Beiyang reactionaries

He planned the order of spending money well, which can effectively alleviate many financial problems.In this respect, Wang Yongjiang is indeed a very outstanding talent.

"Prime Minister, I have shown you the budget for this year. This is only the initial budget plan, and according to the actual situation, it will increase by about 4000 million to 3000 million. However, the Prime Minister just said that this year's military expenditure will increase by 7000 million. And loan interest will continue to increase, so fiscal expenditure can only continue to increase. This year's real fiscal expenditure will be more than 6000 million more than our Ministry of Finance's budget. That is to say, this year's fiscal expenditure will reach more than [-] million. "

"Increasing income and reducing expenditure. Judging from the current situation, it is very difficult to reduce expenditure. Then we can only take the route of increasing income and increasing fiscal revenue. As our farmland surveys become more and more accurate, agricultural taxes continue to increase. Last year compared with the previous year The agricultural tax has increased by nearly 2000 million. And last year, the land of Huangzhuang and the Eight Banners was taken back, and the agricultural tax can be increased by at least 4000 million a year. This year’s agricultural tax will inevitably be more than 5000 million more than last year.”

"Last year, the government began to reduce taxes on small and medium-sized factories, and the effect is obvious now. In the first half of last year, there were more than 8000 newly registered factories across the country, and the growth trend is very obvious. This is a good sign. Only active business activities, the future The commercial tax will increase significantly. Our Ministry of Finance estimates that our commercial tax this year will be more than 2000 million more than last year. And the increase in special taxes such as salt tax, alcohol tax, and tobacco tax has also been very obvious in recent years.”

"However, the current global economic downturn has greatly affected our mineral exports, and the total volume of imports and exports has been declining. If it were not for the increase in tariff rates, our customs balance would have dropped a lot."

"Our Ministry of Finance has made a forecast and believes that if nothing else happens this year, fiscal revenue can increase by up to 1 million yuan. That is to say, it will be difficult to reach 9 million yuan. This year's fiscal deficit will only continue to increase, and it is estimated that there will be 8000 million yuan. about."

Duan Xun smiled bitterly.

Duan Xun asked Wang Yongjiang to talk about the solution, but Wang Yongjiang complained to Duan Xun for a while.

But Wang Yongjiang couldn't help complaining.

At present, many heavy-duty projects invested by the government lose money and eat money.Especially for those steel factories, despite the continuous increase in steel production, they have been losing money all the time.

It's not that the steel mills will lose money.

Rather, most of these steel factories use Japanese loans, so a lot of the income of the steel factories every year has to repay the interest on Japanese loans.More importantly, the steel produced by the steel mills can only be consumed by the state.Unless the country needs steel for military industry, railway construction, bridge construction, and urban construction, the steel from the steel factory can be sold.

Not just steel mills, but many heavy industry factories.

For now, many are unable to generate profits on their own.They must have investment needs in a certain aspect of the country before they can sell things.However, the state's fiscal revenue is limited, so there is so much investment.There are many problems in this way.

Because it takes up too much of the country's funds.

Including transportation construction, the investment is large and the return is slow, but you have to invest.

Duan Xun is also listening to Wang Yongjiang.At this time someone came in and whispered a few words to Duan Xun.Duan Xun nodded, and then said to the people in the meeting: "Prime Minister Duan, President Wang, and everyone, I have some good news to tell you. Just now we have made progress in our negotiations with Japan. We have made preliminary progress with Japan. An agreement has been reached. Soon the Japanese side will hand over the customs duties for these five years to us."

"Prime Minister, is this true?"

Wang Yongjiang was the first to be overjoyed.

tariff.

That's not a small amount.

The tariffs for these five years should have been a lot, a large amount that could easily exceed one billion.However, although the repayment period of the Boxer Indemnity and other loans has been postponed, the interest is still required to be paid every year.At present, the annual interest is astonishing, and the interest alone costs more than 8000 to [-] million in almost a year.

And a lot of people were detained.

But even if a lot of money was deducted for one reason or another, there is definitely a lot of funds in hand.

"kindness."

"Prime Minister, how much money can Japan return to us?"

"7000 million customs silver."

"Great."

All are very happy.

After listening to Wang Yongjiang's introduction, everyone was very worried about the Beijing government's finances.Because in the past few years, the fiscal deficit has become more and more serious every year.Such a fiscal deficit can only be demolished to make up for the west. When there is no east wall to tear down, the finances will collapse completely.Although the repayment time has been postponed at present, due to the large number of national debts and loans, the interest alone has nearly [-] million silver dollars every year.

what quantity is this.

too worried.

However, Japan wants to transfer the customs duties of the previous five years to China, and it has 7000 million customs silver.According to the current situation, a customs silver is worth 175 silver dollars.

7000 million customs silver, worth more than [-] million silver dollars.

Much more than last year's fiscal revenue.

"Mr. Wang, because the agreement has just been reached, everyone is not prepared. Therefore, your Ministry of Finance needs to make a new development and construction plan for this year."

"Prime Minister, it's nothing."

Wang Yongjiang shook his head.

It's easy to do anything with this money.

"Prime Minister, don't worry. We will make a new plan soon."

"it is good."

Duan Xun looked at Wang Yongjiang and said, "I've read the government's New Year's plan carefully, and it's really good. But now it's a special situation. There won't be such a good thing next year, and there won't be so much money falling from the sky." Come down. So don’t start various investment projects blindly just because you have so much money, and make it unfinished.”

"Yes."

Duan Xun was also very happy.

After talking with Japan for several months, Japan finally agreed to transfer the money to China.Also for this money, Duan Xun did not know how many contracts he did not want to sign.

But in the end, the money went back to the Chinese government.

Nearly [-] million silver dollars.

How many things can be done.

"Because there is a sudden extra sum of money, all the plans of all departments this year have to be adjusted. Therefore, the New Year's development plan is postponed to the next meeting to continue the discussion. Now discuss the fourth topic."

337 Military and Civilian Partition

"Then let's move on to the next topic. About the situation of military-civilian division."

This is the most important proposal of this meeting.

It is also the most important thing for Duan Xun to do this year.Now that Duan Xun has controlled the overall situation of the Beijing government, all that remains is to clean up those local princes, truly wipe out the warlords, and complete the unification of government and military orders that Duan Xun has been hoping for all these years.However, this kind of thing cannot be carried out blindly, it needs to be carried out step by step.

Because in order to accomplish this, those local warlords need to be resolved.

Especially Lu Yongxiang, the patrol envoy of the Yangtze River.

Lu Yongxiang currently controls Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and Shanghai. He currently claims to hold 20 troops and dominates the Yangtze River Basin.Among them, Jiangsu and Shanghai are currently the wealthiest places in China.The annual fiscal revenue of these places controlled by Lu Yongxiang exceeds [-] million yuan.

Duan Xun has been eyeing them for a long time.

As long as these places are won, the income of the Beijing government will be greatly increased.But we can't blindly attack Lu Yongxiang just because of this.How to say that Lu Yongxiang is the Yangtze River patrol envoy appointed by the Beijing government, and it is impossible to attack Lu Yongxiang for no reason.So there are steps, there are excuses.

Therefore, Duan Xun said directly: "After the chaos of the feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty, all subsequent dynasties realized the threat of the feudal towns. Therefore, they all attached great importance to the separation of the army and the people, and did not allow the appearance of the feudal towns in the late Tang Dynasty. However, after the Xinhai Year, For various reasons, the local governor was in charge of the local military and political power and became a veritable local prince. Although many changes were made later, the local governor still controlled the local military and political affairs and became the de facto new "Late Tang Fanzhen" '. That is, the warlords that everyone calls. These local governors, the power and power of the local governors in the local area, I know better than everyone here. Because before I came to Beijing, I served as the governor of Sichuan, the southwest border defense supervisor, and the border defense supervisor. Location. At the local level, these local governors and local governors have a promise, and they can do whatever they want. In the eyes of those local troops, local governments, and local gentry, there are only these local governors and military governors, and there is no Beijing government at all.”

warlord.