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Chapter 550 Authorization

Su Ze also had a headache.

Regarding the issue of demolition, this is a very troublesome issue for almost all people at home and abroad in ancient and modern times.

Xu Wei said:

"According to the spirit of property rights in our southeast, it is understandable for these landowners to charge a price for occupying the land. This is in line with market principles."

Su Ze nodded.

With the development of business, some scholars began to study economic theory.

This requires almost no guidance from Su Ze.

Within the southeastern government, two factions were formed, headed by two departments.

The first was the officials, led by the Municipal Shipping Department, who put forward the two slogans of "valuing business and the market."

Mercantilism is mercantilism. Mercantilism emphasizes strengthening the export of goods that are beneficial to the country and restricting the import of goods that impact the domestic market. It also believes that the market should be mediated through the market, that is, taxation, rather than using crude laws to prohibit it.

This school places great emphasis on market principles and believes that the market can adjust all problems.

The other group was formed by officials from the Customs Department. They believed that the government should be involved in the management of economic affairs, especially in coordinating the entire industrial production.

The Customs Department quickly realized that certain industries were at risk of overheating.

For example, in the cotton textile industry in Su and Song Prefectures, with the further increase in production capacity and the soaring output of cotton cloth, the profits of the entire industry have become further thinned.

In the current market, if the market cannot be increased, the profits of cotton fabrics in the southeast will soon be so low that a number of small and medium-sized workshops will close down.

As the Customs Department that collects commercial taxes, they believe that there should be an access system for overheated production capacity and adjust the industrial structure through government decrees, rather than allowing the market to develop unnecessarily.

The two factions argued endlessly within the Ministry of Household Affairs, and then the dispute between the two factions of officials spread to newspapers, and even ordinary scholars joined in.

Xu Wei said:

"The Municipal Bureau of Shipping believes that the increase in land prices is market behavior. Those who own land near the city should be given market-recognized compensation as long as their land is obtained legally."

"The Customs Department believes that the money spent by the government to purchase land comes from the taxes of all citizens, and the dividends from urban development are also benefits that the entire city can get. These people who occupy the land and charge high prices are tantamount to It is unfair to other citizens to use the tax revenue of all citizens to subsidize one of their households."

Xu Wei said helplessly: "There are also different opinions within the cabinet. Minister He believes that expropriation according to law is necessary and they should be compensated in accordance with the law."

"Minister Fang believes that if there are too many subsidies, it will bring a huge burden to the finance. How can we develop urban construction in the future?"

Xu Wei is also helpless. Urban expansion is not a small problem, but a major issue related to the development of the southeast.

Take the city of Nanjing as an example. The Nanjing city within the city wall is no longer enough to live in.

Even though the cabinet moved many yamen and many internal workshops outside the city, housing prices in Nanjing are still rising rapidly, and housing prices near Hubu Street have risen to the point where most officials cannot afford them in their lifetime salary. to the point of rising.

Today's officials in the southeast, just like the officials in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, exclaimed, "Living in Nanjing is not easy."

The expansion of Nanjing City cannot be delayed. According to the plan of the Ministry of Industry, a new Nanjing City will be built north of the Yangtze River. In the future, all Nanjing's six departments, nine temples, and two prisons and yamen will be moved to Nanjing New City. The Imperial College and Tiangong Academy will also be moved there. .

As soon as the Nanjing New City construction plan came out, land prices in Jiangbei rose rapidly, and the cost was so high that the cabinet could not afford it.

Xu Wei sighed and Su Ze said:

"Let's do this. Since this matter involves the issue of Nanjing City, we will convene the representatives of the Constitutional Assembly of the Nanjing area at the Crystal Palace. The Customs Department and the Municipal Shipping Department will send representatives to submit separate plans on the issue of land acquisition."

"The Nanjing Prefecture and County Yamen also sent people to discuss and discuss ways to solve the problem." Xu Wei was stunned for a moment and said to Su Ze:

"Grand Governor, do you want to establish a rule or just discuss the situation?"

Xu Wei's question is very meaningful. If it is established as a rule, it means that important events that determine the people will be discussed in this way in the future, which is equivalent to giving the representatives of the local constitutional assembly the power to discuss politics.

If we were talking about the matter, it would be to convene a meeting of representatives of the Constitutional Assembly to discuss this matter.

Su Ze said:

“Since we in the Southeast emphasize that sovereignty lies with the people, the granting of sovereignty also has priority.”

"If it comes to legal principles and the decision is made by all the people, then it is equivalent to destiny and has the highest legal rationality."

Xu Wei nodded. From a legal point of view, this is indeed the case, but Southeast Asia has not organized any such activities.

“Resolutions with the participation of representatives of the Constituent Assembly will be more convincing than the government’s unilateral plan.”

Xu Wei said:

"I understand what the Governor means. This matter is mainly a matter of trust."

“If the compensation for land acquisition is too high, people will think that the government colluded with the landowners to benefit some people.”

"If the amount given is too little, the people whose land has been expropriated will cause trouble again and think it is a violation of civil rights."

"It's better to get everyone to sit down and discuss it."

Su Ze nodded and said, "That's right."

"Then my subordinates will make preparations now. The process must be made public to the people of Nanjing and a reasonable plan can be discussed."

Xu Wei added: "Grand Governor, there is one more thing. The Fifth Brigade has sent the suicide note of Jiang Dongchen, the pseudo-Ming governor of Sichuan. How should we deal with it?"

Su Ze had already received the news of Jiang Dongchen's suicide. He said:

"There are also those who died in the fake Ming Dynasty. Since it is a suicide note, let it be sent to the capital."

"This suicide note also talks about urban and rural issues. Wouldn't the Grand Governor take a look at it?"

Su Ze took Jiang Dongchen's suicide note and sighed after reading it:

"There are also sensible people in the pseudo-Ming Dynasty. Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were both outstanding men of the moment. It's a pity that they still have the Ming Dynasty in their hearts and refuse to be used by us."

"But it's coming soon. Sichuan has fallen, and Li Chunfang's ruling career has entered a countdown."

At the same time, news of the fall of Sichuan had begun to spread to areas near the capital.

Zhang Jingxiu, who was waiting for his father to recuperate in Tianjin, rushed into the house with a newspaper. He sat on the edge of the bed and said to Zhang Juzheng:

"Dad, Sichuan is lost!"

Since coming to Tianjin to recuperate, Zhang Juzheng's complexion has improved a lot. He took the newspaper and read it for a while and said:

"Li Chunfang is about to step down."

(End of this chapter)