Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1795 Development Mode
Of course, Wang Xuexin will not mess with privatization.

Comprehensive privatization and comprehensive nationalization are actually two extremes.

The former will inevitably create a monopoly. After the big fish eats the small fish, the entire country will be controlled by capital.

The latter is not conducive to competition. Those who are working hard will get the same salary as those who work hard, which will naturally lead to everyone being flat. As a result, the quality of the products will be seriously reduced and they will not be competitive.

Chinese people pay attention to the golden mean.

The most reasonable thing should be to strike a balance between nationalization and privatization, and then use the controllability of nationalized enterprises to macro-control the market and crack down on speculative and unscrupulous traders.

Take grain for example. State-owned enterprises usually purchase large quantities of grain as reserves. Once a disaster occurs somewhere, such as an earthquake or drought, and unscrupulous traders begin to maliciously hoard grain and drive up prices, state-owned enterprises can release grain in large quantities at a low price.

If the people in the disaster area can buy enough food at a reasonable price, will they buy high-priced food from illegal traders?

The end result is that the grain hoarded by unscrupulous traders either rots in the warehouse or is sold at a loss at a low price.

As time goes by, unscrupulous traders understand that it is impossible to make a fortune when disaster occurs.

In countries with capital control, it is just the opposite. The more disaster occurs, the higher the price will be. And there is a very legitimate reason: when a disaster occurs, the maintenance cost of maintenance personnel increases, so it is necessary and quite normal to increase electricity prices.

Wang Xuexin is a veteran and he understands all this.

The steel and oil industries must be controlled by the state... Just kidding, these are the bones and blood of industry and the military. If these industries are controlled by private companies, the entire country's economy and military will not be controlled by the state, but by the capital oligarchs. It’s all about words.

Food also needs to be fully controlled for the time being.

Food is a special thing. If there is enough food in peacetime, it can be liberalized appropriately. However, if it is liberalized during wartime and food is tight, it is simply courting death. Capitalists who just hoard some and raise prices can starve a group of people to death.

Not to mention transportation, which must be absolutely controlled during wartime.

However, Wang Xuexin is worried about one thing: He used insufficient funds as an excuse to engage in a market economy. If in the future he defeats the Japs and removes external pressure, or if funds become sufficient, will China follow the path of a planned economy again?

In order to solve this problem, Wang Xuexin decided to use Shanxi as a pilot to launch a planned economy.

The reason why we chose Shanxi is because Shanxi is a relatively closed area. As mentioned before, it is surrounded by mountains like a castle.

The planned economy in Shanxi will not be easily affected by the market economy in Northeast China.

There is no need to apply for this, because at this time Shanxi can be said to have a planned economy in principle... The factories captured by the Eighth Route Army from the Japanese were all under state control.

It's just that this is war time, and there are a large number of hungry refugees. They are thankful to be able to work in factories and earn a bite of food. Of course, they don't dare to be lazy, so the shortcomings of the planned economy are not reflected for a while.

Wang Xuexin made a long report to the headquarters on this matter.

This report is "the ugly words first".

That is to say, we list out what kind of disadvantages the planned economy will have and what situations it will eventually lead to. We also clearly explain what risks the market economy will have and how we can enter a virtuous circle.

Wang Xuexin knew that his move to sell part of his factory in Xinjing to private individuals would be opposed by many people.But there is a saying that "Practice is the only criterion for testing truth."

Wang Xuexin pursued a market economy in Northeast China and a planned economy in Shanxi. When the two places are compared, it will be clear which one is better and which one is worse.

In particular, Wang Xuexin also clearly explained the characteristics of each in advance. When Shanxi's planned economy encounters various problems, I will take out Wang Xuexin's report and take a look... Damn it, this is really the case, so it is confirmed.

There is a problem with Wang Xuexin's plan, that is, the market economy in Northeast China is likely to affect and spread to Shanxi, making it impossible to implement Shanxi's planned economy.

For example, the cloth produced in the Northeast is of good quality and cheap, and is shipped to Shanxi for sale. As a result, state-owned enterprises in Shanxi are forced to implement reforms and seek progress.

This is no longer a planned economy, but turning Shanxi into a part of the Northeast market economy.

Although Wang Xuexin does not agree with the planned economy, if Shanxi's planned economy cannot be implemented, the report he wrote will not be convincing.

However, after thinking about it for a while, Wang Xuexin believed that this problem did not actually exist.

The reason was that it was still in the war period, and the Northeast and Shanxi were still separated by the Japanese North China Front. To transport things produced in the Northeast to Shanxi, they had to make a big detour from Chifeng.

On the other hand, during the war, railway and automobile transportation served the military, and merchant transportation basically relied on human and animal power.

This is a journey of thousands of kilometers, and during the war, public security was not good, and there were bandits who robbed along the way... The price of transporting this thing to Shanxi has already become sky-high.

Considering these circumstances, Wang Xuexin believes that the market economy in Northeast China cannot actually affect Shanxi's planned economy.

The distance between the two places may not seem like much in modern times. Modern transportation is developed and railways and roads are perfect, but for this period, it was almost like Monk Tang going to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures.

Therefore, they are effectively insulated from the enterprise.

only……

Wang Xuexin looked around and sighed secretly: He was in Taiyuan and wanted to turn Shanxi into a planned economy. It seemed that he would still have a hard time for a while.

But this is also impossible.

There is a saying that "it is unclear if the truth is not defended." Wang Xuexin is using facts to argue this truth, so that China can avoid detours in its future development.

The report was sent to the headquarters. After reading it, the chief immediately nodded in agreement: "This small Northeast is good at fighting, and it is also good at running the economy!"

The chief of staff had some questions after reading it.

"Chief!" said the Chief of Staff: "I know what Xiaodongbei is going to do. He hopes to use Northeastern and Shanxi as pilot projects to develop industry and economy, and finally compare the advantages and disadvantages of the two models. However, the economic center of Northeastern China is Xinjing, the industrial economy there is much better than that of Shanxi, can we draw a conclusion from this comparison?"

"Xinjing cannot be compared, then it should be compared to Fengtian!" The leader replied without thinking: "Shanxi has coal and mines, and the factories seized from the Japanese are similar. In all aspects, it is no worse than Fengtian. If the development is compared with If you don't go to Fengtian, that will explain the problem!"

After saying that, he ordered: "No problem, let's do it like this! In addition, we must send people to track the economic development of the two places throughout the process. Pay attention to only observing but not interfering. Only in this way can we have an objective, comprehensive and true understanding of the two models." pros and cons!"

(End of this chapter)