Why does everyone have to embark on this path of infinite expansion? Yi Fan concluded that the main reason is that the Senate is quite unclear about the positioning and tasks of foreign stations.
Most foreign stations are agencies that integrate intelligence, commerce, administration, logistics and even military affairs. Although in terms of organizational structure, it is under the dual jurisdiction of the Ministry of Colonization and Trade and the Foreign Intelligence Service, and in places like Jeju Island and Kaohsiung, it is also under the leadership of the People's Committee for Civil Affairs, but in actual operation, the Executive Committee Almost all of the agencies have business contacts with overseas stations.
Such business contacts are not limited to the executive committee level. In fact, there are more and more frequent business contacts between various overseas stations and the ministries and commissions offices in Lingao. Almost all Lingao ministries and commissions offices have issued documents and instructions to overseas stations. The foreign station in Lingao's political system is a typical situation of Kowloon flood control, where everyone can manage but no one is responsible.
Yifan took advantage of the opportunity of auditing current accounts to personally conduct a business contact investigation on Kaohsiung Station and found that almost all central agencies in Lingao, without exception, had business contacts with Kaohsiung Station. Even though Kaohsiung is not currently assigned the task of machinery industry production, Kaohsiung Station still requires the Machinery Port to set up a considerable-scale machinery manufacturing plant locally in the name of ship maintenance.
If we want to talk about violations, the establishment of a mechanical repair shop in Kaohsiung is itself a violation - because it does not exist in Kaohsiung's basic project preparation, but this project still received additional recognition because it is an important task among the tasks assigned to Kaohsiung. A population and cargo transshipment base and a major naval port.
Now that we have the positioning of a home port, ship repair and ship maintenance will involve some mechanical manufacturing and maintenance needs. In this way, it was logical to set up a machinery factory in Kaohsiung, and the Planning Institute had to establish additional projects.
By extension there are other aspects as well. The latest industrial construction project in Kaohsiung is the sulfur refinery. At the same time, it is also necessary to expand trade with the indigenous people in the mountainous areas. This project was not originally included in the specific planning of Kaohsiung Construction. It was suddenly suggested that it is actually directly related to the industrial port. The chemical industry urgently needs a large amount of sulfur to expand sulfuric acid production - the supply of Hainan's local Wanning pyrite is close to exhaustion. The only ones that can supply a large amount of sulfur in the short term are Japan's foreign trade channels. Other than that, it is obtained from Taiwan. As a result, Kaohsiung, which originally planned to focus on shipping ports and agricultural development, has added the resource task of sulfur collection.
Because the responsibilities and positioning of foreign stations are ambiguous. There are no specific regulations stipulating how the liaison and cooperation between foreign stations and ministry offices should operate. This gave the elders stationed abroad a great deal of room for power operation, making it an inertia measure for the operation of stations stationed abroad to get on the train first and then pay for tickets later. Various ministries and commissions regard overseas stations as "test fields" and a good place to expand the performance of their departments. This practice of overseas stations is implicitly supported. However, overseas stations have been suffering from a long-term shortage of talents, materials and funds. They have a very welcoming attitude towards any "business" from the ministries and commissions offices, and will even take the initiative to find projects to provide feedback to the ministries and commissions offices.
The tasks assigned to foreign stations by the Executive Committee are too large and broad. And the resources given are quite few. Some tasks require a large investment of money and manpower, and only a small amount of allocation is simply not enough. However, when overseas stations apply for additional investment, the approval process is long and the number is also very limited. As a result, in order to improve performance, there will be a situation of "not providing resources but policies". Yifan believes that this is the most dangerous.
History has proven that "policy of not providing resources" is often the birthplace of many shortcomings. Many of the criticized problems in another time and space were accumulated from the "giving policy".
Although Yifan calls himself a "Cheka", he is still an accountant at heart. How much rice you have to cook as much as you can, this has always been his guiding ideology. But the current overall situation in Lingao is of the "Great Leap Forward" type, with manpower, materials, funds and equipment all focusing on "maximizing efficiency." In fact, the game is played with eight jars and seven lids, from the center to the bottom, and it is all a trick of the empty wolf. As the saying goes, if something is good above, it will be followed below.
For issues related to foreign stations, the main responsibility lies with the Executive Committee and the Senate. If the basic relationships of affiliation, authority and responsibility of foreign stations are not straightened out. No amount of rectification will have any effect. Replacing people and abolishing projects only address the symptoms but not the root cause. First of all, direct business contact between overseas stations and central ministries and commissions offices should be prohibited; secondly, the positioning and mission objectives of each overseas station should be clearly stipulated, and no projects should be undertaken on their own in violation of regulations - especially those that "seem to be Beautiful” self-funded project. Sometimes I don't hesitate to do some projects to shrink.
However, sufficient materials are needed to convince the Executive Committee and the Senate to make large-scale adjustments. Yifan considered that during this inspection, he would first focus on clearing up illegal projects at foreign stations.
"In short, the problem of the foreign stations is the problem of the system." Yifan roared in his cabin.
"Chief, this is a notice from the general office." Feng Hua delivered the latest stack of letters and telegrams to his desk.
"Thank you. Go and call Zhao Tong."
"He's already here and waiting outside."
"Let him in."
Zhao Yingong looked a little frustrated at the "power on" signal placed at the top of the office for the foreign station. He knew without opening it that it was a notification that the inspection team had set off.
He had already known the news that the inspection team was coming: Lingao had been communicating with him through private letters, and he had always been very aware of the movements of the Executive Committee and the Senate.
Overall, the situation is not good. Especially since Hao Yuan, the culprit, has not yet been caught.
He sighed and opened the telegram. Seeing that the leader of the group was Yi Fan, I immediately shuddered.
He was not familiar with Yifan, but his famous saying of "pulling out the elders and shooting them" was well known to him. It is clear that people who are determined to stain their heads with blood are the most terrifying. Then he saw Dai Xie again, and immediately thought of his position unpleasantly. Finally, he finally saw a relatively insignificant name. But when he saw the "General Administration of Political Security", his heart suddenly skipped a beat.
This combination is really hard to calm down. "Isn't this just going to set me right?" Zhao Yingong secretly worried.
He continued to read. The inspection route reported by the inspection team was: Kaohsiung-Hangzhou-Shandong-Jeju Island-Japan-Guangzhou-Leizhou
The first inspection location was not in Hangzhou. Before Zhao Yingong could continue to slurp the taste inside, Zhao Tong had already walked in.
"How's it going?"
"We haven't found the wanted person yet," Zhao Tong said. "All of us have been sent out. The arrest documents have also been distributed in the Yamen. Shadows and figures are being drawn everywhere to arrest them. However, the sticky pole has already been captured by Jia Le and Some valuable clues have been found on Cao Guangjiu and 'Shi Weng' and are being investigated."
"If he remains trapped in the city of Hangzhou, we won't be able to catch him no matter how hard we try." Zhao Yingong frowned and said, "Where are the clues from the bodyguard?"
"We have found some materials about them in Hangzhou and sent them to the Capital Station. They haven't given us a specific reply yet." Zhao Tong hesitated and said, "But it is best for us to send people to investigate this matter ourselves."
"You write a report to the Intelligence Bureau, explain the current situation and our plans, and apply for sending someone to the capital. I won't say whether the recent things can be completed, the procedures must be complete!"
"yes."
"Okay, you go ahead. We must pay close attention to these matters!" Zhao Yingong rubbed his head, but there was no progress at all. He thought about picking up the pile of private messages under the message. Due to confidentiality requirements, private letters between elders do not have the names of the recipients and senders on the cover, and only use code names to indicate the recipients.
He had never sent so many private messages. Zhao Yingong had a wide range of contacts in Lingao, and he tried his best to keep in touch with his acquaintances in Lingao after being assigned abroad. So there were a lot of private messages exchanged. But recently, the number of private messages from Lingao has suddenly increased significantly. Some are familiar, some are unfamiliar, and some are simply anonymous letters.
Someone who directly signed "an upright elder" came directly to scold him: "Well, you Zhao Yingong, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao, Emperor Zhao, what kind of mess have you done in Hangzhou? You don't distinguish priorities, put the cart before the horse, make your own decisions, and are self-righteous. , and those native officials and gentry are spending a lot of time and drinking, don’t forget your identity, let alone your mission, touch your pig head and think about it, what is your real mission? Well, let’s not talk about other missions first, you Eunuch Zhao is guarding Hangzhou, the place with the richest beauties in the south of the Yangtze River, but he has made no achievements in maid procurement. You yourself are the first to come first. I heard that you have hundreds of prostitutes and train them in so-called kindergartens? You What do you mean? Do you want to be alone or do you want to create a personality cult and start your own business? Why don't these hundreds of children be sent to Lingao? Is the teaching level of Lingao Fangcaodai worse than your kindergarten? It's really not true that you occupy the latrine and don't shit. It’s unfair to accuse you, look at the poor man, a slave trader who traveled thousands of miles and spent the same time transporting nearly two hundred "Ocean Horses" to the Senate. What about you? You still have the nerve to brag and complain..."
Someone made a rational suggestion: “In order to carry out the work of the Hangzhou Station smoothly, reduce unnecessary resistance in the front line and gain the support of more people, it is recommended that Comrade Zhao Yingong vigorously purchase virgins who meet the aesthetics or special tastes of the elders, hire famous prostitutes from the south of the Yangtze River, Training and training by famous bustard masters (it’s best to keep one or two bound feet, it’s good to have veterans. Our purpose is to protect Chinese classical beauties and preserve the traditional elegant culture with world heritage significance. You know the specific requirements and standards... "
