Zhou Mubai has lost a lot of weight recently, and the last time the emperor scolded Yang Sidee for taking in the party dispute, he did not suffer this scolding, but became more worried. He is an understanding person, the more the emperor scolds Yang Side, at least it means that the emperor is angry, angry that Yang Side is caught in party disputes, angry that Yang Side is disobedient, but the more he scolds him, the more it shows that the emperor does not blame Yang Side, just like ordinary people's families, children, when the scolding of parents will pass.

But Zhou Mubai didn't get scolded like this, what does this mean? If it comes to party strife, he Zhou Mubai is definitely the person who can muddy the waters, Yang Side is relatively much more honest, but the emperor doesn't scold him Zhou Mubai, but scolds Yang Side, what's going on?

Zhou Mubai had a sense of urgency in his heart, this is not a good sign, he stayed honestly for a while, and saw that the emperor did not issue a guilty edict, so he was relieved, so he hurriedly discussed countermeasures with a few henchmen in the court, and decided to lurk for some days and see where the wind went.

Therefore, the court has been calm in the past few days, Zhou Mubai is still a little relieved, he entered the palace early in the morning, and the guards at the door have checked the waist card for entering and leaving the palace, these guards naturally know Zhou Mubai Scholar, only glanced at it, and let him in.

After the report, Zhou Mubai was led by a little eunuch, crossed the water pavilion, winding path, and suddenly saw several palace girls in palace clothes on the water pavilion by the small lake in the distance were joking with each other, and sometimes there was giggles, Zhou Mubai's heart moved, and his niece Zhou Xueer was also sent to the palace. I just don't know if it's good now, he grabbed the little eunuch who was leading the way in front, took out a small piece of broken silver from his coat and stuffed it into the little eunuch's hand, and asked with a smile: "Father-in-law, do you know a palace maid surnamed Zhou in this palace?" ”

The palace maids in the palace are all daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles, so this little eunuch is often asked about the situation in the palace, but the reward given by this surnamed Zhou is too little, and the little father-in-law is obviously a little dissatisfied. The reward is only for broken silver. However, the little father-in-law is not a fool, this person is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he can't be offended no matter what, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "Thank you for your reward, Lord Zhou's prince Wandai." ”

The little father-in-law smacked his lips: "There is indeed a palace maid surnamed Zhou Di in the palace, but is it called Zhou Xue'er?" Alas, Miss Zhou is a celebrity in front of the emperor, and the emperor will take her wherever he goes in the palace, and there is a Miss Qu. Tsk, Lord Zhou, she's not one of yours, is she? ”

When Zhou Mubai heard this, his waist immediately straightened, and the gloom that had been coiled around his head for days was swept away. He thought to himself, no wonder the emperor didn't punish me, maybe it was not easy for Xue'er's sake. Or Xue'er has a future, maybe one day she will become the queen and concubine, or my eldest brother is blessed to give birth to such a good daughter, in the future, won't I also become a relative of the emperor?

When Zhou Mubai thought of the four words of the emperor's relatives and relatives, he suddenly felt a sudden break in his heart, and quietly urged his little father-in-law. The two of them continued to walk towards the Cold Winter Pavilion one after the other, "Weichen knocked to see the emperor." Zhou Mubai saluted. Seeing that the emperor was writing with a pen on the table, Zhu Jun raised his eyes and glanced at Zhou Mubai. beckoned to him: "Zhou Qing, come and see how I write it?" ”

Zhou Mubai stepped forward in his robe. I only saw four far-sighted and undried words written on the floor paper on the table, which was quite neat, but from Zhou Mubai's point of view, it was inferior, Zhou Mubai smiled and said: "Your Majesty's writing is getting more and more sophisticated, well, not bad." ”

Zhu Jun glanced at him, and threw down the pen without taste, he knew very well what level of his own brush words were in his heart, and he was a little more refined, but in the eyes of readers, I am afraid that it belongs to a grade of garbage: "I know that my writing is poor, Zhou Qing doesn't have to comfort me, come, there are no outsiders here, sit down and talk." ”

Zhou Mubai sat down on a stool next to Zhu Jun. smiled: "Your Majesty." What's the use of this handwriting? The former Song Huizong and Li Houzhu were not poetic. The writing is brilliant. The calligraphy and paintings left behind are even more priceless. But so what? The emperor is not a painter. Governance does not need to be able to sing beautiful verses. Not to mention that whoever writes well can govern the country. In Wechen's heart. Song Huizong was a painter. And Li Houzhu is a word man. Only the emperor is the true king of all vehicles. The Lord of ZTE. As for writing, painting, and painting, these things are just vassal elegance. Why did the emperor waste so much of his mind to go up. ”

Zhu Jun was slapped by Zhou Mubai's sycophancy, and his mood was a little more relaxed. Since the crossing, he has been practicing calligraphy diligently. But no matter how hard you try. Compared with those who have been using a brush to learn literature since childhood, it is still 108,000 miles behind. At this time, I heard Zhou Mubai explain for him. I also let go of the knot. smiled: "Zhou Aiqing is right. Governing the country is the foundation of our life. That's right. What happened to Nanzhen Fuji now? I heard that the orders for the various rudder divisions had been issued by Commander Chen. I just don't know if they are willing to change their flag. Alas. The problem of resettlement of the people of Jinxia has also made me dizzy. In the past, I always thought that there were too few Hermes-Epitek. Now there are so many at once. Instead, I don't know what to do. ”

Zhou Mubai saw Zhu Jundi's kind tone. I have some peace of mind in my heart. He fixed his mind and said: "Nanzhen Fusi is not a big deal. Chen Yonghua is well-known in the original Heaven and Earth Society. Besides, their banner is also anti-Qing and Mingming. Now the Ming court and Chen Yonghua have sent a writ. I don't think they will object. The resettlement of the people of Jinxia is quite stable for the time being. The sea is very rich. There are merchants everywhere. Workshops are everywhere. Are you afraid that they won't find something to do? As long as you have something to do, you will be paid every month. With a salary, you can fill your stomach. No one wants to make trouble. ”

Zhou Mubai said a few good words first. Licking the corners of his lips, he continued: "It's just that Weichen heard that due to the influx of a large number of people. The wages of the workshop were reduced considerably. Think about it too. Originally, two taels of silver couldn't recruit a few guys a month. Nowadays, if you don't do a word for one or two or five dollars, there will be seven or eight people who will break their heads to do it. If there are more people, the wages will be cheap. I'm afraid that the local Han people will have a lot of complaints about the people from outside. If this continues, there may be some trouble. ”

Zhu Jun pressed his hand on the chair pole and frowned. This kind of thing happened in later generations. For example, in the afterlife, China. So many people under the population. Wages have been falling again and again. What is the reason? A factory needs to recruit workers. When they only spend 1,000 yuan, dozens or even hundreds of people come to sign up. The factory will naturally reduce the salary to 800 when it recruits workers for the second time. The reason is simple. No matter how low the salary I drive, someone will do it. Even if I don't buy you insurance. I don't give you medical insurance. Having you work twelve hours a day is just as appealing.

The balance between jobs and talents is important. Once there are many jobs and few talents. The value of talent is revealed. in landed developed countries. On the contrary, there are very few people engaged in the profession of workers. Although they are not engaged in technical work. But wages can still be extremely high. When the factory hires a hundred workers. When only three or four people are willing to engage in this dirty, tiring occupation. The only way for the capitalists to recruit the workers they need is through high wages and benefits. And now Zhu Jun is facing a problem that will be difficult for China to solve in later generations. Although the number of posts is constantly increasing. But more people are pouring into the city. So that a position needs several people to compete. For the capitalists. In this case, it is unlikely that they will also use high-paying means to attract talent.

"According to Zhou Qing, how should this matter be resolved?" Zhu Jun didn't expect Zhou Mubai to come up with any good way, but just casually wanted to ask about ways to alleviate the contradictions, after all, there are too many facts about the fact that the foreign population is grabbing local jobs, and if it is not done well, the contradictions will be intensified.

Zhou Mubai said: "How about diverting some Han people to other cities to make a living?" There are too many people in Haidu City, and it is really difficult to absorb such a large number of people in an emergency. ”

Zhu Jun shook his head, Hermes-Epitek is his foundation, and the construction of Haidu will be inseparable from them in the future, if they are shunted to other cities. They have already taken root there. At that time, it will be even more troublesome when the sea needs to be populated.

"Zhou Aiqing, how about you say that I use the method of attracting investment?" Zhu Jun followed his train of thought and said: "We can set aside a piece of land near Haidu as a special development zone. Anyone who is willing to set up a workshop here and build an industrial land can get great discounts. For example, tax exemption and so on. ”

"Development of special zones?" Zhou Mubai read strangely: "Your Majesty, what is this?" ”

Zhu Jun immediately thought of the crux of the problem, the problem of Haidu is that there are too many people and not enough jobs, and the migration of people is only a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, only increasing the number of posts is the last word, he took a sip of tea on the table and moistened his throat, and said: "This development of the special zone is to vacate a piece of land, which is specially used to build a workshop land." ”

"Of course, since it is to build a workshop, it is necessary to establish a complete administrative system to manage them, and all policies are inclined to the workshop owners, for example, they feel that the tax is too heavy, and the yamen can appropriately reduce some tax rates. If the workshop owners feel that their status is too low, in the special zone, we can also appropriately give them some status, let them participate in the management of the special zone, in short, the yamen of the special zone should give special preferential treatment and convenience to the businessmen who come to invest in the workshop, so that they can make money, collect taxes and silver, and the people have a livelihood, killing three birds with one stone, Zhou Aiqing, do you understand? ”

Zhou Mubai shook his head, still a little unclear: "What does the emperor mean to let the businessmen be uncles in the Special Economic Zone?" ”

"That's pretty much it, what?"

"Ahem, isn't the emperor afraid that some courtiers will obstruct him? After all, it is a farmer and a businessman, and agriculture is the foundation of the country. Zhou Mubai asked hypocritically, his heart was already alive, his main supporters in the government and the opposition came from the officials and scholars of Xinxue, and business-oriented realism is an important slogan advocated by Xinxue, not to mention that Zhou Mubai has learned a lot, and there is not much discrimination against business. If the emperor can promote the construction of the Special Economic Zone, then it will be a great encouragement to the mental system of Zhou Mubai's faction.

"I started a new policy for the sake of the people's happiness, are you still afraid of criticism? Zhou Aiqing, I only ask you, do you think this matter is feasible? ”

"Feasible!" Zhou Mubai realized that the opportunity had come, the businessman was the biggest supporter of Xinxue, and Xinxue and Zhou Mubai were the same party, if the status of the businessman was improved, Zhou Mubai's power would be greatly improved, such a deal, of course, Zhou Mubai was resolutely supportive.

"Your Majesty, since you want to build a special zone, Weichen has some ideas."

"Recently, some overseas businessmen have come to Haidu to set up workshops to make profits, and many noble landlords in Myanmar are also red-eyed, you know, if your workshop in Haidu is well-run, at least a few hundred taels of silver a month will still be available, and those landlords rely on land to live, and a few hundred acres of land may not be able to earn so much in a year, if you can attract them to the special zone, it is also a good way."

Zhou Mubai saw that the emperor listened seriously, and said more energetically: "In Nanyang, many Han people are engaged in commercial trafficking, these people have silver, all they want is stability and face, many people in Nanyang inherit the Ming system, look down on businessmen, and even some Nanyang countries squeeze out Han merchants, if the emperor can respect businessmen and provide them with protection, Weichen thinks that these people are still willing to come to Haidu to set up factories, and the emperor had better give some big businessmen a false position, so that they can have some face in front of people." ”

"In the final analysis, all sentient beings want is the word fame and fortune, and the emperor is willing to give them a name, no longer treat them as lowly people, and even inflate their status, and this name is there. The emperor lowered the tax rate for them, and gave them as much convenience as possible, and the goods produced in their workshops were transported to all parts of the South Seas by sea, and they were afraid that there would be no profits? ”

Zhou Mubai talked about half a stick of incense, and the more he talked about it, the more he felt that this matter in the Special Economic Zone was indeed a good thing.

"What Aiqing said makes sense." Zhu Jun felt that the ancients were not all ignorant, but why to the Qing Dynasty but more stupid, the late Ming Dynasty, mercantilism, democracy, citizen awakening, science and technology-based ideas with the rise of the mind and all the rage, scolding the emperor even in the south of the Yangtze River has become a fashion, the use of the system of election of the emperor system has also been mentioned, all kinds of advanced science and technology were also born in this period, but in the Qing Dynasty, under the oppression of the literary prison, all ideas and modern civilization were all destroyed.

"All the affairs of the Special Economic Zone will be handled by Zhou Qing, are you very close to the Confucianism and Gongsheng of Xinxue?"

"The great Confucianism and Gongsheng who are subordinate to Xinxue are just general friends, and they don't have many deep friendships, please let the emperor know about it." Zhou Mubai's face turned a little pale, and the emperor asked like this, he thought that the emperor suspected that he was forming a party with the officials of Xinxue, so he hurriedly cleared his mind.

Zhu Jun smiled: "What are you doing in a hurry?" I don't blame you, those Confucians and Gongsheng have a lot of experience in industry and commerce, you can let them assist you, the affairs of the Special Administrative Region are related to the country, you must not take it lightly, you must make an example for the people of the world, if it is messed up, I don't know how many people will clap their hands in secret. ”

Zhou Mubai breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that the emperor didn't mean to blame, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”