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After talking to Zhou Hua about the current affairs, Zhong Yang asked Gu Yuejun about the current economic development status.

"President, our two major foundations, Tenglong and Zhongtian, still firmly control Hualian's currency issuance rights, but under pressure from the government and the Industrial and Economic Union, we have to compromise."

"Well, you have told me before that this is about the seats of the Monetary Reserve Council." Zhong Yang mentioned it and signaled Gu Yuejun to continue.

"That's right. We have four of the nine seats, and I still hold the position of Chairman x, which ensures the advantage of control. However, the problem is also very big. Many of our information and business must be disclosed to the government and the International Economic Union."

Zhong Yang and Gu Yuejun actually knew that in the past, it was a chaotic era, and Hualian was almost all newly established organizations, so they could not take much attention in the issuance of currency, so Zhong Yang was the first to control it.

But with such great interests, the currency itself is the blood of the national economy, and no one can let a private organization take charge. If it weren't for the strong strength of Zhong Yang, the government would have long since nationalized the currency issuance rights.

Now that I join in, I will be able to implement supervision.

Zhong Yang could also accept this. It would be too much for him to eat so big cake, and he would definitely be jealous of others. However, if he gives up, he will definitely not be able to withdraw completely.

The so-called national finance in later generations actually used the inflated virtual economy to plunder the surplus wealth of the people to alleviate huge government spending. In Zhong Yang's view, this is absolutely not possible. The government should think of other ways to make profits or reduce expenditures, rather than colluding with financial organizations to kidnap the national economy.

Zhong Yang will never let that absurd thing that the virtual economy is more than ten times higher than the real economy.

Thinking of this quarter, Zhong Yang clarified the bottom line for Gu Yuejun, "We must at least achieve half of the control of the Huayuan Currency Joint Reserve Council, and we cannot give in at all. Whether it is a politician or a commercial organization, it is OK to interfere in the issuance of currency, but the dominance cannot be left to our hands."

"Yes, I understand." Seeing Zhong Yang's serious advice, Gu Yuejun quickly agreed and implemented this will.

After thinking about it, Zhong Yang added: "In addition to the interests of the Foundation and the Fed, we can gradually withdraw from other business and technology fields and place part of the research institutions and commercial channels we operate as a price in exchange for our absolute power in currency issuance. You can do this matter as long as you can."

"Okay, then we can slowly withdraw from these industries. I believe that such compromises should be accepted by both the government and the International Economic Union." Gu Yuejun said, then took out a thick leather notebook and wrote down the matter.

"It is also important to note that some cutting-edge technologies and secret research must be kept confidential and transferred to a safe place. When necessary, the armed forces of the underground palace can be dispatched and the Xuantien Security Company can be combined to allow them to implement realm and defense work on the periphery."

Some of these secret research involves the forbidden zone of ethics. After all, in recent years, some biotechnology research institutions under the Guwen Society have used many Japanese prisoners of war and American prisoners of war to conduct ** research.

If these things are exposed, many people will probably be responsible. Therefore, before transferring assets, these secret research materials that cannot be properly buried and transferred to a more rigorous place.

Zhong Yang had long wanted to integrate his various research departments and resell some conventional civil or military technologies and related research units to the government and the Industrial and Economic Union. This is also one of the planned steps.

These things are just useless for Zhong Yang now, and they don’t have much profit, but they have to spend a lot of effort to deal with them. It is better to sell them to the Federation of Industry and Economic Cooperation slowly in exchange for special rights in other fields.

"There is one more thing to report to you." Gu Yuejun closed the notepad, with a hesitant look on his face, as if he wanted to speak but stopped.

"Tell me? Why are you hesitating?" Zhong Yang was still thinking about industrial integration. After hearing Gu Yuejun's words, he was stunned for a moment before he started asking.

"It's about the authority value." After Gu Yuejun finished speaking, he glanced at Zhong Yang's face. Seeing that he was not angry, he plucked up his courage to continue explaining, "Since March this year, Hualian's economic focus has shifted from military industry to people's livelihood economy. The supporting transaction model of authority value has restricted the development of the national economy and caused a significant rebound."

"Oh?" After hearing this, Zhong Yang's face was neither happy nor sad. He neither said good nor said bad. His face still maintained his usual indifferent and indifferent. "Who are the people who are rebounding?"

After hearing this gentle tone, Gu Yuejun was sweating profusely. He still reported according to the truth: "It is usually small and medium-sized enterprises. After investigation, it was found that some people were rushing to make momentum, namely Zhejiang merchants centered on Shanghai and Shanxi merchants based on Shanxi. These two gangs have always complained about the government's economic decisions because they failed to enter the upper level of the Industrial and Economic Union."

"Hmph!" After sneering twice, Zhong Yang stood up with sharp eyes, "These people are nothing more than our policies that cut off their financial path, so they are very dissatisfied."

In fact, the management of business in all dynasties is really ridiculous.

On the one hand, the monarch and ministers of the country realized the potential power of merchants and desperately suppressed their political status in order to consolidate their rule. Since the end of the great struggle between the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the status of merchants has dropped sharply in China.

However, on the other hand, the court was extremely indulgent in its management of business, which resulted in merchants relying on nobles or ministers, forming clerks, engaging in private fraud, and unscrupulously plundering the wealth of the people.

The commercial tax is incredibly low, and there is no special law or department to manage the price. When the disaster year comes, officials and businessmen collude, hoard goods, and prices soar. Even in the good times, merchants and landlords will lower the grain prices and forcefully purchase them, resulting in the unprotected interests of farmers and the loss of national vitality.

Over time, how can the world not be willing to be excited?

Why did the Red Gate rise in modern times? It’s not because they solved this problem for the people. Although the methods were cruel, and when peace came, they went back to the old path.

But at least at that time, they achieved stability of prices, which was something the revolutionary party had never done. This alone won a lot of people's hearts. The so-called support for the people is still a word of profit. The red door harms business and the people can naturally gain more support, even if it is wrong to do so.

When Zhong Yang thought of the faces of Shanxi merchants and Zhejiang merchants, he was furious. Naturally, he also understood why the ancient kings and ministers usually confiscated their families and exterminated their clans when dealing with these wealthy merchants and tyrants. Part of the money and grain they obtained was used to make up for the finances and part of the relief to the people.

However, Zhong Yang also knew that it was indeed easy to do this, but if it was not in accordance with the law, it would only be a temporary effect. If this precedent was set, the country would never have peace.

When the Hongmen occupied a place, they beat local tyrants and divided into bad gentry. In fact, the truth is that no matter their character and reputation, money is a crime! Once this example of plundering wealth was revealed, various organ cadres would plunder tricks in the future, even after the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, this is still the case.

Zhong Yang didn't want China to become a dirty place with no rules and only rules, only rules and regulations, and only constituency. That kind of power politics has never been just.

Zhong Yang has always used legal means to deal with these businessmen. He first urged the parliament to legislate to limit the rise and fall of prices, and used the Industrial and Economic Union and the Rural Credit Cooperative to stabilize prices through acquisitions and take a multi-pronged approach.

Just like the current Hualian government, it usually first investigates the national economic scale, and then sets a benchmark price for people's livelihood products related to daily life as a reference standard. The lifting rate is generally maintained below 15%. No one is allowed to manipulate prices, and the industrial and commercial departments are allowed to strictly investigate and punish them.

As long as the law enforcement is ensured, this behavior can still be effectively curbed. Why do you have to confiscate your family and exterminate your clan?

"These people can't make a big wave, just waste it slowly." Zhong Yang really looked down on these commercial groups. Shanxi merchants started their business and relied on being a leader party and black market merchants for Jiannu, selling food weapons, and purchasing materials that Jiannu had robbed from the Ming Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, these people are all traitors, and their children are also descendants of traitors.

Zhejiang merchants gradually flourished because of the rise of national industry in modern times. They were not very popular in the past, but they still supported Shanghai's geographical advantage. They mostly colluded with foreigners, using scissors to plunder China's raw materials and make profits.

No one's butt is clean, so Zhong Yang is too lazy to pay attention to the ideas of these people and their interests. Anyway, Shanxi merchants used to be surrounded by Yan Xishan, and Zhejiang merchants were directly Jiang Ruiyuan's Ministry of Finance. For Hualian, it would be very polite if you didn't copy your whole family, and they were still thinking about calling the wind and rain in the economic circle of New China?

However, Zhong Yang was still angry. After reading a data evaluation submitted by Gu Yuejun, he still frowned. There was a big problem with the large-scale implementation of authority values.

Under the current economic system, China's total domestic trade volume has grown slowly, mainly due to the economic turning rigidity caused by authority trading.

Many companies can only develop towards the industry they were originally engaged in, and the cost would be too high. The second is that the allocation of authority values ​​has led to a low purchasing power. After all, enterprises and governments themselves cannot issue authority values ​​in large quantities, which itself means that this policy has no meaning.

This is just an early phenomenon. European and American countries have not yet escaped the trauma of war, so the gap in economic development is not obvious. However, without long-term expectations, there must be immediate worries. Hualian's economic planning departments have put forward requirements for implementing economic reforms and have begun theoretical research in related aspects.

After reading these materials, Zhong Yang was also helpless, "It seems that it is too early to implement the authority value transaction bundling system. Not only is the country's economy not ready, but the productivity itself has not reached the level required to implement this plan."

Zhou Hua listened on the side, puzzled: "Isn't it good? The people were very supportive at the beginning, but why can't it work now?"

Without Zhong Yang's explanation, Gu Yuejun could answer Zhou Hua's question: "At the beginning, the country was founded, the economy was very small, and because it was in a state of war, both farmers and most workers had strongly protected their interests due to this economic policy."

The reason why Gu Yuejun said this is because the original authority system did achieve this effect. In fact, it is a bit like food coupons. During the war, this policy maintained the stability of prices and the basic production and living needs of the people, which was why it received universal support.

However, with the economic development of Hualian, the agricultural population decreased and the industrial and commercial population continued to increase. After the economy improved, the purchasing power would inevitably increase. The original protection became a shackle, which restricted the freedom and vitality of the economy and made it difficult for many small and medium-sized enterprises to develop.

"This is basically the case. Although there is filth behind this incident, the proposal itself conforms to the laws of economic development."

Gu Yuejun's words were more like to say to Zhong Yang, but he still planned to be more tactful. After all, Zhong Yang has always been very determined in the authority trading system. Even if Chen Jiongming came here to test it personally, he did not change his mind.

"It seems that reform is imperative, completely abolishing it is not feasible, and it is not realistic to not change it at all. So let's deal with it with it. Let me talk about the tone first. After you go down, you can discuss it and make a statement to me." Zhong Yang looked at Gu Yuejun and said that.

"Yes." Gu Yuejun was not vague and immediately turned on the computer's recording function and wrote down the words.

"First, through investigation, we will decide which industries can cancel the transaction limit of the authority value, and indicate the reasons and examples. Then, about the industrial products field, especially the technical field, how to ensure that the interests of producers are higher than those of commercial channels and financial transactions after the authority value protection mechanism is cancelled, this must also be concluded and informed to me."

"I still said the same thing as before. Heavy industry suppresses business and commercial circulation is very necessary, but we must not turn it over. This is my request and cannot be compromised. Have you written down all of them?"

"Yes, I've all been recorded."

"Okay, let's stop here in advance." Seeing that Gu Yuejun had finished recording, Zhong Yang did not continue to get entangled.

To be realistic, there are certainly unwillingness to accept it. After all, he originally had high hopes for this policy. Fortunately, he is not a stubborn person and will not make random decisions because of his preferences. Since the actual operational effect is not ideal, then he will slowly implement it in a smaller range while changing.

However, the fundamental reason for the policy of heavy industry suppressing commerce will not change, nor will it be shaken.

Zhong Yang has read many time travel articles before, and he saw the protagonist go back to the past and vigorously advocate business development. It seems that the financial problem ends, but all the problems end. If this is the case, the modern economic and social society will not have so many difficult and complicated problems.

After all, people are pursuing profits and making money in business than in industry, so everyone hopes to resell. But the question is, no one is engaged in industrial production, no one invests in technological development and scientific theories, how can human productivity make progress?

Just like in World War II, the British Empire, which advocated commerce and finance, completely declined. Instead, Germany and the United States, which had strong industrial production capacity, shined. Among them, the United States was even the best, ascending to the throne of industrial overlords with its unparalleled production capacity and outspoken all the heroes.

Isn’t such a lesson profound enough?

As for the slow economic development of the United States later, this has a lot to do with their tendency to virtualize economics, which is thanks to the greed and ignorance of the Jewish chaebols.

Of course, there are probably many people in the world who praise this kind of "technical ignorance". They are all idiots who only have money in their eyes. Without high-quality goods, money is just waste paper. If you don't even understand this, you dare to say that you understand the economy.

After a brief introduction to the current domestic and foreign situation in Zhou Hua and Gu Yuejun, Zhong Yang also had a clear idea. This time he went to see Chen Jiongming, it was probably the last time he interfered in China's development strategy.

Just after a phone call, I made an appointment with Chen Jiongming for the time and place to meet. Zhong Yang was not a big shot and just ran to Nanjing. Anyway, there was not far from Wuhan.

Taking his wife and taking his own private plane in just one hour, Zhong Yang went from Wuhan Airport to Nanjing Airport. The advancement of technology has made human communication easier, and convenient transportation has fundamentally changed the political landscape of the entire world.

As soon as he got off the plane, he saw Chen Jiongming's wife and eldest son coming to greet him. This political attitude showed his respect and recognition of Zhong Yang.

Of course, he also knew that Zhong Yang didn't like to show up in public, so although he came here in person this time, he actually wore casual clothes. The thick coat covered Chen Jiongming's body shape, and the wide ridge and big hat even blocked his appearance, making it difficult to recognize him.

"Welcome to you, Your Excellency Zhong Yang." Seeing the "young man" in front of you who still maintains his immortality, Chen Jiongming also unconsciously made a humble attitude.

This surprised the wife and eldest son beside him, but everyone was a person with a sense of competence and upbringing, but they did not act rudely.

"I'm really frightened to please the head of state to greet him in person." The corner of his mouth smiled. The other party gave him face, and Zhong Yang would not give him any other party. As the saying goes, "Reciting etiquette."

Everyone knew that this was not a place for conversation, and they didn't say much. The special cars waiting beside each other were ready. The large extended version of the Tianbu brand sedan could take more than twenty people, and the five people sat in it, and it looked very spacious.

The bodyguards who accompanied him took another train and soon after, they left.

This is a small private exclusive hangar next to Nanjing International Airport, including a short runway in front, so not many people can see what is happening here.

The cold wind in winter is still howling on the open and flat runway, and occasionally large jet passenger planes fall. These aircraft converted from large military transport aircraft are now becoming the main transportation force of Nanjing International Airlines.

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