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Chapter 673 The Founding of Saudi Arabia (5)

Beijing is already covered with snow and snow.

In the small living room on the second floor of the Presidential Palace, Wang Zhengting and Yan Xishan and other cabinet ministers sat in a circle. This is the fire-bound meeting format that Yang Qiu has commonly used recently. There is no conference table or a stiff backrest chair. Everyone sits on the sofa and talks freely about certain things and issues. Although this is inconsistent with the traditional authoritative methods of the Chinese people, anyone who has participated in such a small meeting feels very friendly.

The meeting is aimed at the next economic arrangement. Although Saudi Arabia has already experienced a crisis, Beijing has always kept a low profile. This is not to ignore it, but Yang Qiu needs to race against time to arrange economic work. No matter how powerful the outside world is, practicing internal skills is always the first priority.

Since returning from the visit, Yang Qiu has always hoped to arrange economic work as soon as possible. But firstly, the 3010 plan is urgent, secondly, Saudi Arabia has involved some energy, thirdly, the reform of the country's retreat and the democratic progress of the country was at the end of the period, and the launch of the economic stimulus plan in the chaos would lead to more problems, so he waited until Yan Xishan came to report and completed before the deployment began.

After Yang Qiu came to power, he abolished the planned economic model, abolished the Reform and Development Committee, and gradually took back the rights to the Presidential Palace. Therefore, this round of economic stimulus plan will be directly led by the Presidential Palace, and imitated it based on the historical Roosevelt New Deal.

The focus is on the automobile manufacturing industry! According to Yang Qiu's idea, the country will use the last tractor subsidy model to subsidize the automobile manufacturing industry, strengthen the construction of automation assembly lines and industry standardization. The ultimate goal is to have the ability to build 2 million cars, 500,000 tractors and 500,000 motorcycles per year by 1940.

The construction of infrastructure such as transportation and agriculture, forestry and water conservancy is also the highlight. Especially after introducing a large number of engineering and technical personnel from the United States, docks, seaports, large-scale water conservancy, high-speed railways, light rail subways, urban transformation, government cheap housing, etc. have been proposed and required to accelerate construction. A number of large-scale hydropower projects such as Yalu River, Heilongjiang, Xing'an River and other major hydropower projects must also be started as soon as possible. The national power generation capacity must reach 180 billion kilowatts per year by 1940, and the construction of a national high-voltage power grid will be accelerated to achieve power supply in counties, cities and villages in developed areas across the country. Legislation as soon as possible to gradually reduce the encroachment of arable land, protect vegetation, especially soil and water conservation in the Yellow River and Central Plains, carry out large-scale dredging of the Yangtze River, Pearl River, Yellow River and Northeast water system networks, deepen the waterways and promote agricultural irrigation.

The biggest highlight of this round of infrastructure construction is education and public facilities construction. According to Yang Qiu's idea, the Ministry of Education will renovate and expand primary and secondary school buildings across the country from 1931. Major cities across the country must have public reading halls and build at least 1,000 stadiums of different sizes. Originally, these projects and money should be supervised by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but after thinking about it, it decided to let the Ministry of Education supervise it itself.

"Haha... Heqing, Zhongkai. You have made a fortune this time, and are more wealthy than our Ministry of Transport." Hearing this, Mr. Cai looked at Cai Yuanpei and Liao Zhongkai with envy. Several other ministers were also envious. Even Minister of Civil Affairs Zhang Wenjing looked at the budget and smiled: "Good guy. It's almost up to the allocation of our Ministry of Civil Affairs."

"A century-old plan, education and water conservancy are the first priority." Cai Yuanpei, the new Minister of Education, was not embarrassed at all, and looked at Liao Zhongkai with a sarcasm: "Do you think it's? Zhongkai."

Liao Zhongkai knew his identity, so the Minister of Water Resources was very low-key and Xiaoxiao didn't say anything. However, Wang Zhengting raised his thumb and said with a smile: "Okay. I think Heqing, you are almost the second most popular in Zhang Madman, and your face is even more thick-skinned. But you have to use this money yourself, and I can't protect it if something happens."

Cai Yuanpei understood what he meant and said, "I can't guarantee others, but no one can think of the money from our Ministry of Education!" He did not tell any lies. The Republic of China was a famous literary youth era in history, and there were countless noble people. If anyone dared to deny the education money, he would have to face the siege of tens of thousands of "watering cans" and pens. If these people started to make trouble, even the government would be very troubled.

Railways are still the most important, and the two aorta are urgent. They are the famous Chengdu-Kunming Railway and the Central Line from Qiqihar through the Mongolian Plateau to Kashgar. The former is the core of the southwest section of the Zhan Tianyou Ring China Railway. It goes without saying that the project is difficult. If it weren't for the introduction of a large number of American engineers this time, it might have been five or six years later. The latter is the second major artery that runs through the northeast, Mongolia and Northwest. It has low economic value but its strategic and military value is unparalleled and cannot be measured by benefits.

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

The manufacturing industry is still centered on increasing steel output. According to the growth rate of domestic industry, residential, etc., the current output is far from keeping up with the development speed, so everyone decided to build three large steel bases in 10 years. The current national steel plant will be expanded and upgraded, and strive to increase from the current 13 million tons to 35 million tons! We also need to start researching a number of new metallurgical technologies proposed by Yang Qiu, including bottom blowing furnaces, electric slag remelting, etc., to continue to enhance the ability to forge and process large parts, enhance the ability to clamp molds, cast, and automation, make good use of foreign technicians, and strive to tap their potential to strive to learn some real skills in a few years.

Sponge titanium, plastics, and pharmaceuticals must all be accelerated, and efforts must be made to study a number of technologies such as biomedicine, nickel-based alloys, copper-clad steel. The shipbuilding industry must also move towards higher goals, expand ship platforms, and increase large-scale forging capabilities. We must strive to have the ability to start construction of 80,000-100,000-ton super-large tankers in three years, and further solve the problem of long-distance transportation of domestic crude oil.

With a thick economic stimulus plan, the ministers counted the projects almost all dizzy. Even Yang Qiu knew that many of the projects could not be started according to the current technical capabilities of the Republic of China, and they could not even think about it. However, with the influence of the "big propaganda" of the United States, more and more European and American technicians flocked to China under the economic crisis, which finally enabled them to start construction several years earlier.

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

The scale of this round of economic stimulus plan is unprecedented. From the 1931 Lunar New Year to the end of the 1941 New Year, in the ten-year economic stimulus plan, the total government's main public and industrial and commercial investment will not be less than 150 billion yuan, which means it will cost 15 billion yuan every year! This is not considered normal government expenses, and it is only a little smaller than the total amount of Roosevelt's New Deal in parallel worlds.

Such a large amount of money was originally impossible to get, and even if it was done by means of national debt recovery, it was insufficient. However, after the outbreak of the economic crisis, the Republic of China had abolished the financial standard, so what we had to do was to start the printing machine. The risk of turning on the printing machine was also very high. Not to mention the huge fiscal deficit, the risk of currency depreciation would also intensify. In the past, everyone would definitely oppose it, but now it is a rare period of opportunity in a century. Even the Soviet Union knew to work hard. China, which has gone through three five-year plans, has no reason to fall behind!

Debts can be paid slowly, but if you miss the opportunity, you will be gone.

The numbers and bright prospects are exciting. Who dared to think of these 20 years ago? If it weren’t for the three five-year plans, the 20-year education, and the hundreds of millions of funds were given to the public, and the inviting professors and teachers from European and American universities to finally get the situation today. Even Yang Qiu dared to turn on the printing machine. The famous "gold and silver voucher" tragedy in history was caused by the transitional issuance of money.

The relaxed fire-surrounding meeting made the ministers' faces full of smiles. Murong Han was frowning. What is the concept of spending 150 billion in 10 years? According to the current population ratio, it is equivalent to stuffing more than 300 million yuan into the pockets of all citizens! How many cases of corruption and corruption will arise! In the past 10 years... The ICAC, police, tax and other law enforcement agencies under the Ministry of Justice are not allowed to die.

Yang Qiu saw his concern and smiled and said, "Don't worry too much. I will ask everyone to help the judicial part to take some of it. Whether it is our National Social Security, the Democratic Party, the newspapers, radio stations, and even the Ministry of Education, they must mobilize them to do a good job of supervision! Also, I know that you are serious about doing things, but you may as well take some things first and then. Those who take money and don't do things will be eradicated. Those who take money and do things well before considering them. If you can do things well without money, you must record them and post them to the newspaper for commendation."

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

Murong Han has a straightforward personality. After so many years of hard work, he still remains unchanged from the radical and idealistic ideas on the ship. This personality is not good for the Prime Minister of the Panjin Oil, and it is not good for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that needs to be falsified in circles. Only the cold and hard part of the Ministry of Justice is the most suitable. However, if the Ministry of Justice wants to operate better, it is also necessary to attract a group of people who are not afraid of power and interests from other channels to replenish their blood.

So Yang Qiu thought about it and suddenly said, "Have you thought about using the method of publishing the newspaper and publicly recruiting administrative personnel from the government and the Ministry of Justice? There are many young people who are ambitious across the country. I believe many people hate corrupt officials. Why not give it a try."

“Open recruitment of Justice and government executives?”

This idea was shocking in the era when the remains of the imperial examination were still deep. You should know that the current official system of the Republic of China is still based on parties and through internal selection methods. If it is recruited publicly, wouldn’t it mean that everyone can enter the government’s door?

Before Wang Zhengting and others could come to their senses, the living room door was suddenly pushed open, and Chen Guofu walked in with Wu Peifu. When he saw him, Yang Qiu suddenly raised his eyebrows, and understood that something must have happened. He asked, "Ziyu, what happened?"

"Report to the President, we have just received a telegram from Minister Song from Riyadh that the Destroyer No. 17, which was escorting the oil fleet, had a conflict with the British Navy's interceptor warship before entering the Strait of Hormuz, and collided with the opponent's cruiser to protect the tanker...sink!

Captain Jiang Wennian was seriously injured, 19 people were killed on the ship, and more than 30 were injured to varying degrees. The rescued officers and soldiers were taken away by the British Navy and detained in Muscat. Bay No. 2, 5 and 6, three large tankers with a 50,000-ton were detained there."

"Wow!"

The news made several ministers suddenly rise, and Wang Zhengting immediately looked at Yang Qiu who could not move. No one expected that after spending so much effort, one after another, it made Britain deeply in an economic crisis and it was difficult for them to extricate themselves, these proud Johns dared to take action.

Only Yang Qiu sat quietly.

Although all this was arranged by him and deployed by him personally, he found that he still underestimated Britain's determination. From the history of Britain's ability to tolerate the United States to control the Persian Gulf, but today he did not want China to enter, which shows that there is still a big gap in the country's status! Although it is not a sinking, it is possible to force Jiang Wennian to adopt the impact tactic, which shows how serious the situation is. Is Britain really determined to start a war?

He doesn't want to fight a real war, it would be a big mistake. If European and American technicians escaped due to full war, more than half of the economic stimulus plan alone would not be able to start work on time.

It's really annoying.

Faced with the sudden storm, Yang Qiu was not nervous at all. This was what he wanted to see. It didn’t matter if he lost an old destroyer or three oil tankers. He just cared about the result and what the world would be like by this storm!
Chapter completed!
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