The First Warlord of the Republic of China

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In 1913, the Lianghuai Administrative Administration paid 6 million yuan in taxes to the central government. That is to say, the Lianghuai Administrative Administration collected a total of 15 billion yuan in taxes last year, which was higher than the tax revenue of the Qing Dynasty in the late Qing Dynasty.

But from the perspective of people's lives, many people feel that there is no tax.

This year, under the rule of the East China faction, in the three provinces of Jiangsu, Anhui, and Shandong, the average personal GDP exceeded 100 yuan.

In these four provinces, the population has exceeded 1 million.

In the four provinces of Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Hubei, and Hunan, there has also been good development. In general, the GDP of China in 13 has exceeded 230 billion yuan. [

However, the Lianghuai Administration has collected 15 billion yuan in taxes. It seems that the taxes are indeed very low, less than one-tenth of the GDP, and ordinary people also feel that the taxes are not heavy.

But in fact, it is not the case. Although a large part of the 15 billion in taxes is paid by Jiang Yu's consortium, Jiang Yu's consortium monopolizes most of the market, but the tax paid is the lightest.

Those businessmen who are not in the East China Chamber of Commerce, they have to bear higher taxes.And those businessmen who compete with the consortium also have to bear relatively high taxes.

This taxation system has largely ensured the monopoly status of the East China Group and Northwest Group under Jiangyu.

Those ordinary businessmen have also gradually discovered that running a business has become more and more difficult.They are no longer able to enter many industries, these industries have been monopolized.

This year, Jiangyu's Huadong Group made a total profit of 16 billion yuan, exceeding the government's tax revenue.

Of course, the Huadong Group is also heavily in debt at this time, with tens of billions of yuan in borrowings and a large amount of investment, which has caused the rapid growth of income and expenditure this year.

However, Jiang Yu is more confident than anyone else in whether he can pay off the loan.

After the First World War, the pound depreciated sharply, and the depreciation was even more severe during the war. In addition, the export volume surged at that time. It is actually not difficult to repay the loan.

As long as the loan is paid off, Jiang Yu's consortium will officially become a small giant.

Of course, the issue of military spending this year has become the focus of debate between the cabinet and Congress.

The tax paid by the Lianghuai Administration to the Congress is 6 million yuan, so according to the agreement, the National Defense Forces will get 45 billion yuan of the local tax revenue this year.

The Beiyang government's tax revenue from Zhili, Henan, Shanxi, and Northeast China barely reached 2 million yuan this year, many of which were contributed by the East China Group.

Added together, the tax revenue that the Beiyang government can use this year is 8 million yuan.

According to the agreement, as much as the central government spends on the Beiyang Army, it will also pay the National Defense Force. That is to say, no matter how it is done, first of all, the National Defense Army will spend 45 billion more than the Beiyang Army in terms of military expenditure.

An army at the level of the Beiyang Army can pull out millions of troops even with a military budget of 1 million.As far as the national defense force is concerned, 1 million military expenditures are far from enough to train and equip millions of troops. Of course, this refers to the regular army.

If it is a production corps, ordinary soldiers do not need to pay, and it is easy to pull out millions of troops with 1 million military expenditures.

In the end, the military expenditures of the Beiyang Army and the National Defense Force were set at 15 billion yuan each. The Beiyang Army maintained a strength of 100 million troops. The National Defense Army maintained 25 standing A divisions and 10 standing B divisions, with a total strength of 65 troops. At the same time, it maintained a production scale of 200 million. corps.

When the two major military groups signed their names on the agreement, the Beiyang Army officially became a military subsidiary of the National Defense Force from this day on. [

In 1914, the National Defense Force received 6 million yuan in military expenditures, of which the navy took 1 million yuan, the air force took 5000 million yuan, and the army took 45 billion yuan.

But in the eyes of outsiders, the two sides maintain a balanced situation.

Because outsiders don't know that the National Defense Forces have other military support, they only think that the military expenditures of the Beiyang Army and the National Defense Forces are the same.

Therefore, it created an illusion that the Beiyang government can still check and balance the factions in East China.

It's just that what made Japan furious in the last war against the Yangtze River was that Yuan Shikai actually chose to side with Jiang Yu, which made Japan suffer a big loss.

In particular, the 500 million yuan loan not only failed to achieve its purpose, but it will definitely not be repaid in the future, because it is a mortgage loan.

In the end, it will only become a bad debt, and the Chinese side will tell them that they will try their best to repay it.

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The military expenditures cost the central government 3 million yuan, and the remaining 4 million yuan is used to support education, water conservancy, civil affairs, medical care, agriculture, industry and other fields, which is naturally not enough.

What if it is not enough?

Borrow money from the bank!

For example, at this time, the Beiyang government borrowed 100 million yuan from the East China Group to build a project, and then the East China Group will create a brother company, or a shell company, to take over the project.

In fact, the cost price of this project may only need 60.

The consortium will make the government continue to increase expenditure, and the life of ordinary people will naturally be much easier after the increase in expenditure, but the problem is that this will cause a large fiscal deficit.

What if the government has too much debt?

That is naturally to sell some conditions to the consortium, and the consortium will always guarantee the government's operating funds.

This year, the cabinet and Congress spent a lot of money. Song Jiaoren had Jiang Yu's support behind him, and after receiving Jiang Yu's financial guarantee, he also wanted to make some achievements and tried to change the situation as quickly as possible. current China.

Therefore, many costly projects were launched in this way, and the budget for that year exceeded 5 million yuan.

At the local level, similar to the Central Congress, the policies are all tilted towards the consortium, especially the 30% of the local construction funds, and the projects that spend money are almost all contracted by the East China Group.While ensuring the quality, it is also maintaining a stable monopoly profit for the East China Group.

At the same time, the central government's policy of benefiting the people has also been well implemented under the contract of the East China Group, so that the common people feel the actual benefits. No one ever said that Beiyang is not as good as the Qing Dynasty.

In history, some people said that Beiyang was not as good as Qing Dynasty. It was because although the Beiyang period was free, warlord turmoil was too frequent and not stable enough.

The Qing Dynasty was less free, but more stable. [

Since the year of Renzi, the two major military blocs began to move closer together. In the year of Guichou, most of the warlords had been wiped out under the "reduction of feudal domains".

I don’t know how many local local turtle governments have been wiped out. Maybe now there are only some xxx military governments in some mountains, or some crazy emperors and crazy people, and the number may be less than a hundred.

This kind of local turtle government is almost invisible now, but it was everywhere during the [-] Years.

The warlord turmoil in China's local areas was also eliminated most of the hidden dangers in this year, and the warlords in various places were gradually recruited and dismissed by the two major military camps.

In the future, China is unlikely to fall into the tragedy of warlord melee anymore.

At the same time, in the Northeast, it is no longer possible for Japan to issue a "non-resistance" order after its aggression, and it is no longer possible for Japan to quickly plunder a large amount of resources from China.

At this time, China has completely changed, and how Japan will start a war with China at this time, China's national strength is no less than Japan, and its war potential is much stronger than Japan.

The longer the delay, the stronger China will be.At this time, China has been able to independently develop its industry, and the scale of its military industry has also been able to independently expand.

Plus [-] million people, and abundant resources.

If Japan chooses to invade China again, it can die on the sidelines.

The time has entered 1914, the Balkan issue is becoming more and more prominent, the contradictions are intensifying day by day, and the First World War is approaching.

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In Shanghai, Jiang Yu appeared on the pier on this day.

A beautiful western woman came down from the ship. It was Elina who came from England. In a warm embrace, the two met again.

I haven't seen each other for many years, and Elina is no longer the young girl she was back then, with a soul-stirring beauty and a gentle temperament that can soothe the soul.

"Elina, it's a pleasure to meet you." Jiang Yu was really happy to see an old friend he hadn't seen for many years.Alina embraced Jiang Yu, feeling that she had come to a safe haven, and suddenly she couldn't help but burst into tears, "Jiang, thank you for your help and encouragement, without you, maybe I wouldn't be able to take this step."

"This will be a new beginning." Jiang Yu said to Elina with a smile after releasing her.

Seeing the two hugging each other, Yi Ruizhi started whispering there, and Yi Ruizhi asked, "Sister, is this the vixen you mentioned?"

"Who else would there be if it wasn't her, a vixen who came all the way from England." Yi Weijun said with a bit of anger and sourness.

Yi Ruizhi smiled, and said to Yi Weijun: "For a man like him, it is nothing unusual to provoke a few women when he is studying abroad! Be careful not to trap yourself, it will be difficult to pull yourself out when the time comes. "

"I don't have it." Ivy Jun blushed pretty, gave his sister a little annoyance, raised his head slightly to look at Jiang Yu's figure, and bit his lip involuntarily.

What I have to say is that Jiang Yu has to be good-looking, and his martial arts are quite good, but he has a handsome aura like a literati. When talking with people, there is a kind of gentleness that makes people bathe in a spring breeze. I know how this guy pretends to be (Jiang Yu: Wronged, it's just the positive seal on the sky).

A large number of women are fascinated by their appearance and superficial temperament.

What's more, the family is rich, the meritorious service is shining, and the position is high and powerful. It takes a long time to talk about the advantages.

In terms of shortcomings, Yi Weijun, who has been in contact with Jiang Yu for a long time, also feels that he has a lot of baskets. He despises democracy and women's rights and is a shadow politician wrapped in a gorgeous cloak of democracy.

Usually very withdrawn, often hiding in the study alone, copying, or staring there in a daze (Jiang Yu: Sister paper, brother is surfing the Internet!)

On the surface, it seems to be private and public, but in fact it is using real power to amass wealth. Its consortium has at least seized more than 30% of China's wealth.

But what I have to say is that in this man, we can see the hope of China.

"Hehe! Just pretend I didn't say it." Yi Ruizhi couldn't help smiling when he saw his younger sister in a daze. The gentle and unrestrained older sister, the cute and mischievous younger sister, and the two sisters in heroic military uniforms were fighting with each other. The travelers looked straight. (to be continued)