Chapter 1341: Swinging Position
In a solemn atmosphere, everyone stood on the dock with fear and fear after listening to Yan Chujie's parting words. For these naturalized officials, these top leaders in the executive committee have always been regarded as gods, and what they say is equivalent to a government order in black and white with a red seal, which must not be disobeyed. Of course, there are also some astute people like Liu Shang among them, and they felt something different from Yan Chujie's speech.
Before this, more than half of the affairs in the occupied areas in Shandong were managed by the military, and Yan Chujie's speech was somewhat intended to protect his own family. This may be a warning to everyone not to try to cause trouble with the military during the handover process. As for what kind of troubles there would be in this process, Yan Chujie did not go into details. Liu Shang was not very familiar with such matters, so naturally he couldn't guess. However, the journey to Shandong was long, and there was plenty of time to ask other civil affairs officials who were traveling with him about the secrets. Liu Shang was not in a hurry at this moment.
After Yan Chujie finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at Yu Xiaobao who was standing next to him, asking him to say a few words. Yu Xiaobao nodded, took a step forward, and loudly said to everyone: "It's a long way to Shandong, and the local environment is not as good as Sanya, so life will inevitably be harder. After work, don't forget to take good care of yourself. I am Hai The Han Dynasty has many development plans in the north. If you are serious about it, it is not a bad idea to stay in the north and take charge of it. The time has come, please come on board!"
Yu Xiaobao's words were concise and concise, and they seemed to be polite at first. However, Liu Shang, who specializes in collecting information from the smallest details, naturally noticed the information mentioned in Yu Xiaobao's words.
Haihan still has many development plans in the north, and the amount of information contained in this sentence is huge. It has become a fact that Haihan currently occupies part of the area in Dengzhou, Shandong Province. However, judging from Yu Xiaobao's statement, Dengzhou is not the end of Haihan's northward activities, and there will be more actions in the future. Liu Shang didn't know the local situation, and he didn't have much information about Shandong in Sanya. It was difficult to deduce Haihan's next development direction in the north out of thin air.
At this moment, he couldn't help but start to worry about the safety of Ming Dynasty. After all, Dengzhou was only separated from the important area of Gyeonggi by the Bohai Bay. For the Haihan Army who was good at cross-sea operations, it was like nothing. As for the naval forces retained by the Ming Dynasty in the Bohai Bay, more than half of them had been taken away by the rebels during the Denglai Rebellion and went to the Northeast to seek refuge with Houjin. Some of them went to Pi Island, and the remaining stragglers were scattered throughout the Shandong Peninsula. The coastal states and counties can at most serve as an early warning, but there is no way they can fight against the powerful Haihan fleet.
If it were in peacetime, the period after the Denglai Rebellion was settled would have been enough time to reorganize a navy to protect the Bohai Sea. However, it is a pity that in recent years, the Ming Dynasty has been experiencing constant internal and external troubles in the north, and it is impossible for the imperial court to draw on the scarce military expenditures. Take enough money out of the budget to rebuild a naval force that might not be called into action.
The reason why I say this is because Haihan’s absolute control over the coastline south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty has been fully revealed in recent years. Even if the Ming Dynasty court still will not recognize the existence of the country Haihan, the senior officials who govern this country will not. They would be stupid enough to ignore Haihan's maritime armed strength. The approach of using water to challenge Haihan's fleet has been proven to be unworkable many times. Senior officials have realized that cautiously maintaining a superficial peace with Haihan is the most sensible thing at present. Diplomatic handling strategies.
Of course, there are many people like Liu Shang in the DPRK who are worried about the safety of the capital, but what's the use of just worrying? At this time, the Ming Dynasty was no longer able to deal with a powerful enemy coming from the sea. This was not the Japanese pirates that had harassed the Ming Dynasty coast before, but a maritime armed force that was more powerful than the Ming Dynasty navy. It could not be completely solved by force alone. Haihan's question.
"Maybe when we get to Shandong, we can try to find out Haihan's next plan." At this moment, Liu Shang unconsciously stood on Ming's position again, and he had even begun to think about how to leave no trace. He contacted the local Ming intelligence agency in Shandong and quietly passed on the intelligence he had obtained there.
After all, years of habits cannot be changed overnight. Even if Liu Shang had previously made up his mind to clear his identity and become a peace officer in Haihan, when the real thing came and he discovered that there was a potential crisis in Ming Dynasty, he still I can't help but weigh the pros and cons as a government official. Even though the benefits that Daming could bring him were far less than those of Haihan, the power of nostalgia was still strong enough for him to subconsciously make plans for Daming.
Yu Xiaobao's speech was as confident and firm as other high-ranking Haihan officials, and Yan Chujie next to him did not express any objection to it, so Liu Shang believed that this was not his bragging, and he had to do something to be worthy of his Identity - the identity that he almost gave up yesterday.
Liu Shang was stunned. Yu Xiaobao had finished speaking and walked directly to him and three other Youth League officials. It seemed that he wanted to give them some personal instructions.
"What I should tell you is almost as much as I said a few days ago. I will emphasize one more point..." Yu Xiaobao's tone of voice was very mature and inconsistent with his age: "...After arriving in Shandong, he behaved in a low-key manner and did things in a high-key manner. . If you have any doubts at work, the attitude of the military will prevail. ”
Everyone responded immediately. They had been given surprise training in the past few days before departure, one of which was to gain a general understanding of Haihan's local management structure and personnel arrangements.
There are currently five senior military generals stationed in Shandong, including Wang Tom, Qian Tiandun, Morgan, Harugong, and Chen Yixin. The only ones who can barely be classified as civilians are Hao Wanqing, the second-in-command of the Ministry of Security, and Tian Yeyou, an exploration expert who is responsible for the operation of the Fushan copper mine in the local area. Strictly speaking, these two people have always had close contacts with the military. They usually do not manage secular affairs unrelated to their work fields, and their positions may not be on the side of the civilian camp.
As for the team that went north to assist this time, there was no higher-level "chief" joining it, and there would be no special change in the proportion of civil and military officials in Shandong. Therefore, Yu Xiaobao had to remind his subordinates to prioritize their work after arriving in the local area and not to conflict with the military in charge of local government affairs. Otherwise, they will offend several big bosses in the military, and no one will be able to save them from suffering there.
Liu Shang secretly sighed after learning about this staffing. He had already visited various states and counties in Hainan Island with Yu Xiaobao, and knew that Haihan generally only assigned one or two "chief" level officials to be responsible for local government and military affairs in a region. However, Haihan's occupied area in Shandong actually gathered so many senior officials, mainly military attachés. From this alone, we can see that Haihan's thoughts were probably not pure.
After Yu Xiaobao finished his instructions, he motioned for them to board the ship quickly. After Liu Shang got on the ship with their luggage, a sailor took them over and took them to the cabin. There was a leader seeing them off at the pier, so they couldn't go straight into the cabin to rest after boarding the ship. Now they had to stand on the side of the ship, waiting for the leader to leave before the ship sailed, before they could move around freely. But it wasn't just Liu Shang who Yan Chujie and Yu Xiaobao wanted to send away, there were also more than ten other cargo ships loaded with various supplies that were going north with them. Most of the supplies on these ships can only be produced in Sanya, and some of them are valuable weapons and equipment that are supplied to the northern frontier. The captains of these cargo ships will also be collectively received by Yan Chujie. Therefore, Liu Shang and others had to wait on the ship. After Yan Chujie met the personnel of the cargo fleet, the entire fleet would set off together.
Fortunately, Yan Chujie always acted vigorously and resolutely, never being sloppy. Not long after they arrived at the side of the ship and stood still, Yan Chujie had already finished his practical speech to the captains. A sharp copper whistle began to sound on the pier, signaling the ships to leave the port. Under the command of the captain, the sailors skillfully unmoored and raised the sails, and slowly sailed away from the coast.
Liu Shang saw Yu Xiaobao standing on the pier waving to him. He also followed the example of others and raised his arm to wave vigorously in Yu Xiaobao's direction to express farewell. In terms of how people get along with each other, he feels that Yu Xiaobao is a good boss, smart but not mean, and can even be said to be friendly. Compared to the vicious and cunning boss he used to be when he was on duty. , it is very easy to get along with Yu Xiaobao as a superior and subordinate.
We say goodbye here, I don’t know when we will see each other again. Although Liu Shang didn't have any sentimental emotions, he still couldn't help but recall his experience working with Yu Xiaobao some time ago. As a spy of the Ming Dynasty, I actually worked with a senior official of Haihan for almost a month by chance. This experience can be considered very special.
However, Liu Shang thought about it and realized that this didn't seem to be anything special. When he went to Shandong this time, there would be seven senior Haihan officials there, and there would be more opportunities to work together. At that time, there will be many opportunities to observe how the Haihan people govern their overseas occupied areas.
Seeing Yan Chujie and Yu Xiaobao return to the carriage and then leave the dock under the escort of cavalry, the people standing on the side of the ship waving greetings slowly stopped and each moved their already aching arms. Some people felt that the deck was windy and immediately went back to their cabins to stay.
The sailing ship that carried the cadres who went north to aid construction this time was a passenger ship affiliated with the Maritime Transport Department of the Ministry of Transport. Although it did not have high-tech blessings such as steam power, the ship was specially built to transport middle- and high-level officials in terms of comfort. But it is far more than a naval battleship. In addition to Liu Shang's group of people heading north to Shandong, there are also several individual passengers on the ship who are going to Hong Kong, Penghu, Zhoushan and other places. Of course, these individual passengers are also employees of various government departments, and ordinary people are not qualified to board this ship that has special identity requirements.
Liu Shang didn't want to go back to the cabin immediately. He put his hands on the side of the ship and stared at the farther and farther coastline. He felt a little reluctant to leave this place where he had only stayed for a few months.
Although he has had many thrilling moments in his past career, compared to what he has seen and experienced in the past few months, it seems to be relatively dull. These few months on Hainan Island seemed to have opened a whole new world in front of him. In this world, Ming Dynasty was not the strongest country, and the unknown Haihan was the center of the world. This country has too many things that the Ming Dynasty cannot match. According to the Haihan people, this country is hundreds of years more advanced than the Ming Dynasty. In some areas, there is even a gap of several hundred years.
Liu Shang could not accept such a theory at first, but what he saw and heard subsequently confirmed that the boasts of the Haihan people were true. The more he saw and understood, the more Liu Shang was bent on overthrowing the Haihan Kingdom and became less and less focused, because he knew that this was basically an impossible task, and he gradually became more inclined to protect himself. He even did not hesitate to act without authorization and indirectly killed a group of colleagues who were also lurking in Haihan.
It's a pity that after all the agencies were exhausted, he could no longer live a stable life in Sanya. There is no way to tell what kind of environment will be waiting for him after he goes north. In short, it will not be as comfortable as Sanya. But at this time, he felt that Ming Dynasty was facing a crisis, and he had to do something to make up for his previous mistakes.
This back-and-forth stance made him despise himself for not being strong-willed enough, but in fact he didn't quite know. This was because his sense of identity was becoming increasingly blurry.
Now whether he is a Mingren or a naturalized citizen of Haihan, Liu Shang's understanding of the boundaries between these two identities is increasingly blurred. Let's say he is from Haihan. He obviously spends much more time working for Haihan now. His food, clothing, housing and transportation are all provided by Haihan. He is said to be from Haihan, but he clearly still has the status of a lurker, and he is still there. Mindful of the safety of Ming Dynasty.
Liu Shang really felt in a dilemma about what to do next. Fortunately, there is still enough time on the way to Shandong for him to slowly weigh the benefits and losses and make the choice that is most beneficial to him.
Only half a day after the northbound fleet sailed out of Victory Port, Shandong, thousands of miles away, had already received telegrams relayed all the way from the Daming coastline. Fort Victory notified Shandong of the fleet's departure time, the materials transported, and the general status of the personnel, so that the destination could make early arrangements.
In the evening of that day, the news was passed from Zhifu Island to Fushan County, and the most excited person about it was undoubtedly Chen Yixin, who had been temporarily assigned to manage civil affairs in recent months. The arrival of this group of construction aid personnel can free him from his current worldly affairs and return to the army to lead troops.
(End of chapter)