Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 136 Zheng Zhilong's Anxiety
The ICAC incident was full of thunder and little rain. It seemed that there was a lot of trouble, but all forces and the people quickly acquiesced to its existence.

No way, such an institution is naturally a good thing for ordinary people, and they have no reason not to support it.

And those with vested interests either have nothing to do with themselves and hang on high;
Either you know you can't manage it, so you just don't care;
Others just want to see a joke. In their minds, the Secretary of the ICAC is just the Metropolitan Procuratorate with a different name.

For so many years, the Metropolitan Procuratorate can't solve the problem, what can the Secretary of Integrity who suddenly appeared do?
How many people are not fishing from top to bottom?Tang Ning created an Integrity Commissioner just to deceive people and fool the ordinary people. They didn't believe that Tang Ning was not corrupt.

Tangning thought that she had made a small achievement, so she became arrogant.

Don't be like Li Zicheng back then, who turned Chaozhou and Huizhou into a mess like the capital of the past, and finally became the laughing stock of the world.

Tangning didn't care so much, and followed the established plan, but after seeing the attitude of the Hongguang court, he made him change his strategy a little.

First list all the crimes of corrupt officials found, and put them in custody, and then Tang Ning personally writes a letter, which can not only give the Hongguang court some face, but also use the hands of the Hongguang court to achieve its goal.

Sure enough, Emperor Hongguang was overjoyed after seeing Tangning's memorial. This was the first time Tangning took the initiative to submit a memorial.

And he himself felt that Tangning's success would not be possible without his promotion.

The more capable Tangning was, the better Zhu Yousong's vision was, so he almost didn't read the memorial, and directly agreed to deal with Tangning according to what Tangning said, and even praised Tangning again.

Tangning gave Yu Chenglong the reply from Emperor Hongguang directly, and with the affirmation of the court, Yu Chenglong became more confident.

Yang Qiu's magistrate had come to an end, and he was replaced by Song Yingsheng, which was justified this time.

But Tang Ning was more or less affectionate, and did not kill Yang Qiu. After all, after Tang Ning settled in Fucheng, Yang Qiu restrained himself a lot and cooperated in all aspects.

There was also Liu Gong, the magistrate of Chenghai County who had a close relationship with Tang Ning back then.

The two lost their official positions together, most of their family property was confiscated, and they were demoted to common people.

It's not bad that he can spend his old age in peace without being imprisoned.

The two also knew that Tangning was showing mercy, so they quickly accepted the reality.

The dismissed officials will be replaced soon, some will be promoted, some will come from the Security Guard Corps, and some will be students from Chaozhou College.

This was not arranged randomly, but was appointed through the Inspection Office of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and after many inspections.

This is just the first step. In the next year, they will be subject to key inspections, not only on their character, but also on their political achievements. This is the evaluation period.

Tangning did not interfere with Jackie Chan's actions, but just kept an eye on him, and Xiao Wu would promptly report the relevant information to him.

Generally speaking, Tangning is still very satisfied with Long Cheng's ability, and the feedback from the people is also very good. The two prefectures are becoming more stable and developing in a better direction.

But conspicuous, some people don't want to see this, it harms the interests of others, no matter how well you do it, others will want to kill you.

Recently, there have been several frictions between the caravans escorted by the Shunfeng Escort and Zheng Zhilong's forces.

Tangning could feel Zheng Zhilong's dissatisfaction with her, because the existence of the new army had seriously threatened Zheng Zhilong's interests.

Zheng Zhilong, who was born as a pirate, had his greatest interests at sea. Before Tang Ning got involved in trade, the Zheng Group's overseas trade accounted for half of Daming's total.

But since Tang Ning got involved in overseas trade, through a series of pulling or fighting methods, she quickly attracted two big trading partners, Portugal and the Netherlands.

Some time ago, the Spaniards also joined the cooperation, which made the trade volume between Chaozhou Prefecture and Huizhou Prefecture increase rapidly as if riding a thousand-mile horse.

The trade volume shifted to Guangdong, so Yuegang, not far from Guangdong, began to plummet.

Yuegang is located in Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. It is the only legal foreign trade port in Ming Dynasty. It has developed for hundreds of years and has become the largest trading port in Ming Dynasty. However, it has now been replaced by Chenghai Port in Chaozhou Prefecture.

Interestingly, the location of Yuegang in Fujian is Haicheng County in Zhangzhou Prefecture, and Yuegang is just a common name.

Now many businessmen only recognize Chenghai Port in Chaozhou Prefecture, but not Yuegang in Haicheng County, Zhangzhou Prefecture.

There is no way, the advantage of Chenghai Port is too obvious compared to Yuegang.

Now the Chaozhou Chamber of Commerce, the Huizhou Chamber of Commerce, and the recently established Guangzhou Chamber of Commerce are cooperating with the big and small Frang machines and the red-haired ghosts, so there is no need to worry about orders.

As long as you join any of these three chambers of commerce, you don't have to worry about not making money.

Another point is that the caravans of these three major chambers of commerce will be protected by the Shunfeng Escort, the safety at sea will be greatly improved, and there will be no need to pay tolls to Zheng Zhilong.

But in the current Yuegang, the trade volume has declined, and he still needs to take various risks to go to sea by himself, and he has to pay Zheng Zhilong a fee in order to get a pass certificate.

In this comparison, it is too obvious that there is almost no suspense about Yuegang being replaced by Chenghai Port.

It may not be long before it will be surpassed by Guangzhou Port.

Just because they saw that the decline of Yuegang was unavoidable, many merchants who originally shipped from Yuegang tried their best to join one of the three major chambers of commerce in Guangdong.

Then get the order through the Chamber of Commerce, and then ship from Chenghai Port and Guangzhou Port.

One declines and the other rises, which naturally intensifies the decline of Yuegang, forcing Zheng Zhilong to use some disgraceful means to force those businessmen to stay.

But this is not a long-term solution. If Zheng Zhilong doesn't want to suppress Tangning's rising momentum, it will only be a matter of time before Zheng Zhilong's sea interests change hands.

Under this premise, it is normal for the forces of the two sides to break out friction at sea.

If it weren't for the brilliant record of the new army, I'm afraid King Minhai would not be so easy to talk about. These frictions are both a temptation and a warning.

But obviously, for the sake of faster development and self-interest, Tangning would not slow down easily, not to mention that he acted according to the original agreement.

More importantly, in the few frictions that broke out, the Shunfeng Escort had the absolute upper hand, which further showed the strength of the new army's navy. Zheng Zhilong's navy could no longer take advantage of it.

It was precisely because of the awareness of the gap that Zheng Zhilong did not dare to start the war lightly even though he lost more than a dozen small boats and hundreds of casualties.

But Zheng Zhilong knew that the longer the time dragged on, the gap in strength between himself and the new army would only widen.

Because he has already learned that the new army has begun to build ships on a large scale, and there are also Portuguese from Oyster Mirror to provide all kinds of help.

It's not that Zheng Zhilong doesn't have the strength to build more warships, but on the one hand, he can't spend so much money.

On the other hand, he also knew that Tangning had seized the opportunity. Not only did he have sufficient financial support, but he also had sufficient sources of raw materials.

A large number of craftsmen were recruited early in the morning, and the Portuguese provided technical support.

Now Zheng Zhilong, apart from his financial advantage, Tangning has distanced him in other aspects.

Even if they are willing to spend the money, they cannot keep up with the development speed of the new army navy.

In desperation, Zheng Zhilong could only put down his face and take the initiative to send a letter to the Chaozhou government, expressing his desire to discuss with Tangning how to resolve the conflict between the two parties, and try his best to avoid going to war.

After all, both Fujian and Guangdong belong to Ming Dynasty.

The Fujian Navy and the New Army Navy are also the Navy of the Ming Dynasty. If there is a civil war, it will only hurt the loved ones and make the enemies happy.

If the conflicts between the two parties can be resolved through negotiation, it will be beneficial to both parties, and it will also be a blessing to Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)