Whether it was the Taiping Rebellion or the Liberation Army, they were merciless to the local tyrants. The Taiping army was like the wind sweeping away the dirt. After passing, it was mainly to make money. Compared to the Taiping army, the way the Liberation Army treated the local tyrants could be described as "destitute". The Taiping army killed the local tyrants, looted money and food, and passed like a gust of wind. The Liberation Army killed more local tyrants than the Taiping army. More importantly, they completely smashed the private ownership of land. They uprooted the social foundation that the local tyrants relied on to survive. The "Wretched Law" broke the ladder that the old local tyrant families used to get promoted through exams for 20 years, and gave ordinary people the opportunity to get promoted through universal education.
Now, 20 years later, when it came to "eating from the rich," Zhao Sishui did not object, but he felt that there was no way to find a clear enemy. After thinking for a few seconds, Zhao Sishui asked, "Isn't the tax increase?"
Zhou Zhengxiong had been thinking about these issues for the past few days. At this time, his attitude was very clear. "The tax has to be increased, and the money has to be fined. If we can't get the funds to run the business in a short period of time, everything will be useless. "
For the poor workers, Zhao Sishui had full sympathy and empathy, but for the rich … Zhao Sishui's own pension was enough to ensure that he and his family would become rich, but there was no emotional bond. What made Zhao Sishui hesitate was why fines were used, and not other means. So he asked directly.
"Think about it, raising taxes by a large percentage requires the approval of the central government. Those people have been waiting to see me make a fool of myself for so long, how could they let it go? Now we can only fine. Besides, we have long wanted to rectify a lot of things. Look at Nanjing, the people in Nanjing do not ruin the city like we do in Wuhan. We have long said that we want to take care of it, but we never had the chance. Now we can take this opportunity to rectify it. Those who spit, urinate, and defecate everywhere must be punished, punished until they dare not do it again! There are so many troublesome people in Wuhan, but can't we deal with these small things? "Zhou Zhengxiong's consideration was very comprehensive.
Even with such a comprehensive consideration, Zhao Sishui was only slightly touched in the first few seconds. After a few seconds, he understood that this was just a dignified reason for the fine. Since the goal was to get a fine, the next step was naturally to cut the grass and hit the rabbit. It would be good if he could hit the rabbit, but if he couldn't … then he wouldn't be able to hit the rabbit.
As for Zhou Zhengxiong's previous words about getting rid of Zhao Sishui, Zhao Sishui also understood. Fining was an administrative action. As long as no one was arrested and no judicial power was involved, Zhao Sishui had no room to intervene. Of course, if Zhao Sishui really wanted to intervene, he would also have great influence. Zhou Zhengxiong said this probably because Zhao Sishui was so clearly against the issue of asking for wages, so Zhou Zhengxiong had no choice but to soften his stance.
"As long as no one is arrested, this matter will be handled by the Provincial Party Committee. The Political and Legal Committee is not in charge of economic and administrative matters. "Zhao Sishui expressed his attitude.
Hearing this, Zhou Zhengxiong was relieved. What the committee needed was unity. If someone from the upper echelons wanted to go against everyone, it would be very troublesome.
Now that the important matter was settled, he could relax. Zhou Sishui could not help but pick up a bunch of products on the coffee table and compare them. In terms of the degree of usability, Wuhan's products were definitely not unusable. The materials used were indeed real. But because of the appearance, they immediately seemed to be in a disadvantageous position. After comparing for a while, Zhou Sishui sighed and said: "Old Zhou, you know much more about the economy than me. I just want to ask, do you really think these differences are because of the equipment?"
"If they insist, what can I do?" Zhou Zhengxiong's answer was slightly weak, which was quite different from his previous tough attitude.
Hearing this, Zhao Sishui could not help but feel surprised. He asked: "Can't you investigate it properly?"
Facing Zhao Sishui's question, Zhou Zhengxiong shook his head and sighed: "There are dozens of factories. If I go to a factory for three to four days, what can I find? These factories have as few as a battalion, and as many as a division. If I ask you to investigate tens of hundreds of troops, can you find out what the problem is? Also, I will not let the factories resume work at the same time, but in batches. I can always supervise. "
This was a good example. Using their common experience as an example, Zhao Sishui also understood Zhou Zhengxiong's difficulties. When a troop had a big problem, it must be from many aspects. If they want to understand the problem, they would need to wait for at least a month. Even if they waited for half a month, they might not be able to find the real problem. When people are under external pressure, they are very good at pretending. The first thing the Investigation Team had to compete with these people was patience. What Zhou Zhengxiong lacked the most was time. If the problem was not solved within half a year to a year, then Zhou Zhengxiong would be finished. Of course, he might not really be finished. Even if all these companies were closed down, it would not be a fatal blow to Hubei. But to a vengeful person like Zhou Zhengxiong, if he could not solve the problem, he would collapse first.
The two powerful people in the Provincial Government had reached a compromise. Zhao Sishui did not take any further actions on the workers' issue, and Zhou Zhengxiong could also do whatever he wanted within his authority. The Provincial Party Committee was once again united.
The decisions of the higher-ups will not consider the reactions of the small fry, but their actions can also affect the lives of the small fry. Yue Lin no longer set her own expectations as the goal. She humbly read political books for a whole night and finally found a way to report the missing persons case. After waiting anxiously for a day, her brother, Yue Jiefang, came home the next evening.
The old man was still so impatient. He came up and wanted to slap his son. Yue Lin quickly stopped him. When he didn't get to slap his son, the old man began to scold Yue Jiefang for being disobedient. If he had listened to his father and not gotten involved in these things, he would not have been involved in these things.
Yue Lin did not agree with her father's point of view. There was nothing wrong with asking for pay. Even if her brother was arrested, asking for pay was not a wrong thing to do. But she only stopped her father from hitting her brother. She did not speak up for her brother. No matter if it was right or wrong, her brother did bring a lot of trouble to the family. Even if it was to avoid trouble, this kind of thing could not be done in the future.
Yue Jiefang naturally knew that he had caused trouble. He only muttered, "The police did not think that we are bad people." After being scolded by his father for this sentence, he could only lower his head and eat.
Finally, the atmosphere in the house calmed down. Before Yue Jiefang could explain the things that happened these days, someone came to the door. The first person who came was the factory to send a notice. The notice told the workers that they would be going to the factory for training in two days. The wages that they owed couldn't be paid now, but they would be given 30% of their basic wages while their meals were provided. The factory's pension would also be given 30%.
This was also good news. However, the old man asked his daughter to make sure that the names of the two sons were written on the notice. He also asked his daughter if the notice was an arrest notice. After getting the conclusion that it was not an arrest notice, and the notice clearly stated that the two sons would be going to the factory for training, the old man scolded again, "You didn't study hard since you were young. If you studied hard and went to college like your sister, would you be where you are today? It's only because your sister went to save you that the government let you out and even gave you some food to eat. If you continue to cause trouble, I'll break your dog legs! "
When the old man was scolding, the other families had people who were arrested. The elders of the families who followed Yue Lin to report the missing cases came one after another. Everyone expressed their gratitude to Yue Lin, the female university student, for her great "ability to handle matters." The workers actually didn't know what the missing cases were. All they saw was that Yue Lin brought them to the government's public security bureau, and then her family members were released. In their opinion, this was already a great ability. The government who killed so many bad guys could release people with just a complaint. For an ordinary worker's family, it was something that they didn't even dare to think about. Moreover, their family received a notice to go back to work. They felt that it was because of Yue Lin's influence. After being arrested, could they still continue to work in the factory? How could the government not care about it? It was just that everyone had no money at this time, so they didn't have any gifts to take.
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