1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2399
Hundreds of refugees were blocked in front of the checkpoint set up by the Haihan army. They had to accept the resettlement method provided by Haihan before they were allowed to enter Fushan County.After being allowed to pass through the checkpoint, every [-] refugees were organized into a team, and several Haihan soldiers took them to the designated refugee camp for resettlement.

Seeing this, Huang Qu asked the officer who accompanied him to visit Haihan: "Although there are not many official roads to enter Fushan County, what if these refugees bypass the checkpoint and enter Fushan County from other places?"

The officer replied: "Refugees who enter Fushan County without permission will not receive any assistance from us locally, and once discovered, we will directly arrest them, and then these people will no longer be able to get help." Normal resettlement treatment."

Huang Qu said: "Although that's the case, it shouldn't be possible to prevent someone from trying to enter Fushan County through this method, right?"

The officer admitted frankly: "It is indeed as Mr. Huang said, although we will try our best to tell the refugees not to try to enter Fushan County by themselves, but there will always be some people who try to give it a chance. After all, they still lack the relief measures provided by our country. Trust, this is one of the reasons why we asked Mr. Huang to come forward to help."

Huang Qu thought that if he had known that the Haihan people had such strict control over the influx of refugees, why would he have to follow Zhang Pucheng so much? Once he entered and left Zhifu Island in the past month or so, he had already owed the Haihan people two favors. I have to have the cheek to ask others to give me a chance to repent.The more Huang Qu thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable. As for what happened to these refugees and where they went, he didn't really care. As long as Fushan County was not in chaos, it didn't matter where these refugees ended up going.

As for why the Haihan people took in these refugees and transported them overseas for resettlement, Huang Qu can probably think about it, but he has long since given up on that much, and now keeping his job is the most important thing.Besides, even the imperial court can't stop what Haihan is going to do, so how could he be able to interfere in a small way.

After watching it for a while, Huang Qu had roughly understood the operation process of the Haihan army at the checkpoint, so he asked, "Then how can I help you?"

What Huangqu can do is naturally to play the role of a puppet here to cheer for Hai Han.Haihan even specially arranged for him a group of soldiers dressed as the Ming army to support him. Of course, these people are not the real Ming army, but the Majiazhuang militia. .However, with such a team of Ming troops going to the checkpoint, and then following the scriptures to implement the refugee admission regulations formulated by Haihan, the voices of doubts on the scene were much smaller.

The vast majority of refugees believe that Fushan County is still the territory of Ming Dynasty, so many people are not able to accept the measures of the Haihan Army to prevent them from entering Fushan County, but now it is replaced by the Ming Army to implement this measure. The acceptance rate is obviously much higher.

This can save a lot of trouble for Haihan, and it can also make the process of refugees entering Fushan County and receiving resettlement smoother.Although Huang Qu was submissive in front of the Haihan people, he quickly entered the role of dealing with these ordinary people, ordered to grab a few thorns from the crowd outside the checkpoint, and rewarded twenty points each on the ground With the whip, these people complained endlessly, and the scene immediately became much quieter.

"To deal with these people, you can't just be reasonable. You have to do it. Many people only accept this kind of discipline. They just need to catch some people from time to time and kill them as an example." Can't help bragging for myself.

Although Huangqu's methods are a bit extreme, they can indeed achieve good results in the current environment.In troubled times, there are too many people who can give up the bottom line of being a human being in order to survive. If there are no strong measures to restrict and warn refugees, it is indeed easy to cause chaos.After all, Haihan is an outsider. Although he has relatively strong control in Fushan County, his influence on foreign refugees is far less useful than Huangqu's identity.He imposed punishment on these refugees on behalf of the Ming government. Basically, no one dared to resist, and the effect was indeed more obvious.

Compared with the near-disordered official road checkpoints, the refugee camps set up in Fushan County are obviously much more orderly.According to the plan formulated by the Haihan Civil Affairs Department, the upper limit of the number of people each refugee camp can accept is about 500, so as to prevent a single refugee camp from becoming too large and out of control.

The refugee camps that are closer to Majiazhuang were built in the early years, and the houses and living facilities are relatively complete. If there is not a specially built fence on the outside to separate them from the outside world, it is probably hard to think that this place is for receiving refugees. organization.

Of course, a refugee camp with better environmental conditions like this will naturally not accept all refugees equally. Most of the refugees who can be sent here to live temporarily have passed the preliminary screening and belong to people with better conditions, such as scholars and craftsmen. , or small businessmen and small landlords with a certain net worth, etc.Although these people cannot live in local inns like Zhen Lang and others, they are high-quality immigrants that Hai Han wants to win over, so it is natural to provide them with slightly better temporary living conditions.

The first stop Zhang Pucheng inspected the immigration camp was such a place. When Liu Shang was still working as a propaganda officer in Fushan County, he worked in this refugee camp for a period of time, so he acted as a guide and introduced Zhang Pucheng. The situation here is simply the most suitable candidate.

"Master Zhang, please take a look. The barracks in this refugee camp were all repaired in the early years. They were all designed and built according to the standards of Haihan army barracks. On average, each barracks can accommodate about 20 people." Liu Shang introduced this to Zhang Pucheng while leading the way. The situation in the refugee camp: "The people living here are already the third batch this year."

Where did the first two batches of refugees go? Liu Shang did not say clearly, but Zhang Pucheng already thought of the answer.Since they are eligible to live in a refugee camp with a better environment, these people must also be the first immigrants absorbed by Haihan, and they should have left Shandong on a sailboat a few days ago.

Zhang Pucheng knew that after these people went out, it would be very difficult for them to come back. Even if they could return to Shandong, they probably would no longer be Ming people.Just like this Liu Shang, although he was born in Ming Dynasty, he is now an official of Haihan Kingdom, so his status is naturally no longer a citizen of Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Pucheng realized that while Haihan was absorbing refugees on a large scale, they were also subdividing the refugee group, screening out high-value people to provide better treatment, and arranging them to leave Daming at a faster speed.These high-quality populations are forced to become Haihan nationals, and the strength of the two countries will also undergo changes in this special environment.Zhang Pucheng even thought that the rapid rise of the little-known Haihan Kingdom in the south might be due to this method of lying on Daming's body to suck blood.

Of course, slander belongs to slander. This kind of thinking must not be announced in front of Haihan officials. Not only that, but he also had to follow Liu Shang's words and boast a few words from time to time, praising Haihan for contributing money and efforts to save people suffering from hunger and cold. refugees from Shandong.

What kind of person Liu Shang is, he was still unmoved by these compliments. He knew why his superiors gave Zhang Pucheng a second chance. If these local officials could not handle the refugee crisis If they contribute to Haihan, then they have no real value to Haihan.The situation here has been introduced almost, and it is time for him to work hard.

Liu Shangdao: "Master Zhang, the people resettled in this refugee camp are relatively reasonable and can understand the difficulties of the government. If you can come forward to reason with these people and persuade them to accept our country's arrangement, maybe they will be very happy. I am happy to accept your suggestions."

Whether these refugees are willing to accept Zhang Pucheng's suggestion is not the most important thing. The key is that Haihan must let these people understand that they can no longer expect the Ming government to provide assistance. If they want to live well, they have to accept Haihan's arrangement to leave Shandong There is a way to settle overseas.

Zhang Pucheng quickly responded: "This official is here for this matter, and I would like Master Liu to arrange it for you."

Liu Shang nodded, quite satisfied with Zhang Pucheng's attitude, and immediately ordered someone to notify the people in the refugee camp to gather.They also asked someone to push a four-wheel flatbed cart over, so that Zhang Pucheng could stand higher when he was speaking, and the refugees could see more clearly.

Not long after the hundreds of refugees gathered, Liu Shangxian stood on the trolley, raised the tin horn in front of him, and said to everyone: "Fathers and elders, the magistrate of Zhang County of this county is here to visit you today, and I will tell you something by the way. The next arrangements, the issues that everyone is most concerned about, will be discussed by Zhang Zhixian later, so you must listen carefully and don't be distracted!"

After Liu Shang finished speaking a few words, he got off the cart and handed the tin horn to Zhang Pucheng: "Use this, the sound will be louder! Say what you should say, and don't say what you should not say!"

Zhang Pucheng took the tin horn with both hands, and then climbed onto the cart, thinking about what should be said and what should not be said in his mind.

"Fellow folks, my official is Zhang Pucheng, the magistrate of Fushan County. The place where you are now is my jurisdiction." After Zhang Pucheng settled down, he began his speech.

"I'm ashamed to say that this time Shandong was hit by a war, and countless Li people were forced to leave their homes to escape the war. Fushan County, because of its poor resources, really has nothing to contribute. Moreover, it is difficult to rescue more than a few people in this county. Tens of thousands of refugees. So I had to turn to the Haihan Kingdom and ask them to help the people. But Haihan Kingdom is far away from Shandong, and the supplies they brought to Shandong from the south are still difficult to save so many people, so we can only Arrange for some people to take a boat to settle in the land under the jurisdiction of Haihan Kingdom, so as to ensure that the rescued people can survive well."

"Although Hai Han Guo tried his best to save them, how many people can be saved in the end depends on whether you are willing to cooperate with Hai Han's arrangement. I know that it is extremely difficult to let everyone leave Shandong and go overseas, but if Don’t leave, when more and more refugees flood into this county, one day it will exceed the capacity of this county, and even if you want to leave at that time, you will not be able to leave. All of you fled all the way to Fushan County, of course what you did was to live Go on, I can tell you frankly that accepting Haihan's arrangement to settle overseas is the best choice to ensure that you can live a good life!"

Zhang Pucheng couldn't figure out what to say and what not to say, so he cautiously adopted a propaganda caliber similar to Haihan's, persuading these refugees to accept the immigration arrangement.

In fact, no matter what their subjective wishes are, they will be arranged to be shipped away later. However, if Zhang Pucheng's speech can reduce their resistance to immigration, it will not be considered a waste of work.

It was the first time for these refugees to see local officials come forward after they arrived in Fushan County. Naturally, they were also very concerned about the government's attitude and hoped that the government would give other choices.But Zhang Pucheng's speech clearly broke their expectations, stating that the local government was unable to help the refugees and could only hand over the matter to Haihan.And going overseas to settle down seems to be the only way of life left for them at present.

Liu Shang saw that Zhang Pucheng's speech had come to an end, so he took over the conversation and said loudly: "If you have any questions about the current situation, you can also raise your hands, and you can ask questions after Mr. Zhang is selected."

As soon as the voice fell, several people raised their hands immediately, and Liu Shang nodded to Zhang Pucheng, indicating that he could operate according to what he said.Zhang Pu deliberately said that the Haihan people really have many ways, and he wanted to use this method to dispel the doubts of the refugees. It seemed that he really wanted to maximize his role.

At that moment, Zhang Pucheng randomly clicked on one person, and that person asked loudly: "May I ask the county magistrate, the relief of refugees has been handed over to Haihan Kingdom. Does the imperial court care about us?"

This question is undoubtedly extremely sharp, Zhang Pucheng said: "How can the imperial court care about the lives of the people, but the current war in Shandong has not been settled, and the imperial court's energy must be devoted to fighting the Qing army, and it cannot give relief to the refugees, so it is entrusted to Haihan. Responsible for this matter. Ladies and gentlemen, the rescue measures provided by Haihan Kingdom are actually the same as those provided by the imperial court, except that you need to be sent overseas to settle down first. When the situation is peaceful in the future, you can still try to come back.”

Zhang Pucheng's words are already coaxing and deceiving. The immigrants who went to Haihan do have the opportunity to come back in the future, but only a very small number of people have such conditions, and not everyone can come back if they want to.However, as a member of the government, no one would question the authenticity of his statement when he made such a statement in public.

His statement did immediately dispel the doubts of some people. Many people did not want to accept Haihan’s immigration arrangement, because they were worried that they would not have the chance to return to their homeland after leaving. Then there is nothing to worry about.

(End of this chapter)