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Volume 2: Under the Warlords Chapter 1143: Fiscal Deficit

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    Wang Maoru looked at Zhang Zuolin's bright little eyes, and his heart was bright and clear. Zhang Zuolin was abandoning his soldiers to save his chariot. The army is bound to make large-scale personnel adjustments next year. Zhang Xueliang's character and temperament are really not suitable for Wang Maoru.  military requirements.  What Wang Maoru asked for was an army that was absolutely loyal to the country's honor. With himself as the core, all hidden dangers would be eliminated one by one, including Zhang Zuolin's forces.

    Zhang Zuolin¡¯s choice to let Zhang Xueliang enter politics at this time actually saved his future and prevented him from becoming a victim in the personnel adjustment next year.  There was no Guo Songling rebellion in this time and space, and there was no opportunity for Zhang Xueliang to turn the tide. In several military operations in Shaanxi, Zhang Xueliang's performance was not satisfactory. Later, he also learned to smoke opium and pick up female celebrities, which made Zhang Zuolin angry.  Enough.  In fact, Xiao Zhang is a very loyal person, but he is definitely not as shrewd and far-sighted as Zhang Zuolin. Otherwise, September 18th would not have appeared in future generations, and Northeast China would not have been lost so quickly.

    "To keep an officer who only has personal loyalty and impulsiveness is to massacre the soldiers."

    It is impossible for Wang Maoru to let such a person be the commander of the army. It is extremely irresponsible for his own army. Zhang Xueliang's dissolute temperament is better to be a young man in the Republic of China. Learn from Yuan Kewen, a young man in blue.  If you go into the cultural industry, won't you get along like a fish in water?

    Since Lao Zhang brought it up, Wang Maoru took the initiative to think of a job that was very suitable for Xiao Zhang. He smiled and said: "Brother Qi, I hope Xiao Liuzi goes out more to gain more knowledge. And with his free and unrestrained temperament, if he goes  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pretty good. Wang Jizeng, the Chinese ambassador to Mexico, expired in June this year, and arrangements have been made for him to return to China and join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I just don¡¯t know if Xiao Liuzi dares to be the plenipotentiary ambassador of Mexico. Please note that there is a very troublesome thing in Mexico.  Even Mexico has followed the United States in implementing the Chinese Exclusion Act, and the Chinese there need to be protected by the Chinese government. Xiaoliuzi was born in the military, so I considered this."

    Zhang Zuolin thought for a while and hesitated a little. Should he let Xiao Liuzi go to Mexico?  This was a bit too far. The plane started to descend, and he said: "It's okay. It saves him from having to deal with some unreasonable little stars. If he doesn't have the courage, he won't be Zhang Zuolin."  son."

    After returning from the Eleventh Army, Wang Maoru will face another headache.  Or the year-end financial report.  Previously, Wang Maoru delayed Fang Hongxin's report, but this matter will have to be faced sooner or later. With a government with a fiscal deficit, every financial report is a bloody wound.

    Finance Minister Fang Hongxin is not in a hurry this time.  He knew that Wang Maoru did not want to see him.  But he had to see him and waited leisurely for Wang Maoru to summon him.  After Wang Maoru returned to the Presidential Palace, he was asked to see him.  Fang Hongxin walked slowly to the Presidential Palace, took out a thick dozen of documents, sat in front of Wang Maoru, and said: "This is the total financial revenue and expenditure of our government of the Republic of China last year. Please take a look at it."

    Wang Maoru said with a bitter face: "It will take me several days and nights to read this thick book. You'd better explain it to me. I don't need too much detail. Too much detail is what your Ministry of Finance should do.  Don¡¯t you want to exhaust me as the president to death with what you are doing?¡± He smiled bitterly and said: ¡°The total fiscal revenue, the total fiscal expenditure, the financial situation of the twelve ministries, and the financial review status of each provincial government.¡±

    Fang Hongxin immediately said: "Well, the main sources of our country's fiscal revenue this year include tariffs, field taxes, railways, commercial taxes and external sales of resources. Since the resumption of tariffs, tariffs have surged, far exceeding the expectations of the General Administration of Customs.  This year¡¯s fiscal total is 730 million silver dollars, fiscal expenditures are 840 million, and the fiscal deficit is 110 million silver dollars. Considering that our country uses banknotes, banknote depreciation, inflation and other reasons, the fiscal year of the Republic of China in the 12th year  It¡¯s really bad.¡±

    "It's only 110 million silver dollars, so little." Wang Maoru became happy.

    Fang Hongxin said: "You know, in the early years of the Republic of China, the Beiyang government had a fiscal deficit of 100 million, so it had to borrow from foreign banks. Fortunately, we borrowed from domestic banks, which is equivalent to handing the money from the left hand to the right hand, and only paying it back when making external payments."  Gold and silver need to be used. And now that the international silver price has dropped seriously, governments around the world have announced gold standard monetary policies, which is a serious blow to our country."

    Wang Maoru paused and said, "You mean our country is going to carry out currency reform?"

    ¡°Currency reform must be implemented.¡± Fang Hongxin said, ¡°It¡¯s just not appropriate to carry out it now. What needs to be done now is to control the smuggling of silver into the country.¡±

    In fact, since the end of the European War, countries have announced that they will abandon the silver standard and adopt the gold standard due to lack of silver, which has caused inflation in countries with silver standards.  The central fiscal revenue has increased by 100 million silver dollars every year, largely because nearly half of the countries have announced that they will abandon the silver standard, resulting in a large amount of silver being secretly smuggled into China.??.

    Fang Hongxin added: "If silver smuggling is not controlled, next year's fiscal revenue will definitely look more than this year, but the people's lives will be more difficult, which will deviate from your policy of no hungry people in China."

    Wang Maoru smiled bitterly and asked: "Is there nothing your Ministry of Finance can do?"

    Fang Hongxin gritted his teeth and said: "There is a way to harm others without benefiting oneself. It may cause opposition in the country and may also have an impact on the current exchange rate."

    "what way?"

    "Adjust the exchange ratio between the silver dollar and the renminbi." Fang Hongxin said, "To ensure that the renminbi is strong, starting from the People's Republic of China, the exchange ratio between the renminbi and the silver dollar will be adjusted from 1:1 to 1:2. Force silver depreciation and national storage to cope with the shortage of world silver.  Inflow. But in this way, our country's exports will decrease and imports will increase."

    Wang Maoru said: ¡°Have you estimated how much loss this will cause to China¡¯s exports?¡±

    Fang Hongxin said: "The results have not yet been estimated, but most of China's exports are original products, such as rare earths, silk, etc. These commodities are necessities in Western countries, so even if they decrease, they will not decrease too much. And China has been a country since ancient times.  For a self-sufficient country, I believe that the stability of domestic demand is far more important than the increase in exports. Solve domestic economic problems first, otherwise our country will become a deformed country with a rich country and poor people, where the government makes a lot of money and the people starve to death."

    Wang Maoru nodded in support and said: "Okay, your Ministry of Finance will carry out unified planning and implementation. At the same time, I will ask the customs and border defense to deploy to strictly prevent silver smuggling. All smuggled silver must be confiscated. If there are prostitutes in the customs,  Implement a family joint sitting system. Officials cannot make money to support their families, and if they break the law, the family members will act like they have nothing to do with me if they break the law."

    Fang Hongxin was not concerned about the punishment. Seeing that Wang Maoru was a little angry, he said with relief: "There were many highlights of last year's fiscal year, such as arms sales. Foreign arms sales reached 30 million silver dollars, only in Iran, Afghanistan, etc."  The arms sales carried out by the country have greatly accelerated the replacement of our army. Most of the obsolete weapons are sold to the armed forces of neighboring countries, such as Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, East India, West India, North Korea and other places.  . And our Civilian Type-9 standard rifles and Civilian Type-9 tanks are also selling very well internationally, and Chinese industrial enterprises are rising in the international arms market. Of course, 36% of the national defense budget is too huge, please ask the President  Cut back.¡±

    Wang Maoru smiled bitterly and said: "When I was the Minister of Defense, you used this matter to block me, and you are still using this matter to block me now?"

    Fang Hongxin said stubbornly: "National development cannot prioritize the military. We in China are not a military government."

    "But the army has handed over the Anti-Smoking Administration and the Railway Corporation." Wang Maoru said

    Fang Hongxin shook his head and said: "President, the black trade of the Anti-Smoking Administration will be banned sooner or later. Although China has banned opium and sold opium abroad, after all, opium is the tragedy of our nation."

    "You're right." Wang Maoru said, "This is my fault. When I was a warlord, I only wanted to make money without resorting to any means."

    Fang Hongxin smiled and did not answer. The success of warlord Wang Maoru was naturally inseparable from the opium business at that time, but it is not so easy to escape now.  He said: "The external sales of opium will stop by then, and the performance of the Anti-Smoking Administration will be greatly reduced." The topic ended here, Fang Hongxin said at this time, "As for the Railway Corporation, it is indeed a big head, but it is controlled by the military.  But you can't make much money. It's a good thing to hand it over, because the railway will have to replace its rails in fifteen years, and many railways will have to replace their rails in a few years. By then, the railway will no longer be profitable. And in the 13th year of the Republic of China  If there were no wars around China, there would be no need for such a large financial budget. Don¡¯t forget the 5% education budget you promised!¡±

    Wang Maoru smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, let me think about it. You can discuss it with various departments and prepare next year's national budget. As a great president, I really have a poor life."

    Seeing his sad face, Fang Hongxin smiled and said: "President, please be more open-minded about everything. Aren't there a lot of windfalls this year, such as selling medicines and folk medicinal materials. These are ways to increase private wealth. You can see  What comes out is that this year the government is poor, but the people are rich, the workers are also rich, and everyone has a good year."

    Wang Maoru smiled and said: "That's what you said. It's good if the people are rich. The country is poor but the people are rich. As a president, I have faced such a big problem since I came up."

    Fang Hongxin suddenly thought of a question and said: "Today, several banks have reported that some large consortiums are transferring wealth and emigrating abroad. Please pay attention to the president."

    Wang Maoru said angrily: "If you make money at home and transfer it abroad, you really fucking think that the whole world is unimpeded. ThisIn this way, we need to improve China's customs. After this year, I will propose a tax bill, an immigration tax. Immigrants abroad need to pay 60% of their personal assets as national welfare.  "

    Fang Hongxin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Is this possible? There are many tax evaders."

    Wang Maoru smiled and said: "I have long wanted to punish these bastards who make money from Chinese people and spend it on foreigners." But in his heart, he said that it doesn't matter now or the time and space I used to live in.
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