Later historians listed Xia Xiang’s press conference in the Western Province as one of the fifty major events that influenced China.

The historians' remarks are full of historical language jokes and exaggerations. Although history is a serious documentary subject, in fact, any human-documented incident inevitably contains the author's own subjective judgment.

A historian is first a person with a certain political stance, and secondly a historian. Therefore, the history in the eyes of historians may not be true history. It can only be said that it is his own understanding of history and the part of his approval of history.

Many historians who study Xia Xiang's life often have a fierce debate to reach a consensus on every major event that has an impact during different historical periods of Xia Xiang, and even after more than ten years of debate, they will not agree on it.

Just like Xia Xiang's practice of cracking down on Qi's local forces in Qi's province, the support faction believed that Xia Xiang had made great achievements in unifying thoughts and strengthening the central government's influence over the provinces. The opposing faction believed that Xia Xiang's practice of defeating Qi's local forces in Qi's province violated the historical trend, hindered the process of Chinese democracy, and created obstacles for China to realize the federal system as soon as possible.

If we have to say that the opposition faction did not evaluate Xia Xiang based on a fair starting point, there are also reasons. The root cause is that more than ten years later, Xia Xiang vigorously cracked down on the so-called historians and experts who advocated the federal system in China. More than ten years later, the United States' infiltration into China became increasingly fierce. Not only did all universities fall, but experts are not as good as dogs, and the phenomenon of leaving the bones is very common. Even the senior officials at the provincial and ministerial levels at home and above in China also have many hidden American sons. Behind the superficial prosperity of the country, the country's situation is actually almost riddled with holes. It is no exaggeration to say that it is dangerous.

The fortress is easiest to break inside, and it is definitely not a joke. Xia Xiang knows the heavy weight of history and the heavy responsibility on his shoulders. The Chinese nation is a nation with many disasters and difficulties, with a vast land and a wealth of resources. There are many traitors, from the Qing emperors to the gangsters of Shanghai to the village chiefs, and from the land of China, the footprints of traitors can be seen everywhere.

When traitors become a culture and become a means of making a living for the Chinese without faith, domestic political traitors and economic traitors erode the bodies of weak Chinese giants like bacteria. If they are not cured in time, use fierce medicine for serious illnesses. The so-called Eastern giants China will sooner or later fall to the ground and become the sick man of East Asia who is ridiculed by small countries in Japan again!

After Xia Xiang held great power, he carried out a vigorous reform as soon as he took office. The first thing to do was education reform, which directly pointed out the huge pain brought to the country by the policy of industrialization of education.

While eradicating the drawbacks of the industrialization of education, it also eliminated many fake fighters and real traitors who were mixed up in the ranks of education investment experts. Many people regarded as heroes of fighters by the public also showed the face of economic and cultural traitors who received US funding and waved flags for the United States under the banner of counterfeiting.

But it was also because Xia Xiang that countless pseudo-experts and scholars had lost their position to praise the American master, and the American master never raised useless people, resulting in many economic and cultural traitors losing a large amount of US dollar income. As a result, many pseudo-historians attacked Xia Xiang, trying to vilify Xia Xiang, making Xia Xiang’s bad reputation for thousands of years.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for now.

No matter how the forces opposed Xia Xiang vilified Xia Xiang, and could find attack points on countless major things done by Xia Xiang, which was very mocking Xia Xiang, but when Xia Xiang handled the mining accident and held a press conference during his tenure in the Western Province, a rare consensus was reached between the opposition and the support faction--Xia Xiang's press conference was held at the first time, which was indeed one of the fifty major events that affected China!

It is not how important the content of the press conference held by Xia Xiang is, nor how far-reaching the political significance of the press conference is. It is not how Xia Xiang's move to hold a press conference as soon as possible after the mining accident occurred, which has set a precedent for various provinces in the country to handle major events in the future.

From then on, we have changed the bad habit of bullying superiors and concealing subordinates in the domestic officialdom once something happens. We have swept away the unhealthy trend of covering up, and opened the door to the transparent decision-making of the officialdom to be responsible for the people!

From then on, after a major accident, local governments will hold press conferences as soon as possible. They will open their right to know to the public with a sincere attitude and the courage to solve problems, and accept public supervision of the entire incident handling process, which narrows the distance between government agencies and the people, enhances trust, and greatly improves the government's image.

It is no exaggeration to say that Xia Xiang’s actions today set an example to save the government’s style of the agency that is indifferent to the people’s minds!

Xia Xiang held a press conference after the investigation of the mine accident was clear, which was listed as one of the fifty major events that affected China, and it was by no means a false pretext.

"The specific cause of the accident is under investigation. Here, on behalf of the provincial party committee and government, I make a solemn promise. There will never be any adverse phenomena such as concealment or missed reporting in Anda Mining's mining accident. It will definitely be transparent and timely announce the results of each step of the treatment. Now Vice Governor Wang Xiangqian has been present at the scene and is directing the rescue and rescue work." Xia Xiang's eyes were as quiet as water, and the expression on his face was firm and decisive. He waved his right hand vigorously: "Please supervise all journalists and friends, please remember every word I said. If the provincial party committee and government did not handle the Anda Mining mining accident in time, the process was opaque and did not meet the satisfaction of all parties, I would take the initiative to resign!

"Boom..." The venue was silent for a moment, and then there was a thunderous applause. Under the general situation where every official in China is like his life, he has never seen a person. Especially after he reached a provincial and ministerial high position, when something big happened, he would shirk responsibility to his subordinates or cover the cover tightly. "Like Xia Xiang, he dared to issue a military order at a press conference and put forward the slogan of voluntary resignation in public, and be the first person in the country!

The journalists attending the meeting also attended many press conferences. They have become accustomed to the faces of officials at all levels who do not speak the truth but do not speak the truth. Today's press conference has caused great trouble in everyone present. Governor Xia has never spoken a single official cliché from beginning to end, and he does not shy away from the number of people who have mine accidents. Such an open and straightforward style is definitely a fresh trend in the officialdom.

Applause was given to Xia Xiang, and it was also a role model for the young generation of provincial and ministerial officials in the minds of all the reporters here. After the applause, someone led him to stand up and continue to applaud warmly.

Finally, all the reporters stood up, everyone looked excited and full of enthusiasm, applauded vigorously, and the applause lasted for a long time.

Xia Xiang bowed his fists to the reporters. After the applause stopped, he said earnestly: "Accidents are not scary, people will make mistakes." What's more, a province with a population of tens of millions? What's afraid is that if an accident is concealed and misreported, deceived his superiors and subordinates, and did not have the determination and courage to fundamentally prevent the accident from happening again. He just thought about how to cover up and how to turn big things into small things. This is not a solution to the problem, it is a hidden bell!

"At the end of today's press conference, I want to tell a story. In the late Ming Dynasty, the fiscal revenue was too short. In order to increase the fiscal revenue, Emperor Chongzhen asked the ministers to offer suggestions. As a result, a minister proposed to start a post station. Cutting off post stations could save a lot of expenses for the court. As a result, Emperor Chongzhen agreed. History took an unexpected turn, because among the expelled post stations, one of the family relied on the post station to support the family. Now that he has lost his job, he returned to his hometown in Shaanxi in anger and joined the rebellion team. In the end, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed in his hands...!"

"Okay, today's press conference ends here. When will the second press conference be held? Wait for the notice!

As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Xiang turned around and left without saying a word, leaving many reporters with a resolute back.

Applause, and the applause was thunderous. Xia Xiang's thunderous style, a unique press conference, and the image of a new generation of provincial and ministerial officials who dared to be the first to resign in public were deeply imprinted in the hearts of everyone attending the conference.

Xia Xiang's press conference was held very successfully. It can be said that it not only affected the official atmosphere in the entire country, but also had a very impactful impact internationally.

Two foreign journalists who were allowed to attend the press conference by Tang Tianyun made an exception and wrote a manuscript and sent it back with excitement after the meeting. The focus of the manuscript did not fall on the mining disaster in the West Province, but praised Xia Xiang's bold and novel work style, with many praises between the lines.

Instead, the mine accident became a secondary incident and was completely overshadowed by Xia Xiang's personal light.

At the same time, two foreign journalists were curious about the last little story Xia Xiang told. They searched through the history of the Ming Dynasty and finally found the insincere little man Li changed the history of the Ming Dynasty. However, after understanding who the postman was, they still couldn't understand what Xia Xiang meant to give such an example, and what was it implying?

After the articles of the two reporters were published abroad, the huge sensation caused far exceeding expectations. Many European and American people who are indifferent to Chinese affairs also remember that there is a young governor named Xia Xiang in the distant China. He is not only young, but also dares to act and has an enterprising spirit.

Xia Xiang's press conference also caused widespread discussion in the country.

Capital City, Zhongnanhai.

The General Secretary took out ten minutes to listen in detail to the entire story of Xia Xiang’s press conference. After listening, he smiled meaningfully: “China needs more Xia Xiang, the important task of history, and I hope that the new generation can quickly provoke the big beam.”

The Prime Minister took twenty minutes solemnly. Not only did he listen to the report, he also looked at the meeting minutes in detail by himself, then nodded and said: "So clever, pioneering and practical!
Chapter completed!