Chapter 421 Who is in charge
Whether it is an internal record of merit from the Ministry of Justice or a public commendation from the Executive Committee, this is already an incredible achievement for a naturalized citizen. Fu Li has been in the Haihan system for nearly two years and has gradually become familiar with Haihan's bureaucracy. He also knows that receiving these official rewards will play an important role in his future development, so he is naturally very excited.
Not only that, the executive committee also decided to assign him a new task, which is to be fully responsible for the reception and accompanying work of Huang Que, the representative of Shi Zidong, during his stay in Sanya. This was like being dozed off and met the pillow. Before Fu Li had time to apply, the executive committee took the initiative to give him this job. Of course, judging from the current situation of naturalized civilian cadres under various departments, there are indeed not many senior cadres from the Li ethnic group, and there are even fewer people like Fu Li who know the basics, are loyal enough, and are good at getting things done. In addition, He was also fully involved in the previous stage of the work, and then completed the remaining tasks, so there would be no disjointed handover.
As Fu Li expected, Huang Que was already impressed by the prosperity here when he entered Victory Harbor by boat. The farthest place Huang Que has been to since he was born is Danzhou. However, compared with Victory Port, the port in Danzhou Bay is at most the size of a rural wharf. Most of them are civilian ships and fishing boats. Merchant ships can only be seen every now and then. One ship. In the past, there were two major cargo exporters in Danzhou: salt field and coal field. However, after the Haihan people settled in Shengli Port, these two businesses in Danzhou have been basically occupied by Haihan's high-quality and low-price refined salt and clean coal. The salt field and Even the people in the coal field were gone, and the merchant ships that came to the local area for trade became increasingly rare.
Danzhou has become so depressed, how can the counties under its jurisdiction fare better? In a small place like Changhua, many supplies must be obtained from Danzhou, not to mention the situation on the market. The small port on the seaside of Changhua was even smaller than the Victory Port. Huangque looked at the densely packed various ships docked at the pier on the shore, and was greatly shocked at that time.
Fu Li understood Huang Que's feelings very well, because he also suffered a similar impact when he walked out of the mountains and came to Victory Port two years ago. However, at that time, the renovation of Victory Port had not yet been completed, and there were no foreign merchants visiting the place. It was still far from the prosperity it enjoys today. If what he had seen at that time was what Victory Harbor looked like now, his reaction might not have been as calm as Oriole's.
After Fu Li received the task assignment from the Executive Committee, he immediately went to the Guest House to find Huang Que. As Fu Li expected, Huang Que was obviously curious about everything in this place, including the ceramic bathroom and tap water in the room. All the novelties that he could come into contact with made this young man who had just left the mountains full of curiosity. The desire to find out.
Huang Que was also very happy to see Fu Li coming. He happened to have a lot of problems that he couldn't find anyone to ask for help. Fu Li's arrival could be regarded as a solution to the problem.
"Fu Li, look, when you twist the mechanism above the water pipe, water will flow out on its own, cold water to the left and hot water to the right. What's the point?" Huang Que pulled Fu Li to the bathroom before he could sit down. Ask yourself the puzzling question: "Could it be that there are two springs connected to this pipe, one of which is a hot spring?"
Fu Li smiled and said: "Your imagination is pretty good. Although you didn't hit the mark, it's not far off. This water pipe is not connected to a spring, but a large water tank on the roof. As soon as you twist this end, the water will flow automatically. It was pressed out of the pipe. One of the water tanks has been heated by coal, and the water flowing out is naturally hot water. ”
"I see, but why do the Haihan people do such a laborious thing? Wouldn't it be enough to just dig a well in the yard?" Huang Que asked in confusion.
"When you dig a well, you have to carry water. Wouldn't it be better to just unscrew it and have it?" Fu Li responded.
Huangque shook his head and said: "But you said that if the water tank is placed on the roof, don't you have to carry water to the roof?"
"No need, come and see." Fu Li took Huangque to the window, pointed to the roof of another row of buildings in the guest house and said: "Look, just use a windmill to lift the irrigation device. There is basically no need for human supervision, and the water will flow naturally." It will be injected into the water tank.”
"I see, this thing is wonderful!" Huang Que said eagerly: "When I go back, let the cave master also get a thing like this that can automatically flow water."
"Don't look at it because it's inconspicuous. It costs a lot to make." Fu Li poured a basin of cold water on Huang Que, who was in high spirits: "These water tanks and water pipes must be made of fine iron. They don't cost only 12 or 80 taels of silver. Something that can be made.”
"Ah..." Huang Que was obviously shocked by Fu Li's answer. Although I envy the Haihan people for this convenient setting, it is obvious that the so-called convenience must be based on certain material conditions, and this is precisely the shortcoming of Li people's cottages like Shizidong.
"It's okay. You don't have to envy the life here. If you want, you can also live here in the future." Fu Li spared no effort to promote the Haihan-style lifestyle to Huang Qiao: "You can be like me, while living here Study here and work at the same time. The Haihan leaders are happy to hand over some important work to us Li people. They are not as hostile to us as the Han people in the Ming Dynasty. There is no distinction between Han, Li and Miao here, only Haihan. Identity!”
"It sounds good, but why are the Li people doing things for them instead of them doing things for the Li people?" Huang Que was not immediately tempted by Fu Li's statement, but instead put forward his own opinion.
"That's because the chiefs are very capable! They know everything about astronomy and geography. Everything you see in Victory Port was designed by the chiefs and then built bit by bit with the people here. What they can do , We can't do it, but we can follow them to do more things!" Fu Li pointed to the Victory Port Pier in the distance outside the window and said: "This is the most prosperous port in Qiongzhou Island now, but the leaders hope that one day the entire Qiongzhou can be conquered! The island has become the most prosperous area in the South China Sea! Wouldn't it be interesting if the chiefs one day ruled Qiongzhou Island? ”
"You mean... Haihan will one day occupy the place of the Ming Dynasty?" After all, Huang Que has felt the authority of the Ming Dynasty court since he was a child, and he is a little reluctant to agree with Fu Li's arrogant argument. "Don't worry. One day, you can go out and grab a random person on the street and ask who has the final say here, the Ming government or the supreme Haihan Executive Committee!" Fu Li said with a smile: "I guarantee you won't listen. By the time the second answer appears, the authority of the Executive Committee has already surpassed that of Ming Dynasty!”
Huang Que said in confusion: "But when I came ashore, I saw the flag of the Ming Dynasty Inspection Department on the dock..."
"The Yulin Inspection Department of the Ming Dynasty is now taking orders from our Haihan Ministry of Justice." Seeing the disbelief on Huang Que's face, Fu Li said with a smile: "I know you probably won't believe this kind of thing. We will go to the dock later. Go talk to the people in the inspection department and you will understand.”
The Inspection Department is of course under the jurisdiction of the Yazhou Prefecture, but given the current special political environment in Yazhou, all local Ming official departments obey the orders of the Haihan Executive Committee, and this Inspection Department is naturally no exception. As for Wei Ping, he has long since forgotten his integrity after he tasted the sweetness. If the Executive Committee didn't still need to maintain the existence of the Inspection Department, I'm afraid he would have quit his old job and left. Apply for a naturalized citizen status with better benefits.
Of course, in addition to the Ming Dynasty's official official position of inspection, Wei Ping now also has an informal establishment on Haihan's side. When the Haihan militia launched a large-scale attack on Hue, the Executive Committee and the Yazhou government established a cooperative organization for public security maintenance. The main purpose was to manage the recent large influx of Ming immigrants into Sanya in the name of joint law enforcement. The main source of these immigrants is Guangdong and Guangxi. The importance of Haihan in the hearts of new immigrants is obviously not as important as that of Ming Dynasty. The law enforcement actions of the police department are often resisted by new immigrants.
Under such circumstances, the Executive Committee had to once again use the tried and tested shield of the Ming Dynasty government. Fortunately, the Yazhou government and the executive committee basically have a trousers-wearing relationship now, so naturally they will not be too entangled in this "small issue". Zhang Qing approved Yazhou's decision with just one official document. The Yulin, Fenghuang and Nanshan inspection departments under the state formed a joint law enforcement brigade with the police department under the Haihan Executive Committee to manage civil security affairs in the area from the Liangjiang River Basin to Nanshan Town - in fact, that is The scope of Sanya New Area planned by the Executive Committee.
The leader of this temporary joint law enforcement brigade is Wei Ping, and the deputy is Ren Liang on Haihan's side. Of course, this kind of appointment must be a deputy position with real power, while the principal position is just a temporary decoration. The adoption of such a structure was also to facilitate the law enforcement of immigrants - those who obeyed Haihan would be managed according to Haihan's rules, and those who did not obey Haihan would be governed according to the laws of Ming Dynasty.
In terms of the formulation and implementation of laws, Haihan's method is obviously more scientific and rigorous. The Ministry of Justice in charge of Gu Kai referred to various professional laws of later generations and formulated a legal framework for all aspects of social life. The Ming Law is mainly Five Punishments, Ten Evils, and Eight Discussions. Among them, there are forty-seven articles in the "Minglilu", which is the outline of the entire law. The household laws that are closely related to ordinary people are divided into seven volumes: "Household", "Field and House", "Marriage", "Warehouse", "Course", "Money and Debt" and "Business", covering the Social fields such as population, household registration, religion, land, taxation, corvee, marriage, banknote law, treasury, salt law, tea law, alum law, commercial tax, foreign trade, lending, market, etc., seem to be quite rigorous, but under Gu Kai This kind of legal expert's eyes are full of loopholes.
The intention of the Executive Committee is to implement the Haihan legal system as early as possible in its own jurisdiction. Therefore, although the Inspection Department is usually responsible for arresting people, the Haihan Ministry of Justice is responsible for the trial and execution. . This strange situation, which only appeared in special periods, was used by later generations of scholars as research materials for the history of law.
Half an hour later, Fu Li led Huangque to find Wei Ping at the dock of Sanya Port. He was supervising the assembly of a boatload of new immigrants from Guangzhou at the dock. Besides commerce and trade, the department that Wei Ping usually interacts with the most is the Ministry of Justice. Naturally, he recognizes Fu Li, the popular figure in the department. After listening to Fu Li's explanation of his purpose, Wei Ping motioned for them to follow him to his office tent.
"Have you seen this seal? Yulin Inspection Department, do you recognize this thing?" Wei Ping picked up the official seal and handed it to Huang Que.
Huang Que looked at Fu Li and saw him nodding, then took it over to confirm.
"How useful this thing is depends on how much combat power you have in your hands and how strong your boss behind the scenes is. Just a name is of no use. In the early years, Victory Port was often crowded with people. Pirates came ashore, and even the guard station set up by the Ming Dynasty army was evacuated, and the Yulin Inspection Department was just an empty sign. "Wei Ping said with regret: "I have been an inspection officer for four years. The actual work here in Yulin happened after the Haihan people built Victory Port here. Without the Haihan people, this place would probably still be a wasteland, so the Haihan people want to take over this place. I, Wei Ping, am convinced. As for the Ming Inspection Department, it is really dispensable. If some immigrants from the Ming Dynasty were not so peaceful and the executive committee did not want to cause trouble, the Inspection Department would have been abolished long ago. "
After all, Huangque had spent a few days in the Han territory, and he knew the general relationship between the Ming Dynasty's officialdom. After hearing Wei Ping's explanation, he couldn't help but ask: "Then the inspection department takes orders from the Han people, and Yazhou doesn't care." ?”
"Lord Zhizhou also listens to the Executive Committee." Wei Ping said with a smile: "Lord Zhizhou's precious son-in-law, General Luo Shengdongluo of Yacheng Water Village, is now the largest private salt dealer in Qiongzhou Island, and the source of his goods is the Shengli Port Salt Farm. , which side do you think Mr. Zhizhou will help?”
"What about Qiongzhou Fucheng?" Huang Que continued to ask.
"Those officials in Qiongzhou Fucheng just want to make money. As for who is an official in Yacheng and who is in charge, they don't care at all." Wei Ping shook his head helplessly and said: "The Haihan Executive Committee sends gifts every year There are at least tens of thousands of taels of silver coming to Qiongzhou Fucheng. Even if those officials don't give Haihan face, they will definitely give this money face. The Haihan people in Yazhou can do whatever they want, as long as they don't openly raise the flag of rebellion. I don’t care who is in charge here.”
Having said that, Huang Que can probably feel what Haihan's prestige is in the local area. Since even official law enforcement agencies like the Inspection Department are helping the Haihan people, it seems that the Haikou that Fu Li boasted about before may be true. Thinking of this, Huang Que couldn't help but become more curious about Haihan as a group.
(End of chapter)