Guan Zhuofan found that the imperial court at that time had almost no ability to resist this kind of "MBO with Qing characteristics".

The reasons are not too complicated: in the early days of the Westernization Movement, the central government still retained a certain degree of control over "Westernization"; In the later period, the foreign affairs were more and more dependent on Li Hongzhang and other local governors, and in the end, the imperial court completely gave up the dominance of foreign affairs. The strange establishment of the Minister of Nanyang and the Minister of Beiyang is the dominant power of foreign affairs, and the symbol of the shift from the central government to the local government.

The central pivot no longer has a talent who really understands foreign affairs, let alone a talent like Wenxiang who is not only proficient in foreign affairs, but also has a clear mind, has his own opinions, and cannot change his will from the superiors. In handling foreign affairs, the superior is in a daze, and naturally can only let Li Hongzhang, Sheng Xuanhuai and others do whatever they want.

The tricks played by Li, Sheng and others are not all so clever. The steamship China Merchants Bureau acquired Qichang Company, and the drawbacks were discovered by Zuo Zongtang, Liu Kun and other feudal officials, and they were attacked in a book. However, Li Hongzhang's self-defense is also dazzling, and it is difficult for the court to distinguish the true from the false, even if there is doubt, it can only be put in the stomach.

What's more, to do foreign affairs, Li Hongzhang is indispensable, and he relies too deeply to turn his face, so similar attacks on the Li family are always big things and small things.

The relatives of the clan did not completely lose their vigilance against the local governor Fu Fu Dove occupying the magpie's nest. Dezong and Cixi were successively promoted, Puyi succeeded to the throne, and a group of young relatives and nobles in power finally wanted to "set things right".

First, a "royal cabinet" was created; Then, it is necessary to collect the world's financial power from the center, and also to clean up Beiyang's finances -- "collecting the world's financial power from the center" is, of course, a fool's dream, Beiyang's account. From Li Hongzhang to Yuan Shikai. Decades down. That's the first bad and black debt in the world, how to clear it?

In the end, Zaifeng, Zai Ze, and Zaitao became more and more excited, and they actually wanted to kill Yuan Shikai.

These two goods, I don't know what day it is, and I still think that this body is still in the world of Kang, Yong, and Qian! They are dreaming of the autumn in the clouds, and the bureaucratic capital has already made up its mind to change the "spokesperson".

The history is clear. Kwan Zhuofan thought, what should I do?

How can we ensure that the "state-owned enterprises" under my rule will not repeat the mistakes of the original time and space of "insider control"?

Guan Zhuofan has one head and two hands, and he has no skills, so he can't run a business by himself. However, the people he can use are still the people of this era, and a considerable part of them are still the people who founded, operated, and controlled the "new enterprises" in the original time and space. After all, they are the most open and capable people in this era.

For example, Guan Zhuofan used it for Tang Tingshu of the Kaiping Mining Bureau, Xu Run of the China Merchants Steamship Bureau, Wu Tingfang of the Fujian Shipbuilding Administration, and Zhang Yinheng of the Railway Unit of the Advisory Committee.

Not to mention Rong Hong. has become one of his right-hand men in handling foreign affairs.

However, when it comes to concepts and ethics, there is no substantial difference between the people of this era and the original time and space.

In this era, concepts such as "public servant" and "serving the people" basically do not exist. Guan Zhuofan has begun to cultivate similar concepts in the Xuan Army, which can be regarded as a small success, but if it is said that it will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, then there is still a gap of 108,000 miles - this golden finger, for a while, Guan Zhuofan will not be able to open it anyway.

At this stage, Guan Zhuofan can guarantee the combat effectiveness of the Xuan Army and his loyalty to himself, but once the cadres of the Xuan Army walk out of the barracks and release them into enterprises, Guan Zhuofan cannot guarantee that they will not be tempted by huge interests to turn into "insiders".

The cadres of the Xuanjun, Guan Zhuofan, think that he is the talent who best meets the requirements of industrialization in this era, and he can't really trust him on the issue of "insider control", let alone other people.

In fact, Tang Tingshu, Xu Run, Wu Tingfang, and Zhang Yinheng in history, the word "incorruptible" is not without discussion.

But Guan Zhuofan still has to use them, or the same sentence - they are the most open and capable people in this era.

Therefore, state-owned enterprises must establish an operating mechanism and supervision mechanism that conform to the standards of enterprise governance in the near modern era from the very beginning.

Guan Zhuofan decided to start with the establishment of a modern financial system.

The economic activities of industrial societies are far more complex than those of agrarian societies. China's original financial system, simple and sparse, with different standards, was simply not enough to cope with the increasingly complex production and trade in the process of industrialization. One of the important reasons for the Westernization movement in the original time and space, the inefficiency of the enterprise is abnormally low, the management is chaotic, and the loopholes are full of loopholes, and the "insiders" have no scruples.

The establishment of modern financial system, income and expenditure, profit and loss, all-inclusive; The effect of controlling costs and avoiding profits and losses for enterprises is ten times that of China's old "bookkeeping"; If there is fraud, follow the traces, and there is nothing to hide from which link and which person who handles it.

It is unrealistic for China to rely solely on itself to establish a sound financial system for modern and modern enterprises in a short period of time. Guan Zhuofan believes that as if "training troops in Western France" and running a business also need foreign "instructors."

This is why there is the "China-US Talent Exchange Plan".

If a foreigner consults on the financial affairs of a Chinese company, or even directly controls the financial affairs of the enterprise, the confidential information of the enterprise is fully understood. The sensitivity and importance of "financial advisors" and "financial controllers" are not comparable to ordinary technical personnel, and in addition to ability and ethics, they also need to be trusted by the Chinese government. This kind of political trust, except for the United States, which has the "friendship" of "blood casting, the rock will not be shaken", does not think of a second country.

In addition, even in terms of ability and ethics, with the endorsement of the United States government, these "American advisers" are better than the people Kwan Zhuofan himself went out to find. It's not that Guan Zhuofan can't find capable and ethical talents, but finding such a large number of talents who meet the requirements is not something that any individual can do.

No matter how good the system is, if it is not strictly implemented, or if it is deformed and distorted in the process of implementation, it will be in vain. In addition to helping China's "state-owned enterprises" establish a modern financial system, the task of the "US advisers" is also to ensure and supervise the implementation of the system. That is to say, these American advisers are actually Guan Zhuofan's "supervisors" stationed in state-owned enterprises in various places.

The "supervising army" envoy really does not feel comfortable leaving it to the Chinese themselves -- even if this person is Guan Zhuofan's "own person." In the face of huge interests, there are too many things like internal and external collusion, cat and mouse litter, and collusion.

It is not that Americans cannot be bought, but it is much more difficult to buy than the Chinese, not to mention the endorsement of the US government behind the "American advisers".

Guan Zhuofan does not expect that the "Sino-US Talent Exchange Plan" will completely eradicate the phenomenon of "insider control" -- the four words "completely eradicated" are unrealistic at any time. "Bureaucratic assets" will still be present on the plane. However, Guan Zhuofan is sure enough to control the "bureaucratic assets" within a tolerable range, and the limited number of "bureaucratic assets" cannot be turned into a "bureaucratic bourgeoisie".

At the same time, the output-input ratio of state-owned enterprises will be greatly improved; profitability, will increase substantially.

The central government and himself will firmly control the state-owned enterprises in various localities, and then control the national finances.

Regarding the use of "Western method" by "state-owned enterprises", Guan Zhuofan laid a very powerful foreshadowing early on: the source of funds of the "Feng'en Fund" is to be calculated from the profits of new-style enterprises in various places according to a certain proportion. Guan Zhuofan used this as an excuse to demand that a new-style enterprise adopt a unified Western financial system - otherwise, how can I understand?

At that time, when foreign affairs were in the early ascendant, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and other local officials praised their proposals in order to obtain the support of the "superiors" and the clan.

What is even better is that almost all the accounting personnel of the new enterprises, which are practicing Western law, come from the "Cantonese Dialect Museum" in Shanghai and its subordinate accelerated accounting school, which is the only place in China that has a sufficient number of talents who are proficient in Western finance.

The "Cantonese Dialect Museum" was founded by King Xuanjun.

The financial management of state-owned enterprises, the senior management personnel are the Americans I invited, and the middle and low-level accounting personnel are the people of my "Cantonese Dialect Pavilion".

Okay, wishful thinking has crackled, it's time for me to accompany my American friends to Shanghai.

When I arrived in Tianjin, I delayed for two days, and there, there was a very interesting thing to see, and a very interesting thing to do.

*(To be continued......)