Cutting 1719

Chapter 679 Big Fish Eat Small Fish

In the autumn of 30 years of innovation, Crown Prince Ning Chengze announced his return to Nanjing with the Labor Welfare Reform Working Group, but this time he returned to Beijing with the expectations of countless people.

Since the 25th year of innovation, Crown Prince Ning Chengze has gone to Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Wuchang, Chengdu and other places for field research, and also personally went to 43 different types of factories to conduct research, the purpose is to be able to come up with a A labor law that can be truly implemented at the grassroots level and can be implemented.

After five years of polishing, Ning Chengze finally announced the initial introduction of the workers' welfare reform plan. At that time, he will propose to the State Council as an ordinary worker. Once the new bill is passed, the original 16-year reform The promulgated "Great Chu Labor Outline" will be completely abolished.

One stone caused a thousand waves. When the news came out, all stocks on the Nanjing Stock Exchange plummeted instantly. All the big and small businessmen who have been high-spirited in the past few decades looked at the State Council with terrified eyes. Compared with 30 years ago, the power of the business community seems to be much stronger, but it is still nothing in the face of real power.

In fact, it is still not the business circles that are playing games around this bill, but the new faction of ministers who have risen through the business circles. way to get their voices heard.

Of course, there are many more voices of opposition against this faction than in the past, and the reason is very simple. Behind the glorious machine of the industrial revolution, there are naturally many ordinary people's bones and blood and tears. They work hard in the factory every day. , creating wealth, but did not get the corresponding rewards. On the contrary, the working environment has become worse and worse, so that in the 20th and 22nd years of the reform, there have been corresponding demonstrations.

The opposition naturally developed on the basis of the old party back then, but compared to the old party back then, today’s opposition does not fundamentally oppose industry and commerce, and they also agree that industry and commerce can bring impetus and prosperity to the country. Progress, but certain restrictions need to be imposed on industry and commerce, otherwise they will wantonly devour the flesh and blood of ordinary people.

What Crown Prince Ning Chengze has done now is to provide a big banner for the opposition. They don't dare to do anything openly right now, but their expectations for Ning Chengze are getting higher and higher day by day.

September was cloudy and rainy, and Ji Yun was still only wearing a blue gown. He held up an umbrella in his hand, looked into the distance indifferently, and pursed his lips tightly.

Many rain clouds have accumulated in the dark sky. It seems that the drizzle in front of us is just the beginning, and a bigger storm is preparing to go. The people at the gate of the city seem to feel the malice of God. They They were running in the drizzle, hoping to hide under the eaves before the thunderstorm came.

"Boom--"

"Crash-"

Soon, God seemed unwilling to wait any longer, a few bright lights flashed in the dark sky, dull thunder sounded from the sky, and the rain quickly poured down, forming a rain curtain, isolating the whole world.

Ji Yun sighed softly, his paper umbrella could not have survived such a heavy rain, so he just glanced at the distance lightly, and was about to turn around and leave this place.

Suddenly, there was a dull sound of horseshoes, which almost merged with the sound of thunder and rain, making it difficult to distinguish clearly, but when it reached Ji Yun's ears, it was extremely pleasant. This was the sound he had been looking forward to for a long time.

Dozens of knights rushed into the rain, and the leader of them was wearing a red civil robe. Because his whole body was soaked by the rain, the whole red robe looked very dull.

Ji Yun tried his best to identify the person coming under the cover of the rain curtain, but it was difficult to do so because of the heavy rain, but he rushed into the rain curtain in a hurry, and didn't even bother to open the paper umbrella.

"Ji Yun, His Highness the Crown Prince has instruction."

The sound of the horse's hooves stopped, and the civil servant reined in the reins fiercely, and the rain ran down his face, but he didn't bother to wipe it off at all, and just looked at Ji Yun standing in the rain with piercing eyes.

"Chen Ji Yun is here, respectfully listen to the order."

Ji Yun bowed his hands very respectfully, he has already recognized the identity of the civil servant on the horse, it is Jiang Pu, the think tank of the current empress dowager, and he is also a person of considerable background.

Jiang Pu didn't intend to get off the horse at all, so he said loudly in the rain: "His Royal Highness ordered you to find out all the labor arbitration and related case files over the years, and then send these files to Shanghai, and present them to His Royal Highness. .”

"What? Doesn't His Royal Highness return to Nanjing?"

Ji Yun couldn't help being a little surprised, the prince temporarily changed his attention when everyone was expecting him, although the distance between the two places is not far away, but once people know about it, the meaning behind it can't help but make people think about it.

Jiang Pu smiled slightly, and said: "His Royal Highness is planning to do a big event in Shanghai, and it's time to return to Beijing after this event is completed!"

In the Nanjing Imperial Garden, Ning Yu was wearing casual clothes and was throwing food into the fish pond with a smile, while the former Chief Assistant Song Enming and the current Chief Assistant Liu Tongxun followed respectfully, each holding a fish in their hands Food bowl.

The fish pond in the imperial garden is not too big, and the golden scales in it only raised more than [-] tails, so after a while, Ning Yu had already sprinkled the fish food, and those golden scales swam up to eat the fish food greedily. , and even some fish gathered together and began to fight.

"People die for wealth, and fish die for food. For thousands of years, those fishermen have always used the simplest method to catch these fish. They don't need to enter the water or release the water. They just need to cast bait. Those fish They would all jump into the cage."

Ning Yu's tone was light, but the words clearly meant something, and the two chief assistants were also human spirits, so they could naturally hear the mystery, but they didn't speak. Song Enming didn't want to say it, but Liu Tongxun didn't dare to say it.

"Why, is it true that the longer you serve as an official, the less courageous you become?"

Ning Yu frowned slightly. His current state of mind was actually not as indifferent as it appeared on the surface. In the previous financial meeting, in order to forcibly promote the progress of compulsory education, he had to hold on to the power again, but invisibly violated his wishes. The original intention of gradually delegating power made Ning Yu quite upset.

Judging from the current situation, I am afraid that the power of the Great Chu Emperor will only increase, but it will be difficult to truly form a check and balance. With one or two more wise and mighty emperors, constitutionalism will be absolutely impossible.

Thinking of this, Ning Yu thought of Ning Chengze who was fighting tigers in Shanghai, and felt a little depressed in his heart. This kid is really good at jumping.
Song Enming is an old man, and after more than ten years of being the first assistant, he has naturally cultivated a proficient skill in nourishing qi. He knows the emperor quite well, so he also knows where the emperor's anger comes from at this time. Relatively speaking, Liu Tongxun is a newcomer. When the official took office, he had a little bit of care in his heart, but his behavior was a little at a loss.

"I don't dare, but I think that some fish have to eat and have to fight. After all, this river and lake is a process where big fish eat small fish and small fish eat shrimp. If they don't fight, they will only fall into the hands of others in the future." mouth."

Liu Tongxun replied cautiously, but there were some incomplete meanings in his words.

Ning Yu snorted coldly and said: "You are right, since we have embarked on such a road, we are forcing the fish to take the initiative to fight, otherwise the cruel market will make them no longer stand. But you You must also understand that fish can fight, but they must fight within the boundaries set by the fishermen, there must be no bottom line, let alone the price of dried shrimps or even duckweed!"

Hearing the emperor's statement, Liu Tongxun couldn't help but sighed. He was about to continue to say something, but Song Enming stood up first and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is right, His Royal Highness is in Shanghai now, and he is going to give All fish have a bottom line and a rule based on the supremacy of common interests. Of course, young people do have this vitality and drive, but we old people really don’t have that courage.”

These words made Liu Tongxun smile bitterly, how could he not have the guts?After all, there are some things that he can't do in his capacity. The royal family, nobles, and the new party have formed a knot, and the key knot is still in the hands of the emperor. Who would dare to touch it?
Speaking of it, the prince has the courage to go to Shanghai to rectify and fight tigers at this critical moment, but he is probably worried!
After all, in today's Great Chu world, no matter what power or family it is, the reason why they are still relatively cautious may have a lot to do with the emperor. As for industry and commerce, their status is indeed higher than that of 30 years ago. It has improved a lot, but in front of the emperor, it is still a piece of paper that can be torn if poked.

(End of this chapter)