Wanghai City is different from the past. As the first city built by the Ming Dynasty in the New World, although Wanghai City is far inferior to Sun City and Pingyi City due to its geographical environment and climate, and even the subsequent cities are inferior, in terms of the scale of the city, Wanghai City can be said to be the most special.

First of all, Wanghai City was the seat of the initial Xinming Governor's Office. A few years ago, considering the Ming Dynasty's rule over Xinming, Pan Mengyuan moved the Governor from Wanghai City to Pingyi City after obtaining the consent of the court.

Because it was the earliest development and was once the most important city of the Ming Dynasty in Xinming, Wanghai City was the largest in terms of urban area. In addition, Wanghai City was not only the last transit port between the Ming Dynasty and Xinming, but also the most important industrial base in Xinming.

Compared to the warmer and more suitable for farming in the south, the climate of Wanghai City is not suitable for farming, so there are no houses and farmlands that are often seen in the south.

But at the same time, the area near Wanghaicheng has rich fishing forests and mineral resources, which creates the unique characteristics of Wanghaicheng.

It can be said that more than half of Xinming's industries are concentrated in Wanghai City. In addition to the shipyard and excellent port, Wanghai City is also the largest shipbuilding base in Xinming and an important supply port for the navy and merchant fleet.

In addition, although there are also naturalized Ming people in Wanghai City, the number is much smaller than that in the south. In addition, the first stop from the Ming Dynasty to Xinming was Wanghai City, so in the early days, many immigrants from the Ming Dynasty stayed in Wanghai City, thus starting their new life here.

These make Wanghai City different from other Xinming cities. It can be said that when you come to Wanghai City, you can even feel the rich atmosphere of Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is the layout, architecture, people coming and going, etc. of the city, they are all no different from the northern ports of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Dong's fleet finally arrived at Wanghai City on the seventh day after rest. When the outline of Wanghai City rose from the sea level, everyone in the entire fleet cheered. After more than two months of hardship, including the attack of the storm, they finally arrived in Xinming.

"Dongdongdongdong..."

Wanghai City had already learned about the arrival of Wang Dong's fleet and fired a salute to welcome the naval commander, the former Minister of Military Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and now the Governor of Xinming.

When the sound of the cannons in Wanghai City sounded, the fleet's cannons also sounded at the same time. The two rose and echoed each other. In the sound of cannons and the wind, the high-hanging Ming flag and naval flag fluttered in the wind.

Because Wang Dong sent the Clippers to notify Wanghai City in advance, the dock had been cleared when the fleet arrived. Wang Dong's flagship soon arrived at the dock and then docked.

When his subordinates reported that they could land, Wang Dong, wearing a gorgeous marshal's dress, raised his head and chest to lower his flagship. Many officials at the dock were waiting, looking at the new governor with an extremely respectful and a hint of nervousness.

When Wang Dong got off the boat and set foot on Xinming's land, an official wearing a fourth-rank official uniform came up with people.

"I have met Wang Shuai, and Wang Shuai has worked hard all the way."

"I have met Wang Shuai, thank you for your hard work..."

"You are Zhang Han?" Wang Dong's eyes swept over when he heard the other party telling him his house.

I saw Zhang Han in his forties, although he looked ordinary, but his eyes were bright and bright. He looked like a very smart and capable person.

As the governor of Xinming, Wang Dong naturally learned about Xinming before coming. The previous governor of Xinming was Pan Mengyuan, who was born in the navy and was Wang Dong's old subordinate. He was also a hero of the Ming Dynasty's development of Xinming.

Under Pan Mengyuan's men, the army will not be mentioned for the time being. It should be noted that Xinming's army is divided into two parts: Navy and Army. Among them, the Navy is the Xinming fleet formed by the initial expedition fleet as the foundation.

As for the army, it was formed by part of the Ming Army and the Shanghai Marine Corps, and then absorbed local Indian naturalized Ming people and some immigrants, thus forming an army structure.

Apart from the army, it is civil affairs. Because Xinming expanded too quickly, although Xinming now occupied almost half of the territory of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, it was unable to keep up in many aspects.

At present, Xinming is just extensively demarcating its boundaries with France, Spain and Britain in the New World. Their internal rule and development are limited to some officials controlling each city and army, while others are managed by immigrants.

The advantage of this model is that it can rule larger territory at the lowest cost, and at the same time it can allow local governments to develop rapidly and facilitate expansion.

This approach is actually not just the Ming Dynasty, France, Spain and the United Kingdom, and even Portugal in South America, which also adopted this method. After all, the New World is too large and the population of the ruling country is seriously insufficient. Without the appetite to directly digest it, you should first find a way to swallow it in one bite.

But this model also has a huge disadvantage, that is, it will nourish the power of the local area and thus form the so-called "autonomousness."

This may not be so concerned in Western countries. After all, Europeans have always been like this. For thousands of years, there have been many small European countries, with kings controlling the great nobles, and the great nobles controlling the little nobles, and the small nobles forming the pyramid structure formed by their own territorial autonomy.

In addition, the purpose of European countries to the New World is colonization means, which is mainly to obtain wealth from the New World. Therefore, without affecting their rule, this autonomy is easier to manage and less trouble.

But the Ming Dynasty was different. The Ming Dynasty set a strategy for the Xinming from the beginning, and the Ming Dynasty wanted to manage the Xinming as its own local area. Not to mention the rest, it can be seen that the Ming Dynasty's naturalization of the local Indians in Xinming can be seen that among all countries in the New World, the Ming Dynasty has done this, and judging from the current situation, the Ming Dynasty has done a good job.

However, after the initial crazy expansion and the temporary stability of the boundary line, it was inappropriate for the Ming Dynasty to continue this management model.

China has always emphasized centralization, which is completely different from that in Europe. Therefore, local autonomy was only a helpless move in the early stages. Since the demise of the Zhou Dynasty, feudalism was almost useless in the Central Plains, and the central power was absolutely not allowed to be confronted by local power.

Therefore, Wang Dong came to Xinming as the governor of the country this time, not only responsible for the main work of establishing a province in Xinming, but also took advantage of the opportunity of establishing a province to gradually reclaim some of the rights originally attributed to the local area, strengthen the central government's rule over the local area, and achieve the effect of long-term stability.

Since he wanted to establish a province and establish a central authority, Wang Dong naturally had to have a careful understanding of Xinming. So he knew that Zhang Han was not surprised, because although Zhang Han's official position was not high and was only a fourth rank, many officials in Xinming were low-ranking vocational schools, especially civil officials.

The reason for this is very simple. Xinming is an overseas territory, and the appointment of officials is not as convenient as the local government. Even during daily assessments, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites cannot carry out the local method.

In addition, the lack of staff in the official staffing of the court to Xinming, so the court has a certain official appointment and recommendation system for the Xinming Governor's Office to make up for this defect. However, this system also has restrictions, and for some other reasons, many civil servants in Xinming are not of high rank. For example, in Wanghai City, due to the geographical location and importance of Wanghai City, the person who manages the city is at least a prefect or even a right governor. But at the moment, the chief official of Wanghai City is only from the fifth-rank civil servant, which is obviously lower than the actual rank.

The military was slightly better, after all, the military system was different from the civil service system. Especially after Zhu Yicheng reformed the Ming military system and readjusted the powers of the Governor's Office of the Five Army. In addition, after adopting the military rank system in the army, the promotion of the Ming army became different.

According to the current military ranks in the Ming army, the military rank of lower-level officers can be awarded after they are reported to the superiors by intermediate officers. As for the military rank of intermediate officers, the senior officers shall be reported to the Governor's Office of the Five Army and the General Staff for decisions.

Of course, senior officials are different. This must be directly reported to the emperor by the Governor's Office and the General Staff of the Five Army. These regulations directly break the previous practice of the appointment of officers at all levels of the military, which must be passed through the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel, giving the military a certain degree of autonomy, and at the same time allowing the emperor to use this to control the military more effectively.

But then again, although the military rank bypasses the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel, the military rank system is only one of the two systems in the army. Officers are divided into military rank and actual positions. This is also done by Zhu Yicheng in reference to the practices of later generations. On the surface, the two can exist independently when necessary. Therefore, the military has a relatively high autonomy in the actual positions of low-level actual positions, but at the middle and senior levels, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel still have the right to directly intervene.

Zhang Han is a fourth-rank official, and his actual position in his reputation is only the prefect of Pingyi City, but Wang Dong knew that this person was not simple. If you talk about the power in your hands, Zhang Han is Pan Mengyuan's right-hand man, which can even affect many decisions of Pan Mengyuan.

From this point of view, Zhang Han is actually the role of the Left Governor. According to his current authority, Wang Dong was a little surprised and relieved. He should know that he came to replace Pan Mengyuan this time. Although judging from the transfer of officials from the court, this arrangement is very normal, but we must know that Xinming is not a local area of ​​the Ming Dynasty. As an important hero in the development of Xinming and the governor of Xinming, Pan Mengyuan's reputation and status in Xinming are almost unparalleled.

The main reason why Zhu Yicheng chose Wang Dong to come to Xinming and entrusted important tasks was that Xinming must now be a time to make changes. Second, Pan Mengyuan had been in Xinming for a long time. It was a good thing for the court and for him to transfer him back to the country earlier. Third, Wang Dong was the former Minister of Military Affairs and Navy Commander to lead the governor of Xinming. At the same time, he was also Pan Mengyuan's old superior, and he was the most suitable candidate.

Now that Zhang Han appears in Wanghai City, it means that Pan Mengyuan uses this method to express his attitude to himself. Thinking of this, Wang Dong’s face suddenly smiled.
Chapter completed!