"We were afraid of losing people, but since the ministry and commission talked about our loss of personnel, people have been lost, I am not afraid to talk about it again." As soon as Wang Mingshan's criticism ended, Lin Haiyang, secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, immediately stood up to speak. It could be seen that the provincial party secretary was emotional, and although his voice trembled a little because of shame, he still maintained a minimum of calm.

"We have silver mines in our province, and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the ministries and commissions established state-owned mining enterprises, and later our province got silver mines into the province. We were happy at first. Silver, silver spent in vain, it's something of value. In the four years since we got the silver mines, the amount of silver imported from foreign countries has more than doubled every year, and in four years it has increased more than tenfold. Not only has the volume of imports increased, but the price of imported silver has fallen by more than half. According to the tax standards set by the ministries and provinces at that time, we actually lost money while sitting on the silver mountain! Lin Haiyang's voice is loud, and his Fujian Mandarin, which is not too easy to distinguish, is sonorous and powerful, although everyone may not be able to hear it very exactly, but the key words and the excited tone are very impactful.

Later, when we inquired, we realized how lacking morality the ministry really was. In recent years, silver mining in South and North America has increased significantly, and breakthroughs have been made in mining and smelting technology. In addition, European and American countries have adopted the gold standard, and silver cannot be the main currency of Europe and the United States, and the price has plummeted. In fact, the ministry knew that with a large surplus of China's foreign exports, it was possible to buy silver as much as it wanted, and domestic silver was no longer as valuable to the ministry as it was in the early years, when large quantities of silver were needed to mint coinage. It is true that we have a problem with the poor management in our province, but the biggest problem is that the ministry is holding the pit! It's not right for us to be greedy for small things. However, if the ministry had explained these situations to us earlier, no matter how stupid we were, we would have to think about it with our brains. ”

It is indeed a relatively rare case of a silver mine actually losing money. Lin Haiyang casually glanced at the committee members, and he was already clear about everyone's doubts. He put aside his criticism of the ministry for a moment and asked the commissioners a question, "How long has it been since you used a silver dollar?" Who of you still wears a purse now? ”

The so-called purse is a money bag, which was developed in response to the characteristics of currency in the era of metal coinage. Not only China is using it, but also foreign countries. This question is really a good question, and many members of the committee could not help but touch their pockets, and the pockets were filled with cowhide wallets, and many of them were so-called "first-layer cowhide" wallets. With a history of thousands of years of coinage, the Chinese people have accepted paper money very quickly, according to the law of "bad money drives out good money" in circulation, the currency of the same circulation unit, the currency with high value will be stored by the people, and the currency with low value will become the main currency in circulation. Silver coins have a higher value than paper money, so people are increasingly inclined to use paper money.

Wang Mingshan saw that the eyes of all the committee members were focused on him, so Wang Mingshan got up again and said: "The central bank has decided to gradually withdraw precious metals from the monetary field. We didn't expect it to work so well, and since the year before, the central bank has issued all paper money. Silver coins, although not nominally abolished, have been abolished in substance. ”

"What does this have to do with the loss of silver mines?" A member asked.

Wang Mingshan had to tell the truth, "Silver has a lot of uses in industry, but this use has not exceeded the demand for coinage. After the withdrawal of silver from the monetary space, the demand for silver decreased significantly. And after the big increase in imports, silver is now in surplus. ”

Money is a deep science, and Weeser is a staunch supporter of paper money. Coupled with the stability of the domestic economy and the rapid development. The widespread spread of paper money and banks has had a much faster impact on precious metals than central banks expected. The complete replacement of precious metal money by paper money in the country has been quietly completed, and many of the problems that the central bank had predicted have not happened at all. This would have been a great economic victory, but being tossed around in the committee was like the central bank had done something unethical. Wang Mingshan was depressed, but he couldn't find a suitable explanation.

Seeing the success of Fujian Province's counterattack, Liu Bufan also joined the ranks of counterattacks, "We in Hunan did tear down the east wall and make up the west wall, and I won't hide this from everyone." Hunan's heavy industry is underdeveloped, but what Hunan needs most is ships. Several new shipyards have been built in our province. Not long after the completion of the shipyard, Shanghai Shipyard, Nanjing Shipyard, Wuhu Shipyard, these factories directly under the ministry and commission, sold ships to Hunan at a price much lower than the ex-factory price of our shipyard. Our shipyard invested tens of millions, and before we could make money, we began to lose money every day. If the shipyard is closed now, the tens of millions of investments will be wasted. This is Hunan's hard-earned money, and the ministries and commissions can't be so black-hearted when making money! Moreover, the shipbuilding price of ministries and commissions is cheap, which is how many billions of dollars were smashed into it by the state before. Moreover, we also checked that it was not the big shipyards that sold ships to Hunan, but the small factories under the big factories in Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Anhui. Hang the brand of a large state-owned factory, and the ministries and commissions that have a good relationship with the ministries and commissions should be seen as their own sons, and those who have a bad relationship with the ministries and commissions will go with you. We in Hunan just can't swallow this breath, that is, we want to maintain the factory and compete with the ministries and commissions. What's wrong with us doing everything we can to sustain these businesses? ”

If it was Weeser, he wouldn't agree too much with such a view. The economy needs competition, and there are bound to be winners and losers in competition. If you only care about the outcome rather than the thing itself, it will seem a little inefficient. However, Wei Ze is silent now, and the committee members are more appreciative of Hunan's backbone. This cannot be blamed on the committee members, everyone came from the agricultural era, and it is not a sin that the idea of egalitarianism is very marketable.

"If you say so, since the year before last, Hunan has not allowed Hunan to buy ships produced in other provinces, and in the past two years, Hunan has also been bullied by manufacturers directly under the ministry?" Of course, the ministry refused to admit it, and they immediately made it clear what Hunan did not explain. As soon as these words came out, the whole wind direction changed again. It turns out that Hunan is not simply suffering, and they also have countermeasures. The sympathy of some of the commissioners immediately changed with more information.

The offensive and defensive battles went on for another two days, and this time both sides had victories. The advantage of the ministry is undoubtedly in the control of the overall situation, the rapid growth of foreign trade, and the beginning of a large output in the land seized by the war, which is a great achievement from the perspective of the ministry. The advantage of the province is that it has won the sympathy of the committee members, and there is strong pressure from the ministries and commissions, and life in the province is indeed not easy. In the process of economic development, the province has also encountered many problems, which can not only be explained by the province's incompetence.

In the end, the demands of both sides were also clarified. The ministry's demand is to settle the dispute, they do not ask for the removal of the rebellious provincial representatives, they only ask the committee to agree with the correctness of the ministry and insist on the current operating system unchanged. The demand in the province is no longer simply asking Levi to step down, but asking the unstoppable beast of the ministry to kneel to the province. The province demanded more personnel and financial powers, and the division of some ministries.

Until the final vote, Weeser remained silent, allowing the offensive and defensive battles between ministries and local governments to continue. This kind of silence is rare, and most of the time, Weser is the final word in the face of disputes. Now that he was silent, no one could figure out what the governor was thinking.

But the day of voting is tomorrow, and if the governor is silent until the end, then everyone will have to vote according to their own plans. Soon a rumor arose that the Governor was just waiting to see how everyone performed, and if the final result was not as good as the Governor wanted, the Governor would come out and overturn the voting results.

This argument is indeed believed by the majority of the people, and with Weeser's position and influence, it is not a matter at all to overturn the resolutions of several committees. Not to mention this kind of dispute between the public saying that the public is justified and the mother saying that the mother is reasonable. In fact, most of the already neutral ministries are not sure which side to support. There are a lot of problems on either side, but there are also some unavoidable things on both sides. But the two sides have no intention of compromising, and the resolutions they come up with are all trying to give the other side a fatal blow.

These people did not dare to ask the governor of Wei Ze, and those who everyone felt could represent the meaning of the governor became the object of everyone's inquiries at this time. Even when they were forced to ask, Wei Changrong, Lin Asheng, Shen Xin and others kept silent, and only said, "Everyone votes according to themselves." ”

When the day of voting for the decisive struggle finally came, Governor Wei Zedu remained silent, and the members of the Central Committee made their choice with unease, confusion, anger, and firmness. With just over 300 votes, the count proceeded quickly. With the tellers announcing the votes one by one, less than two-thirds of the votes in the province for the overthrow of the ministry system were inconclusive. More than half of the members disagreed with the provincial view, which was a simple majority vote according to the voting pattern. Half of the committee members disagreed, and the provincial resolution failed.

The voting of the ministries and commissions was relatively late, and the number of votes was very stale, until nearly ninety percent of the votes were sung, and the results were obtained. Ministries finally got more than 50% of the votes. In the end, the ministry passed the resolution by a margin of 55% to 45%, which was not too big.

These two results mean that the government represented by the ministry has achieved an overall advantage, and the representatives in the province have a gloomy face, and the representatives in the ministry are smiling.

At this moment, Weeser picked up the microphone and motioned for himself to say a few words. The whole room fell silent, and everyone waited for Weser to speak. Those who were convinced that Weese would make a statement on a vote he disagreed with were even more breathless, and the delegates in the province were even more anxious, expecting Governor Weeser to stand up and overturn these "unreasonable" decisions.

In the expectation of everyone, Wei Ze said: "I have always believed that being a comrade and a brother is a comrade for a lifetime, a brother for life. In that case, do we want to completely override dissenting opinions, or can we continue to cooperate after arguments. That's a big question. ”