marquis of jingan

The governor of a province can be said to be extremely influential in the local area.

Because of this, there is the word "Fengjiang".

You must know that the so-called enfeoffment of borders refers to the enfeoffment of an independent kingdom in the period of enfeoffment in ancient times.

Therefore, as long as Zhou Yishan is willing to fully support the Shibo Department, no matter whether the local government is willing or not, as long as Zhou Futai is in Zhejiang for one day, they must fully cooperate with the Shibo Department's work.

As for how much pressure to bear behind doing so.

Shen Yi believes that Zhou Futai, who has been in Zhejiang for four or five years, can bear it.

With Zhou Futai's full support, on October [-]th, when the Shibo Department opened, it was very lively.

In addition to the two provincial officials from the feudal lords in Zhejiang Province and the native Taiwanese officials who were present, almost all the officials from the governor's yamen, the vassal yamen and the local yamen, as well as the officials from the Lin'an government office and the Wenzhou government office were present.

Let's put it this way, almost all of the most influential people in Zhejiang province have gone to Yueqing to serve as a platform for the Shibo Department of Wenzhou Prefecture.

And Sun Jin, the eunuch who is the head of the Shibo Department, was also quite happy after seeing so many officials present, and went to chat with these senior officials from time to time.

However, no matter whether it is the governor, the chief envoy or the inspector, they are not particularly close to Sun Jin, they just maintain the most basic courtesy, and the overall attitude is four words.

Stay away.

After all, these civil servants value their reputation the most, and sometimes their reputation is more important than their interests.

These gentlemen may make friends with Sun Jin, the future coastal "God of Wealth" in private, and may even post them after meeting a eunuch of Gao Ming's level in private, but in public, no civil servant will show He was too close to the eunuch.

Because they will be called eunuchs.

But after all, Sun Jin had just climbed up from the middle-level eunuchs, and now he cared more about how they handled the affairs of the Shibo Department well, so he didn't care much about the attitude of these civil servants.

Under the personal auspices of the Governor, the opening process of the Shibo Department went very smoothly. With a burst of deafening firecrackers, since Sejong went to the south, Da Chen's first Shibo Department was officially established and opened.

As the servant of the emperor, Sun Jinsun, the eunuch, personally posted the first notice of Shibosi on the gate of Shibosi's yamen.

Mainly to announce tax rates.

In the past, no matter where the tax was, whether it was a tariff or a commercial tax, the tax rate was fixed. If you say [-] tax one, you will be [-] tax [-], and if you say [-] tax [-], you will be dead.

But this time, the notice posted by the Shibo Department is different.

The basic tax rate of the Municipal Shipping Department is one tax per ten.

Regardless of whether it is exporting goods from Dachen or importing goods from overseas, the base tax rate is ten to one. However, the Shibo Division will target some Lilanqi high-quality goods, such as porcelain and silk exported overseas. Targeted tax increases.

However, the tax rates for all goods will be announced as soon as possible, and there will be no temporary tax increases, so as not to affect coastal commerce.

After the opening of the Shibo Department, Zhou Yishan, the governor of Zhejiang, personally announced that from now on, all goods in Zhejiang, whether exported or imported, as long as they do not pass through the Shibo Department, will be regarded as smuggling and will be severely punished as a crime of smuggling.

Of course, the Shibo Division does not just collect money and do nothing. The place where the Shibo Division is established is not too far from the Anti-Japanese Army. As long as the merchants pay the commercial tax, the Anti-Japanese Army will provide these merchant ships with Escort protection.

As for after getting out of the sea...

There are no powerful long-range weapons in this era. As long as merchant ships sail out of the coastal waters and raise their sails, Japanese pirates basically cannot catch up.

Moreover, the Japanese pirate industry is not easy to do now. The pirates in the coastal waters of Zhejiang have basically disappeared, and the pirates in Fujian are being beaten up. The safety of merchant ships is basically guaranteed.

To be honest, as far as safety is concerned, the merchant ship will not suffer too much from paying this "tariff". After all, if it is really robbed by Japanese pirates, it will be nothing.

The opening ceremony of the Shibo Department lasted almost one morning. During the whole process, Shen Yi watched from the sidelines and didn't participate much. He just brought two hundred battalions of anti-Japanese troops to maintain order at the scene.

At noon, the opening of the Shibo Department was basically over, and the eunuch Sun Jinsun came forward to invite many officials present to have a meal.

For things like eating, Master Shen is naturally on the invitation list, but Shen Yi didn't wear an official uniform, but only wore a blue robe, and brought Xue Wei who had just rushed back from Taizhou Mansion to Yueqing City. went to this dinner.

At this moment, Xue Wei's mental state is not very good, he followed behind Shen Yi with his head down, like a guard, without saying a word.

Master Shen took him into his carriage, looked at Xue Wei who looked a little depressed, and asked, "I told you to read the characters, did you recognize them?"

"admit."

Xue Wei hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Subordinate...subordinate has found a gentleman who reads and reads every day."

"Ah."

Shen Yi nodded, and asked again: "Is the pension finished?"

"It's over."

Xue Wei was in a low mood, and said slowly: "The subordinates distributed them from door to door according to the list, and none of them were left behind."

Master Shen looked at him and sighed slightly: "I heard that you put money in, didn't you?"

Xue Wei was startled, then gritted his teeth and said, "Which bastard told Shen Gong?"

"I must teach him a lesson!"

Shen Yi muffled: "What? I can't know?"

Xue Wei bowed his head silently, and said slowly: "Those brothers who died in battle, some of them were the only sons in their families, and some of them were not only sons, but the brothers in the family were either fools or disabled..."

"The subordinates paid them a little more money..."

Shen Yi gave a "hmm", and then said lightly: "I'll go to dinner later, I'll take you to recognize people, you keep them in mind, and when you see them in the future, you should say hello, don't be impolite."

Xue Wei was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at Shen Yi, then lowered his head again: "Mr. Shen, my subordinates are fighting with you. What do you know them for?"

Shen Yi's face was calm: "I can't be in the southeast all the time."

"and…"

Master Shen said slowly: "The matter of cleaning up the Japanese pirates will probably come to an end next year. At that time, I will return to Jiankang, and you and Ling Su will stay in the southeast to continue training."

"In addition to training troops and destroying pirates, you coastal defense forces will have another job in the future."

Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei, and said slowly: "Pursuing smuggling."

With the emergence of Shibosi, there must be a group of businessmen who will take risks and try to bypass Shibosi to smuggle goods.

This part of the businessmen may not be very large, but they must be resolutely attacked.

Because people have a herd mentality.

Once someone smuggles without being punished, the cost of crime is too low, and the scale of smuggling will continue to expand.

Therefore, cracking down on smuggling will also become an important task for the coastal defense force in the future.

Xue Wei couldn't help looking at Shen Yi, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Shen, is it possible that this subordinate will deal with these magistrates and smuggling boats in the future?"

"That's true for a short time."

Master Shen looked at Xue Wei with a smile on his face.

"However, as long as you work hard enough to make progress, run errands and train soldiers well, after three to five years..."

Master Shen's tone was leisurely.

"Maybe there will be a bigger cause waiting for you."