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Governor Van der Lin jumped up in surprise: "What? China sent troops to annex Vietnam?"

The commander of the trade fleet said: "Yes, China sent tens of thousands of troops, and it took just over a month for Vietnam to perish without any resistance."

Van der Lin was silent. He felt that his job as governor was about to end.

Due to low-price dumping by Chinese maritime merchants, it not only killed many Han merchants, but also caused damage to the Dutch trade in Japan.Sandu merchants in Japan, as well as Japanese feudal lords who engage in smuggling, are more willing to buy goods from Chinese merchants at low prices.

Japan's trade has shrunk, and Vietnam's trade is now directly over. The profit of the Dutch East India Company this year may fall off a cliff.

Profits plummeted, and the governor was bound to be impeached by shareholders.

Van der Lin thought for a while, and he could only hold a meeting. Only three company councilors attended the meeting, and the others were all councilor representatives. The real councilors were still in other colonies.

"The Vietnam trading station should be withdrawn. It was said to be withdrawn last year. Anyway, profits have been declining."

"Withdrawing the Vietnam trading station, we can only do business in Japan in the future. Japan's trade volume is also shrinking, and profits have fallen sharply. If this continues, shareholders will be held accountable."

"There are only sea routes in the stage, and Chinese businessmen are prohibited from doing business in Java Island. Then we will send troops to fight the Chinese, and set a Chinese coastal port as the only trading location. Only in this way can we restore previous profits."

"The sea battle may be won, but are you sure you are not joking, want to fight a land war with China? How many troops can we send? 1000 or 2000? China annexed Vietnam, but sent tens of thousands of troops! Chinese soldiers are not natives of Java Island .They have armour, cannon and muskets, and the Army is dying!"

"If you can't solve the problem by force, then you will be fired from the company."

"Even if we are fired, can the next employee recover profits? Tell the headquarters about the situation and let the gentlemen there think about it slowly."

"Colleagues, I think we need to adapt to the new trade environment, and the headquarters must also adapt. What we are facing now is a talented and bold founding monarch, and a China that is constantly expanding. This behemoth is terrifying, and we must not piss them off."

"I agree. This is no longer the business of the East India Company, but the business of the Dutch Republic. The Republic should send an official mission,

Travel to Nanjing for a diplomatic visit instead of the company sending employees to engage in diplomacy. "

"There is another way to pretend to be a pirate and rob all Chinese merchant ships that can be encountered. To force Chinese merchants to dare not go to sea for trade, and then we will take the opportunity to control the trade initiative."

"But our main profit is to buy goods from Chinese merchants back to Europe in Batavia. Once the Chinese merchant ships are robbed, the Chinese goods in Batavia will inevitably decrease sharply, and the company's profits will be cut in half."

"Chinese businessmen dare not come, so we take the initiative to go to China to buy goods. If the goods of inland Chinese businessmen cannot be sold, they must be sold to us at a low price."

"However, will the Chinese emperor be enraged by robbing Chinese merchant ships by pretending to be pirates and order a ban on selling goods to the company? Or even trigger a war?"

"With the current strength of the Chinese navy, we don't have to be afraid of naval battles at all. Don't worry, it's not only us who are hurting our interests, but also those Chinese inland businessmen who are eager to ship, as well as suppliers along the coast of China. In order to make money, they must If you are willing to smuggle, we will not face a shortage of supplies.”

"Gentlemen, this approach is too radical. Once something goes wrong, the company may suffer heavy losses in the Far East. Who can bear the responsibility? Also, the Chinese navy may be defeated, but the Chinese emperor will definitely crack down on smuggling in anger, There’s a chance that we won’t actually be able to buy goods.”

"Don't forget, the company's current strategy is to seize Portugal's trading ports in Arabia. We have already had a deadlock with Portugal, Britain, Persia, and Ottomans. In this case, do we have to provoke China again?"

The last sentence made all the congressmen shut up.

The Netherlands is making enemies all over the world. Military expenditures are rising year by year, and the enemies are fighting more and more.

At this time point, if the Chinese emperor is really angered.China directly joined forces with Britain, and even used its interests to win over Spain. The Dutch East India Company is estimated to suffer a catastrophe.

A group of people discussed for a long time, but the final result was to accept the reality and ask the Dutch Republic to officially send an envoy to Nanjing.

Zhao Han really didn't expect that when he sent troops to take back Vietnam, he would actually make the Dutch very miserable.

Chapter 653 [Guangnan Policy]

When Zhao Han destroyed the Zheng family, apart from the Ruan family and the Dutch, the monarchs and ministers of the Nanzhang Kingdom were also terrified.

Nanzhang is Lancang, just a transliteration error.

Zhao Han overthrew Annan, the main crime was that his king usurped the title of emperor.The contents of the Inquiry Edict were spread to Nanzhang Kingdom, and the young Nanzhang King Sorinnawangsa, under the guidance of the Empress Dowager and ministers, immediately went to the country that month, and sent envoys to Nanjing to ask for the title.

At the beginning, it was the Laotian Consolation Envoy, that is, the highest-level chieftain official, who was conferred by the Ming Dynasty, not the king of Nanzhang!

It was not until the Jiajing period that the Laotian consolation envoy secretly announced the establishment of the Nanzhang Kingdom. .This move, without greeting the Ming court, is naturally a serious act of arrogance, and now I am afraid that Zhao Han will wipe them out.

Since he was so obedient, Zhao Han didn't make things difficult, and gave Laos the Great Seal of Consolation Envoy as usual.

The sovereignty of Laos as a whole belongs to China in name, and the chieftain officials have full power to govern the place.In fact, changing the soup does not change the medicine, just changing the name. Nanzhang's domestic government agencies still use the same set after the founding of independence.

In addition, the country of Jimi (Cambodia) also sent envoys to ask for a seal, and Zhao Han immediately bestowed the golden seal on King Jinnah.

If Annan is destroyed, the small countries next to him will become well-behaved.

Cambodia is actually quite awesome. It defeated the Spanish invasion 50 years ago.Five years ago, the invasion of the Netherlands was defeated, and the European colonists have been ignored.

On the contrary, Nanpan Kingdom is amazing, sandwiched between Nguyen, Champa, and Cambodia.The land is mountainous, and no one is a bird. They hide in the ravines and don't care about world affairs, and they don't bother to send envoys to Nanjing. (The Kingdom of Champa was destroyed by Annan and split into three kingdoms: Champa, Huaying, and Nanpan, and then Huaying was annexed by Annan.)

Nanjing.

Zhao Han personally selected a group of officials, all of whom not only had outstanding political achievements, but also had experience in governing places where enlightenment was not flourishing.

Zhang Jiayu, the chief minister of the left, Sun Chuanting, the chief minister of the right, Zhang Huangyan, the chief judge, and Shi Kefa, the enlightenment envoy.

The administrative divisions have also been completely changed. The northwestern region of Vietnam has been designated as Xuanguang Prefecture, Quang Nam Province.The prefecture governs Xuanguang City, including Laojie, Yilu, Yenpei and other places.

The northern and northeastern regions are designated as Lang Son Province.The government governs Lang Son City, including Taiyuan, Gaoping, Beijiang and other places.

The main area of ​​the Red River Delta is designated as Hanoi Province, which governs Thang Long City.

Further south are Nam Dinh and Thanh Hoa (Thanh Hoa, Ngee An, Ha Tinh).

In the area north of Hengshan in Vietnam, only these five prefectures have been set up for the time being, which is countless times simpler than when the Zheng family ruled.

The previous broken name also had to be changed.

For example, Taiyuan was changed to Chuyin County because there is a Chujiang River in the north of the city.Besides Shanxi, it is changed to Hexi County, which means the west of Hanoi Fucheng.

Zhao Han said: "When you go to Guangnan, the first priority is land reform, and the second priority is education. Land reform must be fierce, and the mess should be cut quickly. If you don't do it quickly, it won't be enough. Education must be slow, moisten things silently, and not slow enough. To Anmin."

Zhang Jiayu said: "Your Majesty, Guangnan has been initially settled. If the land reform is forced, the gentry will definitely be in chaos."

Zhao Han sneered: "It is to make them create chaos. Those who take the lead in the riots will be executed everywhere! Those who participate in the riots will copy their homes and immigrate, and move to Liaoning by sea boat! Only in this way can the influence of the big clan be eliminated and the stability of Guangnan Province in the future be eliminated. There are great benefits."

The ministers wanted to laugh when they heard this, and sent the gentry from the tropics to confiscate their homes and immigrate to Liaoning. The weather made them feel better.

Shi Kefa, the enlightenment envoy, is a temporary official position.In charge of the cultural and educational affairs of Quang Nam Province, the effect is very slow and the responsibility is great.

Shi Kefa said: "Your Majesty, please move five hundred households to Guangnan. These five hundred households are all teachers and family members.

When they arrived in Guangnan, they had to share the most fertile land and their salaries were higher than before. "

"Yes!" Zhao Han immediately agreed.

This is the advantage of population. When a new site is occupied, teachers alone can immigrate [-] households, which is more than all the Dutch immigrants in Batavia.

Zhao Han said: "Li Ding's National Assembly moved to Taiwan, and the families of the [-] soldiers will also move to Taiwan to cultivate. This division radiates Fujian, Ryukyu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangnan and Luzon. Liu Xinyu is stationed in Hanoi, Control the northern part of Quang Nam Province. Ding Jiasheng is stationed in Thanh Hoa to control the southern part of Quang Nam Province. These two Guangxi divisions, and their families, will also immigrate to Quang Nam Province."

Sun Chuanting asked: "The two divisions and their families immigrated to Guangnan, how to divide the land for them?"

Zhao Han said: "When the land reform order is issued, the gentry in Guangnan will definitely cause trouble. And they will use the language barrier to confuse the poor people to make trouble, and they will surely die in the war. In the previous war, the Zheng family and the Mo family also killed a lot. Some gentry and people fled to the land under the jurisdiction of the Ruan family. There must be enough land for the gentry, but it is not enough, so some people in Guangnan were relocated to Hebei, which is empty of population."

"Yes." Sun Chuanting expressed his understanding.

Zhao Han also said: "The family members of the soldiers who moved to Guangnan are grouped into one hundred households and live together with the local people in the villages of Guangnan. Let the Guangnan people in these villages learn to speak Chinese under its influence. At the same time, also From the local people, learn to master the local farming time. The climate is different, and how to grow food is also somewhat different.”

In order to completely integrate Guangnan Province, Zhao Han has made great efforts this time, and he does not know when he will get back the money and food he spent.

He does not have any moral burden, and even Datong soldiers will not have any moral burden.

Because from the perspective of the Vietnamese people, the Datong Army went to liberate them instead.The civil war there has been going on for decades, and the people at the bottom have been exploited brutally, and their situation is no different from that of the people in the late Ming Dynasty.Confiscate the gentry's land and distribute it to the peasants. As long as the land reform is completed, the hearts of the people will be returned to Zhao Han, and the Vietnamese gentry will not be able to make trouble if they want to.

To be honest, in the Chinese cultural circle, people from all over the world are pretty much the same.

Farmers want to stand up, all rely on land reform policy.Including later Japan and South Korea, the rapid development after the war was also the foundation laid by the land reform.

Who will lead the reform of Japanese and Korean scholars?

Of course the five-star emperor!

Zhao Han encouraged and said: "My dear friends, Guangnan is remote, so I will thank you all. With a six-year deadline, as long as Guangnan is stable,

Everyone will be able to enter the center directly! "

"The ministers will do their best, and they will die!" All the ministers hurriedly bowed.

Except for Zhang Jiayu, the others all joined Zhao Han later, and they are not too young.Working hard in Guangnan for six years is a shortcut for them to get promoted quickly. As long as they are not stupid, they will make the right choice instead of just making money in Annan.

These officials went to Guangxi and Yunnan borders, where there were still middle and low-level officials waiting.They are all excellent in the performance evaluation of various places, and they are promised to be promoted faster, and even if they die of illness in Guangnan, they will be given high pensions.

Before everyone left the Forbidden City, they chatted on the way.

Zhang Jiayu asked: "Is this Guangnan dialect different from Guangdong and Guangxi dialects? If you can't understand it, it may be difficult to govern, and you have to rely on local officials. The local officials are corrupt, and the people suffer from it and cannot speak. How will you know when you are sitting in the yamen?"

Sun Chuanting said: "When you go to Guangnan, the most urgent thing is to learn to speak the local dialect, otherwise you will be humiliated by those officials. When I was in Taiwan, I also learned the local dialect, so that I can deal with the aborigines."

"Indeed." Shi Kefa also served as an official in Taiwan.

Zhang Huangyan said: "I am afraid that the airs of the Guangnan government will not be able to stand up for a while. The Han officials in the provincial capital, prefecture and county are the main ones, and it is difficult to control the people in the villages and towns. Even the local gentry rebelled, and I am afraid that there will be big troubles." , a few of us will know."

Zhang Jiayu said: "My colleagues, although Your Majesty said that the land reform should be carried out quickly, we still have to adapt to local conditions and adapt to local conditions.

Take one year as the deadline to learn to speak the local language, at least to be able to understand it.Over a period of one and a half years, we will gradually straighten out the government offices at all levels in the provinces, prefectures, counties, towns, and villages. "

Why didn't you say it just now?

Everyone was speechless.

Zhang Jiayu said in embarrassment: "When I saw Your Majesty frequently, I was full of ambition. But at this time, the wind blows, and my mind clears up again. The more I think about it, the more wrong it is, such a large piece of land, people who are not familiar with the place, even government orders can't handle it Unobstructed, how can the land reform be carried out immediately? I will write a memorial when I go back, and implore Your Majesty to postpone the land reform in Guangnan for a year or a half."

Sun Chuanting said: "Before the land reform, it could be divided into acres. The gentry in Guangnan must obey the law and oppose it, so there is every reason to carry out the land reform."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone said yes.

It's not that we insist on carrying out land reform, but that you gentry don't obey the policy of distributing the land to the land.

Zhang Huangyan added: "When promoting the allocation of tenements to mu, we should also formulate a quota for land rent to prevent the gentry from passing on taxes to the tenants. In this way, the gentry in Guangnan will definitely collude with the officials, and we will clean up the local officials as well."

These people are all from the landlord class, and they know too much about the urine of the gentry.

Sun Chuanting and Shi Kefa are both from the north, and their hometowns were beaten to pieces.They don't oppose the land reform policy, because even if Zhao Han doesn't divide their land, he only needs to give the abandoned land to the farmers for reclamation, and the gentry can't recruit tenants for farming.

Zhang Jiayu and Zhang Huangyan are from the south, and their family property was divided.What has been lost cannot be regained,

Unless they rebel.Now that I have been "defrauded", then go to defraud the gentry in Guangnan, so that the psychology can be much more balanced.

China's gentry and landlords no longer expect Zhao Han to change the policy of gentry and land.

A lot of people had bad intentions because they were thinking of waiting for Zhao Han's death to confuse the new emperor to open up land transactions.At that time, with various resources, they will be able to slowly accumulate property, and one day they will become big landlords again.

Over the years, I don't know how many people hoped that Zhao Han would die soon!

There are also those with long-term vision and flexible minds who have begun to buy land in Luzon.If there are not enough tenants, the natives of Luzon are recruited to cultivate, and there is no need for intensive cultivation, just a large area of ​​sugarcane can be planted.

Those who were looking forward to Zhao Han's death were about to take part in the provincial examination eagerly, and wanted to squeeze in through the cracks in the door to become officials in the court.

Zhao Han knew what they were thinking, and he also knew what they were criticizing.

Anyway, I was still young, so I played with them slowly, maybe I could boil them all to death.

Chapter 654 [Four Dissimilar Township Examinations]

In the midst of much anticipation, this year's rural examination was finally held.

Zhao Han resumed the imperial examination, which was directly the provincial examination, without the county examination or road examination for scholars.

Moreover, the traditional and the new go hand in hand.

Middle school graduates in all provinces, who have not been admitted to university, can participate in the provincial examination.The local government does not provide travel expenses,

All imperial examination fees are at their own expense. .

Scholars of the former dynasty, as long as they can produce a scholar certificate, they can take part in the provincial examination and imperial examination, and all expenses are also paid by themselves.but,

Must be under 30 years of age!

Those who have won the exam can start as a ninth-rank official, but they need to observe politics (internship) for one year first.

Those who rank among the best in each province can choose not to be a ninth-rank official, but to participate in the general examination in Nanjing next spring.The number of places for the general examination in each province is not strictly determined according to the proportion of the population, and the number of new-style students must be several times that of traditional scholars.

Take Sichuan Province, the most populous province, for example, there are 60 places for new-style students and 15 places for traditional scholars.

In the three provinces of Jiangxi, Guangdong, and Hunan, the number of traditional scholars has been reduced to only 5 people—Zhao Han deliberately,

These three provinces were the first to be won, and the scholars have not been officials until now, which shows that they are unwilling to be petty officials and suffer hardships.

Even the papers that came out were different.

The traditional imperial examinations for scholars still follow the old pattern.But reduce the weight of stereotyped essays and increase the scores of official documents and policy theories.

The new mathematics, physics, astronomy, geography, and Datong theory are all taken as additional questions, and the scores of the additional questions are doubled.

The new imperial examinations for students are actually provincial unified examinations.The best ones will enter the university for further studies at public expense.If the family is not short of money, they can go to college at their own expense.If you don't want to go to university, you can go to the township examination and you will be directly assigned a ninth-rank official position.