Chapter 588: The Banner Man Goes to School (Part II)
"Husband, those hundreds of thousands of banner people in the capital will be sent to various vocational training schools, technical schools, and crash courses for various vocational skills in batches. Then they can choose their own means of livelihood according to their own interests and various abilities, and then after the training is completed, they will be given priority to work, even more than many Han people. But, husband, are you really okay with that? Can we really get them all to listen to us? Liu Xue asked.
Liu Xue is one of Wang Guorui's women, and she is also the director of the Labor Department in the Taiwan government, responsible for the protection of workers' rights and interests. And those vocational skills schools and other schools, Liu Xue is also responsible for these things, these vocational skills training schools are managed by the Department of Labor, and then subject to the supervision and guidance of the Ministry of Education, but the main management power is still in the Department of Labor. In the future, the Department of Labor will be gradually upgraded to the Ministry of Labor, which can be regarded as one of the most important departments. Now Wang Guorui has given Liu Xue a task, that is, to let those flag people enter various skill training schools, and hundreds of thousands of flag people will go in to learn livelihood skills, so that they can also make a living.
"That's right, this is a very important thing, and it must be well prepared. Since ancient times, our Chinese vocational skills have been passed down from generation to generation, and what our ancestors have done and what our descendants have done. Many vocational skills are also passed down from father to son, son to grandson, and almost from generation to generation. The farmer's son is a farmer, the butcher's son is a butcher, and they don't have much choice. The reason for this situation is that it is related to the underdevelopment of vocational education. Because in ancient times, the secrecy of these crafts was very strict, and not many people were willing to pass them on to non-biological children. There are even stereotypes that pass on men to women. ”
"In this case. Once the inheritance is broken, the consequences can be very serious. Although many people think that these flag men are useless, they have no ability at all, and they are not worth reusing. Even many Emperor Banner People thought that Banner People were unavailable, that they had no ability to make a living, and that they all lived on their banners. It's a very lazy bunch. But I don't see it that way, I think these flag men actually need to be saved. It's not that they're willing to be lazy and degenerate, it's that no one gives them a chance to pick themselves up. ”
"As I just said, the inheritance of all kinds of professions in China is the inheritance of one line from generation to another, and once a certain node of this line is broken, this ability will also be broken. When the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, they wanted to ensure the combat effectiveness of the banner people. did not hesitate to pay them salaries, that is, flag salaries, so that they could concentrate on martial arts. But in fact, they are also a group of people who suddenly became rich, they used to have a very hard life, but suddenly became rich, in this case they will also become happy to enjoy, and unwilling to work hard. ”
"They were already greedy for enjoyment, and it was just the founding of the country. The finances of the Manchus were still good, enough for them to live a good life. But in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. suppressed Wang Cong'er's uprising, and then to the middle decline of the Daoguang period in Jiaqing, and then to the turmoil of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the late Qing Dynasty, and then devoured the financial revenues of the Manchu Qing Dynasty step by step. The Manchu Dynasty's financial revenue was reduced and could not meet the needs of the banner people, so they did not increase the banner salary of the banner people for many years. And they also set up all kinds of rules and regulations. From the beginning, the flag people can get the flag salary, and then only the soldiers can get the flag salary, it is conceivable that these people are not doing well! ”
Liu Xue immediately asked: "Then these flag people won't look for jobs?" ”
"To find a job, the first thing you have to face is the first one, the Manchu court did not let them look for a job. Do not allow them to engage in agriculture, industry and commerce. Second, they can't pull their faces, they have been uncles for so many years, and they are embarrassed to work for the Han people! ”
"Of course, the first two are not too difficult. The most important one, that is, they have no ability to make a living! Their ancestors fought wars, and then they began to lust for pleasure and lost their family business. Coupled with the dwindling salaries, it is simply not enough for them to live. It's not that they don't want to make a living, it's that they've long since lost their ability to make a living. It's like a rich boy who has no worries about food and clothing, he has lived a rich life since he was a child, and then he suddenly went bankrupt one day, and he became a poor man. What do you think he'll do? He can't farm, he can't work, he can't do anything, maybe he can only beg on the streets. ”
In addition, there was no vocational skills training in ancient times, and other people were unwilling to teach their vocational skills to an outsider, so they had no channels to learn the ability to make a living. In such a situation, they are naturally dissatisfied. Therefore, I specially set up vocational skills training courses for these banner people, and even gave priority to them to go to work, all of which were to break the resistance of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Once the banner people have a means of livelihood and have a suitable job, they can really make a living on their own, then they will not look forward to the restoration of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, that is, some Manchurian nobles were making a fuss, and ordinary flag people would not participate together. ”
Wang Guorui told Liu Xue this, in fact, the core idea is a very important point, that is, the flag people are not completely incompetent. They just don't have the means to make a living. Many later novels of the late Qing Dynasty also flaunted the flag man as a lazy and incompetent situation, but Wang Guorui came to this era, in fact, he found that the flag man in the late Qing Dynasty was not so terrifying. It's not that they don't want to make a living, it's that they don't have the means to make a living. China's vocational skills inheritance system undermines their means of earning a living.
So they have nowhere to make a living, they can only do nothing. According to Wang Guorui's speculation, the reason why they chose to actively participate in the restoration in the original history was actually that they had no means of livelihood. Originally, many time-traveling novels regarded them as people who were keen on restoration, but they seriously ignored their lack of means to seek depth. Because they had no means of livelihood, they were completely cut off from their salaries after the revolution, and they could not earn a living even after they had no income. If there is no job, there is no income, and if there is no income, it is naturally dissatisfied with the society and the government. Once they are dissatisfied, then they will also make trouble. For example, any restoration, they are actually just a kind of troublemaking behavior because of unemployment. Under the rule of the Manchus, they had a banner salary, and although they could not eat enough, they were able to starve to death. However, when the new government had no salary and could not find a job, they naturally "chose the lesser of two evils" and chose to participate in the restoration.
So this is also the reason why they are considered to be keen on restoration, keen on conservatism. In fact, the Manchus are not all old-fashioned, and even among the Manchu officials, there are enlightened factions, such as Yiliang, the governor of Liangjiang decades ago, who is a real enlightened faction.
"We in Taiwan are different from the past, we have a well-established vocational education system, and we can fully assume the responsibility of training skilled workers. If they are unemployed for a long time and have no source of income, they will naturally be dissatisfied with me. When the time comes, they will naturally choose to come together with the old restoration factions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This is also normal, because there is no income to make trouble with the government, which is available in any country. In fact, their participation in the restoration is just a vent of dissatisfaction with the government under certain income conditions, and we don't really need to regard them as supporters of the restoration. As long as we can find them a job, a stable job, and a stable income, they will live with peace of mind. These bannermen have passed hundreds of years and have long lost the desperate courage of their ancestors. So as long as we are willing to really find them a stable job and a stable income, then they will be satisfied. ”
"I don't have to guard against them strictly, as long as they have a stable job and income, no matter how much those high-ranking officials and nobles in the Manchu Qing Dynasty incite them to restore, they will choose to stand on our side. The world is big, and the rice bowl is the biggest, this truth is not only for us Han people, but also for these Manchurians. They don't care whether the court is Manchu or Han, as long as we don't kill at will, so that they can survive and have a stable job, they will be willing to support us. Only those Manchu officials and nobles who are full of men and don't know that hungry men are hungry, they have not experienced the hardships of the low-level banner people, so they will choose to restore. ”
Wang Guorui does not think that the Manchus are incompetent, and there is no shortage of Manchu celebrities in the 21st century, and even among the founding generals and various founding fathers, there are many Manchus. Even Wang Guorui thought that if there was not a satisfied general who died early, if he had lived to the founding of the country, maybe he would have been able to become a marshal! Therefore, the Manchurians are not bad, but in fact, it is a deformed system that restricts them and makes it impossible for them to survive normally. As long as you are willing to open a door specifically for them, they will not choose to fight you to the end. If you don't give them a way to live, let alone the Manchurians, even the Han people will not support you. Therefore, only by doing a good job in their employment can they truly support you. Otherwise, the employment problem can't be solved, let alone Manchurian, even Han people won't support you. (To be continued......)