Beiyang reactionaries

Then said: "I sincerely hope that our two countries can be peaceful and friendly."

"Yes, I think so too."

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Bei Yihui went around in China, and after talking with Duan Xun, he returned to Japan.Bei Yihui is just the personal representative of Tanaka Yoshiichi, and this time he came to China in his own name, ostensibly just to meet his old friends.Therefore, it belongs to the meaning of testing the Chinese side.

After all, the current China and Japan have too many conflicts of interest and too many problems left over from history.

Not to mention anything else, the resumption of war on the Korean Peninsula is an urgent problem for China and Japan, and it is also an interest that no one is willing to give up.China will never let Japan extend its hand to its northeast, so China will not agree with the Japanese army to stay on the Korean peninsula.

Similarly, if Japan wants to put pressure on China and take the initiative strategically, then the Korean Peninsula is their springboard, an interest they cannot give up.

Moreover, the protracted protraction of the Korean Peninsula issue is a heavy burden for both China and Japan.Although China only supports the Korean Independence Army, so many arms and ammunition are sold for money.Moreover, the army of China's Northeast Military Region is also preparing for war with the whole army, and the logistical materials consumed are astonishing.

Japan's problem is even more serious.Japan wants to solve the North Korean problem, but it has no funds and cannot send more troops.Even the troops currently on the Korean peninsula cannot afford Japan's finances.But if the Japanese army can't send more troops, it is absolutely impossible to solve the Korean Independence Army just by relying on the current troops.With the support of China, the Korean Independence Army has the best rear, which can continuously train recruits and send them to the battlefield.The current situation is that Japan is not only plundering various materials on the Korean Peninsula, but has fallen into a quagmire and spends staggering military expenditures every day. The financial crisis in 1925 dealt a blow to Japanese industry and commerce that could not be recovered within a short period of time.

For Tanaka Yoshiichi's cabinet, it is really a time of internal and external troubles.That's why Tanaka Yoshiichi entrusted Kita Ikki to understand the attitude of the Chinese government so as to adjust their foreign policy.

On the whole, Kita Ikki's visit to China this time is still very rewarding.

On the Chinese side, starting from Duan Xun, many departments below have a strong desire to strengthen economic cooperation with Japan.Japan produces technology and sells machinery and equipment, and China provides the resources needed by Japanese industry.Moreover, China is also willing to slowly open up the market to Japanese businessmen, and is also willing to eliminate anti-Japanese sentiment among the people.The two sides cooperate to develop the economy and improve their respective livelihoods.

Even Duan Xun implicitly stated that China will not develop a navy in a short time.Not to build cruisers, battleships, nor to buy these warships.

For Japan, which has a powerful navy, this is a huge concession, or a willingness to cooperate.

"How is the preparation work for the Food Bureau?"

Duan Xun just met Bei Yihui.

Talk about your own views and express your attitude in private.If China and Japan want to reach more consensus, there are many things that need to be discussed, which cannot be accomplished by a small Kita Ikki.

Waiting for Bei Yihui to bring the attitude of the Japanese government to China, if the Japanese government is really willing to improve Sino-Japanese relations.At that time, senior officials of the Japanese cabinet can visit China and negotiate with the Chinese government leaders.Starting from economic cooperation, it slowly spread to political cooperation, military cooperation and so on.

There is no rush for this kind of thing.

So after Bei Yihui left, Duan Xun would continue to work.

With the establishment of the Economic Development Planning Committee, the cabinet began to gather together the sectors of industry and agriculture and readjust some development plans.

Make the connection between various departments closer.

No longer are departments, each agency working alone.It is a good cooperation between several departments.Coordination among industry, agriculture, and education, coordination between central investment and local investment, coordination between state capital and private capital, etc.

Industry has its own five-year plan, but Duan Xun attaches great importance to agriculture.Because now, a large part of China's tax revenue comes from agricultural tax, which comes from "paying public grain".And relying on the unified purchase and monopoly of grain, in fact, it is to buy low and sell high to earn an astonishing price difference, so that the government can accumulate a large amount of funds and invest them in the industry.

Therefore, Duan Xun attaches great importance to agriculture.

In the process of industrialization, it will inevitably harm the development of agriculture.Only when industrialization reaches a certain level can it be able to feed back agriculture.But at the beginning, agricultural development will definitely be suppressed.

So the more this is the case, the more agriculture needs to be stabilized.

"All provinces will be able to set up grain bureaus before July, and all counties across the country will have their own grain bureau systems before the end of the year."

In his capacity as deputy prime minister, Wang Yongjiang concurrently serves as the director of the newly established Economic Development Planning Commission, so he is busy with his feet on the ground.Because as Duan Xun strengthened the centralization of power, the power of the cabinet was constantly concentrated.

The concentration of cabinet power also allows the cabinet to do more and more things.Many things that were originally the responsibility of the local government are now the responsibility of the cabinet.Therefore, the number of cabinet departments has increased more and more in recent years.It is no small matter to add an institution or a department every time.

so busy.

Constantly adapt to new institutions that emerge.

Therefore, cabinet members also hold meetings once a week to exchange opinions with each other and resolve some issues.A formal cabinet committee meeting is held every month.

There will be more in China, this is no joke.

Needless to say, the cabinet committee meeting is held every three months or so, and a formal enlarged cabinet meeting is also held.

"kindness."

The special food bureau was separated from the Ministry of Agriculture, which is also for the safety of China's food.In the past, the Ministry of Agriculture was solely responsible for China's agricultural issues.In terms of the current means of communication and organization, a department is responsible for too many things, which will seriously affect the operation of the organization.Therefore, it is necessary to subdivide some functions.

The Grain Bureau to be established soon will take over a large number of functions of the former Ministry of Agriculture.The newly established Grain Bureau, subordinate to the Economic Development Planning Commission, became a sub-ministerial department under the Planning and Development Commission.It is mainly responsible for the unified purchase and monopoly of grain, as well as the national grain reserve.

"This is very important. With food in hand, no matter what happens, we can deal with it calmly."

National food reserves.

China has had a national grain reserve system since ancient times.However, after the founding of the Republic of China, the warlords fought too fiercely, so many problems occurred in the grain reserve.After Duan Xun took over Beijing, he had already begun to sort out the country's grain reserves.

But far from enough.

There is no war, and there are no other entertainment programs at night. Whether it is a city or a country at night, everyone can only keep making people.Coupled with the lack of contraceptives now, the result is a very rapid population growth.The demand for food is also increasing.

"Talk about the following topic. What do you think of this proposal from President Shao Lizi of Shanghai University?"

"I think it makes sense."

Zhang Lan, who has been in charge of China's agriculture for many years, spoke.

Dao: "There have been no major wars or major disasters in China in the past few years. Overall, the weather has been smooth. Therefore, my country's grain production has also increased steadily in the past few years. But compared with the increase in grain production, my country's The population is developing at a faster rate. Especially the urban population is increasing rapidly, and there are more than ten cities with a population of one million in the country. The urban population is completely dependent on the food in the countryside for survival.”

In recent years, as the government has invested a large amount of money in industry and supported domestic business development, many cities in China have developed rapidly and their populations have expanded rapidly.Industrial cities and commercial cities began to develop rapidly one by one.

There are also more and more large cities with a population of one million.

Starting from Beijing, the capital, Shanghai, the economic center of China, Chongqing, Wuchang, and Hankou, the national industrial cities, Chengdu, the education center in Southwest China, Wanxian Special Economic Zone, the Sichuan specialty trading center city, Tianjin and Qingdao, the coastal cities in the north, Guangzhou, the economic center of the Pearl River Delta, and the rise of the Northeast The populations of Shenyang, Changchun, and Harbin are expanding rapidly.

Some populations have already exceeded one million, and some are about to exceed one million.

In addition to these cities, there are many urban populations that are developing rapidly.The same is true for cities such as Nanjing, Taiyuan, Xi'an, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Suzhou, and Hangzhou.

"Prime Minister, our country's production capacity is backward. Although the number of cultivated land has increased a lot in recent years and the grain output has also increased. Compared with the rapid population growth, it has become an unsolvable contradiction. Measures, if controlled, will not only affect construction, but also affect people's livelihood, becoming an obstacle to social development."

family planning.

The most primitive and preliminary concept of family planning has begun to take shape.The first one to call for family planning was Shao Lizi, a veteran of the Tongmenghui, who has now joined the People's Party and is currently the president of Shanghai University.

As early as 1921, Shao Lizi began calling for "birth control" and family planning in newspapers.Before it was just an appeal in the newspapers.

However, with the merger of the People's Party and the Kuomintang, Shao Lizi was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the People's Party.I wrote this proposal and submitted it, hoping that the cabinet can consider it.

Therefore, this has also become the topic of discussion at the cabinet committee meeting.

"The population growth is too fast, and there are indeed problems of one kind or another. It will exacerbate the shortage of arable land, food shortage and so on. But this childbirth is beyond our control. We can't let couples not have children and count the stars at night. .”

"Hehehe."