A few days ago, the decision of Army Commander Brigadier General Chen Lai-wen to deal with the unrest of the emigrants in the fleet did not cause much turmoil in both houses of the National Assembly. With the exception of a handful of members of the House of Representatives who clamored for the Army Command to execute the rioters without the authorization of the Cabinet of Ministers and the Ministry of Defense, almost even the Cabinet General Qi Jianjun privately acknowledged the military's decisive measures.

Because compared to the affairs of Congress and the government's cabinet itself, such a small thing is not worth everyone's energy at the moment.

Leaving aside the long-standing dispute over several pieces of legislation, the audit of the 1622 budget, which began in November, has been going back and forth between the cabinet and the House of Representatives led by Qi Jianjun, with no formal results.

Qi Jianjun and other cabinet members who have revised the budget plan several times have been emaciated to the extreme, especially Zheng Quan, who has retired from the military and become defense minister, has seen for the first time what kind of nonsense the gang of men, women, and children in the House of Representatives has been entangled, and it is still incomprehensible to the fanaticism of "picking bones in the egg."

In view of the fact that in 1621 the expenditure on defense affairs had reached an outrageous level, the new House of Representatives of the new Congress almost overwhelmingly rejected several versions of the budget proposed by the cabinet [Cabinet Minister" Qi Jianjun. The main point of contention is that defense spending is still outrageous in their eyes, and secondly, the budget items made to maintain immigration spending.

For the so-called Ming Dynasty immigration plan that has not been skimmed yet, even if the party Yan Xiaosong is currently running in the far east without a word, and the young people in the House of Representatives are looking forward to the news for three days, but several people, including Liu Lao, the chairman of the Senate, and Qi Jianjun, the general manager, are a little mysterious, as for how much immigration budget is appropriate, basically everyone has their own opinions.

In 1621, the country's GDP was roughly calculated at $11.5 million, and the fiscal revenue, including corporate taxes and dividends paid by the Big Four, reached $2.8 million. Fiscal inputs are extremely extreme, almost entirely dependent on trade exports to Europe, and the consumption base of the domestic population is so small that the domestic consumption tax generated is almost negligible.

Even though Shi Wenbo, the former head of the Community Economic Management Committee, and Liu Xin, the current Minister of Finance, took precautions to formulate a temporary tax system at the beginning of European trade, the main force of the current fiscal revenue is inevitably the production, circulation and export chain composed of European trade as a link.

And the expenditure in 1621 was extreme. Since the establishment of the community council financial settlement system in February, the related expenditure on military defense has reached 700,000 US dollars, accounting for 50% of the annual expenditure! In other words, the total number of military forces at that time was only more than 100 people, and the average person spent nearly 6,000 dollars on their heads! The second is that the expenditure on industrial and agricultural infrastructure has reached $500,000, and the total expenditure on health and education is less than $200,000.

Of course, the vast majority of military spending has become the research and development and production of military equipment, and the national military production has been a big pit from the beginning.

The shipyards of Shi Yige and You Qi were not fuel-efficient lamps, and none of the enterprise-level shipyards were less than $150,000, which was due to the fact that most of the junior labor was produced by cheap Okuchi indentured slave mechanics or Indians.

Well, even if the state also receives tax revenue in this process, after the implementation of the law on the privatization of state-owned enterprise assets and shares, in addition to a few hundred kilograms of gold, the balance of the treasury on the books is less than 500,000 US dollars, and almost all of it is invested in the state-controlled central bank equity, otherwise the central bank is all privately controlled by hundreds of capitalists is not a situation that everyone wants to see.

The various causes and consequences that followed were made the 1622 state budget particularly cautious. The first thing to hit is the defense budget spending. …,

According to Zheng Quan's plan, the formation of the foreign infantry battalion will be completely completed in the first half of 1622.

The Army has invested in the replacement of the latest Type 22A rear-loading rifles: the research and development of the Army's artillery equipment has also reached the final critical stage: the first phase of construction must be completed for the basic defense works at several important locations on the outskirts of Manchester City: the navy, the daily maintenance of the four enterprise-class light cruisers must be guaranteed, and if possible, the three light cruisers of the 1,200-ton enterprise-class enlarged version of the "Republic", "Exploration" and "West Point" must also start construction by the end of the year at the latest, and the recruitment and training of naval officers and men must also be forward-looking. The pre-research funds for the future 1,500-ton "Constitution" class sail light cruiser cannot be delayed: the North Bay fortress on the northern coast of Long Island needs to be started as soon as possible, and the construction of a naval base is also imminent

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All in all, the defense budget for 1622 was at least $1.2 million! In 1622, the general budget expenditure was told to be kept within $2,500,000, because no one could guarantee that there would be no surprises in the European export trade.

The new universal health security system still needs to be invested, the construction of the Duman urban area cannot be stopped, and the Ming Dynasty's immigration budget must be guaranteed and the call for more spending on education and scientific research is even more financially constrained. If it weren't for the fact that the social welfare group is still extremely limited, it is estimated that the day of Yin's food will inevitably come earlier.

On December 31, 1621, the Cabinet, the Senate, and the House of Representatives all had the greatest expectations for the last congressional budget hearing of the year, and even the country's supreme mascot, President Chen Yuanyuan, was present.

The temporary venue for congressional hearings is currently limited to the small hall of the former community council. Nearly 100 people crowded on rows of small stools, waiting for the government's cabinet budget to be presented.

Without waiting for Zheng Quan to make a budget explanation, he unilaterally took the initiative to reduce the construction plan of the 1,200-ton "Republic" class light cruiser, turning three into two: cutting half of the research and development funds for the "Constitution" sail hybrid light cruiser, adjusting and shrinking the construction plan of the North Bay Fortress, extending the construction period of the naval base, and finally, the defense budget was set at $950,000.

The municipal infrastructure budget has also been reduced to $600,000 for health and education and research, and $300,000 for immigration $500,000......

The meeting lasted from morning to dusk, and finally, the $2.5 million limit for the 1622 government budget was divided up, and as the House of Representatives and the Senate completed the final approval vote, Liu Lao couldn't wait to beat his hammer in excitement to announce the announcement of the budget.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the toss of such boiling oil exhausted government officials and parliamentarians who had never experienced such tedious and elaborate work before, and also had a hard experience of the so-called "people" main agenda.

Tired is a little tired, but many of the young government officials and members of the House of Representatives have a complacent expression on their faces after hard work, and they cannot be satisfied with their ability to participate in government.

The only unhappy person was probably the Minister of National Defense, Zheng Quan, who had endured his feelings from beginning to end and did not say a word, was blocked behind his desk by the two army and navy commanders as soon as he returned to his office after the meeting.

Compared with the basic changes in the army budget of 16222, the annual budget allocated to the navy by Commodore Wang Tiehammer, commander of the Navy, was the biggest victim of the annual defense budget, and only 580,000 yuan was allocated to the navy. Not only did the construction of three new ships become two, but even the long-awaited development of the "Constitution" sail light cruiser was delayed from one year to two years.

"Enough!" Zheng Quan finally got angry, smashed it on the desk in a flash, and then angrily flipped out a few pages and threw them in front of Wang Tiezhu. …,

"See for yourself! Not to mention the Republican class, how much does an enterprise-class cost, $150,000! How much is the annual maintenance fee for an enterprise? At least $15,000! How much does a shell cost? Old dollars! The salaries of officers and soldiers, the half-day training, the construction of naval bases, which is not the same as flowing water! Can I help you make money?! ”

Zheng Quan looked at the army commander Chen Liwen, who had nothing to do and came to join in the fun, and nodded weakly on the table: "The first phase of the peripheral army defense project was knocked out by the state-owned construction engineering group and the building materials company 100,000 In order to put into production the 22A rear-loading rifle in March next year, Jiang Zhaolong and Lin Youde, the two old liars, have let us smash nearly 100,000 one after another. The price of a 22A rifle is 80 yuan, and the first start order cannot be less than 1,000 bullets and order 50,000 yuan, one dollar per shot! The two service commanders were stunned and burst into anger.

"A bullet for a dollar?! I'll him, why don't they rob it! Do you really think of yourself as a capitalist?! Chen Liwen finally roared, and the undignified image of the brigadier general frightened several European female secretaries who were still working overtime in the office of the Ministry of National Defense.

Looking at the indignant looks of the two old subordinates, Zheng Quan calmed down a lot, and said coldly: "But I heard that both of them have shares in General Industries, North Industries and Shipyards......"

The atmosphere was cold, and the two service commanders looked at each other, and then both sighed and walked out of the Ministry of Defense office.

On New Year's Eve, at the Phantom Bar in the south of Manchester City, the directors of General Industries and North Industries were celebrating in a small private room.

Jiang Zhaolong, chairman and chief consul of General Industries, opened a bottle of imported European wine with a smile and filled it with several major shareholders of the two companies present.

"Mr. Jiang, since the business is so good, why don't you give everyone a bonus during the Spring Festival?"

issued by the Ministry of Commerce and the State-owned Import and Export Group, exported to Portugal, the Netherlands, Spain,

England and Denmark had almost all orders for arms in the country, and after August 1622, the weapons rearmament plans of their own armies were not far from ten, and the orders for the manufacture of machinery and tools from several major enterprises were so large that they did not have time to deal with them. The future benefits are already evident and the directors are happy.

Even Dong Jiunan, who had been complaining about the privatization of capital before, was very interested because he wisely entered Jiang Zhaolong's shares. In addition to the state-owned construction engineering group he was responsible for, Dong Jiunan also became a minority shareholder in several enterprises at the same time, among which Jiang Zhaolong's General Industrial Company had the largest shareholding.

"You need something in return, but I want to talk to you today, let's look a little further and continue to expand in the coming year to consolidate our corporate strengths. Mr. Lin and I used to be old colleagues, and now we work closely together, which can better ensure everyone's interests! ”

Jiang Zhaolong held the wine glass and saluted Lin Youde slightly, but his mind was full of thinking about how to carry out the monopoly to the end.

"What if the state enacts legislation to prohibit monopoly in the future?" One shareholder couldn't help but mutter.

"Don't worry about it over the years, the policy will last for at least two terms, and even if there is any anti-monopoly law at that time, it will not be able to shake our natural advantageous position." Jiang Zhaolong shook his head proudly, as if he was in his chest, "No matter how the Congress changes in the future, the foundation is still in our own hands." "Some time ago, Nadi Zugong has been clamoring in the House of Representatives for the introduction of a "Labor Security Law", requiring a sword and a working hour system. Dong Jiunan hesitated for a long time, but still expressed his opinion, "It's all my own brother, he has been looking for me, and he wants to get support in the Congress." If there is such a method, then Mr. Jiang, it is not difficult to complete many orders there? ”…,

"Do you think the whole Congress is full of apologists like him? What parliamentarian and official does not have private investment in various enterprises, is he an exception? Lin Youde stood up with a smile and looked at the former captain of the construction team, "Mr. Dong, you are now also the boss of a large state-owned group."

At what height a person is, he must have a matching vision and thoughts, otherwise he will always lag behind the pace of the times. How did Su Zining persuade you in the first place? No matter what the country does, whether it is a state-owned enterprise or a private enterprise, we are all in the same boat, and working together to share benefits is the only way for everyone to move forward. Lin Youde's words immediately caused several people present to nod and echo.

When I think of myself as an ordinary dock worker, I am perhaps most concerned about these labor security regulations. Although the regulations were only superficial most of the time, Dong Jiunan at least believes that it is also a nominal respect and protection.

The figures of those European-American mechanics or Indian hired workers who worked at least 12 hours a day appeared in his mind, and Dong Jiunan seemed to see himself and his co-workers a long time ago. Under the scorching sun and cold wind, in order to support himself and his family, he was exhausted from work, and he had to face all kinds of difficult wage arrears, and he had to endure unexpected work-related accidents at any time, and then spent his golden years silently.

Dong Jiunan looked at the desktop blankly and didn't say a word for a long time.