Chapter 255: Chaos in Local Construction

The world was renovated and the empire was established. The old and young people of the Qing Dynasty, as well as officials of the Beiyang government, were all forgotten in the corner of society.

Those Beiyang people with great capital have been incorporated into the empire, some are idle, some are sent back to retire, and some are joined in the army to work hard.

"It is said that China is unified and all four borders are determined. The people of our empire, under the Qing Dynasty, lived a difficult life and were all short of food, clothing and food, and their children had no money to enter the school. Today, the head of state agreed to protect the people of the world without worries about food and clothing, and the expenses for the elderly are not hard to support and have little education, and the cost of suffering from illness can also be reduced. We should work hard to respond to the call of the head of state, first of all, unite and not fight internally, because we are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and are connected by blood. Only unity can we revive China. Furthermore, we should be dedicated, work hard to produce, do our job well, and do not eat in the east and look at the west, and neglect our jobs. We should work hard to study our jobs so that we can do better..."

A storytelling program came from the radio. The storytelling program stopped talking about the call of the head of state, but it was broadcasted to gather a large group of people.

Some people listen on radio at home. Radio is becoming more and more popular at present, and basically many people have this thing at home.

In recent days, the entire empire has begun to promote these things because the national propaganda machine has begun to operate efficiently. Whether it is newspapers, radio, or stories about husbands in teahouses, they are promoting the call from the head of state to take office.

In general, the call is two aspects: national unity and dedication. It is relatively simple and easy to learn.

The people of the entire empire were immersed in an inexplicable excitement, because of the shackles of the past, they had lost their sight. What followed were all kinds of social welfare and government support policies that they had never dared to think about before.

Current media public opinion calls it: "The whole Chinese people are liberated."

In those newly liberated provinces, the primary task facing local government officials is to lead the people out of poverty and build roads first if they want to be rich. This is the theory proposed by the head of state many years ago.

Therefore, building basic transportation facilities is a problem that the governments of all provinces and regions want to solve urgently, but they have no money. Many places are poor and useless. Although the Ministry of Construction has a lot of money, if the local government's infrastructure funds are allocated by the Ministry of Construction, it would not be worth that much money to sell the entire Ministry of Construction.

If you don’t have money, you will naturally find a bank loan. The richest person is the East China Group managed by the uncle Li Shengguo. Currently, the largest bank in China is the second largest bank in China, followed by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, which is a joint venture bank. In the past, the bank in Shanghai was mostly annexed by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and implemented a joint-stock system. ICBC is currently the second largest bank in China, managed by Chen Guangfu, and has a strong development momentum. The third is the Jinzhong Bank, which was originally established by the Governor of Shanxi Province, Chief Yan, and has annexed many Shanxi merchant bankers. The capital is also very strong. It soon became the third largest bank in China. However, the main shares are now controlled by the East China Group because Chief Yan sold the bank to the head of the empire.

The three banks are absolutely dominant in China, while foreign banks are under great supervision, and with the recovery of national consciousness, few people will deposit money in these foreign banks.

The Imperial Government is recently working to clean up the banknotes issued by foreign banks in China. These banknotes are flooded and their currency value has plummeted. However, since the Imperial Government has come forward, the amount of money these foreign banks have to vomit out.

There are many restrictions on the investment of foreign banks in China, and various important industries cannot be involved, but the mining industry is open to these foreign banks and enterprises. Of course, the mining companies invested by these foreign banks cannot buy advanced mining equipment provided by the government.

Open mining, which is open to each other between China and the United States. The United States can mine in China, and China can also mine in the United States.

It depends on who can dig it, but it is obvious that China has the upper hand. The trade frictions and national barriers between China and the United States have increased a lot compared to before. Now the United States is not easy to do business in China, and it is not easy to do business in China when it goes to the United States. Of course, both sides also have their own means, such as disguising capital and entering the other party, thereby conducting commercial spy activities, etc.

China successfully inserted the Ablot Group into the United States. The US government has indeed paid attention to this group before, but with China's withdrawal, the US government has also eliminated its concerns.

Previously, Ablot Group had Xia Jun 49 shares, but Tana even gave birth to his daughter, so Xia Jun handed over all the shares to Tana.

Such divestment is very common in China's overseas assets. For example, China exchanges technology for shares in a certain company. When the company has developed almost completely, it will withdraw its capital and leave. Therefore, the US government has no doubts about the Ablot Group. As for the relationship between Ablot's boss and the head of the Chinese Empire, this is a highly confidentiality of the East China government before.

There are also many nails under the secret control of international capital. Before China was divided and separatist, there were constant open and secret conflicts between several major forces. Many capital businessmen still thought that doing things for foreigners was promising, so they were willing to work for them.

Many of these types of capital merchants were listed on the list in Xia Jun's rectification campaign, while all of the merchants within the Huaxia Association were national capital merchants. Their starting process was carefully investigated. If there were signs of foreign capital manipulation, they would not be included in the Huaxia Association. Huaxia Association is a non-public group. As it has entered a period of capital monopoly, raising businessmen is a country's capital support policy. Whoever can be included in the training list will not be suppressed by capital during their success. Those merchants who show potential, even if they have smaller capital, will be absorbed into the outside of the Huaxia Association to prevent being involved in international capital.

Speaking of local governments in various places, the number was so large that Li Shengguo quickly called his brother-in-law. After a call, Li Shengguo shouted: "Brother-in-law, it's not good."

"What's wrong again?" Xia Jun asked in confusion. Every time this brother-in-law would call him." Most of the time, he reported bad news. Xia Jun was used to it, so he was very calm.

"Well, now local governments want to develop, first of all, they want to build roads, and the number of representatives is higher than that of each. Of course, money is the second problem. It's not that we can't afford that much money, but that we are afraid that the construction cost will be too high and it will not be cost-effective at that time." Li Shengguo shouted on the phone.

"Then why isn't it cost-effective?" Xia Jun asked with a smile.

Li Shengguo said: "Of course it's not worth it. First of all, some provinces are not even connected to railways. The construction materials have to be transported from other provinces, so the transportation costs will increase first, and the material costs will increase. Even if there are provinces with railways, it's better to transport from neighboring provinces. If it's transported from a further province, it's extremely unprofitable. Another problem is that there are not so many engineering teams now, and local governments are in a hurry to get on the Matthew Road, which is easy to create tofu projects. Even if it's not intentional, there will be a lot of chaos. I don't know how much it will cost to rectify them at that time. If this is a struggle, the banking industry's profits will not be messed up."

"Yes," Xia Jun was on the phone">Nodded on the other end, and praised: "It's right."

"So brother-in-law, please come forward as soon as possible and give a specific development plan. Then let's talk about the loan." Li Shengguo did not see a rabbit or a hawk. In the absence of local regulations, he naturally could not put down the loan. If the local government cannot pay it back, it would not be the central government's purchase. Now the East China Group and the government cannot distinguish it, so it is probably going to be on the bank side by the time.

"Okay, okay, I'll ask the following to make a plan when the meeting tomorrow." Xia Jun replied with a smile.

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The next day, the grand court meeting, which was once every seven days, was gathered together in the cabinet and various departments.

The court meeting was held on the first floor of the Ministry of Administration Building. Xia Jun sat in the upper seat, while other civil and military officials sat on both sides below, and Duan Qirui, Xuan Yu, Liu Wenhong and other central officers sat in the front row.

The location arrangement is not a single column on both sides, but four positions are arranged in each column. These four positions are meaningless. If necessary, you can add five or six more...

In terms of civil servants, Liang Qichao was also among them. Liang Qichao was appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Imperial Hanlin Academy. The Imperial Hanlin Academy imitated the Song system to a certain extent. The Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy acted as an emperor's consultant and was also an institution with a strong academic color.

Some people speculate that the current Imperial Hanlin Academy is not just an advisor, but if the cabinet chief is replaced in the future, it may be selected from the Hanlin Academy.

First of all, because this is the emperor's consultant, he has a lot of contact and communication with the emperor, and then those who can enter the Hanlin Academy are all talented people, specializing in politics and academics.

If someone is favored by talent and is difficult to convince the public because he does not have a certain qualification, he will first arrange to be an emperor consultant in the Hanlin Academy, and also show his talents appropriately before promoting them.

However, everyone understands that Liang Qichao has no chance to be the chief minister of the cabinet, because he is not a solid imperialist. He gave him the position of Grand Secretary of the Imperial Hanlin Academy. It is true that he is the most famous writer in China today. He sent home all the talents recognized by society. Then people always talk about this.

Moreover, the Hanlin Grand Secretary was not the territory of Confucianism, Legalists, military strategists, farmers, workers, economists, and Taoists instead dominated, among which the Legalists, military strategists, farmers, economists, and traitorists were mainly supplemented by Taoism.

To put it bluntly, this is an "expert department" of the empire. Experts in all fields are in the field that the empire needs to consult with professionals, and talents who have in-depth research on the field can be bachelor's degree, but grand sanctions must be the kind of person who has been tried and talented to be able to serve as a bachelor's degree.

However, there are important and minor fields, but most of the major fields are the main fields, among which Liang Qichao is the only Confucian scholar. However, Liang Qichao is not a literati who insists on Confucianism too much, but is a reformist person. Now he is reflecting on his own thoughts, so he has obtained a Grand Secretary.

Among them, the Zongheng was the current "international strategist". The Zongheng was a strategist who lobbled the princes and engaged in political and diplomatic activities during the Warring States Period in China. It was listed as one of the hundreds of schools of thought. The main representatives were Su Qin, Zhang Yi and others. The founder Guiguzi, whose main remarks were passed on in "The Strategies of the Warring States Period".

During the Warring States Period, the south and north were combined into the lunar calendar, and the west and east were linked into the lunar calendar. Su Qin strongly advocated Yan, Zhao, Han, Wei, Qi, and Chu to unite the lunar calendar to resist Qin, and Zhang Yi tried to break the lunar calendar. The six kingdoms in Lianheng served Qin separately, and the Zongheng masters were named. Their activities had an important impact on the changes in the political and military structure during the Warring States Period.

"The Strategies of the Warring States" has a large number of records of its activities. According to "Han Shu? Yiwen Zhi", the Zonghengists once wrote 16 schools and 17 articles.

The empire has now restored its ancient name in large numbers, and the Hanlin Academy is no longer a Confucian territory. The straitors are one of the most important consultants of the empire. They are in line with military and legalists, which means they are scarce. There are only five bachelors at the moment, and there are no one who can be appointed as a grand scholar.

The second-line positions are workers, farmers, economists, and experts in the three aspects of industry, agriculture, and commerce. Xia Jun consults the most frequently.

"My Lords, can there be any news recently?" Xia Jun asked everyone present. Generally speaking, what is discussed in such large-scale court meetings are not state secrets, but mainly discussions on legal and industrial and commercial development policies. As for issues such as military secrets, foreign policy, and economic regulation, they are all secret high-level meetings.

As the head of the empire, Xia Jun fully respected everyone present, and did not call him a beloved minister, but called him a prince. After all, he is not the emperor yet and cannot be completely followed by the emperor's system.

"Li Shengguo, a great minister of the Hanlin Academy, has reported." Li Shengguo stood up and said.

Jun said.

"Reporting to the head of state, chaos in local government construction has occurred frequently. Regardless of their own limitations, they all have to invest in the construction of railways, highways, and bridges. It has become a trend for banks to ask for loans. They are all here and all places follow their examples." Li Shengguo gave a simple report on the issue.

Xia Jun nodded and asked, "Don't you have any opinions."

After hearing this, You Zhengbin asked, "Sir Li, do you borrow it or have you not borrowed it?"

"We have not borrowed it, and the number of engineering teams is insufficient. Specifically, there are too many projects, and neither engineers nor technicians can cope with such a large number of projects."

"How big is that?" Yan Xishan asked.

Li Shengguo took out the materials and looked at them and said, "In the past half month, local governments in nearly 23 provinces and 86 counties have come to borrow money, requiring loan amounts of up to 1.3 billion yuan, and there are also local government loan application forms submitted."

"The problem is indeed quite serious. Our construction capabilities have been used to the extreme. Strictly speaking, when we started from the construction and the construction teams had never stopped. Although the talent training has reached a certain scale, it is obvious that we cannot cope with such a huge project volume." Xia Jun said out loud, and then said to Xu Wenbo: "After the meeting of the Ministry of Construction, we will immediately count the amount of projects we are capable of building in the future. We will give local engineering quotas according to the project volume. What about the masters?"

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The rest time was reversed. I got up too early today and went to bed again. As a result, it was almost seven o'clock when I woke up... Please forgive me for my sins-

Chapter 255: Chaos in local construction.
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