1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2487
Several county magistrates from Zhaoqing Prefecture, Guangdong Province, led by the staff, filed into a conference room in the Grand Conference Hall.The senior officials in charge of interviewing them have not yet arrived, which is of course what they expected. After all, it is normal for subordinates to wait for their superiors to be interviewed, so there is no reason for the superiors to come first.

During the reign of Ming Dynasty, Zhaoqing Prefecture was the seat of the Chief Secretary of Guangdong Province, with one state and eight counties under its jurisdiction.After Haihan annexed Guangdong, all the three yamen were abolished. Local high-ranking officials either retired early or returned to Daming on their own, and Haihan sent officials to take over the military and political power.However, due to the lack of employment in the county-level yamen, magistrates, county magistrates, and chief clerks can voluntarily apply to stay in the post. Therefore, many grassroots officials choose to switch to Haihan for their livelihood and future, and continue to stay in the local government as administrative officials.

After all, the salaries that Haihan gave them were much higher than during the reign of Ming Dynasty. If they gave up their current official positions, then Daming would not give them any compensation, and because many states were annexed by Haihan The government has caused a large number of officials to be unemployed, and there will be no vacancies for them to take up their posts and continue to serve as officials in the short term.

He used to be a county magistrate, but now he just changed his name to be the county magistrate according to Haihan's rules. What he did was similar to that of the Ming Dynasty, and these people were familiar with it.However, when they were county magistrates, they didn’t have the opportunity to go to Beijing to face saints. This time they were collectively called to Sanya to report on their duties as county magistrates, which was a new experience that they had never experienced in their lives.

After the county magistrates of Gaoyao, Sihui, Xinxing, Yangjiang, Yangchun, Guangning, Gaoming, and Enping gathered in Yangjiang, they came to Sanya together on an official boat arranged by the government. After a day of rest, they were brought to Sanya for a big discussion The hall is waiting for an interview.

In fact, these people didn’t have many chances to meet each other when they were in Zhaoqing, but this group trip, they already knew each other during the voyage, and after arriving in Sanya, they stayed in the same guest house, so they were no longer strangers to each other. would be too restrictive.

In the conference room is a wooden conference table more than two feet long and four feet wide. The names of the participants have been placed on the table so that the county magistrates can take their seats according to their numbers.They sat down on the front feet, and the waiter served hot tea on the back feet. Someone took a sip and recognized that it was the top-quality oolong tea produced in Fujian, which was not cheap in the market.

"In the land of the capital, the treatment is really different." Someone couldn't help sighing in a low voice.

People like them used to go to the Sansi Yamen in Fucheng to do business, but it was difficult to get equal treatment.Especially the few poor counties where there is not much oil and water, they have never been welcomed by their superiors, and they seldom get any good looks, let alone sit down and drink tea.

However, this situation did not happen in Sanya, and none of the official reception staff who contacted them asked for any benefits, which saved them a lot of public relations expenses.

After everyone sat down for a while, the door of the conference room opened again, and a gray-haired man walked into the conference room surrounded by several entourages.When the county magistrates saw the situation, they knew that the Lord who was going to meet today had arrived, and they all got up to greet him.

The man took the main seat and sat down, then motioned everyone to take their seats, and said: "Everyone has been waiting, I am Ning Qi, today I will host the briefing meeting for the county magistrate in Zhaoqing area."

Everyone hurriedly bowed and said: "I have seen Mr. Ning."

The secretary behind Ning Qi handed over the document book and glasses case, Ning Qi took out the reading glasses and put them on before opening the document book.The desk work of correcting documents for many years has caused obvious signs of aging in his eyes, and now he has to wear reading glasses to see the handwriting on the documents clearly.

"I have read all the annual work reports submitted by you, and I can feel all the hard work you have put in in governing the localities. However, the content of these work reports is still too rough. I hope to see more detailed policies. Measures and effects. In order to let everyone have a clearer understanding of this, I also brought work reports from other places today, which you can refer to.”

Ning Qi made a gesture, and the secretary immediately distributed the prepared materials to everyone present.Ning Qi was not very satisfied with the reports submitted by these officials originally from Daming. There were few practical contents in them, and more of them were slogans to express their loyalty. Han's grassroots officials know how to write a job report.

Ning Qi said in a deep voice: "Everyone is getting the annual work report of Miaoli County in Taiwan. I will give you a little time to digest the content and think about the similarities and differences with the report you submitted."

Miaoli County, Taiwan is not considered a particularly well-developed place among the overseas colonial areas. The local development in the early years was basically based on the Chusulkeng Oilfield and related oil refining industries. Until the population gradually increased a few years ago, the development of other industries Only then did construction slowly catch up.With the development of Shilia Oilfield in Kalimantan Island and the advancement of the Dumai Oilfield Project in Sumatra Island, the Chusulkeng Oilfield with limited oil production no longer plays a pivotal role. Therefore, the local area is also gradually implementing industrial transformation. The focus of development has shifted to traditional agriculture and deep processing industries.

According to the report, nearly [-] tons of crude oil were produced locally last year, and [-] tons of oil was exported to various regions in Haihan after refining and processing.

Last year, the area of ​​mulberry trees planted in the county reached [-] mu. There are now three specialized sericulture bases, one silk factory and one textile factory, with more than [-] employees. The annual output value of the industry has exceeded one million yuan.

There are currently two rabbit farms, exporting rabbit meat and fur materials, with an annual output value of more than 30 yuan.

Founded by Lu Zhanpeng, the chief executive in Miaoli ten years ago, the Lu Zhanji Sauce Factory has become a local fist brand. The products it produces, such as oyster sauce, abalone juice, mussels, mussels, and dried shrimp, have revitalized the local market. In the mariculture and fishing industries, the entire industrial chain employs more than 300 people, and the annual output value is as high as more than [-] million yuan.

In addition, the planting and development of various economic crops has also brought deep processing industries such as oil mills, canning factories, and candy factories to the local area, and large-scale use of steam, fuel oil, and even electric motors and other power machinery and equipment in production has greatly improved production. Efficiency, effectively reducing costs.

The amount that Miaoli County turned over to the state treasury through fiscal and taxation is also increasing year by year. Only in the last three years, the annual growth rate has remained at about 40%. Last year, the amount turned over to the state treasury reached 33 yuan.

When the county magistrates saw this figure, they couldn't help being amazed and a little ashamed. The amount of money handed over to the state treasury by their respective areas in the past five years was far inferior to the achievements of Miaoli County last year.It is less than ten years since the establishment of the county system in Miaoli.

(End of this chapter)