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The aftermath of the surrender of Calderan forces gave way to a two year period of direct military rule during which the occupation forces extended their writ to most of the island though holdouts remained in parts of [[Bavogia]] province in the north. General [[Xiu Guangho]] served as the island's governor for a period of two years before parlaying his military achievements into a more prestigious command in mainland [[Audonia]]. During his tenure Guangho instituted an iron fisted regime, one of his first actions was the issuing of an order to deport the families of all captive Calderan soldiers to prison camps in [[Xisheng]] where they were held as hostages to ensure the good behavior of the prisoners; the fact that the Daxian navy did not have complete control of the sea lanes in the [[Nysdra Sea]] meant many of the unarmed transports carrying the families were targeted and sunk by [[Urcea]]n forces unaware of what the vessels carried. Guangho resisted attempts by civilian ministries to restart the Calderan economy beyong the barest of subsistence levels, arguing that native Calderans should be transformed into a mass of subsistence farmers and unskilled labor. To this end Guangho closed all newspapers, research centers, schools and other institutions of higher learning. In 1937 he ordered the phasing out of the local currency, the Calderan Piece, and its replacement with the New Calderan Peso issued by the Daxian military itself; the new currency can be understood as very similar in purpose to scrip or IOU credit notes. | The aftermath of the surrender of Calderan forces gave way to a two year period of direct military rule during which the occupation forces extended their writ to most of the island though holdouts remained in parts of [[Bavogia]] province in the north. General [[Xiu Guangho]] served as the island's governor for a period of two years before parlaying his military achievements into a more prestigious command in mainland [[Audonia]]. During his tenure Guangho instituted an iron fisted regime, one of his first actions was the issuing of an order to deport the families of all captive Calderan soldiers to prison camps in [[Xisheng]] where they were held as hostages to ensure the good behavior of the prisoners; the fact that the Daxian navy did not have complete control of the sea lanes in the [[Nysdra Sea]] meant many of the unarmed transports carrying the families were targeted and sunk by [[Urcea]]n forces unaware of what the vessels carried. Guangho resisted attempts by civilian ministries to restart the Calderan economy beyong the barest of subsistence levels, arguing that native Calderans should be transformed into a mass of subsistence farmers and unskilled labor. To this end Guangho closed all newspapers, research centers, schools and other institutions of higher learning. In 1937 he ordered the phasing out of the local currency, the Calderan Piece, and its replacement with the New Calderan Peso issued by the Daxian military itself; the new currency can be understood as very similar in purpose to scrip or IOU credit notes. | ||
The governor's continued tinkering with the island's economy and his recalcitrance to carry out needed reforms led to his 'honorable transfer' to the [[Tapakdore]] front, a hot sector at the time. | The governor's continued tinkering with the island's economy and his recalcitrance to carry out needed reforms led to his 'honorable transfer' to the [[Tapakdore]] front, a hot sector at the time. Despite not being at the helm of the [[Caldera]]n ocuppation by the time of the withdrawal in 1943, Guangho was heavily blamed for the failures by both the public and his military colleagues at the Imperial Headquarters. Rightly or wrongly he was seen by [[Hongli|the Emperor]] as responsible for the hardening of attitudes against [[Daxia]]n rule through his economic mismanagement and draconian behavior. Guangho's governorship was followed by the appointment of a civilian administrator with oversight of all occupation forces. | ||
====Formation of the Calderan Friendship government==== | ====Formation of the Calderan Friendship government==== | ||
1938-1943 | 1938-1943 | ||