Chapter 512: Bargging
The next morning, Dogesa and Lunders went to see Li Yuntian together.
After learning that the two of them were coming, Li Yuntian, who was dealing with the official documents, couldn't help but show a smile on the corner of his mouth, he already knew that Wu Qian had come to Jiaozhou City, so he easily guessed the intention of Dogessa and Lundes: It seems that the two of them can't withstand the huge pressure of Zhancheng now, and they are ready to come to bargain with him about Zhancheng.
"Lord Commander, the lower officials heard that Prince De'en'an intends to bring the city into the Ming Dynasty, and the two of us are very pleased with this, the Ming Dynasty is the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, and it is a great blessing for the people of the city to be lucky enough to become the people of the Ming Dynasty."
Sure enough, after seeing Li Yuntian, Dogessa and Lundes smiled and said to him, looking beaming.
"The official has also heard about this, Prince Deen'an is far-sighted, and the official admires it very much, and the people of Champa will be able to live and work in peace and contentment under the protection of my Ming Dynasty, and they no longer have to worry about being invaded by foreign races." Li Yuntian knew that the two of them were insincere, and he didn't break it, so he smiled and stretched out his hand to signal the two to sit down in the seats on the side.
"Lord Commander, if Zhancheng is really incorporated into the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how the imperial court will treat it?" After sitting down in his seat, Dogesa looked up at Li Yuntian and asked quietly, testing Li Yuntian's details in the matter of occupying the city.
"You are asking the wrong person, such military affairs have always been discussed by those civil and military officials in the capital, and this official position is light and he is on the frontier, so I really don't know what the imperial court means in this matter." Li Yuntian naturally couldn't reveal his intentions to Dogesa lightly, so he smiled and waved his hand to Dogesa, which made Dogesa, who was trying to find out the news, eat a closed door.
Hearing Li Yuntian say that he was "soft-spoken", Dogsa's brows suddenly wrinkled slightly, an official like Li Yuntian who was in charge of the military and political power in Guangxi was the first in the history of the Ming Dynasty, if Li Yuntian was "soft-spoken", how could other officials in the Ming Dynasty be embarrassed?
"According to the opinion of the Chief Soldier, how might the imperial court deal with this matter?" How could Dogesa not know that Li Yuntian was perfunctory to him, so he then smiled at Li Yuntian and asked quietly.
"According to this official, the geographical proximity of Champa and Jiaozhi is similar, if Champa is merged into my Ming Dynasty, then there is a chance that it will be classified into Jiaozhi and become part of Jiaozhi." Li Yuntian saw that Dogesa did not give up, pretended to think about it, and then told Dogassa of his own plans.
"Classified as Cochin?" Dogesa and Lunders were taken aback when they heard this, and couldn't help but glance at each other, the two thought that Zhancheng would become the fifteenth political secretary of the Ming Dynasty, but they didn't expect that Li Yuntian would actually classify it into Jiaozhi, wouldn't this be to completely dilute the mark of Zhancheng.
"Both Cochin and Champa are long and oblique strips along the coast, and they are closely connected with each other, so they are suitable for unified governance, and it is not easy to establish a separate political envoy in Champ." Li Yuntian saw the consternation of the two and explained in an orderly manner.
In fact, the reason for the geographical location is just an excuse, Li Yuntian's goal is to control the entire Indochina Peninsula, and at that time the Indochina Peninsula will be redivided into administrative regions, so it is naturally impossible to set up a new political envoy in Champa now.
What is particularly important is that once Champa is set up as a new political envoy, Li Yuntian, as the chief military and political officer of Jiaozhi and Guangxi, will no longer be able to handle the affairs of Champa, which is obviously not conducive to his long-term planning on the Indochina Peninsula.
In addition, Li Yuntian also figured out that Guò incorporated Champa into Jiaozhi to eliminate the marks and feelings of the Champa people on the people of Champang, so as to completely integrate into the Ming Dynasty.
"Lord Commander, what will happen to those local officials in charge after the city is merged into the Ming Dynasty?" Seeing that Li Yuntian had already found a reasonable excuse for the annexation of Champa to Jiaozhi, and knowing that this matter could not be changed, Dogesa asked about another matter after pondering for a while.
The chief official in his mouth refers to the fifteen chieftains of the Champa state, because the Champa state is a federal system, these fifteen chieftains are actually the kings of the fifteen small countries, and Dogesa and Lundus belong to the kings of the five large countries and are called the great chiefs.
Now that the annexation of the city to the Ming Dynasty is inevitable, Dogesa naturally wants to fight for the interests of the fifteen chieftains of the city, and at the same time to appease those chiefs.
"You can keep your personal belongings, but you have to hand over 70% of the land." Li Yuntian had already thought of a way to settle the fifteen chiefs, and looked at Dogesa quietly, "In this official's opinion, overseas trade will rise in the future, and as an important transit point on the east-west route, commerce will definitely prosper and develop, and the profits generated by it will also be very considerable. ”
Dogsa and Lundes's faces suddenly became ugly when they heard this, land is the most valuable wealth, Li Yuntian opened his mouth and asked for seventy percent of the land of those chiefs, which is too deceitful, how can those chiefs get economic resources after losing their land, not everyone is as good at business as Li Yuntian.
"Of course, the imperial court will not ask for their land for nothing, they will enjoy preferential commercial policies, that is, three exemptions and three halves." Li Yuntian noticed that the two of them looked unkind, so he continued to explain, "That is to say, the government was exempted from collecting commercial taxes on them in the first three years, and the commercial taxes were halved in the next three years. ”
"In addition, each time the imperial court of overseas trade will give them a certain quota for a period of ten years, and the profits earned will be used to subsidize daily expenses."
As he spoke, a smile appeared on Li Yuntian's face, "This official believes that ten years is enough for those nobles to find a reasonable way to make money!" ”
"Lord General Soldier, they used to be local figures, if they suddenly become common people, I am afraid it will be difficult to adapt, and I hope that Lord General Bing can tell the court about this secret."
Lundes felt that Li Yuntian's conditions were too much, and he wanted to use a little favor to deprive those chiefs of their power, which was simply unacceptable, so when he was about to oppose with a grim face, he was cold and Dogsa took the first step to speak, and said to Li Yuntian in a deep voice.
In Dogesa's view, he and Lunders did not have any capital to argue with Li Yuntian, so they had to lower their posture to bargain with Li Yuntian, otherwise once they angered Li Yuntian, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"I believe that the imperial court will take this into account, in my opinion, those officials have been in local government for many years, and they are well aware of the local situation, and the imperial court needs them to give advice on local governance, so they will definitely be entrusted with important tasks."
Li Yuntian couldn't help but glance at Dogesa when he heard this, it seemed that Dogsa was more knowledgeable about current affairs than Lundus, and it was not the slightest benefit to provoke himself now, and then he said loudly, "This official has already started the emperor, and wants to set up a 'parliament' in each province under Jiaozhi, and the people elected by the people will serve as members of the parliament, and will supervise the affairs of the government, and can put forward reasonable suggestions." ”
"The House?" Dogessa and Lunders were stunned when they heard this, and they never expected that Li Yuntian would come up with such a fresh matter.
"As the name suggests, the House of Representatives is the place where matters are discussed, and once the members of the House are determined, they will enjoy judicial immunity, and the officials of the three divisions of the Department of Cochin and the local government will not have the right to arrest them, except for the highest political officials in Jiaozhi."
Li Yuntian nodded to the two of them and said eloquently, "If the officials of the local government have serious violations of law and discipline, the members of the House of Representatives can report to the highest political official in Jiaozhi, and the administrative officials must thoroughly investigate it. ”
It is worth mentioning that the reason why Li Yuntian wanted to speak of the highest political official, rather than the political envoy of Jiaozhi, was because he knew very well that the pattern of the three departments at the local level was about to be broken, and the governor and the governor would become the highest local governors of the three departments at the local level.
"How can you make sure that the government official does not favor his subordinates?" Dogesa nodded thoughtfully, and then asked quietly, he already understood what Li Yuntian meant, he wanted the councillors to supervise the officials of the local government.
"Members are equal in the position of power, but one person is required to take care of the day-to-day affairs of the House, and this member is called the 'Speaker', who is elected by the members. The Speaker of the Parliament then elects a 'Speaker', and the Speaker's status is quite special, even the highest administrative officials who have committed crimes cannot be tried, and can only be handed over to the Criminal Department in the capital for disposal. ”
Since Li Yuntian can come up with such an idea, he must have thought it through, and looked at Dogesa with a smile when he heard the words, "If the speaker of the general council feels that the government officials are covering his subordinates, then he can either report to the imperial history sent by the emperor, or go to the capital to report to the three law divisions, and the local government must not stop it, otherwise he will be severely punished." ”
"In order to ensure the safety of the Speaker, the Department of Commerce of Jiaowutang will be responsible for the security of the Speaker." Saying that, Li Yuntian asked Dogsa with a smile, "What do you think of this official's suggestion?" ”
"The chief soldier acts unpredictably, and the subordinate officer is now eye-opening and well-taught." Dogsa's face turned pale when he heard this, and he said to Li Yuntian.
Although he didn't know what the actual effect of the house system set up by Li Yuntian was, it could be seen that Li Yuntian had spent a lot of effort to come up with this rather perfect supervision system, which showed that Li Yuntian attached great importance to the affairs of the occupation of the city and really wanted to do a good job in the affairs of the occupation of the city.
If the Ming Dynasty can govern the city well, the people of the city will undoubtedly benefit greatly, but this also means that he and Lunders and others will gradually be forgotten by the people of Jiaozhi, and then withdraw from the stage of history, which is really not a taste in his heart.
"It's just an occasional thought, not a teachable." Li Yuntian laughed when he heard this, waved his hand to Dogesa disapprovingly, and then changed his words, and said to him and Lundes in a deep voice, "If Zhancheng is really willing to merge into my Ming Dynasty, then this official will definitely start to the emperor and let the emperor make the two counts, and then the two can serve in the sailors formed by my Ming Dynasty in the future, and they can also serve in the Xiaowu Army." ”
"What?" At this moment, Dogesa and Lundes did not have the slightest psychological preparation for this generous treatment offered by Li Yuntian, and they were taken aback when they heard this, and looked at him with a stunned expression, no one would have thought that Li Yuntian would let the two of them enter the Xiaowu Army, let alone that Da Ming would actually set up a water division.