Chapter 386 The Empire is on the highway!
Regarding the Qing court sending an inspection team to see the Western constitutional monarchy system, Li Mengyang cannot ignore this matter, because Yang Guangren's approach is indeed a bit out of the way, and Li Mengyang is really very clear that she will not be able to succeed in the reform that began by the Qing Dynasty. New·
Of course, this basically comes from what he is familiar with. It turns out that the last attempt of constitutional reform in the Qing Dynasty in history can be said to be their last struggle, and that reform was very failed.
But however, the entire history now is no longer the history that Li Mengyang was familiar with, so Li Mengyang is not completely sure whether it will be like the original one, but in his opinion, the possibility is relatively high.
This is mainly analyzed from several aspects, first of all, the state of the Qing Dynasty at this time.
Eighteen provinces are the eighteen princes!
Because of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, although this movement was suppressed, it was difficult for the Qing court to interfere in local affairs. All places were simply independent kingdoms, finance, military and political affairs, all in the hands of the governor.
Originally, this matter was suppressed and covered, but now it has been revealed. In order not to fight with foreign devils, some governors and governors in the south have made private agreements with foreigners, and they will not go to serve the king.
This is no different from the Southeast Mutual Protection created by the Eight-Nation Alliance in history, but it is just that time is ahead of schedule.
Secondly, it is the problem of reform itself. Reform is actually similar to a revolution, but it is not that intense. So in such a process, there must always be radicals?
Cixi is considered a staunch, but is a staunch like her a staunch enough to be left-leaning?
Li Mengyang had seen a lot when he was in New York. Now he is just waiting for more radical guys to come out. If they go to the stage of history, that would be interesting.
In addition, that is the international situation. Although the year has not arrived now, it is the original history. These things happened thirty years later. However, the international situation at this time was similar to the Qing Dynasty.
Simply put, it is because the emergence of the New Tang Kingdom, and this New Tang Kingdom is in some aspects at this time. It is difficult for European powers to attack, such as the sea problem. Perhaps the overall strength of the New Tang Kingdom at sea is not as good as that of Britain and France. Even if it is Germany and Austro-Hungarian Empire, the empire is probably not a match for others as a whole. But we have the Saint Francisco.
Yes, this thing is unsolvable at this moment. They will definitely die against the current warships in Europe!
To put it bluntly, our strength is not as good as that of the European powers, but now that the European powers want to attack the New Tang Kingdom, they have to consider it. They must carry out an industrial revolution now, and at least they must enter the electrical era and enter this door.
In this way, because of the emergence of the New Tang Dynasty, the exploitation, blood sucking, and ravage of the Qing Dynasty by European powers... was definitely even more ferocious, that is, the present is actually similar to the thirty years after the original history.
Under such conditions, the Qing court's reforms would not have been successful, so Li Mengyang wrote that letter. Why do you need to stigmatize yourself as a revolutionary party?
But then again, the exploitation and blood sucking of the European powers that the Qing Dynasty is now under is now... These things seem to be related to the New Tang State. It is because of us. They are so miserable, so this matter...
There is no way, Li Mengyang has no way to solve this problem now!
Because of the solution to this problem, we can't stop developing in the New Tang Kingdom. Come on, you European powers will bully me?
And if we want to continue to make progress, or put pressure on the European powers, even if we say something serious.
Didn't you see how Cixi responded?
This old lady doesn’t want you to interfere in the affairs of the Qing Dynasty!
Just now, there is only one way to help my Chinese nation, that is, the current people of the Qing Dynasty, that is, Li Mengyang will start a war immediately, and his opponent will be the Qing Dynasty!
Yes, just this trick, but this matter... is indeed called invasion. Really, the whole world will think so, and there is no need for the European powers to condemn you.
In addition, it’s just such a thing, invading one’s own motherland... Anyway, it sounds a bit ridiculous... But Li Mengyang can’t do this now.
Originally, Li Mengyang estimated that he would have thirty years, because according to the original history, it was like this. When Tongzhi Zhongxing was revived, Li Mengyang could use these thirty years to develop himself, but... the plan always did not change quickly.
There is another reason, that is, he has too many things to do now...
In 1871, the Lunar New Year just passed, because the current emperor of the American Empire is Chinese, of course, this Spring Festival is about to be celebrated. In other words, the festive atmosphere at this time has not yet passed, but something big happened soon!
"Warm celebration of the opening of the highway from New York to Philadelphia to Washington!"
"The Citizen Party Committee calls on all party members to unite closely around His Majesty Clint, Meng Yang and Li!"
"Comrades in the worker are very powerful! You are not afraid of changing the world!"
"The peasant brothers are willing to sacrifice! They are brave enough to take the lead in relocation!"
I saw that Washington was really like a red flag fluttering and a loud slogan. There were people playing guitar and drums there, and there were people playing erhu and trumpet here. It was simply no longer lively.
What is this for?
The slogans are all written, this is celebrating the opening of a highway!
"Comrades!" At the celebration site, Li Mengyang, the emperor, stood on the stage and spoke to the microphone, "Today we are here to witness the miracle of mankind! This six-lane expressway in front of us is a hundred miles long. It is absolutely unprecedented to be completed at such a fast speed!"
Li Mengyang is right, no one has built such a highway before.
But if you want to talk about the word "highway", to be honest, Li Mengyang really thinks that this kilometer is not as highway. Just the current highway is at most an ordinary asphalt road. However, there were really no asphalt roads before.
This road is much stronger than the hard-earned roads in the past. The materials on it are asphalt... Li Mengyang really doesn't understand it either, but he suggested that the road should be harder and suitable for cars to run. So, the imperial scientific team will start to do experiments.
Some are simple and straightforward, and they are covered with cement. You really don’t know that cement roads are also good, but in the end, I still found that this kind of asphalt road is good.
Then everyone started to build. After the empire pacified the east, there were a lot of real money and silver. I used a lot of aluminum before, and then occupied the place. Many people ran away, especially wealthy businessmen, so they could confiscate their land.
Therefore, with great investment, our Chinese workers are also diligent enough. Another point is that Li Mengyang has made reforms to his salary!
Li Mengyang knew very well about the problem in the United States a long time ago. His film "The Situation of the Working Class in the United States" really studied many problems thoroughly.
Let’s talk about the current economic crises, many economic crises have occurred in the past decade, and will also happen in the future. In the final analysis, they are all caused by serious uneven distribution.
Simply put, the workers and farmers took too little. Didn’t Li Mengyang say that at that time, ordinary workers only have about ten beautiful women in the east, and farmers are even worse. Their crops are extremely cheap, and a barrel of flour costs only about 10 US dollars. Such income is too low.
This is all the truth, and the other side is that there are not many people without rich people, and many people’s salaries are actually very high!
Just say that during the Civil War, the definition of the middle class in the United States was $1,000 in annual income. If you have this income, you can enter this circle.
I saw it, the middle class is $1,000!
Therefore, the current economic problem is really in the unfair distribution, which is too unfair!
Therefore, Li Mengyang naturally had to reform this matter.
The first step is that after the war, what he likes to do the most is to exchange currency!
Yes, use material capital system methods and then let the American dollar act as the currency of the entire empire today, killing the original dollar directly.
That is, we use the old methods of the past, how do we do it when we were in California, and how do we do it now. We don’t force you to use American dollars, but those daily necessities and necessities can only be paid in American dollars.
In fact, many people are happy to see this, because the US dollar has depreciated at this time and is not decent. Everyone knows that this thing is actually the United States’ national debt, but where is the United States now?
In the east and west, the dollar is like waste paper, so this green paper with the portrait of the former Minister of Finance is used by many rude people to clean after going to the toilet... Well, it's just wipe your butt, but I don't know what Mr. Salmon Chase commented on this behavior...
There is nothing wrong with changing the national currency, and it even gained the support of many people. After changing the currency, Li Mengyang immediately implemented the policy.
8-hour working system!
You have to pay for overtime, which is 1.25 times the average hourly salary for working!
Labor insurance system...
Minimum wage system...
They are all in California. In fact, many policies here are not right if they are considered by economics theory masters, because the minimum wage system is actually harmful to the free market economy. But in this day and age, if you don’t do this, then capitalists are really bastards!
After all, Li Mengyang wants to develop a market economy, and he has not eliminated private capital.
In addition, the 1,25 times is actually the current overtime standard, and the current market can only accept this standard.
So, after implementing these policies, it was really strongly welcomed by the people of the American Empire. The support of the emperor Li Mengyang was simply...
It is said that the best home decoration sold now is the bust of His Majesty the Emperor. Many people placed Li Mengyang's bust next to the crucifix and worshiped them together...
To be honest, when Li Mengyang heard this news, he was a little amused and crying.
However, these policies have really stimulated the subjective initiative of the imperial people. Therefore, the opening of this highway to traffic was done quite ruthlessly by whites and blacks, otherwise they would not have been so fast.
Li Mengyang's speech continues, "I don't want such a miracle to be the last! Such miracles will continue to happen in our New Tang Empire in the United States!"
“all-hail-lee!”
"Long live my emperor!"
The yellow, white, and black are all shouting there... (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!