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Zheng Sen came back and brought back a group of pirates.

The pirates were led to meet Zhao Han. After walking through the hall, Zheng Zhiwan laughed softly and said, "This is where the new court is located? It's not as rich as our house."

"Shut up!" Zheng Zhilong immediately shouted under his voice.

Zheng Zhiwan didn't dare to speak anymore, his cousin kept his promises, and all the brothers of the Zheng family had to be obedient.

The place where Zhao Han lived and worked was the Nanjing Inner Defense Mansion of the Ming Dynasty, which belonged to Zheng He's official residence. It was built by the eunuchs in the early Ming Dynasty. Naturally, it was very low-key and did not dare to overstep the rules.

Although it is not luxurious, it occupies a large area, which can temporarily accommodate Zhao Han's harem and inner and outer courts.

Arriving at a foyer, he saw Zhao Han was reviewing the memorial, and there were several female officials and civil officials beside him.

Zhao Han put down the vermilion pen, and the civil servant immediately left with the memorial.

"Meet Your Majesty!" Zheng Sen bowed first.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

The Zheng family brothers, Shi Daxuan and other pirates quickly knelt down and shouted, and what they shouted was still the same as in the drama.

Zheng Sen felt so embarrassed, he told the audience ceremony, and specifically stated that he didn't need to kneel down.

Zhao Han smiled and said, "Get up, give me your seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The pirates kowtowed again before getting up and taking their seats.

As soon as his butt touched the seat, Zheng Zhilong stood up again and introduced the members to Zhao Han.

There are Zheng Zhilong's fourth younger brother Zheng Zhifeng, fifth younger brother Zheng Zhibao, cousin Zheng Zhiwan, and Shi Lang's father Shi Daxuan.

In addition, Hong Xu has already joined Zhao Han, and is now the deputy commander of the Shanghai Navy.

Gan Hui, Zheng Zhilong's favorite general, is currently staying in Fujian and is temporarily in charge of controlling the fleet.

"Is it just you?" Zhao Han asked, "Where's Li Dan's son, Li Guozhu? He still doesn't want to surrender?"

Zheng Zhilong replied: "Li Guozhu's command is mostly merchant ships, the number of warships is not much, and he usually lives in Japan."

Zhao Han wrote down the name of Li Guozhu in his small notebook, and decided to take this person first.

Zheng Zhilong is Li Dan's adopted son, and Li Guozhu is Li Dan's parent-son.

After Li Dan's death, Zheng Zhilong's power in Taiwan was taken over by Zheng Zhilong, and his power in Xiamen was taken over by Xu Xinsu. Li Guozhu only inherited his father's Japanese power. Therefore, Li Guozhu regarded Zheng Zhilong as his mortal enemy, and once helped Liu Xiang attack Zheng Zhilong together.

Now it is no longer a fight, because Zheng Zhilong is too powerful, Li Guozhu can only acquiesce in his dominance.

Zhao Han asked, "Are there any big pirates who refuse to surrender?"

Zheng Zhilong replied: "He Bin and Guo Huaiyi both took refuge in the red-haired ghost (Netherlands) and became Catholics."

Zhao Han corrected and said: "The Christianity is the Christianity, and it can no longer be called God or God. How can the gods in "Shangshu", "Book of Songs", "The Analects" and "Mencius" be used to call the gods of overseas countries? ? For thousands of years, China has always respected the ancestors of Heaven and Dharma. The gods of Fanbang are called God, and I am also the people of China. Could it be that the sky I respect is actually a servant of the foreign gods of Fanbang!"

"Don't dare!" Zheng Zhilong quickly knelt down, because he was also a Catholic.

Zhao Han asked: "All the ships under your command, those with more than six cannons belong to me, and those with six or less are yours. How?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. This regulation has a huge loophole.

If all the artillery is dismantled, wouldn't there be no need for a single ship?

But when the pirates looked at Zhao Han, they couldn't help feeling anxious. No one regarded Zhao Han as a fool, and began to suspect that this was a trick to lure a snake out of its hole.

Zhao Han now has two shipyards, one in Guangzhou and one in Shanghai. Dutch shipbuilders were also invited to build merchant ships and sell them to private merchants, while training shipbuilders while building ships.

Zheng Zhilong visited the Guangzhou Shipyard, where there are a lot of century-old oak trees, enough to build two warships with more than 400 materials.

Moreover, the wood has been hoarded for several years, and the construction has not yet started. This is to learn from the European way, soaking oak for more than ten years to make it extremely strong before starting to build warships!

I heard that Shanghai is also hoarding century-old oak oaks, and due to transportation reasons, they hoard more than Guangzhou Shipyard.

More than ten years later, these oak battleships of Zhao Han were built, and equipped with high-quality artillery, who can hold the whole ocean?

Zheng Zhilong still knelt on the ground and said: "The Zheng family is willing to donate 80 warships, and the artillery of the rest of the ships will be removed to less than six!"

"Very good." Zhao Han was very satisfied with this, and Zheng Zhilong finally understood what he meant.

The contribution of the warships was incidental, and Zhao Han was mainly making a rule that armed merchant ships should not have more than six cannons in the future.

Zhao Han glanced at these pirates: "Zheng Zhilong, canonized as Marquis of Zhenhai. Zheng Zhifeng, Zheng Zhibao, and Zheng Zhiwan are all canonized as viscounts. Your property can be kept, but the land in Fujian, including the land in Dongfan Island (Taiwan), Each person can only keep 20 acres, and each household can only have ten people, and if there are more than ten people, the household must be separated!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!" The Zheng brothers quickly knelt down.

Zhao Han did not confiscate all their ships, nor did they confiscate their property, so he can continue to do maritime trade in the future. That being the case, it doesn't matter if they hand over the land, because they will all have titles in the future, and their descendants will have unlimited glory from now on.

None of the Zheng brothers have any ambitions, and they are already happy to be awarded the title.

Zheng Zhilong regretted it a little. If he went forward in three or four years to donate warships, he would most likely be granted the title of Lord Zhenhai.

After a few years of delay, although he earned a lot of money, he changed from a duke to a marquis.

The loss outweighs the gain!

Zhao Han said to Shi Daxuan again: "Hong Xu is already the vice-commander of the Shanghai Navy. If you and Gan Hui and other generals of the Zheng family are willing to join the army, you can also be the vice-commander. If you don't want to join the army, then go about your own business."

Shi Daxuan quickly knelt down: "The general is willing to join the army!"

Zhao Han nodded in approval: "Very good. Some of the warships you donated were assigned to Shanghai, some to Guangzhou, and the rest were used to form the Fuzhou Navy and the Taiwan Navy. Half of the soldiers and sailors on board were sent to Taiwan with their families. Reclamation, um, Taiwan is Dongfan Island. I will recruit soldiers and sailors to make up for the shortage of warships. I will also send people to serve as the admirals of the various navies. You must be good to help."

"Obey!" Shi Daxuan hurriedly kowtowed.

Regardless of kneeling or kowtowing, Zhao Han did not stop these pirates. He said, "From now on, the merchant ships of the Zheng family and the official navy will no longer be allowed to collect protection fees from passing ships! Once discovered, they will be severely punished!"

No protection fee, but increased tariffs.

Except for the unchanged tariffs on food imports, the tariffs on all other goods have been increased. It can be regarded as converting all the protection fees collected by the Zheng family into customs taxes. In fact, the maritime merchants will not suffer any losses.

At the same time, the tariffs on the rest of the goods will be increased, and grain will still be exempt from tariffs, and more sea merchants will be willing to ship grain back.

Today, it is difficult for the governments of various countries to provide for their expenses. They either rob the colonies or rob the merchant ships of other countries. Zhao Han also couldn't afford a large navy, so he temporarily paid military expenses from customs tariffs, and at the same time allowed them to rob merchant ships without licenses.

Merchant ships from any country, including the maritime merchants under Zhao Han's administration, must apply for trade licenses at the shipping department of each city.

Take a copy of the license plate and register each duty payment.

Zhao Han's navy will be dispatched to patrol and intercept passing ships at sea. Those that cannot be retrieved, or those that refuse to be inspected, can be robbed by the navy at will, but the stolen items need to be reported.

Don't say that the navy cannot do business, and the navy cannot rob.

This is the seventeenth century, no business, no robbery, no need to maintain the size of the navy. The navy of any country is an officially recognized pirate!

The Zheng Group is done, along with Li Guozhu, He Bin and Guo Huaiyi.

Of the three pirates, one was in Japan and the other two were in Tainan. As long as they dare to go out to do business, they will be resolutely attacked until they are completely surrendered.

Everyone took leave and left together.

The Zheng brothers were all beaming.

Life at sea is not so easy, especially with the disappearance of other pirates and the Zheng family's dominance, it wears down the will of the Zheng brothers even more. Some of them have not gone to sea for several years, and they are completely living the lives of gentry and landlords in Fujian.

Especially Zheng Zhibao, before Zhao Han occupied Fujian, he quickly gained a reputation as a scholar.

When Zhao Han learned about this from Zheng Sen, he was amused by Zheng Zhibao.

Daming is almost gone, why do you spend money to be a talent of Ming Dynasty?

A pirate who is willing to spend money to buy the fame of a scholar, directly confers him a title, you see how happy he is!

"Brother... Oh no, meet Hou Ye!"

Walking out of the gate, Zheng Zhibao couldn't wait, and bowed down like singing an opera.

Zheng Zhilong was very helpful, and waved his hands with a smile: "Don't be like this, they are all my brothers."

Zheng Sen couldn't help pulling away, acting like I didn't know them, it was really embarrassing for his father and uncles, they were like bumpkins from the countryside.

Zheng Zhifeng asked suddenly: "What kind of title is a Viscount?"

Zheng Sen had no choice but to explain: "Your Majesty restores the ancient fifth-class nobility, plus the nobility of the king, that is, king, duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male."

Zheng Zhifeng muttered, "I am a viscount, and I am still under the earl."

Zheng Zhiwan said: "It's not bad, and there are barons below. From now on, my Zheng family will be full of nobles. Who dares to say nothing? Especially those poor scholars, if they dare to look down on the Zheng family , just look down on the current Holy Majesty!"

Zheng Sen hastily warned: "Father, uncle, and nobles of the new dynasty must also pay taxes according to the regulations. From now on, the Zheng family must not evade taxes, otherwise the thunder will be enraged, and there may be a catastrophe."

"You don't need to say that," Zheng Zhilong said with a smile, "The Zheng family has already earned enough money, and they can't spend it in ten lifetimes. Why do you care about those taxes? What the Zheng family wants is status. After returning home, they will spend the money To run a school, invite famous teachers from Fujian to teach. Once Your Majesty resumes the imperial examination, my descendants of the Zheng family can take the exam and become officials. In a hundred years, the Zheng family will be a scholarly family!"

Zhao Han allowed the establishment of private schools. Girls' schools in various places are private, but they must apply to the government for registration.

Zheng Zhibao especially admires scholars, otherwise he would not spend money to become a scholar. He also smiled and said: "Your Majesty is a holy man, a noble son, can also take an exam to become an official. From now on, I, the son of the Zheng family, will be a lord and a scholar. Take both ends!"

The Zheng brothers did not sit in the sedan chair, and walked all the way back to their residence, laughing and laughing along the way. It seems that they have made money by handing over the battleship.

However, Zhao Han was reminded by Zheng Zhilong and ordered officials from all over the country to strictly censor Christian Bibles, and burn all those with the words "God" and "God" on them!

(Oh, I'm very sorry, I thought I had already thanked you, but I found out that my memory was wrong. Thanks to the leader of the blasphemy-level boss for the reward, I'm really sorry, forgive me, forgive me!)