Chapter 255: The First Five-Year Plan
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It was already the middle of the month when he returned to Beijing from Tianjin, and as the date of Wang Yuze's accession to the throne drew closer, the ancient city of Beijing also entered a period of celebration. Please search in Baidu, and read the latest chapters of popular novels first! Government officials and senior military officials will arrive in Beijing in early or mid-September to attend Wang's enthronement ceremony. At Wang Yuze's request, the enthronement ceremony was simplified as much as possible, with only the Temple of Heaven worship ceremony and the reward for the harem and hundreds of officials. In the evening, a dinner will be held at the Xinhua Palace.
At present, in addition to senior government officials and military generals, there are also representatives of all walks of life, representatives of military soldiers, representatives of disabled soldiers, personnel of foreign embassies in China, and other people from all walks of life. Of course, ordinary people can also visit the ceremony. But they didn't have the opportunity to participate in the latter two procedures.
Also, Prince Albert of Germany? William? Prince Heinrich will participate in Wang Yuze's enthronement ceremony, presumably to continue deepening relations between Germany and China. As China grows stronger, Germany has begun to face up to the relationship between Germany and China. As early as 2, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy had already signed a treaty of alliance, forming a European alliance. However, the enemies they faced were too strong, and the Triple Alliance of Austria-Hungary and Italy did not have much fighting power, which forced Germany to seek stronger allies. China's rapid rise has undoubtedly given Germany a better choice. This time, Prince Heinrich came to visit and participate in Wang Yuze's enthronement ceremony, in fact, he hoped to establish a deeper alliance with China.
Now, the renovation of Beijing is proceeding at a rapid pace. The streets were widened, and the original old stone roads began to be replaced with cement roads, but due to time constraints, only part of the main roads could be renovated, and the rest were in the follow-up transformation. Urban sewers, green trees, etc., all take a lot of time to renovate.
After returning to Beijing from Tianjin, Wang Yuze stayed in Beijing, because the time of his accession to the throne was approaching, and there were too many places to be busy.
On the 20th of the month, Wang Yuze participated in a cabinet meeting, and the agenda of the cabinet this time, in addition to the affairs of Wang Yuze's enthronement ceremony, also has a master plan for the development of the next few years.
Although Wang Yuze asked the enthronement ceremony to be simple, the cabinet also has its own considerations, at least not to let outsiders despise China! As for the name of the country, Wang Yuze vetoed their mention of yƬ, and directly decided to use the word "Zhonghua", and to use China or the Chinese Empire to the outside world. As for the records in the history books, they all changed to the Fourth Empire of China. Although this point has been criticized by many people, because it does not conform to the etiquette that has been handed down in China for thousands of years. But at Wang Yuze's insistence, he had to let Wang Yuze have the final say. As for Wang Yuze's harem, the so-called emperor has no selfish affairs, which is also within the scope of everyone's discussion. Fortunately, Wang Yuze now has only five ladies in total, just according to the ranking, the queen is naturally the eldest lady Xiong Menghan, the concubine is the second lady Yang Shilan, the concubine is the third lady Zhou Rui, the concubine is the fourth lady Yuying, and the virtuous concubine is the fifth lady Xian'er. In addition, in the Xinhua Palace, female officials are used to replace eunuchs, and the guards of internal strength are also filled by special female soldiers, and the defense of the periphery of Xinhua Palace is responsible for the janissaries composed of elite soldiers selected from the special forces "Sharp Blade" and the army. In addition, what makes the cabinet controversial is whether to establish a prince, one side believes that the crown prince can stabilize the country's foundation, and the other side believes that Wang Yuze is still young and does not need to establish a prince so early. In the end, Wang Yuze made a decision and postponed the establishment of the crown prince. He's only 2 years old this year, how can he live for decades? Now that the crown prince is established, when will the prince inherit the throne one day? Besides, now the children are still young and don't have a heart, so naturally they can't choose blindly. In addition, according to Wang Yuze's assumption, the system after that will be a constitutional monarchy, and it is better not to establish a prince before he has arranged everything.
After that, it was time to plan for the future of the empire. At this cabinet meeting, Wang Yuze put forward a development plan for the next five years, led by the cabinet, to make a plan for the future development of the national economy and people's livelihood of the empire. Unexpectedly, the cabinet had already made preparations, so it was at this meeting that China's first five-year plan was established. The time is from 96 to 900, and the remaining half a year of 95 years is the preparation stage.
In terms of industry, the state will continue to invest in heavy industries, such as iron and steel, machinery manufacturing, military industry, shipbuilding, chemical industry, mineral mining and smelting, electric power and other industries. At the same time, we should attract private capital as much as possible. In light industry, such as textiles, food, papermaking, daily chemicals, etc., private capital is invested as much as possible, and the state is responsible for guiding this. After the end of the first five-year plan, we will strive to establish a sound industrial system in China and narrow the gap with Western countries. After the end of the second five-year plan, really catch up with the West.
In terms of transportation, the state will invest in the construction of railways connecting large and medium-sized cities across the country, and within the first five-year plan, all provincial capitals and large cities except the plateau will be connected to railways, with a total railway mileage of 20,000 kilometers. In terms of highway construction, led by the Ministry of Communications, with the cooperation of various provinces and cities, all cities and counties in the country have achieved the standard of highways. Within the second five-year plan, we will further complete the railways and strive to connect all large and medium-sized cities to railways. The road is fully completed.
In terms of education, the five-year primary school education will be universalized nationwide, and provinces with conditions, such as Sichuan, the most developed province in China, can consider popularizing it to secondary schools. The country established the Imperial University, Imperial College London, Imperial Army University, Imperial Naval University, Imperial University of Science and Technology, Imperial Administration University, Imperial Normal University, Imperial Medical University and other top institutions of the country. Each province establishes a comprehensive university, a pedagogical university and a technical college, as appropriate. Specialized technical schools have been set up in the municipalities to train sufficient personnel for industrial development. At present, the school system in China is five years of primary school, four years of secondary school, and four years of university. Of course, after secondary school, you can choose whether to go to a technical school or a university. The State not only provides free education in primary schools, but also provides a lunch that is partially subsidized for all university students. All tuition fees and living expenses are fully subsidized by the state for all students who choose pedagogical universities. In a country where the illiteracy rate has reached almost 90 percent, the revitalization of education is not only due to financial investment, but also to the shortage of teachers. The Ministry of Education has proposed to basically realize this plan within 10 years. Of course, in order to ensure the smooth implementation of this plan, the government needs to invest 200 million yuan in special education funds every year. This made education the largest expenditure of the empire on the same basis as military spending, and even if a billion yuan of funds were invested from the Manchu aristocracy, it could only meet the development of five years, and after five years, it would need to be paid for by the imperial treasury. And will the Imperial finances be able to afford it then? It's hard to say.
However, the Cabinet is optimistic about the development of the economy in the next five years. In the fields of industry, transportation, education, and military industry, billions of yuan will be invested in five years, which will stimulate China's economy to explosive growth. It is expected that next year's fiscal revenue will increase by more than 50 percent, and rapid growth will be guaranteed for several consecutive years. Of course, after the stimulus effect of billions of yuan disappears, the growth of the economy and fiscal revenue will return to rationality. At the same time, there is also a premise for this, that is, China's development cannot be interrupted. such as defeat and other factors. In order to avoid this situation, China has to increase its military investment to ensure that it is still ahead of other countries in future wars.
In addition, according to the opinion of the Ministry of National Defense, compulsory military service will be gradually established in the country within the next five years. All men of school age must spend half a month a year in militarized training. Retired soldiers of the army will need to undergo one month of military training each year for the next five years to ensure that new units can be quickly formed in wartime. At the same time, each primary school will have a military representative who will be responsible for the physical training of students, and secondary school students will undergo a month-long military training every year. Among them, the boys are trained in combat skills such as fighting and target shooting. Girls are trained in medical knowledge and battlefield ambulance. Students and technical school students also undergo one-month military training every year.
Most of the cabinet members opposed the plan. In particular, Prime Minister Liang Xingrong even accused the Ministry of National Defense of turning the entire country into a military camp, which will severely hinder economic and social development.
However, Wang Yuze agrees. The current Chinese, after nearly a thousand years of rule since the Song Dynasty, have long lost their blood, which is very unfavorable for a nation that wants to become a world power. Wang Yuze hopes to use this to reinvigorate the martial tradition of the Chinese nation, which will be very helpful for China's future foreign expansion. At least in the event of a world war, China will not have a huge population base, but it will lack qualified soldiers.
This caused another disagreement between Wang Yuze and Liang Xingrong. Liang Xingrong believes that Wang Yuze's approach is too bold and not conducive to China's development. Wang Yuze, on the other hand, knows that time is running out for China, and that if it wants to complete its rise, it must race against time, and he has no extra time to waste, so he can only use his own power to forcibly promote development in some aspects. At this stage, the cabinet should become Wang Yuze's assistant, not a hindrance. This made Wang Yuze have the idea of replacing the prime minister in his heart. Liang Xingrong, as the first prime minister of western Sichuan, will also be China's first prime minister, with a four-year term and less than two months to go. The next prime minister, Wang Yuze, has decided to change!
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