Some people have also proposed sending prisoners to Sanya to work as miners, but many people are worried that Sanya only has one battalion of troops. If this group of soldiers rebels, they may not be able to arrest them. Moreover, the aftermath of the previous suppression of workers has not yet passed.
The pressure to maintain stability still exists, and instability factors cannot be added.
A decision was quickly made on the issue of prisoners. All prisoners would not replenish the army or be transported to Sanya. Instead, they would be kept in Lingao and used as laborers. After a few years of transformation, a way out would be arranged according to each person's different circumstances.
"If there are locals among the prisoners, I propose to release them on the spot." Wu Nanhai said, "Since there are families and relatives in the local area, it will be more harmful to the people if we detain them. If they are willing to leave, we will release them all and pay them some travel expenses."
Something like that. This way they can spread our power and benevolence."
"It seems that there are indeed local guardsmen and village warriors among the prisoners." Wu De said.
Yang Yun coughed lightly. This was his first time to participate in such a high-level meeting. He had just been appointed as the director of the Human Resources Department of the Civil Affairs Commission. He used his experience as the head of the human resources department of the sweatshop and the labor union in the old time and space.
The advantages of the chairman are mixed with this position.
Of course, Lingao's employment situation according to the old time and space is more bloody than the most sweaty factory, not to mention that he has unlimited violence as a backing, it is not difficult to be the director of the Human Resources Department. But Yang Yun is not
Don’t be satisfied with this – if it’s just this, how can you reflect your professionalism?
He first studied the existing manpower utilization system with great concentration and believed that there was room for improvement, or rather the potential for further squeeze. He decided to take this opportunity to show his professionalism.
But Yang Yun is not prepared to make major changes to the entire system. After all, this system was created by Wu De. He has just taken office and it would be unwise to make drastic changes to the leadership's policies. Yang Yun does not believe in parliamentary democracy and
Individual democratic rights belong to a group of people who will follow the central government and leaders as long as they have meat to eat.
"More than 10,000 laborers are about to arrive. I propose to make certain changes in the handling of this labor force." He avoided using complimentary words such as "reform" and "improvement" and used neutral words, "What we are implementing now"
The 60-day quarantine system is very good and ensures health safety, but the price is that it is not efficient enough for the use of labor."
The current policy is that workers and immigrants undergo simple language and literacy learning in quarantine camps during the quarantine period, and at the same time perform some lighter manual labor.
"There is no need to round up these 10,000 people for quarantine. Their nutritional and physical conditions should be much better than the ordinary people we take in. Moreover, they have strength and the ability to kill people and set fires. If they are asked to do manual work, they will do it.
If you don’t want to do it, you won’t be able to do it well. If you don’t have anywhere to vent your energy, you will easily get into trouble.”
Yang Yun proposed that after "purification" treatment of these prisoners, all be arranged for the construction of the Ma Niao-Chengmai highway. The army has heavy troops stationed in Ma Niao and several troops stationed in Chengmai to provide sufficient deterrence.
to control the prisoners.
"After the construction of this highway is completed, we will build the Chengmai-Qiongshan highway. Anyway, according to Shan Daoqian's plan, we will overhaul roads and railways in Hainan, and some of these prisoners will have jobs."
The vest coughed: "Of course it is good to deal with it this way, but it will hinder the principle of fairness of the law. It is okay to use the captives for labor, but we cannot let them continue to work like this as if they were sentenced to life imprisonment. The news spread.
Who else is willing to surrender in the future?"
"Just implement a points system." Yang Yun has already had a countermeasure, "Prisoners do not work for free, we will pay them."
Remuneration is a certain kind of points. The prisoner is paid on a daily basis according to the intensity and content of the work - of course the remuneration is not much. From this remuneration he has to pay for his own food, clothing and health expenses, and entertainment if conditions permit -
―For example, the expenses of visiting a prostitute. But he has no right to change jobs or choose not to work, which is tantamount to paid forced labor.
Each person has a net worth, and after they have accumulated a certain number of points, they can use the accumulated points to redeem themselves. In this way, they are no longer forced laborers and can choose another job.
In Yang Yun's plan, prisoners are not paid in the first year. After one year, if they perform well, they can enter the "accumulation point" stage. Those who perform poorly will continue to be forced to work for free. Under normal conditions, it takes about four years for a prisoner to become a prisoner.
Complete redemption.
"...We can give additional rewards to prisoners who perform well and work hard based on their performance, so that they can complete their points redemption one or two years in advance." Only then did he carefully observe the leaders present.
Feeling that they basically had a positive attitude towards his speech, he continued, "Through harsh labor, we can correct the bad habits of these prisoners and promote the ideological differentiation of the prisoners. By giving rewards and transferring positions, we can support them."
A group of activists come to dismantle, monitor and transform it internally. In this way, after four or five years, even if the captives cannot become active members of construction, they will become citizens who are law-abiding and useful to the new society and new order."
There was a small discussion among everyone. Wu De looked at this twenty-five-year-old young man and said, "Not a bad job!" He thought, we just need such professionals to take our career to the next level! He thought and saw
He checked his watch. There were still many things to do in the Planning Institute office, and a large number of loot registers were being sent in a steady stream. So he raised his hand to express his support for Yang Yun's plan.
Later, the plan was refined. The prisoners were organized into labor brigades, squadrons and squads according to military establishment. They could be deployed to different construction sites at any time as needed.
"Because they are engaged in heavy physical work and their reliability rating is low, my opinion is that the number of people in each team should not be too small, and they should not be too scattered and scattered, making it difficult to monitor. Try to use a squadron of about one hundred people.
They can be dispatched for use." Wu De suggested, "Of course they can only be used for large-scale infrastructure projects at this scale."
"In addition to road construction, there are so many large-scale infrastructure projects to be built," said Mei Wan, general manager of the construction company, "irrigation channels, reservoirs, ports..."
Considering that there will be no heavy Ming army groups in the entire Hainan area, and it will take at least two or three years for the Guangdong side to launch a second large-scale invasion, the participants agreed that there is no need to maintain a state of war.
.The meeting decided to lift the state of emergency in Lingao and restore normal order from now on. The duty system of elders and indigenous militiamen will be lifted; the recruited militiamen and laborers will be released from service; and the production of various departments will be converted to normal production.
"There is one very important thing." Skade quickly raised it, "our foreign trade relations. Now that the Ming army has been defeated, it should be restored as soon as possible. I think we can talk about recruitment issues at this stage..."
Wen Desi said: "Are you going to go to Guangzhou alone with a white flag to find Wang Zunde and ask him to recruit him?"
"If this is effective, it might not be a bad idea." Skade said calmly.
"You are a right-leaning capitulationist trend," Wen Desi said. "I just don't understand why some of us always want to surrender and seek peace. It seems that the roots of capitulationism need to be dug up."
Skade immediately defended himself: "This is a strategy, a strategy! We need the resources and population of the mainland. Wouldn't it be a good thing if peace could be restored as soon as possible? As for what name to use, I don't think it is a big problem. We have to be practical.
Benefits! Benefits!”
"If you want to resume trade, you don't necessarily have to recruit people." Wen Desi warned, "Officials like to make a fortune in silence, so there is no need to have a name!"
"Okay, what I mean is to negotiate with Wang Zunde." Si Kaide gave in and changed his words.
Jiang Shan said: "After this failure, Wang Zunde has to step down, and he might even be arrested and taken to the capital for questioning. There is no point in negotiating with him. We should wait until after he steps down and the court replaces someone new, and then we can negotiate with the Guangdong government."
touch."
Skade muttered in despair: "It took too long..." From the time the news of the failure of the crusade was reported to the court to the time when the new official took office, it probably took a year.
Jiang Shan said: "I don't think it will be long. Historically, Xiong Wencan took over as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in 1632. After we defeat He Rubin, it should make Xiong Wencan the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi earlier. Lao Xiong is known for his appeasement. When he takes office
It is very likely that they will proactively contact us later.”
At present, some people proposed to formally negotiate with Guangdong in the name of Australia and Song Dynasty and sign a trade treaty following the example of the British back then. Others listed five main clauses: ceding Hong Kong as an island; granting a concession outside Guangzhou; compensation for military expenses and temporary supplies.
All losses to the Gao regime; reopening of bilateral trade and return of all Guangzhou Station property.
"These five items are simply impossible." Jiang Shan said, "At least it's impossible now. Don't say that Wang Zunde wouldn't dare to agree even if Lao Xiong came. According to the imperial censor's report, he must be arrested and sent to Beijing."
"Bombard Guangzhou and blockade the Pearl River Estuary!"
"Bombarding Guangzhou may be useful, but blocking the Pearl River Estuary is of little significance to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty have something in common on this point - they do not think overseas trade has any meaning to them." Yu Eshui.
He said, "According to the normal historical trajectory, the imperial court would order the blockade of Guangzhou Bay in 1631. So it makes no sense whether we block it or not."
"So there's nothing we can do?"
"If you want to solve it by force: follow the ideas of the Opium War: on the one hand, besiege Guangzhou and force the Guangzhou local government to reach a trade settlement with us. At the same time, in order to ensure that the Guangdong government can actually implement it, send a fleet to the Yangtze River Estuary, capture Zhenjiang, and then bombard Nanjing
, threatening to cut off water transportation." He shrugged, "If the Ming Dynasty still refuses to surrender, we will have no other choice but to go to full-scale war and directly occupy Guangdong."
Carrying out a military operation of this scale obviously far exceeds the ability to cross the political power at this stage. Wen Desi believed that this matter could only be discussed privately with the leaders of the Guangzhou government, and he could not discuss any specific treaties to be signed.
Wen Desi said slowly: "Officials are most afraid of leaving documents! You really have no idea at all. The key is tacit understanding, tacit understanding!" He waved his arm, "If you go to pay bribes to do things, can you ask the other party to accept them?
Article, saying that if I charge you 50,000 yuan, a certain thing will be done? You are so naive!"
Traditional Chinese dynasties have no concept of diplomatic treaties, and it is simply impossible to sign a reciprocal peace treaty with the local government in Guangdong.
Therefore, the thinking behind the peace talks between the two parties is a tacit understanding. They secretly reach a tacit understanding and bottom line, and do not cross each other's boundaries.
"It's impossible to ask the Guangdong government to compensate the people." Wen Desi said, "First of all, they don't have the money - even if they have the money, they won't give it to us; secondly, there is no rule in the officialdom that the government should compensate the people. You want to
When people make exceptions, it becomes a big deal."
"Wouldn't this mean we can't reach an agreement?" Skade muttered.
"Xiao Si, you are still the colonial trade chief..."
Skade quickly clarified: "Chairman Wen, I am the office director of the Ministry of Colonial Trade."
"It doesn't matter what you are. When you are a leader, have you never heard of the term power rent-seeking?" Wen Desi said with a smile, "I can't give you real money, but if the government leaks a little power to you, it won't compensate you.
Our loss?”
Everyone showed understanding expressions.
"We can't say clearly: Hong Kong Island is ceded to me! We have to write it down in black and white. No official in the entire Ming Dynasty dared to agree to this. Even Emperor Chongzhen didn't dare - he was not afraid of the civil service group.
If we spray him to death, we are afraid of being remembered as a 'ceded territory' in the history books." Wen Desi said, "But we can quietly occupy the island and do whatever we want on it - as long as we don't make the local government take issue with us.
It’s okay if the superiors can’t explain it, anyway, this kind of thing has always been kept hidden from the superiors.”
Skade frowned and said, "How many years can we last? The secret will always be exposed."
Wu De lightly knocked on the table: "Time!" He said seriously, "Three years ago we did not occupy Lingao County, and we relied on this to keep things secret for development outside the city - we won time.
.We still have to win another three to five years."
The first five-year plan is completed and the coal-iron complex is formed. The second five-year plan is when large-scale violence is carried out to equip soldiers. At this time, Ming Dynasty’s approval or tolerance is no longer needed.
The meeting decided to set up a "Guangdong Peace Talks Group" to prepare to return to Guangzhou and contact the Guangdong government. It was roughly planned to take different routes for three days. The first was the Gaozu route, followed by Li Luoyou, and finally the Guangzhou part and the Guangzhou station.
For those who are more experienced officials and gentry, a multi-pronged approach will be adopted.
Wu Nanhai asked to speak at this time: "The available manpower has increased by 10,000, and our food problem has arisen."
The food problem in Lingao is quite prominent. The county's food production is limited, and there is a large influx of immigrants. A large number of people are concentrated in non-agricultural production sectors such as schools, administrative departments, military units, and industrial enterprises.
The work of production and expansion of planting area has not been launched recently, so the overall food supply is tight. Although it is still more than self-sufficient, it has become dependent on Vietnam's rice supply.
For the additional 10,000 prisoners, according to the individual rationing standards proposed by Chen Sigen, a doctor of nutrition, those engaged in heavy manual labor such as road construction must have a daily caloric intake of 3,600 kcal, or at least no less than 3,000 kcal. This
If the figure is completely supplied by carbohydrates, it means that the captives must be supplied with 750 grams of brown rice or equivalent starch food every day.
"For 10,000 people, the daily supply is 7.5 tons of brown rice." Wu Nanhai emphasized the huge number. "The consumption in a 30-day month is 225 tons."
Wu De calculated the grain storage figures while listening, and he began to frown. In this way, the food security reserve cycle in Laigao would be shortened by eleven days.
"Moreover, the protein and fat content of brown rice is not high. It only consumes carbohydrates for a long time, which is not good for health. We need to provide more protein and fat to laborers and captives to ensure that they can work for us stably in the long term, and at the same time reduce food intake."
direct consumption." Wu Nanhai said,
Ma Qianzhu said: "Just tell me what you want to do."
Wu Nanhai said: "I hope to change our fishery system. Marine fishing should be independent from the navy - after all, this is an agricultural project. It is not smooth for the navy to take charge of the fishery system."
The marine fishing industry is indeed the only industry at this stage that can quickly provide a large amount of protein and fat sources. It is precisely because of marine fishing that the Lingao regime can barely guarantee the supply of protein to the elders, laborers under the rule, and the army.
There was a low discussion in the crowded conference room: Wu Nanhai has always been known for being low-key and non-controversial, but now he suddenly directly attacked institutional issues and wanted to regain fishing rights, which surprised everyone.
The current fishery system is that the navy manages fisheries. Fishing boats are also the navy's spy boats. Some spy boats specialize in fishing operations. In addition to the navy's direct fishing, the navy also collects "fishery taxes" in the fishing grounds near Bopu. Every day
Private fishing boats must pay one-fifth of their catch.
Whether it is the navy's catch or the fishermen's fishing tax, all is paid to the seafood processing plants under the Ministry of Agriculture. The total amount is quite considerable.
You expressed his position, "I personally believe that taxation powers must be unified. Furthermore, direct imposition of physical taxes is a retrograde step in a sense and is not conducive to the development of the commodity economy."