After Governor Yang left Seoul, he first went to Jeju Island to declare his sovereignty. The accompanying North Korean officials read out Li Xi's decree, and the handover procedures were completed. As for the original state pastors, county magistrates, etc., they remained unchanged. How should they be managed?
How to manage it? Boss Yang doesn't have time to bother them now. He only needs to leave 500 soldiers to build a small military base here. In addition, expand the dock in Seogwipo. Not to mention docking the Marauder, at least
It has to be able to dock those destroyers.
At this time, Jeju Island was so poor that it almost made people cry. It was really open at night, and every family was the same. There was nothing to steal, especially those poor fisher girls, the whole family depended on them.
Risking your life to catch octopus and other things underwater to feed, maybe one day you will feed the shark yourself, it is really sad to see.
"Why don't they grow food to eat?" one of the two newly acquired little lolita asked innocently. In fact, at this time, Bangzi's upper class people all spoke Chinese very well, and those who couldn't speak Chinese were considered inferior.
The two of them grew up in a small palace, so they are naturally very skilled in their performance.
"Back to the two girls, the island has many mountains and little land, and the food production is very low. They can only buy food by catching fish and selling it." The white-bearded state herder next to her said with a smile.
"Go back and ask the landing ship to send a boatload of rice. It will be my reward!" Yang Feng waved his hand generously and said.
Sister Caiyi rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, which made both the little Loli sisters and Zhou Mu dumbfounded. Especially after they understood that the landing ships were those behemoths on the sea, Zhou Mu was so moved that he ran out to attract the nearby islanders, and they were so dark.
Kneel down for Yang Feng.
After showing the generosity of the new owner, Boss Yang, under the admiring eyes of the little Lolita, led the mighty fleet south to Fuzhou. As the new governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, he had to fulfill his duties. In this matter, Cixi did not
There is no trick. Firstly, the gap in the wall of Beijing that has not yet been repaired always reminds her to calm down. Secondly, she has a delicate relationship with Li Hongzhang recently, and she doesn't dare to cause trouble. Anyway, she is thousands of miles away, so let her
Let those rebellious officials and traitors be arrogant for a few days!
Leaving behind the Predator and the landing ship, the Nautilus sailed into the Minjiang Estuary in only two days under the escort of eight destroyers. Under the full guard of governor's honor, under the attention of the foreign merchant ships in Mawei Port, the Nautilus sailed straight up to
The shallow water of Fuzhou Pier. Looking at Xue Fucheng on the shore and the few officials behind him, Boss Yang couldn't help but be stunned. Although he didn't care about the pomp and circumstance, he was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and he only took office.
Dozens of people came to greet him, and most of them were foreigners. This was a bit too funny. You must know that in later generations, when a town committee secretary takes office, the scene will be more than this.
The guy got off the ship with a puzzled look on his face. He first said a few polite words to the envoys and businessmen from various countries who came to flatter him. Then he got into his car with Xue Fucheng. After entering, he immediately asked dissatisfiedly: "This
Where have all the local officials gone? Don't tell me that they are all busy with official duties. Our imperial officials are not that dedicated to their duties."
"They all ran away!" Xue Fucheng said, holding back a laugh.
"What?" Boss Yang's eyes almost fell to the ground.
Indeed, they all ran away. You have to know that Boss Yang has become Dong Zhuo now. Which loyal minister and righteous man would even bother to associate with him? Moreover, his bad behavior of cutting off more than half of the officials' pigtails in Taiwan has also been exposed by righteous people at this time. Then
It is even more impossible to stay and serve such a thing without a king or a father. Therefore, after Yang Feng was appointed as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, all the major officials in Fujian, including the governor Bian Baoquan, immediately fled, and even Xue Fucheng came to take over the post of Fujian.
When he was the governor, more than half of his yamen had already fled. The rest had family property in Fujian, so they couldn't escape even if they wanted to, so they had no choice but to stay and fight to the death with these rebellious officials and traitors.
"How's it going with Yuan Shikai?" Yang Feng asked with a depressed look on his face. He didn't expect such a thing to happen. It seems that after being a slave for a long time, they are still not used to the feeling of being a human being!
"Don't mention it, Yuan Duchen, the heir, really has some tricks. Although there are people who have escaped from officialdom in Zhejiang, they are much worse than those in Fujian." Xue Fucheng said, this is not surprising. Zhejiang local officials have colluded with foreigners.
It's relatively deep, and during the war some time ago, wealthy businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang made a fortune by supplying military supplies to the Germans and reselling plunder. Yang Feng's mass base there was much stronger than that in Fujian.
"Just leave now! The governor doesn't care about these guys! Send them a notice first, and they must all come back within a month. Otherwise, all the officials who have not returned will be dismissed from their posts." Yang Feng said fiercely.
"Isn't this bad? There are still many officials here that the governor has no right to appoint or remove. Besides, if they are removed from office, the Ministry of Civil Affairs will send new officials. It is better to just leave their official positions vacant and be managed by our appointed agents.
place." Xue Fucheng said, in fact, this is what Yang Feng and he did in Taiwan. Those agents were elected by the local gentry. Most of these gentry had purchased fame. There was nothing wrong with appointing them as agents.
And judging from the results in Taiwan, the results are much better than when local officials were there.
First of all, these people are familiar with local public sentiments. Secondly, because they are agents, many of their powers are restricted, and even if they do not do well and offend the interests of most people, other gentry can jointly ask Xue Fucheng to remove them. Those who are removed are also because
When he was in office, he offended the township party and was scolded for his actions, so he was extra cautious in doing things. Of course, it was definitely a benefit for his family, but it was indeed a controlled benefit. It was much better than those prefects and county magistrates who could cover the sky with one hand.
"Then it's up to you. You can manage it as you like. Even if you create a parliament, it's up to you." Yang Feng said. Xue Fucheng was much better than him in this regard.
"Then you must first assure me how far you can go as the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. I have been following you for the rest of my life, and now I am risking the confiscation of my family and the destruction of my family. You guys have many escape routes, but we people have no retreat.
I can't go into exile with you when the time comes, right? Although I can keep my wealth for a lifetime, it's always not good to leave old bones in a foreign country." Xue Fucheng said with a smile. He has long coveted the Western system in Europe over the years.
For a long time, he can be said to be the main advocate of China's constitutional system in history. Now that he has the opportunity to experiment, he is naturally happy. However, if Yang Feng cannot guarantee a safe environment, then he cannot lose his family.
Small right?
"Don't worry about this. The Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang estimates that no one can take it away from me until I die. Nowadays, we are the only ones trying to take over other people's territory. Anyone who dares to take over our territory will be killed directly. Even Lafayette is the same person who wants to take it away.
Treatment." Yang Feng said with a grin.
In this way, Xue Fucheng had nothing to say. He didn't worry about Yang Feng's strength, as long as he made up his mind.
"But in this case, our troops are not enough. Although Song Qing and others also brought their troops, except for those who participated in the Battle of Beijing, most of those who stayed in Tokyo fled after receiving the money. Yuan Weiting's men even
More than three thousand people ran away. After all, these families are all in Henan and Shandong. If we really want to make trouble with the court, their families will definitely be implicated," Xue Fucheng said.
This was expected by Yang Feng. In fact, a small number of his own subordinates quit after making enough money, but the number was not large, and most of them, after understanding the retirement places arranged by Yang Feng for them,
They were all determined to follow him. Even the Taiwanese and Yiwu recruits who were later recruited had never been to Western Australia, but now that their families were under the rule of Yang Feng, they naturally did not have to worry about the problems that the northern soldiers had to worry about.
"Then expand the army. Using the current strength as the backbone, according to the Western military system, expand it into three divisions with 50,000 men, exactly three provinces with one division each, and organize a few additional garrison troops to station in Ryukyu, Tanegashima and Jeju.
Island, the navy will continue to expand, and soon four destroyers and two new high-speed cruisers will come from Sweden. The arsenal in Taiwan must be expanded to reach the scale of the Hanyang arsenal. In addition, we must build another steel building.
Factory, the output of tens of thousands of tons a year in Hanyang is too low, and even building a railway is not enough." Yang Feng said that this problem is really necessary. Although there are not many iron ore mines in Fujian, and it is difficult to mine under current conditions, but
It's nothing more than importing iron ore from outside, and then adding the coal mines in Keelung is almost enough.
"We still need to renovate the Mawei Shipyard here, so that it can build new cruisers and destroyers. By the way, no one from the Shipping Bureau has escaped, right?" Yang Feng suddenly thought of a serious problem. No one would care if those officials escaped.
, it would be a big loss if the technical staff of the Shipping Bureau ran away. He is now also the Shipping Minister. Although Cixi has not appointed him yet, it is customary for the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang to concurrently serve as the Shipping Minister. Besides, Bian Baoquan has run away.
, I guess no one would dare to be this official.
"Why are they running away? Official affairs have nothing to do with them. Besides, the main technicians are all in the local area. Everyone, old and young, depends on the income to make ends meet. If they lose their jobs and can't even eat, can they run away?
"Xue Fucheng said with a smile that in fact the people in the Shipping Bureau welcomed Yang Feng more. Most of these people came back from studying abroad, and their vision was not comparable to that of the caterpillars.
Yang Feng was relieved now. Speaking of which, these shipbuilding engineers can be regarded as rare animals in China in this era. It is quite pitiful to work hard for half a life and not be able to say more than a few words. No wonder they have not been able to defeat Japan in history.
If those green worms return to their original form, this country will not be able to get better. (To be continued...)