"Your police department has been working really hard during this period. Many units have insisted on patrolling the streets 24 hours a day. I have seen all this." Zhuang Tao nodded, naturally knowing that Li Yuan was doing this.
The purpose of coming here is nothing more than to expand the police force, especially to significantly increase the strength of the patrol team. Millions of refugees suddenly poured in, and they were all outsiders with no livelihood.
In order to survive under the long-term displacement and hunger and cold, these refugees' original values and concepts of honor and disgrace have long been shattered, and they have done many things that are contrary to conscience, morality and law.
With the large influx of refugees, the public security situation in many counties and cities has indeed deteriorated a lot. Jiang Qiang did this deliberately. Firstly, he wanted to show it to the Japanese, and secondly, it was impossible for these people to enjoy high school for free as soon as they arrived.
Welfare must be a step-by-step process.
In addition, the refugees themselves are a mixed bag of good and bad, and a mixed bag of good and bad is also an important reason. Most of the refugees who have survived to this day are not or are no longer honest ordinary people. If there is not a patrol team with a sufficient number and strong combat effectiveness at this time, then
There is going to be a big problem! Countless facts have proven throughout the ages that refugees have always been an unstable factor. No matter which country or ethnic group they are from, as long as they are refugees, they will always make trouble.
Even Europe in modern society has caused a series of serious social problems due to the large influx of refugees. Therefore, the police force should indeed be expanded.
Thinking of this, Zhuang Tao nodded and said: "If there are not enough manpower, you can recruit another group. Do you have an idea of how many more people will be recruited? By the way, how many police officers do we have currently?" Li Yuan quickly replied: "Report
Mayor, we currently have a total of 6,752 police officers on staff! I think according to the current trend, there should be at least 3,000 more." "Why, the total police force is only 6,752 people?"
Zhuang Tao raised his brows and silently calculated in his mind: In his work "American Police", the American scholar Walker repeatedly emphasized a ratio, that is, how many police officers should be out of 10,000 people. According to Walker's theory, every 1
There should be at least 25 police officers among 10,000 people. If the number is lower than this number, there will be certain problems with social security.
According to data, there are about 35 police officers per 10,000 people in the United States, which is significantly higher than what Walker said. In our country, it is much lower, except for the capital city, which has reached the standard of 35 police officers per 10,000 people. Ordinary prefecture-level
City, has been at a level of 15 to 20 police officers per 10,000 people.
The current population of the Shandong Army Defense Area has reached 18.5 million. If the minimum police allocation according to Walker's theory is followed, the police force should have at least 51,300 people. Obviously, based on this calculation, the police force within its own jurisdiction is indeed too small.
Below the minimum requirements.
But having said that, there are obvious differences between the current and later modern societies. In the war years, in addition to the police force, there are also a large number of garrison troops who can participate in maintaining public security and even wartime military management at any time. In this case, Zhuang Tao still decided to
Vigorously expand the police force, because the army and the police should perform their own duties. The army is responsible for resisting the enemy and undertaking defensive operations, and the police maintain social stability. The two should be distinct and must not be confused.
After a pause, Zhuang Tao nodded and said: "Okay, I approve you to increase the police establishment by 15,000. You can go back and make a detailed expansion plan and submit it to me for approval!" "Ah, 15,000 establishments? Okay, okay,
It’s really great! Chief, I’ll go back and write the plan right away.”
Li Yuan was happy with his eyebrows. He originally thought that a 50% increase in the establishment would be "a big deal", so he had already drawn a bottom line of a minimum of 2,000 people in his heart. However, he never dreamed that Yang Fan was so generous. Not only did he bargain for rice, but also more
A total of 12,000 units were given.
With the newly added 5,000 police personnel, Li Yuan can indeed flex his muscles and tighten social security. He no longer has to worry about a large number of unsolved cases that cannot be solved due to lack of manpower.
"General, Minister of Finance Wu Rongbang is here to see you. Please give me instructions!" Not long after Li Yuangang left, the president of his bank came to the door. Zhuang Tao naturally had to give face, and immediately replied: "Invite him in!" After Wu Rongbang entered the door
He greeted me very politely: "Governor, I'm sorry, I have something urgent to come to see you for."
"Minister Wu, please sit down!" Zhuang Tao nodded and responded. Since it was business, naturally we had to address each other by title, so that it seemed ceremonial. After sitting down, Wu Rongbang began to complain: "Governor, our current financial expenditure
It is really too big. Just to pay military pay and wages, the monthly expenditure is as high as 38.5 million yuan.
If we add in urban construction, administrative expenses, public financial investment expenses, social security expenses, as well as cultural, educational and health expenses, it will cost 44.74 million yuan every month.
But in terms of our fiscal revenue, it is currently only 58.6 million yuan per month, which is completely beyond our means. If it continues like this, it will not work! Sooner or later something big will happen!"
Jiang Qiang has already completely abolished agricultural taxes. All major enterprises in the jurisdiction are basically "state-owned", and most of the products produced by these state-owned enterprises, such as guns and ammunition, electricity, gasoline, natural gas, cement, steel, etc., are made of
When it comes to military and urban construction, there is no fiscal revenue at all.
The main money-making sectors are tobacco monopoly, salt monopoly, department store groups, movie factories, paper products companies and other people's livelihood state-owned enterprises, as well as various taxes, but the money earned is far less than the money spent.
Seeing Zhuang Tao smiling and saying nothing, as if he didn't realize the seriousness of the problem, Wu Rongbang raised his voice several times and said urgently: "Governor, don't take it seriously! Now we have a large influx of refugees here.
With a wave of your hand, you, the old man, not only provided for food, housing, new clothes, and free physical examinations and medical treatment, but also provided each person with a settlement allowance of 30 yuan. This expenditure amounted to tens of millions of yuan.
Relieving refugees is indeed a good thing with boundless merits, but we must also act within our capabilities. If the economy collapses, it is no joke! Governor, you must know that our current fiscal deficit has reached more than 53 million yuan.
If it hadn't been for the continuous flow of supplies from the United States, we would have been unable to open the pot!"
"Minister Wu, don't be anxious, drink some water first to moisten your throat!" Zhuang Tao waved his hand, and then said with a smile: "We don't have enough money. That's not easy. You are the president of the People's Bank of China, let the mint company
Wouldn’t it be enough to just print more money?”
Wu Rongbang glared at Zhuang Tao angrily and said: "Are you kidding me? You can print as much money as you want? Although printing more money can solve the fiscal deficit, it is simply drinking poison to quench thirst!"
Zhuang Tao did not panic at all, but nodded seriously and said: "Don't worry, I am sure of doing this. How can I destroy the foundation that I have worked so hard to build with my own hands? Just go ahead and do it, I have already informed the mint to add more
Print 500 million yuan! You really don’t have to worry about fiscal deficits and money shortages!”
There are usually three ways to solve the fiscal deficit: First, increase taxes. This is the most direct method, increasing taxes on businesses and individuals. However, this has obvious side effects. Increasing taxes will increase the burden on businesses and residents, which is bound to cause a rebound, especially if the economy is in recession.
In good times, if you increase taxes, you will definitely be reviled by the people, so this is not a good idea. The second is to reduce taxes.
According to general logic, wouldn't tax cuts increase the fiscal deficit even more? In fact, tax cuts mean reducing the burden on businesses and residents. If businesses pay less tax, they will invest more, hire more people, and raise salaries for their employees. The same goes for the people.
If you pay less taxes every month, you will consume more, and a virtuous cycle begins. As long as the tax base increases enough, government tax revenue will increase, and the deficit problem will be solved, and it is a win-win situation.
.It’s just that we have to grasp the degree of tax reduction well, when will the tax be reduced, how much tax will be reduced, etc.
The third is money printing. Turn on the money printing press and print enough money to encourage business investment, increase employment, and thus promote consumption. This is also a direct way to solve the deficit. However, this has extremely obvious side effects, causing inflation in the whole society, and
It will aggravate the gap between the rich and the poor, reduce the government's credibility, and have extremely serious consequences.
However, for Jiang Qiang, neither increasing taxes nor reducing taxes is currently feasible. The most effective way is to turn on the faucet and print a large amount of money. As for the issue of inflation, there is no need to worry about Jiang Qiang, because not only the United States has
Huge amounts of wealth will continue to flow in. As long as the military defense and urban infrastructure projects are done well and solidly, and the tens of millions of people in the jurisdiction are fully absorbed, a good internal circulation system will be formed.
At most, it means spending a lot of money on the military, instead of frantically investing in construction in all aspects like now, and throwing out a lot of money! "What? You want to print an additional 500 million yuan all of a sudden? Did I hear you right?"
Hearing this, Wu Rongbang rolled his eyes. If such a huge amount of money flows into the jurisdiction, it will be no different from a scourge. It will be strange if the RMB does not depreciate crazily. Wu Rongbang does not know that Jiang Qiang has the support of Shanghai.
and help. I didn’t know that I could directly move the materials purchased from the United States back through the system to pick up the goods. I just knew that a cargo ship would arrive in Qingdao every month.
The goods worth of that cargo ship are only a few million yuan at best, which is equivalent to more than 10 million yuan in RMB at most. It is impossible to offset the fiscal deficit of India, let alone offset the impact of the crazy release of RMB. Of course, Zhuang Tao will not explain it.
Instead, he nodded extremely seriously and said: "Minister Wu, I didn't say it wrong, and you heard it right!
There are some things I can’t tell you in detail yet, but I will never shoot myself in the foot by doing this. You can rest assured on this and you must believe me!” “Okay! I know what to do!!
"
Hearing that Zhuang Tao was not joking, Wu Rongbang wanted to know that Jiang Qiang had many little-known secrets. Since it was all about this, he could only put away his doubts and follow the instructions of Zhuang Tao, the provincial governor. "
If there is nothing else, I will take my leave."
After chatting for a while, Wu Rongbang took the initiative to leave. Originally, he wanted to advise Zhuang Tao to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, increase taxes and reduce unnecessary extravagance and waste to solve the fiscal deficit, but Zhuang Tao did not even think about it and just started printing money without mentioning other measures.
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Therefore, Wu Rongbang could only click until now. "Hey, money is really useless!" Looking at Wu Rongbang's leaving figure, Zhuang Tao couldn't help but sigh, even though he was acting like the wind just now, he was sitting still.
Diaoyutai's aloof posture, but I can't help but feel pain in my heart.
Now the monthly expenditure of RMB is as high as 44.74 million yuan. Isn’t this a full-scale bloody battle with the little devils? If the fire is fully engaged at this time, wouldn’t it mean that the consumption rate must at least quadruple, even if the United States is all-out
Blood transfusion, coupled with the output of the Shanghai Industrial Zone, can only barely break even!
If we take another step forward and switch from defense to offense in the future and take the initiative to launch a full-scale war with the Japanese army, let alone the materials and wealth consumed will not be counted at all. Sure enough, it is ten thousand taels of gold when the cannon is fired. No wonder the little devils are so prepared.
After many years, in less than two years after the actual full-scale war began, the capital accumulated over the years was exhausted, and there was no way to continue to maintain a large-scale all-out offensive, so that the war of resistance entered a stalemate stage.
"No matter what, the most important thing now is to steadily receive and digest all the refugees in Shanghai! The rest will slowly develop!" After thinking for a while, Zhuang Tao retracted his thoughts and returned to his desk to continue handling the needs.
Important documents for review and approval.
Before and after the outbreak of the European War in 1939, President Roosevelt determined that the United States' defense line was in Europe and repeatedly proposed to Congress to amend the Neutrality Act. After long debate, Congress passed the amended Neutrality Act on November 3, 1939, abolishing the arms embargo clause.
, allowing belligerent countries to purchase arms in the United States, but on a "cash and carry" basis.
The new bill supported Britain and France in terms of weapons and supplies; in the East, it benefited Japan and was not good for China, because China was unable to transport it on its own.
But this would not be a problem for the Republic of China government. Through various diplomatic channels, the Republic of China government could completely borrow British and French ships to transport the arms to the British colony of Myanmar, and then transfer them to the Burma Highway into China! Although this would cost more money,
But it's a hundred times better than being kidnapped by the Japanese on the way.
Tokyo Mei Agency strode into Kage Sasaki's office, glanced at Kage Sasaki who was immersed in handling official documents, Inukai Ken stood at attention and said loudly: "His Majesty Colonel, do you have a problem with me?" "Inukai-san"
, you're here!" Yingzuo Zhenzhao raised his head and said with a smile, "Hurry back and prepare, and follow me to see Commander Okamura in half an hour."
"Nani, Commander Okamura?" Inukai Ken said in surprise, "Shouldn't he be in Wuhan now?" Kage Sasaki said with a smile, "Commander Okamura is planning a big military operation recently, but due to
There was not enough food and grass, so he made a special trip to Tokyo before the war.
After arriving in Tokyo, I heard that you are an expert in economics, Inukai-kun, so Commander Okamura asked to see you by name. When the time comes, you have to perform well!" "Okay! Okay! Your Excellency, Colonel, I will go back to my humble post.
Change into a dress!”
Ken Inukai is the third son of former Japanese Prime Minister Takeshi Inukai. He belongs to the authentic second-generation official, but he is still only a small role in front of Okamura Neji. Okamura Neji can be said to be in the spotlight now.
He is highly regarded by His Majesty the Emperor and has deep connections in the military. More importantly, he has outstanding abilities. It is said that he will be promoted to a general of the Japanese Army in a short time. His future is limitless.
Therefore, Ken Inukai, who is extremely shrewd, knows that there are only advantages and no disadvantages in establishing a good relationship with Okamura Neji, and he must be very alert to deal with it. Kage Sasaki smiled and waved his hand, "This meeting is a private dinner.
, it’s not good to dress too formally. Well, you don’t need to wear a formal dress, just wear a kimono.”
Ken Inukai paused heavily and said: "Hai! Thank you for your advice, Colonel! I will go back and change my clothes right now." Less than a quarter of an hour later, Ken Inukai returned to his lounge to change into his kimono, and then joined Sadaaki Kagesa.
Get in the car and go straight to a private residence in Tokyo.
When Akatsuki Akira and Ken Inukai arrived by car, they saw two rows of Japanese soldiers with loaded guns standing guard at the entrance of the house. Not only Chinese people, but even Japanese were not allowed to approach within a few dozen meters. "Captain Akatsuki,
Inukai-kun, please come in!" When Kage Sasakiaki and Inukai Ken appeared outside Akita's house, the Japanese guard captain stepped forward to confirm their identities, and then ordered the Japanese soldiers standing guard to let them go immediately.
"Your Excellency Osaka, please come first!" When he reached the door, Ken Inuyang hurriedly stepped forward and lifted the dark blue curtain. He waited for Kage Sasaki to enter before bending down and entering. Only then did he realize that the lobby was already occupied.
A person. If you look closely, you will see that he is a middle-aged man, wearing a dark black kimono, with a pair of black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. His face is thin but his eyes are bright, giving him the aura of a superior person who is not angry and confident.
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"Your Excellency, General!" Almost at the same time, both Kage Sasaki and Inukai Ken recognized the other party as Lieutenant General Okamura Neiji, the commander of the Eleventh Army, and quickly stepped forward and nodded with great respect.
"Yoshi, today is just a private party. Don't be too restrained. Please take a seat!" Okamura Neji waved his hand, nodded and smiled calmly. "Hai!"
Kage Sasakiaki and Inukai Ken once again nodded respectfully, then took off their wooden shoes, climbed onto the tatami, and then knelt down opposite Okamura Neji across a short table. Their bodies were straight and their expressions were extremely calm.
Okamura Neiji behaves very easy-going, as if he is just a kind elder, but Okamura Neiji is a lieutenant general commander after all, and he is favored by His Majesty the Emperor and will most likely be promoted to general. And Kage Sasaki Showa
Inukai Ken is a newly promoted colonel, and the other is a junior major. The class status gap between the two parties is too big, so Kage Sasaki and Inukai Ken cannot be unrestrained.
The performance of the two people was completely impressed. Okamura Neji raised the corner of his mouth slightly, not seeing through it. After a glance, his eyes first fell on Inukai Ken's face, and asked with a smile: "Kage Sa-kun, this must be
It’s the economic expert Inu Yang Jian Inu Yangjun you mentioned, right?”
Ying Zuo Zhenzhao nodded quickly and said: "Yes, Your Excellency General, he is Ken Inuyang, the economics section chief of our Mei Agency. He is particularly knowledgeable about economics and is very good at seizing opportunities to create wealth!" "Thank you for your support, Colonel!
"Inukai Ken nodded towards Kage Sasakiaki, then turned to Okamura Neji and said, "I have a humble job, Inukai Ken, please take good care of me, General!"
"Inukai-kun, you are so humble! I have long heard that you are an expert in economics and have earned a lot of money for the empire. Although you did not go to the battlefield to kill the enemy with blood, your credit and contribution are great!" Neji Okamura was not stingy.
He gave a few words of praise, then chuckled and said:
"So I came to Tokyo this time specifically to consult Inukai-kun. Please take care of me and help us solve the food and funding problems of our Eleventh Army." Okamura Neiji is really not being modest. Little Japan is now in terms of money and food.
There really is a big problem.
Because of the large-scale guerrilla warfare carried out by the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in the occupied areas of North China, Central China, and East China, the strategy that little Japan formulated before the war to support war with war was completely in vain. Therefore, little Japan could only go to China from the Northeast and mainland.
As a result, the price of rice in the Northeast and even the local area soared rapidly.
So far, the price of rice in Japan has increased several times, and the direct result is that a large number of citizens have gone bankrupt and even committed suicide. Some people may ask, if there is currently a surplus of grain production in the United States and the price of grain is extremely cheap, why can't Japan go there?
The main reason for buying from the United States is because Americans accept US dollars, British pounds, silver dollars, and gold, but they do not accept Japanese yen.
Therefore, when Japan goes to the United States to buy grain, it must pay in U.S. dollars, pounds, or gold and silver currencies. However, the Japanese government's pounds or U.S. dollars are foreign exchange. These precious foreign exchanges are used to import rubber, scrap steel, and crude oil. They must not be wasted on food.
.The same is true for gold and silver currencies.
Therefore, in order to alleviate the local food crisis and avoid domestic unrest, the Japanese base camp could only allow the Japanese invaders to raise food on their own, instead of snatching food from the teeth of local citizens.
Depending on the defense zone, the difficulty of raising food for the Japanese invaders' various units also varied. For example, the Kwantung Army, the North China Front Army, the First Army stationed in Shanxi, and the Twelfth Army stationed in Shandong had basically no difficulty in raising food. The troops stationed in Mongolia and the army stationed in Hainan
The 21st Army is slightly more difficult, but it can be overcome due to its small number of troops. Only the 11th Army of Neji Okamura is the most difficult.
Because the Eleventh Army now only controls narrow areas on both sides of the Yangtze River and the Ping-Han Railway, and on the periphery of these areas, there are millions of Chinese troops in two theaters! Therefore, the Eleventh Army cannot conquer them at all.
In turn, the Eleventh Army's combat tasks are far more arduous than those of other armies. For example, it is now undergoing a large-scale winter offensive by the National Army!
Food could not be mobilized from the country. North China, Central China, and East China were also affected by large-scale guerrilla wars. There was not much surplus food in the Northeast, so Okamura Neiji had no choice but to come to Shanghai to find a way. Naturally, Inukai Ken would not shirk the blame and immediately
He nodded and said: "It is my honor and duty to be able to relieve your worries, General. May I ask how many kilograms of food you still lack, General?"
"Of course, the more food, the better!" Neji Okamura raised his eyebrows. Listening to Inukai Ken's tone, which seemed to be very relaxed, he pondered for a while and said: "It's winter now, and we can't collect food on the spot. At least we need to
To meet the needs of a 200,000-strong army for four months, there must be a gap of 50 million kilograms.
Inukai-kun, I was embarrassed to say anything due to such a big gap, but currently the three armies have not moved forward with food and grass. This food is vital to us, so please think of a solution no matter what!"