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Chapter 1137 New Ming New Deal

The Governor of Xinming has been replaced. Since Xinming is far away, the replacement of the Governor of Xinming is not known among ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty. After all, this kind of thing is too far away from them.

But Guan Nianzu was not an ordinary person. As a great Shang Dynasty who traveled between the Ming Dynasty and the Xinming Dynasty, he naturally knew many things about the imperial court. Moreover, the person who succeeded the Governor of the Xinming Dynasty was not an ordinary person, but the former Minister of Military Affairs and Navy Commander Wang Dong.

Guan Nianzu was fortunate to meet Wang Dong because of his cooperation with the Ming Dynasty's immigration to Xinming and was responsible for part of the transportation of materials. He remembered Wang Shuai deeply, but he never expected that in less than a few months, Wang Dong promulgated the new laws in Xinming. Guan Nianzu was very impressed and had to admit that although Wang Dong was from a military background, he also had unique views on government affairs. No wonder the emperor asked Wang Dong, who had withdrawn from the military plane, to Xinming.

After completing the procedures, Guan Nianzu's fleet officially cleared, and Guan Nianzu also went from the port to Sun City with peace of mind. This time, he would stay in Sun City for a few days, inspect some of his industries in Sun City, and arrange the unloading, storage, sales and other work of goods.

After doing this, Guan Nianzu would go from Sun City to Pingyi City, and then go to several cities in the east and south, and then inspect the situation of various manors to prepare for his subsequent business plans.

After entering Sun City, Guan Nianzu discovered that the current Sun City was different from the one he had when he came before. The streets seemed more prosperous than before, and were also more organized. In addition, there were more uniformed yamen runners in the city. It is said that this was specially arranged by the Governor's Office to maintain order in the city and ensure public security in the city.

In addition, the original mixed situation of industrial, commercial and residential houses in the city has also been improved. According to the new regulations of the Governor's Office, each city will re-dividate industrial, commercial and residential houses, and streets and buildings also need to be improved. All new buildings must be registered in the local government office in advance and can only be built after their purpose is approved, thus changing the disorderly and increasingly messy development at the time.

This is because Guan Nianzu thought it was also a good thing. As the new territory of the Ming Dynasty, these cities were only in less than ten years since they were found. In order to occupy the territory and expand, the Xinming Governor's yamen had more than extensive management in addition to military aspects, which led to many shortcomings.

Furthermore, the previous Governor Pan Mengyuan did not have any government experience and did not have effective government affairs under his command, so it is inevitable that he would lack it in this regard. Moreover, Pan Mengyuan devoted most of his energy to territorial development, and it is inevitable that he would lose sight of one thing in foreign wars and handling Indian affairs.

Besides, Pan Mengyuan did this right. The Ming Dynasty occupied Xinming for too short time, and many things could not be covered. Moreover, for the Ming Dynasty, everything Pan Mengyuan did in Xinming was already very good. In just a few years, it expanded the territory for the Ming Dynasty, occupied such a large area of ​​land, and withstood the attacks of France and Spain, making the situation in Xinming stable.

In addition, the absorption, assimilation and conquest of the Indians also gave Xinming a certain population base. This is also the reason why the Ming Dynasty was a latecomer in the New World, it achieved decades of achievements compared to Western countries in just a few years.

Now, the territory of Xinming is basically fixed except for the colder north. The eastern and southern borders the colonies of France, Britain and Spain. Unless the Ming Dynasty wages war with these three countries, the expansion to the outside world has basically stopped.

Since the pace of progress has stopped, the next step is to digest the achievements of these years. As mentioned earlier, Xinming, as a new territory developed, its industrial deconstruction is far less than that of the local government. At present, except for agriculture, Xinming's pillar industries are mining, smelting, shipbuilding, agriculture and raw materials, etc., and because there are very few downstream fine processing industries, these are all problems that must be solved.

Therefore, after Wang Dong became the governor of Xinming, he immediately made a new Maritime Bureau regulations, using administrative means to influence commercial trade, thereby adjusting the industrial structure of Xinming.

Now, the thing that was placed in front of Wang Dong is the data reports he has gathered his staff and subordinates to collect from Xinming these days. Half of them are industrial and commercial data in various towns, and the other half is the industrial structure and population data summary of the manors in various places including Indian gathering places.

Wang Dong has read this piece of things twice, and now he has been reading it for the third time. At the same time, he is holding a pen in his hand, drawing circles to indicate the part of the data, and then copying it on another piece of paper.

After a long time, Wang Dong finally finished reading the third time. He put down the pen in his hand and rubbed his slightly sore wrist. Then he picked up the teacup that had already been cold on the side and drank it.

After resting for a while, Wang Dong picked up another piece of paper he had just sorted out and looked at it. After reading it, he shook his head and sighed slightly.

During the Ming Dynasty, he did not think it was difficult to take charge of Xinming. After all, since the Ming Dynasty landed in Xinming, all the good news has been passed back to the Ming Dynasty.

Whether it is expansion of territory, population surge, or mining or farm division, etc., there is no need to mention the military aspect. To be honest, these Xinming military forces are indeed good. Although they are not as good as the local new army of the Ming Dynasty, they are not far from each other. In addition, although they did not win in the previous foreign war, they were laid the foundation for the territory of Xinming, which allowed Xinming to show its military strength to the three Western countries, so that the Ming Dynasty completely gained a foothold in this continent.

As a former military minister, although Wang Dong was mainly responsible for the navy, he was not unfamiliar with government affairs over the years. With this information, Wang Dong was still very confident on the way to Xinming and felt that Xinming's government affairs were very easy to handle. On the one hand, he followed the steps and made in-depth adjustments on the other hand, which naturally came naturally.

But it was not until Wang Dong took the position of Governor of Xinming that he discovered the shortcomings of Xinming's government affairs. Xinming, which seemed to be booming, actually had many problems. Among them, the single and insufficient industrial structure is a huge problem. Moreover, the weak control of the Xinming government on local areas also caused some bad problems. In addition, the extensive administration of officials has caused unclear power, insufficient execution, and even some corruption.

The existence of these problems made Wang Dong notice the shortcomings of Xinming's government affairs. At the same time, he also understood that if these problems cannot be solved as soon as possible, then he would continue to be prosperous even with Xinming's vastness and unique advantages at least for decades.

But you should know that this kind of prosperity is a deformed prosperity and is not what the Ming Dynasty needs. If the Ming Dynasty only manages Xinming as a colony, then there is no problem with such prosperity. At least one or even two generations of Xinming can still maintain this prosperity.

But Wang Dong knew that if Xinming continues in the long run, when Xinming develops to a certain level, prosperity will decline, and with the growth and prosperity of the population, various internal contradictions within Xinming will also begin to intensify. It will be difficult to resolve it at that time.
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