Chapter 474: The Manchurian Consortium
Guoxinga always thought that he had developed heavy industry in Manchuria, whether it was military industry, shipbuilding, steelmaking, mining, etc., everything was in his name Guoxinga, so there were definitely no capitalists in Manchuria. But in fact, there are not only capitalists in North Manchuria, but also a very powerful consortium.
Guo Xinga himself did not investigate the development of private capital at all, and he did not read the summary report of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce very carefully, and the development of the industry was all imagined by himself based on his impression of the Soviet Union. He thought that if he concentrated all the strength of North Manchuria, and frantically developed heavy industry in the mode of planned economy, it would lead to the shrinkage of light industry, and that North Manchuria would develop like the Soviet Union. However, he forgot that although the policy of Northern Manchurian drew on the planned economy to a large extent, because of some internal problems of its own, it did not completely copy the planned economic system, and there were still some fish that slipped through the net.
If it is a planned economy of the whole society, then North Manchukuo will definitely follow Guoxinga's conjecture and move towards a seriously biased development path. However, the planned economy of Northern Manchuria was mainly concentrated in heavy industry and agriculture, and other industries were only invested in a number of pilot factories with new technologies, which were later transferred to the old Eight Banners and Mongolian princes. These unplanned industries, unlike those that Guo Xinga thought, shrank due to a large number of preemptive resources, but found another way to develop with the resources of the Guannai.
Goxinga did not engage in revolution, so in the territory of North Manchuria, there were a large number of people who he had to woo and appease, such as the retired old Gu'an department, the old Eight Banner nobles of Heiji Province, the Mongolian princes, and so on. Goxinga deprived these people of their rights and had to pay a lot of money as compensation. Later, I was afraid that these old men would sit on the empty side, so they transferred the light industry factories that were used as pilot projects and exclusively for the government, and made policy preferences for their investment in light industry, and these old men gradually became stronger.
The materials of North Manchurian are concentrated in heavy industry, but there is a huge raw material production area in the Guannai, and as long as there are rich men, there is no shortage of anything. A single person, after all, has limited financial resources, which is not enough to support the development of the industry, but these old men are all organized. The Gu'an department, the Eight Banners department, the Mongolian department, and the three younger brothers of the Ma family, these people quickly combined into a consortium, and the development of the group not only allowed them to have sufficient funds, but also solved the management problem. The old men did not know how to manage factories and companies, but because it was fund-raising, everyone had to save face, so it was naturally difficult for them to take care of it themselves, so they had to hire shopkeepers, and a large number of professional managers emerged in this way and became the actual operators of Manchuria's light industry.
Light industry is mainly to serve people's clothing, food, housing and transportation, as long as people live can not do without light industry products, Guoxing Ake has been vigorously immigrating to North Manchuria. Although the vast number of peasants have been exploited by Guoxinga and their purchasing power is very limited, with the development of heavy industry, workers with a lot of spare money can have strong purchasing power. Because the government's money is invested in heavy industry, and the incoming of foreign goods is limited, the light industrial products of the old men are not worried about selling at all, as long as they produce things, some people will buy them. Canned food, puffed food, instant noodles, etc., North Manchurian has an absolute technological monopoly, and the development of these food industries is even more rapid. Later, even the hard indicators of the supply of non-staple food in various places did not need to be invested in production by local governments, and were basically contracted by the factories invested by these consortia.
Because there was a huge working class in Manchuria, Guo Xing'a was gradually relaxing his exploitation of the peasants, so that the old men did not have to worry about the market at all. The first effort of the consortium capitalists was when the seven federations demanded that the government annex Uriya Sutai, and they wanted to grab not the market, but the pastures, which were the raw materials for milk, beef and mutton, and leather. Only small businessmen like Xu Youfu, who marched to the west, cared about the Mongolian market, and the old men of the consortium were concerned about how to meet the vigorous needs of the Manchurian people.
The team of professional managers under the consortium is not a dry meal, these people are all human spirits, and they will make a difference if they are put in the government, and they are all good at operating business operations. None of the staff headquarters in Gohinga noticed the role of Lake Baikal, but they discovered the significance of the Baikal water meadows to the Mongolian plateau. Therefore, when the old men learned from the government that the war was about to start, these managers demanded that the boss immediately use his connections to persuade Goxinga to take Lake Baikal. Pi Runmin was very dissatisfied with the re-intervention of these merchants, but the conditions offered by the merchants forced him to come to see Guoxing. Pi Runmin's performance is substandard because his own heart has been entangled.
"The seven major business groups, where did they get the news, and how did the government keep it secret? It's only been a few days before they know that we're going to move troops! Guo Xing'a didn't have a particularly big opinion on businessmen interfering in politics, he actually had some encouraging attitude, and what annoyed him was the leakage of the news, which was too fast. If there were Russian spies among these people, and the government could be involved in the military, wouldn't it be possible to leak even the offensive plan?
"The top leaders of the seven major business groups are all Mongolian princes or former generals of the Eight Banners, and they all talk to the top government officials and even cabinet officials. Local governments have also cooperated with them in many aspects, and they have more exchanges, and as soon as the local governments make a big move, they can get some news! "Pi Runmin is very embarrassed, his civilian clique is too watery.
"They have the strength to participate in politics, I can allow it, and even encourage it, but this kind of military affairs can not leak the rumors. After Mr. Zeyuan returns, he will convene a meeting of the cabinet ministers to improve the system, and this kind of bastard thing must not happen again. Guo Xinga does not blame those who leak secrets, after all, they are civilian officials and not soldiers, and there are loopholes in the system, and their leaks are inevitable.
"The general is magnanimous!" Pi Runmin Khan has come down, if this kind of thing happens to the Qing court, dozens of him will have to be killed.
"What conditions did the seven major consortia give this time?" Guo Xing'a was open and honest.
"They are willing to donate to fund the war, and they are willing to donate 300 million in the first phase, and they are willing to donate if the war is delayed. They are also willing to fill the financial holes in various places, and at the same time fund the completion of the follow-up project of Fengluantai. For the time being, some of the new immigrants do not have enough land to resettle, and the seven major consortia can provide 100,000 jobs according to the standard of workers. Pi Runmin said the conditions of the consortium, in fact, in one sentence, the consortium is willing to pay for Guoxing'a to fight the war, and help the government resettle the landless immigrants.
"You're very talkative this time?" This condition is not particularly tempting, and Guo Xing'a found that Pi Runmin's compromise was a bit serious.
"Xuan Suning is not angry! The hole in the Ministry of Finance is a bit big, and there is no way to rely on others! Pi Runmin also had no choice, the output of heavy industry was produced and sold, there was no profit at all, the consumption of infrastructure and 100 projects was large, and the treasury was empty, so he had to find a way.
"I can only agree with them!" Guo Xing'a shook his head and agreed, and at the same time he was also thinking in his heart, when the battle was over, the political system of Northern Manchurian would move.