Chapter 1342 Military-Civil Integration
Haihan's occupied area in Dengzhou, Shandong was forcibly obtained through military means, and the foundation of its rule was not solid. Therefore, it was militarized from the beginning, and all aspects of affairs were organized and implemented by the garrison. As the garrison generals, several senior military attaches naturally shouldered more civil management tasks. However, the relevant responsibilities were not shared equally, but were directly assigned by the two big bosses, Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun.
As the highest-ranking officials stationed in Shandong, these two people are in charge of the navy and army stationed in Zhifu Island and Fushan County. They assign civil management tasks, and others can only follow them even if they are not dissatisfied. The principle of killing someone at the highest official level is also common in Haihan.
Chen Yixin is one of those who was crushed to death by this truth. As the only junior member of the team that traveled north to Shandong, he did not receive any preferential treatment in terms of task assignment, at least the assignment result was completely unsuccessful in fulfilling his wishes. After the initial development of the Fushan Copper Mine was completed, Qian Tiandun assigned him to be stationed in Fushan County for a long time, and his responsibility changed from guarding the copper mine to managing immigration and trade, as well as working with the Fushan County Government and Dengzhou Prefecture. Ming Dynasty officials dealt with each other.
Chen Yixin has been leading troops to fight since he time traveled, fighting all the way from the Pearl River Estuary to Shandong, and has made many military exploits. But in the Haihan Army, his qualifications are indeed inferior to those of seniors such as Wang Tom, Qian Tiandun, Morgan, and Harugong who had military experience before time travel. Therefore, managing civil affairs, trade, and diplomacy were tasks that no general was willing to take over, and he, the younger generation, could only take the blame.
These affairs are complex and trivial, and require dealing with many aspects. They are completely different from military affairs, where a military order can solve the problem, so most generals have no patience to deal with mundane affairs. The only non-military senior officials are Tian Yeyou and Hao Wanqing. As the Fushan Copper Mine has entered normal operation, Tian Yeyou will leave Shandong and return to Hainan in the near future. After all, his family is in Sanya, and this trip to the north for mining is also It has been successfully completed. As for Hao Wanqing, it is even less likely that he will show up as a spy chief.
Although Chen Yixin was unwilling to do so, he also knew that he had nowhere to push this errand, so he could only do it for the time being. Fortunately, when he was stationed at Dawanshan Island at the Pearl River Estuary, he was somewhat exposed to some civil affairs work. Although he was a bit unskilled in doing it, it could not be called a stranger. At least it was better than the others who focused on leading troops in war. The big guys in the military are more skilled. Therefore, if we take this arrangement seriously, it can be regarded as making the best use of resources and making the best use of people's talents.
Of course, Chen Yixin will be assigned to be in charge of civilian affairs. The above reasons are only part of them. The most important reason is that Chen Yixin has recently married Ma Yuling, the eldest daughter of the powerful local Ma family. But if according to the rules of the military, It is not convenient for the newlyweds to live together. Although this kind of rule is unkind, the rules are dead and people are alive. The big bosses made a plan and made it convenient for Chen Yixin to take charge of civil affairs. In this way, Chen Yixin no longer has to live in a military camp, and naturally he no longer needs to strictly abide by military rules.
Of course, this reason will not be stated openly, but Chen Yixin is not stupid and can naturally understand the good intentions of the big guys. So even though he didn't like dealing with civil affairs, he still silently accepted the kindness. With the cooperation of Ma Dongqiang and others, Chen Yixin spent his own money to build a new two-entry yard near Ma's house in Majiazhuang as a love nest for the young couple. In addition, a two-story building was built outside Majiazhuang as a place for Chen Yixin to handle daily official duties.
The land and labor were naturally organized by the Ma family. Chen Yixin used his power to recruit two construction foremen from Zhifu Island and took ready-made villa drawings from the architectural library to direct the construction. Although it is impossible for the building materials and decorations to follow Haihan's original configuration, the Ma family also tried their best to find better materials for construction within their capabilities.
From the time the two families got engaged at the end of last year to the time the new house was completed and ready for move-in, it only took four months. Considering the local situation, this efficiency is quite good. However, this arrangement seemed to be Chen Yixin's intention. Therefore, in order to take into account his personal reputation and that of Haihan, the wedding banquet was held on Zhifu Island. Three days after the banquet, the young couple moved from Zhifu Island to Majiazhuang. By the way, they also moved Chen Yixin's office to Majiazhuang.
In order to maintain a superficial peace with the Ming Dynasty, although Haihan had occupied areas such as Zhifu Island and Fushan Copper Mine, he deliberately did not touch the Fushan County under his nose, and still let Zhang Pucheng sit in peace. Be his county magistrate in the county town. The local flow of people and trade has also slowly returned to an open state starting this year. Although the Fushan County Government is very aware that Haihan is constantly recruiting immigrants from the local area to go south, under the current situation, neither Zhang Pucheng nor the adults in Dengzhou City are willing to openly quarrel with Haihan again over such a matter. fall out.
Chen Yixin and Zhang Pucheng maintain a frequency of meeting once every half month. The two sides have also gone from being wary of each other at the beginning to now being able to sit down to drink tea and have a meal and communicate in a more relaxed way. If an uninformed person saw it, they would probably never think that this was a transaction scene between the intruders and local officials.
Of course, this relationship is not as strong as between the southern government and Haihan. Haihan did not inform the government in advance of all the actions he carried out locally, but only blindly advanced the occupation plan step by step at his own pace. The Ming Dynasty had already tried to use force to expel them last year, but the result was a disastrous failure. After the troops who attacked the Fushan Copper Mine returned to Dengzhou, there were no other military operations against Haihan. Since the most direct force methods were ineffective, local officials were basically in a state of being angry but afraid to speak out during this period. As long as the Haihan people did not attack the prefectures and counties, the local officials would turn a blind eye to Haihan's actions in occupying the coastal areas of Dengzhou.
However, Zhang Pucheng's situation was better than that in Dengzhou. He wisely did not adopt hard resistance against Haihan, and even cooperated to a certain extent when Haihan's army wiped out the local bandits. This also bought him the goodwill of Haihan and considerable economic benefits, which the previously reckless Dengzhou side was unable to obtain at this stage.
What Haihan got in exchange for these efforts was an autonomous region "recognized" by the local government of the Ming Dynasty. This area includes Zhifu Island and the area south to Qishanbao, the area on both sides of the Jiahe River including Majiabao, and the area where the Fushan Copper Mine is located. The total area is about dozens of miles. In these areas, everyone, things, and things are only subject to the jurisdiction of Haihan, but Haihan will verbally admit that the ownership of these areas still belongs to Ming Dynasty.
Of course, this area actually ruled by Haihan did not have any written contract. The Fushan County Government only acquiesced to this situation after negotiating the conditions. However, this is enough for Haihan, because in the southern coastal areas, Haihan has occupied a lot of land and islands that theoretically still belong to the Ming Dynasty. The so-called ownership rights will not hinder Haihan's actual control of these areas. . Keeping the local government offices of the Ming Dynasty makes it easier to handle many things. After all, this area is still the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the official signs of Haihan are not as useful as those of the Ming Dynasty government offices in many cases.
For example, in the "Fushan District Management Committee" that Chen Yixin is now responsible for, few people buy into this sign. Many foreign merchants who come to Fushan County to trade with Haihan will still habitually ask for help when they encounter trouble. At the Fushan County Government Office. Of course, the Fushan County Government will most likely hold the attitude that more is worse than less, and will push the person involved back and ask him to go to Majiapu to find the Haihan Management Committee to solve the problem. Chen Yixin encountered such a situation again today. Due to heavy rains in the past few days, a medicinal material merchant from out of town had a batch of medicinal materials shipped to Haihan soaked in water on the way. After inspecting the goods, Haihan thought it would be... If the properties of the medicine are affected, naturally they will refuse to accept the goods. The medicinal materials merchant was worried that he would lose all his money, so he went to the Fushan County government office to sue the Haihan people for not abiding by the contract. However, the county magistrate Zhang Pucheng read the complaint and knew that the matter involved the Haihan people, so he did not want to be involved. He advised the victim to withdraw the complaint and go to Majiapu to find the Haihan people to resolve the dispute.
So the medicinal materials merchant came to Majiapu early in the morning, found the person in charge, Chen Yixin, and negotiated with him about the implementation of the contract. Both sides insist on their own opinions and refuse to give in. Chen Yixin was about to have a seizure, but knowing that there were other people lining up outside the office to do business, he still had to take Haihan's image into consideration, so he could only continue to argue with the other party patiently.
This kind of thing is not uncommon. Haihan will encounter some similar troubles when conducting local trading activities. As an official in charge of trade affairs, Chen Yixin often had to face such disputes. If he were in the military, Chen Yixin would be too lazy to slowly explain the facts to others, but now he has to endure his temper and slowly deal with these profit-oriented businessmen.
After finally surviving until noon, Chen Yixin finally got a chance to rest. Of course, the meals at home can be prepared and sent to his office, but he will not eat in the office at noon, otherwise he will only be watched by people who come to do things, and he will not be able to eat at all. Therefore, if there is no social invitation, he always goes home to eat. Anyway, his home is in Majiazhuang, which is very close. It can be reached within a hundred steps' walk. Of course, there is another important reason, that is, he really wants to go back and see the smart and lovely lady at home to relax his mood after a tiring work.
Although the meeting between the two was the fate of their parents and the words of a matchmaker, the process of getting acquainted was quite coincidental, and it barely had anything to do with free love. The best thing is that they only learned each other's true identity after they fell in love. This happened to avoid the arranged marriage that Chen Yixin had always been resistant to, and finally they were able to get together and become a family.
Chen Yixin is ten years older than Ma Yuling. When the two got married this year, Ma Yuling had just turned seventeen. In this era, it is normal for a seventeen-year-old woman to get married, but in Chen Yixin's opinion, Miss Ma should be a high school student at this age, so it is really too early to get married. Therefore, after the two got married, Chen Yixin not only cared for his little lady in every possible way, but also continued to instill some natural and humanistic knowledge into her. Chen Yixin not only wants a spouse to carry on the family line, he also hopes to have some common topics with Ma Yuling so that the other party can understand him more deeply and understand what the Haihan Kingdom she will join in the future is like. exist.
Ma Yuling's age is undoubtedly an advantage. She can learn many things from now on. In addition, she also has a certain cultural foundation, so there is no obstacle to reading and literacy. Therefore, Chen Yixin is quite confident in transforming Ma Yuling's ideological and cultural level. He believes that after a few years of training, Ma Yuling should be able to get used to the lifestyle brought by the time travellers.
When Chen Yixin returned home, he asked the housekeeper to prepare dinner. After Ma Yuling received the notice from her servant, she quickly came out from the backyard and said to Chen Yixin: "My husband is back." However, what she was wearing was a Haihan-style dress that Chen Yixin had brought from Sanya. It is not a dress that Ming women usually wear, so doing such an action would seem a bit unharmonious.
Chen Yixin nodded and said: "Have you finished your homework today?"
Ma Yuling said angrily: "My husband has given me too much homework, how can I finish it all in one morning!"
Chen Yixin smiled and said: "Then let's eat first and then continue cooking slowly in the afternoon."
Lunch consists of three meat dishes, two vegetable dishes and one soup. There is also fruit for dessert after the meal, which is quite a sumptuous meal for two people. However, this table of food was not prepared by Ma Yuling. When Chen Yixin moved to Majiapu, he not only brought the security personnel, but also the cook. The daily meals were naturally based on Haihan's taste. The reason why he did not follow the locals was because, firstly, Chen Yixin was born in Fujian, and he originally preferred Haihan cuisine, which is mainly based on southern tastes. Secondly, he also considered that his family would definitely move to the south to settle down in the future, so that Ma Yuling could settle down earlier. It’s good to adapt to Haihan’s diet.
After eating, Ma Yuling got up and made Chen Yixin a pot of hot tea. Although Chen Yixin is from Fujian, he likes to drink Pu'er tea produced in Yunnan. However, this product is not sold in Dengzhou at all, so only high-ranking officials like Chen Yixin can enjoy this kind of good product specially shipped from the south. Even the purple clay teapot used for making tea is a customized version made by famous teachers in Yixing, Jiangsu.
Chen Yixin did not pay attention to these details of life when he was in the army, but after getting married, he suddenly felt that it would be good to live such a nouveau riche life. A good quality of life can indeed adjust his mood and reduce work pressure.
(End of chapter)