Luo Fu tried his best to dissuade Zhou from causing trouble, why should something that could be solved with a phone call after going back not end well?

"Yes, that's fine, but it's definitely not going to work."

"Hey, you have to make a big fanfare......"

Zhou Changfeng refused to go back, and the two came to the two black cars parked on the corner of the street.

Several attendants and personal soldiers saluted very cooperatively, and then opened the car door.

Subsequently, the two cars started to turn a corner and drove to the gate of the Yingtianfu official office, and rushed in regardless of the slight slowdown.

The sudden arrival of the uninvited guest surprised everyone, and Zhou Changfeng asked Fu Yin to come over by name, and he had something to ask.

However, such a busy person as the number one in the capital is not something that can be seen by seeing, he is not in the official office now, and the last person to come is only the same knowledge as the political end.

"It's been three or four days since insurance fraud broke out, how did the counties below deal with it? Don't tell me you're still discussing. ”

Zhou's questioning made Cheng Zhengduan feel inexplicable - let alone three or four days, the government has more than this amount of time, not to mention that Ying Tianfu has not received official documents from Shangyuan County and Jiangning County.

"Zhou Zhizhao actually came all the way for this matter, slackened and neglected, let's go to the house to talk in detail, okay?" He made a gesture of please.

"No, what's there to talk about in detail?"

"Uh......" Cheng Zhengduan's demeanor remained unchanged, "I have also heard about this, why should you worry, rest assured, I will definitely give an explanation, but the exchange of words between superiors and subordinates is not something that can be put in place overnight." ”

The implication is that I already know this, so don't rush it.

Luo Fu was afraid that someone Zhou would get angry in public here, so he hurriedly preemptively said: "With Cheng Tongzhi watching, this matter must be properly resolved." ”

"It looks like work efficiency needs to be improved." Zhou Changfeng smiled and said with a pleasant face: "What's the use of having a good attitude but not moving?" ”

"Hey, Zhou waits for the edict, the army has military law, and the government also has rules and regulations, and the procedures must be followed, otherwise it will be chaotic?" Cheng Zhengduan was also worried that he would cause some trouble, so he explained in a good voice.

"In this way, today and tomorrow, we will do a good job of the basic investigation first."

"If we all cooperate, it's generally possible."

Officials like Cheng Zhengduan speak in an airtight manner, and there is no fault with them.

Asking is doing it, and I don't know if it can be done.

Zhou Changfeng didn't bother to say more to him, so he got in the car and left.

"Scary, I thought you were going to make a fuss here." Luo Fu said in wonder.

"I wanted to get angry, but suddenly I lost my energy." Zhou Changfeng sighed, "It's some ambiguous nonsense!" The old slippery bureaucracy is really helpless. ”

"You can feel the feelings of the former emperor all of a sudden, right?"

"Cut them all!"

"I said you should ignore these things and focus on military affairs." Luo Fu handed him a cigarette.

"No, now I'm back home, Madame can smell it."

Ideological inattention is obviously not something that can be solved with a few words of preaching, and some hidden problems of the Ming Dynasty are gradually being exposed.

As a late-developing industrial country, the Ming Dynasty missed the first industrial revolution, and finally caught the last train at the end of the second industrial revolution.

Another thing that has a direct impact on today's great wars is the lack of experience with large-scale warfare.

In terms of classical warfare, China's mobilization efficiency and level are undoubtedly far ahead, but after all, it is the glory of the past, and how to more thoroughly explore the national strength in modern warfare is a study that is easier said than done.

It is true that the Ming Dynasty took advantage of the European war to strengthen itself, and he gained a lot of first-hand war experience, but he did not pay heavy casualties and planted the root of complementarity.

It was only after the Battle of the Marne and the Battle of the Somme that Britain and France paid hundreds of thousands of casualties before they began to improvise reforms and improve the messy system of pensions and disability benefits for soldiers.

How to accurately complete the aftermath of the war? What about the thousands of pensions and the families of disabled soldiers? This can be directly related to the morale of the military.

As early as after the end of the Battle of Demagi, Zhou Changfeng noticed the shortcomings of his country in this regard, but it was a pity that the sound he made was like a pebble thrown into Xuanwu Lake, setting off a few ripples and then disappearing.

Sometimes I feel that the world seems to be a huge grass platform, with constraints everywhere, negligence and carelessness, and I will never take the initiative to change it without suffering a big loss.

Zhou Changfeng gave up his plan to make a fuss in full view of everyone - in all fairness, he was really tired.

Therefore, Zhu Lingjing felt incredible-the sun came out in the west, but this guy didn't toss on the spot?

The experience of Ping Jiangbo's second son a few months ago is still vivid, and she feels that Zhou has grown up and become more and more measured.

"Look at their posture, they won't be able to figure it out in ten days and half a month." Zhou Changfeng sighed: "It's too uncaring. ”

"It's not as good as you, people only take care of their internal affairs, and they do more mistakes in officialdom." Zhu Lingjing, who looked relaxed, shook the folding fan slightly, "You can't deal with those slippery guys, just do your part." These problems will be solved, but not overnight. ”

"There are many similar things, and the 1st Marine Brigade and the 38th Division have reported to me that there are quite a few breakup letters in the letters they received before they left Meaux (Moresby), which seriously affects morale, and the supervision in this area must be strengthened as soon as possible." Zhou Changfeng expressed concern about this.

Zhu Lingjing frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "I've heard that this is a difficult problem, and it is not easy to do it except for temporary detention or persuasion." ”

Many seemingly insignificant things can have a significant impact on morale, especially when they add up.

Prior to this, the Ming army's conquest of the South Seas was generally relatively smooth, with few casualties, but as the target was adjusted to distant Hawaii, public opinion among the people changed.

Alarmist rumors about Hawaii's ease of defense and invectability circulated among the people, and some newspapers and radio programs discussed it with great pleasure, and even estimated that 100,000 people would be killed or wounded before they could succeed.

This has led to many girlfriends or fiancées of officers and soldiers choosing to write a breakup letter, and the most typical statement is this:

"If you are martyred, it is fine, but if you are wounded and disabled, alive, without legs, arms, and blind, what will you do in the future? I'm really scared, I can't imagine it......

Fortunately, the ensuing battle for the capture of Oahu went relatively smoothly, and the popular rumors did not come true.

Similar breakup letters are a common phenomenon in the world, and the same situation has also occurred in the United States during the same period in history, such breakup letters sent from the mainland often start with "Dear John", because of the large number and wide influence, and later even became synonymous with breakup letters and breakup letters.

"If you give birth to a daughter, you have to marry your neighbor, and if you give birth to a man, you will be buried with the grass." Zhu Lingjing chanted a famous sentence of "Soldier Carriage Dealer".

Zhou Changfeng looked at her and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is necessary to legislate and promulgate new laws to reduce this situation, especially to prevent young people from taking advantage of the situation, so that the front-line soldiers can fight with peace of mind and stabilize their morale." ”

"yes, that's right." Zhu Lingjing, who was thoughtful, waved her hand and smiled: "Go to the Advisory Yuan, it's your time to be in the limelight and see if you can convince the public." ”

Legislative power is in the hands of the Consultative Council, and while those who are determined to vote at the emperor's will will have to say that a number of elected and special members will have to say that the legislative proposals will pass.

What also made Zhou Changfeng wary was the issue of military spending, and rumors had previously spread that some people had proposed that the military budget could be moderately reduced and more funds could be invested in economic construction.

This is undoubtedly very funny, now that the overall situation has turned into a stage of strategic stalemate, the possibility of the enemy bending his knees and seeking peace is very small, and what one side should do is to do everything possible to accumulate strength, how can there be any reason to abandon one's own martial arts?

Zhou Changfeng really wanted to see what kind of divine could say such an unrealistic and ridiculous proposal.

In the emperor's place, he also saw the various reports of the first half of the year that had been counted, which was quite good from the data alone.

In the six months from January to June, a total of 7.395 million tons of steel, 41,000 tons of aluminum, and 1.04 million tons of sulfuric acid were produced.

It can be said that mobilization for war has been fruitful, but it has only just begun to improve, and it is no wonder that the enemy is often said to be not on the outside, but on the inside.

Daming's iron and steel industry has limited the supply of raw materials, limited by the congenital shortcomings of China's iron ore resources - many poor ores and few rich ores, which significantly affects the production efficiency of iron smelting and steelmaking.

Unlike later generations, which were able to import a large number of high-grade iron ore, Australia's large iron ore mine has not yet been developed, and Daming's access to high-quality raw materials is very single, either importing scrap steel from the United States or importing iron ore from Brazil.

Because of this, in fact, Daming's iron and steel industry mainly relies on locally mined low-grade iron ore, otherwise if it can supply enough high-quality raw materials, steel production can be much more.

The performance of the electrolytic aluminum industry is very stable, producing 41,000 tons of finished aluminum in half a year, only a part of which is enough to meet the needs of aircraft manufacturing.

During this period, 4,220 aircraft of all types were manufactured, and the expansion of naval aviation and air force was not large, except for supplementary losses, and nearly a quarter of these thousands of aircraft were orders from various vassal states.

The Royal Annam Air Force alone ordered 230 fighters, 54 dive bombers, 72 light bombers, and 25 transport planes to supplement the losses in a series of battles on the South Asian subcontinent.

"Your Majesty, these data look very good, and they should continue to be maintained." Zhou Changfeng glanced at it twice more and put the report back into the imperial case.

An economist who was also present at the meeting muttered: "It's hard to say, we also want to have the best of both worlds, but such exploration and mobilization will inevitably slow down economic construction, and the focus of the debate in the Advisory Council in August and September is whether to cut the budget or whether to print more money." ”

"It's all very cautious."

"After all, it's a major social event, and it's the first time, so it's not okay if you're not careful."

Excessive military spending is a heavy burden that will affect normal economic construction and social operations.

In the 37th year of Zhichang, the Ming Dynasty's fiscal expenditure budget was 24.8 billion yuan, of which 6.9 billion yuan was spent on the military.

In the 38th year of Zhichang, the fiscal expenditure plan was 25.5 billion won, of which 9.6 billion won was spent on military affairs, and 3.1 billion won was spent on additional military expenses to pacify Japan.

In the 39th year of Zhichang, the fiscal expenditure plan was 28.2 billion won, and because of the outbreak of war, military spending soared to 18.8 billion won.

In addition to education and research expenses, there are also roads, railways, bridges, factories, and so on.

However, if we want to continue construction, we will run a deficit because we cannot make ends meet, and the common countermeasures are to issue public bonds and print more money.

Due to the historical lessons of the indiscriminate issuance of Ming banknotes and official bills of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was nervous about the countermeasure of printing more banknotes and tried its best to avoid it, for fear that it would lead to hyperinflation, even if it was actually one of the feasible means.

Proposing to issue a large number of banknotes has even become taboo in the court, and will attract all kinds of criticism.

Last year, the Ming court and the local government issued a total of 9.04 billion yuan of various public bonds, and all the public bonds issued were subscribed because of repeated victories and full confidence of the people. However, in the same year, only 130 million yuan of banknotes were issued, which can be said to be quite cautious.

In the first half of this year, 6.1 billion won of various public bonds have been issued, but not all of them have been subscribed, and about 700 million yuan has not yet been subscribed - although victories continue to emerge and the people rejoice, everyone really has not much money left.

Judging from the data on paper, Zhou Changfeng feels that Daming's current situation is good, but if you think deeply, you will find many failures and hidden dangers.

It is necessary to ensure both military strength and economic construction, but because of various constraints and restrictions, it is unable to let go of its hands and feet, and it seems that it is constrained.

The more he knew the truth, the more worried he became, and Zhou Changfeng felt that he might have to worry about it, and he couldn't help but wonder how Zhu Lingjing managed to deal with it calmly.

"Just get used to it." She shook her hand and put away the folding fan, and said lightly: "Do your part, and you are not the only one in the world who understands that people are worried." ”

After returning to his usual office room, Zhou Changfeng was depressed for a while, then took a drink of two glasses and began to review the two piles of files piled up in front of the desk.

All departments responded positively to the subsequent dispatch of missions and study missions to Europe, listing the things that need to be purchased or used for reference.

A report from the Intelligence Service of the Metropolitan Governor's Office is also alarming – the Americans are suspected of using a new type of infantry anti-tank weapon in the fighting that broke out in the Iberian Peninsula.

The source was the Germans, who were said to have had several tanks destroyed as a result, and the German Social War Committee issued an urgent order instructing the front-line troops to add additional protection to the tanks.

What seems like a vague description is actually easy to guess the truth.

Zhou Changfeng closed his eyes and thought about it, and said to himself: "Three months...... Half a year, it seems to be about the same, the time is right. ”

There are so many battlefields around the world that the Ming-made Sanqi bazooka and its imitations have appeared, although I don't know where the Americans got the real thing, but a few months of work is enough to imitate such a simple thing as mass production.

It looks like it's time to prepare for the implementation of countermeasures.

(End of chapter)

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