Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 728 Empire Expansion Plan
Guan Xuqing said: "Indians still have some doubts about our Dragon Coins. They are more inclined to pay for goods, which means that the transactions are generally very large. For the early development of India, we can first use the domestic surplus Some products are shipped there, and they are exchanged for our urgently needed strategic materials. If you hurry up, it is estimated that you can go back and forth in two months, and the profit is still very large. The Ministry of Economics and Trade has calculated that the money earned is not counted. The tax collected by the state from it can reach about 1000 million dragon coins in one trip. Moreover, the money earned from it can be loaned to the military at low interest rates, or even without interest. In this way. The military More than 3000 million yuan of dragon coins can be obtained from each trip. After one year, the amount is astonishing. All these money are used to pay for war expenses, especially those expenses that pop up inadvertently, such as the training expenses proposed by various military branches Require."

Everyone agrees with this. They don’t think there is anything wrong with spending more than 1 million dragon coins from the pockets of the Ministry of Economics and Trade every year to lend to the military without interest. Anyway, they all come from India. It has increased a lot, which is really important to the military department.After returning to the capital from Xiangshan this time, Feng Xianghua and the others had to treat whatever they wanted.

Guan Xuqing said: "You guys, you only think about political and military affairs all day long, and you really don't understand the economy a little bit. What I just said is just a superficial figure. China's actual income will be far away. After these, think about it, everyone, after the raw materials are shipped back from India, we have to process and sell them. There are many links in between, and each link can generate profits, and the country can extract taxes from each link. Yes, a considerable part of the income will fall into the hands of the people. If they use the money for consumption, it will be a huge boost to the economy. It can be said that this battle is absolutely worth the money , the benefits we get from it will definitely be more than [-] million dragon coins a year. India has always adopted a conservative trade policy in the past, relying too much on Britain and France. In the future, we will break this situation and turn India into a free trade zone of the empire. More importantly, when companies from other economically powerful countries came to India after the war, they would definitely find that they had lost their foothold, and the people there had become accustomed to using our Chinese products. The income of two to three billion dragon coins can be explained."

Everyone nodded in agreement, and Zai Ze said: "Your Majesty, you have been refusing to take advantage of the common people. I think this rule should be changed. Last year, the empire's gross national product was 250 billion dragon coins, and its fiscal revenue was 50 billion dragon coins, but the military expenditure is only 5000 million dragon coins, accounting for only 15% of the gross national product. This is a normal ratio in peacetime, but now the empire has fought a war in India, It may be expanded in the future, and it is a bit unreasonable to maintain such a ratio. I think that if the military expenditure is increased to [-]%, there will be a full [-] billion dragon coins, although there is still a long way from the military's needs. But at least it is much stronger than it is now. The military expenditure of the Western powers now accounts for about [-]% of the national economy. The slogan of "cannonballs, not butter", and our ratio is only about one-tenth of theirs, which is too pitiful. Also, our tax policy has been implemented for more than ten years. From the perspective of tax rates, it is simply low It is pitiful, only about half of the Western powers, and I personally think that it is time to change the tax policy."

Guan Xuqing took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "The tax policy cannot be changed. It is precisely because of the stability of the tax policy that ordinary people dare to boldly invest in various industries so that they can live and work with peace of mind. They cannot be changed at will just because of the war. Everyone must understand the importance of war. The purpose of war is that we cannot fight for the sake of war. What is the difference between that and Hitler? The purpose of our war is to strengthen the national power and improve the quality of life of the people. Another point is that if the tax policy is changed during the war, it will give the people a bad It is a good idea, thinking that the country can no longer support it, so it will find a way to increase taxation. This will be a major blow to the confidence of the people, and once the tax rate is increased, it will not be so easy to lower it. Life, it is difficult to live a tighter life. At best, war bonds can be issued as before, turning war into a national investment.

It's what my elder brother said, that we can increase military spending to 50% without raising taxes, and we can do it.We have a fiscal revenue of 25 billion dragon coins, of which military expenditures only account for 5000 million and a half, education accounts for 5000 billion, and scientific research expenses account for [-] million and a half. These three majors alone account for about half of the income.The remaining [-] billion, the salaries and office expenses of civil and military officials from all over the country, cost about [-] million dragon coins. This part cannot be less. We must not let officials go to the streets to beg for food.[-] million dragon coins were invested, [-] million dragon coins were used to build various infrastructures across the country, and about [-] million dragon coins were spent on the Korean peninsula, plus other budgets, the money that can be freely disposed of is only about [-] million dragon coins .For the construction of the Malayan Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and the Nicobar Islands alone, about [-] million dragon coins were drawn, and the remaining money was not enough for several military branches.However, you don’t have to worry, the empire can suspend investment in Korea and the Korean peninsula, and use the billion dragon coins saved for the war, which should be enough. "

Guan Xuqing thought for a while, and then said: "India's defeat requires compensation. The military has come up with a plan to make India pay 5 million dragon coins. I think it's not too much but too little. Don't look at Nehru's ambition, but India is not yet an economically rich country, and it is difficult to come up with so much money at once, so I decided to convert the compensation into resources. India is a country with a lot of resources, and its bauxite reserves and coal production rank fifth in the world. Mica exports account for 60.00% of the world's exports. According to the preliminary statistics of the empire, they have 463 billion tons of coal, 97 billion tons of iron ore, 22 billion tons of bauxite, 1 million tons of chromite, and There are abundant manganese ore, zinc, copper, lead, limestone, timber, and cotton. For the empire, India should not only become a trade transfer station, but also an energy supply place for the empire. At present, the Indian army The remnants of the southern province of India are being wiped out. When the situation stabilizes, the geological survey team will be sent to conduct exploration and excavation, and people from the imperial business community will be sent to investigate and invest. The policy for India is different. I don’t want this The country is destroyed, but the hatred of the Indians towards the Chinese will still exist after the war, so I want to split India into several states and adopt a divide-and-rule strategy. In this way, the Indians will not be able to form a fist against the empire. Investment in construction will also drive the development of India's economy, and Indians' living standards have improved, and they have no worries about food and clothing, and the sentiment of resistance will gradually fade."

Zai Tao said: "The overall situation in South Asia has been decided, and I thought that the strategic situation in the north and the west should also be considered. At present, the empire is based on three places: the Aral Sea, the Turgai Plateau, and the Ustyurt Plateau. Several lines of defense are connected to each other. At the same time, heavy troops are stationed in the Turgai Valley, firmly guarding the best road from Europe to Asia. I have an idea, and I don’t know if it is feasible. After all, I am not a military expert. I can only make suggestions. Let the Northwest Military Region send some troops to cross the Karakum Desert, occupy Ashgabat, and use this as a base to enter the Iranian plateau. Iran is now divided into three parts by the powers, and the north is controlled by Spain. The south is controlled by the United Kingdom, and the central part is the buffer zone between the two sides. It is nominally controlled by the Iranian King Bazawi, but in fact it is under the dual control of the British and Spanish bandits. No matter who it is, they don’t want their country to be controlled by several The bandits were cut into three parts alive and became colonies of others, and King Bazavi of Iran was no exception.

I want to send diplomats to sneak into Iran and have a good talk with King Bazawi. Once we drive the Spanish and British out of the Iranian plateau, we can let Bazawi control the entire Iranian plateau and restore the glory of the Kingdom of Iran.There are only two conditions for the exchange, one is to join the Greater China Federation; the other is that we obtain the right to exploit oil in Iran.It is estimated that King Bazawi will agree to these two conditions without even thinking about them.Now that there is no oil in Iran, Bazawi will be mad with joy in exchange for the control of the country with nothing, and maybe he will treat us Chinese as fools.In order not to arouse Bazavi's suspicion, we have to open our mouths to the Bazavi lions during the negotiation and ask for the mining rights of their existing mines. Zawi signed a treaty, stipulating that all the rights to exploit and manage oil in his territory should be handed over to China, and even Iran must not interfere.Only with the treaty in hand can we rest assured. "

Zai Tao paused and said: "After getting in touch with King Bazawi, we can march forward with confidence. The Iranian plateau has steep roads and complicated terrain. If there is no help from locals who are familiar with the terrain, we want to defeat them smoothly there." It is not an easy task for the Spaniards and the British. Decades ago, the British obtained Georgia from the Iranians and used it as a base to gradually infiltrate the Iranian plateau, eventually controlling nearly half of Iran. However, After the Turan Plain fell into our Chinese hands, and the Caspian Sea lowlands were also controlled by us, the British troops stationed in Georgia and northern Iran basically lost contact with the mainland, and were poorly equipped, small in number, and low in morale. They should not be ours Opponent. After controlling northern Iran, it is relatively easier to unite the troops of King Bazawi of Iran to attack the British in the south.

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