Of course, before taking office in Zhejiang Province, Wang Lezhi arrived in Qingdao first and received the letter of appointment to take office in Zhejiang Province and the Governor's personal Yin Gu, as well as the staff provided by the East China Government.

According to the system of the East China Government, Wang Lezhi can select 3-5 officials from the Tianjin Municipal Government to work together to work in Zhejiang Province and recommend their positions to the Executive Yuan. Although they need to be reviewed, they can generally be tried. At the same time, they can also choose to bring a few staff members around him, which is his team in Zhejiang. After all, this is going to take office in the newly occupied place of the East China Government. If there are not many familiar people, they will not be able to trust them.

Wang Lezhi has worked in the local area for many years, and of course he has a group of his own team. This time he went to Zhejiang to take office and brought four veterans from Tianjin, namely Guo Changzhi as the director of the Industry and Commerce Bureau, Yin Hong as the director of the Finance Bureau, Wang Guowen as the director of the Civil Affairs Bureau, and Zhou Yun as the director of the Administration of the Organization. These people have worked with Wang Lezhi for many years, and they know each other well. They also cooperate well in their work in Tianjin. This time, they are promoted from a municipal government official to a provincial government official; at the same time, three local naturalized cadres, namely Shen Shizhang as the director of the General Office, Li Kun as the director of the Secretariat, and Zhou Xiaoyan as the director of the Secretariat, and Wang Lezhi was also trained. There are also 8 staff members.

However, there are certainly not only these people in a province. The remaining officials and workers are all equipped by the Executive Yuan. Of course, several government agencies have been established in Zhejiang at this time, such as the Public Security Bureau and the Security Department. This time, the Executive Yuan first equipped Wang Lezhi with 20 staff to ensure that after Wang Lezhi takes office, the entire Zhejiang Provincial Government can basically operate normally, and other officials of the Zhejiang Provincial Government and local officials from various cities and counties in Zhejiang Province will also take office one after another.

After completing the relevant procedures in Qingdao, Wang Lezhi led everyone to Zhejiang Province to take office. When passing through Shanghai, Wang Lezhi stayed for another day and made a special trip to visit Li Songchen. Because Shanghai was previously responsible for supervising Zhejiang Province's work, Li Songchen was the most familiar veteran of Zhejiang Province's affairs. Wang Lezhi naturally needed to visit Li Songchen to understand the situation in Zhejiang Province, and at the same time listened to Li Songchen's suggestions.

Li Songchen had received the notice early, so he specially arranged the time to receive Wang Lezhi, because there are many things in Shanghai now. In addition to basic official duties, all the weapons delivered to Yuan Shikai were arranged by Shanghai. The patrol boats purchased by Yuan Shikai were first drawn from the Yangtze River Detachment stationed in Shanghai. At the same time, Yuan Shikai and Pu Wei were both dispatching troops and generals at this time, and the war was about to break out. Shanghai still paid close attention to the war and collected relevant information. Therefore, Li Songchen's work is quite heavy now.

Although Li Songchen and Wang Le didn't have any close relationships before, they knew each other and were a little acquaintance. Therefore, they did not deliberately introduce them and spoke casually. After being polite, Li Songchen said first: "I want to congratulate Governor Wang on his promotion."

Wang Lezhidao: "Mayor Li is so polite. I am a newcomer and I am not familiar with the situation in Zhejiang. Shanghai is right next to Zhejiang and is the leader of the Yangtze River Delta. Moreover, Mayor Li has supervised Zhejiang Province for several months, so he should know the situation better than me. I came here to ask Mayor Li for advice this time."

Li Songchen smiled and said, "I don't dare to ask for advice, but I have been here for a long time, and there are indeed more economic exchanges between Shanghai and Zhejiang Province, so I also know a little about the situation here. Everyone is a veteran, so of course we should help each other. If there is any situation that I need to introduce, try to tell me directly, and I will try my best to help."

Wang Lezhidao: "According to my understanding, there are three main problems in Zhejiang now, one is land reform; the second is to deal with comprador capital, and the third is some people's resistance to land reform."

Li Songchen nodded and said, "Yes, if these three problems are solved, other things in Zhejiang Province will be easier to deal with."

Wang Lezhidao: "I think so. The third problem is actually the best solution. After all, land reform is our basic national policy. It is impossible to stop just because someone opposes it. Moreover, we have said the truth countless times. Simply put, it is necessary to change it even if you understand it, and if you don't understand it, it is only because you have different ideas and not to work together."

Li Songchen said: "Yes, this is indeed the reason. We don't need to understand the land reform people here. No matter who they want to develop in us, they must accept this reality. Moreover, Zhejiang has been completely controlled by us now, and we are not afraid of something happening. Someone dares to resist and just kill Yi Jingbai."

Wang Lezhi said again: "The other two issues, first of all, the first problem of land reform. According to the information provided by the Executive Yuan, although the social conflicts and land conflicts in Zhejiang Province are relatively not intensified, the phenomenon of land concurrently being still very serious. Overall, more than 70% of the land in Zhejiang Province is basically concentrated in less than 10% of the landlords or half of the landlords. Moreover, the distribution of land rent is similar to that in other provinces, all landlords occupy 60-70%, while tenants can only be assigned to 30-40%. At the same time, tenants also have to bear the farm tools.

The expenses of fertilizers and other expenses are, but the yield per mu of paddy fields in the south is relatively high, and the proportion of economic crops is relatively large. Therefore, under the same rent conditions, farmers in the south have more harvests than farmers in the north. Moreover, the industry and commerce in Zhejiang Province are relatively developed. It is easier for farmers to find short-term workers during the slack farming period to increase their income. In addition, there has been basically no wars in the south since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement. In this way, farmers' living conditions are better than those in the north, and social contradictions are not so fierce."

Li Songchen also nodded. In fact, he was responsible for collecting these information, so he naturally knew that Wang Lezhi could see these, which means that he read them very carefully.

Wang Lezhi continued: "Although the social conflicts in Zhejiang are not so fierce, it does not mean that there is no one, and the land conflicts do not exist. In addition, don't underestimate the desire of Chinese farmers for land. That farmer does not want to own their own land! Therefore, we still have a very broad public base for land reform in Zhejiang. There is no need to worry about this. However, because the social conflicts are not so fierce, farmers have relatively less resentment towards landlords, and the land reform work should be more meticulous and patient."

Li Songchen laughed and said, "As long as you can see this clearly, Governor Wang can take office with peace of mind."

Wang Lezhi also smiled and said, "I have only a little personal opinion there, and it is not difficult to deal with the comprador economy. Compradors are all dependent on foreign forces, so dealing with comprador economy is nothing more than two points. First, cutting off the connection between comprador capital and foreign forces. We are already prepared. Under our rule, foreign forces cannot provide shelter to comprador capital; second, increasing the economic cost of comprador capital can increase tariffs and the procurement cost of domestic commodities, so comprador capital will lose space for survival, either disappear from then on or transform into industry."

Li Songchen smiled and said, "It seems that Governor Wang is very good at engaging in the economy."

Wang Lezhidao: "Don't praise me, but now the economy of Zhejiang Province is mainly supported by comprador capital, and it will take time to transform comprador capital into an industry. Therefore, in a short period of time, Zhejiang needs some foreign capital to invest in order to stabilize Zhejiang's economy."

Li Songchen immediately understood what Wang Lezhi meant and said, "Don't worry, Zhejiang Province needs investment, and we in Shanghai have some capital and we need to find investment channels, which can complement each other. You go to Zhejiang to take office first. I will organize an investment inspection team in Shanghai, including veterans and local businessmen. After the New Year, we will go to Zhejiang to inspect the investment environment. Just prepare for the reception in Zhejiang."

Wang Lezhi was also very happy. This was exactly the result he wanted to crack down on comprador capital, but to stabilize Zhejiang's economy, foreign capital investment must be included. Now Shanghai has gathered most of the capital of the East China government, including both personal entrepreneurs and local naturalized capital. Zhejiang's economy has always been closely related to Shanghai. Therefore, if some capital investment can be introduced from Shanghai, it will not only help stabilize Zhejiang's economy, but also set an example for Zhejiang's comprador capital and promote the transformation of comprador capital to industry.

It is more than three months before the New Year. It takes at least 2 or 3 months for the New Year to take office in Zhejiang. It takes at least 2 or 3 months to wait until all officials at all levels in Zhejiang Province are in place, and they are stable, familiar with the working environment, etc. At that time, the New Year is almost over, so it is indeed necessary to wait until after the New Year that the investment inspection team can be completed.

Li Songchen continued: "There are still three months left before the New Year, and this period is just the slack season for the farming period. I personally suggest that Governor Wang should seize this period of time to promote land reform in Zhejiang Province and create a good inspection environment for the investment inspection team."

Wang Lezhi was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Li Songchen meant that the land reform promoted by the East China government was not only to redistribute land, but also to establish a complete grassroots administrative system in Chinese rural areas, thus completely changing the situation in which the imperial power in China did not go to the countryside and rural governance relied on the local genius to ensure that the power of the East China government could penetrate into the grassroots level and effectively organize the manpower and material resources of the countryside. Although more than three months was not enough to complete the land reform work in the entire Zhejiang Province, it was indeed a good time to carry out land reform during the slack farming period. The first batch of farmers allocated to the land could start farming after the New Year and play a demonstration role for the later villages.
Chapter completed!