After hearing Yan Shao's reason, the people present looked at each other.

When they learned that Iraq had oil, they finally understood Yan Shao's purpose.

For the emerging energy source of oil, the people here still know a lot. After all, the cars on the streets of Beijing are all fueled by oil-based energy, but the problem is...

"Is there really oil in Iraq..."

After being silent for a while, Huang Hao took the lead in speaking.

Among those here, his understanding of the importance of oil is probably second to none, and his knowledge of the importance of oil is probably second to none. In fact, as early as after the establishment of the Nationalist government, Huang Hao began to find a way to find the shadow of oil in the country, but so far there has been no success.

Now that he heard that there was oil in Iraq, Huang Hao was naturally a little excited.

"I'm not sure..."Yan Shao shook his head, he didn't dare to pack a ticket for this matter, although he had affected many things after he crossed over, but it was not much likely to affect the oil in Iraq, after all, the oil there had been stored for I don't know how many years, and he had only passed it over for a few years, even if it had more impact, it would not affect there, but this matter was a matter of importance after all, so he had to be cautious in his words, even if he was ninety percent sure, he could only say it

"Seven to eighty percent, after all, nothing is absolute..."Even if he is ninety percent sure, Yan Shao can only say this." But even if it's only fifty percent, it's enough for us to gamble. ”

Hearing that the certainty was only seven to eighty percent, several more conservative people frowned slightly. But for others, this is already a very high number.

But other than that. There were still many things to be confirmed, and it was not long before someone spoke.

"President, no one else will know about this, right?"

It was Liang Shiyi who spoke. And after hearing his words, both the more conservative people and the originally more elated people were stunned.

That's right, what if someone else knew?

And...

"Speaking of which, President, where is that Iraq..."With a hint of curiosity, Gu Weijun looked at Yan Shao.

throughout the conference room. Except for Yan Shao, he probably knows the most about the international form, after all, is he the minister of foreign affairs, if he doesn't even know the international form, he doesn't have to do this position.

However, even Gu Weijun himself has never heard of this place called Iraq. Naturally, he was very curious.

And after seeing that even Gu Weijun didn't know, the others also looked over one after another, wanting to know where this place was.

In fact, Gu Weijun still has a layer of worries in his heart, not to mention where this Iraq is for the time being. But compared to China, it will definitely not be close. Other words. At present, they are just a delusional idea about this place in Iraq, and what Yan Shao said just now is only hoping that through Guò's merits in the European war, he will obtain such a place as a colony in Iraq.

But the question is, what if there are other people who also know that Iraq has oil? If it's too far, the benefit doesn't matter to them at all.

To put it simply, it's completely out of play.

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Since even Gu Weijun, the foreign minister, doesn't know where Iraq is, let alone anyone else. But it is precisely because of this that people are curious.

Seriously. At first, they had never heard of it, and they were curious. But it's just curious. After all, there are many things they don't know about this world, especially when most of these ministers in the cabinet are old-school figures.

So even if they don't know, they don't find it strange.

However, when they heard that even Gu Weijun, the foreign minister, was not clear, the people present were completely curious.

Although Gu Weijun was still very young at this time, in fact, these people in the cabinet were still very convinced of his ability, after all, the negotiations with the Nationalist Government during this period were by no means small, and these experiences were enough for Gu Weijun to give full play to his ability. And the people who originally had a lot of complaints about Yan Shao's appointment also completely shut their mouths after seeing Gu Weijun's ability.

Now even Gu Weijun doesn't know where this Iraq is, they are really strange.

"Iraq..."After thinking about it carefully, Yan Shao walked to the world map hanging on the wall again. Due to the technical problems of this era, the map is not very beautiful, let alone detailed, but even so, it can be roughly depicted.

In addition, Yan Shao has been thinking about the problem of Iraq during this time, and he has been looking at the world map a lot recently, so he just rummaged on the map a little and found the location of Iraq accurately.

"Here!"

Pointing to the location belonging to Iraq on the map, Yan Shao looked at everyone.

"This is Iraq..."

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There was a sound of hula, Gu Weijun and the others, who were originally sitting in their respective positions, stood up one after another, and then came to Yan Shao's side to take a closer look, and even stable figures such as Song Jiaoren stood up.

Then following Yan Shao's fingers, they saw the location that Yan Shao was pointing at.

Iraq...

Since the map is not very detailed, Yan Shao only picked a general location and clicked it, but even so, the approximate location is still very clear.

"Here..."Frowning slightly, Song Jiaoren looked at Yan Shao. President, it seems that this is..."

"The territory of the Ottoman Empire..."Gu Weijun interjected, his face sinking slightly.

"That's right." Yan Shao nodded. "Because of this, I am sure that I can get this place, after all, if this war can be won, then the Ottoman Empire that chose the camp of the Central Powers is a defeated country, and as a victorious country, it is also a participating country, it is not too much for us to get some benefits from the defeated country..."

Hearing Yan Shao say this, everyone present was shocked.

"That's right..."Fu Xiuming nodded. If we do send troops. Then the British must give us some favor, such as the colonies............... If we had asked the British for their colonies, perhaps the British would have objected. But if we ask for it from the enemy, then the British will definitely consider it..."

"I agree with that." Li Liang nodded.

Although from the map, the area of Iraq is definitely not small, but there is no way, who says that it is someone else's territory. If it were an Englishman, let him cut a piece of flesh from his body and give it to his allies, he would definitely not do such a thing. But if it's a piece of meat from an enemy and gives it to an ally, then he's definitely willing, and the most important thing now is...

"Is there anyone else who knows that there is oil here. If yes............... Ordinary piece of meat, give it and give it, it is estimated that the British will not feel distressed, but this is a piece of Tang monk meat. If the British knew there was oil here. It's impossible to give it to someone else..."

"Please rest assured of this..."Yan Shao smiled, seeing that the people in the room seemed to be very interested, he was also very happy in his heart. I've been having people from the Secret Service supervise Iraq for a long time, and from what I've received so far, no one but me knows that there is oil there, and of course, that includes all of you there. Thank you for your understanding. In order to ensure that there is no problem with secrecy, the Special Affairs Bureau will conduct internal monitoring of you in the future. Make sure nothing happens that doesn't leak out..."

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Internal control, in fact, means that the secret service bureau conducts secret surveillance of people within the government. However, although it is secret surveillance, in fact it is a fact that is not open to the public in the national government, and almost all the top government officials are well aware of it.

Because of this, some people have protested to Yan Shao, believing that this is an act of dictatorship. Some people even went to Yan Shao and demanded the dissolution of such a 'spy' agency as the Special Affairs Bureau.

However, Yan Shao, who has always been very easy-going in other things, insisted very much on this matter.

In the end, when many protests were ineffective, these people could only endure with dissatisfaction. Fortunately, the surveillance of the Special Affairs Bureau is very secretive, and it is difficult to find the surveillance even if you deliberately look for it, so you can endure it.

And now, for the sake of such a heavy matter, they are willing to endure it.

At the same time, Yan Shao was also scanning the people in the conference room.

While looking at these cabinet members, Yan Shao also had a slight sense of wonder in his heart. Because the composition of this group of cabinet members is too complicated, needless to say, the original National Socialist Party, the earliest people to follow Yan Shao, nearly half of the positions in the cabinet are occupied by them, and if we analyze according to the existing form, since Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others also joined the National Socialist Party, at least eighty percent of the entire cabinet are members of the National Socialist Party, and the rest are the Kuomintang or other parties, and there are even one or two non-party personages in it.

And from the perspective of personal tendencies, there are both pro-British, pro-American, pro-French, and even pro-Japanese. Fortunately, the Soviet Union had not yet been established at this time, otherwise a pro-Soviet one might have been mixed in.

Qin Yingmei or France, this is actually very simple, first of all, there are some Qin Yingmei people in China, although there are not many, but there are some, as for the pro-French people, most of them are the original National Socialist people, Yan Shao once sent many people to study in France, and after these people came back from France, they naturally became pro-French people.

As for the pro-Japanese, the number in the cabinet is no small either.

However, Yan Shao is not worried that they will betray the interests of the country, although the pro-Japanese tendency is worth worrying, but it may not really become a traitor―――――― at least Yan Shao feels that as long as China has not reached the point of extinction, then pro-Japanese can only be pro-Japanese.

In fact, in the historical War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, many traitors did not even know where Japan was before the Japanese came.

And Yan Shao is not worried that they will sell this news, because since it can be put into the cabinet, it must be someone who has been thoroughly checked. Not to mention whether they will defect to the enemy in the future, at least not now.

It can only be said that pro-Japanese tendencies will increase this chance, but this may not necessarily be the case. And Yan Shao obviously has no chance of turning them into traitors, because he will not be able to let China perish at all, so far. Naturally, this will not happen. Even as the country grows stronger, the pro-Japanese tendencies of the pro-Japanese faction will gradually disappear, including other tendencies such as pro-American. There is a basis for this.

This is because, according to the report of the Special Affairs Bureau, since the victory in the Shandong Campaign, the admiration of pro-Japanese people in China for Japan has decreased a lot. Although there are many pro-Japanese people who believe that this is just the luck of the national government, and that there may not be such good luck next time, this is already a proof.

And Yan Shao is confident that the pro-Japanese tendencies of the cabinet will disappear completely.

However, this is a very long project, before it completely beats Japan. There is still a long way to go.

In addition, the problem of Iraq is very strict after all, although Yan Shao is not worried that they will leak secrets, but this matter is very strict after all. This is also the reason why Yan Shaohui sent a special bureau to come forward.

And Song Jiaoren and the others obviously also wanted to diverge Yan Shao's words.

Internal control?

Didn't Yan Shao know that internal control was already something that everyone in the interior was clear about, since he reiterated it again. That means internal monitoring next. It will reach a frightening point.

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Looking at the people in the cabinet who were there with high spirits, Song Jiaoren couldn't help but sigh.

He also understood what Yan Shao said just now, there are a lot of oil reserves under the ground in that place called Iraq. As long as it can get this place, then China at least does not have to worry about energy problems without exploring domestic oil.

But Song Jiaoren is the main peace faction, and in his opinion, if it is for some so-called interests, he will send young soldiers from China to the European battlefield. It's too...

So after taking two steps forward, Song Jiaoren couldn't help but want to speak.

Just before he could speak. Liang Shiyi on the side had already opened his mouth to ask.

"President, I don't know how much oil Iraq can have, and if it can get its hands on it, how much will it help the government financially?"

Hearing Liang Shiyi say this, the others also looked over.

Although the government has been developing smoothly in the past year, the problem of money is a headache. You must know that they earned more than 600 million last year, but they actually spent more than 700 million, this deficit is inevitably too big, if it weren't for Yan Shao's 100 million pound loan there, I'm afraid they would have begun to consider the problem of shrinking clothes and dieting now.

"It's big..."Yan Shao said. The oil reserves there will definitely not be less than Mexico, and I am sure that as long as we can get our hands on it, we will have at least a few hundred million yuan in fiscal revenue a year..."After speaking, Yan Shao continued. "Here I also want to explain, after a while, I plan to set up a Ministry of Energy, specifically to manage energy issues, such as oil exploration, etc., as well as to manage the exploitation of oil, and then as long as the oil excavated in the country, it will go to the state, not private individuals, and the income from the sale of oil will also go directly to the treasury..."

In Yan Shao's view, finance and energy are two key points that must be mastered by the state, among which it is unlikely that finance will be directly limited to state-owned. After all, now there is its own Yushi Bank there, and before the establishment of the Kuomintang, there were already many banks in the country, plus some foreign banks in China, it is not easy to completely control the financial industry, after all, China is a capitalist country, and there is no way to take some coercive measures in this regard.

However, Yan Shaozhi did not regret the matter of Yushi Bank at all. Although there is such a behemoth, it is almost comparable to the Bank of China. But at that time, it was the time when the government was most short of money, and Yan Shao was always asked to use his own money directly to the government, which would inevitably lead to some public and private chaos, and it was also unbeneficial to the whole country.

But finance also needs to be controlled, because Yan Shao knows very well how much disaster it will be for the whole country if the financial industry gets out of control.

Therefore, he plans to introduce some laws to impose some restrictions on domestic banks, so that the state has a certain ability to control it, so that even if finance cannot be directly controlled, at least there will be no major problems.

But energy...

Later generations know very well that mastering energy is equivalent to mastering the world. The role of energy is too important to be left in private hands.

So from the very beginning, Yan Shao had already decided to nationalize the domestic and Iraqi oil, so that at least there would not be too many problems.

What is particularly important is that oil is still very fresh in China, and there is not even a single oil well in China at the moment. Then the domestic restrictions will also be very small, and the obstruction that will be encountered by nationalizing oil can be said to be almost non-existent―――――― how many companies in China at the moment can have the ability to go to Iraq to extract oil? There is only one Yan Shao's Yushi Group, and since Yan Shao doesn't do this, the others are naturally even less qualified.

Hearing Yan Shao say this, the others hesitated for a moment and agreed.

Although one or two seemed to don't want to agree, seeing that everyone else agreed, they naturally had no choice but to agree.

And Song Jiaoren, who originally planned to persuade Yan Shao and hoped that he would not send troops to Europe, retracted his steps after hearing Yan Shao's words. Looking at Yan Shao, his eyes were also full of appreciation.

Because he knows very well that if Iraq really has oil, and if it can indeed go into China's hands, then the help to China will be absolute.

In this matter, the only thing that will hurt the interests of the Ottoman Empire is probably only ......... Yan Shao... (To be continued......)