1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 788 Year-end Summary
On Anxi's desk is a stack of documents about four inches thick, all of which are commercial project cooperation agreements signed during the investment promotion meeting, and the contents are basically cash crop plantation projects.This can be regarded as the first answer sheet he has handed in since he took office. Although the process was not smooth, the result seems to be pretty good. A total of 23 cooperation agreements were signed after the three-day promotion meeting.Among them, there are five plantation projects signed by local chambers of commerce or business alliances, each with an area of ​​more than [-] mu, and the Haihan-style large-scale planting has been excellently reflected.

Almost every cooperation project mentions the labor force required for the construction project, and the vast majority of businesses have chosen their own staff. For this reason, each partner will introduce more than 3000 people to the Kaohsiung Port area under the Haihan rule. labor force.Considering that many people will bring their families with them during the immigration process, the actual number of immigrants introduced will definitely exceed [-].And this process of introducing immigrants does not need Haihan's urging at all, and the businessmen who are eager to build plantations and recover their investment as soon as possible will naturally rush to implement it.

After these immigrants organized by investors came to Kaohsiung Port, they will gradually realize the difference in treatment between them and the Haihan naturalized people as time goes by, and this inequality will also make these people whose nationality is still in Ming Dynasty converted into naturalized people.As for how effective this catalytic effect will be, just look at the current situation where more than [-]% of the total population of Hainan Island has joined the Haihan nationality.

Of course, to start and build so many plantation projects at the same time, even if a large number of investors have directly intervened, it will take several months to see the first signs. Some economic crops must wait until after the spring to start planting.The limitations of these objective factors cannot be changed by Anxi and his subordinates.

However, the injection of a large number of migrants locally in the short term will also be a new test for Anxi's ability to manage civil affairs.These immigrants have not undergone isolation, screening and basic training in the Haihan immigration camp, and they will definitely have many problems in accepting management and adapting to the local social environment.Fortunately, Anxi led a group of Ming people who had not yet been naturalized to work in the Salt Field Commune when Shengli Port was opened. In the process, he accumulated relatively rich grassroots work experience. It can also be regarded as one of the reasons why the Executive Committee chose him to manage Kaohsiung Port.

Since the Kaohsiung Port has just opened up the stalls, a myriad of things require someone to make decisions, and Anxi also had to give up his plan to return to Shengli Port at the end of the year to participate in the year-end summary meeting.Fortunately, all the resources needed by Kaohsiung Port have basically been won, so there is no need for him, the local chief executive, to rush back and slap tables and benches in front of the Executive Committee to ask for resources.

At present, Haihan still insists on the system of two sessions a year. The first is the general meeting held in the anniversary celebration in early April every year. Of course, after the expansion of the site, due to traffic restrictions, it is basically impossible for all members to attend the meeting together.The main content of this meeting is the transfer of personnel and various awards, such as various military awards for military exploits, almost all of which are concentrated after the annual Victory Hong Kong University military parade, so as to promote force and unite the hearts of the people.

In addition, the executive committee will also publicly commend some naturalized cadres who have made outstanding performances and made special contributions. For example, Zhang Tiangui, a shipbuilder who defected to Haihan in the early days, was awarded the "Shengli Port Shipyard" at this year's anniversary meeting. He was awarded the title of "Lifetime Honorary Consultant" and was promoted to the seventh-level laborer ahead of his old rival Yu Dashan. This is also the first naturalized cadre promoted to this level in the Haihan labor system.Of course, this generous reward is due to Zhang Tiangui’s [-]th birthday after the anniversary meeting. The executive committee took this opportunity in consideration of his outstanding performance in leading the whole family to serve Haihan over the past few years. A special award was made to him.

This meeting also has an important function, which is to use the opportunity of the relatively concentrated time traveler to collectively vote on major issues—such as the executive committee lineup that is regularly re-elected.The meeting period is also the time when politicians are most active. They must try their best to fight for more interests for themselves and the groups they represent.Even technical officials who are not so keen on politics will take this opportunity to promote their projects and win more support for their departments.

Another important meeting is the summary meeting at the end of the year.It is said to be a work summary, but in addition to summarizing the achievements in various fields this year, there are also a large number of new projects and new plans that need to be collectively deliberated and voted on at the meeting.Especially when it comes to the limited investment of funds and resources in the coming year, it will make all departments compete.

The production unit hopes that the executive committee can increase investment and expand production capacity to create more wealth.However, consumptive units such as the military also require a large amount of investment to maintain operations, and maintain the same expansion rate as the Haihan ruled area.In addition, to provide guarantees for basic people's livelihood, such as education, health, commerce and other fields, each requires a very large investment.As for how many of the requests put forward by each unit will eventually be approved by the executive committee, on the one hand, it depends on the achievements and gains in the previous year, and on the other hand, it depends on the skills of the heads of various departments and units to show their distress and attract attention. .

For each department, the year-end summary will be more like an annual exam, and the exam results will directly affect the various resources that the department can obtain in the next year.Except for areas such as Kaohsiung Port that have been determined in advance to be put into planning for a period of time, other overseas colonies will basically have the person in charge or send representatives back to Sanya to participate in the meeting, at least to ensure that the amount of resources they deserve will not be allocated due to It was reduced for no reason for some inexplicable reasons.

In previous years, the year-end summary meeting will not be held until the end of the year, because the transmission and implementation of various government orders will take a certain amount of time. If the schedule is too stuck, it is easy to turn the "year-end summary" into a "year-end summary". ", that's a bit misleading.Generally speaking, it will be scheduled in the middle and late November or early December, so as to allow sufficient time for the resolutions made by the conference to be communicated and implemented.However, this year, because the military took action in the Kaohsiung area in November, all the corresponding meeting arrangements had to be postponed. As a result, the year-end meeting was not arranged until December, which was also the latest year-end meeting since time travel.

Compared with the anniversary meeting held in April, the summary meeting at the end of the year did not have much ostentation. There was no publicity and celebration activities, and the number of participants was much smaller. Most of them were the heads of various departments and colonial areas.If the anniversary celebration is full of firecrackers and gongs and drums, then the year-end meeting is a scene where a group of people discuss matters behind closed doors.Except that the entire Victory Port has taken tight security measures during the meeting, ordinary people don't even realize that their parents and officials are meeting to discuss the development direction of this group in the coming year.

However, this kind of low-key will not affect the enthusiasm of the discussion in the meeting. Although the traversers almost all behave like pure aristocrats who have passed down eighteen generations of their ancestors outside, when the door is closed and it is time to pat the table People will be reserved.

The focus of debate at today's meeting is still the old routine, centered between the military and the civil service system. For the military, 1632 was a year with little investment and no small gains. In this year, the military only launched a war. In May, it launched a large-scale offensive against Penghu with the Fujian Ming Army, which was relatively smooth. It successfully won the last large stronghold of Shibazhi in the Fujian Strait, and also helped Haihan gain the first real foothold in this area-before that, the troops stationed in Fujian had been staying temporarily Among the garrisons of the Fujian Ming Army.

Only half a year later, the military took action again, capturing the port of Kaohsiung in the southern part of Taiwan Island, and successfully suppressing the port of Dayuan, which is adjacent to the local area, so that the Dutch chose to succumb.Although this direction of development does not expand the sphere of influence to the north as expected by some civil servants, Kaohsiung Port is undoubtedly an excellent overseas sub-base, and its strategic significance can be said to be no less than that of Jinlan, which Haihan occupied on the southern coast of Annan. bay.

"In the future, we will develop to the north. The support that Kaohsiung and Penghu can provide is unmatched by Hainan Island. Our personnel and materials can be raised locally, instead of traveling all the way from Hainan. Send it over. To achieve all this, in addition to investing in the construction of ports, cities, and plantations in the local area, there is another thing we must do, and that is to expand the scale of our troops stationed there."

While talking, Yan Chujie signaled his subordinates to display the prepared map in the meeting room: "Everyone, please see that the area of ​​the sea we actually control in the Tainan area has exceeded the size of Hainan Island, but now we only have a fleet that is not yet full. Stationed there. We all know that it is impossible for such a fleet to take on the multiple tasks of guarding the local waters and ports and launching military operations to the north at the same time. In fact, we now have to send this small fleet to In order to split up, one part is stationed in Magong Port, Penghu, and the other part is stationed in Kaohsiung Port, Tainan. Everyone, if we plan to control the Taipei area in the future, or even continue to expand the sphere of influence northward along the coastline of the mainland, then we must increase The size of the navy stationed there."

Yan Chujie glanced at Gu Kai who was about to open his mouth to speak, and immediately stopped him: "If someone wants to suggest that ships be transferred from the other existing fleets to Fujian, then I think there is no need to publish such absurdities. Ladies and gentlemen, the First Fleet is currently responsible for the safety of the entire Hainan Island and the Qiongzhou Strait. I don’t need to say more about the pressure on defense. The Second Fleet is stationed at the mouth of the Pearl River. This is the lifeblood of our current trade, the trade with Ming Dynasty. More than [-]% of them enter the mainland through the Pearl River, and the coastline that the fleet needs to guard is no less than that of Hainan Island. The Third Fleet is currently deployed to Cam Ranh Port in the south, which is the only large military port between us and Nanyang , is also the only strategic support point that can provide military support to Abunna Island. The strength of these three fleets is already overwhelmed, and it is impossible to fill the gap in our military strength in the Fujian waters by digging the east to fill the west. .”

"Then you mean that we should build one or two more fleets in the coming year to supplement the navy?" Gu Kai waited until he finished speaking before raising his voice of doubt: "Lao Yan, in the foreseeable period of time in the future, we will There is no possibility of a large-scale naval battle. Even if the Dutch and the Spaniards on the island of Taiwan join forces, we can also deploy a fleet from Guangdong to fight. You mentioned the problem of the incomplete establishment of the Fourth Fleet. The outfitting will be completed in the first quarter. Who else can compete with it in the entire Fujian sea area? Even if the Dutch and the Spaniards on Taiwan Island join forces, they will not be able to defeat our Fourth Fleet. You just said that the fleet needs to be protected. The sea area is too large, but we have no opponents in the sea areas of Fuzhou and Guangxi, and there is actually not that much defensive pressure, is it? I don’t think there is a need to rush to continue building the fleet.”

"You are short-sighted!" Yan Chujie reprimanded, and picked up the teacup from the table: "Tom, come and refute him, I'll drink some water to moisten my throat first."

Wang Tom stood up and said, "This is not the first time we have talked about the formation of the navy, but I still want to emphasize again that the army cannot be used as a model for the formation of the navy. An ordinary person with a healthy body only needs a hundred A soldier who has mastered basic combat skills can be trained in a day or so, but a sailor who has been on a ship for a year is likely to be a rookie. To form combat effectiveness in the navy, both soldiers and ships must go through a long period of running-in. Okay, this kind of running-in cannot be completed in three to five months. All we have to do is to plan the development direction for the next two to three years or even longer, and start training troops in advance. Even if we passed the new fleet today It will be a year or two or more after the formation of an army and combat effectiveness. We cannot guarantee what will happen in the future, because the development situation of this time and space has begun to deviate from what we have mastered. The history has become unknown, and the future has become unknown, and the preparation we can do is to strengthen our armed forces as much as possible. A powerful and invincible army is the source of our confidence!"

"Well said!" Yan Chujie took the lead in applauding, but there were only a few people in the conference room, so it was a bit awkward.Obviously, even if the majority of people do not oppose the military's plan, they have no intention of publicly supporting it.

(End of this chapter)