Chapter 238: Opening the stage across the sea
At this point, under Sun Yueling's trial, Yan Siqi and others were rehabilitated, and from then on they could officially run business in Fuzhou, and various government governments also revoked their arrests. Although Xu Xinsu escaped www.biquge.info all his properties in Fuzhou and Quanzhou were seized, some of them were taken over by Aotianmen, and some of them were confiscated by Yamen, and the dozens of big ships moored in the bay in his hands were also confiscated by the imperial court.
However, according to reliable sources, after Xu Xinsu fled to Quanzhou, he still seized some gold and silver, and went to sea with three large ships docked in Yuegang, not knowing where to flee.
Sun Yueling sighed secretly in his heart, as long as he can't catch Xu Xinsu for a day, I'm afraid he won't be able to move Yu Zhigao for a day. However, this matter cannot be rushed, and the only way to issue a wanted warrant is to wait for the day when he will be arrested.
After this case, Sun Yueling's prestige in the Yamen of the Prosecutor was in full swing, and no one dared to disobey his orders, and they were all in awe of him. He also quickly promoted Li Hewei to the position of the commissioner, replaced the original position of Fu Dapeng, and made personnel transfers to some important positions in the Yamen of the Judicial Department to ensure that all rights were firmly in control and would no longer be overridden by others.
At the same time, both he and Zhu Qinxiang wrote a letter on this matter and reported it to the imperial court, explaining the ins and outs of the matter in detail. Of course, in this letter, he did not mention that Yu Zhigao shielded Xu Xinsu to monopolize maritime trade and suppress others, after all, the evidence is insufficient now, and he cannot be accused indiscriminately. However, he still euphemistically mentioned that it was precisely because someone in the local military acted as a protective umbrella for Xu Xinsu that Xu Xinsu dared to do whatever he wanted, without an official government.
Regarding the fact that he killed Zhang Ruzhen in a hurry, Sun Yueling did not evade it, but honestly wrote down the matter, and explained that if he didn't do it at that time, I was afraid that he would not be able to control the situation and would be killed by Zhang Ruzhen and others.
After ordering the people to quickly submit the horse to the Beijing Division, Sun Yueling covered the scroll and pondered deeply. I don't know how the court will respond to this matter, after all, it is unreasonable for him to kill Zhang Ruzhen privately this time, and it may not become a lever to attack him under the prodding of someone with a heart, especially when Donglin loses power, maybe Tianqi will be bewitched by the eunuchs and blame him.
At this time, he can't care about this much, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, he just wants to be worthy of his heart in everything, and do his best. But what he didn't know was that Yu Zhigao also folded a letter to the imperial court, impeaching him for ignoring the law, killing Fujian to participate in politics without authorization, indulging in power, and not taking local officials seriously.
At this time, Yan Siqi sat behind his copywriter and looked at him with a thoughtful face. Yan Siqi pursued the assassin that day, although he failed to catch up, but he still sent a few palms at him in the air, according to Yan Siqi, this assassin's martial arts are extremely high, not to be underestimated, although he failed to catch up, but Yan Siqi still injured him with his pure internal strength, and the assassin had to find a place to cultivate for several months before he could recover.
Sun Yueling put down the Chinese book in his hand and said to Yan Siqi: "Boss Yan, how is the recent transaction?" With the help of Sun Yueling, Yan Siqi has completely reached trade agreements with twelve chambers of commerce, and has sent out more than a dozen sea ships for cargo during this time, replacing the original Xu Xinsu in one fell swoop.
Yan Siqi said with a smile: "Thanks to the grace of the adults, Yan has obtained the right to operate several seaports in Fuzhou, and the twelve chambers of commerce have also supported Yan. ”
Yan Siqi was so blunt that Sun Yueling smiled dumbly, and said, "Is there an obstacle on the way to traffic goods? ”
Yan Siqi thought for a while and said, "There should be no big problem, it's just that the Dutch entrenched in Taiwan are very angry. Because the sea route operation originally controlled by Xu Xinsu no longer exists, these red-haired fans have no purchase channels, and they have to look at Yan someone's face to act. ”
Sun Yueling said: "Then did Boss Yan make a deal with them?" ”
Yan Siqi said hatefully: "These red-haired ghosts have been entrenched in Taiwan and refuse to leave, just to control the trade in the coastal areas of Fujian, and now that Xu Xinsu is defeated, are they willing to give up?" Now we just can't help it, and we have to compromise. As soon as the conversation changed, "Don't worry, my lord, although Yan is indulgent and unscrupulous, I will never do anything that is detrimental to my Ming interests." Now that the chambers of commerce can freely trade with the countries of the Southeast Ocean, the Dutch can no longer bear it, but how can Yan someone back down, and now there is a matter of begging the adults, as long as it can be implemented smoothly, it must be able to curb the erosion of our country by these red hairs. ”
Sun Yueling became interested and said, "Tell me, what is the matter?" ”
Yan Siqi took a moment and said slowly: "Since the Dutch retreated from Penghu to Taiwan, they occupied Dayuan and built the city of Geranza on the island east of Dayuan, trying to use it as a bridgehead to infiltrate the interior and compete with inland maritime merchants for control of coastal trade. Therefore, in order to prevent the Dutch from sitting in Taiwan and controlling the whole of Taiwan, I think that the Ming government should send people to move to Taiwan, build walled cities, reclaim wasteland, and establish overseas bases of our Ming Dynasty, so as to curb the situation in which the Dutch dominate Taiwan alone, and completely control the sea trade in the southeast ocean. ”
After listening to Yan Siqi's words, Sun Yueling pondered. As a man of later generations, he certainly understood the importance of Taiwan to the mainland, according to which he could not only control the trade rights of the Southeast Ocean, but also use it as a bridgehead to deter the countries of the Southeast Ocean. It's just that today's Taiwan is not directly controlled by the Ming Dynasty, but by the local indigenous people.
This is not that the Ming Dynasty does not want to bring Taiwan under its rule, but that the current Ming Dynasty is too busy to take care of itself, and it has long lost the Huanghuang martial arts of the Yongle Dynasty and the seven Western Oceans, and it cannot control the countries of the Southeast Ocean at all, and can only nominally become their monarchy.
Therefore, the southeast coast has become a foothold for Western countries to try to break through the blockade of the Ming Dynasty, and they have competed here, either attacking the coastal towns of the Ming Dynasty or occupying the coastal islands controlled by the Ming Dynasty. The entire coastal area is even more plagued by pirates, bandits are rampant, and it is difficult for the Ming government to control it completely, and sometimes it has to maintain the stability of one side by recruiting pirates and "razing and destroying the country".
Now, Yan Siqi actually had such an idea, which made Sun Yueling's eyes light up, and said: "Can it be possible to relocate people to Taiwan?" Does anyone want to go? ”
Yan Siqi said with a smile: "Lord Sun doesn't know anything, not to mention other provinces, just in this Fujian, I'm afraid there are not a few people who are willing to move to Taiwan." Adults also know that Fujian is not suitable for farming because of its mountainous areas and few fields, so most of the people are engaged in livelihoods related to the sea, and due to limited resources and repeated droughts, many coastal people simply cannot make ends meet and have to become bandits. Now, if the adults first advocate the relocation of the people to Taiwan to open up the wasteland, Yan dares to guarantee that the followers will gather and respond positively. ”
Sun Yueling thought for a while and said: "What you said is very reasonable, if you can move the people to Taiwan to reclaim the famine, not only can these people who are difficult to live be able to live, but also reduce the consumption of Fujian, and prevent these people from becoming thieves because of this. After a pause, he continued, "It's just that this matter needs to be discussed with Lord Zhu and approved before it can be implemented." ”
Yan Siqi nodded and said, "It's so labor-sought." As long as Lord Zhu can agree, Yan Siqi is willing to be the first person to open Taiwan across the sea and lead these migrants to Taiwan to open up land. ”
"Good!" Sun Yueling said with a smile, "Boss Yan escorts these people and acts as their backing, so I am naturally relieved." ”
The opening of Taiwan across the sea is a good move for the benefit of the country and the people, and Sun Yueling naturally raised his hands in favor. Mo said that he came from later generations and knew the importance of Taiwan to the hinterland, that is, in the eyes of the current world, this migration of people to Taiwan is also a great thing for the present and future generations. In this way, not only can the pressure on Fujian be greatly relieved from the economic and people's livelihood aspects, but also in the military aspect is also extremely beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.
After Sun Yueling persuaded Zhu Qinxiang to painstakingly analyze the pros and cons, Zhu Qinxiang finally agreed to this concept and appointed Sun Yueling to take full responsibility for this matter.
So, in the next dozens of days, Sun Yueling, together with Yan Siqi, Zhou Wenxi and others, made every effort to recruit people who were willing to move to Taiwan. Sure enough, as Yan Siqi expected, the applicants were like clouds, and Sun Yueling had to put forward three major conditions for selection. The first of these three conditions is that the family must be poor and difficult to make ends meet; The second is that you must be familiar with the method of farming, and there is no other business in the family; The third is that you must have a clean background and have no criminal record.
With the cooperation of the local government in Fuzhou, the first batch of 3,000 people to go to Taiwan was selected, and all the rest were classified as reserve forces, and the first batch of people were relocated after they had established a firm foothold.
Many of the candidates recruited to go to Taiwan this time are selected from the coastal state capitals, and many of them are poor and helpless people who have difficulty in making a living, and they have learned about the situation of recruiting people to go to Taiwan for reclamation from the government's notice, and they are very enthusiastic and excited to think that they will be able to go to Taiwan to open up land and open up land this time. Although the road ahead is full of unknown difficulties and dangers, it is better than starving to death at home, at least you can fight, and if you succeed, at least you don't have to worry about the fate of the next meal.
When Sun Yueling stood at the estuary wharf outside Fuzhou City, watching these thousands of people board the twenty big ships in batches, his heart was full of emotion. Unexpectedly, this cross-sea opening was completed with the joint efforts of him and Yan Siqi. He knew in a trance that in the past history, it seemed that Yan Siqi recruited thousands of people to go to Taiwan to reclaim the famine, but he didn't expect that in today's history, it was he who helped Yan Siqi.
Is this a change in history?
Sun Yueling does not know, but he only knows that after these people arrive in Taiwan, they will take deep roots, open up a large area of fertile land, implant all kinds of advanced knowledge and technology of the Ming Dynasty into Taiwan, and deeply affect Taiwan's future development trajectory.
In order to prevent these displaced people from becoming Yan Siqi's "private citizens," the governor yamen was not idle, not only assigning manpower to manage these people in the yamen of various state capitals, but also formulating a strict system to ensure that these people obeyed the management of officials after arriving in Taiwan.
After seeing Yan Siqi, Chen Xinji, and Li Kuiqi drive away, Sun Yueling said to Zheng Yiguan, who waved to the side: "Your eldest brother is gone, why did you stay?" Zheng Yiguan and Yan Ke had already been released from the post house by him, and they both came to see off Yan Siqi at this time.
Zheng Yiguan smiled at Sun Yueling and said, "My lord doesn't know, although the eldest brother has left Fuzhou, our business helm in Fuzhou still needs to be taken care of. Pointing to the little beauty Yan Ke beside him, he said, "No, the eldest brother's precious daughter Sister Yan will stay in charge of the business helm, and I'll help her!" ”
At this time, Yan Ke had already let go of his hatred for Sun Yueling, and walked up and smiled softly: "Uncle Sun, the family strictly instructed the little woman to take care of the Fuzhou business rudder, and asked Uncle Sun to take care of it." "Sun Yueling and Yan Siqi call him brothers, so Yan Ke calls him Uncle Sun.
Sun Yueling looked at Yan Ke in front of her, and after washing away the haze of prison, she looked even more radiant and gorgeous, and said with a smile: "Miss Yan is young and promising, smart and wise, which is very enviable of this official!" This Yan Ke looks like he is seventeen or eighteen years old, but he is a harmonious and old-fashioned person, and he is indeed a tiger father and a dogless girl. Although she is young, her mind is mature, otherwise Yan Siqi would not have let her be in charge of Fuzhou Business Helm alone.
The girl of the Ming Dynasty was really precocious, Sun Yueling secretly glanced at Yan Ke's plump and convex body, and could only slander silently in his heart.
Yan Ke smiled heartily, and his bright eyes made people's hearts shake even more, and said, "Uncle Sun is polite, where is the person as good as Uncle Sun said." ”
Sun Yueling smiled and stopped answering.
On the contrary, Zheng Yiguan couldn't hold it back, and muttered: "It's a shame that you still know how to be modest, if it weren't for the adults here, I'm afraid you wouldn't know where to put your tail!" ”
When Yan Ke heard him say this, his pink eyebrows furrowed, and he turned to him and whispered to him: "Why don't you go and prepare the horse for the adult, what are you doing here?" ”
Zheng Yiguan muttered to himself, and he didn't know what he was talking about, but he finally listened to her words and led the horse.
Sun Yueling saw all this in his eyes, and only felt secretly funny. It seems that this Yan Ke is only pretending to be so tame in front of himself, I'm afraid I don't know how pungent it is in front of Zheng Yiguan. Is this young man in front of him really Zheng Zhilong, who crisscrossed the Fujian Sea in the later life, Sun Yueling felt more and more unbelievable. This Zheng Yiguan is peaceful by nature, humble, and has no powerful temperament, the so-called invincible in the Fujian Sea, how did he achieve this difficult action? (To be continued.) )