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Text Chapter 541: Having Money and Having No Money (Part 2)

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    The concept of gross national value was actually invented by Yang Qiu. Currently, there is no such term in the world. There is only the statistical method of gross national value of workers and farmers in the United States, which was first adopted by Wall Street in the United States in 1908.  This statistical method is a bit rougher than later generations, but it can still objectively reflect the economic status of each country.

    In fact, since his return, he has discovered that there is a lack of effective national statistics. Whether it is population or economy, everyone has called it out. There are no figures to prove it. He has been suffering from the inability to show a complete digital Republic of China.  Later, when I learned from Hangel that Wall Street in the United States had been using the National Statistical Method of Workers and Peasants since 1908, he immediately sent people to learn it and hired experts to teach it step by step.  In order to increase accuracy, starting from 1913, people were sent to the United States to study and a large number of mechanical computers were introduced. In 1915, they even spent US$500,000 to purchase the latest patents from Switzerland and imitate them domestically.  Since 2016, universities have been strictly required to add mechanical computer courses to solve the problem of slow efficiency in design, manufacturing and statistics.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????: Mechanical computers became popular, but this number that he didn¡¯t even know before the meeting was really unexpected!

    He is not surprised by the total industrial value. After a series of deceptions and abductions since 1912, there is still such investment, because Russia alone has moved back 3.7 billion.  Even though the European war mainly produces military industry, several industrial groups are also producing industrial equipment and selling it across the country. These are all calculated into the total value, so this number should be said to be very conservative.  And because France is recovering slowly.  Russian industry was paralyzed, and both Italy and Japan shrank severely.  Due to factors such as the disintegration of Austria-Hungary, the world's total industrial output is actually lower than in 2014.  So it's not surprising that it's 5%.

    But the total value of the concept of exchange of US$49 billion is too shocking!  The United States only has 88 billion U.S. dollars, and the United Kingdom, which has colonies all over the world, only has 57 billion U.S. dollars. If this figure is used, even if the minimum annual growth rate of the Republic of China is 7% and the United Kingdom is 3%, it will surpass the United Kingdom and become the second largest in the world in 7 years?

    ??In fact, you really need to be prepared.  There is nothing surprising about being the third largest economy in the world. The Qing Dynasty was still the first in the world, and the United States also looked up to the dazzling numbers of China, Britain, France and other countries to draw circles.  The total value of workers and peasants is a completely fictitious thing, even if it is calculated based on the population of 460 million (not counting the recovered territory) last year by the Bureau of Statistics.  The per capita income is only US$106, which is nearly ten times lower than that of the United States. The output of electricity, energy, steel and food is even more disparate.

    But when he heard this number without any preparation, he was indeed shocked!  Only then did I realize that I was still thinking about the parallel world of the Les Miserables at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. In fact, the gap between the rich and the poor in the country is very large, but the complete preservation of the Manchu and Qing heritage is far less outrageous than the warlords' melee for decades.

    This sound also caused everyone to turn their heads. Even Bei Zuyi stopped narrating and looked at Yang Qiu. His eyes seemed to see the monster.  Li Yuanhong came even closer and asked, "Chen Hua, what's so funny about this?"

    "Yeah, what's so funny about this?"

    Yang Qiu looked around.  I found that everyone was surprised that this figure was not as good as the income just now, and I suddenly realized that I had lost my temper.  After opening his mouth and pointing at the numbers, he suddenly stopped.  Because he suddenly discovered something. In fact, people like Li Yuanhong also have their own pride!  In the final analysis, I was too deeply influenced by the propaganda and warlord period of later generations, and I did not understand all aspects of the country as well as people of this era.  There was a gap between the Republic of China and the rest of the world, but not to the extent that it required worship. Even after the successive indemnities during the Sino-Japanese War and the Gengzi Year, the total economic output of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in 1911 was still more than three times that of Japan.  After picking up industry again in 1912, it has actually become the sixth largest industrial country after Britain, the United States, France, Germany and Italy!  The GNP is five times that of Japan.  The total industrial value is twice that of Japan. The real gap is actually technology rather than economy.

    Bei Zuyi¡¯s ears felt a little hot, and he was even a little angry secretly because he misunderstood that Yang Qiu didn¡¯t believe this number.  You must know that in order to complete the national economic census proposed by Yang Qiu, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Bureau of Statistics, and even the police and the National Guard were mobilized, and the superiors repeatedly required accuracy. Each number was counted separately by two groups of people.  Whoever makes a mistake will pack up and go home.

    It was strange that the young man had no temper for being so hard-working and conscientious, so he immediately blushed and said: "Vice President. We sent people to the United States to study financial statistics. It took more than two years to complete the statistics. In the end, we hired the U.S. Treasury Department to study financial statistics.  Expert calculations have been reviewed and reviewed, so we can guarantee that this number cannot be said to be 100% accurate but it is definitely less."

    "Is there any more?" Cai E couldn't help but slap his forehead and looked at Zhang Wenjing.  The latter rolled his eyes and said with a bit of resentment: "Of course there are leaks! Your army has not yet regained the stability of the northeast and northwest, and the social structure is not yet sound. How can we count them?"

    Looking at his look, Cai E decided not to argue with him, because the army was holding the country back.

    Bei Zuyi continued: "In fact, it is the simplest to have an algorithm to determine whether it is accurate. In the past??For example, my country's central fiscal revenue is 3 billion yuan. Since our country is far from being an agricultural country, the tax rate is lower than the common 8% to 9% in industrial countries, only about 5%, so the tax revenue is about 2.5 billion.  However, compared with Europe and the United States, my country has three more items: salt and tobacco monopoly, state-owned enterprise profits and government overseas investment. These three items added 500 million yuan to the central government last year.  "

    Yang Qiu heard the meaning of his words, laughed and stood up and bowed: "This is my fault. I apologize to the Ministry of Finance and the staff involved in this statistics. In fact, I was just thinking, it turns out that we  He is not useless, and he finally managed to keep his third position."

    "hehe"

    Everyone admired Yang Qiu¡¯s magnanimity in getting up and apologizing in person, and they were also happy for what he said next.  They are all important members of the government. No matter what their intentions are, who in their position would not want to make some political achievements that will be remembered by future generations?  Otherwise, Li Yuanhong would not be eager to become the first official president.

    Bei Zuyi did not expect that Yang Qiu would apologize in person. Instead, he added a little embarrassedly: "Actually, the Vice President should not be surprised. Although our country is already the third in the world, the gap between the rich and the poor in the country is huge! And the per capita difference is 9 times that of the United States.  Even Japan had 8 billion last year, but their population is only 90% of ours. On a per capita basis, our citizens are not as wealthy as the Japanese."

    Zhang Wenjing also took the opportunity to say: "This statistic is indeed of little significance. It can only reflect the overall level of the country. Don't forget that our fiscal revenue last year was 3 billion, but we could not support the expenditure.

    Free education is a top priority. According to statistics, the current actual education coverage population is only 250 million, with more than 55 million school children. More than 10,000 private schools across the country are subsidized, and there are more than 40,000 foreign teachers (introduced under the European War Plum Blossom Agreement). Our own teachers  Only 510,000, the shortfall is a huge one million!  The annual government expenditure on this alone is as much as 1.2 billion!  If we include the entire land and population, we estimate that we will spend at least 2 billion per year!  The military is also a big part of the budget, with 800 million a year, and the remaining 1 billion is for government spending and construction investment.  But last year alone our government and construction expenditures reached 3 billion yuan.  Leaving aside losses, the company loses 2 billion every year.

    It can be maintained for so many years mainly due to three aspects. First, we now issue about 1 billion national debt subsidies every year. Second, the military expenditures for the three years from 2016 to 2018 are actually borne by Britain and France, which saves a lot, and there is the 5 billion loan.  and war proceeds, just to make up for this big hole.  But all the money has been spent. I spent more than 400 million on this trip alone. Either let Songpa go and provoke Europe and the United States to continue fighting, or the finances still show no signs of improvement.  "

    "Ha ha"

    ¡°Everyone was happy, but they also understood the country¡¯s difficulties.  Although 49 billion looks affluent, the annual deficit of 2 billion is a solid pressure. Qiu Baoren, who originally thought about asking the Ministry of Finance to discuss funding to build more warships after the meeting, quickly put away this idea. In the past, they had always felt that  The Navy has always been a little embarrassed that grandma doesn't care for her uncle and doesn't love her. Now I realize it's not that they don't want to build it, but that the country really has no money.

    ??Especially this education, it is really expensive!  Unfortunately, even the king and I dare not mention the abolition of this national policy.  Education for all is a must. If the country wants to become prosperous and strong, national rejuvenation must rely on education!  Looking around the world, among the industrial powers such as Britain, the United States, France and Germany, which one has not universalized middle school education?  Even Japan, which was defeated, had a higher proportion of educated population than the Republic of China based on average.

    Seeing everyone's silence, Bei Zuyi gave full play to the young people's daring style and said loudly: "The difficulties are not insurmountable. Every penny the country invests in industry, railways, communications and electricity will be repaid in a few years."  That is several times or even dozens of times! Therefore, according to our analysis, there are three main ways to change the current predicament. The first is to learn from Europe and the United States as soon as possible, abolish the gold standard system, turn gold and silver into commodities instead of currencies, and use the price difference to withdraw gold and silver in large quantities and issue banknotes.  , according to our predictions, this alone can increase the circulation of approximately 2 billion banknotes!

    The second is to levy industrial and commercial value-added tax as soon as possible and increase tariffs on some commodities. This will not only protect national enterprises, but also increase the current average tax to 6%.

    The third is to lift the grain ban as soon as possible, because this can increase farmers¡¯ income and improve the proportion of national finances.  "

    Yang Qiu agreed with the first two opinions, but the third one made him frown secretly.  To be honest, the current rapid development of industry is not only due to the European War, but also to the deliberate suppression of food prices.  Food prices were actually much lower during the Republic of China!  This was done deliberately by Yang Qiu, because maintaining grain prices at extremely low prices, and not hesitate to rely on state-owned farms and external procurement to combat the rising price trend of domestic agricultural products, is actually a disguised subsidy to industry.  Because food prices are the basis for all prices, once food prices rise, wages, raw materials, etc. will also rise, which will inevitably lead to the national capitalists who have just started to reduce their investment.  Although this method is more subtle than Japan's deliberate raising of food prices, people who are not well-literate can even?I think this is a good life, but in fact it is all exploitation of farmers.

    Even Yang Qiu himself knows that the method of using scissors to stimulate market and social development is an extremely exploitative behavior for agriculture. It can be implemented in a backward country in the early stages of economic development, but as society develops, it will cause the rich and the poor to become rich and poor.  The gap is widening and social conflicts are seriously increasing.

    But he doesn¡¯t want to open it now

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