Jia Liping knew that this was not an alarmist statement by Li Zhen.
If you count the rebellions and uprisings in historical events, which one has not made life difficult for the common people
Whenever a court is incompetent, full of greed and corruption. There will definitely be voices of resistance.
Isn’t this microcosm caused by the huge gap between rich and poor? The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
New Kyushu is about to have a huge gap between the rich and the poor. Although we don’t know what kind of social conflicts will arise, the impact will definitely be great. Jinchang County will definitely not be the first case, and it will soon become common and concrete.
"Then what does Master Li think should be done?"
Jia Liping asked.
Li Zhen pondered for a long time and said: "I have been thinking about this issue for a while. I came to the conclusion that there is no solution to the problem of the gap between rich and poor."
"How come there is no solution?"
"Because humans are social animals, whenever they live in groups, there must be a hierarchy and a class system. There will be oppressors and the oppressed."
Jia Liping frowned: "How could this happen?"
"Look at a pack of wolves, the alpha wolf doesn't need to do anything. He just needs to sit back and enjoy the rewards, directing the wolves with lower status in the pack to go hunting. Those hunting wolves put in labor and danger, but in the end, the biggest result is actually Being enjoyed by the alpha wolf. In the relationship between wolves, the alpha wolf is the exploiter, and the wolves are the exploited. How to solve this problem?"
Jia Liping thought for a while and said: "So in the end there will always be a fight between the alpha wolves, and the fight will be bloody. In order to compete for the status of the alpha wolf, obtain more benefits and even the right to mate."
"Yes, people are like this too. What people fight for in this life is more financial interests, verbal interests, and mating rights. To put it more nicely, it is reputation, money and women. There is also an invisible power of control. Then the crowd is the same as a pack of wolves, and the gap between rich and poor can never be eliminated.”
"What should we do?"
"There is no other way, so we can only use roundabout strategies to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor and shorten the gap between the rich and the poor. Through roundabout strategies, we can try to reduce the possibility of social conflicts breaking out."
"Then what aspects of work do Master Li think should be done to reduce this contradiction?"
Li Zhen said seductively: "No more than four points."
"Please give me Master Li's advice."
"First, when the country is prosperous, people can have more money in their pockets. This is the same as today's national policy. The country strives to provide policies to make people rich and get rich together. This is also the economic development currently advocated by the country."
"The second is to reduce monopoly income and severely crack down on monopoly. In a sense, it is to crack down on oligarchy, distribute property equally to more people, and give more people the opportunity to create wealth."
"Third, establish a sound social security system. The poor must have hope of living. As long as there is hope, fewer people will take risks. This kind of social security system, as I think, will increase people's income. Protect the rights and interests of the people. Medical security, personal safety, retirement and pension security, and financial income security. These must all appear."
"The last point is to strengthen the construction of criminal law. Use the protection of property to dilute ordinary people's thoughts of taking risks, and use strict criminal laws to completely prevent such incidents. Based on our economic analysis, everything we do has costs. . And the sharp sword to reduce the gap between rich and poor and downplay social contradictions is nothing more than increasing the cost of crime for ordinary people."
Jia Liping listened carefully and asked again: "So you mean to put an end to this situation in the criminal law? Heavy punishment for minor crimes and heavy punishment for serious crimes?"
"No. The constraints of the criminal law alone cannot achieve the effect. On the contrary, the people will not be able to make a living. Therefore, the criminal law is only an auxiliary. The most important thing is to improve social welfare. Let everyone feel happiness and have more things to enjoy. We can enjoy happiness. This way, no one will give up enjoying happiness and take risks to pay the price of overturning."
But Li Zhen sighed again: "But these four points sound simple. In fact, they are somewhat too idealistic and are extremely difficult to implement."
Jia Liping was confused: "I think it's quite simple. Why is it difficult again?"
"To implement these four articles, the people need to be generally educated, have a certain level of knowledge, and have the ability to accept new things. In fact, cracking down on monopolies and evenly sharing property is very simple in a certain sense. The most difficult point is that the people The collective recognition of this. And whether the small organizations below that actually provide jobs to the people will strictly implement the policy. This is all unpredictable."
"Then send supervision agencies to supervise small businesses, small companies, and small positions."
"It's not that simple. Liping, you are still blinded by Dongzhou. Not every place is like Dongzhou. In fact, in this question, you have avoided one topic, which is the human heart."
Li Zhen frowned and said: "People die for money and birds die for food. When big policies are implemented at the grassroots level, things often change. If small businesses want to get more benefits, they can only squeeze them from workers. The government wants to Supervision is also difficult to implement because there are too many to manage. So it will eventually develop into officials collecting black money and turning a blind eye. Analyzing from this point of view, not only does this not have an effect, but it has It gave rise to a culture of corruption.”
"Ah, what should I do?"
Li Zhen said calmly: "So in the end, it is up to our Kyushu Academy of Sciences to handle the matter."
"Huh? How are we going to handle this? We are not a country, so we can't overstep our authority every time, right?"
"In order not to overstep our authority, we still need to think of a solution from the perspective of capital. I have a general concept in my mind, which is to set up an insurance company. The insurance company directly intervenes between the workers and the exploiters, and directly provides services to the people without going through the exploiters. Insurance Services.”
"What is an insurance service?"
"Protect the rights and interests of the people and protect the interests of the people."
Li Zhen said quietly, thinking of the insurance company Zhang Zhi mentioned to him before. He felt that it was time for insurance companies to appear in New Kyushu.
This topic was not continued any further.
Jia Liping just has an idea in his mind. Li Zhen also had little knowledge of the specific implementation. Everyone was crossing the river by feeling the stones and could only take one step at a time. Who knows what changes will follow
Li Zhen then asked: "What is the situation of the cultivated land in Jinchang County now?"
"Master Li, now the Jinchang County government has jurisdiction over various towns and villages. The people are lining up to claim the land, and the occasion is unprecedented. In Jinchang County, the planting of hybrid rice is basically a certainty. But I can't guarantee it in other counties."
"Is it because those agricultural machinery and equipment cannot be recognized by others?"
"Yes, many people say that the land planted by machines has no spirituality. Only after the people of Jinchang County saw the actual situation and the recent suppression, the situation improved. It is difficult in other places."
Li Zhen murmured: "This is a problem. Jinchang County will not stay here for now and go to Xun Shifei's place to see what's going on."
(End of chapter)