Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 660 Different Routes
Economic development planning is an unprecedented new term for the Victoria Empire.

Whether it is for the previous imperial conference or the current cabinet, this is a new thing that they have never encountered before.

In the past, people did not have the idea of ​​a complete economic development plan. Although they would make plans for some things, they were usually only for a certain thing, not for the entire country.

This is the first time for the Victoria Empire to implement an economic development plan for the entire country.

For this matter, Perfect even invited the queen, who is now indifferent to worldly affairs, to show his importance to this matter.

"As the empire's first economic development plan, we should first have a comprehensive understanding of the empire's current specific situation before formulating the plan." Perfect placed a document on the table, and other cabinet members also had the same document in front of them.

These are some data that Perfecto had people compile in the past few days. Although not comprehensive, they are enough for the cabinet to have a general understanding of Victoria's current situation.

"I believe everyone has read this document. I think everyone has no objection to formulating Victoria's first economic development plan based on this document?" Perfect spoke first and took the right to speak for the entire meeting.

Cabinet members had basically no objection to Perfecto's remarks.

The Northern faction led by Wellington and Kallen will not raise any objections to Perfectoct, as this is inconsistent with their base and interests.

Although the royalists felt that this would further cause them to lose their voice in the cabinet, after carefully studying the economic development planning strategy proposed by Perfecto, they also believed that this was beneficial to the empire and would also help them consolidate their own position and interests.

So the royalists did not raise any objections to this.

Although having Perfectocte dominate the meetings will affect their weight in the cabinet, it will be more beneficial for long-term considerations as long as they can gain enough benefits and interests in economic development planning.

Within the Royalist Party, the first person to put forward this statement was Princess Anne, who directly represented the royal family and could influence the Royalist Party's decision-making to a great extent.

Of course, she wasn't just speaking out of her mouth, but was backed by facts.

It has been confirmed that the Empire's cabinet elections are held every five years, and even if they are re-elected, the term is only ten years.

This may seem a bit long for an individual, but for a faction it is not a particularly unbearable time.

Although the Northern Faction occupies the cabinet today, the Royalists are not completely powerless. It is still unclear who will win the next election in five years. No one can predict what will happen in five years.

Everyone will make the calculation of exchanging short-term voice in the cabinet for the longer-term benefits of factional development.

Today, Princess Anne is no longer the princess who was unwilling to think about political issues, but a qualified politician who has gradually grown up and possesses political thinking.

Although she still appears a little immature today and cannot be compared with those experienced politicians.

She doesn't hold a very important position in the cabinet, but her status as the heir to the imperial throne is enough to make everyone respect her existence.

Not to mention that with the Queen's face and the status of heir to the throne, she was able to invite old politicians of sufficient weight to assist her. These experienced old men might no longer be competent for the important task of managing the country due to lack of energy, but their experience and vision were still there, and there was no problem for Princess Anne to teach and guide her.

It is for this reason that when Perfecto proposed the economic development plan, Princess Anne saw the benefits of this policy under the guidance of those old politicians.

Therefore, she knew how to gain sufficient benefits for the royalists.

"The economic pillars of the Victorian Empire are mainly concentrated in industry and shipbuilding. It was the invention of the steam engine that drove industrial development and made the empire so powerful. So I suggest that the first phase of the economic development plan should still focus on industry and shipbuilding." A royalist cabinet official said.

Although what he said was some very correct nonsense, it was a good start anyway.

After all, the reason why nonsense is nonsense is that everyone knows that it is just like that, and it doesn’t matter whether you say it or not.

But when you say it, no one can refute it.

"Industry is also divided into sectors. Machinery manufacturing and the textile industry are two completely different industries. We should have a clearer focus." In response to the royalists, a cabinet official from the Northern Faction also spoke.

The Northerners naturally knew what the royalists were planning.

It is no news that the nobles hold a large amount of capital and have close ties with large factory owners and capitalists, and even those bankers are basically more inclined towards the royalists.

Correspondingly, it is easy to understand that the royalists want to develop industry in order to gain more capital and voice.

After all, the vast North and the Dominions are the base of the Northern Faction. This is very disadvantageous for the royalists who have lost their base in the Empire. They need to find their new base.

The two cities of Beloberg and Pripyat can be largely regarded as the new base of the royalists.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the royalists can gain a foothold while the two cities develop, rather than turning to the Northerners just because Perfectocte throws out some new technologies or benefits.

After all, the nobles and factory owners who are now in control of the North all came from Langton before. In a sense, they are all former royalists who were moved by interests.

In the further arguments, both sides naturally clarified their respective ideas and preferences.

The Northern Faction currently focuses on light industry, namely textiles, leather processing, food and other industrial categories that are relatively related to daily life.

Although these are divided into two categories: durable consumer goods and fast-moving consumer goods, in the eyes of the Northern Frontier School, this subdivision can be classified into the general category of developing light industry.

The reason for targeting light industry is mainly because the North does not have much demand for heavy industry nowadays. On the contrary, ordinary people at the grassroots level need the development of light industry to meet their daily needs.

But the royalists did not think so. They still insisted on developing heavy industry and advocated using heavy industry as the national economic pillar to drive overall economic development.

(End of this chapter)