Eight hundred and twentieth eighth chapter ambitious bottom-hunting action
Afghanistan is a magical place. Whenever an empire stands at the top of the world, it will attack Afghanistan. This often means that an empire is paving its way to the bottom. What is more tragic is that after the Soviet Union retreated, the country collapsed.
Attacking Afghanistan has always been a headache for Zhang Tinglan. The heart of the Eurasian continent must be taken into his hands, but how to control Afghanistan and avoid following the old path of other countries is a big trouble.
Just a few months ago, Afghanistan had just experienced a coup and King Amanullah was ousted. This king was not a simple figure. He ascended the throne in 1919, the same year the British launched the third Anglo-Afghan War.
A total of more than 30,000 British troops used India as a base to attack Afghanistan.
As a result, the well-equipped British army was defeated by the Afghans. Amanullah led Afghanistan to win independent status. For a small country, this was definitely not an easy task.
However, this hero on the battlefield was deposed by a coup ten years later and went into exile in China, which is really sad.
At this time, Zhang Tinglan was walking side by side with the king. Amanula was not even 40 years old and was quite young. He just suffered a coup and looked very lonely.
Zhang Tinglan smiled and said: "Your Majesty the King, I have a presumptuous question. I wonder if I can ask it?"
"Mr. President, some people suggested that I go into exile in India, and some suggested that I go to the Soviet Union, but in the end I chose China. I just want to know your opinion. As far as I know, ten years ago, China and Afghanistan were in a similar situation.
, are all controlled by foreign powers, but China’s reforms have achieved great results in recent years. But Afghanistan is stuck in the quagmire.”
"Your Majesty the King, I heard that some of your reform measures are based on Turkey's and are also secularization. For example, you promulgated a constitution to replace religious laws and regulations. You even encourage women to go to school, which is not allowed in Islam. Can you?
Making this change shows that you sincerely hope that Afghanistan will become prosperous and strong, and I personally admire your courage."
What Zhang Tinglan said was not a lie. If Afghanistan could follow Amanullah's path, perhaps the religious forces would have been disintegrated long ago.
"Your Majesty, with all due respect, these reforms of yours do not touch on the fundamental problem, they are just scratching the surface."
Amanula looked puzzled and couldn't help but ask: "Mr. President, I have prepared to implement an electoral system to elect a democratically elected Congress, and then implement the separation of government and education, let men and women go to co-education, and implement secular education. Aren't these enough?
What?"
"Your Majesty the King, there is a poor family living across from the landlord. One day the poor man found that the landlord was wearing a mink coat, so he wanted to wear a mink coat. He heard that the landlord ate eight dishes in a meal, so he also wanted to eat eight.
I saw a landlord buying a new car, and he wants to buy a car too. He thinks that as long as the landlord does what he does, he will be able to live like a landlord. Do you think this is okay? "
"Of course not. He is a poor man, how can he compare with the landlords!" Amanula was also a king for ten years. When he said this, he couldn't continue. What he did was clearly that of Zhang Tinglan.
The poor man mentioned has no capital. But he wants to completely imitate the West. No wonder there will be problems!
"Your Majesty the King, if poor people want to live the lives of rich people, the most important thing is to make money. This is the most superficial thing. The same is true in national affairs. Gradually make the country richer and stronger, and then run at a small pace, constantly
Promoting various reforms is what we should do. But we have blinded our eyes and been deceived by some appearances of the West. We have only seen a little bit of it and are in a hurry. There are also a large number of people in China who blindly advocate total Westernization. In my opinion,
Come on, if they let a heavily armed man train according to the standards of competitive athletes, the country will be tortured to death sooner or later!"
In the end, there were not many countries that copied the Western system, but after World War II, most of the countries that copied it experienced two situations, one from hope to disappointment, and one from disappointment to despair. And what is even more paradoxical is that no country has adopted the one-person-one-vote system.
Industrialization was completed under such circumstances. This is a heavy slap in the face to those who brag about the West all day long.
In the final analysis, the reason is very simple, that is, the economy determines politics. Without completing industrialization and accumulating a large amount of social wealth, there is no way to play extravagant tricks like elections.
After hearing Zhang Tinglan's analysis, Amanullah's forehead was already sweating. Looking back on the past, how many wrong things did he do? He was kicked out of the country this time, largely because he asked people across the country to wear suits.
, abandoning the original clothing, hence the problem.
"Mr. President, thank you for your advice. If I had listened to your teachings earlier, I wouldn't be where I am today!"
Zhang Tinglan secretly laughed in his heart. If he hadn't ended up in the situation he is in today, he probably wouldn't have listened to himself. Zhang Tinglan smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, it's not too late to think clearly now. You still have a chance to make a comeback."
Amanula's body suddenly shook and he asked hesitantly: "Mr. President, are you willing to support me?"
"Of course you can, but I suggest you first accumulate strength on the border of Afghanistan, and then reorganize your political views on the country. As long as the time is right, you can counterattack Afghanistan."
The so-called political views were of course drafted with the help of the Chinese side. This time, they completely abandoned the flashy things of total westernization. The main contents are two-fold. The first is to enrich the country, and the second is to eliminate hunger.
Rich countries want to make full use of Afghanistan's favorable terrain to launch trade. Especially after China and Iran reached an arms sales contract, the relationship between the two countries has become closer and closer. Therefore, Zhang Tinglan is preparing to build a railway from Xinjiang through Afghanistan to Iran.
Later, Turkey can be brought in, so that Chinese goods can be sent to Europe via land. This will be a huge boost to the economy along the way, and it is also good news for China.
Once it is done, all Afghan businessmen will benefit from it, and it is obvious that these people will be attracted.
As for the problem of hunger, Zhang Tinglan suggested that China and Afghanistan cooperate and exchange minerals for food. Although China has a large population, it can still be self-sufficient, and Afghanistan has a small population, so it can be solved.
Afghanistan's resource resources are quite amazing. It has a large amount of rare metal resources, such as chromium ore, which is an important raw material for the production of alloys. The gap in China has always been very large. There is also a very large terraced copper mine. As long as it is mined,
China's defense industry doesn't have to worry.
In addition, the parts near Central Asia are already controlled by China at this time. These areas contain large amounts of natural gas and oil. Once developed, they will be a huge source of wealth.
It is not difficult for Afghanistan to get rich. In fact, just like a certain big country in later generations, if it is willing to spend one-tenth of its war funds and truly invest in Afghanistan, it will definitely not end up like a piece of cake.
This is also the difference between Western countries and the Eastern world. It is good that Zhang Tinglan has ambitions for Afghanistan, but he will not think about conquering Afghanistan. Let's all sit together and discuss how to get rich and become well-off!
Zhang Tinglan stayed in Dihua for half a month, deployed the action plan for Afghanistan in detail, and helped Amanullah regroup the team and sent it to the China-Afghanistan border for training, waiting for the right time to go.
After the chess piece fell, Zhang Tinglan slowly returned to the capital. In fact, he was not needed for this kind of thing. But in order to avoid peace, he had no choice but to run away.
In fact, during the time Zhang Tinglan left, the capital was in chaos. The stock market and enterprises had touched the sore spots of some people, and they were absolutely unwilling to change, but Zhang Tinglan was determined, and there was nothing they could do.
The first thing to be reformed was the military. The original military welfare company was completely dissolved. Soldiers only enjoyed official state treatment, and everything else was eliminated. In addition, officers at all levels were not allowed to participate in any business operations. Soldiers had only one mission. That was to fight the war.
The military is often the most difficult place to reform, but Zhang Tinglan has unparalleled prestige. After orders are issued, they are quickly implemented. Officers suspected of violating laws and regulations and seeking power for personal gain. Hundreds of people have been thoroughly investigated, including 11 generals.
After the military dealt with it, the government also made detailed regulations and established an independent National Capital Management Committee. This committee is headed by a deputy prime minister and is responsible only to the president. His mission is to manage all state-owned assets.
, to ensure the effective operation of state-owned shares.
In addition, no one from the government can directly intervene in the operation of enterprises. In enterprises such as Anshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Dalian Shipyard, Jiangnan Captain, Wuhan Aircraft Factory, etc., all state-owned shares are clearly divided. They belong to the government, no matter what.
It should belong to the government, and it should not touch it at all. Enterprises must be fully given the power to operate independently.
When the equity is clearly divided, the responsibilities are also clear. Who should do what, who can manage what, and there are detailed boundaries. No one should cross the boundaries. This will avoid corruption and abuse of power for personal gain to the greatest extent.
Zhang Tinglan also announced two decrees. All administrative officials, immediate family members and spouses are not allowed to establish companies alone, nor are they allowed to form joint ventures or joint ventures with other people. Anyone who violates the regulations will be punished and may even be directly removed from office. If there is any abuse of power for personal gain,
The issue should be left to the judicial authorities.
The second order is the property disclosure system, which is also a very important anti-corruption measure. The so-called official property disclosure does not mean that the property of all civil servants must be disclosed. There is no such thing in the world. It is people’s personal concealment.
Sacred and inviolable.
In the Western world, only those officials elected by direct votes need to be publicly announced. After all, if you want to elect, you have to accept the test of the public.
The disclosure system formulated by Zhang Tinglan covers the president, prime minister, ministers, and deputy ministers. Only these people need to disclose their property and accept supervision in real time. Zhang Tinglan specifically requested that if anyone is found to have any property abroad,
Assets will be severely punished.
If other officials discover overseas property, they must also deal with it once verified. These two regulations are equivalent to putting a tightrope on all officials.
The originally complicated relationship between politics and business was suddenly unraveled. Zhang Tinglan's attitude was very clear. If you want to have power, don't think about being rich. You can only choose one of the two. If you want to have both, you must be selfish and there will be problems.
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As the president, Zhang Tinglan is also the first to set an example. His property is fully disclosed, and all expenses of the presidential residence are also transparent. However, Zhang Tinglan and his family have a large amount of property. If all these things were disclosed, the amount would be too scary.
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Therefore, Zhang Tinglan had already disposed of all his domestic property. As for the foreign part, he transferred it all to the National Development Fund account. In name, Zhang Tinglan became a complete poor man.
Of course, when it comes to his status, money is just a symbol. Whether it is there or not, it will not affect anything. But after all, in order to regulate the officialdom and the political and business circles, he must make a cut. This attitude is very important, at least not to leave any impression on political opponents.
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These measures undoubtedly violated the interests of the bureaucracy. People from politics, business, military, and all walks of life came out to stop Zhang Tinglan's actions, but no one could find Zhang Tinglan.
By the time he returned to Beijing, various tasks had already begun, and the media had already publicized it. After all, no one could object.
The reshuffle of domestic politics began, but Zhang Tinglan's attention was focused abroad again. Thirty years later, the economic crisis is getting deeper and deeper, and the economy shows no signs of recovery. Moreover, the Americans have made another extremely stupid move.
The law, also known as the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, revised the import tax rates for 1,125 commodities, of which 890 commodities had increased tax rates, and 50 commodities were changed from tax exemption to tax.
Since then, countries around the world have fallen into a tariff war. Every country has tried their best to raise tariffs and create barriers, and a trade war has begun again.
Already mired in an economic crisis, it ended up imposing trade barriers. The consequences can be imagined: international trade volume was directly cut in half, and the exports of the United States, which was the first to initiate the trade war, were reduced by more than half.
This bill will make countries continue to sink in the economic crisis and make recovery more difficult. However, the more this happens, the more opportunities it will bring to China. After Zhang Tinglan returned to Beijing, he immediately arranged a bargain-hunting operation.
The huge capital held by China has become the capital to search for the best products since the industrial revolution. Zhang Tinglan immediately sent a government procurement team led by Gu Weijun and Tao Jiping to the United States.
At the same time, private headhunting companies and purchasing managers quickly swarmed into the United States like swarms of swarms. His goal was very clear: to bring all the people, equipment, and technology back to the country as long as he could see it.
Chinese leather bag companies can be seen on the streets of major industrial cities in the United States, including New York, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia and other areas. These people are wealthy and will immediately recruit suitable talents.
In addition to them, Tang Shaoyi, Kuang Rongguang and others who had studied in the United States in the early years had really drawn up a list of top scientific research talents that needed to be recruited, and a huge bargain-hunting operation began.