A healthy society should ensure that all levels of society have smooth channels for advancement.
The meaning of "ascending channel" here is not to reach the sky in one step. In the pyramid-like social structure, the higher you go up, the smaller the number of people, and the higher the difficulty of ascent.
It is not that easy to achieve class crossing. With the development of society, there will be fewer and fewer examples of Cecil Rhodes getting rich overnight. Most people at the bottom can become the middle class through hard work, and it is possible for the middle class to become middle class through hard work.
Entering the upper class is a normal class crossing.
Those who dream of becoming rich overnight, and those who complain about the solidification of social classes, the widening wealth gap, and the narrowing of the upward path are either stupid or bad. It is impossible to reach the sky in one step, and the upward path itself is getting narrower.
It's just a fact. There's nothing to complain about. If you have time to complain, it's better to work hard to improve yourself. Only in this way can you have the possibility of crossing the class.
The situation in Nyasaland is the same. At the top of the pyramid is Rock, followed by the Chinese management headed by Buck, Duncan, Anton, Martin, and Gordon, and then by Rudolf Diesel, etc.
White technicians led by Seiya Ulysses (officer of the Northern Rhodesian Division), Elijah Lucas (expert of Christian Exploration Company) and others, ordinary Chinese are at the bottom of society.
In this case, when it comes to determining the future and destiny of Nyasaland, if an ordinary Chinese at the bottom has the same right to speak as those at the top like Buck and Anton, it would be a joke, no matter in terms of contribution or personal ability.
, Buck and Anton, the senior executives themselves, should have more say.
The management committee was headed by Barker, Anton Martin, Rudolf Diesel, Michael Nichols (Rand Bank), Jeffrey Benson (tractor factory), Andrew Whitman (truck factory)
), Nelson Morley (Arsenal) are both members of the Management Committee.
Compared with the general parliament, the Nyasaland Management Committee is very different in the form of formation. In the general sense, members of the parliament are elected, while the Nyasaland Management Committee is directly under Roque.
Appointment, to become a member of Nyasaland's Management Committee, mere reputation will not play a decisive role, contribution to Nyasaland is the main factor.
Roque participated in the first meeting of the Management Committee. The meeting determined the responsibilities of the Management Committee in a legal form. Like parliament in a general sense, from the day the Management Committee was established, the Management Committee has the power to legislate, form an army, and establish related functions.
Institutional rights.
As a result, the "Public Security Management Regulations" currently implemented in Nyasaland became the first law in Nyasaland, and its name was also changed to the "Nyaasaland Criminal Code", which prompted the establishment of the Nyasaland Court, from
Transvaal lawyer Kevin Mullen became the first Lord Chancellor of Nyasaland.
Kevin Mullen is the cooperating lawyer of the Umbrella Company. In the expansion process of the Umbrella Company, Kevin Mullen played a key role. Rock admired Kevin Mullen's adaptability, not to mention what a judge must do.
Being upright and upright, most of the time, judges must consider the balance between law and emotion when hearing cases. The balance between this is difficult to grasp. Favoring the law will often appear unhumane, and biasing toward emotions will fail to maintain legal fairness. Therefore, the justice
This position is very important, and Rock weighed many factors before deciding to let Kevin Mullen be the justice.
Of course, in order to check and balance Kevin Mullen's rights, Kevin Mullen is not a member of the management committee.
In other words, Kevin Mullen has no say in determining the future and fate of Nyasaland. This is very important. Kevin Mullen is only an executor, not a decision-maker.
Currently, Nyasaland only has one law, the Criminal Code, which has not yet been recognized by the British government. Therefore, Nyasaland still has a heavy legislative task ahead.
Taking into account the needs of legislation, Rock established another "Secret Committee". This time Kevin Mullen became the chairman of the Committee. Their main task was to improve the "Criminal Code" and other
Don't worry about the law.
The first administrative agency established by the Governing Council was the Revenue Department.
It’s funny to say that before this, there was no tax bureau in Nyasaland, and all business activities in Nyasaland did not need to pay taxes.
This situation definitely needs to change. Business activities aside, the first task of the Nyasaland Taxation Bureau is to determine personal income tax, which is also the first tax in Nyasaland.
In Nyasaland, the income gap is still very obvious. The highest-paid Buck has an annual salary of 1,500 pounds, while the lowest-paid ordinary farm employee only earns 36 pounds per year. The gap between the two is close to 42 times.
The tax determined by the tax bureau is based on the proportion of income. The lower the income, the lower the proportion of personal income tax to personal income. The higher the income, the higher the proportion of personal income tax to personal income. Farm employees may only need to pay
Ten percent of the income is used as personal income tax. The personal income tax paid by Buck, the chairman of the management committee, every year accounts for 55% of Buck's personal annual income.
In other words, Buck's annual personal income tax is 825 pounds.
This may seem a bit much, but it is the main means to mediate personal income gaps. The taxes collected by the tax bureau will not be used to subsidize low-income families, but will be used for investment in public facilities. There are basically no low-income families in Nyasaland.
As long as the income-generating family has hands and feet, food and clothing will not be a problem.
Of course, if you want to increase your income, you need to work twice as hard. Farm employees can strive to become technicians, and factory workers can strive to become engineers. Nyasaland will provide various conveniences to residents who are willing to make progress. If it is really
It doesn't matter if you don't want to make progress, but if you don't want to make progress but also complain about the unfair distribution mechanism of society, then you should be prepared for labor education.
Yes, in Nyasaland, "reform through labor" is the main method of punishment. Unless it is an individual case where the crime is so heinous that killing people would not be enough to outrage the people. Most of the time, anyone who breaks the law in Nyasaland will be punished in prison.
Received reform through labor in prison.
There are many types of "reform through labor" here, from mining and crushing rocks to sweeping the streets and pasting paper boxes. There is no such thing as "mediation" in Nyasaland. If you violate the law, you will be punished. If the circumstances are serious, go dig
They mine and crush stones, and in minor cases they have to sweep the streets and paste cardboard boxes to get living expenses during their imprisonment, otherwise they will starve. There are no conditions for this.
In addition to personal income tax, business tax will soon be on the agenda.
There is almost no commercial activity in Nyasaland at present. Several large enterprises in the territory, such as tractor factories, truck factories, and arsenals, are actually planned economy models. Almost all the products produced are internally digested and are not sold externally to obtain profits. Therefore,
Commercial taxes are very few.
In addition to these large enterprises, Nyasaland also has a large number of supporting enterprises. These supporting enterprises are the bulk of the commercial tax. Nyasaland's current business model is probably the coexistence of a planned economy and a market economy.
, in a short period of time, Nyasaland's business will not generate much tax revenue. It is better to establish rules now, and there will be laws to follow in the future.
It is worth mentioning that the director of the Nyasaland Taxation Bureau is Zuo Jing, and Buck can be regarded as knowing people well and making good use of them. He directly established the Nyasaland Taxation Bureau with "Brad" as his team.
Now, it's good. The same group of people are responsible for the tax work and security work in Nyasaland. It will definitely be difficult to evade taxes in Nyasaland in the future.
On February 5, after many mediations, the Belgian government and Nyasaland reached an agreement. In order to resolve the border dispute, the Belgian government recognized that Lake Mweru (called East Lake in Nyasaland) belongs to Nyasaland as a whole and will include
The southern protrusion covering an area of 30,000 square kilometers, including Lubumbashi, was sold to Nyasaland, for which Nyasaland had to pay the Belgian government 30,000 pounds.
One pound per square kilometer, this price is really cheap. In the protrusion including Lubumbashi, in addition to unknown copper mines, there are also huge plantations. These plantations grow
It is natural rubber, which is very important to the industrial development of Nyasaland. Roque is willing to buy it even if it is 300,000 pounds, not to mention 30,000 pounds.
After acquiring Lubumbashi, Rock was surprised to find that the current Nyasaland territory was quite vast, stretching from Port Edward in the south, to the North Sea in the north, to Lubumbashi in the west, and to Nyasaland in the east.
Although there are no remote sensing satellites in this era, Rock is not sure how many square kilometers Nyasaland's territory is in total, but Rock estimates that it should be no less than half a million.
This territory is astonishing. Zimbabwe in the 21st century is only 390,000 square kilometers. Nyasaland’s current territory seems to be much larger than Zimbabwe.
At the end of February, the car developed by Bobby Holt finally took shape after several adjustments, and the car factory was located directly in Port Edward.
The new car uses a 35-horsepower four-cylinder gasoline engine. Compared with all cars of this era, the new car is undoubtedly more in line with Rock's aesthetics. Most of the cars of this era are similar to the tractors of the 1960s, and there is basically nothing.
Aesthetically speaking, the car developed by Bobby Holt is similar in appearance to the Willys Jeep launched by the American Willys Motor Company in 1940.
Of course, in terms of performance, there is a huge gap between the car developed by Bobby Holt and the Willys Jeep, but this does not affect the final shape of the car.
Rock doesn't care about performance. The current sedan is not ready to be sold to the outside world anyway. Finalizing is only the first step. Next, it needs to be continuously improved and researched and developed to further pursue stability and better performance. Rock's requirements in this regard have always been permanent.
