Even if Jiangbei Province has difficulties in economic development, it is only relatively speaking. The object of comparison is Jiangnan Province. If Jiangbei Province is compared with other provinces, then the advantages will be much greater. For example, in neighboring Shandong and Henan, the economic development
More difficult than Jiangbei Road.
Jiangbei Province still has a canal and can develop industry and commerce, but it is too difficult for other provinces to develop industry.
Currently, there are only two of the sixteen provinces and four roads in the entire empire that rely on industry and commerce as their economic pillars. Jiangnan Road counts as one, Guangdong barely counts as half, and Wannan Road with Dangtu Industrial Zone also counts
Counting half of them, other provincial roads still rely on the traditional agricultural economy as their economic pillar.
Those agricultural provinces need financial support from the central government. Otherwise, it would be too difficult for them to develop on their own.
Under this general environment, the thinking of the cabinet and even the Holy Emperor Li Xuan was that while Jiangnan Road should be self-reliant, it also needed to support the development of brother provincial roads, especially Songjiang Prefecture.
If you don't support your own efforts and don't support provincial roads, but you still want the central government to support you, get away as far as you can!
Therefore, those candidates who proposed various radical reforms and development policies were personally rejected by Li Xuan, and Xiang Hanyi, who advocated stable and gradual development, became the new magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture.
He couldn't hold back his excitement as he became the new prefect of Songjiang Prefecture. The political significance of this prefect of Songjiang Prefecture was greater than that of the prefect of Zhaoqing, which he had served before, and even Jiangxi's Inspector General and Director of the Enterprise Department of the Ministry of Commerce.
Otherwise, he would not have been transferred to Songjiang Prefecture Magistrate based on his resume as Director of the Enterprise Department of the Ministry of Commerce.
The two levels are equivalent, but traditionally speaking, transfers from Gyeonggi Province to other places are devalued. However, it is different in places like Gangnam Province and Songjiang Prefecture.
This situation is similar to Chen Lifu's transfer. He was also the deputy director of the fourth rank before and was transferred to Songjiang Prefecture to serve as the deputy director of the fourth rank.
The magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture is a position that everyone in the world is paying attention to, including cabinet ministers and even the Emperor Sheng. If you do well, you will be promoted and make a fortune. If you do badly, the outcome will probably not be that good.
Now, he can't wait to go to Songjiang Prefecture to take up his post. The ship has been booked and he will take the postal service's transportation ship east early tomorrow morning and arrive in Shanghai in a short time.
Also setting off with him was Jia Wenbo, the new magistrate of Shanghai's ad hoc county. This man was also not simple. He was able to pass through many obstacles to become the magistrate of Shanghai's ad hoc county. Naturally, he also had his own merits.
, Don’t say anything else, just one point is enough. This person was the deputy section chief of the Business Department of Hanlin Academy last year!
These days, officials from the Hanlin Academy basically represent people with background connections, abilities and talents, otherwise they would not be able to enter the Hanlin Academy at all.
After Xiang Hanyi arrived in Shanghai, the main subordinates he had to face were actually Jia Wenbo and Chen Lifu, and each of these two people was not a fuel-efficient lamp!
Thinking of handling the superior-subordinate relationship within Songjiang Mansion in this way in the future, Xiang Hanyi felt a little headache.
Jia Wenbo didn't say anything anymore. This person had a background, connections, and abilities, so it was difficult to deal with him. However, Xiang Hanyi felt that this person was still controllable.
But Chen Lifu is hard to say!
Chen Lifu's name, even for officials like Xiang Hanyi, who has been away from the capital for a long time and has nothing to do with the Ministry of Taxation and the Ministry of Finance, has heard a lot of inconveniences. There is no way, Chen Lifu is from the Tang Dynasty newspaper
Frequent visitors, most frequently, their names would appear continuously in the Tang Dynasty newspaper.
Especially when he was the director of the Inspection Division, he often made big cases.
Even His Majesty personally praised him, saying that he was a talented person and that he should be emboldened.
With the words of the Holy Emperor Li Xuan, even if Qian Zuili was disgusted by Chen Lifu in recent months, there was still nothing to stop Chen Lifu from getting promoted and making a fortune. If an ordinary official offended Qian Zuili, how could he be
When he was transferred to Songjiang Prefecture as a fellow magistrate, Qian Zuoli could stop him with just one sentence.
But he couldn't stop Chen Lifu's appointment!
Because this is an appointment appointed by His Majesty!
Qian Zuili was helpless about Chen Lifu. Although he, Xiang Hanyi, would be Chen Lifu's immediate boss at that time, it would still be very difficult to completely control this person.
As for finding a reason to drive him away, that is even more impossible. Chen Lifu's position was appointed by the Holy Emperor. No one can move it without the Holy Emperor's approval.
"Are we going to cooperate with Xie Yiwei in the same way?" Thinking of this, Xiang Hanyi felt uncomfortable for a while. He was not like Xie Yiwei who only played political games. He only knew how to dig wells and go up dams to fight floods.
, but an official who doesn’t know how to do business at all.
He is a practical official, and developing people's livelihood economy is his specialty. He does not need to rely on Chen Lifu's half-hearted ability.
Cooperation is impossible, and exclusion is impossible, but it is even worse to let him do things. Songjiang Mansion is not a place, so how can things be done every day? How can we develop the people's livelihood economy with all this trouble?
Xiang Hanyi thought about it for a long time and felt that after arriving in Shanghai, he should have a good talk with Chen Lifu and observe carefully. If Chen Lifu knows how to advance and retreat, then he can be treated as an ordinary deputy.
If Chen Lifu doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and still wants to cause trouble based on his fame, then don't blame Xiang Hanyi for holding him down with one hand!
Although Xiang Hanyi said that he had no ability to drive Chen Lifu away directly, as long as he was still the magistrate of Songjiang Prefecture, he could at least ensure that he was suppressed and prevented from causing trouble, and that he would stay there for a year or two and then get out.
Leave!
At this time, Chen Lifu naturally did not know that Xiang Hanyi had become the new prefect of Songjiang Prefecture, nor did he know that his new immediate boss was thinking of controlling him in this way.
But it doesn’t matter if you don’t know. Chen Lifu is not a fool. He has been in the officialdom for so many years. Although he was very arrogant before, it does not mean that he does not know some unspoken rules of the officialdom.
No matter who the new prefect is, he plans to settle the affairs of the Shanghai Terminal Company before the arrival of the new prefect, and then keep a low profile as much as possible for a period of time to avoid being too ostentatious and attracting pressure.
A few days later, Chen Lifu finally received news that the imperial court had selected Xiang Hanyi, the former director of the Enterprise Department of the Ministry of Commerce, to serve as the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture after the reform.
Who is Xiang Hanyi? What is his resume? What is his political philosophy? Who are his enemies? What faction does he belong to?
These problems will fill the entire Songjiang Mansion in an instant. Not only people in the officialdom are paying attention, but even ordinary businessmen are paying attention.
Because the power of the prefect is too great, his governance philosophy will greatly affect the development of the entire Songjiang Prefecture.
Chen Lifu is also paying attention to Xiang Hanyi, but like many people, he is not very familiar with Xiang Hanyi.
Although he was an official in the same dynasty, he didn't actually have much contact with him without any direct interest relationship. However, he was certain of one thing. This man was currently in contact with Qian Zuili of the Ministry of Taxation and the Minister of Finance.
It doesn't matter if he has some opinions about the boss, because it is said that this person was able to enter the list of candidates because of the recommendation of Liu Bagou, the minister on duty in the imperial study room.
Liu Bagou has always had a detached status among the senior officials of the imperial court. Although he does not have any name, he is the chief assistant to a certain extent.
Every time there is a meeting of ministers on duty in the Royal Study Room, they are always sitting in the main seat!
Because Liu Bagou has a transcendent status, he does not form cliques or engage in political battles every day like Qian Zuili and Song Ruangao. Most of the time, he is objective, neutral and loyal.
Maintain the imperial power.
Yes, Liu Bagou has actually only done one thing in the past three to five years: to safeguard the imperial power and the authority of the Holy Emperor!
He has never done other things, and he doesn't know how to do them. You can't expect a Taoist priest to really deal with military and state affairs. To be honest, he doesn't have that ability.
Strictly speaking, this situation was already like this in the Huang Zhushan era. At that time, everyone else regarded the emperor Li Xuan as a joke, even Li Xuan himself thought so.
But Liu Bagou is always protecting Li Xuan's emperor's majesty!
He single-handedly helped the Holy Emperor Li Xuan ascend to the throne of emperor, and he has been safeguarding the imperial power for many years!
To be honest, no one knows what Liu Bagou was thinking then and now. Why did he support the late emperor in his early years and the current emperor who ascended the throne successively?
In the mid-term, based on the situation of the Tang Empire at that time, Liu Bagou could actually directly sideline Li Xuan and control the entire empire. However, Liu Bagou did not do this and did not allow others to do so.
Later, when the Tang Dynasty became a real empire, Liu Bagou became de facto one person inferior to ten thousand people, but he did not have the slightest hint of a powerful minister.
Before Conglong in the early years, and now after their rapid rise to prominence, many people have begun to drift, enjoying life more and fighting for power and profit more.
But Liu Bagou still lives a simple life. He lives in a mansion given by Li Xuan. He uses his own salary to eat and drink everything for the whole family, and there is still more to spend. This information has been investigated by Hantong, and its credibility is unknown.
very high.
As the de facto chief minister of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Bagou would never disobey orders from the Holy Emperor. He would do whatever the Holy Emperor said.
And that’s not all!
While doing this myself, I also force others to do the same.
Such a person, if evaluated objectively, has really worked hard for the Li family dynasty and devoted his whole life to loyalty.
This is also the reason why Li Xuan has always let Liu Bagou sit firmly in the imperial study room!
Although his ability cannot keep up with the times, Liu Bagou's value is not reflected in his ability, his value is reflected in maintaining the imperial power!