Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 377 Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
In the autumn of the 11th year of the Apocalypse, Macau was officially established as a prefecture, and the first prefect was Guan Shaoning, a scholar in the eighth year of the Apocalypse.

Before Guan Shaoning took office, Zhu Youxiao specially summoned him to the Qianqing Palace to give him a face-to-face order. From this, we can also see Zhu Youxiao's ardent expectation of relying on Macau to open up a new window for maritime trade.

Moreover, it is not just that Macao, which is still a small town, is directly elevated to a government-level administrative agency. Zhu Youxiao also ordered to pass the decree to Gu Sanmazi, the commander-in-chief of the South China Sea Fleet, ordering him to be in Xin'an County (now Hong Kong) Stationed in Tuntian and converted into a port.

Zhu Youxiao intends to temporarily build this place into a military port, and then gradually make it an important trading port outside of Macau, and form a corner with Macau, in case the French military comes back in the future. strategy.

It is even foreseeable that after a few years, based on Guangzhou, Xin'an County, and Macau, a Ming version of the economically developed Pearl River Delta will be formed.

After Guan Shaoning took office, he immediately started to set up the Macao Government Office, and began to invite businessmen from various countries to come to meet. trade incentives.

Similarly, Shang Zhouzuo, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, also formally banned the sea ban policy of the Guangzhou government and encouraged the common people to go to sea. However, when it comes to bulk goods and goods that need to be controlled by the state, they must also go through special approval and inspection by the Department of Maritime Shipping. Only qualified can be allowed to import and export.

For example, some exotic animals and plants have also been included in the scope of control. Although people still don't know what biological invasion is, according to past experience and the special instructions of Emperor Zhu Youxiao, a special organization has also been established to control this. All creatures that are not in Ming Dynasty will be subject to strict inspection measures before being allowed to enter Daming.

Turia couldn't give up the temptation of Daming, a supermarket, and finally accepted the invitation of Guan Shaoning, the prefect of Macau, to set foot on the land of Macau again as a representative of the Frangji businessman.

But this time, if he wants to live in Macao for a long time and run his own business, he must pay the tax stipulated by the court, and he is not allowed to deal in any commodities that are prohibited from trading. Of course, smuggling is also prohibited. Once found, Daming will drive extraterritoriality.

Regarding what extraterritoriality is, Guan Shaoning also specially explained it to these foreign businessmen.

Therefore, after Turia returned to Macau again and learned about Daming's attitude and policies towards foreign businessmen like them, he was approached by the Macau police, and was escorted into prison on suspicion of opium smuggling and killing innocent fishermen. Into the prison of the prefect of Macau.

In this way, Turia became the first prisoner imprisoned in Macau since the establishment of the government and the first foreign prisoner.

Turia was very annoyed by this. He didn't expect the Ming court to be so dishonest. It was originally intended to invite foreign traders like them back to Macau to discuss business, but who would have thought that just after the business was negotiated, Grab yourself.

"What extraterritoriality, I want to see your magistrate! I am the baron of Frangji, when will it be your turn to be imprisoned and judged, you are restricting my freedom of life!"

Turia grabbed the cell door with both hands and kept shouting, but no one paid attention to him. After shouting for a long time, an aborigine resident of Macau who was appointed by Guan Shaoning as the jailer because of his proficiency in the French language could not help scolding: "What are you screaming for? Didn't you read the Daming Daily? Your Majesty has issued a decree half a year ago to add a clause of extraterritoriality to the Daming law. The purpose is to control you Western fans. Don't think that I committed a crime in Daming. If you don't use the law, you can really be forgiven by the department just because you are a foreigner;
It is clearly stated in the Law of the Ming Dynasty, no matter in any country or region, as long as the laws and other rules of the Ming Dynasty are violated in the Ming Dynasty, it must be dealt with according to the rules of the Ming Dynasty!Don’t say that you are a Frangji, but a member of the royal family who killed a commoner in the mission from North Korea was executed immediately. It is said that you are still the crown prince of the king of North Korea. Many ministers have advised today for this Your Majesty is lenient. After all, killing a crown prince due to the death of an ordinary citizen will affect the relationship with North Korea.

But His Majesty the Emperor is a man who loves the people, so he immediately reprimanded the ministers, saying that they don’t take the people seriously, and that this kind of thing should be done according to the rules of Ming Dynasty. He was beheaded.

And who do you think you are, what kind of Franz machine, and how big is Lao Tzu's chicken? You still want the higher authorities to let you go, go ahead and dream! "

After hearing what this man said, Turia could only sit depressed on the wet ground covered with straw for a while, and at the same time, he regretted that he should not have returned to Macau so easily, but he did not expect that he would become a prisoner like this .

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However, although Turia, who participated in the siege of Guangzhou and selling opium, was imprisoned by Guan Shaoning, the absolute majority of the foreign merchants were given preferential treatment by Guan Shaoning, and of course they refused to pay taxes. Except for those who refused to apply for a residence permit, Guan Shaoning had no choice but to order people to deport them directly.

Few businessmen are willing to fight against the Ming court that has completely controlled Macau at this time. Even though they learned that some people such as Turia had been imprisoned in prison, they still did not show strong protest.

Because they knew that protesting was futile, and they urgently needed the Ming market, most of them chose to cooperate with Guan Shaoning's new policy.

As a result, in just one month, a large number of foreign sailing ships began to gather near Macau, but now most of them are pure merchant ships. The Macau government originally stipulated that no armed merchant ships were allowed to enter the port of Macau. After negotiating with these Westerners and explaining that pirates are rampant now, they must have certain self-defense capabilities, and after obtaining the permission of the court, Guan Shaoning allowed these caravans to bring small armed merchant ships into the waters near Macau.

Then, less than three months after the establishment of the magistrate’s office in Macau, it received a tax amount of more than 700 million silver dollars. This was the first quarter, and it was still a time when many trades were not fully opened.

At the same time, the Royal Industries Company and the Royal Weaving Bureau also began to establish their own branches in Macau. Among them, the high-quality glass products of the Royal Industries Company were sold out by these big merchants in less than half a month after they appeared in Macau. The Royal Weaving Bureau is also like this.

Both Gong Yonggu and Mao Yisheng played to Zhu Youxiao at the same time, and within half a year, the imperial court may receive tens of millions of silver dollars a year.

Zhu Youxiao was naturally overjoyed when he found out about it. When he named Gu Sanmazi as Zuo Dudu, he also changed Shang Zhouzuo's right deputy capital censor directly to the right capital censor. At the same time, Guan Shaoning also added a Haidao deputy. In order to prepare for the opening of Guangzhou and Xin'an County after the door of Macau is fully opened.

(End of this chapter)