Morgan Manor

In the conference room, high-level government officials gathered to discuss the country's overall plan for entering the new century.

The meeting was chaired by John, and the elder Morgan and the elder Rockefeller pressed the formation, of course, all the contents were discussed between the north and the south, and the elder Morgan and the elder Rockefeller agreed.

"In terms of personnel, by 2001 there were only 300,000 men in the Army, 200,000 in the Navy and Air Force, 80,000 in the Marine Corps, and 400,000 in civilian personnel. The number of troops stationed abroad has been reduced by half.

In terms of weapons, between now and 2001, the three armed services will stop purchasing new weapons and equipment, and all weapons and equipment will be transferred to research and development mode.

The annual military budget must not exceed $100 billion. ”

John has cut almost half of the army, and the troops stationed abroad have directly cut half, and at the same time, the procurement of weapons and equipment has been stopped, so that at least $168 billion a year can be saved, more than $900 billion in five years.

"Boss! Such a drastic disarmament and reduction of weapons will have a great hidden danger to national security!" The secretary of defense somewhat disagreed with John's approach.

"What's the hidden danger?" John looked at the Minister of Defense. "Is it possible that if I cut half of the troops and reduce arms procurement, the United States will be in danger? I am the first to disbelieve this, because the United States has enough weapons to last for 20 years without falling behind, and even if it lags behind a little, I do not believe that any country will go to war with the United States! If anyone really dares to attack the idea of the United States, the United States does not exist, then there is no need for the world to exist anymore!"

It is not a problem for Lao Mei's current weapons to be played casually for 20 years, not to mention that John only does not purchase weapons for five years, not for 20 years.

As for disarmament, modern warfare simply does not need so many soldiers, 100,000 people are enough to fight ordinary countries, and there is also a NATO alliance, and there is no need for conventional warfare to fight major countries, everyone is playing nuclear warfare, and many soldiers are cannon fodder, so it is correct to cut half and reduce military spending.

Seeing that the Minister of Defense was instigated to speak, John looked around and said. "The country is developing the economy now, everything makes way for the economy, this is the country's strategic policy for the next few years, you have to implement it if you want to, you have to implement it if you don't want to, there is no room for negotiation, don't give me any threatening slogans, spread threat theory behind my back, if anyone is not harmonious, I will harmonize him." After John finished speaking, he glanced at the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Defense quickly lowered his head, his previous predecessor was now doing parts in Alaska, and he didn't want to follow in his footsteps.

The old Morgan behind him smiled slightly, John is getting more and more courageous, as a leader, he should be able to control the people below and deter all forces, otherwise he will only be played by his subordinates.

The old Rockefeller on the side also nodded slightly, John has now successfully established his authority, even if the old Morgan encounters an accident, the Morgan family, the Morgan Union, the Southern Freemasons, the Democratic Party, and the Southern government can also smoothly carry out the transition of power.

On the other hand, the Rockefeller family, the old Rockefeller has a headache, if he has an accident, it is difficult for Charles to control the situation, the reason is that Charles has only one heir in the northern regime, no prestige, John's prestige is through the management of national affairs in the past two years, whether it is economic development, or foreign policy, or anti-corruption, or military power and treatment of allies, have done a good job, Freemasonry and allies and the international evaluation of John is very high, even the old Rockefeller is very satisfied with what John did, of course, get rid of his unreliable directorial identity, so John's ascent to the top is expected both at home and abroad, and there is no turmoil.

But Charles is different, except for his own one-third of an acre, he has no vision at all, he has no achievements in alliance affairs and government affairs, he wants to replace the old Rockefeller, others will definitely not be convinced, and Charles's most unforesighted relationship with John is that the relationship with John is poor, once the old Rockefeller has an accident, he takes over the old Rockefeller, his prestige is lacking, others are not convinced, at this time he is in great need of the support of the South, if he can get support, he can still sit on it, but if not, his situation will be very dangerous.

But now that he has stiffened his relationship, it is difficult for the Morgan family to help him.

So the old Rockefeller is now more and more disappointed in Charles, and he has some other thoughts in his heart, after all, he is too old to support it for a few years.

"Boss! weapons and equipment have entered R&D mode, then we arms companies will definitely not be able to survive this time!" the president of General Electric looked at John worriedly.

"The state will allocate $10 billion a year to you for research and development, and I hope you can make breakthroughs in anti-missile, electromagnetic weapons, laser weapons, and anti-electromagnetic laser weapons, unmanned vehicles, information weapons, radar detection, space weapons, submarines and warships.

In addition, you can shift the focus from domestic sales to foreign trade, and the country will open more markets to meet your sales, such as F22 can be studied slowly, F35 can be accelerated, and then the order of one or two thousand aircraft is enough for you to eat, and the shipyard is the same, research and development of foreign trade orders.

But there is one thing I want to say, don't pretend what shouldn't be installed, don't use the technology that shouldn't be used, if anyone dares to use the core technology for me on the foreign trade bill and betray the national interests, I will throw whoever into the crocodile pool.

The same is true for the armed forces, which have intensified the degree of secrecy, and all military contents involved have been kept secret, and those who leak them will be punished as the crime of leaking military secrets.

In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the discipline and management of the army, ideological education, especially in the troops stationed abroad, and it is strictly forbidden to drink alcohol for fun, fight and brawl, and violate local laws and regulations.

After all, the country needs to develop the economy in the short term, and it is impossible to invest too much in military spending, so it can only invest relatively more in research and development, of course, these are only conventional weapons, and the research and development of strategic weapons John is also investing every year, and the kind of weapon that solves all problems in one piece John likes very much, because he is a person who is afraid of trouble, so he will invest a lot of money in the research and development of weapons in this area every year.

After discussing the military aspect, the next topic on the agenda was foreign politics.

"The international side has maintained a policy of semi-isolation, shrinking its strength, the African side has shrunk on all fronts, the Middle East side has also withdrawn from all fronts, except for Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, and the Eurasian side has maintained the status quo, cut off all contacts with the Gulf, implemented the principle of one rabbit country, lifted Cuban economic sanctions, did not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, did not be the world's policeman, replaced military deterrence and political intervention with economic and trade cooperation, and shifted all the focus to domestic development. ”

People all over the world will be overjoyed when they hear this, because the United States has finally stopped, and the world is finally at peace! Everyone will certainly suggest that the Nobel Organizing Committee award the Peace Prize to John.