1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 980
Among the many problems that Haihan will face in establishing the country, external pressure is not the biggest problem. What needs to be solved more urgently is the part that needs to be improved in the internal social system and management organization. For example, bureaucrats with certain management experience are very important for Haihan. One of the scarce resources.

Although the traversers have many skills beyond the times, to govern a country, it is not enough to rely on a team of several hundred people. A large number of grassroots management positions require personnel who are loyal to Haihan and have professional capabilities. It has only been seven years since its establishment, and its accumulation in this area is still very limited.It may be barely enough to build a grassroots team to manage Hainan Island, but as far as the Executive Committee's vision for the future Haihan is concerned, the average quality of the existing naturalized cadres is still far from meeting the requirements.

Haihan did not have any foundation in the Far East of this era, so out of consideration for stable governance, loyalty and personal background were often given priority when appointing cadres.Although this helps Haihan to maintain a stable rule while rapidly expanding to a certain extent, because the cadres and officials selected through this employment strategy are often from poor backgrounds, their professional quality in serving officials and politics is actually far inferior to that of Haihan. An official of the Ming Dynasty who has a certain cultural foundation and has undergone special training.

In the past few years when Haihan ruled Hainan Island, dozens of Ming officials successively joined Haihan, and many of them, like Luo Shengdong, Li Jin, and Li Qingyang, completely defected to Haihan and were appointed by the executive committee. staff.However, to be able to jump from the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty to the bureaucratic system of Haihan, this process is not something everyone can do. Either they have outstanding abilities, or they have to hand over a weighty vote.

People like Yan Mingjun are lackluster in these two fields, and their attitude in the Danzhou assassination case was too ambiguous, so they have never been able to get the opportunity to become an official in Haihan.If it wasn't for Haihan's decision to establish a state this year, and the demand for officials would increase accordingly, Yan Mingjun would probably have to continue his idle job as a "Danzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles consultant" for a few more years.

Of course, there are still many people like Yan Mingjun who want to take advantage of the opportunity of Haihan's establishment of the country to seek some benefits for themselves. Even if they cannot become officials, they will use this to seek benefits in terms of fame and fortune.Today, I am accompanying these local gentry and elders at Nanhai Restaurant, but none of them are simply here to join in the fun.

The second gentry who came up to toast was named Huang Zijie. Although his name was similar to Huang Zixing, the main criminal in the Danzhou assassination case a few years ago, the two had nothing to do with each other.This Huang Zijie was originally a local landlord in Danzhou. After Haihan took over, he judged the situation and joined the camp of the new ruler in time.When Haihan first carried out land reform and promoted collective farm plantations in Danzhou, Huang Zijie took the initiative to stand up as the first batch of collaborators and signed a ten-year cooperation agreement with Haihan Ministry of Agriculture for more than 3000 mu of cultivated land under his name. contract.

Considering the environment of Danzhou at that time, the courage to dare to gamble with most of his wealth on his future was invaluable.Haihan's land reform policy can open up the situation in Danzhou. Huang Zijie is also one of the heroes. Of course, he has received a lot of rewards in the follow-up. In addition to being a plantation demonstration site in Danzhou and receiving careful technical guidance from the Ministry of Agriculture , Huang Zijie has also become one of the pacesetters established by Haihan officials in the local area, and has given special care in various fields.

After Haihan ruled Danzhou, Huang Zijie went to Sanya several times under Haihan's inspection arrangement. He had a relatively clear understanding of Haihan's strength. Later, he not only sent his two sons to Sanya for further studies, but also naturalized the whole family. Completely became a Haihan person.Huang Zijie thought very clearly. Given his background as a landlord, he wanted to directly take the Haihan imperial examination to become an official in the court. Obviously, the possibility is close to zero. It is better to pass the status threshold now and help his two sons pave the way. Well, after they have spent a few years in Haihan Academy, the chances of gaining an official position will be much greater than now.

It is probably the most practical way that the landlord class can think of to change their destiny by allowing future generations to honor the lintel by becoming an official. However, Huang Zijie did not bet all his hopes on his son's path of further education, establishing and maintaining some of the same as the upper class of Haihan. The relationship between personalities may play a more effective role at critical times, but these things cannot be expected to be done by the two underage sons, and can only be done by him.Usually, Zhang Xin has a lot of sense of presence, but he also knows that Zhang Xin only cares about Danzhou, and the appointment and dismissal of officials in the Haihan system is not up to Zhang Xin, so this time he heard that some big shots came to Danzhou. During the state inspection, Huang Zijie also signed up with Zhang Xin immediately.

"Craftsman Huang Zijie, I met Chief Ning!" Huang Zijie's hand holding the wine glass trembled a little. This is the biggest character he has ever seen. Even Yan Zhizhou came up to toast just now. He was very respectful, and he became even more nervous when it was his turn .

Ning Qi was very polite, instead of clinking glasses, he took the initiative to say: "Just now in the carriage, Director Zhang has already introduced your situation. I heard that your two sons are studying in Sanya now?"

Huang Zijie quickly replied: "Yes, yes, dogs are stupid, and they can't learn anything in Danzhou. I heard that the academies run by the chiefs have special teaching methods, so I sent the two of them there together. Caomin followed They said hello, if you can't finish your studies, don't go back to Danzhou in the future!"

Ning Qi said with a smile: "You two sons, I have a little impression. If I remember correctly, the boss should graduate next year, right?"

Huang Zijie replied: "The chief has a good memory. My boss is indeed graduating next year, but with his aptitude, I don't know if he will be able to graduate smoothly."

Ning Qi said: "I have met your boss a few times. He is young and mature, and he is quite prudent in his dealings with others. If he is willing, he can stay in Sanya after graduation next year. We are very happy with young talents like this. given a chance."

Huang Zijie was overjoyed at the moment, this is an official statement, one sentence is better than his tossing in Danzhou for a year.Although he didn't know what "package distribution" was, he also understood that with Ning Qi's instruction, his boss' employment problem after graduation was basically solved.And Ning Qi asked him to stay in Sanya by name, which probably means that the chance of entering the bureaucracy is quite high.

"Don't thank Chief Ning for your care?" Zhang Xin reminded with a smile on the side: "Just toast this at least three times in a row!"

"Yes, yes, the grassroots have nothing to repay, so I can only offer three glasses of thanks to the chief!" Huang Zijie immediately took the jug and poured himself three glasses.Of course, he wouldn't ask Ning Qi to accompany him for three cups out of nowhere, this toast was just a way of expressing his gratitude.

After Huang Zijie went down, several people came up to toast in turn.Some of these people wanted to seek an opportunity to become an official like Yan Mingjun, some wanted to pave the way for their families like Huang Zijie, and some wanted to get a business breakthrough from Ning Qi, with various purposes.As for whether these people's request could be approved by Ning Qi, in fact, they had already heard Zhang Xin's briefing on the way into the city, and they just expressed their official attitude at the banquet.Some things were originally within the scope of Zhang Xin's authority, but he waited for Ning Qi's arrival before making a decision, mainly to demonstrate the authority of these decisions.

Different from the previous stops, Ning Qi was the real protagonist at the reception banquet in Danzhou City, and almost all the guests at the banquet came for him.And Van Diemen, who has been besieged as a target in the past few stops, finally got a chance to enjoy delicious food quietly here.Although he didn't quite understand the content of the conversation between Ning Qi and these local people, he could roughly understand Ning Qi's way of dealing with it, because similar social banquets are often held in Batavia, and the upper class will hold them here. Communicate face-to-face on such occasions, and make statements on matters that are inconvenient to be dealt with publicly.

Although there are obvious differences in the social forms and cultural traditions of the two sides, the ways of dealing with the problems are similar.Fan Dimen, who is also a senior manager, felt quite empathetic when he saw Ning Qi dealing with these local dignitaries.

It took about two hours before and after the welcome banquet, but Ning Qi spent more than half of his time dealing with the representatives of the local people and solving their various needs.For these upper-middle-class people who are willing to rely on and depend on Haihan, the executive committee has a relatively relaxed attitude, and is willing to give them some extra-standard treatment in order to make these people more determined to serve Haihan.

For these parties, the establishment of the Haihan state is imminent, and there are many things to be dealt with, and the things they talked about during the meeting may not be realized in the near future.But getting Ning Qi's face-to-face statement is already a very satisfactory result. After all, Ning Qi represents the executive committee of Haihan's highest authority, and what he said is basically to the extent that what he said is legal.

After the welcome banquet that day was over, Ning Qi and Fan Dimen were sent to the welcome hotel in the city to stay.The Ying Hotel in Danzhou is rebuilt from a three-entry house bought in the city, and it is also operated by the government. The internal facilities and utensils are all arranged in accordance with the industry standards formulated by Haihan itself. The guest house in Sanya is no different.In the third courtyard, there are three suites dedicated to travelers, one for Ning Qi and one for Fan Dimen.

The next day, Zhang Xin arranged for Ning Qi and Fan Dimen to visit Danzhou.If you want to make a horizontal comparison with other regions under the Haihan rule, the situation in Danzhou is actually the same. Based agricultural and forestry products.

However, because Danzhou took a long time to build the city, the degree of local cultivated land development is far higher than that of the stations that Fan Dimen visited before.Like the general situation in this era, most of the cultivated land in Danzhou was concentrated in the hands of a few noble landlords.When Haihan implemented the land reform policy in Danzhou, he also encountered relatively great pressure. So far, the cultivated land in some areas is still managed by the landlords themselves, and they are unwilling to accept the unified arrangement of the Haihan Ministry of Agriculture.

Of course, there are also quite a few discerning people like Huang Zijie, who see clearly that Haihan's momentum is irreversible, and decisively trade their wealth for a bright future.Of the 74 plantation projects currently in Danzhou, more than two-thirds of the land is provided by local people. This characteristic is quite different from the plantation management background in other places.Due to the flat terrain and rich water resources in Danzhou, rice has become the most important cultivation project in the area, and it is now one of the most important grain-producing areas under Haihan's rule.

When Fan Dimen arrived, the rice fields here were in the sowing period. The rice fields outside the city could not be seen at a glance. Thousands of people were planting rice seedlings during the period before Qingming. Such a labor scene It is also a new experience for Van Diemen.There are also Han people farming rice fields outside Batavia, but the scale is far worse than that of Danzhou.

Zhang Xin introduced: "The area we see now is a planting area under the unified technical guidance provided by the Ministry of Agriculture. The rice seedlings planted here are also bred and propagated by the Ministry of Agriculture. Mr. Zhu came here specially last year. The state has conducted technical guidance."

The "Old Zhu" mentioned by Zhang Xin is Zhu Ping, the wife of Yuan Ruoxiu, a veteran expert of the Ministry of Agriculture. The three members of the Yuan family and Gao Huan, an apprentice, are all experts in agriculture, but only Zhu Ping specializes in food crops.In recent years, Yuan Ruoxiu and Zhu Ping have grown older, unable to withstand the fatigue of traveling and traveling, and the number of times they go out to guide work has become less and less. The Ministry of Agriculture has basically been taken over by Yuan Qiuye and Gao Huan.

Ning Qi asked with interest: "Since the rice seedlings provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, the harvest here should be better than the rice grown locally, right?"

Zhang Xin nodded and said: "That's for sure. The output alone exceeds the local average by more than [-]%. Moreover, the Ministry of Agriculture also has special guidance on planting techniques. For example, measures to strengthen seedlings in the seedling raising stage are not something ordinary farmers can master by themselves. Technology."

The agricultural technologies promoted by Haihan in the areas under its rule are relatively mature technologies, and the effect after application is obvious, and the resulting difference in grain production has also attracted more and more local landlords to join the cooperative farming of the Ministry of Agriculture Come on plan.After all, this kind of benefits can be seen and touched, there is no need to lose your own pockets to fight against Hai Han.

Of course, this kind of agricultural technical support is not provided in vain. Landlords must sell a proportion of the harvested grain to Haihan officials at a lower purchase price every year, and pay a certain amount of land tax.However, if you compare it with the situation after paying taxes to Daming in the past, the cooperation with Haihan is more affordable, and the actual income has still improved.

(End of this chapter)