Chapter 45: Results One Year Later

"Let's all sit down!" Huo Shan said to the people around him with a smile after sitting down in the seat specially prepared for himself.

The hall that could accommodate thousands of people was built not long after it was built next to the Huo family, and was now almost full! The army in dark green uniforms, the navy in white uniforms, and the administrative staff in Huoshan's improved Hanfu and robes, just by looking at the number of people in the auditorium, they will understand that the revolutionary cause that Huoshan fought for has swelled many times over the past year or so! The current Huo Jiajun can be said to have completed the foundation, and he has been able to make great strides forward according to the route he set at the beginning!

"To be honest, I am very happy to see so many of our revolutionary comrades today! Because this shows that we are closer to the goal of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty, establishing New China, and realizing national self-reliance!" After a pause, Huo Shanshen continued with some excitement: "It has been a year since we established our first army. In the past nearly a year, our People's Army has scored very remarkable results in education, industry, military, culture, and other fields! I think it is very necessary to sum up so that everyone can have an understanding of the achievements we have made in our hard work over the past period of time! Therefore, in the midst of my busy schedule, I have summoned everyone here to hold our first year-end work meeting! Because we were in a bit of a hurry in terms of time! Moreover, we have not yet set up our own department! So, I'll be responsible for informing you of the contents of this report! Okay, in order not to delay everyone's precious time, let's get started!"

After saying this, Huo Shan's words were stunned, and he picked up a thick stack of documents from his desk with his backhand!

In the past year, our army has expanded from the initial 20,000 new troops that were not equipped with rifles to a modern army with complete logistics and equipped with rifles, machine guns, mortars, infantry guns, large-caliber heavy artillery, and other advanced weapons and equipment, including 12 divisions, 32 regiments, and three special forces, with a total of up to 400,000 troops! Perhaps this unit is still very young, but they already have the ability and determination to resist aggression and defend the regime of the People's Army. Moreover, in the past year, our army has taken control of half of Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi, at least two prefectures of Zhejiang, Yunnan, and Guizhou, all the towns and villages south of the Yangtze River and at least one prefecture of Jiangsu and Anhui, plus half of the land of Nanyang and a quarter of the Indochina Peninsula that we have actually occupied, as well as the two islands of Taiwan and Hainan that we have completely controlled, and now the population under the direct control of our People's Army is close to 80 million!" As soon as Huo Shan's slightly excited words fell, warm applause already resounded in the spacious auditorium, which lasted for a long time! Normally, everyone was busy with their own work, and even if they knew some information about the army, it would not be as detailed as today.

Now, they have discovered that the forces they are loyal to have mastered so many troops and populations in just one year, which really makes people's hearts surging and at the same time they can't help but have a great increase in confidence! At this moment, almost all the participants felt that their decision to join the Huo Jiajun was extremely wise! Because they had already seen the opportunity to realize their dreams, maybe if they continued to develop like this for a few more years, the Huo Jiajun could really overthrow the Qing Dynasty! In that case, they are the heroes of the dragon, which in China, which has been inherited from thousands of years of feudal culture, this short word means wealth and status. At this time, even the most innocent people can't help but think of their bright future.

Looking at the excitement and confidence on the faces of the people around him, Huo Shan couldn't help but smile faintly, he knew that his goal of uniting people's hearts had been achieved!

"Hehehe, like everyone, every time I read this, I can't help but be happy in my heart, which shows that our revolutionary cause is advancing step by step! Next, let's talk about our navy, they are still very young, but they are ready to meet the challenge, at the end of this month, our Keelung shipyard itself designed and produced its own new warships have been launched for sea trials, and have shown extraordinary excellence, soon we will build it on a large scale, and then the navy will become a great wall of steel to protect our Nanyang territory from being violated!"

Speaking of this, Huo Shan paused, and after lightly glancing at the people around him, he turned the page in his hand!

"I will now announce the achievements of the People's Army in the economic field! In the past year, we have increased by a large margin in the output of heavy industries, especially iron and steel, which are said to be the best expression of national strength! In just this month, we have completed statistics showing that our pig iron output has reached 70,000 tons and crude steel production has reached 6,000 tons! Our coal output has reached 500,000 tons! In addition, our two shipyards in Kaohsiung and Keelung together have an annual shipbuilding capacity of 50,000 tons, and our machinery factory has been able to produce various light industrial machinery such as looms, spinning machines, oil presses, and heavy industrial equipment including steam engines! Now, we have initially established our own industrial system, of course, there are many imperfections, the output of our machinery and equipment is also very low, but this is a good start, only we have learned to manufacture, in order to become a real industrial power, like the Qing zhèngfǔ Li Hongzhang only want to rely on foreigners and do not think of self-made industrial construction ideas, can never support the backbone of the national industry! In addition, I would like to commend our contingent of workers here today, and it is their steadfastness, hard work, and study that have enabled our People's Army to have its own industrial base in just one year! Although there is no representative of them here today, I still want to say thank you!"

After a round of warm applause, Huo Shan continued: "A strong industrial force is the foundation of a country's strength, and the construction of an advanced and powerful national industry ultimately depends on our workers, workers who have mastered advanced machinery and technology, and workers who have mastered the ability to do so! Therefore, our People's Army is ready to formulate clear laws and regulations to protect the interests of workers, and has built more than a dozen specialized technical schools to train its own contingent of workers. Now we have more than 50,000 junior skilled workers, nearly 6,000 intermediate skilled workers, more than 200 senior technicians and 56 technicians! Moreover, for the first time, three industrial workers who have reached the senior technician rating have appeared! This will provide a solid foundation for our industrial development next year.

After talking for such a long time, Huo Shan didn't feel a little thirsty, picked up the teacup on the table, took a big sip, moistened his dry lips, and after a little itchy throat, he continued: "The most important thing is our education, after a year of hard work, we have now built 250 primary schools and 20 middle schools! And we will send all the school-age children in Taiwan to school in the next one to two years! In addition, our first university in Taiwan." National Taiwan University has also been officially established, and up to now there are 2,000 students studying in it! I believe that in four years, these 1,000 people will become the leaders of our People's Army in all walks of life!"

"The above is a brief summary of our work in the past year! In addition, there is another very important task to gather everyone here today, that is, to solve the biggest bottleneck that restricts the development of our People's Army at present, and to set up a zhèngfǔ that can handle all our government affairs!" Huo Shan looked at the crowd in the audience and said slowly.

As a matter of fact, this idea has been lingering in his mind for a long time! As the territory occupied by the Huo Jiajun is getting bigger and bigger, and more and more government personnel are being replenished, he is already a little too busy to rely on him alone! Therefore, the formation of zhèngfǔ is already imperative! Although he has not yet considered what kind of government system to use, he will share the government affairs first, and it will not be too late to settle the matter after the formal establishment of the state!

Listening to the buzzing discussion in the audience, Huo Shan did not stop it! After all, this news is still a bit too abrupt to throw out now, you must know that at this time, the People's Army has not even been established as a country!

"After consideration, we will establish a well-functioning departmental 'Government Affairs Yuan'! In addition, in order to better manage our territory, we will also formulate the first civil law!" Huo Shan said little by little his plan.

"It is proposed that the Government Council will have 25 functional departments under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Ethnic Affairs, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Supervision, the Ministry of Human Resources, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Urban Construction, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Culture, the Bank of Zhōngyāng, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Audit Bureau, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the State Administration of Taxation, and the Religious Affairs Bureau, and manage all our political affairs!" Huo Shan continued.

"The head of the new government is the Prime Minister, and our first Prime Minister is appointed as Mr. Huang Sheng, Mr. Huang Gongshi! At the same time, because we lack high-level government personnel, Premier Huang will also be in charge of the Ministry of Education! In addition, Luo Fenglu is the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Railways, Huo Xuan is the Minister of Communications and the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Huang Kuan is the Minister of Health, Huo Hong is the Minister of Ethnic Affairs and the Religious Affairs Bureau, Huo Tian is the Minister of Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, Huo Feng is the Minister of Supervision, Huo Huang is the Minister of Public Security and the Ministry of Urban Construction, Huo Dian is the Minister of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Human Resources, Chen Jitong is the Minister of Agriculture and the Ministry of Water Resources, Huo Jiaguang is the President of the Bank and the Audit Bureau and the State Administration of Taxation, Luo Zhenlu is the Minister of Land and Resources and the Ministry of Culture, Xu Jianyin is the Minister of Science and Technology, Huo Yu is the Minister of National Defense, and Huo Di is the Minister of FinanceAfter the meeting is completed, the ministers will immediately take up their posts, take the personnel assigned to you, and draw up a five-year economic development plan for the internal territory of the People's Army! and submit it to the prime minister for approval in a month! Putting down the list in his hand, Huo Shan couldn't help frowning, a year is too short a time for a regime! The lack of high-level administrative talents made him have to transfer a large number of personnel from his family to enrich the departments at all levels!

"It's a pity that Mr. Yung Hong is only willing to serve as the president of National Taiwan University, and is not willing to serve in zhèngfǔ, otherwise with him, a top student of Yale University, he can solve a lot of problems!" Huo Shan said secretly in his heart.

"In addition, our People's Army will implement the separation of military and political affairs, no matter whether it is zhōngyāng and local armies, the chiefs of all occupied areas will have political commissars of their respective units, and insufficient government personnel will be transferred from the troops, and the commanders at all levels of any army will not be obstructed!" In order to replenish the seriously lacking government personnel, Huo Shan simply used the methods of the People's Liberation Army decades later on himself!

"In addition, the functional departments at all levels of the armed forces will also be comprehensively reorganized! We will set up a military department in charge of all the work of the whole army, with Huo Long as the first head of the military department, Huo Shi as the first chief of the general staff, the General Political Department, the General Logistics Department, and the General Armament Department as the former ministers, and the military department as the War Department and the Navy Department, Huo Hu as the first minister of the War Department, and Huo Feng as the first director of the Navy Department! Just like all departments, all departments of the military department must also come up with their own five-year plans!" Originally, in order to facilitate the control of the army, Huo Shan was going to serve as the head of the military department himself, but now he is too young to manage an increasingly large army! In the end, he had to let Huo Long, who was loyal to himself and the Huo family, be the minister of the military department!

"In order to save everyone's time, this meeting will be held here, after you go back, you will first familiarize yourself with the authority of your respective department and assign your personnel, and then hand in the five-year plan of your department within a month!"