Chapter 397: Towards the Imperial System
readx; Xia Jun walked up to the city tower, and the imperial officials standing in a crowd on both sides applauded and welcomed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In recent years, Xia Jun's appearance in the public eye has decreased a lot, and most of his main energy has been devoted to military construction.
Xia Jun knew that the future would be an incomparably cruel war, a war that was even more cruel and vast than World War I.
In terms of government affairs, Xia Jun almost most of it is handed over to the cabinet.
"Fathers, brothers and sisters, I'm Xia Jun, good afternoon, everyone." Xia Jun said hello in front of the camera, then took a deep breath and said: "Today here, I mainly give an explanation to the people of the whole country on the issue of East China Group and the future direction of East China Group. ”
Saying that, Xia Jun paused, pondered the word order, and then continued: "It is undeniable that the East China Group is indeed a monopoly group. However, it is also undeniable that the monopoly of the East China Group is of great benefit to the country and the nation. The main reason for this is that it allows resources to be pooled for development. Some people say that Huadong Group is your Xia Jun's personal property, of course you can say everything. One point that I cannot mention about this is that when we set up an industry in Jian'an, China's industrial system was blank, and we could not make any heavy industrial products, not even bullets.
At that time, I thought, we have to make our own bullets, we have to make our own explosives, we have to make our own guns, we have to build our own warships, and even we have to build airplanes. We still had to take the route of elite soldiers, and we needed a lot of financial resources to support military spending, but at that time, the Chinese people's livelihood was not good, and if we raised taxes, it would only make the people starve and freeze.
That's why we're going to set up factories and build our own heavy industry system. Only when China has heavy industry can we build as many guns as we want, no longer be oppressed by foreigners, and we no longer have to look at the faces of foreigners. Only if we have our own industry can we develop the people's livelihood, and at the same time rely on exports to obtain financial resources to support military expenditures and overthrow the Manchu regime.
Now, we have accomplished our original goal, we have built the best guns, we have built tanks, planes, warships. We also developed the people's livelihood, overthrew the Manchu regime, defeated the Yueben, expelled the foreigners, and established the Third World Alliance.
Therefore, there is no mistake in the monopoly of the East China Group, and there is no problem with the system of the East China Group.
As for some people saying that the East China Group belongs to me Xia Jun personally, this is also incorrect. Although the East China Group is nominally my own, I, Xia Jun, can touch my conscience and say that I have never squandered the money of the East China Group. Because the mission of the East China Group is not to be established for personal interests, but to develop people's livelihood and military defense. Today, the East China Group is not only responsible for the manufacture of arms, combat vehicles, planes, and warships for the Third World Alliance, but also shares the welfare expenses of 60,000 people. This is true today, and it will be the same in the future, and it will never change.
In the future, the East China Group will carry out nationalization reform, which is also an inevitable result. It will become an industry for all, and the process will begin immediately after the referendum.
In the near future, our Chinese nation will experience an unprecedented cruel test, and the East China Group will continue to play its due role.
The East China Group has been developing for 20 years, and the opportunity for the East China Group to carry out nationalization reform has arrived. I plan that the East China Group will develop for another 20 years, and the shares of the East China Group will be distributed to every citizen of the empire, and the shares of the East China Group will not be tradable, so that every citizen can receive dividends every year. ”
As Xia Jun's words fell, cheers erupted in front of TVs all over the country.
Xia Jun drew a big pie for the people, which is basically equivalent to bribery. But no one would consider such an act to be unlawful.
Distributing the shares of the East China Group to the people was indeed planned by Xia Jun before, otherwise with such a large-scale industry as the East China Group, it would be inevitable that the internal rot would occur.
If there is supervision by the people, the East China Group will be able to operate very well, and as long as there is a good system, it will be very easy for the East China Group to continue to operate well.
After a brief speech, Xia Jun bowed, and then waved away.
You Zhengbin then came to the microphone, coughed clearly, and said: "This set of reform plans has been proposed by the head of state in 1917, but the reform has always lacked an opportunity. However, the East China Group is actually a state-owned asset, and since the establishment of the East China Group, it has handed over nearly 180 billion yuan of profits to the empire, which is not included in the tax amount. ”
As for the lack of reform opportunities at that time, frankly speaking, it was mainly because there were still people who opposed the imperial system at that time. The East China Group was established by the head of state, and the reason why the East China Group was able to develop was because of a large number of advanced production technologies. And almost all of these production technologies were brought by the Führer from the laboratory in Nanyang, which themselves belonged to the wealth of the Xia family. Therefore, at that time, the political axe of East China believed that if the head of state left the opposition, there would be no need for nationalization reform, which would be very unfair to the head of state. ”
"Moreover, the monarchy is not a beast, and a constitutional monarchy can be a good way to avoid the adverse effects of the monarchy. At the same time, the state has a nominal owner who can oversee the cabinet administration, which is conducive to the healthy operation of the empire in the future. You Zhengbin continued, strongly supporting the imperial system.
If the head of state ascends the throne, then he is equivalent to the prime minister, although there is no prime minister in China, but the head of the cabinet is actually the prime minister.
A small talent who climbed to today's height can only be said to be a miracle.
…… On 19 February, the referendum on the Chinese Empire officially began.
At this time, the empire's economy was prosperous, people's livelihood was developing unprecedentedly, and the people were highly supportive of the political axe, and the people were desperate for the Führer to become emperor.
China has not had an emperor for eighteen years, if Yuan Shikai is not included. For many people, this system is not used to.
If the head of the empire does not become emperor, he will go into the wilderness.
No one wants Xia Jun to go into the wilderness, because such a good life is now brought to them by the head of state.
At the polling place, some people kept shouting: "If you don't vote for it, the Führer will go home, and I don't know what kind of goods will go up when the time comes!" ”
The Führer is still a hairy man when he goes into the wilderness!
Those who participated in the referendum voted in favor.
On the first day of the referendum alone, hundreds of millions of citizens participated in the referendum, and there were long queues at most polling places everywhere.
Countries around the world are paying close attention to this referendum.
To be honest, many people don't want to see Xia Jun, a talented reader, continue to lead the country, because the Chinese Empire under the leadership of Xia Jun is developing too fast, and the military development speed is too fast, and he dares to fight and kill, and his emotions fluctuate greatly, etc., which makes Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other countries hate Xia Jun very much.
Half a month later, the results of the referendum were quickly counted.
A total of 460 million legal citizens participated in the referendum of the Chinese Empire, of which 99% voted in favor of Xia Jun, the head of the empire, to ascend the throne, and only 1% opposed it.
The difference in rates is staggering.
This also proves once again that Xia Jun's position in China cannot be shaken.
On the day of the referendum, the whole country of the Chinese Empire was plunged into a sea of celebration, with firecrackers set off and merchants taking the opportunity to carry out preferential promotions.
Although the Spring Festival has just passed, the atmosphere of celebration this year has been extended for more than half a month.
There are many international opinions about this referendum, and the Western media generally criticize Xia Jun for indulging in the results of the referendum.
But their attacks will not have any effect, and the Chinese Empire will not lose a hair or anything. Internally, whoever dares to say that the result of this referendum was fake, then it will be directly drowned in the sea of people, which will inevitably cause public indignation.
On the day of the referendum, the Chinese Empire was named China and the era was named Emperor Han.
1929 was the first year of the Emperor Han Dynasty.
Xia Jun officially ascended the throne on March 1, and the enthronement ceremony was very solemn, but the process was simplified a lot.
In 20 years, the emperor's hegemony was finally achieved.
On the day of his accession to the throne, Xia Jun granted amnesty to the world, and all crimes that were not serious were pardoned and imprisoned. This does not apply to those crimes with serious circumstances.
This was a power reserved only the founding emperor of the empire, and the second emperor could only pardon ten people a year, even when he ascended the throne.
On the day of his accession to the throne, Xia Jun made a brief oath on the altar.
"I am in charge of the artifact, and the emperor will be prosperous. Those who offend my Han will be punished even if they are far away. ”
The emperor is also a nation.
…… The imperial state was formalized, and with Xia Jun's accession to the throne, the people suddenly had a backbone, and investors' confidence in the market prospects doubled, which led to a rapid increase in the amount of imperial investment in 1929.
In 1929, the fourth year of stimulating consumption, a large number of real estate projects were built, and in just four years, a large number of houses with comfortable living conditions were built. Most of the 600 million people live in new homes.
The real estate market has gradually shrunk, and when the country generally has a house, it will not buy more, and naturally there is nothing to build, and the growth rate will slow down.
In such a situation, the automobile manufacturing industry and the electrical appliance manufacturing industry began to make full efforts, officially took over the baton of domestic demand driven by real estate, and continued to drive domestic demand frantically.
Economic development is actually like that, but after the basic conditions are established, as long as there is stimulus, the economy will go up.
If the economic development is to be fast, it is necessary to make the people crazy to produce, so money is actually nothing, and the real thing is just two words: resources.
The reason why China in later generations will not be able to follow the old path of the United States is that there are too many people and not enough resources to develop in that way.
And why the United States is so hostile to China, in general, it is also the word 'resource', if the Chinese become rich, they will consume a lot of resources, how can the Yankees enjoy the resources without them?
As long as there are resources, economic development is very simple.
At this time, the Chinese Empire did not lack resources, such a large territory, such a vast sphere of influence of the members of the Third World Alliance, would they be afraid that there would be no resources?
Of course, there is another prerequisite for this development model, and that is a complete industrial system.
Later generations also had complete industrial systems in three countries, the United States, China, and Russia. But Russia was played to the point of being half-crippled and somewhat scrapped.
If there is no complete industrial system, then the result will be to stimulate the economy and cause an outflow of wealth, after all, if the economy stimulates it, you have to buy things, and if you can't make it domestically, you have to import it.
At this time in the world, countries with complete industrial systems, that is, China, the United States, some of the industrial systems of other countries are very biased, and some are relatively complete but lacking, such as Britain, France and Germany, their industrial systems are relatively complete, but the speed of follow-up in emerging industries is not enough.
The industrial development of the Soviet Union is also very fast, because it is a talented country, and there is no businessman, so the military industry of the Soviet Union has developed the fastest.
The industrial system of the Soviet Union was also developing rapidly, and the United States did not hesitate to hand over advanced technology to the Soviet Union in order to compete with the Third World Alliance.
The Soviet Union was, so to speak, a vicious dog raised by the United States.
Russia, on the other hand, is a milk bear raised by China, which may not be as good as the Soviet Union in war, but it milks the Chinese Empire, and with the Chinese Empire in charge, the Soviet Union cannot jump into the palm of its hand.
In terms of economic development, China and the United States are currently adopting a crazy bubble economic model, which makes the people go crazy with production, and eventually creates a large amount of material, although the bubble will burst one day.
As the United States entered 1929, more industries experienced a commodity squeeze.
Under such circumstances, the US political axe began to stimulate consumption even more frantically, but the effect was not very large, and the commodity squeeze was still increasing.
When the backlog of commodities reaches a certain level, even if the bank wants to continue to lend, it will not be able to survive, because the company is losing money, the stock market is also going up, the company's stock will fall, and when the number of stocks that fall to a certain extent, investors' confidence will be crushed, so that they will no longer push the stock up.
Like the stocks of the United States and the Chinese Empire, they all have dividends, unlike the pure iron rooster of China in later generations, after a period of time, people also recognize the true face of the stock market, and fools go to throw money into the stock market all day long.
Since the stock markets of China and the United States are relatively formal, investors throwing money at the stock market are not completely losing money, so the stock market is very prosperous, but under the bubble economy, the last batch of pushes up must be trapped.
Because not everyone is a stock god, many people who buy stocks in the bubble economy do not understand stocks, and most of them are coaxed to buy, so there will always be people who are trapped, and even if it is a crash, some people think that it will rise again soon, so they still buy it, and then lock it down layer by layer, and cut the meat layer by layer.
In 1929, the Huaxia Association intensified its efforts to recall overseas capital, and even went to work for some Chinese, and even directly said that the American economy was going to be finished.
The overseas Chinese capitalists of the Huaxia Association are very reputable, and the overseas Chinese businessmen received the news of the Huaxia Association and hurriedly sold the industry.
Although these news spread in the Chinese social circle, the American people did not know about it.
Although some Americans know about it, this is not an official statement, and newspapers and other public opinion media are advocating what capital is winning [***], and those public opinion media will not publish such news even if they know about it, because it conflicts with the political axe policy, although these media are not political axes, but they are Wall Street bankers.
As long as the official and public opinion media do not say this tune, other Americans will be skeptical even if they hear the rumors. Therefore, it will not affect the withdrawal of Chinese capital, as long as it is a sale of the industry, someone will soon buy it at a high price.
Under such circumstances, the capital of the Chinese Empire overseas has withdrawn from China to participate in domestic investment.
…… Soon came July 16, 1929, which was the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Empire.
The Chinese Empire held an unprecedented military parade in Zhongjing, which mobilized nearly 500,000 troops and marched majestically through Zhongjing Square.
This military parade made the entire Zhongjing Square crowded into more than 1.6 million people, due to the unprecedented economic prosperity and development, many people have become rich, Zhongjing has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in the empire, not to mention this military parade to see.
At this time, the Imperial Chinese Army underwent a certain degree of reform, and on the basis of the National Defense Force, Xia Jun established the Imperial Chinese Field Army.
The Wehrmacht was responsible for border defense, while the field army was responsible for large-scale battles.
The Wehrmacht was reduced to 800,000 troops, spread across the borders of the empire. The field army maintained 136 divisions, 18 reading brigades, 30 reading regiments, and 56 reading battalions, with a total strength of 3 million.
In the ten years after World War I, many veterans retired.
Some of the officers also retired for some health reasons.
The empire is officially moving towards the imperial system, and after Xia Jun ascends the throne, he must reward these retired soldiers and officers, because they can't wait for the outbreak of the second war in the future.
In this military parade, Xia Jun knighted thousands of soldiers and officers, and issued the army's 'Lifetime Achievement Medal'.
The titles of the Chinese Empire were restored to the ancient system, and the ranks were divided into dukes, marquis, uncles, sons, and males, while the Ming Dynasty directly cut off the viscounts and barons, and only named the dukes and marquises, so the Ming Dynasty easily did not give titles.
The Chinese Empire restored viscounts and barons, and it was not too difficult to be knighted. However, knighthood is only an honor, and the actual benefits are few.
But since it is a title, the characteristics of the descendants of Fuyin cannot be completely lost, it is just a matter of how much Fuyin has, and the Chinese Empire has given a little privilege to this, not an obvious small privilege, the dispensable kind, just a gimmick.
At the same time, he was knighted, and he could get a certain amount of rice every year.
Now is the era of the explosion of productivity, and rice will not be afraid. Anyway, there are so many rice and so cheap, and the benefits in this regard can only be said to be extremely low.
But adopting such a reward method is ancient, and it is irrefutable.
But the title can't really lose its appeal, the empire will also reward some land when knighted, generally undeveloped land in the area, these lands are not very valuable, but the land used to reward is generally not bad, if the area can be developed, it is still very valuable.
(To be continued)