Vol 5 Chapter 5: Annual budget

The annual budget meeting has begun. Ferdinand chose to exit very wisely. According to the usual practice, no noise for three or five days will not produce results!
Anyway, Ferdinand has already had a bottom in his mind. He has a fixed cost for each department, but this is only a bottom line. It depends on his ability to know which department can get the final amount.
For example, this year Ferdinand's military spending range for the military is: not less than 30%, and not more than 42%.
Then, as the actual executor, Constantine must limit the military expenses to this range, but this bottom line is strictly confidential to them. How much military expenses the military can get at the budget meeting must be It depends on their ability.
This is not to rely on force or influence, but to make sense and come up with solid grounds to convince the heads of cabinets and departments to make everyone convinced!
Bulgaria's annual budget is determined at the end of the previous year and usually begins in early December. Decisions must be made before the end of the month for each department to make a detailed policy plan for the coming year.
The exception is naturally during the war. Because of the World War, Bulgaria's annual budget has actually been terminated for two years, and now it is about to start again.
As the Prime Minister Constantine presided over the meeting in accordance with the usual practice, he did not hesitate and directly said: "In 1918, the annual budget meeting now begins, or the heads of various departments in the old rules spoke in order of seats and listed the departments Check the expenses for the next year's plan, then accept your questions, and get your approval to pass! "
Hidden rules exist in any environment, and Bulgaria's annual budget conference is no exception. Basically, the stronger the department, the higher the position and the earlier the speaker. Usually they have the most funds.
There is no doubt that Bulgaria is located in the Balkans. It goes all the way to the present and hits it all the way. The military is naturally the most powerful department, and there is no one!
Now that the Bulgarian military has been essentially divided into the three forces of the land, sea and air, their representatives are also three people. In terms of numbers, they have occupied the dominant advantage.
Of course, this number is of no use. In fact, only one person can speak. The other two are eligible to attend only out of respect for the military services they represent, indicating that Bulgaria's land, sea and air forces are equal in status!
In fact, everyone knows that Bulgaria is still dominated by the army, and Army Minister Popov is naturally the spokesperson of the military.
Popov said solemnly: "Then I started. In 1918, our military plans to eliminate all instability in the colonies, starting from the Asia Minor Peninsula, to Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Palestine, and then to the Arabian Peninsula, In Africa, you must fight hard!
We plan to send 350,000 troops to carry out a major cleanup of our colony, eliminate all hostile elements, and clear the way for the government's subsequent colonial development work!
At the same time, we also plan to focus on building the Persian Gulf region, establishing a complete naval naval port, extending our tentacles to the Indian Ocean region, and increasing Bulgaria's influence in the world.
If necessary, we can also conduct a global cruise to show our sense of existence and implement Bulgaria's global strategy.
Everyone knows that the future war is no longer confined to one place. This will be an integrated war of land, sea, and air coordination.
In order to increase the rapid response capability of the Bulgarian army, we plan to deploy the Air Force to all our colonies and establish two airborne divisions. We can invest troops in any corner of the country within two days if necessary.
...
Therefore, the annual military budget of the Bulgarian military in 1918 was 2.6 billion levs, which is 50% of fiscal revenue! "
Well, now it has begun to flicker, Popov spit out all the plans of the army, sea, and air in one breath. No matter how much they go back, they are one when they are fighting for the military budget.
Even in order to enhance the persuasiveness, he even threw out the land, sea, and air integration wars that Ferdinand often emphasized. Although it has not yet been confirmed, this is what His Majesty the King said, so it must be right!
Of course, if 2.6 billion levs can complete his plan, there is no doubt that the cabinet will support the iron pan and sell iron, and the heads of various departments will not pull back at this time.
It is a pity that the plan is always only a plan. At most 2.6 billion levs can only be used as start-up funds. It is really necessary to perfect this plan. Perhaps adding a zero at the back can be achieved.
Therefore, although everyone is interested in the military's plan, no one will support it. After all, one year does not matter, and everyone can tolerate it, and the Bulgarian government has not experienced hard times.
But long-term investment, forget which one! When we have developed our economy first, let's come when the country is rich!
After the military ’s speech, it ’s the Ministry of Industry ’s turn. Minister of Industry Lauren Holman said excitedly,
Our Ministry of Industry plans to increase our heavy industry capacity by 50% and light industry capacity in the coming year. Ten percent increase.
Everyone knows that we have harvested a lot of good things from Germany this time. These machinery and equipment are urgently needed to be installed. We must create good investment conditions for the enterprise. Nowadays, there are still mechanical equipments stacked outside Sofia. But Because the follow-up conditions could not keep up, the company could not start production.
If it continues to delay, I am afraid that these valuable machinery and equipment will be discarded. In order to avoid waste, the Ministry of Industry decided to build two light industrial bases and one heavy industrial base in the Balkan Peninsula, and three new heavy industrial bases in the Asia Minor Peninsula. Time allows these factories to go into production.
Therefore, the budget of the Ministry of Industry in 1918 was 1 billion levs. This cost will be fully invested in these infrastructures to solve the core problems of the enterprise! "
That's right, the current Minister of Industry of Bulgaria is a German engineer with a railway background. He was able to become the Minister of Industry, because he was a little too wide when he was the chief engineer of the Bulgarian Railways, and was discovered by Ferdinand.
As for his origin, it is not a problem at all. The king Ferdinand is a German nobleman. Those who dared to talk about this issue in Bulgaria were shut up!
Creating a new industrial base is another temptation that everyone can't refuse. Although the initial investment is large, the return in the later period is also great!
In addition, there are cheap machinery waiting to be assembled, and it cannot be dragged at all! Every day of delay is a waste of money! In this respect, the Bulgarian government is actually more anxious than the boss behind Ferdinand, the company!
The development of heavy industry is different from light industry. Without sufficient resources, it is impossible to build a factory. Now Bulgaria has passed the era when the loss was laid, and economic benefits must also be considered.
For example, the Palestinian region has 492 billion cubic meters of natural gas, 184 million barrels of oil, 185 billion tons of coal, 430 million tons of iron, 74 million tons of bauxite, and a large number of chromium ore and marble.
It has the basic conditions for the development of heavy industry. There is also a weakness here. The lack of water is only sufficient in the coastal plains, so the location of the factory is very important.
This is why the Ministry of Industry has released Bulgaria ’s heavy industries one by one, which is really limited by the place where the raw materials are produced.
Some places are suitable for steelmaking, and some places are suitable for ironmaking. These enterprises cannot be brought together at all.
For example, to support a large iron and steel company in Palestine, iron ore must be transported from the outside. The local iron ore resources are only enough to be consumed from the beginning.
Of course, there is no need to consider in a short time. With the productivity of the early 20th century, the annual output of millions of tons of steel is a large enterprise, which is enough for many years.
Due to the lack of concentration of resources, Bulgaria's heavy industries want to concentrate in the future, I am afraid there is still a long way to go. From the perspective of mineral resources, it is sooner or later for Bulgaria to develop Africa!
After the Ministry of Industry is finished, it is the Ministry of Education's turn. Education and research are tied together when the budget is allocated. This is also inseparable. You can't let two bosses on the research institutes of universities?
In fact, the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology are already a department. Even the office buildings are together, but the two brands are hung. The merger is only a matter of time.
Anyway, their funding is indispensable. Chekov said calmly: "The Ministry of Education decided to expand another university in 1918, still focusing on science and engineering. By then, our country's universities will reach five, and we can recruit about four each year. Thousands of college students, this will greatly alleviate the shortage of our senior talents!
At the same time, we will also expand 15 higher vocational colleges, including three medical colleges. By then, our higher vocational colleges will break through the 50 mark and can recruit 100,000 students every year ... "
Well, in order to save expenses, Ferdinand had to engage in elite education in Bulgaria, the consequence is that Bulgarian college students are rare.
In fact, even the establishment of a university in Bulgaria must be discussed and approved by Parliament before it can be implemented. The establishment of higher vocational colleges can be established with the approval of the Ministry of Education.
The treatment between the two is also very different. The most obvious is the establishment of a university. The funds invested are in billions of units, and the annual financial allocation is also in billions of units!
And to build a vocational college only needs tens of millions, and the annual operating cost only needs several million levs. The two sides are not comparable at all!
How can we not invest money to cultivate scientific research talents? So now the total number of college students in Bulgaria is less than 15,000, and it will cost up to 500 million levs, and the per capita education cost has exceeded 33,300 levs.
Of course, this cost also includes the scientific research costs of the professors, which also accounts for more than half, otherwise the Bulgarian government really cannot afford it.
By now, these investments are beginning to come back to life. With the technology developed by universities, we can barely recover 100 million leva's patent royalties in China every year. This has made Ferdinand overjoyed and finally saw the benefits!
In contrast, elementary students under the compulsory education system are much cheaper. The education expenditure of three or four million elementary students is actually not as large as those of these universities!
It can only be said that it is really expensive to engage in high-level education in this era, especially in science and engineering. How can it be less expensive to do experiments? Want to leave these experts and professors without scientific research funding!
It ’s not like no one in the education industry has proposed to expand universities, but after seeing this funding, one shut up obediently. This is really not something that ordinary countries can play!
Even the wealthy Americans couldn't afford it in this era. Unless they used Pheasant University to make up the numbers, this huge sum would be enough to bankrupt any country ten times.
Of course, the higher vocational colleges and universities in Bulgaria can also be regarded as universities in the world. The education they receive is no different from ordinary universities in the world. It is nothing more than an increase in the content of practical courses. There are so many hours of lessons every day.
It is no secret that Bulgaria is going to add a university. The Ministry of Education was prepared long before the outbreak of the World War, but unfortunately it broke out before there was time to carry out the war. Now that the World War is over, the Ministry of Education naturally wants to implement it!
...
After each department blew out its own annual budget, Constantine's face turned black, and there was no doubt that it had significantly exceeded the budget.
After the clerk's statistics were completed, Constantine said coldly, "Everyone's budgets are listed. The final statistics are 8.648 billion levs, which exceeds our fiscal revenue of 3.448 billion levs. The fiscal deficit is as high as Sixty-six percent!
So trouble everyone to make a new plan. If you think there is no problem with your budget results, then enter the second round now-accept everyone's questions! "
This is because Constantine is not angry ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Some departments' budgets are too impractical, for example: the Ministry of Health plans to implement a one village one medical plan, regardless of the cost, first consider the Bulgarian energy Can't gather so many doctors!
Of course, in theory, the number of doctors in Bulgaria is enough, but in this case, all of them are decentralized to the countryside, and people in the city will have a lot of trouble getting medical treatment!
In fact, there is no need to consider it at all. It must be the priority to satisfy the city. It is actually the limit of this era to be able to match qualified doctors in each town.
No way, a qualified doctor needs to be trained for at least ten years. Now Bulgaria also encourages doctors to bring apprentices. As long as these apprentices pass the assessment, they can also obtain medical licenses.
...
Https: //
Genius address :. Mobile website reading URL: