Chapter 231: Personnel adjustment in the Cliff Office
Regarding the investment attraction issue of Victory Port, the Executive Committee has already reached a conclusion on this matter - the introduction of foreign capital can speed up the construction of Victory Port, promote local economic development, and make Victory Port an early commercial and trade center in the South China Sea. Based on this understanding, the Executive Committee believes that it is necessary to attract more people from the outside world to settle and invest in Victory Port, and the main source in the early stage must be the nearby Yazhou City.
In addition to wealth, the executive committee also pays close attention to Yazhou's intellectual community. Currently, there are more than 200 school-age children in the Victory Port area, but there is a serious shortage of teacher resources. It stands to reason that every Chuanduo can be a guest teacher to teach literacy, arithmetic and basic knowledge courses, but the actual situation is not that optimistic. There are only less than ten people in Chuanduo who are responsible for full-time education. When large-scale immigration begins, the number of school-age children will further increase. We cannot wait until the Shengli Port Primary School is depleted before we start thinking of ways to solve the problem.
So Yazhou, which has a lot of scholars, became the target of the executive committee. Scholars with a good reputation would be fine. Most of them would not be willing to be teachers, but those who are older, have poor families, or are struggling to study For those scholars who have not been able to obtain academic honors for many years, the Executive Committee can provide them with a job to earn a living. Although these pedantic scholars who read the Four Books and Five Classics cannot teach much truly useful knowledge, they still have no problem teaching basic literacy courses. Tao Donglai asked the Yazhou Resident Office to work more on this aspect and collect a group of dissatisfied scholars in Yazhou as quickly as possible to send them to Victory Port - the wave of immigrants from North Vietnam was coming soon, and Tao Donglai did not expect that At that time, I heard Ning Qi's complaints again.
For the Yazhou Office, which has been gradually weakening its functions, attracting investment and recruiting talents from Yazhou will be its main task in the future. Although Malico was not sure about this, he still assured Tao Donglai that he would complete the tasks assigned by the executive committee.
Feng Annan saw that Tao Donglai wanted to stop there, so he quickly asked: "Mr. Tao, do you have any new tasks for Lao Mu and me?"
Tao Donglai smiled and asked: "What new tasks do you need?"
Feng Annan frowned and said: "There is really not much to do in Yazhou. The two of us just go to the four city gates every day to see if the guards are on duty on time. This day is a bit too busy. , If there are no special arrangements in the near future, I think it is better to go back to Victory Port to lead the militia.”
Mu Xiabai's temper was much hotter: "Mr. Tao, let me be blunt. I can understand the executive committee's policy of gradually encroaching on Yazhou. I personally do not advocate the use of force to solve Yazhou, but my current status I am a soldier, so I should be assigned to a place with military missions, right? Even if we let two rich and powerful people do what we are doing now, we can do it very well. There is really no need for the Executive Committee to send us two I stayed in Yazhou for nothing.”
Tao Donglai laughed dumbly and said: "It turns out that I can't stand idle anymore! Okay, great! I was worried that you would get used to living a comfortable life here, but it seems that my worries were in vain!"
Feng Annan heard a hint of Tao Donglai's words and quickly asked: "Has the executive committee already made new arrangements for us?"
Tao Donglai said: "It's not the arrangement of the executive committee, it's just my personal thoughts... Of course, I have to ask for your opinions first, and then I will submit it to the executive committee for discussion."
"Mr. Tao, if you want to discuss the personnel arrangements within the Military and Police Department, we will not listen." Maliko stood up and left knowingly. Seeing this, several other people couldn't stay any longer and got up and went out, leaving the room to the three of them from the Military and Police Department.
The personnel arrangements of the Military and Police Department have always been decided internally before being submitted to the Executive Committee. This kind of submission serves more of a "notification" function rather than really requiring discussion by the Executive Committee. This is The procedures are different from other departments. It is precisely because of this independence that the last time the Black Earth Port Colonization Team determined the candidate for military chief, there was a stir due to the nomination of Qian Tiandun. However, the final winner in that dispute was still the Military and Police Department.
This independence of the military and police department in personnel arrangements was decided by the then five-person preparatory committee before time travel. Its purpose was to ensure that the military would not be affected by the ruling civilian officials in personnel arrangements in the future. Otherwise, after the founding of the country, what if the Executive Committee gets into trouble and appoints an engineering student to be the Minister of Defense?
This is not an absurd possibility invented by the military out of unfounded worries. In fact, before they traveled through time, the fourth Secretary of Defense nominated by President Obama of the United States was an out-and-out physicist. He had a long list of doctorate and professor titles, but had never served in the military. Pass. The U.S. military, which has the strongest military in the world, can't even elect a representative with the ability to command the entire military, and is reduced to the point where it needs a science tyrant to take charge of the military? Of course, the reason is not that simple. The reason for such an absurd situation is mostly political games and compromises. As for whether the defense minister, who has never even worn a military uniform for a day, can command the most powerful army on earth, I can probably guess the result with his toes.
In order to avoid the emergence of such amateurs commanding experts in the future, especially in such an important department as the military and police, the Time Travel Preparatory Committee formulated relevant personnel rules for this purpose. Appointment has full autonomy. Of course, this rule also stipulates that the Executive Committee still retains veto power over the personnel appointment decisions of the Military and Police Department, but the Executive Committee does not have the power to directly appoint and remove personnel subordinate to the Military and Police Department or the Ministry of National Defense. In this way, it will eliminate the possibility of the civilian system directly interfering in the internal affairs of the Military and Police Department in the future - and this is what civilian officials criticize the most about the current Military and Police Department.
No matter what the civil servants think in their hearts, rules are rules, and the system is set up for people to abide by. Although Maliko is the head of the Cliff Office in his position, he will never take the initiative to interfere in the military, police, intelligence, and security work, let alone the internal personnel arrangements of the military and police departments.
After the irrelevant people left, Tao Donglai asked: "I have to ask first, are you all willing to continue working in the army?"
Both of them nodded suddenly without any hesitation.
Tao Donglai then said: "Now there are two places for you to consider. Let's talk about the first one first. After we have reached an arms trade with the Zheng family in North Vietnam, we will set up a training camp on the Tushan Peninsula along the coast of Vietnam. We will send military advisors to train Zheng's troops so that they can learn to use firearms and corresponding tactics. To this end, the Executive Committee will add a company of militia to Black Earth Port to ensure that the number of local garrison troops will not be affected. It will have a huge impact. Qian Tiandun will be responsible for the training tasks of the newly established company, and we also need to send people to the training camp on the Tushan Peninsula.”
"This training camp is not just for military training, right?" Mu Xiabai was older after all, and he was keenly aware of the tricks involved.
Tao Donglai nodded and confirmed his guess: "The firearms troops we trained for Zheng will definitely be the elite of the North Vietnamese army in the future. What they learn from us will be used for a long time in the future." Influence the North Vietnamese military's attitude towards us ”
Feng Annan clapped his hands and said: "I also understand. If this is done well, Zheng will actually pay to help us cultivate a puppet army!"
Tao Donglai said: "The operation method here is very flexible. We do not necessarily need to obtain actual control of these troops. We only need to be able to control the thoughts of senior officers."
"This is easy to handle, advanced training for senior officers! At that time, we can select some officers with potential for development and ask Zheng to send them to Victory Port for advanced training." Mu Xiabai's mood also became high: "Think about the past domestic Among those military academies, which one does not accept a large number of military students from Africa and South America to study abroad? "This job sounds very interesting!" Feng Annan's eyes were already shining.
"However, I also need to remind you that the Do Son Peninsula is very desolate. Now, except for a few shacks and tents, there are no living facilities. Although that place will be used as a place for us to interact with North Vietnamese immigrants, commerce, and military in a period of time, They come to the base for construction, but the living conditions will be difficult, not to mention Shengli Port and Yazhou, even Heitu Port cannot compare. "Tao Donglai gave them a shot in time.
Mu Xiabai grinned and said: "It's nothing. Before I retired, I was a border policeman and I was used to living in the wilderness. After I retired, I worked as a security guard in the city, but I still felt uncomfortable. Mr. Tao, let's take care of this in advance. Me!”
Tao Donglai said: "Don't make a decision in a hurry. Let me talk about the second place. President Yan proposed a plan to expand the scale of militia training a few days ago. You must have heard about this, right?"
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Both of them nodded, and Feng Annan said: "The boat that came to Yazhou last week to bring immigrants has sent over the latest news. This is a good thing for the development of our military and police department."
"A good thing is a good thing, but the implementation of this plan requires the joint efforts of the entire military and police departments. To expand the scale of militia training, a large number of instructors are needed. The oldest militiamen are less than half a year old, so it is still very difficult to use them as instructors. Reluctantly, we still have to have our own people keep an eye on it." Tao Donglai explained the situation in a concise and concise manner: "Don't think about fighting for the time being. There should be no external military operations in the near future, but being an instructor is like that. There are two ways to go. No matter what, think about it carefully!”
Tao Donglai saw that the expressions on the faces of the two of them were a little hesitant, so he added: "You don't have to answer me right away. I'm not leaving tonight anyway. You have one night to think about it slowly."
Between these two paths, choosing to serve as a military consultant abroad will undoubtedly increase the value of your qualifications, and even its significance will be far greater than that of the current Cliff Office. However, relatively speaking, the living environment will be more difficult and the results will be slower - training a It will take at least three to five months between getting a batch of qualified soldiers and achieving results after going to the battlefield. It is obviously easier to achieve results when returning to Victory Port to train militiamen, and it is easier for the bosses of the Executive Committee and the Military and Police Department to see their performance, but the corresponding competition will be more intense - the military camp in Victory Port has There are many time-traveling instructors, and there is also the chief instructor Gu Wei pressing on them, so it is not so easy to get ahead.
Even a veteran with relatively high consciousness like Mu Xiabai hesitated a little when faced with this crossroads. He is not worried about how bad the environment in overseas locations is, but he wants to consider which path is more beneficial to his future development. This may sound a bit philistine, but this is the reality that cannot be avoided. Since I chose to travel through this world, all I want is to become a leading general as soon as possible and build a territory for the new regime.
There are still dozens of members in the military and police department excluding those in technical positions. Although everyone is now a lieutenant, it is unlikely that they will be promoted to captain or even higher ranks at the same time, nor will they all serve together in the future. Company commander, battalion commander and even higher-level positions that have not yet been seen. In such an era, whoever has more military exploits can be promoted faster. If you want to become a general on the battlefield as soon as possible, you must plan carefully now and add as much weight to your resume as possible.
Young Feng Annan wants to think more directly - as a soldier who wants to become a general as soon as possible, he must obtain as many military honors as possible. If he wants to obtain military honors, he has to go to the battlefield, and now there is no ready-made cross-travel group. battlefield, in this case you have to choose the place closest to the battlefield. The current attitude of the Executive Committee towards the local officials of the Ming Dynasty is to cooperate on the surface and cannibalize in secret. It will definitely not break up with the Ming Dynasty in the short term. At present, the closest battlefield to the Crossing Group in the South China Sea is probably Vietnam. A place now.
After breakfast the next day, Tao Donglai got the same answer from the two men - they unanimously chose the training camp on the Tushan Peninsula as their next target. Tao Donglai expressed his understanding and support for this and promised to determine relevant matters as soon as possible after returning to Shengli Port.
As for the current work of the two people, the Military and Police Department will send people to hand over the work after this. However, the personnel sent to take over the surveillance mission next time may not necessarily be from across the country. As Mu Xiabai said, the existing surveillance mission is not difficult and can be completed by naturalized citizens who have undergone simple training.
After that, Tao Donglai spent nearly an hour listening to Qiu Yuan's financial report alone and reviewed the relevant financial records and documents. In addition to living costs, a considerable part of the accounting expenses of the Cliff Office are social expenses. This includes bribing and buying off officials and staff of various yamen, and daily eating and drinking to build relationships. It is not a small sum even if it is calculated in bits and pieces. However, the executive committee unconditionally approves this part of the expenditure because of its effectiveness. It is very obvious that the impact has far exceeded this limited expenditure.
In terms of income, it is not the strong point of the Cliff Office. Although the Executive Committee also hopes that foreign agencies like the Cliff Office can have the ability to produce their own blood, it is very difficult to implement it in practice. Now that the two trading houses even send their own ships to Port of Victory to purchase goods, the role that the Cliff Office can play in commerce is getting smaller and smaller, let alone any profits. Moreover, this place is too close to the base camp. It is not as far away as the Black Earth Port or the Guangdong Office. It has enough autonomy to act. Even if Malik and the others occasionally have some ideas that can make a little money, they have to go through the base camp first. Making a decision, this time of coming and going often results in missed opportunities.
Tao Donglai personally doesn't care much about the financial burden of the Yaya Office. Compared with the expenditure of the Guangdong Office of foreign agencies of the same nature, this is actually just child's play. The Liaison Office in Guangdong spent 2,500 taels of silver just to buy the house. From its establishment to the present, the Liaison Office in Guangzhou has actually spent less than three hundred taels of silver, excluding the low-cost glass products given out as gifts. Thousand taels. Moreover, the Guangdong Office's local network of contacts has just begun to be built. Once it reaches a certain scale, the daily expenses in this area will definitely not be a small amount.
Wang Tom, on the other hand, took advantage of the morning time and went to see the Yazhou City's defense situation with Mu Xiabai and Feng Annan. After confirming it with his own eyes, Wang Tom had to admit that Mu and Feng were right. Yazhou didn't have much attack value. On the contrary, it would have to send a large number of civil affairs and military personnel to manage it, occupying the limited space in vain. In terms of human resources, it would be better to leave this place to the government.
After lunch that day, Tao Donglai and Wang Tom set off from Yazhou again, took the boat sent by Luo Shengdong to go down the Ningyuan River, and then transferred to the "Speed" at the mouth of the Ningyuan River. Luo Shengdong reluctantly offered to escort him all the way to Victory Port, but Tao Donglai politely declined his kindness - if he had to wait for his slow warship along the way, it would probably be dark even Can't reach Victory Port.
The "Speed" flew all the way and returned to Shengli Port from the mouth of the Ningyuan River in only three hours. According to Wang Tom, this seemed to have broken the new record for the "Speed"'s one-way time. More than ten days after leaving Victory Port, Tao Donglai and his party finally returned with a fruitful harvest.
That night, Tao Donglai convened a discussion meeting with the executive committee members. First, he reported to the executive committee the results of the tour. Second, he also communicated with the executive committee on several measures to be taken in the next step and solicited everyone's opinions. The lengthy meeting lasted from after dinner until midnight, but the participants maintained a high level of excitement because Tao Donglai's tour had solved many problems for the development of the Cross-Travel Group. In the following period, Within a short period of time, it seemed that I could finally let go and do something big.
(End of chapter)