Chapter 157 The Prime Minister Discusses Candy After Candy on the Whip

"...not forced, pushed under social pressure..."

When mentioning this matter, Guan Mingtang's heart smiled bitterly. As the Minister of the Exchequer, the reason why he did not agree with the establishment of a social security mechanism in the form of law is very simple. The reason why the country needs to use its financial resources to more needed - military spending, factories, technology introduction, popularization of education, all of which need Money as support, but now all this must give way to the stability of the country. Moreover, after the beginning of the war, the country is gradually withdrawing from the economic field. The reduction of national investment can save a huge amount of money to support the establishment of China's social security system.

"Otherwise, this will be regarded as a victory for the opposition! Moreover, if it is properly, we can still..."

Looking up at your majesty, Guan Mingtang deliberately showed a little pride.

"This is used to fight against the opposition!"

Fight against the opposition?

Guan Mingtang's suggestion aroused Chen Moran's interest in using social security to attack the opposition. He did not find that there was still this intention to promote social security.

"Yes, Your Majesty, in the political struggle of the Congress, one side often agrees, and the other side is opposed, and unlike the Royalist Party, as the second largest party in China, the Constitutional Cook Party and its members often rely on the funding of private enterprises, and although the royalists also rely on the funding, they often I'm a rich man..."

The vast majority of royalists who can enter the House of Commons are rich people who do not have aristocratic status, and the funding they rely on is also different from the constitutional cooks. They rely more on the funding of industrial companies and state-owned enterprises, which makes the influence of the city on them very weak.

"...Unlike the Royalist Party, whether it is the National Assembly or the provincial, municipal and county councils, almost all the funds of the Constitutional Cooking Party at all levels come from the donations of private enterprises. If there is investment, there will naturally be a return. Those business owners provide tens of millions of yuan to the Constitutional Cooking Party every year in exchange for their The microphone in Congress helps them pass proposals that are beneficial to them and prevent the passage of bills that harm their interests. Therefore, the Constitutional Cooking Party is controlled by the market, and social security..."

"To establish a social security mechanism, you need to do it on the head of private enterprises!"

Chen Moran took Guan Mingtang's words with a smile. Now he finally understands why Guan Mingtang said that he took the opportunity to crack down on the Constitutional Party. The social security system, for the Constitutional Party members, whether they agree or oppose it, will damage their image. If they support it, they will lose the financial support of private enterprises and oppose it. If so, they will be abandoned by ordinary people.

"Except this, Your Majesty, we take Germany's Health Insurance Law as an example. The state has not invested corresponding funds, and medical expenses are all paid by employers and employees. Later, Bismarck proposed in the Work-related Accident Insurance Law that the political axe should pay part of the money. People from liberal factions firmly oppose it, believing that this is a form of socialism and cannot be included in the law. The middle party did not agree, and they were worried that the power of the federal government would continue to expand. The final arrangement is that all expenses shall be borne by the employer. After the work-related accident, the medical expenses for the first 13 weeks shall be borne by the institution that implements the Health Insurance Law, and the subsequent expenses shall be borne by the institution that implements the Work-related Accident Insurance Law. If they are completely disabled workers, they can also get two-thirds of the income of the original salary every month, and these expenses, the state does not need to bear the actual expenses, and the employer's additional expenses will definitely lead to the opposition of the employer, whose opposition will be directly displayed by the constitutional cooks in the Congress, and we only need to pass Newspapers, if you spread the news, you can crack down on the reputation of the Constitutional Party..."

When reporting to His Majesty, Guan Mingtang kept clearing his thoughts in his mind. As his thoughts slowly became clear, he seemed to understand that Bismarck would promote many social benefits in Germany.

"If we do it, the political axe will still have to bear part of the expenses!"

Shaking his head, Chen Moran rejected Guan Mingtang's suggestion. Although that proposal could reduce the financial burden, it increased the burden of private enterprises, which was not in line with the long-term interests of the country.

"Now, the economic policy we implement is to slowly liberalize the control of the economy, but through appropriate norms and guidance, so that industrial development can operate within a reasonable framework. The country only needs to grasp the general direction. As for everything else is handed over to the market, which means that the state is in industrial projects. Direct investment will be less and less. The money saved should be used for social welfare. Moreover, there are also profits paid by state-owned enterprises. If I remember correctly, this profit is even higher than the financial and tax revenue of the political axe!"

For the political axe, the most profitable thing is business. In the past ten years, in order to accelerate China's development, China has promoted the planned economy of future generations, that is, this planned economic model, which makes the political axe the largest business owner in China. When the country becomes a businessman, private enterprises cannot be able to work with the country. In line with each other, it enjoys all kinds of excellence, concessions and resources, and the profits of tens of thousands of state-owned enterprises established in more than ten years are as high as billions of yuan every year. It can be said that it is the profits handed over by state-owned enterprises that support the rapid development of China's economy in the past ten years.

Because of this, although Guan Mingtang began to promote the "retirment of the country and the people's progress" long after becoming the prime minister, and made the country's economy normalized and market-oriented by reducing the state's direct investment and supporting private enterprises. However, in this process, he encountered a lot of resistance, and the resistance was fundamentally the cabinet. The members are facing the surrender of billions of yuan in profits and a huge group of state-owned enterprises that has been formed over the years. They are used to enjoying a sense of superiority in the economy, but the biggest resistance is the huge profit surrender.

"The profit paid by state-owned enterprises last year was 5.85 billion yuan!"

Referring to this number, Guan Mingtang's face did not look very happy. This figure is basically the same as last year's national tax revenue. Although the growth rate is not higher than that of previous years, it means that after he has promoted the two-year policy of "national retreat and civil progress", although private enterprises have achieved maximum development, it is still There is still no solution to the situation that state-owned enterprises control the national economy. Although there are special factors of war, it is still not satisfactory.

"That is to say, according to this profit, every Chinese should enjoy a dividend of 10 yuan! Of course, this is not realistic, but we can also consider other ways to compensate the public, so that they become the beneficiaries of the dividends of state-owned enterprises, not just profit losers!"

Looking at Guan Mingtang, Chen Moran spit out such a sentence.

"Zheqin, when we established those state-owned enterprises, the investment we relied on was first tax income, and the second was the issuance of public bonds by the state. Later, with the payment of profits by state-owned enterprises, it really began to develop rapidly. In fact, today's state-owned enterprises are built by relying on the taxes of the Chinese people, and it can even be said that State-owned enterprises are established on the basis of "damage to the whole people". As you know, in order to accelerate the development of the political axe industry, we even issued laws to restrict the development of private enterprises, so as to achieve the purpose of monopolizing the operation, so as to obtain more benefits. We use the scissors of workers and peasants to usurp the wealth of the people and gather more. Develop the national industry.

When saying this, Chen Moran's mind came to the debate about state-owned enterprises in later generations. In later China, China has the largest scale and the largest profit in the world, but the Chinese people who are the real owners of state-owned enterprises have never gained from state-owned enterprises. On the contrary, it is squeezed by state-owned enterprises with the help of monopoly management status, which is more squeezed than private enterprises.

"Who is the real owner of state-owned enterprises? Is it a political axe?"

He shook his head and said in a very affirmative tone.

"Of course not. The real owner of state-owned enterprises is the people and political axes, but they are just esotees. Therefore, as the owners of state-owned capital, how to let the public share the dividends of state-owned enterprises is the focus of the future reform of state-owned enterprises. If we are promoting social security, we can use this state-owned enterprise. The profits of the industry should be paid, and the income of state-owned assets should be given priority to the national social security expenditure, so as to reflect the nature of state-owned assets "seeking the benefit of the people". Only in the era when the profits of state-owned enterprises are exclusively enjoyed by enterprises and the state can they be declared an end. Only in this way can the people be satisfied! Only in this way can we give full play to the role of state-owned enterprises in the future.

"What Your Majesty said is very true!"

Guan Mingtang does not object to the establishment of a social security mechanism for the payment of profits of state-owned enterprises. Even in his opinion, the large amount of fat meat of the profits of state-owned enterprises, but because of the reduction of direct investment by the state, it will inevitably be targeted by the wolf-like army and navy, regardless of the army, I'm afraid that the navy will They will be the first to stand up and ask the cabinet and Congress to pass their ship-building plan. Now the navy has been suppressed for so many years. For them, the first thing they see in their eyes is the battleship; the second is the battleship. If the navy really gets that money, I'm afraid it will be lifted in this seemingly calm Pacific Ocean. An unprecedented "ship-building arms race".

On the surface, the ship-building arms race is just the number of ships between the two countries, but if this kind of competition continues, sooner or later, it will evolve into a war, which is impossible for Guan Mingtang, who believes in "international coordinationism". This money must be spent.

"If the profits of state-owned enterprises are used for social security, all citizens can benefit from it, and they will all feel your majesty's kindness!"

In the face of Guan Mingtang's praise, Chen Moran just smiled. To a large extent, he and Guan Mingtang are the same, "for the welfare of the Chinese people". Perhaps, but he is more inclined to maintain social stability than for the benefit of the people. The "businessman's essence" based on the individual is that now, the vagueness in his mind has formed a belief:

"Zheqin, since it is imperative to implement social security, let's implement it. Since workers need benefits and a better life, the state can give workers benefits on the condition that they can no longer participate in the workers' movement!"

At this time, Chen Moran's words became very serious. He had made such a big concession. If they didn't know how to be grateful, then... "Your Majesty, if you want workers to follow the rules, you must closely link the interests of workers with the interests of the country. The country must act as a worker protector. Now, only when the country becomes the protector of the workers, the workers will not regard some parties as protectors. As long as the workers are stable, there will be no turmoil in the city. As for the countryside... At present, with the recovery of military honor, it is reasonable to implement the exemption of land tax in rural areas.

"This..."

In the face of this suggestion, Chen Moran hesitated. In those years, for the purpose of improving the status of soldiers, he formulated the "preferential treatment" of "military families exempting from land and mu tax". Now Guan Mingtang proposes to be fully exempted. This... "I'm afraid the army will not agree!"

It's not just that the army won't agree, but as the emperor of the soldiers, Chen Moran himself won't agree in the first place, because it is related to the superior feeling of the soldiers. The reason why they can walk arrogantly in front of the villagers is not because of their military uniforms, which makes the people afraid. They, but because of their military uniforms, indicate that his family enjoys superior treatment - no tax!

It is this simple treatment that makes many rural children want to join the army and become a member of the Guards. They do not need to pay mu of land tax. This is the basis of the status of soldiers, and they must not move!

"Can..."

Within waiting for Guan Mingtang to refute, Chen Moran restrained his face and said in a low voice.

"There is no need to discuss this matter any more. The current mu land tax is not heavy, and it is related to the status of soldiers. The status guarantee of soldiers comes from the exemption of mu land tax. If we fully exempt this tax, how can we reflect the difference between the status of soldiers and civilians?"

"Your Majesty, you should know that the proportion of the current mu land tax is extremely limited. We can completely buy the hearts of the people by exempting the mu land tax, so as to further ensure the loyalty of the farmers!"

Looking at His Majesty, Guan Mingtang still insisted.

"Your Majesty, even now, farmers are your most loyal supporters. We should give them appropriate support. Now the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other Western European countries have long been exempted from acre of land tax, and we should also..."

"Yes, it should be, but... it won't be now!"

Shaking his head, Chen Moran insisted on his own opinions.

"Soldiers, we have done a lot for this country. We must ensure the status and interests of soldiers, unless..."

Taking a look at Guan Mingtang, Chen Moran added another sentence.

"Unless there is another way to compensate the soldiers! Otherwise, don't mention it again!"

This sentence actually completely blocked Guan Mingtang's road of trying to fight for the interests of the peasants. In the face of His Majesty's insistence, he could only sigh helplessly in his heart, and then nodded and said.

"Okay, Your Majesty,"

At least for now, the implementation of social security with medical insurance, work-related injury insurance and endowment insurance as the core has basically solved the fundamental problem of ensuring social stability. In addition, the use of this social security to crack down on the Constitutional Cook Party, Your Majesty should no longer consider the report of the Bureau of Investigation, "Zheqin Regarding social security, you will work together with the Minister of the Exchequer, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, and the Minister of Labor and Employment to formulate a plan. In addition, there is one more thing..."

As soon as the conversation changed, Chen Moran still shifted the topic to another issue.

"Before you came, I received a telegram from Guangdong!"

Hearing your majesty mention of the assassination in Guangdong, Guan Mingtang did not find anything strange. This kind of political assassination has never been inevitable in the past ten years. It can even be said that "political assassination is a compulsory course for officials and the responsibility of officials". He has long been used to the assassination of officials, but This time, the only thing that is not used to the other party's assassination. In the past, revolutionaries often assassinated political officials, rather than parliamentary representatives.

"Your Majesty, I also received a telegram that the Speaker of the Guangdong Parliament was assassinated by an assassin!"

After a moment of silence, Guan Mingtang hurriedly added another sentence.

"This is the first time a congressman has been assassinated!"

"The first time..."

Nodding, Chen Moran frowned and thought for a moment, and then said seriously.

"It seems that those people have changed their targets, and they have become smarter. This kind of political assassination of parliamentarians is even more than the assassination of an ordinary senior official!"

"Your Majesty..."

Your Majesty's words made Guan Mingtang confused.

"People who don't know will think that this kind of bayonet is what we instructed. If I didn't remember, he would have attacked me in the newspaper!"

Looking at Guan Mingtang, Chen Moran said in a smile-like tone.

"Someone may think that I sent someone to kill him!"

Real is it?

Only Chen Moran himself knows the answer.

"It's just the intention of some schemeful people to slander your majesty's reputation!"

"Destroy, often starts with a blow to reputation, once or twice... If the incident happens again and again, then I'm afraid I will be difficult to argue at that time, now..."

Conside down, Chen Moran spit out a sentence.

"It's time to clean up some people!"

Pack up some people! When Guan Mingtang looked at His Majesty in surprise, another sentence reached his ears.

"Zheqin, I have always turned a blind eye to many people and things. It can be said that there are all kinds of tolerance, but there is a limit to people's patience. I hope..."

Looking at Guan Mingtang, Chen Moran said in a very affirmative tone.

"When we use candy to gather the hearts of the people, we will also not put down the whips in our hands. There are some people who don't whip to remind that they will always do some stupid things. My tolerance is still limited!"

My amount of tolerance is still limited!

Your Majesty's words only made Guan Mingtang feel cold in his back, and a sense of coolness in the future permeated his heart...

(to be continued)