Compared with the gloom of the proprietor and shopkeeper group of the manufacturer, the atmosphere in the grassroots management personnel, technical personnel, and worker groups of each manufacturer is completely different.

On the same street as Fugui Restaurant, but in a relatively remote restaurant, a group of young people are also drinking and chatting, discussing and confirming their future ideas.

"Lao Wang, are you still going to the Great Food Country?"

"If I don't go, I'll go to work in the government-run factory next month, the treatment should not be much worse than that of the big food country, the key is not to go so far, I heard that in the future, I may also divide the house and car, if I become a manager, it is possible to enjoy the official treatment."

"I'm not going either, our factory is likely to become a government-run factory, the people from the Yamen have already come, and our owner and shopkeeper are considering whether to sell the factory to the Yamen......"

"I also heard that government-run factories will build their own schools, so that children don't have to spend money to go to school, or subsidize more than half of them......"

"The government-run factory is guaranteed, even if there will not really be the same treatment as the official in the future, the regulations of the imperial court will definitely be implemented honestly, and it will not be like the proprietors of the people who say one thing and do another......

"However, when I read the newspapers, it seems to be saying that after the country advances and the people retreat, and all kinds of factories and trading houses become the imperial court, we ordinary people will no longer have the possibility of becoming our own proprietors and making a lot of money......

"yes, I've heard about ...... too."

"When you two used to, you didn't think about opening your own factory, opening your own trading house, and becoming your own owner, why are you suddenly worried about this at this time?"

"Besides, the imperial court doesn't seem to stop us from opening our own factory, right? The yamen did not want to forcibly buy private factories, they were all discussed, and they could sell if they wanted, and they would not sell if they didn't want to sell......

"Just look at the things in those tabloids, and the fundamental reason is that if the yamen does not come forward, those who are the proprietors are not willing to honestly implement the new regulations."

"That's right, the imperial court now requires that the minimum wage be increased every two years, and now it is ready to increase the rest time to four days a month, just like the Great Food Country, and the key is not to reduce the salary."

"The proprietors always find ways to pass the buck, the so-called policies at the top, and countermeasures at the bottom, and the government-run factories must be implemented, and the workers will definitely run to the government-run factories, and there will be no one to work for them."

"They just don't want to pay more, and they are worried that the workers will run away and no one will work, so they oppose the opening of the factory by the Yamen."

"It seems like that......

"I was thinking too much about ......"

There was talk of it all over the city, and almost everyone from workers to managers to shopkeepers and proprietors was involved.

Because this reform has affected the vast majority of the urban population.

In fact, this discussion and public opinion turmoil is not only spreading in Edo, but also in most areas of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Because the establishment of government-owned manufacturers is carried out simultaneously across the country in Daming.

The reaction of public opinion in most areas is very similar to that of the Edo area.

The proprietors are worried about the clouds, and ordinary workers and grassroots engineering and technical personnel are all thinking of changing jobs to government-run factories.

The relevant news soon went beyond the scope of Daming.

The royal families, courts, and merchants of the Taixi countries have also seen the relevant news one after another.

They immediately began a very serious discussion and analysis.

The most critical question is whether to follow along.

Most countries are discussing it on their own, but a few people hesitate for a moment and ask directly.

Queen Charlotte of the United States and Crown Prince Charles of France sent telegrams directly to Zhu Jingyuan.

The questions are very similar, can we learn from this government-run consortium and government-owned manufacturer engaged in by Daming.

After Zhu Jingyuan saw the news, he thought about it for a while and made a similar reply:

You can choose to learn, but it is recommended to control the amplitude and scope a little, and not to be as direct as Daming.

The ability of your country's royal family and court to control the people is far less than that of the Ming Dynasty.

Your power is not strong compared to the people.

If you completely copy Daming's plan, it will directly damage the interests of private capital, and some groups may take risks.

This may jeopardize your personal safety......

Zhu Jingyuan reminded Charles and Charlotte that he actually had corresponding precautions.

After the large-scale construction of the state-owned factory began, Zhu Jingyuan himself was able to avoid going out without going out, and he also avoided participating in any public and public activities as much as possible.

Although it is said that even if it is the plan of the Ming Dynasty, the yamen at all levels did not force the private manufacturers to death, but just went directly to participate in the competition.

But it's hard to guarantee that no one will go bankrupt because of this, and then they will want to take revenge on society, and even revenge on themselves, the representative of the royal family.

Since the end of the World War and the opening up of the six major industries, Zhu Jingyuan has vigorously encouraged and promoted the development of private manufacturers through the Aviation Industry Association and the Machinery Industry Association.

Because on the whole, he basically did not harm anyone's interests in this process, and the key is to seek benefits for the main forces of society, from businessmen to workers and technicians to bureaucrats, the vast majority of them support themselves.

If you occasionally show your face in public, you will have no problem being prepared.

Now the situation is complicated, and Zhu Jingyuan is honest.

Zhu Jingyuan can now only get feedback from the people through the newspaper and through his own hands.

As the reform continued, Zhu Jingyuan found that the reaction of the people was not much different from what he expected.

Of course, the group of proprietors was relatively depressed, and they felt the competition and administrative pressure from the imperial court and the yamen.

Of course, they are quite disgusted with this kind of system reform, but they are also powerless to stop it.

In various non-governmental newspapers, they continued to shout, claiming that this situation of the country's advance and people's retreat would inevitably affect the development of the Ming Dynasty.

There are even tabloids that the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is coming to an end, the market will inevitably continue to cool down, and the finances of the coming year will be ugly.

However, the reaction of the real low-level workers is the opposite, waiting for the government-run manufacturers to become bigger and stronger, and at the same time planning to change jobs.

The time soon came to the end of the year, and the financial data of various parts of Daming were indeed not very good, and many places had a huge financial deficit.

In the absence of a sufficient budget, a large amount of additional financial funds were temporarily allocated for investment in construction and the acquisition of various basic industries.

In the eight-year budget of Ankang, the relevant types of expenditures have been directly implemented, and have increased significantly again.

Budgets for other categories will of course be affected.

In particular, many of the support budgets for specific industries and industries, that is, the budgets that might have been directly given to private manufacturers or used to reduce or exempt taxes for certain manufacturers, have been transferred to the construction of state-owned manufacturers.

After the relevant news was confirmed, that is, there will be no corresponding subsidies next year, and there will be no more various reductions and exemptions, which immediately triggered strong opposition from relevant manufacturers.

At the same time, the central court of the Ming Dynasty has also officially issued an order to officially implement the mandatory ten-hour work system and at least four days off per month from the eighth year of Ankang.

As a result, public opinion related to competing with the people for benefits and the country's advance and retreat reached an unprecedented peak at the end of the seventh year of Ankang to the beginning of the eighth year of Ankang.

Zhu Jingyuan honestly stayed at home and in the yamen and did not go out.

Eight years after entering Ankang, including Edo, a large number of manufacturer violations have been reported in various parts of Daming.

A large number of private manufacturers have received large fines for refusing to implement the latest labor system.

In fact, these are typical examples of what the yamen has specially grasped.

During the eight years of Ankang, if you read the news in some newspapers, it gives people the feeling of a gloomy and bleak state.

For private manufacturers, they are indeed empathetic.

Since the end of the World War, private manufacturers, who have been in high spirits, have felt unprecedented pressure in the eight years of Ankang.

The competition for employment has intensified sharply, the administrative law enforcement has suddenly become strict, and the proprietors have complained bitterly.

But the atmosphere of the working community is noticeably more relaxed than in previous years.

The market is not depressed at all, and it seems to have become more prosperous.

The reason is actually very simple, the wages of the workers have not decreased, but the more time to rest, the number of people who spend in the market has increased.

By the end of Ankang's eighth year, as soon as the various reports for the new year came out, many officials laughed and laughed.

Ankang's fiscal revenue has increased by more than 20 points in the past eight years!

The point is that the forecast for next year is also very optimistic, and the magnitude of growth is likely to increase.

The reason is also very simple, not to mention reasonable tax avoidance for private manufacturers, tax evasion and tax evasion are repeatedly prohibited.

It is difficult for government-owned manufacturers to evade taxes, and if they have additional profits, they have to pay their profits directly, which is all income.

In the past two years, the state-owned enterprises have just started to operate, and those that have made profits are still light and small industries, and the amount of income is not high.

Moreover, on the whole, it is still in the investment stage, and the direct surplus of the government-owned manufacturers is not much.

When the large industry begins to make a profit, and the whole enters the income stage, this income will be more considerable.

The income of the industries under the Ming Consortium is directly handed over to the imperial court and the corresponding level yamen, which is similar to the direct making of money by the imperial court.

At the same time, the new benefits for court officials have also been gradually implemented in the past two years.

So the atmosphere in the bureaucracy is quite relaxed.

After the end of his eight years of Ankang, Zhu Jingyuan's term in the Edo region was about to end.

Reforms in Edo, Nara, and Korea have also begun to bear fruit.

After the Spring Festival of Ankang for nine years, Zhu Jingyuan was no longer directly involved in local affairs.

While reviewing and summarizing the achievements of the past two years, while waiting for the new appointment of the imperial court, he packed up his things and prepared to leave.

The general education certificate system has been fully implemented in Edo, Nara, and North Korea.

All residents of the area have obtained their certificates of passing the simultaneous examination.

All administrative and civil affairs in the three places are based on the general examination certificate, and no other identity information will be checked.

This is a very exaggerated achievement.

Two years is definitely not a long time to put on administrative reform, and it is impossible to do it so thoroughly under normal circumstances.

Because Zhu Jingyuan gave the requirements at the beginning, the difficulty of those who failed to pass the exam many times could be reduced, and those who did not cooperate with the exam were forcibly sent to Mozhou to open up the wasteland.

So the reason for this result is that the people who didn't pass the exam were cleaned up.

Of course, there are reasons for deliberately making political achievements, but Zhu Jingyuan feels that in this case, some tough measures are also needed.

Nowadays, the people of Edo, Nara, and North Korea have even become a popular phrase to coax and scare children.

After the Lantern Festival in the ninth year of Ankang, Zhu Jingyuan received a new appointment from the imperial court, as well as letters from his father and mother.

Zhu Jingyuan first looked at the appointment of the imperial court.

"The Shaanxi political envoy participates in politics, and the governor of the Western Regions, Xueyu, Anxi, Mongolia, Xianbei and other local military and political affairs."

Although this is the first time that Zhu Jingyuan has really served in the interior, Zhu Jingyuan has already prepared in his heart.

It is necessary to transfer those who have served in the inland for a long time to the coastal areas, those who have served in the coastal areas for a long time to the interior, those who have been in the south for a long time to the north, and those who have been in the north for a long time to the south.

The Shaanxi Political Envoy Department participates in politics and is nominally the second official of the political envoy.

The Shaanxi political envoy of the Ming Dynasty included most of the three provinces of Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu in later generations, as well as parts of Qinghai, Sichuan and Inner Mongolia.

It's quite large as a province.

However, compared with the scope of their own work, the area of follow-up supervision is even larger to an outrageous extent.

The appointment itself is just a general term, and there are specific places of actual responsibility below.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at the list of place names, compared it to the map, and found that the actual scope was larger than he thought.

To the west of the 400 mm equal precipitation line, to the east of the Great Food Country, to the north of the Tianzhu region, and to the north of the Shenou continent, all the spheres of influence belonging to the Ming Dynasty were handed over to himself to supervise.

The area of these areas has expanded many times compared to the original three provinces of Edo, Nara, and Korea.

My father's heart is really big, and all the military and political affairs of such a large area are handed over to a prince.

However, the problem is also very large, and the components within these regions are very complex.

There were provinces directly under the central court, there were former internal feudal domains that had been abolished, and there were outer feudal domains that still exist today.

The Principalities of Western Xianbei, Kazakh, Khiva, and Persia are all included in this scope.

The situation in these regions is numerous times more complicated than in Edo, Nara, and Korea.

The biggest question is whether the reforms that you have implemented in your own country should be implemented in these foreign domains.

The original treaty with these foreign feudal monarchs was a guarantee that the feudal lords would not be abolished or re-established.

However, there was no provision that the Ming would not interfere in internal affairs, and even explicitly required that local laws should not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and that the local monarch must be loyal to the Ming Emperor and cooperate with the jurisdiction of the Ming court.

However, before that, for the foreign vassal states that Kazakhstan, Khiva, and Persia took the initiative to join, the central court of the Ming Dynasty almost completely did not interfere in the daily affairs of the local areas, except for garrisoning troops and collecting taxes.

For the Principality of Xixian Bei and the Principality of Egypt, which joined the Ming Dynasty due to war treaties, they only arranged some supervision officials on the basis of the feudal states that took the initiative to join the feudal states to supervise the local monarchs to actively integrate into the Ming system.

There will be no coercive interference in the actual administration, and the actual day-to-day affairs will still be handled by the local monarch.

In fact, many of the customary traditional systems in these foreign domains violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, especially the beliefs and marriage-related customs in remote areas, but the central court did not really care about it.

Could it be that this time I let myself go to the Great Northwest to let myself deal with these things?

Thinking of this, Zhu Jingyuan opened the letter that his father wrote to him alone, and immediately confirmed his guess.

Daddy is going to try to transform the "traditions" of these feudal countries and places on his own.

Moreover, Daddy's original intention was to let himself go directly to Yili, so that he could have a deeper understanding of the local situation and be more convenient to deal with local affairs as soon as possible.

But a place like Ili is too far away, and sending a prince to such a place, Dad himself is a little hesitant.

Coupled with his mother's strong opposition, he changed to work in Shaanxi.

Shaanxi is the west gate of the core area of the Ming Dynasty, and it is reasonable to be responsible for the affairs of the northwest here.

(End of chapter)