Although the budget for the fourth year of the Restoration needs to be officially approved after the third reading of the two houses, in the minds of the vast majority of parliamentarians, the transitional cabinet is qualified and competent for the budget for the fourth year of the Restoration and deserves respect from people. This respect is not only reflected in the recognition of the budget, but also the members of the parliamentarians expressed their recognition of the cabinet's personnel arrangements.

After some details were repaired, by the final vote, the two houses approved the cabinet budget with an absolute majority, and Xu Shichang, as the first person in charge, finally breathed a sigh of relief. According to the final budget standards, the national annual income of 437.82 million yuan in the fourth year of the Reform Movement, and the annual income of 437.82 million yuan was achieved. Although a certain fiscal surplus could be achieved on paper, considering the ever-changing and emergencies of things, no member of parliament would naively think that this number was the last actual number. Considering the consistent fiscal deficit and annual debt borrowing since the Boxer Emperor, this result was quite reasonable.

Generally speaking, agricultural countries have very weak resistance to risks. Once natural disasters and man-made disasters occur, the subjects will usually be cut off every year. At that time, even the necessary survival is difficult to maintain. How to pay taxes? This is the risk contained in the annual income. During the annual income, many members of parliamentarians’ doubts about the budget are not the numbers, but whether the measures to reduce military posts and reduce military expenditures can be implemented. However, since the cabinet has put forward the promise and the Minister of Defense Tie Liang also made a statement on the spot, it depends on the subsequent advancement.

The parliamentarians have been prepared for the possible fiscal deficit in the four years of the Reform Movement. In any case, the result of the preparation of this budget is far better than their expectations.

According to the military expenditure of more than 216 million yuan in the second year of the Reform Commission, if more than 3 is achieved, the amount will be set at a level of more than 151 million yuan. However, there is also a budget. After the constitutionalization is completed, military expenditure will be reduced to 3 of the national fiscal expenditure. According to the estimate, the local fiscal revenue will reach more than 700 million yuan when completed. It is 210 million yuan. In addition, the disarmament target needs to be completed in two parts, and after a special resolution of the Congress, the local military expenditure will be determined to be 19,632 yuan in the third year of the Reform Commission, and the military expenditure in the fourth year of the Reform Commission is 18,023 yuan. Unless a war or a large-scale rebellion breaks out, these two figures can only be lowered and not increased. At this time, military expenditure accounts for the corresponding proportion of fiscal expenditure of 44.84% and 37. It decreases by about 7 percentage points per year.

If it is said that when the budget is passed, it is a mutual game between departments. Then after the budget is passed, it is a mutual game between departments. This characteristic is particularly prominent in the military expenditure section.

In the base camp of the Ministry of National Defense, representatives from all walks of life had proposed their own budget for the next year. If the budget in each aspect was met, the entire national finance would be used as military expenses. Now that the number has been fixed at 196.32 million, it is necessary to undergo some division and reorganization. On behalf of the Transitional Cabinet, Xu Shichang proposed the second government case - "Suggested Plan for Adjusting Local Administrative Settings in Each Province". All the military leaders have been sitting upright in the Ministry of National Defense to balance the gains and losses.

"Everyone, based on the figures of 19632 recognized by Congress, this minister presided over a meeting on the allocation of military expenditures for the next year. I will first make a statement. You can discuss it at the meeting at will. Once the resolution is made, no matter who it is, it must be implemented without any conscience. Otherwise, no matter how big the official is or how deep the qualification is, the emperor will be forced to the end, and it will never be ambiguous."

"The emperor ordered that the military expenses of the Imperial Guards will be set at 1,000 yuan each this year and next year. The less than that will be paid by the Emperor in the treasury." Shu Qing'a, an attendant in the imperial court, spoke first. Since the Imperial Guards are in the stage of expansion, and the salary is thick and the machinery is exquisite, the expenses are quite large. 1,000 yuan seems to be quite large, but in fact it is still very tight to use.

In any case, the emperor always has to respect the meaning, and the 1,000 was settled in this way.

"After discussing with Prime Minister Xu, we believe that the country is troubled and military expenditure has to be left to deal with out-of-time needs, so as to avoid sudden incidents and get in a hurry. Therefore, we leave a fraction of 6.32 million yuan as the Minister of Defense's mobile fee." Tieliang glanced at everyone, "If there is any change, the expenses will be first spent on the mobile fee, and then the temporary fee will be increased, and then other ways will be considered."

How can I say this? Such a big country and such a difficult situation, if there is no room for anything, it may be really difficult to deal with it. Everyone thought it would make sense, so they nodded and agreed. After these two matters were passed, there were only 180 million military spending, and in all aspects, they all

Tempered.

Wang Yingkai, who represents the Army Department, was a little anxious, and Sa Zhenbing, who represents the Navy Department, was also a little anxious. Both of them were worried about the same - although their military expenditure needs were still less than 180 million, not only for the new army and the navy, but also for hundreds of thousands of old green camps. Behind these hundreds of thousands of old troops are dozens of local governors. How to grasp the overall situation and measure the scale is really troublesome.

So the two wanted to express their opinions, but they were reluctant to express their opinions. There was room for nothing to say. Once they said they said it, it would be difficult to change it. Behind Wang Yingkai is a new army of nearly 100,000, and Sa Zhenbing is the entire navy. There are countless pairs of eyes behind him. This job can only be done well, not badly. At this time, the two missed the benefits of the past distribution system. Although it was not easy to ask for money, at least they could speak at will, without having to fight each other like the current navy, new army, and old army - how unpleasant it was!

Both of them looked a little unnatural, especially Wang Yingkai, who had just had a serious illness a few months ago. If he had not been properly recuperated and the famous doctor took action, his life would have almost been reimbursed. Although this life has been saved, the doctor has repeatedly advised him not to be too angry, otherwise the liver fire will be strong and the anger will easily cause unexpected events.

Seeing the embarrassment of the two, Chief of Staff Wang Shizhen smiled and smoothed out the situation: "This competition for budget is a routine that was originally only available from the West, and we are not familiar with it. This time, we reluctantly added to the reduction of military spending, so it is indeed difficult to make a living. If this is the case, I plan to speak in detail on behalf of the General System of the General Office first."

The Deputy Chief of Staff took out the troops' adjustment plan from the file bag sealed with fire paint and marked with top secret words and read it out:

"First, all green camps were eliminated in two years. In the 32nd year of the Guangxu period, the court issued a clear decree to "repeat the old army and train new army", saying that all green camps in the country would be organized. At that time, the Army Department had conducted statistics and there were more than 390,000 green camp soldiers nationwide. To this day, there are still more than 30. It is planned to eliminate all green camps in two years. All personnel will be paid for March according to their personal ranks.

Second, change the national defense system and streamline local military affairs offices. According to the old Qing system, there were 18 admiral yamen in the country, including 12 land routes, 3 water routes, and 3 water routes. Except for the admirals in the five provinces of Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui and Jiangxi, the governors were also appointed, the rest were established. According to the proposal of the Ministry, except for the borders, all provinces in the mainland, such as Xinjiang, Yunnan, Guangxi, Gansu, etc., they will be abolished, and the first of all the five

He also serves as the admiral. In the future, the country will be divided into seven military regions in the Three Norths, Three Souths, and the Capital Capital. The three norths are the Northeast, North China, Northwest, and the Three Souths are the Southeast, Central and Southwest. According to the Western example, each military region has one commander, two commander, two commander, two deputy chief of staff, and two deputy chief of staff. Another military commander, military commander, ordnance chief, and military senior... Among them, in the third year of the Reformation, three major military regions in the Southeast, Northeast and Beijing Capital were first established.

Since the new army's rank has been fully unified with the Imperial Guards, it is no longer linked to the civilian rank, so the commander-in-chief of the military region is positioned as the rank of general, the second officer is the rank of lieutenant general, and the chief of staff is the rank of major general, and the military affairs of the military region is governed by the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guards, and the four places in Jingji, Suiyuan, Rehe and Chahar, with the Imperial Guards as the main guardian force, and the rest are also in charge of the rest. The commander-in-chief of the Southeast Military Region is planned to be the current Jiangbei admiral Duan Rui, and six places in Jiangsu, Anhui, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, but regardless of the navy, the military region's garrison, Jiangning; the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Military Region is planned to be..."

Who are you going to take responsibility? Everyone was a little confused. The military and political affairs in the Northeast were taken care of by Zhao Erxun, and the emperor also trusted him fully. However, Zhao Erxun was a civil servant and was not suitable for serving as the commander-in-chief of the military region. However, the answer was quickly revealed. Ha Hanzhang said loudly: "After the approval of the Emperor Ming Dynasty, Zhao Cishuai recognized that Feng Guozhang was also appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Military Region, and was in charge of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Fengtian, and Mongolia. He was stationed in Shengjing."

I see……

"In the future, the North China Military Region will be under the jurisdiction of Zhili, Shandong, Henan and Shanxi. Since Tianjin does not allow garrisons, the military region will be governed by Baoding; the Central South Military Region will be governed by Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi and Guangdong, with Wuchang; the Southwest Military Region will be governed by Tibet, Kangbian, Sichuan and Yunnan, with Chengdu; the Northwest Military Region will be governed by Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, and Lanzhou will be governed by relevant candidates. The relevant candidates are still considering looking for them one after another."
Chapter completed!