Chapter 33: Strength Rises from the Earth (3)
The enlarged meeting of the Consultative Bureau was close to the date of the Guangdong Congress of the Heaven and Earth Society, which was deliberately done by Chen Kai. As for the reason, it is only said that it involves the whole province, and it is necessary to take care of those councillors, alternate councillors and local deputies who are far away from the provincial capital, so as to reduce their excessive suffering from traveling back and forth. However, for this reason alone, it can be seen that the proportion of the members of the Heaven and Earth Society in the Council Council.
"Local observers do not have the right to vote, so only invited councillors, alternate members and local representatives are counted. At present, more than 70 percent of the members of the Advisory Council have joined our Heaven and Earth Association, and nearly two-thirds of the alternate members also account for nearly two-thirds. The local representatives, except for those who have been surrendered and have not been invited, are all local leaders in various prefectures and counties, and nearly half of them are our members and intern members. Counting the total, the number of people in our Heaven and Earth Association in this conference has accounted for nearly two-thirds, as long as the rest of the people are not all opposed, the bill can be passed steadily. ”
Kuang Lu reported on the affairs of the enlarged meeting, but Chen Kai did not pay much attention to this, and just ended the discussion on the possible passage of the agenda with the sentence "no more than one-tenth of the opponents". Even Kuang Lu was not surprised at the moment, because the members of the Guangdong branch and the members and alternate members of the Consultative Bureau were not idle this year.
"The agenda must be passed! Only when the agenda is passed, can a consultative bureau be set up at the prefectural level, and now not only our Guangdong, but also the gentry from other provinces are also watching, and we Cantonese people will definitely not be able to afford to lose this face. ”
"Don't worry, you will definitely be able to pass, this is the general trend. Besides, Chen Fujun is the best at manipulating the general trend, and there will be absolutely no mistakes. ”
Just like Hong Kong some time ago, the city of Guangzhou is now also densely covered with strings of silk threads, which, apart from a little messy, are not at all inferior to the silk of Shunde and the cotton cloth of Qiongzhou.
The Consultative Bureau is still just a vase-like ornament, but the people involved in it are full of enthusiasm. In the final analysis, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the possibilities for the future are limitless, and that investing in it can reap endless benefits. Even judging from the nature of its current vase, an institution that can have a dialogue with the government at the grassroots level, and even an influential organization, is enough to move them.
The date of the conference is fast approaching, especially with the arrival of the delegates from Hong Kong, and the excitement of Guangzhou has been further enhanced. What's even more interesting is that in addition to the series activities that were originally mostly divided by geography, there are also more activities linked by components. For example, the poetry meeting between the gentry, the wine banquet between the powerful and the powerful, and the visit to relatives and friends between the big clans further intensified the excitement in the city.
"If you have a few more meetings, the service industry in Guangzhou will be happy. Well, isn't it possible to consider giving them a few percentage points more tax......"
Cranky, followed by a smile. Chen Kai silently watched these activities, and the content and intention of them were constantly reaching his ears. Just like a spider entrenched in a spider's web, every tremor of the spider's silk feeds back information to the spider's tentacles.
Representatives of each region have the same or different demands, and so do the representatives of each component. Chen Kai watched and thought about these differences. It is undeniable that this is something he has not personally experienced in another world, and because he is not familiar enough, there will be a certain degree of anxiety and lack of confidence. However, as time went on, as the rules were perfected and the demands of the people he came into contact with, he became more and more confident.
The date of the meeting came quickly, and this time it was held in the conference hall of the Consultative Bureau. Chen Kai presided over the meeting as usual, but compared with the Guangdong Congress of the Heaven and Earth Association not long ago, the purpose of the enlarged meeting of the Guangdong Consultative Bureau this time had been announced as early as a year ago, and everyone, whether it was the people attending the meeting or those who had nothing to do with the meeting, in Guangdong, there was no suspense about the purpose and result of the meeting. Because, in Guangdong, it is still Chen Kai who has the final say!
After his speech at the meeting, Chen Kai mentioned the contribution made by the Advisory Bureau to the construction of people's livelihood in Guangdong Province since its establishment one year ago, as well as the benefits to the government administration. In this, the main talk is nothing more than the construction of local schools, cooperating with the government to coordinate conflicts at the grassroots level, and restoring welfare institutions in various prefectures and counties, such as Huimin Pharmacies.
"People eat whole grains, and getting sick is the most inevitable. However, medicinal materials are expensive, and many people can't afford them, even if Langzhong gives medicine to doctors, it is often difficult to last for a long time. Our Han dynasty has always experienced the sufferings of the people, and set up a Huimin pharmacy to relieve the suffering of the people's livelihood. However, in the past few decades, the world has become chaotic, the Tartars have entered the prison, and the financial strength of the imperial court has not been reached, so that the Huimin Pharmacy has gradually been abandoned in various prefectures and counties. The same is true for me in Guangdong. ”
"This official has been in power for many years, and he has also made every effort to allocate funds to restore the functions of Huimin Pharmacy. However, the Tartars have not been destroyed, and the king must make every effort to recover the lost territory, not to mention, even the captives are also the heart of the Han family, and the heart of the world is not dead, and the repeated attacks have made the finances stretched. For a long time, the official has tried his best, but he can only maintain the Huimin Pharmacy in the three prefecture cities of Chaozhou, Qiongzhou and Guangzhou, and other places are beyond the reach of the whip. ”
"In the past year, with the influence of the princes of the Consultative Bureau in the local area, the majority of gentry and merchants have done their best to support, not only the original three prefectures, but also the vast majority of the counties have restored the establishment of the Huimin Pharmacy, and in accordance with the system of Chengping time, they have donated medicine and medicine, and many people have benefited from this. As for the other prefectures that the Consultative Bureau can reach, all the prefectures and cities have also been restored, and even the counties are gradually recovering, and I believe that it will not be long before the Huimin Pharmacy in Guangdong Province can return to the level of peacetime. ”
"This, in today's chaos in the world, is really an unimaginable feat!"
Regarding Huimin Pharmacy, Chen Kai knows this very well. Speaking of which, although Guangdong's finances are improving day by day, there are many places to spend money, so he handed it over to the Advisory Bureau to solve the problem. On the one hand, it can alleviate financial pressure; On the other hand, the Consultative Bureau can also enhance its influence by virtue of the reconstruction of Huimin Pharmacy, which can be described as a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.
In fact, it is not only Huimin Pharmacy, but also such as the Nursing Home and Drain Garden, which are also resuming their establishment, but they are not as rapid as Huimin Pharmacy. In rebuilding these welfare institutions, Chen Kai also changed the original outright government-run institutions into quasi-government-run institutions, or in other words, they were still nominally government-run, and the gentry and businessmen funded and assisted in their operation.
"Therefore, in each rebuilt Huimin pharmacy, there is a tree tablet to record the list of people who participated in the reconstruction, and every new donation is publicized in the Guangdong Di newspaper."
Reconstruction and donations were a good name for the gentry and merchants, not only for the benefit of the Consultative Bureau, but also for them personally, hence the current climate. In this case, Chen Kai simply chose to push the boat down the river, publicize their good deeds, and arouse more good names, which is also very beneficial to ordinary people. Today, all this is once again used by him to talk about things, or to use it as a reason, which adds a bit of reason to the establishment of the Advisory Council.
The thunderous applause was resounded to Chen Kai, and also to the Advisory Bureau, as well as to the gentry, businessmen, and heroes themselves who worked hard for the Advisory Bureau. Just listening to Chen Kai's ears, he still couldn't help but smile bitterly, smiling bitterly at the fact that the activities of the Advisory Bureau are becoming more and more frequent, but they are still a cautious existence under his wings - they don't dare to challenge the authority of the government at all, but they just expand their sense of existence bit by bit and enhance the theoretical basis of their existence. And that's just the beginning.
The whip of the imperial court was beyond the reach of Zheng Chenggong, and at the venue, Chen Kai and the Guangdong Consultative Bureau almost talked to themselves and finalized the major matter of establishing a government-level advisory bureau. Even the vote, there was no problem, Chen Kai's earlier prediction that the opposition vote would not exceed one-tenth of the sentence - the final voting result, the opposition and abstention were counted together was not even one-twentieth, so that the representative of the parliamentarian who counted the vote almost closed his eyes and did something.
In the final analysis, the establishment of the Provincial Consultative Bureau is an extension of the rights of the Provincial Consultative Bureau. However, for those who have not yet established an advisory board, this is more than a simple matter. The impulse in his chest is no longer easy to stop, and he can't wait even more.
"The chief helmsman, the Guangdong Consultative Bureau has been established for many years, and the vast number of gentry and businessmen, including our members, are also looking forward to ......."
Among the scholars in Southern Jiangxi, Tao Qian was still young and did not have enough influence. However, with his excellent performance in the Ming army's battle to recover Southern Jiangxi, the organization of the local Heaven and Earth Society, and the praise he won for the military affairs of Huangshan, the commander of the Eastern Route Army, during the war, he is now the most famous figure among the local scholars.
He is the representative of the Nanjiang Tiandi Association, and he is also the representative elected by the powerful people in the Nanjiang region to observe the meeting. Here, the meeting ended successfully, and he rushed to visit him with the expectations of the Southern Jiangxi side.
"Don't worry, it won't take long for the Advisory Bureau over there in Nangan to be officially established. It's just the specific time, and it depends on the movement in Fujian.
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PS: I came back late two days ago, and if I didn't send it enough, I could only send it after I finished writing it today, forgive me.