Jensen's telegram was finally sent, because after repeated confirmation, he finally believed that Yang Qiu would indeed visit the United States immediately after taking office, and he did not dare to guarantee whether the order would be made, but he felt that at this time, China and the United States, which had great complementary advantages, were close to each other, which would help solve the deep economic crisis of the United States.

President Hoover called back more quickly, asking him to make every effort to facilitate Yang Qiu's visit to the United States, reopen Sino-US trade to help the domestic economy recover, and of course finally said high-sounding words such as ensuring American interests in China. After this callback, in the face of the clamor of the American consortium in China, Jensen directly shifted the responsibility to the government of the Republic of China and let the businessman go to the lawsuit himself. Fighting a lawsuit with the Chinese government? Joke! In this country clothed in the skin of democracy, it is a **naked dictatorship implemented by someone through the hands of a party!!

In the face of the ambassador's 640 labor pains and pretending to be deaf and dumb, the American businessmen in China had no idea, and those who had a way began to find ways to recover some losses, and more simply laid off employees on a large scale. Didn't you freeze my funds? I'll get you hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers and see who can afford it! By the end of 1929, a total of 220,000 Chinese laborers had been laid off, accounting for 5% of the country's total number of workers, and this shocking layoff was also mistaken for the main cause of China's two-year depression.

But only a few people know that it was economic reform that really triggered the two-year depression! After sending a positive signal to the United States, Yang Qiu began to unswervingly carry out major surgery on the 15-year-old planned economy, and took advantage of the crisis to carry out major reforms and adjustments to the country's industry and commerce.

Next to the headquarters of the Chinese trade unions, a European-style five-story building with more than 40 offices handling disputes and affairs for millions of industrial workers across the country, is the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce Building, the most important social gathering place for the country's business community. On one side are the trade unions, on the other side are the factory owners and the capitalists, like this metropolis where the East and the West clash cultures, the old and the modern, are at all incompatible and yet need each other.

When Lu Bicheng's special car arrived at the sorority building, Chapter 640 was in pain, and the banquet hall on the second floor was already crowded with thousands of people. They were all bankers, Chinese business owners, and private business owners who had rushed back from all parts of the country and even from overseas in Nanyang, and the vast majority of them were the beneficiaries of the Kuomintang's pro-industrial and commercial policy over the past 18 years. Originally, they all had a patriotic heart. Carrying a large sum of cash, he rushed to the rescue of the market, but when he arrived, he was told not to do it for the time being.

This made everyone very strange, and they all asked what was going on.

"Madame is here."

The sound quieted the noisy hall, and a floral silk cheongsam was in his eyes. Lu Bicheng and Yan Xishan, who were draped in knitted shoulders and black hair pulled up to reveal a crisp white and graceful neck, walked in talking and laughing. The gentle and beautiful posture, the writhing plump buttocks, the gorgeous jade cheeks like begonias, the red cherry lips, the elegant smile and the full breasts make many people can't help but swallow their saliva secretly for this gorgeous talented woman.

I could only swallow my saliva, and I didn't even dare to stop looking. This woman with a clever smile that makes people hate to press on the bed immediately is one of the future mothers of the country! By the way, how many mothers of the nation can there be? When a few brainless guys in the corner were muttering secretly, Lu Bicheng had already looked around, and when he saw that Yang Qiu was not there, he asked, "Where is Chenhua?" ”

"The minister went to inspect the trade union next door and said that he would be late." Answering her is the boss of the Seeking New Group, Zhu Ziyao, a member of the Shanghai parliament of the National Socialist Party. Boss Zhu is now one of the few Chinese super-rich people in the country, and is said to be worth more than 1 billion yuan. Since being regarded by Yang Qiu as a key private enterprise, Qiuxin Shipyard has also developed from a small shipyard to now has three shipyards across the country. A large consortium involved in dozens of industries such as metallurgy, electronics, automobile manufacturing, and instrumentation and electrical instrumentation has also become an outstanding representative of industry and commerce in the country, so he is one of Yang Qiu's staunchest supporters.

Although there is Yang Qiu's support. But so many entrepreneurs present also have to admire that people are really capable. It has not only become a domestic industrial leader, but also one of the few entrepreneurs who attach importance to technological innovation in China, and even the mechanical power laboratory of Nanjing University is funded by others, and the group has hundreds of Chinese and foreign ship designers, engineers, technical experts, etc.

Lu Bicheng nodded, it was right to go to the union first. This reform is very strong and will involve the basic livelihood security of workers, so it is necessary to appease the trade unions first. Since Yang Qiu hadn't arrived yet, and she and Yan Xishan were both people who were used to running social scenes. Soon I talked and laughed with everyone.

"Ma'am, why didn't the minister let us bail out the city?"

"yes, I brought all the money."

"I received a telegram from Boss Miao, our Haihua Company has collected 50 million yuan for me to bring, and the second payment from Nanyang is almost ready." Several entrepreneurs who were close to Yang Qiu surrounded Lu Bicheng and Yan Xishan, and everyone wondered why they didn't save the market even though they had enough money. Lu Rongting resigned from the military after his death the year before last. Lu Yuguang, who switched to the business world, was even more puzzled: "Madam, why is it difficult to gather our strength to deal with a few foreign businessmen, why do you need the Ministry of Justice to make a big move?" ”

The friendship between the Lu family and the Yang family is not very deep, but Lu Rongting supported Yang Qiu without hesitation, especially the incident that led to the union with Yang Qiu, so Miao Luo has always cared for the Lu family, so he knew that Yang Qiu wanted to run an aluminum factory in Guangxi, so he asked the Lu family to invest in the purchase of equipment to build an aluminum plant, which could be regarded as paying off the personal debt of the year. With the aluminum factory and the booming export of the rubber industry, Lu Yuguang washed away the inaction in the army, and after restricting more rubber trees in Guangxi, he planted them in Hainan and Nanyang, and in the past two years, he also began to engage in palm tree planting.

Lu Bicheng glanced at him and said with a smile: "Boss Lu's tone is really big, a few foreign businessmen are 1.7 billion empty orders, and there are 4.2 billion US dollars in assets behind them." ”

The sentence "boss" made Lu Yuguang scratch his head in embarrassment. He can still be regarded as a boss in Guangxi and Nanyang, but after coming to Shanghai, he is really nothing. Not to mention Zhu Ziyao and Ba Yuzao, who are real bosses worth hundreds of millions, he can't compare with the advantage of people eating technical rice alone. What's more, there have long been rumors in the outside world that the Yang family's assets are likely to have exceeded 30 billion yuan, so they waved their hands again and again to let the real "boss lady" take back the title.

"Madam, is there any other reason why the commander-in-chief didn't save the city?" It was Su Xiaohu who spoke. After Su Hongsheng was paralyzed four years ago, he had to retire with the rank of lieutenant general, which caused quite a stir at the time. After all, even if his ability is not strong, it is very simple to go to the next level with the relationship between him and Yang Qiu, you must know that the gap between the general and the lieutenant general is not a word! After retiring, he replaced Su Hongsheng to take over the Sino-French Changchun Iron and Steel Plant and the North Korean Maoshan Iron Mine, and later joined forces with Zhang Zongchang, the plenipotentiary of the Republic of China and North Korea, to build the Huishan Copper Mine, and began to develop automobile and motorcycle manufacturing two years ago, and last year also entered the new field of instrument and electrical appliances.

In order to thank Su Hongsheng for his support and help, Yang Qiu resold all the shares of Changchun he controlled to the Su family three years ago. He also helped him get orders for Wehrmacht trucks and motorcycles. Now Su Xiaohu has become the big boss of Su's enterprise. The most important thing is that because he was one of the five division commanders of the lineage back then, he was very well connected in the army, plus Zhang Zongchang's tandem. Business is almost all over North Korea and controls its economic lifeline!

Su Xiaohu is not an ordinary person, so Lu Bicheng's tone is much more easy-going: "Saving the market is to take money to gamble, lose all your money, even if you win, it is just to increase some pocket money, do you really think that the United States will sit back and watch billions of dollars be swallowed up by us?" Even if you have scruples and don't interfere, you will hold a grudge. ”

"So what do we do now? Is it possible to bring the money back again? ”

"Think beautifully!" Lu Bicheng glared at Su Xiaohu, who was speaking, and looked at Yan Xishan. The latter smiled and continued: "The minister summons everyone. In fact, it is preparing to carry out a major adjustment of our country's economy! We are going to sell a number of high-quality state-owned factories, and we are also going to sell a batch of factories under my wife's name, so as to take this opportunity to carry out industrial upgrading. To put it simply, it is to cut down the old, poor, and less profitable ones, change the strong situation of state-owned factories, and realize the strategy of retreating from the country and advancing the people. ”

Sell state-owned factories? The country retreats and the people advance? Without waiting for everyone to absorb these amazing news and new terms, Lu Bicheng increased his tone: "Chen Hua said. A real national enterprise that is a pillar of the country must not only be able to make money, but also have its own technology. Investment in new technologies must be continuously increased! Britain, the United States and Germany are the best in this regard, and he hopes to take this opportunity to support a number of pillar enterprises and spend 10 years to make my country squeeze into the top four ranks of technological innovation! He asked me to bring you a message...... Oh? What words? As soon as everyone heard Yang Qiu's words, they pricked up their ears. But before Lu Bicheng could speak, a voice came from behind: "My words are that science and technology are the primary productive forces!" With the loud words, Yang Qiu walked into the venue with Gu Weijun and Yan Yuqiu. His arrival also made this industrial and commercial reception particularly unusual, until many years later, Zhu Ziyao clearly remembered that night and Yang Qiu's determination to adjust the country's industrial layout.

"Lan Qing has already helped me finish my words just now, and I am here to thank everyone in advance for not flinching after learning about the economic crisis. Instead, they all came to the rescue! This shows that our country is not only capable of solving its own economic problems, but also that you are truly conscientious national entrepreneurs! At the end of the words, the hall burst into applause, and the future is bright to be thanked by the future president! Don't sell some strength to applaud.

Yang Qiu didn't care about this kind of pomp, and beckoned to Yan Xishan. Take out the sales list that has been prepared and hand it out to everyone. "This is the list of factories that I negotiated with the president to sell after the economic adjustment, and each of you can compete for bids. But there is one thing I want to say earlier, where the state-owned factories above, the state still has to temporarily control the part, this is to ensure the rights and interests of workers, but also to prevent people from spoiling such a good asset. ”

The long list includes factories owned by several major consortia under Yang Qiu's name, as well as a large number of high-quality state-owned factories, including food processing, coal, cement, fertilizer, electronics, automobiles, tractors, home appliances and so on. Each of these factories is very famous, it can be said that they are currently the golden roosters that lay eggs, with good equipment, good technology, high output and large profits, so that many people drool, but they didn't expect that they would all be put on the shelves tonight! Everyone was excited, knowing that as long as one of them could be bought, it would be enough for many people to immediately enter the ranks of the rich.

Of course, Yang Qiu will not be stupid enough to sell core assets, these are basically marginal enterprises, which are additional products after the crazy expansion of China's state-owned capital in the three five-year plans, and the technical threshold is low. What he wants to ensure is electronic information, energy, military industry, electric power, railways, and other core industries that involve the national economy and the people's livelihood. What's more, even if these industries are placed in later generations, the vast majority of countries will implement state control over them.

He has carefully considered this major readjustment, and there is no debate about who is good or bad between the private and state-owned enterprises, but one thing is true, once the state-owned enterprises expand and transition, they will cause a decline in efficiency, and the bureaucracy is not to take advantage of the current industrial scale to strengthen the road of privatization, rather than like the later republics of the Republic of China. But he also knows that the road of privatization of the country and the people's progress is very difficult, and the various obstacles on the road have been proven countless times in later generations, despite the current excitement. But like everything that came before, he stubbornly walked down this path. I'd rather sacrifice for the time being than go on.

The matter left of Yan Xishan, the Minister of Commerce, took a large number of staff of the Ministry of Commerce to start registration and filing, and told everyone over and over again to remember Yang Qiu's famous sentence that "science and technology are the primary productive forces". Seeing that he was busy sweating profusely, Yang Qiu also smiled and nodded to him: "Good job." Brother Baichuan. I am discussing with the President that I am preparing to merge the two ministries of industry and commerce, and the Development and Reform Commission will also be abolished, and the development of industry and commerce and the national economy will depend on you in the future. ”

Yan Xishan felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart! At that time, he was really forced to abandon the military power in Shanxi, but there was no way to do the general trend, and later he once thought about contacting the old subordinates in the army. But in the face of the military system created by Yang Qiu, he was completely unable to interfere, and in the end he could only grit his teeth and step into the political arena. After the silver crisis, he became the Minister of Commerce, which can only be regarded as Yang Qiu's encouragement to support all walks of life in Shanxi. It is only after this sentence today that he has truly become the minister of the Republic of China, and it is no longer an ornament.

In addition to selling state-owned factories, Yang Qiu finally made a decision that after taking office, he would vigorously support the electronics, communications, shipbuilding, automobiles, logistics, instrumentation, metal processing and chemical industries, and promised to open up inter-city railways, electric power, chemical industry, petroleum smelting, ore mining, gas station construction, and dozens of other fields that only his enterprises and state-owned enterprises could set foot in.

It was an important night because it was not open to journalists, and most of the people present were vested interests. Therefore, the camera in Yan Yuqiu's hand recorded the events of the night of June 17, 1929, and also recorded the most important night on the road of national reform.

In the photo, Yang Qiu is wearing a black suit with his eyes focused. The waving right arm is firm and powerful.

The importance of this night cannot be explained in words, but can only be analyzed through sets of numbers. From June 18, 1929 to the end of February 1931, hundreds of non-important state-owned factories such as cement built in the three five-year plans were sold, and the seven major groups of Wuzhou, Chongqing, Hanyang, Jiangnan, Qinzhou, Haiwan and Huachen under the name of Yang Qiu were also cut in half, cutting off a large number of non-important industries such as truck manufacturing and tractors, concentrating on the development of future industries such as logistics, electronics, energy, petrochemical, large-scale metal processing, shipbuilding, military industry, aviation and engines, and using the money from the sale of factories to increase investment in science and technology. Recruit talents from all over the world. We have partnered with universities to set up hundreds of different laboratories.

The adjustment has also greatly boosted the domestic banking industry, with 22 banks across the country receiving government guarantees to participate in the adjustment providing a total of 4.5 billion yuan in loans to entrepreneurs who purchase factories, creating the largest financing operation in China's history. Moreover, many entrepreneurs attending the meeting have reached cooperation and share swap agreements due to insufficient funds and insufficient loan collateral. In just one year, more than 300 large-scale joint-stock enterprises with more than 5,000 employees were born in the country.

In addition to industry and commerce, agricultural reclamation companies, state-owned farms, agricultural product processing and other enterprises in various localities have also been affected by this wave of reform. Many enterprises with good assets and good product quality quickly came to the fore, while enterprises with low added value and poor quality were eliminated, and farmers began to selectively plant tea and other cash crops.

But the problem soon arose, as the number of workers in state-owned factories was often overstocked in order to solve the problem that employment was not preparing for future expansion. However, after privatization, no entrepreneur was willing to support so many people, so those with skills and abilities were quickly retained, and those without skills could only be laid off and unemployed with severance money. In addition, because a large amount of money was used to buy state-owned factories and went to the state treasury, banks could not issue too many loans to small businesses, so much so that it caused the largest monetary tightening in the history of the Republic of China! Tens of thousands of small factories with neither good assets nor technology were either merged or closed down, and by the time Yang Qiu came to power in 1930, the total number of unemployed workers in the country had reached 570,000!!

At the same time, agriculture, which grew explosively after the European War because of the expansion of territory and the acquisition of a large amount of new arable land, also declined because of the reduced growth space, and even if there were factories still producing tractors, the speed was much lower than before. The adjustment of value industry and commerce led to chaos, a large number of handicraft industries were also affected, and after the monetary tension and deflation, investment in aquaculture, forestry and mining all fell sharply.

The financial market also fell into a depression, as the Ministry of Justice intensified its investigation of financial crimes, the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) focused its eyes on favoritism in privatization reforms, causing the stock market to plummet, and worries about the economic outlook, which made the Shanghai Stock Exchange much more deserted.

In the end, when these entanglements broke out in a concentrated manner, the booming economy of the Republic of China came to an abrupt halt like hitting a wall, and the national economic growth rate fell from 5% in 1928 to 1% in 1929, and in 1930 it was the first negative growth of -5%.

The unemployed workers began to be dissatisfied, and the agricultural and forestry planting industries such as tea, silk, jute, and tung oil suffered heavy losses due to the loss of foreign trade orders. Because the parties who participated that night were all vested interests and received special attention from some people, the outside world vented their anger at the government of Li Yuanhong and Hu Weide for the declining economy and the unemployed and unemployed.

In this chaotic situation, Yang Qiu and the seven major groups under his name donated a total of 100 million yuan to set up the China Poverty Alleviation Foundation to purchase grain and daily necessities to help unemployed workers. At the same time, he also issued a personal proposal, hoping that the workers could temporarily put aside the labor contradictions at this moment when the external economic crisis was serious and the country was critical, and the people of the whole country would join hands to tide over the difficulties.

This kind of showmanship despises the few who know the inside story, but his personal prestige reaches its peak in a short time! The newspapers took the initiative to build momentum for his campaign, and many unemployed and peasants hoped that he would take over the presidency as soon as possible and lead everyone out of difficulties; even many unemployed workers who were protesting looked at him in the face and went home for the time being to live on government relief funds, while many people simply went home to work as farmers and waited for the economy to improve before going out to work.

Later, even Yang Qiu himself wrote in his memoirs that if it were not for the unique ability to support the small-scale peasant economy, he would not have dared to carry out major surgery on the country's economy during the economic crisis.

On August 1, 1929, Yang Qiu sent a proposal to the presidential office in order to make the privatization process smoother, to allow the market enough time to absorb the factories that had been sold, and to give farmers a chance to survive the transition to plantations. The proposal includes an immediate special subsidy of 1 billion yuan to encourage farmers to dig up old varieties of poor quality and low yields, and to provide door-to-door government subsidies based on the number of new varieties cut down and replanted. It is recommended to temporarily stop all imports of foreign goods! It is proposed to provide unemployed workers with funds for employment technical training, and encourage unemployed workers to enter technical schools for further study and use their free time to learn technology.

On August 5, 1929, the day the battleship Beijing was delivered for sea trials, Li Yuanhong, President of The President of the Republic of China, signed a presidential decree. At the same time, it was announced that the import of all foreign commodities except for resources and mineral deposits would be stopped from now on, that the development of national enterprises would be promoted to ease employment pressure, that 3,000 temporary technical schools would be built to increase the number of temporary technical schools, and that all unemployed workers would be provided with free technical training opportunities for half a year.

As soon as the news came out, the whole world was in an uproar...... To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )rq！！！