New Shun 1730

However, the reality is like this. If you lose, it means you are not strong enough.

The practical school of Dashun now has a basic common idea, which is the future of productivity.

These practical schools will inevitably fall apart in the future.

Whoever can see the current situation in China and truly understand China will win in the end.

There may be countless ways to reach the industrialized future in fantasy.

But the key to reality is not the future of productivity improvement that the practical school unanimously envisions, but how to reach that future.

In other words, whoever can solve the pain of industrialization transformation will be the winner of the practical school that will inevitably split in the future.

Whoever can solve the pain of hundreds of millions of small farmers and handicraftsmen during the transition period will be qualified to discuss the future.

Again, Liu Yu's reform in Songsu solved the two problems of "Western imperialism" and "comprador capitalism".

But has it solved the problem of widespread bankruptcy in rural areas caused by dumping under the small peasant economy?

Is this cloth produced in Manchester or Songjiang Textile Factory? What difference does it make to small farmers in North China?

What is the difference between the foreigners who forced out and collected three or five more buckets of rice and flour, and the Dashun people who collected three or five more buckets of rice and flour from Liaodong and Nanyang when the grain price was low and farmers were hurt?

What is the difference between the hundreds of rickshaw drivers who were squeezed out of work by the trams and caused the 29th Beijing tram smashing incident, and the hundreds of coal-carrying camel drivers who are now unemployed by the railways and steam mining?

Liu Yu really wanted to tell Niu Er that yes, without ability, insufficient strength, lack of theory, and ignorance of reality, failure will occur.

If the problem of hundreds of millions of small farmers cannot be solved, and before there is a clear idea and strong organizational power to suppress the pain of transformation, success will not be achieved.

There are many ways to solve this problem.

Even if the bourgeoisie of Dashun is really strong enough to chop off the emperor's head with its left hand and kill 10 million small farmers and small producers who rebelled with its right hand, it can be considered a solution. The problem is that this is unrealistic. The power of hundreds of millions of people, the traditional egalitarian thinking of the people, the tradition that rebellion is natural and is a good tradition, and the unavoidable land issue. If these things are not taken into consideration, it will be impossible to succeed.

Obviously, Niu Er did not understand this truth at this time.

And obviously, he, who has made his mark in the colonies, is likely to choose violent means of resolution and easily misjudge the balance of power. Just like when he was in Java, he always had the advantage. Once he got used to this advantage, he would inevitably hope to keep this advantage.

He still naively hoped that a debater would come out and a set of scriptures would come out to explain that it was right to do so, so that the emperor, the court, and the ministers would all think that this was right and continue to do it.

Because he believed that as long as the court and the emperor thought that "this is the price of moving towards the future", there seemed to be no obstacles.

So Liu Yu just took him to complete the pilgrimage to the "wooden ox and flowing horse", but did not want to discuss whether it was right or wrong to do so and whether it was a necessary price.

Because it was meaningless.

Liu Yu never told the emperor about the worldview of "progress or reaction". Even the invasion of India was just described by him as a conservative way to maintain the imperial power, stabilize the country and make the country last forever.

The emperor's support for the construction of the railway from Mentougou to the capital has nothing to do with the worldview of progress or reaction.

Objectively, it was built and the voices of opposition were suppressed.

Subjectively, it was forced by the instability of the capital caused by the coal shortage trend in previous years, and the large number of refugees who had to find something to do after the abandonment of the canal.

Subjectively, Niu Er believed that this was an improvement in productivity, so it had to be done.

This and the emperor's subjective thinking are two completely different sets of three views and value systems.

Niu Er's words actually meant that Liu Yu should "face the emperor, ask questions in front of the palace, explain the inevitability of the future, progress first, and acceptable price", which really made Liu Yu want to laugh.

Liu Yu's words were still telling Niu Er: Those who hit themselves with coal blocks are heroes. Their problem was that they were too weak. They didn't blow themselves up, nor did they kill the reformers' families, so they could only accept the fate of carrying coal here.

Niu Er also vaguely understood this truth. This was his understanding of "life and death".

The problem was that Niu Er believed in "life and death".

But he was thinking about pulling the emperor and the court into the category of "I", "we", and "fellow travelers" in "I live".

It can only be said that Niu Er still didn't understand why the railway from Mentougou to Beijing was built in the emperor's subjective consciousness, and what the emperor meant by asking in the palace whether to build the railway first or immigrate first.

He didn't understand, and Liu Yu couldn't tell him too much.

After experiencing this small storm, the two still got on the train to Jingxi to see the coal mines, lime mines and cement plants in Jingxi.

After all, for people like Niu Er who have a kind of "pilgrimage" mentality, the "holy objects" representing the future to be admired are not just railways, but also factories and mining areas.

Since they came with a "pilgrimage" mentality, they must keep up with the times. After all, when the optimists of the European Enlightenment designed the "Eden of the Enlightenment", they also realized that labor was required in the Garden of Eden.

Since the people of Dashun came with a pilgrimage mentality, they should be allowed to see the full picture of the "future" they dreamed of.

When the group arrived at a coal mine, they happened to see the mine dealing with something.

There was a problem underground, and some people died.

It was not a big deal, and the death of people in coal mines was normal in this era.

At the exit of the mine, a corpse carrier carried the body of a child from the mine.

As soon as he climbed to the mouth of the mine, the owner of the mine rushed over and slapped the corpse carrier hard.

While slapping, he also shouted loudly, "Do you dare to come again!"

The professional corpse carriers in Jingxi would professionally move their faces closer at this time, so that it would be convenient to slap him, and the slap would be crisp.

"I dare not! I will never dare to come again!"

After saying that, he put the body on the ground and ran out of the gate of the mine area with a tumble.

The next corpse carrier who came out of the mine did the same thing. He was slapped hard by the owner of the mine, scolded, and replied that he would never dare to come again, and then ran away.

The official of the mining area who was following Liu Yu explained in a low voice: "The rules here. It's not the corpse carriers who are beaten, but the ghosts who are asking for life."

Niu Er frowned and said: "There are people who believe in such nonsense about ghosts and gods?"

The official hurriedly said: "It's just to make people feel at ease. The corpse carriers here are also specialized in this job. If you don't want to be beaten, don't do this job."

Liu Yu nodded and said: "This is just a custom, and it's not a nonsense about ghosts and gods."

"There was an incident before, a family couldn't give birth to a boy, three or five girls in a row, and one drowned and another came. , drowning one and then another. Finally, they put the girl on the fire and said that the girl was a water ghost, not afraid of water, and had to be burned to death before she would stop haunting him. This is the false and heretical theory of ghosts and gods. "

"Customs and ghosts and gods should be distinguished."

The official also said: "What the Duke of Xingguo said is very true. In fact, we also understand the reason. In fact, there have been fewer incidents in recent years. This is really thanks to these steam engines."

As he said, he pointed to a steam engine parked on a cart in the distance and was about to be unloaded, and said: "Most of those who originally did this business were long-term workers, and most of them were They are temporary workers. "

"Because in the summer, once there are a few rains, it is easy for the mines to flood. At that time, it is flooded and it is really impossible to lift water out."

"Therefore, coal mining is mostly after autumn and winter. In autumn and winter, some people do not have farm work in winter, so they come here to work as temporary workers for a period of time."

"Temporary workers are unskilled, so accidents are more likely to happen. Long-term workers in the mines are professional coal miners, and they have experience in danger and are easy to hide. "

"Now there are steam engines and pumping companies that specialize in earning this money, and mining can be done all year round. Therefore, long-term workers are used more often, There is no need to increase production in the autumn and winter when the weather is dry, so fewer people will die. "

"If you say this is a false theory of ghosts and gods, there is no need. Whether it is mining or mining, they all know that there is no ghost that takes lives. They just want peace of mind. "

"It's just that everyone knows that this is a business that makes money with their lives on the line, so they can't help but have some taboos. On the way to work, if you see a child crying, you will feel unlucky and don't come to work. This is normal. "

After saying this, the official introduced the employment system, death compensation and other things, which sounded very good.

Liu Yu was not worried about the living conditions of these miners.

Because pity and charity are useless, he just created a factory system structure that "can be mobilized quickly like the army" to build the material and social foundation.

In addition, this is after all on the edge of the capital. The millions of people in the capital all rely on the coal in the west of Beijing, which is different from other places.

As for what the miners should do, the miners' strike that happened in the 31st year of Wanli, how could it not happen at this time?

The new era has many contradictions that the old era did not have. All parties involved in the new era, even the Dashun court, should slowly learn to play games in the contradictions of the new era.

Now it seems that the emperor is still learning very quickly.

After the railway was built, the emperor allowed private mining in the west of Beijing, but did not choose to open a large number of official kilns.

It seems that the emperor is still thinking about trying to be an arbitrator who is above the contradictions of the new era.

Such a ruler is extremely sophisticated.

Compared with the learning speed and sophistication of the old rulers, the two major classes of the new era are a little weak, whether in experience, theory, practice, etc. They are still far from taking on the responsibility of being the ruling class.

However, the good news is that this sophisticated method relies too much on personal talent, diligence, secret agencies, experience, etc.

When a person dies, the technique disappears.