Chapter 755 of the New History of China in the First Sino-Japanese Period: Local Industrialization
Industrialization is a long and arduous process that requires a lot of money, manpower and a strong national will. For example, Xu Jie's industrialization process of the Soviet Union in that plane, although Tsarist Russia, the predecessor of the Soviet Union, was nothing among the great powers. But people used to be called great powers, and they were also the masters who could produce dreadnoughts. Industrialization in the Soviet Union grew explosively at the end of the 20s, and by the end of 1932, when the first five-year plan was completed, the Soviet Union had built 1,500 large factories in four years and three months, equivalent to 234.5% of 1913 levels. Among them, the output value of the machinery manufacturing industry is more than three times that of 1913! The results are brilliant, but what is behind this seemingly brilliant results?
It is a terrible national price, an extreme squeeze of agriculture and an extreme neglect of light industry! In terms of resource allocation, if the capital construction resources of the USSR are set at 100%, they will be set at ...... The Soviet Union spent 79.3% of its resources on heavy industry, 11.7% on agriculture, and only 9% on light industry, which inevitably led to an imbalance in the industrial structure. Coupled with the various measures taken by the USSR in the collectivized farms and the huge disparity in prices between industrial and agricultural products, the price paid by the USSR in the process of completing industrialization was entirely the history of blood and tears of the peasants and agriculture. From 1929 to 1950, the prices of industrial products rose 20 times in more than 20 years, while the prices of agricultural products remained almost unchanged, so that in 1950 the grain output of the Soviet Union was not as much as in 1913, and the per capita grain possession fell by about 2 percent. This shows how hard the Soviet Union squeezed agriculture back then, not to mention the people who lost their lives in the process of change! …。
You can't simply comment on whether this matter is right or wrong, because the situation of the Soviet Union at that time was surrounded by strong enemies on all sides, otherwise if you don't do it. The Soviet Union was probably doomed, and everyone used the scissors differential to drive down the prices of agricultural products and the prices of industrial products that were too high. It's just a different degree. But this process is bloody, but it is an unavoidable historical fact. And the imbalance in the industrial structure that eventually led to an over-emphasis on heavy industry was not only an important reason for the collapse of the Soviet Union. It also affected Russia in later generations!
And in Xu Jie's industrialization plan, such a thing can certainly be avoided! First of all, the current Huaxia Republic does need industrialization, but in the process of industrialization, it is first necessary to achieve a balanced development of heavy industry and light industry. In the past 6 years, in order to cope with the second Sino-Russian war, the Republic of China can be said to have invested a considerable part of its funds in the field of heavy industry, and this inclined investment will definitely bring some negative impacts, but this is the need of the war, and there is no way to do it, and with the end of the war, overcorrection is very important.
Industrial development requires capital, markets, energy, and technology. There are so many things that are needed. It is impossible for the government to provide all these things. Moreover, considering that the area of the Chinese Republic is too large, and the transportation facilities such as railways and highways are far from perfect, it is very necessary to support local governments, first of all to meet local needs, and fully mobilize private capital and strength to build a number of small cement, small coal mines, small chemical fertilizers, and other enterprises that were once called "local five small" in later generations.........
In the 21st century, these local small enterprises have high energy consumption and low output because of environmental pollution. It was forcibly closed by the state because of various problems such as waste of resources. However, it is undeniable that in the history of the development of the republic's industry, these seemingly problematic local small enterprises have played their part for a certain period of time. The development of anything must first improve the quantity and then the quality. It is necessary to meet the needs of the most basic and low-end industries in terms of quantity before considering the issue of efficiency. Anyway, for the current Huaxia Republic, don't pursue good or bad first, let's solve the problem of existence first...。
In addition to fully mobilizing funds and meeting local needs, vigorously developing local small industries can also provide sufficient taxes for local finances and central finances. So that the state can have more funds to invest in more important areas. At the same time, there is another situation that makes Xu Jie have to take this kind of measure in the early stage, which is the geographical isolation and expansiveness of the Huaxia Republic.
The current Huaxia Republic is really too big, from the northernmost Lena River to the southernmost Dutch East Indies, the current territory of the Huaxia Republic exceeds 14 million square kilometers, which is more than 50% more than the area of the original Huaxia Republic in that plane. And that's just the land area, if you count the geographical span and territorial sea area, then the increase is even more. After all, the Dutch East Indies, with the exception of Sumatra, were occupied by the Chinese Republic. The Huaxia Republic and the Russians also signed a "trusteeship" treaty...... As for and the Dutch government? In addition to the expulsion of those colonial officials, the rest of the Chinese were almost completely collected, and the territory and all kinds of fixed and non-fixed assets on it were taken ..........
So now the problem comes, and it seems that the traffic problems in various places will not be solved for a long time! Not to mention how long it took the republic in history to complete the railway and road network that spread throughout the country. Now, it will take a long time for Xu Jie to really unite the country he has built by himself. Maybe 15 years, 30 years, maybe even 50 years!
Therefore, some daily products and light industrial products must be self-sufficient. In particular, in areas such as Xinjiang, Tibet, and the former Dutch East Indies Colonies, if the products of these places are shipped from other places, the freight alone is a considerable piece, and there is no convenience of self-production at all. And if China really wants to gain a foothold in these places, it must not rely on immigration and bayonets alone, but must use economic means to build a complete economic system, and this economic system must be able to support a strong local government to control the situation on the ground.
The situation in Xinjiang and Tibet is better. But the newly occupied territory of the South Seas is not easy to say. After the Dutch are gone, there will definitely be various frictions between the local indigenous and Chinese forces. It is clearly not an appropriate method to solve this friction with bayonets and weapons alone. Westerners like this, but sometimes it doesn't solve the problem, don't you see, even with the strong strength of the US imperialists, wouldn't anyone dare to hit the building with a plane? …。
So in addition to force. The best way to appease the local natives by economic means and to reduce their sense of resistance through a better life is the best way. These so-called "five small industries" are also an important way to solve local employment and residents' livelihoods. It is far better to keep them firmly under the social system with the Chinese as the core through economic means than military means.
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