This era is an era of change, the first group of people to change is many, and the Ming government is among them, the reason is very simple, officials see the use of new production methods to enrich the treasury, the use of new taxation methods can abolish the two taxes, in a word, with new things to make the country strong. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even from a personal point of view, officials have found that encouraging the development of industry is the quickest and least dangerous way to make political gains. When the tax in one's own territory has doubled in just a few years, and the people have not been exploited, this is a kind of political achievement.

Therefore, the government's handling of this incident intends to use a quick knife to cut through the mess and solve the problem quickly and forcefully, and the way is to conduct a trial as soon as possible, and then exile a few kiln burners.

The reason why they decided to be quick was because they felt that an anti-government public opinion was forming, and this public opinion was even bigger than the last Nylon Hall incident.

After all, it was a businessman who was making trouble in Nylon Hall, and the people who directly caused the trouble were not workers, but a group of hooligans who could not see people, so although the number of workers involved in that incident was hundreds of thousands, public opinion was still more or less on both sides.

But this time is different, according to the interrogation of the Criminal Department, these people are really a group of kiln burners. The number of people is not much, only more than thirty, and it is a large clan that makes a living from the kilns of the nearby era.

Their family began to burn kilns since the Ming Dynasty, their old kiln mouth in Xin'an under the eagle's beak mountain, fired green bricks used to be sold in Xin'an, Dongguan and other places, feeding the whole family up and down more than 300 people.

But now the livelihood is declining, and the end of the year is approaching, but the kiln has not been fired a few times in the past year. A group of depressed young people got together and drank a few more glasses, and when they became bold, they lost their temper, and the more they talked, the more angry they became, and someone proposed to smash the brick factory, and so it came.

Their plight is worthy of sympathy, but their behavior is unforgivable, and there is a precedent for the nylon hall, and the government thinks that it will be easy to close the case by suing them in court.

But public opinion has risen.

Especially a few months ago, a group of old masters whose spiritual beliefs collapsed in Zeng Guofan's handling of the Tianjin teaching case suddenly seemed to have found a consensus, and they were the first to stand up and speak for the kiln workers. Even if someone thinks that the kiln worker is doing something wrong, he does not dare to stand up and speak at this time. Therefore, there was a one-sided voice in public opinion in favor of the kiln burners.

This puts a lot of pressure on the government.

In the face of the one-sided anti-government remarks of public opinion, Chen Zhiting panicked, who doesn't care about reputation among officials in this era? A great Confucian like Zeng Guofan, who has a deep recuperation, will fall ill because of the scolding of the world, Chen Zhiting's qi cultivation kung fu is far inferior to Zeng Guofan, and he feels a little indecided.

He used to come to Zhu Jinglun when he couldn't make a decision, and he was not a tough official in the first place, and he was far inferior to a Manchu official like Ding Richang.

"They're breaking the law, aren't they?"

Zhu Jinglun asked him.

Chen Zhiting nodded.

"What's that about you?"

Chen Zhiting immediately didn't understand, what did the emperor mean by this.

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "They broke the law, naturally there is a judicial process, is it useful for you to worry so much?" Do you want to interfere with the administration of justice? Are the courts in your hands? ”

The continuous questioning made Chen Zhiting feel like an initiation, yes, these things are not under his control, arresting and interrogating people, that is the matter of the Criminal Department, and it is indeed a matter within the six parts, but the court does not belong to the six departments, Zhu Jinglun was directly assigned to Menxia Province, which is regarded as the supervision department.

But the problem is that people all over the world are now scolding the government, saying that the government is mediocre and incompetent, and that he is a traitor, Chen Zhiting is Shang Shuling, he is the prime minister, scolding the government is not scolding him, and someone really scolds him by name.

"You owe too much in this city, how can you not be scolded as an official. As long as he doesn't point at your nose and scold you, don't hear it. There are many more scolding for me than for you, if I think about this every day, will I still not be able to live? ”

Zhu Jinglun didn't lie, he scolded Zhu Jinglun a lot, but most of them were scholars outside the Ming Dynasty, and for those people, Zhu Jinglun is now a traitor.

Chen Zhiting sighed: "Then what can I do?" ”

He really didn't want to be scolded.

Zhu Jinglun sighed: "Give those family members some care." We can't let the lonely and widow sit in poverty, and let the poor and weak wait to die. ”

Chen Zhiting nodded, the situation is already very clear, and the unclear local newspapers have already made it clear, those people are really poor kiln workers, and they really can't live anymore, most people have made a living by doing odd jobs this year, and they are obviously craftsmen but can't use their skills to eat, so they do such a wrong thing. According to the current law, they are undoubtedly exiled, but what about their sons, their wives, and their old parents. Most of them are the ones with the most stressful lives, and their families are also the worst. Slightly better, not so angry as this.

But Chen Zhiting has a concern: "If the family members of the prisoners are taken care of by the government, doesn't this encourage crime?" ”

That's from a political point of view. According to the practice passed down from generation to generation, Chinese law is about connection, not comfort.

Zhu Jinglun considers this issue from the perspective of human nature.

"The prisoners are also our people, and they make mistakes for a while, but their families are innocent. I believe that they can correct their mistakes and come back after a few years of exile. ”

Chen Zhiting rationally felt that there would be endless trouble in doing this, but emotionally he also felt much more comfortable, and on the other hand, if the government did this, the government would be less severely punished.

Chen Zhiting nodded.

Zhu Jinglun continued: "If you don't come to me, I will also look for you." This incident has to be a wake-up call for those of us in high positions. Don't look ahead for this one, similar things will happen again and again in the future, maybe for twenty or thirty years. This incident may be an isolated case, but it tells us one thing - the common people have grievances! ”

Chen Zhiting's expression became solemn, the common people have grievances This is a big deal, and if there is a grievance, there will be a big incident, and the big cases of all dynasties and dynasties in history have not all appeared like this.

"In the past few years, many people's lives have not been easy, life is more difficult than before, but it is not yet to the point where they can't live. I'm afraid that I will have to endure this kind of hardship for a few more years, and maybe an entire generation will have to endure hardship. ”

The transition period of industrialization, it is difficult to complete without a generation, and it must be completed in a generation, otherwise it may not be completed, many people discuss why Argentina suddenly stagnated from a world-class rich country, some from an economic analysis, some from a political point of view, but few people explain it from the perspective of human nature.

Zhu Jinglun understands a truth, no matter how loud the slogan, no matter how great the goal, at most you can only encourage a generation to sacrifice and dedicate, and no one can let a nation or a country last for several generations to sacrifice for an illusory ideal.

If the Argentines do not complete industrialization in one generation, then they completely lose the opportunity, and in the future generations, they can only accept pleasure, and they will never do it if they suffer, because their parents and grandparents have done it, and there is no result, so what reason is there for their generation to do such stupid things again?

If one generation suffers, it will take twenty or thirty years, and this generation will not suffer, and the gap that falls behind will always have to be chased by another generation in the future, and they can only catch up harder and more tired.

Zhu Jinglun is absolutely unwilling to push this responsibility to future generations, in fact, now he can also choose more people's livelihood, he can completely limit the development of large tea gardens, let those small tea gardens enjoy the benefits of a monopoly for one or two decades, but after that, Indian tea came up, they still have to go bankrupt, the gap after twenty years, but it really can't catch up, this time cost is often the biggest opportunity cost, in the concept of Chinese, is luck, you lose that atmospheric luck, and then want to encounter, not so good things, Unless you are the illegitimate child of God.

"We can't let the people live a good life for a long time, and we can't let them have no resentment in their hearts, but we have to let them have grievances and settle them, and we have to let them have a place to be reasonable. The court is a place to reason, so we must insist that the court dare to speak. No one can interfere with the adjudication of a case in court. It's just that the common people don't like to fight lawsuits very much now, otherwise they wouldn't have used knives to speak. They are all illiterate, but let them know that there is a place for reasoning. I thought about it for a long time, and it seems that we can do something now. The government is now in charge of all the schools, and mathematics is also taught in primary schools, but there is still a subject missing, law! ”

Education is certainly a must, the purpose of modern education, the Chinese have long taken a detour, after the new China has been for the purpose of cultivating the most urgently needed talents for the country, vigorously emphasizing the importance of mathematics, physics and chemistry, trying to make up for the serious lack of natural science in traditional culture, but overkill, but ignoring the strong humanistic atmosphere in traditional culture.

The purpose of Westerners' education is to train qualified citizens for society, and as for talents, they are born out of their own struggle, not the obligation of the state. As a result, the worldview of Westerners is more normal, and there is not so much utilitarianism.

However, there is a lack of legal education in the Chinese tradition, and the traditional view of the law is often relatively negative, and those who love to fight lawsuits are immoral, and the result of settling litigation is that the law has not become the last barrier to ensure justice. Coupled with the dereliction of duty of officials, the law is indeed unfair, and in the end, no one believes in the law.

What better way to do this than to educate children about their legal awareness from an early age.

"Let's discuss this matter with the Ministry of Punishment."

The Ministry of Rites is in charge of education, the Ministry of Criminal Justice is in charge of justice, and the issue of legal education is, of course, the best way to come up with a plan for the two ministries to jointly agree.

"This is a long-term thing, and the next generation can have an effect, and this generation will have to suffer. But let them endure hardship, and let them know why they endure hardship, and let them know that they have a result of suffering. We have to let everyone know that if they are suffering now, the next generation will not be suffering. Now that the Ministry of Industry is vigorously promoting the development of the industry, isn't it just to use the people to do things, and let the Ministry of Industry take the lead in telling everyone this truth. Whether it is a notice or an advertisement, so that everyone has a hope, it is right not to despair. ”

If people don't despair, people won't be desperate, this is where Zhu Jinglun realized from the phenomenon of immigration that has obviously greatly reduced the number but calmed people's hearts, because he gave people the last bit of hope.

After Chen Zhiting returned, he immediately followed Zhu Jinglun's instructions and asked the Criminal Department and the Ministry of Rites to discuss the issue of popularizing the concept of the legal system, and let the people know that the public court is the last place to reason. Let the Ministry of Industry come forward to publicize the concept of enriching the people, and for this purpose, 100,000 taels are allocated to the Ministry of Industry every year as propaganda expenses.

Regarding the handling of the problem of smashing the brick factory, the angry kiln workers were still sentenced to exile and exiled to Alaska, but because there were no dead people in this incident, the exile period was only three years, and the government promised to take care of their families, and the kiln workers who came to their senses pleaded guilty.

Of course, there is still a group of elites who think they are thinking about the country, criticizing the government for this kind of practice, which is encouraging the mob to break the law, and there are also scolding the government for only knowing that it bought people's hearts when something happened, and what did it do earlier.

But Chen Zhiting knew that the government came forward to take care of those old and weak only out of benevolence, just because they couldn't survive without the pillars of the family, not because of other political considerations, he did this with a clear conscience, and suddenly felt that those scoldings didn't seem to be worth caring about at all.

The problems at home are troublesome, the problems abroad are also a mess, and the most troublesome are the French.

During the fall of the French government, the German Confederation attacked Paris as if it were no man's land, and surrounded Paris, attracting the attention of all Europe.