I weave my destiny in parallel time and space
Chapter 254 Contradictions
Compared with autocratic monarchies, countries with dual constitutional monarchies are relatively more liberal, including allowing political parties to operate, establishing cabinet governments, and parliaments exercising legislative power, etc.
The birth of the constitutional monarchy was mainly to expand government power, to absorb people with different ideas in society, and to advance to the government level to strengthen its operations.
But unlike the British "virtual monarchy republic", the dual constitutional monarchy is a "virtual parliament" system.
The French First and Second Empires, the German Second Empire, the 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 dualist constitutional monarchy is the same as an absolute monarchy. The king is the holder of the highest power in the country and enjoys absolute authority.
However, in practice, the dual monarchy often falls victim to a third-party armed revolution or coup because it cannot take into account the power struggle between the monarch and the parliament at the same time.
But at this moment Arthur was undoubtedly an emperor who could suppress the power of Parliament.
This system is indeed suitable for him at present. While allowing the country to plant the seeds of people's governance, it also allows him to show his talents without being restrained.
But this also has some disadvantages, that is, he will eventually pass away, 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 all fields.
He appointed some loyal and reliable officials to important positions to handle state affairs and strictly supervised their work.
This reform measure quickly brought results, and the country's administrative system became more orderly and efficient.
As the administrative reform deepened, he convened a team of consultants composed of economists and financial experts to jointly study tax system reform plans.
They recommended improving tax fairness and transparency while reducing waste and corruption. Arthur firmly implemented these recommendations and successfully increased fiscal revenue and effectively controlled expenditures by reforming the tax system and supervisory agencies.
Not only in the administrative and financial fields, Arthur also reformed the judicial system. He knew that a fair and efficient judicial system was crucial to the stability of the country.
He began to order changes in the law to ensure justice, and encouraged peasants under the nobility to go to the royal court to review the decisions of the manorial courts.
At the same time, he also paid attention to the importance of human rights protection and advocated the improvement of legal and moral standards to protect citizens' basic rights and freedoms.
He enacted a series of laws to protect individual property rights, freedom of speech and personal freedom, which brought greater legal protection to Britannia society and enabled people to express their opinions and pursue personal happiness more freely. .
At the same time, he also introduced the first protection law to protect workers' rights and interests, established an eight-hour work system, and stipulated minimum wages and workers' holidays.
Emerging capital is of course opposed to this and is speaking out through the House of Commons.
But then Arthur held 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 principle that "capital cannot be both a producer and a consumer."
The improvement of huge production capacity also requires the improvement of purchasing power, which cannot be absorbed by the wealthy aristocrats alone.
Only by improving workers' rights and wages can we increase consumption, consume production capacity, and at the same time feed back capital.
They clearly embraced the concept.
Arthur is also full of enthusiasm for the development of culture and education, and has taken a series of measures to promote cultural and educational reforms.
He has been committed to protecting and developing Britannia's cultural heritage and established the Royal Academy of Arts to provide artists with a platform for creation and exhibition.
This initiative attracted many outstanding painters, sculptors and architects to Britannia, and their works added a magnificent touch to Britannia culture.
In terms of education reform, Arthur has taken 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 Conservatory of Music, to provide professional training and education for art and music lovers.
He promoted domestic trade, broke down trade barriers between regions and facilitated the flow of goods and services by reducing trade barriers.
He also actively expanded overseas trade and invested in establishing trade ports, which greatly increased Britannia's overseas trade.
These reforms brought great wealth and increased economic power to Britannia.
Capitalism grew rapidly in this environment, but the old aristocracy did not disappear because of this.
Many farmers and small nobles had to sell off their assets because of the decrease in feudal income caused by the rise of factories.
A large amount of land entered the trade market, and some smarter nobles acquired these lands and expanded their power.
However, they changed their past lifestyle. Due to the reduction of feudal income, they had to manage these lands themselves, conduct various operations such as firewood, minerals, farmland, real estate, etc., and obtain money through this.
At first glance, it seems that they have been capitalized, but the difference is that the aristocrats have power. Some aristocrats often use their power to curb capital to enhance the competitiveness of their industries.
The old aristocracy represented by the above parliament has posed great obstacles and threats to the emerging capital, and the contradictions are increasing day by day.
At the same time, although Arthur improved the treatment of workers, the help for the people at the bottom was still limited.
Due to large-scale land annexation, a large number of farmers lost their land, but the factory service industry was far from being able to absorb these agricultural people.
In order to support their families, these people either became farm laborers in the noble territories and sold their labor for a meager salary, or they continued to be involved with the rest of the workers.
Even if there is a labor bill, it still cannot 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 returns from farming are not low. With the progress of the industrial revolution, the increase in urbanization, population and foreign trade have provided ample markets for agriculture.
In addition, the emergence of chemical fertilizers, mechanical irrigation, railways, steamships, and changes in storage conditions greatly increased output.
But this also became the driving force for those nobles and capital to annex land.
In fact, in modern times, land annexation is not a bad thing, or in other words, 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 the inevitable direction of the future.
But this presupposes that the industrial service industry has enough capacity to absorb the excess agricultural population.
Britannia actually has a lot of arable land, but the key lies in the annexation of arable land near towns.
It is impossible for farmers to cultivate alone without being separated from society. This is unrealistic.
In fact, the final analysis is that the population grew too much during Arthur's reign.
While these populations have brought dividends of rapid development to the country, they have also become a certain amount of pressure.
Land annexation actually happens in every era. Many policy measures can only last for a period of time and will appear again later.
The best way is to increase productivity and create more jobs in the factory service industry, but Britannia already has overproduction.
Even if a lot of production capacity is consumed through foreign trade, if it expands further, it will cause a large deficit in Europe and may become the common enemy of Europe and Africa.
If it weren't for the existence of such a huge market as Beichen, then the next world war might not be far away.
To solve all this, it is urgent to take action against the big landowners, but... it is not that simple.
The contradiction was temporarily buried under Arthur's rule, but as time passed and the population grew, this contradiction became more and more huge.
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