It's time for 730 to plan for the post-war period

Beijing. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

The Prime Minister's Office, brightly lit.

Since the beginning of the war, this East-meets-West courtyard building has been the focus of attention of various countries, and with the successive victories of the army, it has unwittingly upgraded to become a diplomatic and international political center leading Asia and the world.

Recently, there is an alias here, Donghua Garden.

The name comes from a German journalist who interviewed after the Battle of the Gulf of Panama, and the transcript of the interview he sent back home begins with this paragraph. "More than 20 years ago, it was ruled by an aging empire, and more than 20 years later, it is one of the four centers of the world, and a sneeze in this beautiful little garden can make the world feel the chill.

Because it is located on the east side of the ancient imperial palace, it is the heart of the Chinese people in the world, so I call it, Donghua Yuan. ”

Since then, the name of Tung Wah Garden has spread in Europe and the United States, and Downing Street in the United Kingdom, the White House in the United States, and Sanssouci Palace in Germany are called the four major political centers in the world.

Tang Shaoyi, who was sitting under the lamp and reading the report carefully with glasses, was not satisfied with the name, not because he was not satisfied with being known as the center of the world, but because he felt that the name was too ordinary.

Of course, no one will make an announcement for this matter, the name is called by others, representing a kind of recognition, just like the outside world and many young people in China like to call Huawei Empire, the Prime Minister's Office and the royal family have never called themselves so on official occasions, they are all called Federal Constitutional Monarchies, and the reason is the same as Europe and the United States still call Huawei "N" in addition to formal occasions.

If you don't have strength, no one will admit that you claim to be a great power in the universe, and even if you have the strength to be called the magic capital, it is a kind of recognition.

Hua is a constitutional monarchy, although the army is nominally a royal army, but the domestic administration and people's livelihood and other aspects, but are the responsibility of the Prime Minister's Office, in the founding years of the country, many old men have regarded the Prime Minister's Office as a big stone that fetters the emperor, thinking that it is a substitute for the emperor, and even once wrote to ask the emperor to take back power, and the cadres are arbitrary, but with the progress of ideology and the deepening of education, people have begun to gradually get used to constitutional reform.

Of course, the common people have their own understanding of the constitution, that is, the country and the world are all emperor's, they are all emperor's subjects, and they are all protégés, and the prime minister's office is the department that helps the emperor manage, and after the two-party system, if the prime minister does not do well, the government will not do anything, and everyone can still push him down.

Although the words are a little rough, there is still a reason, and from the standpoint of Tang Shaoyi's generation, this explanation is actually in line with the concept of the country's traditional imperial power, of course, no one knows if Emperor Li laughed, but the prestige of the royal family not only did not decline because of the war, but because of the expansion of the territory, the victory became more and more consolidated, you must know that even if you don't count Australia and Alaska, which are almost in your pocket, the territory of China has been huge for thousands of years, how can you not make the people proud and not cheer for Emperor Li.

To be able to help the emperor manage such a large country is the big dream of every political official, and settling in the Prime Minister's Office is a dream within a dream, and there is nothing more tempting than leading a great power that already has a population of more than 500 million, a vast territory, and a military dominant, and will even lead the world in the next few decades.

But only when he sat in this position in person, he knew how difficult it was, the country was large, the population was large, and there were many nationalities, and there were countless troubles, and he also encountered a world war that was rare in a century.

As a wartime prime minister, the hardships and troubles were unknown to outsiders, from the dry treasury to the instantaneous stagnation of the country's economy, from the allocation of every grain of grain to the snowflakes of guns and ammunition of military telegraphs, all of which weighed him down.

After taking a breath of turbidity, Tang Shaoyi seemed to feel a lot more comfortable, pinched her eyebrows and handed the report to Liang Dunyan: "This is the budget list of the Ministry of Defense for next year, you can take a look." ”

Liang Dunyan took the list and didn't read it, but he saw Tang Shaoyi take off his glasses and pinch his eyebrows vigorously, and he couldn't help but worry about his body, but he forgot that he had not turned his temples gray in the past twenty years.

"12 billion!"

Seeing the latter figures on the list, Liang Dunyan's heart was also pounding, his eyebrows were locked, it was a little more than 1.7 billion pounds before the war, although it is now the gold standard, and the currency is pegged to gold, but major European currencies such as the pound and the dollar have shown signs of depreciation, and this allocation on the black market can be exchanged for almost 1.8 billion pounds. (Full text reading, all in. (.i. Want. Wen. Learning Network)

According to intelligence, Britain's military spending in 1914 was 1.4 billion pounds, 2.1 billion in 15 years, 3.2 billion in 16 years, and next year's budget was also passed not long ago, which has reached 3.5 billion pounds in British history!

There are also many in the United States, with a total of $30 billion in just two years, equivalent to 6 billion pounds! According to secret information from the Republican Party sent back by Mr. Thomas, it will be increased to $28 billion next year! The strength of the world's largest economic power before the war was fully demonstrated. However, Germany began to gradually weaken, equivalent to the pound, reaching 2 billion in 14 years, 2.7 billion in 15 years, but only 1.8 billion this year, and next year's budget has not yet come out.

Needless to say, France's budget is meaningless to them when the country is almost ruined, and now every grain of their grain is used for military supplies, half of the country is destroyed, and Spain, Italy, and Austria-Hungary are also suffering from economic losses beyond their means, Russia has become a Soviet, and the civil war has completely put that country into a long period of decay.

On the other hand, on their own side, it is not much better, although it joined the war a year later, but in fact, the armament has been strengthened since the day the war in Europe began, 14 years of Britain 1.4 billion pounds, in fact, they also took out as much as 6 billion (blue coins and pounds, the previous setting is about 1:7), 15 years on their side also increased to 8 billion, 16 years has not ended and actually used as much as 9.7 billion!

Although there is an advantage in equipment, and there is no good money in the confrontation trench warfare, but the consumption of arms is really not a small amount, not to mention that the superior equipment is piled up with money, even if there is no profit, but the basic salary of the workers still has to be paid, even if the prisoners of war are also fed with food, taking a Kunpeng bomber as an example, starting from the logging of light wood in Ecuador, the funds spent are enough for the United States to build 20 of their Curtiss D300 bombers.

Not to mention the weapons and equipment that are constantly coming off the production line, in the past three years, the total number of orders for trucks purchased by the army alone has exceeded 200,000, 150,000 aircraft, 9,600 tanks and armored vehicles, and 270 warships!

In addition to the food, logistics, ammunition, and oil needed for support, and so on, if it were not for the uninterrupted hoarding of some free funds earned in international trade in the past few years by taking advantage of the rapid economic growth in the past few years, perhaps military spending would have increased a lot.

In the eyes of outsiders, these figures are extremely boring, but they are the embodiment of the trend of the war, if there is no China, Germany's early advantage will definitely be eaten back by the Entente with money, and it will definitely be defeated!

It's just that he didn't expect that now that he has landed in the United States, he thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that the military was still increasing the budget, which really made him a little embarrassed.

Money is not conjured out of thin air, the tsar's bit of gold seems to be more than 1,000 tons, and it is more than a billion yuan when converted into blue coins, which is not enough to stuff the gaps, and the main sources of military spending are financial allocations, bond issuance, and private donations.

Now the domestic economic development has come to a standstill, consumption and commercial activities have been greatly curbed, the state fiscal revenue is almost equal to zero, and even agriculture has become a little sluggish because of the conscription of nearly 10 million young and strong laborers, and this is still doubled, because they not only cannot produce, but also need the state to feed, which is equivalent to one person consuming 2 copies!

And this is only the budget of the military, the country is so big, it is impossible to fight a war, even if the construction of the provinces of the country is almost at a standstill, but some projects cannot be stopped, such as the West Siberian railway project, the clean-up of seaports on the islands of the southwest Pacific Ocean, etc., which are urgently needed, as well as some irremovable projects such as natural disasters and education.

From 10 to 14 years, this growth rate has been maintained at about 13%, but in 15 years it has plummeted to 23 percent, and although there is still a month to end this year, the first three quarters have dropped to minus 11%!

Although 17 years has not yet begun, according to his experience, if this amount of funds is allocated, it will definitely exceed the warning line of minus 20%!

Even if the war can end in 18 years as expected, it does not mean that the economy can recover immediately, the war period of the army and government orders, indeed greatly promoted the manufacturing and other related industries, but also caused a deformed prosperity, once the war is over, without the government and the military orders of the sky, the survival of these enterprises and factories will also be in danger, a large number of workers will lose their jobs.

Even if there are war dividends, land and population buffers, they will gradually recover in at least two or three years.

Of course, it is not that there are no opportunities to make money in the war, such as the recent start of the Middle East and the Americas bulk trade, complete sets of machinery began to pick up, and the interest on loans provided to various countries can recover the troops every year, but this amount is not enough to quench the thirst, and in his opinion, there are actually many means that have not been used, for example, Germany has always been eager to get aircraft and tank technology, if it is allowed to export, it will be an unimaginable profit, but the emperor and the military have not let go, and there is no way to talk about it.

"What, it's difficult? Or I'll go to the staff and get them to shrink a bit. Seeing that Liang Dunyan didn't speak for a long time, Tang Shaoyi handed him a cigarette.

"Difficulties are difficulties, but it's not yet time to wronged the army." Liang Dunyan smiled, although he was not satisfied with this budget, it did not mean that he did not know what the focus of the work was, the victory was won by the soldiers with their lives, and it was nothing for these people in the rear to grit their teeth and let out some blood, not to mention that compared with Europe and the United States, China has not yet reached the end of the mountains and rivers, and Australia alone is hundreds or even thousands of times the total military spending.

"Then you ......." After lighting a cigarette, Tang Shaoyi narrowed her eyes and suddenly spit out two words: "Germany? ”

In front of Tang Shaoyi, Liang Dunyan didn't have to hide anything, he smoked a cigarette and said: "Don't hide it from the Prime Minister, compared with Britain and the United States, I haven't reached the time to cry poor, if I really force me to be anxious, I will directly sell those islands in the Southwest Pacific and Australia." ”

"You...... Yes! This answer made Tang Shaoyi also touch his forehead, but he didn't expect Liang Dunyan to even take this into account, if he really took out the island and sold it according to what he said, let alone tens of billions, I'm afraid it won't be a problem to sell hundreds of billions.

Liang Dunyan was also laughed at by the sudden flashing thought, and said: "Of course, the premise is that the emperor doesn't dismantle me." ”

"Haha, no, maybe the emperor will still help you shout." With Tang Shaoyi's understanding of Li Mo, it is absolutely possible to shout and sell, but it is very difficult to find a buyer.

The emperor took the finance minister to sell the land, and I am afraid that it will be a strange thing to talk about it, so Liang Dunyan smiled, returned to the topic, and said: "Prime Minister, you know, although Germany seems to be weak now, as long as we beat the United States to the point of losing its temper, his crisis will be naturally lifted, once Britain and the United States surrender, Germany will take most of the colonies into its arms, with Germany's industrial capacity, the recovery speed will not be much slower than ours!" ”

"yes." Liang Dunyan's words made Tang Shaoyi look at his old classmate again, but he didn't expect that he, who was usually quiet, was actually already thinking about the aftermath of the war.

A military victory is a victory, but how to turn a military victory into a big economic victory is a topic for them, and compared with Britain and the United States, their generation has a narrow international vision, and if it were not for the emperor at the helm, even if they won the war, they would not be able to play the century-old powers after the war.

"Then Atsuhiko, how do you deal with it?"

"Atsuhiko doesn't understand military affairs, but it's not impossible for us to recover one step earlier than Germany, first of all, our population and domestic demand advantages are not comparable to them, and secondly, now that we have an absolute advantage in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, we can take advantage of the opportunity to rely on our fists to sign as many bilateral and multilateral trade agreements as possible."

"Of course, the last solution is the United States!"

"The United States?" Tang Shaoyi was also curious, she didn't understand what this United States had to do with it, could it be reparations?

"It's not a reparation, it's a long-term blood transfusion, and even if we can get most of it, it won't be possible to immediately solve the reality that our industrial base is not as good as Germany." Liang Dunyan immediately denied Tang Shaoyi's idea, and after taking a hard puff of cigarette, he said slowly: "There is a way, but it is more vicious." ”

"Atsuhiko said, don't sell it."

"It's easy, move!"

"Move?"

"Yes, move!" Liang Dunyan snuffed out the cigarette butt fiercely, even he didn't know how weird the faint smile on his face was at this moment, and said: "The rise of the United States depends on resources and industry, if we can move back the major factories and machinery and equipment in the United States, so that even if the United States wants to recover, it will take at least ten years, and we don't need a year to establish the world's largest industrial processing capacity, and then take advantage of the opportunity of various countries to recuperate and rebuild the country, dump goods abroad, and take advantage of Germany's surprise, Seize the market at the speed of your time!

Of course, it's good that even those scientific and technological people are pulled back, just like before the founding of the People's Republic of China, those who are willing to come will be given national treatment, and those who are not willing to come will be tied up first and patiently persuaded ....... ”

"Atsuhiko, you ......, haha......." Hearing Liang Dunyan's suggestion, Tang Shaoyi suddenly stared at him and laughed, making the latter a little confused, and hurriedly asked, "What?" Isn't it too vicious? ”

"Vicious......, well, it's a little, but I'm not laughing at it, but I didn't expect Tsutsuhiko, a weak person, to come up with such a good way to move! Ha ha....... ”

"Atsuhiko, it's you, it's you!" Tang Shaoyi was laughing, smiling happily because he saw a change!

A kind of people who have let go of all the so-called ceremonial states, big countries and other flashy things, and see a person who really puts down for the country and the nation, and fights for every bit of interests, would rather let go of the arrogance of being high and stained with copper stench.

Li Enfu, Yan Fu, Liang Dunyan and his generation are all the darlings of this country and the times, and under the leadership of the emperor, they finally came to the forefront, changed the country, and changed their own destiny.

In the same way, it is clear to everyone that the country can do without them, but not without the emperor, because without him there would be no navy, without those technologies that were ahead of the times, without fanatical devotion to industry, there would be no opportunity to sit and talk about emptying the United States! To this day, they all remember how much ideological struggle Li Mo spit out the word "constitutional" under the grapevines in the old house in Jinzhou, after all, he was completely equipped with dictatorship at that time, and he was a real emperor who was high above and no one would even object!

That's the real country!

Today, Liang Dunyan's word "move" is also telling others that under the leadership of Li Mo's action first and pragmatic work, their generation has undergone a great change from thinking to action, and has become a "villain" who is careful in calculation, playing with abacus, and must compare with baht.

Rather be a national primary school, not a big name!

This is the true pillar of the nation.

Only Liang Dunyan was still in a daze and asked, "Prime Minister, what do you mean?" ”

"Oh, it's me who is not good, I didn't make it clear." Tang Shaoyi took out a document and handed it to Liang Dunyan: "This is sent by the emperor yesterday, let me find someone to go to Mexico in person, your words just now made me really relieved, this trip must be yours!" "Oh?" Liang Dunyan quickly opened the telegram, and after reading it, the person was also a little stunned, and jumped up: "This is ......, really!" Let me go and negotiate with them? ”

"None of these people are good, the war has reached this stage, they know the victory and defeat better than anyone else, these profit-seeking people are realistic, how to ensure the safety of property and funds is important, so I want you to go in person." Tang Shaoyi squinted like a fox and said with a smile: "Whether you can dig something out or not depends on you." ”

"In addition, I have already informed Feng Qi that he will ask Gu Weijun to assist you, we should also plan for the post-war plan, and ......." Tang Shaoyi was just about to continue speaking, when there was a knock on the door.

After taking the telegram and glancing at it, Tang Shaoyi, like Liang Dunyan just now, stood up suddenly and laughed: "Okay, great, Dunyan, your moving words are useful." ”

"Oh?"

"Look, look." Tang Shaoyi excitedly handed the telegram to Liang Dunyan: "The landing is successful!" ”

"Great! No, I'm going to send a telegram to Yuanshou, and if he doesn't bring back all the gold from the United States this time, I won't give him a penny! ”

"Haha......."

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