After attending the military meeting of the General Staff Headquarters, Wu Haoxuan went to the cabinet non-stop to attend the cabinet meeting. The seat of the cabinet is in a large mansion not far from the Forbidden City. It was originally the residence of a Manchu prince, but it is now requisitioned.

Although, the stipulation was that the cabinet was accountable to the emperor. However, in the absence of the emperor, the cabinet was directly accountable to Wu Haoxuan. In normal times, Prime Minister Yang Du is responsible for all kinds of affairs of the cabinet, and Yang Du will also report to Wu Haoxuan on the work of the cabinet and ask for instructions on some important affairs.

After the establishment of the empire, Wu Haoxuan asked the cabinet to draw up a future development report based on the current domestic situation. He hoped that in the next five years, the empire would be able to greatly improve its industrial strength. It is now the year 4607 (09) of the Yellow Emperor Era, and five years later, the First World War is about to break out. Without a strong industry, how can it sell all kinds of war materials to the two warring countries and make a big war windfall?

After more than half a month of deliberation among the cabinet ministers, coupled with Wu Haoxuan's opinion, the first five-year plan of the empire has been drawn up. Today is the time to consider this plan.

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Ladies and Gentlemen. This was the content of the first five-year plan of the empire, drawn up by the Cabinet. Yang Du said to everyone. At the same time, the secretary sent the documents that had been prepared to the participants in turn.

The document is very thick, hundreds of pages. However, there are only a few core contents. It is nothing more than the development of industry, agriculture, education and transportation. As for military developments, the General Staff is responsible.

Industrially, in addition to the two heavy industry bases in the northeast and the Suiyuan heavy industry base under construction, the empire will also be located in Qian'an, Zhili, and Ma'anshan in Anhui Province. Shilu in Qiongdao and Hubei Province established a heavy industry base. These heavy industry bases are mainly centered on steel. At present, the empire produces only 200,000 tons of steel per year, which is simply not enough. By the time these heavy industrial bases are built, the future empire's steel output will exceed five million tons, barely reaching the world's first-class level. Of course. Compared with the tens of millions of tons of output of those top powers, it is far from enough. But at least it would be a good foundation for the empire.

In addition to steel, non-ferrous metal smelting, coal mining, and the construction of various chemical industries are also top priorities. In addition, the Imperial Ministry of Industry planned to import advanced machine tools from European countries to increase the industrial strength of the country. In many precision mechanical equipment, the empire is compared to the Western world. There is still a big gap. Now, Germany is interested in wooing the Reich, and it is a good opportunity for the Reich to achieve what it wants.

In agriculture, solving the problem of food and clothing for the empire's more than 400 million people is undoubtedly a top priority. At present, most of the Chinese people are still struggling below the subsistence line. These people don't even have enough to eat, let alone buy goods to promote the development of industry and commerce. The population of the empire is too large. The vast majority are farmers. Land, on the other hand, is concentrated in the hands of a very small number of people. As a result, the vast number of peasants have been living in extreme poverty for a long time. If it is not possible to improve their standard of living. The empire has hundreds of millions of people, but it cannot form a huge market.

The Ministry of Agriculture planned to buy off the landlords' land and distribute it to the landless and landless peasants. In this way, the pressure on the farmers can be reduced and their lives can be improved. At the same time, it was able to get the vast number of peasants to support the empire. Chinese people have a deep attachment to the land. If the Empire could give them land, they would be the most hardcore supporters of the Empire.

In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, among other ministries, will join forces to organize migration. Right now. The Northeast, as well as the newly acquired vast expanses of Siberia for the Empire, were deserted. Although the climate here is a little colder, the land is fertile and sparsely populated. Farming one season a year, it's still no problem at all. In the territories that the Empire now occupies, there is no problem at all in placing thirty or forty million people.

Although, compared to the huge agricultural population in the country, these 30 or 40 million people are nothing. However, at least it can relieve some of the stress. However, it is not so easy to get Chinese people to leave their homeland and settle down in distant Siberia. It is estimated that it will take a long period of propaganda and strong support from the imperial government to achieve it.

Because of the terrible geographical environment, Siberia is not the first choice for immigrants in Wu Haoxuan's heart. The real suitability for large-scale migration is undoubtedly Southeast Asia. Whether it is the Indochina Peninsula or the South Sea Islands, it is a place where the land is fertile. It's just that it's now in the hands of Western colonizers. If there is an opportunity to take these places over, there is no doubt that it can effectively solve the domestic food problem. The countries on the Indochina Peninsula are known for their abundance of grain.

It's just that the Western countries are now powerful. Far from what a nascent empire could contend with. Therefore, the empire can only endure now, and wait until the empire's strength becomes stronger, and then slowly try to figure it out.

Education is also a top priority, and the northern government has already introduced compulsory education in the northeast. Allowing children to go to school for free, and at the same time providing breakfast and lunch, can effectively reduce the pressure on poor families. Now, this policy undoubtedly needs to be extended to the whole country. However, the population under the previous northern government was only 40 million at most. Now, if we were to expand it to the whole country, it would suddenly expand tenfold. The various expenditures would also be much larger, which would undoubtedly add a huge burden to the empire's finances.

In addition, if you want to promote it to the whole country, you need a large number of teachers. If you don't have enough teachers, even if you build enough schools, it's useless!

Therefore, the Ministry of Education hopes to be able to implement this plan step by step within five years. First of all, compulsory education will be implemented in the economically developed coastal provinces, and then it will be promoted internally step by step. Within five years, more than half of the provinces are expected to have compulsory education. Each province was to establish a pedagogical university, a polytechnic university, to ensure that the empire would have enough talent for the future.

Wu Haoxuan can understand this plan of the Ministry of Education. After all, the country is still in the stage of being poor and white. The development of industry requires money, the construction of the army also requires money, and the construction of transportation also requires a large amount of money, and there is no doubt that the funds for education can be used much less. There is no way for the Ministry of Education to do this.

In terms of transportation, the Ministry of Communications plans to build a railway from Yanjing to Yangcheng in the south, from Yanjing to Jinmen, and then to the east in the future. and the Longhai Railway, which has been in the planning for a long time. A large railway connecting the east and west ends along the Yangtze River, and a railway connecting the southwest of the empire.

These railway arteries alone are 25,000 kilometers long, and at the cost of the current railway, 50,000 oceans are needed per kilometer, and a total of 1.25 billion oceans are needed. Even if it is divided into five years, it will cost 250 million oceans a year to invest in this area.

In addition to railways, there is also the construction of roads. At present, almost all official roads in China are dirt roads. It's fine when it's fine, but when it rains, it gets muddy and makes it difficult to walk. As a result, the Imperial Ministry of Transport plans to build 100,000 kilometers of roads in the country within the next five years. All of these require a large amount of capital investment.

It can be said that in the next five years, transportation construction and education will become the largest expenditure items of the empire, and even directly weigh on the empire's finances. As soon as the Imperial Finance Minister Liu Kui got this plan, he was stunned on the spot. With the current financial revenues of the Empire, it is simply impossible to support such a huge development plan.

"Everyone, have you all finished reading this plan? Any objections? Yang Du asked.

"Prime Minister, I still say that. To implement these plans, at least five billion oceans will be required. Even if it is divided into five years, the annual investment will need to be about one billion oceans. And now, the empire's annual financial revenue is only a little more than 100 million oceans. And then you have to count the military spending, and other expenses, and so on. Chancellor of the Exchequer Liu Kuiyi said directly.

The ministers present at the meeting all nodded their heads one after another, although the plan was well done. However, there is no money to implement it, and no matter how good the plan is, it will be in vain!

"Regarding funding, don't worry, I'll figure it out." Wu Haoxuan said.

When everyone heard Wu Haoxuan say this, they had to stop delving into this issue. Since Wu Haoxuan can promise funds without a problem, what other opinions do they have?

"In terms of railway construction, the railway from Yanjing to Kulun, as well as the Longhai railway, must be the focus of construction. These two railways are related to the future strategic deployment of the empire. Therefore, the Ministry of Communications should focus on the construction of these two railways. Wu Haoxuan advised.

Minister of Transport, Zhan Tianyou, nodded, he knew that the strategic significance of these two railways was very important. If the railroad could be built, the frontiers of the empire would be much more stable.

If the empire wants to expand in the direction of Siberia and Central Asia in the future, logistics will become the primary problem. Only by building the railroad well will the empire have the strength to expand in these two directions.

The crowd then discussed some details before the five-year plan was formally adopted.

This five-year plan would lay the foundation for the empire's industry. If it can be done, it will not be able to turn the empire into a powerful industrial nation. However, it was possible to allow the empire to initially industrialize. Later, with the help of the east wind of the world war, he made a huge war windfall to upgrade the empire's industry. After the war, the empire will not be too far away from becoming a powerful industrial country. (To be continued......)

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