regarded as a stick.

"Zhao, since you want Zheng Xiu to do the work, why set up a weird Fuxing Company instead of using the Shaofu or even the Neiwufu?"

There is no such thing as women not being allowed to participate in politics in Southeast Asia. On the contrary, in Siam, women have a lot of say, and the matriarchal clan still exists.

Zheng Shishi looks a little naive, that's because she came from a good family and was spoiled when she grew up.

Now that she is married to such a good family, she has not seen much evil in the world and has not had any experience of fighting, so the idea of palace fighting is not in her mind.

So this is not stupidity, it is actually a kind of innocence that is too well protected. Mo Zibu had seen such a woman before he traveled through time.

Her family background is powerful and she is also the apple of her father's eye. After marriage, her husband, who is a top man among men, loves her even more. As a result, she has never been wary of anyone and can live as simply as a blank sheet of paper, freely, simply and lovely.

This is a kind of freedom that most people can never have. You are so lucky.

Mo Zibula took Zheng Shishi's hand, rubbed it slowly twice and said, "We Han people have emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce for thousands of years. This is absolutely correct, and we will have to do so for a long time.

But thousands of years of change are at hand, and something must be pushed forward.

If I use the court to push it, power will definitely fall into the hands of the wealthy and powerful families.

If the Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were used, the royal family would become the target of public criticism, and the people who did this would become servants of the royal family.

Just like the bondservants of the Imperial Household Department of the Qing Dynasty, they became more and more powerful and difficult to get rid of, and their network of relationships permeated everywhere. It was easy to deal with one person, but it would be extremely difficult to cut off one of their faces.

In addition, the selection range will be even narrower. After all, there are not many people in this world who have great talents and are willing to be dogs.

So it is better to use revival companies, which are neither officials nor royal servants, but professional managers given privileges.

Even if you give rewards and annuities to heaven, it will not arouse the jealousy and dissatisfaction of officials and nobles.

And if a problem arises, there is not much to consider and no complications in dealing with it.

If they make a mistake, they will be guilty of deceiving their superiors and subordinates, and it has nothing to do with the royal family.

Once the animals are fattened up through corruption and bribery, they can be killed and eaten.

If there are any policy mistakes, they can still be used as scapegoats and be executed with one stroke to give an explanation to the world."

Mo Zibu smiled sinisterly. This was the biggest reason why he used Fuxing Company.

In the future, in order to promote industry and commerce, establish financial monopoly, and implement a large estate economy, a black glove will be necessary.

As for such black gloves, it is not a good idea to use officials and royal servants. A semi-official business group like Fuxing Company with spies and underworld characteristics is the best choice.

Who knows, in the future Mo Zibu will absorb the members of the Tiandihui on the mainland into this. If something happens, it will not harm the national framework and foundation. Just regard it as the choice and pain of the times.

As he said that, Mo Zibu stood up and gently patted Zheng Shishi's head, "Take some money out of your little treasury.

I heard that the Teochew people in South Australia have a fairly large company in West Borneo called Jusheng. You could buy some of their shares and have them work for you."

Mo Zibu is now somewhat certain that Zheng Shishi really has no talent in palace fighting.

As for the current situation, the Chaozhou faction she can rely on is far weaker than the Hakka and Mingxiang people, so she has to give this girl some "tonic" to avoid being beaten out of her position too early, which would be boring.

As for whether he was worried about the cliques engaging in factional struggles, Mo Zibu smiled and said that this kind of thing was unavoidable no matter what he did.

There are all kinds of factions within the party.

You, a feudal emperor, are dreaming if you want those who hold state power to be friends but not partisans!
Especially Mo Zibu, who came from the south of Tiannan and had a weak foundation. In order to rebel in a prosperous era, he needed to make huge concessions to various interest groups along the way in order to achieve his ideal.

I am afraid that from ancient times to the present, no dynasty has had as many parties and interest groups as the future Mo dynasty, let alone think about ending party disputes.

In any case, the Mo Dynasty will become a constitutional monarchy in a few decades at the shortest and a hundred years at the longest.

Let them just start fighting now and put their interests on the surface. Isn't the Republican Parliament the stage for this?

　Thanks to the book friend "帅要无罩" for the reward. Thank you so much. Although Lao Hu owes a lot of debts now, I will still code out this additional chapter as soon as possible.

　　As for the debts, they will be paid off soon. I feel like I’m starting to grow my brain recently, and maybe I can make a breakthrough.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)