Kai Fu Han

Chapter 485 Deficit
"Okay, I will do it." Liu Lizhen responded, and then asked: "In the future, more and more veterans will retire, more than 10 every year. Do we have to make arrangements for these people?"

"No, now our Xinghan League official system lacks literate people in all aspects and at all levels, so these veterans who have learned literacy in the military night school will be precious. When it is saturated in the future, if you want to enter the government, you need to There is competition and admission will be based on merit." Liu Xinqi replied.

"Now that the reorganization is completed, can we start recruiting officials? Otherwise, it will be difficult to improve the implementation of the laws of the Xinghan League in the newly recovered prefectures and counties." Luo Cheng was standing next to him. After seeing the two of them finish their conversation, Luo Cheng intervened.

"Okay, how many people do you plan to recruit?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Twenty-five thousand people." Luo Cheng said a number that far exceeded Liu Xinqi's expectations.

后世世界各国的公务员对人口比例在1:10至1比100之间。汉国虽然名义上是1:198，但是若加上一些临时工、事业编、专职等靠财政吃饭的人，已经远远超过1:100。

After more than three years of practice, Xinghan League found that with the current amount of government affairs and level of science and technology, in order to realize the transfer of the government to the township level, it is most appropriate to maintain the ratio of civil servants at 1:1000. Based on the average population of a county of 40 According to calculations, the most suitable number of financial support managers in a county is around [-].

Although it has not really reached the village level, it is enough to manage the people thoroughly.Officials at the township level can be assigned guaranteed villages, and basically one official can correspond to one village.

Finally, by providing some financial subsidies to the elected village chief, the government's policies can directly reach every villager.

In this era, the government's management of the people is very extensive. There are not many things that the people need to deal with the government. 400 people in a county are enough to support them.

According to this standard, the 48 counties currently under the jurisdiction of the Xinghan League need 9000 people.Even if we add state-level officials and league officials, 2 people are enough.

Now Xinghan League has more than 5000 officials who have passed the official recruitment examination.

In other words, it is enough to recruit another [-] officials.

"Why is there more than 8000 more?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"There are two reasons for recruiting more officials this time. On the one hand, by recruiting more officials, the management of the Xinghan League can be more meticulous. On the other hand, when executing the Bohai Rim strategy, we can easily recruit more than 8000 experienced people. This It will make the implementation of the Bohai Rim strategy smoother." Luo Cheng explained: "This westward offensive strategy almost depleted all the officials in Denglai and almost paralyzed the systems of Denglai's Government Affairs Council and Dali Yuan."

What I said is true. The territory suddenly expanded six times, which indeed put great pressure on these two systems. In the end, many surrendering officials had to be temporarily recruited to barely stabilize the territory of these thirteen states.

"Since this is the reason, I will simply recruit more people. Next year I plan to choose the opportunity to establish the Commercial Department. The Commercial Department is a huge new department. It will definitely require a large number of manpower. Recruit people first and train them while using them. , we can distribute it when the time comes, and it will be easy to use." Liu Xinqi suggested.

With the prosperity of business and the increase of social capital, the government's management of business must be more detailed and in-depth. By then, the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce will be imperative.

"Then recruit 3 people. It must be enough." Luo Cheng responded.

Liu Xinqi did not agree directly, but turned around and returned to the alliance headquarters: "Go back and talk in detail."

Returning to the alliance headquarters, Liu Xinqi immediately stood in front of the big map in the office and looked at the map around the Bohai Bay.

Not counting the Koryo Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula that has been recovered by the Xinghan League, there are still eleven states distributed along the Bohai Sea coastline. If the Bohai Rim strategy is to be implemented, these eleven states must be recovered first, and then they will conspire outwards.

Eleven states, if calculated as four counties in a state, there are 44 counties. If calculated as five counties, there are 55 counties.There are 400 people in a county, and at least [-] new-style officials are needed to recover these eleven states.

"Recruiting 4 people at one time should be enough for next year." Liu Xin said.

"Can we afford to recruit so many people financially? It's better to be cautious." Luo Cheng objected.

If 4 people were recruited, plus 18 troops and 22 officials already on duty, the Xinghan League's direct financial support would reach 5000 people.

According to the minimum expenditure of three taels of silver per month, a person needs 800 million taels of silver every year just to pay these people.

This is an astronomical figure. Even if the Xinghan League has the support of sea trade, its current annual fiscal revenue does not exceed 800 million taels.

Based on the current amount of cultivated land in the Xinghan League, the annual grain tax revenue, converted into silver, is worth about 700 million taels.

It seems to be the same, but financial expenditure is not limited to official remuneration, which only accounts for less than [-]% of annual financial expenditure.

Government construction, office expenditures, public welfare, bridge repair and road paving, etc., military aspects include the manufacturing of weapons and equipment, ship construction, etc., and finally, large projects such as scientific research, education, and medical care, as well as the construction and maintenance of intelligence systems...

The annual expenditure has exceeded twice the financial revenue of Xinghan League.

"An appropriate amount of deficit is beneficial to economic development. It does not mean that a government that earns more and spends less is healthy." Liu Xinqi patiently explained that Luo Cheng is the highest official in the government affairs system. If he does not understand, the people below will not be able to Will understand.

"The fiscal deficit means that at the beginning of each fiscal year, when the government prepares the budget, the budget expenditure is greater than the expected revenue. Can you understand this?"

"Understood, you said it before." Luo Cheng nodded.

"That's good. In fact, an appropriate deficit is beneficial. I've also said this. When idle resources in society are not fully utilized, fiscal deficits can expand aggregate demand, drive the development of related industries, and stimulate economic improvement..." Liu Xinqi With a detailed explanation, Luo Cheng understood how deficits mobilize social resources and promote economic growth.

"Although you made it very clear, I still don't understand. If this continues, where will the missing money come from?" Luo Cheng asked.

"Issuing national bonds or creating money." Liu Xinqi replied.

Then explained to Luo Cheng what national debt is.

"This... is unheard of. The state borrows money from private individuals. Will anyone be willing to lend it?" Luo Cheng was very surprised.

"Yes, the interest on national debt will attract those who have idle funds." Liu Xinqi replied: "Not everyone has the ability to make money from money, so national debt will be very attractive. After all, you will earn money if you buy it."

(End of this chapter)