Chapter 2798
All the help provided by the Northern Region to Prince De's Mansion was to save Haihan unnecessary trouble in the process of dynasty change. If the Ming court's cooperative attitude changes, Prince De's Mansion, which is supported by Haihan, may be promoted from a vassal king to the spokesperson of the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty was certainly not a fool, and must have been aware of such risks, so he tried every means to suppress Prince De's Palace, and even used the means of reducing the vassal vassal to make Prince De's Palace lose its use value.
However, Chen Yixin invested a lot of resources in this plan and was not willing to give up easily. If Ming Ting took tough measures, he would probably instruct Prince De's Palace to go further and stand on the stage to confront Ming Ting.
Of course, if it goes that far, the confrontation between the two countries may lead to renewed tension in the northern region, and may even risk the outbreak of military conflict.
The Executive Committee has naturally been aware of this risk for a long time. Bai Kesi continued to ask: "If the conflict escalates, does the Northern Region have a corresponding plan?"
"Are you referring to another war?" Chen Yixin responded: "From what we know, it is unlikely that the Ming court will take the initiative to start a war. The harvests in the traditional grain-producing areas of Shandong have not been very good in the past few years. , only Dengzhou is in a better situation in Shandong. It has no money and no food, and cannot fight a big war unless the Ming Dynasty finds a way to bring food from other provinces."
“The Shandong Capital Command and Envoy Division originally had eighteen guards under its jurisdiction, but now the coastal guards such as Weihai Guard, Chengshan Guard, Jinghai Guard, Dasong Guard, Bishan Guard, and Lingshan Guard located in Denglai have ceased to exist in name only. The Shandong Navy even canceled its establishment.”
"Besides, we have spies all over Shandong. Once an army sets out and marches long distances across the state, we will definitely receive the news as soon as possible. If the Ming army attacks from the land, they will probably not even be able to enter Dengzhou. I was stopped in Laizhou”
"The security risks we face are mainly the security issues in the original Ming-tong area. The further inland the areas are, the less friendly they are to us, and armed forces must be stationed to achieve complete takeover."
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Bai Kesi said: "You just need to be prepared for these situations. The most urgent task is to speed up the acceptance process of the Mingting-controlled area."
Chen Yixin smiled bitterly and said: "I also want to hurry up, but the place is so big and there are simply not enough manpower. Moreover, the social situation in many places is complicated. Both the bureaucrats and the people are still very resistant to the change of dynasties. It is not that we just send a few officials The handover can be completed smoothly in the past.”
It has been more than a year since the Ming Dynasty asked Haihan to surrender. According to the plan agreed by both parties, Haihan will gradually complete the takeover of the Ming Dynasty's territory in a peaceful manner on the premise of ensuring that the Ming royal family and bureaucrats continue to enjoy their existing benefits.
However, the implementation of relevant agreements will not be smooth sailing. Even if there is no apparent military resistance, Haihan still has a lot of time-consuming and laborious work to do if he wants to take over such a vast territory.
Regardless of whether it is administrative officials or military forces, the number of people in the Northern Region is far from enough to successfully take over the northern territory of the Ming Dynasty, and this gap cannot be filled in a short time. In the past year, Shandong has only completed the takeover of the entire areas of Dengzhou and Laizhou, as well as part of the coastal areas of Qingzhou and Jinan. The area that has been taken over is not even one-third of the entire Shandong.
Even so, among the areas that Haihan has taken over, there are still many places that continue to retain the bureaucratic system intact during the Ming Dynasty, except that the administrative power and tax collection were transferred in writing by the Shandong Chief Envoy. The power was transferred to Haihan. But the actual situation is that these areas have not fully implemented Haihan's decree, and some areas even do not recognize the transition agreement signed by the Chief Envoy and Haihan.
Chen Yixin calculated the accounts for Bai Kesi with his fingers: "Take a county as an example. To complete the takeover and bring it under its control, a management team of at least ten to fifteen people and two to three companies of garrison troops are needed. If you want to To promote local agricultural planting projects or develop minerals, relevant technical personnel must be deployed, and with so many people stationed there, we must provide corresponding logistical support, so it is difficult to speed up the progress.”
Bai Kesi waved his hand and said: "You don't need to list the difficulties you encountered. I understand all these. Rules are dead and people are alive. The executive committee just wants to know what better solution you have."
Seeing Bai Kesi's straightforward words, Chen Yixin stopped complaining and said in a deep voice: "The fastest way is, of course, to impose military control on the receiving area, and implement it completely in accordance with the standards of military occupied areas. In this way, there is no need to consider it for the time being. For issues such as people’s livelihood and development, we only need to send troops to maintain order in the core area and ensure that the area is under our direct rule.”
Bai Kesi nodded and said: "This should be the reason why you proposed to expand the army, right?"
Chen Yixin said: "With the current scale of the Northern Region's armed forces, although it can protect itself, it is far from achieving the goals set by the Executive Committee. I think that only after the expansion of the army can the Northern Region have enough troops to complete the investment." In the next few years, we will have to absorb large areas of inland areas, and we must have enough troops to provide security.”
For the Executive Committee, it is difficult to have a specific implementation standard for the scale of the armed forces maintained by overseas regions. On the one hand, in order to achieve the goal of opening up territory and expanding territory, overseas regions objectively have the need for unlimited military expansion. On the other hand, If the scale of this type of local army is too large, it will not only increase military expenditures, but also make it difficult for the executive committee to control these armed forces far away from the center of power.
Bai Kesi did not comment on Chen Yixin's statement, but responded calmly: "First come up with a specific military expansion plan and submit it to the Executive Committee and the Ministry of National Defense. How much establishment should be increased, what kind of support is needed from the country, these troops How to arrange the training plan, write down the details clearly, and let everyone know what the Northern Region plans to do and how to do it. As long as it is a reasonable suggestion, the country will definitely provide support.”
"The plan has been made for a long time. We don't have to wait for you to come to the north. We can determine some details after the interview." Chen Yixin said: "Without the approval of your ordnance industry department, Lao Bai, then even if the Executive Committee and the Ministry of National Defense sign It won’t work even if you don’t use the words!”
The combat effectiveness of the Haihan Army is based on advanced weapons and equipment. Whether or not the ordnance system supports it is directly related to the feasibility of the military expansion plan. Chen Yixin knew the stakes well and did not hide it, so he said it in front of Bai Kesi.
(End of chapter)