Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 593 Zhang Cangshui

"Macau has been cleaned up and rectified, and two battalions have been stationed. The Xiangshan county magistrate has also moved to Macao and opened a yamen station. In addition, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Shipbuilding has also set up Macao Customs in Macao."

"The Portuguese on the island are also all registered in the census. Those who meet the requirements are issued a residence permit. A total of 910 three are issued. Another 17 people have been arrested and interrogated for crimes such as maritime robbery, robbery and theft along the coast, and human trafficking. After being convicted, he was sent to Guangzhou Prison for detention.”

"There are more than 470 people who were born of mixed blood by Portuguese marrying Daming women. For these people, according to the latest law, if both parents are barbarians, they will be barbarians, and if one of their parents is Xia, they will be Xia. So they are allowed to enter Daming household registration."

"There are tens of thousands of black slaves and Nanyang slaves on the island. They were originally privately owned by the Portuguese, but according to my Ming Dynasty's law, it is forbidden to keep slaves in Huayi. Temporary residence permit and work permit."

"In addition, Portuguese, Japanese, Nanyang people and Yi people are of mixed blood. According to the regulations, they are all Yi people. After registration, they will still be issued a residence permit."

According to Zhang Huangyan, the Guangdong inspector reported Macau affairs to the emperor face to face.

Surrounded by Zhu Chenggong's navy and under the tough attitude of the emperor, the governor, chief judge, and city council of Macau were all persuaded, and they had no strength to resist.

After receiving the promise from the Ming emperor that they could continue to live in Macau and continue to trade, they finally had to surrender.

The Portuguese have been weakened over the years. In India, Ceylon, and Malacca, they retreated all the way. The colonial strongholds were captured by the British and the Dutch, and the Portuguese in many colonial strongholds were even massacred.

Although there are not many Portuguese in Macau, many of them have settled down for several generations. They are very different from the native Portuguese. Although after their struggle, the King of Portugal also issued an order to recognize Portuguese children born in those colonies , also Portuguese.

But after all, Macau is just a remote stronghold, especially after losing Malacca, it is a lonely stronghold outside, and they are powerless to protect it.

Being able to stay is better than being captured and driven away or even massacred.

Although the Portuguese were very dissatisfied with these conditions put forward by the Emperor of Heaven, especially the expropriation of their houses, shops and real estate on the island, and the confiscation of their slaves, but this is one of the necessary conditions for them to stay.

Other rights such as self-government, building fortifications, collecting taxes, judiciary, etc. are taken away, not to mention, there are no conditions to talk about.

Zhang Huangyan went to the island to deal with it himself.

Zhu Chenggong took the imperial battalion fleet and took back the power of Taiwan and defeated the Dutch, went directly to the island, received forts, castles, and sent troops to garrison every street, and then confiscated their weapons from house to house.

Then the magistrate of Xiangshan County went to Macao to open a yamen and stationed there. The yamen's six rooms and three shifts were also fully equipped.

The castles, houses, and shops built by the Portuguese were all confiscated and appropriate compensation was given.

Their parliaments and courts were all cancelled, and the governor was also sent out of Macau and returned to Goa by boat.

In fact, Macau does not have a real army. In the past, the Governor of Goa, India, would send a merchant fleet over every year. The armed merchant fleet had a commander. Returning from the monsoon, this period is also the time for trade. During this period of time in Macau, he became the highest military and political leader of Macau, and the soldiers on his ship naturally became the armed forces of Macau.

However, because the Macau Parliament often clashed with this commander, it was only in recent years that a governor was formally appointed to serve as a permanent post. After the governor came, he also began to seize administrative power, and even formed a mercenary team. Everyone also has an obligation to fight and defend.

Now after the Ming army went up, they directly confiscated their weapons, drove away the governor, and reorganized the household of Qimin.

Issue residence permits to them, and review them once a year. If they violate the residence regulations in China, their qualifications will be revoked, they will not be renewed, and they will be deported.

They can continue to live in the current house, but they have no property rights and have to pay rent to Daming in the future.Commercial shops, etc., can also continue to be leased and operated, but they need to pay industrial and commercial taxes, lijin, etc. on time.

The original customs was also taken over by the Guangzhou Shipbuilding Department of the Ming Dynasty, and it was no longer a tax package, but was collected according to the law.

There are less than a thousand Portuguese on the island, so they really can't make any waves.

They used to rely on the colonial model and kept tens of thousands of African and Southeast Asian slaves, and there were also hundreds of people of mixed blood born to residents of Ming, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

Tens of thousands of Ming people were hired to work in their gun factories and shipyards.

When Zhu Yihai first started his army, he gave a lot of orders to the gun factory in Macau, which made the gun factory's business boom and its scale continued to expand. Many Chinese workers were recruited in Guangdong.

Now according to Zhu Yihai's request, Bucarao Cannon Factory is restructured, Zhu Yihai's Royal Shaofu Supervisor holds [-]% of the shares, the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty holds [-]% of the shares, and the original Bucarao Portuguese holds [-]% of the shares.

After the restructuring, the joint-stock operation established a new board of directors, a board of supervisors, etc., each occupying a seat on the board of directors, and a brand-new management team was formed. After the restructuring, the Cannon Factory was preserved, and even received more orders and higher profits.

Although the Portuguese gave up [-]% of the shares, if they didn't cooperate, the gun factory would lose orders from Daming. Given their current situation, they couldn't sustain it at all.

Basically, the shipyards and gun factories in Macau have also undergone such restructuring.

After the completion of the restructuring, the jobs of the Portuguese in Macau have basically not been lost, but they will no longer enjoy the self-government treatment like a country within a country, but at least they can continue to live in Macau, and even skilled workers are still treated in those factories. quite high.

Those who run a business and open a shop can also continue to operate.

There were also losses. Land, houses, shops, even castles, churches, port piers, and forts were all returned to the imperial court, and even their slaves were taken away.

They were also deprived of the right to buy, sell and raise slaves in Macau, and were only allowed to hire.

"Macau was able to settle down so quickly, thanks to Cang Shui. After He Tengjiao returns to the court this time, he will not return to Guangdong and Guangxi. I plan to let you be the governor of Guangdong."

"Your Majesty, I don't dare to accept it. I'm just patrolling."

Zhu Yihai smiled and said, "Don't rush to refuse. Although you were only at the seventh rank before the tour, but before I changed the official system, you are already at the fifth rank. You patrolled Fujian and then Guangdong, and worked hard in the local area. Running around, working hard, in fact, you should have been promoted long ago, but Lingnan needed you before, so I wronged you.

Now this time we are going to adjust the Lingnan officials together, so I will put you in the right place. "

The inspectors and governors seem to be about the same, but in terms of grades, they are very different.

Before the Shaotian Dynasty, the governor was actually an official sent by the central government to patrol the places on behalf of the emperor. At the earliest, it was divided into governors sent by the household department and governors sent by the military department. The governor then added the constitutional post of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and later added the title of Minister of the Ministry of War.

After Jiajing, he even began to stay in the local area. Although he was a Beijing official, he was permanently stationed in the local area and became the chief military and political officer of a local province. He could train troops, command troops, and even command operations in the border areas. .

Although many governors were established at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the relationship between the governor and the governor is not actually a relationship between superiors and subordinates, but an equal level, which restrains each other.

So later, supervisors and economic strategists were set up to control governors, governors, and even lead several provinces.

As for the post of inspector, in fact, it was established separately after the governor was resident. The reason for the establishment was precisely because the governor was resident. After he became the military and political chief of a province, his original responsibilities actually changed.

Therefore, the imperial court needs to send another Beijing official to patrol the area on behalf of the emperor, especially to supervise local officials, including the governor and governors.

Therefore, although the censors are sent out in turn from the thirteen supervisory censors, and their rank is only eighth, they have great power.

The power of the governor is getting bigger and bigger, and the power given to the governor is also increasing.

By the late Ming Dynasty, the prestige and power of the governor in the local area was already higher than that of the governor, and the local officials were far more afraid of the governor than the governor.

Because the governor has become the actual local official, but the inspector is the real imperial envoy on behalf of the sky patrol.

Claiming to be on a hunting tour on behalf of the Son of Heaven, the chief executives of all provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties are the objects of investigation. Major matters are requested to be adjudicated by the emperor, and minor matters are dealt with immediately, with extremely heavy authority.

In the Shaotian Dynasty, Zhu Yihai simply defined the governors and governors as local officials. Governors and governors are not superiors and subordinates. Two or three provinces have a governor, and each province has a governor. The province where the governor is stationed is also a local governor. Governor, to avoid conflicts and contradictions.

The rank of the patrol has also been raised from the eighth rank to the fifth rank.

He is still an imperial envoy specially appointed by the imperial court to patrol hunting on behalf of the emperor, so his status has actually been improved a lot.

The rank of inspectors is not as good as the governor, the governor, the chief envoy, the inspector, or even the local sub-inspectors, but in terms of local ranking, it is tied with the governor and governor, and is above the cloth.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the magistrates had to kneel down when they saw the inspectors with lower ranks.

Of course, under normal circumstances, although the inspector has weight, but after all, his grade is low. He is only a special agent of the central government. As usual, the inspectors of various departments usually take turns to inspect the inspector. It usually lasts for one year and returns to the Metropolitan Procuratorate after one year. , and then change another censor to go on tour.

Censors and inspectors are official positions that are easy to be promoted, and even the selection of inspectors has strict regulations. They must be of Jinshi origin, and they are not allowed to use instructors, ministers, official positions, or new officials. Old and weak are not allowed.

Even after being selected by the supervisory censor as an inspector, he will no longer be affiliated with the Metropolitan Procuratorate for the time being, and will be given the greatest authority.

They supervise personnel, assess political achievements, supervise local judiciary and military affairs, and even directly command troops to train, manage food and pay, command wars, etc., and their power is boundless.

Anyway, this central special commissioner, the central supervisory team leader, and all local officials and affairs, he has the power to manage. In fact, he is similar to the governor in terms of power, except that one becomes a local governor and the other is a special agent from above.

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