In the West in this era, all kinds of rotten ideas are colliding fiercely.

An ideological revolution is brewing throughout the West.

So Emperor Zhu actually didn't have much interest in sending students to the West.

First of all, it is because, in Emperor Zhu's view, Western higher education in this era is just like this, and it may not be much better than the Ming Dynasty itself.

secondly

is a little worried that these international students will become the gravediggers of the Zhu Dynasty.

After all, there are too many isms in the West now.

Who knows what doctrines have touched the pulse of the class contradictions in the Ming society, and the spark will ignite the prairie at once.

You have to be on guard.

But Emperor Zhu did a lot of calculations, but he didn't expect that there would be a private organization to send people to study abroad.

It seems that the social governance ability of the Ming Dynasty is still a little anxious.

"Minister, Song Xiang, the governor of Shanghai, meet the emperor, long live my emperor, long live!"

When Emperor Zhu inspected the streets of Shanghai and returned to the palace in Shanghai.

Song Xiang, the mayor of Shanghai, had already greeted him respectfully at the door.

The entire area around the hotel is also completely controlled by the patrols of the Shanghai Patrol Division.

This Shanghai Patrol Division is the originator of the national police department, and it can be regarded as a precedent.

And Song Xiang doesn't look like he is just a well-known city, but in fact, he, the mayor, is a fiefdom.

There is little turf for the tube.

But the level is not low.

Among the feudal officials of the Ming Dynasty.

The importance can be compared with the governor of Guangdong Province, the governor of the northeast, the minister of the Central Plains Zhaofu Qincha, and the governor of Liangjiang.

Before entering the cabinet as a preparatory prime minister, it is only possible to be a feudal in these places.

Because Shanghai is now the most taxed commercial city in the country.

It has replaced Guangzhou and the municipality directly under the Strait and has become the most important industrial city and port city in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, if Song Xiang is safe and stable in the position of Shanghai magistrate for a few years, he can at least enter the Central Committee as a deputy minister.

And although he only appeared in the emperor's Shanghai palace now.

But it doesn't mean that he only knew that Emperor Zhu was coming.

Although Emperor Zhu did not notify the Shanghai Municipal Government, the Jinyi guards in Shanghai immediately dispatched four places to alert, and the battleship Daming appeared in Shanghai Port.

How could Song Xiang be such a smart person not know that the emperor was coming?

However, the emperor came to Weifu for a private visit.

He didn't want to jump out too early.

So after waiting for the emperor to go shopping in Shanghai for two days and explain to some cow ghosts, snakes and gods in Shanghai, Emperor Zhu got tired of playing before he jumped out to take over.

This timing is still in place.

Who can be a party to seal the territory, who is not a human spirit.

"Excuse me."

Emperor Zhu nodded happily, pulled Mayor Song up, and then walked into the imperial study of the palace together.

"Song Qing, you're doing a good job."

Emperor Zhu said with a smile.

"The number one?" Song Xiangleng paused, but quickly reacted, it was estimated that the emperor said that the location of his Shanghai prefect.

He hurriedly smiled and said: "The minister is an official of the imperial court, and he should do his best to benefit one party." ”

Emperor Zhu nodded and said, "Work hard in Shanghai, Shanghai has been very critical in these years, and I don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others." ”

Song Xiang was stunned for a moment.

What does it mean?

Do you want to do a good job in the position of Shanghai Zhishi for a few more years?

Don't give promotions?

If you don't say that the official is a human spirit, he immediately said: "It is the duty of a minister to worry about the king."

Emperor Zhu waved his hand and said: "What do you say about this, let you be the governor of Shanghai is because this place is too important, and ordinary governors are not as important as you, so I can rest assured that I will hand over Shanghai to you." ”

"The prince will not live up to the grace of God."

Song Xiang hurriedly saluted.

There is no hope of promotion for the time being.

But the oil and water in Shanghai is still very good.

The salary is higher than that of most provincial governors.

Therefore, it is actually very good to be able to sit down safely in the position of Shanghai Zhishi.

And now Peng Jun and the others are still young, and they don't know how long they will be in the position of prime minister.

When they are transferred, they will have the opportunity to enter the cabinet to pay respects.

Officials should not be too anxious.

I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

Especially now the emperor above his head is a founding emperor, who is cautious and easy to see through.

Doing things honestly and promoting steadily is the right way.

"Well, well done, you have followed my loyalty since you were in Guangzhou, and I will not forget your contribution."

Song Xiang looked excited when he heard this.

Emperor Zhu's reputation in this regard is very good, especially for the old brothers.

The three hundred old brothers of the year.

The worst have a viscount, who has been given a field and is a member of the Glorious Meritorious Group.

Zhu Daohua raised his hand, just wanted to ask Song Xiang to retire, but suddenly thought of something.

"That's right. Song Qing, I have been in Shanghai for two days. Just walked around the streets and didn't go too many places. There are still places to visit in Shanghai. ”

"Yes, yes." Song Xiang said with a smile on his face.

He had long expected that Emperor Zhu would ask this question.

So prepare well in advance.

"Thanks to the emperor, our Shanghai has really developed in the past two years, and there are hundreds of factories of all kinds, the most of which are textile factories, woolen mills, spinning mills, weaving mills, silk reeling factories, and printing and dyeing factories invested by businessmen from all over the world...... There are dozens of them, all of which are large factories that employ hundreds of workers at every turn. ”

"Is there a market?"

"Yes! Of course! Now our domestic market is not saturated, and there are also sales to Japan, North Korea, Siam, Myanmar and other countries, as well as India! The market is so big that many factories are now looking to expand their size. ”

Emperor Zhu nodded when he heard this.

The textile industry was a very important industry in the Industrial Revolution.

Driven by the production of large machines, the textile industry of Daming was of course the first to be developed on a large scale as an industry that could absorb a large number of working people.

In fact, it's not just the textile industry.

Other industries are also in full swing.

Under the impetus and guidance of Emperor Zhu, the Ming Dynasty has now begun the first industrial revolution.

As in history, the focus of this industrial revolution is also on the textile industry, which has little investment and quick returns.

In fact, the textile industry in Jiangnan has always been very developed.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were already water-powered textile vehicles, and there were also a large number of handicraft factories in Liangjiang that employed thousands of people.

According to later history textbooks.

In China at that time, there was already the "germ of capitalist relations of production".

But the sprout is just the sprout after all.

After the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution in Europe.

The increase in productivity and labor efficiency brought about by mechanized large-scale production led to a great reduction in production costs, and the market was opened up with the Opium War.

The system of hired factories that existed in the Gangnam region was quickly crushed.

Now, the entire industrial chain of the textile industry in Jiangnan, from cotton and raw silk to spinning and weaving, is still relatively complete and only needs to be upgraded to the machine industry.

This process was certainly not peaceful, with the collapse of the handmade textile industry in the countryside and the bankruptcy and closure of a large number of handicraft workshops in the cities, and a large number of machine owners became proletarians.

But the entire industry has finally been upgraded.

"I'm going to visit the textile factory."

Emperor Zhu nodded, "What else is there to see besides the textile factory?" ”

"And the Shanghai Stock Exchange."

Song Xiang said proudly.

"This joint exchange, led by the Royal Bank, is the world's largest trading center for commodities, securities and precious metals. Not only spot trading, but also futures trading, the daily turnover of more than 5 million yuan, stamp duty alone into 10,000 yuan! ”

Is it a lot?

Emperor Zhu glanced at Song Xiang and said in his heart, it seems that the development of the securities market in Daming is still very slow, with a daily trading volume of only 5 million, which is more than 200 trading days a year, but just over 1 billion.

In later generations, the trading volume of the Shanghai Stock Exchange doubled several times in one day.

"Well, I'll go to the factory zone this afternoon, and I'll go to the stock exchange tomorrow...... Song Qing, the last time I came, the factory area was very dirty, but now it's better? ”

……

Of course, the environment in the factory area will not be good.

Emperor Zhu's brows furrowed a little since he entered the factory area.

It seems that he, the emperor, really doesn't care much about the people's suffering.

Emperor Zhu, who was reviewing in his heart, lifted the curtain of the carriage.

On both sides of the Suzhou Creek, there are many chimneys, and every day and night they emit untreated exhaust gases into the atmosphere.

In addition, the color of Suzhou Creek is getting closer and closer to black!

As an important member of the textile industry, the printing and dyeing factory certainly has an unshirkable responsibility for the pollution of the water quality of Suzhou Creek.

Every day, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of wastewater are discharged directly into the Suzhou Creek......

However, the stench of feces and garbage on the roads of Shanghai is not very good.

However, Emperor Zhu was not sure if it was Song Xiang's face-saving project in advance, or if there was some other reason.

Emperor Zhu didn't ask.

Sometimes.

The superior doesn't necessarily know everything.

No matter how big or small, it will only make you do your best and die.

He didn't want to learn from Zhuge Wuhou.

As the helmsman of the country, as long as you control the general direction.

If you can't rub sand in your eyes.

I'm afraid I can toss myself to death.

"Your Majesty, now there are some commercial houses in Shanghai that are responsible for disposing of garbage and feces, and they have also built sewers, so they are much cleaner and tidy."

In the carriage, Song Xiang, the prefect of Shanghai, pointed to the road outside the window, which was actually not very clean, and said with a smile.

"What is the garbage disposed of?"

"The Shanghai prefect's yamen bought a plot of land and hired several commercial firms to pull garbage out of the city and pile it up."

"And what about the manure?"

"That's even better."

Song Xiang said, "This is a treasure, someone is responsible for collecting it, pulling it to the countryside and selling it to farmers to water the land, and there is no need for the yamen to pay for it, just need to give some tax incentives." ”

"That's right......"

Zhu Daohua nodded, although he had never planted land, he also knew that manure was organic fertilizer, which was a treasure in the era of no chemical fertilizer.

Emperor Zhu's chemical research institute is engaged in the research of nitrogen fertilizer, but it has successfully synthesized nitrogen, but it is still far from large-scale industrial production - chemical fertilizer is the nuclear weapon to end the food shortage.

"In the past two years, have the workers in Shanghai made trouble?"

Emperor Zhu looked at the heavily guarded streets and asked about the workers' movement in Shanghai.

"Trouble? This ......"

Song Xiang wanted to say no, but Jinyiwei was not blind or deaf at the Shanghai Health Office, so he thought that a report had already been sent.

"There are some."

Song Xiang said.

The workers' movement has indeed risen!

Zhu Daohua frowned. Song Xiang said in a low voice: "The most are dock workers!" Most of them are Cao Gang disciples, who are united in their hearts, and they strike and make trouble at every turn, and the proprietors of the dock can't do anything about them! The Shanghai government dispatched the police to suppress it, but it had no effect. Your Majesty, there is really nothing the minister can do about this kind of people......"

"Why strike and make trouble?"

Zhu Daohua's face was calm and he asked.

"Of course it's going to be a wage increase!"

Song Xiang said hatefully, "The wages of these dock workers are already extremely high!" Ordinary mechanics are not as good as them, if you sell a little effort, you can earn two dollars a day! ”

"Oh, two bucks, that's not low." Zhu Daohua said in his heart, could it be that the Cao Gang has become a trade union?

This Song Xiang must be adding salt and vinegar.

Those dock workers definitely can't earn two dollars a day, so let's get a 20% discount, it's not bad to have more than one piece.

"So how much do ordinary ordinary workers make?"

"It's more than a dozen yuan a month, different types of work are different."

"How much worse?"

Zhu Daohua was slightly surprised.

Ordinary workers have more than ten yuan a month, and the coolies on the dock have two yuan a day, and there are sixty yuan for a full month, which is five times worse! Although the work of the dock workers is hard, the labor intensity of the ordinary workers in the factory is not too much, and the difference in wages is five times, so it seems that there must be no trade union organization in ordinary factories.

"Why do dockers earn more than ordinary workers?"

Emperor Zhu couldn't help frowning.

"This."

Song Xiang glanced at Emperor Zhu.

Bite one's tongue.

As soon as Emperor Zhu saw this appearance, he knew that there was something inside.

"Tell the truth!"

Emperor Zhu's face sank.

Song Xiang hurriedly said: "This is because. Those people from the Cao Gang in the past have taken refuge in the Little Knife Society! ”

"Knife will?"

Emperor Zhu was stunned.

Then he reacted immediately.

I see.

The Little Knife Society is a branch of the Heaven and Earth Society.

And the heroes of the Heaven and Earth Society are all die-hard supporters of Emperor Zhu - in fact, the hall masters at all levels of the Little Knife Society, the incense masters, also think so.

Now in the Ming Dynasty all over the gangsters.

In addition to worshiping Guan Gong, you also have to worship Zhu Sheng.

Zhu Sheng's status is still above Guan Gong!

After all, when Emperor Zhu opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, he received great help from the brothers of the Heaven and Earth Society in Nanyang.

The Heaven and Earth Society now recognizes Emperor Zhu as the lord of the Heaven and Earth Society, the chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society, and the chief scoop of the provincial halls.

Emperor Zhu showed a wry smile on his face.

It's a mess.

What a good emperor.

Now he is also the leader of the largest underworld organization in the country.

I don't know if it will sweep on my head in the future?

Emperor Zhu thought helplessly.

(End of chapter)