CIATB Chapter 1468 The clarion call for counterattack
Chapter 1468 The clarion call for counterattack
Chapter 1468 The clarion call for counterattack
Thank you for coming. We welcome your investment. Your people will receive the best treatment in this world. Of course, you still need to pay more attention to safety.”
In the Singapore Parliament, the Speaker finished his speech and the audience applauded.
On the conference table nearby was the contract that had just been signed.
The "Package Agreement on Progressive Cooperation between the East and the Kingdom of the Dawn" includes a series of contents such as "tourism", "investment", and "national treatment".
The core is probably the so-called tourism opening content, or the "comprador contract" in this sense.
"If the borders are open to the public, anyone who enters can obtain nationality, currency exchange is free, and investment is unlimited, then it is clear that nothing matters, giving up most of one's sovereignty, and this can also be counted as 'tourism'?"
Lu Ping'an was indeed greatly enlightened. These professional civil servants were indeed very capable.
What should we do when a very sensitive and important matter must be passed by law but needs to be kept as low-key as possible?
"Come up with a new title, use a hot topic to stun everyone, and then quickly pass the key and sensitive content as additional regulations and supplementary clauses."
Most people who read news and articles only read the introduction, and at most read the main text. In this era, the full text is not available online, and one can only go to professional departments to apply to view it.
Unless you have the ability and leisure to ask the parliament for the original documents directly, it is impossible to see those supplementary clauses. Even if the news breaks, most of the world's first-line news media are in the hands of the Easterners.
The people of the East have suffered too much in this regard and have learned this lesson. As far as Lu Ping'an knows, some scattered media are now being acquired by the East.
"Tens of millions for tourist visas, it's amazing how they could come up with this idea"
In fact, even this tourist visa (ID card) was issued by the official side of the East Country, and it is not even on file in Singapore.
As soon as you land, you will have the citizenship of the new country and all the due treatments. This was what Ms. Lin had discussed with the new country before. Now it is just a further implementation. The original negotiators never expected that the scale would increase from tens of thousands to tens of millions all of a sudden. The nature of the matter has completely changed.
Now that the scale has reached this point, it is untenable to implement large-scale tax exemptions, so this aspect was discussed again.
The tax system is the same as that of ordinary citizens here. It is not a good thing to play double standards here. It is equivalent to planting a bomb of racial conflict. But tax exemptions and tax cuts are possible.
Some lords still enjoy substantial tax cuts for a few years. Of course, the document does not say this. The document says that "taxes can be offset by investing in national infrastructure and national welfare."
Simply put, the lord can build bridges, roads, power plants and schools in his territory, and the investment amount will be regarded as tax.
Sound familiar? This is not Lu's original idea. Many people on Earth do this, but they just do it more excessively.
This means that as long as the lords continue to build their own territories, they don't have to pay taxes to the capital. The reason why the capital doesn't object is that they couldn't collect taxes in the first place, and now they can pay a little.
"Let's go."
Lu Ping'an chose to leave. With his current status, there was no need for him to interfere in these specific matters.
He just came to take a look at the situation and make sure about the work ability of these people. As long as they didn't do a bad job, Lu Ping'an wouldn't say anything. Judging from the current results, these outsiders are experts in administration, so Lu Ping'an felt relieved.
He has some more important things to do. Now that he has learned about the "future", he naturally has to plan ahead.
"Lu Lu, get ready, you'll be in power within half a year."
The process of going to the military academy again went quite smoothly. The students would even take the initiative to say hello when they saw Lu Ping'an. After all, this "specially appointed teacher" not only came more frequently, but his occasional open classes on battlefield overview were always full.
".I see."
"Uh, why don't you ask why?"
"I'm not blind. The people in the parliament have told me, and Ms. Lin's allies have urged me several times. The situation on the front line is too bad. We can't keep wasting time like this."
Lu Lu put down the pen in her hand and rubbed her eyebrows. After half a year, she felt like she had aged ten years as the principal.
The expected counterattack has already happened, and the worst counterattack is that no one can feel its existence.
Did they counterattack? Yes.
The current Minister of the Army is quite good, having absorbed the experience of his predecessors. Although he holds a high position, the people he can dispatch are actually his own people, so there is very little he can actually do.
The New Country has always been a shell. Warlords in various places still control their own power. The various branches of the Salvation Army are seizing the time to develop. They lack the motivation to counterattack and fill the line.
This is not to say that they rejected the call of the military. A front-line brigade could be fully staffed or even overstaffed with fully armed soldiers, or half a battalion of slave soldiers.
These days, labor is the most abundant resource. As long as one has money, it is not difficult to buy some cannon fodder. One can imagine the power that those "warlords" can mobilize.
It's not that there is no way to crack it. This place is still quite "feudal". When the "royalty" has enough prestige and has achieved enough military achievements, the "knights and lords" will naturally be obedient. Otherwise, they will have to bear the price of disloyalty.
But now, successive military ministers are caught in this vicious circle. They need military achievements and reputation to gain the obedience of their subordinates, and these can only be obtained by winning the front line. The problem is that the front line cannot be won now, and the situation can only be reversed with the obedience and dedication of other subordinates.
There is a way out of this situation. The military minister can lead the team himself or his confidants can go into battle and win some battles in succession. Then, the victory can snowball and he can get more support and reinforcements. As the fighting goes on, he will naturally become the de facto controller of the military.
It's not that there is no solution at all, but the prerequisite is that one must be strong enough and dare to risk one's life. The constraints from all sides over the past six months have made the abilities of the military ministers who have come to power quite delicate.
Being greedy for merit, cherishing life and pursuing small profits are the biggest taboos for generals. They may be strong or excellent battlefield commanders, but they are obviously not qualified to be the commander-in-chief.
On the contrary, Lu Lu, who had retired at the beginning, has become more and more famous. She has produced four batches of military academy commissioners. Those high-quality grassroots and middle-level commanders have indeed changed the situation on the battlefield. When all parties were sluggish, she was always making her own contributions and strengthening the strength of the entire army.
And this contrast has not been buried.
In the media controlled by the Easterners, her contributions are increasingly magnified, and there have long been calls from the public for her to return to power (Lu really didn't give any money in this regard, he felt the time was not right).
"Is it time?" Lu Lu was still a little hesitant. Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back.
"Of course. The aid has arrived, and it's time to launch a real counterattack." It would be really difficult to miss this opportunity, and the Eastern people would never give this "credit" to outsiders.
"They can complete the task well even if I'm not here." Lu Lu still found it difficult to take this step.
It’s not that she didn’t dare to fight, nor was she satisfied with the situation on the front line, but she was unwilling to give up the military academy easily.
"Then, this achievement may be his. If he secures his position with this achievement, are you sure you want to let a mediocre and a coward become the highest military commander and let him decide the life and death of the soldiers on the front line?"
".Okay, give me some time to take care of the school work."
"Don't worry, there are a group of active-duty officers from the East Country who will come to serve as instructors. They will greatly enhance the quality of grassroots commanders."
".I am getting more and more uneasy."
Lu Lu sighed. It seemed that she had no other choice.
I hope my choice won't be wrong.
The next day, all major media outlets simultaneously reported the failure on the front line. Negative news such as "corruption", "poor logistics", and "no rescue for the wounded" were overwhelming, and all the contradictions were ultimately directed at the military.
(End of this chapter)