At this time, it was the beginning of spring, and Zhu Jun's trip returned to Nanjing, due to the big victory... Many people don't even believe that the once invincible Manchu is over. But when the energetic Guards Regiment came back to protect the emperor, and the major newspapers also rushed to report the details of the victory, for a while, the whole city was a sensation. Especially the merchants, every inch of land that the Ming Dynasty recovered. Even if it was a great business opportunity for them, many businessmen began to pack their bags. Head north in search of opportunities.

It's just that for Zhu Jun, behind the victory, a hidden danger began to plague him, according to Mu Yaobo's advice, in Nanjing, Haidu, etc. Some sporadic strikes have attracted the attention of the cabinet, and even in Haidu, there have been several violent incidents between labor and management, although the scale is not large, but there are already some faint signs of violence.

In particular, in the case of Chongwu District, Haidu, the owner of a firecracker factory was responsible for depressing the monthly wages of workers. Aroused the dissatisfaction of the workers, several workers rushed into the factory owner's house, smashed it, and even looted a lot of valuables. The fact that the yamen of Haidu had been sent to the cabinet was unprecedented, and if the workers were found guilty, it would have aroused the indignation of the people, and many newspapers had already published the incident. Some well-wishers are already paying attention to the verdict, and for most people they are sympathetic to the workers. And if the workers are acquitted, although they can win the favor of the people, but as soon as this case is opened, those workers who are dissatisfied with the treatment will make a fuss in the future. When the money was less, he went to smash the house of the factory owner. I'm afraid that in less than a year, all the factory owners' homes in Haidu will be smashed several times, who will dare to do business in Haidu in the future, and who will dare to open a factory?

The local yamen had a big headache, so they simply made a handshake and sent it directly to the cabinet, so that the cabinet bosses were upset, after all, this was the first case of excessive factory disputes in the Ming Dynasty, and the cabinet would not reprimand the local yamen for their incompetence.

"Mu Aiqing, how did you deal with it?" Zhu Jun looked at the recent newspaper in Nanjing City quietly, and did not show too much excitement, and finally raised his eyes and looked at Mu Tianbo and asked.

Mu Yaobo smiled bitterly: "Weichen's sentence is that the smashed workers will be imprisoned for one year to show their example, and the factory owner must pay these workers in advance for one year in prison within this year." ”

Zhu Jun smiled slightly, Mu Tianbo is really an old fox, this kind of thing was originally offended by both sides, but Mu Tianbo came to the big fifty boards, and the factory owner lost a large amount of salary, which naturally made people applaud, but the smashing worker was imprisoned for one year, which can be regarded as impartial.

Zhu Jun understands that it is the nature of capitalists to squeeze profits, and it is also fair for workers to fight for interests, and the emergence of factories has transformed the contradiction between tenant farmers and landlords into a contradiction between capital and workers. Some ordinary people have become wealthy, while many village gods have gone bankrupt one after another, and if in the past, the local villagers were the masters of resources for generations, and the tenant farmers have been attached to the land of the villagers for generations, but no one has any thoughts. But this kind of condescension is completely broken, when your neighbor suddenly becomes rich, and you are still working for others to earn a salary, then. Discontent spread. What is the second egg? My brother recognized him when he wore open crotch pants, stupid, why did he go home? Brother is so smart, why can't he achieve anything?

The trend of comparison began to spread, some people became rich overnight, others remained unknown, coupled with disputes between labor and capital. It is inevitable that the new bourgeoisie and the workers will be pitted against each other.

And the biggest problem of the imperial court is how to solve this contradiction, for the time being, Zhu Jun can still provoke external contradictions to divert domestic attention, but in the future, Zhu Jun thinks of the French Revolution. He couldn't help but shudder, he did not deny the progressive significance of the French Revolution, but he was also very aware of the harmfulness of this kind of revolution, the revolution suppressed more and more people, the revolution increased more taxes to continue to suppress more and more people were dissatisfied, more and more people stood up, and finally collapsed, the court came to power, the warlords rose, whether they were powerful or workers, whether they were industrialists and businessmen or small farmers, they were all finished. This vicious circle is enough to bring down a pound, illustrious empire.

However, it is not very possible for Zhu Jun to completely take care of the interests of the workers, in the stage of primitive capital accumulation, whether it is the imperial court or the emerging capitalists, the thirst for silver is even greater than that of Chongzhen during the period of internal and external troubles, and the imperial court needs to build various facilities, including railroad tracks, roads, ports and a large number of public facilities to promote commerce and trade, no matter which of these projects cost tens of millions of silver, and the imperial court is not a profit-making institution, if you want silver, you must pay taxes to the emerging bourgeoisie, The emerging bourgeoisie, on the other hand, had to guarantee its maximum profits, pay taxes to the imperial court, and ensure the operation of its factories. Especially now most of the emerging bourgeoisie in Jiangnan is still in the stage of primitive capital accumulation. This is a small profit, and it is necessary to ensure the interests of the court and the people. But in the same way, it is necessary to maximize one's own interests, and it is impossible to resist the imperial court, so the only room for interest can only extend to the side of the workers, and the imperial court must now maintain a balance between maintaining the stability of its own taxes and rewarding the capitalists with sufficient profits, and the minimum monkey that can get enough food and clothing, six

Perhaps a few years ago, people who have been transformed from peasants to workers will not have complaints, because many peasants cannot even guarantee the food and clothing of their families, and after becoming workers, they will not only solve the problem of food and clothing, but also use some surplus to buy a small amount of goods, but the workers' expenses will be higher and higher, and the original tenants may have very simple requirements, only need to have food, clothing and clothing to be satisfied, but the workers are different, they hope for more utensils, get more food. When I got sick, I also began to go to the medicine hall to get medicine, and my children and grandchildren needed to be educated, although I earned a lot of money. However, expenses have also increased, and they used to only need to fill their stomachs, but now, the expenses are increasing more and more, and they are still unable to make ends meet, and the workers' horizons have gradually broadened, and they have seen the new rich and wealthy squandering money, and this kind of dissatisfaction is naturally easy to breed.

Zhu Jun understands that in the stage of primitive accumulation, the gap between the rich and the poor is an inevitable phenomenon, generally speaking. The faster it unfolds, the greater the gap between the rich and the poor, and the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, and France in later generations are all the same, the so-called capitalism is nothing more than the accumulation of wealth by the whole people, and finally the wealth is gathered in the hands of a small number of people, and the huge capital is used to create more wealth, rather than consuming this wealth and snowballing it to become larger, and when the cake is big enough, it is the time to share it. For now, this is by no means the time for national consumption.

As for the so-called method of raising the minimum wage in later generations, Zhu Jun wanted to learn from it, but then he dispelled it, and the increase in the minimum wage seemed to increase the income of the workers a lot, but the smart people could see at a glance that the income of the workers increased, and the profit margin of the capitalists naturally decreased a lot, so in order to get more income, the only way for the capitalists to get more income was to raise the price of the product, pass on the lost profits to the consumers, and finally the price of goods increased. In the final analysis, the wages of the workers can only buy the original goods, but the wages have increased, but the purchasing power has not increased by a single point.

Zhu Jun sat on the appraisal chair, holding his chin, thinking about the various experiences of later generations, the first Ming Dynasty was indeed a lot easier for the British who carried out the industrial revolution in later generations, at least the royal prestige of the Ming Dynasty is still high, and there is no revolutionary idealism like the French, the Han people are more pragmatic, although there is a little friction, but not in the case of not being able to live, I am afraid that no one should be willing to stand up and rebel. From the current situation, it is relatively easier than the industrial revolution in Britain, at least the Ming Dynasty now has enough land, and in Britain, due to the industrial revolution, a high number of agricultural tools were forcibly reclaimed by the political game, the houses were demolished, and the peasants were moved to the city by violent means to work for more than ten hours a day to earn enough food for the family, and they could not even enjoy the most basic living facilities in the slums. Thinking of this, Zhu Jun regained his confidence a little, at least, the chance of a riot in the Ming Dynasty should be small, and there were no large-scale riots among the British, not to mention the Han people who lived a better life and were not too ruthless.

It's just that Zhu Jun understands more that it is not necessary to simply record and cut the country, and isn't this period a great opportunity to lead the contradictions abroad? The reason why the British were able to endure the most cruel recording is that I am afraid that foreign wars and recording abroad have also had a huge impact, Zhu Jun squinted slightly, and a complete map of the world in his mind slowly appeared, and his lips pursed slightly: "Mu Aiqing's verdict is very good, write it in the imperial court's mansion newspaper, and order the prefectures and counties to take this judgment as an example if they encounter such disputes again."

There was still a slight smile on his face: "It's just that in the final analysis, this kind of thing is still a palliative rather than a cure, and the will of the Chuan Lian will summon all the editors of the Di Bao and all the maritime merchants to enter the palace, and the Lian will see you."

Mu Tianbo nodded, seeing that the emperor had some strange thoughts, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, although the emperor's thoughts were strange, but the idea was good, in fact, the labor and management in various places had already been gathered in the cabinet, he was a person who understood, and naturally knew the harmfulness of the expansion of the incident. At this time, he was also worried, and nodded his head. Asked: "What idea does the emperor have?" ”

Zhu Jun paced a few steps in the hall with his hands behind his back. glanced back at Mu Tianbo and smiled: "Mu Aiqing, do you know why there is a dispute?" ”

Mu Yaobo thought about it and was about to speak, but he thought that the emperor would naturally have a novel opinion when he asked like this, so he said: "Weichen is stupid, please ask the emperor to show me."

Zhu Jun said: "In the final analysis, it is actually competition, there are too many factories, and businessmen have to desperately reduce prices to ensure that their warehouses are not hoarded. It was originally good to have many factories, but there were too many workers, and now I don't know how many peasant tenants are pouring into the city, and the imperial court does not know how to settle concubines and few displaced people. The more workers there are, the more options a factory has, and a factory needs to recruit ten workers. However, there were fifteen workers who needed to work, so that the factory could admit them on the basis of merit. In addition, it can also desperately drive down wages. ”

Zhu Jun understands that the current situation has encountered the same problem as later generations, and now the population in Daming has exceeded 10 million households, nearly 30 million people, and human resources are extremely large for this era, and the more workers. Naturally, there will be people who will be unemployed, and businessmen will have a choice

Ogawa, naturally, will start from the salary to maintain his own maximum Leeds. "Two taels of barium month" is a post for someone to scramble, so the businessmen will naturally ask with a cunning face whether to do two taels of silver? Do you work eight hours a day? Don't do it? Then the next one.

In this case, then Daming might as well transfer the remaining workers to other industries Zhu Jun's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile: "Transferring some manpower out not only relieves the tension of the workers in Daming, but also opens up a new industry for them." ”

"New industry?. Mu Tianbo muttered, puzzled and questioned.

"Yes, a new industry, a completely risky industry, where workers can go to be sailors, to be mercenaries, or even to venture out for wealth." Zhu Jun pursed his lips.

The emperor said, "Pirates? Mu Tianbo was not a fool, and immediately thought of the group of vicious bandits on Chongming Island.

"No, not a pirate." Zhu Jun flatly denied it, and he gently put it on Mu Tianbo's shoulder calmly: "It's adventurers, or colonists, who take advantage of their love of adventure and desire for wealth." They could travel far and wide to new continents, where they could get land. You can get gold, silver, ivory, incense. For every piece of ten land they capture, the Ming Dynasty will establish rule there, and they will also become the upstarts of the New World. ”

Mu Yaobo said in his heart, isn't this still a pirate? However, the emperor said that he was not a pirate, so he naturally did not dare to deny it, after all, he was not one of those things in the Ministry of Rites who should fight for reason, and what should be shut up: "Your Majesty, the sea", can this industry really accommodate so much manpower? ”

Zhu Jun smiled slightly: "Adventure is only the beginning of an industrial chain, at the beginning of the adventure, there is a huge demand for ships, so that the shipbuilding industry can accommodate more craftsmen, when ships sail to fight. A large number of sailors, helmsmen, and armed men are needed, and these are naturally important people, after the New World, adventurers got various luxury goods such as fan incense, agate, and precious stones, and naturally they also needed merchants to transit and trade, and the Ming Dynasty got a new piece of land, and the troops could be stationed to maintain local law and order, and the port was built there to establish a government to establish rule, and the imperial court also needed more officials, many workers could also go overseas to find opportunities, and some farmers could go there to get a large area of land to cultivate, Even hired locals to set up farms, Mu Aiqing, thought about it, if it could attract some manpower overseas, the population of the Ming Dynasty would naturally be slightly insufficient. In a hundred years, once there is a shortage of workers, won't the factory owners raise wages to attract artisans in order to recruit them? ”

Mu Tianbo smiled bitterly: "The emperor is far-sighted. Weichen really doesn't know how to trade and trade, if Lord Zhou Mubai is here, he must be able to have an epiphany. ”

Zhou Mubai is in charge of commerce and trade in the cabinet, and he is naturally very familiar with commerce and trade, because Jiangbei is the first to recover. The major development areas in Jiangbei gradually rolled out, and Zhou Mubai naturally went north to prepare for the construction of the opening area.

Zhu Junhuanger smiled: "Since this is the case, then let's do it according to the wishes of the Union." ”

"Obey." Mu Tianbo was about to leave. At this time, Xiao Guizi hurriedly came in and said, "Your Majesty, the urgent report from Beiping City has come."

Although the war in Jiangbei is coming to an end, there are still many military operations to finish, Zhu Jun returned to Nanjing, and has already informed the palace ban so that Jiangbei's war report can be progressed at any time, and there is no need to delay. It was the news from the palace ban, and Xiao Guizi immediately went to the palace gate to report directly to Zhu Jun.

Mu Tianbo stopped when he heard this, glanced back at Zhu Jun, and Zhu Jun waved his hand towards Mu Tianbo: "Mu Aiqing, let's listen here first." ”

Mu Yaobo turned around and nodded towards Zhu Jun.

Xiao Guizi carefully handed a piece of music to the imperial case, Zhu Jun stepped up to the golden hall, and checked it up casually, his face immediately showed a bright smile, and he shouted hello, and then handed it to the little madman: "Pass it to Lord Mu." ”

Xiao Guizi got out of the Golden Palace and sent the song to Mu Tianbo, Mu Tianbo looked at it with deep eyebrows for a while, handed it back to Xiao Guizi with a strong smile, and made a salute to Zhu Jun: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, this Ming treasury has finally been relieved."

Zhu Jun waved his hand; "Now is not the time to congratulate, you immediately go back and draw up some Chen Wen that Lian Fang just said, and what Lian and Ai Qing just talked about, you must do it as soon as possible."

Mu Tianbo shook his jaw: "The minister will do it." Then something suddenly came to mind: "That's right." Your Majesty, the envoys of England, France, Spain, and Ottoman have arrived in Beijing, I don't know when the emperor will summon them? ”

Zhu Jun sneered slightly: "No hurry." Hang them first. ”，

Well, got married today and picked up the bride in the morning. Then the wine was set and made like a puppet. I smirked when I saw someone.,Fortunately, it's finally done.,Hey.,The trouble is finally over.,Tomorrow I will start to enter the next volume.,The little brother adjusts his mentality.,Carefully code words.,Strive to write the content of the last volume.。

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