Chapter 2499
Both Chongzhen and Shunzhi wisely chose to accept reality at the last moment, which effectively avoided the destruction of the social foundation by a large-scale war and greatly reduced the price paid by Haihan to unify the country.
According to the prior agreement, Haihan will provide them and their descendants with the treatment of vassal kings. The Ming and Qing countries will continue to exist in name, but their fiefdoms and authority will be greatly restricted. Haihan will not Let them have another chance to rebel.
The Executive Committee believes that as long as they insist on continuous input in economic, political, cultural and educational aspects, at most a few generations later, the two vassal states will be integrated into the Haihan Kingdom in a more natural way. There is no rush to completely erase them at the moment, mainly to allow the newly annexed areas to successfully complete the handover of governance.
After completing the conquest of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Haihan no longer had any rivals in the East Asian continent. For a considerable number of time-travelers, this seemed to be the completion of the most important long-term goal of the time-travel operation.
But for the Executive Committee, there is still a lot of work to be done to govern an empire with such a vast territory and to ensure that this country will not decline rapidly after the death of its own generation. It can even be said that the current situation It's just the beginning of another stage.
The area that Haihan currently rules has suddenly increased dozens of times, which will be a huge test for the ruling system. At present, most areas on the mainland still maintain their original status and are managed by the local bureaucracy of the previous dynasty. However, this situation will certainly not last long. Haihan will inevitably use officials he has trained to take over gradually. these areas.
In addition to personnel pressure, Haihan also has a practical problem that he has to face, that is, the current capital of Haihan is far away in a corner of the South China Sea, and the rule of the mainland will be greatly affected due to geographical location.
For the sake of the country's stability and long-term development, moving the administrative center to the mainland has become an inevitable choice, and there is not much objection within the Chuanzhong people. After all, in their understanding, the administrative center of this country should have been located in the mainland. At that time, it was only because of the situation that they had to choose Sanya to start. Now that the time has matured, it is natural to return to the right path. .
However, the choice of the location to move the capital still triggered a relatively heated discussion among Haihan senior officials, and opinions were divided into several groups.
One group believes that the country should continue to be centered on the southern region, including the South China Sea, in the future, so the ideal choice for moving the capital is Guangzhou, which has a previously developed economy and a good social foundation. In the current territory of Haihan Kingdom, Guangzhou can be regarded as a location relatively close to the center, and the space and prospects for urban development are much better than Sanya.
The other group believes that tradition should be followed and the capital of the previous dynasty should be directly inherited to demonstrate the legitimacy of Haihan replacing Ming Dynasty. Although the city of Beijing and the surrounding areas were left to the Zhu family as a vassal fiefdom, wasn't there still a city of Nanjing available? By moving the capital to Nanjing, Haihan was equivalent to inheriting the orthodoxy of the Central Plains dynasty.
There is also a group of opinions that the current territory of Haihan is already very vast and may continue to expand in the future. Whether the capital is located in Guangzhou, Nanjing, or some other city, it will be difficult to effectively radiate to the existing ruling area. We should follow the example of the Ming Dynasty and separate the northern and southern capitals, or even one administrative center with multiple deputy offices, to achieve stable and efficient rule. These mainstream opinions have relatively many supporters within the Chuanchuan Group, and some people even published articles in newspapers to debate the matter. The matter of relocating the capital has become a hot topic in the Sanya market.
The Executive Committee has more issues to consider. Today's Sanya is not only the political center and regional trade center of Haihan, but also carries important functions such as culture, education, military, information, scientific research, and industrial manufacturing. Which of these functional agencies must be moved along with the governing agencies, and what impact the stagnation of functions during the migration will have, all need to be carefully evaluated.
For example, the big data center that is still operating in Fort Victory today is a very complex project to relocate across regions. In addition to building a dedicated computer room and power supply system at the destination in advance, we also need to consider how to ensure that these servers that have been working for more than 20 years can be safely relocated thousands of miles away. If any of the servers were damaged during this process, it would be a huge loss of immeasurable value to Haihan.
In addition, the big data center will stop operating during the relocation process, which has never happened since the founding of Haihan State. Over the past two decades, these precious servers have never completely stopped working, even in the face of extreme weather such as typhoons. Without the support of these machines, the operation of the entire country may be affected to a certain extent, and corresponding plans must be made in advance.
The scientific research and industrial zone built in the inland Tiandu area has a large number of professional laboratories and industrial production equipment. If these things need to be relocated over long distances, there will also be many detailed issues that need to be resolved one by one.
After the Executive Committee held several special seminars on this topic, senior officials also realized that it was unrealistic to move all the pots and jars purchased in Sanya over the years in a short period of time. Even in the Guangzhou area, which is relatively close to Sanya in mainstream opinion, there will be many difficulties in the relocation process.
In addition, the huge cost of moving the capital and building a new capital must also be considered in the long term. There was no special budget prepared in advance for this expenditure. If it is to be a separate project now, it will inevitably affect the national financial plan in the next few years. According to Schneider, this means that the entire treasury's revenue and expenditure must be rearranged, and the Ministry of Finance will probably have to work overtime for at least several months.
However, at this time, a report from the Donghai Region made the Executive Committee's eyes brighten. Shi Diwen pointed out in this report that after Haihan annexed the Ming Dynasty, the current jurisdiction of the East China Sea Colonial Zone included Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Anhui, and these were almost the best economic regions during the Ming Dynasty, with industry and commerce It is developed, with convenient water and land transportation, stable and civilized society, and good development conditions.
The purpose Shi Diwen wanted to explain was to suggest that the Executive Committee should consider the Hangzhou area as the target for relocating the capital. In addition to the reasons that the local area is an ancient historical capital, a large regional city, and has a superior environment, Shi Diwen also gave a very important condition, that is, the Donghai Region will bear half of the cost of moving the capital.
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