Wang Yongjiang and Zhang Tinglan talked about two most important issues: At present, the whole country, except for the plateau areas, has basically been calmed down, and the economy of all regions is developing sustainably, the bandit forces have basically been cleaned up, and social order has been stabilized.

Originally, the functions and powers of officials at all levels and the division of administrative regions must be carried out, and the responsibilities and powers must be clearly defined before the next action can be carried out.

Wang Yongjiang also had a case for a long time: "In my opinion, the administrative regions can be divided into five levels: provinces, cities, counties, townships, and villages, with all provinces under the direct jurisdiction of the central government, and posts such as patrol envoys, commanders-in-chief, chairmen, and directors are all abolished to strengthen the control of the central authorities. ”

Zhang Tinglan nodded: "This is as it should be, but if you want to sort out the administrative organs at all levels, I am afraid that you will have to recruit a large number of officials, otherwise there will be insufficient manpower." ”

Wang Yongjiang said with a smile: "There has never been a shortage of officials in China, not to mention that in the past five years, the literacy rate in the whole country has exceeded 40 percent, illiteracy has been greatly reduced, and there are more people who read, so there is more room for officials to choose." However, I was asked to hold direct elections throughout the country, and even if the president and provincial governors could not be directly elected, officials at the county and city levels should be elected and the will of the people should be respected. If an electoral system is introduced, some officials will not have to be appointed directly. ”

Before Wang Yongjiang could finish speaking, Zhang Tinglan waved his hand decisively: "Mr. Min Yuan, in the future, I don't want to think about the election." At the city and county level, it seems inconspicuous, but it is also a hundred miles, involving the well-being of hundreds of thousands, millions of people, and it cannot be hasty. ”

Wang Yongjiang also said with a wry smile: "I am also aware of this, but there are voices of elections in various places, and they advocate learning from the West and gradually expanding the scope of elections. There are also many voices within the New People's Party on this point. ”

"Mr. Minyuan, Confucius said that there is a way in the world, and the conquest of rites and music comes from the Son of Heaven: there is no way in the world, and the conquest of rites and music comes from the princes. If such a big thing as the appointment and dismissal of officials depends on elections, it will be a conquest of Lile from the bottom up, and it will disrupt the country! This is something that our ancestors understood more than 2,000 years ago. ”

This seems to be a bit excessive, because the heads of state in Western countries are elected. It doesn't necessarily lead to chaos in the country. ”

"Mr. Min Yuan, there are two prerequisites for the West to play elections, the first is that they have a developed economy, and the second is that they have a relatively independent and stable social structure. With money. There's room to turn around, no matter who you choose. Everyone can live more or less the same. So there's no need to toss. With a stable social structure, society can function normally even if the government has less power, and it can also prevent foreign shili infiltration. However, even if we have these two points, Westerners do not dare to engage in universal suffrage. If you play elections, it's not enough for internal friction at all. ”

"To put it mildly, I have thought about what you said, and therefore I am against the direct election of the Führer. Even the provincial governor can't do it, but at the county and city level, it seems that he can relax and give the following a little thought. ”

Zhang Tinglan waved his hand decisively: "Mr. Min Yuan, I think that if you want to clarify the issue of election, you should start with the selection of officials. ”

In fact, sitting in Zhang Tinglan's current position, whether the election should be held or not, Zhang Tinglan is also constantly thinking, after repeated observation and thinking, Zhang Tinglan feels that rash election will only mislead the country and harm the people.

Everyone knows that if a person is sick, they must go to the doctor, rather than a few hundred people to come and vote and see what to do.

China is a huge and complex country, if you can be qualified as the governor of any province, you can basically go abroad to be a head of state, if you can be qualified to be the governor of a city or county, you can also go to a small country to be a prime minister.

Because of this complexity, Chinese officials, especially the leaders of one side, must go through systematic training, first of all, from science and engineering, or law, so that these people can think carefully and be able to look at the society from a systematic perspective and find the root cause of the problem.

This alone has kept most people out, and by relying on elections, the elected people may have a good image, may be very good at talking, and may be very affinity, but the most important thing is that these people's ability to work is generally problematic. Officials are meant to be used, not admired as youth idols, and selecting a bunch of performance artists will only do bad things.

"Mr. Min Yuan, in the matter of national construction, it is better not to respect the will of the people too much. I can vouch for it, if people were to be allowed to referendum, they would choose to cut taxes and increase welfare at the same time. ”

When Wang Yongjiang heard this, he was also stunned, yes, public opinion is often such a contradiction. For ordinary people, they will definitely look forward to working shorter hours, higher wages, and giving money without working if they do a good job.

"Speaking of ordinary people, it is indeed short-sighted, and it is human nature to be indulgent and hardworking."

"Picking out a bunch of vases that don't work is just a small problem, and there are bigger troubles to come." Zhang Tinglan couldn't help but say.

"What's the trouble?"

"National unity." Zhang Tinglan gently spat out four words: "Election means that the chief executives at all levels are responsible to the local people, not to their superiors." In order to cater to the electorate, they will ask for things more and take things out less. However, China is a country with very large geographical differences, and it must provide support to some backward regions. Once the leaders are elected, the rich localities complain that the central government takes more, and the poor localities also complain that the central government gives less. If this goes on in the long run, won't the country be torn apart, and won't there be many contradictions between localities? ”

Hearing Zhang Tinglan's analysis, Wang Yongjiang was immediately completely convinced, couldn't help but get up and saluted Zhang Tinglan, and said with a wry smile: "Humble words, I was also confused for a while, I didn't see through the problems behind this, and I almost lost the country." ”

"Mr. Min Yuan, there is a huge difference between China and the West, that is, in Western society, there is an aristocracy, the concept of hierarchy is deep-rooted, and the social structure has not changed for hundreds of years, so they have a stable upper class society and can control the country. But China is different, we are a reincarnation for 300 years, and there is also a imperial examination system, the dynasty is Tian Shelang, and the twilight is the Tianzi Hall. Chinese society is mobile. Therefore, there must be a strong government as the link between society, otherwise the country will be torn apart. ”

"Humble words are very knowledgeable, and they have taught me another lesson! In fact, these people who advocate elections may not see it so clearly, but they just want to snatch power from the government under this banner. ”

"Mr. Min Yuan, democracy is a good thing that can solve many problems, such as corruption. For example, social welfare, such as environmental protection. But there are some more important things that cannot be solved, such as national independence, such as industrialization. For example, to fight for shijie resources, such as to control vested interest groups. These are matters of life and death for the country. In many cases, it is contrary to public opinion. However, China needs to sail against the current and sprint forward, and it really cannot waste its energy on infighting. In the final analysis, politicians should lead public opinion, not be led by public opinion. ”

"In this case, this election proposal. Just put it on hold completely. ”

"Not necessarily." Zhang Tinglan said: "I am opposed to the direct election of key officials at all levels, but parliaments at all levels still have to be elected, but the power of these parliamentarians must be regulated, and their main task is to supervise." It is necessary to prevent corruption among officials at all levels and resolutely find out those who violate the law and discipline. The lower councils are not allowed to interfere in the tasks carried out by the higher levels, and the lower councils can only reject some of the government's policies if there are obvious flaws. ”

"It's a major surgery." Wang Yongjiang couldn't help but say: "Limiting the power of the parliament will cause a lot of dissent within the New People's Party. ”

Zhang Tinglan frowned slightly: "Mr. Minyuan, it wasn't that you suggested that I deal with the issue of the administrative system, why am I opposed it now." ”

"Who knew you were moving so much!" Wang Yongjiang said with a smile: "Humble words, don't hide it, I heard that Li Yuanhong has fainted several times in a row recently, and his health is also very bad, so it is estimated that he will not last long." To put it mildly, you have also been vice president for five years, I think it's time for Xiangshang to take a step, everything has fallen into place. ”

"Mr. Min Yuan, in fact, to tell you from the heart, I still want to be vice president for one more term, and then two more presidents, and then I will retire and achieve a smooth transition of power."

"Humble words, send you two words: naïve!" Wang Yongjiang said with a smile: "Humble words, in the past, you were also the founding monarch, which founding monarch did you see who could hand over power early?" ”

"It's not about handing over power, in fact, whether it's an honorary president or a generalissimo, in short, you have to set the rules, and the head of state must have a term of office."

"Humble words, I think you should not delay, do the math, there is no one who is suitable to be president, let's work hard."

Speaking of this, Zhang Tinglan also nodded: "Give me some more time to weigh it, in short, let's take a look at Li Yuanhong's situation." ”

Zhang Tinglan and Wang Yongjiang finalized the issue of adjusting the administrative system, and after the choice was ruled out, they decided to expand the recruitment of civil servants, focusing on recruiting a group of young people with high academic qualifications and willing to do things.

"To put it mildly, during the entire First Five-Year Plan period, all the constructions were relatively good, but there was only one problem, which was not satisfactory." Wang Yongjiang frowned and said: "Most of our investment in economic construction comes from the government, and social investment is not active. ”

"Is there no money?"

"Nope." Wang Yongjiang shook his head: "Although China is poor, there are still rich people in such a big country, but these people have invested capital in the financial market, especially in Shanghai and other places, and speculation is prevalent." ”

"Look for death!" Zhang Tinglan said unceremoniously: "These people simply don't know whether they are alive or dead, can't they see clearly, everything is too much, and the danger is right in front of them." ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

"In my opinion, the problem still appears in the world, Europe and the United States and other countries because of the war consumption, brought about a period of prosperity, counting that it has been ten years, the so-called water is full of overflow, and the moon is full of losses. The prosperity of the West will not last long, when the bubble bursts, the global financial turmoil, the stock market will inevitably plummet, I am afraid that it is more terrible than the rubber stock market crash of that year, and I don't know how many people jumped the Huangpu River. ”

"Is it that serious?" Wang Yongjiang asked with a slight hesitation.

"It's even more serious than that, I just got the news from Fred, and he is very sure that financial capital has begun to play behind the scenes, and an unprecedented crisis is coming."

Wang Yongjiang immediately cheered up: "Humble words, this is not a trivial matter, if the West really has such a risk, we must prepare in advance." China does not have much capital, and if there is further turmoil, it will be in trouble. ”

Zhang Tinglan nodded: "There are bubbles all over the world, what we have to do is to burst them early to prevent injury." Moreover, it is necessary to seize this opportunity to reap some benefits on a global scale and speed up national construction. ”

In fact, it is only a little more than a year away from the 29-year economic crisis, and it is time to start the layout, so after Zhang Tinglan and Wang Yongjiang talked, they decided to go south immediately.

Speaking of Shanghai Tang, I am afraid that everyone knows that the prosperity of the ten-mile ocean, the arrogance of the gangsters, the stories of talented and famous women, and the ups and downs of politicians all converge in this dreamy city, just like the devil, with incomparable brilliance and ugly evil.

However, the most attractive place in the East, Zhang Tinglan has inspected many places since he became vice president, but he has never been to Shanghai. Moreover, large-scale industrial construction has been carried out in China, and there is no movement in Shanghai, only a large number of goods have been transported to China through the port, which makes people realize that the country is indeed changing rapidly.

"Vice President, this is a list of people you want to meet, please look through them and see if there are any omissions." The new secretary, Lu Yingluo, sent a list to Zhang Tinglan.

The new presidential secretary, who has just graduated, can be selected to Zhang Tinglan's side, and is naturally top in all aspects. A pretty and dignified beauty, dressed in black overalls, tight and straight, full of temptation. However, what made Lu Yingluo depressed was that the vice president, who held a lot of power, didn't seem to pay much attention to her, but just frowned at the list in front of him.

"Vice President, isn't it to your liking?"

"No, sometimes, the eyes will deceive people, and the ears will deceive people, I want to walk around Shanghai first and see what is so powerful in Shiliyangchang."

Lu Yingluo's heart couldn't help beating suddenly, listening to the vice president's meaning, she was afraid that Shanghai Tang would be bloody this time, but none of these were something that she, a secretary, could manage.

After the special train arrived in Shanghai, Zhang Tinglan said that he was not in good health, refused all the meetings, and secretly became an ordinary businessman, surrounded by bodyguards and secretaries, and went straight to the mansion.

The so-called mansion road is one of the main roads of the French Concession, after walking in, there are big smoke houses everywhere on both sides, black smoke miasma, there are many fancy-dressed girls standing outside the alley, Zhang Tinglan looked at it, and nodded, and then there is a casino, this is paradise! (To be continued......)