Everyone can see that the Beiyang political axe will not be far away, so the East China political axe has completely suppressed the Beiyang political axe in terms of territory, population, economy, military, culture, prestige, etc.

Where will the Beiyang political axe go in the future, this is already a problem that many Beiyang people need to consider.

Yuan Shikai was sick in bed, and his condition was getting worse and worse. Ever since he heard about Shandong's victory, he already knew who the real master of the world was.

The world is not his, and his world's wealth and people in the world only let him be the emperor for more than a month. And that stingy boy is about to sit on the throne in the future.

On the hospital bed, Yuan Shikai kept thinking about the difference between them.

After thinking about it for a long time, he admitted that Xia Jun's development route was right, that was the most correct development route, but it was also the most difficult development route, which ordinary people could not copy.

And even if he Yuan Shikai has the ability of Xia Jun, he was born at the wrong time.

Yuan Shikai lived in a time when China was under the rule of the Qing court, and the only way he could rise was exactly what he had always adopted. If he had used other means, he would not have been able to reach such heights today.

This made Yuan Shikai understand that he and Xia Jun were not from the same era, and there was a gap in the general environment they faced and their respective abilities.

And when his way of winning people's hearts has not been able to stop since it began, because once it stops, it will only be centrifugation.

Although it is not the royal way to buy people's hearts with brocade silk, he can only take such a route, and he can go to such a height, and he is indeed the first person in ancient and modern times.

…… It was already 1916, and the budget of the East China Political Axe for this year was also underway, and this year's budget was relatively late, mainly due to the war.

Throughout 1915, the total output value of the provinces in East China exceeded 80 billion yuan, and the economy grew by 100 percent, which can be described as a super-high-speed development, and the fiscal revenue of East China's political axe reached 15 billion yuan.

Of the 70 billion yuan in gross domestic product, nearly 30 billion yuan of arms orders are mainly produced by the East China Group, and some private enterprises have also joined in production, but most of the profits will be stripped off by the political axe.

In the whole year, China has completed nearly 3 billion pounds of arms and material orders from the Entente and the Allied Powers, which is the main growth point.

East China's political axe can be described as super rich now, and how to spend so much money has become a key topic this year.

Of course, with such a high total output value, this year's seigniorage has risen to 1.6 billion yuan, which is 2% of the total output value, and these seigniorage taxes will be issued by the central bank this year.

The central bank has already printed tens of billions of bills this year, and these bills belong to the normal issuance, not the tax of the political axe, but the export products are exchanged for gold, silver, dollars, and so on, and the central bank must print the bills to exchange.

For those dollars, they are basically handled by the Bank of Huadong, which usually goes to the United States to exchange these dollars for precious metals and ship them back.

However, there are not too many dollars that can be earned, after all, the Entente countries do not have many dollars in their hands, because the United States also collects dollars, and they can directly use them to buy American arms.

At the same time, the United States also collects Fuxing currency when trading, because the value of Fuxing currency is stable, and it can be taken to China to exchange for precious metals, and both sides are willing to accept each other's money, and they also collect their own money, but they are always inseparable from precious metals.

At this time, both the Entente and the Central Powers were collecting gold to deal with the war, and where there was gold, there were arms and supplies. Countries use not only private gold, but also reserves.

These two aspects add up to a considerable amount, especially the gold and silver of the banks, which are definitely much higher than the country's gold reserves.

Whether it is the East China political axe or the American political axe, the first thing to do when you get the other party's money is to go to the other party to exchange it for precious metals, because if you hold it for too long, you will be charged seigniorage.

Of course, both sides still have some paper money in reserve, which is mainly a small reserve for trade, and will not be subject to too much seigniorage.

How to use this 15 billion yuan?

In previous years, the highest budget was just over 3 billion yuan, but this year's budget is nearly five times higher.

However, the territory of East China's political axe has grown a lot, and there is no place to spend it, but the question of where to spend the money is the most worthwhile, which has been discussed since November last year.

The central bank first withdrew 1.1 billion from the 15 billion, and will use this money to reserve 800 tons of gold, plus the original reserve of 200 tons of gold, which adds up to 1,000 tons of gold.

The reserve of 1,000 tons is only a quarter of that of Tsarist Russia, but if more money is used for reserves, the departments will definitely not agree.

There is still 13.9 billion yuan left in the entire budget, and the Ministry of Education has divided another 3 billion yuan, and this year the Ministry of Education will educate children in all provinces of China, whether it is the province under the management of the East China political axe or the province under the management of the Beiyang political axe.

At this time, the provinces of Beiyang Political Axe have been completely infiltrated by East China's political axe, whether it is commercial, educational, or propaganda.

Especially in this aspect of education, those students are learning the textbooks of East China's political axe.

The Beiyang political axe was already aware of it at this time, but if they dared to create friction in this regard, it would obviously give the East China political axe an excuse.

And the precedent has been set, and the Beiyang political axe is no longer powerless to stop it.

There is no problem with the textbooks of the Ministry of Education of the East China Political Axe, but there is propaganda for the various policies of the East China Political Axe, and if you compare it with the Beiyang Political Axe, the gap will come out immediately.

With the continuous military victories of the political axe in East China, there are more and more contents in the textbooks.

Under such circumstances, the Beiyang political axe is becoming more and more passive.

At this time, the Beiyang group was already splitting, and Cao Kun, Feng Yuxiang and other troops were already openly responding to the East China political axe at this time.

At this time, these troops returned to the Beiyang system, and it was not easy for the Beiyang political axe to deal with it, because once coercive means were used, then it would immediately provoke a blatant split, and those troops could take refuge in the East China political axe, and the East China political axe would still be established.

The scale of education in the Ministry of Education is constantly expanding, and although there may be insufficient teachers, the focus is still on quality education.

For ordinary citizens, as long as they can read and understand words, but at the national level, the quality of citizens is higher.

The quality and cultural level of the people are linked, but they are not completely linked.

In later generations of China, there were very few illiterates, but the quality of the people was very high?

Culture is only one basis for the quality of the people, but it is not the whole story.

This quality is to teach the people to make the right choice when they encounter some situations, as well as the correct behavior and habits in ordinary times, and so on.

Teaching these things is not much simpler than teaching knowledge, there is no problem in terms of teachers, the Ministry of Education has special teachers in this area, and they are very professional.

Since the political axe of East China does not need to fool the people, improving the quality of the people is the goal to be pursued.

Education is related to the future and destiny of a country, so no one opposes the three billion investment of the Ministry of Education, and the East China political axe has become accustomed to the fact that the East China political axe not only regards the territory occupied by it as its own, but also regards the territory occupied by the Beiyang political axe as what it will have in the future.

Therefore, no one sees education in other unoccupied provinces as a meddler, but rather as an upfront investment.

Three billion yuan in education funds means that on average, each Chinese can get nearly seven yuan. The education group is about a quarter of the population, and the average annual investment of each student reaches 28 yuan.

Of course, a large part of it is used for university research, and this year's scientific research funds of major universities will be very sufficient.

At the same time, many of these three billion yuan are used to build hardware facilities, and now the hardware facilities of many schools are not very advanced, and at the same time, they have to expand the scale, so the investment in hardware facilities is still relatively tight.

For the Ministry of Education, no matter how much money is invested, there is a place to spend it, especially in terms of hardware facilities, so the development of education depends largely on charitable donations.

This year, the Ministry of Administration has allocated 300 million yuan, and the funds account for 2 percent of the fiscal revenue, which is an abnormally low level.

As far as countries around the world are concerned, 3%~5% of the national administrative fee is considered normal, and in China, the administrative fee accounts for 24%.

The low administrative expenses of the East China Political Axe are completely the result of careful budgeting. There is no duplication of the administrative staff of the East China Political Axe, and because of the pursuit of efficient administration, it also makes the need for fewer administrative staff.

This is mainly related to the lack of administrative personnel in those years, especially when the East China Political Axe was first established, because of the resignation of administrative personnel, it evolved into ultra-high efficiency at that time.

Anyone can make suggestions on how to improve efficiency, and they can even submit them to the chairman, and after several years of continuous reform, the efficiency has been extremely high.

For a long time, the investment in administration in East China has been very small, which has led to the simple office location of the local political axe.

There are very few decorations, and some local political axes have saved this aspect in order to save money, which is a concrete building.

Of course, the treatment of administrative staff is very good, and the administrative aspect is the most spent in this aspect, and it is also a link that can be saved.

In terms of transportation, bicycles and motorcycles are the most common, and cars are rarely equipped because there are few old men in the administrative organs.

The following are all young and strong, I don't think the bicycle is easy to ride, you can ride a motorcycle, and the cost is not large. Even the local officials are not equipped with cars, so buy them yourself if you need them!

In terms of the income of those local officials, it is still easy to buy a car. It is certain that these local officials will run around, but there are also local fleets that can be applied, but these cars are not assigned to a certain person, but are used by various departments. A lot of teams don't have enough money! So I used to make up the number of trucks that were often transferred.

Now China has just entered the early stage of automobile production, and the focus is on the development of trucks, and the development of cars is also relatively rapid, but it has not yet reached the level that every household can buy, and it still belongs to the ranks of luxury goods.

With the development of industry, it is not impossible for every household in China to buy a car in the future, but it is completely possible. However, at this time, the price of cars was still relatively expensive, so the local government used the cheapest ones, even other cars.

The simplicity and efficiency of the local administration have won the trust of the people.

There is still 10.6 billion left in the budget, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs has taken 1 billion, and the 14 provinces currently occupied by the political axe in East China have a population of 300 million people, and the people's sentiment index is only 4.0, which can provide Xia Jun with 1.2 billion points every month.

In order to improve the people's sentiment index, Xia Jun asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to continue to implement the policy of 'zero hunger' and 'zero cold' this year, completely solve the problem of food and clothing in various provinces, and provide food and clothing for the people who cannot eat and wear.

The investment of one billion yuan is very worthwhile, if the people's sentiment index rises by 1 point, then Xia Jun can increase his income by 300 million points every month.

Only with points can productivity be improved, so Xia Jun is not stingy in his investment in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

With this billion yuan of investment, the people in various provinces can spend five cents to eat a full meal in the canteen, while in the towns and villages, there is basically no need for relief, but there is still relief.

If the labor force in the towns and rural areas cannot get along, they can come to the cities and become urban populations, and the problem of food and clothing will naturally be solved.

And those who are unable to work, the elderly can get pensions, and the lonely elderly and orphans are all taken into custody in a unified manner.

For example, in the provinces that have been included in the administration for a relatively long time, the groups of people who need assistance have been basically determined, and those who have the ability to work basically do not need to receive any assistance, except for receiving unemployment benefits, but now there are things to do everywhere, and few people receive unemployment benefits.

The people in the five provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, and the Western Regions are living in relative poverty, and some extremely poor areas need to be given key assistance.

This kind of relief can be maintained for a year or two, because after a year or two, the people will have money in their pockets, and then there will be no need for any assistance.

The Ministry of Health has also received money this year, taking 600 million yuan from the budget, because the budget of the Ministry of Health is based on the territory occupied, and now there are five more provinces of territory, and the funds required will naturally increase.

The Ministry of Health's income in medical care is very huge, mainly in the field of pharmaceutical profits, and now China's drugs are sold all over the world.

Since the Germans withdrew from the pharmaceutical industry, Chinese drugs began to flood the world, and even the United States can see Chinese drugs everywhere.

In particular, penicillin, enzyme chain and other drugs doubled in value in this World War I.

However, there is still a gap in the Ministry of Health in terms of funding, so it has to take a budget of 600 million yuan, especially in the newly occupied provinces, which need to build a lot of medical facilities, which will cost money.

The Ministry of Health's medical fees are getting less and less, so it is gradually changing to ask for money, which makes Xia Jun feel that he should focus on medical treatment.

For example, to open hospitals in various countries around the world to make money, which requires good medical technology and reputation, it takes a certain amount of time, but this must be done, and it is a good choice to use the money of the people of the world to subsidize the medical expenses of the people.

(To be continued)