Chapter 255: Chaos in Local Construction

The world was revolutionized, the empire was established, and the old and young people of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as well as the officials of the Beiyang political axe, were forgotten in the corners of society one by one.

Those Beiyang people with a lot of capital have been absorbed by the empire, some are idle, some are sent back to retire, and some have entered the army to work hard.

"It is said that now that China is unified, the four frontiers are all determined, and the people of the empire such as us, under the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, lived in poverty, food, clothing, and clothing, and our children had no money to go to school. Today, the head of state has promised to ensure that the people of the world have no worries about food and clothing, that they will not suffer from hardship, that the old and the young will be supported, and that the expenses for sickness and suffering will also be reduced or reduced. We should strive to respond to the call of the Führer, first of all, unite and not fight, because we are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and we are connected by blood. Only by uniting can we rejuvenate China. Furthermore, we should be dedicated and dedicated, work hard to produce, do our job well, not eat the east and look at the west, neglect our own work, we must work hard to study our own job, so as to make ourselves better......"

The voice of a storytelling program came from the radio, and the storytelling program stopped telling stories today, and instead said that the Führer's call was made, but a large group of people gathered on the radio.

Some people listen to it on the radio at home, and the radio is an increasingly popular thing these days, and basically many people have this thing in their homes.

In recent days, the whole empire has begun to promote these things, because the state propaganda machine has begun to work efficiently, whether it is the newspapers, the radio, or the storytellers in the teahouses, all of them are promoting the call of the Führer to take office.

In general, the call is for national unity, dedication and dedication, which is relatively streamlined and easy to learn.

The people of the entire empire were immersed in an inexplicable excitement, because the shackles of the past had been broken off, and with it all kinds of social welfare and political support policies that were unimaginable before.

The current media public opinion said: "The whole Chinese people have been liberated." ”

In the newly liberated provinces, the primary task facing the local political officials was to lead the masses out of poverty, and to build roads first if they wanted to get rich, which was a theory put forward by the head of state many years ago.

Therefore, the construction of basic transportation facilities is a problem that all provinces and regions want to solve urgently, but there is no money! Although the Ministry of Construction has a lot of money, if the infrastructure funds of the local political axe are allocated by the Ministry of Construction, then it is not worth so much money to sell the entire Ministry of Construction!

If you don't have money, you will naturally find a bank loan, and the most wealthy is the East China Group managed by Li Shengguo, the largest bank in China, followed by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, which is a joint venture bank. ICBC is currently the second largest bank in China, managed by Chen Guangfu, and is also gaining momentum. The third was the Jinzhong Bank, which was originally set up by the governor of Shanxi Province, Yan Changguan, which annexed many Jin merchant banks, and the capital was also very strong, and soon became the third largest bank in China, but the main shares were now controlled by the East China Group, because Yan Changguan sold the bank to the head of the empire.

The three banks are absolutely dominant in China, and the strong supervision of foreign banks, coupled with the revival of national consciousness, few people will deposit money in these foreign banks.

The Imperial Axe has recently begun to clean up the banknotes issued in China by foreign banks, which have been issued in large quantities and the value of the currency has plummeted. However, since the imperial political axe has come forward, these foreign banks have to spit out as much money as they swallow in.

There are many restrictions on foreign banks' investment in China, and all kinds of important industries cannot be involved, but the mining industry is open to these foreign banks and enterprises. Of course, these mining companies invested by foreign banks cannot buy the advanced mining equipment provided by the political axe.

Open mining, this is open to China and the United States, the United States can mine in China, and China can mine in the United States.

It's up to you to see who can dig it up, but obviously China has the upper hand, and the trade frictions and national barriers between China and the United States have increased a lot compared with before, and now it is not easy for the United States to do business in China, and it is not easy for China to do business in the United States. Of course, both sides also have their own means, such as disguised capital into each other's interior, so as to carry out commercial espionage activities, and so on.

China has successfully inserted the Abrot Group into the United States, and the American political axe has indeed paid attention to this group before, but with the withdrawal of Chinese investment, the American political axe has also eliminated its concerns.

Previously, the Abrot Group had 49% of Xia Jun's shares, but Tana even helped him give birth to his daughter, and Xia Jun handed over all the shares to Tana.

This kind of divestment is very common in China's overseas assets, for example, the Chinese side exchanged technology for a stake in a company, and when the company is almost developed, it will withdraw and leave, so the US political axe has no suspicion of the Abrot group, as for the relationship between the boss of Abrot and the head of the Chinese empire, this is a highly confidential matter of the previous East China political axe.

And there are a lot of nails in the secret control of international capital, before China was divided and divided, and the secret conflicts between several major forces continued, many capital businessmen still thought that doing things for foreigners was very promising, so they were willing to work for it.

Many of these capital businessmen have been included in the list in Xia Jun's rectification action, and the businessmen within the Huaxia Association are all national capital businessmen, and their start-up process has been carefully investigated. Huaxia Association is a non-public group, in the period of capital monopoly has entered, raising business is a country's capital support policy, who can be included in the list of cultivators, will not be suppressed by capital in the development. Those businessmen who showed potential, even if they had a small capital, would be absorbed into the outside of the Huaxia Society to prevent it from being infiltrated by international capital.

It was said that the local political axes in various places wanted to take out loans to build roads, and the number was huge, and Li Shengguo, who was disturbed, hurriedly called his brother-in-law, and as soon as the phone rang, Li Shengguo shouted: "Brother-in-law, it's not good." ”

"What's wrong?" Xia Jun asked puzzledly, every time this brother-in-law would call him, most of them came to report his worries, and Xia Jun was used to it, so he was very calm.

"Well, now the local government wants to develop, first of all, they want to build roads, and the number of representatives is reported to be larger than the other. Of course, money is the second issue, not that we can't come up with so much money, but because we are afraid that the construction cost is too high, and it will not be cost-effective at that time. Li Shengguo shouted on the phone.

"Then why isn't it cost-effective?" Xia Jun asked with a smile.

Li Shengguo said: "Of course it's not cost-effective, first of all, some provinces don't even have railways, and the construction materials have to be transported by road from other provinces, so the transportation cost will go up first, and the cost of materials will go up." Even if it is a province with a railway, it is better to ship it from a neighboring province, but if it is from a province farther away, it is extremely uneconomical. In addition, there is another problem that there are not so many engineering teams now, and the local political axe is in a hurry to repair the road, and it is very easy to get a tofu scum project, even if it is not intentional, there will be a lot of chaos, and when the time comes, I don't know how much it will cost to rectify. ”

"Hmm!" Xia Jun nodded on the other end of the phone and said approvingly: "That's a good point." ”

"So! Brother-in-law, you should come forward as soon as possible to stop it, and give a specific development plan, and then talk about the loan after the order is clear. Li Shengguo doesn't see the rabbit and doesn't scatter the eagle, and he naturally can't put down the loan when the local government is not standardized, in case the local political axe is not paid, it is not the central political axe to buy it. Now the East China Group and the political axe are not clear, and it is estimated that they will have to be spread on the side of the bank at that time.

"Okay, okay, I'll let me give a plan for the meeting tomorrow." Xia Jun replied with a smile.

…… The next day, there was a seven-day court meeting, and the cabinet and various departments gathered together.

The court meeting was held on the first floor of the Administration Department Building, with Xia Jun sitting on the upper seat, other civil and military officials sitting on both sides below, and Duan Qirui, Xuanyu, Liu Wenhong and other central officers sitting in the front row.

The arrangement of positions is not a single column on both sides, but four positions are arranged in each column, and these four positions are meaningless who is high and who is low, and if necessary, they can be added to five or six...... In terms of civil officials, Liang Qichao is also among them, Liang Qichao is listed as a scholar of the Imperial Hanlin Academy, the Imperial Hanlin Academy imitates the Song system to a certain extent, and the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy acts as an advisor to the emperor, and it is also an institution with a strong academic color.

Some people speculate that the current Imperial Hanlin Academy is not just an advisory role, and if the first assistant of the cabinet is replaced in the future, it is possible to be selected from the Hanlin Academy.

First of all, because this is the emperor's adviser, he has a lot of contact and communication with the emperor, and then those who can enter the Hanlin Academy are all talented people, specializing in politics and academia.

If someone has talent and is favored by the public, but it is difficult to convince the public because he does not have certain qualifications, he will first arrange to be an advisor to the emperor in the Hanlin Academy, and show his talents appropriately, and then be promoted.

However, everyone understands that Liang Qichao has no door to be the first assistant of the cabinet, because he is not a solid imperial faction, and giving him the position of a scholar of the Imperial Hanlin Academy is actually seen as the most prestigious great writer in China today.

Moreover, the scholars of Hallym University are not the territory of Confucianism, but the Legalists, soldiers, peasants, workers, economists, vertical and horizontal families, and Taoists occupy the dominant position, among which the Legalists, soldiers, farmers, economists, and Zongheng families are the mainstay, supplemented by Taoism.

To put it bluntly, this is a 'department of experts' in the Empire, as long as the experts in various fields are in the field that the Empire wants to consult with professionals, those who have in-depth research in this field can be bachelors, but the university scholars must be the kind of people who have been tested for a long time but have the ability to serve.

However, there are heavy and light fields, but most of the scholars are in the main fields, among which Confucianism is also Liang Qichao, but Liang Qichao is not a literati who adheres to Confucianism too much, but has a reform color, and now he is also reflecting on his own thoughts, so he got a bachelor's degree.

Among them, the Zonghengjia is the current 'international strategist', and the Zonghengjia is a strategist who lobbied the princes and engaged in political and diplomatic activities during the Warring States Period of China. It is listed as one of the hundred schools of thought. The main representatives are Su Qin, Zhang Yi and so on. The founder Guiguzi, whose main remarks were spread in the "Warring States Policy".

During the Warring States Period, the south and the north were combined as vertical, and the west and east were connected as horizontal, Su and Qin were mainly Yan, Zhao, Han, Wei, Qi, and Chu to resist Qin, and Zhang Yi was forced to break the vertical, and even the six countries were divided into Qin, and the Zonghengjia got its name from this. Their activities had an important impact on the changes in the political and military landscape during the Warring States period.

The "Warring States Policy" has a large number of records of its activities. According to the Book of Han? According to the Art and Literature Chronicle, the Zongheng family once wrote "Sixteen Families and One Hundred and Seven Articles".

At present, the empire has restored a large number of ancient names, and the Hanlin Academy is no longer a Confucian land, and the Zonghengjia is one of the most important advisors of the empire, and the status of the military family and the Legalist is on par, but the talent is scarce, and there are only five bachelors for the time being, and there are no university scholars who can be appointed.

In the second line are workers, farmers, and economists, who belong to industry, agriculture, and business, and the experts in these three aspects are the most frequently consulted by Xia Jun.

"Ladies and gentlemen, can you have something to do recently?" Xia Jun asked everyone present that what is usually discussed in such a large-scale court meeting is not a state secret, but mainly a discussion of some legal systems and industrial and commercial development policies. As for issues related to military secrets, foreign policy, and economic regulation and control, they were all secret high-level meetings.

As the head of the empire, Xia Jun gave full respect to everyone present, not calling him Aiqing, but calling him the princes, after all, he is not the emperor now, and he can't completely follow the emperor's system.

"Li Shengguo, an economist and a scholar of the Hanlin Academy." Li Shengguo got up and said.

"Speak." Xia Jun said.

"Enlighten the head of state, the chaos of local political axe construction is frequent, regardless of their own limitations, they all have to fund the construction of railways, highways, and bridges, and it has become a common practice to come to the bank to ask for loans. Li Shengguo made a brief report on the problem.

Xia Jun nodded and asked, "Do you have any opinions?" ”

After listening to this, You Zhengbin asked, "Scholar Li, do you borrow it or not?" ”

"No, at present, we have insufficient engineering teams, specifically too many projects, and engineers and technicians are not enough to cope with such a large number of projects."

"How big is that?" Yan Xishan asked.

Li Shengguo took out the materials, looked at them and said: "In the past half a month, nearly 23 provinces and 86 county towns have come to take out loans, asking for loans of up to 1.3 billion yuan, and there are also loan applications from local political axes. ”

"The problem is indeed more serious, the current construction capacity has been used to the extreme, strictly speaking, from the beginning of Jian'an, the engineering team has not stopped, although now the talent training has embarked on a certain scale, but obviously can not cope with such a huge amount of work." Xia Jun said loudly, and then said to Xu Wenbo: "After the Ministry of Construction adjourns the meeting, we will immediately count the amount of projects we have the ability to build in the next period of time, and then we will give local projects quotas according to the amount of projects. ”

(To be continued)