"Last year, Henan Province was a province, and the tax silver was more than five million taels, if you add the tens of millions of quintals of grain collected, Henan's output alone will exceed the national revenue of the Ming Dynasty! A province is comparable to a country, isn't it a little unbelievable? This king can rest assured and boldly tell everyone that this is true, and this is the dividend brought by change. Therefore, this king wants to say that these workshops cannot be eliminated, on the contrary, they must be vigorously encouraged to create more wealth! ”

"Lord Wangming!"

Hearing Gu Zhenhua's statement, Jia Wen and the others all fell to the ground. To tell the truth, they are really afraid of going back, according to Gu Zhenhua's policy, they are not exploited by the government, and they can still have a sufficient supply of labor, so they can rest assured that they can boldly open up the market.

In the past two years, their wealth has increased exponentially, and their political status has also been turned upside down, and it is conceivable that the overseas market is getting bigger and bigger, and the dividends will be more and more in the future. If you change the direction of the wind because of the contradiction in front of you, then there is no place to buy regret medicine!

On behalf of these businessmen, Jia Wen took the initiative to stand up: "Lord Wang, thank you for your grace, we have all discussed, and it is true that we were a little inconsiderate to the people below in the past. In the future, we will increase the salary to ensure that people will not be tired to death! ”

Saying that, Jia Wen also looked at Wu Shouye and said: "In the future, Mr. Wu will be in charge of the Senior Affairs Yuan, with Mr. Wu as an example, we will definitely not embarrass the craftsman, otherwise he will not let us go!" ”

Wu Shouye smiled slightly: "Business is about harmony and wealth, if you even have your own plan." Your own craftsmen can't treat them well, and if you think about how to squeeze them, how can you expect you to treat others sincerely! ”

"Yes. Yes, what Brother Wu taught us is that we must change our ways, definitely! ”

"Wait!"

Gu Zhenhua waved his hand and said with a smile: "This king said that he wants the best of both worlds, not expecting your conscience to appear!" After all, in front of the silver. There are not many who can still be clear-headed! ”

It was still a glorious moment just now, and in an instant, Gu Zhenhua changed color again. The merchants were so frightened that they all fell to their knees.

"Lord Wang, the villains have indeed reformed themselves, and they will never dare to abuse labor, please rest assured!"

Gu Zhenhua didn't pay attention to them at all. but in the middle of the people. Arching his hand at everyone, his face was full of smiles.

"Folks, it's the best of both worlds, but it's more important to think about the big guys, after all, compared to these businessmen with a lot of money, you are still too weak! So you have to work for the merchants, a lot because of the time when the Grange was established. The imperial court did not have enough power at its hands and had to borrow money from merchants. It is tantamount to mortgaging you to merchants. Nor can this king deny it without saying a word. Starting next year, the land rent will be reduced to 50%, and the excess will help you repay the money. ”

"The prince is wise!"

Several of the elderly people fell to their knees, weeping bitterly. Everyone else followed, a large black press.

"Lord Wang, the little ones all know that you were always here to save us and for our good. If there was no Grange, the little ones would have become a handful of bones long ago. Don't worry, we'll do our best to pay the money back! ”

Gu Zhenhua also nodded and said, "Everyone get up first, this is just an emergency measure, this king wants to talk to you about something else." ”

The people are so real, and they see that Gu Zhenhua is really sincere in helping them solve their problems. Especially the dignified prince's respect, who can bend down to the corporal, most of the grievances in his heart have long been gone, on the contrary, he feels that Gu Zhenhua is easy and kind!

"Folks, I think you have all been digging in the soil for many years, and you all know in your hearts how much money you can make from the land. If you want to support a large family, you have to work, you have to learn crafts, and you have to find a way to do some small business, I don't know if what this king said is right? ”

The carpenter Wang who had just spoken stood up again and said, "The prince is so right, the farming family can not be hungry, but it is not enough to farm alone!" In the past two years, there have been a lot of private schools in Henan, and every family with a little money wants to send their children to study. We have endured a lifetime of hardship, and now we want to let our children have a good future, and we can't be like us in the next life! ”

"Good, good, good!" Gu Zhenhua smiled and nodded: "This is reasonable, who doesn't want life to get better and better." I still hope that everyone can work more in the workshop and learn more. In the past, it was by coercion, but now the king has changed his ways, and the imperial court will issue a labor decree. What do you think about stipulating minimum wages and stipulating workers' compensation? ”

The men looked at each other, and several young men stood up and clapped their hands.

"Lord Wang, we are not lazy, we are really worried every day, beaten and scolded, and we can't get a single one. If you can get paid, someone will take care of you if you are injured. We are all willing to work, after all, it is more profitable than farming. After a few years, maybe we can open a workshop ourselves! ”

If there is ambition, there is a qiē, and Gu Zhenhua is also very satisfied with these young people. But at this time, Jia Wen and the others couldn't help but come over and listen with their ears pricked up one by one.

Hearing that wages and work-related injury compensation would be paid, they all felt like they had eaten bitter melons.

"Lord Wang, the villains can't earn a few silver all year round, if they are all paid, I'm afraid there will be nothing left, and if you don't do it, you will have to lose money, you have to think about us!"

Gu Zhenhua smiled disapprerovingly: "You are all smart people, you are smarter than this king, and you have an account in your heart as much as you should give." Whether it is a craftsman, a coolie, a shopkeeper, or an apprentice, everyone must be paid, and this king will not listen to your complaints, so he will cancel it. But ......"

As soon as they heard "but", that is, there was a back door, and these businessmen raised their hearts to their throats again, just see what tricks this prince has!

"Ladies and gentlemen, this rule is limited to the craftsmen of the Celestial Empire, not others!"

They thought that Gu Zhenhua would have something high, but when they heard this, they were all dumbfounded, they were in Daming, where to hire other people! Isn't that the same as nonsense!

Wu Kaijie looked at the virtues of these people, and sneered: "It's all rat-eyed, don't you understand what the prince said?" When we trade overseas, we have contacts with overseas. The Ming Dynasty is the richest place in the world, how can it be compared? Wouldn't it be easy to find a way to buy labor for you, you can use these people as you like, if you can't get killed, even if you don't have the ability! ”

"Huh? Seriously? ”

Wu Shouye nodded: "Brother Jia, just now the prince and Lord Wu discussed it, and I was next to me." The prince is for everyone's sake. You can't let everyone's workshop suffer, but you can't let the people work with their heads. The two sides were in a dilemma, and in the end, Staff Officer Wu came up with such a trick, from now on, everyone can hire Koreans, Japanese people, and savages in the South Seas, and let them sell their lives! ”

"Lord Shengming, Staff Officer Wu is wise!"

Jia Wen and the others laughed back and forth, rubbing their hands back and forth, and their faces were all smug smiles.

"Staff Officer Wu, when do you think the first batch of Liba will be able to get it? To be honest, it's not that the villains are ruthless, it's just that there are some things that no one can't do! ”

Wu Kaijie said with a smile: "Within two months at the latest, the first batch of North Koreans will be sent, don't worry, there will be more personnel in the future." I also tell you that in the future, with these Yi people, if you dare to use the people of the Ming Dynasty as cattle, and make human lives, you will cut off your heads to pay for your lives! ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, how dare the villain!"

The businessmen waved their hands again and again, smiling happily one by one, they thought that this time Gu Zhenhua took care of public opinion, maybe he would cut them off, but they didn't expect to find such a good idea of the best of both worlds, it is really wise and wise!

The merchants rejoiced, but on the other side, the people looked at each other a little.

"Uncle Wang, tell the prince again, if we get so many overseas people, what can we do?"

Carpenter Wang had no choice but to come out of the crowd and bow to the ground at Gu Zhenhua.

"Lord Wang, just now you encouraged the big guys to work, but now you have to use overseas people, so if their workshops all use overseas people, what can we do?"

Jia Wen suddenly widened his eyes and sneered: "Use you to talk about hardship, you can't do it, it's all on your side, what should we do?" Not alive yet! ”

Yan Yingyuan walked out at this time and said with a smile: "Yi people don't understand words, they are stupid and clumsy, and they have limited work. What's more, starting next year, the imperial court will set up some schools, which are not to teach the Four Books and the Five Classics, but to teach carpenters and bricklayers, and how to calculate accounts and do business. With these skills, are you still worried about not being able to find something to do? The people of our Heavenly Empire should do those things that the Yi people can't do, don't you think? ”

Hearing Yan Yingyuan's explanation, everyone present was relieved, whether it was a businessman or a people's husband, they all couldn't help but stretch out their thumbs. This court has a way, the prince is benevolent, and the officials are capable, compared to those confused officials in the past, it is simply incomparable!

Seeing that everyone was very satisfied, Gu Zhenhua said: "Everyone, some things are thought out well, but they may not be done. Let's take the Senior Minister's Yuan, for example, when the king designed it, he wanted to give the businessmen a place to speak and avoid the monopoly of power by officials. But now the Senior Administrator has become a stage for collusion between officials and businessmen, which is really hateful. However, as a supervisory body that is subordinate to the authorities, this king is not ready to abolish the Information Administration, but only to reorganize the personnel. Peasant workers should account for one-third, businessmen one-third, virtuous people from all walks of life, and one-third of celebrities. Everyone checks and balances each other, and no matter what category goes wrong, everyone can be impeached. As long as there is a quarter of the senior government joint signature, you can directly sue the governor's yamen and sue the king! ”

The mud legs can also be the senior minister, and now the people and craftsmen are happy, and it seems that their interests are completely guaranteed!

Just ten days later, more than two dozen warships arrived from Donggang Town, densely packed with Korean prisoners, and the fleet sailed north along the canal.

6 Mingyue was looking at the letter in her hand with a look of frustration, and couldn't help sighing: "Hey, why didn't you tell me earlier!" (To be continued......)

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