Chapter 1772 Profitable

Tao Donglai knew very well that Xu Xinsu had never been a man of faith. Before joining the Ming army, he was an armed smuggler in the southeastern waters of the Ming Dynasty. His later conflicts with Shibazhi were also due to conflicts of interest. After Shibazhi was defeated, many of its leaders

Xu Xinsu ordered the family to be exterminated to avoid future troubles. Haihan also knew about these shady things, but he just pretended to be deaf and mute in order to maintain the cooperative relationship between the two parties and did not take action to stop it.

There are many stepping stones like Shibazhi in the process of Xu Xinsu's rise. He can become a warlord not just by hugging Haihan's thigh. Tao Donglai has no doubt that Xu Xinsu, in order to strengthen his own strength,

Will do some things that go against common sense. The immigrants Haihan needs at this stage are either prisoners, slaves, prisoners of war and other cheap people who are directly used as hard labor, or they are people from other countries with relatively normal origins. If Fujian

On the one hand, they robbed the people of the Ming Dynasty and sent them to Haihan to make up their numbers. Such immigrants would probably transfer their hatred of being forced to leave their hometowns to Haihan, thus causing social instability.

Xu Yuzhuo quickly waved his hand to deny the possibility Tao Donglai said: "Don't worry, Mr. Tao, there is no such thing. It's just that rebels have been rampant in Anhui and other places this year, causing a large number of people to flee. If your country has such a need,

, after returning home, we can start arranging to recruit refugees from the interior and send them to Hainan Island from Fujian for resettlement."

What Xu Yuzhuo said is true. In the first month of this year, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, Zuo Jinwang and other peasant armies met in Anqing. After failing to attack Anqing, they retreated to Qianshan, Anhui. Soon Zhang Xianzhong led his army to attack again from Qianshan and defeated Taihu Lake.

, Qizhou, Huangzhou and other places, and severely damaged the Ming army at Fengjiadian in Taihu Lake, killing more than 40 people including Ming general Pan Keda, and the Ming army suffered more than 6,000 losses. Zhang Xianzhong's army pursued the victory and captured Hezhou.

Hanshan, Liuhe and other places caused chaos in Anhui.

After the war broke out, a large number of refugees poured into Zhejiang and Jiangxi, which are adjacent to Anhui, to escape the war. Even Pucheng, Songxi, Qingyuan and other counties in northern Fujian, hundreds of miles away from the incident, also had refugees from the north.

They entered in large numbers. Although he knew that the peasant army was unlikely to go south to fight in Fujian, Xu Xinsu still transferred two battalions of musketeers north to garrison in Pucheng County, which borders Jiangxi and Zhejiang, to prevent the peasant army from trying to fish in troubled waters.

Of course, Fujian has also considered whether to hand over these refugees entering northern Fujian to Haihan for processing. However, there are about 400 miles of mountain roads from northern Fujian to Ningde, the nearest seaport. It is a difficult task to organize these refugees to go to sea.

It's quite a troublesome job. Moreover, Haihan's immigration recruitment has focused more on technical personnel in recent years. Fujian is not sure whether Haihan is willing to pay for these refugees, and it is very likely that there will be no money to be obtained, so there has been no

Make arrangements for this.

However, since Tao Donglai now proposed to increase the scale of immigration and was willing to pay a certain amount of compensation, Xu Yuzhuo immediately thought of the situation in the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, these refugees were all from areas outside Fujian, and handed them over to Haihan for processing.

, just do it just like you did when you helped Haihan transport refugees from the north. This not only gives these refugees a way to survive, solves the hidden security risks in the jurisdiction, but also benefits yourself, and you can also take the opportunity to please Haihan. It can be said that

It's like killing multiple birds with one stone, and Xu Yuzhuo naturally wouldn't let go of this opportunity.

"Anhui?" Tao Donglai confirmed the place Xu Yuzhuo said again, thinking back to the intelligence department to confirm whether this situation was true. If such a large-scale war really happened in the local area, not only

War refugees can be recruited from Fujian, and of course Zhejiang, which is closer to Anhui, can also operate. According to past experience, if arrangements are made properly, it will not be a problem to recruit thousands of immigrants from Ming Dynasty in a short period of time.

The peasant army rebellion in the Ming Dynasty has been going on for several years, and apart from deploying troops to intercept it, it seems difficult for the imperial court to completely annihilate these armed organizations that may break into pieces and lurk among the people at any time. On the contrary, they were influenced by them

The area is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people are displaced. However, the government's rescue efforts for refugees are limited, so many of these refugees who have lost their means of survival are hijacked by the rebels. As a result, the rebels are fighting more and more, and they are unable to stop them.

Absolutely.

Travelers of course understand that there are actually many social conflicts hidden behind the peasant army rebellion that has lasted for several years. The Ming court's attempt to simply use force to solve the problem will definitely not work in the end.

.As for the civil strife of the Ming Dynasty, Haihan did not have much thought to intervene in it. This is because most of the wars occurred in inland areas, far away from Haihan's control areas on the coast, and there was not much direct influence.

Secondly, the peasant army's repeated inland struggles will inevitably weaken the Ming Dynasty's ruling foundation. Haihan is actually happy to see this change. Ming Dynasty's military power is consumed more in domestic counter-insurgency wars.

The Han Dynasty had less scruples when operating along the coast of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the refugee wave caused by the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty, if Haihan can receive a part of the population, it will actually be an additional benefit. However, if you want to enjoy such benefits, you cannot just sit back and enjoy the gains. There is still a lot of work to be done in advance.

Arrangements must be made by the shipping, civil affairs, security and other departments in coordination to ensure that no major problems will arise during the transfer and resettlement of a large number of people from the Ming Dynasty to areas under the control of Haihan.

Fortunately, we have accumulated rich experience in recruiting immigrants from overseas over the years. Penghu Port in Fujian and Dinghai Port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang have specially built immigration camps for the temporary resettlement and transfer of large numbers of refugees. As long as the transportation capacity is in place, the entire immigration route can be started.

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As for the benefits that need to be paid to Fujian in the process of organizing immigrants, this is not a problem at all from Tao Dong's point of view. The cost of recruiting refugees is much lower than recruiting ordinary immigrants. As long as the number of people reaches a large scale, even if there are some additional

The cost is still quite cost-effective. Moreover, the inland refugees introduced from Fujian are basically Han Chinese, and their value will definitely be higher than the Siamese prisoners of war provided by Annan Kingdom.

"This is a special matter. Later I will send a telegram to Penghu to explain the situation. The local officials will contact Mr. Xu to arrange and implement this matter as soon as possible." Tao Donglai turned to Schneider and said: "In terms of funds, you

Let’s make some arrangements too.”

How effective can a few words from a high-ranking Haihan official be? In the future, thousands of refugees from the Ming Dynasty will be given the opportunity to change their destiny. Becoming a citizen of another country will have a profound impact on the vast majority of them.

It may be something they have never thought about, but in the near future it will become a choice before them. For the refugees who finally choose to accept Haihan’s rescue and move overseas, their lives will start to change from now on.

Go in a completely different direction.

Compared with trade agreements, Haihan executives are actually more interested in the source of immigrants. After all, trade can only bring short-term benefits, but the demographic dividend brought by immigrants can last for decades or even

For several generations. And judging from the current national conditions of the Haihan Kingdom, there is no shortage of import and export trade objects, but there is a huge gap in the demand for labor that is difficult to fill in a short period of time. And there is no need to obtain it from the Ming Dynasty.

The immigration of Han people due to cultural barriers is undoubtedly the most ideal situation for Haihan.

The next day, Tao Donglai called together several members of the local executive committee in Sanya, intending to discuss the immigration plan agreed with Annan and the Fujian envoys the night before, and divide the tasks of each department. However,

At this time, Yan Chujie brought new news, which forced the theme of the meeting to be temporarily changed.

Yan Chujie's news came from distant Liaodong, but it was not that fighting broke out on the Jinzhou defense line, but that there were new changes in the political situation of Hou Jin.

In the original history, Taiji, the Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, should have proclaimed himself emperor and changed the Yuan Dynasty in 1636, that is, in April last year, and changed the country name and clan name. However, it may be because of the spring offensive launched by Haihan in Liaodong last year.

Later Jin Dynasty was caught off guard. The political situation of Hou Jin Dynasty did not change as originally recorded in history. Even the historical situation of Huang Taiji's personal expedition to North Korea at the beginning of this year did not happen. Originally, Shen Shikui, Kim Ilguan and other Ming generals who clung to Pi Island would all be there.

He died in the Qing army's offensive, but now the soldiers and civilians of Dongjiang Town have basically moved from Pidao to Jinzhou for resettlement, and the fierce battle that lasted for seven days and nights did not break out.

Because of such changes, time-travelers are no longer able to predict the future changes in the region, so some people joked that maybe the Qing Dynasty would never appear in this time and space again. Hundreds of years later

There will also be no messy braid dramas filling the TV screen to beautify the ignorant situation of the Manchu aristocrats who have enslaved the Han people for more than two hundred years.

However, this beautiful imagination was eventually ruthlessly shattered by the news sent back from Liaodong.

"Huang Taiji has proclaimed himself emperor. Everything is the same as in history. It's just a year late." Yan Chujie announced the news with a solemn face: "Our arrival has not completely changed the direction of the historical process, or in other words, our current influence

The power is not enough to fundamentally change history."

After being late for a year, Huang Taiji still proclaimed himself emperor in the spring of the tenth year of Chongzhen. He changed the Yuan Dynasty to Chongde, changed the name of the country to Qing Dynasty, changed the name of the clan to Manchuria, and established the capital in Shenyang. Huang Taiji's father Nurhaci was regarded as

"Chengtian Guangyun's holy virtues and magical achievements established the Jiren, Xiaowu Emperor", the temple name was Taizu. And Huang Taiji's brothers and nephews, Mongolian Beile of various foreign vassals, as well as the Ming Dynasty generals Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, were all named kings.

"The title of Nurhaci is clearly the work of a Han minister. How can those wild boar skins understand these sophisticated tricks!" Bai Kesi, who went to Liaodong last year in person and saw the true face of Jin Manzi, immediately complained.

Ning Qi responded: "According to the records of Qing history, the celebration of Emperor Taizong's enthronement lasted for more than twenty days, and most of the etiquette used imitated the Han system, so we came up with such a title. I think it is probably that model essay

Cheng's masterpiece, at this time he should be a popular person around Huang Taiji, not only a bachelor of the Internal Affairs Bureau, but also a minister of political affairs, he is probably the only one who can come up with these things to make Huang Taiji happy."

This Fan Wencheng came from a famous family. For the eighteenth generation, he was Fan Zhongyan, a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty. His ancestors had many important ministers in the court. His great-grandfather Fan Juan also served as the minister of the Ministry of War during the Jiajing period. Fan Wencheng won the Ming Dynasty at the age of nineteen.

However, after Nurhaci captured Fushun in 1618, Fan Wencheng and his brother Fan Wencai took the initiative to serve Nurhaci and were reused because of their background.

There are detailed records of Fan Wencheng and his descendants in the history of the Qing Dynasty. His descendants, grandsons, senior officials, governors, governors, ministers of the six departments, ministers, censors, and many people in the capital can be said to enjoy all the glory and wealth. However, the Haihan Dynasty was not as good as the Manchurian.

The Chinese government has always been full of hostility, so naturally they would not have a good impression of Fan Wencheng who surrendered to the Manchus.

Tao Donglai said: "Fan Wencheng's matter can be studied slowly, but we need to confirm now. After a year's delay, will the situation in Liaodong continue to develop according to the original historical trajectory?"

This is not an optional guess. Haihan sent troops north to Shandong in 1634, with the ultimate goal of conquering the Liaodong region. Three years later, it seems that it has indeed had a significant impact on the original historical trajectory.

This made it difficult for Hou Jin to concentrate his forces to deal with the Ming Dynasty and North Korea. Even major events such as proclaiming the emperor and changing the Yuan Dynasty were postponed for a full year. However, although the Qing Dynasty was late, it was not absent. In the end, the history of this time and space appeared

On the stage, whether this indicates that history will still move forward according to its original trajectory is a change that Haihan must pay attention to now.

If the original script develops, the Qing Dynasty will send troops to North Korea next. Before the Ming Dynasty even has time to send troops to rescue, North Korea has surrendered, and thus became a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and was forced to sever diplomatic relations with the Ming Dynasty.

North Korea only formed an alliance with Haihan last year. If it is invaded by the Qing army, it seems a bit unreasonable for Haihan not to send troops. Moreover, Li Xi took the initiative to ask Haihan to station troops in North Korea before that. I wonder if it is because North Korea also feels more and more clearly the influence of Haihan.

Military threats from the north. However, judging from the current size of Haihan's garrison in Liaodong and Shandong, it is not enough to open a second battlefield outside Jinzhou. Resisting the Qing Dynasty and aiding the DPRK is only theoretically possible for the time being. Once the Qing army

To invade the Korean peninsula, the only measure that Haihan could take was to send a ship to Ganghwa Island at the mouth of the Han River to pick up the Korean king and ministers.

"We have to grasp the next movements of the Qing army as soon as possible. If they really start to gather troops towards the Korean Peninsula, then if we act faster, we may have a chance to take the initiative." Yan Chujie said seriously: "If North Korea surrenders,

, then we will lose an important source of logistical support, and even if we want to send more troops to the north, it will be difficult to support the war situation."
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