Rebirth of the Rising Sun

With Ji Fatang's support, Feng Sizhe planned his development goals for Zhuangcheng City, which mainly focused on two points.

First, in view of the fact that Zhuangcheng has many historical sites of the civilized world, he plans to vigorously develop the tourism industry in Zhuangcheng. At the same time, he will transform the infrastructure of Zhuangcheng, starting from transportation and urban scale, and build the first commercial city in the Central Plains, thereby driving and promoting the economic development of Zhuangcheng.

Second, given that Zhuangcheng City has five cities, seven districts and three counties under its jurisdiction, farmers make up the majority of the population, so Feng Sizhe decided to focus on farmers' work, create benefits from the land, and fundamentally improve farmers' living conditions.

In view of the above two points, Feng Sizhe put forward many small suggestions. Of course, these suggestions were formulated by Feng Sizhe based on the future economic direction of the country. In other words, they are the most correct routes and solutions obtained after several years or even decades of failed experience.

For example, the city name card issue, "condense the essence of the city and highlight the charm of the city". This is the main significance and value of the "city name card". If you want more people to know about this city, attract more attention, and even the eyes of businessmen, then a good city name card is very necessary. Originally, Zhuangcheng City is the capital of Zhongzhou Province, and Zhongzhou Province is the Central Plains City of the country, so naturally Zhuangcheng City can be planned as the first city in the Central Plains. If this name card is well played, the reputation of Zhuangcheng City will naturally rise by leaps and bounds, and let more people know about it. This will not only attract more people's attention, but also attract more tourists, and even attract more investment booms from businessmen.

There is also the issue of farmers. This is not the first time this issue has been raised. Generally speaking, the issue of farmers is the "three rural issues". The "three rural issues" are a general term for rural issues, farmer issues, and agricultural issues. Since 1996, agriculture has entered a difficult period, and the gap between farmers' income and urban residents' income has widened. In March 2000, Li Changping, then secretary of the Party Committee of Qipan Township, Jianli County, listed the shocking crises in the countryside in his letter to the Premier: blind migration is like a "flood", burdens are like "Mount Tai", debts are like "Mount Everest", cadres are like "locusts", responsibility systems are like "shackles", policies are like "lies", and falsehoods are like "truth". Li Changping's letter shocked the whole country through the media, and the crisis of the "three rural issues" was exposed to the public.

Feng Sizhe also has his own way to solve the problems of agriculture, rural areas and farmers. To solve this problem, we must focus on solving the problem of surplus labor resources. Adjust the country's economic policies to fully solve the employment problem. Only a strong demand for labor can attract more surplus rural labor to transfer to cities and towns. Only when the rural agricultural labor force and the amount of cultivated land reach a harmonious relationship, the promotion of agricultural industrialization and the progress of agricultural science and technology can bring more practical benefits to farmers. On the other hand, only when cities can fully absorb employment, can the income of ordinary urban workers and economic growth be closely linked, the price of agricultural products can reasonably rise with economic growth, and farmers can benefit from the country's economic growth. At the same time, it is also necessary to reduce agricultural taxes and encourage farmers to generate income on their own.

Feng Sizhe and Ji Fatang discussed these two issues for a long time. In Feng Sizhe's view, these two points are both independent and complementary. If the city's business card can be used to attract the prosperity of the tourism industry and attract more businessmen to make money, it will inevitably create many more jobs, which can also alleviate the surplus labor force in rural areas and is also a good way to increase farmers' income.

Ji Fatang fully supported Feng Sizhe's views and opinions. He had thought about these issues before, but he just couldn't think of many solutions at the moment. Now after listening to Feng Sizhe's words, he felt that he saw the essence of the problem and also saw the way to solve it. As Ji Fatang also wanted to serve as an official and benefit the people and accumulate political achievements, it was normal for him to support it.

Immediately, the two agreed to convene a mayor's office meeting to discuss the matter. If possible, it would be included in the city government's five-year plan for implementation.

The mayor's office meeting was held in such an environment. That afternoon, in the small conference room of the municipal government building, seven mayors, including one mayor and six vice mayors, began to discuss these issues.

After the experience of yesterday's Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee meeting, no one dared to underestimate Feng Sizhe now. Even Tang Jingui, who was extremely unhappy in his heart, respected Feng Sizhe on the surface. He knew very well what his position was. If he did not cooperate well with Feng Sizhe, it was very likely that Feng Sizhe would strip him of his power. If that happened, he would be in trouble.

Feng Sizhe sat in the main seat and expounded on the city's business card and agricultural issues. After he finished speaking, Ji Fatang stood up and expressed his strong support, followed by Deputy Mayors Hua Weimei and Lu Kerong. Seeing that four mayors had already expressed their support, Tang Jingui had no choice but to pinch his nose and express his support. Then the other two deputy mayors Zhu Wengui and Cai Cheng also expressed their support.

After reaching a consensus, Feng Sizhe began to arrange work. He first arranged work for the deputy mayor Lu Kerong, who was in charge of transportation, and asked him to raise funds to prepare for the expansion of some major cadres in Zhuangcheng. A big city must look like a big city, and wide roads are one of the necessary conditions. In order to facilitate future travel, Feng Sizhe asked Lu Kerong to raise funds from multiple sources and widen the main road to twice the current road size. Only in this way can it be done in one step to show the appearance of a big city.

It can be said that Feng Sizhe's decision was not wrong. Think about the future. With the increasing number of private cars, in order to solve the problem of traffic congestion, many big cities have repeatedly widened main roads. Such repeated investment has wasted incalculable money. In comparison, doing it in one step can save more money. Of course, the disadvantage of doing this is that the initial investment is too huge.

When Lu Kerong heard that the road was going to be expanded, he was of course happy. As the deputy mayor who had just taken charge of the transportation system, he certainly hoped that the city government would take action in this regard, so that he could reflect his authority as the deputy mayor. However, when he heard that the road width had to be more than twice as wide, he felt a little dizzy. That would require a huge sum of money. In this way, the city government would not be able to afford it. What should he do?

Seeing Lu Kerong's worried look, Feng Sizhe waved his hand and said, "Comrade Kerong, go back and ask the relevant departments to make a budget first. Then I'll see how much money the Municipal Finance Bureau has left and try to transfer as much as possible. If it's not enough, I'll ask the provincial government for it. If that doesn't work, I'll ask the central government for it. In short, this matter must be done well."

"Yes." Seeing that Feng Sizhe had made such a great determination, Lu Kerong had no choice but to nod in agreement. Anyway, he only needed to make a budget, and if there was not enough money, Feng Sizhe would have to find a solution.

After talking about the road problem, Feng Sizhe turned his gaze to Tang Jingui, "Mayor Tang, you have always been in charge of urban construction, right?"

"Yes." Tang Jingui didn't know what Feng Sizhe meant by asking this question.

"Well, that's very good. Here's what I think. As the executive vice mayor, you have too many things to manage on a daily basis. And now that the municipal government attaches so much importance to this work, I think you should still be responsible for your part, especially the financial work. Considering that a person's energy is limited, the urban construction work will be temporarily assigned to Mayor Hua. I think you should have no objection." Feng Sizhe asked inquiringly, but in fact he had just settled the matter.

Tang Jingui was of course not happy to hear Feng Sizhe divide the urban construction area from his hands, but what could he do? Feng Sizhe was very popular now. For example, he had the initiative in the mayor's office meeting. If he was unwilling, Feng Sizhe would say that everyone should vote and the urban construction department would still be divided out. Otherwise, he would lose face. Instead of doing this, it would be better to give it up directly, which would at least look better.

"Okay." Tang Jingui pinched his nose and snorted.

Hua Weimei was not mentally prepared at all. Everyone knew that the urban construction sector was a powerful department with a lot of money. Not to mention corruption, there was also a lot of gray income that everyone accepted. Now that she heard that such a lucrative opportunity was in her hands, how could she not be happy? As a deputy mayor, she was in charge of attracting investment and domestic trade, which was already good. Now with the addition of urban construction, it was conceivable that her power as a deputy mayor was almost catching up with that of a deputy mayor of the Standing Committee. Which official would think that he had too little power? So she was very happy. At the same time, she also strengthened her determination to stand by Feng Sizhe.

"Yeah. Very good." Seeing that Tang Jingui was quite sensible and knew that there was no benefit in going against him, Feng Sizhe nodded, and then said to Hua Weimei, "Mayor Hua, after you take charge of urban construction, you must fully cooperate with the work of the Transportation Bureau. For some illegal buildings in the city, they must be demolished, and for some buildings that hinder road development, compensation must be made according to the country's contrary provisions and laws. This work is quite complicated, and you have to work harder."

"Yes, Mayor Feng, I will do my best." Hua Weimei promised.

Next, Feng Sizhe handed the agricultural issues over to Ji Fatang for full handling. Ji Fatang was originally in charge of agriculture, so it was most appropriate for him to handle this matter. With the ideas put forward by Feng Sizhe, Ji Fatang also knew the direction of his work.