Chastity Layman

  Chapter 806 Convincing people with virtue

  Fireworks March.

  Guangzhou Port is bustling again.

  Everyone seems to have forgotten the **** storm here in the past period of time. Even the major wealthy families in the Central Plains and the chieftains of Lingnan who had suffered a lot in the purge before have come.

Because of the opening of the port, Qin Lang called all parties to come and share the interests of the ports together. This is a redistribution of interests and involves all forces. With today's wrath and Qin Lang's ruthlessness, everyone can't do anything. Turn the table, so I can only come and participate in it.

  The Ministry of Officials urgently selected and transferred a large number of young and strong officials to the south.

Recently, the sea ships of the Hu people have decreased a lot, but everyone doesn't care. Everyone believes that the Hu merchants are afraid of being killed for the time being, but soon they will come to trade by boat again. Datang has too many things they want. They cannot do without.

  The navy fleet has patrolled the sea, prohibiting Hu merchants from directly sailing to the six countries including Goguryeo in the East of the Tang Dynasty, and prohibiting Hu merchants from directly trading with them.

  Representatives from all parties gathered together, and it was very lively. On the surface, they were harmonious, but secretly they were already tense.

  Because the largest aboriginal forces in south of the Five Ridges, Feng Ning, Xian Chen and other family members, went to Beijing at the end of last year and are still being retained by the emperor’s warm hospitality, so this time when they come to Guangzhou, they are all very humble.

   Chaozhou Port, Guangzhou Port, Gaozhou Port, Leizhou Port, Yazhou Port, and the five major ports of Canton Road.

  Guangxi Road will also open several ports this time. In addition to Qinzhou Port, Luzhou Port (Fangcheng Port) and Lianzhou Port (Beihai Port) will be added.

  Guangnan Road is outside Jiaozhou Port and Wu'an Prefecture Taiping Port, adding Aizhou Rinan Port and Huanzhou Jiude Port.

In addition, the Pearl River inland ports will be integrated and expanded to build Nanning Port in Yongzhou, Guizhou Guigang, Guiping Port in Xunzhou, Liuzhou Port, Guilin Port, Cangwu Port in Wuzhou, Chongzuo Port, Foshan Port, Baoan Port, Jiangmen Port, Zhaoqing Port, Huangling Port (Dongguan), Boluo Port...

  In the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, there is a huge sand table in the hall, on which the coastline and Xijiang and other important inland river ports and river ports are marked with flags.

  Every place is closely tied to the key points of land and water transportation.

  The opening of ports in these places will undoubtedly form a complete transportation network and form a golden waterway.

  Everyone knows what this means. It means that the goods are connected to Lingnan, the trade is booming, and it means that the wealth and goods will continue to flow.

Both Feng An and Feng Xuan of the Feng family have not returned in the capital, and those who came here are the second sons of the two, because the eldest sons of the two have long been working in Beijing. For example, the eldest son of Feng An has been serving as the twelve guards in Beijing The post of the third-rank general.

   The two cousins ​​were sitting there, but neither said hello.

  The relationship between Feng An and Feng Xuan has always been at odds, and several times they fought each other. Feng Xuan has always resented Feng An for usurping his position as heir.

  Xian Zhichen came and said in a low voice, "Have you heard that Duke Wei intends to put Hainan Island under Guangxi Province?"

Xian Zhichen is the nephew of Xian Baoche, the leader of the younger generation of the Xian family, his uncle Xian Baoche was also a man of influence at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he once teamed up with Feng Xuan to fight against Feng An, and had a lot of internal fighting, and now he is still stranded in Chang'an. Xian Zhichen came to this meeting.

  Leizhou Governor Feng Zhiyu and his brothers Gaozhou Governor Feng Zhixun and Yazhou Governor Feng Zhidai looked at each other.

   "Where did I hear the gossip, how could Qiongzhou Island be classified as Guangxi Road? Guangxi and Qiongzhou Island are not adjacent to each other!"

   Danzhou Inspector Xian Zhichen smiled, "The news is very reliable. I just had a chat with Wang Gonggong, and he told me that this matter is basically settled."

  Danzhou is just to the west of Hainan Island. Now Hainan Island has four prefectures, three of which are controlled by the Xian family.

   "Actually, Hainan Island and Guangdong are not connected, they are separated by the sea." Xian Zhichen laughed. He was quite pleased with the news. Although Feng Xian was married for generations, in recent years there have been fierce internal struggles. Hainan Island is now the headquarters of the Xian family. They don't want the Feng family to take over the control. , can undoubtedly draw a clear line with the Feng family.

Of course, an important reason for his happiness was that Qin Lang not only wanted Hainan Island to belong to Guangxi Province, but also intended to let him be transferred to Yazhou Governor. Yazhou Port was the only open trade port on the island that was proposed this time. Yazhou is also the mouth of the largest inland river on the island. It has the advantages of seaport trade and inland river transportation on the island. It is also very close to Leizhou Peninsula. It can be said that Yazhou is much more important than the other three states.

  The imperial court newly established three major naval forces. Now they are gathered in the South China Sea. The South China Sea Navy has begun to patrol the South China Sea. Free trade as before is no longer possible.

  This kind of behavior is now classified as illegal smuggling, and it is included in the list of key crackdowns.

  With the lessons learned from the bloodbath in Guangzhou, no one dares to mess around easily. After all, there are still countless dried heads hanging in Guangzhou Port.

   "Gaozhou Port belongs to Feng An's family, Leizhou Port belongs to Xian Baoche's family, and Yazhou Port belongs to Feng Xuan's family."

   On the other side, Qin Lang was explaining the details to a group of his own people.

   "Aren't the Governors of Yazhou and Governors of Leizhou both the sons of Feng An?" Qin Yong asked.

"That's right, because of this, we have to readjust this time. We can't let Feng An's family monopolize the three major trading ports, let alone let his territory continue to be connected together. We have to break them up, one family in the three ports, Yazhou The port is for Feng Xuan, the Leizhou port is for Xian Baoche, and the Feng family brothers are for the Xian family!"

  The three major forces, Feng An, Feng Xuan, and Xian Baoche, originally occupied more than ten prefectures. Qin Lang now needs to further adjust and reduce them to seven prefectures: Chunzhou, Gaozhou, Huazhou, Leizhou, Yazhou, Danzhou, and Zhenzhou.

  Feng An's family occupied Chunzhou and Gaozhou, Xian's family occupied Leizhou, Zhenzhou, and Danzhou, and Feng Xuan's family occupied Huazhou and Yazhou.

  Hainan Island abolished Wan'an Prefecture, and belonged to Yazhou in the north, Danzhou in the west, and Zhenzhou in the east and south. Two prefectures belonged to Xian's family, and one prefecture belonged to Feng Xuan.

  The most important Yazhou on the island was assigned to Feng Xuan's family.

  The governors of the seven prefectures still appoint the three families of Feng Xian, but this time, the chief minister and Sima will be appointed by the imperial government's official department.

"We are not in a hurry to come to the others, but for the three ports of Gaozhou, Yazhou, and Leizhou, the imperial court must strengthen control. Each port must build at least two military mansions, and at least one frontier army stationed directly under the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion must be garrisoned." , and a naval battalion will also be stationed. In addition, the Changping Division and the Shiship Division must establish dispatched agencies to enter Hong Kong."

Controlling the port is the key to controlling the three forces. This is the successful way for the central dynasty to infiltrate and control Lingnan for thousands of years. In the past, the imperial court started from controlling these ports and throats from Guilin to Guangzhou to Jiaozhou. A core stronghold, and then slowly radiate.

  Several major ports are also in the estuary plain area. In the future, the port will prosper and the population will increase greatly, which will attract more Han Chinese to immigrate, and then establish new immigrant villages and towns in the surrounding areas.

   "Can they agree?"

Qin Lang hit the table, "I don't think my proposal is too much. I fully consider the interests of each family. For example, Feng Xian's family. If I give them a big port, don't they have any dissatisfaction? If you refuse to agree, it means you have ulterior motives and disobedience. They don’t want this port. I’ll give it to others. I’m afraid there will be a lot of people fighting for it. At that time, I don’t even need to do it. Someone will rush up and tear him to pieces, such as Tan Dian, who has always been at odds with the Feng family?"

Qin Lang also designated a port for Tan Dian, but it is an inland river port, which is definitely not as good as the Shanghai Trade Port. As long as Qin Lang is willing to support Tan Dian, it has always been the Feng family's deadly enemy, and he is absolutely willing to blow the horn and beat Ringing the bronze drum with cloud patterns, the Liao people challenged the Feng family.

   "What a trick to drive away tigers and wolves."

  Tan Dian has fought against the Feng family for many years, but he is not the opponent of the Feng family, but if there is support from the imperial court, Tan Dian will definitely be willing to take revenge.

"In the past, the forces in Lingnan have undergone several rounds of reshuffle. The Feng family, especially Feng An, has never been involved, and even benefited greatly from it. The power has not decreased but increased. Now it has affected the balance of Lingnan. It's a big trend, so this time we have to focus on cutting Feng An."

  Feng An was transferred or stayed in the court, and Feng An's eldest son continued to serve in the court. It turned out that Feng An used to own eight states, but now he only merged and reduced to two states, but he was still given a big port.

   It is also possible to confer Feng An's son an official position in the Metropolitan Government, but Qin Lang will not be lenient when it should be cut.

   "Sanlang, Feng Ang is your in-laws."

   "I'm also doing this for Feng An's benefit. If the influence is too great, I'm afraid that the descendants of the Feng family will have unreasonable thoughts in the future, and they will cause trouble to kill themselves. Wouldn't they also implicate my son?"

   "Sanlang is really righteous and loyal!"

   A few guys were flattering boredly there.

  Lingnan soil kings have to change slowly, and those who can adapt will not lose their wealth, but if they resist, the end will not be good.

  Qin Lang had several preparations in his hands, an official hat in one hand, a money bag in the other, and thousands of troops behind him.

  Of course, since it is necessary to vigorously develop trade and open up ports to promote trade, then this huge opportunity will not only be given to the local kings. Qin Lang invited so many central wealthy families to come here, and he wants everyone to share a share of the pie.

  From the perspective of the imperial court, these honored nobles are the more intimate members of the imperial court, and they are of two classes with the local kings.

  Leading them to the south and grabbing territory in Xinkai Zhugang is naturally driving away tigers and wolves.

   Now that all forces are gathering, Qin Lang hopes that at this time, some people who are ignorant of current affairs will jump up and make trouble, and it's time to clean up.

   After the limelight, the emperor and the imperial court will not always support him to toss in Lingnan, after all, no one can bear it after a long time. Furthermore, it is impossible for all naval fleets to gather in the South China Sea. Now that the navy has just been established, Qin Lang brought them south in the name of training, and they will always return to their respective defense zones.

   "I think everyone is quite honest this time, and Sanlang probably won't be happy this time." Lao Jia said with a smile.

   Not being honest doesn’t work either.

   On the one hand, Li Shimin detained these local kings in Chang'an in Beijing, and never let them return to Lingnan. Second, each family has important children who have been serving as hostages in Beijing.

And Qin Lang's killing spree in Guangzhou earlier really frightened many local chieftains. In addition, the previous Lingnan rebellions were unsuccessful in the end, so now they have to think about it. How dare you jump around easily again.

   "I think Saburo convinces people with virtue, especially the division of interests is fair and just, taking care of the interests of all parties, and everyone is quite convinced." Xiao Jia said.

Both Cheng Chumo and Niu Jianhu sighed there, "These guys are too useless, so they don't have the slightest bit of toughness? I have to go north and return soon, and I think I can fight a big battle before I leave. Make some military exploits, earn some loot before leaving."

  (end of this chapter)