Crowds outside the Shanghai Stock Exchange are surging. Thousands of people linger in this tall building every day. However, it has brought great business opportunities to the surrounding hotels.

At the edge of the square, Weng Tongyi looked at the scene in front of him and frowned deeply. As a traditional literati, he was very disgusted with the pursuit of profit in today's China. The dignified state of Chinese etiquette is now full of stinky copper, where there is etiquette and shame, as well as simple folk customs!

Although he has been here more than once, Weng Tongyi is still very disgusted and disgusted.

"My lord, textile and silk reeling enterprises, the stock has risen again! Zhangjia's Hongda silk reeling factory stock rose 17 yuan! The attendant turned back to the carriage and said to Weng Tongyi. The tone was full of embarrassment. When Nahongda Silk Reeling Factory issued shares, one share was only 1,000 Chinese dollars. Now it has risen to more than 2,000 Chinese dollars. The price can increase by 17 Chinese dollars a day, which is really the same as grabbing money.

"Oppress the people, exploit the good, and be unkind to the rich. This Zhang family should have been completely bulldozed in the first place! ”

Weng Tongyi said disdainfully, his eyes were full of cold light. The entourage was immediately silent, bowed his head, and only secretly felt sorry for the Zhang family in his heart, he was too harsh on the workers, and compared with the textile and silk reeling enterprises under the Qin family, the treatment was too different. And the tree is very popular, and he was targeted by his own master from the beginning.

Weng Tongyi was originally going to be transferred to the Supervision Yuan as vice president. But after Sungkyun Public School was swept away by Liu Xian, when it jumped out of Sungkyun Public School this spring, the place was long gone. was sent by Liu Xian to Shanghai to serve as the director of the Supervision Department, and he was directly dropped by two levels.

If Weng Tongyi could stay in Shanghai with peace of mind, he would not be Weng Tongyi.

Since coming to Shanghai in April. Weng Tongyi lurked for a month, and his eyes were fixed on the textile enterprises of the Jiangnan generation. He wanted to make a big case. Go straight to the sky and lay a solid foundation for your re-rise!

In Shanghai. Although the power of the Xianghuai family also exists, the target of Weng Tongyi, who thinks highly of himself, is directly Li Hongzhang. He wants to stand at a higher level, stand at a higher place, and focus on a higher point, to wrestle with Li Hongzhang and find trouble with Li Hongzhang. It's not that I'm entangled with the little brother of the Xianghuai family in the local area!

In the textile and silk reeling enterprise, Weng Tongyi picked and picked and found that Zhang Songxian of Nanxun Zhangjia was the most suitable target, and he was the target who took advantage of his heart.

Zhang Songxian is a giant businessman in Nanxun Town. He became rich by operating the export of silk, and then involved in the salt industry. During the Tianping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, the coastal areas of Zhejiang were in turmoil, the salt officials fled, and the private salt was flooded. Zhang Songxian took the opportunity to buy tickets cheaply, and then became a big businessman. In the third year of Tongzhi, the Taiping army withdrew from Zhejiang. The salt district was re-established under official control, and the price of the ticket soared tenfold, laying a solid foundation for the Zhang family's wealth accumulation. He set up a general management office in Daqing, Jiujiang Road, Shanghai, called Hengyuan General Ledger Office. The nephew Li Weikui is the general manager, and Lin Meisheng, the former Heng and the silk account office, is the assistant, and has the help of his in-laws. In addition to occupying most of the salt introduction rights in western Zhejiang, it also occupies most of the salt introduction rights of the five prefectures of Jiangsu (Suzhou, Changzhou, Wuxi, Zhenjiang, Taicang) and other prefectures. In northern Zhejiang, southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu, some large towns set up salt courts. It is a grass-roots organization that sells salt and operates wholesale business. It also has the power to search and seize smugglers. Profitable. The Zhang family runs Zhejiang Salt, and the Liu family, the top spot in Nanxun Town, runs Huai Salt, which is also a giant in the salt industry. His wealth is second only to the Liu family, accounting for the second place of Nanxun Sixiang.

It's just that compared with Liu Yong's very good reputation, Zhang Songxian's reputation is much worse. The Qin army swept through the southern country, and the Liu family and the Zhang family were greatly impacted and lost their status as giants in the salt industry, but the Liu family was immediately sucked into the sales layer by the China Salt Industry Company, and the Zhang family was completely kicked out. I had to rely on Iris to start a new business!

Emaciated camels are bigger than horses. The Zhang family has silver and invested a lot of money to set up one of the largest silk reeling factories in the Jiangnan generation. And with the establishment of the stock exchange, there is a momentum of comeback in the blink of an eye.

Zhang Songxian definitely didn't think that he had become the prey of Weng Tongyi. After several months of exploration and exploration, Weng Tonggong has a large amount of real information in his hands. Although Hongda Silk Reeling Factory does not constitute a serious crime in law, in fact, it does have the fact that it delays the wages of workers and deducts the due compensation of disabled workers. The reason why the law cannot constitute a crime of strict zhòng is entirely because the factory played a literal game and deceived the workers when they signed labor contracts with them.

The labor contract of Hongda Silk Reeling Factory reads: wages will be settled once a quarter and settled at the end of the year at the latest. Then they have been dragging their wages and not paying them, only letting the workers borrow from their accounts, and at the end of the year, they will have to record a lot of interest when they take their wages to offset the accounts. Moreover, there are very few bereavement benefits for disabled or even dead workers, and there are excuses for delay and deduction.

Hongda silk reeling factory often has workers making trouble and going on strike. However, because there was no strong organization among the workers, all the leaders and backbones of the workers' union in Shanghai were absorbed by the imperial court because of the Chuansha Uprising.

Every time the workers make trouble, it is a result, and the Zhang family wins!

Zhang Songxian set up public bureaus in southern Jiangsu, southern Anhui and other places, and the relationship with the Huai army was not ordinarily good. Weng Tonggong would not show mercy to his subordinates at all. Although the large amount of information collected could not lead to his death, it could also make Hongda Silk Reeling Factory notorious and the Zhang family discredited. Weng could then take the opportunity to propose a formal "Workers' Protection Law" to boost his popularity among the common people. Take the opportunity to step back to Beijing!

Weng was not acting recklessly, and he had referred to a large number of foreign examples before making this decision. Britain, France, the United States, Germany and other countries have all erupted in large-scale workers' struggles, riots and strikes, which have a great impact on a country.

Weng believed that it was necessary to enact a law specifically to protect workers' rights, and then to promote workers' unions, as trade unions in the West did.

Weng Tongyi has been working hard for this goal for the past few months. He felt that if the enterprises of the whole country could take care of the workers as the sole proprietorship enterprises under the Qin consortium, China's industrial development would be faster, and the people (workers) would live better.

This is not Weng Tongxi's 'society', but the influence of Confucianism's 'Datong Thought' on Weng Tong's bones.

"Uncle, the workers' union, the law for the protection of workers, this is a giant beast, and if it is released by hand, it will surely flood like the West, and then I am afraid that greed and greed will burn, and there will be too much desire and disrupt the country." Weng Zenggui said worriedly.

"Oh, do you think so?" No wonder his nephew's love is not high these days, he thought like this. Weng Tong asked with interest as he rubbed his beard.

"Uncle. The human heart is unpredictable, and greed knows no bounds. Workers get one, who dares to say that they don't think about two? ”

"Owners, workers, one and the same. Either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind. The uncle pushed the worker, making it loud, and the nephew was afraid that his generation would be long, so he stirred up his uncle's body. ”

Weng Zenggui is worthy of being a 'capable official', and he is worthy of being the right-hand man when Weng Tong was the right attendant of the Criminal Department. This does make sense.

"The workers' union must not completely manipulate the hands of white ding. There must be government supervision, lest the other generation be arrogant and act recklessly. Dig your own grave! ”

Weng Zenggui saw satisfaction and appreciation for himself in his uncle's face. With such a level, the Weng family has a queen. Weng Tongyi really felt very satisfied.

"Naturally, you can't just it all in a bunch of white dings. Both the workers and the owners need to be beaten. If you only see the harm of the workers' association, how can you not see the consequences of the fierce business power?

Not only are the workers a beast, but the businessmen are even more likely to eat people without spitting out bones. None of this is a good thing! ”

Weng beckoned his nephew to sit down. "Isn't there a litigator in the court now? It's about playing their part. In the future, labor contracts and contracts need to be notarized by a third party before they can take effect. Let the litigants go. ”

"Of course, there are other lawsuits. Look at the reputation and expenses. "Weng Tongyi still discriminates against lawyers, although the status and income of lawyers have risen sharply in the past two years, it cannot change their status in the eyes of some people." It is necessary to make the contract and contract in detail, and whoever violates the rules will act in accordance with the regulations. Black and white, clear at a glance. The law should also formulate corresponding punishments for the Zhang family's behavior, and these profiteers should not be allowed to exploit loopholes. ”

"Uncle, this is a clever trick. Let a lawyer do a third-party notarization, not bad, not bad! The more Weng Zenggui thought about it, the more he felt that it was a masterpiece. Lawyers eat reputation, and the state has strict regulations on lawyers, and lawyers with a bad reputation may be disqualified as lawyers. No matter how many flowers and intestines these people have in their hearts, they will also take care of one or two.

Of course, Weng Zenggui is most relieved by Weng Tongyi's attitude. It's not that this second uncle of his own family is not unaware of his actions. I just think that the strength of my own construction and the imperial court can control that beast.

But in any case, Weng Zenggui agreed with Weng Tongyi to deal with the Zhang family. His father Weng Tongshu was brought down by Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang. From a governor to a prisoner to be beheaded in a blink of an eye, he was finally exiled to Ili, and he recovered after four years of hesitation, but his body had collapsed, and he died of illness in the army the next year.

Weng Zenggui gritted his teeth with hatred for Zeng Li!

Zhang Songxian had a close relationship with the Xianghuai Army, chopped up the Zhang family, and Weng Zenggui also blinked. As for the 'protective shield' of the members of the Provincial Advisory Bureau that Zhang Songxian was wearing, the prefectural and county officials may not be able to do so. But Weng Tonggong is the number one leader of the Shanghai Supervision Department, and the Supervision Department itself is a 'lone star' in government agencies, and Weng Tonggong was also in a high-ranking position before, with many connections, brewing for months, going all out to deal with a businessman, no matter how thick the businessman's capital is, it is also easy to capture.

Weng Tong lay in the rocking chair, emptying his brain. It was the last time before the battle. Getting rid of the Zhang family is just an appetizer, and the next thing is the point. If he succeeds, he will be able to return to Beijing by the spring and summer of next year at the latest. And if it fails, the hope of the Weng family's recovery can really only rely on Weng Zenggui! (To be continued......)