Chapter 3041
The Haihan Law stipulates that every year on National Day, the whole country will have a day off. Officials and private citizens also hold various celebrations on this day to commemorate the birth of Haihan Kingdom.
On the occasion of the Five Small Celebrations and the Tenth Major Celebrations, this was also the rule that the time travelers had set in advance when they decided to found the country. At this time of every five or ten years, the grand National Day parade and military parade held in Sanya are indispensable and important links.
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Operation Time Travel, and it is also the period when the country is at its strongest, so it stands to reason that it should be celebrated in a big way.
The tenth anniversary celebration in 1637 coincided with the most intensive period of Haihan's foreign military operations, but celebrations mainly focusing on military parades were still held in Sanya.
At the beginning of the year, Haihan launched an expedition to the west, mobilized elite troops from across the country, sent troops to Luzon, and captured Manila Bay controlled by the Spanish in one fell swoop, as a tribute to that year's National Day.
Some of the combat troops who returned to Sanya after the war participated in the National Day military parade as a victorious division. After the military parade, the troops under review immediately sent troops northward to the Korean Peninsula to assist North Korea in resisting the Manchu invasion.
Both of these major battles were fought overseas, with Haihan using his best talents and investing a huge amount of money. In the year 1637, Haihan was in a state of war for nearly half of the time. The whole country was also revolved around the war, and all production activities prioritized war preparation materials.
By the time of the twentieth anniversary celebrations in 1647, the international situation was much more relaxed. Haihan has controlled the surrounding hotspots and no longer needs to prove its strength through large-scale foreign wars.
The celebration ceremony held in Sanya this year was also more leisurely. It no longer had to be as hasty as it was ten years ago, where the troops immediately set off for the expedition after participating in the military parade.
Another ten years have passed, and Haihan's current situation is significantly different from that of ten or twenty years ago.
The most obvious point is that as the territory of the country continues to expand, in order to stabilize its rule, it is time for Haihan's administrative center to move north.
Of course, Haihan would not follow the Ming Dynasty and move the capital to Beijing, which has a poor environment and scarce resources. Instead, he chose Hangzhou, which is very close to the coastline in East China.
Regarding the matter of moving the capital, the Executive Committee has already reached a consensus long ago, and there is no dispute. However, the process of moving the capital is very complicated, and there are still many specific issues that need to be resolved slowly.
For example, regarding the 30th anniversary celebration, Ning Qi's question about the venue must be decided early so that all parties can have enough time to organize preparations.
Yan Chujie was the first to express his opinion: "Victory Port, Victory Avenue, Victory Square, basically every large-scale celebration event is held in Sanya. The new city in Hangzhou has not yet been built, so how can there be such a big place to hold events... …I think this year we should follow the previous rules and wait for the 35th anniversary celebration to be held in Hangzhou.”
Gu Kai also echoed: "Sanya's event venues and plans are all ready, and there are a large number of experienced organizers. If we really want to go to Hangzhou to do it, many things will have to be restarted. I agree with Lao Yan's opinion , or do it locally.”
Ning Qi explained: "Of course there are many advantages to holding it locally, but Shi Diwen proposed a plan a few days ago to move the 30th anniversary celebrations to Hangzhou and invite us to watch the ceremony there. The Donghai Region will bear the responsibility. What do you think about the related activity funds? ”
"Be responsible for the expenses? You can consider that!" Yan Chujie immediately changed his tone in a very realistic manner: "The cost of the celebration is not a small amount, and it is a good thing to save a little bit financially. Are you right, Lao Tao?"< br>
Tao Donglai did not rush to express his opinion, but turned the conversation to Schneider, who was in charge of finance: "What do you think of Lao Shi?" Schneider said slowly: "According to the previous budget plan, Sanya's celebrations will probably take About two million yuan has been invested, and part of the preliminary work is already in progress.”
"If we change the venue, we estimate that we will lose about 10% of the upfront cost. In addition, the materials and personnel required for the celebration will have to be sent from Sanya to Hangzhou, which will also increase the budget."
"It is certainly a good thing that Hangzhou will save money for the national treasury, but I must remind everyone that a considerable part of the funds required for the large-scale infrastructure projects related to the capital relocation plan in Hangzhou come from loans from Haihan Bank."
"I don't know how the funds for the celebration promised by Shi Diwen came from. All the money saved here went out from there."
Everyone understood what Schneider meant. He was worried that Schneider would use funds that belonged to the national treasury to hold celebrations, which would be equivalent to spending the country's money to achieve his personal honor. It seems that Sanya has saved a lot of activity funds, but in fact the money is just spent in another place.
Ning Qi responded: "According to Shi Diwen, relevant activity funds will be raised through private donations. Moreover, the budget he formulated is 50% higher than our original figure, which should be able to fully cover the elderly." What Shi calls the early losses and additional gains.”
Schneider smiled and said: "Shi Diwen is very capable! Then I have nothing to say. The budget is sufficient and the scale of the event can be larger."
What is the so-called "private voluntary donation" is actually familiar to these senior officials present.
Those wealthy businessmen who have prospered by relying on the business resources provided by Haihan have always been keen to make friends with senior figures in Haihan. If spending some money can open up the joints and give them the opportunity to have face-to-face contact with the senior officials of the Executive Committee, then there will definitely be a lot of people willing to pay for this rare opportunity.
Zhejiang merchants, Hui merchants, and the famous Yangzhou salt merchants obviously belong to this group. To outsiders, they may look like they have been taken advantage of, but only they themselves understand the various benefits that gaining high-level connections will bring to them.
As long as they can open up personal connections, the money they spend in the process will be recovered in other ways in other places in the future.
There is another group of wealthy people who will take the initiative to show their kindness to Haihan, and that is the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty.
Like Shandong Dewangfu, more and more upper-class figures from the Ming Dynasty chose to cooperate with Haihan in recent years.
The general trend of the world has gradually become clear, and those in high positions must plan for the future in advance. Even if it is not appropriate to openly defect to Haihan at the moment, he should first try to establish a personal relationship with Haihan's senior management. This may be his life-saving straw when the dynasty changes in the future.
Donating money is undoubtedly the most direct and effective way to show goodwill. The Haihan National Day celebrations more than two months later are an excellent opportunity.
(End of chapter)