The Wuzhou incident finally came to an end after a vigorous discussion. On the one hand, it was the secret active activities of all parties, and on the other hand, because the Southern Movement was very suitable to jump out at this juncture, the Senate
His attention was quickly drawn to it again.
Although Xie Erren was criticized verbally and in writing, and became notorious, the ending was not satisfactory. He was only assigned to return to the propaganda outlet and be responsible for the "material review" work in the Truth Office. He was regarded as a sinecure and stepped aside.
Although the organizations and political security departments that were once targeted were "criticized", they were not actually substantially damaged. After intense negotiations, all parties agreed to a series of political and security personnel changes proposed by Ma Jia.
and the proposal to increase local branches, the Senate immediately passed a series of emergency budgets, increasing the budgets of the Political Security Bureau and the General Bureau of Guards. The General Bureau of Guards, which originally had almost only one brand, has been implemented. Although the additional budget was expected
Internal matters still make the finance department frown.
However, the consequences of the Wuzhou incident were far-reaching. Although Xie Erren's failure was insignificant in the overall situation, it confirmed a long-standing opinion within the Senate: the Senate did not have enough resources to carry out the mainland strategy.
In the face of this living "tragedy", the public opinion of the Senate changed from "expanding the results of the war" to "hardening the internal strength". Now the Yao Rebellion in Guangdong is in full swing, the plague in Guangzhou has not yet ended, and they have to face a more complex environment.
Guangxi. If we have to attack from all sides again, if the Senate can still support it militarily, the pressure on civil affairs, materials and finance has been so great that it is close to collapse. Cheng Dong pointed out many times in his report to the cabinet that due to the silver dollar
There were too many coupons printed, and it was actually impossible to exchange silver coins within the special cities of Hainan and Guangzhou.
To a certain extent, the current severance of trade with the Ming Dynasty and the restriction of commercial activities by the plague in Guangzhou actually saved the new currency and prevented the problem of insufficient currency currency from being exposed.
After repeated consultations, the Senate held an informal plenary meeting in November 1635 to discuss the next step in the mainland strategy.
Although due to the limitations of many elders being transferred and traveling, less than half of the elders could attend. However, before the meeting, the general office sent the main topics to each elder via telegram, allowing them to express their views on their respective issues.
Probably because the hearing had gone too far and all parties had generally acceptable results, it was rare that there was no fierce debate at this conference. All parties discussed the situation and finally reached a new mainland strategy plan.
It is said that there is not much difference between the new plan and the old plan, but it is once again clear that the end point of the mainland offensive operation is to "take all the two provinces and Guangdong". After completing this strategic goal, there will be no new all-out offensive on the mainland.
Not only that, the Senate also clearly pointed out at the meeting that in the next "three to five years", large-scale military operations at the brigade level will be significantly reduced. The scale and frequency of military operations will be significantly reduced. The Fubo Army and Navy
The scale will no longer be expanded. The focus will be on strengthening the security warfare force, which is mainly composed of the National Army.
Overall, the new strategy has shifted from “expanding territory” to “in-depth governance.”
The classification and policy policies of the core area, appeasement area and public security area in the original plan remain unchanged, but the scope of the core area is expanded to include Guangzhou Special City, Foshan Experimental Zone, Wuzhou City, Nanning City and Guilin City as the five main core areas.
Except for Foshan, all other cities were directly transformed from the "prefectures" of the original Ming Dynasty. Except for Fuguo County, most of them have the problem of excessive jurisdiction. The governance of the core area is mostly concentrated in Fuguo County.
That is, within the scope of the prefectural city, it will be promoted to other counties under its jurisdiction depending on the situation. In other words, although Guangzhou Special City is the core area, only the three counties of Nanhai, Panyu, and Sanshui have actually implemented "in-depth governance". Others
The core governance area is similar.
In addition to these five core areas, the important regional transportation hubs, commercial centers and newly built industrial and mining centers in Guangdong and Guangxi will also be the objects of "in-depth governance". In these areas, the overall principle is to grasp the "preferably less and not more", and "
The maximum area under its jurisdiction shall not exceed one county.”
In the appointment of cadres, the proportion of naturalized civilian cadres will be reduced step by step according to the central district, appeasement district and public security district. The intensity of institutional and social reform will also be gradually reduced. The scope of the identification and use of "retained personnel" will be expanded.
. The original local officials of the Ming Dynasty who surrendered can be transferred to other places as long as their official reputation and performance are acceptable. For some areas with difficult governance and complex situations, the original officials with outstanding governance performance can be transferred to their original places after inspection.
Retain the original position.
The work of clearing acres of land and promoting the new tax system will be limited to the core areas, appeasement areas and public security areas and will be levied according to the tax quotas of the past Ming Dynasty.
Compared with the original social transformation, the new plan has reduced the tone a lot. It is basically determined that it will only be implemented in the core area.
The wording of the appeasement district and the security district is "improvement", and it only clearly states that "CHANGJI", "beggars" and "yahang" will be comprehensively reformed and rectified. The clans that were very exclusive in the past have also been greatly reduced in the tone of the wording, and it is clearly stated that
To "prohibit clan interference in judicial and administrative matters and gradually eliminate clan influence" in appeasement districts and public security areas, the original emphasis on "focusing on crackdowns and gradually eliminating clan influence" was deleted.
This approach without exception aroused controversy within the Senate, but the debate was not too fierce. Because in the past, their understanding of the power and role of their clans was limited, it was too easy to solve the problem of local clans in Hainan Island, which inevitably led to contempt.
But the reality in Guangdong in the past few months has taught them a profound lesson. Not only does the clan power have a very broad social base, it also performs many social service tasks that the government cannot take care of. More importantly, in many Han and Yao communities,
In areas where public security is disordered, clans are still important social stabilizers.
Destroying a clan will not only consume a lot of resources, but the greater danger is that the Senate now does not have enough resources to fill the vacancy left after the clan is eliminated.
The ideal finally lost to reality. If you want to gain a foothold in Guangdong and Guangxi, you have to tolerate clans. Therefore, except for continuing to implement the old policy in key areas, all other places have adopted the new policy.
Fortunately, apart from the impact on the senators, this adjustment had little impact on the naturalized cadres. Firstly, most of them could not understand why the Senate was so anti-clan, and secondly, the situation in Guangdong and Guangxi also gave them no time to expand.
Such work.
Regarding the question raised by the elders about whether such comprehensive contraction will connive to local evil forces, the new response is to establish a dedicated special search task force with capable personnel selected from the armed forces, the General Reconnaissance Bureau, political security, intelligence and civil affairs departments.
Work under the command of the elders. The core personnel of each team is about one hundred people. If necessary, the local garrison and police can be dispatched to cooperate.
Six such special search teams will be set up, each responsible for relevant areas.
The special search team will independently carry out investigation work in the appeasement district and the public security district, and carry out precise attacks on various evil forces that have great grievances among the local people and seriously harm the local area. On the one hand, it will effectively demonstrate the authority of the Senate and support the administrative work of the local government;
It is to win the hearts and minds of the people; and thirdly, it is also a way to gain trophies.
In terms of military operations, it was decided to carry out the third batch of mobilization of the National Army and train new National Army squadrons in Hong Kong. According to the current loss situation, the first two waves of squadrons are expected to be consumed in the security war operations in recent months.
Exhausted. Those squadrons with good performance and strong combat effectiveness will be renovated and refitted. Squadrons with excessive losses and poor performance will be disbanded on the spot and other squadrons will be replenished. Eventually, the standard configuration of one squadron in each county and one brigade in each prefecture will be achieved.
.In addition, mobile squadrons are deployed at key traffic points.
The newly formed squadrons are no longer equipped with standard spears and all use Nanyang rifles. The mobile squadrons use mini rifles and shotguns to increase their firepower. All mobile squadrons participate in mountain warfare training. At the same time, a large number of recruits are recruited from the Yao people and Mao people of Guangdong.
Enrich the team.
In terms of construction, it has been determined to prioritize the construction of two major projects and their supporting facilities, one is Foshan Iron and Steel, and the other is Danzhou Chemical Industry. At the same time, the "Guangdong Agricultural Reform Plan" will be launched to fully utilize Guangdong's agricultural production potential.
The urban reconstruction of Guangzhou was also passed. It was originally proposed that the Senate and political institutions should be moved northward to Guangzhou. However, due to the limited living facilities for the elders and the fear that some elders who stayed in Lingao were marginalized and opposed, a compromise was finally reached. The new establishment
The Guangzhou Base Camp serves as the general agency for mainland construction, administration and strategy. It also decided that the Central Reserve Bank, the State Administration of Taxation, the General Administration of Customs, and the Monopoly Bureau would all move to Guangzhou, and other departments would set up offices in Guangzhou.
It is obvious that the tone of this plan is much lower than that of the previous one. Various plans and arrangements have also become more pragmatic. The heads of various departments who were originally somewhat anxious all breathed a sigh of relief. The only one who frowned was
The taxation department.
The proposal put forward by the Southern Movement faction to go south to obtain resources was finally partially approved. Although the new draft did not receive direct resource support from the Senate as envisioned by the Southern Movement faction, in accordance with the principle of not giving resources to the Senate, the Senate
The court approved the Southeast Asia Company to be renamed the Nanyang Company, which is a mixed-ownership enterprise with a first-level national policy. The Nanyang Company has greater autonomy in operations and can freely raise shares, and can also organize trade, mining and colonization operations on its own in various parts of Southeast Asia.
All the property owned by the original Southeast Asia Company will be used to inject capital into the new company. According to the equity distribution, 51% of the state-owned shares, 5% of the Senate, 15% of the individual shares of the elders, and the remaining 39% of the shares will be used for the newly established "Southeast Asia Development Co., Ltd."
"Company", its shares will be sold in the name of the company in the form of public offering.