The explosive growth of industrial products was due to state-led investment. The market was spread across rural areas and cities, and the more populated areas, the more heavily populated they were. The market for vegetables was very simple, and that was densely populated cities that did not have a lot of space to grow vegetables.
After the vegetable market was monopolized by the mafia, in order to maintain a sufficiently high selling price, the total supply did not reach the level that fully satisfied the demand. Instead, the price was maintained as high as possible. This proved that the monopoly of the market would inevitably lead to a relative shortage of supply. The inflated price brought huge benefits to the market controllers, but at the same time, it greatly harmed the interests of the consumers.
Therefore, it was suggested that the vegetable market be implemented with a free market competition mechanism.
Zuo Zongtang, Wei Changrong, Wang Mingshan, and Pang Congcong read the document that Vézé had sent them. This document was written based on Zuo Zongtang's "Guangzhou vegetable basket project". The text was full of Vézé's personal style. Zuo Zongtang's document was still used in the language of the traditional literati. Compared to Vézé's "pure modern Chinese", there was a huge difference.
Everyone's attention was not on this small problem. What surprised them was that Vézé seemed to have completely seen through what happened in Guangzhou. Although the first draft was written by Zuo Zongtang, it was written in depth. The advantage of Vézé was that he could propose a more systematic and comprehensive solution, and it was more theoretical.
Most importantly, Vézé proposed a "suggestion that only needed to be tried", which was that the government would provide the land and sign an agreement with the farmers to grow vegetables. The purpose of this part of the vegetable market was to prevent the farmers from spontaneously raising the price of vegetables. The government would then invest in low-priced vegetables to combat this situation.
"Since we want a market economy, we must oppose monopoly. It doesn't matter if the monopoly is from the government, the mafia, or the farmers. Because the goal of a market economy is to maximize profits. Comrade Zuo Zongtang's report has already explained how a monopoly can be achieved with the highest efficiency … "Vézé explained the meaning and purpose of state-owned vegetable farming very thoroughly.
Zuo Zongtang was indebted to Vézé. He knew that his cognitive level was not as high as that of Vézé. When Zuo Zongtang saw the internal rules of society and started to study them, Vézé was already watching Zuo Zongtang's efforts from a higher level. At a time like this, Vézé was being polite enough to give Zuo Zongtang some of the glory.
"If that's the case, let's try to establish a vegetable basket project in Guangzhou. If the results are good, then we can start to implement it in the whole province. "Wei Changrong suggested. Although Wei Changrong was only the Secretary of the Guangdong Political and Legal Committee, Wang Mingshan, the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Pang Congcong, the Governor, and Zuo Zongtang didn't think there was anything wrong or inappropriate with him presiding over the meeting.
Wei Changrong settled this thorny issue that concerned the people's livelihood, and let Zuo Zongtang, the deputy director of the Civil Affairs Bureau and the overall commander of the Guangdong vegetable basket project, handle this matter. He left Wang Mingshan and Pang Congcong behind. "Are you two going to leave after the clean-up work is completed, or are you going to leave now?"
This topic was appropriate at this time. The crackdown in Guangdong had just begun, and the most important thing was not to get rid of all kinds of bad people. The most important thing was not the problem of the clan mafia. Clan mafia was not unique to Guangdong, nor was it a specialty of Hailufeng and Chaoshan. The degree of clan mafia in Guangxi was the highest in the country, and it was stronger than Guangdong. More than ten years ago, when Vézé and Wei Changrong lived in Guangxi, they were undoubtedly outstanding representatives of clan mafia.
Wang Mingshan and Pang Congcong both knew that the important problem Wei Changrong was referring to was the collusion between officials and local forces in Guangzhou. The Public Security Bureau colluded with the mafia, and the government departments cooperated with all kinds of underworld forces. This time, these kinds of things were exposed far more than they had imagined.
For the sake of money, in order to do things that were inconvenient for them to do, the degenerates in the government quickly chose their own lackeys and thugs. This was not a phenomenon that only occurred in Guangzhou. The whole of Guangdong had this kind of problem. Wei Changrong was the person who was going to take over as the secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. As the saying goes, a new official sweeps new fire. Cleaning up these people should be Wei Changrong's most important work in the near future. This job was long, and the task was heavy. In the best case, it would delay Wang Mingshan and Pang Congcong's promotion in the capital. In the worst case, it would make Wang Mingshan and Pang Congcong lose face, and it would also make the two of them accumulate great resentment.
Cleaning up the officialdom would offend too many people. Wei Changrong's identity, qualifications, and relatives were unparalleled among the adults in China. The people who were being cleaned up dared not say anything at most, but their anger was real, and the direction to vent it was naturally directed at Wang Mingshan and Pang Congcong.
"We …" Pang Congcong was silent, and even Wang Mingshan could only say half a sentence before he couldn't continue.
Wei Changrong didn't say anything to make them think about it. Seeing Wang Mingshan and Pang Congcong's awkward expressions, he smiled and said, "In that case, let's elect the next governor as soon as possible. You should hurry to Nanjing to take up your post. Your work there is also very stressful. "
Although they knew that it was impolite to sigh to Wei Changrong, and it also showed their timidness, Wang Mingshan and Pang Congcong couldn't help but sigh. Although the two of them were not shallow and had rich experience, the situation in front of them had far exceeded their normal psychological endurance. Looking at Wei Changrong's calm and unruffled expression, the two of them admired him from the bottom of their hearts.
Since things had come to this point, it was natural that Wei Changrong would make the decision. However, Wang Mingshan, who thought that he could unload a heavy burden, never expected that the next governor of Guangdong that Wei Changrong liked was actually Hu Zhijian. Although a few months had passed, Wang Mingshan still remembered his discussion with Levis. Levis's attempt to intervene in the personnel arrangement of Guangdong Province made him extremely unhappy. Originally, Wang Mingshan didn't have a high evaluation of Hu Zhijian's work ability. Now that Wei Changrong actually liked this person, even if he suspected that there was some internal power transaction behind it, Wang Mingshan still raised his objection.
"Comrade Hu Zhijian's work ability is limited. We have also let him work in the economic, civil affairs, and other departments. His performance has been very mediocre, and his comrades don't have a high evaluation of him. I don't think it's appropriate to let him take over as the governor. "Wang Mingshan's words were simple and straightforward. After expressing his opinion, Wang Mingshan also looked at Pang Congcong, hoping that his old partner could express his opposition.
Pang Congcong showed a bit of a toothache expression and said, "Secretary Wei, Comrade Hu Zhijian can still complete his work after you give him clear instructions. I don't deny this. But if Guangdong wants to continue to develop, it will face a lot of situations that it has never encountered before. In previous discussions, Comrade Hu Zhijian's performance really can't be called outstanding. There are many comrades who have ideas and are capable in work. "
"Based on my observation, you're right." Wei Changrong also frankly agreed with Wang Mingshan and Pang Congcong's evaluation of Hu Zhijian. "Based on my observation, Comrade Hu Zhijian has never formed a clique, nor does he have any financial problems. Although his ability is not strong enough, it's not to the point where everyone can't stand it, right? "
Wang Mingshan didn't object to Wei Changrong's evaluation of Hu Zhijian, but he opposed letting Hu Zhijian be the governor. Wang Mingshan firmly said, "Personally, I don't think that what Guangdong needs now is Comrade Hu Zhijian to be the governor …"
Wei Changrong interrupted Wang Mingshan's words. "What Guangdong needs now is not to develop its economy with all its strength."
This sentence made Wang Mingshan unable to say the following words. Wei Changrong was right. As long as the purge continued, it wouldn't be a simple matter of continuing to develop the economy and making the province stronger. In a stage where the bureaucracy was in turmoil, it would be enough to keep the economy from falling.
Seeing that Wang Mingshan was silent, Wei Changrong continued, "Every stage has a main task. I've also observed the comrades that you mentioned, Mingshan, are good at work. They are all outstanding. With them in charge of the specific work, I'm very relieved. But in the current stage, I need a candidate who isn't involved in some interests. Also, after observing Comrade Hu Zhijian, I feel that he lacks charisma and persuasiveness. But I suspect that some departments don't have a high evaluation of Comrade Hu Zhijian. Perhaps part of the reason is that Comrade Hu Zhijian is blocking the path of some interest groups. So, I feel that some of the evaluations of Comrade Hu Zhijian might not be objective. "
Pang Congcong didn't take the initiative to say anything. Now, Wang Mingshan also didn't dare to say anything. At least in the public security system, a few officials who didn't have a high evaluation of Hu Zhijian were found to be problematic. On the contrary, those comrades who didn't have any problems had no bad evaluation of Hu Zhijian. From this angle, Hu Zhijian's evaluation of his ability might not be as bad as those people said.
Thinking back to the past, Wang Mingshan suddenly remembered the story of Zeng's mother defecting to her master. Warring States Strategy? Qin Ce II has this story.
In the past, Zeng Zi went to Fei people with the same name as Zeng Can, and killed people. Someone told Zeng Zi's mother, "Zeng Can killed people!" Zeng Zi's mother said, "My son doesn't kill people." Then someone said again, "Zeng Can killed people!" His mother still did not say anything. Then someone told her again, "Zeng Can killed people!" His mother was afraid, threw herself over the wall and ran away.
I believe that Zeng Can's virtuousness and his mother's trust, but the three of them suspect him, but his loving mother cannot believe him. Today, this subject's virtuousness is not as good as Zeng Can, the King's trust is not as good as Zeng Can's mother's trust is Zeng Can, those who suspect this subject are not the three of them, this subject is afraid that the King defected to the master's master.
In fact, there were only three to five people who spoke ill of Hu Zhijian, the others were simply evaluated as not having a high ability. Wang Mingshan had a grudge in his heart, in addition to his own observations, he completely didn't approve of Hu Zhijian. Of course, Levis's persuasion made Wang Mingshan feel that there was a big problem with this person, Hu Zhijian. In the course of this purge in Guangdong, they still didn't find any connection between Hu Zhijian and the various degenerates, this result made Wang Mingshan quite surprised.
With regards to the first part of the problem, perhaps Wang Mingshan could still have some self-reflection, but with regards to the second part, Wang Mingshan really couldn't do any self-reflection. But the second part of the problem was something that Wang Mingshan absolutely didn't dare to tell Wei Changrong what he knew. Levis might be hateful, but he was, after all, Wang Mingshan's old superior, and even more so, he was someone that Wang Mingshan didn't dare to oppose.
After struggling in his heart for a while, Wang Mingshan finally said, "I really don't have any experience in this matter, Secretary Wei, please make a decision."
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