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"Of course, some people cannot be allowed to use small and medium-sized enterprises to export sensitive products. You must master the specific situation."

"Yes."

Duan Xun will not intervene in the specific measures of the cabinet, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Foreign Trade.Even if Duan Xun intervenes, he may not necessarily do better than the professionals below.Because they are more professional and have a better understanding of the situation on the front line.Duan Xun just expressed his opinion from a general direction.

Yan Huiqing nodded.

Control is actually relatively easy.Because of China's long-standing economic policies and the tradition of a strong government, control is the easiest thing to do.But the same control will have many side effects and many problems.If it weren't for the current world war, Duan Xun would never adopt this control mode.

So although it is a regulation, it is different from before in many aspects.Policies need to be formulated with caution.

"continue."

"Article [-], the Ministry of Commerce's strategic materials control. All materials on the list of the Ministry of Commerce must have clear data from the beginning of production, transportation, and sales, including the data used after purchasing these materials, which must be subject to the control of the Ministry of Commerce .”

"should."

The strategic materials of the Ministry of Commerce are all necessary things in war.

These materials are not only related to economics, but also related to politics.By controlling these strategic materials, China can not only obtain astonishing economic benefits, but also use them to conduct diplomatic negotiations with great powers and obtain political benefits.

Therefore, how much is produced, how much is consumed, and how much is exported must be carefully recorded.Do not let some criminals export these materials privately to seek huge profits.

"Article [-], the flow of people must be controlled. Chairman, the Ministry of Security, the Ministry of Police, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs jointly conduct personnel control."

Yan Huiqing didn't elaborate on this point, but everyone understood.

China's household registration system is meant to control the movement of people.Strengthening the control of the flow of people is an important measure in wartime.This method is first of all for statistics. Once the country needs it, it can accurately understand the situation in various places.

Mobilization is easier.

Another reason is that it is also to monitor the actions of intelligence agencies of various countries.Now that the world war has broken out, although there are some wars in China, overall China is a relatively stable place.A country like China with stable political and economic stability is a favorite place for funds from all over the world and can absorb a lot of foreign funds.However, it also attracts the intelligence agencies of various countries to move in.

The control of the movement of people is also to monitor these intelligence agencies.

"In addition to these three controls, the cabinet is preparing to relax some civilian restrictions on oil supply and steel supply."

"What about it?"

During the war years, oil and steel were very important and were strictly controlled by government departments.Especially in preparation for the Sino-Soviet war, the government tightened its control over oil and steel again.

to what extent.

It is very difficult for the people to use gasoline.

"Chairman, the war between us and the Soviet Union is temporarily over. And based on the speculation that a war will break out between Germany and the Soviet Union, we believe that a large-scale war between us and the Soviet Union will not break out within a few years. And the first The three five-year plans have come to an end, and the main lines of China's railways have been completely laid. In a short time, there will be no large-scale construction of railways like the second five-year plan and the third five-year plan. Therefore, the cabinet believes that it is appropriate to let go The restriction of petroleum and steel in the civilian field will greatly activate many industries and promote the economic development of our country. In the past two years, due to the government's strict control of petroleum and steel, the price of petroleum and steel in the civilian field has risen sharply, which has severely hit The development of many industries."

In the past two years, a large amount of oil has been used by the army.

The army trains a large number of pilots, tankers, and auto soldiers, all of which require a lot of training.A staggering amount of oil is consumed each year.Moreover, the hoarding of oil for the sake of war has caused a shortage of private oil.

Lack of oil, the first hit is the auto industry.

The price of civil oil has risen sharply, and the consumption of civilian automobiles has dropped a lot.The originally active automobile transportation industry could not flourish as before.Because oil is too expensive and freight is too high, it affects the development of the transportation industry.

And steel.

The second five-year plan and the third five-year plan, the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Communications are crazy about laying railways.Duan Xun started as the Governor of Sichuan, and later served as the Southwest Frontier Defense Supervisor and Border Defense Supervisor until he entered Beijing. It took more than eight years and nearly nine years before the first five-year plan.For such a long period of time, the total number of railways laid by Xun Xun was less than 2000 kilometers, but the first five-year plan started, and the number of railways laid was astonishing.

During the first five-year plan, the railway mileage laid by the Ministry of Railways, local governments, various enterprises, and private capital reached 4700 kilometers.During the second five-year plan period, it reached an astonishing 7300 kilometers.

Because the third five-year plan focused on the construction of frontiers, a large number of frontier railways were laid.During the five years from 1934 to 1939, 9800 kilometers of railways were laid, which can be said to be very crazy.In the last few decades of the Qing Dynasty, the total length of the railways built by the Manchus and the railways built by the great powers in China was only more than 9900 kilometers.During the five-year period of the Third Five-Year Plan, as many railways were built as in the entire 30 years of the late Qing Dynasty.

So far, China's railway mileage is 3.2 kilometers, and China's main railway artery has basically been completed.Therefore, there will be no need for crazy railway repairs like the second five-year plan and the third five-year plan in the future.Therefore, a large amount of steel originally provided to the Ministry of Railways can be saved to support other fields.

Oil and steel are the lifeblood of industry.

A little outflow of steel that was previously controlled by the military and government investment to support the people can generate huge economic benefits.

"Some restrictions can be relaxed. But one thing to remember is that there must be restrictions and reserves. If you have food in your hands, don't panic. The world situation is unpredictable now, and we may be involved in wars at any time. Therefore, strategic materials such as oil and steel must be kept in reserve.”

"Yes."

"Let's talk about the specifics."

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"Chairman, the specific situation is in the report materials. However, because of the war, the Supreme Council did not formulate a fourth five-year plan after 1939. Moreover, in the semi-war economy, all departments are for the war, so it is not There is no special plan, and most of them are step-by-step. However, in the cabinet’s plan for this year, there are three key tasks.”

"Tell me."

The enlarged meeting of the Supreme Committee cannot be as detailed as the cabinet meeting, allowing all departments to come up and report their department's New Year's plan.It is the job of the cabinet to listen to the New Year's plans of various departments.The cabinet meeting will carefully study the plans of various departments, and when they report to the Supreme Committee, in addition to written materials, the oral report is to extract the central content and important content.

"The first point is how to continuously introduce funds."

Yan Huiqing sat there talking eloquently.

Yan Huiqing has been 63 years old, which is the year of Shun Er, but he is really high-spirited.At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, it was recognized that backward Chinese scholars learned from the West, and learned Western politics, economy, law, and technology, hoping to develop China with this.And most of the talents who returned from studying in Europe and the United States are concentrated in the field of diplomacy.Because during the period of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, these so-called "fake foreign devils" were still not very welcome in Chinese society, and they were still quite repelled by the localities.Only the diplomatic sphere welcomes them very much.

Because of this, a large number of talents studying politics, economics, and law are concentrated in the foreign service.Therefore, many officials jumped out of the diplomatic field, and Duan Xun himself was willing to select some talents from the diplomatic field.Duan Xun’s former prime minister, Wang Chonghui, now the president of the Supreme Court, Yan Shichao, who is currently the secretary of the Northern Bureau, and Yan Huiqing, the deputy prime minister of the cabinet, all came from the field of diplomacy.

As the executive deputy prime minister, Yan Huiqing took over the work of Wang Yongjiang before, and is currently in charge of the daily work of the cabinet.Yan Huiqing is very satisfied to be fully responsible for China's economic construction and development.

"At present, Europe, Southeast Asia, North Africa, and the Balkans are all affected by the war. A large amount of funds have fled these war-torn areas. Whoever can receive these funds will be able to get the greatest support. Since the outbreak of this war, the countries that have benefited the most It is Canada. According to the information we have obtained, after a large amount of British funds flowed into Canada, Canada’s industrial scale expanded more than ten times within a year. The United Kingdom regards Canada and Australia, the Commonwealth of Nations, as their rear. So a lot of money flows into the Commonwealth of Nations. Other royal families that have lost their country also have a lot of money flow into Canada and the United States.”

"Haven't we been doing this all the time?"

For these international funds, China has long been eyeing.

Various methods were also used to introduce funds.However, according to Yan Huiqing, the cabinet is ready to continue to strengthen the work in this area.Yan Huiqing said: "Chairman, there are indeed a lot of funds flowing into our country in the past few years. However, we have made a careful statistics and found that whether it is European capital, capital from other regions, or even capital from overseas Chinese, it is not I trust our country’s financial institutions very much, but not our country’s state-owned banks. According to our statistical data, the Chinese and overseas Chinese in the Nanyang region mainly deposit their money in OCBC Bank, while most of the European capital is deposited in HSBC Bank .”

Duan Xun listened carefully to Yan Huiqing's report.

Overseas Chinese Bank is a joint venture between several large Chinese banks and overseas Chinese businessmen, and those overseas Chinese trust Overseas Chinese Bank.Therefore, Nanyang is currently in turmoil. Because of the war between Japan and the United Kingdom, many Chinese and overseas Chinese have transferred funds and deposited them in China, which is safer.But even when transferring money to China, they trust OCBC Bank more than those state-owned banks in China.

In fact, speaking carefully, OCBC Bank is also a state-owned bank.

Because the major shareholders of OCBC Bank, except for the overseas Chinese tycoon in Nanyang, the main major shareholders are all major domestic banks.In fact, adding up the shares of these big banks, the Chinese government can control OCBC Bank.

However, OCBC Bank does not appear to be a state-owned bank on the surface, and its operators are well-known business leaders in Nanyang.These people have outstanding prestige among the overseas Chinese in Nanyang, so the overseas Chinese are more assured of OCBC Bank.Willing to deposit money in OCBC Bank.

So is HSBC.

The Bank of China crisis triggered by Zhang Jiaao made HSBC deeply involved, and was finally incorporated by the Chinese government.Half of HSBC is controlled by the Chinese government alone, plus some Chinese businessmen and other Chinese financial institutions can completely control it.However, because of the history of HSBC, it has a deep relationship with the UK.In addition, although the board of directors of HSBC has been reorganized, the operation of HSBC has always continued the British system.Even the management of HSBC Bank still retains a large number of British people.Therefore, many British funds, as well as European funds, trust HSBC more and are willing to cooperate with him.

"After investigating these situations, we believe that this is a sign that foreign capital does not trust my country's financial institutions. Although we have introduced a series of laws and policies to protect foreign investment, there are still many problems in trying to dispel their concerns. Since the Our financial institutions cannot fully gain trust and cannot introduce foreign funds on a large scale. The cabinet believes that the best way is to focus on supporting financial institutions they trust, so that they can safely and boldly deposit money. Therefore, the Bank of China prepared to focus on supporting in 1940 OCBC and HSBC have given these two banks more special policies. In particular, they have not given the two banks government construction loan tasks, and given the two banks more independence and autonomy."

"Ah."