Chapter 798: Chapter 543: Reserve Major!
Regarding how formidable Deputy Mayor Shen is in economic construction and how adaptable he is in his work, Han Yu has co to enormously admire Deputy Mayor Shen after more than a year of working together, to the extended degree of complete respect.
For instance, when the economic investigation police of Xin’an ca to investigate cases of falsely issued VAT invoices, the city, considering the economic construction of Linghai, requested that the Police Bureau conduct interventions with the officers handling the cases in Xin’an to ensure that the individuals involved in the cases would not be taken away so that the business operations would not be affected.
This interchangeable local protectionism turned into a "soft power" for attracting investnts in the Developnt Zone under Deputy Mayor Shen.
Another example is when the sister-in-charge would firmly issue penalties to ships and crew mbers who violated regulations, showing no rcy, even to foreign ships coming to Linghai for major repairs.
Deputy Mayor Shen had tried to persuade the sister-in-charge to show so leniency. Upon realizing that this persuasion was futile, he simply stopped and instead promoted that Linghai, while having the strictest waterway supervision, is also the safest water area in the entire Binjiang and along the Yangtze River during investnt solicitation!
Now, over a phone call reporting that the Water Administration was about to order the shutdown of the most critical dredging and reclamation project during the construction of Linghai Port, he actually laughed and said: "Wait, it looks like the sand prices are going to increase! I’ll first have the Party Governnt Office notify the persons in charge at a few key project sites to quickly purchase sand. Don’t hang up just yet, I also have sothing to tell you."
"Okay, you go ahead."
The thought of the respectable vice mayor considering the increase in sand prices first...
Han Yu was thoroughly convinced, waited for about two minutes, and then heard Deputy Mayor Shen’s voice again from the phone: "Salted Fish, are you there?"
"Here."
"The first thing, the person in charge of the Water Resources Supervision Enforcent Team used to work under you, right? Assist the construction command center to quickly process the approvals needed for the Linghai Port’s dedicated waterway dredging project and the Linghai Port pier reclamation project, and try to resu construction within three days."
Han Yu was ntally prepared and said without hesitation, "Yes."
"The second thing is about Zhang Yidong’s visit yesterday for research; Director Liu told
about it yesterday afternoon. I really don’t understand what he was thinking, even planning to convert the Police Sub-bureau back to Sanhe Police Station. You objected well; it concerns our developnt zone’s external image. As leaders of the developnt zone, we can’t compromise or yield on this issue!"
"Mayor Shen, whether it’s disbanding the sub-bureau or restoring Sanhe Police Station, it isn’t about our developnt zone’s willingness to compromise or yield, it’s an internal affair of the Police Bureau. Even if Director Zhang really wants to disband the sub-bureau, it won’t just be dismissed based on my opposition."
"If he had the courage, he wouldn’t have co to you first. Think about it, would Zhou Huixin have asked for my opinion or considered what I would think during his ti as director when facing such situations?"
Disbanding the sub-bureau and restoring Sanhe Police Station isn’t really a big deal.
If Zhou Huixin continued as director and decided on disbandnt, he would have made the decision directly without any hesitation.
Han Yu realized that Deputy Mayor Shen sowhat looked down on Zhang Yidong and was unsure how to proceed, then Deputy Mayor Shen continued: "The third thing, which is the most important, Mayor Qin has been concurrently appointed to another position."
"Has Mayor Qin entered the regulars?"
"No, think about it, it hasn’t been long since Mayor Qin was promoted to Vice Director level; even if eligible, it wouldn’t be so soon."
"What are the concurrent positions then?"
Deputy Mayor Shen, with a smile, explained: "Exactly speaking, he’s holding two positions simultaneously: one is the Deputy Political Commissioner of Jiangnan Province’s Reserve Infantry Division, and the other is the First Political Commissioner of the Binjiang Reserve Group of Jiangnan Province’s Reserve Infantry Division."
Han Yu couldn’t help but smile and asked, "Holding the position of Political Commissioner for the Civilian Soldiers Reserve, how is that different from holding a Military District position?"
"Of course, there’s a difference."
Deputy Mayor Shen, who had just understood it today, explained while smiling: "You are the Military Minister, yet here you are asking. Civilian Soldiers are Civilian Soldiers, Reserve is Reserve; these are two different things. At the city level, the Civilian Soldiers are managed by the Military District. At the district and county level, the Civilian Soldiers are managed by the Ard Forces Departnt. The Reserves are parallel to the Military District and Ard Forces Departnt systems; they are not the sa unit."
"Not the sa unit, so do we have Reserves in Linghai?"
"Yes, haven’t you attended etings at the Ard Forces Departnt?"
"I haven’t attended the etings, but I have dispatched new soldiers several tis and didn’t pay attention."
"What kind of Military Minister are you? You need to deepen your understanding."
Deputy Mayor Shen playfully scolded and continued, "We have a Reserve Camp in Linghai, operating in the Ard Forces Departnt office, but it’s not the sa as the Ard Forces Departnt. If there’s a difference, first, the nature is different; the Reserve is the backbone of the national defense reserve force, mainly composed of demobilized officers and discharged soldiers, which is a level higher than the Civilian Soldiers. Second, the funding sources are different; organizing and training Civilian Soldiers is financed by fiscal spending, whereas the Reserve is funded by military expenses."
The Ard Forces Departnt has also undergone significant changes over the years.
Previously managed by the Military District, the ministers, political commissioners, deputy ministers, heads of military divisions, heads of political work divisions, and the advisers and staff of the military and political work divisions were all active-duty military officers, with the Ard Forces Departnt’s funding also entirely disbursed from the superior military funds.
Later, when it was placed under local jurisdiction, it beca a deputy county-level unit.
The ministers, political commissioners, advisers, and staff were converted into local officials overnight, and Chief of Staff Liu once joked: "Whoever’s rice you eat, that’s who you listen to, and that’s whose affairs you handle." If the Military District notified them to attend a eting and it conflicidentally clashed with tasks delegated by the Linghai City Committee and City Governnt, they certainly wouldn’t go to the Military District.
Since they are now local officials, their job placents also change accordingly.
For instance, Chief of Staff Liu, who isn’t working in the Ard Forces Departnt anymore, is now transferred to a township as Deputy Town Mayor. Several staff in the Ard Forces Departnt, so of whom have never served as soldiers.
Last year, the Ard Forces Departnt was again placed under the Military District’s managent.
Those officers who were locally transferred previously wanted to wear military uniforms again, but so couldn’t return due to either exceeding the age limit or changes in their job positions. There were also so Ard Forces Departnt staff who had never served as soldiers, and they didn’t et the conditions to convert to active-duty officers either.
In short, the Ard Forces Departnt is now a ss.
Fortunately, the work of the Ard Forces Departnt is not much. If it were another unit, it would have been in chaos long ago.
Han Yu was thinking about how this had anything to do with him when Deputy Mayor Shen chuckled and said, "The work of the reserve is not as smoothly conducted as that of the Military District or the Ard Forces Departnt. Superiors require each city to have a Vice Mayor who also serves as the Deputy Political Commissioner of the reserve infantry division and the First Political Commissioner of the local reserve regint. Mayor Qin beca the Political Commissioner in such a confused manner."
"Then what?"
"The reserve regint is organized at a regular regintal level, and its base is located at the foot of Jianshan Mountain. It has a regintal commander, political commissioner, chief of staff, director of political affairs, several staff officers, several company commanders, but very few soldiers. It can be said that there are officers but no soldiers."
Deputy Mayor Shen took a sip of water and continued, "According to the regulations, each district and county must establish a reserve battalion, aning the Binjiang Reserve Group should have a regint of reserve officers and soldiers. The work of the reserve is actually quite similar to that of the civilian soldiers, often overlapping and even conflicting.
The Military District certainly won’t help them, nor will the district and county Ard Forces Departnts, although they have military funds, it’s not much. In the past, they could run businesses and at least earn so transportation fees with military vehicles, but now superiors have banned the military from doing business. Basically, they want to raise troops but have no money."
Han Yu asked subconsciously, "Mayor Qin also serves as their First Political Commissioner, so they just rely on Mayor Qin?"
Deputy Mayor Shen laughed and said, "This isn’t called relying; the superior requires Mayor Qin to serve as both their division’s deputy political commissioner and their group’s First Political Commissioner, which is to support their work. But Mayor Qin also has no money. Considering that each district and county must set up a reserve battalion and assign a Vice Mayor as the first secretary of the district and county reserve battalion, he suggested that I serve as the first secretary of the Linghai Reserve Battalion."
"Mayor Qin has already gotten into this troubleso situation, how did he drag you into it too?"
"He probably thinks I now ’govern a place’ on my own, have so minor power, and can be a bit influential. However, it’s worth saying that he’s just been promoted to Vice Mayor and ranks quite low, so it’s indeed not as easy for him to get things done as it is for those of us at the grassroots. But since he’s taken on this political commissioner role, he can’t do nothing, so he can only turn to us."
"Mayor Qin is looking for you, not ." This matter was too funny, Han Yu couldn’t help but tease, "Mayor Shen, how co the city let you serve as the first secretary of the reserve battalion instead of its political commissioner?"
"Are you not police? The police and the military are similar; battalion-level units only have an instructor and can’t have a political commissioner."
"Right, right, I almost forgot. But you are deputy departnt level leadership, letting you serve as the first secretary of a battalion-level unit seems like a demotion. What was the superior thinking, serving as the reserve regint’s Deputy Political Commissioner would make more sense."
"You are absolutely right, I forgot to ntion earlier that the superiors have appointed
as the Deputy Political Commissioner of the Binjiang Reserve Group and simultaneously as the first secretary of the Linghai Reserve Battalion."
"That makes sense then, political commissioner it is!"
"Kid, can’t you be serious, I’m discussing so very serious work with you!"
"Alright, alright, go on."
Deputy Mayor Shen also found it funny and said solemnly, "Mayor Qin made a promise for us that our Linghai Developnt Zone could form a reserve battalion. Since you are the military minister of our developnt zone, this task falls to you. I’ll speak to the Ard Forces Departnt, recruit you as a reserve officer, and once the recruitnt process is completed, you’ll be the instructor and company commander of our Linghai Reserve Battalion."
Although civilian soldiers and reserves are two different things, they are quite similar.
Han Yu, unable to help but laugh, asked, "Aren’t the reserves and the Ard Forces Departnt not part of the sa system? Why still go through the Ard Forces Departnt?"
"The Ard Forces Departnt is responsible for conscription; the regular army’s soldiers co from the Ard Forces Departnt, as do reserve officers and soldiers. It is said that because of this, there are often conflicts between the reserves and the Ard Forces Departnt, with the reserves expecting the Ard Forces Departnt to cooperate. But the Ard Forces Departnt has its own tasks, and it can barely handle the civilian soldiers, having to resort to paper soldiers; how could they care about the reserves."
What the old leader considers a matter is also his own matter.
Deputy Mayor Shen worried that Salted Fish wouldn’t take it seriously, and thought again emphasizing, "Salted Fish, once you are conscripted, you are a reserve officer. I’ll try to secure a promotion for you, maybe to the rank of Major!"
Han Yu couldn’t help but ask, "Mayor Shen, are you saying I’ll receive a military uniform, get a military rank?"
"Yes, definitely. The reserve is very formal; commanders of battalions and above are active duty officers, and instructors below the battalion level are reserve officers and soldiers, all granted reserve ranks, just marked with a Y, which is the abbreviation for reserve in Pinyin."
"I’ve seen it before, can I wear it?"
"You can wear it during major ceremonies, training, and when carrying out tasks, but not ordinarily."
"If I can’t wear it ordinarily, what kind of officer is that?"
"Just consider it helping Sister Zhu, Salted Fish, I’m warning you, if you keep resisting, I’ll call Sister Zhu right now and let her talk to you!"
"Fine, fine, I agree, okay? But do we even have that many ex-military officers and veterans in our developnt zone?"
"There should be; I’ll have Sanhe Street fully support you. It’s actually not as troubleso as you think; just gather people to form a company and report the list. The reserve is basically similar to civilian soldiers, undergoing a maximum of one week of military training per year, and there’s nothing much else."
Wearing a military uniform and receiving a rank isn’t too bad, even if it is just a reserve rank.
While Han Yu was secretly enjoying this, Deputy Mayor Shen laughed again, "I’ll have the Managent Committee arrange so funding when the ti cos. Anyway, we have to make this company into a ’fist company.’"
"Mayor Shen, among the Binjiang Reserve Group and Linghai Reserve Battalion, our soon-to-be-ford company can’t be the only one that’s presentable, right?"
"That is probably the case at the current stage."
"What are you thinking? You are an advanced individual supporting both the military and local governnt, and you have been comnded with a First-level rit by the General Politics. You should understand the importance of building national defense reserve forces. But we can’t just help for free; since the reserve regint is a formal organization unit, they have military vehicles. I’ll see if I can get you a military vehicle, or at least a military plate, if not a decent car."
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