Chapter 22 The Retreat of the State and the Advancement of the People

"The country retreats and the people advance"

Saying this word, Guan Mingtang couldn't help but be stunned, he looked at His Majesty in surprise, if he remembered correctly, it was His Majesty in front of him who shouted "the country advances and the people retreat".

At that time, not only Guan Mingtang and his German advisers, but even some people in the domestic industrial and commercial circles did not approve of the adoption of that kind of "special economic policy," but in the end, the special economic policy fully proved his merits.

It can more consciously and advance the adjustment of the economy, can concentrate the necessary human, material, and financial resources on a national scale for key construction, make economic forecasts and plans, create a national economic development strategy, optimize the allocation of resources from the macro level, adjust the structure of the economy and forests, and rationally distribute the productive forces, can rationally adjust the distribution of income, can plan the direction of domestic economic development, and can concentrate the whole country

The establishment of urgently needed industries, and the unified procurement of equipment and the introduction of technology by the state are conducive to reducing the cost of procurement and introduction. In short, no matter how you look at it, the Chinese model has many advantages.

In the past nine years, China's economy, especially industry, has undergone a miraculous quantitative change, with steel production increasing from 1.2 million tons in the first year of the empire to 15 million tons, coal production from 4 million tons to 60 million tons, and shipbuilding tonnage from 100,000 tons to 450,000 tons

With more than 60 percent of its gross national product, China has transformed from an agricultural country to an industrial country.

Nine years of industrial development have made it possible for China to produce any type of machinery, even ahead of it in some industrial fields

, and all this thanks to the "concentration."

It can be said that the "plan" is a visible hand and a powerful driving force for economic growth.

Despite China's remarkable achievements in industrial development, Guan Mingtang, as the head of imperial industry, is well aware that the series of large and super-large enterprises that were once regarded as industrial achievements have begun to fall into a new impasse when the second four-year plan is completed, that is, since last year.

This impasse is the impasse brought about by China's special economic system, which was debated in China during the formulation of the third four-year plan.

At this time, Chen Moran picked up a report from the table, and just by looking at the newspaper, Guan Mingtang knew that it was a report written by himself, a report requesting the sale of some enterprises to private enterprises.

“…… After the implementation of the second four-year plan, as the size of the empire's economy continued to expand and economic ties became more complex, some of the shortcomings of this special economic system were gradually exposed. This is because the allocation of resources in a highly centralized planned economic system is based on two premises: first, the imperial planning department has all the information about all economic activities in society; Second, the interests of the whole society are integrated, and there is no separate interest body. And with the development of the economy, these two premises are becoming more and more difficult to establish. ”

Reading this report, Chen Moran smiled slightly in his heart, in fact, he has been waiting for this report, the planned economy in the early stage fully showed his power, it can be said that if there is no planned economic policy formulated by himself, it is simply a dream to realize China's industrial transformation, but there are many benefits, and there are also many disadvantages.

"And as citizens' incomes increase, citizens' needs are extremely complex and changing rapidly, resulting in a huge amount of information. In addition, due to the relative independence of the interests of localities, departments, and enterprises, there are also losses in the transmission of information

Circumstance. Therefore, it is absolutely unrealistic for the central planning departments to accurately grasp such a huge amount of information, quickly respond to it, compile a unified plan that is linked to each other in all parts, and go down to the grass-roots units to implement it layer by layer.

In terms of interests, it is impossible to demand that all economic organizations in society carry out their plans without any special interests and demands of their own. With the changes in the conditions of China's socialist economic construction, the original economic system

Becoming more and more incompatible with the needs of modernization has seriously constrained the development of productive forces. ……”

Closing the report in his hand, Chen Moran looked at Guan Mingtang.

"When the economy grows larger and the social structure becomes more complex, the disadvantages of a highly centralized economic system are exposed. It places too much emphasis on the use of administrative, political, and other non-economic means to manage and develop the economy, so that the national economy has repeatedly fallen into a vicious circle of "expansion, compression, reexpansion, and recompression" and it is difficult to extricate itself.

After spit out a sentence, Chen Moran pondered for a moment.

"In the past nine years, state-led industry has become the industrial pillar of this country.

During the First Fourth Plan, our industrial plan was mainly a heavy industry plan, and among the 186 large enterprises, 178 were heavy industry projects, of which the military industry accounted for half of them. ”

Guan Mingtang, Huang Huiyun, and Xiong Xiling nodded slightly, unlike any other country, the modernization of China's industry focuses on developing the economy and strengthening armaments, and it can be said that China's industry is fundamentally a military industry, and it is precisely doing its best to develop and maintain a huge army, and to promote China's industrialization with the help of the army.

In a series of industrial projects led by the government, the military industry accounts for an excessively high proportion, while the secondary and tertiary industries for consumption are relatively backward, and the domestic consumer market is sluggish. The large amount of capital invested in the non-renewable military industry, which limited the development of industry and commerce in the country, was not changed until after the second four-year plan.

"The only thing to be thankful for is that at the time of the 14th Plan, we handed over food, clothing, housing and transportation to private capital, when we concentrated

At the time of development, although the development of the private industrial and commercial sector was restricted by the control of the foreign exchange necessary for the purchase of machinery and equipment, they still achieved great results, and in the 24th Plan, when the state-owned machinery companies could sell machinery to the market, their achievements were not inferior to the government's 24th Plan. Therefore, this time the country retreats and the people advance, it is not without a chance"

"Then Your Majesty, what do you mean ......"

Suppressing the ecstasy in his heart, Xiong Xiling asked tentatively, as the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce of the Empire, he is more inclined to support the development of private enterprises.

State-owned industry accounts for the vast majority of society's resources, but even so, the achievements of private enterprises are still not inferior to those of state-owned enterprises.

And now His Majesty's words are undoubtedly indicating that the government will at least withdraw from the field of daily consumption such as "clothing, food, housing and transportation", and there is no need to think that he knows that if this news spreads, those private industrial and commercial stocks on the Shanghai Stock Exchange will definitely rise sharply.

"That's what I mean,"

Turning to Huang Huiyun, Chen Moran's expression became serious.

"Provide loans to private enterprises, marketize production resources, and then, if their funds are fine, they can sell state-owned enterprises to them, just like in the past, but whatever recovers the construction cost can be transferred to private enterprises cheaply, so as to help them become bigger and stronger."

Although China's industry and commerce are far more developed than in the past, unlike in other countries, even the so-called giants of the industrial and commercial circles were not developed from artisanal workshops, as in the West, but were formed through government support, and in return these private enterprises in the industrial and commercial circles also had to be guided by the Imperial Industrial Council, and in return, they could get some small and medium-sized enterprises sold by the government. The government has dominated industry and the government has dominated the economy in the past nine years

It has penetrated all aspects of China.

And now it's time for the government to take a back seat, let those companies develop freely, and let the market test China's companies, instead of using politics to help them, which is at most the last help

"Your Majesty......"

Without waiting for Huang Huiyun to speak, Chen Moran said solemnly.

"Nine years, nine years of planned economy, can be said to be the mission of the planned economy

It's done, now China

Getting rid of the poverty and weakness of the industrial establishment period, this time it is not only necessary to sell the light industrial enterprises in the Second Fourth Plan, but also the Anshan Iron and Steel Enterprise Consortium if the private capital is sufficient."

What the

With their eyes open, Guan Mingtang, Huang Huiyun, and Xiong Xiling undoubtedly looked at His Majesty in surprise, Anshan Iron and Steel Enterprise Consortium is the largest iron and steel enterprise consortium in China, and in terms of a single factory, it is also complete

The largest iron and steel plant, the 14th plan and the 24th plan, took eight years to complete the two phases of the construction project of the Anshan Iron and Steel Enterprise Complex, and now His Majesty actually wants to sell Anshan Iron and Steel

"Your Majesty......"

"Just talking,"

Shrugging his shoulders, Chen Moran smiled.

"There are a lot of rich people in China now, but I am afraid that there is really no ...... who can afford Angang."

Anshan Iron and Steel is so big, producing two-thirds of China's steel, owning a large iron ore mine and two large open-pit coal mines, this unprecedented mega-industrial enterprise is by no means affordable for ordinary people. ,

"Yes"

Xiong Xiling interjected.

"Who?"

Hearing that someone could afford Angang, Chen Moran was stunned.

"It's Your Majesty."

I?

Xiong Xiling's words only made Chen Moran smile a little wry, and now he is still the richest "individual" in China, but ......

"But Your Majesty is not a private entrepreneur, even if you want to sell enterprises to the private sector, you should mainly use private enterprises, the reason why Your Majesty wants to sell enterprises is to cultivate real enterprises, and only real industrialists are eligible to obtain state-owned enterprises."

Huang Huiyun, who rarely spoke from beginning to end, expressed his opinions, but Chen Moran smiled deeply after hearing his opinions.

"You must know that what we lack most in China now is entrepreneurs."

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