1890 King of Southeast Asia

In this way, two more temporary prisoner-of-war camps were built in Basra. Of course, they were claimed to be centralized care points.

There were more than 200 British troops from all over the British Empire, and more than 100 soldiers from the Ottoman cavalry.

Yuan Gongbao was actually very curious about one thing. How did this group of British people run thousands of kilometers in the Ottoman Empire under the pursuit of the Ottomans after being defeated on the front line?

This doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it.

If the British were strong in combat, they wouldn't have been defeated on the front line! If the British were weak in combat, they would not be considered weak for running thousands of kilometers under the pursuit.

Being chased in the enemy's territory is not a march. Not only do you not have enough time to consider the road conditions, you also don't have logistical supplies, and there are enemies all around.

Unfortunately, the people were sent to Basra, a port in southern Mesopotamia, otherwise Yuan Gongbao really wanted to ask them how they did it.

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Time soon came to April 1st. On this day, Sun Zaizhi came to Liu Yiming's office with a large pile of papers.

"Your Majesty."

"Zaizhi is here, take a seat." Liu Yiming put down the pen in his hand and motioned him to sit down.

Sun Zaizhi nodded and sat down on the sofa beside him. After staying in Chang'an for more than a year, he has gradually become accustomed to Liu Yiming's way of working.

"Your Majesty, these are the problems that emerged after the initial sorting of opium. I have integrated them, but the number is still quite large."

"This one is about the operation of grassroots governments. Our grassroots governments are seriously lacking in talents, and many things have been delayed due to insufficient manpower."

"So we hope to increase the number of grassroots government employees according to a certain proportion, expand the scope of employment, and lower some thresholds."

Sun Zaizhi divided the papers into two piles. One pile was the vast majority, which were all problems encountered in banning the opium trade, and the other pile had only one piece of paper, which was Sun Zaizhi's supplement to this problem.

"Lower the threshold? The threshold is already low enough. Our officials should understand the international environment and have independent thinking ability. This is the minimum requirement." Liu Yiming shook his head.

China is not short of people, but talents.

Whether it is social enterprises or government employees, there is a huge demand for talents. Even in April, there was a rush to grab talents.

The shortage of talents has once again limited the development speed of China and also affected the degree of grassroots governance, but the threshold cannot be lowered for this matter.

"Let's talk about this later. Let's talk about the opium issue. Why are there so many problems? Has anyone protested?" Liu Yiming looked at a pile of papers and didn't even want to turn them over.

"There are indeed protests. It has been two months since the opium ban. All large-scale public sales in the market have been completely banned."

"A total of 4,500 tons of opium of various qualities have been seized, countless smoking equipment, gold and silver equivalent to 14 million yuan, and a large number of real estate deeds that are difficult to estimate."

"As the investigation deepens, all kinds of things here are simply outrageous. From the trade of opium, large-scale human trafficking, brothels, casinos, fraud and other criminal chains have been extended."

"In two months, a total of 1,400 drug dealers and their thugs were shot dead in various places, 5,200 drug dealers and their thugs were killed on the spot, and nearly 60,000 people were arrested."

"Drug dealers often collude with gangs and are also powerful. I suggest that we further increase our efforts and crack down on drug dealers more severely."

Sun Zaizhi picked out a few data and read them to Liu Yiming.

"What do you think? How are the people? Where are they protesting?" Liu Yiming asked three soul-searching questions directly.

"All drug traffickers will be executed. I heard that a huge iron ore was discovered on the grassland. We are building a military supply city and are in need of workers. It is very dangerous to open a mine in the early stage. We can let drug dealers do it."

"As for the protest, it is just a protest by a group of drug dealers. Don't worry about it. The people are very happy about your anti-drug policy and are praising your merits everywhere."

Sun Zaizhi smiled, which was very abnormal.

"Praise? For me?" Liu Yiming stood up and walked slowly to Sun Zaizhi.

"What happened?" Liu Yiming looked into Sun Zaizhi's eyes.

"I don't know where those drug addicts learned it. They learned the European way. There are drug addicts everywhere protesting against our anti-drug actions in groups, saying that this is not free."

"But this is a small matter and did not attract much attention. Instead, many people were beaten by angry people."

Sun Zaizhi's smile was a little forced.

The right of the people to freely march is the basis of the parliamentary representative system. If the people cannot express their wishes, then what is the meaning of their members of parliament?

But this time, the drug addicts took to the streets, which really challenged Sun Zaizhi's moral bottom line. If he hadn't maintained his last rationality, he might have rushed forward with the angry people.

Yes, he didn't lie. Although there were many protests by drug addicts, they didn't cause any waves because they would be surrounded and beaten by a large group of angry people if they didn't go far.

"This is the counterattack of drug dealers. To be able to stop such a large-scale activity, the power behind it is not small. I will let Jiang Wang cooperate with this investigation."

"Do you see the problem of representative democracy?"

Liu Yiming looked at Sun Zaizhi, who looked a little ugly, and smiled without saying a word.

Standing on the shoulders of giants, Liu Yiming can see further. Any right will eventually develop into evil rights if it is not restrained.

For example, the Cheka played a very important role in quickly stabilizing the bear in the early stage, but in some later periods...

This is even more true for representative democracy. Those Western elite parliamentarians and politicians in later generations would sell out everything, including national interests, for votes.

The famous Iron Lady stepped on the accelerator and dismantled the last bone of the British Empire, completing deindustrialization, so that even the main shaft of the Prince of Wales was installed crookedly, and no one noticed it.

It was not until the main shaft was scrapped during the sea trial that people discovered the problem. In the final analysis, the industrial heritage accumulated by Britain for hundreds of years has been reduced to nothing.

"Any system has problems, so I hope to create an unbalanced mechanism and a restraining mechanism."

"Under this mechanism, the government and parliament are always in a dynamic state. Both parties are not directly responsible, but the parliament can directly restrict the government, and the government can question the parliament."

"This mechanism is not perfect, but it will not be a stagnant pool. This is enough. When things develop in an irreversible direction, the court and the emperor will forcibly stop further development."

"Under this mechanism, this mechanism will continue to operate until people truly understand the meaning of rights."

Liu Yiming knows that there is no perfect system in this world, and he does not have enough ability to cultivate a large number of talented and ideal people.

Without ideals, it is just an ambitious clown like Gojo or Liqinye.

Without talent, it may be a good person, such as Yumi, who is called a good person by the Soviets. The only problem is that he is a little stupid.

"Now, it is time for the parliament to play its role and firmly support the people's right to march freely without affecting others." Liu Yiming stared at Sun Zaizhi.

"But, they are a group of drug addicts, they..." Sun Zaizhi's conscience could not accept it. After all, banning opium is not a simple matter. Drug dealers are armed.

In just two months, dozens of people died and hundreds were injured. Whose children were the victims? Whose fathers?

A group of drug addicts, in Sun Zaizhi's opinion, were expelled from the human race, so he was very angry.

"This is also the function of the parliament. They are drug addicts. They will take drugs and break the law. The legislative work should be completed as soon as possible. After that, their behavior will be illegal."

"Criminals do not enjoy these rights."