The governor of a province can be said to have extremely great influence on the local area.
Because of this, there is the word "Fengjiang".
You must know that the so-called enfeoffment of territory, in the ancient enfeoffment period, refers to the enfeoffment of an independent kingdom.
Therefore, as long as Zhou Yishan is willing to fully support the Municipal Shipping Division, no matter whether the local government is willing or not, as long as Zhou Futai is in Zhejiang for a day, they must fully cooperate with the work of the Municipal Shipping Division.
As for how much pressure there is behind doing this.
Shen Yi believed that Zhou Futai, who had been in Zhejiang for four or five years, could endure it.
With Zhou Futai's strong support, on October 15th, when the market opened, it was very busy.
In addition to the two provincial officials from Zhejiang's Fantai and Zhentai, officials from the governor's Yamen, Fansi Yamen and Zhensi Yamen, as well as officials from Lin'an Prefecture and Wenzhou Prefecture, almost all of them who could be present were present.
Let’s put it this way, almost all of the most influential people in Zhejiang province are in Yueqing, where they serve as the platform for the Municipal Shipping Department of Wenzhou Prefecture.
As for the eunuch Sun Jin, who was in charge of the Shipping Department, he was quite happy to see so many officials present and would talk to these senior officials from time to time.
However, no matter whether it was the governor, the chief envoy or the inspector, their attitude towards Sun Jin was not particularly close. They only maintained the most basic courtesy, and their overall attitude was the same.
Keep a respectful distance.
After all, these civil servants value reputation most, and sometimes reputation is greater than profit for them.
These gentlemen may make friends with Sun Jin, the future "God of Wealth" on the coast, in private, and may even become friends with a eunuch of Gao Ming's level after meeting him in private, but in public, no civil servant will behave. is too close to the eunuch.
Because they will be called eunuchs.
But after all, Sun Jin had just climbed up from the middle eunuch level. Now he was more concerned about how they handled the affairs of the Shibo Division, so he didn't care much about the attitude of these civil servants.
Under the personal auspices of the governor, the opening process of the Shibo Division was very smooth. With a deafening sound of firecrackers, the first Shibo Division in Dachen since Emperor Shizong's journey to the south was officially established and opened.
Eunuch Sun Jinsun, a servant of the emperor, personally posted the first notice of Shibosi at the gate of Shibosi Yamen.
The main thing is to announce tax rates.
In the past, no matter where the tax was, whether it was customs duty or commercial tax, the tax rate was fixed. If you say thirty tax to one, it means thirty tax to one, and if you say twenty tax to one, it means twenty tax to one.
But this time the notice posted by the Shipping Department was different.
The basic tax rate of the Municipal Shipping Department is one tax per ten tax.
Regardless of whether goods are exported from Dachen or goods imported from overseas, the basic tax rate is one tax per ten. However, the City Shipping Department will target some extremely high-profit goods, such as porcelain and silk exported overseas. This specific item will be taxed Increase taxes permanently.
However, the tax rates for all goods will be announced as soon as possible, and there will be no temporary tax increases to avoid affecting coastal businesses.
After the Shibo Division opened, Zhou Yishan, the governor of Zhejiang, personally announced that from now on, all goods in Zhejiang, whether exported or imported, as long as they did not pass through the Shiship Division, would be considered smuggling and would be severely punished for smuggling.
Of course, the City Shipping Department does not just collect money and do nothing. The place where the City Shipping Department is established is not too far from the Anti-Japanese Army. As long as the merchants pay commercial taxes, the Anti-Japanese Army will provide these merchant ships with services offshore. Escort protection.
As for after leaving the offshore...
There were no powerful long-range weapons in this era. If a merchant ship sailed out of the offshore sea and raised its sails, the Japanese pirates would basically be unable to catch up.
Moreover, the Japanese pirate industry is now difficult to work in. The Japanese pirates in the coastal areas of Zhejiang have basically disappeared, and the Japanese pirates in Fujian are being beaten. The safety of merchant ships is basically guaranteed.
To be honest, in terms of safety issues, merchant ships will not suffer too much if they pay this "tariff". After all, if they are robbed by Japanese pirates, they will lose all their money.
The opening ceremony of Shibo Division lasted for almost a whole morning. During the whole process, Shen Yi just watched and did not participate much. He only brought two anti-Japanese troops from the Hundred Household Battalion to maintain order at the scene.
At noon, the opening of the Shibo Division was basically over. Eunuch Sun Jin came forward to treat many officials present to dinner.
Master Shen was naturally on the invitation list for things like dinner. However, Shen Yi did not wear official uniforms, just a blue robe. He took Xue Wei, who had just returned from Taizhou Prefecture, with him to Yueqing City. Attended this banquet.
Xue Wei's mental state was not very good at this moment. He lowered his head and followed Shen Yi like a guard without saying a word.
Master Shen took him into his carriage, looked at Xue Wei, who looked a little depressed, and asked: "I asked you to read, do you agree?"
"admit."
Xue Wei quickly lowered his head and said: "My subordinate... I have found a gentleman who studies and writes every day."
"Um."
Shen Yi nodded and asked again: "Has the pension been paid out?"
"It's finished."
Xue Wei was in a low mood and said slowly: "My subordinates followed the list and distributed it door to door, and no one was left behind."
Master Shen looked at him and sighed slightly: "I heard that you paid money to go in, right?"
Xue Wei was startled, then gritted his teeth and said, "Which bastard told Mr. Shen?"
"I must teach him a lesson!"
Shen Yi said in a low voice: "What? I can't know?"
Xue Wei lowered his head in silence and said slowly: "Of those brothers who died in battle, some were only sons in the family, and some of them were not only sons, but their brothers were either fools or disabled..."
"My subordinates gave them a little more money..."
Shen Yi said "hmm" and then said calmly: "I'll show you the people I'm going to eat with. Keep them all in mind. Say hello when you see them in the future. Don't be rude."
Xue Wei was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Shen Yi, then lowered his head again: "Mr. Shen, my subordinates are just following you to fight. Why do you know them?"
Shen Yi looked calm: "I can't always be in the southeast."
"and…"
Master Shen said slowly: "The cleanup of Japanese pirates will probably come to an end next year. I will return to Jiankang by then, and you and Ling Su will stay in the southeast to continue training."
"In addition to training troops and destroying pirates, you coastal defense troops will have another job in the future."
Shen Yi looked at Xue Wei and said slowly: "Pursuing smuggling."
With the emergence of the Shipping Department, a group of merchants will definitely take risks and try to bypass the Shipping Department to smuggle goods.
This group of businessmen may not be very large, but they must be resolutely attacked.
Because people have a herd mentality.
Once someone smuggles without being punished, the cost of crime is too low, and the scale of smuggling will continue to expand.
Therefore, combating smuggling will also become an important task for the Coast Guard in the future.
Xue Wei couldn't help but look at Shen Yi and whispered: "Mr. Shen, will my subordinates have to deal with these local officials and smuggling ships in the future?"
"That's true for a short period of time."
Master Shen looked at Xue Wei with a smile on his face.
"However, as long as you work hard enough and make progress, run your errands well and train as a soldier, in three to five years..."
Mr. Shen's tone was leisurely.
"Perhaps there will be a bigger career waiting for you."
