Alien Arms Empire.

After finishing speaking, he asked casually: "Do you think that one day, ordinary people can buy a plane ticket and fly from Linshui to Chang'an to have a look? Can you imagine? 20 years ago , It takes less than half a year to wait for the monsoon from the west continent to the east continent. But now, we can leave at any time, and we can go back and forth in less than half a month."

"I believe that if the speed of the plane can be faster, it may be more convenient to go to Linshui." The secretary nodded. He really admired the technological progress of the Datang Empire, so he had no doubts. Lee words.

He himself is even the epitome of the development of the Great Tang Empire: as a Qi native, if not for the Great Tang Empire and the schools of the Great Tang Empire, he would probably be nothing more than a petty official now.

"We are forcing businessmen to increase their income for their employees, and at the same time, we are building more consumption opportunities and a higher quality of life that workers hope to have...workers will need more time for themselves..." Harry looked at The application report submitted by the merchant group.

Although he does not support the request for legally increasing the working hours of workers mentioned in this report, he also does not support the endless increase of welfare benefits for workers: "Then conversely...who will guarantee the interests of businessmen? In order to satisfy The needs of the workers, let them rest more and make more money, and their demands will inevitably increase with the passage of time. If two days of rest a week is not enough, then three days of rest will be required..."

"Now we have technological advantages that can meet such requirements. But when our technological advantages are compressed and overtaken... Then we want to find these workers to compress the conditions back, and let these people live a four-day rest every month. Day, will they agree?" Immediately afterwards, Harry asked another question.

"I think they probably won't be willing." The secretary replied without thinking: Just kidding, who would be willing to give up the benefits they got?

Harry backhanded an example to his secretary: "At that time, in order not to bear the risk of high welfare, businessmen will try their best to avoid these unfavorable clauses and laws. They will move out of Datang The empire will invest in the state of Chu, after all, the Tang people have a superior status there, and the local officials dare not easily offend these noble people of the celestial dynasty."

"Without risk-taking businessmen and factories, then what's the use of the legal provisions we have drawn up? If workers lose their jobs, they will feel dissatisfied with the Tang Empire. At that point, what should we do? How to soothe it?" Then Harry asked again, the question still sharp.

"Uh..." The secretary naturally couldn't answer.

Harry didn't expect to get an answer from the other party, he just answered his own question on his own, and then continued: "The answer is that there is no way! Businessmen are the people, workers are the people, and employers are the people. , hired workers are also people... If we officials don't reconcile with it and grasp the degree of it, we will cause chaos in the world... And doing all of this is the reason why His Majesty supports us. Doing all of this is also us officials The reason why it should exist!"

While puffing, he explained the principles of being an official to his secretary: "If we don't serve well, don't know how to reconcile these contradictions, and don't think about how to make the entire empire run better, then we will follow suit." Destroy this empire together."

Because he knew that the secretary next to him would be transferred to other places as an official within a year, to be the deputy mayor or second in command of a certain city.

He will gain work experience there, and then apply what he has learned to help that city grow and develop.If he succeeds, he will be promoted to the chief official of a certain place, and then he will rise to the top; if he fails, he will be dismissed, and he will embark on a different life path from then on.

Therefore, Harry felt that he should warn the other party that power is hard-won, and controlling power is glory, not the ultimate goal: "For a family and a class, it doesn't seem so uncomfortable for a country to be destroyed because of its own filth and despicableness. But for an individual, after mastering such a huge power, he messed up everything, what a failure..."

Having said this, Harry closed his eyes: "When you die...you close your eyes and recall your life, you once hoped to make billions of people live and work in peace, but you failed...As a politician, As an official, are you willing?"

The secretary sitting there knew that his boss was teaching him the principles of being an official, so he lowered his head and said, "I understand..."

Seeing that the other party was very sensible, Harry stopped talking, and brought the topic back to this matter: "Speaking of this matter itself, it's not me, or you, or the reason why I don't ask about it. The labor supervision department does not know how serious the following matter is, but everyone is waiting, waiting for a suitable opportunity to intervene."

It wasn't that Harry was talkative, or that he was willing to talk so much.This is actually an "occupational disease" of almost all officials of the Tang Empire.They have to train officials desperately in their spare time, so as to ensure that the Tang Empire has enough officials to use...

Even so, the official system of the Tang Empire is still irreversibly getting younger.There is really no way, because there are really too few qualified officials and it is too difficult to train.

"We pretend to be deaf, is it really because we are deaf and blind? No, not at all, we are manipulating!" Harry said, a cigarette was almost burned out.

He glanced at the remaining less than a fifth of the cigarettes: "The merchants below will go too far under our connivance. They will secretly increase the working hours of the workers, squeeze the labor of the workers, and force the workers to follow their rules. request to increase profits for merchants!"

After taking a greedy puff, he pressed the remaining cigarette butt into the ashtray: "The whole process is certain, because they are also human beings, and they also have human nature. Greed is their essence, so things will definitely go according to our design. development direction."

"Workers' dissatisfaction will gradually increase, and they will awaken themselves! This will take a long time." When Harry said these words, it was like a god, playing with those merchants in the palm of his hand: " When the entire empire is full of dissatisfaction and everyone's attention is on the unreasonable working hours, the labor supervision department will stand up, kill chickens and monkeys, standardize management, and strictly enforce the 4-day rest rule per month."

"Look, we have punished criminals, cracked down on violations, appeased public grievances, and standardized the original system... Is there any loss during this period?" He continued to ask, with a smile on his face.

The secretary shook his head: "No, no."

Harry asked again, "So, what have we achieved compared to before?"

"..." The secretary couldn't think of what the official could get for a moment.

Harry pressed his palms: "Okay, don't guess, let me tell you! Everything has returned to the original point. The rest time has not increased, and the interests of the businessmen have been preserved. The regulations have been strictly enforced for a period of time, and the interests of the workers have been preserved... ..."

He flipped his palm, turned his palm up, and then turned it back: "To put it bluntly, let's take a step back first, and then take a step forward, so that we can keep standing still, so that when facing the cliff When the time comes, you can guarantee that you will not go on.”

"Increasing the treatment of workers is to cut off the fingers of the businessman. If the businessman hurts and runs away, the workers will be finished. Therefore, the way to check and balance is to go back and forth, up and down, and keep it the same." He said, Harry also waved his palm twice, making an ups and downs.

Having said that, he asked again: "According to the workers' thinking, businessmen and investors will have no way out. According to the businessmen and consortiums, workers are worse than slaves. If we collect agricultural products at the price that the businessmen are willing to give , are farmers still alive? If we purchase grain according to the standards farmers expect, the price of rice will skyrocket, do you believe it or not?"

"But the country's image, credibility..." The only thing the secretary could think of, and that was the only problem with this matter.

Hearing what the secretary said, Harry had a look of approval on his face.The other party is a savvy person, and being able to think of this has already explained a lot of problems.

This made Harry feel that what he had just said was meaningful, so he smiled even more.

After laughing, he continued: "Some people suffered a bit during the overtime work, and some people took advantage of the subsequent strict management process... Generally speaking, the public opinion is maintained in a delicate balance. Is this true? Isn't it a relatively stable state?"

After finishing speaking, he leaned back on the chair: "Now, do you still think it is a trivial matter to let workers work an extra hour a day? No, it can almost determine the life and death of a country!"

"Think carefully, make choices carefully, and don't make decisions lightly when in doubt. As an official of the Tang Empire, every action of yours must be perfect!" After Harry finished speaking, he felt a little Tired: "Someone remind this business group, let them restrain themselves a bit."

"Yes! This subordinate will do it immediately." The secretary understood, stood up and said goodbye.

"Go! If you remember what you said today, go and tell your juniors!" Harry waved his hand and ordered, not intending to repeat what he said to the secretary today to others.