Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 651 The follow-up brought by the captives

Some people also proposed to send the captives to Sanya to work as miners, but many people worried that Sanya had only one battalion of soldiers, and if this group of soldiers rioted, they might not be able to catch them.Moreover, the aftermath of the previous stage of repression of workers has not yet passed, and the pressure to maintain stability still exists, and the factors of instability cannot be increased.

A resolution was soon made on the issue of captives. All captives would not be replenished to the army, nor would they be transported to Sanya. Instead, they would remain in Lingao as laborers.

"If there are locals among the captives, I propose to release them on the spot." Wu Nanhai said, "Since there are relatives in the local area, our detaining them will do great harm to the hearts of the people. If you are willing to leave, release them all, and pay some travel expenses. Something. That way they can spread the word about our might and our righteousness."

"It seems that there are indeed local guard soldiers and village braves among the prisoners." Wu De said.

Yang Yun coughed lightly. It 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 Committee. 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 advantage of the chairman is mixed with this position.

Of course, according to the signs of the old time and space, Lingao's employment situation is more sweaty than the bloodiest factories, not to mention that he has unlimited violence as a backing, so it is not difficult to be the director of the human resources department.But Yang Yun is not satisfied with this - how can he reflect his professionalism if it is only like this?

He first devoted himself to studying the existing system of manpower utilization, and believed that there was room for improvement, or rather, the potential for further exploitation.He decided to take this opportunity to show his professionalism.

But Yang Yun is not going to make major changes to the entire system.After all, this system was created by Wu De. It is unwise to make drastic changes to the leadership's policies not long after he took office.Yang Yun doesn't quite believe in parliamentary democracy and individual democratic rights. He belongs to the category of people who will follow the central government and the leadership as long as they have meat to eat.

"More than 1 laborers are coming, and I propose to make certain changes to the handling of this batch of laborers." He avoided using commendatory words such as "reform" and "improvement", but used neutral words, "We are now implementing The 60-day quarantine regime is very good and provides security in terms of hygiene, but at the cost of not being efficient enough for the use of labour.”

The policy at this stage is for laborers and immigrants to do simple language and literacy studies in quarantine camps during the quarantine period, while doing some lighter manual labor.

"There is no need for these 1 people to be quarantined. Their nutritional and physical conditions should be much better than the ordinary people we took in. Moreover, they have strength, and they also have the ability to kill and set fire. If they are asked to do manual work, they will If you don't want to do it, you can't do it well, and if you have nowhere to vent your energy, you will easily get into trouble."

Yang Yun suggested that after the "purification" treatment of these captives, all of them should be arranged for the construction of the Mayiao-Chengmai road.The army has a large number of troops stationed in Maliu, and several troops will also be stationed in Chengmai, which has enough deterrent force to control the prisoners.

"After the construction of this road is completed, the Chengmai-Qiongshan road will be built. Anyway, according to Shan Daoqian's plan, we will overhaul the road and railway in Hainan. Some of these prisoners are working."

The vest coughed: "Of course it's good to deal with it like this, but it will hinder the principle of fairness of the law. It's okay for the captives to work, but you can't let them continue to work like they have been sentenced to life imprisonment. The word spread Who else will surrender in the future?"

"It's enough to implement a point system." Yang Yun has already had a countermeasure, "Captives don't work for free, we pay them."

The reward is a certain kind of point.The captives are 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 hygiene expenses, and if conditions permit, he can also pay for entertainment—such as the cost of visiting prostitutes.But he has no right to change jobs or choose not to work, which is tantamount to forced labor with wages.

Everyone has a worth, and after they have accumulated a certain amount of points, they can use the points to redeem themselves.In this way, he is no longer a compulsory laborer and can choose another job.

In Yang Yun's plan, the captives were not paid for the first year, and after one year they performed well to enter the "accumulation point" stage, and those who performed poorly were forced to continue working without pay.It takes about four years for a captive to redeem himself in a normal state.

"...We can give extra rewards to captives who perform well and work hard according to their performance, so that they can complete the redemption of points one or two years in advance." At this time, he carefully observed the leaders present, Feeling that they basically had a positive attitude towards his speech, he continued, "Correct the bad habits of these prisoners through harsh labor, and promote the ideological division of the prisoners. By giving rewards and transferring positions, you can support them. A group of activists came to disintegrate, monitor, and transform its interior. In this way, after four or five years, even if the captives could not become active members of the construction, they would become citizens who kept their own place and were useful to the new society and new order.”

There was a small discussion among everyone.Wu De stared at the 25-year-old young man, "Not a bad job!" He thought, we need such professionals to make our career better!He thought about looking at his watch. There were still many things to do in the office of the Planning Institute, and a large number of loot registers were being delivered continuously.So he raised his hand to support Yang Yun's plan.

The plan was subsequently refined.The captives were organized into labor brigades, squadrons and squads according to the military establishment.It can be deployed to different construction sites at any time according to the needs in the future.

"Because they are engaged in heavy physical work, and their reliability rating is low, so my opinion is that the number of people in each team should not be too small. On the one hand, it is too fragmented and inconvenient to monitor. Try to use a squadron—about 100 people. Dispatch and use." Wu De suggested, "Of course they can only be used for large-scale infrastructure projects on such a scale."

"In addition to road construction, there are many large-scale infrastructure projects to be built," said Mei Wan, general manager of the construction company. "Irrigation channels, reservoirs, ports..."

Considering that in the next step, there is no Ming army group in the whole Hainan area, and it will take at least two or three years for Guangdong to launch a second large-scale offensive, so the participants agreed that there is no need to maintain a state of war .The meeting decided that Lingao will lift the state of emergency and restore normal order from now on.The on-duty system of veterans and indigenous militias was lifted; conscripted militias and laborers were released from service; production in various departments was converted to normal production.

"There is one thing that is very important." Skaide quickly brought up, "Our foreign trade relations. Now that the Ming army has been defeated, we should recover as soon as possible. I think we can discuss the issue of recruitment 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 ask for peace?"

"If it works like this, it's okay." Skaide said frankly.

"You are right-leaning capitulationism," Wen Desi said, "I don't understand why some of us always want to surrender and recruit security? It seems that the root of capitulationism needs to be dug out."

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 can be restored as soon as possible? As for what name to use, I don't think it's a big problem. What we want is practical. Benefits! Benefits!"

"You don't necessarily have to recruit security if you want to resume trade." Wen Desi warned, "Officials like to make a fortune in silence, and it is completely unnecessary to have a name!"

"Okay, what I mean is to negotiate with Wang Zunde." Skaide took a step back and changed his words.

Jiang Shan said: "After this failure, Wang Zunde must step down. Maybe he will be arrested and questioned in the capital. There is no point in negotiating with him. We should discuss with the Guangdong government again after he steps down. touch."

Skaide muttered in despair: "It's been too long..." It may take a year from the news of the defeat of the crusade to the court to the final appointment of the new official.

Jiang Shan said: "I don't think it will be long. Historically, Xiong Wencan took over as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in 1632. After we defeated He Rubin, it should advance the time of Xiong Wencan's governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. It is very likely that he will actively contact us later.”

At present, some people propose to formally negotiate with Guangdong in the name of Australia and Song Dynasty, and follow the example of the British to sign a trade treaty.Others listed five main clauses: ceding an island of Hong Kong; granting a concession outside Guangzhou; compensating for military expenses and all losses of the Lingao regime; reopening bilateral trade and returning all property in Guangzhou Station.

"These five things are simply impossible." Jiang Shan said, "At least it's impossible now. Don't say that Wang Zunde dared not agree even if Lao Xiong came. He must be arrested and sent to Beijing according to the censor's report."

"Bombard Guangzhou and blockade the mouth of the Pearl River!"

"Bombarding Guangzhou may be useful, but blocking the mouth of the Pearl River is meaningless to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming court and the Qing court have something in common on this point—they don't think overseas trade has any meaning for them." Yu Eshui Said, "According to the normal historical trajectory, the imperial court ordered 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 idea of ​​the Opium War: while besieging Guangzhou, 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 mouth of the Yangtze River, capture Zhenjiang, and then bombard Nanjing. , threatened to cut off the water transportation." He shrugged, "If Ming still refuses to give in, we have no other choice but to go to war and directly occupy Guangdong."

To conduct military operations of this scale is obviously far beyond the ability to penetrate the regime at this stage.Wen Desi believes that this matter can only be discussed in private with the leaders of the Guangzhou government, and it is not possible to discuss any specific treaties to be signed.

Wen Desi said slowly: "Officials are most afraid of leaving papers! You really have no idea at all, the key is tacit understanding, tacit understanding!" He waved his arms, "If you go to bribe and do business, do you also ask the other party to pay you? Tiao, saying that I will charge you 5 yuan, so and so will definitely be done? You are so naive!"

Traditional Chinese dynasties have no concept of diplomatic treaties, and it is simply impossible to sign any reciprocal peace treaty with the local government of Guangdong.

Therefore, the idea of ​​peace talks between the two parties is tacit understanding.They secretly reached a tacit understanding and bottom line, and they did not cross the boundary.

"It's impossible to ask the Guangdong government to pay compensation." Wen Desi said, "First, they don't have the money—even if they had money, they would not give it to us; second, there is no rule in the officialdom to compensate the common people. You want People make exceptions and it becomes a big deal.”

"Wouldn't it be possible that we can't reach an agreement?" Skade muttered.

"Xiao Si, you are still the chief of colonial trade..."

Skaide quickly clarified: "Chairman Wen, I am the office director of the Department of Colonial Trade."

"It doesn't matter what you are. Have you never heard of the term power rent-seeking when you are a leader?" Wen Desi said with a smile, "I can't give you real money, but if the power in the government's hands is leaked to you, it can make up for it." Our loss?"

Everyone showed expressions of understanding.

"We can't say clearly: Hong Kong Island is ceded to me! The other party has to write it down in black and white. No official in Ming Dynasty dares to agree like this. Even Emperor Chongzhen dared not—he was not afraid of civil officials. Spraying him to death is afraid of getting a reputation of 'cede land' in the history books." Wen Desi said, "But we can quietly occupy the island, and we can do whatever we like on it-as long as we don't mess with the local government. It’s fine if the higher-ups can’t explain it, anyway, this kind of thing has always been kept secret.”

Skaide frowned and said, "How many years can it last? It must be revealed."

Wu De lightly knocked on the table: "Time!" He said seriously, "Three years ago we didn't occupy Lingao County, and we stayed outside the city to develop because of this - we won time . We have another three to five years to win."

The first five-year plan was completed, and the coal-iron complex was formed. The second five-year plan was the time for large-scale violent equipment and violent soldiers. At this time, Ming Dynasty no longer needed approval or tolerance.

The meeting decided to set up a "Guangdong Peace Talks Group" to prepare to return to Guangzhou and contact the Guangdong government.Roughly prepared to take three different routes.The first is the route of Gaoju, the second is Li Luoyou, and the last is some officials and gentry in Guangzhou who have deep contacts with Guangzhou Station. Let's take a multi-pronged approach.

Wu Nanhai asked to speak at this time: "The disposable manpower has increased by [-], and our food problem has emerged."

The food problem in Lingao is quite prominent. The food production in the county itself is limited, and there is a large influx of migrants.A large number of people are concentrated in non-agricultural production departments such as schools, administrative departments, military units, and industrial enterprises. The work of increasing the yield per mu and expanding the planting area has not started soon, so the overall food supply is tight. Although it is still more than self-sufficient at present, But a dependence on Vietnamese rice supplies has already formed.

For the 3600 additional captives, according to the individual ration standard proposed by Chen Sigen, a doctor of nutrition, those engaged in heavy physical labor such as road construction must have 3000 kcal per day, or at least not less than 750 kcal.This figure is equivalent to [-] grams of brown rice or equivalent starch food that must be supplied to captives every day if they are all supplied by carbohydrates.

"For 1 people, the daily supply is 7.5 tons of brown rice." Wu Nanhai emphasized the huge number, "A 30-day month consumes 225 tons."

Wu De began to frown as he calculated the grain storage figures while listening.In this way, Laigao's grain security reserve cycle will be shortened by eleven days.

"Moreover, the protein and fat content of brown rice is not high. Long-term only carbohydrate intake 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 for a long time, and at the same time reduce the amount of food direct consumption." Wu Nanhai said,
Ma Qianju said, "Tell me what you want to do."

Wu Nanhai said: "I hope to change our fishery system. Ocean fishing should be independent from the navy. After all, this is an agricultural project, and the navy is also in charge of the fishery system. The system is not smooth."

Marine fishing is indeed the only industry that can provide protein and fat sources quickly and in large quantities at this stage.It was by fishing at sea that the Lingao regime was able to barely guarantee the protein supply of the elders, the laborers and the army under the rule.

There was a murmur of discussion in the crowded conference room: Wu Nanhai has always been known for his low-key and non-controversial nature, but now he suddenly directly attacks the system and wants to regain the fishing rights, which surprises everyone.

The current fishery system is a navy-managed fishery.Fishing boats are also Navy spy boats.Some spy boats specialize in fishing operations.In addition to direct fishing by the navy, there is also a "fishery tax" imposed by the navy on the fishing grounds near Bopu. Each private fishing boat must pay one-fifth of the catch.

Whether it is the catches of the navy or the fishing tax of fishermen, all are paid to the seafood processing factories under the Ministry of Agriculture.The total amount is considerable.

Ye Yuming also joined in at this time: "We, Tiandihui, took the lead in establishing a fishery association to improve fishermen's equipment and production technology, but the current practice of the navy directly controlling fishing grounds and fishing boats is very detrimental to the promotion and improvement of fisheries on a large scale. ...I fully support Commissioner Wu's view that the Navy should no longer regulate the fishing industry."

"There is also the collection of fishing taxes on fishermen - the navy's collection of taxes does not make sense." Cheng Dong said slowly, "I personally think that the taxation power must be unified. Moreover, directly collecting taxes in kind is a retrogression in a sense. It is not conducive to the development of commodity economy.”

(End of this chapter)