Chapter 2915
In the week after the special issue of Haihan Times was released, the most significant impact was not the discussion among the people on the streets, but the activities of diplomats from various countries stationed in Sanya. The frequency of their visits to various departments in Haihan was obviously several times higher than usual.
The Executive Committee located in Victory Fort, as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense near Victory Square, are crowded with visitors from all over the world every day, even busier than the South China Sea Trade Center in Victory Port that never stops operating.
Everyone wants to know when Haihan's current rumors will be implemented and whether they will affect their own interests. Of course, there are also countries like Annan and Portugal that have good relations with Haihan and have expansion ambitions. Their wish is to send troops to participate in it, in order to follow Haihan and get some meat to eat.
However, the focus of the Haihan Executive Committee at this time is obviously not how many auxiliary troops will participate in the operation, but its own preparations for war and the coordination between the various troops stationed in the South China Sea.
Bai Kesi, who was in charge of Haihan Industrial Production, hurriedly hurriedly and slowly returned to Sanya.
The Executive Committee had a backlog of many matters that required decision-making and was waiting for the information brought back by Bai Kesi as a reference. Therefore, after he only rested for half a day after arriving in Sanya, the Executive Committee convened the main senior figures currently in Sanya. Listen to his report on the expedition.
Bai Kesi's trip started from Sanya and visited the Pearl River Delta region, Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Dengzhou, Jinzhou, Shenyang and other places. It lasted for more than half a year. It can be said that it was an exploration of Haihan's ruling areas on the mainland's coast. A relatively comprehensive inspection was conducted.
A considerable part of the various information obtained during this period cannot be seen in the various reports and official documents submitted by the local government. This is one of the significance of on-site inspections.
"This time when I went out for this trip, the biggest feeling was that we people have been staying in temples for a long time, and our understanding of the outside world is often only through various written materials or word-of-mouth news. But for various reasons For this reason, we cannot truly understand comprehensive external information through such channels. In the long run, we will inevitably make some wrong judgments about the country’s development status due to lack of information.”
When Bai Kesi said this, he stopped and looked around at everyone present, and said very seriously: "I think the officials in charge of each department should take some time to go out and take a look. Don't limit our scope of activities to this island. This will also be of great benefit to our future work.”
The contents of Baikes' report can be divided into three parts according to geographical scope: Fujian and Guangzhou regions, Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, and northern regions.
Among the areas occupied by Haihan on the mainland, the Fuguang area was the first to be brought under its rule. After many years of management, the foundation of its rule was also the strongest.
According to Haihan's official statistics, more than 50% of the people in the major prefectures and counties of Fuguang area have registered Haihan household registration so far, and the naturalization registration rate of the new population is more than 80%, which is the highest level of household registration outside Hainan Island. One of the best managed areas in the region.
However, when Xu Xinsu was still alive, the two parties had an agreement on the governance of the Fujian area. Although the area was brought under the rule of Haihan, the Xu family, as the governor of the Fujian area, would still have various privileges. Therefore, to this day, Zhangquan, the most prosperous prefectures in Fujian, are still governed by the Xu family. This is essentially acquiescing to the existence of local separatist forces. However, taking into account various actual conditions, the Executive Committee is not willing to spend a lot of time to remove the Xu family's local influence. Instead, it intends to maintain the status quo, in order to let those in the Ming Dynasty Local officials who were still waiting to see the situation saw this example, which alleviated their concerns about surrendering to Haihan in the future.
As long as the executive committee confirms that the local civil affairs, military, culture, education, taxation and other systems are implemented in accordance with Haihan standards, it will not interfere too much in local affairs. In principle, it will also acquiesce in the Xu family's decisions on the appointment and removal of local officials. . Haihan has sizable armed fleets stationed in Zhoushan and Hong Kong in the north and south of Fujian, as well as in Kaohsiung Port across the sea. If something happens in the direction of Fujian, it will still have time to deal with it.
Of course, the Xu family has cooperated with Haihan for many years, and they naturally know the value of their own family. They will not try something that may violate taboos. Instead, they will honestly follow Xu Xinsu's instructions during his lifetime and let the young children study, join the army, and join the army. Integrating into Haihan through official positions, marriage, etc., so that you have me and you have me, this is the most effective measure to preserve the wealth and inheritance of the Xu family.
During his stay in Fujian, Bai Kesi also met with local dignitaries including the Xu family. The focus of his attention is the third-generation descendants of the Xu family who have begun to take over local military and political positions in recent years.
"The Xu family is very thoughtful in personnel appointments. Basically, the young officials they recommend have the experience of studying abroad in Sanya. Some even stayed in the yamen of Hainan Island for two or three years before applying for transfer. Returning to work in Fujian, these young people generally agree more with our country’s system and are willing to promote various new policy measures in Fujian.”
Bai Kesi briefly introduced some of his feelings when meeting local officials in Fujian. It can be seen that he is quite satisfied with the personnel changes in the local bureaucracy.
Ning Qi said: "Whenever the local financial power can be taken over for unified management, it will be really appropriate."
Speaking of financial matters, Schneider naturally had to explain a few words: "There will be certain difficulties in practical operation of this matter, because the most profitable industries in Fujian are concentrated in Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, and more than half of the industries in these two places are They are all under the name of the Xu family. If we want to put the local finances into our hands for unified management, we have to hand over our own account books. You can imagine how difficult this is."
Tao Donglai said: "The prefectures of Jianning, Tingzhou, and Shaowu in the interior of Fujian have not yet been fully integrated into our country. There is still a lot of work that needs to be done using the Xu family's local influence. Among them There are many places to spend money, so it is necessary to reserve certain financial authority for them. There is no need to delve into this matter for now.”
Tao Donglai believes that the current situation in Fujian is not that the Xu family's separatist power cannot be solved, but that Haihan currently lacks sufficient administrative and military power to quickly replace the Xu family's position in Fujian and temporarily retain the Xu family's various local privileges. This is a move that does more good than harm.
At least we must wait until the time is right, and then gradually consolidate the various privileges controlled by the Xu family, so as to avoid affecting the stability of Fujian.
(End of chapter)