Volume 5 The Rising Machine Chapter 318 Quietly Changing
Volume 5: Opportunity to Rise, Chapter 318: Quietly Changing
"However, local councils can reduce the number of people within the maximum limit. If the number of people is reduced, the headcount funds can be allocated to the council for office expenses as a reward, but the reduced number of people must not exceed 15%. For example, for certain city councils,
According to the total population of the place, a maximum of 110 members can be selected, but due to various factors, only 99 were selected, so the capitation fee for 11 of them can be allocated to the assembly."
What Wu Aihua hates most is the phenomenon of overstaffing in later generations. The number of government personnel is increasing and decreasing. Administrative costs and three public funds take up most of the financial resources. There are thousands of people competing for a civil servant position. This in itself
It's just an abnormal phenomenon.
Regarding the issue of parliamentarians, Wu Aihua had long ago reached a consensus with Chiang Kai-shek, that is, central parliamentarians should receive full wages and no lower wages; but local parliamentarians should receive half wages or subsidies. The specific number should be determined according to the consumption level of each place.
The ratio is fine.
Of course, although central members are entitled to "full salary", that is, they are professional members, they are allowed to work part-time in education, culture, commerce and other industries. The premise is that it does not affect the members' own work, and the premise is that they are not allowed to serve as government civil servants. For example, a certain jurist
If he is elected as a central member, he can also serve as a judge of a certain court, but he cannot serve as the president of the court, because the position of president has the nature of a civil servant.
The report by Premier Zhou Nl of the Government Affairs Council made Wu Aihua, who just felt troublesome, feel a chill in his heart. The Republic of China was a typical mess!
Let’s talk about money first. In 1938, the central government’s estimated fiscal revenue was 120 million Chinese yuan, but to maintain normal expenditure, it would cost 350 million yuan; moreover, this expenditure does not include the substantial increase in salaries after the military reorganization. Now, the central government owes various countries foreign debts and
The private debt is as high as 1.759 billion yuan. According to the current fiscal revenue situation, it will take 20 years for the entire Republic of China to repay without food or drink. Even after Fujian and Guangdong provinces hand over this year's fiscal revenue to the central government, they can barely maintain government operations.
Don't even think about building schools, building roads, etc.
Let’s talk about infrastructure. As of the end of 1937, there were only 81,948 kilometers of roads built in the country, nearly 45% of which were in Fujian and Guangdong provinces; there were 26,937 kilometers of railways in the country, including 21,389 kilometers of main lines and 5,548 kilometers of branch lines, of which nearly 59% were in
Fujian and Guangdong provinces.
Let’s talk about education. There are 89 universities of various types in the country, with 249,800 students enrolled; 981 senior high schools, with about 600,000 students enrolled; 2,509 junior high schools, with about 1.8 million students enrolled; and 12,800 primary schools of various types in the country.
There are 4.5 million students in the remaining schools. The enrollment rate of school-age children is 12%, of which the enrollment rate of girls is about 2%.
Let’s talk about industry. By the end of 1937 (excluding Fujian and Guangdong), the country produced 32,933 tons of steel, 98,560 tons of iron, and 3.99 million tons of coal; the country had 2.77 million urban industrial workers; the national industrial added value was only 5.287 billion Chinese yuan.
Let’s talk about people’s livelihood. There are about 120 million landless peasants and 27.5 million households in extreme poverty across the country; 58 million people without permanent property and regular jobs in cities; there are about 10 million orphans of various types in the country; and 60,000 people die from poverty and disease every year.
There are as many as 2 million orphans.
The report by Yu Youren of the Supreme Supervisory Council was even more merciless. Government officials are rife with corruption, and it is almost difficult to find non-corrupt officials. A small number of unscrupulous businessmen colluded with the government, enriched the country, and caused new social unrest;
Cases of assassinations, kidnappings, etc. emerged one after another; there were countless bandits. Finally, Yu Youren said decisively, "If this situation is not changed, let alone the invasion of foreign powers, even the Republic of China itself will bury itself!"
After hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek's expression changed. These are all his "political achievements".
Wu Jingxiong, President of the Supreme Court, did not raise the issue of money, but focused unwaveringly on the issue of "people". Wu Jingxiong said that there are currently only more than 1,000 talents with legal education in the country, and it is necessary to ensure that everyone
If there is at least one judge in the county court and at least two lawyers in each county, the country will need at least 50,000 legal professionals.
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After the report meeting at the Presidential Palace, Wu Aihua suddenly realized that it had been almost three months since he took office in Nanjing as president. However, it gave people the impression that this president was very frustrated and very busy every day, but apart from the military
Apart from other things, he has achieved nothing. Even if he suddenly realized that Wu Aihua was there, he didn’t know where to start when faced with the mess of the Republic of China. Because, in the era of the National Defense Force, Wu Aihua had the final say alone, and the people below could implement it.
, but when you become president, everything you do and all decisions you make must be based on the law. Political issues have always been a constant dispute, and Wu Aihua is very uncomfortable with it.
However, things soon took a turn for the better.
Minister of National Defense Zhong Shoufu may have lower abilities among the heads of departments in the Government Affairs Council, but he implemented Wu Aihua’s instructions most thoroughly. After the Double Tenth Festival, Zhong Shoufu presented the Ministry of National Defense’s recent work plan, including the "Coast Guard"
"Expansion Plan" and "Local Garrison and Reserve Force Establishment Plan". Once Wu Aihua saw that the plan was feasible, he asked Zhong Shoufu to submit the plan to the Executive Council of the Government Council for discussion and revision, and then to the Central Council for discussion.
The plan made by Zhong Shoufu is very pragmatic. What needs to be done at the government level is to give money, and what needs to be done at the presidential level is to give people. Wu Aihua injected 500 million Chinese yuan into the Ministry of Finance through Huanan Bank, but this money was
Not a penny was spent because all reports on spending money did not comply with the spending principles and requirements set by Wu Aihua. However, Zhong Shoufu's report was in line with Wu Aihua's principles. Therefore, his report was the first to be approved and the first to receive financial allocations.
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The people who can join the central government and serve as the head of the Ministry of National Defense have the highest IQ and emotional intelligence in the world. They smell something unusual in it. It is not that they think Wu Aihua deliberately favors the Ministry of National Defense because of Zhong Shoufu.
, but intuitively felt that there must be something in the Department of Defense report that met the president's needs.
For example, Zhang Xueliang, the director of the General Police Department, was once the "Vice Chairman" and second only to Chiang Kai-shek. He had a very high status. This status caused him to often develop "unconvinced" when doing something.
"" mentality. The report of the Ministry of National Defense was passed, but he was not convinced. So, he borrowed the report of the Ministry of National Defense, read it repeatedly, and compared it with the report of the Police General Administration, and finally discovered some differences.
The first difference is that in terms of setting work goals, the report of the Police Headquarters has only one overall goal; while the report of the Ministry of National Defense has many branch goals and stage goals in addition to the overall goal.
The second difference is that the report of the Police Headquarters talks more about principles and macroeconomics; while the report of the Ministry of National Defense, except for some principled things in the general principles, the other contents are mainly measures to achieve the goals and what to do when working.
When deviations occur, how to detect and correct them promptly.
The third difference is that the goal is different. The goal of the Police Headquarters is to maintain public security across the country. This is originally correct, but it is obviously not enough. The goal of the Ministry of National Defense is to complete the corresponding national defense construction.
In addition to local army management, recruitment, coastal guarding and other tasks, the focus is also on people, that is, building and cultivating a high-quality defense talent team.
The fourth difference is also related to "talent". In the report of the Police General Administration, it is not only very general about how to build a high-quality police force, but also has no details about the black sheep in the police force; while in the report of the Ministry of National Defense,
There are detailed assessment requirements for officers and soldiers of local garrison troops, coast guard officers and soldiers, etc. What kind of people can be promoted, what kind of people can be rewarded, what kind of people must be punished, etc. are all listed in detail.
After analyzing these reasons, Zhang Xueliang, who had always felt good, personally visited the Ministry of National Defense. After the two had a few drinks, Zhang Xueliang began to learn from the experience.
Although Zhong Shoufu's name has the word "Shou", his character is not conservative. Seeing that Zhang Xueliang was not ashamed to ask, he immediately became shocked and said seriously: "General Zhang (a person who transferred from the army to the police department, his military rank in the army
(can be retained for the time being), if the report of the Ministry of National Defense can be passed, the experience can only be expressed in four words: put yourself in someone else’s shoes!”
"Put yourself in someone else's shoes?" Zhang Xueliang obviously didn't understand these four words.
"Let me tell you about my experience working with the president over the years." Zhong Shoufu changed his perspective, "During the independent detachment and independent column period of the Red Army, the president asked us: before doing something, we must first consider who we are doing it for.
, why do we do this? For example, in army management, our management system is aimed at soldiers and middle- and lower-level troops. So, do soldiers and middle- and lower-level troops agree with and like this system? If they don’t like it, they don’t agree,
There are problems with this system, because even if it is implemented, the effect will be greatly reduced. In the army, we have a principle that soldiers must insist on doing everything for the soldiers and relying on the soldiers. Only what the soldiers say is true.
Good! To formulate such a system, you must not look at the problem from the perspective of a senior officer, but from the perspective of an ordinary soldier."
"To do this, we must care about the soldiers' sufferings in life, study the soldiers' thoughts and psychology, and safeguard the basic rights and interests of the soldiers."
"Did you really do this?" Zhang Xueliang was shocked. He was also the one leading the troops. However, in this case, how could the troops be unified?
"You can ask the old troops of the National Defense Forces about this. Maybe General Zhang will be worried about the authority of the commander, the execution of military orders, etc. In fact, there is no problem at all. In terms of military orders, our National Defense Forces also agree that soldiers should
Obedience to orders is a bounden value concept, and we have also put forward requirements that those who understand must be implemented, and those who do not understand must also be implemented."
"Um, General Zhong (Zhong Shoufu is a four-star general), can you give me some advice for the Police Headquarters?" Zhang Xueliang understood somewhat, but not really.