Rebirth of the Spanish Empire

Nanjing, Prime Minister's Office.

Lu Xun and several of his men were making a series of plans.

"Prime Minister, our economy now occupies an absolute leading position in the country. Although it has only taken about half a year, driven by many small workshops, many of our places, such as textiles and other light industries, have already It is beginning to show a rapid trend in terms of scale. If we are given ten or eight years, then even if the economy is not as good as that of Western powers such as Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom, at least I believe it will be better than that of other countries such as Northern Europe. It’s definitely not difficult for a small country.”

"Shaobai (let's use my name, it's really annoying to use words, please understand), although your words make me feel warm in my heart, but it also makes me feel as if I am overly proud." Lu Xun looked at him reproachfully. Looking at Chen Shaobai, this guy didn't expect anything, but he seemed a little complacent as soon as he made some achievements. Such thoughts are unacceptable.

In fact, Lu Xun also knew that in this short period of time, the efforts of several of his top cadres have been very great. Not to mention the other people, let’s talk about Chen Shaobai who just spoke, as he has lived in Hong Kong for many years. , but it was because he had the most contact with overseas Chinese, so he took advantage of this. After he just took over as the governor of Zhejiang Province, he quickly took advantage of this advantage and quickly started close contact with those people, in order to bring them to justice. They overseas Chinese, especially those in Europe, or Chinese from Western Australia, were called over to open factories in Zhejiang. Establishing an employment company, etc., he really has nothing to say about his face, but he still has some respect for it. [

Of course, this is also because Spain did not want to interfere, so in a short period of time, Jiangsu and Zhejiang developed. According to the results of the previous visit, Zhejiang is now in Among the major forces in the country, they are second only to Guangzhou in the south, which has been open to the outside world since the Qing Dynasty, and Shanghai, a deformed city that became a concession. Became a province in what is now China. The capital, Hangzhou, is naturally the third largest industrial town.

If Chen Shaobai can do this later, others will naturally not fall behind. Hu Hanmin has also been pretending to be overseas in recent years, although he does not have as many friends as Chen Shaobai. Without him, he could speak hesitantly in English-speaking areas such as the United Kingdom and the United States. But. He took a different path. In addition to being active in Spanish phrases, his French is also very good. Therefore, over the years, he has also made a name for himself in the French-speaking world, and he even studied at some universities in Paris.

Therefore, he used the resources of the French-speaking world, but brought some resources from the French-speaking world, especially those French companies that wanted to enter China, to Fujian. Such a move and such efforts naturally paid off, so Fujian used Its advantageous port group quickly established many dock cargo centers, becoming the main exchange point for exchanges between the Chinese and Western worlds, and opened up an economy that is different from Zhejiang's model, but like Seville in Spain, it has become It has become a rest stop for many international ships, which has also made the local sales business somewhat booming. At the same time, because Fujian tea has been popular in China for hundreds of years, a Westerner accidentally discovered it and brought Fujian tea to Europe, where it has become one of the most popular drinks in the Western world.

As for Jiangxi, it was because Tan Yankai was purposeful and often dealt with Germans, so German businessmen made a lot of investments in Jiangxi. Although compared with the other two places, Jiangxi's economy is still lagging behind. Quite a few, but compared to other spheres of influence, it is quite remarkable. As for the part of Jiangsu south of the Yangtze River that is currently under the direct jurisdiction of the Nanjing government, it is led by Jiao Dafeng. As for the remaining Liang Qichao, he is the Minister of Civil Affairs, Foreign Minister Gu Weijun, Finance Minister Sun Wu, Justice Minister Zheng Wenhui, Government Secretary-General Liu Gong, and Chen Jitang are the security guards. Commander, Gu Yingfen, Propaganda Minister, and Education Minister Zhu Zhixin.

This is the small cabinet of Lu Xun's government, plus Chen Shaobai, Hu Hanmin, Tan Yankai and Jiao Dafeng of southern Jiangsu.

This has allowed Lu Xun to improve the system that he thought should be included in the shortest possible time. As for the remaining components that need to be improved, they need to be added and improved.

Lu Xun looked around at the other people, looking at the people who had single-handedly brought out these songs, and the pride in his heart was definitely very touching. At the same time, seeing these people's respect for him and feeling their trust in him, he felt a deep responsibility.

"Needless to say, I believe that all knowledgeable people have seen your efforts. These have already formed the yearning for our place in other parts of the country. Qichao, please tell everyone what happened. Let everyone listen to some recent statistics.”

"Yes, Prime Minister." As a veteran of the reform movement, Liang Qichao, along with Kang Youwei and others, have become well-known reformers in the Qing Dynasty. Even overseas, there are many die-hard fans of his. The Kuomintang has also criticized him in the past. Even Sun Yat-sen, the honorary former president and prime minister, issued an invitation because of his talents.

However, because Liang Qichao and Lu Xun had been good friends in their early years, especially since Liang Qichao was a royalist like Kang Youwei, he was one of the leaders who organized overseas Chinese to mobilize to protect the rule of the Qing Dynasty, second only to Kang Youwei, so Although in the end he had to admit that the Qing Dynasty was overthrown in 1911, that the Qing Dynasty was so rotten that it could not fall, and that China had reached a point where it had to break and then stand up again, this did not mean that he Already admitted that he had forgiven Sun Wen and Sun Yat-sen.

After many contacts with Lu Xun, he felt Lu Xun's talents and his passionate patriotism. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, princes all over China rose up and stood on their own hills. Therefore, due to considerations such as emotion and reason, he finally declined Sun Wen's invitation and also declined the invitation of the most powerful Yuan Shikai. I even threw away Li Yuanhong's invitation without even looking at it, and finally came to Nanjing. I originally wanted to try it out, to see what I could do or how much I could contribute to help the country develop, but it turned out that Unexpectedly, Lu Xun took him so seriously that he became the Minister of Civil Affairs of the Nanjing government at the beginning of this year. This is equivalent to the Minister of the Interior overseas, but in terms of status, he is second only to the President and Prime Minister. , the most important departments of the government exist with the Foreign Minister and the Finance Minister, and are in charge of the people under the management of the Nanjing government. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the chief steward of the Nanjing government.

Receiving such attention allowed him to express his ambitions. Naturally, Liang Qichao understood the need to repay, so at the age of 39, he fulfilled his duties to the 32-year-old Lu Xun.

Liang Qichao said: "After more than half a year of development, compared with other places, the localities under our jurisdiction have relatively less tax revenue and because the major departments under our government are relatively clean, so we have a better reputation among the people and our people." When the government gets along well with each other, there is already a trend of prosperity and development. The following data is an approximate summary of the data we compiled based on the rough statistics of each province. You can refer to it.

The first is Zhejiang. There are now 11.88 million people in Zhejiang, but at the same time last year, the population was only 11.5 million. In other words, in just half a year, Zhejiang now has an increase of 1.38 million people. In terms of economy, because our currency has not yet come out, we use pesetas first. This translates into Zhejiang’s current half-year income of 300 million pesetas. In other words, the income in half a year is about 30 pesetas, and in a year it is 60 pesetas. This has allowed Zhejiang to reach the level of the four old countries in South America, Chile, Ecuador, and Bolivia, in just half a year. , the level of Peru and other countries in 1905 reached about half of that of Tsarist Russia.

Fujian is now about 25, while Jiangxi is about 22. As for southern Jiangsu, it is now a latecomer and has surpassed Fujian as a whole. It is comparable to Hangzhou and Fuzhou. The per capita income is 160. Seta or so. It has reached the level of northern Europe, surpassing Tsarist Russia by 120 pesetas.

The current population of Fujian is 22.876 million people. Since we govern southern Jiangsu mainly in the dense urban areas of Jiangsu, we account for about half of Jiangsu’s population of 13.266 million people. In Jiangxi, the population is 11.5 million. In other words, the population of all the places we manage now is close to 60 million. The current GDP of these three and a half provinces is around 1 billion pesetas. "

"I want to ask Brother Qichao, what about other places? I mainly want to know about the population issue, their other forces, and the current population control issue."

Liang Qichao looked over and saw that it was Gu Weijun, the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He quickly understood. As the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liang Qichao quickly understood his intentions.

So he said: "Some are not accurate, and some provinces have not been collected completely, so let's talk about it now. Zhili is Shuntian Prefecture (later changed to Peking and Beijing), with a population of about 20.9 million, Shanxi 12.2 million, and Henan 25.3 million. , Greater Mongolia 6 million (including internal and external), Anhui 23.6 million, Shaanxi 8.45 million, Xinjiang 1.2 million, Gansu including Ningxia 10.48 million, Northern Jiangsu 13.26 million, Shandong 38 million, these are the main scope of Comrade Yuan Shikai. Plus In the Northeast, where Japan and Russia participate in the rule, there are still more than 20 million people there, which means about 170 million people. Therefore, Yuan Shikai is called the most powerful person in China, which is not at all in terms of population or geography. wrong.[

And what about those led by the Kuomintang in the south? Also, what was the population at that time in the places in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River ruled by Li Yuanhong?