Vol 5 Chapter 6: , Budget vs plan

Chekov first asked: "May I ask Marshal Popov, how long does the military plan take to complete? How much manpower and material resources are involved? How to ensure that limited funds are used to achieve the strategic goals of globalization?"
Budget inquiries are an indispensable part, and Popov was naturally prepared for it. The strategic goals set out by the military are more ambitious than the other, and of course it is impossible to achieve them all at once!
Popov calmly replied: "Let me answer the first question first. It is not possible to eliminate the unstable factors in the colony overnight.
The total area of ​​our current colony is about 8 million square kilometers, which is 12 times that of our homeland. There are no railways and roads in such a large area. Even a patrol is not a small job.
The military has formulated a military action plan based on a five-year period. The goal is to initially eliminate the destabilizing factors in the colony within five years!
I think this is easy to handle. We can directly put recruit training on colonial bandits and use actual combat to train troops. Although the casualties may be a little bit larger, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops, the price is still worth it! "
After a pause, after everyone had digested it, Popov added: "The strategy of globalization is a step that every powerful country must take. This is a long-term national policy.
In today's world, there is only one that has truly completed the strategic layout of globalization-the British Empire, and even the globalization of the French, there are still some areas that are not perfect, and the rest of Japan, the United States, and us have just started!
Although the road is long, we have to go! Bulgaria can start from nothing, from weak to strong all the way to the present, relying on the first step of the strategic layout, and now we still cannot fall behind!
After careful consideration of this time limit, the military finally calculated it to be within 30 to 50 years, which means that our generation basically has no chance to complete this strategy! "
Okay, Popov is also a bachelor. I don't just say how much money it will cost. I clearly told everyone that it is enough to think about the globalization strategy. If you want to complete it, leave the opportunity to the next generation!
Chekov naturally wouldn't let him go so easily, and continued to ask: "In this case, can we understand that Bulgaria's globalization strategy is just a plan, and there is no need to start it in the short term?"
Popov calmly replied: "Of course not. We must make preparations in advance. Otherwise, if the international situation changes and the opportunity suddenly comes, we are not prepared and waste the opportunity. unfortunately?"
After a pause, Chekov said carefully: "Good Marshal Popov, I understand what you mean. After your statement, I think there is a serious problem with the budget proposed by the military this time!
First, the work of suppressing bandits in the colonies can be distributed and advanced. I personally suggest that in 1918 the military should focus on the Asia Minor Peninsula, and at most give consideration to the Middle East;
Second, for the navy to enter the Indian Ocean, as long as it has a foothold in the Persian Gulf, there is no need for us to overinvest in the short term;
Third, the globalization strategy can be put on hold first, and it will not be too late to invest after our economic expansion. There is no need to squeeze precious construction funds now;
Fourth, although integrated warfare is very important, I personally feel that it is enough to improve it locally. With our current military strength, no one will be us whether it is in the Balkans, the Middle East, or even the Persian Gulf. Opponent!
The colonies in Africa are our weak point, but African colonies have no current value. In the short term, I don't think anyone will start a war against us for our African colonies!
In summary, I personally suggest that the military's budget for the coming year be cut by 45 percent, that is, to retain 1.43 billion lev (approximately 5.72 million pounds) is a relatively reasonable figure! "
After all, Bulgaria came out of the Balkans. Even if it wanted to limit military spending, everyone did not cut it too hard. The huge sum of 1.43 billion lev is already equivalent to Bulgaria's military spending in 1914 before the war!
Of course, this also requires the use of troops in the colonies. Military expenditure cannot be too low. Even if the world war has just ended, Bulgaria still has a lot of strategic materials left, but military expenditure will still not be low!
There is no doubt that this number is unacceptable by the military, and then began to quarrel and hold back. As the protagonist, Popov is naturally under siege, but everyone’s face has been trained. No matter what you say, he doesn’t know it. move!
Seeing that the time was almost up, Constantine decisively stopped everyone's quarrel, and sternly reprimanded: "Quiet! The inquiry continues, and now the Ministry of Industry!"
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Two days have passed since a series of procedures have passed, and the funds of various departments have been suppressed. Of course, it is still far from the budget of 5.2 billion levs.
It's not 500 million levs, of which 200 million levs have been withdrawn by Ferdinand as emergency reserves, which is not within the scope of this budget.
However, Constantine is still very satisfied with the current work progress. The budgets of various departments have also been successfully suppressed to less than 600 million levs. It only takes a few more debates to complete the task.
Under normal circumstances, Bulgaria's budget meeting will not last for a week. After all, everyone is very busy and it is impossible to wrestle with budget issues every day.
Usually when it comes to the last juncture, you still need to cut the budget by yourself. Once again, there is still a step before the heads of each department evaluate the reasonable funds of other departments!
This is also not to be messed up. It cannot be said to deliberately lower the funds of others in order to grab funds. This will be considered as having no overall view. The consequence is to prepare to go home. Bulgaria does not need a national leader without a global view!
This data is also a reference standard. If everyone is willing to give you a big number, don't be proud, it means that the workload of your department in the coming year will be overwhelming!
Corresponding to the annual plan is the annual appraisal. You can't always put forward a lot of plans on the budget, and you haven't completed any of them by the end of the appraisal, right?
This is a dereliction of duty. If there is no special reason, the Independent Commission Against Corruption will probably check the departments that have not completed their tasks. Even if there are no economic problems, they must prepare a collective roll-up and go home. The Bulgarian government should not waste it!
Therefore, when formulating a plan every year, everyone is careful enough, not only to list the project to grab the budget, but also to complete the plan and make political achievements!
The budget meeting in 1918 lasted until mid-December. The preliminary budget plans of the various departments were formed, and they could be formally confirmed as long as they were approved by Ferdinand.
The general framework is still within the scope of Ferdinand's plan. For example, the final military expenditure is fixed at 1.872 billion lev (about 74.88 million pounds), accounting for 36% of fiscal revenue.
The education budget is fixed at 780 million Levs (about 3.12 million pounds), accounting for 15% of total fiscal revenue.
The cost of industrial construction is only 500 million Levs (approximately 200 million pounds), accounting for 9.6% of the total fiscal revenue.
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These are no alternatives. Although the world war is over, it does not mean that the world is peaceful. Bulgaria's international status must also be maintained by the army, so military expenditures are still high!
The increase in education funding is also an inevitable result. We have just recruited a group of researchers from Germany, so we must relocate them? You have to ask for money to build a laboratory, right?
There are still a lot of "big men" who were famous at the time. People's treatment must always be guaranteed, right? As for the original high-level talents in Bulgaria, you can't cut off their treatment for no reason, right?
By the way, in addition to the state financial appropriations, Bulgaria’s education funds also include university patent fees, social donations, and student tuition income!
Of course, the universities in Bulgaria do not charge tuition. This "tuition" is not ordinary tuition. There are always some local tyrants who want to spend money to let their children go to college. Although they can't get a formal diploma, they have also learned something and knowledge. Is not it?
Regarding these Ferdinand's insistence on not slaughtering nothing, just a few cheap liberal arts classes can be done, and tuition fees ranging from 50,000 to 100,000 levs per year can be charged. He has no reason to refuse!
Anyway, for many people, the more expensive the price, the better, and there are still many dudes who have been rectified after entering the university, and these rich and powerful people don't suffer at all!
The investment in industry does not seem to be large. In fact, the money is only used to provide enterprises with basic supporting facilities. After all, they have just returned from a batch of cheap equipment from Germany. As long as the supporting facilities are completed, they can be assembled and operated.
As for whether the company can make a profit? I don’t know this. Anyway, in Ferdinand’s opinion, money in this era is really good. It takes time for the Germans to regain their vitality. Britain and France have gone further and further on the road of financial death. The European Big 6 is the least competitive time!
During this period, as long as there is no problem with the direction of investment, there will be basically no loss. Europe is largely abandoned and awaiting prosperity. The spring of the bourgeoisie has come.
If this period is missed, when the order in Germany returns to normal and the industry starts to operate normally, then a large number of cheap goods will flood the European Big Six, and the competition will be cruel.
Well, Bulgaria was originally a counterfeit product, and the cheapness was almost achieved by them. Taking advantage of the wage gap between Eastern Europe and Western Europe, as well as the difference in raw material prices, European countries had their own products during the most competitive period before World War I. A place, not to mention now.
Ferdinand has no interest in light industry for the simple reason that he is not short of money! Using banks to control companies has a much higher rate of return than direct investment in companies. It is no wonder that British and French consortia have rushed to play finance!
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In fact, before the outbreak of the World War, there was another industry in Bulgaria that focused on agriculture-agriculture, but with the end of the world war, neither Ferdinand nor the cabinet paid much attention.
The reason is very real-there is more land! Now that the land has increased, the grain output has naturally increased, but the demand for grain in the international market has not increased!
At the annual budget meeting, the Ministry of Agriculture proposed the transformation of agriculture. The area of ​​arable land that the government had forced to preserve is no longer needed. Instead, it wants to guide the people to plant cash crops!
Of course, the crisis of food oversupply will not explode in the short term, at least until the Russians resume food exports, Bulgaria does not have to worry about this problem.
But the work of preparing for a rainy day must begin, otherwise the large-scale land reclamation will be completed in the past few years, and a large harvest of wheat and potatoes will not feel so wonderful!
To resolve this crisis, we must rely on the Family Planning Commission. Only when the population increases can this problem be solved perfectly, so family planning should continue.
Then, in this round of budget wars, the UN Population Administration took the lead. Not only did it get 250 million levs, it also received special approval from the cabinet: it released the rewards or subsidies stipulated by national laws and finally passed the budget. , The government is responsible for it!
In short, I still encourage everyone to have children~EbookFREE.me~ The more the better! It doesn't matter even if it is a budget. Anyway, the Bulgarian government needs population!
According to the plan of the Bulgarian government, Bulgaria's human resources gap in the next ten years will exceed 80 million. If you want to make up for this gap, there seems to be no better way except for emigrating from Russia and Europe in the short term!
But immigration is not a long-term solution, and the quality of these people is also flawed, and it is increasingly unable to meet the needs of the Bulgarian exhibition.
At the working conference in 1918, Ferdinand put forward to the Population Bureau: The requirement of doubling the population in twenty years!
This is also a conclusion drawn after accurate calculations. Due to the factors of the Russian Civil War, Bulgaria currently accepts as few as tens of thousands and as many as hundreds of thousands of refugees every month.
Coupled with immigrants from European countries, Bulgaria’s population wants to double in 20 years. On average, it needs to ensure the survival of 2.3 million newborn babies every year to complete the task.
Of course, this population doubling refers to the doubling of the population with Bulgarian nationality, not the doubling of the population in the Bulgarian-controlled area, otherwise the officials of the Population Department should not do it, it simply cannot be done!
To complete this great demographic strategy, Bulgaria still has a long way to go.
But in theory, as long as the current birth rate is maintained, it may not be necessary to wait until 20 years later, and this strategic goal can be completed in the 14th or 15th year. The government is optimistic about this plan!
Ferdinand naturally did not dispel everyone's enthusiasm. Although he knew that after the small peasant economy was destroyed, the population growth rate was inevitable, but he didn't know when this point of time began!
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