344. The most outstanding president
Berkeley, who is thirty-nine years old at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, is the same as Walis, he was born in the city of Diga in the country of several miles, arrived in the country at the age of three, received an aristocratic education from an early age, and studied at the famous cattle tendon university in the country, and has degrees in law, economics and sociology. Judging from this resume alone, it can be called glittering, and he himself is also very diligent and studious.
He had dual citizenship of the country of Yin and the country of Jili, and could have stayed in Loba to live a comfortable and prosperous life, but after seeing the advanced development and prosperity of the countries of the Siro, and remembering how poor, backward and chaotic his hometown was, he had great ambitions and was determined to use what he had learned in his life to change the current situation of the country.
These ideals and aspirations were written in an autobiography published three years ago. Four years ago, Berkeley returned to the country of Mile and six months later he became the twenty-fifth president of the country, a position he has now held for three and a half years.
How did he become the president of the country of several miles? It all started with his father, Berkeley Sr.
Lao Bei was the largest manor in Diga City, almost monopolized the local agricultural and animal husbandry resources, and also accepted many industries left over from the colonial era, set up a number of primary processing factories, and was also the leader of the Front of Hope.
The Pakatan Front (PAPF) was an armed force that first developed from plantation security. Lao Bei had the money and the means to equip the plantation security team with better weapons and better training......
Over time, this developed into an armed force, whose function was not only to protect the plantation, but also to give the old Bei a greater benefit, and then control the entire city of Diga, just as the former Lion Organization controlled the city of Wag.
After returning home, Xiaobei reorganized the army of the Front of Hope and hired military advisers from Yinguo, and the Front of Hope entered the city of Mowang from the city of Diga and launched a quick and successful military coup. The previous president of the country ran away, Berkeley assumed the interim presidency and re-election, and a few months later assumed the full presidency.
Why not President Pétain Sr.? Xiaobei returned to China because Lao Bei was seriously ill, and he had to come back to inherit the family business and preside over the overall situation.
Lao Bei has other children, but those people have stayed in the developed countries of the West and are reluctant to return. They didn't expect that Xiaobei would make such a big move after returning to a few miles of country, and later he also got a lot of foreign trade business from Xiaobei, and his life was more nourishing, and at the same time, it also promoted the prosperity of commerce and trade in a few miles of country.
No president wants to be a mediocrity, and no president doesn't want his country to be strong, and Berkeley certainly doesn't want his country to be strong.
The country of several miles is not without a perfect system, it has borrowed from the system of several major suzerains since its appearance, but the executive apparatus of this country is almost completely out of control, and Berkeley can only start from the restoration of governance order.
The reason why he became the leader of the Pakatan Front was not only because he was the son of Lao Bei, but also because he represented the interests of this armed force in all aspects. Therefore, while pacifying the leaders of the armed forces at all levels, he also reorganized the armed forces as much as possible, and expanded a military and police force of more than 10,000 people on the original basis.
The reason why it is said to be a military and police force is because it is difficult to define whether its nature is an army or a police, and its main task is not national defense, but the maintenance of order internally.
His governance is still very effective, at least in the main urban area of Mowang City, order has basically returned to normal, and it can be managed realistically and effectively. It's good that there are still all kinds of law and order cases, but they are just law and order cases, not all kinds of riots, which is already very good, but where in the world is this not the case?
Economically, Berkeley also had a lot of ideas, but the results were not great, mainly because the place was too backward. Berkeley encouraged the development of commerce and trade, and did everything possible to open up the market, hoping to stimulate the development of local characteristic industries through market prosperity.
The demand here is always strong, but the output is really limited, and he also hopes to stimulate domestic production units to increase input, but the main difficulty is the lack of funds.
In fact, he himself is the largest manor owner of Diga and Mowang, and agriculture and animal husbandry have always been the pillar industry of the country, and it is also an important means of obtaining foreign exchange.
Berkeley was open-minded, and he tried in every possible way to bring in foreign investment and aid, and offered all kinds of preferential conditions, but the gains were not modest.
Because there is really not much oil and water to squeeze in the country, the turmoil that once occurred is also heartbreaking. The country's most important mineral resources and tourism resources are also not in the hands of the central government.
But Berkeley's efforts have not been without progress, at least he has integrated the country's financial system. Regardless of the fact that other states are in a semi-independent state, whether it is a domestic bank or a foreign bank, the business in the country is carried out through financial institutions with the central government.
For example, in the original port of Africa, both the Yinguo Bank and the Dongguo Bank in the east have business outlets. However, their branches in the country are headquartered in Mowang, and their cross-border business is subject to the supervision of the central government of the country, including obtaining various legal business authorizations and official approvals.
This was the benefit of controlling the nominal central government, which also controlled the tax revenues of the two states of Mowang and Diga, as well as the customs revenues of the country.
Although smuggling activities of all kinds are still very serious, nominally formal imports and exports still require customs clearance, and control of the financial system is equivalent to control of customs revenues.
The credit of the local currency of the country is very low, and many private transactions between big people are in foreign currency or gold, and it is difficult to issue treasury bonds or raise funds from foreign financial institutions, but at least it ensures that in the seven states of the country, the currency used by ordinary people is still the currency of the central bank of the country.
This is a remarkable achievement, at least in terms of central finance, Berkeley has done a good job, otherwise he would not have been able to appease his father's old subordinates, stabilize the various military leaders in the Front of Hope, and at the same time form a new military and police force.
Under Berkeley, order was restored best in the main urban area of the capital, Mowang, with at least many important neighborhoods bustling during the day and even at night in a few key neighborhoods.
In Berkeley's long-term plan, Mowang City will be built into a star city, a commercial center and even an economic center on the east coast of the Black Wilderness Continent. No matter how skinny the reality is, people must have ideals!
He put the focus of governance on Mowang City, which also caused the dissatisfaction of a group of old subordinates who came from Diga City, but on the one hand, Berkeley gave them good treatment, and on the other hand, Berkeley formed a new military and police force, promoted a group of new leaders, and controlled the situation under mutual checks and balances.
Berkeley also often sighed, with a sense of loneliness, and too many people around him could not understand his grand vision. He hopes to build a good Mowang city to attract more talent and capital, and then there will be more resources to use to drive the country out of the predicament.
After taking control of the central government, Berkeley did not engage in large-scale conflicts with the armed forces that controlled the other states, and was basically in a state of peace, and even negotiated cooperation on many things, as long as they nominally admitted to the jurisdiction of the central government.
The Front of Hope (KPF) has controlled more than half of the country's population and economic output, and can gradually reintegrate the country through development infiltration, especially economic and industrial radiation.
From Berkeley's point of view, he thinks that he has done a good job in this area, and the once fragmented country of several miles has gradually coalesced in his hands. The states have developed relatively stable spheres of influence and systems of governance, at least during his tenure there have been no major armed conflicts.
His eyes are not focused on the main city of the capital or the two states of Diga and Mowang controlled by the Front of Hope, but on the whole country and the construction and development of other states.
For example, in the port of Africa, there is a construction project in the eastern country, although it is the needs of the local government of the state district, but the relevant official diplomatic procedures are still handled by the central government, and the Berkeley government has not created any obstacles to this.
From Berkeley's personal point of view, he actually did not welcome the construction project of Dongguo, but he was able to overcome his personal likes and dislikes, and proceeded from the overall development of the country, which did not prevent such a project from landing, and also accepted the olive branch extended by Dongguo.
Because the country is too short of capital, technology, and talents, and the infrastructure construction is too backward, most of the current infrastructure is left over from the seventies and eighties of the last century.
On the other hand, Berkeley was also afraid that the veto of these projects would lead to conflicts between the local state and the central government. More importantly, Berkeley also has his own ideas, and the introduction of Dongguo-aided construction projects is also a diplomatic bargaining chip.
In a country of several miles and a few miles of poverty, the introduction of aid projects is not just a road or a power station, it also represents the introduction of what kind of production system, what kind of industrial standards and technical specifications, and even the initiative to accept that kind of cultural influence.
For example, telecommunications projects, as long as there are aid projects, he can take these projects to talk about things, and go to the Siro countries such as Yin and even the United States to ask for assistance. There is such a set of standard words: "Now that the eastern side has said that it can help build telecommunications projects, if you don't provide assistance, the telecommunications system of the country will adopt the 5G standard of the eastern country in the future." ”
This is a common diplomatic trick, Berkeley learned it during his time in the country, and deep down in his heart he still agrees with the Western production system and various technical standards, and hopes to introduce investment and technology from countries such as India and rice to build the country.
Unfortunately, such tactics are not always successful, but it cannot be said that they are completely unsuccessful. The responses he received were often divided into two parts, one was an official response, telling him that these projects were full of hazards and unforeseen risks, and that they should be decisively vetoed or broken.
The other part comes from various non-governmental agencies. He was always approached by people who told him that if he vetoed these projects, he would be given certain benefits, such as some international recognition, charity or environmental assistance, some kind of care for his family business, and so on. As for the construction gap left by the veto of the project...... Then let's talk about it.
These promises are petty profits, but they are very effective. For example, to build a power station, the total investment scale is hundreds of millions of yuan, and many of the funds are directly transferred in the form of export credits, and it is difficult for relevant managers to get too many benefits.
However, if you privately give someone tens of thousands of yuan in benefits, and let him try his best to veto this project, in this place of Jili Country, it is a real huge fortune! This is a typical example of spending a small amount of money to do a big thing, and the cost of doing a big thing is very high, but spending a small amount of money can make a big deal worse.
Berkeley himself may not care about these petty profits, and tens of thousands of rice yuan can't buy him, even if with his identity, the amount given by the other party will be higher, and even add one or two zeros, he may be able to bear it.
However, in doing anything, there are specific departments in charge and handling officials, and they have formed a management and decision-making group, and many of them are willing to charge tens of thousands of meters.
In addition to giving money directly, there are more and more reasonable ways for "dissuaders", such as inviting relevant officials to go abroad for inspection and participating in various academic seminars, which is equivalent to going overseas for vacation and spending, and can also receive various subsidies such as transportation and horse expenses, speech fees, and consulting fees.
The introduction of a certain aspect of the Eastern aid project in the hope of receiving assistance from the Western bloc has become an opportunity to create welfare for the responsible officials of the relevant departments under its rule.
Fortunately, in places like the African Port of Africa, the central government cannot interfere in many things at all, otherwise it is unknown whether the original construction projects of the African Port can be successfully completed.
Berkeley himself is also very contractual, and the aid projects that have been signed and implemented will not be easily broken. More importantly, if it were not for those Eastern-aided construction projects, he would not even have a chance to attract the attention of Western developed countries. He is well aware of this, and this is also the foresight of a politician.
Therefore, some phenomena are strange: there are Dongguo aid projects in remote areas such as Feisuo Port, but there are no Dongguo aid projects in Mowang and Dijia cities controlled by the central government.
The most outrageous "aid substitution plan" that Berkeley has ever come into contact with is that a non-governmental organization has offered to provide D-grade seeds and refining technology, and is responsible for marketing in the North and Middle East, so that the Front for Hope controlled by the government of several miles will organize production in exchange for money, weapons, and various supplies.
Berkeley, of course, would not agree to such a thing, and although it was an NGO that was proposing, he also vaguely knew that the organization was behind the intelligence agency of a Western power.
Although Berkeley did not agree, and would not admit that he had stopped the offer, he also knew that many of his father's old subordinates had also secretly done so in the area of Diga City. But at the level of the central government, such behavior is firmly prohibited and is severely punished if it is discovered.
If the ambition of the leader of a particular faction in the Pakatan Front is inflated and there are signs of losing control, the investigation of such a matter and the severe punishment of such a thing will also become a means to cut them off. Berkeley has a good grasp of this balancing act.
Berkeley officially became president in late 2018, and by the beginning of 2020, a pandemic had swept the world, severely affecting countries' economies and foreign exchanges. Berkeley also often lamented that there was no good time, otherwise his national real plan could have been implemented more smoothly.
Even in such a difficult situation, Berkeley still increased the revenue of the central government and continued to support and build the best university in Mowang City, the public university of the country of several miles.
This university is not only free of tuition and accommodation fees, but also excellent students can also receive incentives and subsidies, and its conditions in all aspects have indeed been greatly improved during Berkeley's tenure, and even the majors and courses are as much as possible to refer to the model of Yinguo Niu Tendon University, recruiting students from all over the country and neighboring countries, and there are currently 6,000 students enrolled.
It is a pure land in this chaotic country, known as the calf tendon.
The title of this little cow tendon was personally instructed by Berkeley to be shouted out by reporters. In his eyes, the public university of Jili Country is the best university on the east coast of the Black Wilderness Continent. This can be seen from the extremely high rate of study abroad and immigration of its graduates.
Berkeley is well aware of the importance of talent, and if you want to engage in construction, you must have talent, and he himself is an example. However, the education system of several miles of countries is full of holes and too many deficiencies, and Berkeley can only start with key projects, first of all, to cultivate enough high-end elite talents in order to lead the people forward, and then to cultivate talents with talents.
As for such a high rate of studying abroad and immigration, many outstanding graduates go overseas and do not come back, which is also a matter of no choice, and everyone knows the current situation of the country of several miles. Berkeley only hopes that in the future, the country will develop well, and many people's talents will be put to good use, and they will be able to attract them to come back. And the elite talent is not all gone, after all, there are still a lot left.
Berkeley increased the central government's financial investment to build a few national public universities, but in fact, the financial investment did not increase much, but reduced the financial pressure in the later period. Because this university is the project that Berkeley has won the most donations from overseas, and it can even be said to be the only major project, many institutions are willing to donate to it.
During his tenure, he also established the Alumni Association of several national and public universities, and contacted many overseas alumni who graduated over the years. Many of them have become elites from all walks of life, and have since established several overseas chapters.
Through the alumni association, they can not only better help each other, introduce various opportunities for study, work and business cooperation, but also call on them to make more contributions to the construction of their hometown. Much of the aid provided to public universities in the country of Guinea is the result of these alumni's central contacts.
Although Berkeley himself did not graduate from a public university in the country of several miles, the university was the pride of the president.
If he were to make a comprehensive self-evaluation, Berkeley considered himself the best president the country had ever seen.
Under his rule, although the improvement of people's livelihood was not the fastest period due to special historical reasons, great achievements were made, and the state power was the most consolidated, the entire social order was the most stable, and the government's control over the economy, military and local forces was also the strongest.
It is said that Berkeley has many fans at home and even overseas, and many people who admire him are also called "shellfish fans", which makes him both happy and proud.
But President Berkeley's self-confidence was shattered in just a few months.