Chapter 833 The Way to Solve

Yanjing, Parliament Building.

As one of the centers of state power, the parliament is still a new thing in China. Fortunately, after nearly 20 years of continuous publicity and effective work, it has also begun to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Xinhua is a constitutional monarchy and adopts a British upper and lower bicel system. The House of Lords is mainly composed of nobles and members of large families. In addition to the nobles who were divided after the founding of the empire, there are also previous dynasties who have made important contributions to the country. Of course, ancient families such as Yan Shenggong have also won a place.

In the eyes of the common people, the lords of the House of Lords are far less powerful than the elected House of Commons, and even some familiar people secretly joke that the House of Lords is a nursing home.

The House of Commons is one of the real organs of state power. It allocates seats according to the proportion of the population of each province. Like the term of office of the Prime Minister, it can be elected every five years and can also be selected temporarily. In addition, the Prime Minister and the emperor have the right to dissolve the re-election of the House of Commons.

The power of the House of Commons is very large. In addition to the right to supervise and review the political axe, the most important thing is to hold the power of national finance.

Someone once said that the House of Commons and the Prime Minister's Office are two brothers. The Prime Minister's Office is responsible for managing the company, and the House of Commons is in charge of the money bags.

The political axe makes money but doesn't care about money. According to Emperor Li, if the Prime Minister's Office has no money overexpenditure that day and the parliament feels that it should not be allocated, it will close the door immediately. Who let you overspend, and although the House of Commons holds its own money bags, it has no right to spend money.

These words sounded very absurd. The political axe closed down. These days, the Chinese people' mouths mouths were simply the biggest joke in history. But in fact, during the period of Li Enfu, there was a lack of budget and the failure to pay wages, which led to the political axe closing the business for 7 days. It was also officially that time that made everyone really feel that the parliament and the Prime Minister's office It is used for making pliers.

Of course, neither the parliament nor the Prime Minister's Office are the most powerful. In the eyes of the people of Xinhua is the reading judicial department. Except for the royal family, which has immunity beyond the Constitution, others, including the Prime Minister, can directly knock on your door to ask for assistance in the investigation if you think you have a problem.

Everyone says that there are three institutions in the empire that can't be messed with, the judiciary, the tax and the military.

Needless to say, the State Administration of Taxation is a serious institution. It is under the jurisdiction of the parliament. Even the Prime Minister's Office can only make suggestions, its efficiency and rights are even comparable to the Ministry of Justice. After all, everyone has to pay taxes. Even the royal family gives them the income and expenditure and tax records for inspection every year, and the military is absolutely protective of shortcomings. A purely violent institution.

Of course, you should do well in accordance with the law, and no one will take care of you if you pay taxes according to the rules. What's more, the current tax rate of Xinhua has been very low, especially the agricultural tax, which has been almost reduced to the lowest level in history. Considering that there are still many people in rural areas who are very resistant to paying taxes, the State Administration of Taxation also implements the method of paying grain tax to reduce everyone's. Psychologically, if it weren't for industry and commerce, it would not be able to support the whole country. Emperor Li even had the idea of abolishing all agricultural taxes.

The country is large and the population is large. In many aspects, the ability of the system cannot be fully reflected. There are many traditional family leadership models in remote areas and rural areas, but Li Mo is not in a hurry. What he has to do is to improve the system and the law first, followed by the effort of the water mill. With the deepening of compulsory education, the connection The number of people with higher education is increasing, and one day they will gradually get better.

Many people in later generations commented that China is not suitable for the separation of powers similar to the Americanization of the three powers. This makes some sense, but the separation of powers under the British constitutional monarchy can still be realized, because the people will feel that this is the emperor's intentional separation of powers to supervise each other.

Li Mo doesn't like the worship of centralization of power in later generations, and feels that those words that China is not suitable for decentralization are unreasonable, because those who say those words have not even tried.

It's as ridiculous as a person who has never eaten pork suddenly said publicly that pork is sour, bitter and poisonous.

Practice is the only truth.

This is the only advantage of capitalism. It has a strong self-denial ability, and it will quickly reject it back after it is found in practice.

But then again, the late Qing Dynasty was an era of turmoil and internal consumption, an era of conflict between Western ideas and Eastern cultures. The whole country was like a piece of white paper before the European technological and industrial revolution. Today, Xinhua can implement this set of things. In addition to the power held by Li Mo when the founding of the People's Republic of China, it also benefited from a piece of white paper.

Today's parliament building is particularly lively. Previously, after the implementation of the "War Emergency Bill" because of the war, the power of the Prime Minister's Office was infinitely enlarged, and the House of Commons has become a knocking machine, appropriations, military expansion, etc. As long as the Prime Minister's words, the House of Commons has no right to veto, and the whole country is only more than the Constitution. The emperor has the right to veto the Prime Minister's office. After all, the emperor is the nominal supreme leader of the country.

With the quiet withdrawal of the "War Emergency Act" two days ago, the House of Commons regained the right to supervise the country.

Although the war is not over, the quiet withdrawal of the emergency bill means that the end of the war has entered the countdown. It may not end soon, but the national reconstruction has begun to start quietly.

More than ten years of parliamentary career have made Xiong Xiling mature. Now he is one of the members of the Finance Committee of the House of Commons. With the draft of the "Temporary Budget for Refugees and Prisoners of War" received by the Prime Minister's Office this morning, he even has the idea that the Prime Minister deliberately revokes the bill and throws this confused account to the parliament for settlement. Law.

Xiong Xiling looked at several people around him and sighed. It can be said that this is a huge worry with joy.

It is a good thing that the army is advancing rapidly. The expansion of the land and the mastery of the world's resources are enough to make their generation remembered by history. As for the "loot" pulled back by fleets from the United States and all over the world every day, it has injected a huge amount of tonic into the country.

Even without these, the population market in the shadow of the military is enough to make people laugh. India alone has a population of more than 200 million. With Xinhua's current ability, he must abide by Gandhi's procurement of papyrus to wipe his buttocks, but the ensuing refugee problem is nerve-wracking.

Northwest Tyumin is the largest gathering place for Russian refugees. Because of the intensification of the Russian civil war, the total number of refugees in Tyumei has exceeded 3 million, and it continues to increase. In addition to Tyumin, there are also a large number of refugees in some areas currently controlled by Xinhua.

A large number of Armenians gathered in Greater Kuwait and the Xinhua-controlled areas of Azerbaijan. Because of their bad relations with the Ottoman Empire, these people poured into the above two Xinhua-controlled areas.

In California, a large number of Germans and Austrians living in the southern states of the United States also followed. In Panama, there are a large number of Chinese and Allied refugees who fled to South America. Even in Luzon and China, there are many refugees who quietly arrived from Europe or the United States, such as If Australia and the southwestern Pacific islands are not temporarily closed and third-country people are not allowed to enter, there may be more people.

Xinhua is not a good person, but some things are inevitable. Unless you are a tyrant, it is the responsibility of the state to accept refugees, but no country likes this responsibility.

More importantly, these refugees are still useful.

Northwest Russian refugees are related to the establishment of a buffer state between Russia and themselves, while the Armenians are concerned about the future containment of Ottomans. The refugees who have occupied Baku, Panama and California for a long time are related to the future political division of the United States. What's more, the two states declared autonomy this time are also related to the huge local German allies. The policy of descendants of the country is related.

Prisoners of war are easy to do. There is no bullshit about labor for food. If they are exploited, they will be exploited. This is the case in all countries. If it really doesn't work, New Zealand will still die by itself. But refugees can't do it, because refugees are not prisoners, and it is also related to a series of issues such as national image, regional stability, and future ethnic relations.

The interior of the empire and the United States are slightly better, with enough food sources, but the northwest is a headache. Hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war have not returned, and another 3 million refugees have come, all of which have to be transported through the Siberian Railway. The pressure is really not small.

From the perspective of ordinary people, we can completely ignore these people and let them destroy themselves, but for the sake of long-term national interests, these people cannot help but be saved.

"Congressman He, what do you think this should do? This fee is not small, and I have heard that it was suppressed by the emperor.

Congressman He is an old-qualified congressman who has experience in the Finance Committee and has studied management. Hearing Xiong Xiling's bitter water, he smiled and said, "Brother Bingsan is polite. In fact, this is also beneficial."

"Oh?" Xiong Xiling and several other legislators lit up their eyes and asked one after another, "Please give me some advice."

Senator He narrowed his eyes and said, "Your Majesty is wise. This group of people is indeed useful to us. It is not enough to establish a buffer country in the future without enough population, and there is not enough manpower in the remote northwest. It is difficult for us to have enough labor to develop. Now so many people are pouring in, which just solves our most difficult problem. . You can exchange work for food and let them help with construction, instead of letting them have nothing to do.

"Senator He's words make sense, but what if they taste the sweetness and don't leave for a long time?"

"This is the key." Congressman He said, "The biggest problem now is that there is no way to restrain refugees. After all, refugees are not prisoners of war. Killing them all or forced slavery will damage the image of the country, so the solution lies in legislation."

"Legislative?"

"Yes, I think we should recommend that the parliament immediately formulate a temporary management bill for prisoners of war and refugees, establish a temporary refugee status system, and issue them short-term temporary labor certificates. With this to restrain them, once a buffer zone is established, they can openly expel them from the country on the grounds that their visa expire. The situation."

"Congressman He is right, but there is something you forgot." Xiong Xiling said, "The winters in Qiuming and Western Siberia are long and cold, and we can only work for half a year. In the other half year, we have to keep them completely under pressure."

"Hehe, Bingsan is right, but can't you change your mind? Western Siberia is cold, but many places in the mainland are not cold. If there is a temporary management bill, they are equivalent to having a temporary identity, so it is completely possible for major domestic enterprises and industrial and mining to recruit them to work in the mainland. Of course, there must be a bill first, which requires mandatory recruitment units or entry. Refugees who enter the mainland to work are not allowed to leave the workplace without authorization. Enterprises and the employing party have the power of supervision. In addition, they must be forced to go to the local police department for registration every month.

If they escape!" Speaking of this, Congressman He's eyes flashed: "Let the army or the police arrest people. If the prison is not big enough, just kill them. If there is a law in front of him, I can't even say anything about us!"

"Good way!"

Hearing this, Xiong Xiling patted his thigh and said with a smile, "We only thought about providing food, but we didn't expect them to come to the mainland to work in exchange for food. Ha ha, such a cheap worker, I'm afraid those miners and factories will be greedy!"

"As long as the exploitation is not too much, these people will not do much. As long as they limit the scope of their activities and require employers to strengthen supervision, not to mention 3 million, what can they do even if it is increased several times?"

"Yes, that's it!" Xiong Xiling said, "I'm going to say hello to the Prime Minister's Office and ask them to change this budget to the travel and resettlement fees for these people to work in the mainland. At worst, it's much cheaper to increase the budget of the police department and the National Guard, which is much cheaper than to support them for such a long time."

"I'll talk to the speaker about the implementation of the temporary bill as soon as possible. In addition, I will send someone to contact Li Xiufeng, the general manager. There are so many royal enterprises, and they take the lead in the resettlement. Others are also positive."

"Congressman He, you." Xiong Xiling laughed and said, "It's too exquisite. Even the royal enterprise has calculated it. If it is known, I don't know how to arrange us."

"It's just for the country. Why are you afraid of gossip? If the emperor knows, maybe he will have to give me a medal at the end of the year."

"Haha."

(to be continued)