Chapter 625: Visit Shanghai in Person! The Prince’s Plan!
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Songjiang Prefecture, Huating County, Shanghai Town.
When Zhu Gaoxu and his entourage appeared at the Huating County Government Office, Huating County Magistrate Tang Wenming was so frightened that he, a small seventh-grade county magistrate, was not qualified to contact His Highness the Crown Prince.
What's more, the new crown prince who has just entered the East Palace is famous for being arrogant, domineering and domineering!
Tang Wenming couldn't understand, and he was extremely frightened.
The imperial court has ordered the capital to be moved to Beijing. At this time, your prince is not in charge of the overall situation in the capital. What are you doing here?
And what could such a giant Buddha do if he came to his small county government office?
Even if he did something illegal, he would have the censor to impeach him and the inspector to arrest him, but there was no need for a boss of this level to come and arrest him in person!
Tang Wenming cautiously welcomed him out of the county government office. After all, he was a Zhengyin officer with a Jinshi background, so he did not lose his decency.
When they saw Zhu Gaoxu and his entourage, they quickly bowed to the ground. Although they did not kneel down and kowtow, they kept their posture very low.
In fact, with Tang Wenming's current thoughts, he wished he could just kneel down in front of His Highness the Crown Prince, tell all the bad things he had done, and beg His Highness the Crown Prince to forgive him.
However, literati still have to pay attention to their appearance and integrity. They cannot lose their reputation and their reputation will be ruined.
"I didn't know that His Highness the Crown Prince arrived, but I missed you from a distance. Please forgive me!"
"Don't blame those who don't know. I just took a look. You can go about your business!"
After hearing this, Tang Wenming breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hands and dismissed the county government officials, while he stood behind Zhu Gaoxu honestly.
He raised his head and glanced slightly, feeling even more worried.
The people standing next to His Royal Highness at the moment are not good people!
Except for Nie Xing and Guo Deng, the personal bodyguards of His Highness the Crown Prince, they have always been inseparable from His Highness the Crown Prince.
The people standing on the left and right were surprisingly none other than Navy Governor Zheng He and Deputy Envoy Wang Jinghong!
Because Zheng He's voyage to America brought back divine seeds to the Ming Dynasty, he was promoted to naval governor for his merit!
The position of governor was specially created by His Highness the Crown Prince at the request of the Emperor. His position is even higher than that of the Navy Admiral Wu Xuan, and he is in charge of all affairs of the Ming Dynasty Navy!
You must know this "Ming Navy", but all the naval forces within the territory of the Ming Dynasty include the Jinling Navy (Zheng He), the Bohai Navy (Wu Xuan), the Dongkun Navy (Zhu Zhen) and the Nanyang Navy (Zhu Gaosui). )!
It can be said that the position of naval governor was specially created by Prince Zhu Gaoxu for Zheng He. He was nominally in charge of all naval forces within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, which shows the great power of Zheng He!
Next to Zheng He and Wang Jinghong was Jiangnan's interview envoy Zhou Chen!
When the King of Han went to the south of the Yangtze River in anger, he not only bloodbathed the powerful gentry in the five provinces of the south of the Yangtze River, but also took the opportunity to implement a whipping method.
Later, the King of Han rushed back to the imperial capital of Nanjing due to the struggle for the throne. This week, Zhou Chen led the Tiance Guards and Feixiong Guards to stay in Jiangnan to preside over the implementation of a whip law. During this period, many nobles and nobles who resisted and secretly obstructed the implementation of the new law were also wiped out. , it can be said to be a fierce reputation!
The person Tang Wenming was most afraid of, besides Prince Zhu Gaoxu, was this interview that made Zhou Chen.
Even if they didn't look at him at all, just standing next to Zhou Chen, Tang Wenming felt his heart skip a beat, and there was a chill in his back.
"Xun Ru, how is the implementation of the whip method going?"
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhou Chen, who immediately took out the report.
This was preparation work he had made in advance, just waiting to report to His Highness the Crown Prince.
"Your Highness, a whip method has been successfully implemented in the five mansions in the south of the Yangtze River. The people applauded it and praised the emperor as a holy king and a wise master."
"After the implementation continues, the imperial court has more than ten times increased taxes and grains this year, and the taxes borne by the people have also been significantly reduced. People who had previously fled have also returned to their hometowns to farm with peace of mind."
After Zhu Gaoxu took the memorial and read it, he nodded happily.
He quite recognized Zhou Chen's ability.
Especially since I have laid the groundwork for him and left the two forbidden armies, Tiance Guard and Feixiong Guard, to assist him. I just need to carry it out step by step.
If he can't even do this little thing well, then he is not Zhou Chen and Zhou Xunru!
"well done!"
"Summarize the experience and submit a summary to the court!"
"In addition, keep those new disciples with you. Soon the whipping method will be implemented throughout the world. They are all talents, and they can be independent if they are released!"
"Your Highness is wise." Zhou Chen nodded happily.
In the process of implementing the new law, the new disciples made many achievements.
With the words of His Highness the Crown Prince, it means that their previous hard work has been rewarded. Even if they don't have to take the imperial examination, they can successfully obtain official positions.
When they successfully become officials, they will become role models for scholars all over the world, and they will also promote the promotion of new learning. This is a great thing that complements each other!
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really has every plan, and every word and deed is profound.
For a time, Axis Chen thought a lot, and became more and more admired and awed by Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Gaoxu was completely unaware of this. He was still observing the Shanghai town in front of him.
In fact, when he came to Shanghai Town this time, he wanted to build it into the commercial center of the five provinces in the south of the Yangtze River.
After all, it is the magic city of later generations. UU Reading www.uukanｓｓｎnet already has unique geographical advantages.
The imperial court is about to move its capital to Beijing. This is indeed a good thing that benefits the country and the people, but at the same time, it cannot avoid the weakening of control over Indochina and Southeast Asia.
So before that, Zhu Gaoxu must make arrangements.
Furthermore, the Ming Dynasty is about to officially enter the age of navigation, and it is time to build customs and manage maritime territories.
According to Zhu Gaoxu's plan, after the imperial court moved the capital to Beijing, five customs ports would be opened from south to north, namely Tianjin Wei in the north, Jiaozhou Wei in Shandong, Shanghai Town in Songjiang Prefecture, Quanzhou in Fujian, and Guangzhou, an important town in the south of the Ming Dynasty.
Once the customs port is completed, it will drive rapid development of local commerce.
Tianjin Wei is close to the capital, Shandong Jiaozhou Wei governs the three kingdoms of Liaodong, Ningguo and Ryukyu, Fujian Quanzhou is used for trade with the Eastern Kun Chu Kingdom, and Guangzhou is conducive to trade with the seven Southeast Asian countries.
All people of the Ming Dynasty can trade overseas, and overseas vassal states can also come to trade, but they must pay a tariff of no less than 30% of the value of the goods at the customs.
The former Song Dynasty had already given a perfect answer to the terrifying profits of maritime trade.
The Ming Dynasty has officially opened the sea. As the overseas kings stabilize their territories, an era of great navigation will come!
But the huge profits from sea trade will definitely stimulate a lot of smuggling. Those who face huge profits can do anything, which requires the court to prepare in advance.
The Ming Navy also needs to be more powerful, capable of searching any ship on the sea at any time, and any ship that has not paid its duty must pay a fine of twice the tax.
And this Shanghai town is the starting point!
Zhu Gaoxu wanted to imitate that great man of later generations and draw a circle here.
When the Shanghai Customs is completed, the rest of the customs will have a template, and the management of the Ming Dynasty's maritime territories will be on the right track!
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