Rebirth of the Qing Empire

After returning from Tianjin, Zhong Hanqiang said excitedly as soon as he saw Kang Fan: "Kang Fan, we are starting to get rich!"

Kang Fan smiled and said: "Old Zhong, we are not short of money to begin with."

Zhong Hanqiang said: "What I mean is that our company has begun to truly create profits. This is different from the way you make money: this is an absolutely safe and long-term formal business behavior."

"Oh." Kang Fan's indifferent attitude disappointed Zhong Hanqiang.

Now, it is out of date to mention the concept of Mafang Township Industrial Park.

Centered on the surrounding areas of Ningwu County, the good development of government-owned enterprises spread across the four counties of the prefecture has led to the rise of private enterprises in the region. Government and private enterprises are interdependent and complementary, promoting the prosperity of the overall economy within the jurisdiction. And

, The industrial construction of Ningwu Prefecture is still continuing, and the scale will become larger and larger. Its huge demand for various materials, commerce, and service industries will definitely promote the continued prosperity of all walks of life in the region. Such prosperity will provide a good foundation for Ningwu.

The Wu government brought considerable tax revenue.

Although Yu Hao has repeatedly lowered the industrial tax rate since he took office to facilitate economic development, and has become the region with the lowest tax rate in the entire Shanxi Province. It is so low that outsiders cannot believe it. However, due to the increase in the overall economic scale, this year's tax rate has

The total amount is still an unprecedentedly considerable amount. Add in the profits from government-run enterprises and government-run farms, and Kang Fan can do more to improve local people's livelihood.

Of course, there are many things that need to be done within the jurisdiction of Ningwu Prefecture, which require a complete, efficient, progressive, and civilized government agency to implement them one by one. To establish such a government, the current government agencies must be reorganized.

Corrupt officials and mediocre people should pack up and get out.

Yu Hao supported Kang Fan's approach, but also expressed his concerns: As the saying goes, if a tree is as beautiful as a tree, the wind will destroy it. Now that my uncle is a Taoist priest, he is still afraid of getting into trouble. Kang Fan is a small boy.

Magistrate, if you do this, you will undoubtedly encounter huge difficulties.

But Kang Fan had to do it. This was an important measure related to whether Ningwu Mansion could develop healthily and well in the future. After the formation of the intelligence team of Qingshen Camp, they have been doing the work of thinking about people. Therefore,

, now the family background, conduct, knowledge, work ability, etc. of all the yamen in Ningwu Mansion have been thoroughly investigated. With knowing himself and the enemy, Kang Fan can make feasible decisions for those incompetent personnel on a case-by-case basis.

Disposal strategies, such as using the evidence of crime to threaten transfer, resignation or direct dismissal; using methods such as deliberate framing, coercion and inducement to achieve the goal of personnel without obvious evidence of guilt, so that they will leave in spite of difficulties.

Generally speaking, most of the people who enter the yamen in Ningwu Prefecture and its subordinate counties, whether through purchase, donation, trust relationship or other channels, with or without official positions, can act impartially, perform their duties conscientiously, and can be retained. Among them,

Although those who are corrupt and bend the law are in the minority, they often hold important positions, such as those in charge of salt and taxation. They are really harmful and have extremely bad influence.

Then there is the issue of students’ daily lives.

After the basic living support facilities such as water, electricity and heating in Ningwu County were completed, Kang Fan was ready to repair and transform the buildings in the county, such as renovating roads, city walls, towers, adding lighting, drainage, garbage disposal, greening and beautification and other public facilities.

The next step is to build a primary school and a middle school in each of the four counties, and select a location near Ningwu County to build a professional and technical school covering a variety of disciplines and a university with a variety of majors to adopt compulsory education.

system, improve the education level of local people, and reserve talents for future development. While these works are being carried out, the county government is being renovated to provide students with a truly safe and comfortable home, so that everyone is always protected and cared for.

Only then could Kang Fan and Zhong Hanqiang be completely relieved.

Ningwu County is surrounded by mountains and rivers, with lush vegetation. Although the surrounding environment is not as beautiful as Mafang Township Industrial Park and Fenhe Camp, it is more prosperous and lively, and daily life is more convenient. These have evolved from the reinforced concrete in the 21st century.

The students who came out of the forest also benefited greatly from being able to live here.

Various industrial and mining enterprises in the plan are scattered throughout the jurisdiction of Ningwu Prefecture, outside various counties, and government offices, residential areas, schools, hospitals, post offices, shops, restaurants, hotels, markets and various public facilities are all located as far as possible.

Concentrating them in each county makes it easier to manage personnel. Once the city gates are closed at night, the residents in each county are quite safe. As for the important military and civilian facilities outside the city, the security work is left to the newly formed units.

The internal security forces did it.

The official roads connecting the four counties have been dredged and renovated to facilitate carriages, pedestrians, and workers commuting to and from work, which has also led to the rise of the passenger and freight transportation industry. The official roads outside the city and the roads paved with bluestone inside the city

Different, they are all simple hard soil and gravel roads, but they are designed very humanely by the students: there are lush green belts and drainage ditches on both sides of the road, and there is an official post station every 5 kilometers. The local area is mainly mountainous.

Lord, all official roads are winding in the mountains. The mountains are high and densely forested. They are deserted and wild animals frequently appear. It is very dangerous to travel at night. Therefore, this kind of official post station stationed by the internal security forces provides the most urgently needed services for pedestrians.

The conditions for food, rest and refuge are also beneficial to the maintenance of official roads, and they have received enthusiastic support from the people in the area. After this enthusiasm was transformed into conscious actions, each official post station was responsible for the daily maintenance of official roads, and even the food and beverage

Often without waiting for the government to consider it, nearby people help to make it happen.

The security work outside each county has been the responsibility of the cavalry regiment in the past, but with the increase in outsiders, the security situation within the jurisdiction has become complicated. How to properly manage the increasing number of outsiders will be left to the patrol houses of each county.

A big problem has arisen. Therefore, measures such as expanding the patrol team, improving personnel quality, increasing law enforcement, and improving the household registration system should be implemented as soon as possible. However, just doing a good job in public security work in the county is not enough.

The area under the jurisdiction of Ningwu Prefecture also needs a large number of armed forces to strengthen management, and this is why Kang Fan established an internal security force.

Kang Fan plans to directly recruit those who have voluntarily signed up to serve as soldiers, those with military experience, actual combat experience, or military academy graduates into the Ningwu Prefecture garrison, and those ordinary people among them will be accepted by the internal security forces.

The internal security force is a second-line armed force between the patrol force and the front-line garrison. Its main mission is to assist local governments in maintaining social order, crack down on various illegal activities, and protect important military and civilian facilities and natural resource monitoring within their jurisdiction.

, protection, border patrol, inspection, personnel management, and responsible for local emergency rescue, disaster relief, important personnel protection, etc. No matter what kind of task the troops perform, all personnel must receive basic combat skills training and pass the assessment before they can officially become internal guards.

Soldiers in the army perform various tasks. If you want to join the front-line garrison troops with better treatment, you must serve in the internal guard troops for at least three months before you are eligible to be drafted.

In this way, after the formation of the internal defense force is completed, the front-line armed force of the Ningwu Prefecture garrison will no longer need to recruit soldiers from the society, but will instead recruit directly from the internal defense force. The recruitment process will become simple and the number of soldiers will be reduced.

The quality will be greatly improved. The tasks of the Ningwu Prefecture garrison, which was expanded with the cavalry regiment as the team, can be greatly reduced, and they can concentrate on armaments construction and territorial defense duties.

Kang Fan's goal is to form an internal guard force of 10,000 people and a garrison force of 3,000 people. Once a war breaks out, he will have a division-sized armed force available. If it is used again in the future

The new weapons and equipment designed by ourselves will greatly enhance the ability of the officers and soldiers of Ningwu Prefecture to protect their homes and people. As the armed forces grow, Qingsein Battalion must be expanded and improved to meet the needs of the garrison and assume the responsibility of the internal security forces.

Training tasks. Correspondingly, new internal guard depots must be built throughout the jurisdiction to provide convenience for the troops to perform various tasks in their respective areas.

Of course, all the above plans can only be carried out after the beginning of spring, just like the industrial development plan. Therefore, 1897 is the most critical year for the development of Ningwu Mansion. If all plans can be implemented smoothly, from 1898

From the beginning, Ningwu Mansion will enter a period of development that will change the world. And by then, Kang Fan's heart, which has been ups and downs since he came to this era, will be able to feel relieved to a certain extent.

Hu Pinzhi was a visionary who advocated reform ideas and advocated Westernization to rejuvenate the country. In the past few years in Shanxi, he advocated reforming the province's old education system, vigorously building new schools, sending young talents to study abroad, developing the province's industry and commerce, improving farming, etc.

, opened the door for Shanxi to move towards modern civilization, and won the respect of Emperor Guangxu, who advocated reform ideas. Kang Fan's measures to develop Ningwu Mansion coincided with Hu Pinzhi's thoughts, and of course he would receive Hu Pinzhi's support.

, which greatly facilitated the development plan of Ningwu Mansion from the administrative aspect and made it easier to implement. It really made Kang Fan feel very lucky.

After the Spring Festival, through Hu Pinzhi's instigation, Ningwu Prefecture cooperated with local governments to establish the Datong Coal Mine, Lanxian and Wutai Iron Mines, Yuanqu Copper Mine, Luliang Aluminum Mine, Yuncheng and Taiyuan Chemical Raw Materials Bases, Datong Building Materials and Graphite

Bases and other industrial and mining enterprises have begun construction one after another, and various local mining sites have also begun construction at the same time. After these mineral raw materials are mined, they will be sent to various factories in Ningwu Prefecture to be processed into a variety of industrial products, giving full play to their

the role it should play.

The advanced industrial equipment components designed by the scientific research center were also shipped back from abroad in large quantities after the beginning of spring, and assembly began at the scientific research center. Due to the huge workload, the students responsible for this work led a team of workers to work day and night.

.Zhong Hanqiang tried his best to improve the lives of students. As the finance minister, he doesn't care about anything now. As long as it is helpful to the students' physical and mental health, he will buy everything regardless of the price.

"With your way of spending money, how can I believe that you can manage my finances well?" Kang Fan joked.

Zhong Hanqiang smiled and said: "If it were you, I wouldn't know how to spend it! You can tell me."

The full launch of the large-scale industrial development plan has turned the entire Ningwu Prefecture into a huge construction site! A huge army of laborers came from provinces, roads, prefectures, counties, all over the country and even foreign countries to participate in the construction while providing

The local area has brought huge consumer demand, stimulating the rapid development and growth of various local industries. The turnover of light industrial enterprises such as pharmaceuticals, food processing, daily necessities, textiles and county hospitals near Mafang Township is like falling into a boiling water pot.

Like the mercury column in a mercury thermometer, it rises rapidly.