Chapter 342 What is a Grand Duke?
George is very clear about the advantages and disadvantages of the parliamentary system. Taking turns to sit on the throne has indeed increased the political participation of all strata of society, giving all strata a channel to express their political demands. , but the shortcomings of the parliamentary system itself have been clearly reflected in Britain and France.
The United Kingdom is a little better. In name, it has the upper and lower houses of parliament, but in fact the king and the aristocratic group are in power. The so-called parliament is just a thing to fool the British.
France is the real chaos. It only took 100 years to go from sweeping Europe to being unable to defeat the Qing Empire.
St. Petersburg is about to form a State Duma, and Amur is no exception.
The two largest groups in Vladivostok are the conservatives led by Milyutin and the industrialists led by Mikhail.
Looking at the names, you can tell how perfunctory these two groups are. They don't even have a fixed charter, let alone a program or goals. They were established entirely to deal with St. Petersburg.
How can this be done?
If you don’t occupy the ideological position, the enemy will. George will not leave any chance to the enemy.
“The Trans-Siberian Railway has not yet opened to traffic, and the construction of the Eastern Railway will start next spring. Within two years, we will build wireless telegraph relay signal towers all over Siberia and East Asia, providing all large warships and merchant ships in the empire with Wireless telegraphy needs to be installed, the shipyard needs to be expanded, the equipment of the steel plant needs to be upgraded, thermal power plants need to be built in Khabarovsk and Yuriev, and sites need to be selected to build hydropower stations. How can I have the time to do these things?”
Mikhail is too busy and wishes he had only three heads and six arms.
“Don’t look at me, I’m also very busy——”
Milyugin said that he was also not interested in parliament.
Compared to Mikhail, Milyutin's work is even more important.
Milyugin is currently working with Kanunnikov and Igor to design the salary system in Vladivostok.
The previous salary system in Vladivostok was inherited from St. Petersburg, which was relatively confusing and no longer met the needs of Vladivostok.
Milyugin, together with Kanunnikov and Igor, divided the salaries of staff in the Vladivostok military and political system into 21 grades, from the lowest monthly salary of 15 rubles to the highest monthly salary of 300 rubles. There is a law to follow.
This is just salary and does not include benefits and year-end dividends.
"No matter how busy we are, we must do this. This is very important to us."
George was very angry, Mikhail didn't care, Miliugin took it seriously no matter what he said. How come a man who once served as Minister of War and was deeply involved in the reforms of Alexander II had no political sensitivity at all.
"George, it is precisely because I have been deeply involved that I am not interested."
Milyugin has always been in trouble.
“Your method is wrong and it is impossible to succeed.”
George did not mean to belittle Yaer and Milyutin, but the reforms of Yaer and Milyutin, in George’s view It is not a reform at all, it is just an improvement.
To put it bluntly, Yaer and Milyutin lacked the cunning and tact of the British.
When it comes to playing politics, it’s impossible not to say that everyone is an old fox and to be straightforward.
“What are you going to do?”
Milyugin was curious and expected George to come up with new tricks.
George's main idea is to take other people's paths and leave others with no way to go.
In general, George wants to form a super group in the Amur region that will bring in all the elites as much as possible and work hard to build a stronger Russian Empire.
In this way, even if someone wants to decentralize power, they will be unable to gain a majority in the parliament because their power is weak.
"Oh, why do you think the Tsar was assassinated?"
Milyugin was not optimistic about George's idea.
Ya Er is not stupid and will not give up power. The parliament he designed has similar ideas to George. It is precisely because of this that those opponents who can't stand up to Ya Er will assassinate Ya Er.
"Because those assassins did not realize the seriousness of the matter."
George really didn't mean to laugh at anyone. The rulers of the Russian Empire had a too superficial understanding of power.
You can’t blame them. The history of the Russian Empire is only a few hundred years old, and there is no way to learn from it. The Tsar usually regards himself as the "father" of all Russians. If his son makes a mistake, he must be given a chance to correct it. opportunity.
If it were just a trivial mistake, that would be it.
Assassinating the Tsar is tantamount to treason. How can such a crime serve as a warning?
Let alone murder here in Vladivostok, insulting and beating others for no reason will violate the criminal law and be sent directly to the mines for mining.
Some time ago, there was a case in Vladivostok that attracted widespread attention from the whole society. A Siberian Fleet sailor beat a passerby while drunk and was arrested by the Vladivostok Police Station. The Siberian Fleet Commander and Chief of Staff went to the Vladivostok Police Station in person. Still couldn't take the person away.
The case finally ended with the Siberian Fleet coming forward to compensate the victim 150 rubles, apologize to the victim in person, and obtain the victim’s forgiveness.
Even so, the sailor who hit the man was sentenced to 6 months of hard labor.
After this case occurred, newspapers in Vladivostok conducted intensive reports for a month.
Now basically everyone in Vladivostok knows to call the police if something happens.
“Speaking of seriousness, I suddenly remembered something. Alberman established a Socialist Party a few days ago, and I heard that many people joined it.”
Mihai Er provides a new situation.
George was stunned for a moment before he remembered that Alberman was the general manager of the Vladivostok branch of Dowson Bank.
“Very good, send me someone to keep an eye on him.”
George was very happy that someone actually came to his door.
Elbermann is also very happy. Vladivostok is a new environment for him, and Elbermann is preparing to flex his muscles.
Vladivostok is indeed a good place, with a developed economy, rich products, a large number of industrial workers, and new companies emerging every day. This environment is very suitable for banks to conduct business.
The largest bank in Vladivostok is the Bank of Siberia. This bank almost monopolizes the entire financial business of Amur. Daosheng Bank hopes to compete with the Bank of Siberia, but it is surprising to find that Daosheng Bank has been operating continuously in Vladivostok. There is no qualification to absorb savings.
If you don’t let people deposit money, what profit will you make?
The total capital of Daosheng Bank is only 6 million rubles. If all of it is released, how much interest can it earn in a year?
This was obviously unreasonable, so Elberman took the initiative to come to George, hoping that George could relax the restrictions on Daosheng Bank.
"It's not impossible to absorb savings. First lend me an interest-free loan of 10 million rubles, and then we will talk about this matter."
George was very unhappy. If it hadn't been for this matter , I guess Elberman hasn’t come to Yuriev Palace to pay homage to the dock yet.
George must let Elberman know who has the final say in Amur.
"Why?"
Elberman didn't expect George to be so fruity.
“You are not qualified to ask me to answer.”
George slapped him directly in the face.
(End of this chapter)