Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Chapter 395 Financial Appropriations Future Development Plan

"First of all, there is the military expenditure. We in Northern Xinjiang have five major military regions, namely the Northwest Military Region, the Central Military Region, the Northeast Military Region, the Central Plains Military Region and the Southern Military Region. Their military expansion is in full swing. According to the original plan of our Northern Xinjiang government, the standing troops of the five major military regions in Northern Xinjiang will reach three million people, and the second-line reserve forces for maintaining public order in the local area will also have to be one million people. In this way, the annual military-related expenditures such as military pay, military research, and military training alone will reach 300 million oceans." Su Zhengyang spoke slowly with a calm look.

"Secondly, the development of other aspects of Northern Xinjiang cannot lag behind, especially education. Minister Li Changchun, I will allocate 500 million yuan to the Ministry of Education. My request is that you, with the cooperation of the Ministry of Construction, build no less than 8,000 enlightenment schools throughout Northern Xinjiang and adopt a six-year free education system to provide knowledge enlightenment for the next generation of Northern Xinjiang people. As for the compilation of textbooks, I will leave it to your Ministry of Education to be responsible for it."

Minister of Education Li Changchun stood up and said with a burning gaze, "Please rest assured, President. The specific plan to establish enlightenment schools in towns in major provinces has been put on the agenda. With financial support, I will make a complete education system and training institutions flourish throughout the entire northern border within two years."

"Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Transportation! I will allocate 1.5 billion dollars to you, with only one request, that is to build a complete railway system throughout the entire northern border, and at the same time, build and improve official roads on important transportation lines. As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, you must build roads first. Only when the provinces in our northern border are well connected and closely connected, can we promote economic circulation in various places and complete long-term development plans."

"Ministry of Agriculture, you must continue to follow up on the land inventory and ensure that no one dares to recklessly carry out land annexation in the entire northern border. Secondly, I will allocate 200 million yuan to you to establish an agricultural technology research institute to improve the crop yields in China."

"Ministry of Commerce, your mission is to vigorously develop state-owned enterprises while encouraging and supporting private economy and private enterprises, and give them some policy preferences. Only when a large number of enterprises emerge like mushrooms after rain, ordinary people will get more employment opportunities..."

The six-hour meeting finally came to an end. After careful consideration, Su Zhengyang pointed out the direction for each central government department.

He focused on the three important areas of education, economy and infrastructure, and expected them to present a prosperous scene of synchronous and rapid development in the future. However, seeing that the treasury funds had dropped sharply from more than 5 billion to less than 1.5 billion, Su Zhengyang knew that the subsequent financial management would be a huge challenge.

Increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, and expanding fiscal revenue in multiple ways have become Su Zhengyang's current top priority. He understands that only a solid financial foundation can support a series of subsequent development plans in Northern Xinjiang. This requires not only close cooperation between him and the Ministry of Finance, but also the joint efforts of the entire government system.

After the meeting, Su Zhengyang temporarily put aside his heavy official duties and returned to the warm Su Mansion.

He returned to his beloved wife Yang Qiyue. Looking at Yang Qiyue's growing belly, his heart was filled with anticipation and joy. Eight months of pregnancy made Yang Qiyue look more gentle and soft, and Su Zhengyang could not wait to see the arrival of their first child.

By mid-August, a new life was about to be born. This was Su Zhengyang's first bloodline in this world. He imagined that little life thriving under his care, and his heart was filled with warmth and strength.

Su Zhengyang and Yang Qiyue snuggled together happily, enjoying their rare intimate time. Yang Qiyue has now temporarily resigned from her position as the president of Zhenxing Newspaper, and is focusing on her pregnancy, looking forward to the arrival of this little life with Su Zhengyang.

Now, after retiring from his important responsibilities, Yang Jiakai has moved to the Su Mansion with his wife. Yang Qiyue is about to give birth, and Yang Jiakai and his wife Yang attach great importance to their future grandson and take good care of Yang Qiyue every day.

However, Duan Jinshu, who still serves as the prime minister, is still working hard in his position and is firmly implementing every decree issued by Su Zhengyang.

In the study room of the Su Mansion, Yang Jiakai and Su Zhengyang sat opposite each other. After lighting a cigarette, Yang Jiakai looked at Su Zhengyang and said, "What do you think, little brat? It's not easy to be the president. Look at your untidy beard. You look like you've aged ten years. No matter how busy you are, you must take time to come back and see Qiyue more often. Your company is irreplaceable by others."

Su Zhengyang smiled and said, "Dad, only after I got to this position did I realize how difficult it was for you. Every day I had to review endless documents and handle endless official duties. I almost wanted to split myself in half."

Yang Jiakai looked at Su Zhengyang with seven parts of relief and three parts of appreciation, and said, "Originally, I thought it would be too hasty to hand over Northern Frontier to you. You are too young and hot-tempered, and you don't know how to handle things tactfully. I was afraid that you would lead the entire Northern Frontier into the abyss. Now it seems that I have been indecisive and worried too much, which has caused the entire Northern Frontier to fall into the quagmire and become worse and worse."

"I heard from Old Duan that in today's Northern Xinjiang, there is no one who is content with their position. Everyone works hard for Northern Xinjiang without any selfish motives. As the president, you set an example by often working all night long for Northern Xinjiang. Old Duan praises you highly. We have known each other for most of our lives, and he has never praised anyone like this."

After the father-in-law and son-in-law chatted for a while, Yang Jiakai said with a burning gaze: "Stinky boy, now that the entire northern border is strong and powerful, and the treasury is full, it is time to launch the final charge and unify the north and the south."

Su Zhengyang said solemnly: "When our expansion of the army in the northern border is completed, it will be the end of the southern government. I have been preparing for this and have made a complete battle plan. The day of the unification of the north and the south is not far away!"

Su Zhengyang knew that establishing a complete political power was the lifelong wish of Yang Jiakai and other elders in Northern Xinjiang. Now this heavy burden had fallen on his shoulders, and Yang Jiakai and others were looking forward to this moment all the time.

What Su Zhengyang wanted was to either not move or move with overwhelming force in the shortest possible time, so that the Southern Kingdom's leadership headed by Huang Guangtai would be doomed to an irretrievable situation. At the same time, too much internal friction had to be avoided. After all, the people and soldiers of the Southern Kingdom's government were all Chinese compatriots, and Su Zhengyang did not want too much bloodshed and sacrifice.