After discussion at the government meeting, the resolution to establish Wuhan City and build the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway was finally determined. Another important issue, the issuance of "sin tax", caused heated discussion at the meeting. It took almost a day to discuss this issue, and it was basically agreed that most people supported the launch of the "sin tax". It was officially announced after the New Year and began to be implemented on April 1.

After all, replacing metal currency with paper currency is the general trend of the development of the times. Money reform is imperative. Moreover, the silver reserves of the East China government are no longer enough to support the increase in currency, so this is something that no one can object to. The only difference lies in what form it is used. Relatively speaking, the imposition of "sin tax" is the most moderate, that is, it is not too radical or conservative, and it is reasonable to be recognized by the vast majority of people.

Of course, in addition to these, the government meeting also discussed other matters, one of which was related to military equipment. It turned out that in this five-year cycle, the navy only prepared to build two battleships. The main reason was that in the Far East War, a large number of warships were captured to be repaired. After all, at that time, although the East China Government had three shipyards, Qingdao Shipyard, Tianjin Shipyard, and Jiangnan Shipyard, only Qingdao Shipyard could build battleships.

In the original plan, the two newly built battleships will start this year, and are expected to be launched at the end of 1910 and completed in 1911, but in fact they started construction at the end of last year. This is because the transformation progress of Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard is faster than expected, and now it can build battleships. In addition, the first phase of the Jinzhou Shipyard built in Dalian has been completed. Warships below 5,000 tons can be built to share the work for other shipyards. At the same time, the restoration of captured warships has also been greatly accelerated.

Under the influence of these factors, the plan for the newly built battleship was also advanced. The first newly built battleship had started construction at the Qingdao Shipyard at the end of 1908, and the second will be built at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai after the New Year. It is expected that it can be launched in the water and installed in the late 1910 or early 1911. In this way, the construction of naval battleships will have a gap of about one year. Therefore, the Navy proposed to immediately carry out project establishment, design and other work of two new battleships to ensure that the construction of battleships is uninterrupted. Of course, these two battleships will be listed in the next five-year shipbuilding plan, which is considered to be started in advance.

Just after the government meeting ended, Gao Jin from Shenyang sent a telegram to Qingdao, expressing his willingness to accept the arrangements of the Executive Yuan and take office in Wuhan. After all, this is a very rare opportunity. Wuhan's political, economic status and development prospects in China's territory are much stronger than Shenyang, and in addition, he can still strive to serve as the governor of Hubei Province in the future. Therefore, accepting this position means that Gao Jin has entered the first echelon of local officials.

However, Gao Jin also made three requests to the Executive Yuan: First, he has a lot of work in Shenyang that has just started and is going to be transferred now, so it takes time to arrange and arrange it, otherwise it will easily cause major losses. Therefore, he hopes that there will be a 2-3 month arrangement cycle, and at the same time, he also hopes that the newly appointed mayor of Shenyang will be in place as soon as possible so that the handover will be carried out in person.

The second is that Gao Jin hopes that the Executive Yuan can prepare a special fund for the newly established Wuhan City to be used for the construction of Wuhan, because in the old time and space, Wuhan was not only a hub center for water and land transportation, but also the largest industrial city in central China. In the old time and space, it had a number of national-level super-large industrial enterprises, the most well-known of which were Wuhan Iron and Steel, Wuhan Shipbuilding, etc., and the industrial layout was not arbitrary. Therefore, in this time and space, Wuhan's ultimate development direction was still a comprehensive super-large city, but such development required a lot of funds. Of course, Gao Jin would not expect to be in place in one step, and this was not realistic, but the funds for startup were necessary.

The third is to hope to transfer Ouyang Longxing’s work to Wuhan to avoid separation from the couple. This is also a common human nature, and it is impossible for the couple to separate for a long time.

These three requirements are very reasonable and not difficult to achieve. Even if Ouyang Longxing's work is transferred, the Military Commission can adjust and cooperate. Therefore, the Executive Yuan quickly responded to Gao Jin and agreed to her request.

After the government meeting ended, the resolutions were immediately submitted to the Senate for voting. After two days of defense and voting, all the bills were also passed in the Senate. Now the relationship between the East China Government is very good, so the resolutions that were basically reached in the Executive Yuan could be passed smoothly when they arrived at the Senate.

The meeting ended and it was passed, so local officials from all over the country who came to Qingdao for the meeting also left and returned to their jobs. Li Songchen and Gao Jun also bid farewell to Luo Yue's family and returned to Shanghai with their two adopted children. During the days of living in Luo Yue's family, Li Songchen and Gao Jun also established a certain relationship with each other, at least they are not unfamiliar with each other, which is also the biggest gain in the past few days.

However, in the past few days, the children of the two families have established a deep friendship, so this time the children seem reluctant to part with each other, and the girls all burst into tears.

However, the children cannot be transferred according to the children's intentions. In the end, Li Songchen and Gao Jun left with their two children. Of course, this time Li Songchen and Gao Jun no longer left on the military ship, but specially ordered tickets for passenger ships and purchased first-class cabins. One was to take two children, and the other was to be pregnant and needed a good living environment, although they only stayed on the ship for one night. After all, the comfort of the passenger ship was far better than that of the military ship.

After Li Songchen and Gao Jun left, it was approaching the New Year. The streets of Qingdao were full of the New Year atmosphere. Moreover, the entire East China government is on an upward trend, so it also shows a vibrant atmosphere.

After several years of development, Qingdao has basically prepared a modern city as it should be. Moreover, economic development and business development have greatly improved the living standards of Qingdao residents. Therefore, on the occasion of the New Year, basically every family can spend some money to celebrate. The New Year is the most important festival of the year, so naturally they are willing to spend more money and live a lively life.

The veterans are still passionate about the New Year, because in the old time and space, Chinese people generally had a feeling of the New Year becoming less and less. Because of the fact that the veterans who were over 40 years old when they traveled through time, they even felt that although their living conditions were getting better and more convenient, the New Year was not as interesting and fun as they were when they were young. Many things have never been returned with the development of science and technology and social progress.

But in this era, the atmosphere of the New Year is back. As the New Year approaches, every household will buy New Year's goods, pickled fish, cured meat, fried meatballs, lotus root clips, spring rolls and other foods, but are not purchased from supermarkets, but made by themselves. There are also various New Year activities spontaneously held by the folk. The sound of firecrackers almost never stops, allowing the older elders to regain their childhood memories, and the young elders also feel the traditional and novel New Year atmosphere. These are things that cannot be understood in the old time and space, and also make the elders cherish them. Of course, the only regret is that there is no Spring Festival party on the 30th night of each year. Therefore, although it has been 10 years since this era, every time during the Chinese New Year, the elders are particularly excited and expectant, and there is no feeling of getting bored at all.

In addition, this year was not the same as other years. At the end of 1908, the East China Government sent troops to capture Beijing and captured Guangxu and Cixi, which could basically be regarded as the official destruction of the Qing court. Although this victory was not military to be boasted, it was still of great significance in politics. When the Qing court was still there, no matter how weak or corrupt it was, it represented China's orthodox government. The East China Government incompetently claimed that it represented the majority of the interests. The Qing court had lost all its heart, but in the eyes of most people, the East China Government was still rebelling. Now that the Qing court has completely destroyed it, it means that China's orthodox government no longer exists. The East China Government will officially replace the Qing court and become China's new orthodox government. For the elders, this also means that in this era, a big goal has finally been achieved and a solid step towards the grand goal of the stars and seas.

For local naturalized people who have been dependent on the East China Government, the East China Government has established a foundation and founded a country, and they are all heroes who have been the same as the dragon, and they can finally achieve success, be honored as a wife and son, and be glorious of their ancestors.

At this time, the most talked about among the people was when the East China Government would establish a country, what was the country's name? Who would face the south and north and ascend to the throne and sit in the hall. Of course, who would become the new emperor has caused a lot of debate among the people. Because the East China Government has a collective leadership system, and in order to avoid forming individual centralization, institutional names such as "Executive Yuan" and "Senior House" appear very frequently in news reports, in order to reduce personal influence, of course, reports about individuals cannot be completely eliminated, but the names of Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, Wang Yunpeng, Xu Jichao and others often appear. Although Xia Bohai, as the highest leader of the East China Government, appears more often than others, there is no overwhelming advantage. Therefore, this also makes many people in the people unable to distinguish between their duties and who is the top leader of the East China Government, and naturally argue endlessly.

Of course, there are also some traditional intellectuals who recognize literature and characters among the people, so they can clearly distinguish the positions and ranks of several leaders of the East China Government. However, they have also been in some places about the East China Government system. Therefore, in some places, there are even cases of private personnel jointly writing letters to persuade them to enter, even offering auspicious things, such as Fu Ruitian Book Ganoderma lucidum grass, River Tu Luo Book Fox Crying, White Snake Blocking the Road, Phoenix Singing, and One-Eyed Stone Man White Fish Jumping out of a lot.
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