Qiongzhou capital city, Haishuzu study.

When my uncle comes, naturally a big meal is indispensable. Hai Shuzu and Shou Order, this will eat some watermelon in the study to relieve the feeling of alcohol.

Hainan is an island of immigrants, the folk dialect is very mixed, there are many Fujianese among the immigrants, and the dialect is deeply influenced by the Zhangquan Erfu. Of course, the nearby Cantonese vernacular has also left its roots in the Hainan dialect. But in the capital of Qiongzhou, it is not a dialect, but a military dialect.

As the name suggests, the military dialect is the language of the Hainan guards, which is basically the same as the official dialect of Nanjing. As a hereditary officer family, Haishu's ancestral family naturally speaks military language. The military officials in the Qiongzhou government spoke all military dialects, and many people didn't even understand what the dialect was. There is no language barrier to communicate with them.

"Yazhou Haiphong is the same knowledge, supervising gratitude, water conservancy, tuntian, horse grazing, grain management and other matters in Changhua County, and supervising herdsmen." The official photo in Hai Shuzu's hand reads.

Tongzhi was an indefinite position in the Ming Dynasty, and there were even 6 or 7 Tongzhi in charge of various affairs in the frontier state at most. As the number one officer, the status of the general Tongzhi is not high, but the Haiphong Tongzhi is an exception.

As the official who actually controlled the military power of the coastal prefecture, he was directly responsible to the line of military power of the military power of the military garrison province, the governor, and the governor, and had no actual subordinate relationship with the prefect and governor. Many coastal defense colleagues were promoted, and they were directly appointed to the military garrison, without going through the prefect's level of tempering.

After taking office, Zeng Ying faced the same problems as other governors and governors of the Longwu Dynasty, because of China's ancestral strategy of becoming officials in different places, many non-provincial officials, especially northerners, either put up their seals or resigned after the fall of Nanjing, and returned home, leaving many vacant positions.

Theoretically, within the jurisdiction of Zeng Ying, the governor was divided into the political secretary to participate in the administration or the council to guard Haibei and Hainan provinces, and the deputy envoy or servant of the judicial department was divided into four provinces, Haibei and Hainan, and the latter also served as a military garrison. But the platform, like the governor, is a temporary assignment, and it may not always be there. At present, Lei Lianqiong's three mansions only have one Taoist in Hainan military garrison Fang Guoxiang, which can be regarded as Zeng Ying's deputy.

In the past, the counties of western Guangdong were not fat, and officials with backgrounds were reluctant to come, but now except for Zeng Ying, there is no Jinshi in the three prefectures, and most of the officials, including Fang Guoxiang, are people and tributes. Xu Zhenxiang, the governor of Danzhou, did not even have a reputation, and was elected as a governor of Fang Zheng Xianliang. Among the former officials, Fang Guoxiang, who is now patrolling Hainan and preparing for the army, Dai Wenwei, the same governor of Qiongzhou, Cao Xubai, the same governor of Leizhou, Zhang Xiaoqi, the supervisor of Lianzhou, and Yu Cuiqing, the governor of Suixi, are more valued by Zeng Ying.

Zeng Ying re-promoted a group of people, although he has the right to remove officials and replace his own people, but he still does less to offend people when he first arrives. Within his jurisdiction, there are three prefectures and four scattered prefectures, and there are three guards. There are many positions with no fixed staff, and there is room for transfer. The personnel arrangements in western Guangdong have not yet been completed, and Zeng Ying is still in the stage of inspecting officials. If there is a vacancy in the governor of the prefecture and county, it is still the general judgment and the temporary agent of the same knowledge. In order to continue the local work as much as possible and not delay this year's tax revenue, Zeng Ying's general idea is to let the old officials in various places take over as state and county officials, and most of the newcomers will serve as Tongzhi and supervisor and discipline officials.

The Qiongxi Hall is a newly created position for the sake of order, and it is theorized that the coastal defense of Shanghai Shuzu is directly responsible to Fang Guoxiang, the garrison of Hainan, but since Zeng Ying himself is stationed in the capital of Qiongzhou and personally handles local affairs, Fang Guoxiang does not have much real power. Fang Guoxiang is a righteous person, and he was the prefect of Qiongzhou before he was appointed to patrol the road. He is now basically back in Qiongzhou, and he is in charge of the criminal law of the whole government, and is no longer responsible for military preparation.

Jonesy Hall is directly under the Governor. This is the advantage of Zeng Ying leading troops and people to take office, and he controlled the situation in western Guangdong in a very short time.

"You've really got me a good job." Hai Shuzu was slightly dissatisfied with Shou Xian's behavior of arranging work without his consent.

Shou Xuan smiled and said, "Lord Taishan, please do me this favor." ”

Haiphong Tongzhi was originally only in charge of the part of the work, such as Haiphong, Tuntian, etc., Zeng Ying added a supervising herdsman, which is actually Changhua County from Danzhou, Thanksgiving County from Yazhou respectively, under the jurisdiction of the Qiongxi Department. As for Yazhou, the Qiongxi Department is only responsible for coastal defense and other military affairs, and has no herding rights, so it cannot be managed.

After the two counties of Changhua and Thanksgiving were divided, Xu Zhenxiang, the governor of Danzhou, and Ding Jiajin, the governor of Yazhou, were only in charge of the state city. In the Ming Dynasty, the capital city had a attached county, but the state city did not, and they didn't have nothing to do.

As a wealthy gentleman in Qiongzhou, Hai Shuzu has an understanding of all the officials in the government, and Thanksgiving and Changhua are no exception.

"I am grateful to Lin Jun of Zhixian County, a native of Min County, Fuzhou Prefecture, Huang Lixiu, a native of Changhua Zhi County, and a native of Longxi County, Zhangzhou Prefecture. Changhua instructor Huang Dingyuan Gongsheng, a native of Chaozhou Prefecture. Hai Shuzu glanced at Shou Xu, "I didn't have many contacts before, so I don't know if it's good to get along." ”

"Uncle Yue doesn't need to worry, I'll transfer some troops for you from Sanya, and you can recruit some people from your clansmen. It's easy to do anything with soldiers. ”

The Hai family is a hereditary officer family of Hainan Wei, and after hundreds of years of marriage, the network of Benwei relations is deep-rooted, as long as there is a name, it is very easy to recruit some surplus in the military household.

In the Ming Dynasty, the local military and political gentry families formed by the military households and the Yu Ding examination in the military households were really terrifying, and they were much stronger than the ordinary civil and gentry families. The hereditary military attaché ensured that even if two or three generations in a row did not gain fame, the family would not fall.

"Okay, just think I donated 500 taels of silver to buy an official."

Shou Xuan was very happy to see his father-in-law agree, but it was the first time he had heard about the donation.

"Zeng Ying asked her father-in-law to persuade her to donate?"

"As soon as he arrived in Qiongzhou, he persuaded the gentry of the whole province to donate, and I was naturally no exception."

Shou Order: "Do you want me to say hello to him, and don't ask our family to donate money in the future?" ”

"No," Hai Shuzu said, "he also raised military salaries to defend Hainan, and of course I have to do my part for Sangzi." ”

"Forehead......," Shou Xuan hesitated and said at this time, "Zeng Ying made a condition, he doesn't care about the salaries of the officials and soldiers of the Jones West Hall, I'm afraid he will have to raise it himself." ”

Hai Shuzu snorted heavily, "I don't need you to think of this. He gave us blank official photos, and according to today's practice, we were asked to raise our own money. ”

Shou Zhi was a little embarrassed, he didn't have any extra money to spare for Jonesy Hall right now.

Hai Shuzu saw it, "You don't need to pay." But I don't know how to fight in water, and I don't know anything about tuntian and horse herding, so you have to send someone to me. ”

"That's, that's, it's no problem to send someone." Shou Xuan hurriedly smiled, "The brothers in the family can also go to the experience." ”

Hai Shuzu snorted again, and he agreed. He himself is not too concerned about fame, but he has to care about the career of the next generation.

"You've really found a suitable ally for yourself." Hai Shuzu said slowly, "Zeng Zhonghan is a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, and there are many people in this world, including Ruan Dacheng, Chen Qiyu, Qu Shiyun, Hong Chengchou and others. In terms of literary affairs, there is no more senior official than him in the entire western part of Guangdong, not even a registered one. Not to mention the military, he has fought with Hongmaoyi, bandits, thieves, and Jianyu, and has rich experience in actual combat. As soon as he arrived in Qiongzhou, he subdued all the officials. ”

"Zeng Zhongcheng is a capable official, as long as we do things well, my father-in-law doesn't have to worry about him being difficult to get along with." Shouxu said, "It's just that he sent his second son, Zeng Wensi, to serve as the supervisor of the Jones West Hall." ”

The rank of the magistrate is not high, only 7 grades, but he controls the judicial power of a place, such as litigation and prison, criminal law, etc., and at the same time has the responsibility of supervision, and the business is guided by the judge.

"As it should be." Hai Shuzu nodded, "It's impossible for Zeng Zhonghan to hand over such a large piece of land to us. It is common sense to send sons to oversee. ”

The servant came in to change the tea, and Hai Shuzu took out the map by the way and spread it out, "Where are you going to set up the Jonesy Hall?" ”

The Jonesy Hall must be located in the harbor to facilitate communication with the South Seas. In this era, there are many good ports in Hainan, Changhua County has Wuni Port, Shazhou Port, Yingchao Port, Nangang, Thanksgiving County has Beili Port, Xiaonan Port, Danan Port, these seven ports are commercial ports with trade with Nanyang. In later generations, the port was gradually silted up due to the deforestation of large areas of the upper reaches of the river, and soil erosion intensified. For example, Baisha Port and Haikou Port in Qiongshan could berth dozens of large ships in the Ming Dynasty, but in the late Qing Dynasty, only a few small ships could be parked. In the Ming Dynasty, this problem was not serious, and there was no typhoon in Qiongxi, and the conditions of Qiongxi Port were all in addition to Changhua Port. Changhua County is located on the coast of Beibu Gulf, on the north shore of the estuary of the Changhua River, and the siltation phenomenon is more serious than that of Yingchao Port on the south bank.

The north of the Qiongxi Hall is Changhua County, and the south is Thanksgiving County, if you consider that you also have to manage Yazhou coastal defense, the position of Thanksgiving is in the middle, which is relatively more appropriate.

On the one hand, he wanted to avoid too much interaction with Ming officials, and on the other hand, the choice of another place for the Qiongxi Hall might lead to a new city. He also chose the location, and the later Dongfang City was located between the two counties of Changgan, and it was a more scientific practice to copy the site selection of New China. Dongfang City is located at the mouth of the Beili River, with Beili Port as the foundation.

Hai Shuzu shook his head after listening to Shou Xu, "You have a good idea of building a new city, but it is difficult to do it now. ”

"Lack of manpower? We can take our time. ”

Hai Shuzu said: "It's not a problem of manpower, it's because of the Changhua River." According to you, the most important thing in Jonesy Hall should be the cultivation of tuntian. There is a drought in Jonesi, and it is indispensable to overhaul water conservancy. Since the article should be done around the Changhua River, it is better for the Qiongxi Hall to be placed at the mouth of the river. ”

Changhua River is the second largest river in Hainan, the main stream is more than 200 kilometers, the upper and middle reaches shuttle in the primeval forest of Wuzhi Mountain, the upper and middle reaches of the slope are steep and the water is rapid, the flood rises and falls, and the ground on both sides of the river is more than 20 meters higher than the riverbed. Aside from logging, there is little development value in the upstream for the time being. Although China's largest iron ore is not far from the Changhua River, it has little transportation infrastructure and is certainly difficult to develop now.

The Guangba in the middle reaches of the Changhua River has dropped 40 meters steeply into the Qiongxi Plain, where the flow rate is gentle, and the downstream riverbed is wide, and the water flow is unimpeded, and there has never been a flood. More than 40 kilometers of the river can be navigated by large sampans and other boats, and there are tributaries on the left and right banks. The core work of the entire development of Qiongxi is bound to revolve around the Changhua River.

Shou Xian decided to respect his father-in-law's opinion, but there was no need to set up the Qiongxi Hall in Changhua County.

"Then set up the Jonesy Hall in Yingchao Harbor," Shou Xuan said, "Beili can't be abandoned, let's unfold it over there simultaneously." ”

Hai Shuzu thought for a while, "Since this is the case, then Haitou Port and Marong Port at the mouth of the Zhubi River in the north of the Changhua River have also been built." ”

Of course Orderly agrees.

Jonesy lacks a rocky headland deep into the bay, and a small sandbar formed at the mouth of the river provides some protection from the waves. It is not possible to use it as a military port and a large commercial port for trading with the British, but it is barely possible to undertake immigration.

Dashang Port Shou Xiang has chosen Danzhou Yangpu Port, which is the best port in the western part of Hainan Island. The Sanya military port in the south of the island controls the waterway, and there is still a lack of a military port in the north of the island to keep order.

Zeng Ying also hoped that Shou Xian would build a military port in the north of the island and defend the Qiongzhou Strait with him.

The three ports of Lingao, Shipai and Bopu were first eliminated, and the typhoon would affect the Qiongzhou Strait near the Qiongzhou Strait, and the shelter conditions of Lingao port were not good.

He chose Dongshui Port, located in Chengmai County.

Dongshui Port is located 15 kilometers west of Haikousuo, and a huge sandbar extending from the direction of Haikou isolates the waves outside. The sandbar stretches from northeast to southwest, and the length of the inland sea is 6 kilometers, and the widest point is 400 meters. The mouth of the Inland Sea is only 200 meters wide and faces west, avoiding the east and southeast where the typhoon made landfall. The water depth can stop the cruiser, and the entire harbor can be protected by building two batteries on the shore on the south side of the sandbar and the estuary.

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Note: The data of Hainan port in the Ming Dynasty comes from Daoguang's "Qiongzhou Mansion Chronicles".

The officials are all historical figures, most of whom are from the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and they are very grateful to Emperor Zhengtai.