Volume 5 Heavy Tree History Chapter 822 Defense Budget
Ulantuya was raised by his master since childhood, and his respect for his master was naturally expressed by his bones. In his opinion, the master was a genius who was very knowledgeable about the past and the present. But such a genius said this before his death. How could she accept it? Ulantuya cried and said, "The little baby is innocent. He will not defeat his father and mother, no, no......"
Wang Maoru said: "I don't believe it either. They are all fake, they are all fake. Master Nalan lied to me."
Ulantuya immediately said, "The master's calculating is the most powerful, and the master will never..." Ulantuya, who was about to refute, suddenly couldn't speak. If the master's prophecy was accurate, then the child would defeat his father and mother. But if the master was not accurate, everything she believed had collapsed. The master's words would not be wrong. She always thought so. Ulantuya was in conflict with her left and right, and finally cried in pain. She didn't know whether she should believe the master's words. This was a confrontation between faith and emotion in her heart, how to prevent her from being hurt. Ulantuya's sisters also went home one after another, and the only ones who were with her were the fifth sister living in Beijing, who was also Gao Shibin's wife. She smiled bitterly from Wang Maoru, and Wang Maoru could only shake her head.
Wang Maoru sighed. To be honest, he really didn't want to believe Nalan Haisheng's words, but his words kept circling in his mind like a curse, making him unable to sleep or eat. It was neither willing to believe this superstition, nor felt that it seemed like God's will in the dark. From the perspective of atheism, it seemed that these were all evil words to deceive the public. But another explanation is, how did Wang Maoru come to this world? If Wang Maoru was an ordinary person, living in the 21st century, a fortune teller said to him: "Your child will defeat your father and mother." Wang Maoru will definitely suck the big ears of melon seeds, and you will defeat your father and mother. Your whole family will defeat your father and mother.
However, Wang Maoru came to this world by chance and even had many contradictions when he came to this world. He didn't even know why he came like this. What was the voice in the dark? He gradually began to deny his worldview from an atheist. This world should be a master... But why did the master of the world treat China so cruelly, making the hearts of the land of China different from the past and everyone is profit-oriented. Should China, which has many disasters and difficulties, be punished by the gods?
Perhaps it is. Because the Bolshevik atheistic tone ruled for half a century, or because of this, all the gods in the sky abandoned China.
Wang Maoru knocked on his head. He didn't know what he was thinking, but in the end he sighed and both the couple had no idea.
"The child is still young now, so let's just say this. Let's talk about it." Wang Mao said as follows. Ulantuya naturally didn't want the child to leave her side, so she nodded and agreed.
However, what happened next made Wang Maoru feel very uncomfortable. Fang Hongxin of the Ministry of Finance also raised his own objections to Wang Maoru's "White Paper on the National Defense Budget of the Year of the Renxu Period". Although he had many years of friendship with Wang Maoru, he opposed the budget of the National Defense Forces. Fang Hongxin did not refute Wang Maoru in the government, but directly said that Wang Maoru's home was waiting for him, and compressed the budget of 180 million in the "White Paper". Originally, Zhao Jiacheng proposed a huge amount of 300 million, but he would have proposed 300 million as long as he knew it. It was also reduced everywhere, so that Fang Hongxin, his own person, also wanted to compress it.
Wang Maoru originally thought that Fang Hongxin would definitely support him in investing the central government's finances into the national defense budget. But Fang Hongxin is not only Wang Maoru's comrade-in-arms, but also the country's chief finance. He is not only responsible for the military's fiscal revenue, but also for the national country. Therefore, even though they are friends, it is also in this issue that Fang Hongxin rarely stands on the opposite side of Wang Maoru.
Wang Maoru pointed at Fang Hongxin in anger and said angrily: "National defense is unstable, the country is worrying. You are harming the country and the people!"
Fang Hongxin said helplessly: "If all of them are moved to the military, there will be few other government departments left. How can the country move forward this year? Xiushuai, national development cannot only focus on national defense, but also on the national country."
Wang Maoru said: "What will happen if there is a war between China and Japan? What will happen if there is a war between China and Russia?"
Fang Hongxin said: "There is no possibility of war between China and Japan, and the war between China and Russia is also a small-scale regional conflict, and I feel that there is no need for so much capital."
Wang Maoru said angrily: "What do you mean is I embezzling state funds?"
Fang Hongxin smiled bitterly and said, "How can I not know how Xiushuai is? The country is struggling to move forward. If you take out your own money to pay for the country, how can you be the one who embezzles the state's funds? I won't believe anyone who says this, but I will not believe it." He said earnestly and persuaded: "The military budget of 180 trillion is really too much. Now the infrastructure construction of military enterprises and other enterprises has been almost completed, and it does not require so much capital investment. The military expenditure and military pay are only 80 million a year. Why do you need so much? If the money needed by the government is put in the domestic construction.
How great is it. I support Sun Liwen's construction of the Northeast Steel Factory because this suggestion is for the country and the people. I do not support his financial support for the Hanyang Iron Factory because I am afraid of waste and shirking the responsibility of public-owned factories." He said: "Now military expenditure has accounted for 40% of the central government's regular budget in the year of Renxu, and even far exceeds 40% of the fiscal revenue. It should be noted that at the peak of the Beiyang government, military expenditure only accounted for 44% of the fiscal revenue, but it was a national war rather than a peaceful era."
Wang Maoru said: "What is the total budget of the central government this year?"
"Five hundred million." Fang Hongxin looked through the accounts and said, "The Ministry of Finance estimated that the eleventh year of the Republic of China was the third year of Xiushuai's unification of China (the nine years of the Republic of China had been actually unified, and the tenth year of the Republic of China was nominal unification). China's fiscal revenue increased by about 90 million in the 10th year of the Republic of China in the 10th year of the Republic of China."
Wang Maoru immediately said: "Okay, since you say that the Beiyang government's annual military expenditure accounts for 44%, I will be lower than him. I only need 36%, you can calculate it."
Fang Hongxin immediately calculated and said, "180 million silver dollars."
Wang Maoru nodded and said, "Yes, Zicheng, this is my bottom line, my bottom line, and the national defense budget cannot be less than 36%.
Fang Hongxin smiled bitterly: "It is reported that Japan's defense budget only accounts for 17% of the government's budget."
Wang Maoru said: "The construction of Japan's national infrastructure has been completed, and my country's infrastructure has just begun. How can we generalize it?"
Fang Hongxin smiled bitterly, and when he saw Wang Maoru insisting, he said helplessly: "Okay, since that's the case, it's 36%." Then he smiled and said: "Xiushuai, you have to understand everything about me."
Wang Maoru said: "We are quarreling, but we just talk about the matter. But quarrel with you makes me feel very uncomfortable."
Fang Hongxin said: "If you don't be a leader, you don't know how expensive it is. One day, you will be the president, and you will probably be reluctant to give it to you 36%. This government is enough to give way to you."
Wang Maoru nodded and said, "I know this, but the strong national military strength is the necessary guarantee for national stability."
Fang Hongxin smiled and said, "I think the Ministry of National Defense will propose a military budget of 300 million yuan."
"Why?" Wang Maoru was surprised when he was dressed up. Zhao Jiacheng really proposed it, but he just rejected it.
Fang Hongxin said: "In this way, we can squeeze the president's financial domination, make all his new policies invalid, and hit the opponent's unexpectedly, Xiushuai did not attack Sun Liwen."
Wang Maoru smiled and said, "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, now both sides are in a honeymoon period."
Fang Hongxin was stunned, and then laughed thoughtfully. Since there was a honeymoon period, there would be a conflict period. In fact, many northern officials originally had superficial surrender and secretly opposed Wang Maoru, but after Wang Maoru pushed Sun Liwen and the Democratic Party to become the president, these northern officials pointed the conflict to the Democratic Party. Therefore, when Wang Maoru led the military to oppose the Democratic Party in the future, it would definitely be a big outbreak. He deeply felt the destructive power brought by this outbreak.
Wang Maoru was also waiting, he was gradually digesting. It is certainly possible to overthrow Sun Liwen, but more importantly, how to eliminate other people who oppose him after overthrowing Sun Liwen is also one of the reasons why Wang Maoru is unwilling to sit on that wèizhi immediately.
After establishing the defense budget ratio, Wang Maoru returned to the Ministry of National Defense to discuss with everyone. Zhao Jiacheng, the Financial Secretary of the Logistics Headquarters, said angrily: "Is this Fang Hongxin still ours? Or ours?"
"Haha, let's understand each other." Wang Maoru persuaded.
Finally, after some discussion, everyone recognized the 36% defense budget ratio, because as the country becomes more and more stable, China will inevitably enter a golden development cycle, and fiscal expenditure will definitely increase significantly. Later, Wang Maoru proposed a proposal to President Sun Liwen in the name of the Ministry of Defense, which Sun Liwen agreed in principle and submitted it to Congress, and Congress passed this proposal. From then on, the proportion of the defense budget was set at 36%, which is also the highest defense budget in all peaceful countries. The military power is too
Qiang, Sun Liwen and the Democratic Party think tanks believe that it would be good to be able to seize the remaining 64% of fiscal expenditure. However, when Fang Hongxin handed over the total fiscal expenditure table to Sun Liwen, Sun Liwen was very depressed because various compensations in modern China accounted for about 24% of fiscal expenditure, which greatly discounted his plan to revitalize China. In the state repayment, nearly half of the repayment was still paid to the Japanese government, such as compensation for the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, redemption of Shandong Railway, redemption of Northeast Railway, loans from Beiyang government, large loans from the National Defense Force to Japan, etc., and the other half was large loans from the National Defense Force to the United States.
Chapter completed!