Aspirations for Nation and Beauty Chapter 2: Iron Horse Glacier Section 52 Tobacco Gate…

After the establishment of the empire, it did not let go of the prospecting work in the territory of the empire. At the beginning of its establishment, the Ministry of Economic Development of the Empire introduced professional prospectors from the countries of the Western Continent with advanced technology. The chemical and physical knowledge they brought The prospecting method has greatly improved the work efficiency of the empire's prospecting department, and has also brought new technologies and methods to the empire's prospecting department. In this regard, the countries in the western continent do not seem to have paid enough attention to this aspect. For the empire The high-paying recruits did not show a particularly prohibitive attitude, which allowed the empire's prospecting level to be greatly improved in a relatively short period of time.

A series of copper deposits were discovered successively in Main County and South Central County, which surprised the two new governors of Main County and South Central County, although the reform of the imperial currency system made the financial aspects of copper mines no longer have a special status. , but copper has already played an irreplaceable role in all aspects of national production. With the continuous expansion of the empire's territory, the demand for copper is still increasing. However, before the traffic conditions have been completely improved, it is obviously unrealistic to carry out large-scale development. Therefore, the local governments of the two counties are fully cooperating with the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Construction in the construction of key roads in these two counties. The strategic highway construction from Hanzhong to East Samoa via Tiannan County, Main County, and Zhongnan County was also listed as the No. 1 project by the central and local governments of the empire. The economy of the two counties has developed, and the two governors who were transferred here from the rich counties in the south of the Yangtze River know this better than anyone else.

The Imperial Prospecting Department has also achieved great success in Terokana. The discovery of a huge silver mine in Langshan Prefecture brought a good sign to the newly established Langshan Prefecture, and the flat terrain of the Terok area is also very conducive to the mining of silver mines, and the issue of silver mine ownership is also a problem. After a heated debate on the focus of the local government and the imperial central government, the local government finally won 30% of the shares for itself. And Xindi Langshan Mansion only sold 10% of the equity in exchange for a huge amount of construction funds for Langshan Mansion. The new city guard of Langshan Mansion even announced that he would build Langshan Mansion into the conditions of Terok that or even the entire northern part of the empire. The best and most beautiful city.

The empire was still closed to the mining of the two precious metals, gold and silver. However, some flexible measures have been adopted to deal with the historical evolution of the Indian region. Some of the original gold mines have been controlled by the nobles. This is also one of the most important sources of income for the Indian local nobles. Except for some nobles who obviously participated in the rebellion against the empire, the empire has confirmed the mining rights of these gold mines.

However, the "Mineral Resources Law" promulgated by the empire also clearly stipulates that since the establishment of the empire, all gold and silver deposits in the empire shall be owned by the central government and local governments of the empire, and private individuals shall not be allowed to own them. The gold and silver mines before the establishment of the empire confirmed their ownership for a certain period of time through flexible means. After the ownership expires, the empire will take it back and give the original owner a certain economic compensation. However, during this period, the gold and silver mines must be started. Mining is carried out under the supervision of the Imperial Treasury to prevent destructive mining. The introduction of this policy has been unanimously welcomed by the gold mine owners in the Indian region. They are overjoyed to be able to obtain a certain number of years of mining rights, and they are even more satisfied to be able to obtain a certain amount of economic compensation when the imperial government recovers.

The nobles who participated in the rebellion against the empire's entry into the Indian region were naturally deprived of everything. While their property was confiscated, their gold mine shares were also filled into the State Assets Department under the Imperial Treasury. The disparity in treatment made the nobles in the Indian region more closely attached to the imperial government.

In addition to precious metal mines, diamonds and stone-type non-metallic mines were not all under the control of the imperial government as imagined, whether it was diamonds, gemstones, emeralds in the Indian region, or white jade in other parts of the empire. The empire did not intervene too much in nephrite and other mining areas. Even the mining areas that were confiscated for other reasons were quickly sold through public auctions, which also won high praise from merchants and media everywhere.

In addition to the great strides in the development of the mining and metallurgical industries, the empire is also consciously considering the removal of industry barriers to tobacco and alcohol, which were originally monopolized. The health and safety license issued by the Imperial Economic Development Department can enter the production and sales of alcoholic beverages. This point has caused a lot of criticism, but in the end the Imperial Government Council agreed to separate the wine from the monopoly industry.

The same is true for the tobacco industry. The cultivation of tobacco has never been restricted, but it is only controlled in the field of deep processing. Warnings and recommendations, excessive smoking of tobacco is harmful to the health of the people, and it is recommended that the empire take measures to prevent further deterioration of this phenomenon. Although this warning was not received in the Imperial Senate and the Civic Chamber

Passed, but still attracted media attention. This has caused heavy losses to the owners of the Imperial Tobacco industry who had hoped to completely lift the restrictions.

In addition to the high tax policy still adopted by the empire in terms of planting, processing and sales, the empire also made an exception to regulate and limit the area of ​​tobacco cultivation, except for Northern Luzon, Main County, Central South County, Nanhai County, and Except for South Indian County and Coastal County, where the tobacco planting area is determined by each county, the other tobacco planting areas in the empire are strictly controlled, especially in several major grain-producing areas. Tobacco planting is clearly prohibited, and The tobacco processing industry has also been constrained. A large number of small and medium-sized processing enterprises are required to merge or be merged by large enterprises, and the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Commerce of the Empire have also imposed strict requirements on these large-scale processing enterprises after mergers or mergers, especially Each processing company has put forward strict export ratio requirements, and the imperial economic development department has also adopted various means to ban small-scale tobacco processing companies, forcing small-scale tobacco processing companies to merge with other tobacco giants or to unite themselves Into a joint-stock large-scale processing complex.

This is the first time that the empire has restricted and restricted the development of a certain industry, especially when it is fully revitalizing the empire's industry and commerce, which has also caused widespread controversy in the empire's industry and commerce.

Critics believe that the empire's restrictions on the tobacco industry are a fair treatment, especially in the absence of proposals from the representatives of the Imperial Senate and the Citizens' Chamber, it is only a recognition and recommendation of the Imperial Ministry of Culture, Education and Health that it is so tough The administrative measures to limit the development of an industry were a huge blow to the imperial economic circles. At first, they did not dare to openly question the opinion of the Imperial Ministry of Culture, Education and Health that tobacco is harmful to health. After all, it was the invitation of many experts and scholars by the Imperial Ministry of Culture, Education and Health They don't know the results of careful research and research, but they hope to make up for it through other means, such as raising taxes on investments in hard-to-reach health care facilities.

However, the voices of supporters are not small. They mainly come from local gentry and officials, especially those in non-tobacco-growing areas. Unanimous support for limiting the expansion of the tobacco industry and maintaining the current status quo.

As the debate grew louder, representatives of the tobacco industry began to seek legal means to overturn the restrictions imposed by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Empire, especially those in Tiannan County and Punjab County because of the two The county has not been included in the non-restricted area for tobacco planting by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Empire, so tobacco planting has been severely restricted. While the local governments of the two counties had to implement the political reform of the Ministry of Economic Development, they also secretly supported the owners of the tobacco industry We solve this problem through legal means.

July 22, 701 in the mainland Gregorian calendar ~IndoMTL.com~ Thirty-three owner representatives of the Imperial Tobacco Industry Association jointly signed and formally submitted to the Seventh Trial Court of the Empire (mainly responsible for the trial of major criminal and civil claims in Tiannan County) The complaint requested the Seventh Trial Court of the Imperial Garden to rule that the administrative order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Empire in Tiannan County to limit the size of tobacco plantations was invalid. They had previously filed a lawsuit with the Third Circuit Court of the Seventh Trial Court of the Empire, but the third The Circuit Tribunal refused to accept the petition on the grounds that the administrative order tribunal of the state administrative agency had no authority to accept the complaint, and the petition was handed over to the Seventh Trial Court by the owners.

This administrative complaint requesting the invalidation of the order of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Empire shocked the entire empire almost at once. There is a precedent for suing the financial department to prohibit the opening of commercial banks in order to monopolize, but after all, it is in a relatively narrow range, and it will disappear soon, far less than the momentum that affects the entire empire this time.

Media from all over the empire paid attention to this event with an extraordinary degree of attention, especially the people in the Meli area, which was newly brought under the management of the empire and has a relatively developed industry and commerce. And the Merry County media is sure to have the lawsuit on the front page every day about the so-called Tobaccogate affair. And the Minister of Justice, Mo Lun, also made an unusually high-profile statement that the imperial judicial department must try it impartially and not show favoritism, which made the heat of this case soar. Jiangshan Meirenzhi Chapter 3 Sweeping Liuhe Chapter 2 Iron Horse Glacier Section 52 Tobacco Gate Incident