Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 566
Since it is impossible to predict what kind of attitude Zheng Zhilong will hold on the issue of opening the sea, after comprehensive consideration, Zhu Youjian has already made two-handed preparations.

First of all, of course, it is to send imperial envoys to Fujian to try their best to get Zheng Zhilong to cooperate with the imperial court on this matter. This is also the result Zhu Youjian most hopes to see.

According to Zhu Youjian's judgment, Zheng Zhilong still has a great hope of compromising. The reason is that he has shown strong military power over the years, coupled with the preferential treatment for the Zheng family. For Zheng Zhilong, whose wealth has continued, it is not a difficult choice to give up certain benefits.

But after all, Kaihai was stealing money from the Zheng family and the pirates who nominally listened to him. Even if Zheng Zhilong agreed, it would be hard to say what the attitude of the big and small leaders who usually attached to him would be.

The establishment of a customs office and the conversion of the protection fees originally collected by the Zheng Group from the maritime merchants to the imperial court are unacceptable to a considerable number of people who are both merchants and bandits and who are used to being free and undisciplined.

In these people's minds, the land belongs to the imperial court, and the endless sea is their world. The merchant ships on the sea are moving banks, and the money belongs to Lao Tzu. Now someone wants to come here Grabbing food to eat, isn't this courting death?
You must know that the Zheng family's small recognition flag can be sold for 1000 taels per flag. As long as any merchant ship does not recognize the flag, the final result will be the ship's destruction and death.

A ship costs 1000 taels, the Zheng family takes [-]%, and the remaining [-]% is shared by other people. Even if the big head is taken by the leaders, every pirate can get some more or less. The cohesion of the home lies.

Driven by huge profits, the Heavenly King and Lao Tzu did not put them in the eyes of these pirates, and Zhu Youjian's money-robbing plan was tantamount to taking chestnuts out of the fire, and it is still unknown what the result will be.

If the planning is not thorough enough, it is very likely that 10,000+ pirates will go their own way in the end, the chaos in the southeast coast will be divided, and the normal sea trade will be severely hit. This is the last thing Zhu Youjian wants to see, and he cannot accept it The ending of this will also have a very bad impact on his entire strategy, and will delay the construction of the Ming Dynasty Navy for at least decades.

"This matter is of great importance. If we want to solve this matter thoroughly, Jing Haibo's attitude is the most critical. We must plan carefully, take all unfavorable factors into consideration, and finally come up with a practical and feasible strategy.

Zou Qing, as an imperial envoy, I have no objection, but you must carefully consider and discuss this matter with Chen Qing, and strive to complete this matter without causing too much turmoil in the southeast coast. After the matter is completed, I will not hesitate Reward! "

Although Zou Weilian was acquainted with Zheng Zhilong, judging from his behavior style, going to Zheng Zhilong's office was nothing more than acting in the name of the court's righteousness, but this matter is far from enough to rely on the righteousness of the court. The use of other means as assistance will increase the probability of success.

At this time, Chen Qiyu, a far-reaching strategist, should make his debut.

In terms of insight into people's hearts, Zou Weilian couldn't be compared with Chen Qiyu at all. The reason why he was appointed as an imperial envoy was mainly to dispel Zheng Zhilong's guard.

"I obey the order, after the meeting is over, I will hurry up and discuss this matter with Zou Butang!"

Chen Qiyu got up and saluted to receive the order, and his heart, which was a little restless just now, was completely at ease.

Chen Qiyu somewhat regretted the action he had taken against the emperor with everyone just now, for fear of losing his holy family.But now that the emperor has placed such a big matter on him, it shows that he has no ill feeling towards him, as long as he can lead Zou Weilian to handle this matter beautifully, it is not impossible to take another step forward.

Although he has always looked down on Zheng Zhilong, who was born as a pirate, Chen Qiyu did not underestimate this new Earl of the Ming Dynasty tactically. The power possessed by the Zheng family cannot be ignored. It is indeed a very tricky thing to own.

"Qizou Shengshang, whether it is Shandong disaster victims moving to Liaodong, or Henan disaster victims moving to Huguang, because tens of millions of people are involved, the matters are trivial and complicated, whether it is the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, or the local government involved. The need for officials is already insufficient, and it can even be said that it is far from enough, which also leads to confusion caused by the lack of officials during the immigration process.

The cabinet has received dozens of local reports, requesting an increase in the number of officials to avoid many uncontrollable incidents. "

After Chen Qiyu and Zou Weilian received the order, Wen Tiren stood up to report.

Now the immigration work in the Northland has been carried out successively for three years.

In addition to the relocation of the people in Shaanxi to Xi'an and Pingliang, the relocation of victims in central and southern Shandong to Nansihu, and the continuous relocation of some victims in Shanxi to Taiwan, the relocation of victims in northwestern Shandong to Liaodong and southern Henan to Huguang The largest amount and the largest population involved, the officials involved are not enough.

The chief officials of the relevant prefectures and counties, who were already exhausted, wrote to the cabinet one after another, asking the court to send more manpower, so that the officials who were rushing around could get a breathing space.

Wen Tiren's report made Zhu Youjian wake up suddenly.

As the emperor's position became more and more stable, he still made the mistake of taking it for granted.

One mouth on top, broken legs on the bottom.

I only thought about completing the immigration development strategy as soon as possible, but I didn't take into account the hard work of the officials below.

In today's world where transportation conditions are extremely inconvenient, low-level officials can only trek across thousands of rivers and mountains on foot, and at the same time manage the food and drink of millions of immigrants. Under this long-term mental and physical load, they have always been lazy It is already a remarkable thing that the indolent officials of the Ming Dynasty can persist until now.

Of course, the reason why this new officialdom atmosphere can be so effective is also achieved under the dual effects of interests and effective supervision.

Stimulated by various material interests such as monthly salary according to job position, various additional subsidies for running errands, and promotion for outstanding low-level officials, the bottom-level officials who directly deal with the common people broke out unprecedentedly. Enthusiasm for work, coupled with the overt supervision of the Censor of the Procuratorate and the Colonel of Jin Yiwei, made the relevant officials not show any resistance to the policy.

But as time goes on, the enthusiasm of the officials is gradually exhausted, and their physical and psychological limits are about to reach their limits. If there is no fresh blood at this time, the immigration work that continues will be greatly affected. Impact.

Time to find some labor to help.

"I was negligent about this matter, thanks to the chief assistant who always pays attention to the internal affairs.

In the past three years, relevant local officials in the Northland have made outstanding contributions to disaster relief. The cabinet, officials, inspectorate, and pro-military officials should reward the data submitted by the censor and the pro-military. Negotiations must begin as soon as possible.

As for the issue of additional manpower, does the chief assistant have a good strategy to deal with it? "

Zhu Youjian first praised Lao Wen, and asked after putting forward his own opinion.

"This old minister has a plan to report to the Holy Spirit!"

(End of this chapter)