Daming One Piece

Chapter 224 The person who wears the crime (second update, please subscribe)
In summer, Beigang is sweltering and hot, but a heavy rain in summer makes the weather a little more comfortable.But soon, the scorching summer sun once again made the weather as sweltering as it used to be.

As in the past, Beigang harbor is full of ships from all over the world, most of which are Ming merchants, and now there are very few European ship merchants who come directly to Beigang. trading.

The sailors of these Ming merchant ships would usually be in a tavern by the port, holding beautiful Anna Annan in their arms, and drinking sugarcane wine in big gulps amidst the sultry dancers of Indian dancers.No matter what kind of port it is, this kind of life is the most common life for sailors.

For sailors, once they got ashore, there was only life left - wine and women.

When a fast sailing ship sailed into Beigang, it just came to a stop here, and the sailors on the other side jumped onto the trestle bridge excitedly and rushed to the nearest tavern.

In this regard, everyone seems to have been familiar with it for a long time.

"Let the adults laugh."

The performance of the sailors made the captain quite helpless and said to the officials beside him.

"This is true temperament!"

Fang Kongzhao laughed.

In fact, to a certain extent, Fang Kongzhao envied those sailors and their simple life. After all, for him who was exiled to Beigang as an exile, it was this kind of simplicity that he had always longed for. life.

However, he is also satisfied with his current life, at least the life of the "exile" is not as miserable as he imagined, even now he is still an official of Beigang Propaganda Department.

"This trip to Manila, we have Captain Rausch!"

After a few words of politeness with the captain, Fang Kongzhao disembarked with his entourage. After disembarking, he went straight to the Yamen of the Xuanwei Division.

It was noon, and as usual, Shi Yiwen was still sitting in the study of Beigang Xuanweisi Yamen, burying his head in reviewing the documents sent from all over the place. Many documents were sent by fast boats from all over the world, even if they were sent by the Yamen. The county magistrate—actually similar to the governors in Europe, the powers and responsibilities are a bit like the prefects of the Han Dynasty, and the military and government are grasped.Of course, you can't be called the prefect here in Beigang, even if you are called the county magistrate, so let's call it the county magistrate.

Even though several county magistrates from Hoi An to Nantianmen are in charge of military and political power, many things still need to be decided by the Xuanweisi Yamen.

"Perhaps we can further expand the powers of the county guards, or else we can release some powers and responsibilities..."

Thinking so in his heart, Shi Yiwen took a sip of tea while stretching his waist. Even though the sun was shining outside, the inside of the study felt extremely cool.The mystery of it is the cold air emanating from the copper cold wall beside the wall. The so-called cold wall is actually a box filled with ice cubes. There is nothing new about it. As for the ice cubes, they are shipped from Sakhalin Island and Beihai Island. Come, as early as last summer, Shi Yiwen sent a fleet to set up two strongholds in the two places. There were not many people, but they were also declaring their sovereignty.

The locally produced ice cubes were not only transported all the way to Nantianmen, but also exported to Tianzhu through the method of sawdust preservation and transportation. The ice cubes and this simple "air-conditioning" system allowed Mr. Shi to work continuously in the scorchingly hot noon.

After taking a sip of tea, he reached out to pick up another official document, and was about to continue to deal with official duties, when there was a knock on the door.Then someone reported.

"My lord, Fang Shucheng has returned from Manila."

Fang Kongzhao is back?

Shi Yiwen nodded and said:

"come in."

The door of the study room was pushed open, and when he walked into the cool study room, Fang Kongzhao felt refreshed all over. Compared with the sweltering heat outside, it was indeed more comfortable here. The incoming documents were respectfully passed on to preach:
"My lord, the Spaniards have accepted our request to form a joint fleet. They have also stated that they will send no less than thirty ships to attack Batavia with our army as planned."

The mission of Fang Kongzhao's visit to Manila was to reconfirm the previous treaty with the Spaniards and jointly send troops to occupy Batavia.

"Scribe Fang has worked hard. If you can successfully occupy Batavia this time and regain the high officials, I will definitely play the Ming court to ask for credit for you."

After receiving the official document, Shi Yiwen said with satisfaction.

"My lord is too serious. Those who have committed crimes have no face to ask for credit. My lord, please cross out the names of the criminals from the memorial." Fang Kongzhao still bowed his head and stubbornly refused.

In fact, for the "exiles" like Fang Kongzhao who were exiled to Beigang due to Tianqi's six-year rebellion, they were full of complaints against the Ming Dynasty, and even sneered at the so-called "asking for credit".In their view, asking for credit from the faint emperor is simply humiliating them.

So for a long time, officials and gentry like Fang Kongzhao and others who were implicated in the "reversal case" were exiled to the South China Sea to teach each other, even if they were struggling there to educate the barbarians.But they definitely don't want the Yamen to ask for credit for them.

Maybe because you want to protect yourself.

After all, they all knew that their identities were extremely sensitive to the imperial court, and if the Xuanwei Division asked for credit for them, they might even get burned. In this case, they might as well live in peace here.

Moreover, although they are non-staff members of the yamen, they are also working in the yamen of the Xuanwei Department.Facts have also proved that those exiled officials, including Fang Kongzhao, are all rare talents.Without exception, they are proficient in government affairs. Not only are they good at dealing with the Spaniards, Dutch, and Portuguese, but they are also handy in dealing with the local barbarians in the South China Sea. They can walk among the nobles of the soil and achieve the stated goals of the Department of Consolation through diplomatic means. ——Taking Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, leased land to set up a port, and introduced immigrants.

In a word, these people bring the method of civil servants to attack political opponents to the South China Sea, which is almost always beneficial.Those chieftains all welcomed the arrival of Ming with great joy, agreed with the rule of Ming, and willingly recognized the suzerainty of Ming.

Of course, what those chieftains don't know is that the current "Da Ming"'s ambitions for them are not just as simple as renting land, setting up a port and opening up trade. All of this is just the beginning.

Regarding Fang Kongzhao's refusal, Shi Yiwen would not force it, just nodded slightly.

"Scribe Fang has worked hard."

Then, he got up and came to the map by the wall, and said:
"Well, we are going to take advantage of the fire this time to loot. If my predictions are correct, Mataram will definitely send troops to Batavia this time. As soon as they send troops, we will take the opportunity to catch them all! Scribe Fang, then Is there any news on the side?"

(End of this chapter)