Chapter 480： Financial arrangements for 1913

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In the winter of 1922, nothing major happened anywhere in the world.

If you insist on saying yes, then the establishment of the Soviet Union can also be counted. The Soviet republics under the control of the Soviet Union formed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics at the end of December, and the name Soviet Union finally appeared in front of the world.

The founding of the Soviet Union can also be regarded as the transformation of Lenin and others abandoning the world revolution and focusing on building a socialist country, because the person responsible for the formation of the Soviet Union was Stalin.

As one of the most famous figures of World War II, Stalin's temperament has been thoroughly studied by later generations, and Edel certainly knew the character of this ‘caring father’.

The two things that attracted the most attention of this ‘loving father’ were the industrialization and purges of Soviet Russia. Of course, from the perspective of later generations, we can unscrupulously comment on its effect, but few people can put themselves in his position and consider problems.

As the only communist country hostile to the Soviet Union, it faces threats from all directions. At this time, the Soviet Union urgently needed to strengthen its national power, and rapid industrialization was their only choice. However, according to the Russian temperament, this goal is difficult to achieve without giving the death order (compare the growth in the era of Khrushchev and Brezhnev). So someone must be behind them with a whip to drive them forward.

Of course, the result of forced driving will make people feel dissatisfied. It's fine for a short time, but no one can stand it for a long time. So at the 17th Congress of 1931, Stalin lost the election. During the secret ballot, his name was ticked off more than anyone else. The loss of a general secretary can be described as a very important event. It can also be seen how many people are complaining about the rapid industrialization.

Facing the huge dissatisfaction within the party, Stalin either stepped down or fought back. Of course, according to his tough character, he must fight back. After the final decision was made to increase the number of members of the Central Committee and make up for the number of members of the Central Committee, a major purge is already inevitable.

One of the essence of the Great Purge is to allow these officials to continue to complete the industrialization of Soviet Russia. Especially at the time when the situation in the surrounding countries of Soviet Russia deteriorated greatly, it was necessary to make Soviet Russia more powerful. Of course, guaranteeing his rule is one of them. (But to be fair, it would be hard to say whether the Soviet Union could survive World War II without a tough leader like Stalin.)

As for the news of the establishment of the Soviet Union, Edel only glanced at it and put it down. This is Romania’s main threat to the future, but he really has no way to deal with it at the moment. It is better to be concerned about the importance of Romania, for ironing also requires hard work.

According to Romania’s latest statistics, Romania’s GDP reached a total of 32.76 billion lei in 1922. Among them, the industrial output value is 18.47 billion lei and the agricultural output value is 9.64 billion lei. Now it can be said responsibly that Romania has entered the age of industrialization.

And this value ($6.324 billion) is already higher than Italy ($5.641 billion), after Britain, France, Germany and the Soviet Union, it can be regarded as the top five European economic powers.

And Romania has a better advantage than Italy that is the vast plain terrain, which has allowed Romania to maintain Europe's best food exports. After the rapid development during the war, Romania's grain processing industry and food industry are very competitive in Europe. Romania’s traditional strong exports of automobiles and petrochemical products have also consolidated its position. It is worth mentioning that, relying on the large number of potash mines in the Carpathian Mountains, Romania's fertilizer exports have also grown.

Several large fertilizer plants in Transylvania not only provide fertilizers for domestic use, but also export to neighboring countries, especially Poland with the largest export volume.

Relying on the strong economic growth of Romania, the government's revenue has also increased substantially. At present, the central fiscal revenue this year reached 3.67 billion lei, an increase of 5.7% over the previous year.

However, the growth of income is still inferior to expenditure, and the listed fiscal expenditure for the next year will reach 4.38 billion lei. Among them, the largest expenditure is the various expenditures for the new territory. Of course, these expenditures are not listed separately, but are mixed in the budgets of various departments.

Educational budgets still dominate the top spot, with 543 million lei expenditures still dominating the crowd. Many of these funds are used to open Romanian language schools in the new territory. Because the Ministry of Education is considering mandatory requirements, schools at all levels must teach Romanian and written languages. Of course, other languages ​​and scripts can also be taught, but the minimum length of time is set for Romanian and scripts.

In addition, they also want to increase the score occupied by Romanian Latin in the exam to entice students and parents to learn. Based on the latest considerations, they plan to increase the score of Romanian to 1 point (all other subjects are 100 points).

It can be seen that the Ministry of Education has also worked hard to integrate Romanian nationals.

The government's public expenditure is followed by 417 million lei. The reason why this proportion is so high is also because of the many things in the new territory, such as mediating disputes among ethnic groups. The other is to give local governments some powers to help them quickly solve problems that arise. And where power comes from, in addition to promoting officials, the control of government funds is also one of them.

However, the current Prime Minister Karatuuli has plans to withdraw this power. So when the time comes, the government's public expenditure will also be rapidly reduced.

In addition to unexpected government public expenditures, the next step is transportation construction expenditures. Its expenditure of 379 million lei is still the mainstay of government expenditure. In addition to the expansion of road construction in the new territory, there are also other road renovations. At present, the Ministry of Construction is advancing the division of roads at all levels, including national roads, provincial, municipal, and even village-level roads. Its Chinese-class roads need to have two-way four-lane roads, and the roads should be paved with asphalt to facilitate cars. The provincial level is similar, except that the requirement for oil-parking roads is lower, and the municipal roads are even lower, down to the village-level dirt roads.

The next step is the expenditure of military expenses, whose expenditure of 342 million lei is definitely not low. Because Romania is currently abolishing some military personnel. That's right, the reform of the three regiments led by Admiral Fellerit is being carried out vigorously, and many officers and soldiers have been selected to retire.

According to Feleit’s plan Romania will reduce the total number of troops to 310,000, of which the army will remain at about 250,000. At present, the 26 army divisions need to abolish 2 of them. Except for a few of the remaining division-level troops, all other divisions need to have a shelf infantry regiment.

The navy has expanded to 60,000 people on the basis of the current 40,000 people, because they will usher in great development in the future. As a manifestation of their great development, the navy can get 103 million lei in its military expenditure. This can be said to be the largest amount the Navy has ever received, and starting this year, the Navy's funding will also increase year by year.

For this reason, Lieutenant General Lomodan, Secretary of the Navy and Lieutenant General Nestaku, commander of the fleet, worked out an ambitious shipbuilding plan. They plan to build five destroyers, three light cruisers, and one heavy cruiser for the navy in five years.

In order to quell the army’s anger over the surge in naval funding, Edel promised Fellerit that it would not cut the army’s funding, and at the same time, he would increase the army’s funding by not less than an annual increase of 3%.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that Romania currently has a social security and employment expenditure. However, its current proportion is not large, currently only less than 30 million lei. However, it is believed that as time goes by, its proportion is also increasing.