Chapter 513: Running to the Well-off (I)
"I'm just using an analogy, if you have a brain disease, you will only pay directly, but it's always okay to change from three shifts (8 hours a day) to four shifts (6 hours a day), right? Wouldn't that be a third more post? If you feel too idle, you can learn on your own! In addition, it is okay to call on women to go home to take care of their children and vacate their jobs, so that they can free up some and are also good for the growth of the next generation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info", but Li Hui smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he was not so naïve.
But then again, Li Hui's methods would certainly not be implemented in Western capitalist countries, and even if they were reluctantly implemented, they would have to pay a huge price for undermining economic competitiveness. But for China at the moment, it is not difficult to implement, and there will not be many side effects. After all, China's economic component is still dominated by public ownership, especially state ownership, and the whole country is playing a game of chess and participating in international competition as a whole, so the scale effect has been greatly magnified, and in addition, the level of science and technology still has an advantage......
Then, Li Hui threw out a killer shot that was enough to make Yuan Shikai feel at ease instantly, "And the cultivated land of our state-owned farm can also be allocated a part of it, more than a billion mu, even if it is according to the limit of intensive cultivation, a labor force of 15 mu, it can also arrange nearly 100 million people, enough to support 5 years, not to mention the high yield of paddy fields and difficult to cultivate, generally speaking, 5 mu per strong laborer is about the same, and the same is true for cash crops like cotton, that is, six or seven years, or even seven or eight years." And we are not unable to arrange any new employment, so in fact, there is no pressure to hold on for ten years. Ten years from now, the scale of our industry will not be what it is now, and even if there is still pressure, it will be greatly reduced......"
"What's more, the problem of employment has long been expected by me, and there have been targeted arrangements for this when building technical schools and technical secondary schools, such as the proportion of agricultural schools has always been the largest, and then there is a large gap in the country, and there are many construction, medical care and various light industries that require more labor, and if necessary, those foreigners in China can be driven back to vacate jobs, so the situation will not be as serious as you think......", Li Hui's words made Yuan Shikai finally relieved, And he really wanted to see the first five-year plan that was destined to go down in history to be completed in his own hands, so he finally took his resignation back, saying that he would stand on the last shift and wait until the first five-year plan was completed before resigning as prime minister.
Although he was very confident in front of Yuan Shikai, after all, it was an unprecedented and likely employment frenzy in human history, Li Hui actually had some bottomless in his heart, so he thought of a lot of possible useful methods, such as high school, junior college and undergraduate enrollment to buffer the pressure, and even let those older workers retire early to vacate their jobs, anyway, in a few years, China will usher in a round of scientific and technological innovation, and the ability of middle-aged and elderly people to learn new knowledge is poor, It may not be possible to survive the competition in the future.
In addition to the danger of civil unrest, China's rapid development could provoke the Western powers too much, causing them to fight desperately before the shift in world dominance. Fortunately, China's current strength has been greatly enhanced, and even if the Western powers really take risks, Li Hui is at least sure that he will not be defeated, but it will be a pity that such a good economic situation is suddenly interrupted.
Although the first five-year plan was focused on education, but in the past two years, China's economic construction has also made brilliant achievements that have attracted the attention of the world, in 1911 China's industrial growth rate exceeded 18%, in 1912 it was close to 17%, and this year the situation is even more gratifying, if the current momentum can be continued, China's total industrial output value in 1913 will soar by nearly 19% year-on-year, and China will also occupy as much as one-fifth of the world's industrial map, surpassing Germany in one fell swoop. Become the second largest industrial country in the world, and if Britain is only homegrown, it is the world's largest industrial country.
Of course, as before, the per capita gross industrial output is still far from being comparable to that of the Western powers, but before you know it, the gap is getting smaller and smaller......
Unlike China's previous industrial development, which focused on heavy industry, which had little to do with people's lives, the industrial component of the first five-year plan focused on light industry for the first time. After more than two years of hard work, many sectors of China's light industry have almost been vigorously developed, and they no longer allow papermaking, printing, stationery and sports supplies, electronic appliances, and other departments closely related to education or national defense to concentrate on the past, especially the labor-intensive industries such as textiles, food, and toys are developing rapidly, and if they had not absorbed a large number of technical school and technical secondary school graduates, I am afraid that the tide of unemployment would have appeared now.
The rapid development of light industry has made the living standards of the Chinese people improve rapidly, which can be seen from the changes in people's clothing, although the goal of wearing warmth has been achieved before, but the supply of clothing at that time is actually insufficient, so the patches on the clothing are still very common, and the beauty and comfort are naturally not talked about. However, in the past two years, the establishment of a number of large-scale textile factories has caused the price of clothing fabrics to plummet to a fraction of the previous one, and industrialized mass production of ready-to-wear garments has also been put into the market, although it has had a huge impact on the business of folk tailors, but for consumers, it is undoubtedly a huge blessing.
Unconsciously, the Chinese people's hard and simple atmosphere gradually began to fade, and patching clothes and pants has become a "old-fashioned" behavior that has been ridiculed, which has aroused the worries of many cadres, but if viewed from a positive point of view, this incident undoubtedly shows the rapid improvement of the living standards of the Chinese people. The increasing variety of Chinese folk clothing styles and colors also illustrates the problem from another aspect.
Of course, for a "big foodie empire" like China, agriculture has an even greater impact on living standards than light industry. However, the people in China's cities are now completely indifferent to the agricultural harvest, because not only is there too much food to eat, but even chicken, duck and fish have completely abolished the rationing system, and the price is cheap and abundant, which is not comparable to that of Western countries.