In fact, not only Wang Shouren saw the religious contradictions in the old port, Zhou Zhong also noticed the Muslims in the old port for a long time, after all, the struggle between the Hui people and the Han people in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty is also continuous, even after hundreds of years of integration, but later generations still hear about the conflict between the Hui people and the Han people from time to time, not to mention that the old port was a Muslim city at the beginning, and now there are so many Han people suddenly, if there is no contradiction, then it is called a ghost.

It is precisely because of this that after receiving Wang Shouren's report on the religious contradictions in the old port, Zhou Zhong immediately summoned Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai to discuss the matter, among which Zhang Cai is from Gansu, and there are many Hui people in his hometown, so he quickly thought of a way to deal with this kind of religious contradiction.

Zhang Cai's proposal was to first divide the residential area, that is, to divide the old port into two, with the old city still occupied by Muslims, and to build a new city outside the old city to accommodate the arrival of new immigrants.

Of course, it is not enough to live separately, Zhang Cai's second suggestion is to use the government as the main force, teach new immigrants to know how to respect other people's customs and habits, especially some taboos of Muslims, and also vigorously publicize them, so that new immigrants will not unknowingly violate each other's taboos. At the same time, the government should also teach those Muslims to learn to be tolerant, they can maintain their own customs, but they cannot force others to obey their customs, even if they see others violating the taboos of Muslims in front of them, they cannot come forward and blame, after all, no one can force others to behave according to their own rules of conduct except for the government.

Zhang Cai's method of dealing with religious contradictions is not clever, but it is decent, and this is also the best way that Zhou Chong can do at this stage. So he quickly sent the official document to Li Yi, the prefect of the old port. He was asked to combine the realities of the old port. According to the several measures proposed by Zhang Cai, Zhou Zhong also issued an official letter to Wang Shouren, asking them to leave someone to supervise the religious contradictions in the old port according to the Inspectorate Department.

After helping Li Yi deal with the religious contradictions in the old port, Wang Shouren's investigation of the state capital under the rule of the Sihai Governor's Mansion was finally completed, so he returned to Shuangyu Port by boat directly in the old port, and wrote a document on what he had seen along the way, as well as the future development direction of the Sihai Governor's Palace, and then began to really rectify the governor's office.

Wang Shouren made a move. pointed the finger at Zhang Cai, who had a loss of personal morality, speaking of which Zhang Cai was lustful when he was young, and even opened his mouth to ask his subordinates for a concubine, it can be said that his character is very problematic, and now that he is old, he has no energy to be lustful anymore, but he began to become greedy for money. Everyone knows the truth, but no one dares to say it.

Zhou Zhong was very disgusted with this kind of gray income in the officialdom, and the officials accepted these gray incomes. It is easy to breed greed, and secondly, this kind of gray income is not transparent, and it is difficult for him to monitor as a governor, so when Zhou Chong's Governor's Mansion was just established, he strictly forbade the lower-level officials of the Governor's Mansion to accept property without permission, that is, to cut off all gray income at once, but Zhou Chong also knew that the officials of the Dao Dao could not support the whole family by relying only on Yulu, so he cut off those gray incomes, and simply turned them from dark to light, and turned the gray income of various names into subsidies from the Governor's Palace, so that the income of officials could be more transparent. It is also convenient to carefully supervise lower-level officials.

Zhou Zhong reformed the finances of the Governor's Palace, and most of the officials also welcomed this reform, after all, they didn't have to worry about collecting money as before, and their income had not decreased, and they didn't have to take risks, so most of the officials strictly followed the rules set by Zhou Chong and didn't dare to accept any gray income in any name.

But Zhang Cai is a healed scar and forgot the pain, he and Jiao Fang gained a firm foothold in the Governor's Mansion, and after gaining Zhou Chong's trust, his greedy mind rose again, and he began to accept some bribes from others, but although he collected money, he would not do too much, such as some things ordered by Zhou Chong, even if he was someone else's more money, he didn't dare to discount it in the slightest, because he knew very well that his young boss was not easy to fool, in case Zhou Chong didn't trust him because of some money, Then his future will be ruined.

Although Zhang Cai was very careful in accepting bribes, it was a pity that he met Wang Shouren, Wang Shouren in history was famous for his treachery in the use of soldiers, and now he used his wisdom in the officialdom when he used his soldiers, and he was also invincible, for example, Wang Shouren asked people to pretend to be businessmen to pay bribes to Zhang Cai, but Zhang Cai accepted it without noticing for a while, which allowed Wang Shouren to catch personal stolen goods and get them, which should be the predecessor of fishing law enforcement in later generations.

Zhou Zhong is actually aware of Zhang Cai's acceptance of bribes, after all, Shuangyu Port is his territory, and no wind and grass can escape his eyeliner, but although Zhang Cai accepts bribes, he is very measured in his work, and he will not take some money that should not be taken, and Zhou Chong attaches great importance to Zhang Cai's talent, so he turns a blind eye to Zhang Cai's bribery.

However, Zhou Chong could pretend not to know the way before, but now Zhang Cai's bribery was caught by Wang Shouren, and Zhou Chong can no longer pretend to be stupid next week, fortunately, the amount of Zhang Cai's bribes is not very large, and Wang Shouren didn't really want to put Zhang Cai to death, he just wanted to establish authority to the northern officials through this matter, so he didn't report to the imperial court, but privately handed it over to Zhou Chong for disposal, and Zhou Chong had no choice but to confiscate the bribes accepted by Zhang Cai, and then disposed of Zhang Cai's family members who directly accepted bribes. Although such a punishment was not severe, Wang Shouren did not pursue it.

By disposing of Zhang Cai's matter, Wang Shouren quickly established his prestige in the Governor's Palace, the scheming Jiao Fang inquired about Wang Shouren's past, as well as his investigation in Taiwan, he chose to back down very wisely, and the southerners who had been suppressed before could finally come forward, but Wang Shouren did not dare to force too much, after all, Jiao Fang and Zhang Cai are not easy to match, and among the southern officials, only he can barely compete with the two, and Yang Tong, who is at the same level as him, is not the opponent of the two at all, Therefore, Wang Shouren also accepted it when he saw it, and the strength of the northern and southern officials of the Governor's Mansion slowly restored the balance.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that after living in Beijing for nearly half a year, the Portuguese mission headed by Da Gama finally left Beijing with the trade document signed by Zhengde, the content of this document is actually the agreement reached between Zhou Zhong and Da Gama, which is now only signed and confirmed by Zhengde again, and at the same time, the legitimacy of this treaty is further guaranteed.

After Da Gama left Beijing, he also came to Shuangyu Port to say goodbye to Zhou Chong, and after seeing Zhou Chong this time, his attitude became more respectful, and he repeatedly emphasized that he would pay the remaining million taels of compensation immediately after he went back, and also hoped that Zhou Chong would abide by the contract signed by the two sides before, and vigorously promote the development of trade between Daming and Portugal.

Zhou Zhong was not very happy about the respect shown by Da Gama, because he knew that the reason why Da Gama became respectful before was because he had seen the reality of Da Ming in the past six months, and he knew that the entire Ming was just a weak giant, not as strong as they thought before, and the Ming Dynasty had a dispensable attitude towards the ocean, even if now Da Ming has earned countless wealth from the ocean, but Da Ming still does not pay much attention to the ocean, This discovery was a godsend for da Gama.

However, although the Ming Dynasty does not pay much attention to the ocean, there is an exception to it, this exception is Zhouzhong, Da Gama has been in Shuangyu Port for a period of time before, and the Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas has a very strong strength on the sea, and it is even no exaggeration to say that just a Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas already has the strength to defeat their Portuguese Kingdom, and what's worse is that the young Governor seems to be very trusted by the Ming Emperor, The Ming court also provided a lot of support for the development of the Governor's Palace, and it was precisely because of this that the strength of the Governor's Palace at sea was almost a thousand miles.

It can be said that Vasco da Gama's trip to Beijing not only made him understand the reality of the Ming Dynasty, but also figured out the significance of Zhou Chong, the young governor to the Ming Dynasty, and it is even no exaggeration to say that Zhou Chong is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, all maritime activities related to the Ming Dynasty are inseparable from Zhou Chong's support, and they Portuguese want to trade with the Ming Dynasty in the future, and they also need to take care of relations with Zhou Chong, and even if possible, Da Gama also hopes to find Zhou Chong's weaknesses, as long as he can defeat Zhou Chong, Then the entire coast of the Ming Dynasty would be open to their Kingdom of Portugal.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that when da Gama saw Zhou Chong again, his attitude became very respectful, and it can even be said to be humble, after all, now their Portuguese strength on the Asian side has been greatly damaged, and they are not able to compete with the Ming Dynasty in a short period of time, not to mention that the strength of Zhou Chong's Governor's Mansion of the Four Seas is developing rapidly, and God knows when the other party will enter the Indian Ocean, so maintain the necessary respect for Zhou Chong now, and there will be only benefits and no harm in the future.

For Da Gama's respect, Zhou Zhong is very sober, especially when he knows that the Portuguese in front of him has seen the reality of the Ming Dynasty, if the Portuguese accumulate the strength to defeat themselves again in the future, then they will definitely not hesitate to do it, as long as they are defeated, the entire coastal area of the Ming Dynasty will be over, so he can only desperately develop the sea power of the Governor's Palace, and even take the initiative to compete with Portugal, and it is best to drive the Portuguese power out of the Indian Ocean. (To be continued......)