Beiyang reactionaries

"Although the Congress has not yet passed it, I will make a division of labor. Premier Dai is in charge of the daily work of the cabinet, as well as in charge of internal affairs, civil affairs, health, and police departments. Premier Wang is in charge of formulating the cabinet's economic plan, in charge of finance, taxation, transportation, agriculture and commerce. .”

"Yes."

"The first process is over. Continue to the next process."

336 Cabinet meeting 10

"As for the disaster relief, let Yang Wei, the frontline commander of the Disaster Relief Committee, make a summary report."

Cabinet meeting.

Sometimes in order to talk about some specific things, some specific responsible persons will be invited to attend the meeting together.As the front-line commander of the Disaster Relief Committee, Yang Wei directed disaster relief and relief in Gansu for one year.He is the person who is most familiar with the relief work of the Gansu earthquake.

One of the topics on this topic is disaster relief.

Therefore, although Yang Wei is not the head of a certain department in the cabinet, he is still invited to this meeting.

"Then let me talk about the situation of the Gansu earthquake first."

Yang Wei spoke immediately.

Yang Wei is very clear about the situation of disaster relief.Yang Wei's memory is very good, and all kinds of data come to him casually. In addition to the situation of the disaster relief, he entered the disaster area very early and took full command of the disaster relief.Therefore, I am very familiar with all the situations, so I said it step by step.

First, let me tell you about the disaster situation, and then explain the disaster relief situation in detail.

Let us take a closer look at the whole process.

In fact, Yang Wei has already submitted the detailed report to the cabinet.But this is different from what Yang Wei said in person.

"We are a big country, and there are disasters every year. Whether it is a drought, or a flood, or a major earthquake like this one, every time it will bring huge losses to the country and the people. Therefore, since ancient times, disaster relief has been the responsibility of the imperial court. The same is true for the government of the Republic of China, and it must not be taken lightly. Therefore, it is very necessary to seriously summarize the disaster relief of this major earthquake and come up with a complete disaster relief mechanism. In this way, when we encounter such a disaster, we will not will be in a hurry."

After Duan Xun listened to Yang Wei's report, he immediately expressed his earnestness.

Then he said: "Commander Yang (Yang Wei), you took part in directing the disaster relief and relief work of the earthquake, and tell us your thoughts. Let's see what we have succeeded in this disaster relief work, and what mistakes we have made. , have any experience that needs to be summed up.”

"Then let me tell you what I think."

Yang Wei nodded.

"Let me first talk about what the disaster relief government did very well. First of all, it quickly asked governments at all levels to determine the earthquake center, and used radio stations on a large scale to quickly determine the earthquake area. Although it was only a rough center, this It's been really good, a quick response that you haven't had before."

"Moreover, while the government has identified the earthquake center, it has mobilized the army to enter the disaster area and has begun to raise logistics supplies. Another is to quickly establish a disaster relief committee to unify the command of the disaster relief work. Let the army, police system, Local governments can act together to reduce some of the wrangling links in the middle."

"I think this is a very good start. Our government should have such efficiency and need such a disaster relief mechanism. Once such a disaster occurs, it can be operated quickly."

Yang Wei first talked about some affirmations of this disaster relief.

But he quickly said: "But there are many problems in this disaster relief. I have summed up the problems in five aspects. The first point is that our country has not caught up with the development of world science and technology. While doing disaster relief, I chatted with many experts in this field. However, at present, European, American and Japanese countries all have special earthquake prediction departments. They have enough technology to quickly determine the approximate location of the earthquake after the earthquake, including the magnitude of the earthquake, so as to judge the degree of damage caused by the earthquake. But our country is completely blank in this area and doesn’t understand these things at all. Therefore, I suggest that our country must also have such a department and such technology. Use technology to increase our disaster prediction.”

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

Then he said: "Commander Yang is very reasonable. Every minute and every second of such a natural disaster is very precious. Maybe we can save an extra life if we enter the disaster area a second earlier. If we can quickly determine the disaster Center, then we can respond quickly and make the most accurate plan. Not only earthquakes, but also other disasters. We must know how to use the growing new technology, new technology to enhance our disaster relief capabilities, Communication skills. Therefore, new changes must be made in terms of communication and earthquake measurement to catch up with new technologies in the world. Premier Dai, after the meeting on this matter, you can call some departments and experts in this field to study it. "

"Yes."

Dai Kan nodded.

This matter is important, but not very important.Because for earthquakes, it is important to set up such a department.But for people like Duan Xun, the cabinet meeting has not reached the point of discussing the establishment of such a small department.Duan Xun was able to agree, and then asked Dai Kan, the deputy prime minister of the cabinet, to personally be responsible for the implementation, which was already very important.

It is impossible for the cabinet meeting to study how to set up such a department.

"Commander Yang, continue talking."

"Yes. The second problem is the traffic problem. For this disaster relief, the Prime Minister mobilized the troops on the night of the earthquake and decided to let the troops go into the disaster area. So it can be said that our troops were mobilized very early, but our troops started from Henan. , It took more than 20 days to finally enter the earthquake center in Gansu. This is still the vanguard. It took more than a month for all the troops to enter the disaster area. Because our railway has been repaired to Baoji, and the Longhai Railway has not yet been fully opened. In addition, the road construction in Gansu is also very poor, and large trucks in many places cannot get away. Therefore, starting from Baoji, the troops can only enter the disaster area on foot, which took a long time. By the time we entered the disaster area for disaster relief, it was already over. The best time for disaster relief. Therefore, I think the construction of railways and roads is urgent. At least there must be railways or roads between those big cities. Only in this way can we respond quickly if anything happens.”

"The issue of railways and roads is very important. Later, Chief Yu (Yu Youren) can talk about some plans of the Ministry of Communications for railway and road construction."

Yang Wei didn't say a single question, and Duan Xun just made simple comments.

Also let the various departments express their views.

"Yes."

Yang Wei saw Yu Youren nodding, so he continued: "The third problem is that our people, including our army, and the local government don't know how to do disaster relief. They don't have much experience in this area. And this time I think the biggest problem in disaster relief is that we lack the support of local troops and local governments. It is difficult to mobilize only our front-line troops, field troops. Therefore, I suggest building a small number of local troops, just like the previous ones Troops like the police force. If there are such troops, they can quickly go to disaster relief work on the spot. More importantly, these troops can usually be trained specifically for disaster relief, which will be more useful than training front-line troops fighting wars.”

"kindness."

Duan Xun did not answer directly this time.

Instead, he paused, thought for a while, and said to Dai Kan and Wang Yongjiang: "Prime Minister Dai, President Wang, what do you think?"

"I think this suggestion can be considered."

Dai Kan immediately expressed his opinion.

Said: "Prime Minister, the army itself has many units with different functions. Among the front-line troops, there are aviation units, artillery, assault units, engineering units, and logistics units. They all perform their duties. Because of their different responsibilities, they train The content is different. After all, the usual training of field troops is for war. All training subjects are military subjects, which revolve around war. It is impossible to specialize in training for so-called disaster relief. Now the police system has special fire police. It is definitely not as strong as the first-line troops. But in terms of firefighting, the front-line troops are really no match for the fire police. Because the fire police are usually trained to put out fires and save people. Therefore, I want to set up a local army that specializes in disaster relief. I think it is Suggestions to consider."

Duan Xun nodded and looked at Wang Yongjiang.

Wang Yongjiang will soon become the deputy prime minister of the cabinet and become another powerful figure in the cabinet.So his opinion is also very important.More importantly, Wang Yongjiang controls the finances, and these things require Wang Yongjiang's approval.

"Experiments in a small area can be done."

As the head of the Ministry of Finance, Wang Yongjiang spends all his money.

Military expenses.

Military spending is too high right now.

If local troops are set up again, the military expenditure will be even higher.Fiscal growth is limited, and more military spending means less spending in other areas.So Wang Yongjiang agreed for a while, but quickly said: "Can we train the police more and let the police replace these functions?"

"The police can't."

Duan Xun immediately rejected it.

Dao: "At present, the overall situation in our country is that the police system is still very imperfect, and the police system is very short of people. The daily affairs of the police department are very complicated, and it is impossible to specially train them. However, the current situation is indeed not suitable for large-scale development. Not only is the government’s financial burden unaffordable, but we also have no experience in this area. Therefore, we can conduct experiments on a small scale. After the meeting on this matter, Director Wang and Yang commanded you to do something according to your financial capacity. Submit the new plan to me."

"Yes."

After Duan Xun finished speaking, Yang Wei was asked to continue.

Yang Wei continued: "The fourth point is that our doctors, our people, including our disaster relief commanders, do not know the most basic medical knowledge after the disaster. I also learned a lot this time. Every time After the disaster, certain measures must be taken to prevent various plagues from appearing in the disaster area. But at present, our doctors lack professional disaster relief capabilities, and our people lack basic hygiene knowledge. Our health popularization in China is very poor, from top to bottom. I don’t know what to do. Of course, I am the same, and everyone has no experience in disaster relief. In fact, many simple epidemic prevention work and simple sanitation work are very simple. Although simple, everyone starts from eating and drinking water. I understand. Therefore, I think the government should specifically popularize this simple knowledge to everyone, which can reduce a lot of casualties.”

"The ignorance of our country comes from our ignorance."

Duan Xun sighed.