Yu Guozhen controls some industries, which are often the most profitable. Everyone present understands this. In fact, some scholar-bureaucrats from the previous dynasty once said sourly that Yu Guozhen used the dignity of the royal family to compete for profits with the people and asked him to distribute these properties to the people - in fact, he distributed it to them, the scholar-bureaucrats. How could ordinary people have spare money and energy to do so? The acquisition and operation of these industries will eventually fall into their hands!
This plan worked out well, especially since they also colluded with some of Yu Guozhen's shopkeepers who were in charge of the industry, and let these shopkeepers work together to exert influence on Yu Guozhen. In their opinion, Yu Guozhen would not notice this detail, but they did not know that Yu Guozhen, who had witnessed the harvesting of state-owned wealth under various pretexts and the dismemberment of a superpower, knew their intentions better than they themselves.
Sooner or later, most of the industries controlled by Yu Guozhen will be returned to the people who created wealth. The profits they earn will be used as investment in education, medical funds, or pensions. Therefore, this kind of clever excuse to divide his property is actually to divide the expectations of the Chinese people in the future. Yu Guozhen's blow to this kind of person is like thunder. If he just yells a few words, it will be fine. If he dares to really stretch out his hand, , then exile is still light!
Now, after eight years of hard work, Yu Guozhen feels that he can begin to gradually realize his plan.
"You may only know the name of Huaxia Iron and Steel, but not the actual facts. I can tell you that Huaxia Iron and Steel has jurisdiction over 49 mines, eight steel plants, and eight river and sea docks. Currently, there are 11 managers and craftsmen in total. Nineteen thousand people, and last year¡¯s net income was 910,000 gold dollars.¡±
There was a sound of gasping air below.
Iron is precious to any country. Even the enemy countries at war with China will not prohibit the import of iron from China. Huaxia Steel relies on China's strong transportation capacity and the huge advantages after industrialization to sell iron to all parts of the world. . This almost dumping sales also brought huge profits to the iron factories and ironware manufacturers collectively known as Huaxia Iron and Steel.
Last year, the Huaxia imperial court¡¯s annual fiscal revenue was four million gold dollars, and Huaxia Iron and Steel¡¯s revenue was close to a quarter of that!
"But the fact that I handed over China's steel to the public treasury does not mean that I will completely hand it over. Those who want to embezzle China's wealth like the military pay of the Ming Dynasty, beware. I handed it over because I , the imperial court jointly sent people to supervise, and the imperial court received half of the net income of Huaxia Iron and Steel every year, and the other half was placed at the disposal of Huaxia Iron and Steel itself. Half of the money collected by the imperial court can only be used for the education, medical care and elderly care of the orphans and widows!"
This made the heads of various ministries, who were excitedly thinking about how to gain benefits for their departments, stunned. Only the heads of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health laughed.
"This time it is Huaxia Iron and Steel. Four years later, Huaxia Shipbuilding will also be returned to the public." Yu Guozhen continued without pausing: "After that, every four years, most of the industries I directly control will be returned to the public, and the income distribution method will be It will be supervised by me and the subsequent emperors and used for the benefit of the people. The Huaxia Dynasty does not support lazy people, but the Huaxia Dynasty will give every common person who is willing to work hard a chance to make progress!"
As soon as these words fell, the applause was like thunder.
Wang Fuzhi applauded the loudest. He had done some research on ancient kings and hated the kind of single-husband emperors who used the wealth of a country to please one person. Like Yu Guozhen, he used his own property to feed the Chinese people, which was unique.
He applauded and praised: "There are indeed saints, there are indeed saints!"
At Yu Guozhen's signal, the applause gradually stopped, and Yu Guozhen said again from the main seat: "I am not a saint. I do this out of selfish motives. I hope that the people will have opportunities to improve, so that they will not choose , the descendants of my Yu family can inherit the imperial industry for a longer time. I handed over Huaxia Iron and Steel, but just this year, I established Huaxia Electric and Yanhuang Electric - you all understand that in the future, electric power will be greatly In the world, the electrical industry and electrical appliances will become new sources of wealth for the royal family. Therefore, what I do is not a saint, but because I know very well that only a great public can be selfish, and being selfless is what a saint does. I am an ordinary person, and most of us are ordinary people. Learning to be a saint is too tiring, but it is always possible to be an ordinary person with a longer-term perspective!"
His words moved everyone. There is no shortage of people in the world who demand others to be saints, but everyone knows that this is impossible. Even if Confucius is called a saint, he also likes food and beauty.
"Only when wealth is great can one be selfish, and the same is true for power." When Yu Guozhen said this, his words changed and he turned to the main topic.
After all, this is a joint policy meeting, and wealth disposal is not the main content. Those who were a little distracted because they just applauded suddenly sat upright.
"Eight years ago, I said that I would also serve as the chief minister. Some people said that I took too much power. I accept this stigma, because eight years ago, there was a lot of waste waiting for improvement, and none of us had the ability to govern a country. Due to my experience, I have to take over the power. Now it is different. According to the agreement eight years ago, I will resign from this post of chief assistant and let another person take over. I nominated Wang Chuanlu and Zhang Chi, who will decide Who has the power of the chief minister will be with you. You can hold a referendum later and fill in the name of the person you recognize on the public selection list you received. Only one person can be filled in, no fill in, two people and Those above are deemed to have abstained.¡±
As Yu Guozhen said this, he gestured to the public lift sheet in his hand.
Most council members have already experienced voting in public elections, so they are no strangers to this. Everything was in order. Soon, all the votes entered the ballot box, and then someone counted the votes and someone monitored the votes. It was only about ten people. Minutes later, the result came out: Wang Chuanlu was elected.
Zhang Chi looked at the election results with some disappointment.
He was raised with hope, but the result left him with regrets. Among Yu Guozhen's secondary assistants, he was the oldest, currently fifty-eight years old. He calculated in his mind that if Wang Chuanlu had served two terms for eight years, he would have been sixty-six years old by then. According to the Yu Guozhen had previously said that it was not appropriate to hold onerous positions after the age of seventy. At that time, his hope was even slimmer.
Wang Chuanlu stood up with a red face. He looked at Yu Guozhen and wanted to say something, but was suppressed by Yu Guozhen's applause.
Wang Chuanlu knew that Yu Guozhen indeed paid more attention to Zhang Chi, but not because Zhang Chi was more capable than him, but because Zhang Chi was better able to make Yu Guozhen play a role - Zhang Chi could only be the simplest executor, And Wang Chuanlu couldn't compare with Zhang Chi in this regard.
Therefore, he originally thought that he was only selected by Yu Guozhen to play the role of accompanying the prince to study. Even if he became the first assistant, it should be four or eight years later. Unexpectedly, the result of the referendum elected him. This was not in line with Yu Guozhen's original intention, so he wanted to resign.
But Yu Guozhen¡¯s applause made him suddenly understand something.
Yu Guozhen¡¯s control over the discussion was completely capable of deciding who was elected, but Yu Guozhen did not show any bias this time and really gave the decision-making power of the chief minister to everyone present. This is Yu Guozhen's established plan. Now there are only 700 people present. In eight years, there will be 1,500 people present. And after a longer time, it is very likely that it will become the whole world!
Yu Guozhen emphasized just now that wealth belongs to the public and power also belongs to the public. Isn¡¯t this what he meant?
"Please let the new chief minister, the prince, give a speech and say a few words to everyone." Yu Guozhen said after the applause stopped.
Wang Chuanlu looked at the podium placed under Yu Guozhen's seat. He stood up, walked there, bowed to Yu Guozhen first, and then turned around and bowed to everyone.
"I have mixed feelings here today, and I really don't know what to say." Wang Chuanlu didn't prepare a script, so he just spoke extemporaneously. Fortunately, after so many years of experience, he no longer has stage fright, and he can still speak. Clearly organized and concise. According to Yu Guozhen's regulations, each person was not allowed to speak for more than ten minutes at the conference. Therefore, he first thanked Yu Guozhen, then thanked the attendees, and then thanked Zhang Chi. Next, he briefly talked about his political preparations - this is what Yu Guozhen asked him and Zhang Chi to make when they nominated them.
In Wang Chuanlu¡¯s policy preparations, the current central departments of China will be changed and the Ministry of Electric Power and the Ministry of Public Welfare will be added. The Ministry of Electric Power will naturally manage electric power affairs, while the Ministry of Public Welfare will manage the elderly care and various security of the people. Although the second department was added, Wang Chuanlu came up with a set of data to show that the addition of the second department will not increase the financial burden of the court, because the manpower of the second department can be deployed from the existing ministries and bureaus, and will appear due to the development of the times. Some departmental personnel who were somewhat inappropriate were adjusted.
Listening to his speech, Yu Guozhen felt a little bitter in his heart.
If it were Zhang Chi, he would never make such a change. All Zhang Chi would do is follow Xiao Gui and Cao Sui.
Wang Chuanlu was naturally right to establish two new ministries. Even if he didn't propose it, Yu Guozhen himself would suggest it. However, whether this decision was proposed by others or by himself, the effect is still extraordinary.
But those astringent thoughts only flashed through Yu Guozhen's mind. Instead, there was another idea. This idea had been swirling in his mind for a long time, but it was not really confirmed until now.
He is now in his forties, in his prime, with strong self-control, and his rationality has reached its most mature stage. Even if he feels sour because of power, how can he know that he will not be able to do so in his old age, especially after he is seventy years old? Something crazy and crazy? With his reputation and his influenceWith his power, as long as someone is not careful or even slightly radical, millions of people will die!
It only took Wang Chuanlu eight minutes to express his intention clearly. Apart from the establishment of two more ministries, he was quite cautious and did not take too many measures. On top of major political affairs, he was still very clear about "following the imperial edict." And do it", that is to say, we must follow Yu Guozhen's meaning.
After he finished speaking, he bowed to Yu Guozhen and bowed to the audience. The applause was like thunder. Everyone understood that the Hua Xia Dynasty was about to enter a new stage.