Beiyang reactionaries

"It must be clear. Those related to the lifeline of our country's economy, related to our country's national defense security, related to our country's energy security, related to our country's information security, related to our country's traffic safety, related to our country's agricultural security industries, must be It is firmly in our own hands. The government must learn to control the economy and learn to regulate the economy, and industries related to national stability and security must not be allowed to be controlled by other forces.”

open.

This time is an unprecedented opening.

Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, my country's opening up has been passive.It was forced by the big powers with cannons and signed one humiliating treaty after another.Among them are the terms of opening one after another treaty ports and treaty cities.

From the beginning of the Opium War, not to mention the cities along the coast of China, the cities along the Yangtze River, and even cities like Xi'an in the northwest, were forced by the foreign powers to open up.

But this time is different.

It was Duan Xun who took the initiative to designate so many cities as trading cities.Moreover, it promised to open [-] cities as commercial cities within five years, covering almost all major cities in China.Ten years later, the whole of China will be opened up as a commercial city, and American capital will be allowed to invest and build factories.

Allow American capital to come in.

Duan Xun is not without worries.

After all, American capital is powerful.Even the powerful consortia in the United States have such economic strength that even the Chinese government is afraid.If such capital pours into China, how many people can resist it.

Although in the United States, Europe is far more important than China, and more funds will flow into industrial countries like Germany.However, some funds flowed out of the fingers of the United States into China, which is also a huge amount of funds.

So Duan Xun had to take precautions.

American capital cannot be allowed to overwhelm China's economy.

"Prime Minister, this is selected through cooperation between the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Bank of China."

Wang Yongjiang handed over the documents in his hand and handed them over to the working cabinet members.Duan Xun took it and took a closer look. Wang Yongjiang and the others made a very detailed sequence.

There are industries that prohibit foreign investment from entering.

Starting from financial industries such as banks, banks, banks, and insurance, industries such as railways, postal services, mining, steel, electric power, and telephone and telegraph are all prohibited from foreign investment.

Then it is to maintain the government's monopoly power over food, salt, tea, tobacco, and alcohol. Not to mention that foreign capital is not qualified to get involved, even China's own capital cannot intervene.

As for industries related to the military, that's not what Wang Yongjiang considered.

Considered by the Ministry of Military Affairs.

"good."

Duan Xun nodded.

Duan Xun can let go of the light industry market, and even the car market.Because Duan Xun needs China's economy to be active, and if the economy is to be active, it must have capital.These light industrial markets, many labor-intensive industries, are the best.But when it comes to China's basic industries, it will never be let go.

Because this is not just to guard against foreign capital.

Another point is that only when the government controls these industries can the government have more say in the Chinese economy.With the development of the economy, those capitalists with huge funds will have higher and higher demands for political power.

Duan Xun should take precautions against these in advance.

If these basic industries are released and the capitalists who control these basic industries, then their strength is too strong and their influence is too great.The government can't control it at that time.

"Prime Minister, many chambers of commerce have expressed concern recently. They are worried that the influx of American businessmen into China will greatly affect their business and impact the current domestic national industry."

"There must be an impact."

Duan Xun nodded.

Duan Xun understands that Chinese businessmen are afraid of such a treaty.Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, merchants from the big powers dumped industrial products in China, and many merchants in China went bankrupt.

Look at the textile industry.

China's previous textile industry may not be regarded as a textile industry, but at most it was a textile industry, a backward artificial textile industry.They were all defeated by the machines of the British merchants.

British businessmen used machines to let China's textile industry see the strength of modern industry.

As a result, the Zhejiang area in the late Qing Dynasty did not know how many bankruptcies it had.

The great powers are industrial countries, and what they master is industry and technology.Using technology, their output is high, their quality is good, and the cost is low, Chinese businessmen are totally caught off guard.

One casualty.

"But our businessmen must dare to compete with these foreign businessmen. Look at our textile industry, which went bankrupt in a large area at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and now there are many powerful textile companies in our country. Because they dare to accept competition and dare to learn New technology. Liu Guojun from Changzhou, his Dacheng Textile Factory has heard that there are 1930 spindles and has become the largest textile enterprise in Jiangsu. I have read the "Suggestion on Expanding the Spindle Plan" he wrote to the Ministry of Industry. It is full of courage and strict planning. According to his plan, China will have 1500 million spindles in [-]. The textile industry will become the pillar industry of our country. I don’t know how much wealth will be created and how many workers will be absorbed. He is not worried about the competition from foreign businessmen at all. In the plan, he carefully analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the Chinese and foreign textile industries, and believed that the development of China's textile industry has many advantages that other industrial countries do not have. He believes that as long as China starts to develop the textile industry, it will be able to export its products to foreign countries."

Duan Xun looked down on many compradors.

why?

In fact, those compradors have professional knowledge, and many of them are professionals who have returned from studying in Europe and the United States.And they have a lot of experience in doing business, = their own strength is also very strong.Now that China is politically stable, the biggest goal of the government is to develop the economy.It can be said that the stability of China's political situation in the past few years, the government's beginning to control the customs, and the rise of the "anti-imperialist" wave among the people have greatly developed China's national economy.In the current economic development, it is precisely these outstanding businessmen and entrepreneurs who need them to exert their abilities.Create a number of outstanding national enterprises in China.

But these compradors have no courage.

Because these compradors have either been attached to the great powers or the government since the end of the Qing Dynasty.Of course, most compradors are both compradors and bureaucratic capital.

Some of them used their relationship with the businessmen of the great powers to catch up with the Chinese government.Some used their contacts in the government to catch up with businessmen from great powers.Anyway, for them, they just think about how to attach themselves to others and make money from it.

There is plenty of weakness in character.

There is no courage to take up the challenge and face the storm alone.

After Duan Xun gradually strengthened the centralization of power and strengthened the strength of the government, the original compradors basically cried and shouted to defect to Duan Xun.For them, it doesn't matter who they go to, as long as the opponent is strong enough.They are used to being sheltered under the strong and doing business under the care of the strong.

Now that Duan Xun is preparing to introduce American capital, these compradors are crying again, worried that the influx of American capital will affect their interests.

But that's not all.

Just some time ago, Liu Guojun of Changzhou Dacheng Textile Factory submitted a development plan for China's textile industry to the Ministry of Industry.In it, he carefully analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of Chinese and foreign textile industries, starting from various aspects.

I hope that the government will give enough policies to China's textile industry to develop China's textile industry.

The data in it are detailed and the plan is meticulous. After reading it, Duan Xun was overwhelmed.Liu Guojun means that China has many advantages and can become the center of the world's textile industry.It is precisely because of his report that the Ministry of Industry has begun to prepare for the establishment of the Ministry of Textile Industry to fully develop China's textile industry.

"Premier Wang, you have to make some plans. Give them some support in terms of taxation and financing."

Although Duan Xun looked down on these compradors, he still had to support those who should support them.After all, these are also national capital. If they are scared to death by the businessmen of the big powers, it will not be good for the Chinese economy.

"Yes."

Wang Yongjiang nodded.

Then he quickly said: "Prime Minister, there is one more thing. After we signed the 'Treaty of Commerce' with the United States, many overseas Chinese abroad called the Ministry of Commerce, asking if our country has any specific policies for overseas Chinese businessmen to invest in China."

"Doesn't the Ministry of Commerce have a clear policy on this?"

"Prime Minister, when you were still in Wuchang, you did formulate some policies in this regard. But those were only temporary policies, and the policies signed by the Prime Minister in the capacity of the border defense supervisor at that time. Since the Prime Minister came to Beijing, in this There have been no clear regulations. So the Ministry of Commerce just continued the policy of the Prime Minister when he supervised the border defense. However, after so many years, the current economic situation has also undergone many changes, and our country’s taxation policies have also undergone many changes. Therefore, at the beginning Many of the policies adopted are not very suitable for the current situation.”

Wang Yongjiang immediately explained to Duan Xun.