"This is the strategy of the descendants of the devil, and you must not agree." At the imperial meeting, Wu Yifeng immediately made a statement after listening to Li Zhaorui's introduction.

Li Junhua asked: "What does Lord Wu mean?"

Wu Yifeng took out a small calculation from his arms, opened the report he was going to hand over, and calculated it one by one: "Your Majesty, let's take the territory of Shunyi County Prince of Jilin Appeasement Zone as a calculation. If the foreign vassals are abolished, the flag servants are reorganized, and the people in the entire territory are changed to the flag servants, and the Shunyi County Prince of Shunyi will take one tenth of the tax. If the remaining officials and the nobles should be treated equally with the nobles in the country, then......"

After a crackling calculation, the conclusion was that the amount of salary to these foreign nobles was exceeded by all the taxes produced by all the people.

In fact, if this is done, the situation will definitely be worse. Wu Yifeng calculated all the people in the production flags. These production flags and subordinates do not have to bear military obligations, but only bear taxes and corvee service. In fact, it is no different from the people of the provinces in China. However, in the land under the rule of the Lifanyuan, the Yunzhong Appeasement Zone, which accounts for the largest proportion of production flags and subordinates, only accounted for about 60%. The rest were subject to military obligations, but were exempted from tax responsibilities.

The reform of the foreign vassal states is a major event. In order to avoid local changes, it is best to cooperate with policies such as tax exemption, land distribution, and military reorganization. These policies all cost money without exception.

"......After a quick calculation, if the foreign vassal was reorganized according to such a plan, the investment in the first three years would definitely exceed 40 million yuan. The 40 million that Bei Zhi said was the difference beyond the full burden of the Lifan Academy. Where did the money come from? Will the cabinet pay?" Wu Yifeng asked a question at the end.

Several people looked at each other, and Chen Ping, who was already the chief minister of the cabinet, said: "It is related to the great cause of the empire, and the cabinet has no choice but to pass the budget, but the House of Commons must come...."

"I think those grandchildren will definitely agree to take responsibility. In the first year, he will give as much as you want. In the second year, he will not give it to you, and after that, he will not give it to you." Li Junwei said bluntly.

Lin Junhong said: "Then the next difference will be borne by the Lifan Court. What should I do if the Lifan Court? After all, the only way to sell state-owned assets, land, and mines..."

Li Junhua frowned. He had realized that this should not be directed and acted by foreign nobles, but was guided by experts.

In fact, the main political struggle of the empire is now between the real power and the bourgeoisie. The former has the Senate and the Lifan House, while the latter is in charge of the House of Assembly and controls the Supreme Court. In the important General Office of the Executive Yuan, the bourgeoisie gradually gained the upper hand. The biggest reliance of the real power and aristocrats is the emperor, and the emperor still tends to be nobles.

However, if we talk about it thoroughly, this is a struggle between state ownership and privatization.

The bourgeoisie supported privatization, while the emperor insisted on state ownership.

During the Li Mingxun era, the predecessors of the empire, the societies, and the United States, a lot of state-owned enterprises were established. These enterprises were first military-industrial enterprises, and shipbuilding and ocean-going shipping were all the lifelines of the country at that time. With the development of the economy and the transformation of models, such as shipping and shipbuilding, gradually opened to the public, and actually formed a situation of private ownership as the main body and state-owned backbone.

However, emerging enterprises such as steel, mining, and railways have been born among state-owned enterprises, which still control the lifeline of the country.

Li Mingxun's original intention of establishing state-owned enterprises was to make money. For example, the Imperial Ocean Shipping Company at that time completely controlled the trade between the Imperial sphere of influence and Europe. The exchange business of Eastern gold and Western silver alone could generate millions of taels of silver for the Empire every year. It was precisely the monopoly of these high-profit industries that provided many resources for the Empire to deal with the challenges of sea and land.

After the empire was established, state-owned enterprises not only did not disappear, but were strengthened and more assets were born. After Li Junhua ascended the throne, he strengthened Li Mingxun's nationalization strategy.

The most unchallenging thing is land. You should know that during the empire expelling the Tartars and restoring China, the old group of landlords and literati and officials had been wiped out, but their land was not simply sold or distributed to the people. The empire collected all this land as state-owned and rented it for the people.

In Jiangnan, Huguang, Central Plains and Northwest, the land is highly nationalized. Not to mention anything else, only some of the nobles’ houses in the Yangtze River Delta where Shenjing is located are privately owned, while the rest are all state-owned land.

But these are also the richest and fastest-growing places in the empire. Whether it is the wealthy capitalists or the rising middle class in industry and commerce, they all have a strong desire for land. But Li Junhua has always withstood the pressure and only sells the right to use with a time limit, and will never change the ownership.

However, with the development of capitalism, the privatization of land was not just the demands of some capitalists, but the public opinion formed by the formation of most people in the empire, and it can even be said to be a historical trend.

In order to resist this trend, Li Junhua did two things, one was to divide the opponents. Whether it was education or social media, the empire spared no effort to promote the harm of privatization. It regarded land annexation as an important symbol of the rise and fall of civilizations and the survival of the country. The empire told the people without hesitation that even if you own the ownership of the land, it would be annexed by capitalists. Only when the land is in the hands of the empire is absolutely safe.

Therefore, ordinary people support land privatization and are short-sighted, and only big capitalists will benefit in the end.

On another aspect, the imperial power actively seeks more allies. This is the real power of the empire.

The land, mines and pastures of the empire were all controlled by two yamen, one was the Lifan Court and the other was the State-owned Assets Bureau of the General Administration. The former was the private land of the nobles, while the latter was also generally controlled by the nobles. In addition, the huge number of state-owned enterprises in the empire were also more open to the aristocrats.

The result of this is that the more nationalization advances, the more state-owned resources there will be, the more benefits and opportunities the nobles will get, and the nobles will become the biggest ally of the imperial power, uniting to deal with the rising capitalists.

Although the specific plan for the restructuring of the foreign vassal states has not been announced, the few people who attended the imperial meeting this time have already been generally clear.

Among them, the disposal of land and other assets owned by the foreign vassals is particularly important. The three brothers of Li Junhua have decided that the legal private property of the foreign vassal territories, from the nobles to ordinary civilians, will not be changed. The remaining assets are nationalized with the uprising rate.

So what is legal private property? It is a legal asset that has been reported to the Lifan Court and paid taxes.

You should know that during the thirty years of the implementation of the Zasak system, the Lifanyuan organized alliances every year. During the alliance, the most important thing was the military force of the vassal, but later the population, the land, etc. were also reported. The Zasak in the foreign vassals did not allow farming, mining, and factory management. During the 18th year of the empire, these were loosened for the development of the border areas, but new economic activities had to be reported and taxed.

Of course, when it comes to interests, foreign nobles would report less and conceal it. For example, Abnay reported to the Lifanyuan. There were only two mines in the vassal area, with only four hundred miners. But in fact, he was the largest coal boss in the Yunzhong Appeasement Zone and had the largest honeycomb coal factory. Obviously, these industries will eventually be nationalized like those unreported lands.

At the State Council meeting at the beginning of the year, representatives of the parliament proposed a plan for the reform of foreign vassals. The core of the plan was to distribute the land, ranches and mines that were nationalized to all people, especially those enslaved slaves.

This plan seems to be full of humanistic care, but it is actually a trap. If distributed in this way, the assets will soon be handed over to the hands of capitalists in various provinces in China.

You should know that serfs do not become ordinary people when they are liberated by law, nor can they become farmers and workers when they are given land and tools. These people still need organization or even education for a long time.

Just like prisoners who come out of prison, after returning to society, they will eat and drink as long as they have the conditions. After slaves gain freedom and assets, they can easily squander the things they have just obtained.

Li Junhua realized at that time that it was a test and immediately reiterated the premise of nationalizing assets in the vassal state. Now it seems that the direct means are not effective, and these guys have developed indirect means to first nationalize the assets in the vassal state, and then force the Lifanyuan to sell state-owned assets.

"It seems that no matter how we deal with it, we lose." Li Junhua pinched his forehead and said.

The center of the empire used capitalists to launch criticism of the people of the foreign vassals, which made this originally less urgent problem reach a point where it must be solved, and it was the emperor's victory.

But when the beheaded knife is really hanging around the neck, those foreign vassals who were placed by the capitalists no longer care about hatred. Whoever can help them protect more interests is their friends. Now that the capitalists come out to help, they are naturally willing to cooperate, and this is the victory of the capitalists.

But the emperor could not accept such failure, because the foreign vassals controlled many of the assets of the Lifan Academy. Once they continued according to the capital written by the capitalists, the nobles of the Lifan Academy would soon become bourgeois new aristocrats, and they would have the same demands as the capitalists. At that time, the Lifan Academy was not the emperor's Lifan Academy, but became the Lifan Academy of the capitalists.

By then, if this important resource is lost, the real powerful nobles will become rootless duckweed, and the imperial power will be too. In the next period of time, the imperial power will be undermined and the emperor will become a mascot.

"No, Your Majesty!" Wu Yifeng stood up, patted his waist, and found that the sword had been taken away for the audience, but he still said, "Whoever holds the sword will be louder. Your Majesty, we can play hard and destroy all the foreign vassals directly. In this way, there is no need for those bastards to cooperate to solve the problem of the foreign vassals."

"Weapon is the last card, an ominous weapon, so don't move it if you have to," said Lin Junhong.

Chen Ping asked: "Your Majesty, it is better to...... it is better to temporarily suspend the reform of foreign vassals and just deal with a few people like Abnay, and give the people an explanation."

This is also a solution. When Li Junhua heard this, he glanced at Prince Yu, Li Junwei, and shook his head: "The arrow is drawn without turning back. If you do it, continue to do it. If you don't do it now, you have to do it sooner or later. Don't worry about your descendants."

In Li Junhua's mind, this option must be ranked after the use of force.

To be honest, the restructuring of foreign vassals was initiated by King Yu Li Junwei. Although Emperor Li Junhua agreed at the beginning, the two brothers obviously did not expect that they would make such a big deal or such a wide range.

However, Li Junwei could not see any seriousness on his face. After everyone was quiet, Li Junwei said: "It seems that we should also use some tricks."

"What kind of trick?" Li Junhua's eyes lit up. He was no longer the stubborn and pedantic young man back then. He didn't care about any tricks. The key is to have tricks.

Li Junwei said: "The root of the matter now lies in collusion between inside and outside. The guys in the House of Commons reached a consensus on interests with the nobles of the foreign vassals. The first thing to do is to break this collusion."

"How to break it?"

Li Junwei said: "Increase the firepower and let them fight to the death first."

“What about specific?”

Li Junwei said loudly: "At least so far, no party has proposed to take the lives of foreign nobles."

Several people nodded, and it was indeed true. The reform of the foreign vassal states was destined to have people to land, but the scope must be very small. If there is no capitalist in the way, at most, according to the emperor's wishes, at most one Abnay will be killed. What the empire wants is the land and people in the hands of the foreign vassal states, so what should they do if they are killed?

Although public opinion was raging during this period, all sectors of society demanded severe punishment of foreign vassals and many people shouted slogans of extermination, most of them were just sensationalism. When it really reached the level of influential politicians, no one mentioned this view.

The foreign vassals are foreign vassals, but first of all, the nobles. These foreign vassals are the ones that grandma does not love their uncles, but the military aristocrats extended from the Senate are also nobles. In essence, the emperor is also nobles. If they are killed by the foreign vassals, will they go step by step in the future and kill them all?

Li Junwei said: "So, we will push and mobilize a few people to give speeches in the House of Commons, and show that they want to kill all the foreign vassals. Those ambitious people have only three choices. To agree to oppose and remain silent, essentially, maintaining silence means agreeing. In this way, the foreign vassals will naturally not cooperate with them again. If they oppose, at this moment, who will take the initiative to stand up and oppose it? This is to be an enemy of the people of the world."

Lin Junhong and others hesitated for a moment, and finally Li Junhua said: "Just follow King Yu's actions!"
Chapter completed!