After Pei Yuanqi finished his meal in the cafeteria, his attitude changed. Before he was eating, he was kind and often spoke with encouragement. After he finished his meal, he became serious, and he was not the only one talking.

"You are a textile factory. You must be more careful about fire prevention and strengthen education for everyone in the factory. After dinner, I smelled the smell of tobacco in the second Wool Spinning Factory. Although the work has been stopped, isn't it a joke to smoke in the factory?"

"What you said is that I will arrange for someone to investigate immediately and find the brave man."

"It's not that you are going to deal with that person, but to be strict in discipline! There is also the problem of hard helmets. Don't think I can't see that all workers' hard helmets are new and worn for us. Some workers' hard helmets are just perfunctory, especially those female workers! Textile factories are not machinery factories or steel factories. Hard helmets are not just to prevent things from falling off the top and smashing their heads, but also to restrain their hair. Look at your female workers, there are all French styles left. If the machine starts and rolls their hair in, wouldn't it be crushing their heads?"

"This factory has great potential. To make progress is not only to make progress in technology, production, and safety. Don't always think about cultivating workers, but also to learn from management." Pei Yuanqi said earnestly to his young boss Bai Zhiwen in the office. He said: "This time, I will make your Kuisheng Factory a typical example and arrange it as the facade of our Xijin textile industry. This is not only an encouragement to you, but also an urge to you.

You have become a positive example, and soon someone came to visit and study. Xijin and Nanyang are foreign. If you can't handle the details well, you will not only lose the people of Kuisheng, but also the face of Xijin."

After leaving Kuisheng Factory, Pei Yuanqi went to the city and had a brief rest in the afternoon. He arranged an interview with the local administrative officer in the evening.

Shen Changhe, the county magistrate of Shanyang County, was born in Pei Yuanqi's secretary-general. He was in his early forties and was very capable. Before becoming the county magistrate, he served as the district magistrate in Xijin. He had a rich resume and sufficient experience. The two were familiar with each other, so they were not so polite.

"Shanyang is the ninth county in my Xijin Province. I have been moving around for a day today. Overall, it is still good and has already gotten on track. When I return to Xijin, you can go back with me, contact the General Administration Office to go there, choose a city, and make a pair." Pei Yuanqi spoke straightforwardly to Shen Changhe.

Shen Changhe habitually took out the cigarette, but thought that Pei Yuanqi had quit smoking, he carefully put it away and said, "Sir, this matter is about to be reported to you. There have been many immigrants in Shanyang this time, and the machinery factory is still under construction. There are too many jobs, so if you can't leave Beizhi, you don't want to leave. As for the matter of pairing, Beizhi discussed it with several colleagues and tentatively set up Dongguan. If you have no objection, you don't have to go there again."

"This kind of thing is all about the best. You have never even seen anyone from the Liaison Office of the General Administration, so you chose Dongguan?" Pei Yuanqi was a little unwilling to believe it.

The so-called pairing is a central support method that Li Junwei applied for to Xijin when he was there.

In the past, the resources obtained by Xijin were allocated directly by the Imperial Center. They needed money and projects, but they were all big money. After the Xijin pattern had been decided, this kind of cooperation method of opening and closing was not so suitable. Therefore, Li Junwei applied to the Central Committee and formulated a joint assistance plan between China and Xijin.

Specifically, this plan is to choose the richest cities along the coast of the empire, pair with the cities of Xijin, and provide one-on-one assistance. For example, Xijin City directly connects with Shinkyung, while Gyeonggi connects with Xibin, and Penang connects with the Black Sea Fleet.

In Pei Yuanqi's impression, the effectiveness of this plan was not so significant. The so-called docking and assistance was to pay for wealthy cities along the coast of the empire. Just imagine, who would want to cut their own meat and feed others with nothing to do.

So in the years since this plan was implemented, the child who could cry had milk. How much benefits could be obtained by more than a dozen assisted administrative units depend on how much trouble they were. Sometimes, it also depends on their feelings. Chen Changhe's ability is outstanding. Pei Yuanqi believes that his hometown is Fuzhou, Fujian, and he will choose to pair up his hometown.

"Sir, the times have changed. Now, there is no way to go to the liaison office in Xijin. Since our Shanyang was upgraded to a county, the heads of seven or eight cities have sent people to come to us to help us. Compared with the representatives of the cities we visited, Dongguan has the best conditions." Chen Changhe said with a smile.

In order to avoid Pei Yuanqi's disbelief, Chen Changhe personally went to the office and placed several lists in front of Pei Yuanqi. The lists listed the terms agreed by the visiting cities. Many big cities such as Fuzhou, Dongguan, and Suzhou are among them.

Pei Yuanqi selected Fuzhou, a city he believed, to compare it with Dongguan, and soon saw the difference.

Dongguan’s list conditions are very good. The first one is to agree that after making a pair, Dongguan will immigrate at least 8,000 people to Shanyang within ten years. The 8,000 people are specially marked as the number of people arriving in Shanyang. Relatively speaking, Fuzhou only agreed to immigrate 2,500 people.

In addition, Dongguan has also listed many projects. For example, after learning that Shanyang's cotton textile industry has begun, Dongguan is willing to come forward to attract investment and establish two sewing factories and a dyeing workshop. It also marked the dyeing workshop as the branch of Dahua Dyeing Factory, which ranks fourth in the imperial printing and dyeing industry.

"Is this crazy? Why are they so proactive?" Pei Yuanqi hasn't paid attention to this assistance plan for a long time, and he didn't expect it to be like this.

"This is the change after Prince Yu returned to Beijing..."

The influence of this foreign vassal reform really made Emperor Li Junhua feel a little scared, especially the influence of the bourgeois forces represented by the House of Commons. One of the things that the emperor couldn't accept was that the attitude of local officials in the foreign vassal reform did not show full support for the emperor, even if it was repeatedly requested by the cabinet.

Li Junhua realized that the bureaucratic system of the empire had a tendency to separate from imperial power, which was completely unbearable.

This is true. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the empire established a system of nobles. However, there is one thing that the nobles are restricted in the entry into the government, and joining the army is the main way, followed by the dominant position in state-owned enterprises. However, in the local administrative system, nobles are subject to many restrictions. On the contrary, local tyrants have infiltrated the bureaucratic system of the empire.

In the past, the imperial power's control over the administrative system was mainly concentrated in the high-level and key units, such as the cabinet and high-ranking officials in various industries, and there was little control over it. After experiencing the reform of the foreign vassal states, the emperor decided to deepen his control among the middle-level bureaucrats.

The easiest way is to set up or reorganize the yamen and intervene in personnel power. Li Junhua set up an official review bureau under the central court and directly transferred people from the Security Bureau.

In the past, the Security Bureau had a secret review system, including final review and nomination review. The latter was most well-known to the people of the empire, which was to conduct early review of officials who were eligible to be nominated as members of the next cabinet to avoid selecting some people who lack ability or have a loss of morality. This power was handed over to the Official Review Bureau.

In name, it is the Review Bureau, but in fact it is the Excellent Official Administration Bureau. These officials are called Central Administration officials, that is, officials managed by the Central Government. They will be reviewed and supervised by the Review Bureau, but at the same time they will be trained and promoted more.

In fact, there are certain rules to follow for the rise of imperial officials. For example, before being promoted, the main provincial officials generally served as chief officials in provincial capitals or important cities in the province. The provincial chief officials were promoted to the General Office of the Executive Yuan, and generally had the experience of serving as chief officials in major economic provinces. Most cabinet members had a history of being in charge of the key yamen of the General Office of the Executive Yuan.

This part of the central government officials will serve as the chief executives of important cities after being selected. At the same time, the chief executives of some important cities will automatically become central government officials.

Officials in cities such as Dongguan, Suzhou, and Fuzhou are naturally within this range. The city chiefs who are paired with the Xijin area are even more special, because the assistance to the Xijin area is an important assessment result, and this result will be presented directly to the emperor through the special character Pei Yuanqi.

In other words, if Dongguan and Shanyang County are paired, the emperor will see his name before the mayor has taken the examination and analysis. Obviously, this is a great convenience for the career of the official.

It is precisely because of this that the central government officials will pair their cities with the Xijin area as much as possible, and rank as best as possible among the paired cities.

Pei Yuanqi asked, "Well, even so, I still have a question, that is, Dongguan has such generous promises to you. In comparison, cities such as Fuzhou are a bit petty."

"Actually, you have also seen that these cities are rich cities of the empire. According to the order of the General Administration, only cities with the top 50 economic strength are qualified to pair with overseas places such as Xijin. Because of their wealth, there is no difference between money and material projects they can give. Even Fuzhou is better than Dongguan in these things. But the problem is that whether it is Shanyang or Xijin, the one who lacks the most is people." Shen Changhe said.

Pei Yuanqi agreed with this. In this assistance plan, immigration problem is the most difficult to solve. At most, those rich cities in the country have sent some serious prisoners and illegal immigrants in their jurisdiction, and even scandals have been sent to patients with infectious diseases such as leprosy patients.

It is very difficult to really make them work to organize and persuade ordinary people to immigrate to Xijin.

"Sir, what we need most is actually immigration based on family. Of course, we also refuse people like bachelors, but you know, in those rich areas, who are most willing to come to a distant area like Xijin?" Shen Changhe asked Pei Yuanqi a question.

Pei Yuanqi put his hands on his chest and did not answer positively: "I believe your answer more."

In Pei Yuanqi's secretary's office, Chen Changhe was responsible for immigration work. Pei Yuanqi believes that this subordinate is more professional in this matter.

Chen Changhe also smiled: "Okay, sir, I don't play the puzzle. In fact, I have carefully counted that I am willing to come to Xijin and it is very likely that the immigrants who come from families are landless farmers, and they are just landless farmers."

Pei Yuanqi pinched his chin and carefully measured this definition and found that it really made sense.

Rich cities along the coast are themselves the first choice for immigrants, and there are more job opportunities there. Rich cities are unwilling to help Xijin in terms of population, largely because they also need population.

However, compared with those cities, Xijin has no advantage in job opportunities. Perhaps the salary is higher, or the taxation and control are less, but Xijin is thousands of miles away and takes half a year to arrive, and has to bear the risk of losing his life.

But Xijin also has its own advantage, that is, land. When immigrants come, as long as they want to farm, they can automatically obtain land with a tax-free time limit and certain land reclamation authority. Not only does it have no cost, they will also receive help from various materials.

The people in China who have great desire for land are farmers who have just lost their land. They only know how to farm and live in rural areas and cannot adapt to the work and life of the city. As long as they guide and support them at this time, these people are likely to come to Xijin.

"In comparison, Dongguan has more immigrants than Fuzhou, or the most are in the southwestern provinces. All of this is determined by history."

Pei Yuanqi also knew that when China was restored, Fujian Province was the first mainland province to be completely restored, and it was also the first time the Liquidation Committee showed its power. One of the great contributions of the Liquidation Committee was to state the land, and then the state rented the land to farmers who had no land and little land for use.

However, the southwestern provinces such as Guangdong, where Dongguan is located are different. These provinces were once the territory of several vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. They experienced the process of the vassals seizing the land of landlords and literati. When the empire was established, most of the land there were military nobles of the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. If they joined the empire, they naturally could not be liquidated. Although Li Jundu was assassinated by the King of England and dealt with part of it, it was a slight witch from other provinces liquidated by the liquidation committee.

In short, the southwestern province has a very low degree of land nationalization, which resulted in decades of land annexation that easily leads farmers to lose their land and become tenant farmers. However, with the rapid growth of population, tenant farmers are not so easy to be, and even the qualification to rent land is lost. Therefore, they are forced to leave the countryside and join the wave of urbanization and industrialization.
Chapter completed!