“…… Rather than being forced, pushing ...... under social pressure"

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

"Otherwise, it will be seen as a victory for the opposition! And, if done right, we can ......"

Raising his eyes to look at His Majesty, Guan Mingtang deliberately showed a little smugness.

"Take this opportunity to fight the opposition!"

Fight the opposition?

Guan Mingtang's suggestion aroused Chen Moran's interest, and he used social security to fight the opposition, but he didn't realize that there was still such an intention to promote social security.

"Yes, Your Majesty, in the political struggles of Congress, one side is often in favor of it, and the other side is mostly against, and unlike the royalists, the Cadet Party, the second largest party in the country, and its members, tend to rely on private corporate funding, while the royalists, although equally dependent on funding, are often themselves rich ......"

The vast majority of royalists who made it to the lower house of parliament were wealthy people without aristocracy, and they relied on different financiers than the Cadets, relying more on the funding of industrial companies and state-owned enterprises. This makes the "influence of the city on them" very weak.

“…… Unlike the royalists, almost all of the funds of the Cadets at all levels, whether in the National Assembly or in the provincial, municipal and county assemblies, come from donations from private enterprises. Those business owners give tens of millions of dollars a year to the Cadets in exchange for being their mouthpiece in Congress, helping them pass bills that are beneficial to them and blocking bills that harm them. The Cadets are controlled by the market, while social security ......"

"To establish a social security mechanism, we need to move the knife on the head of private enterprises!"

Chen Moran took Guan Mingtang's words with a smile, and now he finally understands why Guan Mingtang said that he would take the opportunity to attack the Constitutional Democratic Party, the social security system, for the Constitutional Democrats. Whether they agree or oppose it, it will damage their image, and if they support it, they will lose the funding of private enterprises, and if they oppose it. They will be abandoned by the common people.

"That's right, Your Majesty, let's take the example of the German Health Insurance Act, where the state does not invest the corresponding funds, and the medical expenses are paid by the employer and the employee. Later, Bismarck proposed in the Law on Accident Insurance that the government should contribute some of the money. People from the liberal wing are adamantly opposed. It is considered that this is a manifestation of socialism and cannot be incorporated into law. The centrist parties also disagreed, fearing that the power of the Federation would continue to expand. The final arrangement is: The cost is fully borne by the employer. After a work-related accident, medical expenses for the first 13 weeks are borne by the agency that fulfills the Health Insurance Act, and the subsequent expenses are borne by the agency that fulfills the Work-related Accident Insurance Act. In the case of a completely disabled worker, he or she will also receive two-thirds of his original salary per month, and the State will not have to bear the actual cost of these expenses. The employer's additional expenditure will inevitably lead to the employer's objection. Their opposition would be presented directly by the Cadets in Congress, and we would only need to spread the word through the newspapers to blow the reputation of the Cadets......

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

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

Shaking his head, Chen Moran vetoed Guan Mingtang's proposal, although that proposal could reduce the financial burden, but it increased the burden on private enterprises, which was not in the long-term interests of the country.

"Now, the economic policy we are pursuing is to slowly liberalize the control of the economy, but through appropriate regulation and guidance, so that industrial development operates within a reasonable framework, the state only needs to grasp the general direction, as for everything else to the market, which means that the country's direct investment in industrial projects will be less and less, and the money saved will be used to ensure social welfare, and it should be, and there are also profits paid by state-owned enterprises, if I remember correctly, this profit, Even higher than the government's fiscal and tax revenues! ”

In the past ten years, in order to speed up China's development, China has implemented the planned economy of the later generations, that is, this planned economy model, which makes the government the largest business owner in China, when the country becomes a businessman, private enterprises are unable to compete with the state, which enjoys all kinds of excellence, concessions and resources, and tens of thousands of state-owned enterprises established in more than ten years, the annual profits are as high as billions of yuan, it can be said that It is the profits from state-owned enterprises that have supported China's rapid economic development over the past decade or so.

It is precisely because of this that although as early as after becoming the prime minister, Guan Mingtang began to promote the "retreat of the country and the advancement of the people", by reducing state direct investment and supporting private enterprises, so that the national economy is normalized and marketized, but in this process, it has encountered many resistances, and the root of the resistance is that the cabinet members are faced with billions of yuan of profits and a huge group of state-owned enterprises that have been formed over the years, and they have become accustomed to enjoying a sense of superiority in the economy. However, the biggest obstacle is the huge amount of profits handed over.

"Last year, the profits handed over by state-owned enterprises were 5.85 billion yuan!"

Mention this number, Guan Mingtang's face does not look very happy, this figure is basically the same as last year's national tax revenue, although the growth rate is not compared with previous years, but this means that after he promoted the "national retreat and democratic advancement" policy for two years, although private enterprises have been maximized. However, the situation of state-owned enterprises controlling the country's economy has still not been resolved, and although there are factors that are special to the war, it is still not satisfactory.

That is, according to this profit. Every Chinese should enjoy a bonus of 10 yuan! Of course, this is not realistic, but we can also consider other ways to compensate the people. Make them the beneficiaries of the dividends of state-owned enterprises, not just the ones who lose profits! ”

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 tax revenue and the state issued public bonds. Later, with the state-owned enterprises to pay profits, it really began to develop rapidly, in fact, the current state-owned enterprises, are built by relying on the people's tax payment. It can even be said that state-owned enterprises are built on the basis of "the whole people are harmed", as you know, in order to speed up the development of government industries, we have even introduced laws to restrict the development of private enterprises, so as to achieve the purpose of monopolistic operation. In order to obtain more benefits, take advantage of the difference between workers and peasants to usurp the wealth of the people, and concentrate small into many to develop the country's industry. ”…,

In saying this. In later China, which had the largest and most profitable state-owned enterprises in the world, the Chinese people, who were the real owners of state-owned enterprises, never profited from state-owned enterprises, but were instead used by state-owned enterprises to operate as monopolies. The squeeze is even worse than that of private enterprises.

"Who are the real owners of state-owned enterprises? Is it the government? ”

Shaking his head, Chen Moran said in a very affirmative tone.

"Of course not, the real owners of state-owned enterprises are the people. The government, but just the custodian, so, as the master of state-owned capital, how to let the people share the dividends of state-owned enterprises, is the focus of the future reform of state-owned enterprises, if we are promoting social security, you can use the profits of state-owned enterprises, state-owned assets income should be given priority to the national social security expenditure, in order to reflect the state-owned assets "for the benefit of the people" nature, state-owned enterprises profits by the enterprise and the state exclusive era, will be declared over, so, in order to make the people satisfied! Only in this way can we give full play to the role of state-owned enterprises in the future. ”

"Your Majesty is very true!"

Guan Mingtang does not object to the establishment of a social security mechanism for handing over profits to state-owned enterprises, and even in his opinion, the big fat meat of state-owned enterprises to hand over profits, once there is no place to go because of the reduction of direct investment by the state, it will inevitably be targeted by the army and navy like a wolf, and regardless of the army, I am afraid that the navy will be the first to stand up and ask the cabinet and Congress to approve their shipbuilding plan, the current navy has been suppressed for so many years, for them, the first thing they see in their eyes is a combat ship; If the Navy really gets that money, I am afraid it will set off an unprecedented "ship-building arms race" in this seemingly calm Pacific Ocean.

On the surface, the ship-building arms race is nothing more than a competition between the two countries to build the number of ships, but if this kind of competition continues, sooner or later, it will turn into a war, which is impossible for Guan Mingtang, who believes in "international coordination," to be accepted, and this money must be spent.

"By using the profits of state-owned enterprises for social security, the people can benefit and feel the grace of Your Majesty!"

In the face of Guan Mingtang's praise, Chen Moran only smiled slightly, to a large extent, he and Guan Mingtang are the same, "for the welfare of the Chinese people", perhaps, but compared to the interests of the people, he is more inclined to maintain social stability. The "essence of a businessman" based on the individual lies in the fact that now, in his mind, a belief has been vaguely formed:

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

At this time, Chen Moran's voice became very serious, he had already made such a big concession, if they didn't know how to be grateful to Dade, then ......

"Your Majesty, in order for the workers to behave in a way, it is necessary to link the interests of the workers closely with the interests of the state, and the state must appear as the protector of the workers, and only when the state becomes the protector of the workers will the workers not regard some parties as protectors, and as long as the workers are stable, there will be no turmoil in the cities, and as for the countryside...... Judging from the present situation, with the restoration of the army's honor, it is reasonable to exempt the land from the mu tax in the rural areas. ”

"This ......"

Face this advice. Chen Moran hesitated, for the purpose of improving the status of soldiers, he formulated the "preferential treatment" of "exempting military families from land tax", and now Guan Mingtang proposed to be completely exempted, which is ......

"I'm afraid the army won't agree!" …,

It's not just that the army won't promise. is the emperor of the soldiers, Chen Moran himself will not agree in the first place, because this is related to the feeling of superiority in the soldiers, and the reason why they can walk arrogantly in front of the villagers is not because of the military uniforms on their bodies. The people were afraid of them, but because of the military uniform on their bodies, which marked the superiority of his family - no need to pay taxes!

It is precisely this simple treatment that makes many rural children want to join the army and become a member of the Guards, and they do not need to pay the tax on acres of land, which is the foundation of the status of soldiers. Never move!

"......"

Without waiting for Mingtang to refute, Chen Moran turned his face and said in a deep voice.

"This matter does not need to be discussed anymore, the current mu tax is not heavy. And this is related to the status of the military, the status of the military is guaranteed, from the exemption of the mu tax, if we are fully exempted from this tax, how to reflect the difference between the status of the military and the civilian? ”

"Your Majesty, you have to know. At present, the proportion of the mu tax is extremely limited, and we can completely buy the people's hearts by exempting the mu tax. So as to further ensure the loyalty of His Majesty the Peasant Cai! ”

Looking at His Majesty, Guan Mingtang still insisted.

"Your Majesty, even now, the peasants are your most loyal supporters, and we should give them appropriate assistance, and now the United States, Britain, France, Germany and other Western European countries have long been exempted from the mu tax. We should ...... too."

"Yes, but ...... It won't be now! ”

Shaking his head. Chen Moran stubbornly insisted.

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

Glancing at Guan Mingtang, Chen Moran added.

"Unless there is some other way to compensate the soldiers! Otherwise, don't talk about it again! ”

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

"Well, Your Majesty,"

At least for the time being, the implementation of social security with medical insurance, work-related injury insurance, and pension insurance as the core has basically solved the fundamental problem of ensuring social stability, and in the meantime, these social security have been used to fight the Constitutional Democratic Party, and His Majesty should not have considered the report of the Investigation Bureau.

"Tetsukin, regarding social security, you will work with the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, and the Minister of Labor and Employment to formulate a plan, and 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 His Majesty mention the assassination case in Guangdong, Guan Mingtang did not find anything unusual, this kind of political assassination in the past ten years, has never been avoidable, and it can even be said that "political assassination is a compulsory course and official responsibility of officials", for the assassination of officials, he has long been used to it, but this time, the only thing that is not used to is the object of the other party's assassination, in the past, the revolutionaries often assassinated government officials, not parliamentary representatives.

"Your Majesty, the minister also received a telegram that the speaker of the Guangdong Provincial Assembly was assassinated by assassins!"

After a pause, Guan Mingtang hurriedly added.

"This is the first time that a councillor has been assassinated!"

"First ......"

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

"It seems that those people have changed their targets, they have become smarter, and this kind of political assassination of parliamentarians has an effect even more than the assassination of an ordinary high-ranking official!"

"Your Majesty......"

His Majesty's words made Guan Mingtang confused for a while. …,

"Those who don't know will think that this bayonet was instructed by us, and if I don't remember, he once attacked me in the newspapers!"

Looking at Guan Mingtang, Chen Moran said in a tone that seemed to be smiling rather than smiling.

"Perhaps, some people will think that I sent someone to kill him!"

Is it?

The answer is only known to Chen Moran himself.

"It's just the intention of some ill-intentioned people to slander Your Majesty's reputation!"

"Destruction often starts with a blow to reputation, once or twice...... If the incident happens repeatedly, then I am afraid that I will have a hard time arguing with it, and now I ......"

groaning, Chen Moran spit out a sentence.

"It's time to pack 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, and I can be said to tolerate them in every way, but there is a limit to people's patience, I hope ......"

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

"When we use candy to gather the hearts of the people, we will not put down the whip in our hands, there are some people, don't whip a reminder, they will always do some stupid things, my tolerance is still limited!"

There is still a limit to the amount of people I can accommodate!

His Majesty's words only made Guan Mingtang feel a chill in his back, and an unprecedented coolness filled his heart......