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    Johnson's telegram was sent after all, because after repeated confirmations, he finally believed that Yang Qiu would indeed visit the United States as soon as he took office. There was no guarantee whether the order would be there, but he felt that at this time, the close proximity of China and the United States, which had great complementary advantages, would help.  Solving the United States' deep economic crisis.

    President Hoover¡¯s call back was faster, asking him to make every effort to facilitate Yang Qiu¡¯s visit to the United States and reopen Sino-US trade to help the domestic economy recover. Of course, he finally said some high-sounding words such as ensuring US interests in China.  After receiving this call back, faced with the clamor of the American consortium in China, Johnson directly passed the responsibility to the Republic of China government and asked the businessmen to litigate the case themselves.  Going to court with the Chinese government?  joke!  Inside this country, which is disguised as democracy, there is a naked dictatorship implemented by someone through the hands of a political party!  !

    Faced with the ambassador¡¯s deafness, American businessmen in China had no idea. Those who had the means began to think of ways to recover some losses, and many even resorted to large-scale layoffs.  Didn't you freeze my funds?  I will give you hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers to see who can spend them!  The frustrated foreign businessmen began unprecedented layoffs. By the end of 1929, a total of 220,000 Chinese workers had been laid off, accounting for 5% of the country's total workers. This shocking layoff was also mistakenly believed to be the main cause of China's two-year depression.

    But only a few people know that it was economic reforms that really caused the two-year depression!  After sending a positive signal to the United States, Yang Qiu began to unswervingly carry out major surgery on the planned economy that had been implemented for 15 years, taking advantage of the crisis to carry out major reforms and adjustments to the national industry and commerce.

    The Chinese Trade Union Headquarters building next to the Waibaidu Bridge in Shanghai is a European-style five-story building with more than 40 offices that handle disputes and affairs for millions of industrial workers across the country. Next to it is the Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Association Building, which is the largest industrial and commercial building in the country.  Important social venue.  On one side are the labor unions, on the other side are the factory owners and capitalists Just like this metropolis where Eastern and Western cultures clash, ancient and modern intertwined, they are both incompatible but need each other.

    When Lu Bicheng¡¯s special car arrived at the association building, the banquet hall on the second floor was already packed with thousands of people.  They are all bankers, Chinese business owners and private business owners who came back from all over the country and even overseas. The vast majority of them are the beneficiaries of the National Socialist Party's heavy industrial and commercial policies over the past 18 years.  Originally, they all had a patriotic heart.  He rushed to save the market with a large amount of cash, but upon arrival he was told not to do anything for the time being.

    This made everyone very strange, and they whispered to each other to find out what happened.

    "The madam is here."

    The sound silenced the noisy hall, and a floral silk cheongsam caught her eye.  Lu Bicheng and Yan Xishan, who were wearing knitted waistcoats and pulled up their black hair to reveal their crisp white and graceful necks, came in chatting and laughing.  Her graceful and graceful figure, swaying plump buttocks, begonia-like jade cheeks, bright red lips, elegant smile and plump breasts made many people secretly salivate over this magnificent and talented woman.

    ¡°I could only swallow my saliva, and I didn¡¯t even dare to look at him for a long time.  This woman with a sweet smile that makes people want to pin her down on the bed immediately is one of the future mothers of the country!  By the way, how many mothers can there be?  While a few brainless guys in the corner were muttering to themselves, Lu Bicheng had already looked around and saw that Yang Qiu was not around and asked, "Where is Chen Hua?"

    ¡°The minister went to inspect the labor union next door and said he would arrive late.¡± She was answered by Zhu Ziyao, the boss of the Qiuxin Group and Shanghai member of the National Socialist Party.  Boss Zhu is now one of the few super-rich Chinese in the country, with a net worth reportedly exceeding 1 billion yuan.  Since Yang Qiu regarded it as a key support for private enterprises, Qiuxin Shipyard has grown from a small shipyard to now having three shipyards across the country.  A large consortium involving dozens of industries such as metallurgy, electronics, automobile manufacturing, and instrumentation. He himself has become an outstanding representative of industry and commerce in the country, so he is one of Yang Qiu's staunchest supporters.

    Although there is Yang Qiu¡¯s support.  But with so many entrepreneurs present, they have to admire their ability.  Not only has it become a domestic industrial leader, but it is also one of the few domestic entrepreneurs who attaches great importance to technological innovation. Even the Mechanical Power Laboratory of Nanjing University is single-handedly funded by others. The group has hundreds of Chinese and foreign ship designers, engineers, and technical experts.

    Lu Bicheng nodded, it was right to go to the union first.  This reform is very powerful and will involve workers' basic living security issues, so the trade unions must be appeased first.  Since Yang Qiu hadn't arrived yet, and both she and Yan Xishan were used to socializing.  Soon we were chatting and laughing with everyone.

    "Madam, why doesn't the minister let us bail out the market?"

    "Yes, I brought all the money."

    "After receiving a telegram from Boss Miao, our Haihua Company has collected 50 million for me to bring to him. The second payment from Nanyang has almost been collected." Several entrepreneurs who have close relations with Yang Qiu surrounded Lu Bicheng  and Yan Xishan, everyone wonders why they don¡¯t bail out the market even though they have enough money.  Lu Rongting resigned from the military after his death the year before last.  Lu, who switched to the business worldGuang Guang was even more puzzled: "Madam, how difficult it is for us to unite our efforts to deal with a few foreign businessmen. Why does the Ministry of Justice need to go to war?"

    The relationship between the Lu family and the Yang family was not very deep, but Lu Rongting supported Yang Qiu without hesitation, especially the matter of promoting the marriage with Yang Qiu. Miao Luo always cared about the Lu family, so he knew that Yang Qiu wanted to set up an aluminum factory in Guangxi.  Let the Lu family invest in purchasing equipment to build an aluminum plant, which can be considered as paying off the debt of gratitude from that year.  With the aluminum factory and the booming rubber industry exports, Lu Yuguang washed away his mediocrity in the army. He restricted more rubber trees in Guangxi and planted them in Hainan and Nanyang. In the past two years, he also started to engage in palm tree planting.

    Lu Bicheng rolled her eyes at him and said with a smile: "Boss Lu is so arrogant. A few foreign businessmen That's 1.7 billion short orders, and there are still 4.2 billion US dollars of assets behind them."

    The word "boss" made Lu Yuguang scratch his head in embarrassment.  He could still be considered a boss in Guangxi and Nanyang, but after coming to Shanghai he really was nothing.  Not to mention real bosses like Zhu Ziyao and Bayusao who are worth hundreds of millions, he can't compete with them just because of their technical skills.  What's more, there have been rumors from the outside world that the assets of the Yang family may have exceeded 30 billion yuan, so they repeatedly waved their hands to let the real "boss lady" take back the title.

    ¡°Madam, is there any other reason why the commander-in-chief doesn¡¯t rescue the market?¡± It was Su Xiaohu who spoke.  After Su Hongsheng became paralyzed due to illness four years ago, he had to retire with the rank of lieutenant general, which caused quite a stir at the time.  After all, even if his ability is not strong, it is easy to move up the level with his relationship with Yang Qiu. You must know that the difference between an admiral and a lieutenant general is not a word!  After retiring, he replaced Su Hongsheng to take over the Sino-French Changchun Iron and Steel Works and North Korea's Musan Iron Mine. Later, he jointly established the Huishan Copper Mine with Zhang Zongchang, the plenipotentiary representative of North Korea in the Republic of China. Two years ago, he began to develop automobile and motorcycle manufacturing, and last year he also entered the  This new field of instrumentation and electrical appliances.

    In order to thank Su Hongsheng for his support and help, Yang Qiu resold all the shares he controlled in Changchun to the Su family three years ago.  He also helped him get orders for trucks and motorcycles from the National Defense Forces.  Now Su Xiaohu has become the big boss of Su's enterprise.  The most important thing is that because he was one of the five direct division commanders at that time, he had a lot of connections in the army, plus Zhang Zongchang's connection.  Doing business almost all over North Korea and controlling its economic lifeline!

    Su Xiaohu is not an ordinary person, so Lu Bicheng's tone is more easy-going: "Rescuing the market is just gambling with money. If you lose, you will lose everything. Even if you win, it will only be some extra pocket money. Do you really think that the United States will sit back and watch billions being swallowed up by us?  Even if you have scruples and don¡¯t intervene, you will still hold a grudge.¡±

    "Then what should we do now? Is it possible to take the money back?"

    "What a beautiful idea!" Lu Bicheng glared at Su Xiaohu who was speaking, and then looked at Yan Xishan.  The latter chuckled and answered: "The minister has called everyone together. In fact, he is preparing to make a major adjustment to our country's economy! We are going to sell a number of high-quality state-owned factories, and a number of factories under my wife's name will also be sold. We will take this opportunity to implement industrial  Upgrade. To put it simply, it is to cut off the old, poor, and less profitable ones, change the strong situation of state-owned factories, and realize the strategy of retreating from the state and advancing by the people."

    ??Selling state-owned factories?  The country retreats and the people advance?  Before everyone could finish absorbing these astonishing news and new terms, Lu Bicheng emphasized his tone: "Chen Hua said. A real national enterprise, a pillar of the country, must not only be able to make money, but also have its own technology. It must constantly increase its focus on new technologies.  Investment! Britain and Germany are the best in this regard. He hopes to take this opportunity to support a group of pillar enterprises and spend 10 years to make our country one of the top four in technological innovation! He also asked me to bring you a message  Woolen cloth"

    "Oh? What are you talking about?" When everyone heard Yang Qiu's words, they all pricked up their ears.  But before Lu Bicheng could say anything, a voice came from behind: "What I say is, science and technology are the primary productive forces!" With loud words, Yang Qiu led Gu Weijun and Yan Yuqiu into the venue.  His arrival also made this industrial and commercial cocktail party particularly unusual. Many years later, Zhu Ziyao could clearly remember that night and Yang Qiu's determination to resolutely adjust the country's industrial layout.

    "Lan Qing has just finished what I said for me. I would like to thank you all for not backing down after learning about the economic crisis. Instead, they all came to rescue the market! This shows that our country is not only capable of solving its own economic problems, but also that you truly have a conscience.  A national entrepreneur!" At the end of the words, applause broke out in the hall. To get a personal thank you from the future president, the future is bright!  Don't show off your strength and applaud.

    Yang Qiu didn¡¯t care about the ostentation and waved to Yan Xishan.  Take out the sales list that has been prepared and distribute it to everyone.  "This is a list of factories that I have discussed with the president and will be sold after economic adjustment. Each of you can compete for bids. But there is something I want to say up front. The state still has to temporarily hold some of the state-owned factories above.  , this is to protect workers¡¯ rights and also to prevent such a good asset from being wasted.¡±

    The long list includes factories owned by several major consortiums under Yang Qiu's name, as well as a large number of high-quality state-owned factories.??, including food processing, coal, cement, fertilizers, electronics, automobiles, tractors, home appliances, etc.  Each of these factories is very famous. It can be said that they are all golden chickens laying eggs at present. They have good equipment, good technology, high output and high profits. Many people are drooling, but they did not expect that they will all be put on the shelves tonight!  Everyone got excited, knowing that just buying one of these would be enough for many people to become rich immediately.

    Of course Yang Qiu will not be stupid enough to sell core assets. These are basically marginal enterprises. They are additional products after the crazy expansion of Chinese capital in the three five-year plans, and the technical threshold is low.  What he wants to ensure are electronic information, energy, military industry, electricity, railways and other core industries related to the national economy and people's livelihood. Investment in these industries is slow to bear fruit, and currently few people in the country can afford it.  What's more, even if these industries are left in later generations, most countries will implement state control over them.

    He has carefully considered this major adjustment. We will not debate who is better or worse between private enterprises and state-owned enterprises, but one thing is true. Once state-owned enterprises expand and transition, they will cause a decrease in efficiency and bureaucratic shortcomings. Rather than being stereotyped and eliminated like later republics,  For meat, it is better to take advantage of the current small scale of the industry to strengthen the path of privatization.  But he also knows that the road of privatization where the state retreats and the people advance is difficult to follow. Despite the current excitement, the various obstacles on the road have been proven countless times in later generations.  But like everything before, he still stubbornly followed this path.  I would rather sacrifice for the time being than go on.

    What is left is that the Minister of Commerce, Yan Xishan, led a large number of Ministry of Commerce staff to start registration and filing, and repeatedly told everyone to remember Yang Qiu's famous saying "Science and technology are the primary productive forces".  Seeing that he was sweating profusely from work, Yang Qiu also smiled and nodded to him: "Well done. Brother Baichuan. I am discussing with the President to merge the two ministries of industry and commerce, and the National Development and Reform Commission will also be abolished. In the future, the industrial and commercial development  and the national economy depend on you.¡±

    Yan Xishan felt ecstatic in his heart!  It was indeed a last resort for him to abandon the military power in Shanxi, but there was nothing he could do about it due to the general trend. Later, he even thought about contacting his old subordinates in the army.  However, facing the military system created by Yang Qiu, he was completely unable to intervene, and in the end he could only grit his teeth and step into politics.  After the silver crisis, he became the Minister of Commerce. In fact, it can only be regarded as Yang Qiu's encouragement to support all walks of life in Shanxi.  Only after saying these words today did he truly become a minister of the Republic of China, no longer just a decoration.

    In addition to selling state-owned factories, Yang Qiu finally made a decision that after coming to power, he would vigorously support industries such as electronics, communications, shipbuilding, automobiles, logistics, instrumentation, metal processing, and chemicals, and promised to open up intercity railways, electric power, energy, chemical industry, etc.  , petroleum smelting, ore mining, gas station construction, and dozens of other fields that only companies under his name and state-owned enterprises could get involved in before.

    This is an important night because it is not open to reporters and most of the people present are vested interests.  So the camera in Yan Yuqiu's hand recorded what happened on the night of June 17, 1929, and also recorded the most important night on the road to national reform.

    In the photo, Yang Qiu is wearing a black suit and his eyes are lively.  The waving right arm is firm and powerful.

    How important this night is cannot be explained in words, it can only be analyzed through sets of numbers.  From June 18, 1929 to the end of February 1931, hundreds of cement and other non-important state-owned factories built in the three five-year plans were sold. Wuzhou, Chongqing, Hanyang, Jiangnan, Qinzhou, Haiwan and  Huachen's seven major groups have also reduced their size by half, cutting off a large number of truck manufacturing, tractors and other non-important industries, and focusing on developing future industries such as logistics, electronics, energy, petrochemicals, large metal processing, ships, military industry, aviation and engines.  And use the money from selling the factory to increase investment in science and technology and recruit talents from all over the world.  We have formed technical partners with universities and established hundreds of different laboratories.

    This adjustment also greatly promoted the domestic banking industry. The 22 banks across the country that received government guarantees and participated in this adjustment provided a total of 4.5 billion yuan in loans to entrepreneurs purchasing factories, creating the largest financing operation in Chinese history.  Moreover, many entrepreneurs attending the conference have reached cooperation and stock exchange agreements due to insufficient funds and insufficient loan collateral.  As a result, more than 300 large-scale joint-stock enterprises with more than 5,000 employees were born across the country in just one year.

    In addition to industry and commerce, agricultural reclamation companies, state-owned farms, agricultural product processing and other enterprises in various places have also been affected by this wave of reform.  Many companies with good assets and good product quality quickly stood out, while companies with low added value and poor quality were eliminated. Farmers began to selectively plant cash crops such as tea.

    But problems soon emerged, as the number of workers in state-owned factories was often overstaffed and hoarded in order to solve employment problems and not prepare for future expansion.  But after privatization, no entrepreneur was willing to support so many people, so those with skills and abilities were quickly retained, while those without skills could only be laid off and unemployed with severance pay.  In addition, because a large amount of funds were used to purchase state-owned factories and flowed to the state treasury, banks were unable to provide loans to small businesses.The industry issued so many loans that it caused the largest monetary tightening in the history of the Republic of China!  Tens of thousands of small factories across the country that had neither good assets nor technology were either merged or closed down. By the time Yang Qiu came to power in 1930, the total number of unemployed workers nationwide had reached 570,000!  !

    At the same time, agriculture, which experienced explosive growth due to the expansion of territory and the acquisition of a large amount of new arable land after the European War, also saw a slowdown in growth due to reduced growth space. Even if factories are still producing tractors, the speed is much slower than before.  Value industrial and commercial adjustments have caused chaos, and a large number of handicraft industries have also been affected. Investments in breeding, forestry and mining have all seen sharp declines after currency tensions and deflation.

    The financial market also fell into depression. As the Ministry of Justice stepped up its investigation into financial crimes, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption focused its eyes on the phenomenon of favoritism and fraud in the privatization reform, the stock market collapsed. Coupled with concerns about the economic prospects, the Shanghai Stock Exchange suddenly  Much deserted.

    Finally, when these gatherings came together and broke out, the booming economy of the Republic of China came to an abrupt halt like hitting a wall. The national economic growth rate suddenly dropped from 5% in 1928 to 1% in 1929, and in 1930 it was -5% for the first time.  negative growth.

    Unemployed workers began to become dissatisfied. Tea, silk, jute, tung oil and other agricultural and forestry industries suffered heavy losses due to the loss of foreign trade orders. Social problems that had been peaceful suddenly emerged, and the first general strike in history occurred.  Because the parties involved that night were all vested interests and received special care from some people, the outside world vented their anger on the economic decline and unemployment on the governments of Li Yuanhong and Hu Weide.

    In this chaotic situation, Yang Qiu collaborated with seven major groups under his name to donate a total of 100 million yuan to establish the China Poverty Alleviation Foundation to purchase food and daily necessities to assist unemployed workers. He also continued to go deep into the people, visiting trade unions, farmers' associations and  The business group went into private factories and schools to investigate the situation of economic reform, while calling on the government to come up with ways to solve unemployment and create more jobs as soon as possible.  At the same time, a personal initiative was issued, hoping that workers could temporarily put aside labor-capital conflicts at this time of serious external economic crisis and national crisis, and that people across the country could join hands to tide over the difficulties.

    This kind of show was despised by the few who knew the inside story, but his personal prestige reached its peak in a short period of time!  Newspapers took the initiative to build momentum for his campaign. Many unemployed people and farmers hoped that he would take over as president as soon as possible and lead everyone out of difficulties. Even many unemployed protesting workers looked at his face and temporarily went home to rely on government relief funds.  A few people simply went home to farm and waited for the economy to improve before coming out to work.

    Later, even Yang Qiu himself wrote in his memoirs that if it were not for the unique support ability of the small-scale peasant economy, he would not dare to perform major operations on the national economy during the economic crisis.

    On August 1, 1929, in order to make this wave of privatization process smoother, allow the market enough time to absorb the sold-out factories, and give farmers a chance to survive the transformation of the planting industry, Yang Qiu issued suggestions to the Presidential Palace.  Recommendations include the immediate allocation of a special subsidy of 1 billion yuan to encourage farmers to dig up old varieties of poor quality and low yields, and provide government subsidies door-to-door according to the number of new varieties cut down and replanted.  It is recommended to temporarily stop the import of all foreign goods!  It is recommended to provide employment skills training funds to unemployed workers, encourage unemployed workers to enter technical schools for further study, and use their free time to learn skills, etc.

    On August 5, 1929, the day the battleship Beijing was delivered for sea trials, President Li Yuanhong of the Republic of China signed a presidential decree.  Agree to Yang Qiu's suggestion and allocate 1 billion yuan for agricultural subsidies. At the same time, it announced that it would stop the import of all foreign goods except resources and mineral deposits from now on, promote the development of national enterprises to ease employment pressure, build an additional 3,000 temporary technical schools, and provide support to all unemployed people.  Workers are provided with free technical training opportunities for half a year.

    As soon as the news came out, the whole world was in an uproar!.

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