Chapter 2500
Among the many colonial regions established before Haihan annexed the Ming Dynasty, the Donghai Region can be regarded as the leader with extremely outstanding financial status.
Thanks to the good environment in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the Donghai Region has accumulated a lot of wealth through large-scale cross-border trade in the era when it was based at Zhoushan Dinghai Port. Later, after its jurisdiction spanned China, Japan, and North Korea, the trade volume expanded exponentially.
The various official industries under the regional management committee alone are worth tens of millions. It is no exaggeration to say that they are as rich as the rest of the country. The business of Shi Diwen and his family has already spread throughout the three countries of East Asia, and he is also the top richest man among all the groups in the world.
Shi Diwen proposed such a plan to the executive committee, which can raise the status of the East China Sea Region to another level in one fell swoop. This will play a great role in maintaining the prosperity of the region under his rule and ensuring the future development prospects of his family. promotion effect.
Of course, Shi Diwen is willing to spend money to run this plan, and he must also have requirements for the executive committee. And his request is to get a seat on the executive committee with no term limit.
In the past two decades or so, considering the efficiency of governance, even if officials serving as local officials overseas have made great contributions, no one has served on the executive committee during their tenure. Therefore, for Shi Diwen, although he is already in a high position and powerful, he has never entered Haihan's highest authority. This can be regarded as an obsession that has not been achieved for a long time.
Of course, the most fundamental and important point is that Shi Diwen is no longer willing to continue to manage the local area, but wants to participate in the governance process of the entire country and leave his own mark in history.
For those who have been in officialdom for many years, it is almost impossible to resist the temptation to pursue the pinnacle of power, and Shi Diwen is no exception. Compared with those officials who have been squatting on Hainan Island all year round, he believes that he is more familiar with the situation in the areas ruled by the former Ming Dynasty, has more practical experience in governing local areas, and has considerable experience in military, political, trade, culture and education and other fields in the past. With good political achievements, he is fully qualified to have a top position in the executive committee.
The plan and conditions proposed by Shi Diwen were quickly recognized by the majority of people after being discussed by the executive committee. Hangzhou was originally one of the candidates for capital relocation considered by the Executive Committee. It is closer to the sea than several other candidate locations and has greater security depth than Sanya. Haihan has always emphasized the development of sea power. The future capital city cluster built around Hangzhou Bay will be in line with the image and governance needs of a powerful sea power.
Taking a step back, simply considering the physical difficulty of moving the capital, places close to the coast with good navigation conditions are undoubtedly much better than inland areas that are not navigable. Therefore, the several places currently considered by the Executive Committee are all located in Coastal river basins. Among them, the shipping conditions in Hangzhou are indeed good, coupled with the material bonus provided by the East China Sea Region and Shi Diwen, it is indeed difficult for the Executive Committee to reject this proposal.
In the spring of 1655, the Executive Committee announced a major decision to move the administrative agencies of the capital to the north one after another in the future. Other affiliated institutions and production units in Sanya will gradually be relocated within the next ten years.
However, after the capital relocation operation begins, Sanya, as the national capital for the past two decades, will still retain its status as a regional administrative and trade center, manage the affairs of the South China Sea region, and continue to play the role of companion capital for a long time to come.
At this time, thousands of miles away in Hangzhou, the project to build a new capital was already quietly underway. The original Hangzhou City was located on the north bank of the Qiantang River on the east side of the West Lake. After continuous renovation and expansion in many dynasties, it can be regarded as the leading city in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. However, due to the relatively closed city defense structure of the city in this era, the internal space for large-scale reconstruction is very limited, and the existing city structure cannot meet the future needs of being the capital of a world power.
Therefore, the plan given by the Ministry of Construction is to expand the east and north periphery of the old city and build a larger new city on the riverside plain. The original old city will carry commercial and trade functions in the future, while the new city will become the seat of various administrative and scientific research institutions.
In the mountainous areas west of Hangzhou, existing hydraulic conditions can be used to build several large reservoirs to solve the city's power supply problem.
In the future relocation process, various materials can be transported directly from the sea to Hangzhou via the Qiantang River, and then transported to the inland new city via the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
The first phase of this project will mobilize tens of thousands of workers. The land acquisition process before this inevitably caused many incidents. If Shi Diwen hadn't been operating in Zhejiang for many years and had all the connections in place, I'm afraid the land acquisition alone would have caused a lot of trouble. Shi Diwen could only open his bank account and acquire the land at a high price to ensure that the land acquisition process could be completed in a short period of time.
At this time, the local people in Hangzhou only knew that Mr. Shi wanted to acquire land to expand the city of Hangzhou, but they did not know the true purpose of the government's move. Otherwise, the land price would have doubled or tripled. By the time the news of the executive committee's announcement to move the capital reached Hangzhou, the land acquisition here had been almost completed. Landowners who had sold their land before could not help but beat their chests and hurriedly took the money on hand to buy fields around Hangzhou.
However, as long as you are willing, there will definitely be a lot of investment opportunities in this area in the future. The construction and relocation project of the new capital will last for more than ten years. During this period, a large number of new industries and trade opportunities will definitely appear in this area, but whether you can seize these wealth opportunities depends on your personal vision and ability.
While the Executive Committee announced the capital relocation plan, another less eye-catching news broke, that is, the School of Administration established in Sanya will continue to expand its enrollment in the next five years.
Many people, especially those in areas annexed by Haihan in recent years, actually do not know the existence of this college, and even if they have heard of it, they are not very clear about the functions of this institution. But in fact, the students recruited by the Administrative College are trained to enter the bureaucracy, which is simply to train grassroots officials.
Haihan currently does not have a large enough bureaucracy to take over the entire Ming Dynasty, and has to rely on the original team to continue to govern local areas in most areas. However, the Executive Committee will definitely not be satisfied with this status quo, so it is determined to change this situation in the next few years and train a group of bureaucrats who master Haihan's governance methods and are loyal to the Executive Committee as soon as possible to transform the existing The territory is truly brought under the governance of the Executive Committee.
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