For the local government, Zhu Zilong is not worried.

Even if he is not the Hou Ye, it is estimated that these people will not have any great hostility towards him.

Because, the people in the government here are not members of the Donglin Party. Rather, it is a faction of the Zhejiang Party that is hostile to the Donglin Party.

Since the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the government has become increasingly corrupt, with many parties and party disputes. Among them, the dispute between the Donglin Party and the Eunuch Party and the Zhejiang Party was the most tragic.

Yes, it can be described as tragic.

At present, it is still under the intentional control of Zhu Zilong, the copycat emperor, and he is even more fierce.

At odds with the Donglin party and government were cabinet ministers Wang Xijue, Shen Yiyi, and Fang Congzhe, who were known as the "Zhejiang Party." In addition, there are "Qin Party", whose members are all bureaucrats from Shaanxi, and what "Qi Party", "Chu Party", and "Xuan Party" are all named after the place of origin of the leader.

Officials have formed gangs and factions since ancient times. This is something that any emperor will bump into!

Therefore, the emperors of the past dynasties will also tacitly acquiesce in party struggle.

Based on the emperor's point of view, he is not afraid that officials will have party disputes, and based on the emperor's point of view, he will always hope that there will be party disputes below.

In fact, when the emperor's officials, the officials who are most afraid of going down have achieved tacit understanding, because the officials have achieved tacit understanding, and the emperor is passive when he works. This is one of the main reasons why Zhu Yuanzhang went on a killing spree when he saw the officials sitting together and making accounts against the blank statements.

Because the people below don't fight each other anymore, then from the perspective of human nature, then they can only join forces and fight the emperor.

Isn't this an overhead emperor?

So, keep fighting, my emperor will support you.

When any emperor rules an empire, he will consciously or unconsciously play a so-called balancing act.

In other words, the emperor would never let the officials achieve some kind of tacit understanding. Therefore, in terms of the setting of the bureaucratic system, the emperor has always let officials restrain and contain each other. In other words, if you have no contradictions, the emperor will create contradictions for you.

The emperor doesn't need you to be a good official, he wants you to look down on each other, but you can control it.

The emperors of the early Ming Dynasty did a good job of this, and the emperors of the later period were completely unqualified.

Inner court (eunuch system), outer court (courtier system); It is in this context that it emerged. Two power systems that do not have any affiliation, and are in the context of a struggle for power, the possibility of reaching a tacit understanding between them is very small!

At this moment.

This place is in a temple after the castle.

The local prefect and a middle-aged man were sitting here drinking tea.

The middle-aged man took a sip of tea and said to the prefect with a frown: "My lord, this Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas is acting so violently, even if there is an excuse available now. I'm afraid it's not a local blessing either! Although the Zheng family and several families are just businessmen, many people who have connections in the ministry serve in the ministry. Now it's a pot of people, if it's investigated afterwards, I'm afraid you and I won't be able to get out of it. ”

Who knows, the prefect snorted coldly and replied: "Some people don't let them suffer, they won't be honest." In the past year, these Donglin Party have extended their hands to the local area, and if they are not stopped, the local area will sooner or later fall into the hands of the Donglin Party members. I don't have any worries about the hand of the Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas, and my cabinet will support him. ”

The middle-aged man suddenly realized: "I see! ”

The prefect said lightly: "As the saying goes, it is not wrong to raise food and drive people together, since those Donglin Party people dare to put their hands here." Then don't blame the old man, pretending to be deaf and dumb to cut off their claws by borrowing the hands of the Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas and the name of the thief. ”

After a long time, the middle-aged man sighed: "My lord, it's not easy for you to say anything like this. But it's a pity that the Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas, he offended all the gentry in the city this time, and formed a mortal enmity with the people behind the Zheng family, I am afraid that when he settles down the displaced people, it will be the time when the will of the court to blame it will come. ”

"Not necessarily!" The prefect thought for a while, and said with a groan: "Let's not talk about it, there are people in my department who want to make friends with the Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas for the use of my faction." But with the emperor's different view of the dragon marquis of the four seas, as long as the dragon marquis can borrow flowers to offer Buddha, he must be able to turn big things into small things, and small things into small things. ”

I have to say that ginger is still old and spicy.

The prefect of this place was as wise as a candle, and he saw through most of the truth, and even guessed some of Zhu Zilong's backhand.

A few days later.

News came from here to enter Beijing, and the Marquis of Sihai Longhou found the letter of Zhen X buried in the secret room of the Zheng family and many other salt merchants at home. It said that each family has long had the intention to help the country, and now each family has let the thieves destroy the door. No one inherits the family property, so the beauty of adults is for the country and the people, and the income is state-owned.

Within a few days, 10 million gold and silver were shipped to the capital, causing a sensation throughout the country.

In the capital, Zhu Zilong's emperor doppelganger also issued decrees one after another, giving these dead salt merchants, various honorary titles, and official positions.

And bury it with the gift of a big member X thickly!

At the same time, there is also the bonus of the Great X, the Marquis of the Four Seas, and the official position has advanced by half a level, from a deputy to a full-time position.

For this batch of silver taels, Zhu Zilong's body did not take much. He mainly took antiques, these things that could not be exchanged for much money in Daming, and he resold them and shipped them back to the modern era of the 21st century, far more than the 10 million taels of silver.

Moreover, the thing that is worth more than money is the land left by these salt merchant giants.

Through rewards and private transfer procedures, tens of thousands of acres of land were returned to the name of Zhu Zilong's body, which is a real benefit.

Zhu Zilong, who was in a good mood, simply lived in the Linqing fiefdom recently.

After the nature of the incident was basically determined, he went to inspect several docks in the closed area.

This era belongs to the sea, and I can't get mixed with it, I'm really sorry for myself. Not to mention anything else, as long as you think about the gold and copper mines in Southeast Asia, Zhu Zilong is eager to occupy all those places. I, Daming, Zheng He's fleet, which spans the seven seas, used to only promote the prestige of the country, but did not have a long-term cooperative business relationship with that side, which is really a pitfall.

Zhu Zilong has always emphasized in Linqing that he should connect with the fiefdom of the mouth of the Yellow River, with the Grand Canal as the center.

Build a fleet chain industry!

There are several more docks nearby, all of which belong to Zhu Zilong's body.

When Zhu Zilong entered it to inspect, a group of craftsmen knelt on the ground. Zhu Zilong, who was making a show, stepped forward, hurriedly went up and helped him up one by one, and then showed the most kind face, and said after shaking hands: "Comrades, hard work!" ”

Well, it all depends on the fact that everyone usually knows that Zhu Zilong also has a nickname of chief, and of course, these people associate the title of comrade, which should refer to them. So no jokes!

When Zhu Zilong handed cigarettes to some older craftsmen and lit the fire, he immediately moved them to tears.

Tobacco, there was a lot of tobacco in the Ming Dynasty.

Tobacco was introduced to China in the middle of the 16th century around 1368.

It's just that ordinary people can't afford to smoke it, and it's like one of the fine tobacco-

(To be continued.) )