Daming 1805

Chapter 293 Public Opinion Measures
When Aoxue was brought to the castle where Zhu Jingyuan lived, she was so excited that she almost jumped up.

I just took a risk and tried it. I didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet the king. This time it is really worth dying.

After Aoxue followed Lin Zexu's secretary into the door, she was sent to a special examination room.

Lin Zexu's secretary retreated directly, and the two servant girls, Xiaona and Irene, who were guarding the door, directly closed the door and stood guard at the door.

Aoxue knew that these women should be servants of the king, and there might even be women, so she was full of envy and caution.

Regardless of the specific identity of the other party, they all performed blessings in sequence very carefully.

All the maidservants headed by Chunxiang looked at the image of Aoxue with quite surprised expressions.

Except for Dongmei who just joined, Zhu Jingyuan's other personal maids all had the same type of clothes that Aoxue wore.

They are all tailor-made with the best materials, and the grade is higher than the ones on Aoxue, who knows how many levels.

But they only occasionally wear them when they are in Zhu Jingyuan's room, when they are serving Zhu Jingyuan.

But no one dares to wear it directly out the door, that would be too shameless.

"This little hoof is too rough..."

Almost everyone has such an idea in their hearts.

The leader, Chunxiang, didn't talk too much nonsense, and took Dongmei to search Aoxue herself.

After confirming that there was nothing hidden in her clothes, she took off all the jewelry and hairpins on her body.

Make sure the woman is free of any hard objects all over her body.

Aoxue understands that this must be the rule, so she dares not have any conflicts, and obeys and cooperates as much as possible.

Chunxiang didn't deliberately embarrass Aoxue either.

After the security check was completed and it was confirmed that she wasn't carrying any suspicious items, Chunxiang gave her time to tidy up her clothes.

He also brought her a mirror and a comb, and asked her to re-comb her hair and face.

If you let her go to see the king in a cowardly manner, it would be the fault of her servants.

Chunxiang also told her the most basic rules of the family:
"Unless His Highness asks you to kneel down to do something, don't just kneel down by yourself, His Highness doesn't like to kneel and salute the most.

"You are not His Highness's maidservant, so don't call yourself a slaveservant, you can call yourself me, Minnv, or your own name.

"When you see His Highness, it's fine to perform a blessing ceremony. Letting you sit down is really letting you sit. Your Highness has always acted straightforwardly.

"What does your Highness ask you, tell the truth as consciously as possible, your Highness hates lying the most.

"If there is a small mistake, if you consciously confess your mistake, you will probably not be punished too severely.

"If you're caught telling a lie, you'll have to peel off your skin even if you don't die.

"Finally, remember not to play tricks, that's what His Highness hates the most."

Aoxue tidied up her appearance carefully, and was taken aback when she heard Chunxiang's first words.

Most of the dignitaries like to be worshiped and enjoy the status of master, but the king doesn't like it?

Is this Empress Chunxiang deliberately deceiving herself, or is the king really like this?

But I don't like people telling lies, I don't like playing tricks, it's completely understandable.

Aoxue tidied up her grooming, and got a few basic reminders from Chunxiang, and then was sent to Zhu Jingyuan's meeting room.

As soon as Aoxue entered the door, she saw a young man in prince's casual clothes standing at the end of the conference room.

Tall and straight, handsome in appearance, temperament... kind...

Looking at his own eyes, he seemed to be looking forward to it.

There was only this one person in the meeting room, and he was wearing the prince's uniform. It was obvious that this young man was the king.

However, he did not sit on the main seat, but stood there directly.

And the whole person doesn't feel like a top aristocrat, but like a college student from a relatively wealthy family.

This feeling made Aoxue obviously startled.

She instinctively thought that the king must be a very dignified person, a person who is extremely graceful and luxurious.

Because the king of Dashi Kingdom is the prince and prince, the richest prince in the world.

How can a person of this status and status have such a temperament.

Aoxue was full of doubts, and performed a blessing ceremony as earnestly as possible:
"Minister Aoxue met the king..."

Zhu Jingyuan didn't sit on a chair, but stood at one end of the meeting room, just instinctively and cautiously choosing for safety.

In a relatively spacious place, when you encounter an emergency, you can use your hands and feet immediately.

Looking at the woman who came in from the door, Zhu Jingyuan took a little look at her image.

Her face, facial features, appearance, and figure are all quite outstanding.

But the whole person basically does not have a soft and beautiful feeling, but a rather hard taste.

At first glance, it makes people think that she will be stronger, and she may be the type who is self-centered.

With the professional attire she wears, she looks a bit like a strong woman in later generations of film and television dramas.

If she is a young lady, this image and temperament are not bad.

It's a pity that she is just a girl, so she may not be liked by the traditional masters and young masters of Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Jingyuan didn't care too much about her image, after all, Zhu Jingyuan had seen too many women of her level.

The maidservants I have used, the maidservants who can be used at any time, have a higher level of appearance and posture than her, and at the same time, there are quite a few of them who are more distinctive than her.

As for her wearing this kind of clothes, I have seen people who are more enchanting than this, and I don't know how much I have experienced.

So there is nothing particularly surprising psychologically.

What Zhu Jingyuan cared about was whether it was possible for her to really be of the same kind.

"Is there anything you want to say to me?"

Zhu Jingyuan asked a seemingly inexplicable question.

Zhu Jingyuan has already figured it out, he doesn't need to find the code by himself, his identity is actually public.

If other folk traversers come to him like this, they will definitely reveal his identity on his own initiative.

Zhu Jingyuan's question made Aoxue immediately think of Empress Chunxiang's reminder.

Be honest and admit your mistakes, don't lie.

Aoxue immediately said very respectfully and decisively:

"Ao Xue, the daughter of the people, sold the factory employee benefits given by the king, and found other workers to buy welfare products to sell, and used the money to buy the desired clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, and bicycles. Please, my lord. Punishment..."

Aoxue felt that she had done a good job, she said her mistakes, admitted her mistakes sincerely, and did not make excuses.

I didn't immediately mention the matter of the female shop assistant named Lin Na.

Reporting is meaningless to me, my purpose is to surrender, and I hope to get the king's attention because of it.

So Aoxue secretly mentioned that she bought the clothes designed by the king.

Also come here wearing this kind of clothes.

But it's a pity that the king doesn't seem to have any reaction to the image of wearing this kind of clothes.

Maybe it's just getting used to it...

Seeing Aoxue's reaction and hearing her way of speaking, Zhu Jingyuan immediately felt very regretful.

At the same time, he was inexplicably relieved.

The woman didn't mention other things at all, she just said that it was her own fault, it shouldn't be the time traveler who came to find her.

However, Zhu Jingyuan was still a little bit unwilling to give up, so he asked a suggestive question:
"Now that you see me, you really only want to surrender? Don't you have any other thoughts?"

Aoxue was a little confused.

What do you mean, my lord, what other ideas can I have?

I have only one thought.

I knew there was no chance at all, so I didn't think to say it.

But you specifically asked, so you can only say:

"Aoxue wants to be the king's slave girl, but Aoxue's body is still clean, she hasn't been touched by a man..."

Zhu Jingyuan completely gave up.

The ideal expressed in such a state of urgency turned out to be to become the slave girl of the great king.

This kind of woman is absolutely impossible to be from her own era.

But now the scene is also a bit weird.

She has an image similar to that of a professional woman in later generations, wearing a formal attire similar to that of a later generation's workplace, and said that she wants to be her own slave girl.

Now this environment is a bit like the conference room in my previous life...

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head helplessly:
"There are too many people who want to be my slaves, but I don't really like slaves, that's why I set you free. How can I take you as a slave again?"

Aoxue realizes that she made a mistake.

I and thousands of servants had just been liberated by Zhu Jingyuan.

Empress Chunxiang also reminded that His Highness does not like servants.

Aoxue bowed her head decisively to admit her mistake again:
"The daughter of the people is wrong, please be punished by the king..."

Zhu Jingyuan sat back in his seat, knocked on the small bell on the table, and Chunxiang and other maidservants immediately opened the door and came in.

Zhu Jingyuan looked at Chunxiang and the others:
"Chunxiang stay here, the others go out first..."

An Xiaona waited for the maid to leave immediately, and Chunxiang walked to Zhu Jingyuan's side and sat down.

Chunxiang adjusted the unreliable recording equipment, and at the same time picked up the paper and pen on the table.

The long-term tacit understanding let Chunxiang know that Zhu Jingyuan called her in because he wanted her to record certain things.

Occasionally, Zhu Jingyuan would think of some promotional phrases, or say certain truths when talking with people.

They will all be sorted out by Chunxiang, made into broadcast scripts, and read out through the loudspeakers in the factory area.

This is to establish and control the position of public opinion and subtly influence the thoughts of workers.

If workers can voluntarily refuse to resell and resell, it should be more effective than a purely high-pressure policy.

At the same time, Zhu Jingyuan himself is currently in the state of administrative training.

The first stage of governance training should have been done at the village and town level.

Although Zhu Jingyuan's situation is special, he can't completely evade grassroots work even though he holds both the positions of king and governor.

The prince must personally understand the real situation at the grassroots level, and have had enough dealings with ordinary people such as workers and farmers.

Only later will I know what kind of reaction will appear at the bottom after I make a decision at the top.

So now when encountering many small things, Zhu Jingyuan will occasionally take the initiative to do it himself.

Zhu Jingyuan turned to Aoxue who was standing here again, and changed the topic to her affairs:
"Do you think that since you know your mistakes and can correct them, it must be regarded as a great deal of goodness.

"Then I should just impose a small punishment, and even ignore the benefits you get from reselling the benefits?

"It's a pity that I'm not a traditional gentry. For me, right or wrong can only decide whether to reward or punish.

"And the extent of rewards and punishments is determined by the actual benefits created and the losses caused."

Aoxue's little thought was exposed on the spot, and she almost knelt down and kowtowed.

But thinking of Chunxiang's reminder, and being stared at by Zhu Jingyuan, he forcibly resisted the instinct to kneel down:
"Slave... Minnv knew she was wrong, Minnv really knew she was wrong, Minnv is willing to use the follow-up wages to compensate the loss of the factory.

"But my salary for one month is not enough, please allow me to pay back the money in four months."

Zhu Jingyuan shook his head and said:

"Heh... It takes four months to pay back, don't you remember the rules of the factory?"

Aoxue really doesn't remember, otherwise she wouldn't need her sister Ling Shuang to remind her.

In fact, Ling Shuang couldn't remember the specific rules, but he was sure that doing so would definitely violate the rules.

Ling Shuang instinctively wanted to stop Aoxue, a stupid sister, from continuing to violate the rules by exaggerating.

In the end, it didn't work at all, Aoxue, a woman with a different brain.

Aoxue shook her head blankly:

"Minister...don't remember..."

Zhu Jingyuan looked at Chunxiang, and Chunxiang directly copied Xuanke:

"Resell personal employee welfare products for profit, confiscate all resale proceeds, no longer enjoy employee benefits for a quarter, and are not allowed to take general education exams.

"Buyers who acquire and resell employee welfare products for profit will be fined three times the resale income, will no longer enjoy employee benefits within one year, and will not be allowed to take general education exams.

"Using the convenience of one's position to misappropriate a small amount of park materials and products for self-use, a fine of five times the market value of the stolen materials will be imposed, employee benefits will no longer be enjoyed within three years, and general education exams will not be allowed.

"Those who actively steal materials from the park and resell products for profit will be fined more than ten times the market value of the resold materials and be expelled. Depending on the severity of the situation, they will be sentenced to three to 20 years of forced labor, or even lifelong and death sentences.

"Your crime is the purchase and resale of employee welfare products. The income you get is 85 silver notes, and you should be fined 250 five silver notes. You will not be able to enjoy any employee benefits within one year, and you will not be allowed to take general education exams."

Resale and theft, self-use and profit-making, the punishment in the Mengxian factory area is completely different.

Stealing materials and selling them is the most severe punishment, at least three years of forced labor plus ten times the fine.

But it's not a particularly sensitive thing to just buy welfare goods according to the rules and then go out and sell them to outsiders.

Because most of the welfare products are limited to purchase, and the actual selling price will not be lower than the cost price.

Aoxue's behavior belongs to the second tier, buying and reselling, three times the fine, and a one-year limit.

250 five silver bills, almost Aoxue's salary for a year.

Aoxue was a little confused, but she couldn't deny it, and thinking of Chunxiang's reminder, she directly lowered her head and said:
"Minnv understands, Minnv accepts the punishment, and is willing to pay the fine by deducting her wages every month..."

After hearing this, Zhu Jingyuan asked back:

"Are you not convinced?"

Aoxue immediately said:
"There is no dissatisfaction, the girl knows her mistake..."

Zhu Jingyuan took a deep breath:

"All you see is 85 and 250 five, you know what I'm seeing?

"You know how much your illegal resale has caused actual losses to our industrial park.

"Do you know why someone would charge such a high price for the things you resold?
"Because a pair of pantyhose with [-]% stretch silk, in places like Paris and London, the price starts at one hundred silver bills.

"If you resell one at the price of twenty silver notes, the clothing business will lose more than 100 silver notes in revenue."

Aoxue is actually very sensitive to money, at this moment her eyes widened:
"One hundred... one hundred silver bills... no wonder they are willing to buy one for twenty silver bills..."

Looking down at the socks on her legs, Aoxue's legs trembled suddenly, and she almost sat down on the ground.

He hurriedly supported the back of the chair next to him, and managed to stand still with his slightly trembling body:
"My lord...this kind of clothes can really be sold for a hundred silver bills...why can it be sold so expensive?"

Zhu Jingyuan explained in a persuasive way:
"The reason is very simple. First of all, they are unique products with unique secret recipes. The only material formula in the world is in my hands and produced in our factory.

"At the same time, they were invented by me in name, and the whole world recognizes them, and they are willing to buy them at this price.

"In the end, it was particularly to the liking of the Tessi people, solving a problem that had plagued the Tessi aristocracy for centuries.

"You have been living here for a month, and you should know that the wages and treatment of workers in our food country are very good, which can be said to be far higher than all other places in the world, right?
"But have you ever thought about why you can get this kind of treatment?

"Why am I rich enough to pay you such high wages and give you such good benefits?"

Aoxue herself is a clever person, when she heard Zhu Jingyuan's comparison before and after, she immediately understood:

"Because the actual cost is less than three silver bills, you can sell it for more than 100 silver bills in Taixi..."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded in satisfaction:

"He has brains, but not enough brains.

"The core reason you workers are able to achieve and maintain this standard of living is, of course, the advancement of technology.

"However, our technological advantages over Western and Western countries, our unique secret recipe products such as rayon and elastic yarn, can obtain excess profits in Western and Western countries, and it is also one of the important factors that allow you to maintain a higher standard of living.

"As long as this kind of profit can be maintained, the wages of you workers will continue to rise in the future.

"I even hope that one day, even if you are still an ordinary worker, you can earn [-] silver per month.

"Then... you can still wear clothes that Thais and Westerners can only buy with tens of silver bills, or even hundreds of silver bills, at a price of two or three yuan, or even one yuan each. Do you want that kind of life?"

Aoxue said almost without hesitation:
"Of course I want to, I dream about it, I don't care what kind of life the Taixi people live, I just want to live well..."

Zhu Jingyuan immediately struck while the iron was hot and said:

"Then you workers have resold our clothes and secret ingredients to the Thais at lower prices.

"How can our factory continue to maintain super high profits? How can you workers make more money?

"After the Thai and Westerners have mastered my secret recipe, let alone selling them a hundred silver bills for a piece of clothing, they will pick and choose even if they sell one silver bill.

"Because Tessie's workers have lower wages, if we both have the same technical level, what they make must be cheaper than ours.

"At that time, those of us workers with high wages will not be able to sell the things we make.

"Then, it's impossible for you to maintain your current standard of living."

Aoxue almost knelt down again, and this time she felt like crying, and at the same time said loudly from the bottom of her heart:
"I really understand it this time, I will never resell welfare products outside again..."

Chunxiang was writing furiously beside her, recording these key conversations as completely as possible.

Back broadcast in the factory area, and play it when teaching workers.

(End of this chapter)