1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 501 Bright Attitude
In addition to military trends, at this anniversary meeting, the Executive Committee also re-divided the administrative establishment of each region. For example, the Sanya Region was formally established as Sanya City, with Tiandu and Tielu under its jurisdiction. Hong Kong, Nanshan, Yacheng and other county-level units—yes, Yacheng, which was originally the seat of Daming Yazhou, is too remote in the new administrative planning map, and its population is far less than that of Sanya Port and Shengli Port. The prosperous area here can only exist as a county-level unit on the administrative map of Haihan.

However, only Sanya is listed as a city-level unit in the Haihan-controlled area on Qiongzhou Island, while Yinggehai, Changhua and other places are unified at the county level.As for the areas that are still under the joint rule of Ming and Haihan, such as Lingshui, Wanzhou, and Lehui, there is no clear administrative division for the time being—these areas are not as controlled by Haihan as Yacheng. It would be inappropriate to openly implement a general takeover until you are ready to go to war.

The situation in Annan is relatively more complicated. Although Haihan has many territories here, including the earliest Heitugang area, they all exist in the name of "Haihan Concession". If it is implemented directly according to Haihan's wishes Regarding administrative divisions, the Annan court would probably not be happy to see this situation happen.Considering the alliance with the Annan court, the executive committee could only continue to designate all the "concessions" in the Annan area as the "Annan Special Administrative Region", and its seat is still located in Heitu Port in the Beibu Gulf.

This kind of administrative division may only have a lifespan of one year, because various ports in the south have already begun to implement infrastructure projects. After these ports are completed a year later, it will be too bureaucratic to subordinate the administrative relationship to the distant black soil port—— There are several new ports all the way south from Da Nang, and the voyage to Sanya is much shorter than that to Heitu Port.At that time, the administrative division of Annan will probably be divided into two large administrative regions, the north and the south, with Zhengjiang Hengshan as the boundary.

As for Guangdong, there are not many results for the time being, at least until Hong Kong Island has made progress before making the next administrative plan.However, in order to comply with the establishment of the Guangdong Military Region, the establishment of the entire administrative organization that originally belonged to the Guangzhou Office has also increased, and it has been promoted to the "Guangdong Special Administrative Region".Although the jurisdiction of this administrative region is actually just a few small-scale ports, the territory is small and the authority is not small. At present, more than [-]% of Haihan's foreign trade and [-]% of the immigrants are from Guangdong and Guangxi. , is the most important trade channel between Haihan and Daming, and the progress here will directly affect the development of the entire Haihan.

Mariko, the person in charge of the Guangzhou Office, finally made a name for himself, and was appointed as the chief administrative officer of Guangdong District, and became the "head" of the real value.Together with him, Xie Chun, the current Chief Administrator of Heitu Port, who was born in a shipping unit and has been clamoring to join the army and lead troops, finally took the path of politics in a crooked way. It climbed to the halfway up the mountain smoothly, which also made many people fall through their glasses.

And it is the grassroots naturalized civilian cadres who have benefited the most from this adjustment of the administrative organization, and hundreds of people have been promoted.Many naturalized people who were mud-legged or down-and-out scholars before two or three years ago only did some odd jobs under the hands of the traversers, but they were all promoted to township cadres in this adjustment.While these naturalized civilian cadres were delighted, few people would realize that it would be very difficult for them to turn back from now on, and it would be very unlikely for them to return to being obedient citizens under the Ming Dynasty.

The vast majority of people under Haihan's rule got a share of this feast, and even if they were not good enough, they got two days of paid vacation.However, there are still very few people who are uneasy about the various adjustments this time, because these measures will fundamentally change their original living conditions.

As soon as Tao Donglai returned to his office, the guards came in and reported, "General Luo and Mr. Wei Qian have been waiting for you in the reception room for a long time."

"These two guys must have heard something!" Tao Donglai muttered to himself, and asked the guards to bring them in.Haihan's various new policies this time, except for military aspects, did not particularly emphasize secrecy. There have long been rumors among the people that Haihan will make major foreign moves in the near future-conscription and expansion of the army, launching of new ships, and cadres. Studying, and even the military leaders from other places returning to Victory Port collectively, all signs have become the supporting basis for this theory.

After the two came in and sat down, Wei Ping couldn't hold back and hurriedly brought the conversation to the main topic: "Mr. Tao, I heard that the executive committee plans to annex Yacheng. Is this news true?"

"The word annexation is not quite right, but the meaning is probably correct." Tao Donglai did not deny Wei Ping's question: "Considering the need for a unified planning of the Sanya area, we believe that Yacheng is no longer suitable for independence from Sanya. outside of the larger area, so a county-level agency must be set up to manage the Yacheng area."

Wei Ping didn't have the time to think about the exquisiteness of these words in Tao Donglai's words, so he hurriedly asked: "Mr. Tao, is there any deep meaning in Haihan's move?"

"I can't tell you the deep meaning. If you have to say something, I think it should be a matter of course!" Tao Donglai said slowly: "Actually, the two of you are also very clear that Yacheng is no longer a territory of Daming, but we think The timing is not ripe, so it has not been formally brought under the rule."

In front of these two people, Tao Donglai didn't say much to cover up.Ever since Luo Shengdong's father-in-law, Zhang Qing, was pushed by Haihan to the post of Zhizhou, Haihan had already achieved de facto control over Yacheng.Later, the local garrison in Yacheng was gradually disbanded and replaced, and all the local armed forces were replaced by the Haihan Militia. The Yazhou Office gradually replaced the Yazhou state capital to manage administrative affairs, and the entire Yazhou Daming government was emptied. .

The Ming officials in Yacheng can only watch this change in silence, because they know very well what the consequences of resistance are. Those who dared to do this have already disappeared from this area without a sound, and they survived All the people can do is to cooperate with Haihan's arrangement as much as possible, so that at least they can still get a good income every month.Young people like Luo Shengdong and Wei Ping simply moved to Sanya to settle down, and almost all of their usual jobs are working for Haihan. Compared with those naturalized cadres, what they lack is probably It's just a name.

Although these people are used to doing things under the command of the Haihan Executive Committee, it is still difficult for them to accept the fact that they have to abandon their past identities when things come to an end.And Haihan also had some predictions about this. In fact, they had already made arrangements for the future ownership of these people.

Tao Donglai continued: "For the officials in Yacheng, we have prepared three options. First, resign from the official position and leave the local area. We will send people to send a boat to escort them back to Guangzhou for free. Second, after resigning from the official position, Staying in the local area, whether you want to be a charterer or do some business, we will give you the greatest convenience. The third way is to switch camps and join us. From now on, we can give up all the identities of Daming, and we can treat them as According to the situation and ability, give the corresponding Haihan official position!"

Tao Donglai's eyes flicked back and forth between the two of them: "We will set aside a month for consideration, and hope that everyone can carefully make the most beneficial decision for themselves!"

"Haihan...is this really about to establish a country?" Luo Shengdong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly choked out a sentence.He had predicted this as early as two years ago, and with the passage of time and Hai Han's development and growth, this premonition became stronger and stronger, but the specific time has not been determined.But what Tao Donglai said just now has obviously torn off the disguise of the past, revealing the ferocious side that Hai Han has been hiding all along.

"If everything goes well, Haihan will be established in about a year." Tao Donglai stated the time limit without hesitation.

"The executive committee is really willing to fight Daming for this?" Luo Shengdong stared into Tao Donglai's eyes, hoping to see a trace of hesitation in his eyes.

However, Tao Donglai's answer was extremely firm: "The executive committee believes that at this stage, the importance of establishing a country is above all else. If a war breaks out with Ming Dynasty, then we will try our best to resolve the battle as quickly as possible, so that The relationship between Haihan and Daming has returned to a peaceful state."

Tao Donglai's tone was full of self-confidence. Ironically, after looking at each other, the two Ming military officers who should have been hostile to this remark acquiesced to Tao Donglai's statement and did not refute it.In their view, it is indeed difficult for Da Ming's force to confront the Haihan militia equipped with powerful firearms, especially the gap in combat power at sea is huge. imagine.

"Can we wait until we go back to discuss this matter with our family members before making an answer?" Luo Shengdong asked tentatively.

"No problem at all." Tao Donglai nodded, and reminded him: "But what can be said to the family and what can't be said, I hope you have an idea. There are too many people who know about some things. It’s not necessarily a good thing to say.”

"I understand." Of course Luo Shengdong understood the meaning of Tao Donglai's words.If the content of what I just talked about just now gets out and is reported to the court by interested people, the first unlucky ones will not be the Haihan people, but the Ming army officers who have been attached to Haihan for more than two years, and even Including other people in Yacheng official circles.The lightest crime is dereliction of duty. If it is serious, it is likely to be charged with a serious crime such as colluding with a rebellious party and treason.

After sending away the distraught duo, Tao Donglai soon welcomed new guests, and the first and second leaders of the Ministry of Security came to visit together.

He Xi returned to Victory Port on the same boat as Maliko three days ago, just before the celebration started.However, he has not rested in the past few days. He held several meetings in the security department, listened to the work reports of various departments, and discussed some work arrangements and action plans for the next year.

Due to the special nature of the Department of Security, they had to know the decisions announced by the Executive Committee during the celebration earlier than the outside world, and for this reason, they made arrangements for the direction of intelligence work in advance.Today, the two supervisors came to visit Tao Donglai together to give him an informal preparation report.

"This is the action plan drafted by the Ministry of Security. The content is mainly about the intelligence work arrangements in Danzhou, Qiongzhou Fucheng and Wenchang, the Ming ruled areas this year." He Xi handed the document to Tao Donglai as he spoke. On the desk: "Director Hao is in charge of the specific affairs, so if you have any questions, don't embarrass me. Director Hao will be responsible for answering questions."

Tao Donglai nodded, picked up the file and flipped through it quickly.

As early as the second half of 1627, the security department had already begun to send people to various cities in the north of Hainan Island. However, at that time, the organization of the security department had not yet formed, and there were no professional intelligence personnel. Rather than being a spy, it is better to say that it is a front for the business department.It wasn't until the Ministry of Security was formally established last year that the intelligence systems stationed in various northern states and counties began to officially operate.If we want to make a horizontal comparison, the operation status of the Ministry of Security in several cities in the north is actually not as good as He Xi's operation results in Guangdong.

Of course, He Xi's environment is also different from the authority he has in his hands. He can make decisions by himself for recruiting manpower, formulating plans, and implementing actions that require layers of approval in the base camp, and the funds are almost [-]%. Unrestricted, it can be said that the freedom of movement is much greater than that of the base camp.

The action plans prepared by the Ministry of Security are actually new wine in old bottles, and they are operated according to the previous routine.How Haihan gradually broke into prefectures and counties like Yacheng before, used various means to bribe Ming officials, and monitored local defenses, and now he continues to follow the gourd.However, due to time constraints, Haihan probably doesn't have much time to carry out peaceful evolution of Daming's cities one by one like before, so the intensity of intelligence collection, especially military intelligence, has increased, and the frequency of intelligence delivery will also increase. Increased from once every half month to once every ten days.

"For the cities in the north, I plan to walk around in person after a few days when things are sorted out to see the actual situation in the area, and then make revisions according to this action plan." He Xi took the initiative to inform the next plan.

"It just so happens that the Military Commission has a similar plan. You should consult Wang Tom in advance to make a plan, so that the military can cooperate with the Ministry of Security's actions." Tao Donglai responded.

"Tom Wang is going to inspect the battlefield, right?" He Xi said with a smile, "It happens that I've been there a few times, so I can give him a free tour guide."

(End of this chapter)