Chapter 730 It's time to plan for the post-war plan

Yanjing.

The Prime Minister's Office is brightly lit.

Since the beginning of the war, this Chinese and Western-style courtyard building has become the focus of attention of all countries. With the victory of the army, it has unconsciously been upgraded to lead the diplomatic and international political center of Asia and even the world.

Recently, there are more individual names here, Donghuayuan.

The name

comes from a German reporter who interviewed after the naval battle in the Gulf of Panama. There is such a passage at the beginning of the interview manuscript he sent back to China. More than 20 years ago, the ruler here was an old empire. More than 20 years later, this is one of the four centers of the world. A sneeze in this beautiful small garden can make the world feel cold.

Because it is located in the east of the ancient palace and the heart of the Chinese people of the world, I call it Donghuayuan.

Since then, the name of Donghua Garden has spread in Europe and the United States, together with Downing Street in the United Kingdom, the White House in the United States, and the Worry-free Palace in Germany, have been known as the four major political centers in the world. Of course, proud German journalists have automatically empt Paris, which should have occupied a place. As for Eastenburg, Vienna or St. Peter Fort has always been several levels worse in his heart.

Tang Shaoyi, who sat under the desk lamp and read the report carefully with glasses, did not care about the name. It was not that she was not dissatisfied with the world center, but that she felt that the name was too ordinary.

Of course, no one will make an announcement for this matter. The name is called by others, which represents a kind of recognition. For example, the outside world and many domestic young people like to call Xinhua the empire. The Prime Minister's Office and the royal family have never claimed themselves like this on formal occasions. They are all called federal constitutional monarchies. The reason is the same as that in Europe and the United States. Outside of the ceremony, it is still called the new Huawei "CHINA".

Without strength, no one admits that you claim to be a great power in the universe. Even if you have strength, it is a kind of recognition.

Xinhua is a constitutional monarchy. Although the army is nominally a royal army, it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister's Office in terms of domestic administration and people's livelihood. In the founding years of the country, many old people regarded the Prime Minister's Office as a big stone to the emperor, believing that it was a substitute for the emperor, and even wrote a letter to ask the emperor to withdraw power. It is arbitrary, but with the progress of thought and the deepening of education, people have gradually become accustomed to the constitutional reform.

Of course, the people have their own understanding of the constitution, that is, the country and the world are the emperor. They are all the emperor's subjects, and the students are all students of the emperor. The Prime Minister's office is the department that helps the emperor manage. And after the two-party system, if the prime minister does not do well, the government axe doesn't care, everyone can still Put him down by voting.

Although the words are a little rough, there is still some truth, and from the standpoint of Tang Shaoyi's generation, this explanation is actually more in line with the concept of the traditional imperial power of this country. Of course, no one knows whether Emperor Li laughed or not, but the prestige of the royal family is not only because of the decline of war, but also because of the expansion of the territory. The victory has become more and more consolidated. You should know that even Australia and Alaska, which are hardly pocketed, the territory of Xinhua has been the largest in thousands of years. How can we not make the Chinese people proud and cheer for Emperor Li?

It is the biggest dream of every political official to help the emperor manage such a large country. It is the biggest dream to settle in the Prime Minister's Office. There is nothing like leading a leader who has a population of more than 500 million. The territory is ancient and modern, and it is even more unique in the military. It's even more tempting to be a big country that will lead the world for decades.

But only when he sat in this position in person did he know how difficult it was. The country was large, the population was large, and there were many ethnic groups. There were countless annoying things. What's more, it also brought him into a once-in-a-century world war.

As a wartime prime minister, difficulties and troubles are unknown to outsiders. From the dry treasury to the instant stagnant development of the national economy, from every grain of grain of grain to the military telegram of snow-like guns and ammunition, it almost overwhelmed him.

"Wow." After exhaling a turbid breath, Tang Shaoyi seemed to feel much more comfortable. She pinched her eyebrows and handed the report to Liang Dunyan: "This is the budget list of the Ministry of National Defense for next year. Take a look."

Before Liang Dunyan took over the list, he saw Tang Shaoyi taking off her glasses and pinching her eyebrows. She couldn't help worrying about his health, but she forgot that she had been white on her temples in the past 20 years.

"12 billion!"

Seeing the last number on the list, Liang Dunyan was also excited and frowned. Before the war, it was a little more than 1.7 billion pounds. Although it is now the gold standard and the currency is linked to gold, the major European currencies such as the pound and the US dollar have signs of depreciation. The allocation on the black market can be exchanged for 1.8 billion yuan. Pound sterling.

According to intelligence, Britain's military expenditure in 1914 was 1.4 billion pounds, 2.1 billion yuan in 15 years, and 3.2 billion yuan in 16 years. Next year's budget was also passed not long ago, reaching 3.5 billion pounds in British history!

There are also many in the United States, with a total of 30 billion US dollars in just two years, which is equivalent to 6 billion pounds! According to the secret news of the Republican Party sent back by Mr. Thomas, it will increase to $28 billion next year! The strength of the world's largest economy before the war was fully demonstrated. On the contrary, Germany began to gradually weaken, equivalent to the pound, reaching 2 billion in 14 years and 2.7 billion in 15 years, but only 1.8 billion this year, and the budget for next year has not yet come out.

There is no need to mention France. The budget is meaningless to them, who are almost bankrupt. Now every grain of their grain is used for military supplies, and half of the country is about to be destroyed. As for Spain, Italy and Austria-Hungary, the economy is also hard to make ends meet, and Russia has become a Soviet. The civil war has made that The country has completely entered a long period of decline.

On the other hand, it's not much better. Although I joined the war a year later, in fact, the armaments have been strengthened since the day of the war in Europe. In 14 years, Britain's 1.4 billion pounds, in fact, I also took out as much as 6 billion yuan (blue coins and pounds, the previous setting is about 1:7), and in 15 years, my side has also increased. 8 billion, 16 years have not yet ended, and 9.7 billion has actually been used!

Although there is an advantage in equipment, and there is no confrontation and trench war with the best funds, the amount of arms consumption is really not small, not to mention that the superior equipment is piled up with money. Even if there is no profit, the basic salary of workers still has to be paid. Even prisoners of war are supported by food. Take a Kunpeng bomber as an example. Starting from the logging of light trees in Ecuador, the cost is enough money for the United States to manufacture 20 of their latest Curtis D300 bombers.

Not to mention the weapons and equipment that have been coming down the production line. In the past three years, the total number of trucks purchased by the army alone has exceeded 200,000, 15,000 aircraft, 9,600 tank armored vehicles, and 270 warships!

Coupled with food, logistics ammunition and fuel needed for security, etc., if it hadn't been for the rapid economic growth in the past few years and the continuous hoarding of some free funds earned in international trade, the military spending might have increased a lot.

From the perspective of outsiders, these figures are extremely boring, but they are a reflection of the trend of the war. If there is no Xinhua, Germany's early advantages will certainly be erode back by the Ally countries with money, and they will definitely be defeated in the end!

It's just that he didn't expect that now that he had landed in the United States, he thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect that the military was still increasing the budget, which really embarrassed him a little.

The money is not made out of thin air. The tsar's gold seems to be more than 1,000 tons, and it is only more than a billion yuan in blue coins, which is not enough to stuff its teeth. The main sources of military spending are mainly financial allocations, bond issuance and private donations.

Now the domestic economic development has come to a halt, and consumption and commercial activities have been greatly curbed. The national fiscal revenue is almost equal to zero. Even agriculture has become a little sluggish because of the conscription of nearly 10 million young and strong labor force, and this is still doubled, because they not only cannot produce, but also need the state to feed them, which is equal to one People consume 2 copies!

And this is just the budget of the military. The country is so big that it is impossible for war. Even if the construction in all provinces of the country is almost suspended, some projects cannot be stopped, such as the Western Siberian railway project, the southwest Pacific island seaport clearance, etc. are urgently needed, and there are natural disasters. Some immovable projects such as harm and education.

The most direct reflection of the economic sunshine is the GNP data from 1910. From 10 to 14 years, the growth rate has remained at about 13%, but it has soared to 2.3% in 15 years. Although there is still one month to end this year, it has fallen in the first three quarters. It's minus 11%!

Although 17 years has not yet started, according to his experience, if this fund is allocated, it will definitely exceed the warning line of minus 20%!

Even if the war can end in 18 years as expected, it does not mean that the economy can recover immediately. During the war, the huge number of orders of troops and political axes did greatly promote the manufacturing and other related industries, but it also caused a deformed prosperity. Once the war is over, there will be no orders of political axes and the military. These enterprises The survival of industries and factories will also be in danger, and a large number of workers will lose their jobs.

Even if there are war dividends, new land and population buffers, it will take at least two or three years to gradually recover.

Of course, it's not that there is no chance to make money in the war. For example, in the recent bulk trade between the Middle East and the Americas, the complete set of machinery has begun to rise, and the loan interest provided to various countries can be recovered every year, but this amount is not enough to quench his thirst, and in his opinion, there are still many useless means, such as Germany. China has always been eager to get aircraft and tank technology. If it is allowed to export, it will be an unimaginable profit, but the emperor and the military have been biting for a long time, so there is no way to talk about it.

"What, is it difficult? Why don't I go to the staff and let them shrink a little? Seeing that Liang Dunyan didn't speak for a long time, Tang Shaoyi handed him a cigarette.

"Difficulties are difficult, but it's not time to wrong the army." Liang Dunyan smiled. Although he was not the most satisfied with this budget, it did not mean that he did not know what the focus of his work was. The victory was fought for by the soldiers. It was nothing for those people in the rear who gritted their teeth and bled a little. What's more, compared with Europe and the United States, when Xinhua was not exhausted, Australia alone It's hundreds or even thousands of times the total military expenses.

"Then you." After lit the cigarette, Tang Shaoyi narrowed her eyes and suddenly spit out two words: "Germany?"

"Hmm." In front of Tang Shaoyi, Liang Dunyan didn't have to hide anything. He smoked a cigarette and said, "To tell you the truth, Prime Minister, compared with the United Kingdom and the United States, before I was poor enough to cry, if I was really anxious, I would directly take out the islands and Australia in the Southwest Pacific and sell them."

"You can do it!" This answer made Tang Shaoyi touch her forehead directly. Unexpectedly, Liang Dunyan even considered this. If he really sold the island according to what he said, let alone tens of billions of yuan, I'm afraid it won't be a problem to sell hundreds of billions of yuan.

Liang Dunyan was also laughed at by the sudden flash of ideas. He said, "Of course, the premise is that the emperor doesn't take me off."

"Haha, no, I will never say that the emperor will still help you shout." With Tang Shaoyi's understanding of Li Mo, it is absolutely possible to shout and sell, but it is very difficult to find the buyer.

The emperor took the Chancellor of the Exchequer to sell the land. I'm afraid it would be a strange talk about it if it really happened, so Liang Dunyan smiled and returned to the point and said, "Prime Minister, you know that although Germany seems to be weak now, as long as we beat the United States out of temper, his crisis will naturally be lifted. Once After Britain and the United States surrendered and Germany put most of the colonies in its arms, with Germany's industrial capacity, the recovery speed will not be much slower than ours!"

"Yes." Liang Dunyan's words made Tang Shaoyi couldn't help looking up at his old classmate again. Unexpectedly, he, who was usually silent, had actually been calculating what had happened after the war.

Military victory is a victory, but how to turn a military victory into a greater economic victory is a new topic for them. Compared with Britain and the United States, their generation has a narrower international vision. If it hadn't been for the emperor at the helm, even if they won, they would not be the century-old powers after the war.

"Then how do you deal with Dunyan?"

"Dunyan doesn't understand the military, but we have no chance to recover earlier than Germany. First of all, our population and domestic demand advantages are not comparable to them. Secondly, now we have an absolute advantage in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. We can take advantage of the opportunity to speak with our fists and sign as much as possible. New bilateral and multilateral trade agreements.

"Of course, the final solution is the United States!"

"America?" Tang Shaoyi was also curious and didn't understand what the United States had to do with it. Is it compensation?

"It's not compensation. Compensation is a long-term blood transfusion. Even if we can get most of it, it is impossible to immediately solve the reality that our industrial foundation is not as good as Germany." Liang Dunyan immediately denied Tang Shaoyi's idea. After smoking a cigarette fiercely, he said slowly, "There is a way, but it's a little poisonous."

"Dunyan, say it quickly, don't be a good job."

"It's very simple, move!"

"Move?"

"Yes, move!" Liang Dunyan extinguished the cigarette butt fiercely. Even he didn't know how strange the faint smile on his face was at this moment. He said, "The rise of the United States depends on resources and industry. If we can move back the major factories and mechanical equipment of the United States, so that even if the United States wants to recover, it will take at least ten years, and I It doesn't take a year to establish the world's largest industrial processing capacity, and then take advantage of the opportunity of countries to cultivate and rebuild the country, dump goods outwards, and seize the market as quickly as Germany is caught off guard!

Of course, it's best to bring back those scientific and technological talents back, just like before the founding of the People's Republic of China. If you are willing to come, you can tie them up and persuade them patiently first. It's really impossible to convince them.

"Dunyan, you, haha." Hearing Liang Dunyan's suggestion, Tang Shaoyi suddenly stared at him and laughed, which made the latter a little confused and quickly asked, "What's wrong? Isn't it too poisonous?"

"Poisonous, um, it's a little bit, but I'm not laughing, but I didn't expect Dunyan, a weak person like you, to come up with such a good way to move! Haha."

"Dunyan, it's you, it's you!" Tang Shaoyi was smiling and laughing happily, because he saw a change!

A kind of flashy thing that has put down all the so-called states of etiquette, great powers, etc., and sees a person who really puts the bottom for the country for the nation and competes for every benefit, he would rather put down the arrogance of being stained with copper smell.

Li Enfu, Yan Fu, Liang Dunyan and his generation are all the darlings of this country and the times. Under the leadership of the emperor, they finally stepped forward, changed the country and changed their destiny.

Similarly, everyone knows that this country can be without them, but it can't be without the emperor, because without him, there is no navy, those leading technologies, no enthusiasm for industry, and no opportunity to sit and talk about emptying the United States! To this day, they all remember how many ideological struggles have been passed by Li Mo's words "constitutional" under the vine of the old house in Jinzhou. After all, at that time, he was fully qualified to be a real emperor who was superior and even no one would oppose!

That's the real country!

Today, Liang Dunyan's word "moving" is also telling others that under the leadership of Li Mo's action first and pragmatic work, their generation has undergone a big change from thought to action, and has become a "little man" who is careful and calculating, playing with beads.

It's better to be a small country than a big name!

This is the real pillar of the country.

Only Liang Dunyan was still in a daze and asked, "Prime Minister, what do you mean?"

"Oh, it's my fault. I didn't make it clear." Tang Shaoyi pulled out a document and handed it to Liang Dunyan: "This is sent by the emperor yesterday. Let me find someone to go to Mexico in person. What you said just now really reassured me. You have to go on this trip!" Oh?" Liang Dunyan quickly opened the telegram. After reading it, the people were also a little stunned and jumped up: "This is, it's true! Let me negotiate with them?"

"No one of these people is a good person. At this stage of war, they know the victory or defeat better than anyone else. These profit-seeking people are the most realistic. How to ensure the safety of property and funds is the most important, so I hope you can go there in person." Tang Shaoyi narrowed her eyes like a fox and said with a smile, "Whether you can dig something out or not is up to you."

"In addition, I have informed Feng Qi that he will ask Gu Weijun to assist you. It's time for us to plan for the post-war, and." Tang Shaoyi was about to continue to speak when the knock on the door suddenly sounded.

After receiving the telegram, Tang Shaoyi suddenly stood up and laughed like Liang Dunyan just now and said, "Okay, that's great, Dunyan, your moving words is useful."

"Oh?"

"Look, look." Tang Shaoyi excitedly handed the telegram to Liang Dunyan: "The landing was successful!"

"Great! No, I'm going to send a telegram to Yuanshou. If he doesn't move all the American gold back this time, I won't give him a penny!"

"Haha."

(to be continued)