Valley Emperor

After Tong Shangchao got off the ship, he immediately stepped forward in small steps. At this time, he would not put on the spectrum of a fleet commander, but respectfully stepped forward and said, "I have seen all of you adults!"

The few people standing in front of Tong Shangchao at this time naturally have the capital to make Tong Shangchao respectful.

The one headed is Qian Jiyun, the governor of Gehe Prefecture, but the point is not him, because this is the territory of the Datang Western Company, the official governor is just a symbol, and the real power is a few other people.

Among them are Huo Chongshan, deputy director of the Strategy Department of Datang Western Company and general manager of the Indian Affairs Department. This is the top person in charge of Datang in Gehe Prefecture and even the entire Indian region. He actually has various rights over the Indian region, including administrative rule. , declare war, conclude treaties and other rights.

Because in addition to his company duties, he also has a very special assignment, which is the 'Governor of Indian Military and Political Affairs' that Li Xuante called. In layman's terms, he is the Governor of India officially recognized by the empire.

It's just that this is only a dispatch, and it is not an official position, because strictly speaking, he is not a member of the imperial officials, but only an agent of the royal family. This is only to ensure the empire and the royal family's dominance over the territory of India, and the Datang Western Company is also It is more justifiable to manage the Indian territory.

The organizational structure of Datang Western Company is different from that of ordinary companies. It has a board of directors. The board of directors has several organizations, including the company's fleet command, strategy department, trade department, shipping department, personnel department and other departments.

Board members are usually held concurrently by the leaders of the above-mentioned departments.

Among many departments, the Ministry of Strategy has the most power, because this Ministry of Strategy also subordinates several departments, such as the European Affairs Department, the African Affairs Department, the Indian Affairs Department, and the West Asian Affairs Department.

Of course, among the above-mentioned affairs departments, only the Indian affairs department has an actual scale, and the others have empty shelves and have not yet been launched.

In addition to Huo Chongshan, there is also the commander of the Indian Squadron of the Datang Western Company Fleet. Although he is the commander of the fleet, in fact all the armed forces of the Datang Western Company belong to the company fleet, which belongs to the commander of the squadron. Name, but in fact he is the company's top military officer in India. This person is also from the Navy, but his rank before retiring is much higher than Tong Shang's, and he is a retired Navy Colonel.

Compared with these people, the Zhizhou in Gehe Prefecture is not so conspicuous, and it can even be said that it is not very important.

As the most distant overseas territory from the mainland of Datang, Gehe Prefecture naturally has various peculiarities. First of all, due to the existence of trade licenses, this place is the territory of the Datang Empire, but it is also the territory of the Datang Western Company.

Although officials will send officials here, the actual number of officials sent in large numbers is only officials from the Ministry of Taxation.

There were more than 20 official personnel who arrived here for the first time at the beginning of the year, but more than 10 of them were all tax officials, and there were only five real administrative officials.

Among these five people, there is a prefecture, a state prefect, a state court president, a state inspectorate president, and a state patrol police chief, all of whom are high-ranking officials of the state-level yamen, and none of the others.

And more importantly, except for Zhizhou, which was decided and selected by the Ministry of Personnel on its own, the other four were in fact jointly selected by the Ministry of Personnel and Datang Western Company after negotiation.

This is how you can see how special this place is!

This place is actually the private territory of Datang Western Company. Except for the right to collect taxes, it is still controlled by the Ministry of Taxation. Officially, it still belongs to Datang’s overseas territories, but most of the administrative power belongs to the Great Tang. Owned by Tang Xiyang Company.

This place is currently the most valuable property of Datang Western Company. Through this port city, Datang Western Company can trade with the indigenous people in central and southern India, thereby earning a lot of wealth.

However, this also led to a problem, that is, Qian Jiyun, the prefect of Gehe Prefecture, became a rubber stamp with a name and no right.

And Qian Jiyun, the governor of Gehe Prefecture, is also very clear about this, but even Qian Jiyun, the official governor of the prefecture, is not reconciled to being mediocre.

Speaking of which, Qian Jiyun is also an unfortunate child. Being able to become the prefect of the overseas territory farthest from the Tang Dynasty is definitely not because of his ability and background.

But because he failed to compete for the top position last year, as a loser in the political battle, the end will not be very good, those competitors can't wait to take his official hat directly.

This can still keep the rank, but it is good luck to be sent to Gehe Prefecture.

In the political arena, if you don't have any ambitions, and you want to be an official and make money, then naturally there is nothing, but if you want to be promoted, you will naturally have to step on the corpses of countless people to climb up.

A few times before, he was lucky to climb up on someone else's corpse, but this time, he became the corpse under someone else's feet!

When he was forced to leave the capital last year, watching the prosperous capital on the boat, he, Qian Jiyun, swore to himself that he would definitely come back!

After coming to Gehe Prefecture, he also knew that there were many things that he could not do, because this place was different from other state capitals in the empire, even Luzon and Ryukyu Prefectures, which were also overseas territories, were different. .

This place is the territory of Datang Western Company!

Datang Western Company has the ownership of this place and some administrative rights, so some practical matters, especially when it comes to agriculture, industry and commerce, the attitude of Datang Western Company is very tough, and they will make their own decisions. Qian Jiyun is not allowed to intervene.

This is the property of Datang Western Company, and the company's executives still want to make this place the source of the company's wealth. They might be willing to let politicians like Qian Jiyun from China interfere randomly.

You must know that if this place is not done well, the loss is the money of Datang Western Company!

If you can't get along with anyone, don't get along with money.

Therefore, Datang Western Company treats Qian Jiyun very politely. Food and drink are provided according to the highest standards, but it is also clearly stated that during your tenure in Gehe Prefecture, Mr. Qian, eat and drink well, and other things will be fine. Stop messing around.

If it was other ordinary officials, seeing this scene, I am afraid that they would be furious on the spot and put on some official position to suppress people, but Qian Jiyun knew that his grade really couldn't suppress people.

You must know that Datang Western Company has never been a purely commercial company. The Royal Assets Section firmly controls the controlling rights of this company. At the same time, according to the relevant articles of association, the appointment of high-level positions in this company also requires the approval of the empire.

That is to say, even if you have 60 million taels of silver and acquire all the shares of this company, in fact, the appointment of senior positions in the company is also decided.

What's more, if you really do this, the empire will directly withdraw the trade license, and the 60 million taels of silver will be lost in an instant!

In this context, in fact, many of the top management of Datang Western Company are also professional military and political officials, such as Ying Zihua, who first served as the trade manager of Datang Western Company and the commander of the expedition fleet. After returning to China, this person was promoted to the director of the Strategy Department of Datang Western Company, and was also an important member of the company's board of directors. He was a person who could be ranked in the top five in Datang Western Company.

And what did this man do before?

In the past, he was a fourth-rank official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Empire. If he had not joined Datang Western Company and had been serving in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at that time, he would have served step by step, and his current rank would at least start from third-rank.

In addition to him, in fact, most of the other senior executives of the company are also senior military and political officials. The chief chairman of the board of directors of the Datang Western Company, who also serves as the fleet commander of the Datang Western Company, is not an ordinary person, but the uncle Bai Yun. Earl Chi.

Bai Yunqi served in the military in his early years, and was later arranged by Li Xuan to retire from the army to serve as a minister of the Army Department, but he did not work for a few years. Datang Western Company, which has not yet been listed, serves as the general manager.

Before Bai Yunqi retired, his military rank was a major general of the Guards, and he was transferred to a cabinet position and then to an official position.

This is a proper boss!

Huo Chongshan, the governor of India, was a major general in the army when he was in China. It is a pity that this unfortunate girl, like Qian Jiyun, failed in the domestic competition for the main infantry division commander and was unwilling to be assigned to the provincial garrison command for the elderly. In a fit of rage, he took the initiative to apply for retirement, and then transferred to the Datang Western Company to be the governor of India.

Most of the other people are not bad either, and they are basically senior military and political officials of the empire who retired or served after their official careers.

Therefore, if Qian Jiyun wanted to rely on his official position to suppress people, he would not be able to suppress it.

What's more, the Datang Western Company had the power to manage the colonies in the first place, and even if he didn't want to, Qian Jiyun couldn't change anything.

If it was an ordinary official who came over and saw that he was completely overthrown, he would either be indignant or disheartened, but Qian Jiyun was also not an ordinary person.

He has been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, whether it is in the former Ming officialdom in the early years, or in today's Datang officialdom, let's not talk about whether he has the ability to do practical things, but this political fighting skills are absolutely full. Understand.

He can't intervene in the affairs of agriculture, industry and commerce, which doesn't mean that Qian Jiyun can't do anything about it!

So he took another path~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and took aim at cultural propaganda!

There are several main criteria for evaluating the performance of local officials in the empire. One is stability, the other is people's livelihood, and the third is education. These three criteria are almost unstoppable and the most important political achievements.

When Qian Jiyun was serving in the empire, he was also a county magistrate. At that time, he did not rely on the development of agriculture, industry and commerce to climb up the people's livelihood. These things were a bit difficult for him, a traditional official.

But what he relied on was to crack down on the local bad gentry and bandits vigorously, improve the law and order, and then supplement it with educational achievements.

Now in Gehe Prefecture, there is no need to expect stability and people's livelihood. That is the matter of Datang Western Company, but Datang Western Company does not have much intention to intervene in this matter of education, and Qian Jiyun took advantage of this. , Start with education, prepare to make achievements in this area, and strive to be transferred back to China as soon as possible.

What is the so-called education?

In fact, it is loyalty education!