"After all, interests are conflicts of interests. How can those high-ranking bankers, industrial and commercial giants and nobles who are aristocratic and profiteering pay for the lower class?"

"Compulsory education is a bottomless pit with no end. Once it is fixed in the form of law, then the annual fiscal appropriations will only increase or decrease..."

"Who is willing to bear this burden? Haha, you can figure it out with your heels. The Navy's additional allocation to three warships and said 10 million pounds would generally not be much different. Although there will be a fierce conflict behind the scenes, the business community can still recognize such investments!"

"Only this long-term and permanent investment is completely unbearable by merchants. Isn't this a permanent tax increase? And the beneficiaries are the children of thieves and beggars who are dressed in rags and dirty clothes in the slums, which makes those who are arrogant even more unwilling to accept it..."

"Don't be angry, please let me continue. Although my words are harsh, you should understand that this is true!"

Xiao Letian said with a heartbroken feeling, "The contradiction between classes is difficult to reconcile, because human nature is inherently selfish. Who among all businessmen is willing to pay taxes? After all, if there is no legal sanction, they will never pay an extra penny coin. They can steal taxes if they can evade taxes, and if they can evade taxes, do you think?"

"But the UK is a country with rules, and no one can surpass the law, so they still have to pay taxes even if they are unwilling to do so!"

"The governments of all countries in the world cannot create wealth themselves. The annual fiscal revenue actually comes entirely from national taxes. Since these taxes come from the private sector... or from the business community, then when the government spends this money, it must be restricted by the business community..."

"Because no one wants the tax he pays to be used in the wrong places, and he is even more willing to increase taxes!"

"Okay, the question arises. Where are the elites of these empires willing to spend their taxes? Of course, it is a place that is beneficial to them. For example, the Navy and Army are going to increase military spending. This is to maintain the security of colonies and maritime routes. This money should be spent!"

"If the indigenous people in the colonies and the bandits on the sea do not rely on the army to suppress them, will they still rob the goods from their merchant ships? It is related to their own interests, and they will certainly support these financial appropriations!"

"The expansion of railways, highways, waterways, and docks is also easy to pass in Congress, because these are the lifeblood of commercial trade, and merchants can indirectly make profits from these constructions..."

"There is also investment in municipal projects, such as sewer expansion, gas lamps added on roads, sculptures, hospital expansion, etc. These investments can directly improve people's lives, and Congress will not have too many obstacles..."

"Don't forget that most of these members of Congress are top-level people, and their influence is very great. This kind of municipal construction allocation must be used in wealthy areas first, right?"

Xiao Letian smiled sinisterly at Gladston. These harsh words made the veteran political expert blush. "Enough, how could you say so badly..."

"Okay! There are no outsiders here, so it doesn't matter if you tell the truth. There is always a game of money and interests behind politics. You and I are well aware of this, aren't you?"

Xiao Letian poured himself a glass of wine and sipped a little. "Preferences, interests! This is how humans are. The money spent must be able to create some open and dark interests for themselves, otherwise no one will be fools and spend money in vain! And the compulsory education you have always advocated, in the eyes of these people, is probably a fool who spends money in vain!"

"The nobles and capitalists never worry about education. They have countless resources to allow future generations to receive the best education, thus ensuring that the family has a wise advantage for generations..."

"The Empire of Sun-Don't Setting has developed to this day, and it also has a huge middle class. These people live very richly. Their children can still go to school and receive education. Only the people at the bottom are the most miserable. These civilians and poor people with extremely low incomes only have enough food, clothing, housing and transportation. It is already very good to be able to feed their children!"

"I have held porridge slums in many slums in London. I have witnessed the hardships of the lives of the lower class. Many children start to be newspaper boys, leather boots, child laborers, and even thieves when they are six or seven years old!"

"They are the people who need compulsory education the most. The compulsory education bill you implemented is to use the money of the rich to fill the holes of these poor people at the bottom. Who would like to ask those rich people who are arrogant?"

"All resistance comes from this! I know, and you know it very well!"

The harsh words tore open a little secret that everyone knows in British politics. The representatives of the industry, commerce and financial industries among the eavesdroppers all blushed and their necks thickened, and their eyes were filled with flames of anger.

If Prince Edward hadn't been shocked here, these people would have had to make a fuss on the spot, letting a Chinese point at the nose and mocking them, and even exposing all the dark little thoughts in their hearts. This is really a shame!

Gladstone was speechless, and he took a sip of wine and sighed, "Since you have already said so clearly, what else can I say? It may not be a good thing if you see the problem so thoroughly! The resistance I encountered is not something you can imagine!"

Xiao Letian nodded, "Yes, the core of the problem is here. Everyone knows that compulsory education is beneficial to a country and a nation, but because the period of input and output is too long, and investment is difficult to return to himself, it is understandable that opposition appears under the sway of self-interest!"

"Imagine if comprehensive compulsory education is carried out in the UK from now on, when will we see some effect? ​​My most optimistic analysis will take twenty years later. Six years of compulsory education will not shape scientists. After that, those children will need at least more than ten years of further study to touch the gems on the crown of science!"

"But! What about twenty years later? Every year, generations of children who come to school will naturally provide a steady stream of basic talents that can receive higher education. By then, the UK will have inexhaustible talents!"

"But it is precisely because of this that those who are superior are even more worried, because a large number of poor children have changed their destiny through education, and then they have also changed the class of their families!"

"How could these new elites not compete with these old-fashioned talents? Especially the middle class, they will be directly impacted!"

"Haha, there are only so many social resources, and there are very few good locations. The poor children rushed up and snatched one and then lost one. In the old Chinese saying, this is called a carrot and a pit. It's a pit, but it's hard to find!"
Chapter completed!