Chapter 572: A Sharp Sword
The impact of industrialization on traditional handicrafts has been enormous, with many handicraftsmen losing their jobs and having no land, either as refugees or as rioters. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
This is only part of the problem, industrialization has enhanced manufacturing capacity, such as the weaving industry. The weaving speed is increased tenfold, and the raw materials are not enough, so we have to change rice to mulberry, and we have to change rice to cotton.
The rice fields were changed to mulberry fields, and they were changed to cotton fields, where did the fields come from? This is not something that can be solved by tens of acres or thousands of acres of land, but can be changed to hundreds of thousands of acres, or even millions of acres.
There were too many farmers involved, and the merchants were reluctant to spend a lot of money, so they used various methods to lower the price of land. How the people can fight the collusion between officials and businessmen, the industrialization of the southern generation is progressing smoothly, which means that the more people suffer.
Finally, the steam engine is seriously polluting the environment, and China has attached great importance to environmental feng shui since ancient times, so many people resist the popularity of the steam engine. These people are not only ordinary people, but also some people who pay attention to the quality of life, among which most of them are scholars, and there are many rich people and officials.
Soon after Lian Feiyan's apprentice left, he met many people blocking the door of a weaving factory, opposing mechanized production.
They called the steam engine a ghost engine, because it was so loud that it was like a ghost crying wolf, and the black smoke was too heavy, and the ghost fog was pervasive. There is also a little praise, saying that this thing is amazing, and it is a ghostly machine.
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The weaving factory closed the door, and the people outside threw stones and rotten vegetable leaves to smash the door, shouting words such as "exorcise the ghost machine, return me to Lang Lang Qiankun". These words were shouted by the scholars, black smoke polluted the sky, didn't they want to pay me back.
There are also refugees wailing at the door, recounting the misdeeds committed by the weaving workshop. Some people are like this, even if they are desperate, they don't dare to stand up and resist, all they can do is plead.
The refugees described themselves as withered, scrawny, ragged and destitute. One of the mothers was holding two children, and the children were so hungry that anyone who saw them would feel compassion.
"Master, we can't pass here, let's use light skills to go over or detour." Practice the Traceless Dao.
Lian Feiyan stood there still, and she took a detour before, but Ji Yang's words were still lingering in her mind. She was also born in an ordinary family, and she suffered hardships when she was a child, and she was embarrassed to ignore them for a while when she saw those refugees so miserable.
just left, not in response to Ji Yang's words, no responsibility and no sense of responsibility.
"No, let's go back." Lian Feiyan turned around and left.
"Where to go back, do you want to go back to that brocade guard?" Practice without a trace to catch up.
"I have practiced swordsmanship for decades to have today's achievements, if I can't even save a few people, what's the point of me practicing martial arts." Practice flying flues.
"Then you don't have to go back to him, let's just dismantle this weaving workshop, no effort." Practicing without a trace, she was afraid of Ji Yang.
"No wonder that man looks down on us, if you do what you do, not only will you not save these people, but you will harm them." Lian Feiyan said.
"How can it be, let's slaughter the owners of this weaving workshop, and see who can still embarrass the people." It's easy to practice a traceless brain.
"And then, how do you settle these people and let them starve to death?" Lian Feiyan said with a straight face, the apprentice's IQ made her feel ashamed, no wonder she was looked down upon.
With this IQ, no matter how high the martial arts are, it is useless.
"What does it matter to us, these are all in charge of the imperial court, they have harmed these people, but they want us to help clean up the mess." Lian Wuxian looked unhappy.
"Then you should go back and ask that person, what is the situation, it is really the fault of the imperial court, if you want to kill those dog officials, you should kill those dog officials." Lian Feiyan's face was full of evil air.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to beat that person." Practice the weak and weak authentic without a trace.
Lian Feiyan glared at her and said, "As the master said just now, he was caught by him before he was unprepared, this time I am more vigilant, and I will never fall in the same place twice." β
Lian Wuxian didn't dare to refute, so he could only return to Jiyang with the master in a nervous mood.
"Dad, the matter in Jiangnan is not simple, it involves the interests of so many people, you let a person in the rivers and lakes solve it, can it be properly solved?" Ji Hongyu was very skeptical about the ability of the master and apprentice who practiced Feiyan.
"Tell me, where is the root cause of Jiangnan's problems?" Ji Yang asked.
"It should be profit, and the pursuit of profit by businessmen affects the interests of others, and those people are naturally dissatisfied. If this continues, the merchants will get bigger and bigger, with more workshops and more people working for them, just like the landlord class of the past. Ji Hongyu said.
"As the saying goes, feng shui takes turns, in the past, farmers and merchants were cheap, and in a few years they will become businessmen and farmers. You all know the cultivator, and in the future, more powerful cultivators were invented, and when a family could cultivate tens of thousands of acres of land, you can imagine what it would be like at that time. Ji Yang said.
"A family cultivates tens of thousands of acres of land, then my Taihao Dynasty will no longer have to worry about food problems, which is a good thing." Ji Ling said.
"At that time, we don't have to worry about the food problem, but we have to worry about the surplus of food, the depreciation of food, and the situation of peasant households. One day, only a few peasant households will be needed to meet the grain needs of the entire Central Plains, and most of them will change from agricultural to worker. It was an inevitable process, and the only way for those who had lost their fields and jobs because of industrialization was to join this industrial feast. Ji Yang said.
"But the workshop doesn't need so many people, otherwise there wouldn't be so many artisans out of work." Ji Hongyu said.
"That's because the workshop is not big enough, not enough enough, half-baked industrialization, and this is the case if you can't go up or down." Ji Yang said.
"No, do you want to continue to encourage the industrialization of merchants!" Ji Ling felt that it was messy enough now.
"Do you still need me to encourage them? I still remember that there was no national policy promulgated before, that industry and commerce could not farm farmland, and that farmers were not allowed to do business. Merchants can't make money and can't land the local owners, guess where they will put their money. Ji Yang said.
"Either hide in the basement or continue to expand the operation so that there are more workshops. It is no wonder that the national policy previously promulgated by my father still has this effect. Ji Hongyu suddenly realized.
"Yes, national affairs are to take one step and see three steps, and you have to learn more about this. Ordinary people do things, it is very good to be able to see tomorrow, big people do things, it is not bad to see next year, and when the emperor has to see ten years and a hundred years later. Ji Yang said.
"This, should you γγγ me" Ji Hongyu listened to his words, as if he was cultivating an heir.
"I'm not afraid to tell you that I won't set up that position so early, it depends on your ability. I hope that you can go to the local government to do things, start as a small official, and let whoever does a good job sit down. Ji Yang said.
"Xianggong, this move is absolutely impossible, put the child in the local government as an official, in case something goes wrong. This place is no more heavily guarded than at home, and as a petty official, you can't carry many guards with you, and you are always in danger. Li Qinglu said.
Her words have two meanings, one is worried about the assassination of foreign enemies, and the other is afraid of competition between princes.
In ancient times, the title of the family was inherited by the eldest son, but he was afraid that the second son would have a chance and the brothers would kill each other. A small family property can still kill each other, let alone the king of a country, this temptation is too great.
Even if the princes are benevolent, they are afraid that the ministers who support them will do something behind them.
Ji Hongyu heard Li Qinglu's off-string voice, but he didn't speak, and what he said was much wrong. As the second son, Ji Hongyu's probability of inheriting the throne is much smaller than Ji Hongzhen's, and he is not sure whether to fight or not.
Fight, I think it's very difficult, don't fight, it's a little reluctant.
"Don't worry, it's still early, don't forget that I have a doppelganger. If you really want to test their ability, it's a big deal that I work hard and let two clones follow them. Ji Yang said.
"Well, that's a good idea." Li Qinglu said.
Ji Hongyu smiled dumbly, the problems that were difficult for the emperors of previous generations to solve were solved by a few clones.
The most difficult thing for the emperor is not to see the local facts, since ancient times, ministers and eunuchs, brocade clothes, guards and officials have protected each other, and they only let the emperor see what he wants to see. The emperor is in a high position and power, and he can't leave the Forbidden City casually, but Ji Yang doesn't have this problem.
"In the future, whoever sits in my place, I will pass on this set of Great Yan Gong to him. After having a doppelganger, many things are much more convenient, and I am not afraid of being blinded by villains. Ji Yang said.
"In this way, the throne of the Ji family is solid." Li Qiushuidao.
"The doppelganger is just an assistant, if you really want the throne to be solid, it depends on the person in the seat. If a person who is arrogant, lascivious, tyrannical, ruthless, and incompetent sits in this position, it is useless to give him 10,000 doppelgangers. Ji Yang said.
"With your method, can the selected people be worse?" Li Qiushuidao.
"People are changeable, ambitious and vigorous at the beginning, and soon they are corrupted by power, money, and beauty, I have seen a lot of this kind of people. Even I am not sure what will become of me in 10 years, and maybe I will feel tired and don't want to worry about state affairs anymore. Ji Yang said.
"If you say so, you don't want this position." Li Qiushuidao.
"So I can't sit in this position forever, like I have such a long life, if I sit until I die, I'm afraid Hongyu Hongzhen will not have a chance in this life. Now officials also have this problem, they all refuse to abdicate when they are old, and they rely on their positions to exert their residual heat, which is very bad. Ji Yang said.
"I see, if you want to set a deadline for yourself, you are willing to do it." Li Qiushui said.
"There is a give-and-take, not to mention that this position is not very comfortable." Ji Yang smiled.
Hearing his father's words, Ji Hongyu was thoughtful, it seemed that the throne was indeed not easy to sit on.
At this moment, the master and apprentice of Lian Feiyan walked in, and the guards couldn't even see their figures. Like phantoms, the two suddenly appeared at the door of the living room and woke Ji Hongyu up from his thoughts.
"Why are you two back?" Ji Yang sat down and said.
"Don't think I don't know, you set things up there for you." Practice flying flues.
"Why did you come back when you knew?" Ji Yang said with a smile.
"This kind of thing, I've seen it ten times eight times when I came to Jiangnan, and I don't need you to remind me. The reason why I came back was not because I was moved by those people, but because I wanted to tell you that people in the rivers and lakes do not only care about personal feelings and personal hatreds, but do not conspire with each other. If I were to become an official in the court, I would never do worse than anyone else. Lian Feiyan said.
"It's not enough to talk on paper, some things are easy to say, but hard to do." Ji Yang leaned back in the chair and took a sip of the teacup next to him.
"You don't have to provoke me, since I am here, I will prove my word." Practice flying flues.
"Good!"
Ji Yang suddenly stood up, stepped forward and said, "Miss Lian is willing to take over this matter, and the people in Jiangnan can be regarded as saved." β
Lian Feiyan said with a cold face: "You don't come to this set, I don't care if you say good or bad things, I won't eat anything." β
Ji Yang smiled and said, "Others don't know, can I still not know." The official mansion in Jiangnan has long been rotten, and the emperor can't control it even when he is far away in the capital, and only a thunderous sword can sweep away the moths in Jiangnan. β
Lian Feiyan's face remained unchanged, and his tone sneered: "Why, the court can't find a sharp sword." β
"Why are you two back?" Ji Yang sat down and said.
"Don't think I don't know, you set things up there for you." Practice flying flues.
"Why did you come back when you knew?" Ji Yang said with a smile.
"This kind of thing, I've seen it ten times eight times when I came to Jiangnan, and I don't need you to remind me. The reason why I came back was not because I was moved by those people, but because I wanted to tell you that people in the rivers and lakes do not only care about personal feelings and personal hatreds, but do not conspire with each other. If I were to become an official in the court, I would never do worse than anyone else. Lian Feiyan said.
"It's not enough to talk on paper, some things are easy to say, but hard to do." Ji Yang leaned back in the chair and took a sip of the teacup next to him.
"You don't have to provoke me, since I am here, I will prove my word." Practice flying flues.
"Good!"
Ji Yang suddenly stood up, stepped forward and said, "Miss Lian is willing to take over this matter, and the people in Jiangnan can be regarded as saved." β
Lian Feiyan said with a cold face: "You don't come to this set, I don't care if you say good or bad things, I won't eat anything." β
Ji Yang smiled and said, "Others don't know, can I still not know." The official mansion in Jiangnan has long been rotten, and the emperor can't control it even when he is far away in the capital, and only a thunderous sword can sweep away the moths in Jiangnan. β
Lian Feiyan's face remained unchanged, and his tone sneered: "Why, the court can't find a sharp sword." β
"Why are you two back?" Ji Yang sat down and said.
"Don't think I don't know, you set things up there for you." Practice flying flues.
"Why did you come back when you knew?" Ji Yang said with a smile.
"This kind of thing, I've seen it ten times eight times when I came to Jiangnan, and I don't need you to remind me. The reason why I came back was not because I was moved by those people, but because I wanted to tell you that people in the rivers and lakes do not only care about personal feelings and personal hatreds, but do not conspire with each other. If I were to become an official in the court, I would never do worse than anyone else. Lian Feiyan said.
"It's not enough to talk on paper, some things are easy to say, but hard to do." Ji Yang leaned back in the chair and took a sip of the teacup next to him.
"You don't have to provoke me, since I am here, I will prove my word." Practice flying flues.
"Good!"