The troops entered the palace, and only the Empress Dowager Ci An, who was dying after taking poison, was left on the throne in the golden hall. There was still a problem with the quality of the poison. After the Liberation Army's military doctor performed an emergency gastric lavage, Ci An survived. Cixi and her son Tongzhi changed into casual clothes in the palace kitchen, smeared their faces with charcoal, and tried to muddle through. This effort was fruitless. The mother and daughter were identified and arrested.
Before being identified, Cixi tried to say that she was a palace maid, and Tongzhi was a little eunuch. Whether he was a eunuch or not, he could be identified as long as he took off his pants. This was one of the punchlines of the report.
Vézé habitually looked at the problem from the perspective of productivity. In an industrial society, if you really wanted to commit suicide, you could buy potassium cyanide, and it would be over in a few seconds. It would not be Ci An's turn to be rescued by gastric lavage after taking poison. Of course, another theory was that the Manchu Qing fled from Beijing in a hurry and only brought precious medicine. Poison was not considered at all. It was even more impossible for the pharmaceutical market outside the border to have such stocks, so the poison was actually ineffective.
These were all laughing points, and Vézé did not think too much about them. He thought that the destruction of the Manchu Qing might be more tragic. Hundreds of high-ranking officials committed suicide for the country, but the group of people who were arrested actually continued to live. On the contrary, it was said that corpses were piled up in Shenyang. The upper class of the Manchu Qing encouraged the lower class to fight to the death. The lower class also thought that they could not be spared from long-term propaganda, and the resistance was quite fierce. The order received by the Liberation Army was to kill all those who resisted. The tragic city battle caused huge casualties in the city.
At the end of the report, Ruan Xihao said that he was asking the upper class of the captured Manchu Qing to order the Heilongjiang General to surrender to Shenyang. After Shenyang was liberated, the last armed force of the Manchu Qing was the Heilongjiang General in Qiqihar. As long as this armed force surrendered, the theoretical remnants of the Manchu Qing would be the Mongolian princes and the Xiang Army in Korea. Ruan Xihao promised that regardless of whether the Heilongjiang general surrendered or not, as long as there was a definite result, he would send the nobles to Nanjing.
After reading the report, Vézé put the matter aside. The destruction of the small imperial court of Manchu Qing was a good thing, but it was not an important matter in the Liberation Army. At most, Vézé could officially announce one thing. Based on the official fall of Manchu Qing, 1869 would become the first year of the Min dynasty a month later.
At the moment, the central government was arguing endlessly about the financial budget and financial allocation. There were too many projects to be done in the Five-Year Plan, and the entire liberated areas were showing a strong problem of uneven development. After the representatives of Guangdong Province arrived in Nanjing, they were immediately "besieged" by the representatives of other provinces.
"You even have a bus. What else do you want? Don't get involved in the budget. "This was the common opinion of almost all the province representatives.
"It's because we even have public transport that we have to work harder to develop. The gap between us and foreign countries is so big. What do you mean by dragging us down? "Pang Congcong defended Guangdong without backing down.
In addition to a simple defense, Pang Congcong also tried to divert the conflict. "Everyone has been in Guangdong. I think you all know the level of taxation in Guangdong. Shanghai has only been a few years, but its development level is no less than that of Guangzhou. What's the use of looking at Guangdong? Shanghai is what you should be looking at. "
Pang Congcong's words were like a wake-up call. The representatives of the other provinces felt like they were suddenly enlightened. Shanghai was a city that Vézé personally ordered to invest in. With state-level policies, Shanghai's development could really be described as a thousand miles a day. Guangzhou had gas buses, and Shanghai also had gas buses. Not only that, but Shanghai even had an urban tram bus system.
This was only part of the city's public services. Shipyards, steel factories, machinery factories, textile factories, rubber factories, these industrial departments were placed in Shanghai, and the whole city immediately flourished. A large number of workers created a large consumer market, and the consumer market allowed the surrounding agricultural areas, raw materials, and primary processing enterprises to find a place to sell. This was originally called the "Guangzhou model" of industrial development. The core city drove the commodity economy of the surrounding areas. The surrounding food and raw materials were finally sold in the core city. Following the rise of the logistics system, the industry that was willing to work hard to do the transportation of materials developed.
"This is unfair! Commander-in-chief, this is unfair! "All the representatives of the provinces were protesting to Vézé. For a moment, Vézé became the target of public criticism. In everyone's eyes, Vézé was the source of the unfairness.
"Huhu!" "Haha!" "Hehe!" "Haha!" In the past few days, Vézé's various kinds of laughter could often be heard in Vézé's office. After a few days of listening, the guards and secretaries began to worry about Vézé's mental state. In their hearts, the calm and calm commander-in-chief had never shown such a state.
In fact, Vézé did not want to lose his composure, but looking at the almost identical application reports from the provinces, Vézé could not help but feel emotional. In the initial report, everyone only made a general request for the construction of key cities. That was considered good. When Hunan Province made a request to build a "50,000 factories plan" that covered all the current industrial sectors within five years, things began to get out of control. Perhaps Hunan Province did not do a good job in keeping secrets, or perhaps because of their feelings, they showed their reports to their old comrades from other provinces. Reports such as "60,000 factories" and "70,000 factories" appeared on Vézé's desk one after another. Vézé originally thought that the "100,000 factories" plan proposed by Jiangxi Province was the limit of what they could do. The "200,000 factories plan" of the Sichuan Provincial Committee broke the limits of Vézé's imagination. It also made Vézé laugh heartily for a full five minutes.
Premier Bi Qingshan found Vézé and asked, "Commander-in-chief, have you seen the reports from the provinces?" Just as Vézé spoke, he saw Vézé cover his face and start laughing.
Bi Qingshan did not expect Vézé to have such a reaction. He was also stunned. All kinds of numbers from 50,000 to 200,000 danced in Vézé's mind. These numbers strongly stimulated his nerves of laughter and made him laugh non-stop. After a few minutes, Vézé reluctantly stopped laughing. He said a little breathlessly, "I've seen it. Tell me what you want to say."
Bi Qingshan did not know why Vézé was so happy, but after seeing Vézé's reaction, Bi Qingshan could only use a more cautious excuse. "Commander-in-chief, the provinces have gone too far! We don't have that much money to invest! "
Vézé had a hard time holding back his laughter. After hearing Premier Bi Qingshan's words, he could not help but bang the table and laugh again.
Although he had a rough idea of the reason, Bi Qingshan's face became quite ugly after being publicly ridiculed. When Vézé finished laughing, Bi Qingshan asked impatiently, "Commander-in-chief, why are you laughing?"
"I just think that my comrades are inexperienced. They look so cute. There are tens of thousands of factories. Do they have that many educated people? "Vézé said with a smile.
Bi Qingshan's face was finally saved when he heard that Vézé was not laughing at him. He did not want to go against Vézé for the sake of these people's exorbitant budget requests. From Vézé's words, he could tell that these applications would definitely not be approved. It was definitely a good thing for Bi Qingshan to be able to push these responsibilities to Vézé. Although Bi Qingshan was a veteran revolutionary, he did not have the overwhelming rallying power that Vézé had. The status of the local big shots might not be weaker than Bi Qingshan's.
"Commander-in-chief, what do you plan to do?" Bi Qingshan asked.
Vézé finally stopped laughing and said as calmly as possible, "The land reform will be completed. The areas where the land reform is completed will start to build water conservancy facilities. These projects are enough to keep all the provinces busy. As for the industrial development, the central government will make development arrangements according to the situation of each province. "
"Then, Commander-in-chief, please make the arrangements personally. Recently, the threshold of the government and the Ministry of Finance has been trampled to the ground. All the provinces are rushing to invest, and we can't hold them back. "Bi Qingshan decided to throw all the responsibility to Vézé.
So at the national conference of the Restoration Party, Vézé said generously in front of a group of representatives, "I'll talk about the results first. I don't agree with the industrial development plans submitted by the provinces. This is the result! "
There was a buzz, and the representatives below couldn't help but make their voices heard. Vézé didn't care. He continued, "After saying the results, I'll talk about the reasons. The products produced by the factories will eventually be sold. Just like rubber shoes, the rubber is planted, the factory is built, and the workers have to be paid. If the rubber shoes can't be sold, these investments will be a loss. As the saying goes, there are people who do dangerous deals, but no one does loss-making deals. This was the situation. The 50,000, 60,000, 70,000, 80,000, 100,000, and 200,000 factory plans proposed by each province. Let's not talk about whether you have the ability to build so many factories. I'm actually very curious about one thing. After reading everyone's reports, I actually didn't see any provinces mention the cost of the products produced by these factories, and who exactly they are sold to. "
After saying this, Vézé couldn't help but laugh a few times. The reports without any economic ideas were too funny in the eyes of Vézé, who had some economic ideas. The ridiculousness completely overwhelmed the ignorance behind it. Vézé couldn't even be sincerely angry.
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