I want to be emperor

After taking office with Wang Tu, who made achievements so that he could be promoted quickly, he didn't stay in the county office for too long, but only stayed for half a month, and basically contacted the main officials in the county government office and the county inspector's office next door. , People from the Court of Justice and the Taxation Bureau met, greeted each other, and then started their frequent inspections.

As an official, he must first know what the place he governs is like, and the situation of the people is like this.

If he doesn't know the situation in his own jurisdiction, how can he lead the tens of thousands of people under his rule to live a good life?
After some inspections, he visited many towns under his rule. Not only did he visit the towns personally, he learned some basic conditions of the localities, but he also had a basic understanding of the main officials of the towns.

During this process, he also had a few simple ideas for economic development in his mind.

Given the lack of local resources, many mountains and little land, and inconvenient transportation, there is basically no hope for large-scale industry, nor for ordinary agriculture.

The only thing that can be counted on is to use a large amount of mountainous land to plant some economic crops, and at the same time rely on the economic crops to engage in some simple processing industries, and then transport these processed products through the Dongjiang River to the economically developed places in the south for sale, so as to obtain valuable capital inflows.

Tea, on the other hand, was proposed by him as the primary industry for development.

Not just tea, he also found out that there is a tradition of growing tea oil in the mountains during his inspection. If the local tea oil is well done, it can effectively use a large number of local mountains, and then gain more extra income for farmers .

Tea and camellia oil, these are the two economic crop planting directions that Wang Tu has initially finalized. He relies on tea to develop the tea industry and relies on tea oil to engage in edible oil processing.

In addition, there is another most critical issue, which is how to sell the produced and processed tea leaves and edible oil once they are planted on a large scale?
In fact, the biggest problem in this kind of industry that is not unique and does not have much characteristics is not planting and processing, but sales!
But this is not a problem for Wang Tu... Since he dared to come to the poor and white mountainous area of ​​northern Guangdong to take charge of the government, he didn't worry that he would be inactive for a few years after arriving in the local area like everyone else, and sink into the local grassroots for the rest of his life.

Naturally he has his confidence!
This confidence is naturally not because of his own superb business skills. To be honest...he is not very proficient in business. Nor will he be selected to enter the Hanlin Academy.

Of course, the good writing of this article does not mean that the words and sentences of the article he wrote are so beautiful, but that they are well-founded...

Many of Luo Zhixue's speeches at some large conferences were drafted by him, and finally polished by those deputy directors.

Wang Tu gained the attention of his superiors and even Luo Zhixue by relying on his beautiful articles, and then became the third secretary.

If he didn't let it out, maybe in ten or eight years, he might be able to get a second secretary in the secretariat.

And the person who can write such a well-founded speech is naturally not a nerd who only understands stereotypes. In fact, when Wang Tu took the imperial examination, he was also very good in subjects such as astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics and chemistry.

In Chengshun's 18th year, he became No.5 in the top two.

It is not enough to rely on good stereotyped essays, and even subjects such as mathematics, physics and chemistry must be at the top level to be able to overwhelm a large number of competitors.

As an official in the Great Chu Empire, if you don't understand stereotyped writing, you can't do it, because it's a stepping stone... It's hard to judge whether ordinary writing is good or bad, but you can tell at a glance whether stereotyped writing is good or not.

Therefore, even though stereotyped essays have many problems, they are still an important subject in the imperial examination. If you can get enough marks for writing well, then you can also get enough scores for subjects such as astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics and chemistry. It can make you pass the imperial examination.

Of course, the above is still a stepping stone, it can only let you get in, it doesn't mean that the nouns are high.

If you want to get a better ranking, then you have to look at the selection during the re-examination!
You can choose finance, you can choose judiciary, you can also choose business administration, you can also choose many subjects such as administration, basically you can choose whichever system you want to work in.

Among them, the competition in administrative management is the most fierce, because this is also the key battlefield of traditional civil servants, and it is called the version of Jinshi in the Great Chu Empire!

As for administrative management, in addition to other messy exam content, the focus is on historical theory and policy theory.

The scores of each selection test are arranged according to the uniform weight, and finally the ranking is arranged according to the scores... This term will not fail the selection, because those who can participate in the re-examination are all candidates who have passed the imperial examination.

The retest is only to determine the nouns and the direction of assignment.

This series of imperial examination procedures has led to the fact that a student in the Great Chu Empire who wants to take the imperial examination must not only understand stereotyped writing, but also understand conventional mathematics, physics and chemistry, and then be good at a certain professional field.

Only in this way can you be successfully selected. It doesn't mean that you can pass the exam if you do well in stereotyped essays, nor does it mean that you can pass the exam if you are excellent in mathematics, physics and chemistry. You have to be excellent in both!

After all, the regular imperial examinations of the Great Chu Empire select officials...not masters of literature or scientists, what is needed is comprehensive talents, not partial students.

Of course, it is actually simpler for scientists and even writers to become officials.

For scientists, there is a simpler and faster academic path. As long as you have enough academic ability, it is normal to be a teacher or even a university professor. You can get a title in minutes after making scientific research results, which is comparable to those senior civil servants who have worked hard for a lifetime. It's much better not to earn a title.

As for writers, they can also step up the road of journalists and editors by entering various branches of the Dachu Mansion in the Chaobao Department of the Ministry of Ethics and Education, and they don’t need to squeeze the regular imperial examination bridge with thousands of students.

If you really want to squeeze it, you won't be able to squeeze a top compound talent like Wang Tu.

His stereotyped articles are top-notch, mathematics, physics and chemistry are also top-notch, and he is from the Department of History. He has all kinds of historical theories and strategies at his fingertips. In the traditional administrative field, what do you compare with him?

But people have their strengths. Although Wang Tu is versatile enough, he is still not good at business operations.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to say that he would set up some kind of government-run factory to drive the people to become rich.

But it doesn't matter, he won't, others will!
What is Wang Tu's greatest advantage?
Is it his own ability?

No!

It's his background relationship!

Why did the magistrate above let Wang Tu serve as the county magistrate of Heping County, a poor place like Heping County? He didn't expect Wang Tu to rely on his own connections to bring some money to Heping, a poor place.

This is also a common method used by local governments to gild their heads and officials with great backgrounds.

Aren't you here to be gilded? Don't you want to come here for a few years and earn a fortune in political performance!

Okay, I'll set the stage for you, and you don't need to do other things, you just need to use your strengths.

What strengths... pulling money!
It doesn't matter whether you attract investment from outside to build factories and develop industries to develop people's livelihood, or you can get support funds from the higher-level finances, it's all your ability, and the local government recognizes it.

As long as the investment or financial support funds obtained are sufficient, then it is a top-notch political achievement, and the superiors will definitely give you good things to say when they come to inspect.

In this way, with your political achievements, the evaluation of the local officials and colleagues is also top-notch, and it is naturally easy to get promoted after the inspection.

What?You can't get investment, and you can't get support funds from above?

You can't even get money, so you have the nerve to say that you are here for gold plating?What kind of wolf with a big tail are you pretending to be!

Rolling, it's cool, just stay there!
When you meet some small-minded local officials, they can hold you in the ravine for decades, and you can't expect to jump out if he doesn't leave.

Therefore, gold plating is not something that everyone can do. People with insufficient strength can easily pit themselves into gold plating.

But Wang Tu, his background relationship is naturally full of gold.

After finalizing the preliminary plan, he wrote several letters in his own hand, one to the Deputy Director of the Agriculture and Forestry Department of the Guangzhou Governor's Yamen, one to the Guangzhou Machinery Company Huiban, and one to the Deputy Director of the Commerce and Trade Department of the Western Trading Company. .

The above three, like him, were all from the Secretariat of the Imperial Academy, and they were seniors to each other. When they were sent out to work in other places, it was very common for them to help each other.

And these people are also privately called by some local officials: secretary department!

There are not many people in these secretarial departments, but each of them has great energy, and they also help each other. The most important thing is that many senior core members are the kind of Jane in the heart of the emperor... want to beat them Dead hands are a lot of trouble.

In addition to sending letters to several senior secretaries working in Guangdong, explaining the situation and asking for some assistance, he also carefully wrote a letter and sent it to Jinling City.

The content of the letter is very ordinary, but it is just a daily greeting, a brief introduction to some of my recent life, and a general talk about the hardships of the local people's livelihood, and I also said that I want to develop the local people's livelihood and work for the welfare of the local people to live a better life ambition.

The content is not important, the important thing is the recipient!

Chengshun's 12th year palace examination champion, deputy director of the Imperial Academy Secretariat, first secretary, and fourth-rank attendant. At the beginning, he strongly recommended Wang Tu to be promoted to third-class secretary, and he was kind to Wang Tu:
Cheng Yongfeng!
After learning that Wang Tu wanted to be released, Cheng Yongfeng also appreciated Wang Tu's self-motivation, and hinted in words that Wang Tu should go to Guangdong to work.

This is why Wang Tu took the initiative to apply to go to Guangdong when it was released, and after the last operation, he went to the poorest and most miserable mountainous area in northern Guangdong!
Because Cheng Yongfeng hinted that he would go!
And Wang Tu is not against going there, no matter where he is, he is confident that he can make some achievements, not because of his ability, but because of his strong background!
Since Cheng Yongfeng hinted that he should go to Guangdong, then go.

Although Cheng Yongfeng didn't say anything at the time, and Wang Tu didn't ask why, but Wang Tu is not a fool, on the contrary he is very shrewd!

When he hadn't released it last year, he had already had speculation.

If there is no accident with my mentor Cheng Yongfeng, it should be released soon, and the location of the release is in Guangdong!
With Cheng Yongfeng's qualifications and grades, as well as the particularity of the deputy director of the secretariat, once he is sent to a local office, if he goes to a remote province, he can even be directly promoted two ranks to become a third-rank chief envoy.

Even if you are going to work in an important province like Guangdong, you have to arrange for someone who is in charge of official affairs, industry and commerce, or etiquette and other real power affairs to participate in politics.

And this is just an early transition, just like Wang Tu's previous experience as a sixth-rank officer in Heyuan Prefecture was just a transitional period. When the transitional period is over, I am afraid that Cheng Yongfeng will take up the post of Guangdong Chief Envoy, in charge of the province's economy and people's livelihood.

As for Wang Tu, he is looking forward to the day when Cheng Yongfeng is sent to Guangdong to participate in politics!
----

After writing the letter to the seniors and Cheng Yongfeng, Wang Tu once again thought about his specific policy direction.

The initial development of tea and tea oil planting and processing has already been finalized by him. Next, he plans to support the development of several good specialty industries in the county. Among them, he thinks yuba is quite good.

He also tried the local yuba, which tastes good. It is different from the special yuba in Fuzhou, Jiangxi, but because of transportation, it is still relatively difficult to transport the yuba from Fuzhou, Jiangxi to Guangdong. If the peace under his own rule forms the bean curd stick industry into an industrial chain, then it can be transported south along the Dongjiang River, sold to the Pearl River Delta region with a developed economy and strong consumption capacity, and even further expand the market.

If the local bean curd sticks can open up the market in the Pearl River Delta, it will also drive local farmers to plant soybeans in large quantities. Soybeans are not rice, and they do not require such high land and water resources. They are very suitable for planting in the local hilly and mountainous areas.

Also, during the on-site inspection and visit, he found that there are sporadic porcelain workshops and two brick factories that use steam engines in the local area. Small coal mines, under such circumstances, they can also try to develop the ceramic industry locally.

Ceramics is still an industry with a relatively large production and sales scale in the contemporary era. Not only is there a large domestic demand for all kinds of daily-use ceramics, but also the export demand continues to be strong.

The ceramic industry is also promising.

In addition to these special products, the rich bamboo and wood resources in the county can't be wasted. We can start a wood processing industry and a bamboo industry. The wood can be used for furniture or something, and even if it's not good enough, we can also export wood.

Heping is located in the mountainous area of ​​northern Guangdong. There are not many things, but there are many mountains and trees.

And there are many bamboo forests, so we can start a bamboo processing industry, such as bamboo mats and chairs.

Relying on local resources and special products to further develop economic crop planting and simple processing industries, this is Wang Tu's preliminary development plan.

As for large-scale industries, high-tech products, etc., Wang Tu never even thought about it... The local area lacks convenient transportation, lacks local markets, and lacks capital and technical personnel. It is difficult to engage in these so-called high-tech industries It's nonsense.

There is no matching package either.

Only a fool would go to a remote mountainous area to set up some advanced technology factory!
Even if it is done, it cannot compete with other places, not to mention the competition with the big cities of Guangzhou, even the coastal areas in Huizhou Prefecture and even the counties and towns in the lower reaches of the Dongjiang River.

Speaking of it, in fact, the current economic development of Huizhou Prefecture in the Great Chu Empire is pretty good.

Huizhou Prefecture under the rule of the Great Chu Empire is very large, bordering Jiangxi from the mountains of northern Guangdong in the north, reaching the sea from Haifeng in the south, directly bordering Guangzhou Prefecture on the west, and bordering Chaozhou Prefecture on the east.

Among them, the lower reaches of the Dongjiang River and the coastal areas benefited from the great industrial development in Guangzhou, and also developed preliminary industries and commerce.

At the same time, the agriculture in Huizhou Prefecture is actually not bad. In the early years, with the support of the Provincial Governor’s Office, the Lighthouse Basin was vigorously developed. This basin is also the main grain-producing area in Guangdong. The grain it produces can not only satisfy The local itself needs it, and it is also transported to Guangzhou in the south through the Dongjiang River.

It's just that the further north you go, the poorer you become...

And the northernmost peace is the poorest one!

But it is precisely because this place is the poorest that Wang Tu came!
If you want to get enough impressive achievements, it is actually more difficult in places where the conditions themselves are relatively good, because people have developed very well, and if you do well, it is just icing on the cake, but once you toss and break in the local area, let If the local economy stagnates or even regresses, they will be relegated to Siberia or Southeast Asia in minutes...

At the same time, Wang Tu is also self-aware. His abilities in other areas are considered average, and the resources he can use are not unlimited. The seniors will help if they are both from the Secretariat, but the strength of the help will also be limited.

After all, Wang Tu is just a county magistrate of the sixth grade now, and his grade is too low to stand on the stage.

If someone is willing to make some investment, it is for the sake of his future potential.

Therefore, the resources he can use are limited.

And if these limited resources are invested in economically developed places, it will be of no use... But if they are invested in poor places like peace, then the effect they can play will be very great.

At the same time, this poor place also has a not-so-good advantage, that is, the population is actually not large, and the population is only 6 to [-], which is not as good as a town in a densely populated economically developed area.

But a small population also has the benefits of a small population!
Just doing some economical planting can quickly increase the per capita agricultural income of the local people.

The development of industry and commerce at will can solve the employment of a large proportion of idle young adults.

Just add 80 industrial output value at will, then the per capita output value can soar rapidly.

Looking back, after the report was sent up, the higher-ups would think at first glance: Wang Tu is a good guy. In just two or three years, the income of the local people has increased several times, and the per capita industrial output value has increased several times...

In other places, economic growth is measured in single-digit percentage points, but his economic growth is measured in tens of percentage points or even doubled.

Didn't this political achievement just come!

Wang Tu, who can use limited resources, chose such a seemingly poor mountainous county.

His goal is very pure, it is for political achievements.

As for the harsh environment, no matter how hard it is, it can't be as hard as the county magistrate. Besides, although his salary as an official is not high, his family is not poor...

Although the Wang family is not a family of rich and powerful, it is also a family of traditional gentry in Hangzhou in northern Zhejiang. Father Wang was born in the Ming Dynasty, but he did not become an official in the Ming Dynasty. After Master Wang entered northern Zhejiang, he recruited local scholars. Like many other scholars in his hometown, he chose to defect to the new dynasty.

He has been an official for more than ten years.When there were too many county magistrates and magistrates, and finally in the 19th year of Chengshun, he became seriously ill and became an official in Shanxi when he participated in politics.

According to the latest official system reformed after Chengshun 13 years ago, the left and right participation in politics and the left and right participation in the provincial governor's yamen were combined into participation in politics, which was positioned as the third rank.

In the restructured provincial governor’s office, the governor governs the overall situation and is also in charge of personnel affairs. Specify after consultation.

The whole structure is actually modeled after the top imperial study system of the Great Chu Empire, that is, the chief envoy and the political envoy are respectively in charge of some affairs, assisting the governor in managing the whole province.

Wang Tu's father, before he became an official, had already mixed into the administrative decision-making circle of a province. Although he was only a low-profile version of participating in politics, he was not a chief executive, let alone a governor.

But in any case, as a member of the third rank to participate in politics, that is already the rank of senior officials in the Great Chu Empire.

Such a Wang family is naturally not an ordinary family. I dare not say much about the family business, but it is more than enough to maintain a decent life for the Wang family.

Even if Wang Tu went to a remote mountainous area to take up his post, even though he came in plain clothes and only brought a document... But in fact, it was just for the sake of fear of influence.

After taking office, especially when he predicted that he would struggle in this mountain for several years in the future, he had already started to make arrangements.

There will be a group of his servants arriving one after another.

There will also be a few of his confidante friends.

Well, polygamy is strictly prohibited in the Great Chu Empire, and bigamy is also prohibited. Taking a concubine and marrying a concubine is absolutely not allowed, but there is no rule that you cannot bring a confidante to live together...

As long as you love me, don't announce each other's husband and wife to the public, insist that you are a confidante, and only sleep together occasionally.

This is at best a moral issue, and the law can't control you!

Of course, the law can’t control you. However, as an official, if Wang Tu goes too far and is impeached by someone saying: lust is superior and the influence is bad, then don’t expect to be promoted, let alone promoted, it’s good if you don’t get dismissed .

Therefore, these confidante friends did not come here with Wang Tu at the beginning, but they would come quietly later, even if they arrived at the place, they would not disclose the floor.

Life should be enjoyed and not too bitter, but you must also pay attention not to have any negative effects that will not affect your official career.

After arranging his daily affairs properly, Wang Tu continued to immerse himself in his work, and went to inspect places every three days, either to find places suitable for growing camellia oleifera, or to see places suitable for building various factories.

Amidst the busy schedule, a group of inspection teams from Guangzhou, invited by Wang Tu, also arrived in Heping on the steamer of Liuhe Shipping Company.

One of them was a middle-aged man in a brocade suit. This man looked at the hills and mountains on both sides of the river, the simple small pier in front of him, and the dilapidated small houses beside the pier.

Thinking of the many materials about this place that I saw before, I couldn't help but frowned again.

It's not a good idea to invest in this place. If he hadn't been entrusted by someone, he probably wouldn't have come to such a crappy place in his life.

But now, he wants to come here to invest, which makes him feel heartbroken to throw money into the water!

It seems that the matter of investment still needs to be carefully considered. Even if it is a favor, it can't really throw money into the water!