Chapter 2485

Haihan already has considerable experience in identifying and using officials from the original Ming Dynasty. When he expanded his territory from Qiongnan to Qiongbei, Haihan retained many grassroots officials who originally worked for the Ming Dynasty.

There are even people at the level of governors and generals among them.

The powerful strength displayed by Haihan in the process of expansion was enough to make many officials who originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty give up their positions and change their allegiance to the new and stronger master. And these people retained by Haihan at that time,

His family and property are basically on Hainan Island, so he won't have much scruples even if he changes his stance and joins Haihan.

In this process, Haihan also gradually mastered how to screen whether the positions of these officials were reliable and whether their administrative abilities were qualified, and this was used in the later appointment of officials in Fuguang area.

The area occupied by Haihan in the Fuguang area not only far exceeds that of Hainan Island, but is even larger and more populous than the combined area and population of all the jurisdictions owned by Haihan before this. This situation is very important to Haihan.

This puts forward extremely high requirements for Han’s governance capabilities.

Annexing the coastal areas under the Ming Dynasty would not be too difficult for Haihan at least militarily. After all, the gap in military strength between the two sides is on the table. The disadvantages of the Ming army are very obvious and it is impossible to resist the Haihan army.

offensive. But it is not easy to digest these areas and slowly transform their social systems into the Haihan model.

Even the Fujian region, which had close contacts with Haihan in the past, could not completely change to Haihan's ruling system in a short period of time. Most of the state capitals could only temporarily use the institutions and personnel of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, in these places

The power of the government is still basically in the hands of the Xu family.

Of course, considering the close relationship that the two parties have maintained over the past twenty years, the interests of the Xu family and Haihan have been firmly tied together. Haihan does not need to worry about the position of the Xu family. It is just about the distribution of interests in Fujian.

, there will definitely be a certain degree of disagreement between the two parties, and this is not a problem that Xu Xinsu can satisfactorily resolve through her lifetime will.

The officials of the Xu family who came to Sanya to report on their duties came to Sanya as a team, including Xu Yuxing, Xu Yuzhuo, Xu Jiaqi and other backbone figures of the Xu family.

After Xu Xinsu passed away, the Xu family was basically centered on these three people. Xu Yuxing temporarily took charge of Fujian government affairs, Xu Yuzhuo commanded the original Fujian navy that had been changed into the Haihan Navy's Futai fleet, and Xu Jiaqi continued to command the local Fujian navy.

Army troops.

When Xu Xinsu was alive, the Xu family's army and navy had nearly 100,000 troops, of which at least 20,000 were armed and trained according to the standards of the Haihan army. They could be regarded as the elite direct descendants of the Xu family. According to both sides

According to the agreement, the Xu family has two options. One is that Haihan will not reorganize the Xu family's direct troops and still retain the Xu family's command over these troops, but their station must leave Fujian. The other is to retain the current station.

and the military power of the generals of the Xu family, but all the troops must be reorganized.

The purpose of these two arrangements is naturally to weaken the armed strength of the Xu family in Fujian so that Haihan can take over these areas. The first option is to let the elite troops of the Xu family leave Fujian and station overseas, so that they will inevitably need to obey Haihan in the future.

Only by issuing orders can stable supplies be obtained. The second arrangement is to symbolically retain the Xu family general's position, but break up the organization of his troops, which is to put it on the back burner.

Of course, this kind of isolation is not to take back all the power in the hands of the Xu family. At this stage, Haihan still needs to use the influence of the Xu family to slowly digest the Fujian area, but the local armed forces must be in the hands of Haihan.

This is a necessary condition for solidifying the foundation of rule.

In the end, the Xu family chose the second method, allowing Xu Yuzhuo, Xu Jiaqi and other elderly generals of the Xu family to surrender their military power and continue to serve as military attachés in Fujian, thus ensuring that the Xu family's interests in Fujian would not be affected.

At the same time, he recommended the younger generation of Xu family children to enter the officialdom. Although according to the agreement between the two parties, they could not stay in Fujian to serve as officials, but with the strong backing of the Xu family, at least their starting level would be far higher than that of ordinary people.

In addition to these family backbones, the team organized by the Xu family to come to Sanya to report on their work this time was accompanied by more than 20 young descendants. Xu Yuxing hopes to reach an agreement with Haihan senior management through this trip to bring these descendants together.

The problem of the way out has been solved.

"The Executive Committee has reviewed the work reports submitted by everyone, and is basically satisfied with the work of the various prefectures in Fujian. We are also very grateful to all of you for your efforts during this period. The purpose of meeting with you today is that Minister Yan and I want to

Let’s discuss some of the issues you are concerned about together.”

After staying in Sanya for a few days, Tao Donglai and Yan Chujie came to the manor where the Xu family officials stayed to discuss government affairs with them.

Although the content of the discussion was mainly related to government affairs, it also involved many private interests, so this could be said to be an unofficial meeting. Tao Donglai also directly stated his intention to come.

Yan Chujie took over the conversation and said: "Let me talk about the arrangements in the military first. The young officers recommended by you all have the experience of further training at the Military Academy in Sanya, so there is no problem in being transferred to other troops outside Fujian.

.According to their personal intentions, they will be assigned to serve in the garrison troops in Hainan Island, Guangdong and Guangxi regions, East China Sea Colonial Area, Philippine Colonial Area, Xingdao Colonial Area and other places, and all will be awarded the rank of captain."

"As for the treatment in the military, there won't be any difference. From now on, promotions, promotions, rewards and punishments will all be based on performance in the military. Don't you have any objections to this?"

Xu Yuxing and others quickly thanked him. Now that the Minister of Defense Yan Chujie has spoken, most of the future problems for these nephews and descendants have been solved. Their generation has fought for the world with real swords and guns, so naturally they will not think of Yan Chujie's statement.

What's wrong? The road has been paved. As for whether these younger generations can succeed in the future, it depends on their personal destiny.

Seeing that the Xu family did not express any objection, Yan Chujie immediately took out several signed and stamped letters of appointment and asked the Xu family to report to the Ministry of National Defense with their letters of appointment later. The relevant departments would then issue a letter of introduction and arrange the visit.

The area where the service unit is located.

Although the service locations arranged by Yan Chujie for these Xu family members are basically south of the Yangtze River, apart from vacations, they probably will not have many opportunities to return to Fujian in the future.
Chapter completed!