Zhou was stunned to turn over the old things, claiming that there was a resolution on the collection of income tax, and it could be implemented without further discussion, Li Jianji applauded - others were stunned, the annual income of 5,000 taels not to mention the common people, ordinary businessmen can't make so much money, giant businessmen are no problem, but they will not suddenly be kind enough to tax themselves!

The Liberal Party wants to seek greater power, and it can't let them succeed, otherwise the Civic Party will never have a future - Civic Party Prime Minister Gao He quickly reacted, wrote a note for the entourage to take out, and then said sternly: "Paying taxes is not only the obligation of citizens, but also the rights of citizens, no one can take it away, I propose to amend the income tax regulations, the threshold for the collection of 5,000 taels is too high, it must be reduced to less than 1,000 yuan, no, below 100 yuan, ordinary citizens must also enjoy the right to pay taxes." ”

Li Mao also figured it out, and angrily pointed at Li Jianji and Zhou Yi and said: "Don't play tricks, you won't pay taxes in vain, if you want to manipulate the authority to double your money, since we can defeat the emperor, we will never let you oligarchs run rampant." ”

There was an uproar in the conference hall, and the giant businessman became the target of everyone, Sun Tingyao hurriedly waved his hand and shouted: "Gentlemen, calm down, we also pay more money to reduce the burden of the people!" ”

"Nonsense, you guys are messing around, dissolving the Chamber of Commerce and reorganizing the Liberal Party!" The opposition was loud, and the most fierce voices were all members of the Liberal Party.

Derge, a wealthy businessman and a member of the Liberal Party, was startled when he saw his kind being besieged, and hurriedly slapped the startled wood and shouted for an adjournment, and the crowd was quieter, but immediately people gathered together, and the Civic Party, the Small Peasant Party, the Workers' Party, and most of the Liberal Party members came together very consciously, and the Liberal Party bigwigs also hurried into a room to discuss countermeasures.

There are still too few giant businessmen in the house, but thirty or forty, Zhou stunned glanced at everyone, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I thought I could get through the trick, but I didn't expect their reaction to be so fast!" ”

"How can this be reasonable, it has become a sin for us to be willing to pay more money, I can't swallow this breath, Li Erzeng, you immediately order the Inspection Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send someone to suppress it, I don't believe that they will not accept it!" Shen Shoulian said angrily.

"Don't be kidding, when did you hear that the House of Representatives quarreled and used inspections, Han Yugong didn't agree in the first place," Li Jianji was holding his head and thinking hard, glanced at Shen Shoulian and said, "I remind you, don't make trouble, the of catching the King of the Ryukyus is not over, beware of the Senate revisiting the old matter and impeaching you!" ”

Another old account, Shen Shoulian forcibly occupied Ryukyu Island, entangled with local merchants and pirates to control the national affairs of others, the king of Ryukyu was angry, and sent people to Fujian to complain to the Ming court, the then Longwu Emperor did not dare to meddle in things, and coaxed away the matter in a few words, and the matter was over, but Shen Shoulian did not forgive after hearing about it, and instructed the Ryukyu Parliament to decide to join the Datong Federation, and also asked the Ryukyu court to convict the king of a foreign crime, and sent Shandong together with the royal family, of course, the Ryukyu king was not satisfied, and shouted a complaint when he got off the ship- The Datong Federation accepted it when it saw it, but this kind of thing was too domineering, the Prime Minister's Office felt blushing, and gave the house and land to appease the Ryukyu king, and the House also remembered the lack of virtue done by the General Administration of Colonies overseas, and threatened to settle the new accounts and old accounts together, which scared Shen Shoulian for several years and did not dare to return to Datong, thanks to the actions of the same party Li Jianji and Bao Zhen.

Shen Shoulian didn't dare to say more, and at this time there was a noise outside the house, as if someone was shouting slogans of "Down with the Chamber of Commerce" and "Reorganizing the Liberal Party", Bao Zhen was so angry that he slapped the table and strode out.

Derge said cautiously: "Why don't we talk to Mrs. Wu Langha or the vice president, they are also rich people and will not help us." ”

"You don't look at who is around them, either Mengshang, Huishang, Shi Laoliu, Liu Laoliu, these people, are all new nouveau riche, I can't wait to see our liveliness!" Li Jianji said angrily.

Huang Da said angrily: "The "Datong Constitutional Law" says respect and protect a small number of people, and if you are not afraid of being unclear, we will fight with them to the end, and it is a big deal to smash the pot and split up." ”

Li Jianji said coldly: "The president is staring at Datong in Liaodong, and he will never let the federation split, and if he makes too much trouble, he will raise a knife to reason with you." ”

Everyone was depressed, and couldn't think of a good way for a while, Bao Zhen hurriedly ran back: "It's messy, it's all messy, the people are asking to maintain their right to pay taxes outside the house, and they also petition the house to make the president emperor, and our people are also coaxing to bring down the oligarchs." ”

"Forget it, take a step back! Over the years, we have meddled in federal government affairs with the Liberal Party, and used the Chamber of Commerce to hold the world's businessmen hostage, and we have obtained too many benefits, and it is not bad for people to say that we are oligarchs. Zhou was stunned and smiled bitterly.

Shen Shoulian thought for a while and shook his head: "It's okay to make some concessions, but our efforts for so many years can't be in vain, the federation is what we helped the president shoot with a knife, why let others pick up cheap!" ”

Zhou Yi waved his hand to greet everyone together, and said in a low voice: "So I plan to set up a business committee in the House of Representatives, which will be our stronghold in the future, and the Chamber of Commerce and the Liberal Party will simply delegate power and let those small businessmen and hawkers toss, rest assured, the federation is so big, and ordinary people can't play this kind of thing in the development of industry and commerce, and in the end we have the final say!" ”

"We must learn from the president to make a decision, no matter power, wealth and nobility are regarded as nothing, and those who should be given up are resolutely abandoned, thinking that we were so stupid back then, aggressively fighting for power and profit, but he was firmly tied to the boat." Li Jianji nodded.

"I also admire the president, but when he becomes emperor, will those literati and gentry make a comeback? They are so bad that the authority in their hands must have trampled us merchants under their feet. Huang Da said a little worriedly.

"The Dutch have the best way, the Orange family can be a hereditary prince, but if you want to be in power, you have to listen to the parliament, since the president goes to Liaodong and doesn't want to come back, then give him an empty title of emperor, just let our second son turn positive, the Datong Federation will only recognize the president in the future, not the emperor, other things are better to do, it is a good thing for the people to maintain their right to pay taxes, and it is also a lot of money for each person to pay a few copper plates, and it will not be collected in vain!" Zhou Yi laughed and talked nonsense for a while, and finally reminded solemnly, "Everyone, the Datong Federation is our own country after all, there are many people eating in a pot, and it is okay to grab food from each other, but you must not smash the pot." ”

"Don't underestimate people, we love the Datong Federation the most!" The giants laughed.

The House reconvened, and Bao Zhen preemptively announced: The Chamber of Commerce and the Liberal Party will be reorganized immediately, and he and other tycoons will resign, and they will no longer hold the main positions of the Chamber of Commerce and the Liberal Party in the future, and business colleagues can freely elect people with both talent and virtue to be the masters of the house-As soon as the words fell, the members of the Chamber of Commerce and the Liberal Party who twisted their elbows outward returned to their camp, and the Civic Party came with a murderous spirit, and suddenly received a blow to the head, and their arrogance was suddenly greatly reduced.

The next thing is easy to do, the Liberal Party and the Civic Party have been dealing with each other for many years, and they are too familiar with each other, and after some bargaining, they reached a consensus: the income tax threshold is reduced to 60 yuan of annual income, and the three-level cumulative tax calculation is implemented, and the tax is levied between 60 and 1,200 yuan, and the tax is levied between 1,200 and 4,800 yuan, and the tax is levied at 10% for more than 4,800 yuan. Although the rich have taken on the lion's share, the Civic Party's agreement to set up a business committee and elect Bao Zhen as its chief member is not too much of a loss.

There are troubles, the common people are uneducated, and they demand that the president be named "Emperor Khan of Freedom, Equality, Benevolence, Fairness, Justice, Civil and Military, Zhangde, Holy, and Mercy", what a mess, they don't even have a country name, but they add a bunch of good words they can come up with. The parliamentarians couldn't laugh or cry, but they still decided to listen to the will of the people, Li Yubai picked up the name of the emperor, but was removed from the presidency, Li Jin took over as president - the son usurped the power of Lao Tzu, what is this, Zilharang and Hu Dawei, Arzin and other veterans who have just entered the Senate expressed strong opposition, but the voice was too weak to prevent the House from passing a resolution.

Li Jianji was angry again, and as soon as the meeting ended, he rushed to Statue Liberty Square to make a big fuss -- this meeting proved that the government and citizens of a free country are one and the same and have the natural ability to collect taxes, and in order to thank the citizens for their trust, the Liberal government promised to double the income of citizens during its term of office, and everyone should work together to build a new country in which our people are rich and the country is rich, and the people are strong and strong.

Bao Zhen also issued a policy program: the Commission of Commerce will strictly protect private property, protect competition, encourage businessmen to build their own chambers of commerce according to their localities and industries to safeguard their rights and interests, and at the same time crack down on all acts that hinder free competition, in order to encourage the development and growth of trading companies, every year will also select the 100 trading companies that pay the most taxes in various industries to award the Black Eagle Medal, and give priority to government procurement and concession company shares in the following year - small businessmen were startled, but quickly came up with countermeasures, and in the next few years, there was a boom in mergers and acquisitions of trading companies in various places, Companies formed according to the Dutch limited company model have sprung up, and the industrial and commercial strength of the federation has doubled.

The rally ended with the shouts of "desperately earning money, desperately saving money, desperately donating money", and the Datong people seemed to shout this Taixi Protestant slogan smoothly - the southern scholars felt unreasonable, Huang Daozhou scolded the Datong people as crazy, but Gu Jiang and Huang Zongxi fell into deep thought.

Naturalized Presidential Palace, Zilharang pointed at Zhou Yi and scolded non-stop, white-eyed wolf, ungrateful, and the president's achievements are high, but he was abandoned by you in collusion, where is his conscience?

"Forget it, use the seal," Ortai handed the resolution of the House to Li Fugui and said with a sigh, "The transfer of power to the second generation in all dynasties is the most dangerous, and it seems that blood and light disasters are always inevitable, and this result is not bad." ”

"It's not proper, the president is in Shenyang, the young president is naturalized, one country has two centers, what if there is civil strife in the future?" Chen Qiyu was old, and he originally planned to resign and return to his hometown to retire, but he was left by the presidential palace to sort out the actual records of the Ming Dynasty, and then whispered a reminder.

"Brother Yuxuan is too worried, the president has experienced civil strife in Jin, and he is most worried about cannibalism, and he can't ask for a smooth transfer of power, so he won't have any ideas, in fact, the officials are also afraid of repeating the mistakes of the Ming and Qing dynasties, and everyone is pushing the boat down the river, Prince Zheng doesn't have to blame Commander Zhou, just do it according to the meaning of the house," Li Fugui said lightly after reading the official document, and then took out a letter and handed it to Zierharang, "Ge Curi and Le Ke Dehun inspected Liaodong and replied, he said that there was a dispute in Shenyang, and Yan Jizu, the political envoy of Liaodong, Tongzhi Busai advocated the dissolution of the Eight Banners and the abolition of slavery, and the Qiding and Aha were integrated into the guards, while the Liaodong Commander Changshu and the Shenyang Governor Sony advocated maintaining the old system for the time being, what is your opinion? ”

Zilharang calmed down, thought for a while and replied: "Liaodong is too big, and it is constantly expanding to the north, it is best to garrison the military and civilians on the spot, and deploy them by the Commander's Office, the Eight Banners are indeed not necessary, but in the bitter cold land of Liaodong, the people can only survive by relying on each other, and the relationship between the master and Aha is not a simple slavery, and it is easy to cause trouble if it is forcibly dismantled. ”

"Liaodong's top priority is to increase the population, open up fields to grow grain, and at the same time dredge sea routes and develop industry and commerce. Zhou Yi said with a frown.

"The root of all problems lies in people's livelihood, so there is no need to reprimand, write to them to calm down." Ortai waved his hand.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and Zhao Ji and Du Wenhuan, who were involved in military affairs, walked in with Xue Xianguang and Azig from the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

"Tacheng urgently reported that the Rakshasa Army and the Kazakh units were moving eastward along Lake Balkhash, and Batur and Batu demanded an attack in advance." Xue Xianguang said holding an official document.

"Enemy situation, my situation, supplies?" Zhou Yi hurriedly ordered someone to spread out the map.

Xue Xianguang replied: "The Rakshasa army has reached 35,000 people, and the number of its friendly Kazakhs is unknown, it is estimated that there will be no less than 20,000, and our army has assembled 20,000 volunteers in Tacheng, but the main force is still in Hami for reorganization, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to prepare before the winter. ”

"The first battle must be cautious, or it is more appropriate to fight in the spring next year, when the volunteers are ready, Sun Shoufa also took Buer Town up, just to help." Du Wenhuan said with a frown.

Zhao Ji shook his head: "Sun Dasheng can't play cavalry well, and it won't be of much use if he goes up, I trust Batur, this guy has been fighting in the Western Regions for most of his life, and no one knows the Rakshasa ghost better than him." ”

"The cavalry fights in the grassland, whoever discovers the other side first and quickly gathers forces to attack, who is most likely to win, the others are second, I don't think you have to wait until the spring of next year, you will shoot when you should shoot, and you will fight first!" Azig interjected, he has been very prosperous recently, although he has not been to the Western Regions, but it is really enjoyable to sit in the Dadu Governor's Mansion and command the soldiers and horses of the whole country, and he has left the matter of fighting for family property behind.

Zilharang also nodded and said: "There are thousands of miles to the city of Tacheng, we can't keep abreast of the military situation in front of us, and if we interfere too much, it will add chaos, so it's better to let go and let the front fight casually." ”

Zhou Yi hesitated for a while, and asked Ortai and Li Fugui in a low voice: "Do you want to invite the young president back to discuss?" ”

"You and Batu are consul generals, and you should make up your mind before he arrives." Ortai shook his head - Li Jin was not interested in government affairs, and when he arrived in Datong, he would definitely plunge headlong into the Academy of Sciences, and it would not be easy to call him back.

Zhou was stunned and thought for a moment with his hands behind his back, and said solemnly: "Reply to Batur, Batu - act when you see the opportunity, and break it when you make a decision." ”

"The water and grass between the two rivers are lush and suitable for living and pasture, and getting your hands on it can not only protect the Western Regions, but also connect the Rakshasas, Persia and Indian countries, this territory cannot be abandoned, and troops will be sent to garrison the river immediately after the war is won." Ortai casually drew a circle of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya rivers on the map - the Mongols were famous in the river, and the cripple Timur married a princess of the Chagatai Khanate and dared to pretend to be a descendant of the Mongol Great Khan to claim that the Khan founded the country, and the opportunity fell into the hands of Datong, of course, you have to take advantage of the situation.

"Batur is old, after the war, he will stay in the river to appease the Central Asian tribes, transfer Buyantu to Urumqi to lead the consul of the Western Regions, and let the young people do other things," Li Fugui also added, then patted a few books on the table, and said to Ortai with a smile, "Brother Duxing, this "History of the Mongol Khanate" has detailed historical materials and corrects errors and fills in the gaps, I think it can be compared with Taishi Gong's "Historical Records". ”

"Don't dare to compare with Taishi Gong, Nian Feng, your disciple accepted the views of the English Bacon, and changed from studying scriptures to empirical studies, helping me to verify a large number of Mengyuan historical materials, and this book also has their hard work!" Ortai also replied with a smile.

Chen Qiyu immediately said: "Since Ouyang Wenzhong edited the "New Tang Dynasty Book", the history of the previous dynasties did not pay attention to historical facts, but focused on Confucianism and scriptures. ”

"History of the Yuan" is just a hasty book written by the Ming Dynasty to highlight orthodoxy, Taizu abandoned the former prime minister Wei Su did not use, and sent Song Lian and Wang Wei, who had never been officials, to be compiled. I look at all the countries in the world, only the Chinese dynasties are the best to repair history, but the nonsense is also the worst, only the first four histories can be described as the history of faith, which is really harmful to future generations. Zhou Yi, who was born in Jinshi, was also interested.

Ortai's "History of the Mongol Khanate" was written from Genghis Khan to Lin Dan Khan of Chahar, which is very different from the "History of the Yuan" that only wrote to Emperor Shun of Yuan, and the southern scholars were extremely dissatisfied with this, they thought that Emperor Shun's flight north proved that the Great Yuan was dead, and Zhu Ming should be orthodox in the world, if the history of the Mongolian Khanate was extended to Lin Dan Khan, then the Ming Dynasty would not become a puppet dynasty, but the scholars believed that the legacy of the Mengyuan Dynasty was active outside the Great Wall for more than 200 years is an objective fact, which is enough to prove that it did not die in the country, but coexisted side by side with the Ming Dynasty, and the revision of history is just to warn future generations, there should be a point of fact to say a point, and it is not possible to go to the top line - the two sides insist on their own words, and the debate may continue for many years.

The literati talked about the scriptures and history with great interest, and the generals felt bored, glanced at each other, and quietly walked out.