At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 299: Problems caused by development and distorted stance

Chang'an City, Dahan Monthly News Agency.

Zhong Jun held up an article and said: "Don't report "Parents force daughters to support the family, what's the moral code?" Don't report conflicts among people like this. Stability is overriding everything now."

The reporter who wrote this article, Zheng Qi, said anxiously: "President, this is not only the experience of Miss Sakura, but also the experience of thousands of female textile workers. I made secret visits to more than a dozen textile factories and asked hundreds of female workers. , this kind of thing has happened in many textile factories, and it is still increasing. I will not report this kind of thing until the court pays attention to it. When the situation becomes more critical, there will be more victims like Miss Sakura. ”

Starting from Chen County, the textile industry has always been one of the financial pillar industries of the Han Dynasty. Especially after Gongshu Qiu improved the textile machine, with water conservancy spinning machines and new looms, the production capacity of textile factories doubled and the textile industry The share of the Han Dynasty's finances is constantly increasing.

After the Han Dynasty established its capital in Chang'an City, in order to increase the income of the Han court, Zhou Zhang ordered Dongzhi Linggong to lose his revenge and built more than a dozen government-run textile factories in various counties in Guanzhong. These textile factories owned more than 5 textile machines.

Nowadays, there are huge water-powered spinning machines everywhere on the rivers in Guanzhong. These spinning machines operate with the water flow, constantly spinning twine, silkworm cocoons, and wool into yarn, and then spinning into cloth, silk, and woolen cloth.

The entire Guanzhong government-run textile factory could provide the Han Dynasty with more than 150 million pieces of various fabrics, and the Han Dynasty court could obtain 3 gold in fiscal revenue. It is not an exaggeration to say that the textile factory was the hen that laid golden eggs for the Han Dynasty.

The profits of the textile industry are so high that it naturally attracts a large number of wealthy people to invest in it. The textile industry is a light industry with fast investment, quick results, and quick return on investment. It is also not technically difficult and the industrial chain is not complicated. It is extremely suitable for nascent entrepreneurs. Capitalists enter the industry.

They only need to buy a large factory building and some textile machines. The yarn can be purchased directly from the government-run textile mills, because Dahan's water-power spinning machines are extremely efficient, especially the water-power spinning machines, which can increase the amount of yarn spun hundreds of times. The yarn efficiency has increased so fast that the looms are too busy, so they can only rely on private textile machine factories to consume the yarn inventory. Therefore, the Han court was happy to see private textile factories established.

Then this girl Xiaoying met a young man named Zhang Renjie in Chang'an City. The two fell in love. Zhang Renjie went to Xiaoying's house to propose marriage, but was beaten out by Xiaoying's father. No matter what Zhang Renjie said, Xiaoying's father just didn't want to marry him. After agreeing to the marriage, in order to prevent the two from interacting with each other, Sakura's father picked up Sakura every day and did not give the two a chance to come into contact with each other.

Desperate Sakura finally chose to hang herself, ending her young life.

The parents of these people also plausibly said: "Five thousand or eight thousand is only my daughter's salary for two years. We have raised our daughter so big, and now we are making money for your family. You have made a lot of money. Isn't this right?" Things that should be done.”

But now the female worker has become the backbone of the family. If she gets married, the family will lose a lot of income. This makes many families reluctant to marry off their daughters. Because of the great development of the textile industry, the age of Guanzhong women getting married is obviously In promotion.

At the same time, the thinking of the female worker's family has also changed due to the distortion of money. In the past, when their daughter became an adult, they would find ways to find her husband's family.

And the bride price for women is also increasing. In the past, everyone was poor, and getting married was just a banquet for the whole family. If you can bring out a quilt and two chickens, you can be considered a rich family. But now the betrothal gift for marriage in Guanzhong is 5000 yuan or 8000 yuan.

His father also warned Xiaoying that if she wanted to get married, she should ask Zhang Renjie to come up with 200,000 yuan. If she couldn't come up with it, she shouldn't think about getting married. If she dared to elope and escape to Zhang's house, he would go to the county government and file a complaint against Zhang Renjie for abducting women. Put him in jail.

The girl Xiaoying that the young reporter was talking about was a skilled textile worker. Because of her good skills, she had a salary of 3000 yuan in a small textile factory. Even if she lived in Chang'an City, it was enough to support her family. And their family is also weird, literally lying on their daughter's body to suck blood.

But in this era, their behavior is definitely unacceptable, and they don't dare to do it. Rumors are enough to drown them.

This incident caused a great sensation in the local area. When Zheng Qi, a reporter from Dahan Monthly News, learned about this incident, he was extremely angry and wanted to write an article about it.

It's a pity that Zheng Qi's article, in Zhong Jun's opinion, is simply a smear campaign for the big man. The father did not allow his daughter to get married for money, and the daughter hanged herself in despair. This happened in Chang'an City at the foot of the emperor. If this is publicized, how should the princes of the world treat the Han Dynasty?

At this time, conflicts arise. Although there are no three obediences and four virtues in this era, the status of women is still not as good as that of later generations. In this era, the family is still the most basic unit to live and make money for the family. In the eyes of people of this era, It's a matter of course.

So the question arose in this article, "What is the human morality when parents force their daughters to support the family?" He wanted to use this method to attract the attention of the Han Dynasty court and even the emperor.

And this is not the most serious thing. Many families of high-income female workers do not even want their daughters to get married, so the whole family sucks blood from their daughters.

A large amount of private investment has driven the economic growth of Guanzhong. In addition, Guanzhong has a profound cultural heritage. In less than two years, Guanzhong has become even more prosperous than during the Qin Dynasty.

As a result, small private textile factories throughout Guanzhong sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Although the private textile factories were not as large as Dahan's, their number was dozens of times that of Dahan's textile factories, and the number of looms was several times that of government-owned textile machines.

The establishment of a large number of textile factories attracted a large number of women from Guanzhong to become female textile workers. The weaving work brought these female workers an income ranging from 500 yuan to several thousand yuan.

But ordinary people in Guanzhong can only live and feed themselves at most, and the bride price is so high that they can't even afford a wife. Of course, this kind of thing is still an exception, but the trend is already very dangerous.

Therefore, most of the money earned by these female textile workers is used to support their families. Skilled female textile workers can even earn several thousand dollars in salary. Such a high income is enough for them to support their whole family.

But as he investigated further, he discovered that this was not just a problem for Sakura alone, but had begun to spread to the entire female textile worker group in Chang'an City.

But soon conflicts arose. Textile factories are usually located in prosperous areas of cities. Female workers who enter textile factories see the prosperity of cities and passively increase their knowledge. They have their own ideas in their hearts, so they don’t want to waste their labor. The fruits are given to family members.

Zhong Jundao: "This is a time of war, and everything must serve the war. Guanzhong is the rear of the Han Dynasty, and stability is the top priority."

Zheng Qi said excitedly: "President, this is about the people at the bottom of my Han Dynasty. How does it have anything to do with the war?"

Zhong Jundao: "What do you want to do by publishing this article? Do you want the people of Qi and the princes of the world to ridicule us as a big man? Our father is unkind, our son is unfilial, our principles are often reversed, our etiquette is ruined, and our music is ruined. Don't you even want to publicize your family's scandal?" Don’t even understand.”

Then he said to the surrounding members: "You should take this as a warning when you write articles in the future. During this period, my stability as a big man is paramount. Things like this that affect my image as a big man and make people laugh at the world are not allowed to be reported." , If anyone dares to disobey my orders, don’t stay at Dahan Monthly.”

"The front page of Da Han Monthly must be about how kind and caring His Majesty is to the people. Look at "The Emperor's Scythe" written by Xiao Xie last time. Isn't this article very good? It writes about how His Majesty went to inspect Meiyang Horse Farm but spared no effort. We went to help the herdsmen cut grass. The herdsmen were extremely grateful and carried pots of pulp to reward the emperor. This is what the emperor has always told us about the relationship between the army and the people.

When I read this article for the first time, I shed tears of excitement. Looking back at the history books for hundreds of years, no emperor has ever done such a despicable thing. He was as kind as King Wen of Zhou Dynasty, and Shang Tang did not do this. Only the legendary ancient sage king Dayu had such a deed.

How lucky we are, how lucky we are to meet such an ancient holy king who only appeared in thousands of years. Articles like "The Emperor's Sickle" are the examples you should follow,"

"And don't you like to go deep into the countryside to see the canals built by my men, to see the villagers who are rich because of loans from agricultural banks, to see the people who have become rich due to tax cuts and exemptions from corvee, and to guide them to talk about life during the Qin Dynasty? , and then compare it with the life of our Han people, a touching article will come out. "

"Finally, you guys are going to report on how the people of Qi State lived in dire straits. Qi State was the last to be pacified at the end of Qin Dynasty. Millions of Qi people died in the three-year war. Now Xiang Yu has provoked another war. You have to write How the people of Qi hated Xiang Yu who ruined their lives."

"Such a simple thing, I've said it so carefully, don't you know how to do it?"

Zheng Qidao: "There have been several reports praising the emperor, and we have also written about Guanzhong's agricultural loans."

Zhong Jun said: "Then you can continue writing from other directions, or change the county to Longxi County."

After saying that, Zhong Jun left here.

Everyone sighed in disappointment.

Zheng Qidao: "Is our president really the master of hundreds of schools of thought?"

Without looking at the person's face, just listening to these words, this person is obviously a smooth official, without any arrogance of a learned person.

Xie Yu sarcastically said: "Master novelist, you still want to think that I am a great scholar." Zheng Qi smiled bitterly and said: "Obviously what the president said is the truth, why am I so disgusted with these things?"

Xie Yu smiled bitterly and said: "First, there are too many written and we are tired of writing. Second, the president wants to create a perfect saint, but we all know that no one is perfect, especially those of us who know the inside story. People feel hypocritical after seeing these reports.”

Zheng Qi looked at the plaque of "Commoner Censor" hanging in the working hall and said: "It was because of this sentence that a certain person wanted to plead for the people, so he joined Dahan Monthly. However, he ended up writing these things every day. As a reporter, What else does it mean?"

Xie Yu said: "If you really want to pray for the people, go and take the exam for the legal officials."

At this moment, Li Si suddenly took the article written by Zheng Qi. After reading it, he said: "It's well written. If you want to take a test on law, you can go to my mansion."

"Mr. Tonggu." The two of them saluted.

Li Si walked directly to Zhong Jun's yard and asked, "Why was the article written by a certain person withdrawn?"

After Fusu and Hu Hai returned to Chang'an City, Hu Hai told Li Si the story of his experience in Shangjun.

Li Si thought this was a good hot spot, so he wrote a commentator article, thinking that the governor of Shangjun acted simply and crudely, and he also knew the law and broke the law. The legal awareness of the Han governor was worrying. At the end, Li Si wrote that he was wary of Han officials and Qin Officialization.

As a result, after Li Si's manuscript was handed in, there was nothing to follow.

Later, when Li Si went to the Dahan Monthly News Agency to inquire, he found out that Zhong Jun had withdrawn his article. This time Li Si came to settle accounts with Zhong Jun.

Zhong Jun said: "Brother Tonggu, this is a time of war. Qi is already in a state of chaos. Stability is the most important thing now. Your article is not to discredit the Han Dynasty."

Li Si sneered: "I don't know how powerful the 60-strong army is. Do you think the emperor regards Xiang Yu as his opponent?
The emperor just used Xiang Yu's name to purge the powerful nobles in Hebei, the Central Plains. With the powerful strength of the Han Dynasty, as long as there were no internal problems, no one in the world could be the opponent of the Han Dynasty. "

"Don't dare to talk nonsense." Zhong Jun looked around in fear, only to feel relieved when he found no one.

"Compared with the enemy Xiang Yu, the hidden worries within the Han Dynasty are more important. If this kind of thing is left unchecked, the Han officials in the world will definitely push their limits, and the officialdom will slowly collapse."

Zhong Jun immediately said: "Prefect Cao just punished some profiteers, it is not as serious as you said."

But Li Si said: "You don't know what it means to guard against the slightest and prevent the slightest change."

Zhong Jun sighed and said: "X is just the president of Qianshi, while Cao Xing is a high-ranking governor. For offending him like this, Brother Tonggu thinks that X will end well."

Li Si was disappointed and said: "No wonder you novelists are declining more and more. You, the leader, are the main reason for your decline. The emperor set up this Han monthly newspaper just because he wanted you to supervise the Han officials. Otherwise, why would the emperor expect you to be commoners?" Censor.

But you regard yourself as a Han official, and you dare not take care of this and that. If your stance is crooked, what use does a big man want from you as a novelist? From now on, I will never give you my articles again. "

After speaking, Li Si left the Dahan Monthly News Agency in disappointment.

Chang'an City, Li Si Mansion.

After the Qin Dynasty was wiped out by the Han Dynasty, Li Si's huge palace-like Prime Minister's Mansion was confiscated by the Han Dynasty. Li Si used the money he earned to buy a small courtyard with three entrances.

On this day, Zhang Cang and his senior brother got together.

Li Si placed a few snacks in his small courtyard, poured wine for Zhang Cang, and the two chatted while eating.

Li Si smiled and said: "Now the big man is busy with the autumn harvest, and he also has to provide logistical support for the 600,000-strong army. I know this kind of thing very well. When I was busiest back then, I didn't return home for a month."

Zhang Cang smiled bitterly and said: "Junior brother is not as high-ranking and powerful as my senior brother. The one who is busy right now is Prime Minister Zhou Zhang. Let's imagine Chen Ping. Although I am a little busy, I will not be unable to return home."

Li Si smiled and said, "Junior brother, what do you want to do when you come to your small courtyard this time?"

Zhang Cang said: "Junior brother has a question in his heart and wants to talk to him."

Li Sidao: "Say."

Zhang Cang asked: "Senior brother, do you feel that the emperor is becoming more and more like the First Emperor now?"

Li Si smiled and said: "But because the Han Dynasty purged the powerful people in Hebei Province of the Central Plains, has Junior Brother become confused?"

Zhang Cang nodded and said: "It is certain that the powerful nobles of the Central Plains and Hebei are united. But if hundreds of thousands of people unite, and Xiang Yu has such ability, the Han Dynasty will have perished long ago."

Li Si said leisurely: "I will tell you what happened after the First Emperor unified the world. I hope it will inspire you, junior brother."

"After the world was unified, the First Emperor also faced a big problem, that is, how to reward meritorious officials? Our Qin Dynasty received titles for military merit, and for military merit, we had to divide the land.

But there is no ownerless land in the world. The more fertile the land, the higher the status of the person who occupies it. At that time, the world had just settled down, and they wanted to forcibly confiscate the land of the nobles and powerful people in the world. The newly unified world will definitely be divided again. I am afraid that before the emperor rises up, the whole world will be in flames. "

"The First Emperor's method to solve this problem was to move 12 powerful nobles from the six countries to Xianyang City, and then use the land in their hands to settle the heroes. At the same time, in order to appease other powerful nobles, the Qin Dynasty adopted the policy of "making the head of Guizhou come from the field" to recognize The powerful land ownership of the Kanto nobles."

But looking back, the First Emperor's compromise was in vain. The entire world's hatred for the Qin Dynasty has not diminished. When the emperor rebelled, the whole world rebelled, and within three years a powerful empire fell apart.

Zhang Cang said: "But His Majesty is trying to find ways to place heroes. There is no need to imitate the First Emperor."

Li Si smiled and said: "From the position of an emperor, the cleaner the remnants of the previous dynasty are, the more beneficial it will be to the development of the world. This is the same whether it is the First Emperor or the current Han Emperor."

The Han Emperor was benevolent and generous to his own people. Not only did he advance the system of military honors to the Zong Zhou Dynasty, but he also enfeoffed more than ten times as many Chehous as the First Emperor. From this point of view, the Han Emperor was much more generous than the First Emperor. . It was not without reason that the Han Emperor was able to conquer the world.

"But nothing can have only advantages and no disadvantages. The head of the Han Dynasty has to face a problem, where does the money come from?"

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was benevolent and righteous to his heroes, and granted dozens of princes, including sixty-four Chehous, and hundreds of low-level titles such as Zinan. These rewards either require land or money. The rewards given to heroes by the Han Dynasty were ten times that of the Qin Dynasty.

Zhang Cang nodded in approval. As long as you count the number of Han princes Chehou, you will not doubt it.

"The Emperor of the Han Dynasty was also benevolent and righteous to the people. He unified various taxes and fees, reducing the taxes and fees of the people in the world by more than half, and even the corvee was eliminated. To a certain extent, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was really a benevolent gentleman. He was willing to suffer for himself He didn't want to be a hero. Compared with the original emperor, the Han emperor lived like a small landowner.

Li Si said in a more serious tone: "But the upper class of Han Dynasty consumes more money than Da Qin, and it is much more. Where does this money come from?
(End of this chapter)