Chapter 2485
Haihan already has considerable experience in identifying and using officials from the original Ming Dynasty. When the territory was expanded from Qiongnan to Qiongbei, Haihan retained many grassroots officials who originally served the Ming Dynasty, including many people at the level of governor and general.
The powerful strength displayed by Haihan in the process of expansion was enough to make many officials who originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty give up their positions and change their allegiance to the new and stronger master. The families and properties of the people retained by Haihan at that time were basically on Hainan Island. Even if they changed their stance and joined Haihan, they would not have much scruples.
In this process, Haihan also gradually mastered how to screen whether the positions of these officials were reliable and whether their governance capabilities were qualified, and he used this method to later appoint officials in the Fuguang area.
The area occupied by Haihan in the Fuguang area not only far exceeds that of Hainan Island, but is even larger and more populous than all the areas Haihan had ruled before. Han’s governance capabilities put forward extremely high requirements.
Annexing the coastal areas under the rule of the Ming Dynasty would not be too difficult for Haihan at least militarily. After all, the gap in military strength between the two sides is on the table. The disadvantages of the Ming army are very obvious and it is impossible to resist the Haihan army. offensive. But it is not easy to digest these areas and slowly transform their social systems into the Haihan model.
Even the Fujian region, which had close contacts with Haihan in the past, could not completely change to Haihan's governance system in a short period of time. Most of the state capitals could only temporarily use the institutions and personnel of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in these places The power of the government is still basically in the hands of the Xu family.
Of course, considering the close relationship that the two parties have maintained over the past twenty years, the interests of the Xu family and Haihan have been firmly tied together, so Haihan does not need to worry about the stance of the Xu family. However, there will definitely be a certain degree of disagreement between the two parties regarding the distribution of interests in Fujian, and this is not a problem that Xu Xinsu can satisfactorily resolve through her lifetime will.
The Xu family officials who came to Sanya to report on their duties came to Sanya as a team, including Xu Yuxing, Xu Yuzhuo, Xu Jiaqi and other Xu family backbones.
After Xu Xinsu passed away, the Xu family was basically centered on these three people. Xu Yuxing temporarily took charge of Fujian government affairs, Xu Yuzhuo commanded the original Fujian navy that had been changed to the Haihan Navy's Futai fleet, and Xu Jiaqi continued to command the local Fujian navy. Army Corps.
When Xu Xinsu was alive, the Xu family's army and navy had nearly 100,000 troops, of which at least 20,000 were armed and trained according to the standards of the Haihan army. They could be regarded as the elite direct descendants of the Xu family. According to the agreement between the two parties, the Xu family has two options. One is that Haihan will not reorganize this part of the Xu family's direct troops and still retain the Xu family's command over these troops, but their station must leave Fujian. The second is to retain the current garrison and the military power of the Xu family generals, but the entire army must be reorganized.
The purpose of both arrangements is naturally to weaken the Xu family's armed strength in Fujian so that Haihan can take over these areas. The first option is to have Xu Jiajun's elite troops leave Fujian and station overseas. In this way, they will inevitably have to obey Haihan's orders in order to obtain stable supplies. The second arrangement is to symbolically retain the Xu family general's position, but to break up the establishment of his troops, which is to put it in a vacuum.
Of course, this kind of isolation is not to take back all the power in the hands of the Xu family. At this stage, Haihan still needs to use the influence of the Xu family to slowly digest the Fujian area, but the local armed forces must be in the hands of Haihan. This is a necessary condition for a solid foundation of rule.
In the end, the Xu family chose the second method, allowing Xu Yuzhuo, Xu Jiaqi and other elderly military generals of the Xu family to surrender their military power and continue to stay in Fujian as military attaches to ensure that the Xu family's interests in Fujian would not be affected. At the same time, he recommended the younger generation of Xu family children to enter the officialdom. Although according to the agreement between the two parties, they could not stay in Fujian to serve as officials, but with the strong backing of the Xu family, at least their starting level would be far higher than that of ordinary people. In addition to these family backbones, the team organized by the Xu family to come to Sanya to report on their work this time was also accompanied by more than 20 young descendants. Xu Yuxing hopes to reach an agreement with Haihan senior management through this trip and solve the problem of the future of these juniors.
"The Executive Committee has reviewed the work reports submitted by everyone and is basically satisfied with the work of the various prefectures in Fujian. We are also very grateful to all of you for your efforts during this period. The purpose of meeting with you today is that Minister Yan and I want to Let’s discuss some of the issues you are concerned about.”
After staying in Sanya for a few days, Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie came to the manor where the Xu family officials stayed to discuss government affairs with them.
Although the content of the discussion was mainly related to government affairs, it also involved many private interests, so this could be said to be an unofficial meeting. Tao Donglai also directly stated his intention to come.
Yan Chujie took over the conversation and said: "Let me talk about the arrangements in the military first. The young officers recommended by you all have the experience of further training at the Military Academy in Sanya, so there is no problem in being transferred to other troops outside Fujian. . According to their personal intentions, they will be assigned to serve in the garrison troops in Hainan Island, Guangdong and Guangxi areas, the East China Sea Colonial Area, the Philippine Colonial Area, and the Xingdao Colonial Area, and all will be awarded the rank of captain."
"As for the treatment in the military, there will be no difference. From now on, promotions, promotions, rewards and punishments will all be based on performance in the military. Don't you have any objections to this?"
Xu Yuxing and others quickly thanked them. Now that the Minister of National Defense Yan Chujie has spoken, most of the future problems for these nephews and descendants have been solved. Their generation has fought for the world with real swords and real guns, so naturally they won't think there is anything wrong with Yan Chujie's statement. The road has been paved. As for whether these younger generations can succeed in the future, it depends on their personal destiny.
Seeing that the Xu family did not express any objection, Yan Chujie immediately took out several signed and stamped letters of appointment and asked the Xu family to report to the Ministry of National Defense with their letters of appointment later. The relevant departments would then issue a letter of introduction and arrange the visit. The area where the service unit is located.
Although the service locations arranged by Yan Chujie for these Xu family children are basically south of the Yangtze River, apart from taking vacations, they probably will not have many opportunities to return to Fujian in the future.
(End of chapter)