In Vézé's system, if the provinces were treated as counties and the ministries as provinces, it would be a kind of prefecture-county system. From this point of view, Vézé wanted to establish an unprecedented centralized government. Ruan Xihao recalled many of Vézé's words and felt that there was a deep meaning behind them. Just like how Vézé emphasized many times on the need to reduce the administrative layers as much as possible. He even said that "the future world will be a flat world. All the intermediate processes will be greatly reduced, and there may even be two layers: the government and the people."
Of course, Ruan Xihao didn't know that the basis of Vézé's views was Vézé's own experience in the information age of the Internet. In the past, the layers of information transmission had been completely weakened in the Internet age. After something happened, it was usually the people who were on the Internet who saw it first. Before the central government made a decision to deal with important matters, the experienced local departments were already prepared to take action. The reason why they didn't take action earlier was because they had to abide by the central government's discipline.
Now that Ruan Xihao understood Vézé's thoughts from a different perspective, the problem of understanding was solved. However, this didn't mean that the problem Ruan Xihao faced was solved. Now, the old subordinates of the provinces were complaining, accusing the ministries of using their advantages to interfere in the provinces. They interfered in the profitable industries. They interfered in the projects that benefited the provinces' local finances. In the fields that allowed the provinces to fully utilize their abilities, the provinces first saw the results of the ministries. Only then did they know that there was such an ingenious direction for productivity development.
In the beginning, Ruan Xihao didn't pay much attention to this kind of complaint. However, nothing could stand up to too many times. Once or twice was fine, but after listening to the complaints for a hundred or two hundred times, Ruan Xihao also felt that the country was too harsh on the provinces. But they couldn't let the ministries take all the good things and leave the hard work to the provinces. It was like arranging troops in a war. All the elite troops were gathered under the command of a frontline army, and the others were just decorations. Ruan Xihao wasn't convinced.
After thinking about it, Ruan Xihao finally decided that he couldn't let the ministry monopolize the ammonia industry. If these resources were to be monopolized by the ministry, the provinces would lose their final say in the agriculture industry.
However, Ruan Xihao couldn't handle this alone. At this time, Ruan Xihao regretted that Shen Xin had gone to North America. If Shen Xin were here, he would probably be able to unite many forces, including the influence of some ministries. After all, the military believed that Shen Xin was the most suitable person to become the Prime Minister. He had many years of local work experience, had conflicts with ministries, and cooperated with them a lot. Since Shen Xin wasn't around, the higher-ups of the military and the provinces were simply contacting each other.
With the decision made, the next day, Ruan Xihao went to see Hu Chenghe. Hu Chenghe was one of the older brothers. Seeing that Ruan Xihao was ready to fight, he asked Ruan Xihao to sit down first.
Ruan Xihao explained his thoughts. "Let's contact the people in the provinces first. Many people should already know about the ammonia industry. The governor of Jiangsu Province went to the experimental field with me. That kid is very smart, and he should have informed everyone. The rest is for everyone to jointly request that the ammonia industry can't be built by the ministry in the provinces. Instead, they have to build their own factories and manage their own sales. "
Hu Chenghe didn't show any excitement. He said slowly, "Old Ruan, I'm old enough to retire. If you want me to get involved in this matter again, I don't really want to. So, I want to tell you something from the bottom of my heart. This time, we seem to have a lot of people, but we obviously don't have enough power. It's not that they are afraid of Premier Levis. It's just that no matter how many people there are, the commander-in-chief can make them scatter. "
"I don't think so." Ruan Xihao retorted, "The ministry has been bullying everyone for too long. I'm afraid everyone won't agree this time."
Hu Chenghe looked at Ruan Xihao, who was still young and energetic, and felt a little envious. Among the old brothers, the youngest was probably Ruan Xihao, and the second was probably Vézé. Although Wei Changrong was Vézé's nephew, Wei Changrong was actually three to four years older than Vézé. Therefore, among the people who could challenge Vézé, Ruan Xihao was in the prime of his life.
However, this was only on the surface. In fact, didn't Hu Chenghe want to exert more power in the final stage of his life? Of course he wanted to, but reality was stronger than people. This time, the crowd seemed to be very emotional, but how many people really dared to go against Vézé? Or rather, how many people dared to openly oppose him? Not to mention others, even Ruan Xihao could only go against his own will and agree to Vézé's tough stance. This was Vézé's reputation and the credibility he had accumulated over the decades. There were many times when people objected to it, or they pretended to agree but secretly disobeyed. However, it turned out that Vézé was always right in the end.
Vézé didn't want to argue with his old brothers. Many things were over when they were clear. He wouldn't bring up old scores. Vézé never showed mercy to those who did. At that time, the former opponents would be grateful for Vézé's magnanimity.
Thinking of this, Hu Chenghe said, "Old Ruan, I discussed something with Shen Xin before he went to North America. Shen Xin said that he had been working in the local government for so long. Does he really think that the local government can do a good job with the power of the ministry in their hands? "
Ruan Xihao frowned. There were many people in the upper echelons who didn't like the rapid development of the ministry. In the ministry, Levis was the head, and some people who came out of nowhere and got a professional title began to give orders. On the contrary, the old brothers were gradually suppressed by the ministry. Originally, Ruan Xihao hoped to remember the names of these young people in the ministry, but after all, they were almost 50 years old. He couldn't remember them clearly, and he didn't bother to remember them.
But after all, Hu Chenghe had communicated with Shen Xin, which showed that he was also concerned about this matter. Ruan Xihao went straight to the point and asked, "Old Hua, let's be straightforward. Do you support him or not? "
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