Liang Feng and Lu Mincheng certainly knew that it was meaningless to discuss the Atlantic right to free navigation with Portugal, and their main focus was still in the Netherlands.

However, Lu Mincheng had his considerations. Portugal did not agree and could provoke a war and simply expel Portugal from the West. If Portugal agreed, it would provide a reference system for the negotiations with the Netherlands. If the Netherlands did not agree, the consequences could be imagined.

Meng Delie proposed a trade quota system. Although it is still quite far from free navigation, it has opened a door for the Ming merchants and is currently acceptable.

After all, the right to free navigation is not a verbal promise, and it needs to be maintained with large ships and cannons. For a long time, the Ming Dynasty warships have been unable to maintain the safety of the Cape of Good Hope to Europa route, and have to rely on Portugal and the Netherlands.

Meng Delie kicked the ball at Horst's feet. Horst was so angry that he jumped straight and began to scold Meng Delie for being short-sighted.

However, what disappointed Meng Derek was that he thought Liang Feng and Lu Mincheng would go to Horst, but Liang Feng and Lu Mincheng were obviously not so easy to fool, so he had to sign an agreement first.

The abolition of the trade quota restrictions in the Indian Ocean and the free circulation of Chinese currency are all within the scope of Meng Derei's authority. It is no problem to sign the agreement. However, the matter in the Atlantic Ocean is not within the scope of Meng Derei's authority at all. How can Meng Derei sign it?

Meng Derek raised the difficulties of this issue and promised to report the matter to the Duke of Bragansa immediately.

Originally, the Atlantic right to sail was not included in the bottom line that Lin Chunhong gave to Liang Feng and Lu Mincheng. Liang Feng and Lu Mincheng came up with a message, just to take the opportunity to make more money.

Meng Delie said the truth, so Liang Feng and Lu Mincheng did not bother too much. After dealing with Portugal, they led the fleet south to reach the periphery of Kochi.

As the governor of the Dutch East India Company, Horst naturally had no right to interfere with the Atlantic right to free navigation. He also learned from Meng Derek to adopt the delay tactic and promised to report the matter to the country.

Liang Feng and Lu Mincheng got what they wanted and set off and returned to Temasek.

With the cancellation of trade quotas and the free circulation of Chinese currency, Ming merchants rushed into Kolkata, Goa, Guli and Kochi like a tide.

These strongholds have rapidly prospered in the short term, bringing a lot of tax revenue to Portugal and the Netherlands.

However, the good times did not last long. A few years later, the Port of Mumbai was completed and quickly became a transshipment center in the western Indian Ocean. A large number of goods and flow of people gathered in Mumbai. Goa and Kochi inevitably fell into depression.

The Ming merchants were full of enterprising spirit and expanded their trade in the Indian Peninsula, Arabian Peninsula, Dashi and Ottoman Turkic regions and expanded their trade scope. These favorable conditions prompted Mumbai to transshipment of goods beyond Temasek, and eventually became the most important stronghold for the Ming Dynasty overseas.

Later, the Mumbai authorities relied on their strong strength to provoke relations between local Turkish countries and Portugal and the Netherlands. Portugal and the Netherlands eventually could not bear the situation of making ends meet and completely withdrew from India.

The strongholds of such capitals as Kolkata, Goa, and Kochi were eventually taken over by the Ming Dynasty.

Decades later, the Mughal Empire was in chaos and the domestic forces were divided into many small forces. The Mumbai authorities adhered to the principle that a split India is a good India, which prompted the establishment of many small countries on the Indian Peninsula.

India is still a geographical concept, and will always be a geographical concept in the future.

These are all later stories, so let’s not talk about them for the time being.

Let’s talk about Lin Chunhong seeing that the overall situation on the west coast of India has been settled, leading a group of civil and military officials to embark on the return journey.

When he arrived in Guangzhou, Zhang Zhao, the governor of the Maritime Governor's Office, did not stay in Guangzhou, but went north with Lin Chunhong.

In theory, Lin Chunhong took Zhang Zhao to Southeast Asia with him, and what he should have ordered and what he should have said should have been finished long ago. Why did he still take Zhang Zhao to the north?

The information revealed by this move is obviously unusual, and the senior officials of Jingzhou cannot help but wonder and guess Lin Chunhong's intention.

After guessing, he became more determined to his original speculation: Lin Chunhong might make a large-scale transfer of senior management.

As expected, Lin Chunhong was still halfway through, ordered the governors from all walks to return to Jingzhou and ordered Zhang Daohan to prepare to convene an enlarged meeting of the cabinet.

When Lin Chunhong and his party arrived in Jingzhou, they immediately announced the convening of an enlarged meeting of the Pavilion.

After more than ten days of discussion, Lin Chunhong signed a series of orders:

The names of Manila, Temasek, Batavia and Dagupan were changed to Songzhou, Xingzhou, Yazhou and Biyao respectively, and the four cities were reorganized, and the prefecture system was established, and the four prefectures, Songzhou, Xingzhou, Yazhou and Biyao were established, which were directly under the jurisdiction of the Maritime Governor's Office.

The military functions of the former Maritime Governor's Office were separated and a new Maritime Governor's Office was established. In addition to directly governing the four newly established governments, it was also responsible for the civil affairs of all the strongholds and territories of the South China Sea, the West, and the Atlantic Ocean.

What surprised the outside world the most was that Lin Chunhong actually appointed Zhu Zhiyu as the governor of the Maritime Governor's Office.

Zhu Zhiyu is a standard Confucian scholar. Except for the last time he followed Lin Chunhong to the south, he had never left the mainland. This time he ran to the ends of the world and served as the governor of the Maritime Governor's Office.

Did Zhu Zhiyu fall out of favor? Or did Lin Chunhong hope that Zhu Zhiyu will spread Chinese civilization to the ends of the world?

No one knows the reason except for the important officials who attended the enlarged meeting of the Pavilion.

At the same time, Lin Chunhong also issued an order to establish the Nanyang Governor's Office and the Mumbai Governor's Office under the Maritime Governor's Office.

The Governor's Office in the South Ocean is Pontianak, and is responsible for the civil affairs of many islands in Luzon, Borneo, Java and Sumatra.

In Chapter 677, when Peng Xin took office, he took office as the Maritime Governor's Office in Zhu Zhiyu, Zhang Zhao returned to Jingzhou, and Zhang Jief went to the Supervisory Office to change.

Zhang Jief stayed with Lin Chunhong for nearly seven years. If this is not a confidant, I am afraid that no one in the world will find a confidant. Zhang Jief is in charge of the Grand Management Department and the world's criminal case. If Lin Chunhong did not have the intention of purging the officialdom and purging the officialdom, he would probably not even believe the old ladies on the street.

Almost everyone believes that a storm is coming in Jingzhou City. No one knows who will be unlucky in the next few years.

As for Zhang Zhao, as Lin Chunhong's first rank of officials, he had great power and was extremely powerful. He was in charge of administration and military affairs, and almost controlled the territory similar to that of the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Chunhong ordered Zhang Zhao to return to Jingzhou. Are you worried that Zhang Zhao would become a big shot and threaten the authority of Jingzhou?

Or is Lin Chunhong worried that Zhou Wang would control the Governor's Office and pose a threat to the so-called foreign relatives interfering in politics?

And or both?

Zhu Zhiyu took office as the governor of the Maritime Governor's Office, and the talented and intelligent people of the Ming Dynasty quickly linked this matter to two other things.

First, Lin Chunhong pointed out several years ago that there is a fatal weakness in the Ming cabinet. The cabinet chief basically comes from the Hanlin Academy, and no local officials have become the cabinet chief. In fact, if anyone who is appointed as a local official after the Golden Palace is admitted to the imperial examination, it means that there is no hope of being the cabinet chief in this life.

Lin Chunhong believes that even the local administrative head has never served as the leader of the local administration. How can he take charge of the huge Ming Dynasty?

Zhu Zhiyu has never served as the head of local administration. This time he went to the ends of the world. Does he mean to accumulate qualifications?

Second, Zhang Daohan is nearly seventy years old. Seventy is not old for officials of the Ming Dynasty, and is still in his office. However, the work pressure of senior officials in Jingzhou is much greater than that of the court. Not only does he have to deal with the piles of documents, but he also needs to go deep into the local area to investigate the people's sentiments. At the age of seventy, he seems a little old.

Even if Zhang Daohan is energetic, he will be at most 75 years old. Five years later, who will take over the Central Secretariat's Mansion?

If you look at the senior officials of the Jingzhou Central Secretariat, who else has proud experiences and noble reputation besides Zhu Zhiyu and Guo Mingyan?

In other words, no one can tell which Lin Chunhong will choose from the two of them in the future.

When various people speculated about the pros and cons of changes in the Jingzhou officialdom to them, Lin Chunhong seemed to intend to downplay the impact of the officialdom rotation, which caused a greater storm in the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!