Someone once said that capital came into the world with blood and filth from head to toe, from every pore. The primitive accumulation of capital is through plunder, and the accumulation of capital is also through exploitation.

Although capital flees from turmoil and strife, it is timid by nature, but it is not complete. Capital is more afraid of no profit or too little profit, just as nature is afraid of a vacuum, and once there is a proper profit, capital becomes emboldened. If there is a 10 percent profit, it is guaranteed to be used everywhere, if there is a 20 percent profit, it becomes active, and if there is a 50 percent profit, it takes risks. For the sake of 100 per cent profits, it dares to trample on all human laws, and with 300 per cent profits, it dares to commit any crime, even to the risk of hanging its head, and if turmoil and strife can bring profits, it encourages unrest and strife, as evidenced by smuggling and trafficking.

Nowadays, the Han Dynasty is in a stage of capital germination, especially with the full support of the imperial court, the industrial and commercial environment is very good, and the huge population base of the Han Dynasty makes the labor surplus, coupled with the prosperity and stability of the Han Dynasty after its establishment, and the rise of the financial industry, which also provides an excellent environment for the germination of capital.

Capitalism is a monster, but at this stage, Liu Jun thinks that this giant beast is used well and can bring more benefits to the Han Dynasty, and the benefits outweigh the disadvantages, but Liu Jun does not dare to relax in the slightest. He knows very well that the power of the capital monster is extremely strong, and if it is used well, it can become a boost, and if it is not controlled well, it will backfire its master.

Those who shouted that the boss was a bastard in the night market and ran away if they didn't pay their wages, which made Liu Jun pay attention to it. He was not the neighbor's king butcher and others, and he was most concerned about the price and style of the leather shoes, and then he was sympathetic to those leather shoe workers.

Liu Jun looked at the problems reflected behind this incident.

Therefore, he asked Dongchang to investigate the matter as soon as possible, and he had to find out before and after.

The Dragon Boat Festival is a statutory holiday, with only one day of holiday, but people in this era are also very smart and have long understood the means of compensating for holidays. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival plus the Saturday and Sunday holidays are compensated, so it is a three-day holiday.

Three days is enough time for Dongchang to check the incident, inside and out.

The investigation report of the whole matter has been presented on Liu Jun's imperial case, and after reading these results, Liu Jun found that he had indeed not done enough before, and some things were ignored.

"Your Majesty, the prefect of Tongzhou is waiting outside the palace!" The chamberlain retribution.

"Let him in."

Tongzhou belongs to Shuntianfu, which was originally a Zhili prefecture, and was later abolished by the Han Dynasty and merged with all the states of the province. Or downgraded to a county or promoted to a government, Tongzhou was therefore promoted to a government, with Sanhe, Wuqing, Xianghe, Miao County four counties. Because Tongzhou is close to Jingshi, the canal was basically only navigable to Tongzhou in the past, so Tongzhou became an important wharf outside Beijing.

The Han Dynasty established the country, repaired the reservoir in Yanqing, Huailai, and dredged and widened the Yongding River, Chaobai River, Shahe River, etc., and the North Canal has been able to directly lead to the gate of Jingshi. However, Jingshi moved a large number of workshops out of Jingshi, and many of them moved to Tongzhou. In addition, the imperial court built many new factories in Gyeonggi. Tongzhou has also become a new industrial city because of its close proximity to Beijing and its location on the edge of the canal, especially light industries such as shoes, clothing, textiles, etc.

The local fiscal revenue of Tongzhou Prefecture in the past two years has been very considerable. The amount of national taxes paid is also considerable. When he took office as the governor of Tongzhou, because he presided over Tongzhou, the economy was doing well, and as a result, he received an excellent evaluation in the last assessment. Even the emperor gave praise to him, so he was finally promoted to the political envoy of Zuobu in Monan Province and became a high-ranking provincial official.

The new prefect was originally the deputy of the previous prefect. This time, it was logical to be promoted to a full-time position. But this new official has not been in office for half a month, but the emperor has summoned him to the palace to meet him, and the prefect is really a little scared, and he doesn't know what is going on.

Chen Pengshan, the prefect of Tongzhou, is in his early forties, and now he is the prefect of Sipin, or the prefect of Gyeonggi, which can be regarded as having a bright future. But it was the first time he entered the palace to face the saint, walking in the golden and brilliant hall, his waist was bent, and he didn't dare to raise his head, but he just followed the footsteps of the chamberlain.

When he arrived at the south study, Chen Pengshan hurriedly knelt.

A majestic voice came from the front, "There is no kneeling in this dynasty, and I summoned you to come, and you didn't ask you to kneel." ”

Chen Pengshan thought in his heart, this is undoubtedly the emperor's voice, but listening to this voice, it seems that the emperor is dissatisfied with himself. He bowed and stepped aside.

"Give a seat."

"I'm here to ask you, is there a Tongzhou leather shoe factory in Tongzhou?"

Chen Pengshan sat on the chair with half a small buttocks, and basically didn't dare to really sit, as soon as he heard the emperor's question, he quickly stood up again, bowed his waist and replied, "Back to Your Majesty, there is indeed a Tongzhou leather shoe factory in Tongzhou." ”

"Then what is the situation of this Tongzhou leather shoe factory now?"

Chen Pengshan didn't expect the emperor to ask about this matter, and he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and his forehead was sweating. He knows this Tongzhou leather shoe factory, which was originally a relatively large shoe factory in Tongzhou, **** leather shoes, and is famous. The production of shoes and apparel in Tongzhou has a large scale, large and small shoe factories, spinning mills, weaving factories, and garment factories, some large factories have thousands of workers, and small factories have about 700 or 800.

The shoe factories in Tongzhou make both leather shoes and cloth shoes, as well as long boots and short boots. Tongzhou Leather Shoes Factory is a factory specializing in the production of leather shoes, which is not the largest in the shoe factory in Tongzhou, but there are more than 300 workers, specializing in the production of various leather shoes, and pays a lot of taxes every year, which is also the factory that Tongzhou Government focuses on.

But as soon as he took over as the governor of Tongzhou, the factory immediately went out of business. The factory was invested and built by a businessman surnamed Huang, but he was unable to manage it due to old age and illness, so he handed over the factory to his nephew. Who knows that this nephew is not a manager, he doesn't have to worry about it, he eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles and does everything, not only likes to go to the Qinglou to eat showers, but also likes to take concubines to raise plays, and likes to gamble.

In less than a year since he took over the leather shoe factory, he rarely managed the factory, and spent all day outside fooling around, not only spending his own money, but also embezzling the money in the factory to gamble, and finally owed too many gambling debts, so he ran away.

When the people in the factory used money to find others because of the purchase of goods, they found that this person had been missing for a long time. At first, everyone thought it was just as usual, where to spend all day drinking, but after a few days, there was still no one. Later, a material dealer came to ask for payment, but the people in the factory couldn't find anyone and finally notified the boss, and the Huang family couldn't find this person.

In the end, I learned that this person owed a large gambling debt and ran away to avoid it.

It's a big deal. Old Man Huang was angry on the one hand, and asked people to take money to settle the payment, but it turned out that this unfilial nephew had secretly sold the family's land deed, house deed and even the factory.

In the end, the old man could only take the lawsuit to the Tongzhou Court and sue those people for stealing the Huang family's property. Those Huang family's property deeds did not come forward with the old man, and those people actually collected them at a very low price, which is not stealing.

The case was very troublesome, and although Chen Pengshan, the prefect, did not care about the judicial trial, he also paid attention to the matter. Now the lawsuit is still going on. Old Man Huang is reasonable, but after all, he still has to collect evidence and go through procedures and the like.

However, the Huang family's Tongzhou leather shoe factory has also stopped working, and when the workers heard the news, they demanded that the Huang family pay their wages, and those material suppliers also blocked the door to ask for accounts.

However, the old man of the Huang family is not wrong, although he was cheated by his nephew, he still came forward in person, borrowed money from friends and relatives, and then gave the money owed to the material merchants and workers.

"Are you sure you gave it all? Didn't you pay the wages of the workers with the leather shoes in the factory? Liu Jun asked.

Chen Pengshan was speechless. As far as he knows, there are such things. There are more than 300 workers in the factory, and each of them has four months' wages that are not paid, and this time the Huang family paid most of them. But there are also some wages paid for with leather shoes in the factory.

"The workers of the Tongzhou Leather Shoe Factory have been working since the New Year, until the leather shoe factory has problems and stopped working, and the workers have not been paid a single salary for four months. During this period, I only borrowed money two or three times, and each time I advanced one or two silver dollars. Now, something happened in the factory. The factory did not pay the workers, but instead found various reasons, only half of the salary, and then half of the salary with leather shoes. ”

"The minister knows."

"Okay, you said you know, then I will ask you again, since you know, what did you and Tongzhou Mansion do in this matter?"

"After hearing about the accident in the leather shoe factory, the minister immediately went to the factory to discuss with the Huang family, urging the Huang family to settle the workers' salaries and pay the material dealers, and appease the workers."

Liu Jun snorted coldly.

"That's all you did? Do you think you've done enough? ”

Chen Pengshan wiped his sweat and didn't know how to answer.

"Let's take a look at the results, Tongzhou Leather Shoe Factory has more than 300 workers, an annual output of more than 100,000 pairs of leather shoes, and an annual tax payment of tens of thousands of large taxpayers, but it turned out to fall all at once. The leather shoe factory was closed, and it was estimated that it would not be able to open, and the workers only received half of their wages, and the rest of the leather shoes were used to offset their wages, and they had to find a way to sell them themselves for money. Whether it is from the taxes of the imperial court, or the Huang family, or the workers, or even those suppliers, they are all lost, and there is no winner. ”

"As the magistrate of Tongzhou, I think you are derelict in your duties and have not done your duty. If you had managed and paid more attention to these businesses and workers, there would have been no such big thing. Especially outside of what happened, your performance was even more disappointing. ”

When Liu Jun said this, it was a little painful, and now many officials are still stuck in the concept of the past, thinking that being an official is to be superior. Liu Jun didn't expect these people to be able to immediately transform from masters to public servants. But at least, you should go from a high-ranking lord to a manager.

"I'm here to tell you what a qualified Tongzhou prefect should do in this Tongzhou leather shoe factory incident."

"When the accident in Tongzhou Leather Shoe Factory occurs, as a qualified manager, the first thing you have to do is to support the Leather Shoe Factory and help them tide over this difficulty. The shoe factory is not badly managed, and their leather shoes are very well received by merchants, with many orders and considerable profits. With such a factory, are you just sitting back and watching them go out of business? ”

"The problem with them is just that the manager has a problem, they have run away with the money, the factory is still there, and the workers are still there. At this time, the Tongzhou government should take the initiative to contact the bank to help the Huang family loan of the leather shoe factory to come out, pay off the materials and goods, pay the wages of the workers, and then continue production and complete the order. Helping the Huang family tide over this difficulty also kept the jobs of more than 300 workers, and the more than 10,000 taxes of the imperial court every year were also saved. But you didn't do anything, you just sat back and watched, and you lost everything. ”

Chen Pengshan didn't dare to take a breath when he was trained.

The emperor's words did make him feel a little uncomfortable, in fact, some things were not unexpected, but they never went there to think about them in the past. There are hundreds or thousands of manufacturers like the Huang family in Tongzhou, if it weren't for the private relationship with the officials, who would care about those idle things?

"If you are a conscientious prefect of Tongzhou, you should not just sit on the sidelines, but also really sink down and participate in the management with your heart. Tongzhou has done a good job before, you know how to guide businessmen to establish a light industrial park in Tongzhou based on the production of textiles and shoes and clothing, bringing the same industries together, so as to attract upstream and downstream businesses to come in, forming a good industrial chain, which is commendable. But you also overlook a lot of things. ”

"For example, when it comes to the protection of workers' rights and interests, workers' wages must be paid at least monthly, at most for a month. But in fact, many businesses in Tongzhou pay once a year, or twice a year, and workers can only borrow once a month for living expenses. The workers worked hard for a year, and sometimes at the end of the year, the boss had to put on a month or two of wages and not pay them, and even found an excuse to deduct wages. ”

"In addition, there are many factories that often work longer hours, work overtime without pay, and do not take holidays off, and workers work day and night like cattle and horses without rest. What is this treating the workers for? Slaved? Many factories also have alarmingly low wages, and they do not buy work-related injury insurance for workers, and when they are injured at work, they refuse to pay medical expenses, let alone compensate for work-related injuries, and some manufacturers even fire workers after they are injured. ”

Liu Jun pointed out many problems in one breath, all of which are very real problems, and not only in Tongzhou, in fact, such situations exist everywhere, businessmen are profit-oriented, and capital accumulation is based on exploitation.

They are eager to squeeze the most value out of their workers.

"The imperial court attaches great importance to industry and commerce, but does not allow manufacturers to squeeze workers without restrictions. The government should not only support factories and businesses, but also protect the rights and interests of workers. Formulate a minimum wage standard, let the factory pay monthly salaries, set up a trade union, let the factory sign a labor contract with the workers when employing people, clearly state the rights and interests of the workers, overtime pay for overtime, rest time on holidays, double overtime pay for overtime work on holidays, special job training for dangerous positions, and work-related injury insurance"

Chen Pengshan was stunned, does the government still care about these? (To be continued.) )

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