Chapter 333: North Korean Coup
After Shuangyu Port was zoned as the governor of the four seas, it completely became the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the merchants who transported goods no longer had to come here like thieves as before, but could sail from the coast of the Ming Dynasty in an open manner, and as long as they paid a tax, his ship could sail unhindered in the South Seas.
However, in addition to the merchant ships in Shuangyu Port these days, there are some special-purpose ships, these ships are the sea ships that transport the victims to the South Seas, and the origins of these sea ships are very mixed, including the ships of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, the warships of the Four Sea Divisions, and even the merchant ships requisitioned in the name of the Governor Yamen, after all, the migration of hundreds of thousands of people, without hundreds of ships, can not be transported at all.
After these victims from the north arrived at Shuangyu Port, the ships replenished the fresh water while sending officials from the Governor's Office to give the victims two choices, the first option was to go to the newly occupied Port of Malacca, where there were ready-made houses and fields, the only disadvantage was that it was a little far, and the second option was to go to Taiwan Island, where there were many Han people living there, but more places were dense forests, if immigrants went there, although they could get more land, but they needed to rely on their own hands to open up the wasteland and build houses, And Taiwan is also closer to Daming, so you don't have to travel thousands of miles by boat.
For the development of Taiwan, Zhou Zhong has long wanted to do it, after all, this vast island is rich in resources, and the climate is very suitable for farming, plus it is close to the mainland, there have long been many Han people living on the island, the only thing missing is the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty, and now he has the right in his own hands, and he wants to relocate the victims, so Zhou Zhong directly divided the island of Taiwan into his own governance area, and also intends to relocate some of the victims to enrich Taiwan's population.
However, Zhou Zhong obviously underestimated the local complex of the Ming people. and their fear of the sea. In particular, many of the victims suffered from seasickness after boarding the boat. As a result, some people vomited pain every day, and although they got better, the fear of the ocean has been deeply imprinted in their hearts.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that when these victims heard that they could choose to stay on the island of Taiwan, which is relatively close to Daming, more than half of them immediately chose to go there. Fields can be cleared, houses can be rebuilt, and I heard that there are all woods, wood does not cost money, and with these ready-made materials, building a house is not a problem at all.
Therefore, under the rule of the Yamen, the governor of the last month, more than 316,000 people who moved this time chose to go to Taiwan, and less than 100,000 people chose to go to Malacca. In their words, Taiwan is, after all, next to the Ming Dynasty. When they die, they can still let their children and grandchildren transport them to their hometown and bury them in the ancestral grave, but if they go to Nanyang, they will never want to come back for the rest of their lives.
More than 200,000 people were all sent to Taiwan, divided into more than a dozen parts and settled in various parts of Taiwan Island, and the Han people who originally lived on the island were also reclassified into the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty to help the government resettle those disaster victims, as for the food, it was also very easy to solve, Champa and Luzon are both grain producing areas in the South Seas, and the price is very low, just send a ship to buy it.
After arranging to go to Taiwan to immigrate, the remaining nearly 100,000 immigrants to Malacca also quickly re-boarded, these immigrants chose to go to Malacca, for a variety of reasons, some because of the lack of labor at home, it is very difficult to open up the wasteland and build houses, so it is better to go to the port of Malacca, and some are bold and careful, from all sides to inquire about the richness of Malacca, so they decided to try their luck, and some people do not want to dig food from the soil, I heard that Malacca has to build various workshops, which requires a lot of manpower, although the reasons are different, However, as long as they are willing to go to Malacca, Zhou Chong is very happy, after all, it is the focus of recent development.
Zhou Zhong rested while dealing with immigration in Shuangyu Port, which is now not only a trading center on the sea, but also the seat of his governor, that is, the political center, and the governor's yamen has also been built, and Zhou Zhong usually works here, and all government decrees come from here.
The matter of immigration must not be sloppy, Zhou Zhong has made this matter the first priority of the governor's yamen, almost all the officials of the governor's palace are working around this matter, after all, it is not enough to relocate, the life of these immigrants after migrating to Taiwan and the port of Malacca is also what they need to consider, food is only one aspect, and the needs of fields and cultivation are also what they must consider, otherwise a bad one may cause chaos.
Zhou Chong went out early and returned late every day, almost soaked in the governor's yamen office, at the beginning he was still a little uncomfortable, after all, he was only a commander before, and most of the things he managed were military affairs, not as complicated as government affairs, but now he has to consider the food and clothing of hundreds of thousands of victims, as well as the development plans of various places, which is simply his life.
Fortunately, Zhengde understands that Zhou Chong has just entered the officialdom, and he must not be familiar with these things, so he quickly sent him a group of experienced officials, these people are all enriching the Governor's Mansion, after all, with the establishment of the Governor's Palace, the civil system can not only be one of the Municipal Shipping Division, now Shuangyu Port and the surrounding Zhoushan Islands have been separately classified as Zhoushan Prefecture, Taiwan and Malacca are also separately classified into prefectures, and the imperial court has sent officials such as prefects and general judges, all of whom are under the jurisdiction of Zhou Chong, and now the governance of Zhoushan Prefecture is also in Shuangyu Port, Officials from Taiwan and Malacca have also taken office.
With the assistance of these officials, Zhou Chong's burden was suddenly much lighter, especially in terms of immigration, as long as Zhou Chong set a big framework, the rest of the officials naturally have their own supplements, and he can inspect at any time, if he is not satisfied, he can immediately let the officials correct, and if he does not do well, he can be punished according to the law, until then Zhou Chong found out the benefits of power, no wonder so many warmers are trapped in power and cannot extricate themselves.
However, since Zhou Zhong has taken over the burden of the governor of the four seas, he will also have the next responsibility, and God doesn't seem to want him to have a moment of leisure, for example, he has just dealt with the matter of immigration, and the North Korean side sent news, so that he has to prepare again, because his long-awaited coup d'état in North Korea has finally begun.
As mentioned before, the current king of North Korea, Yansanjun Yi Long, was brutal and unkind, and he not only killed the ministers who entered the palace at will, but also did not let go of his own grandmother, and wantonly collected beautiful women for his own lewd pleasure, and even turned the Buddhist temple into a brothel, which can be said to be a famous tyrant in the entire history of Korea.
It is also Li Long's brutality and inhumanity that makes the whole of Korea complain, and the people at home are miserable, coupled with the fact that the Japanese people in the east and the Jurchens in the northwest have been constantly invading North Korea, which has made North Korea even more difficult at home and abroad.
At this critical moment, the insightful people in Korea finally could not bear it anymore, and they secretly formed an alliance and contacted the army to prepare a coup d'état to oust Yi Long from the throne. Soon, Park Won-jong, the governor of the central government, and Yong Sung, the deputy secretary, were bribed by them, and together with the civilian leader Yoo Soon-ting, these three soon became the key figures in launching the coup.
On September 1 of the sixth year of Zhengde, Liu Shunting and the three of them organized an army to enter Seoul, according to their plan, they will first lead the army to kill their relatives Shen Shouqin and Ren Shihong, these two people are Li Long's henchmen, among which Shen Shouqin holds the post of leading the government, is quite a prime minister, and holds heavy power in his hands, Ren Shihong is a close minister around Li Long, and he is also Li Long's accomplice, and many crimes committed by Li Long in the past were instigated by Ren Shihong.
Shen Shouqin and Ren Shihong are the most important help for Li Long, and they have military power in their hands, as long as they kill these two people, then the entire Seoul will be under their control, and Li Long will have no choice but to be forced to abdicate by them.
Liu Shunting's plan was very good, and according to the original history, they did succeed, but what they never expected was that this matter was actually interfered by Zhou Chong, when they were secretly contacting, Zhou Chong had already handed over the list of several of them to Jin Wenxian, and sent it to Li Long through Jin Wenxian, so Liu Shunting's every move was under Li Long's surveillance.
On the day of 1 September, Liu Shunting and the three of them led a large army into Seoul, and then went straight to Shen Shouqin's mansion, according to the information they received, Shen Shouqin held a banquet in the mansion today, and the banquet was not only Ren Shihong, but also other henchmen who were attached to Li Long, and they could just be wiped out.
But what Liu Shunting and the three of them never expected was that when they led the army into Shen Shouqin's mansion, they found that it was an empty mansion at all, not only did they not see Shen Shouqin and Ren Shihong, but they didn't even see a single person, which made Liu Shunting and the three of them secretly scream that it was not good, and when they were about to exit the mansion, they didn't expect that the outside had been surrounded by palace guards.
Seeing this situation, Liu Shunting and the three naturally knew that the matter had been exposed, but they knew that with Li Long's brutality, even if they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy now, it would have no effect, but they would be easily arrested by the other party, and their family would be a dead end in the future.
Since they are all dead, Liu Shunting and the three of them naturally don't want to die so much, so the three of them took the lead in fighting to the death, and the soldiers under their command also knew that Lu Dao could not escape death today, so they followed the three of them to kill the enemy desperately, although the whole army was wiped out after the most Lu, but it also brought a lot of casualties to the palace guards, which also made Li Long jump like thunder, and cut off the heads of all the people involved in the rebellion and hung them on the city wall to show the public. (To be continued......)