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

Chapter 334: Han Youth Movement, Awakening of Craftsmen
On October 9, the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, in Chang'an City, Mohist College.

A student rushed into the school and shouted angrily: "Attention, students, the Craftsman's Law submitted by our master was rejected by the sages of the Sage Council."

"What's the situation? How could it be rejected!" Many people couldn't believe what this student said.

Behind the "Artisan Law" was the promotion of their giants and the emperor, and the meeting was held by highly respected people elected from tens of millions of Han people. This law is beneficial to the people of the world, how could it not be passed? No matter from which aspect, no one believes that this is true.

"It was rejected. There were a total of ninety sages in the Sage Council. Seventy-five of them rejected it and fifteen agreed. The emperor announced at the Sage Council that the "Artisan Decree" will not be implemented for the time being." Another Wu who got the news Yidi Shizi said loudly.

The students present were first shocked, then disbelieving, and finally felt betrayed and filled with anger.

The scholar Fang Hao roared: "What kind of sages are these? They are all elected by the people, but they don't make decisions about the people's affairs. How can they have the dignity to be worthy of being sages?"

“Does anyone know who the wise man was who voted no?”

The scholar who notified the news shook his head and said: "Most of the people who agreed were the sages from Guanzhong and the border counties. But because the prime minister said that a secret vote was required, it is not known whether those people voted against it."

Then the scholar told everyone about the voting situation again. In this case, I really don’t know who voted veto.

This logic is very simple and common sense. The scholars all around agreed.

Soon the slogan became a slogan to promote the "Artisan Act".

"Give producers enough rest."

Fang Hao said: "Most sages don't agree, so what else are you looking for?"

First, increase the number of sages who belong to farmers and craftsmen, so that sages can truly belong to the common people of the world.

“Achieve a harmonious world through the Artisan Decree.”

"With the seven-day working system, producers also have the right to rest."

“Ban child labor and put children back in the classroom.”

"This law serves the country and the people. Who will oppose this law? It is not just people who have textile factories, equipment factories and other workshops at home. They rely on these workshops to make money. If the craftsmen work less for an hour, they will earn less for an hour. Money. How could they be willing to do such a thing?”

The scholars shouted: "The sage is not worthy, so depose the current sage."

Fang Hao continued: "Sages do not make decisions for the people. What is the meaning of such a choice? They are not the sages we need at all, and they do not represent the interests of the people at all. They are for their own interests. These people are not at all If you are not qualified to join the Sage Association, classmates, we must ask the emperor for orders to remove these sages and re-elect new sages who represent our people. "

"Well said, we are going to find the emperor, depose these sages, and select sages who belong to our people."

"Four hours to work, four hours to sleep, four hours to yourself."

On October 10, the fifth year of the Han Dynasty, Chang'an City.

Third, the sages cannot vote anonymously. They must let the people all over the world know their attitudes so that they can know who they really represent.

Not only the scholars of Mozi College were excited about this news, but also the scholars of Water Conservancy College, Luban College, Medical College, etc. were extremely excited.

"Yes! Whoever benefits is the opponent. Let's try to find out the background of those sages. As long as there is a workshop in the family, they will definitely vote against it. This is definitely not wrong."

Second, re-select new sages and limit the reputation and term of the sages. We cannot let unsage people enter the Association of Sages.

These academics united together, expressed their dissatisfaction with the Sage Association with great emotion, and finally came up with three opinions.

"Implement the four-hour working system."

Scholars from major colleges in Chang'an took to the streets of Chang'an City one after another, holding rallies and demonstrations with slogans written on flags in their hands.

“Implement a producer retirement system to allow producers to have a source of support when they grow old.”

"What is going on?" The people of Chang'an City were stunned when they saw this unprecedented scene. You must know that during the Qin Dynasty, all three people were arrested for gathering. Now, in the eyes of the old Qin people, this situation is no different from rebellion. .

"The Craftsman's Decree was rejected. These scholars were unconvinced and wanted to ask the emperor for orders to depose the world's sages." The old scholar in the teahouse said enviously.

It is better for the Han to rule the world, and this kind of thing can happen. If this were during the time of the First Emperor, I am afraid these people would have been arrested long ago, and they would have dug their own holes and buried themselves.

"The court doesn't care about this kind of thing?"

"How to control it? The Council of Sages has dismissed the emperor's proposal. This student is avenging the emperor. Whose salary are those officials eating? They dare to care about this matter, and they are not afraid of losing their official positions."

"These sages are so courageous that they dare to dismiss the emperor's proposal."

The old scholar said calmly: "The emperor is still too benevolent and righteous and kills too few people, so these sages bully the emperor, but they have forgotten that the emperor is the emperor after all, and that is the superior dragon. This time there is They look good."

Chang'an City No. 1 Textile Factory.

Factory director Chen Juan said loudly: "Everyone stop working and come to the front yard."

Soon thousands of female textile workers and workers from the No. 1 Textile Factory were standing in front.

Chen Juan stood on the high platform and shouted: "Just yesterday, the Craftsman Decree was deposed by the sages."

Therefore, the workers are all disappointed. They also know about the water issues of the Craftsmen Act. After all, the above laws are beneficial to them, but they do not know how to speak out, and they even dare not speak out, fearing that it will affect their current work.

"If these sages don't speak for us, we will speak for ourselves. Follow me on the streets to support those scholars and drive out all those sages who are like shit. Everyone, go."

"No!" Thousands of people followed Chen Juan onto the street.

Chang'an City, Craftsman Lane, Woodwork Workshop

"What do you want to do?" Zhao Xiang, the workshop owner, asked angrily when he saw the craftsmen who wanted to go out.

Craftsman Ai Shi said: "Of course they are going to support the scholars who are demonstrating. What a sage. Fortunately, Nai Gong voted for them in the first place. This is how they repay Nai Gong. I will never vote for them again next time."

Zhao Xiang said angrily: "Now is the time to do things. You are not allowed to go. You have taken my money, so you should do things for me. You don't even know how to be loyal to the emperor."

"Everyone who has been deceived by the Mohist elements can't find the north. Without Nagong opening a factory here to give you a job, where would you get the money to support your family? You are raised by Nagong, and even a dog knows how to look after the house. "Guyuan, you want to turn against the master, you are worse than a dog."

What Zhao Xiang was most angry about during this period was that there was nothing in the "Artisan Law" that he could feel comfortable with. If it were to be implemented, it wouldn't be like looking for craftsmen, it would simply be looking for a group of adults.

"Bah! How much money has Nai Gong taken from you? You also want to use me as a dog. Zhao Xiangqi is such an iron rooster. Who in this Chang'an city doesn't know that you are stingy. With 600 yuan a month, you also want to use Nai Gong as a running dog." Returning the emperor's salary is a matter of loyalty to the emperor. Zhao Xiang, you are worthy of this iron rooster. What is the standard for the emperor to raise a scholar? There are fish and meat in the meals, and regular clothes are constant all year round. I have never seen Han soldiers wearing patches. Clothes. How much will the emperor give you?"

"600 yuan, there is no salary lower than this in the whole city of Chang'an. You are worthy of us being a running dog. Are you willing to spend so much money and food to support us?"

The minimum wage standard in Chang'an City is 600 yuan. This is not set by Xu Fan, but formed by the market. Because if the price is lower than this price, craftsmen will not want to work and simply go to the countryside to be farmers. After all, they have 100 acres of land. Not only can they not starve to death, but they can also work as farmers in the countryside. The annual income is also higher than this.

"Isn't six hundred dollars money? I'm also providing you with food and accommodation, but you are not grateful at all. When Nai Gong was in the Pre-Qin Dynasty, how could he have such a high salary? At that time, Nai Gong had no salary at all because he wanted to learn technology."

Ai Shi said contemptuously: "Talk about the Pre-Qin period again, why don't you say that this amount of money is the least in the entire Chang'an City."

"If you dare to leave, don't come back again." Zhao Xiang threatened.

"Don't block the door. I'm going to support those students' demonstrations. It doesn't matter if I don't do this shabby job. I have the hands and feet to do it. How can I be afraid that I won't find anything to do." After saying this, Ai Shi left the work angrily. workshop, and other craftsmen also followed Ai Shi.

For more than half a year, Xu Fan and Qin Bo did not just promote the "Artisan Law" in newspapers.

The two also went deep into the craftsmen, developing potential Mohists in various workshops, expanding the power of the Mohist family, and publicizing the benefits of the "Artisan Law" to tens of thousands of craftsmen throughout Chang'an City.

At the beginning, the situation was not as good as Xu Fan and Qin Bo thought. Although the "Artisans Decree" was beneficial to craftsmen.

But many craftsmen said to Xu Fan: "Master Xu, our salary is high enough now. If we continue to enact the "Artisan Law", some of us will be sorry for our old master."

Before Xu Fan conquered the world, the craftsmen in Chang'an City were generally just apprentices, even if they were thirty years old. The masters provided food and accommodation, and anyone who dared to ask for money would be driven away directly.

According to the masters, you eat my food, live in my house, learn my craftsmanship, and dare to ask for money.

If you don't do it, I'll recruit two more apprentices. It's hard to find a three-legged toad in this world, but it's still hard to find a two-legged person.

The apprentices really had no way to resist. At that time, it was very difficult to find a food lover who could eat. These so-called masters could really find a large number of two-legged apprentices.

But as soon as the Han came, the situation changed. Because of the large-scale land equalization, many craftsmen changed careers and became farmers. After all, they were given 100 acres of land for free. It was impossible for the people at the bottom to refuse such a temptation, which led to a decrease in the number of craftsmen in Chang'an City.

Who the hell will work for you for free? Nai Gong went to the countryside to farm.

Because each household can get hundreds of acres of land, and the labor force of ordinary people is not enough, it is naturally impossible to give their own labor force to the workshop owners in vain. This resulted in many teenage apprentices in Chang'an City being recruited back to the countryside to cultivate their own fields.

For a time, the number of craftsman apprentices in Chang'an City dropped sharply, and the Han Dynasty also vigorously developed industries in Chang'an City. A large number of craftsmen in Chang'an City were recruited by the imperial court's official workshops. The imperial court not only provided food and accommodation, but also paid 600-800 yuan in salary. The higher the ability, the higher the salary. The government-run factories also absorbed a large number of skilled and capable craftsmen.

Faced with this situation, the workshop owners in Chang'an City tried to use family ties as a form of moral kidnapping, saying that they learned their skills from the master when they were young, and now that their skills have grown, they kicked the master away. This kind of thing is very unethical.

These workshop owners banded together and used this method to morally kidnap some honest and hard-working craftsmen, but they actually retained a group of honest craftsmen.

But economic laws cannot be bound by moral binding. Soon these craftsmen watched their junior brothers earn high salaries, start families, and settle down in Chang'an City. However, they could only live in the master's house without even a house or wife.

It was so unfair that honest people couldn't help it and sent some people away. There was no other way for these masters to break the bad habit of teaching for three years, studying for three years, and working for three years (working for ten years in vain, this was the feudal era) guild system). Even a ten-year-old apprentice needs hundreds of dollars in pocket money.

At the same time, the salary of craftsmen is also increasing rapidly, including food and accommodation. If 200 yuan is not enough to keep someone, then 300 yuan will be used. If 300 yuan is not enough, then 400 yuan, 500 yuan or even 600 yuan will be used.

Finally, when the salary of 600 yuan was able to offset the temptation of hundreds of acres of land, the current basic salary in Chang'an City was formed.

After all, the infrastructure in Chang'an City is better than that in the countryside. The annual income of a double-income craftsman family can reach 200 acres of land. The craftsmen in Chang'an City are very satisfied with their current life. They feel that the current salary is already good, and any further demands would be too much.

Xu Fan smiled and said, "What's the point of being sorry? Have any of you seen those workshop owners doing anything?"

The craftsmen who came to listen to the class shook their heads. To become a workshop owner, you basically don't do anything, but manage the craftsmen.

Xu Fan said: "You make more money, or do they make more money?"

The craftsman said: "They are the shopkeepers, so of course they make more money."

"That's it. They don't do anything, but they can make the most money. If you do things, you can only get a few hundred dollars in salary. Does it mean that the money he makes falls from the sky?"

"No, it was made with a little bit of hard work by you. It's not the workshop owner who supports you, it's you who support the workshop owner."

"So there is no such thing as you being sorry to the workshop owners. Instead, it is the workshop owners who are squeezing the fruits of your labor. They are the ones who are sorry to you."

"The salary you have now is not what they want to give you. Just because if you don't give this money, you will apply to the court to become farmers, and they have to give you this money."

"But they have already paid according to the lowest price. Why is the lowest salary in Chang'an City 600 yuan?"

"Because 100 acres of land in Guanzhong can leave 100 shi of grain after paying taxes every year. The price of 100 shi of grain is 5000 yuan. This money is converted into a monthly salary of nearly 500 yuan. They don't want you to farm, and your salary is It should be higher than this 500 yuan. If the price of grain in Guanzhong drops to 30 yuan, your salary may drop to 400 yuan. These workshop owners are giving you salaries based on your bottom line! "

The craftsmen suddenly realized: "No wonder the salary has been lower in the past two years. It turns out that the price of food has dropped."

At first, craftsmen in Chang'an City generally had 800 to 1,000 yuan, but because the prices in the entire Chang'an City were falling rapidly, the current 600 yuan was more valuable than the original 800 yuan, and the people of Chang'an City were not affected.

Xu Fan continued: "But the land in Guanzhong is limited, but the population is growing rapidly. Master can tell you clearly that now is the time when the price of your labor force is the highest. The greater the population, the lower the price of labor force will be. The lower your bargaining power will be, the lower your salary will be.”

"If you don't take advantage of the opportunity now, when you take the initiative, to fight for your own interests, ten years from now, your salary will not increase, but will decrease. Twenty years from now, when your children start to go out to work, they will It will be like when you were young, you will have to teach, study, and work for a master for three years, and work for nearly ten years in vain.”

"This is a time when our team's strength is strong. If we don't make changes, future generations like us will suffer endless hardships. This is what you want too."

Xu Fan just wants to break these craftsmen's illusions about the workshop owners, hoping that they will treat the craftsmen well. This is simply a daydream. Gaining profits is the instinct of all their actions.

The lower you are, the more moral you are, and the higher you are, the more profit-oriented you are. If you are moral, you will be bound by morality, and your own interests will be taken away, and you have to comfort yourself that this is for the sake of the overall situation. The more you talk about interests, the more you will break through morality, gain unbridled interests, and exploit others for more benefits.

In this way, Xu Fan and Qin Bo, before the sage conference, continued to teach the craftsmen of Chang'an City, breaking their barriers to the upper class, and making them realize that if they want to live a good life, they cannot place their hopes on the workshop owners. You have to rely on your own conscience to fight. Giving up the struggle is equivalent to giving up your own rights and interests.

As for whether Xu Fan was worried that the four-hour work system would interrupt the process of industrialization in Han Dynasty.

Xu Fan expressed that he was not worried at all. Even in a primitive society, he could implement a four-hour work system. After all, four hours is almost a day. He did not see the demise of primitive society, but evolved into a slave society.

From the beginning of private property in society, it shows that the world's output is already surplus, and such a system can be implemented. It's just that the upper class is reluctant to part with their own wine ponds and meat forests.

This is a right that you have to fight for on your own. If you don’t fight for it, even in the AI ​​era, you will still be in trouble.

Having said that, it is still a common butt issue. The common people at the bottom should not think about billionaires, for fear that if they work less hours, the billionaires will accumulate less property.

(End of this chapter)