It took a long time for Lu Quansun to react. He stretched out his hand and shook Dong Shuheng's hand.
Lu Quansun may be the highest-ranking Manchu official who has defected to the Huai Navy so far.
It's not that Dong Shuheng has a domineering attitude, the main reason is probably that Lu Quansun's family is under the rule of Huai Haijun.
Lu Kansun doesn't seem to be that kind of pedantic person. He is very good at drawing important points.
The next step is to discuss business matters. With the powerful Fujian governor as the traitor, things will be much simpler.
Lu Quansun arranged for his confidants to take over the city gate and secretly put part of the Huai Navy into the city.
That night, Lu Kansun summoned the generals and civil servants from Fuzhou City.
And with the cooperation of Huai Haijun, these people were controlled.
As for the governor, he has already been placed under house arrest by Huai Haijun.
The next day, the governor's yamen issued a document, and Lü Kansun's confidants led the Huaihai Navy troops to go to various prefectures and counties.
At the same time, Dong Shuheng sent people west to Wuyi Mountain to join Yang Bingchun's tribe who had come over the mountains and ridges, and ordered Yang Bingchun to take over the various states and counties in the west.
Except for the stubborn resistance of a few state and county governors who were foolishly loyal to the Qing court, there was basically no resistance during the entire process.
Huai Haijun spent most of his time on the road. Fujian has rugged mountain roads and fast-flowing waterways.
It is really difficult to travel!
By November, the entire territory of Fujian had fallen into the hands of the Huai Navy.
Dong Shuheng appointed Lu Quansun as the governor of the Fujian Provincial Military Government.
The title of military government may continue to be used until the Huaihai Navy is officially established.
Because up to now, Dong Shuheng is still fighting in various places in the name of Huaihai Navy.
He felt that he had to capture the capital first and let the Manchu emperor declare his abdication before he could formally establish the country.
Only in this way can the country be founded in an upright and upright manner.
Because the country he planned to establish was Huaxia, and the country was named after the ethnic group, the country was just an organizational form that served the development of the nation.
The nation should be higher than the righteousness of the country.
As a surrendered minister, Lu Quansun was very satisfied that he could continue to hold his original position.
The family will also catch the Huaihai Navy's fast ship and prosper. At present, it seems that my choice is right.
People who have just changed careers are very motivated to work.
Without Dong Shuheng's instructions, Lu Quansun had already begun to restore order in Fujian.
Peng Yulin, who had fought hard to regain Zhejiang, heard that Dong Shuheng had taken over Fujian without any effort.
I felt sad in my heart. Could it be that the president really has a domineering attitude?
Or is the president deliberately throwing a hard nut on himself?
In fact, the most intense battle during the liberation of Zhejiang was the Battle of Hangzhou fought by Niu Jie's garrison brigade.
Except for Hangzhou, other prefectures and counties in Zhejiang are at best some regiment training and armed forces.
They are not at the same level as the most elite instructors under Huai Haijun.
The Battle of Hangzhou is also over. As Li Cunwen said, the inner city of Hangzhou really opened up on its own.
Because of food problems, a fierce conflict finally broke out between the Green Camp who had fled into the inner city and the Eight Banners under General Hangzhou.
Under the leadership of Deng Shaoguang, the green battalion troops broke through the Hangzhou General Mansion. As for the Eight Banners who filled the city, they were already unable to fight.
Not even the green battalion soldiers can compare with their combat prowess.
Deng Shaoguang opened the gate of the inner city with the head of the Hangzhou general and surrendered to the Huai Navy.
Governor He Guiqing hanged himself!
All the Eight Banners in the city were slaughtered by Deng Shaoguang, and not many were left.
Dong Shuheng, who had just straightened out the affairs in Fujian, handed over the army to Yang Bingkun for unified command, and Fujian was placed under the jurisdiction of the Jiangxi Military Region.
Government affairs were handed over to Lu Quansun.
Before leaving, Dong Shuheng asked Lu Quansun to select a group of Fujian officials who were willing to surrender to the Huai Navy and follow Dong Shuheng northward.
These people will be trained at the Huaihai Navy Administrative College and continue to be retained in administrative positions.
At the same time, Dong Shuheng also asked Zeng Xianfeng to select a group of people from Liangjiang and recruit them to Zhejiang and Fujian.
In order to prevent these people from being unfamiliar with the local customs and customs when they arrive.
Dong Shuheng specially asked Lu Quansun to select the original officials, and those who were capable and had no obvious bad habits were selected as officials to assist the officials sent by the Huaihai Navy.
As for the focus of local administrative work, Dong Shuheng only put forward six suggestions:
The first is to actively dredge rivers and build roads in various places. Of course, all the manpower used will be paid because the Huai Navy has abolished free labor.
Fujian has mountains and water, a shortage of cultivated land, and poor roads have always been important reasons that restrict local development.
The second is to reduce the burden on the people, implement Huaihai's new tax system, reduce agricultural taxes, abolish Ding tax, and increase taxes to reduce the burden on the people.
Fujian did not suffer much damage. Naturally, Dong Shuheng would not directly exempt Fujian from taxes. There was no need.
Dong Shuheng would not do anything about promoting rice and fighting against rice.
Besides, Huai Haijun’s money didn’t just fall from the sky.
When tax revenue comes in, Dong Shuheng will spend it where it is most needed.
But the newly occupied areas must always provide some benefits to the people.
In Dong Shuheng's view, the implementation of the Huaihai Navy's tax system would bring great benefits to the local people. He knew how heavy the Qing government's taxes were, especially in recent years, when banditry in various places had completely paralyzed the Qing government's finances.
The third is to actively develop industry and commerce, build Xiamen and Fuzhou into important foreign trade ports, and improve the construction of port facilities.
The fourth is to imitate the Shanghai model and improve the management of foreigners.
This article is mainly aimed at illegal foreigners here in Fujian. Unlike Shanghai, there are many illegal foreign speculators here in Fujian.
They are mainly engaged in drug smuggling and human trafficking.
Many of these people come from small European countries, but they pretend to be British or French, so that the local officials are afraid to investigate further.
This allowed these people to take advantage of the loopholes and remain at large.
The Huai Navy already has a set of methods for managing foreigners in Shanghai. Foreigners who commit crimes in Shanghai are subject to trial and sanctions by the Huai Navy Court.
Because Huaihai Navy has a complete set of written laws. Ministers from various countries have already expressed their acceptance.
Huai Haijun will soon set up courts in Fuzhou and Xiamen.
When the officials sent by Jiang Ning take office, everything here will be on track.
This is the advantage of having a complete system, that is, it can be easily copied.
The fifth is to relax the immigration restrictions among Fujianese people and set up a special immigration agency to register immigrants. Anyone who is willing to immigrate can sign up. If they are willing to become employees of Huaihai Haijun Farm, Huaihai Haijun will be responsible for the immigration expenses.
Of course, even if you immigrate to Huaihai, you will be allocated land overseas.
Now the Huaihai Navy owns a large amount of land in Nanyang and the Far East, and even Taiwan has a large amount of wasteland.
In the past, the Qing government's household registration policy was relatively rigid and placed numerous restrictions on people's ability to emigrate overseas.
Even the people who emigrated will become fugitives.
Nowadays, many Nanyang families are prospering in Nanyang, but they cannot return to their ancestral home.
Dong Shuheng was determined to change this situation. The land in Fujian is small, and if people are not allowed to relocate, they will not be given a way to survive.
Sixth, Dong Shuheng used an old method every time he occupied a place, which was to encourage the development of industry and commerce. Fujian was mountainous and rich in mineral resources.
It was just not well developed and utilized in the past. In addition, Fujian's navigation industry is also relatively developed.
It has been a place for sailors since ancient times.
Dong Shuheng decided to invest in building an ocean-going fleet here, and future routes to South America would depart from Fujian.
In addition, Dong Shuheng is planning to build another shipyard in Fuzhou.
Whenever it goes to a new place, Huaihai Company always takes the lead in investing, setting an example for local businessmen in Fujian.
This is called giving full play to the leading role of state-owned enterprises.
Fujian's tea export is also an advantageous industry, and Fujian's black tea is especially popular in the West.
Later generations of Indian black tea came from tea trees secretly transplanted from Fujian by the British.
In order to prevent this from happening in this life, Dong Shuheng ordered customs in various places to strictly inspect the export of tea saplings and punish them with serious crimes if found.
After conquering Fujian, Dong Shuheng got an important immigrant to his original place.
In the future, there will be a stable source of immigrants to Southeast Asia and South America.
Refugees in the north can move as far as possible to Heilongjiang in the Far East.
In addition, the connection between Dong Shuheng and the Nanyang Family will be closer.
Another thing is the arrangement of the Fujian local army that surrendered with Lu Quansun.
Dong Shuheng adopted the old methods of the Taiping Army.
All soldiers were reorganized and assigned according to their wishes, and officers went to military schools for training and were appointed separately.
Fuzhou Governor's Yamen.
Dong Shuheng has been living here these days and taking charge of the overall situation.
Things are complicated and there is too much work to sort out.
Fortunately, with the help of Lu Quansun and the Fujian officials who had taken refuge, Dong Shuheng was able to straighten things out one by one.
Currently, local areas in Fujian will be under military control for a period of time. Only some original local officials will assist.
Therefore, Gu Keli could not go back with him this time. The troops were scattered and stationed in various places and could not be gathered together.
He wanted to assist Yang Bingkun to temporarily stabilize Fujian.
"Gu Keli, your focus is still on Zhangzhou. Be careful over there in Guangdong."
"Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, built a new army in two towns. He bought French equipment and even used French officer corps to command it. So you must be careful."
In the conference room, Dong Shuheng gave instructions to Gu Keli.
"President, why don't we take Guangdong in one fell swoop, once and for all?" Lu Quansun asked puzzledly.
According to his estimation, the Huai Navy is now fully capable of taking over Guangdong in one go.
"Mr. Lu, this is a good question. Guangdong is definitely our next target."
"But not now. What should we do when we go south to Guangdong and Fujian?"
"Master Lu, without these troops and horses, are you sure you can stabilize Fujian?"
"This..." Lu Quansun couldn't answer for a while.
Indeed, there is no guarantee that some people still have their hearts set on the Qing court and would not speak out.
In addition, there are still some hidden gangsters in Fujian.
If the time comes to get together with those people and start a rebellion, what will Lu Quansun do to suppress it?
This time he really didn't think carefully.
I didn't expect that I was not as calm as a young man.
Lu Quansun couldn't help but look at Dong Shuheng a few more times.
Hey! Other people’s children...
"I believe it won't take long, maybe a month or two, for us to sort out the government affairs in Fujian and Zhejiang, and then we can start the next step."
This is also the reason why Dong Shuheng left Master Gu Keli here.
Fujian's local garrison troops will also be sent over after they are mixed and organized in Jiangsu.
Dong Shuheng was worried about leaving the original Fujian army directly there.
It is too easy for local separatist forces to form in Fujian.
Civil servants can conditionally serve in areas near their hometowns. However, the army must be mixed and stationed in different places.
These are the rules of the Huai Navy. Without these rules, the Huai Navy's scattered layout would have been in trouble long ago.
Human ambition is not innate. Many people have ambitions because of their environment.
Or there is a lack of necessary constraints. Just like the lack of laws will condone crime.
ps: It’s raining lightly outside, and I feel a little homesick, but I can only video chat with my family, oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...