1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 564
Before Yan Mingjun came to Danzhou, he also had the idea of ​​buying the hearts of the cultural circles after he arrived in the local area, but the cruel facts have made him dispel this unrealistic idea.The integrity of these people in the Danzhou cultural circle is no better than those businessmen who are full of money, and these people flatter Haihan, which is even more eloquent, one set of one set, than those uneducated The merchants are much more disgusting.Although what Yan Mingjun saw was only some representatives of the local cultural circle, it was enough to see the general direction of local public opinion from them.

With such experience and impressions, Yan Mingjun no longer has much affection for the local literati, let alone trust them.Huang Zixing, who was here for the first time, didn't know what his position was. If he was also colluding with the Haihan people, then Li Jin's remarks would undoubtedly be very dangerous.Later, if people report this to the Haihan people, I'm afraid Li Jin will suffer some open and secret losses again.

Yan Mingjun took over the conversation calmly and said: "The Haihan people are busy dealing with local post-disaster affairs, and it is inevitable that there will be delays in the handover of official duties. General Li's words are a little too radical. I think that the Haihan people brought The militia repelled the pirates, regained Danzhou, and led the post-disaster reconstruction of the local area. This is a great contribution that cannot be ignored. I also intend to write a letter to the court to ask for credit for the leaders of Haihan."

Huang Zixing said: "Master Yan really thinks so? Although Cao Min failed to clean up the dust for the two adults yesterday, he also heard that Director Zhang of Haihan at that time spoke rudely, which made Master Yan very embarrassing!"

Yan Mingjun smiled lightly and said, "It's just a rumor in the market, don't take Huangshan Master seriously."

Huang Zixing nodded and said: "The grassroots dare to ask again, the two adults think, is this Danzhou now my Danzhou of Daming, or the Danzhou of Haihan? What the Haihan people are doing is for Daming. Or for themselves?"

"Bold!" Yan Mingjun frowned and reprimanded loudly: "Such disobedient remarks should be made by you, a scholar?"

Huang Zixing stood up, bowed deeply and said, "It turns out that Master Yan thinks that the Hai Han people are doing the right thing, and it's the grassroots who are rude, so let's leave!"

Huang Zixing turned around and took two steps, and then he heard Yan Mingjun call out to him from behind: "Long stay at Huangshan Mountain!"

Huang Zixing stopped in his tracks, turned his head and asked, "What else do you want, sir?"

"Among Huang Shanchang's remarks, it seems that he has a lot of dissatisfaction with Hai Han. Can you explain the reason for me?" Yan Mingjun asked.This Huang Zixing's words were stinging, obviously he had feelings against Hai Han, but Yan Mingjun didn't know his background, and he didn't dare to express his views at will.Seeing that this person was about to leave, Yan Mingjun couldn't help but stop him - if this person really has some resentment towards Hai Han, maybe he can take advantage of it.

"The Haihan people occupied our Ming land, destroyed our Ming law, enslaved our people, and disrupted our business. Aren't these things enough to make people dissatisfied with them?" Huang Zixing replied in a deep voice.

Yan Mingjun shook his head and said: "If it's just because of these reasons that they are dissatisfied, I believe that many people in Danzhou probably have similar ideas. But after weighing the pros and cons, most people still choose to cooperate with the Haihan people. There must be some special reason for not going with the crowd, right?"

Although Yan Mingjun became interested in Huang Zixing, it was not so easy for him to trust him, especially after listening to the discussion of the locals in the teahouse this morning, he had a deeper understanding of the situation in Danzhou .Both the political, business and cultural circles here are already deeply controlled by Haihan's interests. The middle and upper classes of society are inextricably linked with Haihan's interests, making it impossible for them to stand up and openly oppose Haihan's local rule. Because the consequences of doing so will also hurt their own interests.However, Huang Zixing's sudden emergence in this environment is obviously not in line with the people's sentiments of Danzhou.Yan Mingjun even had a little doubt whether this Huang Zixing was a spy sent by the Haihan people to test his attitude on purpose.

Huang Zixing said: "To tell the truth, Master Yan, there are indeed some special reasons for the grassroots. But since Master Yan has a different view of the Haihan people from the grassroots, then there is no need to waste your time."

"Chairman Huang Shan, sit down and talk. I'm very interested in hearing your reasons." Since Yan Mingjun had this thought, he decided to figure it out: "If what you say makes sense, I will understand why There is judgment."

Huang Zixing hesitated, then sat back on his seat again: "Since your lord sincerely wants to stay, then the Caomin will tell the truth. The Caomin are from Fucheng, and they live in Huangjiazhuang, [-] miles west of Fucheng. Most of the residents in this village are from my Huang clan. In the past, my elder brother Huang Zixiong was in charge. Before the pirates attacked Danzhou last year, they frequently appeared in the Qiongzhou Strait to plunder civilian ships, and they also went ashore to harass them. In August, the pirates went ashore to attack Huangjiazhuang. After destroying the village, they killed my brother and his family. The two sons plundered the people in the village. Later, when the pirates attacked Qiongzhou, Huangjiazhuang was ransacked again. Nearly a thousand people lost one out of ten, and the situation was very tragic!"

Yan Mingjun replied: "It turns out that Huang Shanzhang was the victim of the Huangjiazhuang case in Qiongzhou Fucheng last year. The official of this case also saw it in the residence newspaper. Hastily dispatched the Qiongzhou navy to suppress the bandits."

Huang Zixing sneered and said, "It's a pity that the navy didn't get rid of the bandits this time, but I ended up being completely annihilated."

The Huangjiazhuang mentioned by Huang Zixing was one of the results achieved in September 1630 and August in the third year of Chongzhen, when Tom Wang led a navy unit disguised as a pirate in the coastal area of ​​Qiongbei.As for why this Huangjiazhuang became the target of the militia attack, the reason is that the owner Huang Zixiong and his family took a relatively extreme way of resisting the infiltration of Haihan in Qiongbei, and they were the main advocates of the anti-Haihan movement near Fucheng. They also lynched the naturalized people who went to the local activities, which greatly affected the layout of Haihan in Fucheng.

At that time, it was not Wang Tom's navy that went ashore, but Annan's special forces formed by two companies borrowed from Qian Tiandun.This group of people took control of the unsuspecting Huangjiazhuang almost without bloodshed, and captured the culprit of Huang Zixiong, father and son.This family of three was taken as a symbol of killing chickens and monkeys, and they were publicly beheaded and executed directly on Zhuangzi.At that time, the one who cut off the heads of these three people was the naturalized civilian officer Gao Qiaonan who led the team.

After this incident spread to Fucheng, it directly caused the Zhizhou adults and commanders in Fucheng to face great pressure from public opinion, and had to send Qiongzhou navy troops to suppress the bandits.Of course, what happened later was just as planned by the Haihan military. The Haihan fleet successfully wiped out the only remaining maritime armed forces of Ming Dynasty on Qiongzhou Island in the Beibu Gulf, making a good preparation for the navy to completely block the Qiongzhou Strait from the sea. bedding.

Of course, Huang Zixing's statement was a little exaggerated. After the militia army disguised as pirates occupied Huangjiazhuang, they did not carry out any massacres except for the execution of the three members of the Huang family. Leave unnecessary trouble behind.However, because Huang Zixing opened an academy here in Danzhou, he didn't live in Huangjiazhuang, so he escaped the catastrophe.

At that time, the Qiongzhou government, in order to ask for a war, naturally reported the matter to the Guangdong government in writing. I have seen news about this.

Although Huang Zixing's evaluation of the Qiongzhou Navy was a bit disrespectful, Yan Mingjun couldn't scold him for such details when his family was in trouble, so he could only cough dryly and go around: "The Huangshan Chang's family suffered a misfortune. It is also very sympathetic. But fortunately, the Haihan militia regained the lost land, and must have avenged brother Ling and his family in the process."

Huang Zixing shook his head with a gloomy expression, "If it's really that simple, why would the grassroots resent Hai Hansheng?"

"Oh? Could it be that there is something else going on?" Yan Mingjun immediately grasped the point when he heard this.Obviously, Huang Zixing didn't appreciate the Haihan militia's recovery of Huangjiazhuang. Hearing his tone, even the resentment was not small, which is a bit intriguing.

Huang Zixing snorted coldly and said, "Your Excellency, I don't know. Although the Huang Family Manor was robbed twice by pirates, what was robbed was floating wealth. My Huang family's 7000 mu of local land can never be robbed. Who would have expected that?" As soon as the Haihan people came, they even claimed that all the land deeds destroyed by pirates during the war would not be recognized, and all the land that could not be documented were confiscated by them!"

"Confiscated? Whose property is this confiscated?" Li Jin listened intently and couldn't help interjecting.

"The city of Qiongzhou Prefecture has not been breached by pirates. Naturally, the government in the city has archives of these land deed documents. Of course, this confiscation will not be given to Qiongzhou Prefecture." Huang Zixing gritted his teeth and said, "Those Haihan people used tricks to take over When they were in Fucheng, all the land deeds related to my Huangjiazhuang were tampered with. As soon as the two of them talked about each other, all the thousands of acres of land in my Huangjiazhuang belonged to the Haihan family!"

"There is such a thing!" Yan Mingjun couldn't help but slapped on the coffee table: "These Haihan people are really lawless and reckless!"

"Of course, members of my Huang clan didn't want to suffer from being dumb, so I went to Fucheng to file a complaint. Unexpectedly, after going to the Yamen, I was framed by the Haihan people for collusion with pirates, and all those who filed the complaint were sent to prison!" Huang Zixing said. Tears were about to come down as he said: "Caomin originally planned to go to Zhaoqing to complain to the governor, but the Haihan people blocked the ferry to the Qiongzhou Strait, and all people going to the mainland had to get approval from their management committee before they could go. Caomin The application has been rejected for no reason, and there is no way to leave Qiongzhou Island."

The situation Huang Zixing said is not too different from the actual situation. When the Annan militia disguised as pirates swept Qiongbei, the military consciously arranged a large number of land policies in Qiongbei in order to cooperate with the executive committee to implement the land policy in Qiongbei. Actions to eliminate hazards.In places like Huangjiazhuang with a clear anti-Haihan attitude, the Annan militia directly destroyed all the land title deeds after taking control of the area, and waited for the militia army to "recover the lost land" and then confront these landlords without confrontation.

Of course, the executive committee did not intend to drive all these people to a dead end. As long as they are willing to accept Haihan's new land policy, Haihan will convert the land they owned in the past into shares of collective farms in proportion, and they can still get Some guaranteed income.Although it can't be rich and powerful, it is more than enough for the minimum living guarantee.

However, the people in Huangjiazhuang also broke their cans and tried to get these lands back through official channels.But after Haihan took control of Fucheng, these actions were in vain. With a word from the management committee, all relevant land files were dug out and the transfer procedures were completed.The Huang family, who ran to the gate of the Fucheng Management Committee and cried, were naturally found an excuse and thrown into the prison.

In fact, this method does not have much technical content, and can even be described as simple and rude. However, compared with the violent resistance that may be encountered during the promotion of land policies, this method of eliminating hidden dangers in advance is more appreciated by the Executive Committee .

Of course, it is not without the Holy Mother that some innocent people will be involved in this process. However, under the big goal of "Haihan unifies Qiongzhou Island", these individual voices of opposition are quickly overwhelmed by the voices of the majority eager to expand their sphere of influence. drowned out.After all, it has been more than three years, and everyone can't wait to take Hainan Island, a piece of land with natural barriers, as their own.And in the process, those "reactionary elements" who tried to act like a cart and go against the direction of historical development, were naturally the targets of being purged and defeated.

After all, it is time for a change of dynasty, who would spend time persuading these landlords, mothers-in-law, and reasoning?Taking a ten thousand step back, even with soft measures, will these people obediently obey Haihan's New Deal?For this emerging force that is eager to expand its territory, these old-age vested interests are just stumbling blocks on the way forward for the group they belong to. Kicked them away hard.

Of course, these reasons are completely incomprehensible to the parties involved on the other side of the incident. For Huang Zixing's family, they were first looted by pirates and then bought and sold by Haihan people. disaster.To them, the crimes committed by the two are not more or less serious, and even from a certain point of view, the Haihan people who took advantage of the fire to loot are more abhorrent.

Jun Ming said: "So you came to see me today, do you want me to uphold justice for you?"

(End of this chapter)