Battle of the Third Reich

Vol 5 Chapter 357: Minister of Economy (Part 2)

It was only when the master knew that Chai Migui was in trouble. Germany’s financial situation was a headache for the new head. You must go all out in combat. During the European War in Germany, the military expenditures consumed each day were astronomical, but in order to win, these costs could not be saved.

The militaristic economy is Hitler's positioning for the German economy. His goal is to establish Germany as a military dictatorship like Sparta and ancient Rome. The purpose of the Germans' survival in the future is to continue to develop force to fight the battlefield, and other ethnic groups in the ruling area become vassals of the Germans. Their responsibility is to work hard to produce various products to support the German army. This is what the Nazis called the theory of large space. All countries conquered by the Germans are included in this "survival space". Various nationalities and countries perform their duties to maintain the survival needs of the entire "survival space". Outside support can also be self-sufficient.

Poland, Slovakia, and Bohemia will become the granaries of Germany, supplying the necessary agricultural products to the empire, Scandinavia and the Balkan countries will provide industrial raw materials to the empire, low-lying countries such as Belgium and Luxembourg will process products for the empire, and France will be fully agricultural. Become an important place of production of imperial agricultural products and various mineral resources. The whole of Europe will be established under the systematic management of Germany to establish a super economy with Berlin as the core. All industry, agriculture, commerce and finance will be in Germany. Leading orderly can be carried out.

This is just the first step in Hitler's huge vision, and when all of this is realized, his millennium empire is just beginning to take shape. Hitler's ultimate goal was to conquer the entire world and make the Germans a unique ruling nation.

Now it seems that this is basically a madman dreaming in the daytime, but at the time it was warmly sought after by a lot of "smart people". This is not a magical magic. It is entirely caused by the real environment of Germany at that time.

Hitler firmly grasped the psychology of the Germans. He had a deep understanding of the nationality of the Germans. The World War I did not hurt the soul of the German Empire. The fallen German giant wanted to vent his hatred all the time. . A country accustomed to accepting authoritative leadership, a group of people living in suffering and poverty, they need a strong and wise dictatorship leader, leading them to guide them, pointing them to goals, giving them hope, and breaking the allies imposed on them by the Allies. Shackles, regain the self-esteem and glory of the nation.

Hitler's sudden death caused him to become a hero of the German nation, a flawless great man, inheriting everything he had, Jun Xu, as well as the responsibilities he shouldered.

"Industrial transformation cannot be interrupted, this has already been determined." Xu Jun looked at the report in front of him.

"My head, this question can be put on hold for a while. Now the newly injected funds are in place. The question before us is how to distribute it reasonably." Shakht replied, rubbing his temples. Both body and mind are devoted to the work at hand. After all, he is not old enough, and he finds that his physical strength and energy are already much worse than before.

Because of Xu Jun’s intervention, Germany’s spoils from the French-occupied area are not as rich as in history. Although the amount of compensation in France is considerable, it also means that it is impossible to prepare in a short time, otherwise the French economy will collapse . However, correspondingly, for the countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway, Xu Jun was even more ruthless than Hitler. These countries have hurriedly transferred to France the gold and foreign exchange reserves all fell into the hands of Germany. This is a considerable sum of money, enough to make up for the hole in Germany's debt. Xu Jun has made up his mind that even if those countries later come up with evidence to recover, Germany will never admit it.

The German conquest of Britain turned into a feast, and Xu Jun received a large number of extra trophies. What is different from history is that with the surrender of Britain, the European War has basically ended, saving a lot of expenditure on war consumption.

In fact, in Xu Jun's time and space, Germany's total profit in the European War far exceeded the historical Hitler Germany. The seized foreign exchange and bearer stocks alone are sufficient to repay all due debts and may have a balance. At the same time, the German army seized a large amount of bonds in the national bank of the occupying power, many of which were issued by Germany itself, and of course there is no need to repay the money.

The loot also contains a pile of gold, silver, jewelry, antiques and art, and tens of billions of national currencies. In order to avoid the economic collapse of the occupying power, Germany returned a small part of it to stabilize the economy of the country and restore production order. However, all of them were shipped back to the German mainland and locked into the underground vault of the Imperial National Bank.

The German government claimed to be a war reparation for the occupying power and a reserve for economic restructuring. In fact, the low-lying countries in Western Europe did not have the power to allocate these funds. The shrewd Schacht also converted the funds into German marks, and in turn provided low-interest loans to the other party, in disguise, holding the financial power of each country in his own hands.

Although the victory of the war saved the German economy on the verge of collapse, the high-ranking empires knew that this was only a temporary phenomenon. If Germany still adheres to the original economic policy, the crisis will definitely come again, and the next time Whether there is still good luck now, no one can guarantee this.

"Regarding the allocation of funds, we have determined a framework before, and the Ministry of Economy must formulate a detailed allocation plan under this framework. As I said before, I will not intervene in this aspect, it is up to you to deal with it. I just need to know whether this year’s expansion plan can get enough financial support.” Xu Jun said, staring at Shakht’s eyes, one by one.

"As you wish, my head of state, with our current reserves and capital issues, can be guaranteed. But I personally hope that it is better not to have additional planned expenditures before the end of the year. Our deficit this year has just been eased, but this Only the data on paper, we have to leave some room for next year's government budget." Schacht replied respectfully.

"We want to expand the foreign trade market and expand the variety of export commodities. Now that the European market is sluggish, countries are seeking compensation in overseas markets. For example, the United Kingdom and France are currently increasing their investment in various dominions and colonies. Recover the losses after the European War." Funk reported.

"Civilian products need to increase production, what new data feedback on the labor force." Xu Jun turned to look at the German Labor Minister Franz.

When Hitler was in power, the minister was just a powerless figure. Although the former "Steel Helmet Party" leader led his party to merge into the Nazi Party, he never gained Hitler's trust from the beginning to the end. Hitler did not reserve this puppet position in his political will before he died.

At that time, it was the German Labor Front, a subordinate organization of the Nazi Party, that really controlled the deployment of German labor. The leader of the organization, Robert Ley, had great power. This organization has included all German citizens at this time, whether it is workers, farmers, entrepreneurs, businessmen or freelancers, even Nazi staff and national civil servants, as long as they involve production and management labor relations, all belong to labor. Front management.

Robert Ley is an alcoholic villain, but he likes Hitler very much, because in all the internal disputes of the early Nazi Party, he will always stand on the side of Hitler, which is a model of loyalty and loyalty. Xu Jun did not have the slightest affection for this person, so when Hitler died, Ley was immediately arrested and executed by the SS.

Now the leader of the German Labor Front is Hans Durman, who is a little-known figure in the eyes of outsiders, and he was able to achieve success only because of the favor of the new head of state. Most people think that he is actually just a guise, it is the head of empire who really controls everything behind him. But even if this is true, what does it matter? No one will object to this, and which organization the head of state wants to control is not justified.

Because of Lei’s killing, the German Ministry of Labor finally regained some of his power. Seidet began to be busy every day. At this time, he really felt the charm of Lei’s slogan that he proposed that year. "Power", the Minister of Labour now firmly believes in this.

"The current labor gap is very large, especially after today's conscription plan is completed, we expect that the gap in the agricultural labor force will reach more than one million. We are compiling reports from various agricultural autonomous regions, the specific figures will be in a week Summed up. If the factory continues to recruit workers from the local area, this situation will continue to deteriorate." Saidet pushed a form to Xu Jun.

The rural labor force in Germany has been losing. This is a long-standing problem. In addition to the recruitment of soldiers of various arms of the National Defense Forces, a large number of industrial production companies are also competing with the rural population.

In order to make up for this shortfall, Hitler even used administrative measures to order all German urban youths to participate in rural voluntary labor every year. It is mandatory to implement as an evaluation project, and those who dare to evade their obligations will be expelled from the labor service group. And deprive the "work manual", and in Germany want to find a job must have this manual. He also ordered all German women under the age of 25 to have a year of working in the countryside, otherwise they would not be able to participate in industrial and commercial work.

Hitler even forced the company to prohibit the employment of employees with more than three years of agricultural work experience, which is equivalent to directly preventing farmers from entering the factory.

But even if such a bunch of orders were issued, it was actually a cure for the symptoms, not a permanent cure. The shortage of German labor was not effectively resolved. In the history of 41 years, the gap of the German agricultural labor force has reached two million, and the total labor gap of other industries has also reached about one million.

In addition to adding a large number of women to some light physical positions in Nazi Germany, German agricultural workers can only rely on seeking supplements from the occupied areas and allies. By the end of the war, basically all of the labors on the German farmland were Poland and Italian labor.

"The situation will get better. I believe this issue can be partially resolved before the end of the year. How to deploy the newly acquired labor force, the Ministry of Labor must come up with a plan." Xu Jun handed over the form to Disenhao Fin.

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