Crown Prince Zhu Guojie's motorcade was traveling slowly on the winding roads on the Kowloon Peninsula. There were no welcoming people on both sides of the street. His eldest brother, who was studying political science at Jishi University, was studying by himself (with a professor from Jishi University coming to teach).

and law courses, while managing the fragrance

The young dictator of the Duke of Hong Kong did not hold a grand welcome ceremony for his younger brother. In fact, the Hong Kong dictator hated this kind of ceremony that wasted people and money, and he did not think it was necessary to flatter his younger brother...

...Obviously, he is quite arrogant.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this arrogance that after Zhu Guojie arrived in Hong Kong, he immediately rearranged the political system of Hong Kong Island. He canceled the brewing "constitutional government" and the Legislative Council and replaced it with his own autocratic rule. He also appointed

A half-Western and half-Chinese autonomous government was established. This autonomous government was quite streamlined and only included the Department of Finance and Taxation, the Department of Development and Construction, the Department of Civil Affairs and Welfare, the Department of Port Affairs and Trade, the Department of Land, the Department of Police, and the Department of Education.

, the Department of Integrity and other eight departments. There is also a judicial system composed of a high court and three intermediate courts. There is also a quasi-deliberative body called the Advisory Bureau. The advisory members are not elected by vote, but

There were only about twenty people hired by Zhu Guojie, most of them were professors from Hong Kong Jishi University, and they were also very streamlined. As for the army, the Duchy of Hong Kong did not have one, and the defense of the Dominion was entirely responsible for the Ming army.

The policies implemented by such a streamlined governance agency are also very simple. They have three purposes: first, good governance; second, developing and constructing the economy of the Dominion; third, improving the living and welfare standards of the people in the Dominion. There is no such thing.

Thinking about that doctrine, in Zhu Guojie

It seems that Hong Kong is a territory as big as the palm of your hand. Everything is under the nose of the Duke. There is no need for too much political activities at all - politics is all done by big countries in order to manage vast territories.

Hong Kong just needs to do practical things in a down-to-earth manner.

Therefore, after taking over Hong Kong Island, Zhu Guojie governed with these three goals. First, he rectified the government affairs and police agencies, eliminated a large number of unqualified public officials, and targeted the widespread corruption and collusion between government and businessmen in Hong Kong officialdom.

After a lot of rectification, instead of relying on public opinion and parliamentary supervision, the Department of Integrity was established to use severe punishments and iron fist to eradicate corruption. At the same time, it implemented anti-corruption policies for civil servants in Hong Kong.

Pension system. All civil servants on Hong Kong Island who have served for 15 years without any corruption or misdeeds can receive a generous pension after reaching the age of 60. If a public servant is found to be corrupt or misdemeanors, his or her integrity will be

His pension will be canceled immediately, and he will also face severe sanctions up to the death penalty. Zhu Guojie's anti-corruption policy is completely different from his father Zhu Jishi who relies on public opinion and parliament to "ban" corruption.

After the corruption problem was curbed, Zhu Guojie used iron-fisted law enforcement on Hong Kong residents again! What he implemented in Hong Kong was not the loose Ming Dynasty laws, but another set of severe punishments. Not only were there many penalties and crimes, but also the laws

Strict and strict enforcement. Zhu Guojie himself studied law, and his mother was from the Nanyang underworld.

, he was trained as the Prince of Lanfang for a while when he was a child. Naturally, he knew a lot of things in the gang. After staying in the UK for eight years, he hated the things of the gang. He believed that strict laws should be used to regulate the people... so that

To develop the habit of obeying the law. Therefore, the laws and penalties of the Hong Kong Autonomous Territory are the most severe in the entire Ming Empire.

Such as fighting and petty theft. It would be fine if you were locked up in other places in the Ming Dynasty for a few days. In Hong Kong under Zhu Guojie's rule, you would definitely be punished with hard labor and whipped, and the hard labor in Hong Kong was definitely hard! What's more, in Hong Kong Anyone who throws away garbage or spits anywhere in Hong Kong will be fined. The starting price is 10 silver dollars, which is almost equivalent to an ordinary person's monthly income! As for smuggling and selling opium, in other parts of the Ming Dynasty, they were usually exiled to Siberia, but in Hong Kong it was absolutely behead!

In addition, various commercial frauds, non-payment of debts, extortion and loan sharking are also relatively serious crimes in the Hong Kong Dominion. Although they may not lead to beheading, if you are not careful, you may end up in jail.

In short, after more than two years of rectification, not only the people of Ming Dynasty, but at least the people of Guangdong know that Hong Kong is not a good place! Even the officials in Guangdong also had many disputes with the Hong Kong Dominion authorities. But in the end, everything It was the Guangdong side that swallowed its anger. Who made the Duke of Hong Kong the eldest son of the emperor? As long as they did not secretly accumulate elite soldiers, plot evil, and the lawsuit went to court, the eldest son of the emperor was definitely justified - no one was willing to bear the charge of alienating the brotherhood between the royal father and son!

However, under the influence of a lot of harsh laws, especially those targeting commercial crimes, the security environment and investment environment in Hong Kong have been greatly improved. At least in the eyes of Westerners, Hong Kong is the closest to Europe. Oriental City. The two industrial parks on the Kowloon Peninsula and Taipa Island have now attracted many European companies to open their Asian branches. The business districts on Hong Kong Island and Macau Peninsula are even more crowded with foreign companies, and almost all Most of the major European companies will set up their headquarters in Greater China or Southeast Asia on Hong Kong Island.

While the economy is developing, Zhu Guojie and his ruling team have not forgotten the people under their governance - the rule of law in Hong Kong is quite strict, and the wages of ordinary workers are not much higher than those in Guangdong. Without some policies to benefit the people, , who is willing to be a Hong Konger for Zhu Guojie? Moreover, Zhu Guojie has been in Europe for many years, and his ears are really open to hearing about revolution. Naturally, he also thinks that the people of Ming Dynasty are not easy to bully, and they have to give some sweetness no matter what. …

The carriage that Zhu Guoxiong and Zhu Guojie were riding had already driven out of the port area of ​​Kowloon and entered the edge of the Kowloon Industrial Zone. In the distance were rows of factory buildings, the scale of which was not comparable to that of Yingtian, Shanghai and Guangfu. It is a large industrial area in Foshan. But it is also quite prosperous. The thick smoke from the chimneys is blown by the sea breeze and disappears in this sunny autumn. Nearby are three-story buildings, which are quite simple. The row houses - very much the prototype of later Tongzilou. There are also some shops, markets, and schools dotted among them. However, there are not many pedestrians on the street, which makes it look a bit depressed. On the other side of the road, there are also contiguous buildings. It seems that this kind of three-story house is also being built at the construction site.

"Brother, which factory's dormitory is this? It's very well built." Zhu Guoxiong looked out the car window and asked his elder brother strangely. When he was in Nanjing, he often went to Jiangnan District (Yingtian Industrial Zone) ) When I visited, I saw a lot of workers’ dormitories, but they were not as tidy and clean as what I saw.

"Second brother." Zhu Guojie said with a smile, "These are not factory dormitories, but the workers' own houses."

"Workers' houses? They all rent houses?" Zhu Guoxiong asked, "Then they should be skilled workers, right?" There is a big difference in wages between skilled workers and ordinary workers in Ming Dynasty. Ordinary workers generally live in factory dormitories.

You can't afford to rent a house in a big city - if you rent, you won't be able to save much money a year. However, the income of technicians is high, so renting a house is a good idea.

It is not difficult, but it is still difficult to afford a house. Of course, this is also related to the underdeveloped real estate industry in the big cities of Daming. Nowadays, there are very few units for sale in Daming, and they are all single-family houses.

In big cities like Nanjing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, houses in better locations cost thousands or even tens of thousands. Of course, working people cannot afford them.

"It is not a rental house, but an industry that belongs to the workers themselves, and it does not necessarily belong to skilled workers." Zhu Guojie said with some pride, "This is a people-friendly policy implemented by the Hong Kong Dominion in order to attract immigrants-home ownership

Their houses. We call such row houses townhouses. These houses were not built by businessmen, but

It is funded by the Hong Kong Development and Construction Department and then sold at a low price to citizens of the Hong Kong Dominion with a monthly income of less than 20 silver dollars. The area of ​​a row house is uniformly 300 square feet, and the price is 300 silver dollars, which can be repaid in 20 years.
Chapter completed!