1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2472
Winning Fujian is of great significance to Haihan, which means that Haihan has completely controlled the Fujian Strait, one of the most important waterways in the East Asian continent.Although it will take a long time to straighten out the relationship between all parties and digest this new ruled area, the Haihan Executive Committee is optimistic that the resources and population that Fujian can provide will help Haihan in the East Asian continent. further expansion, and will see results soon.

As for how to digest the tens of thousands of Xu Jiajun that Xu Xinsu operated in Fujian, the Haihan Ministry of National Defense has actually formulated a corresponding plan for this.

In the agreement reached between Haihan and Xu Xinsu, the way to deal with the Xu family army is to reorganize it into the Haihan army, and retain the position and command of the Xu family's children in the army.However, there was no agreement on how many troops the Xu family's army would retain. Therefore, the Ministry of National Defense could use some means in this link to turn all the senior military officers of the Xu family into polished commanders.

However, the Ministry of National Defense did not adopt such a radical approach right away, but first communicated with the Xu family's military attache to understand their expectations for the future direction of development.

If you are willing to obey Haihan's arrangement and go overseas to garrison or lead troops to fight, then the Ministry of National Defense will retain its original establishment to the greatest extent, and will give Haihan Army regular troops in terms of equipment, military pay, garrison conditions, military merit awards, etc. equal treatment.

If you don't want to leave Fujian and just accept the arrangement of continuing to lead troops in the original area, the Ministry of National Defense will only retain its position, and the original establishment will be converted into a local garrison, which can only enjoy the treatment of militias.This also means that in the future, the chances of climbing up with military merit will become very small, and they will soon become marginalized in the military system and lose the possibility of promotion.

Those who have no ambitions can choose to be a military officer in the local area and live the rest of their lives in peace.If you want to make achievements in the military, or even honor future generations with your military achievements, you have to accept Haihan's arrangement, give up your current territory, and lead your troops to fight overseas.

Of course, if you don't want to continue to be a military officer, you can also directly hand over your military power, and Haihan will give you other equivalent official positions, or provide compensation conditions in other ways.For example, granting a trade franchise in a certain area, or providing opportunities for their children to study in institutions of higher learning in Sanya.

Although the Ministry of National Defense's approach is to reduce the armed strength of the Xu family in a disguised form, it does not violate the agreement between Hai Han and Xu Xinsu, and it also leaves a way out for the Xu family's children who are currently serving as military officers.Compared with directly cutting off military power, it is actually quite mild.

And the children of the Xu family have also been instructed by Xu Xinsu before, telling them not to be too persistent in the handover of military power, and they must not be against Haihan, so basically there is not much to the arrangements made by the Ministry of National Defense. objection.

Although Xu Xinsu's nephews and nephews were all high-ranking generals, most of them were already in their fifties. If they were to lead troops to station overseas for a long time, there were actually not many people who were willing to do so.He spent half his life as a soldier, and now being able to provide for the elderly in his hometown is the best arrangement, so why bother to fight so desperately for a military career.

As for the young children of the Xu family who are willing to fight overseas, the Haihan military will also give them the opportunity to arrange for them to serve in Haihan's overseas colonies.

While Haihan digested the Fujian region, the world situation also changed dramatically. In 1648, the exhausted nations of the European continent signed the Peace of Westphalia, declaring the end of the Thirty Years' War.

Sweden, France and their allies gained large tracts of territory, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Portugal declared their independence, the situation of division in Germany was further intensified, and the dominance of the Habsburg dynasty suffered a serious blow.

Spain's national strength was damaged more severely in this war than in the original history. The Asian colonies that could have been transfused to the country have suffered from Haihan's bloodletting in the past ten years, so that it is difficult to stop Portugal's attack. Acting independently, you can only watch Portugal get out of control and become its own competitor in the Americas and Asia.

Spain is well aware of the huge losses that Portugal will cause to itself after independence, so the first thing after the end of the 30-year war was to find trouble with Portugal, and then quickly escalated from a diplomatic war of words to an armed conflict.This conflict didn't just break out in Europe, it quickly spread to the two countries' many colonies around the world, and Asia was no exception.

Of course, if Spain wants to deal with Portugal in Asia, the challenges it needs to face will be huge, because what it needs to deal with here is not only Portugal's colonial armed forces, but also Portugal's ally Haihan. The culprit that caused Spain to suffer heavy losses repeatedly in the past few years.

In order to ensure its interests in East Asia, Portugal sent a special envoy to Haihan during the signing of the Westphalia Peace Treaty, hoping that the two countries could sign a formal agreement on the establishment of diplomatic relations and maintain an offensive and defensive alliance on a global scale.

Haihan was originally interested in global hegemony, and Portugal is undoubtedly ahead of Haihan in the field of navigation. If it maintains an ally relationship with it in a larger geographical range, this will play a big role in Haihan's overseas expansion in the future. enhancement.Moreover, Haihan and Spain have a long-standing grievance, and they will inevitably be long-term competitors in the future. They are already familiar with joining forces with Portugal to fight against the West, and there will be no barriers to cooperation.

The two sides hit it off, and soon signed a written agreement, announcing the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.Portugal thus became Haihan's first official diplomatic relationship in Europe.

The Dutch with a keen sense of smell did not lag behind for too long. Before the end of 1648, they also submitted a formal request for the establishment of diplomatic relations to the Haihan Executive Committee.

Both of these two countries gained independence at the end of the 30-year war. There are not many countries that have established diplomatic relations with them, and they are basically concentrated in Europe. Being able to establish formal diplomatic relations with a powerful country like Haihan in the East is very important to this country. It is also a great help for both countries.

For Haihan, the establishment of diplomatic relations with these two European countries will help to further expand the scale of trade with the West, and at the same time, it will also gain some extra support after Haihan crosses Asia.According to the content signed in the agreement on the establishment of diplomatic relations, Haihan will have the right to stop at the port of the country that established diplomatic relations for supplies and engage in trading activities within the specified range, which means that Haihan has obtained a large number of overseas supply points.

In exchange, Haihan will also open its own ports to these two countries. However, Haihan's current activities are limited to East Asia, so in comparison, Haihan has actually taken advantage of it.

(End of this chapter)