Zhu Youzhen pointed to the migrant workers who were carrying goods in the scorching sun on the opposite shore of the lake: "Those in sackcloth are second-class citizens?" ”

"No, they are first-class citizens, Your Majesty doesn't know anything, the inside of the customs is not better than the outside of the customs, especially Yingtianfu, there are few second-class and third-class citizens, most of them are first-class citizens;

Times have changed, and the new school has given first-class citizen children the opportunity to learn, but it has also increased the cost of the family;

And the world is declining, people's hearts are not ancient, everyone can not only be satisfied with food and clothing, but also hope to build a house, coupled with the cancellation of the road guidance system, so many first-class citizens will leave their hometowns to work in Nanjing in order to make their children better or their lives better;

So they did a lot of the hard work in Nanjing.

Even if some businessmen want to use cheaper second- or third-class citizens, after all, these citizens do not have to pay welfare funds, do not have to give them vacation and rest time to study, and do not have to pay compensation even if they die of exhaustion.

But these first-class citizens are unwilling to let second-class citizens or third-class citizens take away their jobs, saying that this is a way to rob them of their livelihood, either to drive away second-class citizens or third-class citizens, or to go to the government to sue us for disrespecting first-class citizens, so they have no choice but to use first-class citizens to do these menial jobs. ”

After Yang Mingshen said, he glanced at Bai Yunzhen, the governor of Yingtian: "For this reason, the government also requires us to give priority to first-class citizens when recruiting, but it is actually against our business laws." ”

"I see, what you mean is that from a businessman's point of view, it must be better to use second- or third-class citizens who are cheaper, but first-class citizens and the government don't agree, right?"

Zhu Youzhen asked, and Bai Yunzhen, the governor of Yingtian on the side, hurriedly explained:

"Your Majesty, this is also no way, there were 1.23 million first-class citizens from outside Nanjing City last year, and even many of them brought their families, Weichen can't care about their life or death, can't let them have no work to do, if these workshops and factories don't use these first-class citizens, what should you do if you let the lower officials, you can't pay for them in vain, it will also eat down Weichen's Yingtianfu."

"Lord Futai, Yang admits that what you said is reasonable, when you haven't noticed that a large number of factories have been relocated to outside the customs and overseas, in order to have better profits, in the long run, your taxes in Tianfu and even the entire Ming Dynasty will be reduced, and the industry will be weakened as a result!"

Yang Mingshen yelled excitedly.

And the governor of Ying Tian said not to be outdone: "Agriculture is the foundation, business is the last industry, this is not a sign of weakness, but a good phenomenon of the Ming Dynasty returning to Datong, it is because of you more businessmen, so that more and more people leave the land and become the object of your exploitation, and your greed makes more and more people tired to death in the factory, and the court even wants to increase taxes so that the people have a place to live in the town, you all have to oppose it!" ”

Zhu Youzhen pressed his hand: "What you said makes sense, since this is the case, I want to ask, what if citizens are banned into one, two, and three?" ”

"No!"

Ying Tian Governor Bai Yunzhen and Yang Mingshen replied at the same time, without any thought at all.

"Tell me why", Zhu Youzhen was a little strange, these two people had different opinions at the beginning, but now why they are surprisingly consistent.

"Your Majesty, in order to ensure the welfare of first-class citizens, it is still difficult to maintain the financial resources, if the first, second, and third-class citizens are treated the same as first-class citizens, the minister's Ying Tianfu is only afraid of collapse, and the imperial court is estimated to be unable to support it.

Ying Tian Governor Bai Yunzhen said.

"If first-class, second- and third-class citizens are the same as first-class citizens, businessmen still can't make a profit by hiring low-priced labor, but they are afraid that they will have to go farther away to open factories, if they are the same as third-class citizens, as Futai said, hundreds of millions of first-class citizens in China will not agree, they are already a privileged class, and if they are asked to give up their privileges, they will not be able to accept it, including Weichen himself."

Yang Mingshen said.

Zhu You couldn't help laughing after hearing this, this is simply contradictory, so he doesn't know what to do now.

But Zhu Youzhen still couldn't help but ask Yang Mingshen:

"In this case, why is your bank still in Mochou Lake in Nanjing, instead of going to the newly established Dongying or Lelang in Daming?"

"Banks are different from factories, we need first-class citizens who understand money law, and we don't need hard labor;

Wechen would rather cooperate with the university halls in Nanjing and Beijing to train and hire a few students in advance to inject new money management talents into the central bank of the Ming Dynasty, rather than go overseas to let a third-class citizen learn Chinese and then let him learn money law, and then let him manage money, and even Wechen has to ensure that he has enough trust in him;

Therefore, it is not cost-effective for banks to use second- and third-class citizens, and as for the high cost of first-class citizens, it is nothing to the wealth they create. ”

When Yang Mingshen was speaking, two well-dressed people came over to greet Yang Mingshen and Bai Yunming: "Hello Mr. Yang, hello Bai Zhongcheng, who is this gentleman?" ”

"The contemptible surname is Zhu", Zhu Youzhen put on the latest version of Daming's sunglasses to hide his identity and avoid being seen by these Ming people.

The two men just responded and left the teahouse.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen asked, "Who are these two people?" ”

"They are all employees of our central bank, one is a graduate of Beijing Normal University, named Liu Tingzhang, and the other is a graduate of Nanjing Normal School, Tang Xu;

Among them, Liu Tingzhang is the orphan of the martyr, his father died at the hands of the Manchu Tartars, and he is the orphan of the martyr and ten points into the Beijing Normal University Hall, and he is quite talented in money law, but the Chinese language is not very good, and he hates the four books the most.

But now he is already the manager of the central bank in charge of Nanzhili's business, with a monthly salary of 100,000 silver dollars. ”

After Yang Mingshen said, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but say:

"When we were in the beginning, we exterminated the rebellious ministers and thieves and drove out the Tartars, didn't it just so that a Han child like Liu Tingzhang would no longer be a slave of the Jianjiao, and even have a bright future of his own;

The people of the Han family have paid so much for the Ming Dynasty, and now their privileges are what they deserve, they should not be abolished, and they should even be given more rights in the future, they are the masters of this country;

As for the rise and fall of industry, I believe that the Ming Dynasty will not weaken the empire's industry because of their high value, but on the contrary, it will be more prosperous than it is now, because in the future they will definitely have more people selling brains, not more coolies.

The government does not have to prevent factories from relocating to outside the customs and overseas, it is impossible to keep merchants if you don't let them make more money from you, you can only attract more merchants to take root in you by improving the advantages of the area under your control, since you can't provide cheap labor, then provide a freer market, a better security environment and better human resources. ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true", Yang Mingshen and Bai Yunming, the governor of Yingtian, also felt very reasonable after hearing Zhu Youzhen say this, and hurriedly got up and replied.

(End of chapter)