Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 199: I Don’t Dare To Zhang Shi (4)

At noon on the [-]st, the school captains in the council hall of the Huguo Mansion were still arguing about the trade union workers with red faces.Prime Minister Liu Yi just took out a large stack of files to show the abuse suffered by the workers.Because the workers were confined in the workshop, completely isolated from the outside world, and depended on others for food and clothing, the actual situation of the workers was worse than that of the slaves before the abolition of slavery.The slaves are at least the property of the master, and the master will not let them die easily, and the workshops are more willing to squeeze the labor of the workers to the maximum during the contract period. To achieve this goal, most workshops employ vicious The guards came to 'force' the workers, and these people carried out even more heinous bullying.

Kang Deming waved the documents prepared by the Prime Minister's Office with one hand, and said loudly: "According to the records of Li Lian Cao, in the past three years, there were 790 cases where there were 320 cases of disability caused by fighting in the workshop, and 800 cases resulted in death. There were more than [-] cases of forcibly occupying workers, apprentices, wives and daughters. This is only for those who sued the officials. For those who did not sue the officials, the number of lawsuits is estimated to be at least ten times higher." Inside, there is such a dark place, don't you feel that you should do something to change it?"

All the school lieutenants whispered, many of them, like Zhao Xingde, had not been notified in advance, the documents of the prime minister's mansion had just been obtained, and they glanced over, did not notice these shocking figures. "Mo Dao's knife and pen are ruthless," Zhao Xingde heard Chen Chong sigh softly, "every word in his pen is blood and tears."

"Lieutenant Kang's words are wrong," Yu Zangyun said with a sneer, "Although there are many cases in this file, how many of them are actually true?" He flipped through the papers, raised his voice, Nian said: "In the case of wounding, the evidence is conclusive. There are 37 cases identified as homicide. In the case of homicide, 800 cases were identified as homicide. The other causes of death are unknown. As for the matter of forcibly occupying the wives and daughters of workers and apprentices," he paused. Said in a deep voice, "Out of the 450 cases, [-] were judged to be "rapists". The rest were mostly rogue foremen, or workers and apprentices acting on their own."

Yu Zangyun put down the flimsy pieces of paper, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, let alone the case against the officials. If there is no verdict, it is really difficult to tell the truth. Disregarding the 'self-observance of the city's law', forcibly interfering with the contract between the workers and the chamber of commerce?" He paused, and then raised his voice, "Since the imperial court promulgated the 'Self-observation of the city's law', the workshops have flourished, and the chambers of commerce in various places have paid taxes. The Fu has more than doubled in the past 30 years. It all depends on this. In just a few years, the imperial court successively used troops in Hezhong, Mobei, and Annan. Also! This all depends on the benefits of the workshop."

Yu Zangyun looked around and saw that the faces of all the school captains were solemn, and said slowly: "The workshop has been thriving for less than [-] years, and there must be many deficiencies. With time, it will definitely be improved. It is conceivable that several In ten years, the output from the workshop will be several times that of the land tax. The output from the Guanzhong workshop will definitely replace the farming and weaving of shade households and become the source of national use. If I predict it is not bad, as long as we continue to encourage the workshop, all industries will be revitalized , In the future, it will be easy for me to rule the world. But everyone, if you are motivated for a while, help the workers and weaken the workshop, you will use the source of the country's use and the foundation of the country, and you will regret it!"

The benefits of the workshop, in fact, all the captains are aware of it. Over the years, the expenditure of the imperial court has increased, but [-]% of the annual income from the shade households has not increased. In addition to promoting the improvement of the conditions of workers and apprentices, and accelerating the migration of refugees from the Kanto to Hezhong and Shishan, the school captains in other places pretended to be deaf and dumb.However, Hezhong was unwilling to bear the shortfall in taxes, and even the Sichuan funds for immigrants were unwilling to bear alone.

Yang Ren glanced at Liu Yi, Yu Zangyun's argument was expected, he took a deep breath, and was about to stand up to refute his words, but someone behind him whispered: "Yu Xiaowei's words are wrong. "Yang Ren turned around in surprise and looked back, but it was the young captain who had just arrived late. His face turned white and red, and he seemed a little stage frighted, but he still summoned up his courage and said loudly: "What did Captain Yu say? Bad."

There are no fixed rules for the statements and speeches of the captains of the Huguo Mansion, but according to their qualifications and popularity, there is an unspoken strict order. It is a bit offensive for this junior to speak out rashly.Like most captains, Yang Ren frowned, but when he saw Prime Minister Liu Yi nodding his head, he sat down with a cold face and listened to the stunned young captain.

Zhao Xingde couldn't see the wry smile on Chen Zhong's face beside him, and under the dissatisfied, doubtful or disdainful eyes of many captains, he said in a deep voice: "What Captain Yu Zangyun said, decades later, the , must be several times that of the land tax. The final general agrees completely. However, what Yu Xiaowei said, helping the apprentices and weakening the workshop is the source of the country's use, so I don't agree with it."

Regardless of the slight change in Yu Zangyun's face, he continued, "The taxation of the industry and commerce is not the result of the owner of the workshop alone. I heard a poem that those who are covered in silkworms are not silkworm farmers. Today's workers Although the wealth of the workshop belongs to the merchants, and although the taxes of the imperial court are obtained from the merchants, most of them come from the blood and sweat of the workers. In the final analysis, what happened today is that the workshop is too strong and the workers are too weak The disparity between strength and weakness is huge. If the imperial court does not reverse it a bit, it will only make the workshop stronger and the workers weaker. In front of a strong workshop, the workers are like fish on a chopping board. You can only be slaughtered by others. In the long run, there are only two possibilities."

The lieutenants heard that what he said was well-founded, so they ignored him for the time being when he spoke out of order, and some even nodded slightly. Zhao Xingde paused, and said in a deep voice: "The first possibility is that the workers were urged to do so by the workshop. 'Forced' to be reduced to cattle and horses, poorer than servants in hunger and cold, wives and children are not protected. The so-called tyranny is fiercer than a tiger. Although the court does not increase taxes, the workers are also put to death." He smiled sarcastically, and said, "In the long run, this situation is not good for the imperial court. If the marsh is dry and the merchants become more and more powerful, they will have more and more ambitions. Didn't you hear that in Qin Dynasty there was a Lu Buwei merchant looking for the country? In the future, rich merchants and giants will be ten times stronger than Lu Buwei, the so-called rich and powerful, one hundred thousand can make ghosts and gods, how should you deal with it?"

At this time, the face of Chen Xuan, who was sitting in the upper seat, changed slightly, Liu Yi's face sank like water, but Yu Zangyun hummed, and said in a low voice: "It's alarmist." Only a dozen or so lieutenants around him heard .

Zhao Xingde ignored the subtle changes in everyone's attitudes, and continued: "The second possibility is that the people are not afraid of death, so why do they fear it with death. If there are people like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang who raise their arms, or Zhang Jiao and his like, use heresy Bewitching people's hearts, or the generation of Huang Chao, who died in the Jianghu. Yesterday's chaos in Guanzhong Qiu's workshop is just the beginning. In the future, the number of workers will inevitably increase, and the oppression will increase. Strict, the people in the world, there is never a shortage of "treacherous" heroes. If the court ignores the matter of disciples, it will prepare hundreds of thousands or millions of troops for these "treacherous" heroes. If there is a big "chaos" When I came, there was no place to live in the world as big as the world. Under the overturned nest, there would be no eggs."

Hearing what he said so seriously, the faces of all the captains became more serious, some of them showed dissatisfaction, and muttered in a low voice: "Is it just because of those mobs?"

Zhao Xingde was still waiting to continue, but Yu Zangyun sneered and said: "Our country is powerful, millions of scholars are good at fighting, and there are millions of regiments training in the army. Don't say that this chaos is just alarmist talk, even Zhang The generation of Jiaohuangchao was born together, and with our strong military strength in Daxia, everyone is worrying about not having the leader to accumulate military merits!" After Yu Zangyun finished speaking, he looked at Zhao Xingde leisurely, and if he wanted to refute himself, he would It is inevitable to question Ms. Xia's strength, and this will make him a target of public criticism.Several school lieutenants laughed along with him, and the anxiety caused by Zhao Xingde's crow's mouth just now dissipated a lot.

Zhao Xingde smiled slightly, and said slowly: "I borrowed a word from Captain Yu just now. In the past few decades, the output of the workshop must be several times that of Tian Fu." '色', with an emphasis on the tone, "Since this is the case, will the number of apprentices also increase greatly, even surpassing the total number of shady households? There are millions, or even millions, of apprentices in the whole country?"

Yu Zangyun didn't expect him to highlight this statement, his face darkened, but he heard Zhao Xingde sigh: "Although the sergeants are strong, they are all recruited in the number of a million, and they are scattered all over the place, while the millions of apprentices are mostly Concentrate the heartland of the country. When the Qin Dynasty was strong, it was only because hundreds of garrison soldiers rose up, the world responded, and the second generation died. Now these millions of people, with the hatred of the sky, and the heart of death, fight hard, Let me ask you, can you overthrow the country?"

His words were resounding, "Can it overthrow the country?" Under the good echo resonance of the Chamber, there is a deafening feeling.After Zhao Xingde finished speaking, he sat down, and all the captains were silent, "Can you overthrow the country?" Many people's ears were still buzzing, and the words echoed repeatedly in their minds: "It can overturn the country." No?" Not only Chen Xuan, Liu Yi, Kang Deming and others, but also Yu Zangyun's face showed an extremely solemn expression.