"That's easy to say." Yang Shixiang felt more at ease, "I feel relieved to have a brother here to take charge of the overall situation. As I said just now, brother will have to explain his interests to Mr. Wen and Ma Gong if he finds the opportunity."
"I'll definitely tell you." Liu San said, feeling quite dissatisfied.
Yang Shixiang's recruitment theory is very popular among vested interest groups in Lingao, especially those who have benefited the most. The Australians have brought them wealth that they could not have imagined in the past, but they are well aware of the risks behind this wealth.
The potential to confront the Ming gave them sleepless nights.
Compared with the simple gratitude of the destitute refugees who were taken in to work as soldiers, this group, which has benefited the most under the new regime, is somewhat shaken. The General Administration of Political Security pointed out in a secret investigation report: The new rich in Lingao are very grateful to the guards.
The determination to achieve the fruits of victory is limited. Many people are afraid of their status and think that they are suspected of being "thieves".
The report goes on to point out that some people are even planning to transfer part of their property and family members to the Ming Dynasty's ruling area outside Lingao.
Although the Ming Dynasty has a limited presence in the local area, it has accumulated power for nearly three hundred years. Before the crossing group has fully demonstrated its ability to protect the interests of the people, this sense of uneasiness is common among the emerging vested interest groups in Lingao.
There is a market for the idea of recruiting security among this group of people, especially those new rich who are approaching high positions. They have made a fortune by gaining profits from the opportunities brought by the Crossing Group. They hope that the rule of the Crossing Group can last forever, but they are also afraid that
The government's conquest will destroy all of this. Therefore, they urgently hope that the Crossing Group can recruit people to gain a "legitimacy" status to protect their newly accumulated property.
In order for this group of people to follow Chuan Chuang wholeheartedly, the Chuan Chuan Group still lacks an outright victory to break their fear and superstition of the government.
Recently, more and more people have expressed their hope through various channels, either explicitly or covertly, that the Crossing Group has taken the initiative to seek employment. Yang Shixiang is also one of this group of people. Without the Crossing Group, there would be no Runshitang today. Yang Shixiang also expressed his concern for the "red flag"
"How long can we fight" is more concerning. Not only because the interests of Runshitang and Chuanchuan Group are more closely aligned, but also because Runshitang's market and raw materials all come from the mainland. Once the Ming Dynasty and Chuanchuan Group mobilize their troops, it doesn't matter who wins or loses.
, doing business will become very difficult.
The issue of recruitment has been mentioned by people within the Cross Travel Group in the past. They believe that the biggest benefit of recruitment is that they can get a relatively stable development time, which is cost-effective compared to the cost of recruitment. However, this opinion has not become the mainstream view.
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Most elders believe that recruitment is just asking for trouble, and the cost of favors is too great. Moreover, under the Ming Dynasty's system, it is still unknown whether the recruitment of security on the condition of separatist rule and Lingao can be achieved. Even if recruitment can be achieved, what will be gained
The benefits are also very limited, but there are quite a few restrictions.
The Foreign Intelligence Bureau analyzed that Li Luoyou's sudden visit this time was not only about doing business but also possibly representing the government or the Zheng family to investigate Lingao and decide whether to fight or make peace.
This involves a key question: what kind of foreign policy does the Lingao regime intend to adopt at this stage? Is it to support the Ming Dynasty and resist the Qing Dynasty, or to support the Qing Dynasty and attack the Ming Dynasty? Of course, the ultimate goal of the elders is the same: to destroy the Ming Dynasty and destroy the Qing Dynasty.
.But on the issue of who to destroy first, the Senate was divided into two distinct factions. At a working meeting of the Senate Standing Committee shortly after the second plenary session, the two sides had a heated debate about this.
The Fuming faction is represented by Liu Zheng of the long-range exploration team. Liu Zheng is an out-and-out imperialist. Every time at a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Senate, he imitates the old Cato and yells: "Shengjing still exists.
." With this hand, he became the leader of the emperors among the senators.
This faction advocates aiding the Ming Dynasty within a certain range while obtaining benefits. Specific policies include selling arms to the Ming Dynasty, contracting water transportation, and providing credit loans to the Ming Dynasty based on the Ming Dynasty's willingness to provide mortgages. Judging from the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to recover the loans and
It is almost impossible to gain interest; if necessary, use the navy to launch military operations in Liaodong, harass the Manchu Qing regime, and constantly weaken the enemy to reduce the pressure on the Ming Dynasty.
The purpose of aiding the Ming Dynasty, according to Liu Zheng, is: first, to alleviate the suffering of the people in the Central Plains and minimize the sacrifices and losses in the Central Plains; second, to reduce the hostility of the Ming Dynasty and make it a temporary ally - even if it cannot be regarded as an ally
, at least it can be a trading partner. After all, Daming is the most important source of raw materials, population supply and sales market for the Crossing Group. Third, once the Crossing Group lands on the mainland and establishes its own political power, it will at least have a basic social structure that can be used.
Intellectuals available rather than a blank slate.
Of course, this group of people was actually formed by purpose. Many of them were fans and expressed their favorable impressions of the Ming Dynasty in a clear-cut manner, hoping to prolong the life of the Ming Dynasty; some just hoped that the people of the Central Plains would suffer less from the pain of dynasty changes.
, to avoid the suffering of lives lost, families destroyed and people killed; some are just considering interests, thinking that supporting Ming Dynasty is good for the overall interests of the Time Travel Group.
There is another faction of real interest activists headed by Li Haiping of the Navy. This faction puts interests first and advocates that any means is necessary to achieve the goal. There are supporters of "virus flow" who advocate indiscriminate virus attacks; there is the theory of "drug trafficking and victory"
"Advocates of the "Smash and Rebuild Theory" hope to sell opium and coca to Liaodong on a large scale; advocates of the "Smash and Rebuild Theory" believe that aid should be provided to the Manchu Qing Dynasty and speed up the Manchu Qing Dynasty's entry into the country. Let the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Nanming and
The peasant army came to compete in the Central Plains, fighting until smoke and fire broke out, and the Central Plains turned into a white field, completely smashing the old social system and economic structure from top to bottom.
"The great leader once said that a clean house is a good place to entertain guests." Li Haiping unabashedly advocated the theory of smashing and rebuilding at the Senate meeting, "We cannot build a new society without smashing the old system. This smashing of the old system
I think the task of slashing and killing should be left to the Manchus."
"No matter what, we can't let Tatars enter the country and harm the people - one of the main purposes of our coming here is also to save China. The rotten peach of Ming Dynasty can be picked afterwards." Ding Ding raised Li Haiping's views at the Standing Committee.
Fierce retort, "You don't even have the basic national identity! Do you still have any conscience?"
"We come from another time and space, so what national identity do we have with the indigenous people? Will the people of the Ming Dynasty recognize that we are Chinese?"
"Your idea is unbelievable." Ding Ding was so angry that he jumped up. "Not only are you a traitor, you are simply a national nihilist!"
"Quiet, quiet," Wu Nanhai, who temporarily presided over the meeting, quickly banged the hammer, "don't engage in personal attacks."
"How do you seize the local control over the clan gentry of the Ming Dynasty! What about the voice controlled by the Confucian scholars? If this is not solved, no one can save China! It is not difficult to establish national political power, but it is rare to transform society! It is not right for society.
If we carry out a bloodletting purge, our new system will be untenable, and it won’t be long before we return to the old path of a traditional society.”
Li Haiping paid no attention to the accusation of national nihilism. He went on to point out that when the time comes, the Crossing Group will have a righteous name when it sends its troops to the north. "Expelling the Tartars and restoring China", the Crossing Group only needs to fly this flag.
, the name of righteousness in the world is fully occupied, and whoever dares to resist the crossing group is a traitor.
"Is the slogan 'Restore China' as good as 'Anti-Qing and Fu-Ming'? You must know that Ming Dynasty is still very influential in this time and space! Just look at how many people are using the banner of 'Anti-Qing and Fu-Ming' -
―Even the remnants of Li and Zhang have taken up the banner of the Ming Dynasty!"
"This is not a problem. Regardless of whether the Ming Dynasty fell to the Manchus or Li Chuang, Lingao's official propaganda should be 'the Ming loses its virtues, and the virtuous can replace them'. Then use the theory of destiny and the theory of the cycle of five virtues. That's roughly it.
It can be done. At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, people from all walks of life came out in the name of the Song Dynasty."
"... By then we have used the hands of the Manchus to clear away all potential opposition forces. Our arrival means salvation to the suffering people. We have eliminated the resistance to social reform without dirtying our hands, and we have also charged
If you win the hearts and minds of the people, won't you achieve multiple things with one stone?"
However, there are also differences among the smash-and-rebuild theorists. The main point of the disagreement is who should be the sledgehammer. Some people support the Manchus, while others think that instead of letting barbarians do it, it is better to let Li Zicheng do it. Anyway, it depends on the degree of destruction.
It seems that the two sides are evenly matched. In the end, this issue often arises into the issue of "national justice". Therefore, Li Haiping, the leader of the Smasher Faction, was labeled a "traitor".
Some of Li Haiping's remarks, such as "Let the Tatars help us kill all the scholars so that we don't have to kill them" and "To destroy the old system and the old society is to rely on indiscriminate killing", etc., made him a royal man and a scholar.
The common enemy of everyone, if it were not for the timely rescue by his naval colleagues, and his experience as a commander in Changhua Fort made him strong, he would have been beaten severely at the gate of the Senate. From then on, every time Li Haiping came back
You have to carry a swinging stick when you go to high places.
The two factions debated at the meeting for several hours, but in the end neither faction was able to obtain a decisive majority, as both factions had sufficient representatives in the Senate's Standing Committee.
Since no one could convince anyone in the Standing Committee, the Senate finally passed a foreign guidance policy that was generally acceptable to all parties: "maintaining the glorious isolation of the mainland in equilibrium."
The core of this policy is "equal opportunity", "non-interference" and "isolation". The specific measures are: the Crossing Group will use all means to protect its own interests from infringement; use all means to expand the control of the Crossing Group when necessary
area; do not give up the opportunity to gain benefits from both sides: develop trade relations with both sides at the same time, develop coastal trade routes, stimulate the flow of bulk goods; export Lingao commodities on a large scale, import raw materials and people. Do not interfere in the war process between the two sides for the time being, and do not
Take actions that would seriously affect the balance of power between the two parties.
The only force to be eliminated in this guiding policy is the maritime heroes represented by Zheng Zhilong. How can others be allowed to sleep on the side of the bed - without establishing sea control over China's coast, the Planning Institute, the Ministry of Commerce and the Navy planned large-scale coastal trade
There is no way to talk about it.
The seemingly inconsistent plan proposed by the Planning Institute actually embodies the thinking of the executive committee bureaucrats - "balance."
The strategy of Chuan Chuan Group at this stage is to climb the technology tree as quickly as possible and accumulate strength. Under this overall goal, Chuan Chuan Group must not only effectively manage the entire territory of Hainan, but also expand to coastal key points such as Vietnam and Taiwan, and establish a presence along the coast of China.
Sea control. The power of the traversing group cannot be deployed in multiple strategic directions. The mainland policy can only be based on balance. The most ideal state is to let the Ming and Manchu Qing Dynasties be unable to do anything to each other. Attack and contain each other.
If it helps the Ming Dynasty excessively, once the situation in Liaodong is stabilized, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably have to deal with the Chuanchu people who separatized Qiongzhou; on the contrary, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty becomes too strong, causing them to enter the customs early, and Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's
Before the power has developed, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties directly controlled the mainland and established a political power in advance. The crossing group will cause great obstacles to the mainland strategy in the future.
Wen Desi made it clear at a working meeting of the Executive Committee that it was not advisable to support the Qing Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty. It was especially undesirable to support the Ming Dynasty.
"It's not possible for the Ming Dynasty not to be in chaos. It's not enough to be able to legitimately enter the mainland. To establish national identity with the Ming Dynasty in another time and space, tsk tsk. I agree with the identification, but we must be recognized by others, not the other way around! Some comrades
My mind is all messed up. Don't let the time-traveling army become a barrier to the Ming Dynasty in the end - because of the 'national hatred', all the people around the Ming Dynasty were beaten up, and then a self-righteous Ming Dynasty was left, completely unable to enter -
Do you plan to invade the Ming Dynasty on your own to modernize? Will the Confucian scholars, landlords and old bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty who were protected by our powerful force be grateful to us and obedient? The Manchus only shave half of their heads.
But you want to uproot others, who will be hated more?"
Ma Qianzhu rarely supported Chairman Moon's views on this issue: "Incomplete liquidation of the old system will leave us with endless troubles. In particular, the liquidation of the old ideology must be thorough."
"But chaos must be orderly. People like Li Haiping who blatantly supported the Qing Dynasty to fight against the Ming Dynasty are tantamount to taking off their pants and doing it directly. Comrades, sometimes you still have to pay attention to your image. How can we educate you in the future if it is too ugly?
The next generation?”
"It is dangerous to get involved in mainland affairs now," Wu De said. "Before the first five-year plan is completed, I oppose any form of involvement in mainland affairs - except trade. Our way out is in the south!"
Wu De advocated the "Southern Progress Theory". He suggested that the Chuan Chuan Group should not rush to join the mainland competition, but control the periphery, do business with all forces, and obtain the greatest benefits. The focus of the Chuan Chuan Group's development should shift to Southeast Asia. Establish
Colonies to exploit the rich natural resources of the region.
"We have limited human resources. If we put them on the mainland, even if we only manage and control Guangdong, it will involve a lot of our energy. It is beyond our capabilities to control a vast area and population. Instead of jumping into the maelstrom of competing for the Central Plains now,
It is better to go to Southeast Asia, which is vast, sparsely populated and rich in resources." Wu De then said cryptically, "And we have enough discretion in our actions in Southeast Asia."
The theory of southward expansion and the "continental balance policy" are complementary to each other - maintaining a balanced model of melee on the mainland, taking advantage of this gap to put the main force on the trade line in Southeast Asia as far as India. This line can provide other than
Most of the other industrialized resources other than population. The two resources of silver and food obtained through trade were exchanged for the population on the mainland. On the one hand, it improved its human resources level. On the other hand, the import of large amounts of silver caused inflation, which gave the Ming Dynasty
One more straw.
"At the same time, our approach of absorbing a large number of refugees will greatly reduce the level of civil strife in the Ming Dynasty. The peasant army that was originally on fire will probably not expand to hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands at once." Wu De said, "In comparison, they have been removed.
A few straws. The profit and loss are roughly equal.”
The population obtained from the mainland can not only meet Lingao's needs for labor and soldiers, but also can be used to organize colonization in Southeast Asia and establish colonies. Colonies are not only the fortress of the Lingao regime in Southeast Asia, but also the blood vessels that absorb the resources of Southeast Asia.
.With colonies, the Lingao regime can have strong control over major resource areas without relying on the influence of local kings.
Based on this guidance strategy and the judgment of his intention, the executive committee issued the guidance for Liu's work to demonstrate Lingao's powerful military and industrial capabilities as much as possible. Dress himself up as a hard fruit full of thorns to dissuade the government or Zheng Zhilong.
Peeping's ambitions, while trying to win over Li Luoyou as much as possible, trying to make him a business partner of the Cross Travel Group.
As for Quark, an Englishman, the Ministry of Commerce believes that he can establish trade relations with the British in India. Now, through Li Huamei, they have opened up the trade in Goa occupied by the Portuguese. With Quark, they can open up the trade route to Surat.
Surat currently cannot provide any products that are urgently needed by the public. The establishment of this trade route is firstly to prevent Li Huamei from monopolizing India. Secondly, both Surat and Goa are the trade transit points from Asia to Europe.
Has a certain window value.
"The British have other uses," said Hude. "To some extent, their desire for wealth far exceeds that of the Spaniards who love gold, and they surpass all Europeans in terms of being unscrupulous and shameless. This is
We can make full use of them. They can do a lot of dirty work."