Ferdinand knew very well that capitalists were greedy, and if they were killed with a stick, God knows what they would do. At the same time, the capitalists are also weak, and they will compromise if they make an opening.

In just half a year, no less than 100,000 foreigners have poured into Bulgaria. The insidious Ferdinand, naturally, chose to sacrifice their interests in exchange for the compromises of the capitalists.

At the same time, I did not forget to open an opening to encourage foreigners, learn Bulgarian, and join Bulgaria. Of course, the main purpose is to promote national integration and increase the population.

Labor law, in addition to gaining a wave of popular support for Ferdinand. There is also an unseen benefit in the short term, which discourages the working class movement.

The working-class social democratic party in Bulgaria, which had not yet been established, was stillborn. Although its founder, Bulgev, was killed by the Stamm cabinet in 1889 under the butterfly effect of Ferdinand.

As a result of Ferdinand's crossing, in 1890 the number of Bulgarian workers had reached 480,000, of which a quarter were foreign workers, and the economic development rate was far higher than that of the same period in history.

The government's investment in infrastructure has increased jobs, boosted domestic demand, and contributed to the rapid development of the Bulgarian economy.

Although the number of workers in Bulgaria has increased significantly, it has not changed the backwardness of industrial development.

In addition to Ferdinand's own industry, most of the factories in Bulgaria are still small workshops, with backward technology and lack of competitiveness, and scattered distribution is not large-scale, and the ability to resist risks is extremely poor.

In order to change this situation, Ferdinand decided to continue to deepen the reform. A small country with a population of only 3.2 million and more than 1,000 large and small factories is a waste of resources to compete for this small market.

On September 20, a big debate was taking place at the Royal Palace in Sofia to determine the future direction of Bulgaria's economy. In addition to government officials, a handful of Bulgarian economists were invited.

At Ferdinand's suggestion, Konstantin submitted a proposal for the Industry Access Standard to the government. That is: set an industry threshold, eliminate some weak capitalists, and artificially restrict the entry of latecomers. In disguise, it supports the merger and reorganization of enterprises and promotes the development of monopoly capitalism.

If this plan is passed, it means that in the next five years, more than 1,000 existing factories in Bulgaria will be merged and reorganized or closed.

Obviously, there isn't much market for this program right now. At the end of the 19th century, liberal capitalism was the most popular, and the major powers of Europe and the United States were working hard to fight against monopoly capitalism.

In 1890, when the United States had just introduced the "Sherman Act", the implementation of monopoly capitalism also felt like it was going against the current.

Konstantin started the battle of words, "Gentlemen, you know the current predicament of Bulgaria. We are just a small country with a population of only about 3 million and few mineral resources. Industrialization has come to the present, and many of our industrial raw materials are dependent on imports. Many factories have backward management and backward technology, and their products seriously lack international competitiveness, so they can only rely on the domestic market, and the import and export trade deficit last year was as high as 60 million leva! How can our economy develop healthily in the long run? ”

"But Mr. Konstantin, the "Industry Access Plan" has destroyed the free capitalist market, the state has interfered too much in the market economic order, and the fairness of society has been undermined, and the consequences are unimaginable!" Economist Willen Soma

"Mr. Viren, you are too alarmist, the state intervention in the market economy is for the normal development of the Bulgarian economy and the elimination of hidden dangers in advance! If they really let it go, why should the domestic capitalists compete with international capital? "Konstantin

"Mr. Konstantin, we all know that there can be no development without competition, and what we have to do now is not to promote monopoly, but to raise tariffs to protect the development of national industry!" Minister of Industry Kamilaev

"Mr. Kamilaev, how big is the market in Bulgaria? With just three million people, it is possible to support industrialization? If we can't, we have to rely on the international market, and what good is raising tariffs other than to get us out of the international market? Konstantin asked rhetorically

Seeing that no one answered, Konstantin struck while the iron was hot and said: "Gentlemen, now we have no choice but to abandon industrialization, or to promote monopoly, reduce internal friction, and force the capitalists to innovate and improve the competitiveness of their products!" ”

"Konstantin is right, monopoly is not a good thing for the Great Powers, but it is the most suitable for Bulgaria right now!" Chekov

"What is the best fit? It's nothing more than the best interest of someone! ”

"Nonsense!"

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The two sides come and go, express their own opinions, and argue endlessly. There seemed to be more good reasons to support monopoly, while the opposition, on the other hand, was outnumbered and soon became more and more sour, and the smell of gunpowder became stronger and stronger.

Ferdinand stopped the intensifying quarrel between the two sides in time, "Enough, give me peace!" Be aware of who you are and don't make personal attacks! This is the only time, and if anyone repeats the offense, he will be disqualified from participating in the proceedings! ”

Seeing that Ferdinand was angry, the two sides feasted. "It's good that Congress was dissolved, otherwise it would have been even more lively!" Ferdinand was glad to think, and at the same time made up his mind, to put the controversial bill as much as possible before the parliamentary elections.

On the one hand, monopolies hinder the development of technology, as shown in many examples. But on the other hand, it also contains factors that contribute to technological development.

This is because, under the conditions of monopoly capitalism, the development of science and technology, the improvement of the quality of the labor force, the expansion of the scale of production and accumulation, and the development of social integration of the production process are all inseparable from the development of monopoly competition, concentration of production, joint system, and professional division of labor.

Ferdinand was well aware that the most suitable thing for Bulgaria at this stage was monopoly. But when Bulgaria grows to a certain extent, monopolies will become an obstacle to economic development.

The resistance to reform was somewhat beyond Ferdinand's imagination, and the opposition within the government alone was so strong.

After a moment of silence, Ferdinand decided to use a roundabout strategy to learn from Shi Zhigao, the protagonist of the American tycoon.

Having thought of a strategy, Ferdinand hastily ended the government meeting, leaving Constantine behind.

Konstantin was a little apprehensive now, judging from the meeting just now, what Ferdinand explained was a mess.

Ferdinand looked at Konstantin, who was not in the state, and asked, "Mr. Konstantin, do you think the Industry Access Plan is feasible?" ”

Konstantin did not hesitate to say: "It is possible! ”