Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

"Your Majesty, every name and every piece of information on this list has been personally investigated, considered, and verified. I dare to guarantee with my life that all the information recorded in this booklet is true and reliable, and there is no trace of it. Adulterated.”

Qin Ying didn't hesitate at all and directly assured Ning Fan that the evidence he presented was completely true and not half false.

Ning Fan was speechless for a long time while holding this manual. If all these officials were caught and killed, it would be a devastating blow to this coastal area. You must know that every official in this booklet holds an important position and controls a lot of resources.

"You are really making this matter difficult to deal with. I guessed that these officials along the coast must be colluding with pirates, but I didn't expect that so many people would benefit from pirates."

Ning Fan looked solemn, but he felt that he was not surprised.

In any era, collusion between officials and bandits is a common problem. Since ancient times, officials and bandits have not been separated.

As the saying goes, everyone in the world is hustling for profit. Whether they are officials or thieves, they are all doing it for one word, and that is profit.

As long as the benefits are sufficient, the two identities of official and bandit can be switched at will, but as the emperor, Ning Fan had to think more about the development of this coastal area.

In fact, Ning Fan is not focusing on the immediate problem, nor is it to eliminate the banditry immediately. What Ning Fan is thinking about is the future of Dakang's maritime ban and trade with overseas countries.

What Ning Fan wants is a vast market, not a coastal area where people can sing and dance.

Of course, if Ning Fan wants to make a difference on the seaside in the future, he must eliminate these negative factors and build large shipyards and shipbuilding docks on the seaside. At least these pirates must be eliminated in a short time.

Ning Fan attaches great importance to maritime trade. Otherwise, he would not have to come to Jiangnan from Kyoto in person.

If it was just because pirates were harassing the fishermen on the border, Ning Fan could have asked other generals to come to the beach to suppress the bandits.

Even in several major lakes in the south of the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River Basin, there are naval officers from the imperial court. These naval generals are good at water warfare. It is natural for them to go to sea to suppress bandits. The reason why Ning Fan came to Jiangnan in person is actually true. The purpose is to prepare for future maritime trade.

Ning Fan originally sent Zhang Jian to look for shipbuilding technology, but half a year had passed and there was still no news, so Ning Fan couldn't wait any longer.

As the saying goes, you can make enough food and clothing by yourself. Ning Fan can't wait for Zhang Jian to bring back the shipbuilding technology. He will use the existing research power to actively concentrate on researching key technologies and conquer the shipbuilding technology in a short time.

Because with the breakthrough of precision machine tools, Ning Fan can predict that Dakang will have a technological explosion in the next six months to two years, and the industrial era will completely come. By then, the problem of overcapacity will have to be dealt with through foreign trade. to solve.

Moreover, Ning Fan must solve the problem of primitive accumulation within two years. If it cannot be solved and the industrial foundation is not solid, the progress of Dakang in the future will be restricted.

"You lead the Jin Yiwei to arrest people according to the names on this list."

Ning Fan didn't say anything and directly handed the list back to Qin Ying.

Qin Ying was measured, but meticulous and very serious. Lin Fan was relieved to leave such matters to Qin Ying, not to mention that Qin Ying was also the most powerful force in Ning Fan's hands.

The West Factory led by Ergou has only been established for less than a few months and is still very weak. In the future, Ning Fan wants to use the West Factory to restrain Jin Yiwei, but now he still has to rely on Jin Yiwei's power to help him do things.

"Your Majesty, you must think carefully about this matter. There is no turning back. These people are wanted to be arrested. However, they relied on the power of almost all the officials along the coast to arrest these people. This means that the entire coastal area official power is directly paralyzed."

Qin Ying was a little puzzled by Ning Fan's decision, because it seemed to him that Ning Fan was not confused at all.

"In your opinion, should I use a gentle policy to deal with these corrupt officials?"

Ning Fan looked at Qin Ying with a half-smile.

Qin Ying also comes from a scholarly family. She has studied at home since she was a child and is full of poems and books.

Ning Fan also wanted to focus on cultivating it, so this conversation took place.

And Qin Ying was not stupid. The emperor asked himself a question specifically. If he answered it well, it would naturally be an opportunity. So he was very cautious about Ning Fan asking this question. He frowned and thought for a while before saying to Ning Fan: "Unless His Majesty no longer intends to retain the entire coastal area, or His Majesty has decided to let the army take over this area."

Ning Fan was greatly shocked. He did not expect Qin Ying to have such keen insight and guess his thoughts right away. This made Ning Fan feel happy and a little shocked at the same time.

"Tell me, how did you guess my thoughts?"

Ning Fan looked at Qin Ying with a loving look on his face.

As an emperor, there is no jealousy towards anyone's talent, because what the emperor likes most is talents, and he likes talents to do things for him.

"Actually, it is not difficult to guess what His Majesty is thinking. His Majesty has actually been designing drawings of large ships along the way. I guessed that His Majesty attaches great importance to maritime trade. If we want to thoroughly develop maritime trade, If you want to trade, you must station troops on the seashore, because pirates on the sea are inexhaustible."

Qin Ying talked eloquently and told the reason why she could guess Ning Fan's thoughts.

"Go ahead and do it as I said. I plan to move all the fishermen on the border to the deserted areas of Jiangzhou and let them reclaim the wasteland there."

Ning Fan finally confirmed Qin Ying's guess.

Early the next morning, Song Chengzhou hurried to Ning Fan's official residence. He was really shocked because Jin Yiwei went out everywhere overnight and arrested almost all officials from nearby states and counties.

"Your Majesty, why did you do this? You arrested so many people overnight and put them in jail without interrogating them at all. Doing so will cause complete chaos in the nearby states and counties."

Song Chengzhou was too anxious and asked loudly as soon as he entered the door, even forgetting Ning Fan's identity.

But Ning Fan was not angry, because from Song Chengzhou's face, he could see the veteran minister's concern for the country.

"Master Song, please don't worry. Let's take a look at this list first."

Ning Fan casually handed Song Chengzhou the details of the evidence from Jinyiwei's investigation. Song Chengzhou took it and looked at it carefully for a while, and his face turned livid.