At the end of 1916, the 1917 budget of the Chinese Empire was launched again.

Xu Shuguo first reported on this year's fiscal revenue: "The total amount of various tax revenues in the four quarters was 14.1 billion yuan, the actual expenditure of last year's budget was greater than the budget of 900 million yuan, and next year's budgetary budget was 13.2 billion yuan. ”

Last year's budget did not take into account the 500 tons of gold reserves that had been added this year, as well as the expenses to support the Kokang Kingdom and some other miscellaneous expenses, so the expenditure was overspent by 900 million yuan.

One hundred and thirty two billion!

So much money~!

The ministers of the various departments listened with their hearts swaying.

"Ahem!" Zhang Taiyan coughed lightly, according to the practice of previous years, it was the Ministry of Education that asked for money first, Xia Jun saw Zhang Taiyan cough, and said with a smile: "This year's budget is very generous, according to the practice of previous years, let's start with the Ministry of Education first!" ”

"The head of Qiqi, now the unification of China, the number of children and teenagers who need to be enrolled in education is 60 million, the annual cost of food and clothing is 600 million yuan, the teachers and books need to spend 200 million yuan, the investment in hardware facilities needs 1 billion yuan, the scientific research funds of colleges and universities need 200 million yuan, and the emergency and Chengren education funds are 200 million yuan, a total of 2.2 billion yuan is needed." Zhang Taiyan listed various expenditure items in a splendid.

"Why do you need 200 million yuan for research funds in colleges and universities, and didn't it only cost 100 million yuan last year?" Xu Wenbo, Minister of Construction, asked in surprise.

Zhang Taiyan retorted: "Last year's investment of 100 million yuan has received excellent results, isn't it good to increase investment today?" ”

"This ...... Of course it's good. Xu Wenbo thought that science and technology were the primary productive forces that the head of state said, and he immediately stopped talking, and Zhang Taiyan was much less powerful than Tao Chengzhang.

In previous years, the Ministry of Education was definitely the most abundant department, and every year, a lot of expenses were not dropped, and all of them were smashed on the hardware facilities by the Ministry of Education.

The 2.2 billion yuan in education funds is just a small matter, and this year's imperial finances are really rich, and the amount of funds proposed by the Ministry of Education was directly approved without anyone making any difficulties.

"Let's go to the next military department!" Xia Jun said at the meeting that he had obviously raised the military department to a relatively high position, which was different from previous years.

Chen Xuanyu and Liu Wenhong looked at each other, Chen Xuanyu stood up and said, "Let's start first!" ”

Xia Jun nodded, according to the convention, the army started first.

In addition, the army is expected to expand to 2 million next year, and the army needs at least 1 billion yuan next year, and at the same time needs 200 million yuan for the research of new equipment, totaling 1.2 billion yuan."

Xie Baozhang stood up quietly, and then said: "The navy needs to build new warships next year, and at the same time expand the scale of various fleets, plus the needs of maintenance and training, it needs 800 million yuan, and at the same time needs 200 million yuan of research funds, a total of 1 billion yuan. ”

The army wants 200 million research funds, and the navy also wants it.

Zheng Chengtao got up and said: "This year, our air force will mainly build military airports in various places, train flight personnel, and develop newer military aircraft, and we need to spend 400 million yuan. ”

"The three armies want so much money this year?" Xia Jun frowned and asked, he was taken aback by this military spending.

The three of them nodded when they heard this, and Xia Jun muttered: "Then leave 1.6 billion yuan first, and then hold a special meeting to discuss military spending later." ”

………… At the end of 1916, the 1917 budget took nearly a week to complete, and now China is a unified country, so there are many items to be budgeted.

In the end, the scale of 1.6 billion yuan was retained in military spending, but the research funding was cut in half, and now China has no research talents, so isn't it a waste to spend so much money?

However, this year may have to fight against Tsarist Russia, and the money is kept for backup.

After the budget for medical care and pension was deducted, most of the budget was invested in water conservancy construction and infrastructure construction.

In terms of scientific research, a total of 600 million yuan will be invested next year in the research of important scientific and technological technologies.

The Army's goal for next year is to expand to no more than 2 million men, and at the same time establish 20 mechanized armored divisions, that is, to equip 6,480 Type 13 combat vehicles.

Among them, 14 armored divisions are distributed among the three major military regions in the north, each of the three major southern military regions has a quota of only one division, and the East China Military Region has a quota of three armored divisions.

The Northeast Military Region, on the other hand, has a quota of 10 armored divisions, and the Northeast Military Region is the strongest military region in the Chinese Army.

At the same time, the army will strengthen the research and equipment of artillery and self-propelled artillery, and artillery has always been a less prominent link in the Chinese army.

The Air Force will mainly equip the Northeast Military Region with 2,000 strategic bombers, that is, Mosquito bombers, and more than 1,000 other tactical military aircraft.

The main goal of the Air Force is to develop new aircraft in order to give the Air Force a leading position in combat effectiveness. The Air Force and Army are working together to improve the capabilities of combat vehicles and aircraft.

The army and navy will jointly tackle key problems in air defense technology and enhance the air defense capability of the army and navy.

Next year, the Navy will continue to build warships to implement its previous warship manufacturing plan. The Fujian launched was tested and there were no major problems, and the design was very successful.

The construction of the second-generation aircraft carrier began this year, and the second-generation aircraft carrier is a technology that Xia Jun bought with points. Next year, the Navy will also develop a new type of carrier-based aircraft to strengthen the combat effectiveness of second-generation aircraft carriers.

…… The East China Group's year-end budget was also launched, and the companies made a total profit of 7.3 billion yuan in four quarters, and such a high profit was mainly created by the arms manufacturing and shipbuilding industries, and with the contribution of various basic industries, the profit reached 7.3 billion yuan in one year.

Since the East China Group adopts a reading power accounting system, a part of the 7.3 billion yuan should be set aside for the companies to expand themselves.

This year, many companies have set up their own research departments, so they are not able to siphon most of their money away like in previous years.

In the past, the technical aspects of East China Group were exchanged by Xia Jun on the exchange platform, so there was no need to keep money for technology research and development.

Xia Jun is now starting to throw off the burden, and if the technology can be developed by himself, he will develop it by himself.

It doesn't matter if the research and development can't be developed, anyway, the money is still circulating in the country, and scientific research can also create a lot of jobs.

Anyway, no matter how tossed, East China Group will always maintain a leading position in technology.

But the management of the company below can't make new technology by themselves, then it is also responsible, if no one is good to say, if someone has money and can't get new technology, then it has to be changed.

The profit that the group can withdraw is about 2.5 billion, because most of the following companies have expansion projects, so it is a lot to withdraw 2 billion.

In addition to spending 1 billion yuan on strategic resource reserves, East China Group will also use 1.5 billion yuan for investment in other fields, one of which is the enclosure of land.

Many minerals in the north can be circled, especially in the newly acquired Mobei Mongolian region.

The enclosure will not cost much money, and the 1.5 billion yuan will be mainly invested in new fields, such as electrical appliances and automobile manufacturing, and research on electrical appliances and automobile manufacturing technology.

As for military aircraft, the political axe paid for the research of the East China Group, and if the research fails, the East China Group does not have to buy it, but the East China Group still bears half of the scientific research funds, because some technologies can be converted to civilian use after they are researched.

Emperor [***] and East China Group are vigorously transforming to the direction of scientific research, in order to get rid of the previous state of no scientific research. At this time, China has initially cultivated a number of high-end scientific research talents, although it is not as good as the scientific research personnel of many powers, but there are finally people, not like before, if you want to research, you can't find someone to study.

In this budget meeting, East China Group took out 15 yuan and held another business expansion meeting, determined the expansion route of East China Group, and determined several expansion areas.

Increasing capital monopoly is a strategy of East China Group in the future.

At this time, Huadong Bank had already controlled a large amount of capital, which was able to generate a lot of profits every year, mainly in the return on investment.

Due to the compliance with the policy and detailed market research, the East China Group has invested in bad debts, and the East China Bank has spent the most money on infrastructure construction over the years, and many of them have now returned to recover.

For example, the rate of return on railways is good, and if the bank invests money to build the railway, it will take about eight to fifteen years to recoup the investment, and then the profit generated will be a continuous profit.

At the same time, the East China Bank lends a large amount of money to those sunrise industries, or directly takes money into shares, under such operations, capital accumulation does not look fast, and then after a certain period of time, there will be continuous profits in the account, and the project is very scary.

The expansion of the entire East China Group this year is obviously much more aggressive than in previous years.

……… After Zhang Taiyan became the Minister of Education, this year was the first time he got the budget, and Zhang Taiyan made detailed thoughts on how to make good use of this budget.

After thinking about it, Zhang Taiyan decided to open up sources and reduce expenditure.

For example, in terms of the food supply for teachers and students, food and meat are basically not too expensive, and they can be said to be very cheap. However, the price of vegetables is unstable, so it is better for the school to grow its own vegetables, and by the way, let the students participate in the planting process, which can cultivate the students' feelings, and it is not to force the students to work, but to volunteer the way.

The Ministry of Education can build a vegetable base in different areas, anyway, the Ministry of Education has talents, and it is enough to find some students in the agricultural university to manage it.

Nowadays, the urbanization process is accelerating, and the supply of food and meat is keeping up, but the supply of vegetables is still in a relatively backward state, and the demand for vegetables in the city is very large.

The Ministry of Education can make full use of its own advantages in talent and capital to build various vegetable bases using advanced agricultural technology in various localities. The management of these vegetable bases not only provides internship opportunities for students, but also creates profits for the Ministry of Education.

These vegetables can be supplied not only to schools, but also to cities.

Zhang Taiyan also found that there are still many small vendors in the market, and these small vendors are relatively scattered, but with the rise in labor costs, the prices of these scattered vendors to buy vegetables are also rising.

That in each city to set up a vegetable sales platform, cut those small vendors, not only can make money, but also to provide citizens with cheaper vegetables, and formed a platform, as long as the reputation is good, so that the citizens form a vegetable to buy vegetables to the Ministry of Education's vegetable sales point to buy, the Ministry of Education can use the advantages of this platform to create many profit points, such as selling some high-end agricultural products consumed by middle and upper class people.

There are also desks and chairs, the Ministry of Education can make full use of the talent advantages in hand to make a business on its own, in addition to manufacturing desks and chairs for the Ministry of Education, you can also make furniture for the market.

Now that people are getting richer, the demand for furniture has also increased greatly, and the furniture market has begun to boom.

Anyway, the Ministry of Education has management talents, and these companies can provide those students with good practice opportunities, so why not!

Zhang Taiyan was also surprised by his thoughts, he was originally a literati, how could he be full of business sense now.

However, in the current era of prosperity of national commerce, it is impossible not to be affected.

As for the construction, it is contracted by the East China Group, which has always been a zero-profit business in the field of education, and the Ministry of Education can not be involved.

But in those aspects of greening, the Ministry of Education can use its own talent advantages to set up a greening company by itself, and in the future, all the flowers and plants in the school will be taken over by the Ministry of Education, and it can also enter the market.

Greening is also a more expensive project, the school to lay turf or something, have to spend a lot of money, and now the Ministry of Education is reluctant to lay turf in the school.

However, after all, the Ministry of Education is a state department, and theoretically cannot engage in business. Zhang Taiyan had no choice but to go to Xia Jun to exchange ideas.

Xia Jun was very happy when he heard Zhang Taiyan's idea, and said to him: "If the Ministry of Education has the conditions, it can involve the business field, and it is also good to give students the opportunity to practice by the way, but one thing must be clear, that is, you can't monopolize the procurement of the education industry by yourself." If the Ministry of Education is to be involved in business, then the government must also set up a department outside the Ministry of Education to oversee the business practices and procurement of the Ministry of Education. ”

"That's fine." Zhang Taiyan said happily, "But you also know that I am not good at running business, so you have to assign some people to the Ministry of Education to manage it." ”

"I don't think this is needed, and the Ministry of Education can completely use students from colleges and universities to do this." Xia Jun said to Zhang Taiyan, "The central government can send one or two more people over to check it." ”

"That's right!" Zhang Taiyan clapped his hands and said.

"However, the Ministry of Education can be involved in the business sector, other departments cannot, and there is no advantage of the Ministry of Education. The purpose of the Ministry of Education's commercial profits must first be clarified, that is, for education. Xia Jun said.

"That's it." Zhang Taiyan said with a smile.

Soon Zhang Taiyan went back happily, and Xia Jun promised him that he would get it done within a month, and the Ministry of Education would be able to organize manpower now.

(To be continued)