Yun Xi said: "Do you think it is enough to just set up a city department in Shanghai? ”

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Who doesn't understand the meaning of Yun Xi's words? Zhang Yanfang immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the areas of Guangdong and Lianjian are close to Nanyang, and most of the Fanguo of the Ming Dynasty are in Nanyang, so it is also appropriate to set up a city in these two provinces. ”

Yang Ren looked at Zhang Yanfang with a slightly disdainful and surprised expression, very surprised that he was the first to say such a thing. However, although Zhang Yanfang was the first to speak out in agreement, he was not completely sycophant.

Zhang Yanfang has been the director of the Shanghai City Bureau since two years ago, because he is very industrious, often wanders around the city, and sometimes meets some powerful Fanguo businessmen, knowing that they do complain about why the city department was set up in Shanghai instead of Guangdong and Fujian provinces. He had also thought about the establishment of a city division in these two provinces, so he naturally blurted out at this time.

But no matter whether Zhang Yanfang was patting on the back or what, everyone echoed and agreed with his point of view.

Yun Xi smiled and said, "Since all of you Aiqing feel that you should establish a city department in Guangdong or Liao, I have decided to set up an additional city department in Guangdong. ”

After that, Yun Xi waved his hand, and Huang Lu took a map of Guangdong Province. Yun Xi spread the map on the table, let all the officials present gather, picked up a short wooden stick in his right hand, drew a circle at the mouth of the Pearl River, and said, "I have decided that this new city department will be located here. ”

"This is? Dongguan County, Guangdong? Wang Gen, who is very familiar with the geography of the country, said in a puzzled tone.

"Well, yes, this place now belongs to Dongguan County, Guangdong. However, this place was Bao'an County in the Song Dynasty. I decided to divide this place from Dongguan and set up Bao'an City. In addition, Bao'an City Bosi was carved out of Guangdong Province and was not under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. Yun Xi said.

This place, of course, is the famous Shenzhen in later generations! Specifically, it is the place where the Shekou Industrial Zone was established when it was just reopened in later generations. Although the previous dynasties of Guangdong were set up in Guangzhou, Yun Xi was not used to it, and the location of Shenzhen was also good, so Yun Xi followed the example of a great man and drew a circle here.

"Your Majesty, the previous dynasties set up in Guangdong were all located in Tongguo County, Guangzhou, why did Your Majesty set up the city division here?" Yang Ren asked suspiciously.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Guangzhou is the location of many yamen in Guangdong Province, whether it is land acquisition or others, there are too many intertwined problems, it is better to paint on a blank sheet of paper in Bao'an."

"Secondly, Shenzhen, no, Bao'an is also in a good geographical location, located at the mouth of the Pearl River, and it is very convenient to travel from the south to the north."

"Thirdly, if the city is located in Guangzhou, how can I carve it out of Guangdong?"

The last reason Yun Xi said is not very clear, but everyone understands: if the city is set up in Tongguo County, Guangzhou, it will inevitably be entangled in the attribution of tariffs, and the tariffs will not know how much will be missed from the county and government to Guangdong Province and then to the central government; At present, seventy percent of the tariffs of the Shanghai City Shipping Division go directly to the royal treasury and thirty percent to the national treasury, and there will be no loss of a penny.

At this time, Wang Gen, who had just studied the map again, pointed to a place and said, "Your Majesty, in that case, why don't you set up the City Ship Division here?" This place is close to the South China Sea, and you don't even have to cross the Lingding Ocean, wouldn't it be more convenient for business? And when the minister was in his hometown, he had heard the villagers who came here say that the port of this place is very good, and it is suitable for the location of the city's shipping department. Moreover, it was also part of Bao'an County during the Song Dynasty. ”

Yun Xi followed his finger and saw that the place he was pointing to was the area of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon in the future.

Of course, the geographical location of Hong Kong Island is also very good, but because it is said that Victoria Harbour in later generations is one of the three good harbors, Yun Xi feels that it is more suitable to be a military port than a place to open the sea for trade, and has planned to move Nanhaiwei here as an important military base overlooking the South China Sea in the future.

"I have other uses for this place, and I will not set up a city division here." Yun Xi said. Wang Gen listened to Yun Xi's words, and stopped talking.

The others were not Cantonese people, nor were they familiar with the geography of Guangdong, and when they saw that the only person who knew the geography of Guangdong relatively well, they did not speak, nor did they say anything against it.

Yun Xi then said: "In this case, this city division is located in Bao'an. ”

Yun Xi experienced the refreshing feeling of 'a great man changed the fate of the people in a place by drawing a circle by the South China Sea', so Huang Lu put away the map again and began to discuss the composition of personnel and the establishment of institutions.

"I have decided to change the current system of the city. First of all, a new yamen of the three grades was set up in the central court, named the Maritime Affairs Yuan, the chief official was called the court envoy, the adjutant was called the young envoy, and there was one person on the left and right, and other subordinate officials. And this yamen is not under the jurisdiction of the household department, but directly under the imperial court. ”

"Now the name of the Shanghai City Shipping Company remains unchanged, and the official system remains unchanged, but it is under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Affairs Institute." Yunxi is equivalent to the establishment of a treaty port under the jurisdiction of the Central General Customs.

At the same time, Shanghu County was abolished, and other places in Shanghu County except for the location of the city were reassigned to Songjiang Prefecture, but the people where the city was located were under the jurisdiction of the Shanghu City Bureau, and the Yamen of the City Department of Shanghai collected the commercial taxes of these people and disposed of the disputes between the people. When the establishment of the Bao'an City Ship Division was also handled in this way. ”

Yunxi is equivalent to completely separating the city and the city, and is not confused with the local yamen. Before, when he only had the Shanghai City Division, he could still use the Shanghu County Zhili Jingshi to solve the problem of local and imperial court power struggles, but after the establishment of the Bao'an City Division, it can't be so vague, and Bao'an County can't be set up to directly subordinate to the Beijing Division, right? Therefore, Yun Xi decided to abolish the local yamen where the city is located, and even the people will not have jurisdiction over a few, let alone an acre of land.

As for whether the local government will boycott the city because it can't touch the tariffs? This is absolutely impossible. First of all, this has no effect on the taxes of the local government, and anyway, there was no tariff before, and there will be nothing in the future; Second, the families of all over the country will welcome the establishment of the city port division in their own province, and even if some families feel that the city port division should be set up in the county where my family is located, they must worry about the problem of moving the city port division to the province in a fit of anger if they provoke the imperial court, so that the court will be angry and move the city port division to the province.

The people also understood what Yun Xi meant, so no one objected. Kim Seon recorded Yoon-hee's decision and prepared to draft the decree at the right time.