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In this regard, Emperor Zhu Da had no doubt that as long as the entire country was turned into a powerful war machine, the war would be won.
Of course, the premise is that the strength gap between the two sides is not large.
How to launch a "total war" requires more than just mobilizing manpower. It is an extremely complex systematic project that involves all aspects of a country, from manpower mobilization to industrial mobilization. What needs to be mobilized is not just manpower.
, as well as industrial production. It is an extremely important test for the country’s government’s leadership and organizational capabilities.
It can even be said that only the country that wins this test can win the war.
As a new country, it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to establish a highly organized society capable of conducting total war in just 33 years. However, the Ming Dynasty was different from other countries in that it originated from companies.
In the Nanhua era, almost all industrial and commercial enterprises in Nanhua were constructed and developed by Nanhua Company. Even now, many "imperial properties" including Nanhua Company still control the industrial lifeline of the empire.
Even after years of deliberate segmentation, the reality that almost controls the empire's economy has not changed. The leaders of various industries must be subsidiaries of Nanhua Company, or companies separated from it.
How big are the companies related to Nanhua Company?
Accounting for more than 50% of the Ming Empire's gross national product!
For a country, is it good or bad to have such a chaebol that almost controls the imperial economy?
It's hard to say, but one thing that is certain is that during the war, having such a consortium was definitely a good thing that was beneficial to the country.
"Your Majesty, after the war broke out, the base camp established the "Wartime Industrial Committee" and the "Wartime Raw Materials Management Office". The former is responsible for allocating government orders and managing military supplies production, while the latter has 59 military supplies companies under it and specializes in managing the collection and distribution of various military supplies.
grow industrial raw materials, and prioritize the supply of important raw materials and materials to key enterprises..."
When Fang Zhanbo reported, Emperor Zhu Da just nodded slightly. The establishment of these two organizations was under his instruction. In fact, before the war broke out, the empire had a shadow organization-the National Defense Mobilization Committee.
This committee is responsible for investigating the empire's mobilization potential and formulating corresponding mobilization plans.
After the war broke out, the Ming Dynasty carried out mobilization in all aspects according to the plan of the National Defense Mobilization Committee. At the same time, the National Defense Mobilization Committee also moved from a shadow agency to an open one. Its responsibility was to supervise and control all economic sectors, and became an important regulation of the empire's military economy.
organizations, and the "War Industrial Committee" and "War Raw Materials Management Office" are both affiliated with the Mobilization Committee.
Now Fang Zhanbo is the director of the committee, specifically responsible for mobilization work. To a certain extent, his power even exceeds that of the Prime Minister.
"That's not enough!"
Emperor Zhu shook his head and then said.
"As the war continues for a long time, we need to develop a systematic set of standards for the distribution of scarce raw materials. Well, we must have a certain degree of practical thinking, that is, we must think about the future.
The consumption structure makes certain planned arrangements."
"I understand that the War Industry Committee has asked the military to propose material requirements for next year, and expand it by 50% on this basis, and then outsource production to various mobilization enterprises according to production capacity. This planned arrangement can ensure the production of military supplies.
proceed normally."
In fact, Fang Zhanbo is no stranger to planned production. To a certain extent, this is order production, just more complicated. Moreover, the "planned industrial planning" implemented by the empire over the years is also similar to this to a certain extent.
This kind of planned production is extremely closely related.
After thinking about it, Emperor Zhu Da said.
"This kind of planned arrangement is not just about the production of military products. We also consider other aspects. For example, with large-scale recruitment, it will inevitably affect the agricultural production of the empire, and this will inevitably affect the supply of food and meat on the market.
As well as the shortage of dairy products, of course the textile industry will definitely be affected. The military's demand for clothing will affect private supply. In this case, we need to consider incorporating people's basic consumption into the government's planning and management.
track to form a relatively sound and complete plan, that is, to investigate consumption in an accurate, precise and rigorous way."
In fact, it is a comprehensive planned economy. The planned economy is essentially a wartime economy. Everything is based on planning. What it plans is not just industrial production and people's consumption. All industrial production must obey
Under the premise of military needs, in addition to planned industrial production and ordinary people's daily consumption, there is also the control of enterprises and labor force, which to a certain extent has caused economic development to break away from the guidance of market profits and instead follow the government's guidance.
Request production.
What is this model of state control of the economy? It establishes the government's dominant role in the economy and makes the economy subject to the country's specific political will.
“Planning everyone’s living expenses?”
Fang Zhanbo couldn't help but be surprised for a while, and then said.
"Can this be planned?"
The reason why he was so surprised was because in his opinion, this was almost impossible. After all, everyone's life consumption is different, so how could it be planned?
"Of course we can plan, we can plan. We can set a standard, such as how much food, tobacco, cloth, alcohol, meat, and oil are supplied to adults every month. Of course, this plan is not straightforward.
It is determined based on the basic consumption of the people last year, and then the industrial production plan is formulated based on this consumption. This industrial production is determined based on the remaining production capacity after meeting military demand production..."
Although he had not experienced the era of planned economy, Emperor Zhu Da had heard a lot about people's lives under this economic model. In fact, during World War II, even in the United States, a certain degree of planned economy was implemented.
"Rating system" is naturally a normal thing in countries such as Britain and Germany.
Then Emperor Zhu Da naturally introduced food stamps, cloth stamps, meat stamps, industrial stamps and the like.
"Tickets will be issued to everyone every month based on the number of customers. This ticket is the qualification for purchase. You can never buy it if you have money but no tickets, and you can't buy it if you have tickets but no money. Only by taking money and tickets at the same time can you
Buy the consumer goods you want from the market..."
Listening to His Majesty's description of "planned consumption", Fang Zhanbo thought for a moment and then said.
"Your Majesty, the lives of many people will be affected..."
"Influence……"
Emperor Zhu Da took a newspaper from the table, pointed to the news on it and said.
"It has been affected now. If it were not affected, how could there be price increases and how could there be a black market? Under the premise of the quota system, maybe people's lives will be affected, but at least for the vast majority of people
, is fair..."
Pursing his lips, Emperor Zhu Da said.
"Fairness...maybe the only thing we can do in this war that is destined to make the people suffer!"
Having said that, after sighing, Emperor Zhu directly decided.
"Just do it!"
This chapter has been completed!