1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2485
Regarding how to identify and use the officials of the former Ming Dynasty, Haihan already has quite a lot of experience in this regard.When he expanded his territory from Qiongnan to Qiongbei, Haihan retained many low-level officials who had originally worked for Ming Dynasty, among them there were even some people at the level of Zhizhou and generals.

The powerful strength that Haihan demonstrated during the expansion process was enough to make many officials who belonged to Ming Dynasty give up their positions and change their allegiance to a new and stronger master.As for the people Haihan retained at that time, their families and properties were basically on Hainan Island, and they would not have too many scruples even if they switched sides and joined Haihan.

During this process, Haihan also gradually mastered how to identify whether the positions of these officials are reliable and whether their governance capabilities are qualified, and this has been used in the later appointment of officials in the Fuguang area.

The area occupied by Haihan in the Fuguang area not only far exceeds that of Hainan Island, it is even larger than the combined area of ​​all the ruling areas owned by Haihan before that, and the population is also larger. This situation is very important for Haihan Han's governance ability put forward extremely high requirements.

Annexing the coastal areas under the rule of the Ming Dynasty would not be too difficult for Haihan at least in terms of military affairs. After all, the gap in military strength between the two sides is on the table. The disadvantage of the Ming army is very obvious, and it is impossible to resist the Haihan army. offensive.However, it is not an easy task to digest these areas and gradually transform their social system into Haihan's model.

Even the Fujian region, which maintained close contacts with Haihan in the past, cannot completely change to Haihan's ruling system in a short period of time, and can only temporarily use the institutions and personnel of the Ming Dynasty in most state capitals, so these places The power of the government is still basically in the hands of the Xu family.

Of course, considering the close relationship between the two sides over the past 20 years, the interests of the Xu family and Hai Han have already been firmly tied together, so Hai Han does not need to worry about the position of the Xu family.It's just that the two sides will definitely have a certain degree of disagreement about the distribution of interests in the Fujian region, and this is not a problem that Xu Xinsu can satisfactorily resolve through his will during his lifetime.

The officials of the Xu family who came to Sanya to report their duties this time came to Sanya in the form of a team, including Xu Yuxing, Xu Yuzhuo, Xu Jiaqi and other core figures of the Xu family.

After Xu Xinsu passed away, the Xu family basically centered on these three people. Xu Yuxing temporarily presided over the government affairs of Fujian, Xu Yuzhuo commanded the former Fujian navy that had been changed into the Futai Fleet of the Haihan Navy, and Xu Jiaqi continued to command the local Fujian fleet. army unit.

When Xu Xinsu was alive, the army and navy of the Xu family had nearly 10 troops, of which at least [-] were armed and trained according to the standards of the Haihan army. They could be regarded as the elite of the Xu family.According to the agreement between the two parties, the Xu family has two options. One is that Haihan will not reorganize this part of the Xu family's direct troops, and still retain the Xu family's command over these troops, but its station must leave Fujian.The second is to still retain the current garrison and the military power of the generals of the Xu family, but all the troops must be reorganized.

The purpose of these two arrangements is naturally to weaken the Xu family's armed strength in Fujian so that Haihan can take over these areas.The first option is to let Xu Jiajun's elite troops leave Fujian and station overseas. In this way, they must obey Haihan's orders in order to obtain stable supplies in the future.The second arrangement is to symbolically retain the position of the general of the Xu family, but break up the establishment of the troops under his command.

Of course, this overhead is not to take back all the power in the hands of the Xu family. At this stage, Haihan still needs to use the influence of the Xu family to slowly digest the Fujian region, but the local armed forces must be in the hands of Haihan. This is a necessary condition for a solid foundation of governance.

In the end, the Xu family chose the second method, allowing Xu Yuzhuo, Xu Jiaqi and other elderly generals of the Xu family to stay in Fujian as military officers after handing over their military power, so as to ensure that the interests of the Xu family in Fujian would not be affected.At the same time, they recommended the younger generation of the Xu family's children to enter the officialdom. Although according to the agreement between the two parties, they could not stay in Fujian to serve as officials, but with the strong backing of the Xu family, at least their starting height was far higher than that of ordinary people.

In the team organized by the Xu family to come to Sanya to report on their work this time, in addition to these family backbones, there are more than [-] young juniors accompanying them.Xu Yuxing hopes to reach an agreement with Haihan's senior management through this trip to solve the problem of the future of these juniors.

"The executive committee has reviewed the work reports submitted by you and is basically satisfied with the work of the various prefectures in Fujian. I am also very grateful for the efforts you have made during this period. The purpose of meeting with you today is that Minister Yan and I want to discuss Let’s discuss some of the issues you are concerned about.”

After staying in Sanya for a few days, Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie came to the manor where Xu's officials stayed to discuss government affairs with them.

Although the content of the discussion is mainly related to government affairs, it also involves many private interests, so this can be said to be an unofficial meeting, and Tao Donglai also directly stated his intentions as soon as he came up.

Yan Chujie took over the topic and said: "Let me talk about the arrangement in the army first. The young officers recommended by you all have the experience of studying and training in the military academy in Sanya, so there is no problem in being transferred to other troops outside Fujian. According to their personal intentions, they will be assigned to serve in the garrison troops in Hainan Island, Guangdong and Guangxi, the East China Sea Colonial Area, the Philippine Colonial Area, and Xingdao Colonial Area, and all will be awarded the rank of captain.”

"As for the treatment in the army, there will be no difference. In the future, rewards and punishments for promotion and promotion will all be based on performance in the army. Don't you have any opinions on this?"

Xu Yuxing and others quickly thanked them. Now that the Minister of National Defense Yan Chujie has already spoken, the problem of the future of these children and nephews will be solved for the most part.People of their generation have fought with real swords and guns, so naturally they don't think there is anything wrong with Yan Chujie's statement.The road has been paved. As for whether these juniors can succeed in the future, it depends on the luck of the individual.

Seeing that the Xu family did not express any objection, Yan Chujie immediately took out several signed and stamped letters of appointment, and asked the Xu family to report to the Ministry of National Defense with the letter of appointment later, and then the relevant department will issue a letter of introduction and arrange to go to the Ministry of National Defense. The region where the serving unit is located.

Although Yan Chujie arranged for these Xu family children to serve in the south of the Yangtze River, they probably won't have many opportunities to return to Fujian except for vacations in the future.

(End of this chapter)