Chapter 852 Welcoming Policy Turmoil

The interim cabinet retains the basic framework of the previous cabinet, a move that ensures a smooth transition. People are like this, they won't mess around when they are not in a hurry, especially these officials, who pursue the word "stability" even more. This kind of thing is often a small probability event, and nine times out of ten people who do this will die miserably, and there are very few people who win the bet.

The changes in the cabinet were mainly in two departments, one was the General Staff Headquarters and the Navy and War Ministries under it, and the high-level personnel were basically purged, and those who were willing to leave were sent to a vacant position, and those who were unwilling to leave were elevated. There is also the Ministry of Taxation, the personnel of this department also focus on slimming, kicking out some people who eat idle meals, and supplementing them are some insiders, this move is understood by officialdom as Chen Ge Lao is going to make a fuss about the tax system.

As for the affairs of the army, no one will worry about it, that place is Chen Xie's confinement, he is in a day, no one wants to reach into it. At the same time as the two departments were being adjusted, the reorganization of the new army was also quietly proceeding. At this time, the issue of political party governance released by Chen Xie has shown its effect, and all the eyes in the country are focused on it, discussing and arguing about this, or busy forming political parties and other things. The reform of the armed forces, on the contrary, is not so conspicuous.

From the outside, the most energetic thing at this time is the mouthpiece of all walks of life, and all kinds of newspapers are staring at the topic of political parties in power, and for a while it seems that if the newspapers do not mention this topic, there will be no sales. Some people compare this with the past party struggle, and some people defend it, and "Ming Pao", as the largest newspaper in the Ming Dynasty, naturally did its best to speak for it. Interestingly, most private newspapers are also speaking for Chen Xie's ideas, and they have an absolute upper hand in public opinion.

From the inside. The reorganization of the new army was in an orderly manner, and the Daming Annan Town Guard Corps was set up, which was loaded on the ship and transported to the south of Annan for landing under the escort of the navy. The first, second, and third divisions were stationed in Nanyuan and a group of officers were replaced. After cutting a group of soldiers who took the initiative to retire, they were integrated into the Anxi Town Guard Corps, and the little-known Ye Dynasty was the governor of Anxi, and the troops were also sent to the Li (Western Regions), the fourth and fifth divisions, after the completion of the reorganization in Baoding, sent troops to Mobei, with Zheng Hao as the governor of Mobei, and herded horses in Beihai.

Six infantry divisions were settled. It's already the end of the year. The material and financial resources used are enormous, but the results are remarkable. After this matter was dealt with, the General Staff Department's dispatch of staff groups for the formation and training of the new army to various provinces became very smooth. In the past, the governors of the provinces who wanted to control the new army in their hands were honest, but Chen Ge was too powerful to wrestle his wrists head-on.

Before the end of the year, a new military establishment was introduced, and the former Allied Army (including Japanese and North Korean) stationed overseas. Unified and reorganized into the Ming National Defense Force. The number of the newly established army infantry divisions will be 20, and they will be integrated and reorganized on the basis of the new armies in each province. There were ten cavalry divisions. It is directly under the General Staff Headquarters. (Mainly based on the tamed Mongol soldiers, further weakening the strength of the Mongol kings)

The reform of the navy is relatively large, with a local fleet and an overseas fleet, and the local fleet consists of three major fleets, the North Sea Fleet, which is stationed at Lushun, Jiaozhou, Tianjin, Incheon, and other ports. 30 large and small warships, 55 other matching ships; The East China Sea Fleet is stationed in the ports of Houtei, Nagasaki, Sasebo, Naha, Kaohsiung, etc., with 33 large and small warships and more than 100 other ships; South China Sea Fleet. Stationed in Guangzhou, there are 16 large and small warships, and the rest of the ships are more than 30. The overseas fleet is larger, and it can even be said that it is the convergence of the main warships of the Ming Navy. Xinghai Fleet, Hawaiian Fleet, North American Fleet, Indian Fleet, Temasek Fleet, Australian Fleet, Suez Fleet, European Fleet. The size of these fleets varies, such as the relatively large Ruxinghai Fleet, and the large and small warships, with 30 cutting-edge and large warships, it can be said that this is a giant in this region, and anyone who comes can destroy him. The small Temasek fleet, which has only five 1,000-ton warships, is tasked with guarding the strait. The focus of this reorganization is still the North American fleet, which has been expanded from a small fleet to a large fleet that includes 15 2,000-ton warships and 20 1,500-ton warships. The commander of the fleet was Li Heng, the governor of Jinshan in North America, and the new governor of Jinshan, the largest and most prosperous colony in North America, was succeeded by Dai Zhiyuan.

The overseas fleet is a general term, and the fleets are not subordinate to each other, and in principle, they are under the unified command of the Admiralty, but now the means of transportation of the Ming Dynasty are too backward, and it is basically a situation in which they fight separately. No matter what is done, the overseas fleet has a total of 87 provincial capital-class warships (standard displacement of more than 2,000 tons including 2,000 tons), 132 state-class warships (more than 1,500 tons), and 240 light warships (less than 1,500 tons).

The Navy has a special Marine Corps, which is organized into six divisions, and the War Department is silent about this. In fact, in the Ming Dynasty of this era, the navy has the absolute upper hand, and the reason is that everyone knows that the navy can bring a lot of wealth, while the army cannot.

All expenditures of the armed forces in the establishment are arranged by the state in a unified manner and are separated from local finances.

According to incomplete statistics at the end of 1668, the number of ships with more than 500 tons in the Ming Dynasty was 20,800. It has become the world's number one maritime power, and at this time, Europe is still in the midst of endless consumption. After the end of the second war of the Anglo-Dutch War, the anti-British alliance was automatically dissolved, and the French Bourbon monarch Louis XIV was ambitious and opened the road to hegemony on the European continent At the same time, a fleet set off from Marseille, crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, and joined the provincial capital warship Xining of the Ming European fleet, bypassed the Cape of Good Hope, and entered the Indian Ocean.

On the 26th of the lunar month, Chen Xie delivered a welcome speech in the cabinet, formally proposing a unified tax system, the core content of which is the Ming Dynasty's local and overseas colonial provinces, and all tax departments are under the jurisdiction of the Ming Ministry of Taxation. The Ministry of Taxation will send tax commissioners to the provinces and overseas colonies to supervise the payment and distribution of tax revenues, each for a term of two years.

Another focus of the welcome speech is the compulsory education system, and the focus is that the National Assembly must pass the compulsory education law by March next year, and cooperate with the Ming Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education. To this end, the Ming Finance will set 35 percent of the annual budget for the implementation of this policy.

This is after Chen Xie's acting cabinet premier, he officially announced his specific ruling plan to the outside world. Fiscal allocations are tilted towards education. This signal seemed to be unusually strong, and it was also the focus of the Jingshi newspaper the next day. But smart people have quietly set their sights on a small system in the unified tax system, the tax package system. Well, this system is reactionary, backward, so it is only implemented in overseas colonies. There are many drawbacks to this. But the advantage is that it is convenient, and it does not require too much investment from the state. The biggest disadvantage is that the governors can use this system to enrich their own pockets, and it also gives some big businessmen an opportunity to take advantage of.

Of course, this tax package system is tentatively scheduled for five years. Then, according to the actual effect, it is decided whether to continue or not.

The biggest benefit of this system is that it will be next year. The financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty will reach 150 million yuan (Chinese yuan) in one fell swoop, and before that, the financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty barely reached 50 million. The extra 100 million in income was naturally shared among the colonies. In India, the annual tax quota is 25 million Chinese dollars, which is revised annually on the advice of the Commissioner of Revenue. Although the North American Golden Mountain Colony was not established for a long time. But next year it will also be saddled with a tax of 10 million yuan. Tiny Hawaii also pays three million a year in taxes. Even the Heroes Concession did not let go. One hundred thousand years. Poor places like North Korea and Japan still pay five million a year in taxes. This shows how vicious the ruling class is. Of course, the largest tax payment is still in Java Province, which is currently the largest trade volume in the South Seas, with an annual tax revenue of 30 million. The return of taxes in Jiangsu and Liaodong is the tax revenue brought by these two provinces alone. It is estimated to be as high as 18 million Chinese dollars. Of course, it is only expected, and it will actually wait until the end of next year.

Chen Ge temporarily formed a cabinet, and the bombs thrown out one after another, and the people who blew up were dizzy. For those with vested interests, there is a loss. But there is also the possibility of greater gains. On the whole, domestic interests will definitely be looted by Chen Xie's policy, and this is gone. Especially those big landlords, next year will definitely be difficult, Chen Xie will definitely have a hand to clean them up. The growth point of interests is mainly overseas, which is too obvious. If you casually compete for the right to package taxes in an overseas province, you can eat a lot of brains. Not to mention, the expansion of the Ming Dynasty's overseas colonies has been constantly advancing. It is a person who can see the huge benefits brought by it, and if he wants to wrestle with Chen Xie, he is looking for death, since he can't do it, he has to follow the baton of the cabinet. The reactions of all parties have invariably set their sights on overseas, which will inevitably open a new round of overseas expansion.

A newspaper called "Songjiang Express" in Shanghai County (Huating New District) focused on the interpretation of the new tax system of the cabinet, and finally summarized as: Compared with the previous cabinet policy, Chen Gelao's policy is embodied in one sentence, go overseas to open up! Under the influence of Ming Pao, the vernacular style of writing in the market became very popular in the press circles. Of course, the traditional literati don't like it, but they can't stand the needs of the market. Especially in places like Jiangnan, the style of private business is prevalent, and there are many literate people, and the popularity of vernacular has become fashionable. Even the Neo-Confucianism school has voiced the call that the traditional language is obscure and should be replaced by the vernacular. After this call was answered by the people, some members of the Diet made a proposal and are in the process of making a statement. According to the urine nature of the Ming Congress, this kind of proposal from the voice of the people will not be fruitful if it does not fight a verbal war for more than three years.

At the beginning of the new year, the eighth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Hui, a member of the Jiangsu parliament of the Baath Party, introduced a bill to ensure that girls have time to complete compulsory education in order to cooperate with the setting of the compulsory education bill. Therefore, it is proposed that the minimum age of marriage for girls is 15 years. That is to say, in the future, the law in the Ming Dynasty will stipulate that a woman can only marry at the age of fifteen. Jude, a member of the Shaanxi parliament of the Central Governance Party, jumped out to oppose it, saying that there are three outlines and five constants, and that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented. He even threatened that women should not be covered by the compulsory education system, and that the compulsory education system piloted in Songjiang Prefecture in Jiangsu Province was a common evil of cholera and should be banned. What else do you say that the parliamentarians in Jiangsu and Liaodong belong to the people who are fortunate enough to enter the Congress, so what kind of face do they have to put forward bills?

How do you say that? It looks like it is scolding the parliamentarians of the two places, but in fact, it is the past tense of the overseas alliance, and it also refers to Sang scolding Huai, who is old in the spirit of Chen Ge. The northwestern provinces have historically been strongholds of conservatives, while the coastal provinces have been the opposite.

Jude's words were regarded as stabbing the hornet's nest, and before the Jiangsu parliamentarians jumped violently, Zong Dehai, who was born as a pig guy in Liaodong, directly threw the hookah in his hand over, almost opening Jude's head. Zong Dehai, who was born as a pig killer, is now the largest pork supplier in Liaodong and the leader of the Liaodong Slaughtering Guild. This goods relied on the protection money collected from pork dealers to make a fortune, monopolizing the pork market in the big cities of eastern Liaodong. It is also the largest pork canning entrepreneur in China. After being elected to the council, he began to pretend to be a Sven, but the essence did not change much. The person he admires the most is Chen Ge Lao, without Chen Ge Lao, how can a pig killer enter the house? Become one of the holders of the right to make national laws?

This kind of person looks rough, but he is actually very shrewd, otherwise he would not be able to make such a big deal. Before Jude's words were finished, he guessed that he was going to Chen Xie, can he bear this? Jude was doused with water from the hookah, and naturally he was furious, and when he saw Zong Dehai who jumped up, he scolded: "He is a mother, he has no courage to bandits, and he hurts people with secret arrows." ”

As soon as the words fell, the Shanxi Gang took action, and six or seven boots were thrown over, and Jude smashed. Chang Sien, a member of the Baath Party led by him, shouted: "The thief of the country, who dares to frame the immortal achievements of the Ming Dynasty, will be punished by everyone." ”

Chang Sien is naturally the representative of the Shanxi Chang family in the Congress, and the Shanxi Chang family occupies sixty percent of the trade quota outside the mouth, and has always claimed to be the servant of Grandpa Chen. Political standing is like this, there are always a few people who can go shirtless. The positioning of the Shanxi Gang is very low, and I am afraid that Grandpa Chen will not look down on him if he is willing to be a thug. This kind of good opportunity, how can you miss it. So ten members of the Shanxi Provincial Council, each of whom took off his shoes and scrambled to Jude.

This action also triggered a large-scale rain of leather boots, and the parliamentarians of Liaodong, Jiangnan, Shandong, Zhejiang and other provinces took off their shoes as blades and smashed them into Jude, like a rain of boots. (To be continued......)