Chapter 561 The navy must take back Dayuan Island as soon as possible!
This year, Zhu Youjian actually wanted to start a war to quell the civil strife. As a result, a drought caused a war that was difficult to fight. Although at present, food security should be basically no problem. But once a large-scale military operation is launched, various consumption
It will increase exponentially. Especially after reaching the Central Plains and Shanxi, military operations will deepen the suffering of the people. After thinking about it, we finally decided to slow down.
The war to quell the chaos has been temporarily put on hold, and the army cannot be idle. Let the army in the direction of Liaodong move on a small scale, which will not cause large losses and can also train the army's woodland combat capabilities. Why not?
Although there are many miscellaneous things this year, from the overall situation, it is still a good year. The biggest gain is that the maritime matter is finally settled. At the end of October, the negotiations between Zhou Yanru and Zheng Hongkui in Dengzhou ended successfully
, the Zheng family accepted the recruitment again in accordance with the conditions set by the imperial court. Zheng Zhilong was canonized as An Haigong, Zheng Hongkui and Zheng Sen were made rear admirals, and my family's eighty large ships and five thousand naval troops were incorporated into the navy.
The other soldiers and horses in Fujian can be almost settled by the newly registered Zheng's Maritime Trading Company accepting some, demobilizing some, and re-recruiting some after the army has settled in. As for the officials, except for those who are clearly awarded on the recruitment list,
Except for military personnel, others stayed behind temporarily. After the officials officially sent by the imperial court arrived one after another, the original officials entered the Administrative University temporarily established in Fuzhou for four months of training. After the training was completed, based on the examination results, the three
One-third will be retained at the original position level, one-third will be demoted to one level, and the remaining one-third will be employed as grassroots officials, while the other half will be promoted to serve the people.
In other words, after the Zheng family surrendered, they also took over a province. Under Zhu Youjian's rule, there are now five official provinces. Fujian is a bit far away from the current base, and is only connected by sea.
, it is difficult to manage for the time being. After consultation with the cabinet, it was determined that more than two years would be used as a transition period. This year, only Fuzhou, Xiamen and Zhangquan will be able to normalize their administration.
In addition to being far away from Fujian, Fujian is also quite troublesome militarily. Xiying's control area borders it. Unlike other current forces, they are more enterprising. After repelling Ohmu-san's fleet in Guangzhou City at the beginning of this year, they became more motivated.
During this time, they took the army to look for time in He Tengjiao's territory. They never knew when they would set their sights on Fujian, so a sufficient number of army troops had to be stationed in Fujian.
"The military command hall basically has no problem with the military deployment in Fujian. Now that the railway reaches Jinan, even if the Tianjin Port is frozen for a while, the army can first go to Jinan and transfer to the newly built Jiaozhou Port to complete the deployment. However,
One thing is, the navy seems to have no further military plans? How can this be possible? Now that we have so many navy, we need to make the best use of them. How can we just leave Dajuan Island to the east of Penghu Island? It will be early next year.
, to recapture Damuan Island." After listening to Huang Degong's report on the military deployment in Fujian, Zhu Youjian expressed his opinion. This military plan did not involve maritime matters. It seems that there is still a strategic vision.
Limitations.
"Using troops on Da Yuan Island? The military commander's plan is to let the navy rest for a period of time before continuing south to Guangzhou to recapture Guangzhou City from the rebels. The Kazuto on Da Yuan Island can be released first."
"Let's fight the big officials first. Guangzhou City is not in too much of a hurry. This year, there will be more refugees coming from Shanxi and the Central Plains. Based on the current situation in Liaodong, only about 150,000 to 60,000 people can be resettled at most. Yunzhong can resettle 50,000 to 60,000 people.
Beizhi and Shandong have to find solutions for the rest. However, the population growth of these two provinces has been relatively large in the past two years, and they are not the most ideal place to settle down. Dayuan Island is located in the south and can be cultivated in all seasons. Nowadays, people
There are not many people there. If we can capture them in the beginning of the new year, we can immigrate there at any time. Once we reach the place, we can start colonization. It won’t be a problem to move 40,000 to 50,000 people by sea. This is a way to kill multiple birds with one stone. We must not use it.
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After finally getting a large number of refugees, we must make full use of them and not waste them. If we cannot seize this opportunity, Zhu Youjian estimates that it will be very difficult to encounter another refugee wave in the future. In normal years,
It is difficult for ordinary people to move out on a large scale. Moreover, after so many years of war, the population in various places has dropped sharply. Local resources are sufficient in a short time, and the possibility of people taking the initiative to move out is even smaller.
After a large number of refugees fled from the Central Plains and Shanxi this time, it is estimated that the two places themselves will take a long time to recover. Over the years, the Central Plains and Shanxi have lost too many people, and they cannot be tempted in the future.
Yes! Except for them and Shaanxi, other provinces do not seem to have a tradition of large-scale refugees. It is possible to gather a lot of refugees piecemeal, but unlike large-scale immigration, it will prolong the entire development process.
, it takes time to accumulate.
The emperor's statement left Huang Degong speechless. From a military point of view, Guangzhou is definitely more important than the officials, but immigration is politics and a broader top-level design. The military must serve this. Although, in Huang Degong's view,
It is not a big deal to move 40,000 to 50,000 people to a deserted island in a hurry. Is 40,000 to 50,000 people a lot for Beizhili and Shandong? The city of Beijing has to accommodate more than this every year.
People.
Zhu Youjian is not unaware of Huang Degong's thoughts, but the refugees who come to Beijing and the refugees who are sent to Taiyuan Island are not the same thing. In the capital, there are plenty of them without any policies or efforts.
People come and go on their own initiative. In places like Liaodong and Dayuan, people may not go there even if they spend money. Didn't Zheng Zhilong just spend money to hire people to settle there? What was the result? Not many people moved there.
People's hearts are like this. It's obviously a good place, but when it doesn't develop, no one wants to take the initiative to go there. They all think it's a place where birds can't shit! But when it develops and you want to take the initiative to go there, it's not that good.
conditions.
Zhu Youjian has another idea to divide part of this refugee wave into Dayuan. Under normal circumstances, most immigrants to Dayuan will be people from Fujian. The people here have a problem, and that is centripetal force.
Not as good as the people in the Central Plains and Shanxi areas who have a high degree of recognition of the Ming Dynasty. So if you can move some people from the north, you still have to find a way to move them as much as possible, and you can't let the people on Dayuan Island be all Hokkien!