The whereabouts of the 500 ships of copper and iron ore every year all pass through the Governor's Mansion of Fujian and Guangzhou, and these merchants must not be aware of it.

Although Fang Yuan was vaguely aware of the problem, he did not ask in a hurry, but only instructed the presidents of the chambers of commerce to increase business with the Luzon Islands in the future and completely control the economic lifeline of the northern Luzon Islands. If possible, they can continue to infiltrate the southern island of Luzon, and when the Ming forces can control the southern islands of Luzon, the Ming can send sailors to support at any time to drive out the Spanish people on the island.

Fang Yuan once again reiterated the attitude of the Ming court to encourage seafaring colonial expansion, and encouraged these chambers of commerce to colonize overseas and control the Luzon Islands, which was a left hook for the Ming Dynasty to dominate the South China Sea. The Ming court can send sailors to support the expansion of these chambers of commerce, and the condition is that after the expansion of the territory is colonized, whether it is gold and silver, minerals, or local specialties, it must be jointly developed with the Ming court, and the profits are equally shared.

The most different thing between Zheng He's Great Voyage and the Western Great Voyage is that one is a government act and the other is a commercial act.

This is why Zheng He's voyage could not last and came to an abrupt end after Zheng He's death. And the main reason why the great voyages of the West have always maintained their vitality.

Zheng He's great voyage was the government's act of burning money, and every time he went to a small foreign country, he had to reward the Ming Dynasty with silver, porcelain, and silk. Even in order to show the wealth of the Ming Dynasty and promote the prestige of the country in small overseas countries, when doing business in overseas markets, they deliberately purchased a large number of local products at a price five to ten times higher than the market price.

This kind of money-burning sailing behavior, the farther you sail, the more you lose money, which caused a huge burden on the Ming finances. So much so that the court was dissatisfied with this kind of navigation, and the entire Ming Dynasty and the opposition lacked the motivation to carry out this kind of financially expendable navigation all the time. Once the new emperor was unwilling to continue sailing overseas and burning money, he could only end it hastily.

The Great Voyage of the West was a commercial practice oriented by colonial plunder and economic interests. Every voyage is to make money, not to burn money, so it has long-term and stable financial resources and motivation.

Of course, the government's actions cannot advocate the use of profit first, so the measures taken by Fang Yuan are the model of the Western Great Voyage. The government-led nautical action was abolished and replaced by a commercial nautical action led by the Chamber of Commerce. The government only acted as a driving force behind it, providing military support, and the profits from the expansion were split in half with the Chamber of Commerce.

After meeting with the Fujian Chamber of Commerce, Fang Yuan did not rush to meet with the officials of Fujian, but ordered these officials to perform their duties, not to delay their daily government affairs, and to wait for Fang Yuan's announcement of the date of the unified meeting.

Fang Yuan is waiting, waiting for the progress of Jinyiwei's handling of petition cases.

Within a month, there was an endless stream of people who came to Quanzhou Port to sue the emperor, at least as many as 1,000 people. Fang Yuan ordered the accompanying Jinyi guards to improve their work efficiency, and directly led the people to the local government to review the secret. Fearing that some corrupt officials would jump over the wall in a hurry, Fang Yuan also arranged for 10 to 100 special operations army sergeants to escort Jinyi Guard, depending on the importance of the case.

Within half a month, Jinyiwei preliminarily verified 136 cases.

Fang Yuan looked at the case file in his hand, and was so angry that he gritted his teeth. The other party originally said that this was just a file, and for the people in the file, it was a broken family, a broken wife, and the lightest one was bankrupt, which was a blood account.

Fujian, after Zheng Zhilong surrendered, under the leadership of Governor Wu Zhiping, took the initiative to surrender the whole territory.

Therefore, Fang Yuan did not carry out a bloody purge of officialdom in Fujian, nor did he confiscate his home, but only sent Jinyi Wei and set up a petition mailbox. I never thought that these Fujian officials were whips that didn't fall on their backs, they didn't know Fang Yuan's thunderous methods, they completely ignored Fang Yuan's new policy, singing and dancing, as black as ever, and even the brocade guards in the letter and visit mailbox were also bribed.

Fang Yuan flipped through the case files, his anger had reached its peak, it seemed that it was in Fujian that there were fewer killings, and these officials would be unscrupulous and treat his new policy as air.

Then, this time, I will kill the ones I didn't kill last time!

Fang Yuan immediately ordered Jinyiwei to go and get people, and informed the entire Fujian government that a month later, a public trial meeting would be held in Quanzhou Port.

Jinyi Wei arrested all the Fujian officials who had committed capital crimes after examination and escorted them to Quanzhou Port. The other officials who committed crimes, but did not commit to death, were guarded by Jinyiwei and also came to Quanzhou Port. There are also some officials who have committed misdemeanors and cannot even talk about removing officials, and as long as they break their wealth and avoid disasters and compensate the people, they can pass the customs, so these officials come to Quanzhou Port on their own.

Fang Yuan, who had stayed in Quanzhou Port for two or three months, finally convened a public trial meeting in which all Fujian officials must participate and the people voluntarily participate.

At the public trial meeting, Jinyiwei announced the results of the review for the past two months.

A total of 26 officials were sentenced to death, and the largest official was Li Yan, the chief prosecutor of the Political Division, who could be said to have caught a big tiger of a high-ranking official. The officials who were sentenced to death were beheaded on the spot on the beach in Quanzhou Harbor, and their bodies were thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

All the property of corrupt officials was confiscated, and after reasonable compensation for the losses of the people, all the money was confiscated.

There were 57 officials who were dismissed from their posts, reprimanded with rods, and exiled, and the biggest official position was Wu Qin, the political envoy of the political secretary, who was also a high-ranking official tiger who was even bigger than the envoy.

For these officials, those who were dismissed from their posts were dismissed, those who were reprimanded with the rod were punished, and those who were exiled were exiled, and the official hats and uniforms of these people were taken off on the spot.

As for the family property of these officials, only 20% of the family members are allowed to be kept, and the rest of the family property will be confiscated after compensating the victims.

The other 3 or 400 officials who were not punished for their crimes were lined up in two rows, and under the leadership of Wu Zhiping, the governor of Fujian, they held their breath and honestly listened to Fang Yuan's lectures.

Fang Yuan ordered Jin Yiwei to throw a large stack of case files in front of the officials, and said sharply, "Two months, two months of trial, 26 officials were executed, 57 people were dismissed, exiled, and caned, and the officialdom of the entire Fujian collapsed by a quarter. ”

"Those people have been arrested, but they are just the tip of the iceberg, and you are clean when you stand here?! If any of you dares to stand up and tell me that you are clean, and after verifying that you are correct, I will immediately promote you to be the chief inspector of the political secretary! Who has the confidence to stand up and say! ”

The officials were silent, already trembling with fear.

Fang Yuan waited for a quarter of an hour, but no one dared to stand up, and said with a smile angrily, "You Fujian is very good, you have become a nest of corrupt officials!" I have wiped out all the officials in Shaoxing and Guangzhou, and it seems that this time it is your turn to Fujian! ”

When Wu Zhiping heard that he was going to annihilate the entire Fujian officialdom, his face was so frightened that his face was like death, and he knelt down with all the officials, kowtowed to Fang Yuan again and again, "The regent spares his life!" We don't dare anymore! Don't dare anymore! ”

Fang Yuan pointed at Governor Wu Zhiping and scolded, "Governor Wu, you have only achieved fame in the past ten years. In the book of sages, you are taught to protect the flesh and blood people, to protect the middle officials, and to talk nonsense with me! ”

Wu Zhiping knelt in front of Fang Yuan, pulled the corner of his pants and cried, "Regent, I am guilty, guilty!" ”

Fang Yuan leaned in front of his face and said coldly, "Wu Zhiping, I will only give you one chance, including the Fujian Political Division, only half of the prefects and county orders of all state capitals will be retained, and I will appoint another official to come to Fujian to take up posts." Which officials to retain, you provide a list to Jinyiwei. Remember, don't form cliques and take the opportunity to eliminate dissidents. If it is verified by Jinyiwei that there are officials who have a better reputation and are supported by the people, it proves that you are the culprit of this officialdom collapse, and it is far from enough to hand over your head. ”

Fang Yuan's words were already threatening and intimidating, if Wu Zhiping couldn't handle this matter again, then his entire family's life would not be saved.

Wu Zhiping was so frightened that he kowtowed again and again, claiming that he was willing to accept his life.

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