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Chapter 254 Contradictions
Compared with an autocratic monarchy, a country with a dual constitutional monarchy is relatively enlightened, including allowing political parties to operate, establishing a cabinet government, and parliament exercising legislative power, etc.

The birth of the constitutional monarchy is mainly to expand the power of the government and to absorb people with different ideas in the society, in order to enter the government level and strengthen its operation.

However, unlike the "virtual monarchy" in the UK, the dual constitutional monarchy is a "virtual parliament" system.

The periods of the First and Second French Empires, the Second German Empire, the Great Japanese Empire, the Austrian Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Ottoman Empire were typical dualist constitutional monarchies.

However, in terms of core power, a dual constitutional monarchy is the same as an autocratic monarchy. The king is the supreme power holder of the country and enjoys absolute authority.

But in practice, the dual monarchy, because it cannot take into account the power struggle between the monarch and the parliament at the same time, often falls victim to a third-party armed revolution or coup d'état.

But at this moment Arthur is undoubtedly an emperor who can suppress the power of Parliament.

This system is indeed suitable for him at present, allowing this country to plant the seeds of the rule of the people, and at the same time allow him to show his talents without being restrained.

But this also has some disadvantages, that is, he will die after all, and it is unknown whether his children will be able to compete with the parliament.

However, this kind of centralization does ensure the smooth operation of various fields.

He appointed some loyal and reliable officials to important positions to deal with state affairs, and strictly supervised their work.

This reform measure quickly brought results, and the country's administrative system became more orderly and efficient.

With the deepening of administrative reform, he convened an advisory team composed of economists and financial experts to jointly study the reform plan of the tax system.

They suggested improving the fairness and transparency of taxation while reducing waste and corruption. Arthur firmly implemented these recommendations and successfully increased fiscal revenue and effectively controlled expenditure by reforming the tax system and supervisory agencies.

Not only in the administrative and financial fields, Arthur has also reformed the judicial system. He knows that a fair and efficient judicial system is crucial to national stability.

He began to order changes in the law to ensure justice, and encouraged peasants under the aristocracy to go to the royal court to review the judgment of the manor court.

At the same time, he also paid attention to the importance of human rights protection, and advocated the improvement of laws and moral standards, aiming to protect the basic rights and freedoms of citizens.

He enacted a series of laws to protect individual property rights, freedom of speech, and personal liberty, which brought greater protection of the rule of law to Britannian society, enabling people to express their opinions and pursue personal happiness more freely .

At the same time, he also introduced the first protection law to protect the rights and interests of workers, established an eight-hour working system, and stipulated minimum wages and workers' holidays.

Emerging capital, of course, remains opposed to this and speaks out through the House of Commons.

But then Arthur had a debate with them in the House of Commons, in which he proposed the concept of the assembly line, which revolutionized industrial production efficiency.

At the same time, he also taught these people the fundamental truth that "capital cannot be both a producer and a consumer".

The improvement of huge production capacity requires the improvement of purchasing power at the same time, and these production capacities cannot be digested only by those rich nobles.

Only by improving the rights and wages of workers can we increase consumption, consume production capacity, and feed back capital at the same time.

They clearly embraced the concept.

Arthur is also full of enthusiasm for the development of culture and education, and has also taken a series of measures to promote the reform of culture and education.

He has been committed to the protection and development of Britannia's cultural heritage, established the Royal Academy of Arts, and provided a platform for artists to create and display.

This initiative has attracted many outstanding painters, sculptors and architects to Britannia, whose works have added a magnificent touch to Britannian culture.

In terms of education reform, Arthur took a series of measures to improve the quality and popularity of education, providing more people with the opportunity to receive education.

In order to ensure the professionalism of education, Arthur also established professional training institutions, such as the Britannia Dance Academy and the Academy of Music, to provide professional training and education for art and music lovers.

He facilitated domestic trade by breaking down trade barriers between regions and facilitating the flow of goods and services by reducing trade barriers.

He also actively expanded overseas trade, and invested in the establishment of trading ports, which greatly increased Britannia's overseas trade.

These reforms brought Britannia great wealth and growth in economic power.

Capitalism grew rapidly in this environment, but the old aristocracy did not disappear because of this.

Many peasants and minor nobles had to sell their assets because of the reduction of feudal income due to the rise of factories.

A large amount of land has entered the trade market, and some smarter nobles have acquired these lands and expanded their influence.

It's just that they changed their past way of life. Because of the reduction of feudal income, they had to manage these lands by themselves, manage firewood, minerals, farmland, real estate and other aspects, and use this to obtain money.

At first glance, they seem to have been capitalized, but the difference is that nobles have power, and some nobles often use their power to curb capital in order to enhance the competitiveness of their industries.

The old aristocrats represented by the above-mentioned parliaments have posed great obstacles and threats to the emerging capital, and the contradictions are increasing day by day.

At the same time, although Arthur has improved the treatment of workers, the help to the people at the bottom is still limited.

Due to a large number of land mergers, a large number of farmers lost their land, but the factory service industry is far from being able to accept these agricultural population.

In order to support their families, these people either became farm laborers in the aristocratic territories, selling their labor for meager wages, or they continued to infiltrate with the rest of the workers.

Even with the existence of the labor bill, it is still impossible to completely curb the existence of "black factories". In the face of a large number of interests, some people will still take risks.

But in fact, the income from farming is actually not low. With the progress of the industrial revolution, the increase in the degree of urbanization, the increase in population and the increase in foreign trade have provided sufficient markets for agriculture.

In addition, the successive emergence of chemical fertilizers, mechanical irrigation, railways, and steam ships, as well as changes in storage conditions have greatly increased production.

But this has also become the driving force for those nobles and capital to annex the land.

In fact, in modern times, land consolidation is not a bad thing, or the large farm economy is not a bad thing. With the improvement of productivity, the large farm economy can more effectively improve land utilization and food productivity, which is an inevitable direction in the future.

But the premise is that the industrial service industry has a large enough capacity to absorb the excess agricultural population.

There are actually a lot of arable land in Britannia, but the key lies in the merger of arable land near towns.

It is impossible for farmers to cultivate independently from society, which is unrealistic.

In fact, in the final analysis, the population growth during Arthur's reign was too large.

While these populations have brought rapid development dividends to the country, they have also become a certain amount of pressure.

In fact, things like land mergers happen in every era, and many policy measures can only be maintained for a period of time, and then they will appear again.

The best way is to increase productivity and increase employment in the factory service industry, but there is already excess production capacity in Britannia.

Even if a lot of production capacity is consumed through foreign trade, if it is further expanded, it will cause a large deficit in Europe, and it may become the public enemy of Europe and Africa.

If there is not such a huge market as Beichen, then the next world war may not be far away.

And to solve all this, it is imminent to attack the big landlord, but... it is not that simple
The contradiction was temporarily buried under Arthur's rule, but with the passage of time and the growth of the population, the contradiction became larger and larger
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