Cutting 1719

Chapter 683 Labor Protection Act
In Nanjing Fengtian Palace, the father and son are sitting opposite each other and playing chess. Between black and white, there is a harmonious atmosphere without any fireworks.

Ning Yu put down the chess pieces in his hand with a smile, looked at the more mature prince, and smiled, "How can you be so calm at such a young age?"

Ning Chengze put down the chess pieces respectfully, and replied: "I have played too many chess games with my father, so I can't help but develop the habit of taking one step and watching ten moves, otherwise Chengze wouldn't have made any progress, and I would have let my father down on the contrary. "

Ning Yu curled his lips. Such an old-fashioned character is not like him at all, but he didn't care too much, but raised his head and said: "This time you did a good job, but I am still a little disappointed. ,Do you know why?"

"My son is dull, please enlighten my father." Ning Chengze looked indifferent, and didn't seem to be flustered by this sentence, but his fingers moved slightly, which betrayed his true inner thoughts.

How much he hopes to get Ning Yu's approval completely, but he is not disappointed again and again.

Ning Yu shook his head lightly, and said: "In a lawsuit, it is natural to fight hard. It is a good move for you to make all the investigation reports public, but you are relying on the power of public opinion and the public to coerce my big brother." The State Council of Chu had to make changes and had to make concessions to your labor law."

Ning Chengze was really flustered when he heard this, but he didn't dare to interrupt, so he had to lower his head slightly to listen to Ning Yu finish.

"What I want to warn you is that the power of the people is like the wind of the sea. It can indeed propel you forward, but if the wind is too strong, it will capsize your boat. The key is that all these will no longer be decided by you, but by the wind Even a butterfly."

"Butterfly?"

"Yes, maybe a butterfly flapping its wings in the Pacific can create a hurricane that destroys you. You can't know what caused it, but it just happened that way, through the power of the people. Expanding, constantly absorbing strength, so that blind fanaticism is formed."

Ning Yu sighed softly. In fact, this is a common problem committed by many countries in the name of freedom in later generations. They think that the power of the people will always be under their baton, but in fact, the out-of-control public opinion will eventually backfire. At this time, Ning Chengze was like a boy who just opened the door, and he didn't even know the danger hidden inside.

Ning Chengze pursed his lips, and said in a low voice: "Royal father, this minister is thinking too easily, so I should abolish the Royal Trade Union right now."

"No, the union should do it or do it."

Ning Yu shook his head, with a slight smile on his face, which made Ning Chengze even more confused.

"You can't incite the power of the people wantonly, and you can't directly suppress the power of the people, but you need to achieve checks and balances, that is, use the power of the people to check and balance the development of industry and commerce, use the development of industry and commerce to promote national construction, and use national construction to feed back to the people Only by doing this can we achieve long-term peace and stability."

Ning Yu picked up a black pawn from the chessboard, and said softly: "I am going to place the Royal Trade Union under the Council of State Council. It is the representative of the blessings of the world's laborers. Any request must be made through the Council of State Council. Proposals are the only ones that can do things on their own, and they can’t be teased by others.”

Ning Chengze stood up submissively, and said, "Once this is done, the workers in the world will return to their hearts."

After Ning Chengze exited the hall, Ning Yu sighed softly. In fact, this question is not as simple as Ning Chengze thought, nor as simple as Ning Yu said. If there is a choice to avoid , Ning Yu will never touch it, but the problem is that the essence of this problem has always been there, just waiting for an opportunity to explode.

However, compared with later generations, today's Dachu has many advantages, that is, so far there has been no real welfare for the laborers, and there is no relevant precedent. If Dachu determines this issue through rules and regulations , In the future, we will be able to avoid a lot of detours and avoid some problems from going too far.

On the other hand, there is also a very important reason, that is, after 12 years of war in Europe, Dachu is currently the place where capital is best gathered in the whole world, and all advanced industries and high-consumption population are gathered in Dachu. Chu, it can be said that the market of the entire Great Chu is much larger than that of the West combined, which also leads to a situation where capital has nowhere to go.

Therefore, in the game between the imperial court and the capital, the imperial court currently has the absolute upper hand, which means that capital can only seek change but cannot escape, and this will also become Ning Yu's confidence.

On the eighth day of November in the 30th year of innovation, Crown Prince Ning Chengze formally submitted a new labor bill to the State Council, and after a five-day long meeting of the State Council, the labor bill was finally officially passed and will be It was officially implemented on the first day of the first month of the 31st year of innovation, and it will also represent a new chapter in Dachu's treatment of the working class.

In the new labor bill, it is stipulated that all laborers with Dachu nationality will be protected by the plan, such as the eight-hour working system is officially listed in the bill, the minimum wage is also officially stipulated, and related For example, a series of provisions such as work injury subsidies have been announced.

In addition, there is another very important provision in the clause, that is, any chamber of commerce or enterprise in Dachu must employ no less than [-]% of its local employees (except for some highly dangerous and highly polluting industries). This clause effectively protects Once Dachu's domestic jobs will not be impacted by those cheap migrant workers.

Of course, after the labor bill was officially promulgated, the major stock exchanges in Dachu also quickly gave their due feedback. Almost all stocks fell to varying degrees. As a result, the profit of capital has also been diluted a lot.

"This is an overall victory for the working class! This is the supreme favor of His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

On November 30, the [-]th year of innovation, on the second day after the news of the passage of the bill, all newspapers urgently issued this special weekly, and the last time a special weekly was issued was when the European War was declared to be over, and all newspapers Everyone praised the kindness of the emperor and the prince in almost all aspects.

From Nanjing to Shanghai, from Suzhou to Wuchang, almost all the people in the country who received the news praised the greatness of the emperor and the kindness of the prince. After all, with the rapid development of capital, almost every household in these cities now has Laborers work in major chambers of commerce and major companies, and their treatment has been improved, which also marks more people's gratitude to the emperor and prince.

It was only now that Ning Chengze really felt what Ning Yu said to him back then. In order to secure the throne, his father had to win over [-]% of the farmers in the world. With the arrival of the emperor, he must also win over the millions of laborers and their families behind them. Only in this way can he truly become the emperor in the future.

When the labor law was promulgated, the original lawsuit in Dali Temple in Shanghai was of course meaningless, but Qiu Hai and others quickly withdrew the lawsuit on their own initiative, and Ji Yun, Jiang Pu and others began to lead the lawsuit against major chambers of commerce in the south of the Yangtze River. The labor investigation, and this time because of the relevant bills as the basis, the investigation was carried out in a completely aboveboard manner. In less than a month, the accumulated files filled an entire room.

During this massive investigation, more than 1000 large and small chambers of commerce in the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce were severely punished. The punitive fines alone were fined more than [-] million silver dollars, which directly caused four large and small chambers of commerce to declare bankruptcy. The method was to make chambers of commerce all over the country terrified, and they also started self-correction work one after another, because once the bill was fully implemented, they would not be much better.

The Shen Family Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has become lonely at this time. The guests who used to visit the door have disappeared. Everyone thinks that in this storm, the Shen family cannot have a good result, so they are all watching quietly. The change is waiting for the Shen family's ending.

Shen Weijun still maintained that posture and sat on the attic, with something meaningful in his eyes, while his eldest son Shen Cunyu stood obediently aside, serving tea and water to his old father.

"Father, you are amazing! How many chambers of commerce in Shanghai have been swept in this time, and our family's loss is really not the biggest one. It seems that this day, it has really changed."

Shen Weijun smiled slightly, he stretched out his palm and slowly slid in the air, as if simulating the direction of the wind.

"This wind, sometimes it blows from here, sometimes it blows from there, it's not predictable at all, but if you want to survive in the wind, you have to understand one thing, that is to follow the trend to achieve enlightenment. "

(End of this chapter)