Chapter 16 The Politician
The first year of Qingyu's reign. The biggest impression is "mediocre".
During the year. The most Yan Jingyu has done is to implement the policies that Gu Weimin has not completed, especially those related to the "green mountains and green water plan". Although many people think that the main reason is that Gu Weimin left too many messes, so that Yan Jingyu had to spend his energy on solving problems in the first year. Some people also believe that Yan Jingyu first dealt with the legacy of the previous government in order to make everyone forget Gu Weimin as soon as possible, and forget the second round of political reform carried out by Gu Weimin's "Green Mountains and Green Water Plan." But in any case, Yan Jingyu's performance in this year is not only not outstanding. It's even reluctant to qualify. If you take into account the high expectations of the public for him before that. Then the psychological gap among the people of the republic is even greater.
Beneath the appearance of mediocrity, is down-to-earth action.
It must be admitted that many of the problems left behind by Gu Weimin when he was in power did have a serious negative impact. Taking national defense spending as an example, Gu Weimin has implemented the military expenditure approval system very strictly, especially in the first term of his first term, because the examination and approval was too strict, resulting in many military projects, especially equipment development and procurement projects, being affected, so the combat effectiveness of the republican ** team has shown an overall downward trend, and even the heavenly army, which has been given extra care, has been affected. Even in his second term. Because Pei Chengyi replaced Shuai Yongkang as Minister of National Defense, the tight situation of the military budget has improved slightly, and Pei Chengyi was once in charge of equipment development and procurement, and worked in the Physics Experiment Center for several years, so the combat effectiveness of the Republican ** team began to recover, but the recovery was very slow. In any case, the Minister of Defense only has the power to submit the military budget to the Yuan Government, and how much military budget he can obtain is not a matter for the Minister of Defense to decide. It is precisely like this, by the time Yan Jing came to power, the combat effectiveness of the republican ** team was not much different from that of the middle east war in the middle of the thugs, and there was basically no essential improvement, while the combat effectiveness of the US ** team had improved a lot, and it had caught up in many aspects, and even surpassed the republican ** team in some aspects.
Without a strong enough army, does Yan Jingyu have the capital for external expansion?
Thankfully, the Republican team has a very solid foundation.
Concave 7 fiscal year. The Republic's defense budget has increased for the first time since the beginning of the calendar fiscal year by more than double digits.
This alone can prove Yan Jingyu's courage.
In fact, the most important thing Yan Jingyu did in his first year in power was not to increase defense spending, but to lay out for the second round of political reforms.
In a sense, his eagerness to implement the relevant policy of "green mountains and clear waters" is paving the way for the second round of political reform.
Look at it from another angle. Implementing the second round of political reform was definitely the number one priority for Yan Jingyu in his first term.
Although no Yuan has yet lost the election for re-election, the fact that he was born in the year of Chu Yun and the year of the knife made Yan Jingyu have to believe that in the general election of the second year, someone will definitely challenge him. In any case, Yan Jingyu did not want to lose the general election this year, so the main task of the first term was to try to win re-election. From Yan Jingyu's standpoint, the most effective way is to let the people of the republic, or those who replace the people, equate him with Wang Yuanqing. You know, in the plenary assembly of the republic. With the exception of special groups, which account for 40 percent of the total number of deputies, about 60 percent of the elected deputies are related to the social groups of the Republic, that is, to the major interest groups of the Republic. In other words, about 40 percent of the delegates serve the interest groups that control the economic and social resources of the republic, and these interest groups will certainly support a national leader like Wang Yuanqing, because only external expansion can benefit these interest groups.
If the deputies want to treat him as Wang Yuanqing, Yan Jingyu was stunned to be Wenzhuo in political reform. The new address of this site has been changed to: just a mouth... 8。 Please log in to read the tomb!
It can be said that Wang Yuanqing's greatest achievement is political reform.
It can also be seen from here why Wang Yuanqing tried his best to support Yan Jingyu in the first place, and let Yan Jingyu live in the Yuan Mansion after waiting for the old year.
Imagine if Yan Jingyu had been elected Yuan in the year of his debut, would he have actively promoted political reform?
You know, anyone is selfish, and politicians are no exception. In order to get rid of the influence of his predecessor, not to mention that Gu Weimin will show his influence in a roundabout way, Yan Jingyu will also use the same way to let everyone remember him, not his predecessor. Only when it is necessary to go beyond his predecessor, and by comparing himself with a certain outstanding leader in history, will Yan Jingyu willingly push for political reforms that Wang Yuanqing has not been able to complete.
Judging from this means, Wang Yuanqing is definitely the most outstanding national leader of the Republic in the century.
The problem is that the second round of political reform is not something that can be implemented if you want to.
Because of the difficult victory in the general election, even if Ye Zhisheng announced his retirement after losing the election and no longer served as the chairman of the plenary congress, Yan Jingyu could not start to implement political reforms after taking office like Wang Yuanqing at the beginning. You must know that Yan Jingyu did not have much real power at all during his tenure as vice president of the country. It is far worse than when Wang Yuanqing was the vice minister of the country. What's more, due to the interference of Ye Zhisheng and Shuai Yongkang, it is impossible for Yan Jingyu to arrange a few catties according to his ideas during the general election of the four. Reading the most salary cover festival on Zhan Bubble Book Concave just just mouth Yang Sun Zhao than the mustard base like a knife armor to the post. You have to make a political deal with that person. For example, the candidates for the head of the cangti substitute for the female staff, the chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the premier of the State Council have all been affected. In other words, it is impossible for Yan Jingyu to implement political reform after living in the Yuan Mansion.
After Yan Jingyu was elected, he elected Wei Yuxing, former chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, who was nearly 80 years old, as chairman of the plenary session. Former Finance Minister Si Jilin, who is over 70 years old, has been appointed premier of the State Council, Jiao Hangshan, who has worked in the State Council for the past years, has been appointed executive vice premier in charge of the daily work of the State Council, Liao Yuanqiao, a deputy from Guangxi, has been promoted to chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Pi Hanzong from the All-China Federation of Trade Unions has been appointed as a member of the most important financial and economic committee of the plenary congress.
At Ran Wei Yuxing's age, it is difficult to work until he is in his prime, and he may resign from the post of chairman of the committee at any time on the grounds of health. In this way, the most likely person to succeed Wei Yuxing is the chairman of the Political Consultative Conference, or a member of the Financial and Economic Committee of the Plenary Congress, and both of them are very young, and they were both promoted by Yan Jingyu. More importantly, in the selection of the premier of the State Council. Yan Jingyu did not compromise with anyone. Let Yan Shanglong do it for another term. Because Yan Shanglong was only in charge of diplomatic work, it was Executive Vice Premier Jiao Kuishan who actually presided over the work of the State Council. In addition, Bae Seung-yi also served as the vice premier in charge of national security in his capacity as defense minister. Although Shuai Yongkang, who was cultivated by Gu Weimin, is still the vice premier of the State Council, and he is the vice premier in charge of economic development, but when the prime minister and the other two vice premiers are on the same front as Yan Jingyu, he can't make a name for himself.
At the end of July, Wei Yuxing resigned as the head of the plenary congress, citing health problems.
In early August, Yan Jingyu and Yan Shanglong jointly nominated Pi Hanzong as the chairman of the plenary congress. Although everyone knows that this is a signal from Yan Jingyu to implement the second political reform. However, in the voting, more than ninety percent of the deputies voted in favor, while most of the rest abstained, and only less than the well-known deputies voted against.
In fact, Pi Hanzong is not just Yan Jingyu's person.
It can be said that the appointment of Pi Hanzong as chairman of the plenary congress is part of Yan Jingyu's political dealings with several major interest groups in China.
You must know that before Pi Hanzong entered the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and was elected as a representative of the National Congress, he successively served as general manager, executive deputy general manager, director of the personnel department and other important positions in several large multinational enterprises such as Sanjian Group, Zhongzhong Group, Ye Hong Group, etc., and also served as an honorary director and investment consultant of "Great China Bank" after leaving Sanjian Group. Prior to becoming a representative, Pi Hanzong held shares in these companies worth nearly $1 in total. Although according to the provisions of the "Measures for the Management of Personal Assets of Committee Representatives" promulgated in the year of Likou, before becoming a representative, Pi Hanzong must hand over all financial assets except cash to a designated financial company for disposal, and during his tenure as a representative, he must not participate in any financial activities. But no one will deny Pihanzong's ties to major interest groups. Arguably. Pi Hanzong is the spokesperson of the interest group, and he is the spokesperson who has received enough benefits.
The appointment of him as the chairman of the plenary congress can be regarded as a precedent.
In other words, Pihanzong was the first businessman to enter the decision-making level of the republic, or a politician with a merchant background.
You must know that before this, none of the leaders of the decision-making level of the republic had a businessman background, and even Premier Pang Xinglong, who was in power when Ji Youguo was in power, did not directly engage in business activities before entering politics. It can even be said that before Pihanzong, few of the leaders of the decision-making level of the republic were educated in liberal arts. The new address of this site has been changed to: Gangkou Yang... 8。 Please land on the Valve Mausoleum!
It can be said that Pi Hanzong's appointment as chairman of the plenary congress is definitely a sensation.
Pei Chengyi still remembers that on August day. That is, the day after Pi Hanzong's election, the news media of the Republic and even the world reported on this incident, and they all used the word "change" in their reports. In the eyes of many news media, this is not only a political change, but also an ideological change. To know. In the thousands of miles of history of the Chinese nation, especially during the period of the agricultural society of the eldest woman for more than four years, the merchant has always been at the lowest level of the society, even in recent years, with the strict reform of the republic, breaking many rules and regulations, the social status of the merchant has increased rapidly, and even once became the biggest beneficiary of the reform of the republic, but before Pi Hanzong, the merchant wanted to become a politician, and it was almost impossible to become a politician with a decisive position. In fact, even during the reign of the Governor of the Kingdom, it was difficult for businessmen to gain a place in the government. After Wang Yuanqing implemented political reforms, businessmen found a shortcut to politics, that is, to become delegates to the plenary congress. The problem is that in the first years, the percentage of businessmen elected representatives was not large. At the time of the year, the representatives of the merchants in the general congress and the representatives associated with the merchants accounted for only the total number of delegates, and when it arrived, the proportion was only suddenly. It can be seen from this that the difficulty of businessmen in politics is not only a historical and political system problem, but also an ideological problem.
The emergence of Pihanzong heralded the arrival of a new era.
It must be admitted that businessmen are not contradictory to politics.
Strictly speaking, Western civilization, represented by Britain and the United States, was able to rise rapidly after the Renaissance and in industry
Xiao Er has dominated the world for hundreds of years. It is very close to the mercantile tradition of Britain and the United States. It can even be said that it was the mercantile tradition that made Britain and the United States the most powerful countries in the world. You know, it was the fleet led by the island that helped Queen Victoria defeat the Spanish Armada back then. In addition, the United States was able to establish an independent state because it was dissatisfied with the suzerain's policy and led to the War of Independence in order to break the monopoly of trade of the East India Company. All in all. If the republic wants to replace the United States, in addition to carrying forward the essence of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, it must also get rid of some bad habits and learn to use the ways and methods of the Western world to deal with Western civilization.
Of course, Yan Jingyu's original intention was definitely not to improve the political status of recommenders.
In any case, the merchant group represented by Pi Hanzong could only gain more benefits by cooperating with Yan Jingyu. And so it goes. Pihanzong would have actively supported political reform. He even replaced Yan Jingyu to promote political reform.
In return for his actions, Yan Jingyu must seek benefits for the interest groups represented by Pi Hanzong.
Because the main purpose of the second phase of political reform is to replace indirect elections with direct elections and return the power that belongs to citizens to citizens, it is impossible for Yan Jingyu to be a citizen who helps interest groups to win votes when cooperating with interest groups. That is, in order for interest groups to reap the benefits. Yan Jingyu must start expanding abroad while pushing for political reform. Because external expansion was also the main feature of Wang Yuanqing's reign, and the republic already had the basic conditions for external expansion, Yan Jingyu was very active on this issue. In order to cover up the strategic intentions of the republic, it is impossible for Yan Jingyu to personally ask about relevant issues, so he will naturally hand over the work of external expansion to the Minister of Defense. The new address of this site has been changed to: just a mouth... 8。 Please log in to read the tomb!
It can be seen from this that in Yan Jingyu's team, Pei Chengyi has a pivotal position.
According to the evaluation of some Western news media, Pei Chengyi is the first defense minister of the Republic since Zhao Rundong to be able to speak up in major national decisions. Because Zhao Rundong only began to play a role in the later period of Ji Youguo's administration, that is, during the Fourth Indo-Pakistani War, many people believe that Pei Chengyi's achievements in the position of Minister of Defense have surpassed Zhao Rundong.
In any case, no one can ignore Pei Chengyi's influence.
Of course, the position of Minister of Defense is not so easy to sit in.
Although before being elected. Yan Jingyu promised to make Pei Chengyi vice premier of the State Council, and he also fulfilled his promise after being elected, but Pei Chengyi's main job is to manage the affairs of the Ministry of National Defense and solve problems for Yuan on foreign military operations and security issues.
As mentioned earlier, the republic was before embarking on the path of foreign expansion. You have to get the right direction.
This is also the main work of Pei Chengyi from the end of August after he became defense minister again in early August.
As with outside estimates, Pei Chengyi still focuses on the Middle East.
In his capacity as Vice Premier of the State Council and Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China, Pei Chengyi made a tour of a number of Arab countries, including Iraq and Syria, during which he discussed with the leaders of these countries the issues related to the establishment of the "Great Arab United Army", and received the active support of Iraq, Syria and other Arab countries.
In fact, before Pei's trip, the defense forces of Syria and Iraq had been integrated into one pill
At that time, the two countries were discussing the issue of reunification, that is, the formation of a coalition government on the basis of the central governments of the two countries. However, the Syrian and Iraqi authorities have not yet been unified in their views on specific ways and means, especially on the question of whether to integrate the legislatures of the two countries in advance, that is, the National Assembly, or to establish a joint parliament with legally binding capacity on the basis of the national parliaments of the two countries, and have not been able to make a major breakthrough in the negotiations on national reunification. In fact, the main task of Pei's visit to Baghdad and Damascus is to help the two countries resolve this issue. His suggestion was: Through the establishment of a legally binding United National Assembly, an open Arab confederation with Syria and Iraq at its core, in order to absorb other Arab states. Because other Arab countries will definitely be absorbed, and whoever can become the core will dominate the future of the Arab world, the Syrian and Iraqi authorities are interested in Pei's proposal. And at the end of that year, formal negotiations were held on the formation of a confederation.
It must be admitted. As defense minister, Pei Chengyi has a great talent for diplomacy.
In Yan Shanglong's words. As long as military-related diplomatic activities do not need to be bothered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they can be handled by the Ministry of National Defense.
Of course, Pei's strong diplomatic skills have also won him a lot of political capital.
When Du Qiwei was fighting for the leader of the Democratic New Party, Pei Chengyi Mao Jing entered the field of vision of the people of the Republic through several fruitful diplomatic activities, and with the cooperation of public opinion and propaganda, he was considered by many people to be the ideal candidate for the future state of the Republic.
It's a little too early to talk about this.
In the face of real problems. If Pei Chengyi wants to make a difference, he has to solve a very difficult problem that has plagued several governments of the republic, and that is the power struggle between the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff.