Chapter 473: The Finale The Great Era
"This is the planning map of Xi'an." Liu Jiwen, who had just been urgently appointed as the mayor of Xi'an Special City and the director of the Xindu Construction Committee, respectfully showed Wang Zhenyu the Xi'an urban planning map that the entire committee had worked hard for half a month to design. This Liu Jiwen is the same age as Wang Zhenyu, and he is also a very famous figure in the history of the Republic of China, holding a number of first records, such as the first mayor of Nanjing City of the National Government, Song Meiling's first boyfriend, and so on. However, in Wang Zhenyu's place, Liu Jiwen's official luck is not very good, although he is Gu Yingfen's son-in-law, but this father-in-law is not very mixed in the national government. Because he ascended to the throne earlier than in history, Sun Wen's reliance on Gu Yingfen was greatly reduced, and Gu Yingfen's rank has always stayed in the position of the head of civil affairs of Guangdong Province. However, there are pros and cons in everything, and Seon knows whether he is blessed or not. At least this time against the arrest of Sun Wen's family, Gu Yingfen successfully escaped, not only that, but also because a large number of middle and high-level cadres were purged, Sun Wen, Wang Jingwei, Lin Sen and other original leaders withdrew from the historical stage. As a result, Gu Yingfen, who had been standing aside for a long time, became a member of the presidium of the Kuomintang together with Hu Hanmin, Liao Zhongkai, Xie Zhi, and Zou Lu, and called the five bigwigs, and the Kuomintang also adjusted its party policy immediately after Sun Wen's resignation, and they chose to participate in the new federal election in the future instead of playing violent revolution, which is the result of the resolution of the five bigwigs. And Liu Jiwen's ability to enter Wang Zhenyu's eyes also came from the strong recommendation of his father-in-law, who had just gained power, and Wang Zhenyu was indeed lacking in talents, so he was happy to give Gu Yingfen, the Kuomintang upstart, a little face.
Liu Jiwen, on the other hand, was flattered; because his current post is deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Rural Reform Commission, he had the privilege of attending the discussion group in Nanjing, and he knew that once the federal system was truly established, the future provincial-level organs would be the battlefield of the game of various parties, and at the city level, it would be the battlefield of the game of various local forces, and the only special cities that the federal government with national defense and foreign affairs powers could directly control were Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing, Xi'an, Chongqing, and Anjiang.
In particular, after listening to the discussion on the issue of the capital, Liu Jiwen got an important message: the future federation may have more than one capital, and the situation of three capitals juxtaposing as an administrative capital, a cultural capital, and an economic capital is likely to appear. Due to its unique geographical location, Xi'an is likely to become the administrative capital of the future federation, where the federal parliament and the federal central government will be located. In other words, the special city where he is the mayor is the most important of the seven special cities, isn't the one who the eldest husband wants in the world to have a successful career? Liu Jiwen went from being a member of the Kuomintang to a supporter of Wang Zhenyu almost instantly.
"Ji Wen, this planning map is very good, very attentive" Wang Zhenyu did not forget to praise the hard work of Liu Jiwen and others, "but it is still not enough, Xi'an will be the administrative center of the new Chinese Federation in the future, in addition to the retro architectural style, many modern elements to be added." ”
Liu Jiwen was dumbfounded when he heard this, this design pattern was something that he tossed out for a week with many famous planning and architectural experts, if it didn't meet the standard, he really didn't know how to meet the standard, so he had to whisper: "This is presumptuous, please make it clear!" ”
In China's officialdom culture, the more foggy the superiors speak, the more you have to pretend to understand, this is the rule, you have to be stupid to ask the leader to explain, then you will be the official to the end, fortunately Wang Zhenyu is not this kind of leader who should be struck by lightning.
"There are a few points, I casually mention them, you can make up your own mind if it doesn't work. If this new capital is the same model as Nanjing and Wuhan, it will not be called new, it must have its own characteristics, and it must also have a long-term vision. ”
Wang Zhenyu stood up, looked carefully at the design and planning drawings spread on the table, and said: "Specifically, the first point, where are the functional points of the city that we should pay attention to?" The future role of Xi'an, or Chang'an, is to be administrative, and the future Federal Assembly, federal government agencies, and federal military command organs will all be here. Then the first thing we want to ensure is the safety and livability of this area, the road should be wide, and all kinds of facilities should be complete. This requires us to have a concept, what concept? The population idea of the city. When the population is large, no matter how many facilities there are, it will not be available, but when the population is small, urban development will become a problem again. Then there is only one way to solve this problem, and to build satellite cities, with a large number of satellite cities near this main functional area. For example, the supply of vegetables, fruits and agricultural products in the city is first concentrated in that area, the transportation hub is transferred in that area, which satellite cities can be used to build residential communities, which satellite cities are used as business centers, and so on. And then how do we connect these satellite towns, trams or subways? What will be the size of the city's population in the coming decades? A million or ten million, that's what we have to think about. Therefore, Chang'an should not only be as big as Xi'an City, but also include the surrounding Xianyang, so this plan should be redone. In addition, urban areas should also consider medical care, health, culture and education, and should take into account the travel and life of residents, and the mayor should not only be an administrator, but also take care of the lives of children like parents. Ji Wen, if you have this idea clear, your work will definitely be easy to do next. ”
Liu Jiwen nodded again and again after suddenly realizing it......
After sending Liu Jiwen away, several main responsible persons for the army's reform and design work were already waiting at the door. Wan Yaohuang, Li Zongren, and Xu Yuanquan were the main responsible persons in the design of the military reform this time, and many plans for the army reform were drafted by the three of them and then submitted to Wang Zhenyu. This draft has been revised many times, and the three of them feel that it is almost the same, so they sent it over, and if Wang Zhenyu thinks it is okay, he will send it to the political system research group for discussion.
Wang Zhenyu took the plan and looked at it carefully, there was no way, the biggest foundation of his handsome man was nothing else, that is, the million-strong army under his command. After reading it, Wang Zhenyu threw the plan on the table, shook his head and said: "You still don't understand what I mean, this time I really plan to nationalize the army, so I won't do the unpopular thing that Wuhan overtook Nanjing in the past." Don't be unconvinced, think about it, why does the Kuomintang want to bring us down again and again? It is because they think that our system is unreasonable, and if the system is acceptable to everyone, then we can talk about peaceful compromise politically. In the future, when the new federation is established, the historical positioning of the army can no longer be a revolutionary army or Wang Dashuai's private soldiers, but should be the country's army, and the object of their allegiance should be all the people, not my Wang Zhenyu, otherwise if Wang Zhenyu dies, the army will not be chaotic, so the fundamental purpose of the nationalization of the army is to solve the problem of what the army is fighting for? ”
Wang Zhenyu pointed to the plan on the table and said: "Look at your plan again, there are still a lot of things that should be revised, first of all, the setting up of the military committee, this body is not needed, after the nationalization of our army, there is no need for a chairman, the president is the head of state is the supreme commander of the army." The civilian Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the military rank will be set up below, and the army will still exist as an independent system, and it is still up to the Ministry of Defense to decide whether to fight or not, and the General Staff to decide how to fight. On the whole, there has not been much change, except for more favorable treatment and the absence of compulsory military service in non-wartime or overall war mobilization status, everything else is the same as in the past. The only thing to change is to abolish the Political Department, since it is a national army, as long as daily patriotic education is carried out, there is no need to always brainwash soldiers for that one leader, so that officers and soldiers have the ability to independently judge major rights and wrongs is the ideological basis and the greatest guarantee for the nationalization of the army. Since the power of the Central Military Commission is divided into two, then the power of the Ministry of Defense will also be increased in the future, at least the military intelligence system will be assigned to the Ministry of Defense, but on the issue of military intelligence, my idea is to divide it into three, in the military system, the Ministry of Defense, the General Staff will each set up a military intelligence bureau, the navy, the air force, and the army will set up independent military intelligence services. At the federal level, our federal government wants to establish the FBI at the judicial and national security levels. In addition, I am considering further strengthening the supervision of the armed forces, but at the same time ensuring the secrecy of the armed forces, so I will set up the Ministry of Armaments and the Joint Logistics Command of the three services in addition to the National Defence and the General Staff, which will be subject to the direct supervision of the future Federal Assembly. ”
Wang Zhenyu paused and said: "The division of military branches should also be changed, and my idea is to set up an air force, navy, and army in the future." At present, the Northeast, Northwest, and Mongolian Frontier Guards can only be placed under the army system and directly under the leadership of the General Staff Headquarters. It was enough to keep the standing army at thirty divisions, and one division in each province was sufficient. The size of the security forces will be reduced, some of them will be transferred to the local police, and this will be handed over to the localities, and the security forces will be renamed the National Guard, and they will be stationed in the provinces, with a maximum of 5,000 personnel in each province, and they will be deployed and supported by the provincial government in non-war times, and the personnel relations will be in the center. The railway construction corps should also be reformed, and those who are willing to transfer to the local railway companies will go to the localities, and those who are unwilling will go to the Northeast Construction Corps. ”
Wan Yaohuang plucked up the courage to interrupt Wang Zhenyu's words: "Marshal, if you follow your line of thinking, then many departments will face layoffs, this, this ......"
Wang Zhenyu smiled: "There are not many soldiers in the army, the army is definitely going to be downsized, and our strategy in the future is to go out, so the investment in the navy and air force will increase, and the army that is willing to transfer to the past can sign up to participate in the construction of the new navy and the new air force!" ”
Everyone nodded for a while, no way, now Wang Zhenyu is the biggest, what he says is what it is.