Having said that, Chen Yixin has the confidence to deal with problems in the jurisdiction in this way because his qualifications and influence are on the table. Even if the executive committee knows that there are some selfish motives, it will not embarrass him.
But if those young people in Nanjing dare to do what Chen Yixin did, I'm afraid they will be immediately notified to go back to Hangzhou to report on their work - if you don't learn from me, you will learn from the old fritters, right?
Of course, it would be impossible for other lower-level local governors to imitate Chen Yixin, let alone those in Nanjing, because they simply would not be able to obtain the same level of support from their superiors.
No matter how grand Tao Donglai described the scene, everyone present knew that in the final analysis, it was because of the extraordinary background of these young people. They were arranged to govern Nanjing for their political achievements and resumes, so the Executive Committee would naturally give them full support. support.
But before these young people made achievements, Tao Donglai didn't want the executive committee to pay too much attention to their movements, so he took the initiative to divert the topic.
Now that everyone's attention has shifted to the Northern Region, related issues have been discussed.
In fact, the difficulties currently facing the Northern Region are far more than just post-war prisoner disposal measures. Problems such as security maintenance, refugee resettlement, official vacancies, etc. that occurred in the Nanjing area also exist in the Northern Region, even more so than the new occupation in the South. area is more serious.
In this year's war against the Ming Dynasty, the resistance encountered by the northern region was much tougher than that on the southern battlefield. The several battles around Shanhaiguan, Cangzhou and other places were rare in recent years when the Haihan army and the Ming army fought against each other. tough battle.
The Northern Fleet, the Fifth Mainland Division, and the Sixth Mainland Division suffered considerable losses in the battle that lasted for nearly three months. In the later stages of the war, Chen Yixin did not have enough available troops and had to mobilize militiamen from the rear in large numbers to go to New Zealand. Serve as security force in occupied areas.
After the war, only about one-third of the troops returned to their original stations to rest and recuperate. The remaining troops continued to be stationed on the spot and their functions were converted into security forces to prevent the Ming Dynasty from launching a counterattack.
As a result, the fatigue of Chen Yixin's troops can be imagined. Coupled with the massive supplies invested in maintaining peace in the newly occupied areas, the pressure on the northern region is indeed considerable. Chen Yixin hopes that the Executive Committee will improve the supply of supplies. It makes sense to give special care to the Northern Region.
Although the tactics used by Chen Yixin to deal with the Executive Committee were not particularly kind, for the sake of the overall situation, it was still necessary to raise urgently needed supplies for the Northern Region.
For Haihan, food should be the easiest material to raise and transport at the moment.
The land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River has basically been taken over by Haihan. After several years of variety breeding and agricultural technology promotion, the annual rice output now far exceeds that of Fuzhou and Guangzhou plus Hainan Island combined.
To draw the amount of grain needed by the Northern Region from the official grain depot, all it takes is a transfer order from the Executive Committee.
Taking into account the increased land area in the Northern Region, even if the relief grain cannot be recovered through local taxes next year, this big hole will still be filled sooner or later in the future.
Intentionally or unintentionally, everyone seemed to have ignored the fact that the Northern Region planned to transport a large number of prisoners of war overseas for resettlement.
For Haihan, this method of handling is both convenient and safe. Even if something happens, it will not affect the mainland, and there are troops stationed there. If something happens, it will be easy to dispatch troops to suppress it in time. But if North Korea and Japan learn that Haihan actually wants to send thousands of Ming army prisoners of war to their own territory, they may not be able to easily accept such an arrangement.
But Tao Donglai noticed some special trends from this seemingly inconspicuous arrangement. It was not until after the meeting that Tao Donglai stopped Shi Diwen and asked him to sit in his office for a while before asking him about the matter in person.
The Sasebo base is still managed by the Donghai Region Combat Command, while the Northern Region wants to send prisoners of war to the Sasebo base. Apparently Chen Yixin has communicated this matter with Shi Diwen in private.
Shi Diwen frankly admitted Tao Donglai's speculation: "Chen Yixin was angry with me before the war started. I personally agree with using this method to deal with Ming army prisoners of war, which can minimize the potential risks to the prisoner of war group."
Tao Donglai said: "But I always feel that you are not just doing this for safety reasons, right?"
Shi Diwen said: "Old Tao, since you asked, I won't hide it from you. I don't know what Chen Yixin wants to do in North Korea, but I do hope to use the Sasebo base to shake up the situation in RB."
Tao Donglai raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? How do you move like this?"
Shi Diwen said: "Although these Ming army prisoners of war are our defeated generals, if compared with RB's domestic armed forces, their strength is still much stronger. I plan to use these prisoners of war as a team to form an unofficial army Armed Forces ”
Tao Donglai pondered: "If it is used to do dirty work, it won't require so many people, right?"
Shi Diwen chuckled and said: "I plan to let them attach themselves to the vassals in the southwest of RB in the name of mercenaries. In this way, those vassals will have enough strength to compete with the Tokugawa Shogunate. ”
The vassals in the Kyushu region southwest of RB have always been at odds with the Tokugawa shogunate. However, due to their strength, they were unable to compete head-on with the Tokugawa shogunate who ruled most of RB. However, since Kaihan established a military base and permanently stationed troops in Sasebo Bay on the west side of Kyushu, some vassals and local daimyo gradually got closer to Kaihan, trying to use Kaihan to expand their own strength.
For example, the Mune family in charge of Tsushima Domain and the Shimazu family in charge of Satsuma Domain are local forces that have long expressed their attitude towards cooperating with Kaihan.
Haihan is also happy to keep RB in a state of internal division, allowing it to consume its energy and resources in internal fighting, lest the island nation concentrate on external expansion and become its own competitor.
Therefore, in these years, while Haihan was supporting local forces in the Kyushu region, he also maintained normal diplomatic and trade exchanges with the Tokugawa shogunate.
Especially in the field of arms sales, Haihan has always maintained a state of water management, maintaining a delicate balance between local armed forces and the Tokugawa shogunate.
Although the Tokugawa shogunate was well aware of Haihan's small actions to support local forces, it was also limited by its strength. No matter how dissatisfied it was, it could only remain at the level of verbal protest. If he fell out with Haihan over this, it would be equivalent to pushing Haihan into the opposite direction. This was not a situation the Tokugawa shogunate wanted to see.
Now, after the war with Ming Dynasty ended, Shi Diwen finally had his hands free and was ready to push RB's domestic situation to the next stage.