1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2500
Among the many colonial regions established before Haihan annexed Ming Dynasty, the East China Sea region can be regarded as the leader with excellent financial situation.

Thanks to the good environment in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, the Donghai Region has accumulated a lot of wealth through large-scale transnational trade in the era when Zhoushan Dinghai Port was the base.Later, after its jurisdiction spanned China, Japan, and North Korea, the trade volume expanded exponentially.

The various official industries under the regional management committee alone are worth tens of millions. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are incomparably rich.And Shi Diwen and his family's industries have already spread all over the three countries in East Asia, and they are also the top richest among the traveling crowd.

Shi Diwen put forward such a plan to the executive committee, which can raise the status of the East China Sea region to another level in one fell swoop, which will play a great role in maintaining the prosperity of the area under his rule and ensuring the future development prospects of his family promotion.

Of course, Shi Diwen is willing to spend money to operate this plan, so he must also ask for something from the executive committee.And his request is to get a seat on the executive committee, and the term is not limited.

In the past 20 years, considering the efficiency of governance, even if the officials serving as local officials overseas have made great contributions, none of them have served as members of the Executive Committee during their tenure.So for Shi Diwen, although he is already in a high position and powerful, he has never entered the highest authority in Haihan. This can also be regarded as an obsession that has not been achieved for a long time.

Of course, the most fundamental and most important point is that Shi Diwen is no longer willing to continue to manage the local area, but wants to participate in the governance process of governing the entire country and leave a strong mark in history.

For those who have been in the officialdom for many years, it is almost impossible to resist the temptation to pursue the peak of power, and Shi Diwen is no exception.Compared with those officials who have been squatting on Hainan Island all year round, he believes that he is more familiar with the situation in the areas ruled by the former Ming Dynasty, has more practical experience in governing the area, and has considerable experience in the fields of military affairs, politics, trade, culture and education in the past. With good political achievements, he is fully qualified to have a top spot in the executive committee.

After the plan and conditions proposed by Shi Diwen were discussed by the executive committee, they were quickly approved by the majority.Hangzhou was originally considered by the executive committee to be one of the candidates for relocating the capital. The location is closer to the sea than the other candidates, and it has greater security depth than Sanya.Haihan has always emphasized the development of sea power, and the capital city cluster built around Hangzhou Bay in the future will be in line with the image and governance needs of a powerful sea power.

Taking a [-]-step back, simply considering the physical difficulty of moving the capital, a place close to the coast and with better navigable conditions is undoubtedly much better than an inland area that is not navigable, so the few places currently considered by the Executive Committee are located in the Coastal river basins.Among them, the shipping conditions in Hangzhou are indeed good, coupled with the material bonus provided by Donghai Region and Shi Diwen, it is indeed difficult for the Executive Committee to reject this proposal.

In the spring of 1655, the Executive Committee announced a major decision to relocate the administrative agencies of the capital to the Hangzhou area in succession in the future.The other subsidiary organizations and production units in Sanya will be relocated in succession within the next ten years.

However, after the start of the move to move the capital, as the capital of the past 20 years, Sanya will still retain its status as a regional administrative and trade center, governing the affairs of the South China Sea region, and will continue to serve as the accompanying capital for a long period of time in the future.

At this time, thousands of miles away in Hangzhou, the construction of the new capital has already started quietly.

The original Hangzhou City is located on the north bank of the Qiantang River on the east side of the West Lake. After continuous renovation and expansion in many dynasties, it can be regarded as the leading city in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.However, limited to the relatively closed city defense structure of the city in this era, the internal space for large-scale reconstruction is very limited, and the existing city structure cannot meet the needs of the future as the capital of a world power.

Therefore, the plan given by the Ministry of Construction is to expand the old city to the east and north, and build a larger new city on the riverside plain.The original old city will carry commercial and trade functions in the future, while the new city will become the location of various administrative and scientific research institutions.

In the mountainous area to the west of Hangzhou, several large reservoirs can be built using the existing hydraulic conditions to solve the city's power supply problem.

In the future relocation process, all kinds of materials can be directly transported from the sea to Hangzhou via the Qiantang River, and then transported to the inland new city via the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

The first phase of the construction plan of this project will mobilize tens of thousands of laborers.In the process of land acquisition before this, many incidents inevitably occurred.If it weren't for Shi Diwen's business in Zhejiang for many years, and all aspects of the relationship are in place, I am afraid that the land acquisition alone will cause a lot of trouble.Shi Diwen can only open the bank and acquire the land at a high price to ensure that the land acquisition process can be completed in a short period of time.

At this time, the locals in Hangzhou only knew that Mr. Shi was going to expropriate land to expand Hangzhou City, but they didn't know the real purpose of the government's move. Otherwise, the land price would have to be doubled or tripled.By the time the news of the executive committee's announcement of the capital relocation reached Hangzhou, the land acquisition here had already been completed in sevens and eighties.Landlords who sold their land before could not help but beat their chests and feet, and hurriedly took the money on hand to buy the fields around Hangzhou.

However, as long as there is a heart, there will inevitably be a large number of investment opportunities in this region in the future.The construction and relocation project of the new capital will last for more than ten years. During this period, there will definitely be a large number of new industries and trade opportunities in this area, but whether you can grasp these good fortune opportunities depends on your personal vision.

While the Executive Committee announced the plan to move the capital, there was also a not-so-obtrusive news that the School of Administration in Sanya would continue to expand its enrollment in the next five years.

Many people, especially those in areas annexed by Haihan in recent years, don't actually know the existence of this college, and even if they have heard of it, they don't know the function of this institution.But in fact, the training direction of the students recruited by the School of Administration is to enter the bureaucratic system. Simply put, it is to train grassroots officials.

At present, Haihan does not have a large enough bureaucratic system to take over the whole of Ming Dynasty, and has to rely on the original team to continue to govern in most areas.However, the executive committee will definitely not be satisfied with this status quo, so it is also determined to change this situation in the next few years, and train a group of bureaucrats who master Haihan's governance methods as soon as possible and are loyal to the executive committee. The territory of the country is truly brought under the rule of the Executive Committee.

(End of this chapter)