Chapter 546: Ridicule by a Third Party
On the 21st day of the first month, the Han Palace in Nanjing, the court meeting. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Chen Hui, whose face looked very healthy, looked at the civil and military ministers who were chattering and attacking each other, and his head swelled.
Twitter, don't you know that he is going to be the emperor? He didn't want to listen to all the words spoken by the important ministers below, and he didn't want to listen to them, and all the voices that were muttering had turned into bird calls, and if he didn't need to hold the emperor's shelf, he would like to close his eyes now, turn his body back, and rest for a while. He's dizzy and has a headache right now!
Tell me who these are? Don't take advantage of the last time to say two more good words to listen, and keep chattering at the root of your ear every day. It's annoying.
Chen Hui's current psychology is very complicated, but he is a person who understands, and he is in a state of 'self-abandonment' for political affairs, anyway, he is leaving, and his heart is no longer in business.
"Uh-huh......"
"Your words are not unreasonable. This matter is very important, and it needs to be handled cautiously and wait for the lonely king to think carefully. ”
Chen Hui didn't even push Chen Ming, his voice fell, and the eunuchs around him immediately shouted: "Retreat." ”
Chen Ming, who was sitting on the side, was also expressionless, since the last court meeting, the news that the Metropolitan Governor's Office submitted a plan for the whole army as high as 40 million yuan a year ago has spread throughout the court, and the cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Office have also opened the curtain of war on the matter of 40 million military expenses and 10,000 total military expenses, completely putting on a-for-tat posture. It has been ten days since the first meeting between the two sides!
The cabinet resolutely disagrees with the total military expenditure of 10,000 yuan and the total military expenditure of 40 million yuan, holding that the total military expenditure for the whole year can be reduced to 60 million, and that the total military expenditure for the whole year is sufficient.
In addition, a 20-page report was produced on the military reorganization plan of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, which exposed a lot of cases of the Metropolitan Governor's Office falsely reporting expenditures and increasing military spending, such as the construction costs of the naval division's offshore bases and some coastal defense batteries, and the difference between the budget of the Metropolitan Governor's Office and the budget taken out by the cabinet was two or three percent, as well as the purchase and fodder of mules and horses in the army.
This is because the great reorganization of the whole army cannot be completed immediately at the moment of order, and it will take a long time. It is impossible to put in place all the tens of thousands of horses needed by the main force in the middle, but there is a value listed in the military report produced by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, which is the annual consumption of food, labor, and stables for the total amount of horses in the plan, which is obviously foolish.
There are still many such 'loopholes' in the entire army reorganization plan, and everyone knows that this is a little trick played by the military in order to increase military spending.
The current army of the Han Dynasty is a monolith, the army is a well-deserved boss, and the sailors who are being renewed have been accustomed to the existence of vassals of the army, which is a rule for thousands of years, and this impression has long been taken for granted.
The battle between land and sea is likely to break out in the future, but that is in the unpredictable future, and the entire Chen Han military is still firmly as a monolith. The land and water went into battle together, followed the tip of the cabinet to Maimang, and did not give up an inch of land.
The forces of the administrative system were mobilized and taken seriously, of course, it had strong combat effectiveness, but in a few days, a number of loopholes in the plan were found, and real evidence was held in hand. However, the Metropolitan Governor's Office did not eat fasting and chanting Buddha, and they could hold some information in their hands that the cabinet did not know, such as the French getting closer to South Vietnam, such as the British support for Burma.
"Eight main divisions, fifteen garrison divisions." Chen Erbao sneered, the ten-day struggle is a process of confrontation and compromise with each other, the initial military expenditure of 50 million was promised by the cabinet to 60 million, and then 65 million, while removing the establishment of the four main divisions, adding three garrison divisions, but the cabinet wants to reduce part of next year's shipbuilding plan, and the construction of some coastal batteries and offshore bases. The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can recognize it!
"Hmph. I see them cracking this one. "At today's court meeting, he threw out the big bomb of secret contact between Britain and France and Guangnan Burma for the first time, thinking of the instant changes in the faces of Chen Cong, Liu Dezhao, and Peng Zhongrui, Chen Erbao felt a good feeling in his heart.
Burma was the 'enemy' designated by Chen Ming, and the British came into contact with it with ill intentions. And Guangnan is considered a vassal of Chen Han, and the French are also uneasy and kind. Britain and France, as China's largest foreign trade partners, have forced China to pay attention to its huge economic interests. Moreover, the naval forces of Britain and France were extremely strong, especially the British. They are based in India, adjacent to Myanmar......
"But the ...... of this 10,000,000 military spending" is really impossible. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is pressing on the top, and the two sides still have to continue to compromise.
"Brother Erbao. Of course, you can't get this 10,000,000 military spending, but you have to have 90 million anyway. "The whole army is reorganized, if the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion doesn't take the opportunity to eat a full belly, then I'm sorry for this great opportunity. Chen Quan, the leader of the logistics department sitting next to Chen Erbao, rubbed the tea bowl in his hand, and his eyes radiated a fine light.
Since the Chen family started the army, Chen Quan has been in circles in the logistics system, at first he was not optimistic about the Chen family's moves, thinking that he was killing himself, so he would not be like Chen Erbao in front. Although Chen Quan's rights in the logistics department were suppressed, his safety was guaranteed. But with the little increase in the strength of the Fu Han Army and the expansion of its power, when Chen Quan found out that something could be expected, he couldn't do it anymore if he wanted to meddle in the front-line troops.
The development of the Fu Han Army is smooth, and those who were on the front line at the beginning have achieved fame, who would want others to suddenly put their hands into their territory?
Moreover, Chen Quan is not single-handedly covering the sky in the logistics department, when the military industrial system was not completely separated from the logistics department, this is the place where the number of children with three surnames gathers the largest. Later, the Chen Han regime grew stronger, and there were more and more positions in power, and many people were scattered to other aspects, but the control of Chen Hui and Chen Ming's father and son in the logistics department not only did not weaken, but also became stronger and stronger over time. It was Chen Quan, who had a certain ability to resist the position of the head of Chen Hui's family at the beginning, and in this process, he really realized what is the difference between high and low, and what is the difference between monarchs and ministers.
In a word, Chen Quan and many children of the Chen family, with the passage of time and the development and growth of the Fu Han Army, have obediently transformed their perception of 'small shareholders' into the perception of 'senior managers'. This is commendable to Chen Han, but it is also the result of thousands of years of China's idea of a high degree of unity of imperial power.
Even the emperor and the prince are first monarchs and ministers, then fathers and sons, not to mention relatives and in-laws?
And this is the imperial power of the East, this is the civilization of the East.
Chen Quan had already thrown some old ideas out of the sky now, and now his eyes were fixed on his one-third of an acre. Don't think that he can run the logistics department because he is from the Chen family, although there are reasons, but they are not absolute, and Chen Quan's own ability is not bad.
The Fu Han army went from weak to strong, from scratch, fighting a team of several hundred people at the beginning to hundreds of thousands now, and this process itself is the best classroom. Among the important figures of the year, there are those who can keep up with the team, those who are halfway behind, and those who have always lagged behind. You can't expect the team to stop and wait for you, and if you fall behind in the procession, you can only fall behind forever.
Just like Chen Ming's already unknown Uncle Chen Yi, that is an obvious example. There is also the sixth uncle Chen Jia, who can only roll in the military industrial system in this life, and the position is very important, but what big rights can there be when you get out of that one acre and three points of land? There are many such positions, and the criterion for appointment is reliability rather than ability, and there are many, many more examples of this in Chen Han's huge group.
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Chen Ming, who got off the court, sat with his father for a while, took over the pot that Chen Hui did not throw at him in the court, and then went to the old lady, then the old lady, and finally Chen Ming, who went out of the palace and returned to the house, could have lunch directly.
In the afternoon, he received preliminary opinions from the Cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Office, which relaxed the amount of military spending to 70 million, and the military budget of the Metropolitan Governor's Office was also reduced by 5 million.
Chen Ming asked people to bring the cabinet's opinion to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and send the Metropolitan Governor's opinion to the Cabinet.
Chen Jiqing looked at the financial reports on both sides speechlessly, "Their plans are very detailed, but do these people really think that once the banknotes are launched, they can be used as silver dollars?" This is definitely going to have a significant impact on the price of goods. "So the 10,000 silver dollar will probably not have the value of '10,000,000' after the monetary reform. Chen Jiqing was very puzzled, how could the cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Office not see such a simple question? They were arguing on both sides, so why didn't they find someone to come to the Banking Supervisory Commission to ask about the banknotes?
This is a change that the imperial court itself is promoting.
As a member of the Standing Committee of the Banking Regulatory Commission, Chen Jigong was well aware of the paper money that was introduced soon after, although the law stipulates that one silver dollar is equivalent to one silver dollar, but if the bank exchanges silver and gold for paper money within the specified time, one silver dollar can be exchanged for a 12 yuan banknote. In the first three months, when people exchanged real money for paper money in the bank, they would get a 20 percent increase. This is a preferential policy, a temptation of red fruits. In this way, the amount of money in circulation can be increased to a certain extent, and it can be expected that there will be a general upward trend in prices across the country, and as for whether this range is high or low, it is not something that Chen Jiqing can draw conclusions about now.
This matter is also an absolute secret in the CBRC, and it is not surprising that the cabinet people have not heard the news, but they must always have a certain vision to see this matter, right?
Not to mention anything else, there is no silver in paper money that can be trusted by the people. China's use of gold and silver as currency is not a matter of one or two years, it is hundreds of years, and it is a matter of course. Now the imperial court suddenly issued an order not to let the common people use real money anymore. With this paper ticket in their hands, they trust the court no matter how much they trust, and they will be very worried in their hearts, right? And there is a 20% increase in the value of the currency, isn't this a clear proof that the banknotes did not have silver dollars? What's more, China has the 'lessons from the past' of the Yuan and Ming banknotes, which are actually depreciating in the hands of the people.
Chen Mingcai allowed 20 percent more money to be exchanged, which was a compensation given to a certain extent, and at the same time, it was also an inducement to take advantage of the people's greed for small gains, and to promote paper money as soon as possible in China's social life.
So in this case, you can know with your toes that prices across the country will usher in a wave of rising tides.
This cabinet and the Metropolitan Governor's Office are really a bit sluggish, even if the news is blocked, it shouldn't be unexpected? -- The common people have a certain degree of suspicion about paper money, and this alone will inevitably cause a shock in the market. At that time, the money in their hands was not so 'valuable'.
Chen Ming approved the word 'read' on the report sent by the Banking Regulatory Commission, and couldn't help laughing when he saw Chen Jiqing's muttering. "Do you think any yamen is as sensitive to the social market as the CBRC?" How could it be.
The number of members of the Standing Committee is not large, only five people, and there are not many advisers and staff members under the Standing Committee. But among these fifty people, there are many middle and low-level shopkeepers who have been mixed up in the money bank for more than ten years and decades. It is a group of people who have the deepest understanding of 'currency' in China under the current situation.
With the issuance of banknotes, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, which is studying the Western economic system, is also planning a new target - the stock exchange. The report sent by Chen Jiqing today is the 'market forecast' of the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
They argue that China will inevitably usher in an unpredictable wave of economic recovery as the world calms down, and that with companies and shares making up an increasing share of the economy, a stock exchange is imperative.
You must know that according to some information obtained by the CBRC from various banks, many companies and individuals now have only two ways to obtain money when their capital operations are tight or unable to meet the needs of industrial expansion, one is relatives and friends, which is the safest and most reliable source of funds; The second is bank loans.
Although the 'market' of the ports is far more prosperous than the ordinary inland cities and even provincial cities, the area of the former is too small, compared with the vast Chinese mainland, the gap between a chicken and a cow. The former market has an initial saturation trend, but the latter is still hungry.
“…… After research, the CBRC felt that the establishment of a stock exchange was an imperative in the future. Therefore, I want to have a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the stock exchange in the West in advance. "The emergence of stock exchanges can make better use of private wealth, and the China Banking Regulatory Commission wants to send people to the West to investigate and collect all kinds of detailed information before and after the establishment of stock exchanges in various countries, as well as the expected future development trends, and integrate and sort them out for their own use in the future.
Chen Ming gave this report a thumbs up! Enterprising.
"Who are you going to send?"
"Huang Song leads the team, Lu Guanheng, Wu Guoying ......" Chen Jiqing's mouth quickly burst out of several pre-selection places.
The name here Chen Ming sounds impressive, and there are also unknown. For example, Huang Song's head is down, and Lu Guanheng is in the first place. "Who is this man?" Being able to be listed behind the old watch is obviously extremely optimistic about the banking regulatory committee.
"Lu Guanheng is a native of Xinhui, Guangdong. He had transported grain, rice, oil, salt, and iron to Zheng Ji before, and he made a fortune by relying on the Heaven and Earth Society in Fujian. But this person is a smart man, and he knows that the Heaven and Earth Society is not the master who can make things happen, so he has already taken the initiative to find the dark camp. Then, in the winter of last year, under the instructions of the national security, he severed all ties with Fujian. ”
And Wu Guoying was born as a buddy of the Pan family, and studied in the Nanhai School Palace in Guangzhou for a year, but soon got tired of it, and dropped out of the Nanhai School Palace despite the opposition of her family, and went to Pan Zhencheng's bulk stall as a buddy. In more than ten years, he has become a semicolon shopkeeper from an ordinary guy, which is very valued by Pan Zhencheng, and when Pan Zhencheng joined the company, he was also brought into the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. He was transferred to the China Banking Regulatory Commission last summer. ”
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The names and backgrounds of eleven or twelve people in a row, Chen Jiqing said them in detail unhurriedly, and it can be said that these people are all trustworthy people of the Banking Regulatory Commission. And Chen Jiqing can be familiar with the information of these people, which also shows that the senior management of the Banking Regulatory Commission attaches great importance to this new plan.
Chen Ming nodded, he knew the origin and background of these people, but he would not meddle in them rashly. When it comes to understanding these people, he is far inferior to the CBRC, so why should he intervene? It is most appropriate for the CBRC to make the decision.
Chen Jiqing smiled, took Chen Ming's conclusive reply out of the prince's mansion, and drove directly to Huang's house.
Huang Song was willing to go overseas with people this time, and he was also very determined. Of course, he has left roots and seedlings for the Huang family, which is also an absolute premise. Huang Song identified the stock exchange, so that the three top second generations who gathered under Chen Ming as staff officers back then each found their own future.
Gao Yanming threw himself into diplomacy, Chen Jiqing was about to go around in the Banking Regulatory Commission, and Huang Song's eyes were aimed at the stock exchange...... (To be continued.) )