Chapter 499 The Development of the Army
Li Qingyang looked at these two young people whose faces had not yet completely shed their childish looks. His old habit suddenly relapsed, and he couldn't help but ask: "I see these two young men are also young talents. Why didn't you take the merit examination before?" Serve the imperial court?”
"Testing for merit?" Fu Li responded in astonishment, turned to look at Yu Xiaobao, and then the two looked at each other and smiled.
"Forget about taking the merit test, we don't have such a good life." Yu Xiaobao waved his hands and said: "It's only been in the past two or three years that we started to learn to read. How can we write articles to take the merit test! If the leaders hadn't come here Place, I am probably still working as a fisherman at the seaside, and this guy is probably working as a hunter in the mountains..."
"I am the heir to the cave master. When I am the cave master, I don't have to do these rough jobs myself!" Fu Li corrected with a smile.
"Ah, it turns out that Brother Fu is from Li!" Li Qingyang sighed subconsciously.
The Ming Dynasty has always enfeoffed the leaders of the Li people's strongholds. Of course, these are just empty positions that cost no money, and they will not really arrange local official positions for these Li people. Li Qingyang saw a lot of Li people working for the Haihan people in Sanya, almost from all walks of life. It seemed that Haihan had indeed solved the ethnic issues between Han and Li better than Ming Dynasty. However, this was the first time Li Qingyang met the heir to the cave master like Fu Li in the local area. He knew that this status was considered a noble among the Li people, and judging from Fu Li's attitude, it was obvious that he preferred to be in the Haihan society. Due to his status, he probably will not return to Li Cave to become the cave master.
Li Qingyang could feel the good relationship between the two, but one was a descendant of fishermen and the other was the owner of Shaodong from Li. It was really hard for him to imagine how two teenagers with such different identities and backgrounds could become Haihan people together. A capable person under my command. But from here he could also feel that Haihan's employment standards were very different. The descendants of fishermen and Li people could serve as officials under the Haihan people, but he could only serve as a non-staff member of the Security Department waiting for deployment.
Although Li Qingyang thought that he had no real intention to join Haihan, at this moment he clearly felt unwillingness in his heart - after all, he was also an orthodox member of the Jinyiwei family, an official of the imperial court, and had worked hard and sacrificed his life for the Ming Dynasty. Gong, it sounds like he is a capable person. When he arrived at Haihan, he was given a job and then thrown into a drug store to work as an accountant?
As if he heard the complicated emotions in Li Qingyang's sigh, Fu Li responded: "Our Fushandong is the first Lidong to cooperate with Haihan. Many of the young people coming out of our cave are just like us. , now working in the militia and the police department. The opportunities given to us Li people by the Haihan leaders are the same as those of the Han people. For the leaders, as long as they are loyal to Haihan and the executive committee, they are available. No. There needs to be a distinction between nationalities.”
Li Qingyang is now used to not arguing with others about whether he should be loyal to Haihan or Ming - there are quite a few people in this place who have never really accepted the rule of the Ming court. For them, this matter is not discussed at all. value. But when Li Qingyang heard with his own ears that a young Li like Fu Li said "loyal to Haihan", he still felt quite a shock.
The Ming Dynasty has ruled Hainan for more than 200 years. During this period, it even mobilized large-scale Miao soldiers from the mainland to Hainan to quell the rebellion of the Li people. However, up to now, it can only enfeoff the land and let them govern themselves. If they want to win over the Li people and even The allegiance of the Miao people was almost impossible. However, after Haihan came for three years, the Li and Miao people here rushed to seek refuge with him and be loyal to him. These always rebellious mountain people have been trained to be so docile, let alone the Han people. Li Qingyang couldn't help but think of Hao Wanqing's comment that "the Ming Dynasty is about to end" - if the Haihan people really reach out to the mainland, then they will Won’t it happen that the people of Ming Dynasty also rush to defect?
However, Li Qingyang then thought about it, how could there be a future? Will there still be fewer people from the Ming Dynasty crossing the sea from Guangdong and Guangxi to join Haihan every month? According to Li Qingyang's estimation during this period, the average number of immigrants transported from Guangdong every month should be around two thousand. This number may not seem large, but after calculation over the years, it basically provides at least one person for the Haihan people every year. The population of the county, and Haihan's utilization efficiency of labor is astonishingly high. When the population of this county reaches Haihan, it is probably that more things can be done than the three counties under the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, not all the immigrants Haihan recruited from the mainland were shipped to Sanya. He heard that in addition to the two strongholds in Panyu and Wanshan Port that he had visited before, Haihan had opened a new port in Xinhui County. , not only is its scale far greater than the first two places, but the executive committee plans to gradually take the place as its own and build a Haihan ruling area like Sanya. After this area is occupied, Li Qingyang estimates that there will be no natural obstacles to prevent Haihan's expansion along the coasts of Guangdong and Guangxi.
Yu Xiaobao said: "Mr. Li, I have been in Guangzhou in recent years. I have seen how the Ming Dynasty government governs the place and appoints talents. When it comes to knowing people and making good use of them, how can those officials of the Ming Dynasty compare with the wise leader Haihan? Looks like? ”
Li Qingyang laughed at himself: "I am just a prisoner who was captured by mistake. There is probably no chance of being reused."
"Prisoners? Identity is not a problem. People like Luo Shengdong and Wu Sen were prisoners at the beginning, but now they all behave like human beings?" Yu Xiaobao seemed to have noticed Li Qingyang's failure, and continued He persuaded: "Mr. Li, the Security Department is the most difficult yamen to get into. I don't know how many people want to get in but can't get in. It's a great opportunity for you to be included in the Security Department's establishment as a prisoner!"< br>
The two young Haihan cadres sat for a while and then set off to patrol the streets again. Li Qingyang continued to sit blankly on the bamboo chair, thinking about his future.
He originally planned to get some powerful information in Qiongzhou and use it to get promoted and make a fortune, but after being captured by the Haihan people, this possibility has become very slim. Under the surveillance of the Haihan people, nothing he could send back through the news channel had much weight, and naturally he didn't have much merit to speak of. As time went by, the superiors at Nanjing Zhenfu Division might forget that there were still more He, Li Qingyang, is lurking on the remote Qiongzhou Island.
Li Qingyang knew that now the people of Haihan felt that he could still stabilize the situation, so they kept him well fed and housed. But when Haihan's wings became stronger, he would no longer worry about the pressure from Daming. He, a little The Jinyiwei spies will become dispensable. Even if he won't be sent to a hard labor camp by then, it may be difficult to find a good way out, and if he returns to the mainland at that time, the Jin Yiwei may not be able to spare him. At the very least, he will be charged with incompetence in doing things. And completely surrendering to Haihan seems to be the most promising path at present. His immediate boss Lin Nan had told him more than once that as long as one day he really figured it out and was willing to serve Haihan, he could bring it up at any time and the Ministry of Security would immediately help him arrange a new job and position. Promotion and salary increase are all a piece of cake. After contacting these two young Haihan cadres today, the idea in Li Qingyang's mind seemed to be stronger.
While Li Qingyang was worrying about how to choose his future path, the executive committee and officials from various units were gathering at Fort Victory to hold the annual general meeting.
Of course, it is said to be a plenary meeting, but to be precise, it is still a representative meeting. Quite a few time travelers do not have the conditions to rush to Fort Victory to participate in this meeting. Therefore, all projects that require a general vote are announced internally at least ten days in advance. , and then the voting coupons filled out by each person were returned from various places.
As expected, the proposal to establish military regions was successfully passed with a high vote. In addition, the nominations for the commanders of the three major military regions were also voted on at this meeting. All three military regions are tentatively designated as regiment-level establishments, and the first and second leaders will be promoted to the rank of colonel. Xiao Liang served as the commander of the Guangdong Military Region, Yu Yao served as the political commissar, and the young officer Chen Yixin was promoted to the rank of major and served as the chief of staff of the Guangdong Military Region.
Since there are military bosses in charge of the Hainan Military Region, there is little competition. Yan Chujie and Tao Donglai serve as commanders and political commissars respectively, while Navy Commander Wang Tom also serves as chief of staff.
The three main positions in the Annan Military Region were divided between Qian Tiandun, Mu Xiabai and Feng Annan. It is worth mentioning that due to the limited geographical conditions of the Annan Military Region, almost all military expansion in the past two years has been through self-recruitment. The military and political officials in Annan are inclined to expand by force, so the Annan Military Region is also one of the three major military regions. The first force in the military region to meet the regiment-level establishment requirements.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the military also promoted a large number of grassroots naturalized civilian officers to meet the needs of the expanded establishment. Nearly fifty grassroots officers from Annan will be sent to the Victory Port Military Academy to receive the latest political and ideological training. After returning, they will serve as instructors for combat units at all levels in the local garrison. Doing a good job in the ideological work of grassroots military personnel is also a big move that the military will implement this year. Otherwise, the territory controlled by Haihan will become larger and larger in the future, and the garrison in various places may gradually become local warlords.
In addition, the practice of regularly changing garrison locations for troops, which has been suspended for a long time due to military expenditure issues, will be resumed this year. Some of the garrison troops in the three major military regions will have part of their strength to rotate garrison in other places. The purpose of this is also to Try to prevent the emergence of local warlordism as much as possible.
Among the three major military regions currently, the naval strength of the Hainan and Guangdong military regions, which will receive two main combat gunboats, is undoubtedly superior. As for Annan, due to the end of the civil war, the local area has basically returned to normal and stable order. Therefore, for the maritime armed forces The requirements are not high, and currently there are only a few "exploration-class" warships paired with two "exploration-class" ships as the main force of local maritime patrol.
However, the situation of the army is completely opposite. Qian Tiandun’s successful experience in the Black Tu Port Special Operations Battalion was later extended to the entire Annan garrison. Army soldiers trained according to his model were very successful in the mountains. The combat capability in complex environments such as jungles, dense water network areas, etc. is significantly stronger than the troops trained here in Victory Port. In the annual military competition, the team sent by the Black Tu Port Special Operations Battalion has never been defeated and ranks first every year. Even Yan Chujie had to admit that at least in the field of field operations, Qian Tiandun's troops were the most powerful among the militia departments.
Of course, this is also related to a certain extent with the military commander's personal combat thinking, garrison environment and functions. The main task of the army in Sanya is defense. It relies on the coastal defense artillery batteries established at the two ports and the fortresses in the ports to defend the local area. The military's combat capability requirements are more focused on defense. Qian Tiandun himself is a special forces soldier. For him, it is more feasible to take the initiative than to stand firm. Therefore, his thinking in training the army is also based on offensiveness. The army is equipped with a large number of short-barreled large-caliber muskets suitable for use in jungle and mountain warfare. , as well as a 3-pound small-caliber army gun that is lightweight and easy to move. Everything is based on maintaining good mobility.
This kind of field force may not be an opponent of the Sanya militia forces in city offensive and defensive battles, but if it is guerrilla warfare in the wild, their power will be fully demonstrated. Moreover, Qian Tiandun attaches great importance to sniper training. After the first batch of sniper flintlock rifles were produced the year before last, Qian Tiandun immediately ordered half of them to leave. Moreover, there are double-digit snipers in the equipment applications submitted to the Military Commission every year. rifle. Over the past two years, the Annan Garrison has trained more than 30 qualified snipers, which is more than the snipers of the other two military regions combined.
The only thing that Qian Tiandun regrets is that due to the end of the Annan Civil War, the militia troops stationed in Annan have had no actual combat opponents for a long time. This is simply a problem for Qian Tiandun who has always emphasized actual combat training. Kind of suffering. At present, the only country that has small-scale sporadic fighting with Annan is the Champa State in the south. However, the Champa State is also buying weapons from Haihan and seeking military assistance. Qian Tiandun cannot send troops to go to this beach. Muddy water.
One of the purposes of Qian Tiandun's return was to encourage the Military Commission to start looking for the next target. Although the current development idea of the Military Commission is to focus on the navy and control the chokepoints at sea first, Qian Tiandun understands that the role of the army will not be weakened much because of this, because in occupying an area, the army will ultimately have to solve the problem, and Annan's troops are the best swords currently in the hands of the military.
As for the Army of the Guangdong Military Region, because the garrison conditions were extremely limited before, the establishment is also the smallest among the three military regions. After that, I am afraid that troops will have to be transferred from the other two military regions to supplement it, otherwise the regiment-level establishment will not be With only battalion-level troops, that really doesn't look good.
(End of chapter)