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How can the economy and people's livelihood of the empire be restored? Lin Haijiang naturally handed over this problem to Zhang Yunji, Li Anmin, Hu Weimin, Cluna, Kraut, Fu Shanxiang, Zhang Xia and others, it is not easy to bring these people together in Guangzhou, Zhang Xiatong, the former Qing court Qiongya General Soldier, is still the deputy director of the Chinese Imperial Production and Construction Corps, Zhang Xiatong has a genius-like ability in terms of supervision and management, civil construction, project budget, this fat man almost never forgets, even if he does not understand the concrete components, after a few times is also familiar with the chest, Lin Haijiang is still very satisfied with the discovery of such a talent. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Anmin's role in this meeting, which was at a loss, was to assist all parties in making adjustments and to make a strong contribution, because the Chinese Empire as a whole still implemented the military management model, and most of the resources and power were concentrated in the hands of the military, so with Li Anmin's cooperation, all affairs would get twice the result with half the effort.

As the mastermind of the reform of the imperial silver dollar, it can be said that the reform of the silver dollar made the Chinese empire from trade and the Qing court occupied areas to obtain a steady stream of huge benefits, which is an indisputable fact, but also played a role in stabilizing prices, in the recovery area of the Chinese Empire, the price of rice, pork, and vegetables in 1859 fell by an average of 220 percent compared with January 1862Every day, a large number of refugees from the Qing occupation area ventured across the blockade line of the two lakes to the liberation area of the Chinese Empire.

After all, increasing domestic demand to stimulate the economy is not a long-term solution, because of the war with the Eight-Nation Alliance, the empire's overall foreign trade, such as porcelain, tea, textiles, and so on, has come to a standstill, because the Chinese Empire does not have a large number of colonies for endless plunder, so it is very likely that the economy will change from good to bad.

The core intention of Lin Haijiang in convening this secret economic conference is how to develop the economy and improve the people's living standards, because no matter how many warships your army has built, how much the economic index has improved, and who the empire has won, these can only be inspiring for a while, and what the people really care about is whether their income is more than last year. Do they have meat in their bowls? Can the money in their hands be spent as money? These are what the people really care about, otherwise, even if the Chinese Empire becomes the world's military police, the common people will still have to scold their mothers, and the history will not be won by building a few monuments or any memorial halls, but by word of mouth.

Otherwise, the later Red Empire, the Soviet Union, was an example, when faith collapsed, Lenin and his overthrown Tsar Nicholas died without a place to be buried!

Kraut looked at Lin Haijiang's gaze and said helplessly: "Dear Primordial Excellency, the empire's economy has always been managed by a wartime system, and there is no talk of open and free market and free trade at all, and the main resources are all controlled by the relevant departments of the empire. ”

Although the planned economic system has many shortcomings, under this system, the state plans in advance in all aspects of production, resource distribution and product consumption by the political axe, so the planned economic system relies on the political axe's command and planning.

Blatant embezzlement of private property by means of public-private partnerships? Obviously, this is not possible, but the planned economic system places enterprises in the status of appendages of administrative departments, and enterprises can neither operate on their own nor assume responsibility for their own profits and losses. The quantities of production, the varieties of production, and the prices of enterprises, as well as the supply of production factors and the sale of production results of enterprises, are under the control of the political planning departments and the relevant administrative authorities.

If the so-called planned economy is to be implemented, then it is necessary to carry out a large-scale nationalization first, for example, the enterprises and firms of the Lin family and other big families must be nationalized, otherwise if the enterprises and firms want to decide on their own production and operation, get rid of the planned arrangements, and go against the will of the administrative organs, if they do not impose sanctions, then the planned economic system will be tantamount to losing control, and simply put, the administrative power will support the operation of the entire planned economic system.

Lin Haijiang admitted that the essence of socialism in later generations was that it was a more advanced mode of production than the capitalist mode of production, but whether this mode of production could be recognized or not was crucial, and what was too idealistic in itself was bound to be full of loopholes in the implementation process.

Competition is the law of capitalism, if competition stops, the driving force for social development will be gone, and the only thing that can be done is to monopolize the high-profit industries of the empire and make monopoly the general trend of social and economic development.

Lin Haijiang handed over the final implementation of this problem to Kraut, Hu Weimin, and Zhang Yunji, if everything had to be done by him, the head of state, what were so many administrative consultants doing?

Lin Haijiang's attitude made Zhang Yunji and Hu Weimin more depressed, Hu Weimin had to reluctantly assure Lin Haijiang that he could not guarantee that there would be no mistakes in the implementation, Lin Haijiang smiled and said to Hu Weimin and Zhang Yunji: "Originally, it was a matter of crossing the river by feeling the stones, one is to increase domestic demand to stimulate production and employment, and the other is to maintain stable prices and social order. ”

Lin Haijiang turned to Kraut and said: "You, a consultant who has been hired with a lot of money, must play a role, give support in theory, and try to carry out monopoly management for some high-profit industries such as metallurgy, shipbuilding, guns, textiles, etc., and firmly control the initiative in the hands of the administrative department of the empire. ”

Walking out of the meeting site, Lin Haijiang realized that he was really interlaced like a mountain in his economy, and it was even more painful than the naval battle in the South China Sea!

Lin Haijiang was still planning his economy, and Empress Victoria, who was enjoying afternoon tea on the observation deck of the inner wing of Buckingham Palace in London, received a news that had been rumored for a long time, but had just been confirmed, that in addition to the Russian army and the Qing Army, the Eight-Nation Alliance, including the three Anglo-Indian divisions and three rifle regiments that had joined the expedition from India, had all been wiped out.

This blow was too great a blow for Queen Victoria, who was bent on confronting the Parliament, and all the warships that had just been launched by the Empire were routed or even annihilated in the East, which had always been considered ignorant and backward, after a three-month arduous voyage and circumnavigating most of the world. Whoever hears the news will think it's a wicked joke.

On May 29, 1862, Queen Victoria convened a meeting of senior cabinet members, including Admiral McRae and Speaker Léon, and the central topic of the meeting was that the coalition forces had been defeated in the east, and although the Russians and Qing were still on the offensive on land, how long could this good situation exist in front of Lin Haijiang, who was good at creating miracles?

Queen Victoria looked around at Admiral McRae and Speaker Léon and others, the fiasco of the expedition made all the royalists speechless, and the intelligence and news transmitted from Hong Kong were very accurate, even including the number of prisoners and the list of personnel, even on April 8, 1862, Duke Hanny signed the instrument of surrender on the foredeck of the enemy ship Zhenyuan, and the execution of all the officers and men of the British and Indian 10th Division and more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the coalition.

Empress Victoria's hand trembling with the dossier as she roared hoarsely to repay the blood debt from the executioner of the East, the devil Lin Haijiang.

Admiral McRae, who is now the Minister of the Navy, and Speaker Leon were like two calm bystanders, and when Queen Victoria found that no one had cooperated with her shouts, she angrily yelled at Old McRae and Speaker Leon: "Is your blood cold?" Our children are being slaughtered by the barbarians of the East, shouldn't we do something? ”

Speaker Leon looked at Queen Victoria, whose face was distorted, and said: "Your Majesty, not only Duke Hanni is in danger alone, but the Royal Navy and the 30,000 officers and men of the army are also in danger, and I don't think we need to care too much about the lives of those Indians, but I ask Her Majesty to pay attention to one point, it is precisely because of your decision that they have embarked on this road of no return, and the Empire has lost the last chance to make peace with the Chinese Empire, a newly rising maritime empire." ”

Queen Victoria, who was scarred, looked at Speaker Léon and said, "But you're here!" In London, how can you be vain to the brave soldiers who fought on the front lines? No one can do that! ”

Speaker Leon also exclaimed: "My dearest two nephews have participated in this so-called Honorary Expedition, and now their life and death are uncertain, our family has shed too much blood for the British Empire, and this time our blood is flowing meaninglessly? Everything we have lost will not be compensated, the Eight-Nation Alliance has completely broken down, will the Qing people pay compensation for the so-called losses of a defeated ally? They won't, we don't get a penny benefit, but for this we put in more than 20 expensive warships and tens of thousands of officers and men, for which we get anything? ”

(To be continued)