Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 60: Drawing a big picture after joining the job

The fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Early this morning, the Lai family seemed to be in a war and was very busy.Breakfast, carriage and other necessary matters were all ready as soon as it was light.

On the other hand, Lai Shangrong, the person involved, turned out to be the most leisurely one. After getting up, he sat on the edge of the bed and posed, letting Sister You, Qingwen and Yuchuan busy around him.

After dressing neatly and taking the time to do some boxing, I finished my breakfast slowly and came to the front yard.

Get on the carriage and go to Buzhengfang, not far from the imperial city.

Last month, King Zhongshun proposed at the court that in order to prevent businessmen from profiting from it, which went against the emperor's original intention of improving papermaking, he suggested that the court build a workshop and allow private investors to invest in it.

After several rounds of court games, the emperor finally made the decision to establish a state-owned company and divide the equity into three parts, with the treasury accounting for [-]%, the royal treasury accounting for [-]%, and the remaining [-]% being subscribed by private individuals or using existing paper-making workshops as shares.

The appointment of Lai Shangrong as the head of the State-owned Enterprise Department was also announced two days ago. Today is his first day on the job.

Lai Shangrong, who was sitting in the car with his eyes closed and concentrating, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, thinking about how to show off his skills.

The State-owned Department belongs to the Chuo Yamen. Because it is not under the jurisdiction of the Sixth Ministry and is inevitably visited by private businessmen, it is not located in the office area of ​​the Sixth Ministry in the Imperial City. Instead, it operates in an independent building in Buzhengfang near the Imperial City.

Normally, every yamen at the division level should have a doctor in charge, but due to the joint-stock system and the fact that they were engaged in business, those high-ranking civil servants with great ambitions were pushing each other back. The emperor was even more happy to see this happen, so the doctor in charge, the doctor in charge, and the foreign minister in charge, etc. Positions are always vacant.

As a result, he, the sixth-rank chief, has become the highest official of the State-owned Enterprise Department, which can be said to have great power and great potential.

Of course, the State-owned Department is a start-up department, and it only has papermaking as an industry that has not yet started. In addition, grassroots personnel have to be deployed from various departments, so there are a lot of things at the moment.

At this time, the New Year is approaching, and the time for establishing the Yamen is short. The subscription of equity has not yet been publicized. At present, private equity participation has not been officially launched. Most of the participants are well-informed people with connections. Therefore, there were only two workshops renovated and equity distribution before the year. Work.

The carriage arrived at the Buzhengfang. Under the exaggeration of the morning light, the state-owned department with its white walls and wide buildings exuded solemnity and majesty. Even the guards at the door seemed to have a different color.I can't help but sigh with emotion, now I can be regarded as a civil servant in the Great Xia Dynasty.

At the yamen gate, Lai Shangrong showed his official credentials, dropped a few name cards, and ordered Hu Si to park the carriage into the stable.

He walked with his head high and followed the guidance of the door to a duty room on the east side of the Yamen.

Although he is the highest official of the State-Owned Department, there are doctors and foreign ministers in the yamen structure, so the main hall is temporarily vacant.

"Master Lai! Several governors are already waiting!"

In the capital official system of the Great Xia Dynasty, the seventh, eighth, and ninth ranks were all called the same, namely governor, secretary, and official.

These people are all personnel transferred from various yamen.

In the small living room outside the duty room, five people sitting saw him coming in, and immediately got up to salute.

"Master Lai!"

After greeting each other by name, Lai Shangrong greeted them to take their seats again.

The emperor also put a lot of effort into removing personnel.

Among the five seventh-grade governors, Zhang Bingchen and Huang Xin are from the Ministry of Industry. They previously served in the Yingzhuan Qingli Department and Yuheng Qingli Department respectively. The remaining three are Xiao Henian from the Ministry of Revenue, Chen Jie from the Ministry of Personnel, and Gao Guangsong from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Except for Chen Jie, who was sent to gild by the former Ministry of Civil Affairs, the others are all seventh-grade governors from various departments who have endured qualifications.

For Lai Shangrong, who relied on his extraordinary skills to become his boss from the moment he came up, he didn't have much awe, but more just envy, jealousy and hatred.

They were not the only ones who were envious of Lai Shangrong, who was able to become a sixth-level master with his extraordinary skills.

And I hate it because I was transferred to the State-Owned Department.For low-level officials like them, who have no foundation and no hope of promotion, talking about ideals and aspirations is too far away.

Being an official for thousands of miles is just for money, and living in the capital is not easy. The annual salary is only enough to barely survive. The real income is to support Lian Yin and the Bingjing and Tanjing in summer and winter.

The Yanglian Bank is issued by the imperial court, and there should be no shortage of people who come to the State-owned Department, but after leaving the Sixth Ministry, the two respects of ice and charcoal that are filial to the localities every year should not be thought about again.

If Lai Shangrong had not improved the papermaking technology, how could the state-owned department be established? If the state-owned department had not been established, they would not have been transferred here. Hate Wujiwu would inevitably hate him too.

Originally Lai Shangrong didn't know much about the officialdom, but after his appointment the day before yesterday, Qin Ye came to him and explained the pros and cons to him in detail.

This also gave him a clear target today.

"Please, please summon all the personnel of the State-Owned Department to the meeting hall."

After the five people left, Lai Shangrong went into the inner room to check the room and thought about it some more.

After a while, a thin middle-aged man in his thirties poked his head in.

"My lord! Everyone is here!"

"Well! What's your name?"

"Yuan Chengtao, who holds a humble position, was originally in the miscellaneous department of the Yu Heng Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Industry."

Lai Shangrong nodded, got up and followed Yuan Chengtao to the meeting hall.

The reason why he asked him his name was because he saw him wearing the uniform of an eighth-grade official.

According to Qin Ye's analysis, most people in the State-owned Division currently have no favorable impressions of him.

There was no need for him, an eighth-grade secretary, to do this kind of communication work. No matter whether he was trying to curry favor or for whatever purpose, it always aroused Lai Shangrong's idea.

Arriving at the meeting hall, Lai Shangrong walked straight to the top position in front of everyone.

Clearing his throat, he said: "I know, you think that the state-owned company is a father who doesn't care about your mother and doesn't love you, and only does some business business. Even the two seasons of ice and charcoal in summer and winter are short. There is much resentment in the heart of being sent here.

Although all of you sitting here have been officials for many years and have much more qualifications and experience than me, I still want to say that your idea is totally wrong!

I am not afraid to tell you that yesterday the Emperor ordered the Ministry of Industry to order twenty steam engines for use in our two paper-making workshops.

what is this? "

He paused for a moment and said loudly: "This is the Holy Family! The Holy Family that no one can ask for! So not only is the State-owned Department not a chore, but it is a great opportunity for everyone!
Of course, I also know that it is not easy to live in the capital. Although the profits from the sales of our state-owned company must be distributed according to shares, I have requested the emperor's decree that the sales rights of the production will be sold in the future, and the proceeds from the sale will be shared by our state-owned company. You can use it at your own discretion, and the department will use part of it as an assessment reward. "

The so-called selling right is actually a sales agent. The ancients did not have this awareness, but Lai Shangrong did not want to give up this piece of fat.

Because of the low cost of paper produced by state-owned enterprises, it will inevitably replace most of the original workshops and even gradually form a monopoly.

It's hard to say what price the sales agent will be able to sell in the future.

Of course, this is not because Lai Shangrong wants to make money for the State-owned Enterprise, but the Ministry of Revenue is unwilling to invest. In the future, all new project research and development and personnel welfare will have to be found by himself. In addition, the emperor hinted that he would sell the paper to Tian Guojiu, so he borrowed Machine proposed.

The emperor also considered that directly forcing Yi to cause a backlash in the court, so he agreed to the suggestion of selling.

(End of this chapter)