Chapter 547 Alternate Official

The Hainan Executive Committee does not intend to completely seal off Hainan Island. While ensuring the right to rule, it will also lose the huge consumer market of the mainland. Moreover, this kind of greedy behavior will definitely make Ming unable to step down.

Even if the Ming army in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas is not strong enough to cross the sea to defeat the Haihan militia, it is still a bad idea to enter a state of hostility with the Ming Dynasty for this reason. Therefore, it took a lot of trouble to arrange an army disguised as pirates from Annan.

The army invaded and took the opportunity to cleanse the local opposition forces, and then the Haihan militia took over the Qiongbei area as a matter of course.

The situation that the Executive Committee hopes to achieve at this stage is the de facto occupation of the entire Hainan Island. As for the nominal ownership, the Executive Committee does not mind allowing the Ming Dynasty to retain its face for a while. The local government agencies of the Ming Dynasty

It can continue to exist on Hainan Island, but from now on it will only exist in form. The executive committee does not intend to return the local governance jurisdiction.

The policy resulting from this line of thinking is to allow Ming Dynasty to continue to station officials on Qiongzhou Island, and then implement isolated measures on them locally. If you are willing to cooperate, you will definitely have an easier time during your term, and you will probably gain a lot when you leave.

It's a hefty reward. But if you want to come to Hainan Island to cause trouble, the result will probably be the same as the dozens of officials, big and small, who mysteriously disappeared during this pirate attack.

If you don't want to mess up this game, you have to control the details. For example, officials who were once again stationed on Hainan Island by Ming Dynasty need to be careful and try to eliminate those who have extreme and hostile views towards Haihan.

Candidates with serious emotions are excluded from the list to try to avoid the negative impact that these people may have after they take office. Haihan does not have the power to directly participate in this check-in work, mainly through Liu Qian.

exert an indirect influence.

Although there were crowds of officials at the Pearl River Pier today, Liu Qian's attention was obviously not focused on them. Instead, he kept looking up to the east. A certain alternate official who was thanking him couldn't help but asked: "Master Liu.

,Is there any other adults coming today?"

Liu Qian responded: "Sir? Hehe, the person who is coming is not a grown-up, but his influence in Qiongzhou, Guangzhou is no worse than that of the adults in the Yamen."

"Such a powerful person, could he be a member of the Jinyi Guards?" the official asked in slight surprise.

Liu Qian glared at him and thought that a guy like this who had never seen the world would dare to go to Qiongzhou Island. If he hadn't seen him pocketing the money so easily, he would have been too lazy to talk to him. He snorted and said: "Master Yan,

Although you were an official in Luoding Prefecture before, you don’t know all the news about Guangzhou and Qiongzhou, right? If you go to Qiongzhou so deaf and blind, I’m afraid this position will be unstable!”

As a staff member, Liu Qian's words were extremely serious, but after all, he was a popular figure around the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Although the official named Yan was scolded by him a few times, there was no expression of anger on his face.

He said with a smile: "I have been staying in Luoding Prefecture for a long time, and indeed the information is a bit blocked. I would like to ask Master Liu for some guidance!"

Seeing that his attitude was correct, Liu Qian responded: "In the past two or three years in Guangzhou, the most popular people in Qiongzhou are undoubtedly the Haihan people. If you haven't heard of it, I really advise you to get rid of it early.

Go back home and don’t go to Qiongzhou Island."

"I've heard of it. Of course I've heard the name of the Haihan people. I just didn't expect their influence to be so great. Master Liu, please continue." The official surnamed Yan quickly answered.

Liu Qian's face looked better now: "The group of Annan pirates swept across the Qiongzhou Strait a few days ago. The navy stationed on Qiongzhou Island was completely wiped out except for a partial division on the Yazhou side, and was unable to protect the sea.

Even the sea route from the Pearl River Estuary south to Qiongzhou has not been very peaceful in recent months. Now it is all up to the Haihan Militia to dispatch their own armed ships to escort the ships coming and going on this waterway. Today, your Lordships are taking the

The ship went south to take up its post, and I also specially asked the Haihan people to dispatch armed ships to escort the fleet."

When Liu Qian said this, his tone was quite complacent. Although many officials in Guangdong official circles have sat at the same table with Haihan people, had meals and drinks, and also accepted Haihan people.

His banknotes gave Guo Haihan all kinds of conveniences, but when it came to the depth of his dealings, nothing in the officialdom could compare with Liu Qian - in the past year, the recipients of Haihan's gifts in Guangdong's officialdom were basically all from

Liu Qian pointed out and paved the way, who must give gifts and who cannot give gifts, how much should be given, whether to give money or luxury goods, and through what channels. If Liu Qian had not contributed to these various things, the Haihan people would indeed be

It takes a lot of detours.

Precisely because of Liu Qian's effective performance, when people in Guangdong officialdom wanted to seek help from the Haihan people but the conditions were not negotiated well, they often used Liu Qian's special channel to convey messages to the Haihan people. For example, the Ming Dynasty Navy on Hong Kong Island was in the most panic

During that period, in addition to finding timber merchants to serve as messengers to express goodwill to the Haihan people in the south of Hong Kong Island, they later also found Liu Qian through various channels and asked him to come forward to negotiate terms with the Office in Guangdong, hoping to be able to negotiate terms as soon as possible.

It is possible to maintain peaceful coexistence between the two parties.

Although Liu Qian was a little surprised that the navy actually bowed its head to the Haihan militia, he still went to the Guangdong Office. Of course, an old man like Malico would not make any actual promises to him, but only guaranteed that the militia would not

Will take the initiative to attack the warships or personnel of the Ming Dynasty Navy - when it is really necessary to fight, it is not difficult to use "passive defense" to destroy the small navy.

The current Haihan armed ships escorting civilian fleets actually only started to be implemented after the chaos in Qiongbei. Haihan's external propaganda was to prevent pirates from launching attacks on civilian ships in this sea area, and the militia groups were dispatched.

Armed ships are escorted. But the actual purpose is to control ships entering and exiting Qiongzhou Island. Every sailing ship joining the fleet will be inspected in advance by the militia in the name of safety, and boarding personnel must also be registered by head, which basically eliminates

This is how spies sneak into Qiongzhou Island.

However, this approach was well received by the people, because many merchant ships and civilian ships had been plundered by pirates in the waters near Qiongzhou before, and some of them never even showed up with people on board. At that time, due to public complaints,

After the four attacks, Qiongzhou Fucheng had to send the local navy to suppress the bandits, but they never returned. Now if Haihan hadn't dispatched armed ships to escort them, many maritime merchants in the Pearl River Basin would not even dare to send ships to Qiongzhou.

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As always, Haihan kept a low profile on this matter, claiming that the reason for dispatching armed ships to escort was "request from the Governor's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi" and gave this benefit to Liu Qian. Therefore, many people in the market believe that Haihan

The reason why Han was willing to go to great lengths to do this was to a certain extent because of Liu Qian's face. People from all walks of life who wanted to help Han came to Liu Qian for help, which brought him benefits.

Of course, there is no need to say more. Of course, this has also affected Liu Qian's reputation from the side. Now the outside world generally believes that he is a representative of the pro-Hai Han faction.

As expected, Mr. Yan was also on the road, and immediately praised Liu Qian as he was told. Liu Qian was in a state of complacency when he caught a glimpse of a black carriage driving up the official road in the distance, with horse guards in front and behind, so he immediately

He put the tea cup on the table, stood up and said, "Here he comes, the rightful master is here."

The group of alternate officials who were waiting under the tea tent also stood up one after another when they saw this. Some people were as confused as Yan and asked around who was coming. At that moment, someone explained: "This carriage with black background and blue edges is from Guangzhou.

Only the Haihan Office has one, and the one who can travel in this carriage is either Director Ma or Director He."

Someone next to him responded: "This must be Director Ma. When Director He traveled by carriage, there were not so many horse guards. He always traveled alone."

This car and several horses soon arrived at the pier. A group of people waiting here suddenly discovered that these knights were carrying a three-foot-long thick-barreled firecracker slung across their backs. The leading knight tightened the reins and jumped

When he dismounted, he saw that he not only had a fire gun on his back, but also had a short fire gun inserted into the leather holster on both sides of his waist and hips. His eyes were like a hawk scanning over the faces of the people present. Even Liu Qian felt it.

A chill passed through me.

After confirming the situation at the scene, the man walked to the carriage and reported in a low voice. Immediately, the door opened from the inside, and a middle-aged man wearing Haihan-style shorts, trousers and leather shoes got out of the car. He was Haihan's representative in Guangzhou.

Director Malik of the office. And the bodyguard leader carrying three long and short guns is He Xi's right-hand man Gong Shiqi. There happened to be no other tasks today, so He Xi sent him and the field team to make a guest appearance.

Bodyguard.

Of course, in fact, the measures taken by the bodyguards still have some elements of demonstration. The pier where the official fleet is docked is only a little more than a mile away from the courtyard of the General Office of the People's Republic of China. It can be said that the power of the Office of the People's Republic of China in Guangdong Province is still here.

Within the scope, almost all the laborers on this dock work for Haihan, and no one has ever dared to cause trouble here. Gong Shiqi led the field team and rode out with short-barreled rifles on their horses to circle around.

, there is more to showing off force than performing a bodyguard mission.

"Director Ma, please wait for me!" Liu Qian took the initiative to greet him with a smile on his face. Although his tone was slightly complaining, his expression was as if he was seeing a relative.

"My lords, Mr. Liu, I have troubled you all for waiting for so long!" Malik bowed repeatedly and said, "I'm really sorry. I just couldn't get away to discuss things with the distinguished guests from Fujian, and it was a waste of everyone's time!"

Someone in this group of candidate officials snorted coldly: "I wonder what kind of distinguished guest is this, who allows me to wait for more than ten imperial officials to blow the wind on this pier for more than half an hour?"

Maliko glanced at the man, secretly noted his appearance, and said without changing the expression on his face: "Fujian Commander-in-Chief Xu Xinsu, Mr. Xu, came to my place to discuss the purchase of new artillery and warships. Does this sir have anything to do with this?

What objection?"

The man immediately lost his composure. Although the civil servants of the imperial court were naturally one level higher than the military attachés, the Fujian General Soldier was not a petty official, and not just anyone could humiliate him. Xu Xinsu had made a splash in Fujian in recent years.

Not only did his family's sea trade business grow, but he also led his troops to defeat the "Eighteen Zhi" who were entrenched in Da Yuan Island. It only took Xu Xinsu two or three years to accumulate military exploits, and from the water of two thousand troops under his command,

The division general has been promoted to the rank of commander-in-chief of a province, and his reputation is well-known in Guangdong.

Moreover, there are rumors among the people that General Xu has a very deep relationship with Haihan. Every year, a large number of merchant ships travel between Fujian and Sanya, Qiongzhou. In recent years, the combat power of the Fujian Navy has soared, and almost all of them have changed their uniforms to Haihan.

There must be strong support from the Haihan people behind this production of light and heavy firearms. It is said that the imperial court was very dissatisfied after learning about the erosion of Guangdong's coastal defense, and had already intended to transfer Xu Xinsu, who has achieved outstanding results in recent years, to serve in Guangdong to rebuild coastal defense. If this day really comes,

Then Xu Xinsu will definitely become a big shot that these people present cannot afford to offend.

Seeing that the man shut up obediently, Maliko had no intention of continuing to pursue him. He said loudly: "My lords, I will go to Qiongzhou Island to take up my post this time. It will be a tiring journey. Our Haihan Office has specially prepared some supplies that can

It is a medicine that relieves fatigue and invigorates the spirit. Please accept it, adults."

As soon as Maliko finished speaking, someone took out several wooden boxes from the back of the carriage. Each one was half a foot long and three inches wide, and only about half an inch thick. Someone was immediately responsible for distributing it to each house, and every official got it.

one.

Liu Qian heard someone in the crowd behind him murmuring: "Haihan people are so poor. I thought the director would be more generous when I came here, but instead he gave me this useless medicine... Oh, this is not pretending to be medicine..."

"

Liu Qian just snorted softly in his nose and cursed a country bumpkin in his heart. As soon as he saw the box, he knew that this gift was not simple, because every time someone from the General Office of the People's Republic of China gave him a banknote, they always used this

It's contained in a wooden box carved from rosewood, but I don't know how much the Guangdong Office in Guangdong will take out this time.

However, people soon began to thank Malico one after another. It seemed that the amount should not be too small. Liu Qian would not be jealous of Maliko for giving money to these alternate officials who went to Qiongzhou Island to take up posts. He had cooperated with the Haihan people for a long time.

, he knew the work habits of the Haihan people, which simply means getting paid as much as you do. As long as you do what you should do well, the Haihan people will naturally present the silver notes with the scent of ink on time and in the right amount.

After a few words of agreement, Maliko said loudly: "I believe all of you adults know that the wind and waves on the sea have not been very calm recently, and there have been pirates in the Qiongzhou Strait. In order for all of you to arrive safely at Qiongzhou Island, Mr. Liu specially arrived half the time in advance.

He came to negotiate with me more than a month ago and asked us to deploy armed ships to escort the fleet of adults."
Chapter completed!