Jiang Dong is now not only the commander of the 39th Army Corps, but also the director of the Administrative Office of Southeast Shanxi and the commander of the Security Council of Southeast Shanxi.

Having more titles and more responsibilities means that he has more work to do than before.

As the size and territory of the army gradually expand, Jiangdong will face the most pressing problem.

That is how to separate the military and civil affairs, so that they can perform their respective duties and promote each other.

In order to solve this problem, Jiangdong convened a meeting of the main officials of the military and political systems at the newly completed Shanxi Southeast Administrative Office.

The meeting was attended by the two chiefs of staff of the General Staff Department, Wang Liang from the Political Department, Qi Zhemao from the Logistics Department, four deputy members of the Industrial Development Commission, and representatives from the four counties of Lingchuan, Yangcheng, Qinshui and Lu'an.

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The Southeast Shanxi Administrative Office has jurisdiction over 18 counties in total, but there are very few civil affairs talents available in Jiangdong.

Only 4 of the 18 counties have county magistrates, and there are still more than a dozen counties whose magistrates have not yet been found.

At the beginning of the meeting, people from the military and civil affairs systems were seated in two rows in the conference room. Jiang Dong sat at the top, with Xie Chengrui on the left and Wang Xueqin on the right.

"The organizational structure of Southeast Shanxi has always been somewhat chaotic, and this problem has existed for a long time." Jiang Dong took the lead in explaining the theme of the meeting,

"When the army has not yet grown, these chaos may not affect the overall situation. But as the war gets bigger and bigger and more and more land is recovered, the chaos in the organizational structure will slow down our development speed.

The purpose of bringing everyone together today is to separate the military and civil affairs systems.

Soldiers focus mainly on the battlefield, while people in the civil affairs system are responsible for matters related to people's livelihood."

There was no reaction from the people in Xie Chengrui's row, and the civil affairs staff beside Wang Xueqin looked a little excited.

"Let's talk about what everyone thinks..."

Jiang Dong's tone was calm, not wanting to put too much pressure on everyone.

Perhaps because they were not used to this way of holding meetings, everyone was silent for a while.

Hu Zeming, the magistrate of Lu'an County, raised his left hand.

"Huh? Old Hu, you say it first." Hu Zeming was the deputy county magistrate of Jincheng before. Jiang Dong asked him to be the county magistrate of Lu'an, so the two of them were quite familiar with each other.

Hu Zeming first glanced at everyone in the room, and then asked with some curiosity and embarrassment:

"Director, you are now not only the director and security commander of the Administrative Office in Southeast Shanxi, but also the commander of the 39th Army Corps and the deputy director of the Military Training Department. Before you distinguish between civil affairs and military affairs, I would like to ask you what your future plans will be.

Where is the main office location?”

Upon hearing this question, everyone present was stunned for a moment, and then turned to look at Jiang Dong.

Yes, Jiangdong is now in charge of both military and civil affairs by himself. In the past, his office was located at the military headquarters. At that time, there were not so many things going on.

After the administrative offices are established, there will be a lot of civil affairs work in the 18 counties. It cannot be done at the military headquarters as before.

The army has many military secrets, and people from the civil affairs system walk around there every day.

"Oh, I really forgot to think about this problem before." Jiang Dong smiled sheepishly.

"That's a good question, Lao Hu!" Wang Xueqin looked at Jiang Dong,

"After the civil affairs system is separated from the military, it will be in charge of personnel, education, medical care, public security, production, finance and other aspects of civil affairs. This will be an extremely large government agency. Director Jiang is the core of the civil affairs system.

Where you choose your office location will affect the administrative efficiency of the administrative office in the future."

"Hey, Lao Jiang is not only the core of the civil affairs system, but also the military cannot do without him." Xie Chengrui raised his hand and said.

Seeing that people from the two systems were about to start a debate, Jiang Dong hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt,

"Military and civil affairs are equally important. My energy is limited and I cannot take care of both at the same time. The Japanese are the biggest threat at this stage, which means that I must focus mainly on the military."

The people on the civil affairs side were a little anxious and wanted to speak, but were stopped by Jiang Dong.

"Don't worry, let's do this. In order to improve the efficiency of the two systems, I will announce an appointment first."

Jiang Dong looked at Wang Xueqin,

"Appoint Wang Xueqin as the first deputy director of the Southeast Shanxi Administrative Office. From now on, the first deputy director will be fully responsible for civil affairs matters. If you have any questions that you cannot make a decision, come to me for discussion."

"I'm afraid I can't handle this alone. There are also matters related to the Industrial Development Committee..."

"Now the complicated things have just begun. You, the first deputy director, should work harder. It will be easier when the political power of each county is improved." This is the only way Jiangdong can think of at the moment.

"When suitable candidates appear, I will let them serve as deputy directors to share your work."

Wang Xueqin was very happy. It was okay to work hard, as long as she had the power in her hands to do great things.

"From now on, civil affairs matters will be handled at the Administrative Office, and I will stay at the Legion Headquarters most of the time. A copy of the matters handled by Lao Wang will be sent to the Legion Headquarters every day. I will take the time to read it.

Okay, this problem is solved, let’s move on to the next topic.”

Xie Chengrui and Wu Zhan looked at each other, and the latter said:

"Commander of the Army, you just said that civil affairs should manage local production and collect taxes. Does this mean that in the future, the military's use of money will have to go through the review of the civil affairs system?"

Jiang Dong's brows furrowed. He only thought about this issue a little bit before the meeting and did not have a complete idea at all.

Everyone is looking towards Jiangdong. Financial power is crucial and both sides want it.

"Be clear!" Jiang Dong raised a finger.

“Financial power must belong to the civil affairs system, and the military’s use of money must also go through the review of the civil affairs system.

As for how to operate specifically, let’s not talk about the meeting today. After it’s over, you can discuss it yourself and then come up with a final plan for me.”

Finance must be the biggest point of contention, so Jiangdong simply let the two people in the system discuss it themselves and let him make the final decision.

Everyone in the army looked bitter, but Jiang Dong had already spoken, and they said no more.

"Let's talk about the Industrial Development Committee!" Jiangdong looked at the vice-chairmen of the Industrial Development Committee.

In addition to Wang Xueqin, the Industrial Development Committee also has three vice-chairmen, namely Fan Zhuxian, a former university professor, factory director Ren Guang, and senior technical worker Zhou Fu.

The three people respectively represent the three levels of theory, management and technicians of industrial production.

Fan Zhuxian was obsessed with academic research, Ren Guang seemed a bit shrewd, and Zhou Fu was the most honest and honest worker.

With Wang Xueqin being promoted to deputy director of the Administrative Office, the affairs of the Industrial Development Committee will mainly fall on these three people in the future.

"Director," Ren Guang spoke first, "The Industrial Development Committee and the various factories under its management should be under the civil affairs system."

"Yes." Jiangdong nodded, "Not only that, in the future, the military will have to spend money to purchase products produced by various factories, whether they are military or civilian.

The profits obtained by the factory must be turned over to the Administrative Office in a timely manner, and the Administrative Office will redistribute them.

Standardize everything so that every income and expenditure has evidence to follow.

As a unit directly under the Administrative Office, the Industrial Development Commission is directly responsible to the Director of the Administrative Office."

People in the administrative system were recording Jiang Dong's speech.

After the topic was over, Wang Liang raised a new question:

"Regiment Commander, you are also the security commander of Southeast Shanxi. So should militia training, policy propaganda, civilian mobilization and other matters be divided between civil affairs or military affairs?"

As long as Jiang Dong considered this question, he would answer it without hesitation.

"Instead of establishing a separate security command, the functions that the security command should undertake should be assigned to the staff department. The recruitment and training of new recruits were originally the responsibility of the staff department, and will still be the responsibility of the staff department in the future, with the assistance of people from the civil affairs system."

"clear!"

Xie Chengrui and Wang Xueqin agreed immediately.

"The mobilization, publicity, and education of the people are mainly responsible for the Administrative Office during weekdays, while during wartime the Political Department and the Administrative Office are jointly responsible."

………

The discussion on the division of military and civilian functions lasted for two hours.

Two hours later, the major division of functions has ended. As for the specific specifications and operating procedures, it will be discussed and discussed by the professional departments of both parties after the meeting.

The notebooks of people from both sides who came to the meeting were full of memories. Jiang Dong waited for everyone to take a breath and continued:

"Now we have 18 counties, but the number of county magistrates is far from enough. We can only arrange personnel for a few important counties first."

The four county magistrates who came to attend the meeting subconsciously sat up straight, but what Jiang Dong said was beyond their expectations.

"The abilities of you four county magistrates have been obvious to all this year, but there is currently a lack of talent, and you still need to continue to work hard. Heshun, Liaoxian, Yushe, and Wuxiang are the last counties we captured.

People's livelihood problems in some places are very serious. Currently, they are mainly under the jurisdiction of the army. You have experience in cooperating with the army. I am going to let the four of you serve as county magistrates in these four counties. The current position is concurrently held by the deputy county magistrates."

Not only was he not promoted, but he was also demoted to a more remote place. The four county magistrates found it difficult to accept it for a while.

Jiang Dong looked at them and said solemnly:

"You have rich work experience in helping these four places recover from the war. Whoever does the best job will be transferred to the Administrative Office as the second deputy director in six months.

By the way, with our current development speed, it is impossible to stay in the southeast of Shanxi forever. The world in the future is still very broad.

Of course, you can also choose not to go, but I don’t really hope anyone will make such a choice.”

Jiangdong is very straightforward in giving the four county magistrates a piece of cake.

The four of them lowered their heads and looked at the people beside them from time to time, looking extremely confused.

Soon after, Hu** chose a place first.

"Director, let me go to Liao County!"

To the surprise of the other three, Hu Zeming chose the poorest place first.

They were a little ashamed and made their own decisions.

Lei Ye, the former magistrate of Lingchuan County, chose Heshun, Lu Guangwei, the former magistrate of Yangcheng County, chose Yushe, and Yu Ziwu, the magistrate of Qinshui County, went to Wuxiang.

"There are still ten counties without county magistrates. The candidates for these county magistrates are recommended by people from the civil affairs system, and each person recommends at least two people. You can also self-recommend, and I will conduct the final review."

Jiang Dong took a sip of water and turned over the next piece of paper.
Chapter completed!