Chapter 204: Appointment and Dismissal of Officials
Limited by the lack of officials in the empire and the rise of the Chinese army, there are currently two kinds of promotion and reuse in the empire, one is the former business district officials, Lin Zhe's staff, etc., most of these people have followed Lin Zhe for many years, and there is a characteristic that this group is generally not highly educated, and quite a lot of them are not even talented, and a large part of them are industrial and commercial industries, that is, compradors of foreign banks, and shopkeepers of commercial houses.
Another group is the former Qing surrender officials in the Su Songtai region and the northern Zhejiang region, these people have actually had a close relationship with Yu Shengjun in the past few years, especially the former Qing officials in the Huzhou Prefecture of Zhejiang Province and the Susong Taifu Prefecture and the Prefecture Most of the former Qing officials in the two prefectures and one state of the Susong Taifu are members of Lin Zhe's faction, such as Xue Huan of Su Song Taidao, who took refuge in him long before Lin Zhe rebelled.
With the formal establishment of the empire and the continuous expansion of the territory, most of them have been promoted, before only the prefect of the county was promoted to the prefect or prefect, the prefect was promoted to the Taoist, and with the continuous expansion of the territory of the Chinese Empire, sooner or later the provincial administrative institutions will be restored, after all, now the local is small and it is good to say, it can be directly governed by the central government, but when the control area is large, it will be difficult to directly govern the provinces, and the provincial administrative institutions will inevitably be restored. At that time, an old-qualified Taoist like Xue Huan will be a candidate for governors of various provinces.
However, there are not many people like Xue Huan, the largest number of people in the entire empire is the former Qing officials who surrendered one after another after Lin Zhe raised the flag, some of these surrendered officials took the initiative to surrender for the interests of the country or the nation, and some surrendered for their own interests, wanting to show what they had learned in the new dynasty and climb to a higher position. And some are simply persecuted.
Because the Chinese army is not a kind person, after capturing a place. Local officials in the Former Qing Dynasty or the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had only three choices: die or flee. Drop or drop!
So at the time of the breakdown, some of the officials fled, some committed suicide or were killed, and some surrendered.
At the beginning, in order to stabilize the place, but also to attract more hostile officials to surrender, they often kept their original positions, and even promoted them.
But after these places are stabilized, the tentacles of the organization department will go deeper. Then a large-scale official swap was carried out, and some unqualified officials were taken down and given to idle posts at will, while some talented officials were reused.
So at present, the most important job of the Organization Department is to distinguish the good and the bad from the many mixed officials in the empire.
This time, the appointment of Fujian provincial officials organized by Li Ganzhou temporarily included Fuzhou Mansion and Funing Mansion in Funing Road, Jianning Mansion and Yanping Mansion in Yanjian Shao Road, and Xinghua Mansion in Xingquan Coopers, a total of five prefectures. As for other prefectures and counties in Fujian Province. For example, Yongchun Prefecture and Quanzhou Mansion of Xingquan Coopers, Taiwan Prefecture of Taiwan Province, Zhangzhou Mansion of Tingzhang Longdao, Tingzhou Mansion and Longyan Mansion are not under the control of the Chinese Army.
Among them, the western part of Shaowu Mansion, Tingzhou Mansion and Yanping Mansion, including the city of Yanping Mansion are still in the hands of the Zhenhu army, and the rest of the southwestern Fujian region is in the hands of the Qing army.
When the Organization Department appoints officials. Naturally, officials cannot be sent to places that have not yet been taken, so for the time being, only officials from the five prefectures will be appointed.
And among the officials of these five governments, a considerable number of them are former Qing officials. For example, Funing Mansion, which was the first to be controlled, from the county order to the prefect, was a surrendered official from Fujian. Therefore, this time, only some officials sent by the Organization Department to Fujian were appointed, but they were all in some key positions.
For example, the prefect of Fuzhou. It is important to know that Fuzhou is not only the provincial capital of Fujian, but also one of the five treaty ports, and is an important port for China's export of tea.
Therefore, in addition to the traditional quality requirements, the person who serves as the prefect of Fuzhou must also be a person who can deal with foreigners and understand industrial and commercial affairs.
For the candidates for the prefect of Fuzhou, Li Ganzhou recommended Wen Mengxiang, the magistrate of Yuhang County, Zhejiang, Li Bingquan, the governor of Taicang Prefecture, Jiangsu, and Bi Xuanxi, director of the Salt and Tea Division of the Light Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
Among the above three people, although Wen Mengxiang said that the official position was the lowest one, the organization department gave him a sophisticated and pragmatic language.
As for Li Bingquan, the governor of Taicang Prefecture, this person, like Xue Huan, is a person who took refuge in Yu Shengjun as early as possible, although he is old enough, his ability is still slightly inferior.
Bi Xuanxi, director of the Salt and Tea Division of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, just look at his current position, this person is already extremely powerful, the director of the main department of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and then the director, can enter the cabinet after a few years, this person has the same surname as Bi Yutong, and is Bi Yutong's distant nephew, not very old, only twenty-six years old, younger than Lin Zhe.
In the early years, he took refuge in Bi Yutong, worked as a copywriter in Yu Shengjun, and later transferred to work in the industrial and commercial department of the business and trade zone, and worked in the customs, and had a more comprehensive understanding of the new foreign affairs.
Looking at Li Ganzhou's list, Lin Zhe frowned a little, this Bi Xuanxi he had been deliberately cultivating since the beginning of the previous year, and he also had a predetermined plan for his arrangement, so he immediately said: "Bi Xuanxi put it down first, and select from these two people, do you think it is suitable?" ”
Bi Xuanxi is one of the better performers among the many new-style officials cultivated by Lin Zhe, and he has certain expectations for Lin Zhe, and in the future, he plans to put him in Jiangsu or southern Anhui to engage in industry, and it is too wasteful to go to Fuzhou to engage in tea, so he directly detained him.
Hearing Lin Zhe say this, Li Ganzhou also sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that he still can't figure out the sacred heart, he can see that Lin Zhe attaches great importance to Bi Xuanxi, this time he put Bi Xuanxi in the list of candidates for the Fuzhou prefect, and he also wanted Bi Xuanxi to be gilded, but he didn't expect Lin Zhe to veto it personally.
Could it be that His Majesty feels that the conditions for Bi Xuanxi's decentralization are not mature enough and need to be cultivated for a few more years?
Li Ganzhou is not a roundworm in Lin Zhe's stomach, so he naturally doesn't know that Lin Zhe is planning to put Bi Xuanxi in a more important position.
Pressing the guess in his heart, Li Ganzhou said: "Among these two." The minister thought that Wen Mengxiang was more suitable, although the person was less qualified. But he has good ability and is a veteran of things. Indirect to new industries and education! ”
Since the emperor asked directly, Li Ganzhou naturally didn't dare to take it, and immediately showed his attitude, of course, he couldn't forget a sentence in the end: "This is the foolish opinion of the minister, and the appointment and dismissal of major matters should be judged by Your Majesty!" ”
Lin Zhe looked at the list of appointments and dismissals for a moment and the resumes of the officials on the list, and finally picked up the pen and began to make a choice one by one, as the emperor, he didn't have much time to really understand these middle and low-level officials, he could only make a simple analysis based on his resume, as for the real ability, he couldn't get rid of it.
However, his choice this time was not to select several new talents seen by the organization department. Instead, they circled out one by one and said to Li Ganzhou: "You arrange arrangements to send these people to the business zone, so that they can see the world and learn how to develop industry and commerce in the trade zone!" ”
The trade zone has always been a very special existence, even after Lin Zhe established the Chinese Empire, Lin Zhe did not change the special status of the trade zone, but continued to keep the trade zone independent and autonomous nature, because he wanted to establish the trade zone into an experimental model city, various regulations and regulations. The development strategy will be piloted in the business zone and then rolled out to the whole country.
As a result, although there is only a line between the business zone and the place outside the trade zone, the inside and outside are completely two worlds. Let these talents worthy of training go to the business zone to take a turn, open their eyes, and know what civilization is. When it is industry, it is back to those poor places in the ravines to be able to lead the development of the place.
These people were circled and sent outside the business zone. Lin Zhe said to Li Ganzhou again: "Bi Xuanxi, you look at the arrangement." Let him try it in the Taiping Mansion in southern Anhui! ”
Taiping Mansion, there is Dangtu County under its rule, and what is there in Dangtu County? Jiangnan Mining Company has been established to develop one of the largest and easiest large-scale iron ore mines in southeast China.
Relying on the iron and steel industry, then it will make the Ma'anshan area of Dangtu rapidly develop into a heavy industry area represented by mining and steelmaking, this place is so important Lin Zhe will naturally pay attention to it, and send Bi Xuanxi, a person who is proficient in foreign affairs, to Taiping Mansion, on the one hand, to give better play to his talents, and on the other hand, to escort the development of Ma'anshan iron mine.
Li Ganzhou naturally claimed to be the one when he heard it, but he frowned a little on the way back!
It is not easy to get Bi Xuanxi to the Taiping Mansion, first of all, Bi Xuanxi's level is somewhat high, and the director of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is basically more powerful than the ordinary prefect. Although the empire has abolished the official grade system, but people's traditional habits are not so easy to change, so the Imperial Organization Department can not fail to take these into account.
Therefore, if Bi Xuanxi wants to go to Taiping Mansion, there is only one location, and that is the prefect of Taiping Mansion.
But the problem is that there are people in the prefect of Taiping Mansion now, although they are all demoted in the past, but people who have done a good job can't dismiss them.
In order to arrange Bi Xuanxi, Li Ganzhou took a lot of effort, first transferred the Suzhou prefect back to the central government, served as the deputy director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and transferred from the prefect of the superior prefecture to the deputy director, which can be regarded as a half-level promotion, and then transferred the prefect of Taiping Prefecture to Suzhou as the prefect.
Then he transferred Bi Xuanxi to Taiping Mansion as the prefect!
In this way, everyone has been promoted and happy!
When Li Ganzhou met him, he told him very clearly that the Organization Department had great expectations for whether he would be able to restore the agricultural production of Taiping Mansion to normal and whether the mining affairs of Dangtu would be able to develop smoothly after he arrived as the prefect of Taiping Prefecture.
and Bi Xuanxi have the same apprehension as Wen Mengxiang in Zhejiang, although there have long been rumors that he is going to be promoted, but Wen Mengxiang thought that even if he was promoted, it was estimated that he would be a prefect or a governor of the same prefecture, but he didn't expect that it would be a prefect, and it was still a provincial capital like Fuzhou. (To be continued......)