life in the sky

Although this visit to China has heavy responsibilities, and although Daniel and Mu Guoxing have a good personal relationship, both parties are very clear that the talks after this may not be pleasant.Thinking so, Mu Guoxing and Daniel tried their best to avoid some sensitive issues at this banquet, and what they talked about most was the customs and customs of China and the school life back then.

Hearing that the old Mr. Wu Daozhi was still alive, Daniel immediately said that he would go to visit the most famous economist in China.Regardless of whether Daniel is just pretending or has other purposes, at least it can show that Daniel still attaches great importance to the friends he made at Yenching University.

Since Wu Daozhi retired, he rarely interacted with the outside world. Apart from occasionally going to Mr. Mu's place, he stayed in his office and sorted out his past academic papers.Although Mr. Wu's students are all over the world, and Mu Guoxing has inherited his mantle, and even surpassed him in some aspects of academics, this old man still wants to sort out his life's research results for future generations.

According to the agreed time, Daniel arrived at Mr. Wu's residence accompanied by several officials from the U.S. Embassy in China and the Ministry of Finance of China.Naturally, the two economic masters got together and talked about the issues of world economic development that they were most concerned about.

Daniel found that although Wu Daozhi had retreated, he had a very clear understanding of the world economic situation, and the theoretical viewpoints he put forward could be said to hit the nail on the head.When talking about the huge national debt of the United States, Mr. Wu said: "The huge national debt formed by the U.S. government now has economic reasons. If people don't want to develop the economy, people will become more and more lazy. The current US government can be said to be addicted to debt. If this situation is to be changed, this habit must be quit, otherwise the US economy will never recover .”

Daniel smiled awkwardly: "I still quite agree with Mr. Wu's statement. If the US economy wants to recover, it must get rid of the bad habit of living on debt and focus on developing the domestic economy. It is one of the main reasons for my visit to Huaxia this time, and I intend to use this to obtain the support of the Huaxia government."

Wu Daozhi understood that Daniel's habit of being outspoken has been maintained, and his purpose is also very clear. The United States can no longer rely on borrowing to survive. If it wants to develop the economy wholeheartedly, it must get the support of China.The reason is also very simple. The 4000 trillion U.S. debt sold by Huaxia is like a mountain pressing on their heads. It is impossible to repay the debt by injecting water into the dollar. The only way is to ask the Huaxia government. Forgive me, suspend or stop selling the 4000 trillion U.S. debt, and continue to lend this money to them, so that the U.S. economy may still have hope.

The question now is, Huaxia got such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, can they let it go easily?Now the sentiment in China is raging, and many people in the economic circles are clamoring for the central government to take this opportunity to bring down the United States economically. The Central Committee of China will not ignore the opinions of these people.

However, any issue must be considered from both positive and negative aspects. As the saying goes, a centipede is dead but not stiff. After all, the United States is a country with strong comprehensive national strength. Given China's current national conditions, it is still difficult to shake its position.If China really wants to continue its stalemate with the United States as those economic people say, it will definitely lose both sides in the end, and Europe may take the opportunity to rise.

Thinking of this, Mr. Wu realized that he should call Mu Guoxing to remind him, but after thinking about it again, Mr. Wu quickly denied his idea.Mr. Wu knows his abilities as a closed disciple. Could it be that Mu Guoxing can't think of problems that the teacher can think of?I'm afraid they have already made all the preparations at this moment, and even want to take advantage of this opportunity of Daniel's visit to China to strive for greater interests for China.

Daniel smiled and looked at Wu Daozhi: "Mr. Wu, Vice Premier Mu is your most proud disciple. I hope you can help me at this moment."

Mr. Wu smiled: "Mr. Daniel, I'm just a scholar. I have no right to intervene in the affairs of the country. Besides, I have retired now, and my influence is not as good as before. But I can tell you, Mu Guoxing is a person who knows how to assess the situation, and we should believe that with his ingenuity, he can handle the relationship between China and the United States well."

Daniel let out a long breath after hearing this. From what Mr. Wu said, he felt that Huaxia hadn't completely closed the door now, and left a little gap for the United States.To be honest, during this period of time, Daniel has also been watching the domestic public opinion in China. What he is most worried about is the opinion put forward by some people in the economic circles in China that the United States should be completely defeated economically. If the Central Committee of China really adopts It's over, not only is there no hope for the recovery of the US economy, but I'm afraid that China itself will be bruised and bruised. This is a war that kills [-] enemies and hurts [-]. It will be even more difficult for the century's economy to recover.

As the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Daniel must of course protect the interests of the United States. Since the establishment of the European Union, the US government has taken various measures to attack the euro, for fear that the euro will replace the dollar as the international currency when it becomes stronger. However, it took advantage of this opportunity to suddenly emerge, relying on the huge amount of foreign exchange reserves in its hands, and a large amount of US debt, and suddenly caught the United States by surprise.

In international affairs, there are no permanent friends between countries, only permanent interests. This sentence is very correct at any time.After serious research, Daniel's team finally came to a painful conclusion. They believed that after this financial crisis, it would be impossible for the US dollar to continue to dominate the world. The second currency must be allowed to become the world currency at the same time. currency.The United States must either unite with the EU to suppress the renminbi, or unite with China to suppress the euro, otherwise there is no other way to go. After making this painful decision, Daniel’s team carefully analyzed the situation of the euro and the renminbi. The final conclusion Yes: Although China is the second largest economy in the world, there are still many problems in its domestic economy, and its technological strength is not comparable to that of the EU.That is to say, compared with the euro and the renminbi, the renminbi is still at a relative disadvantage. If the dollar is combined with the euro, it is better to unite with the renminbi, which is more in line with the interests of the United States.

The reason here is also very simple. When the dollar and the euro are united, the competition between the two currencies will be more intense.The U.S. government still needs to devote considerable energy to deal with the European Union, but if the dollar and the renminbi are combined, the benefits to the United States will be much greater.

Text two thousand 570 chapter admonition talk

Daniel is very clear that the conclusion drawn by his research team is correct. The combination of the dollar and the renminbi is more in line with the interests of the United States.

First of all, China's comprehensive national strength is not as good as that of the United States, nor is it comparable to the European Union, especially in terms of technological development capabilities, it is far behind the United States.Secondly, although the U.S. economy was in a slump after the financial turmoil, and was on the verge of collapse under the heavy blow of China’s selling of the U.S. dollar, the U.S. Congress has made a decision not to inject water into the U.S. dollar due to the technical default of U.S. debt, which has saved the U.S. economy. From the perspective of the current strong technological development capabilities of the United States, it is not difficult to restore the economy.

But there must be a prerequisite for this, that is, Huaxia will no longer collect debts from the United States, or suspend debt collection from the United States to give the United States a chance to breathe. As long as Huaxia is willing to let the United States go, other countries will also Follow this up.During this period, if the U.S. government cuts spending significantly, as the U.S. economy gradually recovers, countries around the world will restore confidence in the U.S. economy, and the U.S. government will slowly pay off its foreign debts, or in other words, it can re-issue new loans. debt.

According to the forecast of the Federal Reserve Research Team, it will take at least ten years for the U.S. economy to recover to before the outbreak of the financial turmoil. Although China will develop rapidly during this period of time, it still cannot shake the status of the United States. The two powers of China and the United States stand side by side in the world.During this period, the competition between the US dollar and the renminbi will be relatively easier than the competition with the euro.The world economy will become more vigorous because of this kind of competition of learning from each other, which is the result that economists like Daniel hope to see most.

The question now is, can China give the United States this opportunity with its prestige of victory?This is exactly what some economists represented by Daniel are most worried about.If the leaders of Huaxia are still determined to fight the US government to the end, it is hard to say which side will be the ultimate winner.But it is true that both sides will suffer, and the EU will become the fisherman who benefits from the competition between rivers and mussels.

Now another question arises. Even if Huaxia does not want to take the opportunity to hit the United States economically, they will definitely put forward many conditions. Can the US government meet their requirements?Now Daniel has no idea.

Just as Daniel and Mr. Wu were testing each other's bottom line, Mu Guoxing was in the reception room of his Yile Hall giving a lecture to Fan Yingling, Governor of Liaodong Province.

"Comrade Fan Yingling, your report is not serious. You are avoiding the serious and taking the light of the matter." Mu Guoxing's face was unkind, and his eyes were like a mirror that illuminates a demon, making Fan Yingling have nowhere to hide.

"First, you said in your report that the collection standard of the individual tax was not adjusted in time due to technical reasons. Now please explain that the State Administration of Taxation has set aside two months for the provinces and cities to prepare. Could it be two months? Is there not enough time for you to switch to a new tax collection software?"

Fan Yingling was so frightened that he didn't dare to say a word, Mu Guoxing said again: "Second, the collection of luxury tax is a very simple job, and other provinces and cities are going smoothly, why do you only carry out it in Liaodong? Why not? Third, how is your Liaodong provincial government cooperating with the nationwide tax inspection conducted by the State Administration of Taxation on high-income groups? A so-called star made enough money for ordinary people in China, and suddenly became a He is a foreigner, and he came to me and said he wanted to enjoy the treatment of a foreign-funded enterprise, let me tell the relevant department to let him go, who gave him such courage.”

After finishing speaking, Mu Guoxing picked up a document and threw it to Fan Yingling: "This is the investigation material of the relevant department. Didn't you realize what this star named Tieshan did in Liaodong Province? It’s still a small matter, and more importantly, you have seriously violated the central government’s policies. The central government has made repeated orders to make social distribution fair. The tax reform this time is for this purpose, and your buttocks are sitting there again. Are you trying to protect the rich, but you are slamming the poor? Let me ask you, are you still a party cadre, and where is your position?"

Mu Guoxing's words were serious enough. His buttocks were crooked and his stand was not firm. It meant that Fan Yingling had lost the most basic moral principles of a leading cadre. Since a leading cadre can no longer represent the majority How can the interests of the people keep him in the leadership position?

Big beads of sweat came out of Fan Yingling's forehead. He knew that No. [-] was on fire, so he didn't dare to wipe the sweat that dripped down, so he just sat motionless on the sofa and endured Mu Guoxing's reprimand.

A majestic governor is well-received and majestic in the province, but he is too insignificant in front of the central leadership.This is not to say that Mu Guoxing is using power to suppress people. The key is that Fan Yingling has problems in his thinking and work. It is good to be criticized by the leaders. If he is dismissed on the spot with a piece of paper, he will obediently acceptance.

In the officialdom, people often say not to be afraid of criticism from the leader, but to be afraid that the leader is too polite. Criticism also means that the leader wants to continue to use you. If you are too polite to you, then bad luck is not far away.

"We are all for work, and we need to convince people with reasoning. Now I will give you a chance to explain."

Fan Yingling is also an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for a long time. He is very clear that there is absolutely no way to explain it now. Once he says something wrong, it will not be a matter of being criticized by the leader.The best way now is to admit your mistakes immediately, keep the hat on your head first, and go back to correct the problems in your work.

"Chief, I was wrong. Please give me a chance to correct my mistakes. After I go back, I will seriously reflect on my wrong behavior, resolutely correct the problems in my work, earnestly implement the spirit of the central government's instructions, and use Tieshan as an example to educate High-income people in the province, and pursue their evaded taxes according to law, and if the circumstances are serious, they will be held criminally responsible.”

Mu Guoxing looked at Fan Yingling for a full minute, then calmed down and said, "Comrade Yingling, you must realize the seriousness of the mistakes you made. If you can't change your mind as soon as possible, it will be very dangerous. You have three months to go back and actively cooperate with the work of the State Administration of Taxation. As for the issue of Tieshan, you don’t care about it. The relevant departments have already found out that he has other problems, and the central government will deal with this matter.”

After Mu Guoxing finished speaking, he was asked to leave by the staff. Fan Yingling got into the car in a daze and didn't know how to do it. He didn't wake up until he returned to the Beijing Office of Liaodong Province.Facing the big and small heads of the Beijing Office, Fan Yingling didn't say a word, and went back to the room and closed the door with a bang. He had to think about it right now.

This petition must have been reported by the State Administration of Taxation. Fan Yingling had no doubts about this, because the last time the director of the State Administration of Taxation, Xie Xiwen, had a very unpleasant conversation with him when he arrived in Liaodong.Xie Xiwen stated at that time that he wanted to report this problem to the central government. It turned out that Fan Yingling thought Xie Xiwen was bluffing, and the central government would not pursue it because of such a trivial matter. Guoxing reprimanded him severely.Looking at it this way, if you don't fight for the initiative, the central government will definitely take him down.None of the people who made Chief No. [-] have a bad opinion has come to a good end.

While drinking the second cup of tea, Fan Yingling finally figured it out. This time, he was put on another course by Su Juntao, secretary of the provincial party committee.Because Fan Yingling had discussed this matter with Su Juntao at the time, Su Juntao couldn't help agreeing with Fan Yingling's opinion and helped him pay attention.At that time, Fan Yingling felt that something was wrong, but he didn't think about it in depth. He thought that Su Juntao was trying to ease the relationship with him, but now it seems that this is not the case at all.

Su Juntao must have known that the tax reform was carried out by the No. [-] chief himself. He deliberately supported Fan Yingling's mistakes in this area, and used the No. [-] chief to rectify Fan Yingling.Everyone knows that Chief No. [-] has no tolerance for sand in his eyes, especially not allowing anyone to infringe on the interests of the common people. It seems that he must be more careful in the future when partnering with such an old fox.

Text two thousand five hundred and seventy chapter two officials eat and drink style

At the Standing Committee of the Politburo, No. [-] Chen Yifan, who is in charge of discipline inspection and supervision, raised a very serious problem, that is, the disgusting behavior of officials.

According to the situation reported by the central inspection team, the eating and drinking trend in various places has become more and more intense, and some places have reached the point of being unscrupulous.Those who come from above for inspections have to eat, people from the brother units have to eat, and those who come from below to report work have to eat, but no one has come, and their own people have to make up their own names to eat. This trend of eating and drinking has not only corrupted state cadres His image made the common people complain even more.

Regarding official reception expenses, the central government has strict regulations, and even the several dishes for a meal are clearly stated, but there are no policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Yes, in the words of ordinary people, the policies of the central government are all good, but they have been read badly by the crooked monks below.

Reasonable official reception is inevitable in official activities and is also an integral part of administrative costs. Even so, eating and drinking with public funds has long been criticized by people.According to a media report in the party: last year, Huaxia spent nearly 1 trillion yuan on public funds for food and drink, public funds for overseas travel, and bus consumption, dozens of times more than the original budget of 288 billion yuan.

At present, eating and drinking with public funds has become a persistent disease and the biggest social nuisance. This sentence is by no means sensational.Although the issue of eating and drinking style belongs to the issue of the life style of cadres, it has a very important relationship with the construction of party style.

Nowadays, in many places and departments, eating, drinking and drinking are not only for official reception. There are so many kinds of reception banquets, farewell wines, and celebration banquets. Official reception has obviously exceeded the "reasonable" category.

Some leading cadres are keen to use public funds to eat and drink as a kind of skill and life interest.Eating and drinking with public funds, which harms the country and the people, harms others and harms oneself, has become a very serious unhealthy trend and an important manifestation of corruption, which has aroused strong dissatisfaction among the broad masses of the people.Now it is no longer possible to describe it as "if there are orders, there are restrictions, and punishments are not effective, and punishments are not strict."

In order to curb the huge waste of public funds for eating and drinking, the country has spent a lot of effort in this regard for many years.However, why is eating and drinking with public money, which harms the country and the people and harms others and oneself, still prevails in the world?Why is the current trend of eating and drinking not only not restrained, but on the contrary becoming more and more violent?This is because the lack of public morality of officials in various places serving the people is the most critical.

Many officials now disregard the interests of the country and the people, and only covet personal comfort and enjoyment, which has damaged the image of party and government agencies and leading cadres. Eating and drinking has corrupted the government's prestige, drinking has ruined the party's style, and corrupted the social atmosphere.Therefore, in order to curb the huge waste of public funds eating and drinking, it is necessary to "scrape poison and heal wounds" to solve the problem fundamentally.

There are many reasons for the popularity of eating and drinking, one of which is that some places are accustomed to "policy at the top and countermeasures at the bottom". The rule of "four dishes and one soup" has long existed in name only.In some places, the idea of ​​"four dishes" was first made, and the weight was continuously increased, and finally it developed to the point that it did not follow the regulations, and "exceeding the standard eating and drinking", "luxury reception" and other grandiose places became popular all over the place.Under the pretext of "work needs", some cadres indulged in the wine table all day long, and they were so dizzy that they couldn't work normally. The common people were all angry when they saw this.

Why does this kind of eating and drinking with public funds continue to be banned?It is because there is a trend of mischief, that is, the regulations can not be implemented, and it is fine if they are not implemented.For example, the relevant departments of the central government issued the "Regulations on the Administration of Domestic Official Reception by Party and Government Organs" a few years ago, but how is the implementation?Which offenders have been dealt with?People don't know.

Some people who are used to eating and drinking with public funds see no movement, how can they not continue to act crazily?If the main leaders do not deal with or sanction those who violate the regulations, it is tantamount to condoning these violations.If there are rules and regulations are not followed, the violations will not be cured. This is the difficulty.

It is precisely because this problem has not been eradicated fundamentally that the current officials are very cautious about eating and drinking. They not only like to eat, but also pay special attention to ostentation, eating to show momentum, novelty, and excitement.According to some officials, it is: "Chicken, duck, and fish are driven off the stage, and the tortoise is climbing up." In fact, it is not only the tortoise, but the delicacies of mountains and seas, bird's nest and shark's fin have also become their daily table dishes.

Eating Cordyceps sinensis seems to be delicious, tiger whips and bear paws are magnificent, and those endangered animals often become the "highlight" and "feature" of the banquet, when they are tired of eating.More novel ones began to appear.According to the investigation of the inspection team, there have been "human milk feasts", "human body feasts" and "placenta feasts" in some places recently. I really don't know what these people are thinking about all day long, and they still have to eat What "brand" and "features" come.

In the end, Chen Yifan said angrily: "China has been opposed to the bad style of coquettish luxury and extravagance since ancient times. Now, we have to rectify it. The only way to get rid of the bad habits of government officials is to stop them from eating and drinking. If this continues, a good atmosphere of fine traditions can be established. Otherwise, the social atmosphere will become worse and worse, and the contradiction between the government and the people will become more and more acute. How can we talk about realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation?"

Chen Yifan seldom spoke at meetings, and he always looked amiable. Sometimes Mu Guoxing wondered whether it was appropriate for Chen Yifan to handle supervision and discipline inspection work.But I didn't expect that such a kind person on the outside has a heart of worrying about the country and the people in his heart.

All the standing committee members hated the issue of eating and drinking. Everyone knew that what Chen Yifan said was correct. All the standing committee members expressed their personal opinions on this issue, and agreed that this issue must be seriously resolved.

Mu Guoxing said in his speech: "For the healthy and smooth development of our business, we must strictly manage; no matter how difficult things are, we must resolutely 'strike hard and ruthlessly'. Governing public funds to eat and drink, We should start with legislation and resolutely impose sanctions on the illegal use of public funds to eat and drink. Only in this way can some cadres dare not make mistakes in eating and drinking with public funds. Standards for publishing documents, ideological education, moral persuasion, media exposure, etc. can only play a certain role , but fundamentally, it is more effective to deal with it according to law.”

No. [-] Huang Zhenzhong said: "I agree with Comrade Guoxing's opinion. Regarding this issue, I think it is far from enough to rely solely on discipline or ideological education. We must rely on legislation to fundamentally solve this stubborn disease."