At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 702: The Harm of Globalization and the Sunken Majority

After finishing a day's government affairs, Chen Lei got into the car and the driver Chen Cheng drove to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Chen Lei habitually said: "Turn on the radio and tune to the Dahan Radio Station."

"Yes!" The driver turned on the radio.

Soon a female voice was heard on the radio.

"On October 60, 10th year of the Han calendar, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty inspected the third phase of the Lantian County expansion project, had a cordial and friendly exchange with the craftsmen on the construction site, and gave important instructions on the project~~~~~~."

Chen Lei smiled and said, "This radio station is a good thing. The court's policies can be spread throughout the Han Dynasty in one day, so that all the people can know about it, and the cases of deceiving the superiors and hiding the truth from the subordinates will be greatly reduced."

Since the first radio station of the Han Dynasty was established in Donghai County, the Han court has discovered its advantages in information transmission, which can pass the news to the ears of the people without going through the Han officials.

So, under the promotion of the Han Dynasty court, radio stations sprang up like mushrooms after a rain. Now there are several radio and television stations in every state of the Han Dynasty. Soon a set of radio stations covering the entire Han system was established. Now all we have to do is wait for the radio to become widely popular.

The Han Dynasty court even formulated a ten-year plan for the popularization of radio, intending to spend 10 years to ensure that every county had a radio station and the production capacity of radios reached one million units per year to meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the Han people. Of course, the most important thing was to build a system outside the Han system for communication and to restrain the increasingly large Han official system.

In the court system of the Han Dynasty, the emperor is a supervisor, and Prime Minister Chen Lei is the highest executor. In principle, the prime minister is in charge of the world and can manage all government affairs of the Han Dynasty.

But there were many times when the decrees of his Prime Minister's Office were difficult to implement and had to rely on local Han officials for execution. Although he was a member of the Han officials, he was under the greatest pressure because he was directly responsible to the emperor. To some extent, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty was also the supervisor of the Han officials.

Just like after the Han Dynasty abolished agricultural taxes, although the burden on farmers was greatly reduced, the income of grassroots Han officials decreased even more. It was too easy for them to make profits as they had the power to interpret policies. But now no taxes are collected in rural areas and the establishment has been transferred to local counties. Their apparent income has not decreased, but some of their semi-gray income has disappeared.

However, these Han officials soon found new ways to make profits. In recent years, the Han Dynasty's overseas investment has become larger and larger. At the same time, the Han Dynasty has also been carrying out large-scale industrial transfer, bringing the world into an era of great development.

The New World has become the most important source of cash crops for the Han Dynasty, providing cotton, tobacco, rubber and other three most important cash crops for the Han Dynasty. At the same time, Rome is expanding its territory on a large scale. Although it cannot surround the entire Mediterranean, it is actively expanding the north. The current Rome is larger than the historical Rome, with a wider territory and a larger population. The economy, political system and military are more powerful than the historical period. However, Rome also has to face an epic enhanced version of the Han Dynasty. The elders can only keep a low profile and integrate into the global trade system established by the Han Dynasty.

Massive amounts of food and cash crops poured into the Han territory like a flood, providing raw materials and commodity markets for the Han industry. In addition, the results of the Han's second scientific and technological revolution were quickly spread, and the Han's industrial system almost doubled every four or five years. The wealth of craftsmen was increasing, the wealth of factory owners was increasing, and emerging industries continued to emerge. The entire society entered an unprecedented prosperity, and the world also entered an unprecedented prosperity.

The current global technological level may be only at the level of the beginning of World War I, but in terms of global order, it belongs to the Cold War period after World War II. There are no large-scale wars, the global population is roughly around 5 million, and per capita resources are more than the historical line.

Under the impetus of the Han Dynasty, slavery around the world was completely destroyed and the capitalist system was slowly established. However, because the Han Dynasty initially took the path of uniting craftsmen and farmers, countries around the world also learned the advanced genes of the Han Dynasty and suppressed the development of capital. Although there was exploitation in the world at this time, the purity of exploitation was obviously much better than the historical line, and capital had not yet revealed its bloody fangs.

The industrial system that the Han Dynasty is now promoting is faster and more rapid than those of the colonists in history, and it produces more wealth, so the Han Dynasty is more powerful than the British Empire in history.

But everything has its ups and downs. In this wave of industrial upgrading, farmers in Dahan suffered the greatest losses. Agricultural products and cash crops poured into Dahan like a flood, lowering their prices. At the same time, the prices of the industrial products they used actually rose with the industrial upgrading.

Just like a steam pump only cost 12 to 20 yuan before, but now a gasoline pump costs more than 20 yuan. Although the price of a steam tractor has dropped to to yuan, the price of a gasoline tractor is yuan. In addition, the price of various feeds has increased due to the increase in labor costs. This is also helpless. The general high salary and high welfare naturally lead to an increase in service prices. For example, now a stone of rice costs coins, but if you find a barber to cut your hair, the price is more than coins. A bowl of the most ordinary noodles costs coins, and even a bowl of herbal tea costs coins. More than bowls of tea can be exchanged for a stone of rice. Where can farmers go to seek justice?
In this increase and decrease, the land tax exemption of the Han Dynasty in the past two years was completely swallowed up by this wave of price increases. They now generally feel that food is becoming less and less valuable, but prices are rising again.

In order to balance trade, migrant workers from outside the Han Dynasty have entered the Han Dynasty. Now the number has exceeded three million. Most of them have been engaged in heavy infrastructure construction such as mining, building railways, building canals, and building cities. These jobs are what the urban residents of the Han Dynasty are unwilling to do, so the impact on them is not very large.

But the impact on farmers is too great. They don't have much technology and originally did these infrastructure projects to make extra money. But now these outsiders have come in, and the Dahan engineering team has a new choice: to spend 6 to 7 Dahan farmers a year, and have to pay five insurances and one housing fund, or to spend 3 to 4 foreigners a year, and don't have to pay five insurances and one housing fund. There is almost no choice.

Therefore, in this wave of globalization in the Han Dynasty, the Han court benefited, factory owners benefited, bank owners benefited, craftsmen benefited, and students in universities benefited. Only the farmers in the Han Dynasty suffered losses, and they were the silent majority who did not know how to fight for their own interests. If the students in Chang'an had been treated like this, they would have marched in demonstration and surrounded the Prime Minister's Mansion to demand compensation for their losses.

Fortunately, the farmers in the Han Dynasty were not individuals, but organized groups with backers. They had tens of thousands of agricultural cooperatives, and some of them were among the court officials. The Minister of Agriculture Feng Tang reported to the court about the reduction in farmers' income, believing that the current court policy was too harmful to farmers. Without finding ways to improve the situation of farmers, it would be impossible for the Han Dynasty to build a prosperous society.

However, it was impossible for the Han Dynasty to stop the process of globalization. After all, the economic growth and increased fiscal revenue of the Han Dynasty in recent years were all due to the cheap raw materials, huge industrial market and young and strong labor force with high quality and low price brought by globalization. The Han Dynasty was the biggest beneficiary of globalization.

However, Emperor Xu Aimin could not just watch his political declaration fail. When he inherited the throne, he announced to the world that he would make the Han Dynasty a wealthy society within 30 years.

Today, craftsmen have long exceeded the wealthy standard of 6 coins. The monthly salary of craftsmen in Chang'an has even exceeded tens of thousands of coins. One person's work is enough to support a full-time mother, three children and a dog.

However, there are still many areas in the rural areas that have not achieved this standard. Seeing that there are only a few years left, Emperor Xu Aimin is getting anxious. A prosperous society is the foundation of his governance, and he cannot lose faith in this regard. So he asks the Prime Minister's Office to discuss subsidies to farmers with the Ministry of Agriculture, so as to reduce their losses from globalization.

But there was a problem with this transfer payment from the court. The money went through too many processes from the court to the county magistrate's office, to the county government, to the township office, and to the village. After going through so many layers, only a small amount was left in the hands of the farmers.

As for the country folk, many people in the village either drive BMW cars or have purchased Type 95 cars. Each of them is richer than the prime minister Chen Lei.

Emperor Xu Aimin was furious at the behavior of the local Han officials and ordered the Imperial Censorate and the Imperial Court to jointly supervise the situation of the funds, but it did not work. The county governors and county magistrates may know the power of the Imperial Censorate and the Imperial Court, and the cost of storing these people is relatively low. After several blows, the Han officials in the counties and prefectures knew the bottom line of the court and would stop their actions.

But the country folks are all local tyrants who are lawless and believe that a strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. No matter if you are a censor or a court judge, if they give you face, you are a court official, but if they don't give you face, you are nothing.

Even if the imperial court suppressed a large number of local tyrants, it was still difficult to change this trend. Moreover, the Imperial Censorate and the Imperial Court of the Han Dynasty had their own government affairs and could not waste too much energy in the countryside. Therefore, this became something that even the emperor Xu Aimin was powerless to do. There were too many rural institutions and they were too scattered. They were the nerve endings of the Han Dynasty. Even in later generations, it was difficult to manage them effectively, let alone the current Han Dynasty. Therefore, Xu Aimin was caught in a dilemma. Subsidizing farmers would only benefit the local tyrants at the grassroots level, and not subsidizing farmers would lose benefits.

As for the so-called money going directly into the hands of farmers, not to mention that the Han Dynasty did not have such an advanced household registration system, the farmers' information had to be reported through both village and township levels. As long as they used some means, the Han court would not even be able to obtain the farmers' information, let alone provide subsidies for household registration.

This was also the first time that Emperor Xu Aimin felt the power of the Han officials. They were like the shadows of the Han court, visible but intangible, yet omnipresent. They could not accomplish anything, but could do harm. If they did not recognize his status as the emperor, he really could not do anything.

Xu Aimin even thought more deeply. Now the township officials and villagers were not obeying the imperial order. But what if they followed the orders of the county magistrate, county governor, or even the three dukes and nine ministers of the imperial court?

Xu Aimin no longer dared to think too deeply about this terrible scenario, but after he became aware of it, he has always had this worry. From historical experience, there are not many kings who can truly control the official system.

Even for a powerful emperor like the First Emperor, the Qin officials were out of control at the end of his reign. They constantly strengthened the First Emperor's policies, making the Qin Dynasty a wild horse that was eventually overthrown by his father. Now it is Xu's turn to face this problem. How can he and future emperors control and even master this powerful group of Han officials, and how can they not be deceived by Han officials?
Xu Aimin thought about it for more than a year but couldn't come up with a solution. He could only find his father to ask for advice on this issue.

Xu Fan smiled and said, "As long as you take the people of the Han Dynasty as your foundation, the Han officials will not be able to deceive you and future emperors. The Han officials can deceive you alone, but they cannot deceive the whole world. The eyes of the Han people are sharp, and there are hundreds of times more of them than the Han officials. The people don't know what the Han officials have done, but they have no way to tell you this information. As long as the people supervise the Han officials and have a way to contact the court to solve the problem of communication, the Han officials will not be able to deceive their superiors and hide the truth from their subordinates, and the problem you encounter will not be a problem."

"The Chief Justice is a Han official, the Chief Censor is a Han official, and the Prime Minister is also a Han official. They are originally in the same system. How difficult it is to ask them to supervise themselves!

Even if you can do it now, the Han officials will soon change the current system into one in which officials are not subject to punishment and common people are not subject to courtesy, even for their own interests.

This is not because the Han officials want to deceive their superiors and subordinates, but because human nature determines that the Han officials will definitely seek benefits and avoid harm, and make laws that are beneficial to themselves. "

Since being greatly inspired, Xu Aimin has not only strengthened his suggestion box system, but also promoted the radio station system throughout Dahan, trying his best to let all the people of Dahan know about Dahan's policies through the radio stations. At the same time, he has also increased the frequency of his visits to Dahan's villages to strengthen his ties with the people of Dahan.

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Soon after the news report, Chen Lei heard the emperor's deep voice: "Hello, listeners. This is the weekly talk show. Today we are going to talk about something that is closely related to everyone, that is, the Han Dynasty law. I think most of the listeners don't know much about the Han Dynasty law."

"In everyone's mind, as long as they don't break the law, the Han laws are far away from them. This should be the concern of the court. But this kind of thinking is extremely wrong. Only by reading the Han laws can one safeguard one's rights. In many people's impressions, the Han laws should be something that Han officials are familiar with."

"But everyone overestimates our court's Han officials. Even though I haven't done statistics, I think most of the court's Han officials have the same understanding of Han laws as you do. They also have a superficial understanding of Han laws, and then they issue decrees in this way, and everyone may not know whether this decree has been violated or not.

In this way, the Han officials have violated the law, but you are not aware of it. You just think that whatever the Han officials say is the law of the court. Not only do you suffer losses in your own interests, but you also complain that the court has made laws that harm the people. But in fact, the court is also very confused. It is completely unaware of the regulations of many counties and prefectures. At this time, if you, as victims, do not report to the Supreme Court and the Chief Censor, the court will not be able to understand these incidents.

But only if you take away the weapon of the law can the court understand the existence of this matter and help you out. In order to protect your rights, you must understand the laws of the Han Dynasty. In the next month, I will read the Han laws for half an hour every day. I hope that the people of the Han Dynasty can also become familiar with the Han laws to protect their rights.

"Laws and Regulations of the Great Han Dynasty, Chapter 1: Etiquette of the Princes, Section 1~~~~~~!"

Chen Lei heard the emperor's words and said helplessly: "It seems that the local tyrant has really angered the emperor."

He grew up with the retired emperor and knew very well that this was the retired emperor's way of doing things. It has always been the retired emperor's philosophy to unite the majority to fight against a small group. At that time, the Great Qin Empire was extremely powerful, and even the founding heroes did not dare to resist such a behemoth. It was the retired emperor who used the horizontal cutting method to define the enemies of the Han army as a small number of Qin royal family headed by the First Emperor, in order to strengthen everyone's determination to fight against the Great Qin.

The Han official group may seem huge, but compared to the people of the Han Dynasty, it is just a small group of people. The reason why the emperor was able to establish a power more powerful than the first emperor is because he has always had the support of the people of the Han Dynasty, so that no force in the Han Dynasty dared to challenge the emperor's authority. Now, Your Majesty is learning the emperor's methods.

Chen Cheng said, "Sir, the emperor is such a great man, his prestige is comparable to that of the emperor emeritus, yet he was bullied by a bunch of country bumpkins. How can we not take revenge?"

For Chen Cheng, the current emperor loves the people, appoints talented people to important posts, and develops the economy as well as the retired emperor, making the Han Dynasty more prosperous. He is a holy emperor who is as good as the retired emperor. His Majesty's policy of loving the people has been distorted by a group of unsophisticated people. These unsophisticated people simply don't know how to live or die.

Chen Lei smiled carefreely and said, "Forget it. I will retire this year, and the throne of the Han Dynasty will be handed over to the younger generation. I should also see with my own eyes what the prosperity of the Han Dynasty looks like."

Chen Cheng smiled and said, "Master, you should go back to Chen County. The eldest son has started a business in his hometown in the past two years and established an airship manufacturing factory. Yue Hou customized one, which can carry 10 tons of cargo and travel thousands of miles. Now Yue Hou's lychees can be sold to Chang'an City."

Chen Lei laughed and said, "That kid has wanted to fly since he was young. I thought he would accomplish nothing, but I didn't expect him to actually create an airship."

Three generations of the Chen family have been craftsmen. He feels very pleased that his son can inherit his father's business and is even better than his father.

At the same time, in the Yumantang Restaurant of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Ang invited several county governors of the Han Dynasty to come and offer advice, and they were also listening to the emperor's broadcast.

Gongshu Qiyou complained, "We already have a lot of complicated affairs to deal with in the local government, and the emperor is still trying to add more affairs for us. The ancient sages said that if the punishment is unknown, then the power is unpredictable. If the people know that there is a way out, they will not be afraid of the emperor. This is the only way to govern the people. If the emperor tells the people everything, what dignity does the Han law have?"

Gao Di and other county governors also nodded in agreement. The Han Dynasty was a rapidly developing society, which led to an increase in the government affairs of the Han Dynasty. Moreover, many of them were new things and were quite troublesome to deal with. Therefore, the Han officials in the local areas liked the Han people who would do whatever they said the most. Sometimes, for the sake of government affairs, they would use some coercion and inducement to achieve their goals.

But now the emperor has explained the Han laws so thoroughly, and there are many things they can do but cannot say. This increases the difficulty of your local governance. From this perspective, Xu Aimin is damaging the interests of the Han officials.

Feng Tang said disdainfully: "The method you mentioned is from the pre-Qin period. Don't use it in the Han Dynasty. If you can promote subsidies to the countryside, the emperor won't have to use the radio to publicize the Han Dynasty's policies like he does now."

(End of this chapter)