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    Beijing is already covered with snow and wind.

    In the small living room on the second floor of the Presidential Palace, cabinet ministers such as Wang Zhengting and Yan Xishan sat in a circle.  This is the format of fireside meetings that Yang Qiu often uses these days. There is no conference table or stiff back chairs. Everyone sits in a circle on the sofa and talks freely about certain things and topics.  Although this is inconsistent with the traditional authority style of the Chinese people, everyone who has participated in such a small meeting finds it very cordial.

    The meeting was aimed at the next economic arrangement. Although there has been a crisis in Saudi Arabia, Beijing has kept a low profile. This is not a matter of neglect, but that Yang Qiu needs to race against time to arrange economic work. No matter how fierce the outside world is, practicing internal strength is always the first priority.  bit.

    Since returning from the visit, Yang Qiu has always hoped to arrange economic work as soon as possible.  However, there was no need to delay the 3010 plan. Secondly, Saudi Arabia involved some of the energy. Thirdly, the reform of withdrawing from the country and advancing the democracy was in the final stage. Starting the economic stimulus plan in chaos would cause more problems, so we waited for Yan Xishan to report the completion before starting the deployment.  .

    After Yang Qiu came to power, he canceled the planned economic model, abolished the Reform and Development Commission, and gradually returned power to the presidential palace.  Therefore, this round of economic stimulus plan will be directly led by the presidential office and will be modeled on the historical Roosevelt New Deal.

    The focus is on the automobile manufacturing industry!  According to Yang Qiu¡¯s idea, the state will use the previous tractor subsidy model to subsidize the automobile manufacturing industry and strengthen automated assembly lines and industry standardization. The ultimate goal is to have an annual production capacity of 2 million cars, 500,000 tractors and 100,000 tractors by 1940.  Capacity of 500,000 motorcycles.

    Infrastructure construction such as transportation, agriculture, forestry, and water conservancy is also a major priority. Especially after the introduction of a large number of engineering and technical personnel from the United States, docks and seaports, large-scale water conservancy, high-speed railways, light rail subways, urban renewal, government low-cost housing, etc. have all been proposed and requested to speed up the construction.  .  A number of large-scale hydropower projects such as the Yalu River, Heilongjiang, and Xing'an River must also start construction as soon as possible. The national power generation capacity must reach 180 billion kilowatts per year by 1940. The construction of a national high-voltage power line network must be accelerated to ensure that all counties, cities and villages in developed areas can use it.  Power-on.  Legislate as soon as possible to gradually reduce the occupation of cultivated land, protect vegetation, especially soil and water conservation in the Yellow River and Central Plains areas, carry out large-scale dredging of the Yangtze River, Pearl River, Yellow River and Northeast water system networks, and deepen waterways to promote agricultural irrigation.

    The biggest highlight in this round of infrastructure construction is the construction of education and public facilities.  Based on Yang Qiu's ideas, the Ministry of Education will renovate and expand primary and secondary school buildings across the country starting from 1931. All major cities in the country must have public reading halls, and at least 1,000 stadiums of different sizes must be built.  Originally, these projects and funds should be supervised by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but after careful consideration, we decided to let the Ministry of Education supervise them themselves.

    "Haha He Qing, Zhong Kai. This time you will make a fortune. You are richer than our Ministry of Communications." Hearing this, Cai Gongshi looked at Cai Yuanpei and Liao Zhongkai with envy.  Several other ministers were also envious. Even Zhang Wenjing, the Minister of Civil Affairs, looked at the budget and smiled and said, "Good guy. It's almost catching up with the allocation from our Ministry of Civil Affairs."

    "In a century-old plan, education and water conservancy are the first priority." Cai Yuanpei, the new Minister of Education, was not embarrassed at all. He looked at Liao Zhongkai with a smile on his face and said, "Don't you think so? Zhong Kai."

    Liao Zhongkai knew his identity, so the Minister of Water Resources kept a very low profile, smiling and saying nothing.  Wang Zhengting, on the other hand, raised his thumb and said with a smile: "Okay. I think He Qing, you are about to become Madman Zhang's second best, and your thick-skin is even worse. But you have to use this money well.  I can¡¯t protect myself if something goes wrong.¡±

    Cai Yuanpei understood what he meant and said: "I can't guarantee that for others, but no one can touch the money of our Ministry of Education!" He didn't lie. The Republic of China was a famous literary and youth era in history, with countless high-minded and upright people.  Anyone who dares to blackmail education funds will have to face tens of thousands of "watering cans" and pens.  If these people cause trouble, even the government will have a huge headache.

    Railways are still the most important, and there is no need to delay the two main arteries. They are the famous Chengdu-Kunming Railway in later generations and the Zhongguan Line from Qiqihar to Kashgar via the Mongolian Plateau.  The former is the core of the southwestern section of the Zhan Tianyou Ring-China Railway. Needless to say, the project is extremely difficult. If it had not been for the introduction of a large number of American engineering personnel this time, it might have been five or six years later before construction could start.  The latter is the second artery that connects the Northeast, Mongolia and the Northwest. Its economic value is not high, but its strategic and military value is unparalleled and cannot be measured by effectiveness.

    In addition, a number of difficult and dangerous road projects such as the Burma Highway and the Sichuan-Tibet Highway have also been proposed.

    The manufacturing industry still focuses on increasing steel production.  Look at the growth rates of domestic industry and housing.  The current production is far from keeping up with the development speed, so we decided to build three more large-scale steel bases in 10 years.  And we will expand and upgrade the current national steel plants, striving to increase the capacity from the current 13 million tons to 35 million tons!  We also need to start studying a number of new metallurgical methods proposed by Yang Qiu such as bottom blowing furnaces and electroslag remelting.gold technology.  Continue to enhance the ability to forge and process large parts, enhance mold clamping, casting, and automation capabilities, make good use of foreign technical personnel, strive to tap their potential, and strive to learn some real skills in a few years.

    ??Titanium sponge, plastics, and pharmaceuticals must be accelerated, and efforts should be concentrated on the research of a number of technologies such as biomedicine, nickel-based alloys, and copper-clad steel.  The shipbuilding industry must also move towards higher goals, expand slipways, increase large-scale forging capabilities, and strive to have the ability to operate 80,000-100,000-ton ultra-large oil tankers in three years to further solve the problem of long-distance transportation of domestic crude oil.

    With the thick economic stimulus package in hand, the ministers were almost dizzy as they detailed the projects.  Even Yang Qiu knew that many of the projects there could not be started according to the current technical capabilities of the Republic of China, and he could not even think about it. However, with the influence of the United States' "big propaganda" and the economic crisis, more and more European and American technical personnel poured into China.  Finally, they were able to start construction several years earlier.

    Yang Qiu also decided to gradually strengthen the final national defense and military construction. Military expenditures will increase by 30% on the current basis, increase the proportion of new weapons procurement for the navy, air force and army, gradually replace old equipment, increase the salary of non-commissioned officers to retain talents, and increase the number of professional soldiers.  Quantity etc.

    The scale of this round of economic stimulus plan is unprecedented. From the end of the Lunar New Year in 1931 to the New Year in 1941, during the ten-year economic stimulus plan, the government's total public and industrial and commercial investment will not be less than 150 billion yuan, that is, every year  It will cost a huge 15 billion!  This does not include normal government spending, and is only slightly smaller than the total amount of Roosevelt's New Deal in the parallel world.

    Such a large amount of money cannot be obtained originally, and even relying on methods such as withdrawing national debt is insufficient.  But after the economic crisis broke out, the Republic of China had canceled the gold standard, so all it had to do was start the money printing press.  The risks of running a money printing press are also very high. Not to mention the huge fiscal deficit, the risk of currency depreciation will also intensify.  In the past, everyone would definitely object, but now we are in a period of great opportunities rarely seen in a century. Even the Soviet Union knows to work hard. China, which has gone through three five-year plans, has no reason to lag behind others!

    Debts can be repaid slowly, but opportunities will be lost if they are missed.

    The numbers and bright prospects are exciting.  Who would have dared to think of this 20 years ago?  If it weren't for the three five-year plans to lay the foundation, 20 years of education cultivation, hundreds of millions of funds given out to public students every year, and the invitation of professors and teachers from European and American universities, we would finally be in this situation. Even Yang Qiu would not dare to turn on the money printing press.  The famous "gold and silver coupon" tragedy in history was caused by excessive issuance of banknotes.

    The relaxed fireside meeting brought smiles to the faces of the ministers.  Murong Han alone looked sad.  What is the concept of spending 150 billion in 10 years?  Based on the current population ratio, it is equivalent to putting more than 300 yuan into the pockets of all citizens!  How many corruption cases will this generate?  This 10 years.  .  .  .  .  .  The Independent Commission Against Corruption, police, taxation and other law enforcement agencies under the Ministry of Justice are still busy.

    Yang Qiu saw his worry and said with a smile: "Hao Yu, don't worry too much. I will let everyone help the Ministry of Justice take some of the burden. Whether it is our National Socialist Party or the Democratic Party, newspapers, radio stations and even the Ministry of Education will all mobilize.  Do a good job of supervision! Also, I know that you are serious about your work and can't tolerate sand in your eyes, but there are some things that you might as well do first and later, and eradicate those who are paid to do nothing. Let those who are paid to do things let them get things done.  Think again, if you can do things well without taking money, you should record it, publish it in the newspaper to commend him, and even promote him."

    Everyone still understands the saying that the water is clear but there are no fish, so Murong Han nodded and said: "President, don't worry, I know what to do."

    Murong Han has an upright character, and after so many years of training, he still does not change the radical and idealistic ideas he had on the ship. This kind of character is not good for the prime minister's position, nor is it good for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which requires deception.  Only the cold and hard place of the Ministry of Justice is the most suitable.  But we need to make the Department of Justice run better.  It is also necessary to attract a group of people who are not afraid of power and interests from other channels to replenish blood.

    So Yang Qiuxiang suddenly said: "Have you ever thought about using newspapers to openly recruit administrative staff from the government and the Ministry of Justice? There are many young people with ambitions across the country, and I believe many people hate corrupt officials. You might as well give it a try.  "

    ¡°Open recruitment for Ministry of Justice and government administrative personnel?¡±

    This idea was groundbreaking in an era when the remnants of the imperial examination were still deep. You must know that the current official system of the Republic of China is still based on party structure and adopts internal selection methods. If recruitment is open, doesn¡¯t it mean that everyone can enter the government door?

    Before Wang Zhengting and others could recover, the living room door was suddenly pushed open, and Chen Guofu and Wu Peifu walked in.  Yang Qiu raised his eyebrows sharply when he saw him, knowing that something must have happened.  Asked: "Ziyu, what happened?"

    "Reporting to the President, we have just received a telegram from Minister Song from Riyadh. The destroyer Nan-17, which was escorting the oil transport fleet, intercepted the British Navy before entering the Strait of Hormuz.?The warships clashed and collided with the opponent's cruiser to protect the tanker.  .  .  .  .  .  sink!

    Captain Jiang Wennian was seriously injured. 19 people on the ship were killed and more than 30 people were injured to varying degrees. All the rescued officers and soldiers were taken away by the British Navy and imprisoned in Muscat.  Three large oil tankers of 50,000 tons, Gulf No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6, were detained there.  "

    "Ouch!"

    The news made several ministers suddenly wake up, and Wang Zhengting immediately looked at Yang Qiu who was sitting still. No one expected that they had spent so much time and effort to plunge Britain into an economic crisis and could not extricate themselves. These proud people  John actually dared to attack.

    Only Yang Qiu sat quietly.

    Although all this was arranged by him and deployed by himself, he found that he still underestimated Britain's determination.  Historically, Britain could tolerate the United States' control of the Persian Gulf, but today it does not want China to enter. This shows that there is still a big gap in national status!  Although it was not a sinking, it was able to force Jiang Wenian to use ramming tactics, which showed how serious the situation was. Is Britain really determined to go to war?

    He doesn¡¯t want to actually fight, that would be very bad.  If European and American technicians escape because of the war, more than half of the economic stimulus package alone will not be able to start work on time.

    It¡¯s really annoying.

    Facing the sudden storm, Yang Qiu didn't feel any nervousness. This was what he wanted to see.  The loss of an old destroyer and three oil tankers is not important. He only cares about the results and how the world will be disrupted by this storm!
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