In the Great Qing Dynasty, where the land is vast and the resources are vast, there is not a single city with a population of more than one million. The www.biquge.info of Pen, Fun, and Pavilion is the most important Jingshi, and there are only six or seven hundred thousand people.

And this Daming Xinshan City is not a significant place. But there are more than one million people, which is really incredible.

It is also Feng Shen Yinde who is an outsider, so I don't know that the population of this Johor Bahru City has skyrocketed, which is actually a matter of the past two years. One was due to the Indochina Peninsula, and there were many civil wars. caused a large number of Siamese, Burmese, and Malays to pour into the Ming Dynasty.

As an outpost, Johor Bahru naturally welcomed more immigrants.

The other is the population policy of Johor Bahru, which is more lenient than that of the Ming Dynasty. In particular, the two months of stateless residency allowed many people who smuggled and crossed the border to avoid the fate of being immediately deported and imprisoned.

And thanks to the Nanyang crossroads, the location advantage of connecting the east and the west, the economic development of Johor Bahru is like riding a rocket, and it is rising slowly. The manpower required is also rising.

In such an economic environment, many immigrants who have just arrived in Johor Bahru are easily accepted by the immigration department and then obtained jobs after a short period of training.

Not only did he earn a certain amount of living funds, but he was also able to settle down in Johor Bahru.

It's just that because of the provisions of the new immigration policy: without a certain number of years and residence qualifications, immigrants cannot be qualified for the Ming nationality test. Therefore, nearly half of the million people in Johor Bahru City do not have Ming nationality.

And among these immigrants who are not naturalized, there is also a large proportion of businessmen.

For Johor Bahru, a very young new city with an important geographical advantage. These foreign businessmen are more important than those ordinary immigrants.

Because most of these businessmen are from Asia and Europe. Scattered to specific regions, that is, Britain and France in Western Europe, Persia and Turkey in West Asia, India in South Asia, and Burma, Siam, Chenla, Vietnam and other countries in Southeast Asia.

They are all rich in their home countries. Not only has it mastered abundant economic resources, but also has a certain network of contacts and relationships.

In terms of influence at the social level alone, it is also one of the best.

After coming to Daming, their family property was also transferred in. It can be regarded as invisibly, bringing huge wealth to Daming.

And because the Ming Dynasty vigorously supported the folk handicraft industry and light industry, these merchants recruited a large number of skilled craftsmen from their own country. While ensuring their business is prosperous, it also allows Daming to obtain some kind of technical improvement.

The competitiveness of commodities is also more obvious.

For example, the famous Persian carpet was successfully produced because a large number of Persian merchants brought manufacturing skills to the Ming Dynasty. And under the influence of Daming's industrial innovation and scientific and technological progress, the skills are more superb.

Due to the intensive, assembly-line-like industrial production mode of the Ming Dynasty, the cost of Persian carpets is even cheaper. The profits made by businessmen have also multiplied several times.

You know, businessmen are profit-seeking!

Seeing your own financial resources, you can go to the next level. Naturally, he favored Daming more and moved to Daming. The social division of labor is therefore more refined. The capitalist development model of the Ming Dynasty has also entered the fast lane.

Taking advantage of this east wind, Johor Bahru also vigorously promoted mercantilism. At the social level, raise the status of businessmen. And in politics, give a certain right to speak.

For example, the Johor Bahru City Council system is being brewed.

This is open to all citizens who are naturalized in Johor Bahru City, have personal assets of more than 1 million Chinese dollars, and pay annual taxes of not less than 100,000 Chinese dollars. The total number of people is controlled within 200 people.

If the limit is exceeded, it will be filtered from high to low. Generally, a scoring system is conducted, and the total score is composed of 30% of assets, 50% of taxes, and 20% of the number of years.

Businessmen who commit major public security cases or major ***** are disqualified from councilors for life.

In Western Europe, such a parliamentary system has become widespread in Britain and France. Therefore, businessmen from England and France were very supportive of the parliamentary system in Johor Bahru. Those merchants from the Qing Dynasty, Siam, Burma, India, Vietnam and other countries have not heard of it. But when I heard that I could make a difference in political affairs, I was also very happy.

After all, this parliamentary system is designed for businessmen like them. Ordinary people don't have this qualification.

Becoming a councillor does not directly determine the policy direction of Johor Bahru. But through this council, MPs can make their own proposals for the future of Johor Bahru. Then a vote will be held to give some of the policy proposals with the highest number of votes a chance to enter the Johor Bahru mayor's eye.

Without violating the Ming Constitution, the mayor can make it a reality through certain policy proposals. Even if it doesn't pass, you have to give some explanation.

If the member is not satisfied, he can continue to defend himself through the parliament. In the absence of agreement on three occasions, the council can apply for the intervention of a higher-level mayor.

At this point, whether the mayor agrees or not, the matter will be over.

When Fengshen Yinde first heard about this novel system, he was very puzzled. Because it is really harmful to let businessmen who are covered in copper smell talk about national affairs. And businessmen value profit over righteousness, and only care about their own interests. It is difficult to make relatively rational decisions at the national level.

So he secretly pondered, the top level of the Ming Dynasty, should he let the mayor of Johor Bahru be bold?

If he knew that this matter was promoted by Nan Feng, the overseas leader of Nanyang, he would not have felt that the mayor of Johor Bahru was bold.

Because the biggest person in charge of the Nanyang Overseas Territory is the Minister of State Nan Feng. As a member of the decision-making level of the cabinet, there is no one who has the right to speak in the territory of Nanyang that can be higher than Nanfeng. The decisions he pursues can naturally be implemented to the greatest extent.

It is also in Nanfeng's view that the political system of the Ming Dynasty will sooner or later change to the parliamentary system.

After all, engaging in a big deal is very detrimental to the future development of the country.

If you meet a more effective decision-maker, it's nothing. However, according to the historical development context, the decision-makers who have made achievements are often in the minority.

Then, we can only take precautions and improve the relevant administrative system to the best.

Therefore, this parliamentary system naturally became the first choice.

Of course, in order to prevent the parliament from becoming a place where parliamentarians compete for power and attack each other. Many supporting measures should also be implemented simultaneously.

However, at this stage, the parliamentary system is not suitable for implementation at the top level of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Nanfeng wanted to use Johor Bahru as a pilot to see how it worked.

In this way, you will be able to deepen your understanding of the parliamentary system through practice. Avoid problems in the future.

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