My life skills in Daming Liver

Su Ze said to Tan Lun: "Zili, although the people are the foundation of the country, most ordinary people do not have long-term plans, and there are too many people in a place, and everyone has their own ideas, so it is better to Someone needs to coordinate development.”

Tan Lun nodded, this is also the design logic of the southeast system.

Officials are appointed from the top down to lead local development.

Supervise officials from top to bottom to limit officials' powers.

In Tan Lun's view, this may not be the best system, but it is already the least bad system currently.

Su Ze said: "And what is the most fundamental motivation for the development of our southeastern regions? Zili, do you know?"

Motive?

Tan Lun was stunned for a moment, and he also started to think.

He quickly shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

There are instinctive factors for development everywhere, and people want to live a better life, but this cannot be the driving force for development.

Motivation is the most fundamental driving force. Tan Lun cannot understand at all how to summarize the development motivation of a place.

Su Ze said in shock: "Competition among officials."

Tan Lun was stunned for a moment, but he quickly nodded.

Oh I see!

Su Ze said: "Among officials at the same level, if they want to make progress, they must do a good job in the local economy. Then everyone must compete for political achievements and work hard to develop the economy."

"This kind of competition is the most fundamental reason why local officials continue to invest in construction and improve their political performance."

Tan Lun nodded repeatedly.

Su Ze said: "But this kind of competition can also lead to disorderly competition, just like this time all the prefectures in South Zhili are building coastal ports. Everyone hopes to have more infrastructure under their rule so that they can have Better political performance.”

"And the system of official transfer has created another problem."

Tan Lun followed Su Ze's train of thought and said, "Officials only care about construction and don't care whether this thing is useful?"

Su Ze nodded and said, "That's it. Because officials all work in other places, whether the things they build for political achievements are useful, whether they can promote local development, or whether they can recover costs are not things they have to consider. .”

"What's more, when it comes to infrastructure construction, it can also bring a lot of benefits."

Tan Lun nodded quickly. During this inspection by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, many cases of project corruption had already occurred.

Especially in some relatively developed areas, the profits from the construction of roads and ports are huge, and there is more room for personal enrichment.

However, so far, no officials at the prefecture or county level have been directly involved, so only some petty officials have been arrested and a few officials with poor supervision have been dealt with.

But in the long run, corruption in these indiscriminate construction projects is inevitable.

Moreover, repetitive construction projects with disorderly competition have also begun to appear in various places.

It's just that there are a lot of things that need to be built now, and the city is overwhelmed by projects such as road reconstruction and road construction. Only the already relatively developed areas like South Zhili will compete for the port.

But for this kind of thing, it is definitely best to set the rules early. When something really goes wrong, it will be difficult to get back.

Su Ze said: "In the future, major contributions to local people's livelihood will be discussed at the Constituent Assembly, and local representatives of the Constituent Assembly will have veto power."

"But these alone are not enough. Development is also the driving force for local progress. Local people definitely hope that there will be more roads in the local area, which can be connected with railways. It is best to have ports and terminals."

Tan Lun nodded, and Su Ze said again:

"Coordination must be done at the government level. Some major projects require the approval of the cabinet before they can be started. It is forbidden to start the project first and then submit it for approval."

“Finally, all projects have a lifetime responsibility system.”

"If there is a problem with the project in the future, then we should go to the official who approved the construction project at the time. No matter whether the official was promoted or retired, we must investigate to the end!"

Tan Lun immediately said: "These measures of the Governor are really wonderful!"

Su Ze shook his head. These policies can only scare some officials, but there will always be some crazy officials who will bring bad morals.

He said: "The most important thing is the review of officials when they are promoted. This is the most critical."

"Officials who can really do things for the people will be promoted if they do not build indiscriminately. But those officials who build indiscriminately just for their own political achievements will not be promoted and will be held accountable."

“Only by grasping this direction can we correct the atmosphere in officialdom.”

"Therefore, the promotion of officials at the government level in the future must require the opinions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and conduct a comprehensive assessment of the officials who need to be promoted."

Tan Lun immediately said: "I obey, Commander-in-Chief!"

At this time, Xu Wei hurriedly walked into the Governor's Mansion.

"Grand Governor, Nanyang battle report, General Lin has wiped out the largest pirate group in Nanyang. Now the routes in Nanyang waters are safe!"

Su Ze couldn't help but feel overjoyed after receiving the battle report.

In addition to competing with the Spaniards for control of Southeast Asian trade, the attack on Manila also involved controlling the security of Southeast Asian routes.

There are many islands in the Southeast Asia region, and many pirates hide on the islands in the Southeast Asia and continue to rob merchant ships.

These pirates caused huge losses to the southeastern trade.

And Nanyang pirates are not just Nanyang natives.

Many merchants, including Han Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Annamites, and even Portuguese and Spanish, also worked part-time as pirates in overseas markets.

This is normal where there is no order.

After Lin Mojun occupied Manila, he immediately handed over government affairs to the newly appointed Governor of Nanyang, Zhang Lian.

Lin Mojun led his fleet and began to clear out pirate lairs around Nanyang.

Lin Mojun continued to attack at sea, and Zhang Lian, the new governor of Nanyang, did a very good job.

This far exceeded the cabinet's expectations for him.

Xu Wei and other cabinet ministers originally thought that Zhang Lian was just a reckless peasant army leader with no talents. They originally asked him to go to Nanyang, that is, to scare the pirates of the Feilong Army going south and become a mascot.

But no one expected that Zhang Lian's ability would play a huge role after arriving in Nanyang.

The Nanyang governor took an unusual route and did not take the official ship from the southeast to Manila. Instead, he took a merchant ship to Manila.

After arriving in Manila, Lin Mojun was fighting abroad and appointed a disciple of a local Chinese family to serve as an official of Manila's Municipal Shipping Department.

These expatriates were deeply entwined in the local area, and their interests quickly coalesced. After taking control of the Shipping Department, these local Chinese began to suppress merchants in other places, and even directly demanded bribes from merchant ship owners.

Especially Western merchant ships, regardless of whether they are Spanish or not, are not allowed to dock anyway.

In addition to suppressing Nanyang merchants, these Manila Chinese also suppressed merchant ships in other areas, especially Malay ships.

The conflict between the Malays and the local Chinese was already sharp. The Spanish broke this balance, and Lin Mojun annihilated the Spanish and broke another balance.

The Nanyang Chinese have more wealth and occupy a higher-level position, but their numbers are far less than that of the local Malays.

As a result, the conflicts between Chinese, Malays and other natives have become more acute.

Zhang Lian arrived in Manila on a Southeast merchant ship and was exploited by the local shipping department run by local Chinese.

His ship owner was blatantly asked for bribes, and was also required to hire local Chinese as porters. However, the Chinese foreman only named himself a relative of an official from the Municipal Shipping Department.

The people who actually unloaded and moved the goods were Malays, and these Malays could only get a meager salary.

Zhang Lian got off the boat calmly, and then started chatting with other businessmen on the dock.

He soon discovered that this was not an isolated phenomenon, but was the case throughout Manila.

These Chinese families were originally very united. When they fought against the natives in Nanyang, they relied on unity to survive.

The clan concept is very strong.

After Lin Mojun's victory, he had been busy clearing out the pirates around him and had no time to care about Manila's affairs.

The Chinese in Manila gathered together crazily and quickly took control of all departments in Manila.

In addition to demanding bribes, these people also carried out crazy liquidation and revenge on the local Malays. Many Chinese families even directly seized Malay land and drove them into the dense forest.

And these Chinese families not only exploit foreigners, they are also cruel to their compatriots.

Some Chinese people who came to Nanyang to seek a living were deceived into plantations by these "fellow villagers" after arriving in Manila, or all the property they brought was directly polarized.

Chinese people who want to find opportunities in Manila will basically be bullied by these Chinese, and they are equally cruel to their compatriots.

Even for ordinary Chinese living in Manila during the era, these families exploited them in a series of ways. These ordinary people did not benefit from their Chinese identity, but were even more oppressed by the natives.

After Zhang Lian learned about the situation, he immediately asked Lin Mojun to find Lin Mojun who was fighting at sea, and asked her for a ship and a naval force.

Lin Mojun naturally cooperated with Zhang Lian.

A few days later, one of Lin Mojun's warships docked at the port for supplies and quickly rushed into various departments in Manila, including the Governor's Office.

Zhang Lian made his identity clear, and from the Governor's Office to the Shipping Department, he uprooted the local Chinese families entrenched in these institutions!