Every year in December, East China will be particularly busy, because this is the last month of the year, not only to review the work of the year, the financial situation, and issue a variety of work reports, but also to plan the work of the coming year, as well as the preparation of the budget.

And by its being this year, things are more. On the one hand, because the Far East War officially ended this year, East China spent a lot of manpower and material resources in this war, but also gained a large number of territories, so there is a lot of recovery and reconstruction work after the war, and at the end of the year, of course, it is necessary to sum up, and formulate plans and arrangements for the coming year; on the other hand, it is still in December to formally establish an advisory council, convene an advisory meeting, and expand the rights of all sectors of society to participate in politics.

In contrast, the affairs of Japan are in a secondary position in the work of East China ** in December. East China**'s attitude towards Japan is very clear, that is, waiting for Japan to make a move, Japan will go further, East China ** will follow further, if Japan retreats, East China ** will never stand still, so after Japan passed a consensus and sent an invitation to East China ** to visit, East China ** also immediately accepted Japan's invitation, but the itinerary of the visit to Japan can only be scheduled after the end of the year-end summary.

Of course, first of all, the Consultative Council, which has been planned for more than half a year, and the councillors from all walks of life under the jurisdiction of the East China Municipality gathered in Qingdao in December to attend this meeting, and in the next two years, these councillors will stay in Qingdao and exercise their powers. However, the members attending the meeting this time were limited to Shandong, Henan, Shanghai, Tianjin, and other places, and the three eastern provinces and regions, as well as Anhui, Jiangsu, and other provinces that had just been occupied by East China, did not participate in the meeting, because these places were not controlled by East China for a long time, and the foundation was not stable, so no members were elected to participate in the meeting.

Although on the whole, the symbolism of this meeting is greater, Bi Jing's current power in East China is in the Senate, the resolution made at the Consultative Conference, but also in the Senate to vote, passed before the formal bill can be formed, but this Bi Jing is the first time in history by all levels of society to participate in the ****, so it still has great practical significance.

Since it is the establishment of the Advisory Bureau, the holding of the Advisory Council has always been an important part of the Qing Court's new policy, but the Qing Court has been implementing the New Deal for nearly 7 years, and the Advisory Bureau still only listens to the sound of the stairs, and does not see anyone coming down, which seems to be far away, so this time East China is undoubtedly ahead of the Qing Court, but this has also become a habit.

The consultative meeting lasted for a total of five days, and the atmosphere was also very warm, first passed several programmatic bills, and then discussed some issues related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and passed some of them, which also proved that this meeting was not a complete retreat, but still had a certain practical intention, of course, the topics that were passed still need to be discussed and voted on in the Senate.

However, compared with the lively consultative meeting, the subsequent year-end meeting of the Senate House is much more prosaic, because this is the 7th year-end meeting of the Senate held in East China, and the Senate members have also changed 2 batches, and now they are the 3rd group of Senate members, so naturally there will be no novelty, but the content of this meeting is obviously much more important.

The first content of the year-end meeting is, of course, the year-end summary report, although December has not yet ended, but at this time it can basically clearly calculate the fiscal revenue of this year, which is 287 million silver dollars, compared with the previous fiscal year, an increase of about 2.4 times, of course, mainly due to the fact that East China ** in the Far East War obtained a large number of war dividends, in addition to this year's large-scale disaster relief in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but also to promote internal production and consumption. At the beginning of the year, the Finance Committee had projected that this year's fiscal revenue would be between 250 million and 300 million silver dollars, and now it seems that this forecast is also accurate.

With the restoration of order in the new territory, the establishment of the tax system, as well as the development of the economy of the new territory, the gradual advancement of the second five-year plan, in the new year, and the first fiscal revenue will definitely have a further increase, the growth rate is expected to be about 10%, and in the next 10 years or so, the economy of East China will develop at a higher rate, so the fiscal revenue will also continue to increase with the development of the economy.

However, although this year's fiscal revenue is considerable, but the expenditure is even more huge, this year's fiscal expenditure reached 326 million silver dollars, and the fiscal deficit was about 40 million silver dollars. This is also the third consecutive year that East China's fiscal deficit has been. However, compared with 1905 and 1906, this year's fiscal deficit has been greatly reduced, and the fiscal deficit in the first two years is more than 50 million silver dollars, and there are huge reparations in the Far East War, and all the fiscal deficits in these three years can be filled.

However, the second five-year plan will be gradually completed, and the new territory will also be fully developed, and there will be huge investment, in addition to the repayment of the principal and interest of the loan, so in the cycle of this five-year plan, it is estimated that it will be in a state of fiscal deficit, and it is very likely to exceed the amount of this year's deficit, and it is necessary to use the reparations of the Far East War to fill the deficit, but this is also the main purpose of East China's huge reparations, of course, East China The huge amount of compensation received will also be able to fill the fiscal deficit in this five-year cycle, and it is expected that after the end of this five-year plan cycle, it is expected that the fiscal deficit will be truly and gradually reduced and the fiscal balance will be achieved.

The second is the second five-year plan of East China, although this year's work is mainly post-war recovery and disaster relief, but the five-year plan is still carried out as usual, there are 31 projects that have been started, the most important project is the expansion and transformation of Shanghai Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and after the transformation of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, will become the construction of various types of engineering ships, and ship accessories, shipborne weapons, etc., including docks, port construction, It is a professional enterprise that processes large-scale steel structures, and the name after the transformation still follows the Jiangnan Shipyard of the old time and space, and will eventually become the largest shipbuilding enterprise in East China.

Of course, all the expansion and transformation of Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau will be a long cycle, which may last for more than 20 years, but the first phase of the project will be four years, and three years will be officially renamed Jiangnan Shipyard, and begin to build the main warship for East China, plus the planned Dalian Shipyard, after the end of the five-year plan cycle, East China will have three shipyards that can build capital warships.

In the new year, there will be 47 projects in the second five-year plan, and it is also in this five-year cycle, the most projects will be started, after the end of the year, the second five-year plan will start 78 projects, close to 70% of the total number of projects, of course, this is also very normal, each five-year plan of the project, is larger, and has a longer construction period, at least more than one year, so in the first three years at least more than 80%, or even 80% of the project.

In addition to the industrial and economic achievements, it is also fruitful in its aspects, first of all, of course, it officially ended the Far Eastern War, and ensured that a large number of war dividends were obtained, and the victory in the Far Eastern War was used as an opportunity to formally break with the Qing court, declare self-reliance, and announced the political goal of overthrowing the Qing court and recasting China, so that East China ** is a political entity juxtaposed with the Qing court in legal terms.

At the same time, the disaster relief operation in the summer and autumn, although it cost a lot of money and resources in East China, won a good reputation for East China's benevolence, righteousness and love for the people, and further hit the orthodox status of the Qing court, so it was also quite cost-effective.

However, after the end of the war in the Far East, the military plan formulated by East China to control eastern Mongolia was postponed, first, because disaster relief restrained a lot of energy in East China; second, in September and October, the relations between East China and Japan were uncertain, and a low-intensity war was possible, and it was impossible for East China to fight on two fronts at the same time, so it was only necessary to stop the war plan against Mongolia and wait for the situation to become clear.

After Ito Hirobumi's visit to East China, the relationship between East China and Japan has improved significantly, and has shown a trend towards friendship, but at this time it has entered late October, and it will soon enter November, which is not a good time to use troops in Mongolia. There are still many uncertainties as to whether or not relations with Japan can be finally improved, so after discussions in the Executive Yuan, it was finally decided to temporarily suspend the war plan against Mongolia this year, and if relations with Japan really improve by the end of the year, then this plan will be implemented in February or March next year.

Although the change in the plan has made the Northeast Military Region feel a little emotional, after all, the troops that have decided to participate in the war are all rubbing their fists and preparing to do a big job, and at the same time, the Northeast Military Region has also made a lot of preparations for this military operation, and now that the plan has been stopped, all this work has of course been done in vain, so some emotions are also normal reactions.

However, the military is subordinate to politics, this is the overall situation, and because of the change in the situation, and change the battle plan, it is also a common thing, the so-called plan is not as fast as the change, this is the truth, in addition to the concept of building the army in East China has always attached importance to the political education of the army, and among the five giants, Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun also have a high prestige in the army, and at the same time carefully explained the Northeast Military Region, and said that once next year 2, In March, the implementation of this plan again is very likely to expand the scale of the war, and of course the specific plan will have to be reconsidered, so the mood of the Northeast Military Region has basically calmed down.