Chapter 103 Thoughts on the Train (Happy Happy New Year! Second update)

The train spewing smoke was speeding on the Jinpu Railway, and the squeaking train was running wildly without any regular rhythm. Every time it walked for a while, it would stop at various small stations in succession on the Jiangsu Plain, and pause impatiently.

After a while, I was able to move forward again.

Outside the carriage, the buildings and trees on the plains of northern Jiangsu passed by one after another, while Li Zicheng, who was sitting in the first-class carriage, was lost in thought.

It can be said that Nantong and his party have benefited a lot, but Zhang Jian's warnings still ring in their ears from time to time.

"The success of a regional modernization must be based on corresponding local authority, otherwise there will be many obstacles and even cause the cause to fail."

Isn't this the reason why I chose the subsidiary of the railway company? In the independent small kingdom of the subsidiary, I can outline my own thoughts and build my own small kingdom according to my own ideas and ideas.

own little kingdom

Reciting this term, Li Zicheng frowned. On this point, he and Zhang Jian were fundamentally different. Zhang Jian's goal of local autonomy was not to establish a political system dominated by individuals to compete with the central authority.

There is an independent kingdom in the country, but what he wants is to build a small kingdom of his own, a place where he can maintain a peaceful land and concentrate on his own business in the great changes of the future.

Now there is a strong man like Yuan Shikai who is supporting the facade of the central government, so there will be no warlord melee in China. But in a few years of warlord melee, Zhang Jian, who has no military power base, will have to survive in the cracks of warlords.

.The warlord just used his so-called "model county" to decorate his appearance, so they tolerated him.

But what about yourself?

In the future, the Longhai Railway will involve Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, Shaanxi, and Gansu. There will be more than one local warlord involved. How can I have a good relationship with each of them, so that they can take on many aspects like the successive governors and governors of Jiangsu Province?

Support and provide convenience for Zhang Jian.

This is almost impossible. Zhang Jian at least created tax revenue, but he never thought about paying taxes. As for the "three years of tax exemption and five years of no increase", he actually made up his mind to wait for Yuan Shikai's death and the warlord melee situation.

10%, he will no longer pay a penny in taxes, so that more money can be invested in the construction of the industrial belt along the Longhai Railway, instead of giving the money to the warlords and letting them kill each other.

Under such circumstances, the warlord would not like him as a fat sheep. Let alone supporting him, it would be good if he would not cause trouble for himself. This is why he values ​​the future Longhai Railway Police. They are trained with

Revolving guns imported from the United States, and twelve railway police officers per kilometer. In troubled times, gun barrels are the foundation for guarding homes and homes.

The characteristics of Nantong Autonomy created by Zhang Jian are that it emphasizes construction and neglects control; it emphasizes moral governance and neglects coercion; it emphasizes economic culture and neglects politics and military affairs. But what about ourselves?

What I implemented in Lianyungang was completely different.

"Emphasis on construction, strong control, emphasizing moral governance, and strong coercion"

This determines the essential difference between me and Zhang Jian. I can learn from him, but if I really follow his footsteps, I am afraid I will die without a burial place.

"group"

Thinking about it in his heart, two words flashed in Li Zicheng's mind.

Until then, Li Zicheng suddenly realized the biggest shortcoming of Zhang Jian's Nantong autonomy, or why he needed to survive in the cracks. The reason was very simple.

"Jian Jian embraces ruralism and operates local self-government, such as industry, education, water conservancy, transportation, charity, and public welfare. It started with one or two Jian brothers. Later, with the sponsorship of various friends, it was established one after another, with a rough scale, and the affairs

It’s not done yet…”

The meaning revealed in Zhang Jian's words is very clear. His Nantong autonomy is basically an experiment of local ideals that he founded with his own efforts. Although the beneficiaries are grateful to him, Nantong autonomy is a "personal rule", and everything depends on Zhang Jian's plan and

It is inevitable that the people of Nantong will "lack of initiative" if it is promoted.

In fact, during the past few days of inspection, I can see that not only the people of Nantong are "lack of initiative", but also there are not many outsiders involved in Nantong's autonomy. In the process of Nantong's autonomy, it has not been baptized and impacted by powerful Western public opinion.

There were also no large numbers of westernized intellectuals who had experienced the beauty of Europe or Westernization industrialists who had worked in Shanghai. Moreover, Zhang Jian especially did not allow outsiders to set up industries in Nantong to "make profits", and relied on his power to exclude all challengers.

Everything in Nantong is conducted in a relatively closed and monopolized environment.

This means that Nantong Autonomy has never formed a real interest group, whether from the inside or outside. There is no interest group, only beneficiary individuals. The beneficiary individuals obviously have no ability to maintain their interests. Everything in Nantong is based on the great development.

If you are in the middle, you will be prosperous and prosperous, and you will suffer both losses and losses.

In contrast, from the beginning, I have tried to use external forces and preferential investment policies to accelerate the development of Lianyungang and the future Longhai Road. In this process, I can completely establish a "Liuhe"-centered

Interest groups.

"Liuhe Company is the dominant company along the railway line. Yuan Shikai must have warned him. If he wants to give up his idea, he might as well show his weakness and hand over the management rights along the railway line."

"Just like the Shanghai Concession, setting up a similar meeting of land tenants to allow those land tenants to participate in the management of land along the railway line would be equivalent to letting Liuhe hand over the affiliated land. I think this can also dispel some people's doubts."

"Hand over dependencies"

I pondered for a moment. In fact, I had been thinking about this matter for three days after leaving Nantong.

It is not unreasonable to imitate the concession and introduce land tenants into the management of railway land. However, if we rashly set up this so-called "land tenants' meeting", it will not limit our own livelihood. This is a question that we have to deal with.

consider.

The benefit of establishing this land tenants' meeting is to bring the railway land into the scope of local autonomy. This at least prevents Yuan Shikai from focusing attention on himself. Why is Yuan Shikai so wary? Isn't he afraid that he will divide the things that straddle China?

Will the Longhai Railway in the north and south of China become a small independent kingdom? Cano divides each station through this kind of "renter meeting", which can naturally dispel Yuan Shikai's concerns about himself. In this way, he can

Only then can you free your hands and feet to do something big.

However, the constraints that the tenants' meeting management may bring to themselves are also problems that must be faced.

“How can we get the best of both worlds?”

As Li Zicheng pondered, those two words came to mind repeatedly.

A group is a group composed of interests and even ideas. If this group is formed and this group is willing to maintain its own interests, then all problems could not be simpler. The meeting of tenants can completely evolve into this group to maintain its own interests.

a tool, but what about myself?

"To control this group"

While thinking about it in his mind, Li Zicheng's thinking about the management organization of the future railway land completely transformed into thinking about "groups".

What does a group need?

A common belief is needed, but what kind of belief will it be?

The thought that suddenly appeared in his heart only shocked Li Zicheng. He couldn't believe that this was his decision. Did he want to...

"No matter what, I have to go all the way. Only in this way can..."

While he was convincing himself in his heart, Li Zicheng, who was surprised by his own changes, left his box in a daze. No, he had to calm down first.

Yes, stop thinking nonsense here. Go, yes, go talk to them.

The more than 100 young people he brought from Nantong suddenly came to mind. This was a gift from Zhang Jian to him. They were a group of graduates from more than a dozen schools in Nantong, some of them came from the Law and Politics Institute, and

Most of them came from Nantong Normal University. Education has always been the center of Zhang Jian's public service career.

"The normal school opens its doors, the primary school leads to its source, the middle school corrects its flow, and the university learns its return."

Perhaps this is the biggest gain from his trip, and it is also the only thing about Zhang Jian that Lianyungang can emulate: education. If Lianyungang wants to develop in the future, it must rely on education.

"Chairman, what are you..."

Seeing the chairman come out of the box, Zhang Wenzheng, who had been sitting on a small chair in the aisle, quickly stood up.

"Let's go and see Liu Ziyun and the others."

Originally, I was going to buy sleeper tickets for them, but they insisted on taking the hard seat.

"We are here for internships, not for enjoyment."

This is what Liu Ziyun said to himself when he was at the station. Liu Ziyun is the son of Zhang Jian’s close friend Liu Housheng. He came from the Nantong Political and Legal Training Institute. The training institute has only been run for three times. It was specially opened to cultivate Nantong autonomous talents. Whether it is Liu Ziyun or others

One hundred and six people from Nantong went to Lianyungang Station for internships. The internship period was five years. After five years, they still had to return to Nantong. During these five years, they helped them establish "autonomy along the Longhai Line".

” basis.

"No matter what, I owe Zhang Weng a favor."

Thinking in his heart, he had already walked out of the sleeper car and walked to the hard-seat car. At this time, there were only bursts of laughter that only belonged to young people in the car. Listening to the laughter, Li Zicheng couldn't help but laugh, and he

Being of the same age as them, I feel more relaxed when I'm with them.

When I was about to open the door, I heard a sentence coming from the carriage.

"Brother Qi Ren, you all went to Cordworth University?"

"Exactly"

Dehua University? What kind of school is that? Li Zicheng was stunned. He had only heard of Tsinghua University. When did Dehua University appear? From that tone, it seemed that many people in the car were applying for Dehua University.

Could it be that it is a famous university in this era?...
Chapter completed!