After Tong Shangchao got off the ship, he immediately stepped forward in small steps, at this time he would not put any fleet commander's score, but respectfully stepped forward and said: "I have seen all the lords!" ”

At this time, these people standing in front of Tong Shangchao naturally also have the capital to make Tong Shangchao respectful.

The first person is Qian Jiyun, the governor of Gehe Prefecture, but the focus is not on him, because this place is the territory of the Tang Western Company, and the official dispatch of Zhizhou is just a symbol, and the people with real power are several other people.

Among them, Huo Chongshan, deputy director of the strategy department and general manager of the Indian affairs department of Datang Western Company, is the top person in charge of Datang in Gehe Prefecture and even the entire Indian region, and actually has various rights against the Indian region, including the right to administrative rule, declare war, and conclude treaties.

Because in addition to the company position, he also has a very special assignment, that is, Li Xuan's special title of 'Viceroy of Indian Military and Political Affairs', in layman's terms, he is the Viceroy of India officially recognized by the empire.

It's just that this is just a dispatch, not an official position, because strictly speaking, he is not a part of the imperial officials, but only an agent of the royal family, which is just to ensure the empire, the royal family's right to rule the Indian territory, and the Tang Western Company is also a more legitimate management of Indian territory.

The organizational structure of Datang Western Company is different from that of ordinary companies, with a board of directors and several subordinate institutions under the board of directors, including the company's fleet headquarters, strategy department, trade department, shipping department, personnel department and other departments.

The Board of Directors is usually composed of the leaders of the above-mentioned departments.

Among the many departments, the Strategy Department has the most power, because it also has several departments, such as the European Affairs Department, the African Affairs Department, the India Affairs Department, and the West Asia Affairs Department.

Of course, among the above-mentioned departments, only the Indian Affairs Department has an actual scale, and the others have empty shelves and have not yet been developed.

In addition to Huo Chongshan, the big man, there is also the commander of the Indian detachment of the fleet of the Datang Western Company, although he is the commander of the fleet, but in fact, all the armed forces of the Datang Western Company belong to the company's fleet, which bears the name of the commander of the detachment, but in fact he is the company's highest military leader in India, this person is also from the navy, but the military rank before retirement is much higher than Tong Shangchao, and he is a retired colonel.

Compared with these people, the governor of Gehe Prefecture is not so conspicuous, and it can even be said that it is not very important.

As the farthest overseas territory from the Tang Dynasty, Gehe Prefecture naturally has various particularities, first of all, due to the existence of trade licenses, this place is the territory of the Tang Empire, but it is also the territory of the Tang Western Company.

Officials are sent to the area, but only officials from the Ministry of Taxation are actually dispatched.

There were more than 20 officials who arrived for the first time at the beginning of the year, but more than a dozen of them were all officials of the Ministry of Taxation, and only five were real administrative officials.

Among these five people, there is a Zhizhou, a Tongzhizhou, a president of a state court, a president of the state inspectorate, and a director of the state patrol police, all of whom are high-ranking officials of the state-level yamen, and none of the others.

And more importantly, except for Zhizhou, who was decided and selected by the Ministry of Officials, in fact, the other four people were jointly selected by the Ministry of Officials and Datang Western Company after consultation.

From this, you can see how special this place is!

This place is actually the private territory of Datang Western Company, except for the right to collect taxes, which is still controlled by the Ministry of Taxation, and officially still belongs to Datang Overseas Territory, but most of the administrative power is owned by Datang Western Company.

This place is currently the most valuable property of the Tang Western Company, through this port city, the Tang Western Company can trade with the natives of central and southern India, so as to earn a lot of wealth.

However, this has also led to a problem, that is, Qian Jiyun, the governor of Gehe Prefecture, has become a rubber stamp with no name and power.

And Qian Jiyun, the governor of Gehe Prefecture, is also very aware of this, but even the nominal Zhizhou Qian Jiyun is not willing to be mediocre, and he is still counting on staying up for a few years to return to the domestic political arena.

Speaking of which, Qian Jiyun is also an unlucky baby, and being able to become the governor of the farthest overseas territory from Datang is definitely not because of how awesome his ability is and how awesome his background is.

It's because he failed to compete for the top position last year, and as a loser in the political struggle, the end will naturally not be too good, and those competitors can't wait to take off his official hat directly.

This can still keep the grade, but it is just that it is sent to Gehe Prefecture, which can be regarded as luck.

In the political arena, if you have no ambition and are determined to be an official and make money, then there is naturally nothing, but if you want to get to the top, you will naturally have to step on the corpses of countless people and climb up.

The previous times, he was lucky to step on someone else's corpse and climb up, but this time, he became the corpse at someone else's feet!

When he was forced to leave Jingshi last year, looking at the prosperous Jingshi on the boat, he Qian Jiyun secretly swore that he Qian Jiyun would definitely come back!

After coming to this Gehe Prefecture, he also knew that there were many things that he could not do, because this place was different from other state capitals of the empire, even Luzon and Ryukyu, which were both overseas territories.

This place is the territory of Datang Western Company!

Datang Western Company has the ownership of this place and part of the administrative rights, so some practical affairs, especially when it comes to agricultural and industrial affairs, Datang Western Company's attitude is very tough, they will make their own decisions, but Qian Jiyun is not allowed to interfere.

This is the property of Datang Western Company, and the company's top management still wants to build this place into the source of the company's wealth, and there can be willing to let politicians like Qian Jiyun from China interfere indiscriminately.

You know, if this place is not done well, it will lose the money of Datang Western Company!

If you can't get along with anyone, don't get along with money.

Therefore, Datang Western Company treats Qian Jiyun very politely, and the food and drink are provided according to the highest standards, but it is also clearly stated that during your tenure in Gehe Prefecture, Mr. Qian, eat and drink well, and don't mess with other things.

If it were other ordinary officials, seeing this scene, I am afraid that they would be furious on the spot and put on some official position to oppress people, but Qian Jiyun knew that his rank really couldn't suppress people.

You must know that Datang Western Company has never been a purely commercial company, but the Imperial Assets Division firmly controls the controlling stake of this company, and according to the relevant articles of association, the appointment of high-level positions in this company also requires the approval of the empire.

In other words, even if you have 60 million taels of silver and buy all the shares of this company, in fact, the appointment of the company's top positions is also decided.

What's more, if you really do this, the other empire will directly withdraw the trade license, and the 60 million taels of silver will be able to be lost in an instant!

In such a big background, in fact, many of the senior leaders of Datang Western Company are also professional military and political officials, such as Ying Zihua, who first served as the trade manager of Datang Western Company and also served as the commander of the expedition fleet, and after returning from Europe, this person was promoted to the head of the strategy department of Datang Western Company, and is also one of the important members of the company's board of directors.

And what did this man do before?

In the past, he was a fourth-grade official of the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if he had not entered the Datang Western Company and had been serving in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he would have served step by step, and now his grade would at least start from the third-grade.

In addition to him, in fact, most of the other senior executives of the company are also high-ranking military and political dignitaries, the chief chairman of the board of directors of Datang Western Company, and the commander of the fleet of Datang Western Company, who is also the commander of the fleet of Datang Western Company, is not an ordinary person, but Earl Baiyunqi, the uncle of the country.

Bai Yunqi served in the military in his early years, and was later arranged by Li Xuan to retire from the army to serve as a scholar in the Ministry of War, but he also did not work for a few years, and when Xuanping was seven years old, he was officially Zhishi, and then was sent by Li Xuan to the Tang Western Company, which was not listed at that time, as the general manager.

Before Bai Yunqi retired, his military rank was Major General of the Guards, and he was transferred to the cabinet and then to Zhishi, and his grade was the second grade!

This is a proper boss!

Huo Chongshan, the governor of India, was still a major general when he was in China before, but it is a pity that this unlucky baby, like Qian Jiyun, failed in the domestic competition for the commander of the main infantry division, and he was unwilling to be assigned to the provincial garrison headquarters for retirement.

Most of the other people are not bad, and they are basically senior military and political dignitaries of the empire who retired or served after becoming officials.

Therefore, if Qian Jiyun wants to rely on his official position to suppress people, he can't hold it down.

What's more, the Datang Western Company originally had the power to manage the colony, and even if he Qian Jiyun was unwilling, he couldn't change anything.

If an ordinary official came over and saw that he was completely set aside, he would either be indignant or disheartened, but Qian Jiyun was also not an ordinary person.

He has been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, whether he was mixed in the former Ming officialdom in the early years, or in the current Tang Dynasty officialdom, not to mention whether he has the ability to do practical things, but this political fighting skill is absolutely full.

He can't interfere in agriculture, industry and commerce and other affairs, it doesn't mean that Qian Jiyun has no choice!

So he found another way and aimed the spearhead at cultural propaganda!

There are several main criteria for evaluating the performance of local officials in the empire, one is stability, the second is people's livelihood, and the third is education.

When Qian Jiyun served in the empire itself, he also served as a county magistrate, and at that time, he did not rely on the development of agriculture, industry and commerce and other livelihoods, which was a bit difficult for him, a traditional official.

However, he relied on vigorously and resolutely cracking down on the local gentry and bandits, improving law and order, and then supplemented by educational merits, which was the value of his superiors and climbed up.

Now in this Gehe Prefecture, there is no need to count on stability and people's livelihood, that is the business of Datang Western Company, but in this matter of education, Datang Western Company does not have much heart to intervene, and Qian Jiyun is taking advantage of this, starting from education, ready to make achievements in this aspect, and strive to be transferred back to China as soon as possible.

What is the so-called indoctrination?

In fact, it is Zhongjun education!