Although it was not easy to quell the civilian official's attack on Xungui this time, Yunxi still had lingering palpitations. This incident really taught him a lesson.

Before that, whether it was the last years of Hongwu or the first two years of the Jianye Dynasty, there was no political struggle above the court, but most of the high-level people were his cronies, and they were also people who would not act rashly when they were old and seeking the country, and the struggle of middle and lower-level officials had no impact.

This made Yun Xi really realize that there is no trivial matter in the court, and any seemingly trivial thing may lead to a big incident, and he can't ignore any impeachment twists and turns, and when he can't figure it out for the time being, it's better to stay in the middle to see if there are any other movements.

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Yun Xi summed up many lessons learned from this time, carefully remembered them, and prepared to start the next step. Even if it may cause discontent among officials or even other political struggles, reform must continue without stagnation; 'No matter whether there is an abyss or a minefield ahead, I will move forward without hesitation', Yun Xi agrees, although he may not be able to do it.

However, just before Yunxi was about to issue a new will, Yang Ren and Zhang Yanfang's recital spread from Guangdong to the capital: Bao'an City Bosi has been prepared and can be formally established at any time, please choose the date of opening the sea.

Yun Xi was extremely happy: this was three or four months faster than the opening of the sea in Shanghai back then, and if he opened the sea a month earlier, he could earn an extra month of tariffs, how could he not be happy?

After careful consideration, Yun Xi chose the third day of the second lunar month, and the second day after the dragon raised its head as the day of the opening of the sea.

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On the thirtieth day of the first month, Yang Ren, who was in Bao'an, received Yun Xi's will and immediately sent someone to call Zhang Yanfang over.

When he came, Yang Ren handed him the will. Zhang Yanfang took the will and looked at it, and said a little nervously: "The sea will be opened on the third day of the first month of February, and there are only three days left, so there is not enough time." ”

"The previous preparations have been made, and now all we have to do is to gather merchants to do business in the city, and there are not too many problems." Yang Ren said.

"But the biggest problem is to gather the merchants. The local merchants in Guangdong are just that, they have made a clear decree to open the sea in Bao'an after the first month of the new year, and they came to Bao'an or Guangzhou from their hometown after 66 after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and it is easy for them to gather in Bao'an City on the third day of the new year. ”

"But it is not easy for merchants and merchants from other places to be summoned. Merchants from Fujian, Huguang and even Xixi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have all gone home for the New Year, and there are not many people who have rushed over these days. His Majesty opened the sea for the convenience of merchants from Guangdong, Fujian, Hu, Jiangxi, Guizhou and other provinces, not just those from Guangdong. ”

"There won't be many merchants. There were a lot of smuggling merchants here in Guangdong, but many people went to Shanghai after the opening of Shanghai, although if they knew that Bao'an would definitely return to Guangdong, it would be at least another month or two. Zhang Yanfang said.

"Didn't you make a clear decree to set up the Bao'an City Shipping Division in October last year? Why don't you wait around here? Yang Ren said.

Zhang Yanfang explained: "Brother Yang, who knows how long it will take for the imperial court to officially open the sea this time?" If it's been a year or two of preparation, they've been waiting here? If there is no business for a year or two, how can the general maritime business sustain itself? This is not as good as the 30th and 31st years of Hongwu before the opening of the sea in Shanghai, when the imperial court cracked down on pirates on a large scale along the coast, and smuggling could not be carried out at all, so the merchants could only go to Shanghai to try their luck. ”

Only then did Yang Ren understand why there were so few merchants waiting for news in Bao'an, "But Your Majesty has already made a decree to open the sea on the third day of the second month, and the time cannot be changed." If it is postponed for two or three days, it is better to say, but it will be postponed for two or three months......" Yang Ren did not finish speaking, but Zhang Yanfang certainly understood what he meant.

It would be nice if you told your Majesty that the time would be more lenient when you reported this to Your Majesty. He thought. But the matter has reached this point and cannot be changed, so Zhang Yanfang said: "We can only be flexible a little." ”

"In the past, Shanghai used to rent land, a piece of land and a house were leased to merchants for five years, and merchants could renovate their own houses, but they could not move the foundation and could only build some simple houses; You can sublease, but you must go to the Yamen of the Municipal Department to sign the sublease document. ”

"We only rented it to the tenant for the first year, not five years, but we were not allowed to renovate the house at all, we could only build pergolas and the like; At the same time, merchants are allowed or even encouraged to sublease, and there is no need to report to the Yamen of the Municipal Shipping Division. ……”

Zhang Yanfang said a lot, and finally said: "Fortunately, Your Majesty's will does not stipulate that it is completely in accordance with the regulations of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau, and even allows for adaptation according to the actual situation in the eastern region in the letter, otherwise there is really no way." ”

Yang Ren had also worked a lot of hard work to prepare for the Shanghai Stock Exchange before, so it was indeed more appropriate to understand the charter that Zhang Yanfang said.

He is not a person without responsibility - one of the big criteria for Yun Xi to choose his cronies is whether he is responsible, he is not afraid that the officials under his command will do something wrong, he is afraid that he will do nothing in order not to make a mistake - so he said: "That's it, let's do things first."

"Immediately send people to the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Prefecture and neighboring prefectures to post notices, telling them to open the sea on the third day of the second month and rent out shops in Bao'an City."

"Bao'an's guard post also needs to be mobilized, and the newly recruited police will not be used, so let the guards maintain law and order. Who of these maritime merchants does not have dozens of thugs? They must not be allowed to mess around in the city. ”

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The two discussed a few more sentences, straightened out the final preparations before opening the sea, and wrote them down.

After signing their names on the prepared folds, Yang Ren and Zhang Yanfang went their separate ways and began to make final preparations.

In the afternoon of the same day, Dongguan County, Xiangshan County, Shunde County, Zengcheng County, Nanhai County and Panyu County of Guangzhou Prefecture, and Boluo County and Guishan County of Huizhou Prefecture posted a notice of the official opening of the sea on the third day of the second lunar month, allowing businessmen to go to Bao'an City; The next day, on the first day of February, notices were also posted in prefectures and counties a little farther away.

The local merchants in Guangdong have been waiting for this day since they learned of this in November last year, and most of them have already gathered at the place where merchants are allowed to stay near Guangzhou Prefecture or Bao'an City, and immediately set off for the location of the City Shipping Division after seeing the notice; The officials of the Guangdong region also attached great importance to the matter of opening the sea, and for a time, all the attention of the Guangdong region was focused on the small Bao'an City Bosi.

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