Zhu Yijun frowned slightly after hearing this, and asked Zhang Jingxiu: "Why are they striking?" ”

"They are reportedly worried about being laid off for extravagance, and some of the factories have already done so, which has caused panic."

Zhang Jingxiu replied at this time.

Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang: "What is the cabinet's response to this?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the situation of the strike, the Cabinet Planning Department has indeed dealt with it."

"According to the plan of the Cabinet Planning Department, in the event of a strike, the government-run commercial houses under the Degree Branch Department will accept these workers and expand the scale of the government operation."

"It's just that the consequences of the reduction in profits caused by the luxury tax will be borne by the government-run commercial banks."

"For the imperial court, anyway, the main thing is not to make a profit from the production of luxury goods, but to rely on the collection of luxury taxes to curb the expansion of the powerful."

Qi Jiguang replied.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked Qi Jiguang: "Do you know about the court discussion between the minister of the Han Dynasty, Sang Hongyang, and the Confucian ministers?" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Compared with the private sector, the government is prone to poor management, which leads to deficits."

"Because, although the current dynasty has implemented the law of passing examinations, it is difficult to guarantee that the officials have the ability to Tao Zhu, and it is also difficult to ensure that the bureaucrats will not see the public interests and move selfishly, so that the luxury goods produced are gradually unworthy of the name, so that there is no profit, or even loss, and the state treasury has to subsidize the money to support the craftsmen of these government-run commercial houses, which is not conducive to the progress of skills."

Shen Yi immediately put forward his different opinions at this time.

Qi Jiguang said: "Your Majesty, the minister also thought of this, but the national conditions of this dynasty are like this, laissez-faire, it will only make the powerful bigger, the country is not rich and the country is not beneficial to the people, and this dynasty has always been the official and business are not separated, the business and the noble will be out of office, and the noble will be in business, so even if it is not taken over by the government, in fact, these industries are also run by the bureaucrats of the world." ”

"But laissez-faire will only leave the bureaucrats of the world unsupervised in terms of profit, and it is better for the officials to advance and the people to retreat, so that the bureaucrats in the world will be supervised when they are making profits!"

"Your Majesty is the lord of the world, and the power of the world belongs to Your Majesty, and he is also the only one who can kill others, and he is a strong soldier, so as long as he is discerning and impartial, no bureaucrat dares to let the government-run commercial bank lose money when managing business."

"In addition, Tao Zhu Fan Gong also had the talent to govern the country before doing business, so instead of saying that those who can govern the country and the people, they will not be able to take profits for the country, and they will not be able to Tao Zhu's skills, maybe they can be more for the interests of the country and the expectations of the monarch, and make the profits more reasonable and more able to lay out in the long run, and will not be for the immediate benefits and the foundation of the future."

"What's more, luxury things are necessary for the powerful, and officials don't dare to do anything about quality, let alone not increase production, and let the powerful be wronged, after all, they have the courage to offend the people, but they don't necessarily have the courage to offend the powerful."

Qi Jiguang spoke again.

Zhu Yijun bowed: "The powerful bureaucrats want to rebel against the luxury tax by instigating the workers to strike, and the imperial court seems to have no other better way than to directly end up making luxury goods and levying luxury taxes, after all, this is better than slaughtering all the workers. ”

"Your Majesty said yes."

Shen replied.

Other ruling ministers chimed in.

None of them dared to say that the workers had been slaughtered.

Zhu Yijun said here: "Let's do it like this, it is the general trend for officials to enter and retreat, and it is not something that I can stop." ”

Then, Zhu Yijun looked at Qi Jiguang again and said: "However, you can't deliberately suppress the private sector, as long as they abide by the rules, it is better to protect and even give them some support, after all, they are more willing to pursue profits, and they can also be used as a reference for the government-run industry in the same industry. ”

"What's more, the private sector still bears the food and clothing problems of most of the workers."

"What Your Majesty said is that the Department of Planning has already submitted a case, and there are encouraging policies for private businessmen who are willing to cooperate with the reform of the imperial court, and the division is ready to allocate special low-interest loans to private businessmen who can support the reform of the imperial court in the future, support them to expand their industries overseas, and reward outstanding private enterprises."

Qi Jiguang replied at this time.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun said: "To add a little more, if you cooperate, I will let the inner court and Guanglu Temple give priority to purchasing their goods, and they will be listed in the front row at the future fairs, in addition, for the good products that are known all over the world, I will give them imperial gold plaques and medals, so that they can be passed on to the heirs, and in the future, once the business is difficult, you can use this to ask the imperial court for assistance, so that the industry will not fall." ”

"Yes!"

It was not long before the edict on the introduction of the luxury tax was officially promulgated by the Cabinet of Ministers in the provincial tax departments.

At the same time, there were also promulgated a number of government-run commercial banks in the name of the country, such as the Daming Central Commercial Bank, the Daming Fuguo Commercial Bank, and the Daming Huimin Commercial Bank, as well as the holy decree to promote commercial development.

In order to let as many officials and people understand the intentions of the imperial court as much as possible, all the imperial courts issued clear decrees, which is equivalent to playing clear cards.

Therefore, as soon as such an edict was issued, it was not long before the powerful officials and gentry who took the initiative to strike many workers producing luxury goods in Suzhou behind the scenes guessed the motives of the imperial court in issuing these decrees.

"Opening a new government-run firm, the imperial court does not intend to dispose of the striking workers, but directly robs our business!"

"It's so poisonous!"

Nandu.

After seeing the content of such a will, Zhang Yuanshan of Hui'an Bo said to his own guest Cheng Tianlie and Huang Ya.

Cheng Tianlie also said with some loss: "Today's son is really benevolent, and he is unwilling to use a ruthless way to force the reform to the workers, but would rather be an official and the people retreat!" ”

Therefore, Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, the two treacherous and cunning ministers, will be very cooperative to let the soldiers of the world not participate in business first, and even buy the soldiers with military reform first, so that it is good to use the method of officials entering and retreating to eat the benefits of the world! Don't worry about mutiny. ”

Zhang Yuanshan spoke.

"Fortunately, we have the corresponding arrangements."

Cheng Tianlie looked at Zhang Yuanshan as he spoke: "Uncle, now it seems that the mine thieves who can only let us buy out, pretend to be officials and soldiers, pretend to be holy decrees, and slaughter all the striking workers!" ”

"In this way, the fake show can really be done, and when the time comes, I am afraid that not only the workers in Suzhou will riot, but also Songjiang, Nandu, Changzhou, Foshan, Luzhou, Weifang, Linqing and other places with developed commerce will riot."

Zhang Yuanshan nodded and said, "Then let them act." ”

……

"The imperial court did not impose a luxury tax to reduce your income, but to suppress luxury, so that the dignitaries and nobles could pay more taxes, and then the imperial court could benefit more ordinary people."

"Why don't you understand, you have to resist the national policy!"

Li Yaomin, the head of the East Factory, came to Changmen and persuaded the striking workers who were assembling in Changmen.

An old hired worker named Xue Qin sneered after Li Yaomin said: "But doesn't the imperial court know that the taxes imposed on high-ranking officials and nobles will also be added to us?" ”

"Of course you know!"

"Therefore, the imperial court has issued an order to send Liu Quxian, the former right attendant of the Ministry of Commerce, to lead the Daming Central Commercial Bank with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce, to open a corresponding workshop in Suzhou, and recruit you to be hired as employees of the imperial court's official commercial house with better treatment."

Li Yaomin handed over a copy of the "Di Bao" as he said at this time: "Let's circulate it to each other and take a look." ”

"Really?"

Xue Qin was very excited after hearing this, and hurriedly asked, and then took the "Di Bao" and read it carefully, and circulated it to other employees.

"Sure enough, the imperial court has considered us."

"The emperor really still cares about us workers."

"Yes, the employees of the government-run commercial houses have always been the most stable, and there are many benefits during the New Year's holidays, and they also use the attached school. Naturally, we are willing to go to a government-run firm. ”

……

For a while, many of the striking employees became excited.

"Don't believe the nonsense of the imperial court!"

"The imperial court may be a delaying tactic, so as to paralyze us, maybe we are now deploying troops!"

"You know, we have a lot of people on strike this time, where can they get so many hired workers?"

"Now it is a martial artist who is in charge, and he will only solve the problem by killing people and shedding blood!"

"So, let's not believe it!"

However, at this time, there were workers and thieves such as Cui Xianxue, who had been bribed by powerful bureaucrats such as Hui Anbo, and others put forward different views.

Li Yaomin therefore looked at him with cold eyes.

Cui Xianxue was a little nervous by him.

But at this time, a large number of awning boats suddenly appeared outside the gate, and immediately after, many mining thieves with wild goose feathers or big spears jumped out of the awning boats.

As soon as the thieves jumped ashore under the banner of the official army, they surrounded the striking workers.

Cui Xianxue was quite excited when he saw this, and hurriedly said: "I'll just say that the court is lying, and they have been preparing to kill us for a long time." ”

Xue Qin also looked at Li Yaomin because of this: "What's the situation?" ”

Bang bang!

Bang bang!

At this time, many officers and soldiers also rushed out of the private houses next to the meeting place of these striking workers.

These officers and soldiers were soon caught between the striking workers and the miners.

At the same time, there were many officers and soldiers on the water, and they also followed ashore to surround the thieves.

Li Yaomin laughed at this time and said to Xue Qin: "What else can it be?" It's nothing more than someone who wants to fake a show, collude with the mine thieves who dare to open a mine without permission, pretend to be an official and soldier and slaughter you workers, so that we can blame our officials and soldiers! But they don't want to think about it, although there are a lot of Gou An people in our factory guards, it doesn't mean that they have really become wine bags and rice bags! ”

"You're from the factory guard?"

Xue Qin asked.

Li Yaomin replied: "Of course, you are more willing to believe us now, right?" ”

"Believe!"

Xue Qin hurriedly replied, and said: "These dignitaries and nobles are really dark-hearted!" If it weren't for you, wouldn't we all be dead today? ”

"Not necessarily, if we work together, we may be able to take care of these thieves."

Li Yaomin replied.

"Unite a fart!"

"These guys surnamed Cui are usually the most pleasing and obedient, and they blindly love to speak for the bosses, and many workers really believe it, and they really feel that if they make trouble, the boss will increase their wages."

Xue Qin scolded and said a word, and was about to turn back to arrest Cui Xianxue, but saw that Cui Xianxue was gone.

Bang bang!

At this time, the sound of the gun had already sounded.

(End of chapter)