Daming 1805

Chapter 273 You do so much work, how much does the factory pay you?

After Zhu Jingyuan finished reading the things, he sat down by the conference table, and then called Lin Zexu, Hao Zhongyi, and several other craftsmen and workers to sit down together.

Zhu Jingyuan also let Hao Zhongyi sit next to him, and asked him about his situation as if chatting:

"What's your name? Where is your hometown? Where did you come from? What do you usually do in the factory?"

Hao Zhongyi was obviously a little nervous, but he is actually quite talkative, so he spoke intermittently for a long time:

"Report...Report to Your Majesty, my name is Hao Zhongyi, I am originally from Caozhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, and I came from Edo.

"Now I mainly manage the third workshop, which is the circular knitting workshop, which is the workshop for knitting socks and sweaters.

"In addition, I also manage the trial production of new technologies and products, and bring in new workers. I have a lot of work to do."

Zhu Jingyuan was a little surprised, this Hao Zhongyi's experience is very complicated:
"Then you do a lot of work. How much does the factory pay you for a month?"

Hao Zhongyi said confidently:
"Now I have a basic salary, a workshop director's job salary, a new product development job salary, and new money.

"Together with all these miscellaneous things, I can now take one hundred and eight yuan silver bills for a month, and nearly one thousand and three hundred yuan a year."

When Hao Zhongyi said that, Lin Zexu felt a little guilty.

The craftsmen and workshop directors behind were even more guilty now.

They felt that the money was a bit too much, and that Hao Zhongyi shouldn't show off so directly.

The simple basic salary, more than [-] silver bills a month, is already not low.

How could I have made so much money a few years ago.

The main reason is that when Lin Zexu introduced it to Zhu Jingyuanyan just now, he mentioned the issue of cost several times.

It is because of the high cost that it must be sold at a high price, so it is difficult to promote it.

These workshop directors were worried that Zhu Jingyuan had an association with this, thinking that the workers were paid too much money, and tried to reduce wages.

If you can't get so much money in the future, it must be this Hao Zhongyi's fault.

This guy has a smart brain and nimble hands and feet, but he has a big mouth and dares to say anything.

As a result, Zhu Jingyuan was quite surprised after hearing this, but he also nodded in satisfaction and said:
"Okay, okay, with this income level, the family can live more comfortably."

Lin Zexu breathed a sigh of relief immediately, Zhu Jingyuan really still had that personality, thinking about raising his wages all day long.

The other craftsmen and workshop directors were even more surprised. Does this tone mean you don't mind at all?

Here Zhu Jingyuan continued to ask Hao Zhongyi:

"Then how much do the workers under your management, the ordinary workers in the factory, earn a month?"

Hao Zhongyi thought for a while and said:
"It depends on where the person comes from. If you are a Daming person like me, the basic salary for entering the factory is fifteen silver bills.

"Don't care what you're doing, don't care if there's any work, at least fifteen silver bills will be issued.

"He tribesmen, Koreans, including those of mixed blood, that's twelve yuan, and other Hu people ten yuan.

"Then as long as there is a job, the Ming people will directly increase to 25, and the production line can be circulated, that is, they become skilled workers, and they are all [-] silver notes.

"Twenty people from the He clan and North Koreans, and eighteen other Hu people..."

Zhu Jingyuan was taken aback when he heard this. The wage level is barely okay, and the wages of assembly line workers should be able to rise.

But the bigger problem now is that Zhu Jingyuan feels that there is a big problem with this natural wage distribution method.

These people all work together, and they all do the same job, but because of their different backgrounds, they get different wages.

The point is that this is a salary determined by different backgrounds rather than ability, which prevents them from having the opportunity to smooth out the differences through hard work.

I support Lin Zexu's establishment of a multi-ethnic mixed immigration area, because I want to integrate them into the ethnic group dominated by Ming culture at the same time.

The current distribution of wages according to their origins will naturally cause ethnic divisions, making it impossible for them to truly integrate.

The step difference in wages will remind them that they are not yet Ming people when they are paid every month.

And you will never be able to become a Daming person, this is decided from birth, and there is no way to change it the day after tomorrow.

This can make people feel hopeless, especially in Ming cultural circles, not in cultural circles like Tianzhu.

However, we can't directly give everyone the same treatment, otherwise how will Daming's advantages be reflected?

The point is, being nice for no reason will not make people appreciate it, nor will it make the other party cherish it.

Only the results obtained by one's own efforts and obtained the approval of the other party are the most cherished.

After Zhu Jingyuan thought about it, he turned to Lin Zexu on the other side and said:

"It's not okay to distribute wages like this..."

Lin Zexu subconsciously said:

"Your Highness, my subordinates have done a survey, and the wages of ordinary workers cannot be lowered. If they are lowered, they will not be able to hire immigrants..."

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned for a moment, then immediately waved his hand and said:
"I don't think that the wages are too much, I mean that this division method is not good, and I can even say that you pay less!
"My idea is that the criterion for holding a Daming Yayan Applied Ability Test in Meng County is to be able to live and work in Daming language with complete ease.

"The descendants of Koreans, He people, Nanyue people, Luzon people, Burmese people, Siamese people, and Daming people who are married to their daughters will be issued a certificate as long as they pass the examination.

"With this certificate, you can enjoy the treatment of a vassal citizen in the Mozhou area of ​​the Great Food Country, and the wages are the same as those of the Ming people.

"Then Nanyang people, Tianzhu people, Persians, Tatars, big cannibals, Ottomans, and Taixi people, their local aborigines cannot take this exam by themselves.

"However, offspring of women of their clan and Daming people can take this exam and enjoy the same treatment."

Zhu Jingyuan supports integration, but integration also pays attention to methods, scope and goals.

Zhu Jingyuan's suggestion surprised Lin Zexu, Niu Jian, Hao Zhongyi and other workers and craftsmen.

When everyone else was thinking, Hao Zhongyi spoke first:

"In this case, my brother will be treated the same as me immediately.

"My younger brother's mother is Hezu, but he grew up with me.

"I don't know how to speak Japanese at all, but only speak Shandong dialect. Shandong dialect is also a Ming language, right?"

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and said:
"Shandong dialect, of course, is the official dialect of the Central Plains. Do you want your brother to be treated the same as you?"

Hao Zhongyi said as a matter of course:

"Of course I want to! It would be great if Daming could do the same!"

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned for a moment:
"Da Ming native, this will have to wait later..."

At this time, Lin Zexu next to him spoke:

"Such an exam, setting such a goal, should be able to stimulate the work enthusiasm of the corresponding ethnic group.

"It should be able to improve work efficiency, but the actual cost may not increase. The subordinates thought they could try it."

The other craftsmen and masters also nodded.

Most people in Ming Dynasty pursue practicality, and they don't think much about the treatment of citizens of a vassal state.

And after passing the assessment of the Ming language, they will definitely be able to communicate with the people of Ming Dynasty, and the overall work efficiency will definitely increase.

The extra wages will be earned back by doing more work.

The key is Zhu Jingyuan's request, Zhu Jingyuan is the king here.

There is no major problem with the plan proposed by the king, and the courtiers deliberately oppose it. Is it okay to ask for trouble?
No one mentioned the offspring of the Tianzhu, Persian, Dashi, Ottoman, and Taixi tribes, their men and Ming women.

Because the cultural tradition of the Ming Dynasty is the male inheritance system, the bloodline of women is not particularly important.

My own son and the children of foreign women will basically be taken for granted as their normal grandchildren.

However, he paid special attention to male blood, and there was no thought of treating his grandson as the heir of his family at all.

Seeing that no one objected, Zhu Jingyuan nodded with a smile and said:
"Then it's settled, go back and draw up a plan and do a small-scale test.

"Now let's move on to the matter at hand, about the wages of ordinary workers."

Lin Zexu agreed, and Zhu Jingyuan looked at Hao Zhongyi again:
"Actually, in my imagination, our ordinary workers can also get a salary of one hundred silver bills per month.

"For those of you who are technical craftsmen and workshop directors, the wages should be doubled or tripled, which is the most ideal."

As soon as Zhu Jingyuan said this, there was an exclamation at the scene.

Hao Zhongyi shouted subconsciously:

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, how could it be possible to make so much money..."

Another workshop director also said:
"If everyone becomes rich, who will be poor..."

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and asked:

"Why must there be poor people? Why can't everyone be rich?
"Although, if you compare them with each other, there will definitely be some people who have more money and some people who have less money.

"However, it is not impossible for everyone in the future to enjoy the life of the rich in the past, right?"

The craftsmen and workshop directors looked at each other, not daring to continue to refute Zhu Jingyuan, but it was difficult to accept and understand.

Lin Zexu and Niu Jian also found it very strange. Combining with what they had learned from Zhu Jingyuan in the past two years, they vaguely felt that there was no problem with this idea, but they couldn't understand the logic all at once.

Zhu Jingyuan smiled and said:
"Before the Chongzhen Dynasty, a piece of ordinary silk could be bought with a few dollars of silver, and high-quality silk and satin could be bought with a few taels of silver.

"Before the World War, two or three dollar bills bought a good bolt of silk.

"Prior to the Chongzhen Dynasty, a woman weaved a piece of silk a day, regardless of the cost, and sold it for three taels of silver.

"Before the World War, a woman looked at several looms and could weave hundreds of pieces of silk a day.

"The price of things is still the same, and the quantity of things that a person can create has increased a hundred times.

"Then this person's income, even if it doesn't increase by a hundred times, should increase by ten times, right?

"At the same time, the production of silk and satin has increased by a hundred times, and the people who can wear silk and satin clothes can also increase by more than ten times, right?

"If our current production speed can continue to increase, shouldn't everyone's income continue to increase?"

"Will the better clothes and supplies that everyone can enjoy continue to increase?
"In the past, only rich people could wear silk, but now workers can afford silk.

"In the past, silk was not wear-resistant, but now we have created rayon, and it doesn't hurt to wear it to work."

Several craftsmen and workshop directors were stunned, and felt that what Zhu Jingyuan said was indeed reasonable.

As long as everyone uses the same labor force in the same time, more things can be produced.

At the same time, if the price of the thing itself remains unchanged, everyone's income will increase accordingly.

Moreover, the things that everyone can enjoy will also rise simultaneously.

But they didn't think of a key right away.

That is, with the improvement of production efficiency, the value of production equipment is getting higher and higher, and the importance of funds invested in production is getting higher and higher, that is, the means of production are becoming more and more complex and important.

What is the cost of capital and technology input used to build the factory, and the proportion of subsequent sales profits compared to the proportion of workers responsible for actual production.

If most of the income falls into the hands of investors and factory owners, workers will have no extra money to buy products produced by themselves or others, and the products will naturally be unsalable.

Niu Jian and Lin Zexu, two high-achieving students, are now thinking more while understanding Zhu Jingyuan's thinking.

Lin Zexu said with some uncertainty:

"Your Highness, this logic is indeed reasonable, but the premise for this cycle to continue is that enough people spend enough money to buy the products produced by others."

Zhu Jingyuan immediately made a footnote to Lin Zexu:

"Therefore, a sufficient proportion of the benefits brought about by the increase in production efficiency must be allocated to a sufficient number of workers for consumption, instead of being held in the hands of factory owners as much as possible, and only used to expand production and investment.

"No matter how many factories you build, no matter how many things you produce, if you can't sell them, what's the use if no one buys them?

"That's why I have always advocated wage increases for workers. Of course, the premise of wage increases is that production efficiency has indeed improved. Otherwise, it is just drinking poison to quench thirst and will only make the actual production efficiency of the factory decline.

"It is also necessary to give workers a certain amount of time to spend, otherwise workers have money and no time to spend, so I have pushed to limit working hours and allow more time for them to spend.

"Our food country, now we must strictly implement Daming's working hours and vacation regulations. In the future, I will continue to work hard to shorten working hours and extend vacation time."

Hearing this, a group of craftsmen and workshop directors were speechless, really speechless.

They couldn't fully understand the deep logic contained in Zhu Jingyuan's words, but they could understand what Zhu Jingyuan was going to do.

Give workers more money, let them rest more, have time and money to enjoy, and of course require workers to produce more and better things in less time.

Hao Zhongyi didn't know how to express his feelings, he just muttered in a Shandong accent:

"Your Majesty is really a living Bodhisattva..."

　Happy New Year!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)