Chapter 161: Prelude to the Northern Expedition (2)
"ιxiΓ ! You're here! Wang Mingshan led a group of provincial party committee cadres to line up in the provincial party committee compound, and when he saw Wei Ze's convoy coming in, he stepped forward to greet him.
Zuo Zongtang looked at these cadres standing in a neat line according to their height, and admired it very much in his heart. These cadres all have military experience, and just looking at this queue is much neater than the troops under Zuo Zongtang.
Without complicated kneeling, Wei Ze stepped forward to shake hands with the comrades of the provincial party committee one by one. Then he said loudly, "Let's go, let's go to the meeting and work." β
Zuo Zongtang thought that everyone was going to brag about his work achievements, but he didn't expect that as soon as he sat down in the conference room, Wang Mingshan, secretary of the provincial party committee, talked about the impact of the rise of Shanghai on Guangdong. "Your Majesty xiΓ ......, Governor! Shanghai has risen in the past two years, shipyards and handicraft enterprises are competing with us, in recent years, Guangdong, that is, heavy industry can still hold on, but light industry is not good. Governor, you can't be partial! β
These Wei Ze's subordinates actually knew that they should call Wei Ze His Majesty, but Zuo Zongtang found that everyone preferred to be called Wei Zedu. Compared with the title of Majesty, the governor is obviously much closer. And Wei Ze never cared what others called him, and he didn't know whether to say that he was tolerant or didn't care.
After Wang Mingshan finished speaking, a group of cadres of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee expressed their approval. Leaders in various industries are asking similar questions, from textiles to tea, from steel processing to glass production. After the rise of the Jiangnan region, centered on Shanghai, these areas are not having a good time.
"Haven't the migration to the South China Sea already begun, and you Guangdong, as the closest industrial center to the South China Sea, have you anything to worry about?" Weeser asked.
"Governor, millions of immigrants from Guangdong and Fujian have gone out, and they are all young people. We can't resist such an immigration method. Governor Pang Congcong began to complain.
Wang Mingshan continued: "Originally, we thought that immigration could indeed relieve the population pressure in Guangdong, but now we know that too many immigrants are also a big problem! We have already contacted the Guangxi side to get them to immigrate more. β
Zuo Zongtang was dumbfounded when he heard it, more people and less land is a huge social problem. But the Liberation Party opened up territory in the South China Sea, and the problem of immigration guidance actually appeared. If he hadn't heard it with his own ears, Zuo Zongtang would have felt that this was simply unreasonable.
"How's the food problem?" Wei Ze didn't take this stubble directly, but asked him about the things he was more concerned about.
Pang Congcong replied: "The food is okay, but if there are fewer people, the food will naturally be less." Most of the grain now shipped from Vietnam and Siam is destined for Luzon and Lan Fong. Luzon began to go to Guangdong to get coconuts, but the supply of palm seeds in Lanfang is still insufficient, and it takes time to develop these things after all, so we will admit it. β
Speaking of this, Pang Congcong bit her lip slightly, she thought for a while, and plucked up the courage to say: "Du Du, recently the immigrants over there proposed a proposal, I want to tell Du Du to hear about it." β
"Well, let's hear about it." Weeser said.
"People want to rent land in the South China Sea. The land is still used to develop rubber plantations and palm plantations, but people don't want to work for state-run rubber plantations and palm plantations, they want to rent a part, and every year we buy rubber and palm seeds, and they pay taxes. The rest of the proceeds go to themselves. Pang Congcong didn't speak loudly, and it seemed that she also knew about the problem of state ownership of land.
Wei Ze knew that such a mention would appear sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to appear so early. So Wei Ze couldn't help but sigh and said: "I can understand what you said, and I can even tell comrades now that there are pros and cons of these things, as well as various possible developments." β
"Why can't we accept the way of renting land now, first of all, this land was arrived by our government with immigrants. In order to maximize their own interests, each force will make its own attempts. As a government, what we have to do is very simple, every qiΔ on this land must be under the control of the government, this is the government's choice. As private capital, their attitude is different from ours. As soon as there is a proper profit, capital is emboldened. If there is a 10% profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere; With a 20% profit, it becomes active; With a 50% profit, it takes risks; For the sake of 100% profit, it dares to trample on the laws of the world; With a 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime, even risking beheading. β
Wei Ze's voice was clear and his attitude was calm. The surrounding provincial party committee cadres were attracted by this confident and calm attitude and listened to it. Except for the sound of the recorder's pen scratching across the paper, there was silence in the room.
"I will not agree to the land lease until the government's functions are strengthened to a certain extent. Of course, this does not mean that I will always agree with state control, because state-owned enterprises also have the problems of state-owned enterprises, and people are superfluous, and the distribution system may not be so reasonable because of policy problems. However, the government's monitoring cannot be weakened, and once the government's monitoring is weakened, there will be a rat group within the state-owned enterprises, and they will frantically turn the state-owned enterprises into their own money-making machines, eating the country's food, defeating the country's industry, and trying to get these things into their pockets. This kind of person will definitely appear, and I will never let it go! Weser described what he knew well, and although his tone was full of sarcasm, it was far from terrifying.
It's just that this kind of description is in the ears of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, and everyone's faces are changing subtly.
"Since the governor doesn't agree, then this matter can be postponed." Pang Congcong replied, saying it refreshed, but Pang Congcong's face was not very good-looking.
Wei Ze does not want to say so much now, history has long proved that these management problems will definitely appear, as long as it is a social system of capital operation, at the same time as the emergence of industrial enterprises, these problems will begin to be born and developed. He smiled: "I came here this time mainly to see how the urban construction of Guangzhou is doing." There are so many cities to be built now, and Guangzhou is the most experienced, and these teams have to show their experience and lessons, and even more so, they have to support other cities in terms of personnel. We have a lot of confidence in you. β
When it comes to the urban construction of Guangzhou, Pang Congcong's face looks a lot better, and building such a new city is really a great sense of accomplishment for everyone.
The day passed quickly, and after everyone finished eating in the evening, Pang Congcong said proudly: "Your Majesty, it's better to see the scenery at the tower at night." β
"Then please ask Governor Pang to lead the way!" Wei Ze generously accepted Pang Congcong's invitation.
As soon as he arrived in the courtyard of the provincial party committee, Zuo Zongtang was dumbfounded. He had seen electric lights, but he didn't expect the tower to be so magnificent and brilliant when it was covered with electric lights. The entire tower sparkles, and the stars in the night sky pale in comparison. When your eyes fall on that tower, you can't leave, it's so dreamy, it's so real.
When he climbed in person, Zuo Zongtang found that these lights are not many, there is only one lamp every four or five meters in the longitudinal direction, and although it is closer in the horizontal, it must be more than a meter away. But in the night, you can see from a distance that the whole body of this iron tower is shining beautifully.
"If you want to be poor, go to the next level." Weser laughed.
Although these words are based on ancient poems, they are very appropriate to the current situation, and everyone nodded in appreciation. Indeed, as you climb higher and higher, the night view of the entire city of Guangzhou gradually appears in front of everyone's eyes. There are street lights on every street, and there are lights in every neighborhood. It may not be so eye-catching during the day, but at night it hides the ordinary appearance of the house, and when you can only see the bright lights, everyone really feels some of the thrilling beauty in it. Even if Tianhe was moved to the ground, he didn't feel like this.
Zuo Zongtang watched with bated breath, he never knew that a city in the night could have such charm. Every light means a family, and there are hundreds of thousands of families in this city, with millions of people. Condescending at a height of dozens of meters, Zuo Zongtang was speechless.
And Wei Ze, who had already reached the top of the tower, laughed, and he read with his hands behind his back: "Thousands of trees bloom at night in the east wind." More blows down, stars like rain. BMW carved cars are full of fragrance. The sound of the phoenix flute moves, the light of the jade pot turns, and the fish and dragon dance all night. β
Zuo Zongtang had read Xin Qiji's words, and he also knew that they were poems describing the prosperity of Lin'an during the Southern Song Dynasty. After listening to Wei Ze read it, Zuo Zongtang found that he couldn't find a more suitable poem to describe the current beauty.
"What a poem the Governor has made! Write it down, write it down! Pang Congcong quipped.
Wei Ze shook his hand, "This is the Qingyu case of Xin Qiji's in the Southern Song Dynasty, but I didn't do it." β
Zuo Zongtang has long suspected Wei Ze's origin, and in terms of intelligence, this man who came out of Baise has no fame, let alone a record of studying. Wei Ze may be literate, but the Cheng dΓΉ he shows about poetry and history can only be that he has read poetry and books since he was a child. Without a good education, without the experience of reciting and tasting poems, it is impossible to recite the most suitable passage for the situation when you see the scenery.
The second half of the Qingyu case is, "The moth snow willow is golden, and the laughter is full of dark fragrance." The crowd looked for him thousands of times, and suddenly looked back,
But the man was there, and the lamp was dim. β
Compared with the radical and luxurious scenery of the previous section, the second half of the landscape is particularly lonely. If you can simply memorize this poem, you will definitely be tempted to recite it all. But Wei Ze didn't mention the paragraph that had nothing to do with the scenery in front of him, so it can be seen that he didn't know, but he knew very well that saying this paragraph would only spoil the scenery. There is only one woman in this group of high-ranking officials, Pang Congcong!
The more Wei Ze is a real cultural person, the happier Zuo Zongtang becomes, and his willingness to serve a clay leg is indeed beyond Zuo Zongtang's bearing. But where did Wei Ze's knowledge come from, Zuo Zongtang became more and more interested in it. R1058