Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 367 Withdrawal of the right of residence in Macau

The Ming Dynasty at this time was not much different from the China of the later generations. The eastern part had already begun to enter half of modernization, but the southwest and central parts were still antique.

But in central Shu, because of the auspices of Chen Qiyu, the governor of Sichuan, and the fact that central Shu was already rich, public carriages were popularized just like in the east, and a road was even built from Mianyang to Luzhou through Chengdu.

Shang Jinglan came to Sichuan from Hanzhong and took this large public four-wheeled carriage to Chengdu, and there were six or seven passengers on the same ride with her, and most of them were well-behaved people, after all, they really spend money these days There are not many people sitting on this thing.

Many people would rather walk a few more steps than spend this unjustified money, even though the money is not expensive.

And Shang Jinglan didn't dare to take a long-distance ride, and changed to a cheaper traditional carriage when passing through Chengdu Mansion. Although the bumps were a bit severe, it could save a lot of money.

As the majestic governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Miss Qianjin had to plan carefully for a trip, and this kind of thing really happened in Daming.

Even though Shang Jinglan disguised herself as a man, her financial difficulties and unique scholarly temperament were noticed by the editor of the "Shu News" who was with her. In the same year, he and Qi Biaojia both studied under Liu Zongzhou's family, so they can be regarded as classmates, so they became acquainted with Shang Jinglan, and published the story of Shang Jinglan's return to her natal home in "Shu Newspaper" "superior.

Unexpectedly, this is just an ordinary incident, but it has aroused heated discussions throughout the Ming Dynasty, and it has also officially set off the paper media not long after the birth of the Ming Dynasty. Changes in the content of ordinary life.

Shang Jinglan didn't know this. She lived a half-agricultural and half-official life in Longnan and Qi Biaojia, and her husband was not good at using his contacts flexibly, which led to hunger all year round, not to mention other things. enjoy.

But when she returned to the Shang mansion, she once again lived as a well-clothed and well-fed rich lady.

The two different ways of life intersected in her body like this, but Shang Jinglan didn't feel awkward because of it, nor did she show any sense of grievance.

Looking at the rich chicken, duck and fish on the table, these delicacies that she can no longer eat, she can still hold back, but her daughter showed a greedy look, expressing the embarrassment of her and Qi Biaojia come out.

Shang Zhouzuo, who was wearing ordinary clothes, could only sigh, and took a piece of meat for his granddaughter Qi Deqiong, and said to Shang Jinglan: "You and Huchen have suffered a lot in Longnan, but there is nothing you can do about it. As for the matter, the king must die, and the minister has to die, and you, as the wife of the tiger minister, naturally want the husband to sing and the wife to follow; but when it comes to the tiger minister, he was the same back then. When His Majesty eradicated the Donglin Party, he did not hold him accountable, but he himself He wanted to hit His Majesty's sword, His Majesty was kind enough to not kill him, but it is difficult to go back to the south of the Yangtze River easily."

"Daughter knows, although our life is a bit embarrassing, it is also interesting. Daddy don't have to worry." Although Shang Jinglan said so, tears fell down, which made Shang Jinghui's almond eyes widen : "How can His Majesty do this today? My sister and brother-in-law didn't do anything, but he said that the books he read were too complicated, and he made my sister and brother-in-law suffer so much. This is too small-minded!"

"presumptuous!"

Shang Zhouzuo suddenly slapped the table so frightened that Shang Jinghui was stunned, and he didn't dare to speak anymore, only to hear Shang Zhouzuo still reprimanded loudly: "How can the current emperor allow you and me to slander you, you are a big rebel, do you know that?" !"

"I know I was wrong, Daddy." Shang Jinghui pouted, tears streaming down his face in fright. Seeing this, Shang Jinglan hurriedly hugged Shang Jinghui's head, and said to Shang Zhouzuo: " Alright daddy, don't scold me like this, she was just a slip of the tongue."

"Teach her repeatedly, but she doesn't listen. Unlike you, I don't worry at all. Don't think that your father and I are now the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and we will be fine in the South China Sea. To tell you the truth, there are many Jinyi guards around here, Mingli Secretly, your father and I sneezed a few times last night, I'm afraid His Majesty will know about it today." Shang Zhouzuo pointed at Shang Jinghui again hating the iron.

However, at this moment, a staff member ran out of the house: "Zhitai, the imperial court has an order from the tolerance, and please open the middle door to receive the order immediately."

"Cao Cao is here when we talk about Cao Cao," Shang Zhouzuo said and hurriedly got up and left the inner courtyard.

It turns out that the imperial decree was not to punish Shang Zhouzuo’s crimes, but that Shang Zhouzuo immediately prepared for the selection and construction of the South China Sea Fleet station, and after the South China Sea Fleet arrived in the South China Sea, he, Shang Zhouzuo, was responsible for taking back the jurisdiction over Macau and tariff increases, and can ask the South China Sea Fleet to help.

Shang Zhouzuo is no stranger to tariffs. As early as last year, Zhu Youxiao ordered someone to send him some materials and documents related to tariffs, and asked Shang Zhouzuo to write down his understanding.

Shang Zhouzuo didn't dare to be negligent, and he also sensed that it might be related to whether he can continue to work as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi!
However, Shang Zhouzuo also conducted an investigation in the area of ​​Macau. He found that Macau was not as simple as he imagined. It was not only the long-term illegal trade of these Western fans in the Ming territory, but also the corruption of local officials, and even There are also a large number of pirates meeting here.

Therefore, Shang Zhouzuo did not dare to directly announce the withdrawal of management rights over Macau easily, because he was worried that this would directly lead to chaos in the entire Guangdong and Guangxi, especially in the Pearl River Estuary area.

But now that the imperial court wanted to send the South China Sea Fleet, it was obvious that it wanted to strengthen Ming's control over the South China Sea, so Shang Zhouzuo had no choice but to support it strongly.

For this kind of communication between countries, we must first pay attention to etiquette before soldiers, so Shang Zhouzuo, as the largest official in Guangdong and Guangxi, is also obliged to issue orders directly to the magistrate of Xiangshan County, and the magistrate of Xiangshan County will first send a note to Frangji (Portugal) people.

"The governor's constitution stipulates that Flangji's right of residence in Macau has not been recognized by the Ming court, so it is illegal residence. He is restricted to report to the governor's office of Guangdong and Guangxi within the specified time, otherwise he will be directly expelled from Daming!"

This is an order directly issued by Shang Zhouzuo, but in fact it has no effect. Officials such as the magistrate of Xiangshan County and the prefect of Panyu have to collect a lot of money from Folangji people every year, so they can only accept orders from their superiors. Although they conveyed Shang Zhouzuo's order to Folangji, the prefect of Panyu and the magistrate of Xiangshan did not take any action. They seemed to want to procrastinate like this, earning one more day's money if they could earn one more day. .

But what they didn't expect was that Shang Zhouzuo didn't really plan to drive away Frangji from the very beginning. He wanted to drive away these disobedient magistrates first. After all, he wanted to deter Flangji , You have to clean up your internal hidden dangers first!

(End of this chapter)