Chapter 1772 Profitable
Tao Donglai knew very well that Xu Xinsu had never been a good man. Before he joined the Ming army, he was an armed smuggler in the southeastern waters of the Ming Dynasty. His later conflict with Shiba Zhi was also due to a conflict of interest. After the defeat of Shibazhi, many of the leaders were ordered by Xu Xinsu to exterminate their families to avoid future troubles. Haihan also knew about these shady things, but he just pretended to be deaf and mute in order to maintain the cooperative relationship between the two parties and did not take action to stop them.
There are many stepping stones like Shibazhi in the process of Xu Xinsu's rise. He can become a warlord not just by hugging Haihan's thigh. Tao Donglai had no doubt that Xu Xinsu would do something that went against common sense in order to increase his own strength. The immigrants Haihan needs at this stage are either prisoners, slaves, prisoners of war and other cheap people who are directly used as hard labor, or they are people from other countries with relatively normal origins. If Fujian robs Ming people and sends them to Haihan to make up for their income, Such immigrants are likely to transfer their hatred of being forced to leave their homes to Haihan, thus creating social instability.
Xu Yuzhuo quickly waved his hand to deny the possibility Tao Donglai said: "Don't worry, Mr. Tao, there is no such thing. It's just that rebels have been rampant in Anhui and other places this year, causing a large number of people to flee. If your country has such a need, , after returning home, we can start arranging to recruit refugees from the interior and send them to Hainan Island from Fujian for resettlement.”
What Xu Yuzhuo said is true. In the first month of this year, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Zuo Jinwang and other peasant armies met in Anqing. After unsuccessfully attacking Anqing, they retreated to Qianshan, Anhui. Soon Zhang Xianzhong led his army to attack again from Qianshan, defeating Taihu, Qizhou, Huangzhou and other places, and severely damaged the Ming army at Fengjiadian in Taihu, killing more than 40 people including Ming general Pan Keda, and the Ming army suffered more than six losses. thousand. Zhang Xianzhong's army took advantage of the victory and pursued it, seizing Hezhou, Hanshan, Liuhe and other places, causing chaos in Anhui.
After the war broke out, a large number of refugees poured into Zhejiang and Jiangxi, which are adjacent to Anhui, to escape the war. Even Pucheng, Songxi, Qingyuan and other counties in northern Fujian, which are hundreds of miles away from the incident, also had refugees from the north. Enter in large numbers. Although he knew that the peasant army was unlikely to go south to attack Fujian, Xu Xinsu still transferred two battalions of musketeers north to garrison in Pucheng County, which borders Jiangxi and Zhejiang, to prevent the peasant army from trying to fish in troubled waters.
Of course, Fujian has also considered whether to hand over these refugees entering northern Fujian to Haihan for processing. However, there are about 400 miles of mountain roads from northern Fujian to Ningde, the nearest sea port. It is a difficult task to organize these refugees to go to sea. Quite a troublesome job. Moreover, Haihan's immigration recruitment has focused more on technical personnel in recent years. Fujian is not sure whether Haihan is willing to pay for these refugees, and it is very likely that there will be no money to be made, so no arrangements have been made in this regard.
However, since Tao Donglai now proposed to increase the scale of immigration and was willing to pay a certain amount of compensation, Xu Yuzhuo immediately thought of the situation in the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, these refugees were all from areas outside Fujian, and handed them over to Haihan for processing. , just do it like you did when you helped Haihan transport refugees from the north. This not only gave these refugees a way to survive, solved the hidden security risks in the area, but also benefited himself. It could also take the opportunity to please Haihan. It could be said that it served multiple purposes with one stone. Naturally, Xu Yuzhuo would not let go of this opportunity.
"Anhui?" Tao Donglai confirmed the place Xu Yuzhuo said again, thinking that he would go back to the intelligence department to confirm whether this situation was true. If such a large-scale war really occurs in the local area, not only can war refugees be recruited from Fujian, but Zhejiang, which is closer to Anhui, can certainly also operate. According to past experience, if arrangements are made properly, it will not be a problem to recruit thousands of immigrants from Ming Dynasty in a short period of time.
The peasant army rebellion in the Ming Dynasty has been going on for several years, and apart from deploying troops to intercept it, it seems difficult for the imperial court to completely annihilate these armed organizations that may break into pieces and lurk among the people at any time. On the contrary, they were influenced by them The area is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people are displaced. The government's rescue efforts for refugees were limited, so many of these refugees who had lost their means of survival were hijacked by the rebels, which led to more and more attacks by the rebels and repeated bans.
Of course, the time travelers understand that there are actually many social conflicts hidden behind the peasant army rebellion that has lasted for several years. The Ming court's attempt to simply use force to solve the problem will definitely not work in the end, and it will inevitably be a situation where the gourd rises when it is pressed. . As for the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, Haihan didn't have much thought to intervene in it. This is because most of the wars occurred in inland areas, far away from Haihan's control areas on the coast, and it can't be said to have much direct impact. Secondly, the repeated struggles of the peasant army in the interior will inevitably weaken the Ming's ruling foundation. Haihan is actually happy to see this change. More of the Ming's military power is consumed in domestic counter-insurgency wars. Haihan The scruples of acting along the coast of Ming Dynasty will be smaller.
As for the refugee flow caused by the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, if Haihan could receive a part of the population, it would actually be an additional benefit. However, if you want to enjoy such benefits, you cannot sit back and enjoy them. There is still a lot of work that needs to be arranged in advance. Shipping, civil affairs, security and other departments must work together to ensure that a large number of people are transferred from Daming to areas under Haihan. No major problems will arise during the process.
Fortunately, we have accumulated rich experience in recruiting immigrants from overseas over the years. Penghu Port in Fujian and Dinghai Port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang have specially built immigration camps for the temporary resettlement and transfer of large numbers of refugees. As long as the transportation capacity is in place, the entire immigration route can be started. aisle.
As for the benefits that need to be paid to Fujian in the process of organizing immigrants, this is not a problem at all from Tao Dong's point of view. The cost of recruiting refugees is much lower than recruiting ordinary immigrants. As long as the number of people reaches a large scale, even if there are some additional The cost is still pretty good too. Moreover, the inland refugees introduced from Fujian are basically Han Chinese, and their value will definitely be higher than the Siamese prisoners of war provided by Annan Kingdom.
"This is a special matter. Later I will send a telegram to Penghu to explain the situation. The local officials will contact Mr. Xu to arrange and implement this matter as soon as possible." Tao Donglai turned to Schneider and said: "In terms of funds, you Make some arrangements too.”
How much impact can a few words from a senior official of Haihan have? In the coming period, thousands of Ming refugees will have the opportunity to change their destiny. Becoming a national of another country may be something that most of them have never thought about, but in the near future it will become a choice before them. For the refugees who finally choose to accept Haihan's rescue and move overseas, their lives will take a completely different direction from then on.
Compared with trade agreements, Haihan executives are actually more interested in the source of immigrants. After all, trade can only bring short-term benefits, but the demographic dividend brought by immigrants can last for decades or even For generations. Moreover, judging from the current national conditions of Haihan State, there is no shortage of import and export trade objects, but there is a huge gap in the demand for labor that is difficult to fill in a short period of time. Being able to obtain Han immigrants from the Ming Dynasty without cultural barriers is undoubtedly the most ideal situation for Haihan.
The next day, Tao Donglai called together several members of the local executive committee in Sanya, intending to discuss the immigration plan agreed with Annan and the Fujian envoys the night before, and divide the tasks of each department. However, At this time, Yan Chujie brought new news, which forced the theme of the meeting to be temporarily changed.
Yan Chujie's news came from distant Liaodong, but it was not that fighting broke out on the Jinzhou defense line, but that there were new changes in the political situation of Houjin. In the original history, Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty should have proclaimed himself emperor in 1636, that is, in April of last year, and changed the name of his country and clan. However, perhaps because the spring offensive launched by Haihan in Liaodong last year caught Hou Jin off guard, Hou Jin did not change the political situation as originally recorded in history, so that even the historical situation of Huang Taiji's personal expedition to North Korea at the beginning of this year did not happen. Originally, Shen Shikui, Jin Riguan and other Ming generals who clung to Pidao would all die in the Qing offensive. However, now the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town have basically been transferred from Pidao to Jinzhou, and the fierce seven-day-and-night battle did not break out. fighting.
Because of such changes, time-travelers are no longer able to predict future changes in the situation in the region, so some people joked that maybe the Qing Dynasty would never appear in this time and space again. Hundreds of years later There will also be no messy braid dramas filling the TV screen, beautifying the ignorant situation of the Manchu aristocrats who have enslaved the Han people for more than two hundred years.
However, this beautiful imagination was eventually ruthlessly broken by the news sent back from Liaodong.
"Huang Taiji has proclaimed himself emperor. Everything is the same as in history. It's just a year late." Yan Chujie announced the news with a solemn face: "Our arrival has not completely changed the direction of the historical process, or in other words, our current influence The power is not enough to fundamentally change history.”
After being a year late, Huang Taiji still announced the proclaimed emperor in the spring of the tenth year of Chongzhen, changed the Yuan Dynasty to Chongde, changed the name of the country to Qing Dynasty, changed the name of the clan to Manchuria, and established the capital in Shenyang. Huang Taiji's father, Nurhachi, was regarded as the "Emperor who inherited Tian Guang Yun's holy virtues and divine merits and established Ji Li Ji Ren Xiaowu", and his temple name was Taizu. Huang Taiji's brothers and nephews, the foreign vassals Mongol Baylor, and the Ming Dynasty generals Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi were all named kings.
"The title of Nurhaci was written by a Han minister. How could those wild boar skins understand these sophisticated tricks!" Bai Kesi, who had been to Liaodong last year and saw the true face of Hou Jin Manzi, immediately complained.
Ning Qi responded: "According to the records of Qing history, the celebration of Qing Taizong's enthronement lasted for more than twenty days, and most of the etiquette used imitated the Han system, so we came up with such a title. I think it is probably that model essay Cheng's masterpiece, at this time he should be a popular person around Huang Taiji. Not only is he a bachelor of the Secretariat of the Interior, but he is also a minister of political affairs. He is probably the only one who can come up with these things to make Huang Taiji happy. "
This Fan Wencheng came from a famous family. For eighteen generations, he was Fan Zhongyan, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty. His ancestors had many important ministers in the court. His great-grandfather Fan Juan also served as the Minister of War during the Jiajing period. Fan Wencheng became a member of the Ming Dynasty at the age of nineteen. However, after Nurhachi captured Fushun in 1618, Fan Wencheng and his brother Fan Wencai took the initiative to serve Nurhachi and were reused because of their background.
There are detailed records of Fan Wencheng and his descendants in the history of the Qing Dynasty. His descendants and descendants ranged from senior officials to governors, governors, ministers of the six departments, ministers, censors, and governors. It can be said that they enjoyed all the glory and wealth. However, Haihan had always been full of hostility to the Manchu regime, and naturally he did not have a good impression of Fan Wencheng who had surrendered to the Manchus.
Tao Donglai said: "Fan Wencheng's matter can be studied slowly, but we need to confirm now. After a year's delay, will the situation in Liaodong continue to develop along the original historical track?"
This is not an optional guess. Haihan sent troops north to Shandong in 1634, with the ultimate goal of conquering the Liaodong region. Three years later, it seems that it has indeed had a significant impact on the original historical trajectory, making it difficult for Hou Jin to concentrate his forces to deal with the Ming Dynasty and North Korea. Even major events such as proclaiming the emperor and changing the Yuan Dynasty were delayed for a full year. However, although the Qing Dynasty was late, it was not absent. It finally appeared on the historical stage of this time and space. Whether this indicates that history will still move forward according to its original trajectory is a change that Haihan must pay attention to now.
If the original script develops, the Qing Dynasty will send troops to North Korea next. Before the Ming Dynasty can even send troops to rescue, North Korea has surrendered, and thus became a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and was forced to break off diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty.
North Korea only formed an alliance with Haihan last year. If it is invaded by the Qing army, it seems a bit unreasonable for Haihan not to send troops. Moreover, Li Xi took the initiative to ask Haihan to station troops in North Korea before this. I wonder if it was because North Korea also felt more and more clearly the military threat from the north. However, judging from the current scale of Haihan's garrison in Liaodong and Shandong, it is not enough to open a second battlefield outside Jinzhou. It is only theoretically possible to resist the Qing Dynasty and aid Korea. Once the Qing army invades the Korean Peninsula, it will The only measure Haihan could take was to send a boat to Ganghwa Island at the mouth of the Han River to pick up the ministers of the King of Korea.
"We have to grasp the next movement of the Qing army as soon as possible. If they really start to gather troops towards the Korean Peninsula, then if we act faster, we may have a chance to take the initiative." Yan Chujie said seriously: "If North Korea surrenders , then we will lose an important source of logistical support. Even if we want to send troops to the north, it will be difficult to support the war situation. "
(End of chapter)