Chapter 151: We the working class have power
Let the landlords and old wealth consciously hand over the tenant farmers.
Hard? It's not difficult, the reason why I didn't use it before, it's just that the cost is a bit high.
To put it simply, the local lords and old fortunes suddenly found that when they raised so many tenant farmers, they definitely wished that there were only three generations left in the family line, and they didn't even want a servant.
The entry point is on the price of food.
On the third day of the government's opening of the warehouse to release grain, the landlords and old fortunes could not sit still.
"Where does the official get the food!"
This question has become the same habitual phrase as you have eaten, and when the landlords and old fortunes greet each other, they will definitely discuss it hotly.
Of course, they couldn't imagine how perverted Li Ran's plug-in was.
But they could really see that the stability of Jinyang City increased exponentially.
In just three days, there was no hunger in sight on the streets...... With food stamps, the displaced people received the most basic subsistence supplies and began to pick up their long-lost hoes and cultivate the long-abandoned farmland.
Not only that, but the government's announcement is also clearly written.
In order to stabilize production, farmers can also apply for small loans from the government...... It's a new term, why is this year's government always playful and operating.
According to the officials of the Yamen, this small loan can be very interesting.
To put it simply, what a farmer lacks, he can borrow from the government, including land, capital, good seeds, and even ...... Person!
As long as the signature is posted, the loan will be released in seconds, and there is nothing to say about the intimateness.
Although there is a limit to the loan amount, it has a low interest rate!
The repayment of less than five cents of the principal for one year is like giving away for nothing compared with money banks and pawnshops.
The people were illiterate, but they were not stupid, and after listening to the yamen officials explain the policy, they voted directly with their feet and lined up in a long line at the government's loan office.
The first step of Yangmou, success!
To put it simply, to give the people a way to live, let them know that when they encounter difficulties, selling their wealth and devoting themselves to the landlord's old wealth as a tenant farmer is not the only way out, and the government will give support to help revive the family business!
The effect is surprisingly good, and the fluctuations caused by a war did not make a single person in Jinyang City lose their identity as cultivators, which is simply a miracle in the history of disaster relief.
This blow made the landlords and old fortunes dizzy, and if they could not recruit tenant farmers, they could not buy land...... If no one grows it, will it be abandoned when it is bought?
And the second step is coming.
Issued an announcement to recruit workers.
The target audience is those farmers who have lost their land, are unable to farm, and refuse to devote themselves to the old wealth of the landlord!
Laborers are nothing new, when he was in Chang'an, Li Ran recruited migrant workers to build Wu Zetian's mausoleum, and later built the four major passes, which can be said to be proficient.
However, after the completion of the project, most of the workers were dismissed on the spot, and only a very small part of the elite was retained for their own use.
So this time, he wants to become a regular army among the migrant workers.
“…… A trial version of the labor law? ”
In the drafting office of the official documents of the government in Jinyang, Huan Yanfan personally acted as a knife and pen officer, every time Li Ran said a word, he recorded a word, obviously knew every word, but when combined together, the whole person's brain was completely confused.
"Or call it the Labor Code? The frame is too big, and my level is limited. ”
Li Ran knocked on the case and thought about it for a while, choosing words and forming sentences is not his strong point, but his pride as a modern person does not allow him to be hasty...... This law is for the entire Tang Dynasty, and it is a shame to mess up.
“…… Please also ask the immortal master to explain the doubts, what does this labor law mean? ”
"To put it simply, it provides legal protection for workers to work, such as how many hours a day they may work, what is the minimum daily wage for the type of work they are engaged in, what is the minimum working age, etc."
Some of the contents of the modern labor law are applied, and they are barely enough after being cut to fit the performance, anyway, it is a trial version, and if there is anything inappropriate, it will be changed.
Knowing that Huan Yanfan still didn't understand, Li Ran explained a few more words.
"In the five-year plan, I put forward the idea of changing the ratio of the agricultural and industrial classes, to change the huge number of peasants, it is not something that can be done with a piece of paper, and there must be corresponding policy support, for example, by guaranteeing the treatment of workers to encourage more people to choose to become laborers."
The idea is very wild, and the effect depends on the curative effect.
Just using Jinyang as a litmus test, now is the best opportunity.
“…… Master Xianshi, this law needs to be discussed, the imperial court has a clear provision, those who enter the industrial and commercial nationality, generations are not allowed to be officials, only innocent peasant sons can be raised by the squires as filial piety, and then win fame. ”
"Yes, in terms of governing people, you scholars are all first-class wizards, this regulation helps social stability, but it also blocks the room for people to rise, in the future, I will find an opportunity to abolish it."
Tentative questions, understatement answers, but the idea is explosively subversive.
Huan Yanfan looked confused, this young man didn't know what he was talking about...... Is this to challenge the entire Tang Dynasty's scholar class?
“…… I'm joking, livening up the atmosphere. ”
Li Ranwan smiled and lifted the topic, but sighed slightly in his heart.
This is the second time that he has proposed to break down the class barrier in front of the scholars, and the last time it was Zhang Khan Zhi, without exception, this group of Qingliu people representing the most elite of the scholar clan were clearly opposed, so that he knew the extent of resistance to this move.
Fortunately, he is young, take his time.
The noble class has a solid foundation, and if he does not have it now, it does not mean that he will not have it in the future.
The answer lies in the working class...... More than a thousand years later, it was the vanguard of the working class that broke the shackles of the feudal dynasty!
As long as he cultivates a force that cannot be ignored, Li Ran believes that the changes he wants will naturally come naturally.
Now is the time to take a crucial first step.
This trial version of the labor law will eventually become one of the codes of Datang, ensuring that the weak working class will thrive!
Four hours later, the draft of the ordinance was released.
It was posted on the main roads of Jinyang City as quickly as possible.
The entire Jinyang City instantly surged into an uproar.
"How can a mere worker act like a pro-calf of the government?"
Everyone's opinion is surprisingly unanimous, and the strength of the support is really more concerned than the father for his son.
As long as you are willing to register as a 'worker' with the government, you can enjoy a series of preferential treatments, including no less than a certain amount of wages, free food stamps, etc., which makes others angry.
There is no shortage of people who are the first to eat crabs.
In desperation, the peasants hesitated and walked to the registration office of the yamen, unaware that their hesitant decision had changed their lives.
Li Ran fulfilled his promise on the spot.
At the same time as registering, a certain amount of settling-in allowance will be issued!
Ready-made food and food stamps included!
Seeing that the government is so 'sincere', more and more people choose to become 'workers', like a snowball, the herd mentality makes more people no longer hesitate.
Finally, two days later, Li Ran waited for the prey he wanted to harvest the most.
The black tenant farmers of the landlord's old rich family!