"Your Majesty!" Seeing Arthur walking slowly, everyone in the cabinet quickly stood up and said respectfully.

Arthur nodded flatly, sat down on the main seat, and said with a smile: "Everyone, let's start." The first meeting of our restructured cabinet. ”

When everyone heard this, they sat down, but this time the seats had changed compared to the previous meeting, and several newly added cabinet seats were all ranked before the cabinet ministers.

It is worth mentioning that between the cabinet ministers and the new seats, there is still one vacant seat, which is intended for the future minister of royal affairs.

"I guess you all know each other, so let's get straight to the point!" "While our cabinet has undergone a reshuffle, our goals have never changed," Arthur said. Developing the country is our eternal theme. ”

"Prime Minister Walter, how many processes are there for this meeting?" Arthur asked.

"Your Majesty, in addition to reporting on our achievements in the past six months, the division of the duties of the current restructured cabinet government is also an important issue. In addition, there are also some issues in the current work of the government, which need to be discussed at today's meeting. Prime Minister Walter quickly stood up and introduced.

"Let's talk about the division of duties in the current cabinet government after the restructuring." Arthur smiled and went straight to the topic that was most important to the cabinet ministers.

"With the addition of several new cabinet positions, the Chancellor is responsible for the domestic judicial system, and the state courts in the states are also under the control of the Chancellor. Both the judiciary and the House of Representatives have enforcement powers in judicial cases involving mid- and high-ranking officials. The enforcement system of the House of Representatives is accountable to the House of Representatives, and the justices are accountable to the Cabinet Government and the Royal Parliament. Do you have anything to say? Arthur asked with a smile as he looked at the crowd.

Seeing that everyone shook their heads with interest, Arthur continued: "In addition to being the archbishop, the Archbishop of Australasia is also the head of the Kingdom Protestant Association, coordinating and managing the affairs of the Protestant Church in the country. But religions other than Protestantism should also have their own rights to handle affairs within their churches. ”

"As for the new Secretary of State, he is generally responsible for helping the Prime Minister with state affairs. The House of Representatives theoretically has oversight over the Cabinet Government, but the Cabinet Government's executive power rests with the Royal Parliament and must be approved by me. As for the remaining Ministers of the Royal Family, they are responsible for the affairs between the Crown and the Government, and they are accountable only to me. ”

"That's all for the time being, the most important thing at the moment is the country's development and the next steps of various departments." Arthur stopped the topic and said with a smile: "Let's talk about the progress of the government's work and the problems encountered this year." Today, everyone is here, and if you encounter a problem, you can brainstorm and solve it. ”

Seeing that Arthur quickly stopped the topic, everyone didn't dare to say anything more, and quickly turned their attention to a new topic.

Although the development of Australasia is generally very smooth, this does not mean that there will not be some problems in the process of development.

The ministers looked at the information summarized in their hands and carefully thought about the achievements and problems faced by their respective departments.

"Those of you who are not ministers of the ministry should also listen carefully to the current problems and achievements of the departments. As a member of the Cabinet, even if you are not doing government work, you can contribute to the country by giving some opinions. Arthur looked at a few candidates for the new position and said.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Several people nodded yes.

"Let's talk about the government's achievements so far, listen to the good news of the government, and then focus on solving the problems that have arisen." Arthur commanded.

"Your Majesty, up to now, all the developments of our government have been on an upward trend. In the first seven months of this year, the number of immigrants has exceeded 420,000, and at present, the total population of our country has reached 7.651 million, and the non-immigrant population has increased by more than 80,000. Chancellor Walter stood up and summed up.

"The development of industry and agriculture has also been steadily improved. Judging from the pace of our construction, it is hoped that the Leonora industrial base will be initially put into use at the end of 1909, and the construction of the first phase of the industrial base will be completely completed in mid-1910 and the construction of the second phase will be completed. If progress goes well, we can hope that the second and third phases of the industrial zone will be completed in 1913 and 1916, and that the entire industrial zone will be completely completed by 1918. ”

Prime Minister Walter took a moment to slow down before he continued: "We have also seen a steady increase in revenues. So far, in less than eight months, we have surpassed $27 million in revenue, and we expect to exceed $40 million this year. ”

"So far, we have spent about $33 million on the budget and lost about $6 million. However, this is due to the fact that we have started the construction of three battleships, plus the construction of the Leonora industrial base. If there is not much construction in the second half of the year, it is expected that our financial position will still be able to return to a surplus. Prime Minister Walter introduced.

Australasia's development and construction has gone through eight years, and it has been able to achieve an initial turnaround.

This state of affairs is still under the condition that the construction of the country has not stopped, which also reflects the achievements of the government's development for so many years.

There was enough budget to do more, and for now, at least, Arthur was satisfied with Australasia's finances.

After a brief debriefing, Arthur looked at the cabinet ministers and asked, "If you have any issues that you can't decide in your work, you can raise them now and the cabinet will vote on them." ”

After a few seconds of silence, the Minister of Agriculture, Mark Riddell, stood up first and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, everyone. As of this year's development, our per capita arable land has reached about 2.3 acres, and the total arable land area is about 17,595,200 acres. It is estimated that our annual grain output this year will reach more than 7 million tons, and we should have at least 3 million tons of grain for export on the premise of satisfying domestic consumption and strategic grain reserves. ”

Arthur nodded. The increase in grain production and the increase in arable land per capita was good news, and there was nothing to say about such good news, so Arthur nodded and continued to listen.

"But this rate of growth is entirely dependent on the use of a large number of indigenous people and the increase in the agricultural population, rather than the use of our agricultural technology and farm machinery." Mark Redel continued: "In the case of New Guinea, which is an important grain producing region at the moment, New Guinea has a lot of cultivable land and many rivers that are very suitable for crops. ”

"We have the advantage of a small population in New Guinea, which allows us to achieve large-scale unified cultivation and encourage citizens who are able to do so to set up large farms in these areas, and upgrade our agriculture with uniform planting and harvesting methods and large machinery. At present, many areas of Australasia can adopt this method, with a small agricultural population, a large number of machinery to produce more food, so that the saved agricultural population can be used in other areas, saving our labor costs and labor. ”

"At the same time, I think we should also strongly support the establishment of the agrochemical industry, and promote the transformation of agricultural science and technology fields such as fertilizer plants and ammonia technology. If most of our land had access to more fertilizer technology, our food production should have risen by at least 20 percent. At present, the experiment of tractors in a small part of Sydney has been very successful, and I think it should be promoted in time to promote the use of machinery across the country, and use machinery to drive agricultural production and change. If all these conditions can be implemented, I believe that even if our available arable land is not expanded, there is hope that the grain output will exceed 10 million tons. After saying that, Mark Redel glanced around, then looked at Arthur with a respectful gaze, waiting for Arthur's thoughts and decisions.

"Well, the idea of the Ministry of Agriculture is good, do you have any opinions?" Arthur nodded, asking for the others' opinions.

"Your Majesty, there is no problem in supporting the chemical industry and agricultural technology, ammonia synthesis technology, and the corresponding factories, which are also included in our newly built Leonora Industrial Base. The purpose of the Leonora Integrated Industrial Site is to improve the existing production methods in Australasia by building technology factories in all aspects of Australasia. Pierre, the Minister of Industry, nodded first.

Such an idea was already involved in the Leonora industrial base, which is why Chancellor Pierre nodded in agreement without even thinking about it.

"The Ministry of Finance is fine, Your Majesty." Chancellor of the Exchequer Roger nodded and said: "In terms of factories and agricultural technology, the Treasury can allocate about $1 million to encourage more factories to be built in this area, and to develop corresponding agricultural fertiliser technology." As for Minister Mark's talk about the widespread use of tractors, I think it would be too much of a fiscal burden to achieve it all at once. It is better to conduct initial large-scale use tests in New Guinea, and if private farmers want to buy tractors for agricultural production, we can also subsidize them to help more private farms go into private farms. ”

Arthur nodded, this was indeed the best way to do it at the moment. Although the cost of a single tractor is not too high, if it is widely used in Australasia, it is not currently affordable for the government's finances.

The best way to do this is to promote it on a large scale in important food-producing areas like New Guinea, and to encourage larger private farmers to buy their own tractors with certain preferential policies.

As long as these farmers realize the convenience that tractors bring to agriculture and can bring them tangible benefits, they will spontaneously buy this kind of machinery to speed up the efficiency of their farms without government encouragement.

"Is there anything else anyone else would like to say?" Arthur asked.

This matter is not really a big problem, and the Minister of Agriculture Mark himself has proposed a proper solution.

Coupled with the opinions given by the Ministry of Finance in light of the current financial situation of the government, basically the agricultural problem has been properly resolved.

Seeing that everyone shook their heads, Arthur said, "Then the next department, are there any problems with other departments?" ”

After a moment of silence, the Secretary of State for Education, Richard Noble Chapman, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the education department has a lot of work to do this year, but our budget is running out. The Department of Education is requesting a budget of at least $5 million for the expansion of existing universities and the construction of two more universities. ”

"How is the Ministry of Education doing? What is your budget for this year? Is it spent so quickly? Arthur asked, puzzled.

Generally, at the year-end summary meeting, the next year's financial budget will be allocated to each department according to the situation of the previous year.

Departments such as the Department of Education, in particular, receive extra attention from the government, which generally has an additional budget of around $2 million.

"Your Majesty, it is our current intention to expand the National University of Australasia and the University of Auckland to make them the first and second universities in Australasia. The expansion plans of the two universities will each require around $1 million, and the Australasian National University in particular will need a budget of at least $1 million to $1.5 million to barely keep up with the pace of European universities. Education Secretary Richard explained.

"In addition, in order to reserve more skilled personnel for the Leonora industrial base, we have built a technical training school in Western Australia and a technical training school in South Australia to train skilled workers for the industrial base. Then there's the expansion of technical schools near Sydney and Melbourne, which together cost $2 million. This year's Department of Education budget is only $6 million, and excluding the normal maintenance costs of several universities, the current budget available for the Department of Education is less than $1 million, and there is nothing that can be done to build new universities. Richard explained.

The Ministry of Education has indeed taken a big step this year, not only to expand the existing universities, but also to try to maintain them at the level of European universities.

New technical schools and universities will also be built to meet the growing demand for skilled workers and universities in Australasia.

At present, with the popularization of Australasia's education policy, Australasia's per capita education has reached the secondary school level.

Although there are many people who have come out of the education popularization class, it is the Australasian government that has done its best to increase the per capita education level to secondary school in this era.

The efforts of the government and the education sector to the educational environment in Australasia can be seen from the various schools and universities that have been breaking ground in Australasia over the years.

Arthur looked at Prime Minister Walter and Minister Roger, waiting for the advice of the government and the treasury.

"Your Majesty, education is an important matter for the country, and the popularization of education is very necessary for our development in all aspects. If it weren't for our efforts in education, I am afraid that our industry would have lacked enough talents to develop to the current scale. So I think the work of the education sector is very necessary, and the extra budget of $5 million is not much, and even if it is for the construction of universities, I think the budget can be expanded to about 8 million. This money should also be enough to expand the number of universities in our country to ten, which will make sense for our educational work. "Prime Minister Walter was the first to speak.

Ten universities is only a fraction of the number of universities in the great powers, but for Australasia, it is already the result of hard work.

If we can have 10 universities, it means that we can train thousands or even tens of thousands of college students every year, which will greatly fill the gap of middle-end talents, and even cultivate seedlings of high-level talents for Australasia.

It is very likely that among the thousands of college students every year, many outstanding scientists and experts of all kinds will be trained, and these talents are very important for the development and construction of the country.

Although Arthur can obtain a certain number of high-level talents every year with the Victoria Award, this kind of self-cultivated talent is definitely more loyal than the talent he attracts, and it is also very handy to use.

The crowd turned their eyes back to Treasury Minister Roger, waiting for the Treasury Department's final opinion.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Roger smiled helplessly and said: "Since the Prime Minister has said so, how can the Ministry of Finance not support it." Your Majesty, the Treasury can allocate a budget of about $8 million to $10 million to help the education sector build more universities and expand more schools. But after taking out this 10 million Australian dollars, I am afraid that this year's financial situation will be a loss again, and then Your Majesty, don't blame me! ”

Before Arthur could speak, Prime Minister Walter hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Minister Roger." These budgets are used for education, and even a slight loss is not a big deal. Everyone participated in this decision, and His Majesty personally watched it, so who would blame you? ”

Arthur finally instructed: "Minister Richard, I hope that this extra budget can be used for the cause of education. When the education department has made achievements, you, as a minister, should take the first credit. But I want the construction of universities and other schools to be free of any shoddy works, and Australasian students should live in a safe and comfortable environment, not some dangerous projects, you know? ”

Education Secretary Richard nodded hurriedly and made his own promise.

He doesn't care much about the cost of money, but he must ensure the quality of the project and construction, which is Arthur's bottom line for all the construction of Australasia.

Basically, the construction department will listen to Arthur's instructions, and they all agree very well on the surface.

At least there are no incidents of inferior engineering in Australasia so far, which makes Arthur feel very satisfied.

But if such an incident of inferior engineering really happens, no matter who is under it, Arthur will definitely not show mercy.

There is no room for accidents in the development and construction of the country, and if anyone dares to hinder it, then he is not only the enemy of the development and construction of the country, but also the enemy of Arthur and all Australasian people.

"Are there any other departments that have any problems?" After the instructions, Arthur also looked at the others and asked.

"Your Majesty, there are several issues in the Ministry of Public Security that need to be decided by Your Majesty." The Minister of Peace, Thomas Cech, stood up and said.

"The security department has developed to more than 2,600 police officers. Although it seems like a lot, it is still very small for the huge Australasia, and it is not effective in maintaining the law and order environment in any part of the country. At the same time, due to the spread of automobiles and the construction of various types of roads, I think it is necessary to establish a road police department to better manage the circulation of roads. Minister Thomas said.

"Our police station also receives all kinds of requests and requests from the public from time to time, many of which are just trivial things, but because of the people's requests for help, we have to do it. This is a great waste of our police resources, so I feel it is necessary to have an assistance police unit that deals with these matters to distinguish it from the police in our Ministry of Public Security. ”

Before several police revolutions took place, although the police system was now widely born around the world, it was not clear what the police should do in terms of specific duties.

The police of this era can be seen as a composite of all police officers, which also leads to the fact that the already small security department in Australasia is busy and not very efficient.

"Any specific ideas?" Arthur asked.

It is necessary to professionalize the policing of the police, and although this would be decades ahead of history, it would greatly improve the efficiency of the Ministry of Public Security.

Moreover, there is no technical content in police specialization, at most it is only professional training for police officers in a certain aspect, which also does not require too much time and resources.

"Your Majesty, I think that the police of our security services should be divided into several categories at present. First of all, the first category is our law enforcement police, which is specifically responsible for handling illegal and criminal cases and maintaining law and order in our country. This type of police officer should also be our most professional police officer, and their appointment requires a lot of training time and internship time. Minister Thomas said.

"The second type of police is what I call the police who maintain traffic order, this type of police only need a certain popularization of traffic laws and knowledge to take office, their main task is to maintain the traffic order of our domestic roads, there is no law enforcement power in the case, and they are not allowed to own and carry guns."

"The third type of police is responsible for the daily calls for help from residents, as well as some disasters in our daily lives, and so on. These disasters are fires, floods, and so on. Residents can turn to these police officers if they are in trouble, and they will become the closest police department to the population. ”

Arthur nodded, looking at the others.

In fact, this is the Ministry of Security's own business, so the other ministers have tacitly chosen to remain silent and quietly wait for Arthur's opinion.

"Your Majesty, I think such a division of professions is very necessary, at least it can greatly improve the efficiency of the police, and even hopefully reduce the crime rate and the success rate of case handling in our country." Secretary of State Kent said with a smile: "But the problem is that the size of the security department will definitely continue to expand, and if the existing police force is divided into three categories, the number of police officers in any category will not be enough, and it will drag down the efficiency of the police." ”

It has to be said that the number of traffic police and comprehensive police must be at least 1,000 or more in order to initially manifest their role.

In particular, the integrated police must not only be quite numerous, but even deploy them in large and small cities in order to show their role in being close to the people and helping them.

Arthur nodded and asked Minister Roger, "Does the Treasury still have enough budget at the moment?" ”

Minister Roger responded: "Your Majesty, if it were just an expansion in the number of police officers of all kinds, I think $500,000 would be able to train at least thousands of police officers of all kinds." Even if you want to establish a system of training institutions for three types of police officers, it will cost $1 million to be sufficient. A million dollars is still perfectly fine, and the funds will arrive tomorrow. ”

Arthur nodded and said to the Minister of Sheriff, Thomas, "Then give you a million dollars, Minister Thomas." The specific classification of the police system, as well as the establishment of training institutions, the task of expanding the size of the police is left to you. I hope to see some results by the end of this year, and next year we can plan to have three types of police in all cities. ”

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(End of chapter)