The State Department has solved one problem, and the next thing is to solve another. The matter of considering whether Beijing is suitable for moving the capital has been left to the State Council.

The news that the governor wanted to move the capital was a few years ago. The governor is in Guangzhou, and the whole of Guangdong and even Lingnan are developing very well. After moving the capital from Guangzhou to Nanjing, the Yangtze River basin developed rapidly. Compared with these two regions, the economic development rate north of the Huai River is very average. Judging from the past experience that wherever the governor goes, he can develop rapidly, and moving the capital to Beijing is undoubtedly a wonderful way to promote economic development. What is good for the country can easily be spread, the only problem is that "no one wants to go".

As the capital of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Beijing resembled a lair of demons and monsters in the minds of officials. Some people in the State Council have also been to Beijing, and comrades who have been to that city have compared Beijing with Nanjing, and then come up with the comment that "it is a big county." Well, the people of Nanjing do think that Beijing is too shabby, and more realistically, they feel that apart from a few cities, there is not much difference between the places outside Nanjing and the countryside. Some comrades simply made the following suggestion: "The governor has the world in mind and the four seas as his home." It's a big hero, a big hero. We feel that the relocation is a big deal and needs to be considered in the long run. ”

Wang Haiyang also didn't want to go to Beijing, as a southerner, he naturally had a fear of the cold north. The snow is falling, dripping into ice, and the snow on the road can bury the surface of the feet, such a place is afraid that it is too bitter cold. But as the prime minister, he must carry out the orders of the governor. Ignoring his own thoughts and attitudes with others, Wang Haiyang began to promote this work.

If this news can reach the State Department, there will be no talk of confidentiality, and Wei Ze soon received questions from a group of old brothers.

"Governor, are you going to leave us behind?" The first to come was the retired Hu Chenghe.

"How do you say I threw you away?" Weser asked rhetorically in surprise. Regarding the reaction of the old brothers, Wei Ze felt that it was really to the point.

The struggle between the local and central ministries became clear in the second half of the previous year. At that time, the economy of a group of provinces was unstable, and in order to maintain stability on their "own turf", the old brothers fought against the central ministries and commissions. Finally calmed down for the time being. After more than a year of development, the economy in some places has become even worse. Wei Ze saw clearly that there was probably no way to solve this deep-seated problem by relying on the current local methods. As soon as the old brothers retired, Wei Ze could start to implement his ideas in a big way, and be polite to the old brothers, but for the new wave of little brothers, there was no worry about this kind of rat thrower.

In Wei Ze's view, the purpose of moving the capital is to make the central government and these old brothers more distant. Nanjing is so prosperous, and it is the representative of the gentle township in the south of the Yangtze River. Wei Ze didn't believe that the old brothers were really willing to leave Nanjing and live in the lair of the demons and monsters in the past. In a brand-new capital, a new group of personnel can naturally establish a new organizational model.

What you think in your heart is one thing, what Wei Ze said is a high-sounding reason, "Now the development of the north is not very fast, and moving the capital can make the north develop faster and better." Cheng He, do you think I will do it without hesitation? ”

If others say this, it is undoubtedly a model of self-boasting. But when Wei Ze said it, Hu Chenghe really didn't mean to object. Since it is recognized that the productive forces are the fundamental driving force for promoting social development, the basis for promoting the development of the productive forces of the Republic of China is undoubtedly Wei Ze. So many earth-shattering things have come out one after another, making China a powerful country now. Weeser's attitude of promoting the country's development is consistent in everyone's opinion.

"Dudu, you went, what is it to throw us in Nanjing? We're going to go with you, too. Hu Chenghe hurriedly said.

"It's not like I went and didn't come back. I remember that you were in favor of making Guangzhou the capital before. Weser laughed.

"Looking at Guangzhou now, it can't compare to Nanjing." Hu Chenghe said categorically.

Wei Ze nodded greatly, "Not only Guangzhou can't compare to Nanjing, but Beijing can't compare to Nanjing." I'm going there to work, and I'll be back when I stabilize the situation. The economic development of those provinces in the north is not good, can it not be supervised? The last time I went to inspect, I was called back not long after I went because of something. After that time, I thought, I can't do that again. The purpose of this capital move is to do a good job in the work in the north. Now that transportation is so developed, communication is not difficult. Don't worry, I'll be back often to catch up with our old brothers. The old brothers miss me, go to Beijing for a walk, and see what Beijing looks like. I'll also invite everyone to drink in Beijing. ”

Listening to Wei Ze's words be the same as visiting the door, Hu Chenghe really feels that it is not a big deal to go to Beijing. But this feeling didn't last long, and Hu Chenghe remembered that something was wrong. Nanjing is indeed too good, but the best thing is that Nanjing is the capital and the core of power. If Wei Ze moved the capital to Beijing, Nanjing would be reduced to an ordinary bustling city in a blink of an eye. It's not a question of prosperity, it's a question of status.

So Hu Chenghe continued to persuade: "Governor, if you think that the comrades in the north are doing a bad job, call them back for training." Let them report more about the situation, why bother to move to Beijing entirely? ”

Wei Ze waved his hand again and again, "What do you mean by moving the whole house to Beijing?" It's just that the office moves to Beijing, and too many places won't move at all. Cheng He, what you think is too strange. How could I move away from the National Library with so many millions of books? How could I possibly move the National Archives? Moving away can be troublesome to death. Too many ministries are impossible to move away. But you don't know the situation in the north, and if you don't go over there and watch it for yourself, I'm anxious. ”

"If the governor goes, I will go too." Hu Chenghe knew that there was no way to convince Wei Ze in terms of reason, so he insisted on his opinion.

"Then let me go to the front first, so many people live, and the local adjustment is a problem. When that's done, you'll come. Weser said in a serious manner that it was impossible to achieve. But these are not Wei Ze's nonsense, nearly 100,000 personnel from state organs and the State Council have moved to Beijing, and Beijing has to build a large number of buildings. Naturally, it is impossible to pick up the housing construction of those retired veteran comrades first, and it is impossible to make the old brothers live comfortably in the short term.

finally persuaded Hu Chenghe to leave, and Wei Ze also patiently persuaded the next visit of the old brothers. The incident began in March, and the uproar finally subsided temporarily in April. The old brothers knew that the capital would not be moved immediately, and that it would not be "permanently moved", and that Beijing was nothing more than a temporary capital. This mood is finally a lot more stable.

The capital is in such a trouble, and the news spreads faster. The old brothers north of the Huai River also received the news, and the mood of the old brothers was very different for such a major event. Since the governor has made it clear that he thinks that the economic development of the north is not fast enough. Even if he is not named, this means that the governor is not very satisfied with the north, or even very dissatisfied.

Although Wei Ze did not act brutally, he issued the "Outline for Promoting the Development of the North" to all provinces, and the outline did not criticize or name names. Just analyze the whole situation why the economic development of the north has not been so fast. There is Guangzhou in the south and many cities in the Yangtze River basin, while there is no core city in the north to drive the economy. Governor Wei Zedu has the confidence to guide Fang Xuan, believing that after moving the capital to Beijing, he can carry out industrial layout nearby. This finally reassures everyone. But there is also an attitude in this statement, that is, Governor Wei Zedu does not believe that other provinces have the ability to develop core cities that lead economic development. The old brothers still have a not-so-strong frustration about this.

The impact of this incident in China is not small, but it is far from shaking the country. With the current level of railway network construction, the distance between Beijing and Nanjing is not beyond most people's imagination. It can be reached in a few days by train and boat, the telegraph can only be reached in a day, and the radio can complete a message in a few minutes. The revolution in communication and transportation has made the perception of distance very different in the upper echelons of China.

The British newspaper The Times has full-time reporters in Beijing, and these reporters have almost the same status in other countries as the British Second Embassy, but in China they are only reporters for a foreign newspaper. The Times reporters did not complain in particular about their status, and in a sense, they also thanked the Times by introducing to European readers China, with a population of more than 700 million and far more prosperous than Europe, and now those who can read the newspaper in Europe generally believe that China is a big country with a greater power than Britain. It is normal for Europeans that such a large power, which dominates the western Pacific, not to be a reporter at the Times on its own soil. Not to mention the Times reporters, China will not also say that it will fight Britain, and if it hits, it will fight.

So after the Times brought the news of China's capital move to Europe, everyone focused on the news, not the status of the Times reporters in China.

A single capital move has to cross a distance of thousands of kilometers, and the farthest distance of most European countries has not reached such a level. And this move of the capital is only an internal move of China's capital from the Yangtze River basin to the north. Beijing is still thousands of miles away from the nearest European country. The sheer size of China has given European readers a deep sense of the Times's rather professional presentation.

What makes Europe care more is not just such a thousand-kilometer relocation of the capital, but the firm will of China's rulers. In order to develop the economy of northern China, His Majesty the Great Emperor of China personally led a team to move the capital. The Times introduced several of China's most important economic regions, the Lingnan Economic Zone is already very active, and the Yangtze River basin is in full bloom, and when northern China can also develop as a result of this capital move, China's power will only become stronger.

The Chinese emperor, who worked tirelessly to develop the economy, brought the Chinese fever that has not cooled down in Europe to a higher level. Many readers in Europe who can read newspapers openly or slandered, "What are the emperors (kings) (presidents) of our countries doing for the country?" ”

Borrowing the gimmick of this incident, Cecil 61 Rhodes began to preach his set of things again, "In order to save the 40 million inhabitants of the United Kingdom from civil war, we colonialist politicians should occupy new territories to house the surplus population and find new areas of sale for the goods produced in the factories and mines." I often say,...... If you don't want a civil war, you should be an imperialist. ”