Chapter 15 Let It Be
Not only in the construction of his own team, Yang Xiaolin used this method to measure the performance of other government departments, he also adopted this standard. The so-called taxpayers are individuals whose income has reached a certain stage and whose taxes to the government account for more than 15 percent of their total personal income.
Yang Xiaolin gave these people the right to supervise the government, and his idea was to use democracy to supervise the operation of centralized power. He didn't know if this idea would work, and taxpayers only had the right to make suggestions and give points to leaders, and they did not have the actual right to recall.
Their scores and proposals only tell the superior that their subordinates may have problems in some aspects, and as for whether to remove them or not, whether the impact will affect their careers, these are just the leaders' reference opinions for their subordinates.
It's still that concept, you can speak democratically, and I'm still looking for a chance for you to speak, but I listen to what you say, and whether you do what you say depends on what I think.
Perhaps this kind of supervision is a little weak, and there will be all kinds of problems in operation, but Yang Xiaolin insisted on one point, and I will correct the problems if there are problems; no matter how bad this system is, it is much better than measuring political performance with 100% satisfaction. Asking for zero complaints, zero petitions, and zero errors, there are countless ridiculous stories that have been forced.
Yang Xiaolin believes that after a period of exploration, China will be able to find a path that is most suitable for China's development. His system is that I am not afraid of your mistakes, and if you are wrong, you can change it.
The system is like this, let's talk about women's rights, some problems are actually the best solution to let development, which he has already gained experience in the northeast, and this time in Beijing, the women's struggle is the same outcome.
When women began to ask to come out and work like men, the whole society seemed extremely panicked, especially people like Yuan Shikai, desperately trying to stop it. The quarrel between the two factions is very serious, and there is a great tendency to enact the war between democracy and autocracy.
But it didn't take two months. Some brave women finally got out of the house, and even the men encouraged them to do so. The small merchants and hawkers in Beijing are now half male and female, and there are basically no men in the second child of the hotel, and this position is completely lost, and women also appear in the factory.
The men really can't do anything about it.
Now factories are being built, roads are being built, and houses are being built everywhere in Beijing. As long as you can sell the strength to move the bricks, you can easily get a big ocean if you don't talk too much in a day. But when you come out to work, can't you get out of the stall at home? Not to mention that the stall can make money for food and clothing in a day. Let's just say that the market is so good now, if you don't show the stall for a few days, your stall will be gone! The old customers have also gone elsewhere.
There is really no way for men to discuss with women, I'll move bricks, you look at the stalls.
It's the same with farmers, now that their land is their own, although they make money by going out to work, they can't make the land waste, right? There is only a labor lady, you are tired this year. For the sake of this family. Let's save some money tomorrow and buy a tractor like that for our family.
Now it is only the wives of those working people who come out, and they are not the best of everyone. But when they go out, it means that this struggle is meaningless.
In the final analysis, this is a direct consequence of Yang Xiaolin's policy tilt towards workers. When he encouraged the establishment of factories. After creating a good environment for business to develop and putting the land in the hands of farmers, the labor market boomed throughout China, when people were needed everywhere to do things. Men no longer have a monopoly on all jobs.
In order to make their family life better, they must get women to come out and work as well. It is really easier for two people to earn money to support their families than to carry it alone.
Yang Xiaolin said. The hardest thing to satisfy in this world is women, who may not be long after they leave the house to pursue equal rights at work, then wage equality, and then equality between men and women...... When women do better than men in some areas, they are destined to fight for more.
Give it to them? Yang Xiaolin is really a bit of a contradiction, but then I think about it, this contradiction may not need to be solved by itself, it should have a process, maybe he will have retired by the time it breaks out, maybe this matter will be like the current result, and there will naturally be a conclusion.
The same is true of China's democratic development, which was shattered after this blow. The democratic momentum that has emerged in various places has risen and died out quickly. The Chinese people are very realistic, when Yang Xiaolin gives them the opportunity to work, when they are busy running around for their own lives all day long, who has the time to play democracy with you?
There were more than 10,000 people in the Democratic League in Guangzhou when it was founded, but now there are only more than 6,000 left, and I believe that if his policies can make the lives of the common people better, it is estimated that he should be disbanded immediately.
When Commander Yang went to Mr. Sun Wen and asked him what his views were on the development of democracy, Mr. Sun was very frank in saying that democracy must be implemented in China, because he firmly believed that democracy was the most suitable model for China's development.
But Sun Wen no longer wants to apply the Western model of democracy to China at once, as he did before. He said he was looking for a path, not a path of struggle with Yang Xiaolin, but a democratic path that was most suitable for China's development.
In other words, he is looking for Chinese-style democracy.
Mr. Sun actually praised Yang Xiaolin during the talks, saying that some of Yang Xiaolin's policies had been implemented quite well, and made a suggestion to Yang Xiaolin, that is, to build three railway lines, the first from Harbin to Kulun, the second from Kulun to Beijing, and the third from Chengdu to Beijing.
If these three railways can be built, China will form a railway trunk line running through the north and south, and the goods from Guangzhou will immediately be able to go to Nanjing, then to Beijing, and then to Kulen.
Although it will have to be changed several times, the benefits are incalculable, both economically and militarily. Yang Xiaolin immediately asked Sun Wen if he had any detailed plans. Sun Wen took out a plan book, which clearly stated the total length of the three railways, the area to be passed, and the difficulties that might be faced during construction. and how much it will ultimately cost.
This time, Mr. Sun finally didn't say that he was going to repair more than 100,000 miles in a few years. The total length of the three railways is more than 10,000 kilometers, and Mr. Sun planned to complete it in five years with cooperation with three countries. First of all, China's current railway construction conditions and technology are not perfect, and the cooperation with foreigners to build these three roads can speed up the speed on the one hand, and on the other hand, it will also train talents for our own railway construction.
As for the mode of cooperation, Mr. Sun Wen believes that the model of the railway that Yang Xiaolin cooperated with the Russians in the northeast is very good. Don't say anything to you, I'll sell it to you for many years, let's repair it together, we will share the money, and I will contribute manpower if you use your skills. The railroad is mine, and I will share the proceeds with you, and when you get back the principal and interest, I completely own the railway.
Yang Xiaolin is quite good at talking about business, that is, he was like the Russians some time ago, and the income from the railway from Harbin to Mukden was still counted to Lao Maozi by the end of the year. It is precisely because of his attitude that China's business environment is still good, Sun Wen said that there are many people who want to cooperate with China this time, as long as Yang Xiaolin nods. He will handle the affairs of the railway.
After Yang Xiaolin found out that Mr. Sun Wen really didn't magnify himself this time, he agreed, since you have done a good job of planning and drawing, you can do it.
Yang Xiaolin never thought that he was a man of God who could handle all the affairs of the party, government and army well. He needs someone to help him, like Mr. Sun Wen, Chen Tianhua, and Yang Du. Sheng Huaixuan came to do something for him that he was not good at.
Even Yuan Shikai, who was ousted by him, plans to use it again. Because there is one thing that must be Yuan Shikai out of the horse to be suitable.
The negotiations with Naokami Songyuan have slowly reached an agreement, and Yang Xiaolin can make concessions to the construction of the navy. Because his concept of naval development is different from that of Japan.
Japan is desperately building warships, and it is their aim to build strong ships and sharp guns. And Yang Xiaolin wanted to develop his own air force. When planes can be placed on warships, battleships can only be escorted. Also, the Chinese side has already launched a submarine of its own, and Japan does not pay much attention to this thing.
Although they sent many spies to get information about the submarine, when the Germans said that they could cooperate with them, they actually refused. The reason was that after investigation, the Japanese side found that the speed of the submarine was too slow after it was launched, and it would be difficult to escape once it was discovered by the opposing warship. And the speed of the battleship is much faster than the submarine, I will run when I see a submarine, you can't catch up with me.
In addition, the submarine was a closed unit in this era, and when it was launched, it was equivalent to being completely isolated from the outside world, and if it wanted to send a telegram, it had to surface, and it was independent when it was fighting, and it could not cooperate with the ships on the sea at all.
The Japanese side came to the conclusion that the British view of submarines was that this thing could not be helped, and it was not a dish to practice it alone. The British now have submarines, but they are all on British soil, to satisfy the wishes of those noble ladies who want to visit the bottom of the sea.
The Japanese were nervous for a while when Yang Xiaolin and the Germans were working on submarines, but then they were relieved because they didn't think it was of much practical use. For China, it may be more appropriate to put itself on coastal defense.
Little Japan did not know about the aircraft carriers and did not attach importance to submarines, and these two attitudes determined that Yang Xiaolin dared to make concessions to them on surface ships. However, how many concessions will be made will depend on what price the Japanese side is willing to pay.
It is impossible to form a state in the north of Indonesia that is subordinate to China, so that you can have direct control of China from Xisha Islands. However, they have promised to set up a province in what is now East Timor that is nominally part of Japan, but is in fact self-governing, and will not be handed over to China but to the international community.
This condition is quite satisfactory to Yang Xiaolin, the attitude of the Japanese side is already like this, and it is handed over to the international community, as for whether you can control China or not, it depends on your ability.
After some research, the Chinese side felt that it should immediately send a person to East Timor to meet with the local forces and the Chinese forces. But the problem is that after all, it is nominally a colony belonging to Japan, and the people who go there are too big to say that the Japanese will find fault, and Britain, France, and the United States will also agree, which is not in line with international practice.
However, the official position of the person who went there is small, and the locals do not regard you as the Chinese government, and the Chinese people will not listen to your arrangement. Yang Xiaolin thought about it for a long time and felt that Lao Yuan, the former president, was the most suitable for this errand.
In the name of tourism. (To be continued......)