Chapter 792 Sky-high fine
To break an old world, you must create a new world.
Both Li Yu and Pan Chengyou are good at being a cadre. The case is not difficult to handle, but what is difficult is where the parliament should go?
It was only three years after its establishment, but it was so bad that it was so terrible that it was unscrupulous. According to the ideas of many people, it would just be ruined.
But if the parliament is abolished, what should we use to fill the vacancy?
Restore the old system? Or make another one?
"The old system is unreliable, and the new system may not be effective. The parliament must be rectified at the checkpoints! Let the parliament truly represent public opinion!" Pan Chengyou expressed his own point of view.
Li Yu did not object, but he did not agree.
"The common people often say that things are easy to say, but things are hard to do! When the Marquis designed the parliament, there were all quotas for farmers, workers, merchants, military and scholars, and the number of people was not low. Why did those parliamentary representatives have no voice, just a few wealthy businessmen do whatever they want?"
Pan Chengyou smiled, wasn’t this asking knowingly?
The parliament is a world of
As a representative of the parliament, an old farmer with no surname, how loud can he make? Who would like to listen to him? Among parliaments at all levels, except for military representatives who are in a group, they are rich businessmen who can win over newspapers and create momentum for themselves, thus becoming well-known representatives, and then monopolize the position in the parliament.
A parliament is also divided into different groups, including the general foreman, the finance and taxation team, the education, and the transportation...
According to statistics, more than half of the foreman of the parliament and the group leader are controlled by wealthy businessmen.
"Farmers and workers have no right to speak at all, and these people are really of different quality and cannot make any good suggestions. The military has its own system, only caring about its own affairs and will not interfere in people's livelihood issues. As for scholars...ah!"
Li Yu was so angry that he slapped the table!
"Mr. Marquis, I still say the same thing. What I regret most in my life is that I have read so many books and got involved with literati! It's embarrassing! It's so embarrassing!"
When the scholars were introduced to the parliament, they wanted to rely on the expertise of these people to make objective and reasonable suggestions to truly solve the problems they face.
But what is the result?
Take the Jiangnan Parliament as an example. The people who come in are generally "clear streams" and trolls!
Li Yu mentioned a person who kept publishing articles in newspapers, speaking for farmers, complaining about the countryside, and being the spokesperson for farmers, but when he invited him to the parliament, he changed his face!
He even opposed purchasing grain at a protective price.
This person has his own reasons... If the court sets the lowest price, the court will be responsible for the bottom line, which is equivalent to taking the money from the treasury to fill the farmers, which is very unfair.
Moreover, farmers have harvested grain, so they don’t have to rush to sell it. They will naturally increase by the beginning of the next spring and can get more income... This person even brought out a big set of rhetoric, such as supply and demand, and market regulation. It’s so passionate and reasonable!
But this person forgot that after harvesting, he would have to pay taxes for the grain! The people wanted to keep it until the time when the young man was not accepted, but the question was whether they had the money to pay taxes? Do they have a warehouse for storage of grain?
Nothing is available, and nothing can work!
"It is obvious that in the parliament, the literati did not play a role. On the contrary, they were bribed by merchants and became accomplices of merchants!"
Li Yu gritted his teeth and said, in the officialdom, he was used to seeing the shamelessness of civil servants. What surprised him was that the literati who entered the parliament with various good names was even more unbearable!
Businessmen have money, literati have mouths, money can control their mouths, and whatever the mouth says is what you say!
No matter how much power is divided, if you don’t consider the gold power, that’s nonsense! The tabletops are all puppets, and the one that really has the final say is money!
It’s not that Ye Hua didn’t know the disadvantages of the parliament, but he didn’t expect that the parliament would fall so quickly... Or rather, since the beginning of its design, the parliament was destined to be filthy!
"Mr. Marquis, if you want to get literati out of the control of wealthy businessmen, there is also a way!" Pan Chengyou said carefully.
Ye Hua noticed his hesitation and asked back: "Is it the one that can support the high salary?"
Pan Chengyou nodded with difficulty, "Marty, the official thought that the MP had money and treatment, and he might not be bribed!"
"No!"
Before Ye Hua could speak, Li Yu firmly opposed it: "Impossible! The pure ones are clear, and the turbid ones are turbid. There is no end to greed for money! Over the years, has the court still treated officials and scholars poorly? Tax exemption, duty exemption, enrollment of vocational scholars, high officials and generous salaries, and honoring wives and children... These methods have prevented officials from being greedy? On the contrary, people are not satisfied with their hearts. The more they give, the more they want, and their desires are unsatisfactory. This is a literati!"
Pan Chengyou was speechless, who made Li Yu feel right?
But the problem is that if you don’t do this, is there any good way?
Ye Hua listened carefully and kept thinking. He pondered: "Rich businessmen and scholars, or public opinion, are the two most ill-treats at present. Public opinion must be strictly controlled and must not be left alone!"
Ye Hua knocked on the table and said, "The current newspapers must at least collapse more than 90%!"
Pan Chengyou widened his eyes and asked in surprise: "The Marquis wants to seize them?"
"No!"
Ye Hua suddenly laughed and said two words gently: "Fine!"
...
Fang Dafa returned to the former noodle shop. These houses were originally intended to be expanded, but Ma Xiang found a better location, which was regarded as a temporary warehouse.
When Ma Xiang was taken down, the house was taken out and rented again.
Fang Dafa no longer had much interest in this small storefront. He wanted to go back to Liaodong immediately. Although he escaped from death, he felt that Jiangnan was not suitable for him. Liaodong outside the Great Wall was the stage that truly belonged to him!
However, before leaving, he wanted to visit the old place again and taste the taste of...the past!
The shop was rented by a woman, but the noodles were sold.
Fang Dafa casually found a place and ordered a bowl of rotten noodles.
After a while, a little girl brought a bowl of noodles to him.
"Please use it slowly!"
The little girl was particularly polite. Fang Dafa took a look, wow! It was a circle bigger than their original noodle bowl, half a bowl of noodles, plus a spoonful of oily minced meat, full of sincerity!
Fang Dafa ate it with garlic.
Not long after, sweat was seen on his forehead.
happy!
"This sister-in-law is really good at craftsmanship! It's no worse than our original one!"
Fang Dafa said, putting ten cents of copper coins on the table, "The price is fair, I think the business of this noodle restaurant will become popular again!"
The woman walked over with a smile, put away the copper plate, and said casually: "Didn't the small business be based on real money? Let me learn from the profiteering business like Ma Xiang, and you will be punished!"
Fang Dafa raised his head and looked at the woman, and the little girl jumped over.
"Mom, I remembered that he was the uncle who was falsely accused in the lobby that day?"
The woman finally recognized her and said in surprise: "You, are you Mr. Fang?"
Fang Dafa has been in the lobby all the time, not knowing that the mother and daughter were two, but after they said this, they felt very comforted. The big guy's eyes were still bright, and he knew right and wrong, good and evil!
"Fortunately, the champion Hou was the leader, so I escaped from death. Looking back now, I am really scared! A beast like Ma Xiang should be cut into pieces!"
The woman nodded, "Who said no, he can't run away this time!"
Both victims, Fang Dafa and the woman were chatting casually... At this moment, a noise came from an alley in front of them. Soon, several soldiers grabbed a young man and came out.
The young man is not tall, gentle, wearing a long robe, and looks dissatisfied.
"Why do you catch me? Why?"
Fang Dafa frowned and looked at the woman.
The little girl bit her finger and rolled her eyes, "I remember, he is a reporter from the newspaper and came to eat noodles yesterday!"
"reporter?"
Fang Da was so angry that he gritted his teeth, "It was these guys who brag about Ma Xiang everywhere and rubbed him with rouge and powder. What kind of reporters are just lackeys! It was so right that the court caught him!"
Seeing this, Fang Dafa also became interested. He stood up and said goodbye to the woman, chasing the crowd, wanting to see what happened!
The soldiers took the reporter to the newspaper, and several other reporters, newspaper editors and others were arrested together, with a total of more than a dozen people.
The head president said unconvincedly: "What crime have we committed? Are we going to seal our newspaper?"
"That's right, we have never said anything for Ma Xiang, and we have not posted any articles to praise him... The court is implicating innocent people!"
He is worthy of being a penman. He is even more erotic and has a great ability to turn things around!
The official in charge of seizure of the newspaper chuckled, "Your case has nothing to do with Ma Xiang, don't gild your face... We have received a report that you are advertising for a pharmacy shop."
The president frowned and said, "What's wrong with this? All newspapers do this!"
"Hahaha." The official said: "But this pharmacy shop does not have the qualifications to buy medicine, it is a black store."
"What?" the president said reluctantly: "I didn't know that this was our negligence, so I couldn't block our newspaper! Is there any other king's law?"
Bang!
The official threw a mouth hard!
"You dare to ask the king's law! You advertise for fake medicine shops without verifying them at all. People buy fake medicine and have their lives killed. Who should we settle the score with? It is not an exaggeration to deal with your life!"
The president was beaten but did not dare to retaliate. He could only cover his cheek and stutter, "This, we will, we will pay attention!"
"Be careful? It's so light, life is at stake. The court dares not do anything, but you are so casual! Tell you, a false advertisement will be fined one or two silver... Do you have no objection?"
"It's only one or two!" Not to mention the president, the reporters were relieved. It was coming in full force. It was really not worth it just for such a little money. It seemed that the court was unwilling to break up with them, and the newspaper was still a bit majestic!
These people celebrated each other, but were not careful and pushed into the abyss by a word! The official chuckled and added: "You have sent thirteen advertisements, and the average sales volume per issue is 1,000 copies, so the total fine is 1,300 taels! All must be paid within five days!"
Chapter completed!