1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2156
For most traversers, the benefits they have received now have far exceeded their expectations when they participated in the operation.Three wives and four concubines, private manors, fine clothing and food, servants like clouds... Whether it is property, power, or social status, the traversers have become the real ruling class of this emerging country, enjoying the benefits brought by the establishment of political power. many benefits.

But also because of this, the relatively comfortable environment has deprived most of them of the motivation to continue to struggle. All they need to do is lie in Sanya and enjoy the sunny beach while tasting the fruits of victory. Why risk their lives to go out and work hard.

The territories occupied by Haihan Kingdom are all over the continental coastline of East Asia, but in terms of living environment, only some parts of Sanya can barely maintain some characteristics of the time and space before the time travel.

Basic conditions such as social systems, medical security, educational institutions, and living facilities, there is still no other colonial area that can reach the level of Sanya, let alone high-tech facilities such as power grids and local area networks that are temporarily difficult to replicate.

Leaving Sanya means staying in a "primitive" living environment for a long time. Even if the living standard can be much higher than that of the rich and powerful in this era, it also means staying away from the "civilization center" of this era to a certain extent.

For the travelers, there are too many risks and uncertainties in the outside world. Although there is a chance to become the emperor of the earth in the overseas colonial area, no matter how particular you are, the living environment of the emperor of the earth is definitely better than that. Not Sanya.For example, in the simplest emergencies, if you really suffer from some acute illness, you may not even have time to go back to Sanya by boat for treatment.

The risks and opportunities of going to be an official in an overseas colonial area coexist, but not everyone is willing to face such risks.Most people choose to take part in time-traveling operations just to have a chance to change their own destiny, but if the risk is so great that they cannot control it at all, then it is another matter.

Taking a step back, even people who have this kind of thinking may not necessarily have the corresponding ability.In Sanya or Hainan Island, no matter what problems you have, you can get assistance quickly, and you can quickly solve any resources you need, but when you go overseas, you can only face all difficulties by yourself.

To develop, manage and operate an overseas colonial area, not everyone is competent. Many people may have never been a class cadre in Dalian since they were young, and they do not have work experience in related fields. Let them manage thousands of people. Tens of thousands of people are obviously too reluctant.

Therefore, although ten years have passed since the time-traveling operation, most of the high-ranking officials sent to the overseas colonial areas to take charge of the overall situation are from the army, and they implement militarized management of the colonial areas.A management model that integrates the military and the government like Zhoushan is not uncommon in overseas colonial areas. In many places, the local garrison commander also serves as the chief executive, and the military and political power is grasped.

And this situation has lasted for a long time, which in turn has caused the officials in charge of administrative and civil affairs in overseas colonial areas to have a weak voice and sense of presence.Some people think that when they go to overseas colonial areas, they will definitely not be able to get power from the generals who control the military power, and can only play a supporting role locally.Rather than traveling so far to see people's faces and act on them, it is of course better to stay in Hainan Island and be a comfortable official.

Sanya, Danzhou, and Haikou are three cities on Hainan Island, and there are more than a dozen counties below. If you want to say that there are many official positions, people who just want to be an official don’t need to go overseas to become an official, even if it’s nothing. The executive committee can also arrange an idle position for those who are not capable.However, in overseas colonial areas like Zhoushan, where there are always vacancies for administrative officers, it is difficult to find suitable personnel to fill the posts, so Shi Diwen can only take the concurrent positions.

Of course, Shi Diwen has long been used to this situation. He does not think that sending someone from Sanya to share his responsibilities will make Zhoushan run in a better state. What is more likely to happen is because of the redistribution of power. , will cause existing official agencies to be at a loss, and it will take a long time to adapt to the new system.Therefore, although Zhoushan will stagnate because of Shi Diwen's absence, neither the executive committee nor Shi Diwen himself seems to have the intention to drastically change the status quo.

Shi Diwen was not worried that he would be removed by the executive committee because of his outstanding performance in Zhoushan. In fact, he also knew that it would be difficult for the executive committee to appoint another person to replace him.Almost all the local official institutions in Zhoushan were built by him, and more than [-]% of the officials were promoted by him, and at least half of them had received his training, so they could be regarded as his disciples.It is not so easy to take over if someone else comes to Zhoushan to govern.

The most important thing is that when Shi Diwen was in power in Zhoushan, he established a strong network of contacts in the nearby Daming Prefecture, which brought Haihan extremely reliable trade and intelligence channels, which played a huge role in Haihan.Many of them are maintained by Shi Diwen's personal relationship. If another person is in Zhoushan, it will be difficult to ensure that these channels can continue to operate smoothly.

It is precisely because of various reasons that Shi Diwen does not need to be too concerned about Sanya's attitude when he manages Zhoushan, as long as there is nothing wrong with the general direction.

After roughly agreeing on the treatment plan for the spoils, Shi Diwen took a short break, and then started another meeting to deploy the resettlement work for Japanese immigrants.

Personnel from the civil affairs department explained to the participants the number of Japanese immigrants brought back from Hirado this time, and the situation of this group of Japanese students who are currently receiving civil affairs training.Then I asked Shi Diwen whether to continue to implement the previous plan for resettling Han immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, or to formulate a resettlement plan based on the situation of Japanese immigrants.

If the method of resettling the Han people was followed, then these Japanese immigrants would simply be resettled in villages on Zhoushan Island, Xiushan Island, Daishan Island, Zhujiajian Island, etc., and then set aside a piece of wasteland for them to settle down.The advantage of this kind of resettlement plan is that it is simple and fast. Basically, it only needs to provide labor tools and early ration guarantee for the immigrants, which can greatly reduce the workload of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

However, such an arrangement also has certain shortcomings. Allowing these Japanese immigrants to be resettled in villages will inevitably slow down their integration into the local society, making it difficult for the civil affairs department to manage, and may even cause hidden dangers in public security. .Similar incidents are not without precedent in Haihan's past resettlement of foreign immigrants.

After listening to the report, Shi Diwen immediately gave instructions: "These resettlement must be arranged separately, and each resettlement site cannot exceed 100 people... No, it is better to have a maximum of 50 people. Do more things now, and you will be able to reduce them in the future." A lot of trouble, understand?"

Regardless of whether they understood the meaning of Shi Diwen's words or not, the officials present quickly nodded in response, and immediately copied the number in their notebooks, and some even marked it to show its importance.No matter what the reason why Shi Diwen stipulated this number, in short, it will not be wrong to follow the instructions.

Shi Diwen's instructions were not just his personal intentions. The executive committee sent a telegram specifically for this matter, and put forward in detail the resettlement requirements for Japanese immigrants.In addition to scattered resettlement as much as possible, the executive committee also asked the local government to strengthen ideological indoctrination and transformation of these Japanese immigrants, so that they can integrate into Haihan's social system as soon as possible.

Shi Diwen generally understands why the executive committee attaches so much importance to these Japanese immigrants. He knows that there are many people in the Transmigration Congregation who have a certain degree of hostility towards Japan. Erase the imprint of their origin so that they can rule with confidence.

Shi Diwen didn't think the executive committee's opinion was a fuss. In fact, he also felt that it was necessary to take some measures to eliminate the original position of these Japanese immigrants, otherwise they would always think that they were in conflict with Haihan officials. This will be very detrimental to future rule.Even if some of them are stubborn, a series of measures must be taken to prevent them from forming a joint force to resist the government.

Dividing these thousands of migrants into dozens of groups and resettling them in different places, allowing them to live in existing villages and towns will indeed increase the workload of relevant departments, but everything is aimed at stability. It is also worth spending some extra resources in the process.

But then someone raised a question. At present, there are only a dozen or so Japanese immigrants who have been selected for training as "talents to be made." Equipped with grassroots civil affairs personnel who have been officially trained.

Those who master Chinese and can listen and speak have basically been picked out, and the rest of the people can't even communicate in language, so naturally they can't receive training from the civil affairs department.For the current plan, the only way to effectively solve the management problem at the grassroots level is to revise the population limit that Shi Diwen just raised and increase the upper limit of population in some resettlement sites.

Shi Diwen is a very practical person. Since the standards he proposed will have problems in actual operation, he will not forcefully insist on them for the sake of face. He immediately accepted the opinions of his subordinates and canceled the one-size-fits-all plan. , A floating system is implemented for the population allocation standard of resettlement sites. Villages and towns with a large population base will allocate more immigrants, and small places will still be limited to 50 people.In this way, the allocation plan is more scientific than a one-size-fits-all approach.

Of course, this means that the Japanese civil affairs personnel assigned to the big villages and towns need to have stronger management skills. By then, hundreds of Japanese immigrants will be responsible for arranging production and living, and their work will inevitably be very complicated.The screening criteria for relevant candidates will probably be based on the performance during the training and the assessment at the end of the training.

Xiu Nian is undoubtedly the best among the Japanese-born personnel who received training.He can not only listen and speak, but also write.I used to feel boring and useless when copying Buddhist scriptures in Guangming Temple, but I never thought it would come in handy at this time. Although the Chinese characters he can write are basically limited to the range of scriptures that have been copied, they have already covered commonly used characters. The scope is enough to write a short official document.

In addition, when Xiu Nian was in Guangming Temple, he was in charge of purchasing materials, which not only allowed him to master the computing power, but also had a very intuitive understanding of trading and material circulation, which are rare skills.

Among the first batch of immigrants taken away in the northern colonial area, people with such skills were basically selected, so among the thousand people left to Shi Diwen at the end, the "all-rounder" like Xiu Nian There is really no second person.

Although Xiu Nian is also aware of her "advantages", she still hasn't figured out how to use her strengths to gain more benefits.When he set foot on Zhoushan Island, he only had a certain understanding of the Haihan army, and his understanding of the Haihan society was still almost zero.

The goal he wants to achieve for himself is very practical, first to keep his current job, and then to consider future development.As for becoming the manager of a resettlement site, he hadn't thought so much about it yet.

So far, Xiu Nian has learned some local information about Zhoushan from the training. For example, Haihan’s industry in Zhoushan Islands is mainly divided into four parts, agriculture, fishery, shipbuilding, and marine trade closely related to navigation.Among them, the most important industry is the transnational trade centered on Dinghai Port. The people's livelihood in the entire Zhoushan colonial area is based on the huge scale of trade.

This kind of environment is not difficult for Shunen from Hirado to understand, because Hirado Port is also a trading port similar to Dinghai Port, and the core industry of the entire city is transnational trade. Some of them are privately owned by the feudal lord of the Hirado domain, but the situation of Haihan’s Dinghai port is different. It is said that General Shi Da, who is in charge of Zhoushan, is only a manager. Not his private property.

And all Haihan nationals in the entire Zhoushan area, including the aloof General Shi, must pledge their allegiance to the executive committee thousands of miles away.Such a power structure reminds Xiu Nian of the shogunate in Japan, but Haihan's executive committee is probably much more prestigious than the shogunate, because he can see the expression on every teacher's face when he mentions the executive committee. There will be a fanatical and humble look on the face.When Xiu Nian was in Guangming Temple, she would occasionally see such an expression on the faces of some faithful believers who came to worship Buddha in the temple.

"Allegiance to the supreme executive committee" is a point repeatedly mentioned by the instructors during the training process.Xiu Nian believes that this is a special kind of belief. The high-ranking executive committee uses this method to tightly gather the citizens under its own rule—including quasi-nationals like himself who have not yet obtained Haihan nationality. .

(End of this chapter)