Chapter 1847
Officially Take Over
Chapter 1847 Officially Take Over
Park Beixiu deliberately pretended to be confused, the purpose of course was to let Haihan's side explain the benefits he could get more clearly, and then weigh whether it was worth taking the risk to persuade his boss to make concessions on the immigration issue.If the benefits provided by Haihan are of sufficient weight, then it is not impossible to think about the issue of immigration.
It was Liu Shang's idea to put forward this plan, but it was up to Fu Li to decide how much benefits it would give North Korean officials.
Fu Li then gave two plans, one is to give Park Beixiu a lump sum of money as an expense for him to manage the relationship between the upper and lower levels, and this money is stored in Haihan Bank, and Park Beixiu can withdraw it by himself; The plan is to donate a plantation to Park Beixiu somewhere outside North Korea, and store the income in Park Beixiu’s account every year. The income period can be as long as several decades. Park Beixiu can also send people to the local management and management.
Park Beixiu can choose whether to get rich overnight or slowly, and the latter has the added advantage of leaving him an overseas escape route. If he wants to leave North Korea in the future, or send his family overseas to spread branches and leaves, this place Industry will be the foundation of its foothold.Of course, at present, Park Beixiu is still the confidant of Kim Sang-heon, the important minister of North Korea. With the end of the anti-Qing war, the rise of the main combat faction in the officialdom of North Korea is a foregone conclusion. The future is bright, and this retreat seems to be of no use for the time being.
In the end, Park Beixiu still chose the first solution that was more beneficial to him at the moment. However, in order to ensure that things could be done, Haihan would only give him [-]% of the promised amount beforehand. After the two countries reached a preliminary agreement on the immigration issue, Haihan The remainder will be paid to him through a bank account.
As for where the funds come from, in fact, the wool came from the sheep, and the special military subsidy that North Korea handed over to Haihan was used to do this. The money that Park Beixiu finally got was also from the North Korean treasury. Yes, Haihan actually didn't pay for it.
Of course, this kind of arrangement still needs the support of the military. After all, the money given by the North Korean officials was handed over to the Haihan Garrison in the name of military subsidies. The money was temporarily managed by the military, so Fu Li returned I have to make a report to Qian Tiandun.However, compared to the long-term benefits after opening the immigration channel, Qian Tiandun should not mind too much the expenditure of buying North Korean officials.
After discussing this matter, the atmosphere on the wine table became more relaxed.Issues that had not been settled on the negotiating table for several months were resolved satisfactorily at the wine table today. The efficiency of this negotiation is much higher than that of official formal consultations.
Perhaps because he was born in Lidong, he was used to drinking all kinds of self-brewed fruit wine since he was a child. Fu Li's alcohol capacity is much better than that of Liu Shang, and he even has the spare energy to help Liu Shang, who is too weak to drink.Here, Park Beixiu and two of his subordinates couldn't even drink the rune power of a single-handed horse.In the end, the five people drank nearly two jars of wine. Liu Shang finally lay down before the end of the show. The condition of the three North Koreans was not much better. Only Fu Li had the strength to leave on his own.
Early the next morning, Fu Li and Liu Shang went to the headquarters to ask Qian Tiandun, and reported to him the results of the talks with North Korean officials the day before.Sure enough, Qian Tiandun didn't particularly care about the cost of buying North Korean officials. He was more concerned about the follow-up of this matter, so as to urge the North Korean side to reach an agreement on the immigration issue as soon as possible.
"Money can be given, but things must be done properly." Qian Tiandun reached out his hand and nodded at Fu Li: "The road has been paved, and you will be responsible for this matter."
"A lowly position will not disgrace one's life!" Fu Li immediately replied firmly.This was the first official mission he took over after coming to North Korea, so naturally there was nothing to lose.However, Liu Shang is about to leave office, without this colleague who is willing to help, Fu Li will probably have to deal with difficulties alone.
In the next few days, Fu Li was still busy with the handover of work.The civil affairs management of the Datongjiang Base involves many countries. If Fu Li hadn’t worked in Sanya for so many years, he would have gotten used to the international working environment and had rich experience in dealing with people from various countries. Got started in such a short amount of time.
But even so, Fu Li secretly complained about the cumbersome civil affairs management work. He used to be in charge of security affairs, but now he is not only responsible for the security field. The daily work arrangements of these thousands of people are enough to make People are dizzy.
Although Liu Shang set up a civil affairs management organization in just two or three months after he came here, and trained a group of grassroots cadres promoted from the local area, the time for these people to receive training and enter the job is too short, even in the It seemed that Fu Li, a semi-expert, was still not professional enough, not to mention helping Fu Li to relieve his worries, in many cases, Fu Li had to ask them personally before arranging work for them.
But there is nothing to complain about. After all, it was only a few months between North Korea’s request for military aid and the construction of the Datong River base. He and Shandong dispatched officials to come over for emergency response, and Liu Shang was one of them.Fu Li came to take over at this time, skipping the most troublesome period, much easier than when Liu Shang came.
The busy work during the day is not over yet. Every night, as Liu Shang said, someone lined up to invite Fu Li to dinner.This is not eating and drinking relaxing after work. The hosts are almost all colleagues or subordinates who have a working relationship with Fu Li, and they will have their own interests during the meal.Fu Li had to stay sober while drinking and drinking, confirm everyone's attitudes and ideas, and build a network of local officialdom in his mind.
For Fu Li, who left the familiar environment of Sanya, these contacts were a relatively novel experience, and it also allowed him to learn more about how Haihan's overseas control area operates.A lot of information that could only be understood through words in Sanya before, now has more real feelings of being in the place.
Although Haihan's ruling area in North Korea is small, its nature is quite special, and the military base enjoys many privileges invisibly.However, in Haihan's plan, in addition to the function of garrisoning troops after the war, this place has to undertake part of the trade function. At that time, part of the land boundary will be delineated for the construction of commercial warehouses, warehouses, civilian docks and other facilities.
However, at present, Sanya has not sent officials from the commercial department to come here to form a commercial structure, and most of the Haihan and Daming merchant ships docked here are of a spontaneous nature and lack unified management.Liu Shang suggested that after Fu Li took office, he should incorporate maritime trade into the local planning as soon as possible, start an official investment promotion activity, and let merchants also join the local port construction project to speed up the speed of local infrastructure construction.
A week after Fu Li arrived at the Datongjiang base, Liu Shang was finally about to resign and return to Liaodong.The day before he left, Fu Li invited Liu Shang as the host, and thanked him for his care during this period of time while practicing.Fu Li originally wanted to use this as an excuse to invite Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom to attend, but these two had already set off south to Seoul a few days earlier to discuss various post-war arrangements with the King of Korea, and they happened to miss the time.
"Let's go and say goodbye. I don't know when we will meet next time. Director Liu, don't be polite to me today. You must drink this cup to the full!" Fu Li raised his glass to invite him.
Liu Shang smiled wryly and raised his glass in response: "I'll just drink this cup, but Director Fu should stop persuading me, or I'll have to go one step further."
Just kidding, Liu Shang was half-drinking this glass of wine, and Fu Li asked him to put it down. He really got Liu Shang drunk, and the dinner couldn't go on.
Liu Shang put down his wine glass and said, "It's only 200 nautical miles from Datongjiang Base to Lushun Port. There are still many opportunities to walk around in the future. When Director Fu is free, he can come to Jinzhou for a few days at any time."
"I'm afraid I won't be free for a while!" Fu Li said with emotion: "A lot of work is being scheduled, and I don't think there will be any holidays this year. If you really want to come to Jinzhou, it depends on when you have business. chance."
After sending Liu Shang away, Fu Li didn't bother to think about the next meeting.Now that Tom Wang and Qian Tiandun have both gone to Seoul, Morgan is taking his sniper team to Shandong for training. The civil and military officials in the base are temporarily in charge of Fu Li and Gao Qiaonan. There are still a lot of things to deal with. .In the next period of time, it is estimated that he will also experience Liu Shang's feeling of not being able to sleep at all a while ago.
At this time, Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom had arrived in Seoul on a warship, accompanied by Annan military attache Zheng Tinghe and Portuguese military attaché Simao. They will also start negotiations with North Korea on trade issues.The Fujian Navy did not send representatives to participate in this meeting because of their status. After all, it was impossible for Xu Yuzhuo to reach any agreement with North Korea on behalf of Ming Dynasty.
The Fujian navy did not obtain the permission of the Ming court to send a fleet to join the coalition forces to send troops to North Korea. It can be said that it went out without authorization.Of course, the imperial court did not hear the news at all, but if it convicts the Fujian garrison, it will not only be useless but also have a bad impact. It will only highlight that the imperial court has too little control over the local garrisons, so the imperial court and the Ministry of War pretend not to know about it. , Let the Fujian Navy do it.
As long as the officers of the Fujian Navy do not meet with the Ming envoys in North Korea, then everyone can pretend that nothing happened, and the North Korean authorities will naturally not take the initiative to mention this embarrassing situation to one of them.So after the war, Xu Yuzhuo did not go to Seoul with General Haihan, but took the navy fleet to the Yalu River to ensure that the Qing army would not launch another counterattack.
As the saviors of North Korea, Wang Tom and his party naturally received extremely high courtesy. North Korean King Li Ji held a grand welcome ceremony by the Han River, and Kim Sang-heon was present as a representative to welcome the arrival of the coalition generals.And King Li Ji also left Gyeongbokgung Palace, and led all his ministers to meet the generals of the coalition army outside Gwanghwamun. In the past, he greeted the envoys sent by the suzerain country Daming.
After the host and guest greeted each other, Li Jing welcomed the guests into the palace and hosted a banquet.This time the allied forces sent troops to repel the Qing army's invasion, and chased them all the way back to the north of the Yalu River. Li Zhen was very satisfied with this, and unabashedly called the allied forces led by Haihan "heavenly soldiers" during the meeting. "Heavenly General", full of praise for his performance.
"Your country kept its word and sent troops to help our country retreat from the enemy. From now on, your country's army will be stationed on the Datong River line, and our country will no longer have to worry about the Qing army's invasion!" Li Jing did not think that the Haihan army was stationed on North Korean soil. If there is any problem, I feel that this will bring me more sense of security.
"Since it is an ally, this is what it should mean, and His Majesty the King appreciates it." Tom Wang said politely.Of course, to a certain extent, this kind of politeness is due to the huge military expenditure provided by North Korea. After all, people spend money to buy peace, and Haihan naturally wants to give the most secure treatment after collecting the money.
In fact, Li Jing was very glad that he had chosen to form a military alliance with Haihan before, otherwise he would have no other place to move his troops to rescue this time when the Qing army invaded.Daming, the mud bodhisattva crossing the river, would definitely not send troops. He had asked the envoy of Ming Dynasty a long time ago. After the other party made some high-sounding excuses, he finally agreed to suggest that the imperial court issue an order to Dongjiang Town to assist North Korea in resisting the Qing army. .
But the problem is that the entire Dongjiang town has already taken refuge in Haihan, and even moved their family from Pidao to Jinzhou. No matter how many imperial decrees issued by Da Ming, this army cannot be mobilized. I understand, to put it bluntly, I want to prevaricate the matter, and I don't want to deploy troops to rescue North Korea in a situation of internal and external troubles.
Li Jing could understand Daming's choice, but he would not accept such an arrangement. In his opinion, the suzerain should have the strength of the suzerain. Even the Qing army would not dare to touch it. Let North Korea be beaten. What is the use of such a suzerain?On the other hand, although Haihan is relatively philistine, he actually pulled thousands of troops from the South China Sea, fought in North Korea for several months, and drove the once mighty Qing army back to its old nest. This is what a leading brother should have style.
So after the war ended, Li Yu also figured it out. Since Da Ming could no longer provide North Korea with the protection it deserved, and Hai Han had a clear advantage in this regard, then North Korea no longer needed to maintain a state of respect for Da Ming. Yes, but the benefits of friendship with Haihan are even greater.Joining the military alliance led by Haihan may be the best way for North Korea to protect itself in the future.
Of course, it is not enough to simply garrison troops. Li Jing also needs Haihan to provide more military assistance, such as training the army on his behalf, training officers, purchasing weapons and equipment produced by Haihan, and so on.However, these measures to increase military power cost a lot of money, so North Korea also needs to find new ways to make money. It cannot always rely on the southern landlords to raise donations to support the operation of the army.
(End of this chapter)
Park Beixiu deliberately pretended to be confused, the purpose of course was to let Haihan's side explain the benefits he could get more clearly, and then weigh whether it was worth taking the risk to persuade his boss to make concessions on the immigration issue.If the benefits provided by Haihan are of sufficient weight, then it is not impossible to think about the issue of immigration.
It was Liu Shang's idea to put forward this plan, but it was up to Fu Li to decide how much benefits it would give North Korean officials.
Fu Li then gave two plans, one is to give Park Beixiu a lump sum of money as an expense for him to manage the relationship between the upper and lower levels, and this money is stored in Haihan Bank, and Park Beixiu can withdraw it by himself; The plan is to donate a plantation to Park Beixiu somewhere outside North Korea, and store the income in Park Beixiu’s account every year. The income period can be as long as several decades. Park Beixiu can also send people to the local management and management.
Park Beixiu can choose whether to get rich overnight or slowly, and the latter has the added advantage of leaving him an overseas escape route. If he wants to leave North Korea in the future, or send his family overseas to spread branches and leaves, this place Industry will be the foundation of its foothold.Of course, at present, Park Beixiu is still the confidant of Kim Sang-heon, the important minister of North Korea. With the end of the anti-Qing war, the rise of the main combat faction in the officialdom of North Korea is a foregone conclusion. The future is bright, and this retreat seems to be of no use for the time being.
In the end, Park Beixiu still chose the first solution that was more beneficial to him at the moment. However, in order to ensure that things could be done, Haihan would only give him [-]% of the promised amount beforehand. After the two countries reached a preliminary agreement on the immigration issue, Haihan The remainder will be paid to him through a bank account.
As for where the funds come from, in fact, the wool came from the sheep, and the special military subsidy that North Korea handed over to Haihan was used to do this. The money that Park Beixiu finally got was also from the North Korean treasury. Yes, Haihan actually didn't pay for it.
Of course, this kind of arrangement still needs the support of the military. After all, the money given by the North Korean officials was handed over to the Haihan Garrison in the name of military subsidies. The money was temporarily managed by the military, so Fu Li returned I have to make a report to Qian Tiandun.However, compared to the long-term benefits after opening the immigration channel, Qian Tiandun should not mind too much the expenditure of buying North Korean officials.
After discussing this matter, the atmosphere on the wine table became more relaxed.Issues that had not been settled on the negotiating table for several months were resolved satisfactorily at the wine table today. The efficiency of this negotiation is much higher than that of official formal consultations.
Perhaps because he was born in Lidong, he was used to drinking all kinds of self-brewed fruit wine since he was a child. Fu Li's alcohol capacity is much better than that of Liu Shang, and he even has the spare energy to help Liu Shang, who is too weak to drink.Here, Park Beixiu and two of his subordinates couldn't even drink the rune power of a single-handed horse.In the end, the five people drank nearly two jars of wine. Liu Shang finally lay down before the end of the show. The condition of the three North Koreans was not much better. Only Fu Li had the strength to leave on his own.
Early the next morning, Fu Li and Liu Shang went to the headquarters to ask Qian Tiandun, and reported to him the results of the talks with North Korean officials the day before.Sure enough, Qian Tiandun didn't particularly care about the cost of buying North Korean officials. He was more concerned about the follow-up of this matter, so as to urge the North Korean side to reach an agreement on the immigration issue as soon as possible.
"Money can be given, but things must be done properly." Qian Tiandun reached out his hand and nodded at Fu Li: "The road has been paved, and you will be responsible for this matter."
"A lowly position will not disgrace one's life!" Fu Li immediately replied firmly.This was the first official mission he took over after coming to North Korea, so naturally there was nothing to lose.However, Liu Shang is about to leave office, without this colleague who is willing to help, Fu Li will probably have to deal with difficulties alone.
In the next few days, Fu Li was still busy with the handover of work.The civil affairs management of the Datongjiang Base involves many countries. If Fu Li hadn’t worked in Sanya for so many years, he would have gotten used to the international working environment and had rich experience in dealing with people from various countries. Got started in such a short amount of time.
But even so, Fu Li secretly complained about the cumbersome civil affairs management work. He used to be in charge of security affairs, but now he is not only responsible for the security field. The daily work arrangements of these thousands of people are enough to make People are dizzy.
Although Liu Shang set up a civil affairs management organization in just two or three months after he came here, and trained a group of grassroots cadres promoted from the local area, the time for these people to receive training and enter the job is too short, even in the It seemed that Fu Li, a semi-expert, was still not professional enough, not to mention helping Fu Li to relieve his worries, in many cases, Fu Li had to ask them personally before arranging work for them.
But there is nothing to complain about. After all, it was only a few months between North Korea’s request for military aid and the construction of the Datong River base. He and Shandong dispatched officials to come over for emergency response, and Liu Shang was one of them.Fu Li came to take over at this time, skipping the most troublesome period, much easier than when Liu Shang came.
The busy work during the day is not over yet. Every night, as Liu Shang said, someone lined up to invite Fu Li to dinner.This is not eating and drinking relaxing after work. The hosts are almost all colleagues or subordinates who have a working relationship with Fu Li, and they will have their own interests during the meal.Fu Li had to stay sober while drinking and drinking, confirm everyone's attitudes and ideas, and build a network of local officialdom in his mind.
For Fu Li, who left the familiar environment of Sanya, these contacts were a relatively novel experience, and it also allowed him to learn more about how Haihan's overseas control area operates.A lot of information that could only be understood through words in Sanya before, now has more real feelings of being in the place.
Although Haihan's ruling area in North Korea is small, its nature is quite special, and the military base enjoys many privileges invisibly.However, in Haihan's plan, in addition to the function of garrisoning troops after the war, this place has to undertake part of the trade function. At that time, part of the land boundary will be delineated for the construction of commercial warehouses, warehouses, civilian docks and other facilities.
However, at present, Sanya has not sent officials from the commercial department to come here to form a commercial structure, and most of the Haihan and Daming merchant ships docked here are of a spontaneous nature and lack unified management.Liu Shang suggested that after Fu Li took office, he should incorporate maritime trade into the local planning as soon as possible, start an official investment promotion activity, and let merchants also join the local port construction project to speed up the speed of local infrastructure construction.
A week after Fu Li arrived at the Datongjiang base, Liu Shang was finally about to resign and return to Liaodong.The day before he left, Fu Li invited Liu Shang as the host, and thanked him for his care during this period of time while practicing.Fu Li originally wanted to use this as an excuse to invite Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom to attend, but these two had already set off south to Seoul a few days earlier to discuss various post-war arrangements with the King of Korea, and they happened to miss the time.
"Let's go and say goodbye. I don't know when we will meet next time. Director Liu, don't be polite to me today. You must drink this cup to the full!" Fu Li raised his glass to invite him.
Liu Shang smiled wryly and raised his glass in response: "I'll just drink this cup, but Director Fu should stop persuading me, or I'll have to go one step further."
Just kidding, Liu Shang was half-drinking this glass of wine, and Fu Li asked him to put it down. He really got Liu Shang drunk, and the dinner couldn't go on.
Liu Shang put down his wine glass and said, "It's only 200 nautical miles from Datongjiang Base to Lushun Port. There are still many opportunities to walk around in the future. When Director Fu is free, he can come to Jinzhou for a few days at any time."
"I'm afraid I won't be free for a while!" Fu Li said with emotion: "A lot of work is being scheduled, and I don't think there will be any holidays this year. If you really want to come to Jinzhou, it depends on when you have business. chance."
After sending Liu Shang away, Fu Li didn't bother to think about the next meeting.Now that Tom Wang and Qian Tiandun have both gone to Seoul, Morgan is taking his sniper team to Shandong for training. The civil and military officials in the base are temporarily in charge of Fu Li and Gao Qiaonan. There are still a lot of things to deal with. .In the next period of time, it is estimated that he will also experience Liu Shang's feeling of not being able to sleep at all a while ago.
At this time, Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom had arrived in Seoul on a warship, accompanied by Annan military attache Zheng Tinghe and Portuguese military attaché Simao. They will also start negotiations with North Korea on trade issues.The Fujian Navy did not send representatives to participate in this meeting because of their status. After all, it was impossible for Xu Yuzhuo to reach any agreement with North Korea on behalf of Ming Dynasty.
The Fujian navy did not obtain the permission of the Ming court to send a fleet to join the coalition forces to send troops to North Korea. It can be said that it went out without authorization.Of course, the imperial court did not hear the news at all, but if it convicts the Fujian garrison, it will not only be useless but also have a bad impact. It will only highlight that the imperial court has too little control over the local garrisons, so the imperial court and the Ministry of War pretend not to know about it. , Let the Fujian Navy do it.
As long as the officers of the Fujian Navy do not meet with the Ming envoys in North Korea, then everyone can pretend that nothing happened, and the North Korean authorities will naturally not take the initiative to mention this embarrassing situation to one of them.So after the war, Xu Yuzhuo did not go to Seoul with General Haihan, but took the navy fleet to the Yalu River to ensure that the Qing army would not launch another counterattack.
As the saviors of North Korea, Wang Tom and his party naturally received extremely high courtesy. North Korean King Li Ji held a grand welcome ceremony by the Han River, and Kim Sang-heon was present as a representative to welcome the arrival of the coalition generals.And King Li Ji also left Gyeongbokgung Palace, and led all his ministers to meet the generals of the coalition army outside Gwanghwamun. In the past, he greeted the envoys sent by the suzerain country Daming.
After the host and guest greeted each other, Li Jing welcomed the guests into the palace and hosted a banquet.This time the allied forces sent troops to repel the Qing army's invasion, and chased them all the way back to the north of the Yalu River. Li Zhen was very satisfied with this, and unabashedly called the allied forces led by Haihan "heavenly soldiers" during the meeting. "Heavenly General", full of praise for his performance.
"Your country kept its word and sent troops to help our country retreat from the enemy. From now on, your country's army will be stationed on the Datong River line, and our country will no longer have to worry about the Qing army's invasion!" Li Jing did not think that the Haihan army was stationed on North Korean soil. If there is any problem, I feel that this will bring me more sense of security.
"Since it is an ally, this is what it should mean, and His Majesty the King appreciates it." Tom Wang said politely.Of course, to a certain extent, this kind of politeness is due to the huge military expenditure provided by North Korea. After all, people spend money to buy peace, and Haihan naturally wants to give the most secure treatment after collecting the money.
In fact, Li Jing was very glad that he had chosen to form a military alliance with Haihan before, otherwise he would have no other place to move his troops to rescue this time when the Qing army invaded.Daming, the mud bodhisattva crossing the river, would definitely not send troops. He had asked the envoy of Ming Dynasty a long time ago. After the other party made some high-sounding excuses, he finally agreed to suggest that the imperial court issue an order to Dongjiang Town to assist North Korea in resisting the Qing army. .
But the problem is that the entire Dongjiang town has already taken refuge in Haihan, and even moved their family from Pidao to Jinzhou. No matter how many imperial decrees issued by Da Ming, this army cannot be mobilized. I understand, to put it bluntly, I want to prevaricate the matter, and I don't want to deploy troops to rescue North Korea in a situation of internal and external troubles.
Li Jing could understand Daming's choice, but he would not accept such an arrangement. In his opinion, the suzerain should have the strength of the suzerain. Even the Qing army would not dare to touch it. Let North Korea be beaten. What is the use of such a suzerain?On the other hand, although Haihan is relatively philistine, he actually pulled thousands of troops from the South China Sea, fought in North Korea for several months, and drove the once mighty Qing army back to its old nest. This is what a leading brother should have style.
So after the war ended, Li Yu also figured it out. Since Da Ming could no longer provide North Korea with the protection it deserved, and Hai Han had a clear advantage in this regard, then North Korea no longer needed to maintain a state of respect for Da Ming. Yes, but the benefits of friendship with Haihan are even greater.Joining the military alliance led by Haihan may be the best way for North Korea to protect itself in the future.
Of course, it is not enough to simply garrison troops. Li Jing also needs Haihan to provide more military assistance, such as training the army on his behalf, training officers, purchasing weapons and equipment produced by Haihan, and so on.However, these measures to increase military power cost a lot of money, so North Korea also needs to find new ways to make money. It cannot always rely on the southern landlords to raise donations to support the operation of the army.
(End of this chapter)