1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2499
Both Chongzhen and Shunzhi wisely chose to accept the reality at the last moment, which effectively avoided the destruction of the social foundation by large-scale wars, and greatly reduced the price that Haihan had to pay for the unification of the country.

According to the prior agreement, Haihan will provide them and their descendants with the treatment of vassal kings, and the Ming and Qing Dynasties will continue to exist in name, but their fiefs and authority will be greatly restricted, and Haihan will not Let them have another chance to revolt.

The Executive Committee believes that as long as the economy, politics, culture and education continue to be input to it, after a few generations at most, the two vassal states will merge into the Haihan Kingdom in a more natural way.However, there is no rush to completely erase it at the moment, mainly to allow these newly annexed regions to successfully complete the handover of dominance.

After completing the conquest of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Haihan has no rivals in the East Asian continent. For a considerable number of time travelers, this seems to have completed the most important long-term goal of the time travel operation.

But for the executive committee, there is still a lot of work to be done to govern such a vast empire and to ensure that this country will not decline rapidly after the death of its own generation. It can even be said that the current situation It's just the beginning of another phase.

The area under Haihan's current rule has suddenly increased dozens of times, which will be a huge test for the ruling system.At present, the vast majority of the mainland is still in its original state, and is managed by the local bureaucratic system of the previous dynasty. these areas.

In addition to the pressure on personnel, Haihan also had to face a real problem, that is, the current capital of Haihan was far away in the South China Sea, and the rule of the mainland would be greatly affected due to its geographical location.

For the sake of the country's stability and long-term development, moving the administrative center to the mainland has become an imperative choice, and there is not much objection among the cross-travelers.After all, in their cognition, the administrative center of this country should have been located in the mainland. It was only because of the situation that they had to choose Sanya to start. Now that the time is ripe, it is natural that they should return to the right path. .

However, regarding the choice of the place to move the capital, it still sparked a rather intense discussion among the senior management of Haihan, and the general opinions were divided into several factions.

One is that the country should continue to be centered on the southern region including the South China Sea in the future, so the ideal choice for relocating the capital is the Guangzhou area with a developed economy and a good social foundation.On the current territory of Haihan Kingdom, Guangzhou can be regarded as a location relatively close to the center, and the space and prospects for urban development are much better than those of Sanya.

The other group believes that tradition should be followed and the capital of the previous dynasty should be directly inherited to demonstrate the orthodoxy of Haihan replacing Ming Dynasty.Although the city of Beijing and its surrounding areas were left to the Zhu family as a feudal state, isn't there still a city of Nanjing available?Moving the capital to Nanjing, Haihan is equivalent to inheriting the orthodoxy of the Central Plains Dynasty.

There is another kind of opinion that Haihan’s existing territory is already very vast, and it may continue to expand in the future. Whether the capital is located in Guangzhou, Nanjing, or some other city, it is difficult to effectively radiate to the existing ruling area.We should follow the example of Ming Dynasty and set up two capitals in the north and the south, or even an administrative center with one master and multiple deputy to achieve stable and efficient rule.

These kinds of mainstream opinions have quite a lot of supporters among the Travelers, and some people even published articles in newspapers to discuss them. The move of the capital has become a hot topic in Sanya for a while.

The executive committee needs to consider more issues. Today's Sanya is not only the political center and regional trade center of Haihan, but also carries important functions such as culture, education, military affairs, information, scientific research, and industrial manufacturing.Which of these functional agencies must be relocated along with the governing body, and how much impact will be caused by the stagnation of functions during the relocation period, all need to be carefully evaluated.

For example, how to relocate the big data center that is still operating in Fort Victory across regions is a very complicated project.In addition to building a dedicated computer room and power supply system at the destination in advance, it is also necessary to consider how to ensure that these servers that have been working for more than [-] years can be safely relocated thousands of miles away.If any of the servers were damaged in the process, it would be a huge loss of inestimable value to Haihan.

In addition, the big data center will stop operating during the relocation process, which has never happened since the establishment of Haihan Kingdom.In the past 20 years, even in extreme weather such as typhoons, these precious servers have never completely stopped working.Without the support of these machines, the operation of the entire country may be affected to a certain extent, and corresponding plans must be formulated in advance.

The scientific research and industrial zone built in the inland Tiandu area has a large number of professional laboratories and industrial production equipment. These things have to be relocated long distances, and there are also many detailed problems that need to be resolved one by one.

After the Executive Committee held several special seminars on this topic, senior officials also realized that it is unrealistic to remove all the pots and pans that have been purchased in Sanya in the past few years in a short period of time.Even in Guangzhou, which is relatively close to Sanya according to the mainstream opinion, there will be many difficulties in the relocation process.

In addition, the huge cost of moving the capital and building a new capital must also be considered in the long run.There was no special budget prepared in advance for this expenditure. If it is now a separate item, it will definitely affect the national financial plan for the next few years.According to Schneider, this means that the entire national treasury has to be rearranged, and the Treasury Department will probably have to work overtime for at least several months.

But at this time, a report from the East China Sea region made the executive committee shine.Shi Diwen pointed out in this report that after Haihan annexed Daming, the current jurisdiction of the East China Sea Colonial Area has included Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui, and this was almost the area with the best economy during the Ming Dynasty. It is well developed, with convenient water and land transportation, a stable and civilized society, and good conditions for development.

The purpose of Shi Diwen's explanation is to suggest that the Executive Committee take the Hangzhou area as the target of relocating the capital.In addition to the reason that the place is a historical ancient capital, a large regional city, and the environment is superior, Shi Diwen also gave a very important condition, that is, the Donghai Region will bear half of the cost of moving the capital.

(End of this chapter)