Chapter 385: Hidden Battlefield

Shanghai, Hongkou.

With the start of the first war between Ming and France in the East, the so-called Anglo-American joint concession has already existed in name only.

The British Concession and the American Concession, which had been integrated into the United Concession, were separated.

Everyone also knows that the so-called American minister is just a puppet of the Ming Dynasty, and the so-called American concession is actually the Ming concession in Shanghai.

The Ming Dynasty had a concession in Shanghai, and it sounded magical, but that's how it happened.

After 200 years of land sinking, this land naturally needs to be reborn in blood.

It's just that how much blood is shed and who will shed it still needs to be planned for Daming.

After Japan's Honshu Island and Shikoku Island became the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the population decreased by 13, and even after such a bloody scene, the social transformation of the Ming Dynasty to Japan was not completely completed.

The shortage of a large number of grassroots cadres is the biggest problem.

Grassroots cadres are not just issued a list of emperors, and they can be tested after opening a term of Enke.

A young cadre needs to keep learning:

Politically, he always kept in mind the teachings of the sage Son of Heaven and mastered the advanced Ming ideological system;

In terms of working methods, it is necessary to respect science, understand science, have a certain scientific and cultural literacy, pay attention to the combination of theory and practice, and work in the agricultural reclamation and health centers, townships, factories and mines of the Ming headquarters for at least one year, and have certain work experience.

Only in this way can a qualified grassroots official of the Ming Dynasty be able to cut off the foundation of the township sages and clans in the intricate old society, educate the people to enjoy the imperial road, and let the imperial power directly reach the county level for the first time in 3,000 years, to the township, to the village, and to the hearts of every Ming people.

According to the estimation of the Ministry of Households, if the re-emergence of the Ming Dynasty wants to reshape Shenzhou and control Jiuding, instead of rejuvenating it like Liu Xiu of the Later Han Dynasty, in fact, it is only a compromise with the family to share the world, then the number of grassroots cadres required is at least 50,000.

From this number, there is still a big gap in Daming's cadre training system, and it is making up for it.

Of course, Da Ming will not be stupid enough to wait until he is ready to return to Shenzhou completely.

The Chinese are so big, enough to cut the sausages slowly.

As for the American Concession in Shanghai, it was just a small snack that Daming got casually before cutting the sausages.

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Twenty years ago, Bishop Wen Huilian of Citi Anglican Church and Wu Jianzhang, the acting governor of Shanghai Province, agreed verbally to use the Hongkou area on the north bank of Suzhou Creek as the US concession.

After successive generations of American consuls and ministers, by the time the Ming Dynasty took over, the area of the American concession had reached 5.24 square kilometers.

Although it doesn't seem like much, the American Concession, like the British Concession and the French Concession, is the most elite area in Puxi.

Of course, objectively speaking, the American Concession is indeed a little worse than the British Concession and the French Concession.

This can be seen from the fact that the housing prices in Hongkou District will not be able to dry up in Huangpu, Xuhui, Jing'an and other districts in the future.

After the First Ming-French War, the Ming Dynasty had expanded the American concession to the entire Hongkou, with a total of 20 square kilometers and a water area of 1 square kilometer.

Among them, the North Bund Wharf is currently the most prosperous commercial port in Shanghai.

Whether it is a young scholar with a dream of the Ming Dynasty, or a refugee who is helpless to survive and is coaxed onto the ship by the Huai army, or the Ming Buming oil that is continuously transported from the Ming Dynasty, all of them are delivered and traded here.

However, in recent times, some high-nosed and deep-eyed foreigners have appeared in the American concession.

The appearance of Europeans and Americans in the American concession was by no means unusual, and it immediately aroused the vigilance of the local Jinyi guards.

I have to say that these spy personnel from various countries still have two hands.

They have a very strong ability to counter-track and reconnaisance, and every time they enter the US Concession, they only have a superficial taste, come and go in a hurry, and will flee back to the British Concession at the slightest disturbance.

The French Concession was not safe.

Because de jure, the Ming Dynasty and the French Third Republic were still at war, and the two sides had not signed a contract at all.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty doesn't have the ability to cross the Atlantic to find trouble with the French, and the French don't dare to get involved in the Americas anymore, and the two sides treat it as nothing happens for the time being.

Therefore, the French colonies in the Far East, especially the French Concession in Shanghai, have long been rumored about, as if Saigon before the Viet Cong entered the city.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty was not interested in recovering the 1.4 square kilometers of French Concession ahead of schedule, so they have survived to this day.

At the same time that the Ming Dynasty and European countries were clashing on the hidden front, a group of special Beijing masters also came to Shanghai on a small steamer.

Legend has it that Emperor Yongzheng was established single-handedly, and gradually lost power during the Qianlong period, and reopened again when it arrived at the Qing court spy agency that had long been deposed in the Daoguang period.

It's just that......

"Hey, Brother Jin, you see that there are so many Western scenery on the beach here, women actually wear clothes with open arms, hey, it's really good!"

"Haha, Brother Tong is right, I listened to Amma, ah no, my father said, in Shanghai, there are not only Mr. Shuyu from Suzhou, the thin horse from Yangzhou, but also the geisha from the East, if he has leisure in the future, he will definitely treat you, please taste the taste of this Oriental woman!"

"That's a good feeling, Brother Jin, it's better to choose a day than to hit the day, why don't you take us to taste something fresh today!"

"Uh, this...... Your Majesty, ah no, the young owner asked us to come to Shanghai, but there is something serious...... If we can't find the trace of that 'master', I'm afraid it will be difficult to turn back! โ€

"Hey, Brother Jin, what you said, the surname of the Shaodong family is Jin, and you are also surnamed Jin, you can't write two Jins in one stroke, are you still afraid that the Shaodong family will not be able to punish you?"

"Yes, yes, who doesn't know, our master in Beijing, in addition to eating or sleeping, or learning sign language, where will he do this!"

"Sensei, when it comes to this sign language, my teeth itch again, thanks to the Queen Mother's birthday, stop this 'Manchu revival', or I'm about to become dumb!"

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A group of uncles dressed in silk and satin, swaggering through the city, and sending cages to walk birds, swaggered down the Bund, looked for a place to live, and began to inquire about the location of the Qinglou in a "low-key" manner.

And from the moment they appeared at the dock, the brocade guards who had been monitoring the whole process were speechless.

I used to be in contact with the agents of the Westerners, and I used to make a good move, but now I have such a group of things......

Idiots aren't contagious, right?

To be reasonable, although the late Qing Dynasty lost control of the whole of China in history, the spy system did not pull its crotch like this.

At least in dealing with the revolutionary party, it is still elusive and quite accomplished.

It's a pity that now the Manchu government has been shocked by the Ming Dynasty, and identity politics and political correctness have been ingrained in the heart and brain and sick to the bone marrow.

They look at the Han people as anti-thieves, and everyone looks like clear thieves.

It's just a fait accompli like Zeng Guofan, after all, it has to rely on Zeng Shengren to flatten the twist, but a newly established institution like the sticky pole is an extremely confidential institution, so naturally it is not safe to use the Han people.