At 7 p.m. on the 28th of the lunar month, the palace dining room was already full of imperial dignitaries who had come to the banquet. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Zhang Wei sat down at the chief table, accompanied by cabinet members, Lu Weimin, Li Zhaoshui, Zheng Daoyou, Li Minmin, Hua Guoqiang, and others.

The people at the other tables were still in the order of arrival.

Chen Dezhi and other representatives of the governors or governors stationed abroad also came to attend the banquet.

Zhang Wei spoke first: "Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, here I wish you a happy New Year in advance!" Tonight's main thing is to eat and drink well, you can also get drunk, and if you are drunk, you can rest on the side of the palace, don't worry about going home, and drink as much as you like tonight. ”

The people at the main table still seemed to be very cautious, and the drinking was very elegant, while the people at the other tables became more and more lively the more they drank.

When the drink was almost over, Zhang Wei asked all the palace maids to go down to rest, and it was just the kitchen people taking care of it. The people in the kitchen are all system synthesizers, and they don't worry about news leaks, which makes everyone more motivated to drink and speak more casually.

Zheng Daoyou consulted Zhang Wei when he was almost drunk: "Your Majesty, the six provincial-level units in the Northern Theater now have a lot of initial investment, and there is no tax, and the government will not be able to make ends meet this year." ”

Zhang Wei asked: "If you have any questions, just ask them, don't hide them, hurry up!" “

"Yes, Your Majesty, our government has also discussed many times, to ensure the balance of the budget on the government's side, it is nothing more than open source and throttling, open source if the empire is just established, tax alone can not guarantee infrastructure, so, the government side hopes to set up a government-controlled state-owned enterprise to increase government revenue; The second issue of throttling is that the government hopes that the mature occupied areas will be assigned to the government, and in the initial stage, it is better to implement military control and control and management by the royal family. “

"After talking for a long time, I just want to grab food from the mouth of the royal family, and I just want to eat ready-made food, so won't the royal family become the government's nanny?"

"Your Majesty, I don't mean that, you see, now our empire does not have a salt tax, you must know that in other countries, the salt tax alone can account for more than one-third of the total tax revenue; The main minerals of our empire are all owned by the royal family, and the weapons and grain exported by the empire are all tax-free, and the government's income is too small. “

Zhang Wei thought about it for a while, and he couldn't be too harsh on the government, and he couldn't spend his money anyway, so he said: "Okay, let the government set up a state-owned assets management bureau and a provincial and municipal SASAC, and put all the factories built by the equipment purchased from Germany and France under the jurisdiction of the government." “

"Thank you so much, Your Majesty, but how to deal with the debts of these two countries?"

"The debts will be borne by the royal family, and in the future, the units of the royal family will be hung with the royal name, and the units controlled by the government will be hung with the imperial name, so it is easy to distinguish; The same is true for other aspects, such as education, only the Royal Army and Naval Military Academies and the Royal Academy of Medicine have the royal emblem, and the other universities can only hang the imperial emblem at the highest, so it is also easy to distinguish, how do you feel? “

Zheng Daoyou thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, can you also put the Blue Triangle Investment Company and the Royal Academy of Sciences under the jurisdiction of the government?" Otherwise, the government's enterprises and education will not have the potential to develop. “

"Will the government then be responsible for the costs and investments of the Academy of Sciences? The expenditure of this research fund is not a small amount. “

Zheng Daoyou thought about it, I feel that there is no return without investment, although the investment of the Academy of Sciences is huge, but the harvest is also great, now many products are leading in the world, the market share is very high, and there will be new products in the future that will be continuously developed out, which is simply a cornucopia. So he said: "The government can bear all the scientific research funds and investment; However, His Majesty needs to build more research institutes and laboratories, and His Majesty needs to bear the expenses of these two aspects. “

"Okay, what research institutes and laboratories you need to build in the future, as long as I feel reasonable, I will do my best to support you. All the enterprises and the Academy of Sciences allocated to the government have been under the jurisdiction of the government since the Spring Festival, and I will no longer be involved, and the cost of education is still borne by the royal family, but the management is still managed by the government. Later, the newly occupied areas were assigned to the government after the completion of basic primary construction, or they were always operated according to the management model of the colony; The administration of the colony was later assigned to the General Staff, and the expenses were still borne by the royal family, and the taxes belonged to the royal family; In the future, my energy will still be focused on external expansion, and internal construction still needs the joint efforts of all government departments; What else do you have to say? “

The government, for its part, said it had no opinion.

Lu Weimin of the General Staff felt that the responsibilities were clearer, and agreed to this division, anyway, all the expenses on the side of the General Staff are the royal family, and it is normal for the taxes of the colony to belong to the royal family, and in the future, the colony will be under the jurisdiction of the Chief of the General Staff, which will also be more convenient for the management of the General Staff; In particular, the six provincial-level units under the jurisdiction of the Northern Theater are easier to manage, and all functions and powers are concentrated in the hands of Xiao Xuguang, so there is no need to consult the Government Council in terms of administrative management, which is convenient for him to manage the six provinces and regions.

Chen Dezhi also took the opportunity to ask Zhang Wei for an application to speed up the economic construction of the Northern Theater: "Your Majesty, the six provinces and regions under the jurisdiction of the Northern Theater Command were frantically plundered during the period of Japanese rule, and the economic foundation was very weak, and the empire needed to increase investment, otherwise it would be difficult to develop. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Wei said to Chen Dezhi: "I have a preliminary plan, all of you will consult it, Lelang Special Administrative Region, my opinion is to develop mining, especially to develop coal mining and iron mining; Ezo province mainly develops fishing industry and food processing industry; The province of New Island is dominated by shipbuilding and agriculture; Taiwan focuses on the construction of textile, agriculture, food industry and trade, and builds Taiwan into a bridge connecting the empire and the Qing Dynasty, and is also a collection base for exporting materials to Japan and supporting materials in the Northern Theater; It was also a transit point for foreign immigrants in the Qing Dynasty; The areas directly under the command of the headquarters will be centered on agricultural construction, and at the same time, an industrial base will be built with Seoul as the center, and Busan will be built into the largest military port in the northern region; As for the General Staff of the Northeast Theater of the Great Qing Dynasty, it will be decided after the end of the war against Japan; What do you think? ”

"It's all up to Your Majesty!" Everyone said in unison.

Chen Dezhi felt that Zhang Wei had not forgotten the Northern Theater, and even if the goal was achieved, the specific economic construction matters required coordination and communication between the deputy governor in charge of administration and the General Staff Headquarters.

Zhang Wei smiled and said, "I'm asking you to put forward your opinions, it's not within your jurisdiction, it's all up to me?" ”

Zheng Daoyou hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, none of us have been to the Northern War Zone, and we don't know anything about things over there, so it's not good to speak. ”

"Forget it, I won't worry about you, just do your own thing, but next year I plan to formulate a few indicators to assess the level of governance of the top leaders in all provinces, cities and counties, and the local officials below the qualification line will be dealt with and treated separately, for example, per capita points, total points, education should be assessed in primary and secondary school enrollment rates, per capita taxes, total tax revenues, population growth rates, etc., I will consider it comprehensively and then set it down, and I can't eat a big pot of rice like this year." Next year, I only look at the results, not the process, all the assessments only look at the data, I hope everyone will work hard next year, so that the empire can bid farewell to the status quo of backward foundation. ”

"It's all up to Your Majesty!" (To be continued.) )