This cocktail party at Longfeng Tower is not recorded in any official history of the Chinese people, but the impact of this meeting on the future of the Chinese people is extremely huge.
A huge invisible financial empire has advantages and disadvantages for the Chinese people. The disadvantages are obvious. Once this financial empire is formed, it will definitely be a monopoly. In the future, no bank, company, or enterprise will be able to escape the control of this financial empire.
This elite group will form a truly invisible aristocratic group. Its huge financial resources are enough to subvert the country and provoke war, and suppress all dissidents internally. The wealth they control is something that ordinary people can never imagine.
However, everything in the world is in harmony with yin and yang, and if there is a benefit, there will be a drawback. Such a financial trust empire is also beneficial to the rise of the weak Chinese people.
The Chinese people led by Xiao Letian will definitely follow the path of a large industrial system in the future, which means that the Chinese people must be able to produce more than 80% of the world's heavy industry, light industry, and military products on their own. Only by developing their own industrial system can they It will not be controlled by others. Even if there is a war in the future, it will have an independent industrial system to fight against the enemy without being stuck.
For example, in this battle in the Far East, by the end of the battle, all the arms stores of the Chinese were exhausted. There were still some bullets left, but all the artillery shells were used up. Even the Zhiyuan's ammunition compartment reserves dropped sharply to only 30. situation.
In the later stages of the war, Xiao Letian almost gritted his teeth and imported goods from the United States at high prices, because all sea routes in Europe had been controlled by the insidious British. On the surface, they hoped that the Chinese would defeat Tsarist Russia, but they did not want the Chinese yet. Victory is so easy, what the British want to see most is a scene where both sides suffer losses.
There was only one seller in the United States that could supply the goods, so the price of arms continued to rise. Many artillery shells tripled in price.
Xiao Letian didn't want to live in such a miserable life. He had to develop his own industrial system, especially the military industry.
But all this requires money, a lot of money. Hiding wealth among the people is an ideal state. Xiao Letian must have a water pump to draw funds from the people. He must extract and mobilize the wealth hidden among the people.
Only by concentrating resources to do big things can large-scale heavy industries emerge, the shipbuilding industry be developed, the Deep Blue Fleet be built, and basic science be developed... With such a huge capital investment, it is simply impossible to rely on the old tax-supported military model of the past. Finish.
The financial system of medieval countries was nothing more than relying on the government to collect money, grain and commercial taxes, and then the collected money and goods were turned into official salaries, military pay, infrastructure maintenance, etc... Finally, let's see if there is a fiscal surplus. If If so, then you can consider some things to go in.
For example, start a war to increase territory, build a naval fleet, or repair the Great Wall.
With this backward fund mobilization model, you can imagine how inefficient it will be and how serious corruption and waste will be in the middle. More importantly, this model is completely transparent and there is no secret at all.
Anyone who is interested can find out how much money the imperial court has. Internally, various factions will fight for their own selfish interests. Qingliu wants more money to build the Academy and Confucius Temple, the Eight Banners wants more flag pay, and the governor wants more money. Withhold more money... Although they all know that money should be spent wisely, the navy should be built, and the new army should build factories.
But people are selfish, especially the fights between factions which amplify the conflicts between people. Internal friction will quickly consume the limited surplus of the court, not to mention the emperor himself wants more. How many palaces should be built?
Not only are insiders concerned about this money, but enemy countries will also keep a close eye on it. They will formulate different diplomatic strategies based on your financial situation. Western powers are accustomed to extortion and deception. They cannot let you have enough capital. It is in their interest to develop industry and technology and weaken you.
The Chinese must break all this. They must have a very hidden capital pump to usher in the era of internal combustion engines, the era of electricity, and the era of petrochemicals... The development of these basic technologies cannot be left to the private sector alone. The Chinese have already fallen behind. Europe.
State capital must be used for investment and support, especially basic education, which is very expensive. These investments add up to tens of billions or even hundreds of billions. Where will the money come from?
If the Chinese rely on the outdated tax system to accumulate this capital, let alone whether it can be successful. Even if you are successful in saving, when the hostile forces see you saving so much money, what do you want to do?
Is there any business in the world that is worthy of Xiao Letian investing 100 million silver dollars, or even one billion silver dollars? As long as this information is placed on the desk of the British Prime Minister, you are waiting for war!
It can be said that the Hidden Dragon Plan was tailor-made by Xiao Letian for the rise of the Chinese in this era, although in the future it will form an oligarchic group, cause a serious gap between the rich and the poor, and create a group of invisible nobles.
But it is undeniable that this plan is indispensable for the current Chinese people, because what the current Chinese people want is not how to divide the apples perfectly, but to do everything possible to protect their own apple trees, and even Go out and grab other people's apples.
The Hidden Dragon Project can, firstly, efficiently draw capital from the private sector to make large investments, and secondly, it can increase the level of confidentiality without anyone noticing, and these two points are the most important.
There is no way to have both in the world. In order to reverse the gap of backwardness for hundreds of years, Xiao Letian can only bite the bullet and push forward the Hidden Dragon Project, because he knows very well what the Chinese people need most now.
It's not about fairness, it's about survival, it's about the right not to be massacred by aliens. Save your life first and then consider happiness. This is the pragmatic way to govern a country.
When all the gods of wealth in the Dragon and Phoenix Tower were gearing up to express their unconditional acceptance of the Prime Minister's plan, top-secret plan outlines were distributed one after another. Everyone could only watch here and rely on their own brains to remember, and no one could take them away.
Suddenly, these God of Wealth men were like primary school students, sitting on chairs and reciting word by word. They wished that every word would be imprinted in their hearts.
Fan Jian looked at them and sighed secretly in his heart: "These are the thirty-three big families in the future. A century-old family has sprouted today. I really want to see who among you can hold on to three generations of wealth, and who can hold on to a hundred generations of wealth?" The glory!"
Liu Henzhen looked at the old shopkeeper's complicated expression and could vaguely guess what Fan Qian was thinking. He leaned over and whispered, "Give them another hour, and it's almost time to announce the third major event, right?"
The old shopkeeper took out his pocket watch and looked at it. He found that it was already three-thirty in the afternoon. He nodded and coughed softly, "Please be quiet! There is something important to be announced below. It's already getting late. Please listen carefully..." "
