1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 506 Reasons to do it

The prosperity and prosperity of the surrounding areas of the Guangzhou Office will naturally help to promote the Haihan values ​​and lifestyles that the Executive Committee has always advocated. It's very embarrassing.

If the Executive Committee really wants to fight in Hainan Island, then the Guangzhou Office must withdraw first, otherwise, once the news spreads to Guangzhou, the first people in the Guangzhou Office will be unlucky.Although about a company of armed personnel is currently stationed here, with certain security protection capabilities, if the high-ranking officials in Guangdong City feel at ease and want to take down the Guangzhou Office as an example to others, then this manpower may not be able to stop Daming. The army took action.Taking a step back, even if the military force stationed in Guangzhou can protect the safety of the cadres, the Executive Committee probably would not be willing to risk the lives of the traversers.

The Executive Committee had good intentions, but it was extremely difficult for the Guangzhou Office to implement this order.Not to mention the overall evacuation of Guangzhou, even if there is a slight disturbance, it will immediately affect the business district of Guangzhou.When Hong Kong Island was being developed last year, the Executive Committee transferred You Yihan from the Guangzhou Office to Hong Kong with a transfer order. However, after the news of this normal personnel transfer was spread, some people interpreted it as "Haihan may abandon the vicinity of Guangzhou." shipping business".There is no other reason, because You Yihan is the freight supervisor of the Guangzhou Office, and he has been in charge of all the freight transportation between Guangzhou and Sanya.And such gossip spread very quickly in the market. It wasn't until two labor guilds working for the Canton Office came to ask about it that the Canton Office reacted and began to refute the rumors.

If the Guangzhou Office were to withdraw from Guangzhou before the start of the war, it would undoubtedly have a great impact on Haihan's reputation, and it was more likely to affect the confidence of many people who depended on the Guangzhou Office for their livelihoods in Haihan.This is indeed a difficult thing for Maiko, who has just been promoted and is ready to do a big job in Guangdong with enthusiasm.

"Old Ma, the executive committee's order must be implemented in the end. There is still a period of preparation before the action. I think we should hurry up and think about it, and think about what reasonable reasons we can use to arrange everyone to leave Guangzhou." Yu Yao After reading the telegram, he comforted him from the side.

"It's easy to leave, but hard to come back!" Maliko sighed: "It took us more than two years to operate the Guangzhou Office to the present point. If we leave, this place will be taken over by the Guangzhou government. By then It will be difficult to come back!"

Yu Yao smiled and said, "Lao Ma, you are now the Chief Administrative Officer of the Guangdong Region. It's not okay to keep staring at the small stall of the Guangzhou Office. When we come back, you think the Guangzhou Office will still be confined to the Pearl River Is this a hundred or so mu of land on the north shore?"

"Having said that, but... hey, forget it, I have to arrange a time to go to Panyu, which is probably more troublesome than the Guangzhou Office!" After listening to Yu Yao's persuasion, Maliko finally relaxed a little.

The situation in Panyu was just as Maiko had expected, and it was far more troublesome than that of the Guangzhou Office, which had not too many staff.The population of the Lijiazhuang immigrant camp is maintained at more than 4000 people all year round. During times of tight shipping schedules or occasional natural disasters, the population peak can reach as many as 300 people.Most of them are immigrants waiting to take a boat to Qiongzhou Island. Haihan's own staff is only [-] people.

But if evacuation is to be arranged, transportation capacity will be a big problem. With so many people and supplies, at least [-] large ships must be arranged to transport them all away. This is not a matter of the Ministry of Shipping. Civil affairs, military and other departments have to mobilize and cooperate with each other.

In addition, there is another problem that is difficult to solve in Panyu, that is, the existence of Lijiazhuang.As the partner who has worked with Haihan for the longest time and has the closest relationship, the Li family is definitely someone Haihan will never give up easily.If Li Jifeng nodded, then it would not be a problem for Haihan to send all the members of the Li family to settle in Qiongzhou Island.However, the business under the Li family name has been in operation for more than 200 years, and the "Furuifeng" branch has spread all over Guangdong. It would be a pity for both Li Jifeng and Haihan to give up such a good business situation.What's more, there are quite a few elderly people in their seventies and eighties in Lijiazhuang, who may not be willing to leave their homes and seek refuge at this age.

Sha Xi, the director of the Panyu immigrant camp, now holds the telegram sent by the base camp, and is a bit at a loss as to what to do.According to the confidentiality level set by the Ministry of Security, the content of this message can only be circulated among the traversers, and even the Guihuamin cadres cannot be informed, and naturally they cannot be disclosed to the Li family in advance.But if the Li family is not allowed to know the inside story, how can they be allowed to prepare for the evacuation in advance?
Sha Xi almost jumped his feet after reading the telegram. If it wasn't for the fact that there were many naturalized citizens inside and outside the office, he really wanted to scold the executive committee, and he would give the order without thinking about it. Check whether this command is feasible to execute.

"Sha Xi, is there something wrong with calling me back in a hurry?" Xiao Liang asked in a hurry.He went to the immigrant camp early in the morning to deal with several civil disputes among the immigrants, and hurried back after being notified by Shaxi.

"Look at this first, the telegram from the headquarters." Sha Xi handed the telegram to Xiao Liang with a gloomy face.

"This..." Xiao Liang was speechless for a while after reading the content of the telegram. He knew the local situation very well, and it was indeed very difficult to execute this order from the headquarters.The population of the immigrant camp plus Lijiazhuang is at least two to three thousand. Such a large property cannot be moved in a short period of time.

"The leader opened his mouth, he's running away!" Sha Xi exclaimed, "The executive committee's order is simple, but no one thinks about how to carry it out!"

Xiao Liang also seemed very helpless about this: "But not withdrawing is not a solution. If we really want to take Hainan Island, the government in Guangdong will definitely have to jump! At that time, our industry in Guangdong will bear the brunt of it, but fortunately in Guangdong The strength of the navy here is limited, as long as we go out of the Pearl River Estuary, we will probably be helpless."

Complaining is complaining, but things still have to be done.In fact, everyone is very clear in their hearts that such a big decision by the executive committee must be the result of weighing the pros and cons.Haihan's interests and relationship network in Guangdong are bound to suffer a great impact, but compared to obtaining the entire Hainan Island as the territory for the establishment of a political power in the future, it is clear that the Executive Committee believes that the latter can bring more benefits to the development of the Travel Group. big plus.And when the relationship between Haihan and Daming changed from a vassal to a country-to-country, many things would no longer be so timid to deal with, but would become easier.

As for whether Daming will close Haihan's trade channels because of this, the Executive Committee believes that Daming should take relevant measures, but the effect must be very limited, because the current bilateral trade has involved the interests of Daming's elite, and the trade ban It is tantamount to banning a great source of wealth for these people. Even if the imperial court issued such an order to Guangdong, it would be difficult to implement and implement it locally.

Taking a step back, if the Guangdong government really intends to follow suit, then Haihan can also forcefully open up a few treaty ports with strong ships and guns.The semi-feudal and semi-colonial social form may have appeared on this continent hundreds of years earlier. The difference is that it will not be the western powers who will use force to solve the problem this time, but a more advanced social form of the same roots. Haihan regime.

Of course, strictly speaking, the semi-feudal and semi-colonial form has already been practiced, which is the ruling method adopted by Haihan in Annan.However, due to the great dependence of the Annan court on Haihan in the economic and military fields, it did not take strong resistance to Haihan's colonialism, but instead cooperated in many ways.As for the foreign maritime trade of the entire Annan Kingdom, almost [-]% of it is now controlled by Haihan. Most of the young military officers come from Haihan's training camp, and almost all the families in power have in-depth trade cooperation with Haihan. All of these provided more convenient conditions for Haihan to strengthen Annan's political, economic and cultural penetration.

And the executive committee wanted to implement this model that had already been successful in Annan, and gradually implement it on Daming.Of course, there are many differences between Annan and Da Ming's situation. It is not an easy task to carve flesh out of Da Ming, a behemoth.The occupation of the entire territory of Hainan Island is the first step in the development plan of the Executive Committee.

Although the current Haihan is not afraid to fight a few battles with Daming, but if the loss can be minimized as much as possible, the executive committee will still try to fight for it.And the early evacuation of offices and personnel stationed in Guangdong before the start of the war is precisely for this purpose.Although it will not be easy to operate, compared to another matter currently planned by the Executive Committee, these are actually relatively simple.

"Today is the third discussion meeting on this issue. I hope you can come up with more feasible ways to discuss. This year's action will start in October at the latest, so we still have four months at most. About the preparation time, I hope everyone can realize this." Tao Donglai said in a deep voice, looking around at the people present.

The topic discussed by the Executive Committee in several meetings is how to find a reasonable excuse to start a war.

With the current fighting strength of the Haihan militia, it will not be particularly difficult to take down the few cities in the northern part of Hainan Island that are still under the rule of the Ming Dynasty. To make up for the various harvests after the war, it must be profitable to simply calculate economic accounts.

But if Hai Han directly declares war on Ming without any reason, he will be in a very disadvantageous position morally.After all, Hainan Island has always been the land of the Ming Dynasty, and Haihan is just an outsider. Although it is the last word to have big fists, the reputation of magpie nest and dove occupying is not very pleasant after all, and it is not conducive to Haihan's promotion of his own height in the future. image of justice.

There is no doubt that Haihan's image in the eyes of the local people is quite good. In the entire southern region, especially around Sanya, the people are almost about to regard the traversers as gods.In the north where the political influence is not so strong, Haihan has always appeared in front of the world as a conscientious and wealthy businessman who is willing to do good.The executive committee doesn't want these positive images to collapse in an instant. Even if they want to start a war, at least they have to learn from others.

However, this reason is not so easy to find. In fact, Haihan's development on the island has not received much interference from the Ming government.Of course, this is also due to the fact that Ming's ruling foundation on Qiongzhou Island is not particularly solid, especially in the affairs of the Li Miao area, where the local government has little chance to intervene.Regarding the continuous expansion of Haihan, the government on the island rarely adopts a hostile attitude, and more of them turn a blind eye after receiving the benefits-as long as you Haihan people don't raise the flag to rebel, then I will accept it with peace of mind. The money is transparent.

The appeasement attitude of the local government made it difficult for Haihan to find an excuse to do something.According to the original plan, if it takes five to eight years to slowly use various infiltration methods to gradually control the cities of the entire island, and then annex these areas in a peaceful manner, it is also a feasible plan, but now The wings are full ahead of time, and no one is willing to spend a few more years of precious time to slowly engage in peaceful evolution.

He Xi and Wang Tom inspected around the island, and finally came to the conclusion that the few cities in the north are unlikely to be handed over peacefully, and still need to be seized by force.In view of the limited strength of the opponent, how to defeat this battle is not the biggest problem, but what reason to start the fight has become a trouble for the executive committee.

The first two meetings did not discuss a specific result. Although the executive committee members expressed their opinions, to be honest, no feasible plan was put forward.The main reason is that the starting point of "occupying righteousness" is too difficult. This is not a question of occupying the next Yacheng or the entire Yazhou, but to occupy more than 3 square kilometers of land. How many people are missing or how many people are missing? Small reasons for making troubles such as parcels of goods are not enough to be put on the table as an excuse to go to war.

This meeting was actually similar to the previous two meetings. After a lot of discussion, they still failed to come up with a decent plan.Tao Donglai looked around at the people present and saw that only the mature and prudent Mr. Yuan Ruoxiu had not spoken, so he raised his hand to signal everyone to stop first: "Mr. Yuan, you have not spoken today. If you have any good ideas, please give us some advice."

Yuan Ruoxiu said slowly: "Actually, I didn't think of any specific solution, but I have an idea."

"Please tell me, old man!" Tao Donglai responded hastily.

"Everyone talks about it, but there is actually only one reason, that is, it's not easy for us to fight against Daming!" Yuan Ruoxiu said slowly: "Since it's not convenient for us to do it, we might as well find another family to be the villain."

(End of this chapter)