Chapter 34: Bringing down Yan Song

In the Fengtian Palace, the civil and military officials displayed the left and right silently, quietly watching the beloved Jiajing Emperor, sometimes sad, sometimes regretful, sometimes gloomy, sometimes angry.

"The criminal minister Hu Zongxian bows to the emperor! The minister was stubborn in his childhood, fortunately persuaded by his father, and returned to the right track, and seven out of twenty got the Jinshi, and two years later he was awarded the magistrate of Yidu County, Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong, and entered to serve the imperial court. However..."Emperor Jiajing looked at the book of repentance in his hand, and his eyes moistened unconsciously.

The gist of the book is that after Hu Zongxian became an official, he did his best for the court all the time, but the Ming Dynasty had accumulated deep shortcomings. There is Yan Song's dictatorship and corruption, and he Hu Zongxian can't be left alone, and the stolen money obtained is either a reward for fighting against the Japanese, or a disaster relief, and there are also bribes to his bosses and fill his pockets.

"Hey~" Emperor Jiajing sighed deeply when he read this, he understood Hu Zongxian's helplessness, leading the army to fight is extremely expensive and food-consuming, and carrots and sticks are the essence of the unified army.

Looking at the crimes listed later and the people involved, Emperor Jiajing's straightforward face turned pale, and his fingers trembled slightly. I saw Yan Song, Yan Shifan, Zhao Wenhua and others on the list, and the book revealed that Yan Song's party "government is bribed, and officials are bribed." ”

Finally, he repented to the emperor and the court, and implored him to cut officials for the people, and together with his eldest son, he was sent to the sea, and he was willing to be the emperor and the Ming Dynasty, and he would abide by the coastal defense from generation to generation to ensure that the Ming Dynasty would be eternal for thousands of years.

"Huh~~" After reading this book of ten thousand words of repentance, Emperor Jiajing only felt stuffy in his chest, and swept over the hundred officials below gloomily.

"Humph! Yan Song! Emperor Jiajing scolded.

"Weichen is here~~" Yan Song's voice trembled slightly, and he answered nervously.

"Look at what you're doing!" After speaking, he shook the fold in his hand, and smashed it into Yan Song's feet with a snap.

Yan Song bent down to pick it up, quickly browsed it at a glance and ten lines, and when he saw the last denunciation of himself, his legs suddenly weakened, and he knelt down in front of the hall and shouted: "The emperor has been wronged!" Weichen, Weichen, oh, this, this is Hu Zongxian slandering Weichen! Please let the emperor see it! ”

"Nonsense! Do you dare to say that you do not have a buying and selling official position? Do you dare to say that you did not take bribes? Could it be that every word on this is fabricated? Emperor Jiajing slapped the dragon head seat angrily, and Yan Song's actions were also heard, but he didn't expect to be so disregarded for national law.

"Lord Yan, the crime of bullying the king should be beheaded according to the law." Hosokawa Terumoto reminded kindly beside him.

"This~~This~~" should not make Yan Song's heart extremely contradictory.

"Hmph, come on, drag it down, hand it over to Dali Temple for investigation and punishment, and the people involved in the case on the chapter will be investigated and dealt with together!" Emperor Jiajing waved his hand impatiently and commanded, with the strong contrast of Hu Zongxian's sacrifice for the country, he felt that Yan Song was even more hateful.

"Huh? The emperor is gracious! The emperor is gracious! Yan Song was directly dragged out by the left and right guards, and the other people involved in the case were also escorted out.

In this way, Hu Zongxian's ownership was finally decided, and the first batch of demolition and resettlement work began. Originally, everyone thought that it was a local relocation, and no matter how bad it was, it would not be too far apart, after all, it was difficult to leave the homeland, but what everyone didn't expect was that the resettlement area turned out to be Hirado, Japan.

It's going to be fried now, who is so far away, and they have asked for land or resettlement. It is impossible to exchange the land back, and if it is forcibly occupied, it is illegal and will be severely cracked down, and the subsequent land will not be resettled. However, the court also said that it is legal to apply for resettlement, and if you are not satisfied this time, you can wait for the next time, if you exceed the specified time and do not have your heart, the court will compensate and subsidize it in accordance with the contract, until you get the land you want.

Of course, the most important thing in this world is the first person to eat crabs, and a group of people agreed to settle in Hirado, and this group of people was none other than the gentry and wealthy merchants who had been along the coast. They originally relied on sea smuggling to make a fortune, but later the Ming Dynasty recovered Wang Zhi, exterminated the Japanese pirates, opened the harbor, and recovered the land, and they were hit the hardest, comparable to a tsunami.

When I learned that the first batch of resettlement areas were Hirado, I was overjoyed and hurriedly signed up. They knew about the huge profits of the maritime merchants, and they knew that the settlement in Hirado would require sea transportation, and they would be the first leaders of the maritime transportation industry.

Hosokawa Terumoto knew that when this first batch of flowers and fruits, the people who were greedy behind would follow suit to open up new markets. And in order to better manage the overseas nationals, the imperial court soon adopted the "Great Navigation Exploration System" and the "Colonial Governor Management System".

As the name suggests, the "Great Navigation Exploration System" encourages people to sail and explore, and if they find terra nullius or new resources, they will be given 35% of the income from the development of the land or resources for a hundred years. In addition, the most important one is that no goods or commodities, whether grown, produced or manufactured by the colonies of the Ming or other peoples, shall not be imported into or brought into the Ming Empire, or its colonies or territories, unless they are carried by ships of any kind belonging to the Ming people; In case of violation of these Regulations, all imported goods shall be confiscated, and all ships carrying such goods or imported commodities shall be confiscated; Except for tribute ships of other countries.

The promulgation of the "Great Navigation Exploration System" not only accelerated the navigation career of the Ming Dynasty, but also curbed the navigation income of other countries, for which the West and other countries have protested. Portugal was the first to jump out to oppose the Ming Dynasty's maritime supremacy, only to be beaten back to his grandmother's house by Wang Zhi's 5,000 pirates, and Wang Zhi also took the opportunity to take over and drive out all Portuguese colonial territories in Southeast Asian waters. These new territories will be used as the second batch of resettlement work of the Ming Dynasty, and according to the "Ming Thief Code", they will enjoy 35% of the income from the plundered land resources for a hundred years.

The "Colonial Governor's Management System" is a state management system that coexists with other systems, and the content is simply that if the "Great Maritime Exploration System" or the "Ming Piracy Code" found unclaimed land or forcibly occupied colonial land are state-owned. The Ming Empire sent troops to garrison it, with the absolute power to protect or dispose of the land, 50% of the income generated by it is handed over to the national treasury, 35% is owned by explorers or Ming thieves, and 15% is used for local security and military expenses. The governor was appointed by the imperial court as the supreme commander of the region, and was replaced every five years; The army is transferred by the military department, and the soldiers who have completed three years of military service are transferred back to China and promoted to non-commissioned officers. This can ensure that the colony is under the control of the Ming court to the greatest extent and ensure the loyalty of the grassroots army to the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty is now like a brand-new train, rumbling along the planned railroad tracks, moving forward indomitable.