When Jiang Baili heard that he was asked to be the principal of the Border Defense University, he did not decide. Instead, he lowered his head and pondered for a while, "Qiao Shuai, I just left Baoding Military Academy. If you want me to be the principal again, you must ensure that the new university can avoid the pollution of bad officialdom habits. As long as Cultivate a group of officers who will truly fight for the country, instead of cultivating a group of bureaucrats and ruffians!"
Qiao Yu shook his head slightly: "Brother Jiang, some things are not what you want or what I want to do, but we are required to work hard. I can only guarantee to provide you with sufficient funds and try my best to provide them." Some excellent teachers, and how far these students can develop is the responsibility of you as the principal. With your words and deeds, and your advice, through the education of the military academy, they can not only learn military skills, but also learn how to be a real soldier!"
"Qiao Shuai, I have accepted this mission!" After Jiang Baili said this, he got really angry and saluted Qiao Yu with a military salute, "Qiao Shuai, it is a blessing for China to have such a far-sighted politician like you in the land of China. , Jiang must do his best and die in vain!”
Jiang Baili took over the task of the principal, and soon the reception dinner was served. Shen Zhuyun accompanied Jiang Zuomei to the table. Jiang Zuomei was a Japanese female nurse. When she took care of Jiang Baili this time, the two fell in love at first sight and became a couple. It was considered a happy event. Jiang Baili had just recovered and could not drink too much, so the banquet ended hastily.
After sending Jiang Baili away, Qiao Yu grabbed Shen Zhuyun and said, "Zhuyun, is there anything wrong with Jiang Zuomei? Is she just an ordinary Japanese nurse?"
"Inspector Qiao, you want to attract people's attention again. It's a shame that you still think so highly of Mr. Jiang!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I am now frightened by the Japanese. Their claws are too long. They have already planned to target all kinds of outstanding people in China. The last time they assassinated Mr. Feng Ru, Chiang Kai-shek Your husband is also a military genius, so it wouldn’t be surprising to have a spy next to him!”
Shen Zhuyun's face also became serious, and she tried hard to recall the conversation with Jiang Zuomei: "Shun Qing, I think Jiang Zuomei is an ordinary Japanese woman, and liking Mr. Jiang is a matter of a thousand miles of marriage, so you don't have to worry too much!"
"That's good!"
There was nothing to say all night. On the next day, Qiao Yu went straight back to Chengdu. Jiang Baili and his wife did not follow Qiao Yu. Instead, they visited the scenery of Sichuan first. Qiao Yu only took pictures of four guards for Jiang Baili.
After returning to Chengdu, Qiao Yu called Wang Dongcheng and Shi Dingzhong over: "You two, I have some good news for you. Mr. Jiang Baili has agreed to serve as the president of Sichuan Frontier Defense University. I believe that we will soon have a group of high-quality students. By then, the officer corps and the Sichuan Army's combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly improved!"
Shi Dingzhong's son Shi Yi has become a senior officer in the Sichuan Army, so he is very concerned about military figures. When he heard that Jiang Baili could go to Sichuan, his face also showed joy, "Then I would like to congratulate the commander first. This is even more powerful than a tiger." , the Sichuan army will definitely be able to dominate the southwest in the future!"
"I don't know about the future, but I know that this Border Defense University has not yet disappeared. According to your habits, the commander will have to invest a huge amount of money again!" Wang Dongcheng interrupted at this time, Qiao Yu was slightly startled, and then Nod.
"Mr. Wang, why can't the Ministry of Finance come up with the money?"
Wang Dongcheng smiled bitterly, "Commander, we are going to report to you this time. There is indeed a huge gap in Sichuan's finances. Do you think we should fill it?"
Wang Dongcheng and Shi Dingzhong then reported in detail the financial situation of Sichuan. Sichuan is at the top of China in terms of financial resources and people's power in this era. Especially after Qiao Yu came to power, he vigorously promoted tax reform. The burden on the people was reduced, and the government
On the contrary, taxation has increased, mainly on salt and industrial and commercial taxes. Due to the advantage of Sichuan salt price, a large number of traffickers have appeared in Hunan, Hubei, and even Jiangxi and other provinces along the river. Of course, these areas are the distribution areas of Huaiyan. Most of them
Businessmen still follow the private salt route, but anyway, the salt tax in Sichuan has increased significantly, and it is already 10 million taels after all...
But now it seems that this level has reached a limit, and it is difficult to continue to develop. After all, everyone has a limited amount of salt, and the commercial tax has increased by more than half, reaching 13 million taels. This is due to Qiao Yu
As a result of the tax reduction policy, it would not be difficult to exceed 15 million taels otherwise.
In addition to agricultural tax, stamp duty, business tax, land tax, etc., the total fiscal revenue of Sichuan has exceeded tens of millions of taels, ranking among the best among the provinces. And this is based on the fact that there is no crazy deprivation of the people. Absolutely
It's a huge achievement.
But even though taxes have increased so much, there are more places to spend money. Sichuan University has begun to recruit preparatory students and will officially enroll students soon. A school will have to invest more than 2 million taels, so there is still a lot of teachers.
of the gap.
The total investment in construction of railways, highways, water conservancy, etc. has exceeded 10 million taels, especially the section of the Sichuan-Hankou Road from Chengdu to Chongqing is about to be completed, while other sections are the most difficult, and the money is spent more like running water.
It's simply a bottomless pit.
Support for industrial agriculture is also a large part of the expenditure. This part is mainly a joint effort between the Ministry of Finance and the Chamber of Commerce. It is mainly aimed at the upcoming world war. According to Qiao Yu's estimation, the main thing Sichuan can sell in the early days of the war is local specialties.
Grain, textiles and other light industrial products, but as the war intensified, ammunition, guns, artillery, steel, etc. were all sold in Sichuan.
Of course, Sichuan's industrial level is not sufficient for production, but Britain and France will definitely support Sichuan when they are forced to do so. Making Sichuan an overseas production base for the Allied Powers will not only ensure the needs of Britain and France, but Russia also needs Sichuan's support.
A huge prerequisite for achieving these ambitious goals is that Sichuan must have a foundation. Otherwise, when the war is over, there will be no finished product. Britain and France are not broken-minded and will not blindly support Sichuan.
It is this kind of advanced layout that requires Sichuan to spend huge investments, not only to build a number of factories, but also to train workers and develop transportation, all of which cost money. In addition, Sichuan has first gone out of the province to exterminate bandits in the past year.
, and then put down Xiong Kewu's rebellion, spending a total of five million taels of military expenditure. Coupled with the huge funds needed for military reorganization, Sichuan's finances suddenly fell into trouble.
"Commander, it would have been enough for Sichuan to borrow some of its income from the great powers such as Britain, Germany, etc. The problem now is that President Yuan has repeatedly increased the proportion of transfers to the central government. It is more than four million taels more than last year, and there is even a trend of increasing it.
, This is completely random and has no basis at all. If we can deduct the transfer to the central government, our finances can be maintained!"
"President Yuan has just defeated Sun Wen. Now he is giving orders to the world. No one dares to disobey. We should delay as long as possible. But we still don't provoke him. Let's think of a way. I think there is still hope for a solution!"
Shi Dingzhong spoke at this time: "Commander, I have sent people to search for the treasure my father left behind. In the past few days, news came that a total of more than 30,000 taels of gold, 500,000 taels of silver, and more were found.
Other jewelry, jades, calligraphy and paintings by famous people, etc., totaling more than 1.5 million taels, I am ready to donate them all to the commander!"