"These young people have been making a lot of moves in Nanjing recently!"
At the monthly executive committee meeting at the end of September, Ning Qi couldn't help but sigh when faced with the work report submitted by the Nanjing Management Committee.
"When Shi Chengwu took office, he signed the execution of prisoner No. 180 and sentenced more than 2,000 people to be exiled overseas. As soon as Tao Hongfang left, he immediately launched a relief project. In order to manage the refugees, he promoted dozens of people from the private sector at once. He also asked Liu Tianning to come over from Hangzhou.”
"Liu Tianning didn't go empty-handed. He also bought a lot of goods in Hangzhou and Yangzhou. I heard from people below that working tools such as hoes and shovels are no longer available locally, and we have to wait for supplies from Shaoxing and Ningbo. Goods.”
Shi Diwen coughed lightly and took over the conversation: "Young people are motivated. I think this is a good thing. As parents and superiors, we should give more support."
Ning Qi said: "Of course we should support it, but if their actions in Nanjing cause other regions to follow suit, will we have enough resources to provide the same support to all regions?"
Everyone could hear the thorn in Ning Qi's words. Tao Donglai stopped the two people from continuing to argue: "Nanjing is a regional center, and it is also an example of our ability to govern to the people of Ming Dynasty. The post-war order reconstruction It is especially important to comfort the refugees. Since we have decided to hand over Nanjing to a few juniors, we should fully trust them.”
"Whether other places will follow Nanjing's approach is a matter for later, but at least they have to make some achievements in Nanjing first and gain recognition from the world, and then others will follow suit. At this stage, we are Provide them with the support they need.”
"Whether these young people or others are in power in Nanjing, the attitude of the executive committee will remain the same."
Tao Donglai knew very well why Ning Qi questioned the strength of support received by several young people, because when the executive committee was considering candidates for the Nanjing consulship, Ning Qi's son Ning Zijing was also one of them.
However, Ning Zijing had not been working in the government for a long time and had almost no experience in presiding over local government affairs, so he was ultimately unsuccessful and the executive committee chose Tao Hongfang to be the governor of Nanjing.
No one is a saint, so how can he not have selfish motives? Even if he has a high status like a member of the executive committee, he is not immune to the vulgarity. He still needs to find opportunities to pave the way for his own children.
Of course, a position like Nanjing's consulship is not comparable to the top leaders of ordinary state capitals. It is understandable that Ning Qi wants to fight for this opportunity for his son. But now that the dust has settled, Ning Qi still criticizes the governance of the Nanjing Management Committee, which reminds people of the previous competition for candidates.
Of course, Ning Qi also knew that it was indecent to argue about this kind of topic in front of everyone in the executive committee, and since Tao Donglai had brought the matter to such an end, he couldn't dwell on it any longer.
Tao Donglai continued: "In fact, the conditions in the newly occupied state capitals this year are similar to those in Nanjing. There is no hard and fast solution to local problems. We still have to adapt measures to local conditions according to the local situation."
"I don't know if you have read the report sent back by the Northern Region. It was just sent to Hangzhou last night. Compared with Chen Yixin's methods, the measures taken by these young people in Nanjing are already very mild."
Ning Qi said: "I just came back from Yangzhou in the morning, but I haven't seen the report yet. What did Chen Yixin do?" Yan Chujie, who knew more about this, took over: "The Northern Region captured a large number of Ming troops in previous battles. Personnel, if these people are detained in the occupied areas, firstly, it will take a lot of manpower and materials to guard them, and secondly, they will always be a security risk.”
"Of course, it would be more harmful to put them back directly. Chen Yixin hopes that Ming Ting can come up with some valuable exchange terms, but you also know the current situation. Ming Ting is still worried about war reparations. How can there be any extra money? They came to redeem these prisoners of war and were absolutely unwilling to continue to cede territory, so they never responded directly to Chen Yixin’s request.”
"Chen Yixin ran out of patience and decided not to negotiate with the Ming Dynasty about the stay of these prisoners of war. Some of them were sent to Liaodong to work as miners, and others were exiled overseas to do hard labor at the Datong River Base and Sasebo Base. .”
"According to the information I have, some prisoners of war may be handed over to Wang Anbang, who will transport them back to North America for resettlement."
Ning Qi said: "It sounds like there are a lot of prisoners of war?"
Yan Chujie responded: "The statistics currently reported show that there are 13,000 prisoners of war in Yongping Prefecture, currently being held in Laoting County. There are 12,000 prisoners of war in Shuntian Prefecture, currently being held in Tianjin. There are 8,700 prisoners in Hejian Prefecture. The prisoners of war are currently being held in Cangzhou and Huanghua. In addition, there are more than 2,000 prisoners of war in Shandong, and they have been escorted back to Dengzhou.”
Ning Qi nodded and said: "It's true that there are quite a few, but if it's just like this, it won't make Chen Yixin so eager to deal with it, right? If I guessed correctly, there should be a large number of war refugees in the local area, which requires more resources, so That would make Chen Yixin feel embarrassed.”
Yan Chujie said: "The number of refugees is said to be several times greater than that of prisoners of war. The Northern Region has always had a large gap in population demand, but if so many people are crammed in at once, it will inevitably be overwhelming."
"The Northern Region alone may not be able to solve the current problems with its own capabilities, so Chen Yixin applied for two thousand tons of food aid and a large amount of daily necessities in his report."
"In addition, because the Northern Region has exhausted this year's financial budget in the previous war, it is temporarily unable to come up with enough funds to purchase these materials. Chen Yixin hopes to allocate the materials in the name of the Executive Committee and use next year's Northern Region's Pay taxes to pay off debts.”
When it comes to financial and tax issues, everyone's eyes turn to Schneider.
Schneider shrugged and said: "According to the financial situation of the Northern Region in the past ten years, I think the current situation is not enough to wipe out Chen Yixin's family. The purpose of his rhetoric should still be to cry out to the executive committee for poverty. Wait until next year to find out. This is a reason for the Executive Committee to include this aid expenditure into the national disaster relief project, so that the Northern Region can pay less or even not pay this money.”
This may sound a bit unruly, but no one present looked surprised.
Similar situations are not uncommon. Who among the consuls in charge of various regions, including Shi Diwen present, has not played similar tricks?
Compared with this old fox-style operation, the young people in Nanjing are indeed much more honest and do not play any tricks in the process of applying for aid.