9oo6983 Chapter 47o North Patrol Shanhaiguan

The City Defense Command attended the staff meeting of the National Defense Forces' temporary division. Zhao Bei was basically satisfied with the son Wu Guangxin. Although this person is Duan Qirui's brother-in-law, he used some nepotism to promote him to this position, but after all, this person is a professional officer from a regular military academy and his military quality is still qualified.

Of course, it is just a qualified one. And considering that Wu Guangxin received military education in Japanese military academy, how much truly useful military knowledge he learned is also a question mark. The Japanese have always had a bad reputation in this regard.

There are many officers like Wu Guangxin. There are now a large number of Chinese troops. It is no problem for these people to command the army to participate in the civil war. However, if you want to fight with foreign troops, you still need to further your studies. The current national defense force has basically been set up. The remaining problem is how to improve the quality of officers.

Establishing a military academy is something Zhao Bei has been doing for a long time. He has formed both military academy in Wuhan and a military academy in Chengdu. It is no problem to train grassroots officers. However, if you talk about senior officers and senior commanders who can adapt to modern military innovation, then you need to establish another military academy. This is a 6th Army university, and the candidate for the principal has been confirmed, that is, Jiang Fangzhen.

In addition to the 6th Army University, Zhao Bei also plans to rectify military academies in various places and transform them into 6th Army primary schools and 6th Army middle schools respectively.

At that time, the Qing court also set up military academies and martial arts lecture halls everywhere, such as the Baoding Military Officer School, Nanjing 6th Army Officer Academy, etc., but the faculty of these military academies is very limited, and most of them are the top non-commissioned officers in Japan. These people have no practical experience themselves. How many of the students they teach are not just talking about war? This also makes the 6th Army and Zhao Beiyou worry.

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Therefore, Zhao Bei has officially decided to enhance the practical ability of military academy students through "rotating teaching". In the last battle between the North and South, a large number of officers and non-commissioned officers in the North and South army had experienced the baptism of war. This practical experience has accumulated a little more or less. Although the intensity and intensity of this war are far inferior to the Russo-Japanese War of that year, at least this is no longer a piece of paper talk. According to Zhao Bei's "rotating teaching. Method, all the officers who participated in the war must go to various places. They serve as grassroots instructors in the military academy for a period of time, and use this method to achieve two goals: first, enhance the practical ability of military academy students; second, through this rotation teaching method, the mountains in the miscellaneous troops are justified. After the military academy instructors finish their teaching tasks, they may not necessarily return to their original troops. Therefore, this can also be regarded as a means for Zhao Bei to "cut the mountains."

Of course, the 6th Army is not clear about Zhao Bei's second purpose at present. Perhaps Zhou Duan Qi Rui and others will understand it, but by that time, they no longer have the ability to interfere with the president's actions.

The power of the central government needs to be further strengthened, and Zhao Bei's authority also needs to be further strengthened. This is not only personal interests, but also national interests. This is also an important part of the "military reform" plan that Zhao Bei is implementing. No one can stop this reform. What China now needs is a strong central government. If the central government does not have absolute advantageous force, then the social order of this country cannot be guaranteed. Zhao Bei understands this truth, but others may not understand it.

In addition to military reform, fiscal reform is also the top priority. Without stable fiscal revenue, military reform is just a dream. Nan Ke is a dream, and this is the most important thing in fiscal reform is currency reform and tax reform.

This time, Zhao Bei visited Shanhaiguan and brought the US fiscal advisors with him because of this fiscal reform.

This "American Financial Advisor" is not a single person, but a group of five small Americans, all recommended by the US ambassador to China, Dyde. The team leader is named Spike. It is said that he graduated from the School of Economics of Yale University in the United States. He worked as a financial advisor on Wall Street in his early years. He went to China a few years ago to engage in economic consulting in the Shanghai Public Concession, and acted as a nitro customer for the trade between Chinese merchants and foreign merchants. He has "very rich experience and more ordinary economic vision."

"Having "very rich experience and more ordinary economic vision." This is what Sidd said, but Zhao Bei didn't take it seriously. These days, there are so many foreign adventurers who have made their first pot of gold in China. Whether Spike is really an economic expert needs further test. As a time traveler, Zhao Bei also has his own view on the economy. In terms of this, "strategic vision." Spike is afraid that he is not worthy of carrying shoes to him.

However, strategic vision is one thing. The specific implementation of this economic policy still requires people below to do it. Zhao Bei cannot do everything himself. He is only responsible for giving a plan 1. He pointed out a general direction, and the rest of the matter will be left to his subordinates. This "American Economic Advisor" is not so much a way to provide him with economic policy advice. It is better to say that it is to enhance the "friendship" of China and the United States. After all, Sidd is expected to officially take over as the US ambassador to China, and the word "agent" before the "acting minister" is expected to be removed. Then in the future, he will be the plenipotent representative of the US government to China. Establishing good relations with him will be very helpful for Zhao Bei's future strategy implementation. Therefore, no matter whether the economic advisers recommended by Sidd are here to make a living, they must be courtesy.

Although the President only regarded this "economic adviser" as a living, Mr. Spike did his best to go all the way to Shanhaiguan from several continents. He and several other consultants drafted a plan for the reform of the Ming Muji, and after Zhao Bei ended the city defense staff meeting, he solemnly presented the plan to the young Mr. President.

"What do you mean is to directly adopt the gold standard?" Zhao Bei asked.

"Yes. We believe that the most important task of your country at present is to abolish the silver standard and change the gold standard, which will help better integrate into the international market. We believe that as long as the funds are abundant, the establishment of the gold standard is not very difficult." Spike said very optimistically.

Zhao Bei looked through Jizai's book and found that these American economic advisers did not go beyond this era. Their claims were exactly the same as those of the mainstream economic circle in the world today. That is, they suggested that the Chinese central government abolish the silver standard that had been implemented in this country for hundreds of years and change it to the gold standard. Under this monetary system, paper money can be directly exchanged for gold. The reason why American banknotes are called "US dollars." is precisely because Ying Zheng is aliased "Jin Pang." is the same reason.

In this era, most economic powers implemented the gold standard. Even Japan, which used to adopt the silver standard, used the war reparations plundered after the Sino-Japanese War to change to the gold standard to keep pace with the international market.

However, as a time traveler, Zhao Bei knew that this gold standard would eventually withdraw from the stage of history and that gold would be separated from the value of currency. This could not be changed by manpower, because gold reserves are limited, while the goods provided by the world market tend to be infinite. Therefore, gold will only become more and more expensive and will no longer be able to assume the function of currency. The banknotes carried out by the world's number one power will ultimately dominate the world economy.

Therefore, in Zhao Bei's view, whether to implement the gold standard is not the most urgent thing in economic reform, because for China, the most important economic reform matter now is to unify the currency system, first unify the currency, and then talk about other things.

After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, the monetary system was relatively stable, with copper coins and silver locks as the main form of currency. The silver locks in them were not uniform in minting, so they were not uniform in weight and shape, which seemed chaotic in itself. After the opening of the country's doors in the late Qing Dynasty, a large number of currencies from various countries poured into China, and the mechanism silver dollars were widely popular because of the convenience of transactions, which intensified the chaos of currency and was forced to compete for foreign coins. At the same time, in order to profit from the middle, the Qing court officially started minting silver dollars in the early years of Guangxu, which is the so-called "longyang." However, because of the small amount of minting and the decline of central power, this silver dollar could not become a legal currency in the end.

Now that the Qing Dynasty has been destroyed and the Republican government has been established, the task of unifying the national currency has fallen on Zhao Bei's shoulders.

Considering the use habits of the people, Zhao Bei decided to start the banknotes first, and at the same time, the banknotes that can be exchanged freely with the silver dollar, and then abolish the silver dollar after the time is ripe. Only paper money and copper coins are circulated as legal currency, and the subsidies are gold and silver, which are used as national reserves.

However, the US economic adviser told Zhao Bei that if the gold standard cannot be established, then it will be more troublesome for Chinese goods to be exported, and the amount of silver mining has increased year by year, resulting in the continuous depreciation of silver, which is far less reliable than gold. Therefore, in the view of US economic advisers, the current task is not to unify the currency system, but to abolish the silver standard.

In Zhao Bei's opinion, he would certainly not approve the plan, but he would not refute the head of the economic advisory group in person. So he accepted the plan and said, "I will convene the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to discuss this matter." Then he ordered an adjutant to lead Mr. Spike to visit Shanhaiguan City.

As for the President himself, he continued to stay in the City Defense Command and discussed with more than a dozen senior staff members to deal with the situation in the three eastern provinces.

These dozen senior staff members are Zhao Bei's right-hand man, Lan Tianwei, Cai Ai, Jiang Zunlan, Fu Liangzuo, Jiang Dengxuan, Sun Chuanfang, Gu Pinzhen, Qu Tongfeng, Chen Huan, these historical celebrities who are either famous or well-known in history are now subordinates of Zhao Bei. These people have basically studied in the 6th Japanese Sergeant School, some have completed their studies, some have not returned to China when the revolution broke out, and some have been firm from the beginning

Standing on the side of the revolutionaries, some were temporarily lost to the Beiyang Group, but now, they all stood on the side of President Zhao, some were commanding the army locally, and some served as presidential adjutants in the attendant room. No matter what kind of job they are doing now, they are all subordinates of the president. If they have always been loyal to the president, their future future will inevitably be limitless. They understand this in their hearts, so they will rush to wherever the president points.

This country is too weak, and soldiers see this clearly. Compared with the members of parliament, soldiers know more clearly about this. In what era, the weak survives the fittest. In the face of the powerful, only the army is the reliable pillar of defending this country. If you want to forge a powerful army, you need a wise and wise leader. Under the leadership of this leader, this army will usher in glory and glory.

Zhao Bei has proved his leadership qualification through a series of actions. Then, Lan Tianwei, Cai E, Jiang Zunlan, Fu Liangzuo, Jiang Dengxuan, Sun Chuanfang, Gu Pinzhen, Qu Tongfeng, Chen Huan, and other soldiers can follow the leaders to find glory and glory.
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