1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1971
The prosperity of the cultural and educational industry in Danzhou, on the one hand, benefited from the local cultural inheritance that was well maintained during the Central Plains Dynasty, and on the other hand, it was because Haihan vigorously promoted the development of the local cultural and educational industry after taking over the place. The representative local officials built this as a signboard of Danzhou. A lot of resources have been invested over the years to have the aura of today.

It is not impossible for other countries to follow Danzhou's approach, but in addition to funding and policies, human factors must also be considered.It is impossible to cultivate professional cultural and educational talents overnight, and it is difficult for other countries to have the operational efficiency of Haihan. It will take at least ten years to achieve the current scale of cultural and educational industries in Danzhou.

But the real difficulty in imitating Danzhou is that the cultural and educational industry here does not rely on researching a subset of classics and history, or entering the officialdom by writing stereotyped essays, as the driving force behind the development of the industry. At present, most of the cultural and educational institutions in Danzhou have obvious commercial Due to the nature of the business, profit is the real driving force for development, and such a model will of course be regarded as heresy in other countries, and it is difficult to be vigorously advocated by the government.

Of course, when Haihan first took over Danzhou, there were many local voices against the industrialization of cultural and educational institutions. They believed that places where reading sage books should reject the smell of money and should not introduce commercial operations into cultural and educational institutions.However, those who held such opinions basically shut up after a few years, because the local cultural and educational institutions that developed best during Haihan's rule were basically those practitioners who actively attached to Haihan and obeyed the government's arrangements. By.Those who are stubborn, because of lack of income, are naturally inferior in investment to those latecomers who operate this industry as an industry, and most of them are quickly eliminated by the increasingly fierce market competition.

At this time, the cultural and educational institutions in the Danzhou area that do not care about income and do not aim at commercial operations basically have official or private funding. Most of them come from government subsidies, and a few are paid by Yan Mingjun himself.Of course, Yan Mingjun will not do business at a loss, the benefits of this position are far greater than the sacrifices.

Regarding the inside story of Danzhou's cultural and educational industry, it was of course difficult for Li Wei to understand the mystery immediately, but he also learned a little bit about it from the discussions of other people during the meeting.It is not surprising that Haihan people regard the cultural and educational industry as a business. This is not surprising in Li Wei's view. After all, this country is founded on business, and it is reasonable to do this.

At present, there is no large-scale cultural and educational industry in North Korea. Whether it is a private or official academy, the main purpose is to train future officials for the country. This is different from the cultural and educational institutions in Haihan.Every year in Danzhou, only a small number of students who graduate from various academies will enter the government to work, and most of them will go to various production units to become industrial workers.Since North Korea has not established an industrial system, such a vocational education and training system basically does not exist in the country.

But this is not what Li Lu is really interested in. He still cares more about non-profit cultural institutions such as poetry clubs and studios. In his opinion, these are the indicators to measure the cultural level of a country or region.As for the training of industrial workers and sailors, Li Luo also admitted that it was useful, but no matter how much training these people had, they would not be able to create works handed down from generation to generation.

It's not that Li Wei deliberately discriminated against Haihan's vocational training system, but in his perception, scholars should not be "mass-produced" like Danzhou, not to mention that after graduation and leaving the academy, their employment It seems that the direction is often difficult to establish a direct connection with the cultural circle.However, Li Mo’s current understanding of the real role played by these industrial workers who can read and write is still too shallow. And the stakes in this process are probably only clear to Haihan's high-level executives who are well aware of the industrial development process.

After the banquet, Ziyou Tianzheng and others coordinated with local officials to arrange the daily life and subsequent itinerary of Li Lu and his party.And Bai Kesi finally had time to sit down and ask Zhang Xin about the investigation process of the Changhua attack.

"I should have asked Zhang Qianzhi to explain it to you, but it is said that his follow-up investigation is not going very well. This kid hasn't closed his eyes for two days. He said he needs to hurry up to verify the information, so I let him do his own work first. I will call Wang Baisuo to tell you about the case." After Zhang Xin sat down, he first explained to Bai Kesi the reason why Zhang Qianzhi did not come to the luncheon today.

Naturally, Bai Kesi heard the protection of Zhang Qianzhi in his words, and responded with a smile: "It's really rare for Zhang Qianzhi to be tired from doing things with you."

Zhang Xindao: "He said that this matter may not be as simple as it seems, so we must find out the truth as soon as possible. Young people are still working hard, and we should give more support."

In fact, Wang Baisuo is indeed the best person to introduce the case, because he is the front-line commander who is actually responsible for implementing the arrest plan, and he has a better understanding of the process of cracking the case.

If this case is to be judged by conviction, the actions of Xue Zheng and his gang are undoubtedly solid evidence. Whether it is a death penalty or life imprisonment, it is not an exaggeration. However, because it involves the diplomatic field, they will definitely not be sentenced publicly.

But the problem Hai Han is facing now is not to convict, but to find out the real reason why Xue Zheng and his gang are trying to launch an attack on the son of Joseon, and to find out the mastermind who ordered them to do this.At present, the interrogation and investigation work is not going very smoothly, and the Ministry of Security failed to obtain relevant information about the mastermind behind the scenes in the first time.

"The mastermind behind the scenes..." Bex touched his chin subconsciously, and replied in a low voice, "Whoever dares to oppose our country can list them with one hand, right?"

"This is not an open confrontation, but a secret stumbling block. If someone has such an idea, one hand is probably not enough!" Zhang Xin couldn't help reminding.

The history of Haihan's prosperity is full of wars, large and small, so there are indeed many forces that have suffered from Haihan. Even if some of them have softened afterwards, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not play tricks to slow down Haihan's development. .If it is necessary to measure the countries and forces that have diplomatic relations with Haihan by "absolute credibility", then the Executive Committee will probably only give Fujian Xu and Annan Zheng a passing grade, and the others will not be included at all. into the object of consideration.

According to Wang Baisuo's introduction, these people came from the vast area from the South China Sea to the north of Daming. At first, the Ministry of Security thought they might be bounty killers, but later Zhang Qianzhi began to suspect that these people might belong to different forces, because three of them Tattoos resembling gang markings were found on the body of the deceased, but not on the others.

Of course, this is just a guess, but if it is confirmed, then the complexity of this matter will be raised to another level.

"Why is the son of Joseon? Why is he being targeted?" What Beks is most interested in now is this. What is the reason why the other party chooses to attack the target? Is it just to destroy the relationship between the two countries, or is there another purpose?

However, there is no clear answer to this question yet, and Wang Baisuo does not dare to guess at will. After all, this matter is of great importance. The executive committee specially revised the itinerary of the son of the Joseon Dynasty for this purpose, and even asked the Ministry of Security to make such a big commotion in Danzhou , in order to find out the real reason for the attack on the son of Joseon. If there is any mistake in his understanding, it may affect the judgment of the executive committee on the case.

On the contrary, Zhang Xin didn't have so many scruples, and talked about his own views on this matter: "Let's think about it, if something happened to the son of Joseon while he was studying in our country, or even died, what kind of consequences would there be? benefit the most.”

Bai Kesi said: "Theoretically, it may lead to the breakdown of diplomatic relations with North Korea, and it will definitely affect our country's international reputation. If our country turns against North Korea, it will have to withdraw its troops stationed in North Korea, which will benefit the most ...That is not the Qing Dynasty? But if the Qing Dynasty has the ability to send a team to Hainan Island to carry out the mission, then why bother to attack the Prince of Korea, it may be more effective to deal with us directly?"

"Old Bai, you forgot that attacking us can't force our army to leave North Korea. Only attacking the son of North Korea can have such an effect." Zhang Xin reminded.

Beks slapped his forehead and said, "I'm so confused...you're right, but I still don't think the Qing Dynasty has enough ability to send people to Hainan Island to carry out this kind of mission. It's just from southeast Liaodong to Hainan Island It is estimated that few people in the entire Qing Dynasty know about the route."

The route that Beks mentioned was naturally not an offshore route. The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were in a state of constant death. Even if the Qing Dynasty wanted to send ships south from the sea, they would never dare to get too close to the coastline of the Ming Dynasty.And taking the sea route to the south, only veteran sailors with rich sailing experience can do it.

Zhang Xin shook his head to express his disapproval: "Then I'm going to say, if the Qing Dynasty really wants to do this, it doesn't need to send a boat in person, it can try to hire a boat to pick people up from Liaodong, and then go south by sea." .Besides, among the group of people caught, aren’t there people who are suspected to be from the South China Sea?”

Beks waved his hand and said, "Wait a minute, our thinking is still too narrow. If something happens to the son of Joseon and affects the relationship between our country and North Korea, then the Qing Dynasty will undoubtedly be the biggest beneficiary, but only this one The beneficiaries? If the Qing Dynasty wants to implement this kind of action, what they need is not just a group of sailors who master the southward route. More importantly, it is intelligence, information about the whereabouts of the North Korean prince. Just now Wang Baisuo said that they were in Danzhou. I spent more than 20 yuan to find underground brokers to buy information, so how did they track the whereabouts of the son of Joseon before that?"

"You mean... If the Qing Dynasty initiated this operation, then it is not enough to rely on them alone, and there may be other forces to provide them with help. For example, guide them to track them all the way to Hainan Island, and then chase them from Sanya. Danzhou?" Zhang Xin also roughly understood what Bai Ke wanted to express.

Bai Kesi nodded and said: "Besides, Wang Baisuo said just now that this group of people prepared horses before the operation, obviously intending to evacuate the local area quickly after the operation, so where are they going to evacuate? I think it is the sea, because they are very interested in Danzhou. The geographical environment is completely unfamiliar, and the best chance of escaping at sea is to choose. But who will take care of their evacuation? There must be someone providing guarantee for their actions!"

Beks didn't know the planned evacuation location and method of Xue Zheng's group, but he almost guessed the fact. Although the ship docked at the fishing port by the sea did not have additional sailors for Xue Zheng's group, it was just a ship with supplies. Empty ship, but someone is indeed arranging for them to retreat in advance.And those who do this kind of logistical work must be more familiar with the local environment than Xue Zheng and his group.If it is said that Xue Zheng and his gang are spies from the Qing Dynasty, then it is unlikely that the one who arranged for them to escape is the same as Xue Zheng.

While sorting out his thoughts in his mind, Beks said slowly: "No matter where this group of people come from or who they are instigated by, as long as those who participate in it will definitely benefit from their intended goals. We should think about it carefully, Who else is suspicious."

Zhang Xindao: "Is it possible to deduce a new theory from the situation you mentioned, that is, the Qing Dynasty will benefit from the accident of the son of the Joseon Dynasty, and deduce the vested interests that may appear in the next step after the Qing Dynasty's profit?"

Bai Ke thought for a while and said: "What you said makes sense. If the Qing Dynasty loses military pressure from North Korea, then there will be more room to free up its hands and feet to deal with our country in the direction of the Liaodong Peninsula. Maintain a sufficient garrison in the Jinzhou area. If our country has more troops stationed in the north, then the number of troops stationed in the south will inevitably decrease..."

"Our main opponent is still in the direction of the South China Sea." Zhang Xin added in a timely manner.

Although Haihan has an opponent in the north, the Qing Dynasty, and has been fighting continuously for years, but in fact Haihan has no spare power to attack a country thousands of miles away, not to mention that the territory under the control of the Qing Dynasty is quite deep, and it is all in the bitter cold outside the customs. , for the Haihan army from the south, it is not an environment suitable for large-scale operations.Therefore, after Haihan took over the area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus, he suspended his advance on the Liaodong Peninsula. He just maintained the status quo to prevent the Qing from attacking North Korea and Ming.

But the real opponents that Haihan would regard as worth guarding against were still these Western colonial countries active in the South China Sea.Their level of development in navigation, military affairs, commerce, etc. is closer to that of Haihan, and their competitive relationship and conflict of interest are also more direct.

(End of this chapter)