The fame and fortune of Songjiang Prefecture is useless and there is no tax exemption.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, the first clear news came from the court. In order to increase fiscal revenue, Songjiang opened a port, so naturally it was necessary to collect taxes from the goods entering and leaving Songjiang, and the shops opened in Songjiang. The families of scholars and officials all had the privilege of tax exemption. If this privilege was retained in Songjiang Prefecture, then the court would do this to make wedding clothes for others. Why bother?

There is no one in Tianjin Wei, and Songjiang Prefecture also handles this. It is said that this news touched the bottom line of interests of the civil servants and would cause an uproar, but no fluctuations or reactions are unexpectedly not allowed, and only a few despicable old men came out to make trouble.

After all, Songjiang Prefecture is just a prefecture and has nothing to do with the interests of most people. Why bother to argue? And there is another most important reason. This news confirms the opening of a port.

The spread of news from the capital to the world is even much slower than normal news, because inside and outside the palace, many bigwigs deliberately hinder the spread of this news. The fewer people know, the earlier they know, the greater the cheaper they will be.

Now the most secure and conservative boss has arranged for people to go there, and the treasure pot needs to be opened. Whoever gets closer will get more benefits.

Of course, the court made such arrangements in Songjiang Prefecture with prior consideration. There are many wealthy families in the prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River. Ordinary pedestrians walking on the streets may be relatives of second- and third-rank officials in the court. If they want to exempt the privileges of fame and honor from the gentry there, it will definitely cause disputes between the court.

But Songjiang Mansion is special. A few years ago, Songjiang Mansion was dominated by the Xu family. The rest of the gentry had no room for survival there. The whole mansion was the world of the Xu family. However, the Xu family colluded with pirates and was defeated overnight. Then the court cleaned up the Songjiang Mansion because of his collusion with bandits. At that time, any gentry with status and status had no relationship with the Xu family, and this time they were wiped out.

To a certain extent, Songjiang Mansion is now empty, there are no interest groups there, it is just a piece of white paper, which is convenient for any application.

After Emperor Wanli thought about this joint, he also sighed that Wang Tong was really fond of water in his work. He chose Songjiang Prefecture, and there were various suitable points for Songjiang Prefecture.

In the palace and court, news from all aspects continued to come to Wang Tong. Tian Yi, the eunuch who was the chief of the Sili Supervisor, was indeed unkind to Wang Tong, but he had not yet shown any clear hostility.

According to Tian Yi’s private chat and his evaluation of Wang Tong in certain occasions, they all believe that Wang Tong is a morally corrupt treacherous minister. He believes that Wang Tong’s actions violate the righteousness of sages and tempt the emperor to pay attention to the small profits of money and will surely corrupt the world’s style and will make people feel different from the past...

However, Tian Yi did not deny Wang Tong's ability. If a treacherous minister is incompetent, he will not be called a treacherous minister. This is Tian Yi's theory. If a martial artist like Wang Tong had not had the ability to fight and make money, how could he get the trust of Emperor Wanli?

These words came to Wang Tong's ears, and Wang Tong could only smile bitterly. He had no reason to say to a nerd, just pretend not to hear them, just be careful.

Of course, Wang Tong also guessed a very deep reason. Tian Yi was in charge of the eunuch in the Sili Supervisor, but his control over the inner court was far less than that of his previous positions, and the situation was very complicated.

Feng Bao had many old subordinates who were still working in various yamen in the palace, but Zhang Cheng's subordinates had already seized real power, and Zou Yi became the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor and the general manager of the Dongchang. This is the veritable second-ranked figure in the inner court. As the leader of the inner court, Tian Yi was in charge of the hindrance everywhere, so he must be unwilling to accept it.

But he couldn't move Zou Yi, let alone Zou Yi and Emperor Wanli were closer to him, and Zhao Jinliang was also an ally. At present, Zhao Jinliang was named the Six-College Chief Secretary, but his power was already the power of a eunuch, which was very impressive.

More importantly, both Zou Yi and Zhao Jinliang have a relationship with Wang Tong in this way. Although it is a bit awkward to say this in the Ming Dynasty, Wang Tong, an external minister, is indeed the backer of the two internal officials Zou Yi and Zhao Jinliang.

If Tian Yi wants to maintain his power, he must attack Zou Yi. If he wants to attack Zou Yi, he must make Wang Tong lose favor, but now this is simply impossible.

At the court meeting that day, Tian Yi was a little aggressive, and Emperor Wanli warned him with his eyes that it was Tian Yi who was following the trend.

In fact, what Wang Tong said about doing now, including the opening of the port in Songjiang, is a heavy hand in his credit book. The more others say, the more they say, the more they are wrong. Wang Tong obviously did the opposite. Tian Yi couldn't find any opportunity, so he had no choice.

What's even more embarrassing is that after being aggressive, Tian Yi asked to come over and ask Wang Tong to help the opening of Songjiang port...

Not to mention Tian Yi, Emperor Wanli didn't want Wang Tong to interfere in the matter of Songjiang. However, after confirming that Songjiang Prefecture is indeed the first choice to open a port, it will take the next step of work. Only then did I realize that leaving Wang Tong was not possible at all.

In such a huge mansion, tens of thousands of merchants will be there in the future. The port will definitely be full of ships and ships on the rivers and roads. How to manage and guide and collect taxes?

If you collect too much taxes, it means killing and retrieving eggs. If you don’t have a long time, you will lose your destruction. If you collect less taxes, it will go against the original intention of the court.

So many people and so many goods gathered in Songjiang Mansion, how to place them, how to plan shops, where should the warehouses and yards be, shopkeepers and merchants have to live there again, and suddenly such a big place appears, how to solve their food and food, and even how to transport and clean dirt... There are many problems, and there are many things.

I originally wanted to use the means of governing the local area, but after thinking about it, I found that the method of managing those big cities in the Ming Dynasty may not be suitable for such a port-opening place. It would be easy to say that there is no way to sort it out, and it is easy to cause chaos.

Since it is the opening of a port that Emperor Wanli is so concerned about, it is impossible to deal with it. If you want to pretend to understand if you don’t understand, then something goes wrong or a mess, and you will be unlucky to hold it accountable.

After thinking about it, I didn’t care about it too much, so I could only ask someone with experience. There was only one person in the world who had experience, namely, Wang Tong, the commander of the Marquis of Dingbei and the Jinyiwei.

Nothing can be hidden in the capital. Most people in the capital know about Tian Yi's hostility towards Wang Tong. Some people know the specific reasons, and some people can guess it.

Everyone knows that they don’t like it, but they still have to come to ask for advice. This is really bad, but grudges are the same thing. Emperor Wanli’s attention is the greatest. Since Tian Yi was arranged to arrest him, he can only come to the door with a shameless smile.

"……..The first thing to do is to plan, the residential area and commercial area should be separated, and the residential area and commercial area should be left with enough space to prepare for future expansion, as well as certain extraordinary assistance and evacuation... The sewer must be built, both open and hidden ditches must be available, and there must be someone to clean up the garbage. Otherwise, it will be in the south again, and there will be more people gathering, and it is easy to cause epidemics..."

"... Don't worry about spending money on this, just let people living in the port area pay the fees, but it must be strictly controlled. This little money can easily be turned into a means of making money by others. No one is going to do it. The hygiene needs to be prepared more doctors. After all, it is easy for some disease to occur when the doctors can come in handy. Pharmacies and drug dealers can give some discounts without taxes..."

"What's the name you said? What's the name of Shanghai... Oh, there is already Shanghai County..."

When Tian Yi left Wang Tong's mansion, his expression was very subtle. He was actually a little confused. Wang Tong was not very old, but he was very cunning and was ruthless and decisive in power and strategy. This time, he was asked that he was prepared to be made difficult, and he was very careful, for fear that Wang Tong would harm him in the wrong way.

What he never expected was that Wang Zhi said everything. At first, Tian Yi was still wary, but he was also an extremely smart character. He could immediately understand that what Wang Tong said was good prescriptions and strategies, and then he spent most of his time remembering, for fear of missing a little. Tian Yi was aware of the strong memory, which was not difficult.

"...The personnel can be selected from all places in Tianjin Wei, but Wang won't choose it. Eunuch Tian will handle it by himself..."

Wang Tong also made such a promise. If Wang Tong helped select people, there was still a possibility of interfering, but this sentence was undoubtedly a complete gesture.

However, Tian Yi also understood that even if Wang Tong didn't make any moves in picking people, Tianjin Wei was run by him, and the people he selected would have the shadow of Wang Tong.

But Wang Tong's attitude was a little too enthusiastic. Tian Yi even thought, could Wang Tong really devote himself to the country and had no grudges towards his attitude? However, Tian Yi immediately denied this judgment.

"It's not to say that we are making wedding clothes for others. Our fleet is now large, and the capital of the Sanjiang system is increasing. With a newly established place like Songjiang Prefecture, it will benefit us a lot. Moreover, after the Xu family, we have already made arrangements in Songjiang Prefecture. This time, Songjiang Prefecture's port has created momentum. The interests of all parties have been mixed in, and it is impossible to stop. But now there is one thing that can be determined. We will benefit the most this time."

Wang Tong said to Yang Sichen that there was nothing to do in the capital in August. The Jinyiwei captured two shopkeepers of Sanjiang Trading Company in Henan. They were originally sent to Ningxia to handle the work, but they ran away privately with the money, preparing to find a place to live a happy life, but they were soon caught by the Jinyiwei.

The upper class of the Sanjiang system felt that this was the backbone of the elderly, so it would be better to ask them to return the silver and deal with the crime. Wang Tong's instructions were very simple:
Chapter completed!