Chapter 100: The Ugly Side (Asking for a Monthly Pass!) Read! ）

“…… Compulsory work camps are by no means different from prisons or hard labor camps in the popular sense, and the purpose of compulsory work camps is not at all to extract the profits obtained from the sweat of the inmates, correspondingly, the primary goal of the compulsory work camp is to correct the bad thoughts of prisoners, so as to ensure the safety and stability of the whole society, and at the same time, to teach people a certain means of livelihood for the purpose of ......"

-- Ministry of Justice of the Chinese Empire

Wangjiang Hotel is a newly built high-grade hotel in Wuhan recently, the guests here are either businessmen who have passed through Wuhan, or wealthy businessmen in Wuhan, and occasionally there will be some officials who dine here, of course, most of the time, these officials still avoid dining in this kind of place, the more upscale the place, the easier it is to attract the attention of others.

After all, no one knows whether today's meal will be published in the newspaper tomorrow, and those journalists always like to find trouble in being officials, and criticizing the state system may be mistaken for a "republican," but criticizing officials for being honest and honest is the responsibility of exercising public opinion supervision.

However, some people will be worried, and some people have no scruples, just like some of the officers who dine in the local restaurant, the income of the current ** officials is generally higher than that of ordinary officials, and they are not jiāo most of the time and in the place, so they dare to eat without worries in this kind of high-end restaurant, although it is inevitable that there are still some "business" xìng quality meals.

In a box on the second floor of the Wangjiang Hotel, several directors of the Wuhan Chamber of Commerce were entertaining an officer, and after a burst of laughter, the atmosphere in the box changed slightly with the words of an NV sergeant, and everyone turned their attention to the officer with the rank of captain.

"If you don't work, you can't eat"

In the face of doubts, the officer who put down the cutlery looked at the guest in front of him and explained.

"Through labor the transformation of those of the old who never worked, and did not know how to work, or ......"

With the help of taking a sip of tea from the teacup, Wei Xiangzhong said for a moment.

"Teach Them How to Work"

Faced with the confusion of the other people at the table, he continued to explain.

"In the past few hundred years, they have not been engaged in production, except for drinking tea and walking birds, and what they refer to is the salary and silver issued by the colonial government to squeeze the people's fat for a living, and they do not study, agriculture, or business, so to speak, after hundreds of years, these people have even lost their way to make a living, if the imperial government pushes these millions into society, or sweeps away the ground, what will happen to these people who have no money and no means of livelihood?"

At the same time of rhetorical questioning, Wei Xiangzhong turned his attention to Li Huiru, who was said to have studied in the United States, at the table, if the greatest benefit of national recovery is what, I am afraid that it is free love, the state legally encourages free love, and also encourages NV people to go out of the inner room, just like the royal ball, the ladies always have to participate.

As a young man, Wei Xiangzhong, who is still unmarried, almost a week ago, after meeting this Li Xiǎo sister, fell in love with her appearance and versatility.

"Maybe they will starve to death or become beggars"

Li Huiru nodded, this time she didn't deny it, but her education experience in the United States made it difficult for her to accept this kind of forced work, and his so-called "good deeds" were completely caused by what she had done before, and then she asked.

"But if the government hadn't confiscated their property and personal property, maybe ......"

"Sister Li Xiǎo"

Zhu Zizhong, who was sitting on the side, interrupted her words in a solemn voice.

"It was not the government that confiscated their property and personal property, but a decision made under the dual judicial decision of the Supreme Court and the Ministry of Justice, which is not only in accordance with traditional Chinese law, but also does not violate the common principles of international law"

Seeing that Li Huiru seemed a little puzzled, Zhu Zizhong, as a prosecutor, further explained.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the implementation of the "Manchu and Han separation" system, in addition to the Beijing banner people migrated to the inner city, with knives and axes to drive the Han people to move outside the city, in the garrison to build the city one after another, is also the law of forcible eviction, its real estate is plundered, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the land was frantically plundered, there were three enclosure orders, with brutal means to occupy the land of ordinary people, the time of enclosure lasted for more than 40 years, and the area was extremely extensive, in addition to Zhili Province, the eight banners were stationed in various places, such as in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, Ningxia, Some areas in Sichuan and other provinces have also carried out large-scale land enclosures, and at the same time as large-scale land enclosures, the people on the cultivated land that have been enclosed have been forcibly detained as slaves, seizing people's real estate and real estate, and plundering people as slaves. And now the act of returning the plundered property and filth to the bitter lord ...... to me",

With a cold snort, Zhu Zizhong took a sip of wine.

"Some people say that this is the coming of justice, but what I want to say is that justice ...... At this time, it was discounted, and the blood of 200 million ancestors ...... They still owe it."

With that, he stretched out again

"Although Mr. Sun, a republican, will soon return to China to stand trial, and I am not ashamed of the republicans colluding with other countries and betraying the country, but the accusation that the Manchu colonial rulers "are corrupt and unreasonable, which is unprecedented in the past 260 years, the cruelty of foreign races, and the poison of tyrants, which make my Han people unbearable, and the ninth generation will never forget", I agree, but ...... Slaughtering like a barbarian is definitely not the work of my Emperor and Han clan......"

Zhu Zizhong's words carry a strong "national" complex, but in fact, recovering the long-lost "national mood" is exactly what this nation needs now, and it is also praised by the times, and only through suffering can we understand the heaviness of the word "nation", and it is precisely because of this that the country has always been divided in the treatment of those people.

"But last year's trial was correct, but I personally disagree with the behavior of "teaching them to work and atoning for their sins with labor", of course, Sister Li Xiǎo"

Zhu Zizhong raised his horn and spoke.

"But my objection is not the concentrationcamp mentioned by Sister Li Xiǎo's mouth, but this forced work, which is really ...... Too merciful."

Too kind? So what should be done to be harsh? Li Huiru obviously didn't expect to hear such a sentence from the mouth of a prosecutor.

"My prosecutor, we're not butchers, are we?"

When Li Huiru showed a look of surprise, Wei Xiangzhong interrupted him.

"And we have to see that forced work can not only give those people a livelihood, but likewise, it can also create value for the whole country, and this value is beyond our imagination, well, how to say it?"

Wei Xiangzhong was silent for a while, and when he saw that Li Huiru looked quite interested, he then began to explain the role and significance of the forced work camp as if he was selling nòng in front of the NV people.

"Let's put it this way, there is a simplest analogy, in many projects, for example, we can see the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge project every day, as well as the Huai River diversion and dredging project, especially the construction of coal mines, iron mines, copper mines, tungsten mines and railway tunnels in various places, if we hire civilians, we must first build houses for them to live in, which is the minimum condition to be guaranteed."

As if selling nòng, he continued.

"But if we use those people, we don't need to think about these things, the superiors assign us tasks, and then we go to the scientific division, and then jiāo give those people and let them complete the tasks, like the construction of the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, the underwater caisson construction of the bridge pile is very risky, high risk means high wages, if we hire workers, we need to pay at least one yuan a day, and with forced work, we only need to provide him with one type of work"

"Labor?"

Whether it was Li Huiru or Zhu Zizhong and the other people at the table, they were all equally stunned, if it weren't for the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge to transfer more than 5,000 "forced laborers", I am afraid that they would not have been able to come into contact with forced work at all, let alone know the mystery of it.

"Yes, the division of work is a system implemented in the compulsory work camp, the division of work and food are linked, for example, the basic ration is 10 points, the workload of the day can be divided into 10 parts, complete 10 portions, you can get the basic food ration, if you complete 15 portions, you can receive half more rations, and these rations, he can enjoy himself, can also be distributed to his family, it is this kind of system of more work and more rewards, to a great extent improve their work efficiency and ......"

After a pause, a hint of smugness appeared in Wei Xiangzhong.

"Two months ago, at my request, in the 193rd compulsory camp, a new system of rewards and punishments was introduced, and labor competitions were launched, such as what kind of labor assault movement, what kind of non-stop work movement, and the mode of these labor competitions is to further increase labor efficiency, for example, last month, a worker in the compulsory camp coal mine, he dug 46 tons of coal in one day, and in six working days, he mined as many as 240 tons of coal, which is nearly twice as much as the hired miners in the Huainan coal mine, which is the most efficient. became the fourth labor raider of the whole mine, and in return I gave him special permission to be reunited with his family for two weeks, and also provided additional food rations,"

Then Wei Xiangzhong stared at the people around him, looked at them and said seriously.

"How much is 240 tons of coal mine? The ex-factory price is close to 600 yuan, and how much does it cost to mine this coal? ”

Wei Xiangzhong leaned lightly towards the back of the chair.

"In the operation of coal mines, the cost of a ton of coal, manpower accounts for 60, and I there, only account for 10 and this is under the premise that the actual cost of a ton of coal is lower than that of private coal mines 50, at present, my coal mine produces 1,000 tons of coal a day, and a day for the country to make a profit of more than 4,000 yuan, the coal mine has been put into operation for less than four months, creating a value of more than 100,000 yuan, I have full confidence that by the end of the year, the coal mine alone can hand over one million yuan."

In the midst of everyone's surprise, Wei Xiangzhong said proudly.

"And my goal is that when we celebrate the first anniversary of the founding of the empire next year, the 193rd compulsory battalion will hand over 1.8 million yuan."

When his words stopped, everyone was stunned, one labor camp paid 1.6 million yuan, then according to the number in his mouth, there were at least 193 labor camps, and only these forced labor camps created a wealth of 300 million yuan a year.

"Last month, I read a newspaper mentioning that the state is ready to invest 350 million yuan in the northeast region to establish a new iron, steel, steel production of more than 6 million tons of large iron and steel enterprises, maybe you don't believe it, this iron and steel enterprise does not even need the state or the people to bear a penny, because the funds required by this enterprise are completely provided by us"

Wei Xiangzhong, who looked like he was in sè, looked at Li Huiru, who was surprised.

"In order to improve the people's livelihood, we have exempted the farmers from the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, in order to allow the development of commerce and industry, we have exempted the past harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes and road fees, but also to provide at least 30 loans and three years of tax exemption for new factories, we also need to develop education, all this needs money, but we are a poor country, but what does the country have to rely on to get compensation? When I was the director of the labor camp, I studied some materials in Western countries, and many scholars believe that forced labor is not efficient at all, but in my opinion this is just the prejudice of some people, and in China, these forced workers have greatly contributed to the growth of China's economy, especially in our poor country."

After making a conclusion with some speech-like words, Wei Xiangzhong was like an idealist who would have that kind of demeanor, and he looked at everyone.

"Perhaps, in the eyes of some friends, because they owe us a blood debt, we should pay it with blood, but that is obviously not what we should do, and the work of forced work not only teaches the parasites how to work and how to earn a living, but likewise, their labor is also compensating for the sins they have committed, is not it the best of both worlds?"

After Wei Xiangzhong stopped talking, everyone fell into deep thought, and there was even some strange look in the eyes of several businessmen at the table, for them, they may have seen the business opportunities, but Li Huiru asked rhetorically after being silent for a while.

"So will they be released eventually?"

A faint rhetorical question made everyone at the table turn their eyes to Wei Xiangzhong, yes, how long will the forced work last?

"This ...... Perhaps Prosecutor Zhu can answer this question As a military police officer, my task is only to be responsible for enforcing the normal operation of the work camp and increasing the profits of the work camp as much as possible, and this is the issue I need to care about. ”

Faced with Li Huiru's question, Wei Xiangzhong directly kicked the question to the only legal official at this table.

"Hmmm......"

Zhu Zizhong, who was originally immersed in the amazing value created by forced work, hesitated for a while before replying.

"I'm afraid this question will require the Supreme Court to answer"

When he said this, Zhu Zizhong thought in his heart, he must not release those people, since they can create so much value and start a large steel enterprise in a year, what about ten or twenty years?

In the end, perhaps, as Wei Xiangzhong said, in the end, they will use their labor to atone for their sins, and perhaps, perhaps, perhaps it should be suggested that the state should further expand the scope of this compulsory work, not only to a certain group of people, but also to all prisoners, so that those prisoners can carry out compulsory work, so as to change their mentality.

"You can't detain them indefinitely."

Li Huiru still asked unrelentingly, in her opinion, if there were no interests, they might be released soon, but now interests will drive the continuous implementation of this kind of coercive work. ,

"I think that when the time is right, when the time comes, Your Majesty will pardon those people"

As soon as Zhu Zizhong's voice fell, Zhang Rongchao, who was originally interested in Wei Xiangzhong's words, hurriedly said.

"Yes, we must wait until the conditions are ripe, and release them now, even if others agree, I will not agree"

As he spoke, Zhang Rongchao, the wealthy owner who bought the Pingxiang Coal Mine with financing last year, put on a generous face.

"Those things owe us hundreds of millions of lives, if we don't have those hún eggs, we can't keep it, now our China is the same as that Great Britain, it has long been one of the world's top powers, so as for us to let the foreign devils bully so badly, I look at those foreign devils in the concession all day long, how can I be described by an angry word in my heart, the national shame."

sighed, and when everyone nodded, Zhang Rongchao raised his words.

"Who brought this national shame, it's not all those hún eggs, when we were restored, let those hún eggs leak the knife, that is a great grace, and now, this is compulsory, huh...... Work, that's a blessing in the world, is there a kind person like us? ”

"Not only do you feed and shelter them, but you also teach them how to work...... It's so kind, it's a bit too kind, there are so many beggars on the street, we can't make the beggars not hungry, but let these hún balls eat and drink, let them work, what a grace it is, they have to thank us with grace and virtue."

As he spoke, he clenched his fists again.

"Your Majesty has been gracious so far, I think they have nothing to complain about."

When he gave a compliment, he asked flatteringly.

"Chief Wei, I don't know what kind of work method this work camp is, and what is going on in your coal mine......"

When he said this, almost all people poured out two words in their hearts, "jiān businessman", a typical jiān businessman, since he asked so, he must have wanted to ......

"Humph......"

With a sneer, Li Huiru glanced at Zhang Rongchao, and then looked at Wei Xiangzhong.

"Is this the so-called purpose of not profiting from the sweat of the detainees?"

After that, she stood up and looked at the Yangtze River outside the window, on the river in the distance, a few brightly lit pile boxes were faintly visible, she really couldn't figure it out, why, why some things always have an extremely ugly side?