1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2677
Since it is an official visit of a public nature, diplomatic red tape is still indispensable.After the welcoming ceremony at the port, all the members of the mission went to the city in a carriage to attend the welcome banquet hosted by the local government.

The area where Busan Port is located belongs to the Dongnae Dohofu, Gyeongsang-do. Governor Wen Zhihong, Navy Jiedushi Li Yongbok and other major local civil and military officials were all present, and they all attended the reception banquet.For them, it is not only these young officials from the suzerain country that they must be careful to receive, but also General Ahn Dao-seok who is inspecting Pusan ​​on behalf of the imperial court.

From a certain point of view, it is far more important to take good care of General An from Seoul than to deal with the Haihan Mission.After all, the members of the mission are likely to leave in a circle, and it is well known that An Daoshi is a close friend of the king, and the report he submits after returning to Seoul is likely to affect the careers of these local officials.

And Daoshi is well aware of the mission's purpose of arranging this station in Busan, and one of his purposes of coming to Busan is to help Haihan solve the problems in Busan.Therefore, during the meeting, he put forward a clear request to the local officials that all unresolved public security cases involving Haihan personnel in the region must be resolved as soon as possible to ensure the local safety of Haihan commercial organizations and personnel. At the same time, those who specifically target Haihan Han launched a severe crackdown on the crimes committed by Han.

"Your Majesty is deeply saddened by the various public security cases against Hai Han in the Busan area in recent years. These cases have seriously affected the good relationship between our country and Hai Han. The local authorities have neglected to prevent these situations, and they have not been able to respond in time afterwards. Properly handle it and cause today's situation, everyone here is responsible!"

An Daoshi's tone was very severe, and all the local officials present were trembling and did not dare to speak up.

Seeing that no one spoke, An Daoshi began to roll the roll: "Master Wen, you have been in power here for several years, what do you think of the issue I just mentioned?"

Being hit on the head by An Daoshi, there was no way for Wen Zhihong to avoid it, so he could only bite the bullet and respond: "This official is indeed responsible for negligence, and I will plead guilty at the top."

The local law and order is unstable, and Wen Zhihong, as the chief official, is naturally duty-bound.However, he is a protégé of the former Chief Assistant Kim Sang-heon, and his family is an influential family in Gyeongsang-do, and he also has some contacts in the court, otherwise, how could he be in charge of the cornucopia of Busan Port for several years in a row.

But does pleading guilty means taking corresponding responsibilities?Not necessarily.With Wen Zhihong's identity and background, it is not difficult to keep his official position, unless Haihan directly asked the court to replace the magistrate.

However, the relationship between Wen Zhihong and Haihan was not that bad. Haihan did not encounter any obstacles in various trade activities in the Busan area. Of course you will also benefit from it.If he were to be replaced, maybe some Haihan merchants would stand up and call for his grievances.

An Daoshi didn't necessarily understand these situations, but he didn't intend to let Wen Zhihong take the blame alone, so he turned to Li Yongfu and asked, "Master Li, as the envoy of the navy, you also have the responsibility to protect the stability of the place. What are your thoughts on the problems in the Busan area?"

Although Li Yongfu's official position is the military governor of the navy, as the highest-ranking military officer in the Busan area, he actually governs all the local water and land garrisons, which can be described as extremely powerful.Although in principle local security should be in the charge of the police team under the government office, the security situation in Busan Port is obviously beyond the control of the police, and the intervention of the garrison may be needed to calm the situation.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the department that should be responsible for local security is no longer credible, so a higher level of power needs to be used to deal with the Busan problem.

Regardless of whether Li Yongfu had the will to wade into this muddy water before, now that An Daoshi is pointing to him, it is intentional to ask him to help.

Li Yongfu's statement was very happy: "It is the duty of soldiers to keep the place safe. As long as the general orders, the general will do his best."

An Daoshi nodded and said, "That's very good. In the next few days, Master Wen and Master Li will make some achievements as soon as possible!"

Anderson did not propose specific goals and practices, but let them develop on their own.This seems to respect the authority of local officials, but it is also a test for them.If they can't come up with immediate measures to deal with it and satisfy the Haihan mission that came here for inspection, they may have to make another move and adopt some unconventional means.

Regardless of whether it is the local government or the garrison troops, An Daoshi can't be said to have much trust.In fact, he has no connections with the local civil and military officials, and the garrison in Busan has no affiliation with him, but in front of the Haihan people, he can only choose to use his own power to solve the problem, lest the Haihan people come up require direct intervention.

Now that An Daoshi took the initiative to take over the task, although the Haihan Mission intends to settle accounts with the dereliction of duty local government, it is not easy to tear their face directly.

Shi Chengwu said: "Then deal with it according to General An's wishes, how about a five-day period?"

Andaoshi did not bargain, and agreed without hesitation.If the local official can't come up with a satisfactory result after spending five days, then he doesn't need to cover up such a mediocre person.

As soon as An Daoshi came, he assigned tasks to the local officials. Naturally, the atmosphere of the welcome banquet was not much better, and the whole process was a bit dull.The local officials just toasted in a procedural way, and there was no more action.

Even those officials who have nothing to do with public security have realized that the distinguished guests who are visiting this time are not coming to Busan to eat, drink and have fun, but to make trouble.If the response is not effective, it is likely that Wen Zhihong and Li Yongfu will not be the only ones who will be unlucky at that time. I am afraid that many people present will be implicated to varying degrees.

Haihan has been operating in Busan Port for many years. Local officials have benefited from it, and some have lost interests.They also knew a little about these local security cases against Haihan.Before that, although Haihan merchants were dissatisfied with the results of the local government's handling, who would take those people's complaints seriously?After all, this is not Haihan Country, so how could everything be done according to the wishes of the Haihan people.

But I didn't expect that Haihan actually dispatched a large-scale armed fleet to Busan Port for this purpose, and even asked senior court officials to come forward to put pressure on them. The government showed its strength and supported the local Haihan people.

(End of this chapter)