Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1196 Wooden Cow and Horse ([-])

The reasoning is this: it is better for the meat to rot in the pot. Of course, the more railways are built in China, the better.It doesn't matter who owns it, what matters is that there is this thing.Whose it is, it can be revolutionized, confiscated, acquired, etc. in the future. The key is to have this thing.

But even so, doing things internally is more troublesome than colonies, and you have to consider internal conflicts of interest.

This time, the construction of the railway from Mentougou to the capital offended many people, and it was roughly divided into three groups.

One dial, it is those sea households and sea people who sell sea firewood in Nanyuan.

The first group was driving camels to transport coal. Before the capital, there were many camels that were used to transport coal from the west of Beijing to the capital. Now all of them are unemployed.

The most troublesome group is a group of monks in the west of Beijing.

Jingming Temple, Tanzhe Temple, Jietai Temple, these few temples are famous.In the history of the coal industry in Beijing, many stories cannot avoid these large temples in the west of Beijing.

The Jingming Temple, the last one in it, also has a stele of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty.

And Tanzhe Temple, Jietai Temple, etc., not to mention, are much better than Jingming Temple.

The trouble is that this is near the capital, and there are monks. Liu Yu is tied up in the capital, so he can't strike hard.

It is even more difficult to create a wave similar to that in the Songsu area, using the social legends caused by the immigrants to set up unjust, false and wrong cases, forcing the monks to say that the rumors were spread by themselves, thereby confiscating land, demolishing temples, diverting conflicts, and so on.

The reason why these temples are famous in the history of the coal industry in the capital is not just talking casually.

Near Mentougou, there is a kiln temple.The so-called kiln god is the industry god worshiped by miners, because the death rate of coal mining is very high, and the death is very normal.

And the legend of this kiln temple is very interesting: the monks in Jingming Temple opened coal mines and forced labor. There are rumors that there are officials who visited privately in micro-services and were tricked by monks in Jingming Temple to work in coal mines. The guards were tight and he couldn't escape, so the official finally escaped, so he investigated the problem of coal slaves in the coal mines in the west of Beijing, so he was worshiped by the miners who dig coal and worshiped in temples, and he was regarded as a patron saint.

Most of this rumor is just a legend, but most of the legends come from life.

At least judging from the existing evidence, after Ming Yingzong, then to the Shunzhi period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and then even later, there were indeed many "contracts for the establishment of coal mines" that survived.

The "Landlord" column inscribed in the inside clearly states that they are the eminent monks of Jingming Temple. After all, it is impossible for normal people to call the landlord Mingxiang, and the landlord is still... From this point of view, it is a monk. It is impossible for ordinary people to have such a name. .

In fact, since the capital of Sichuan is all in China, the form is similar.Well salt is shared, as is the coal kiln here: there are 30 days in January, and the output of five days belongs to the monks.

This is a deed on the bright side, a yin and yang deed, and a yin deed also involves issues such as tax exemption for the temple industry.

To put it bluntly, this is the problem of "private ownership of land" that capitalists have always been troubled by.Why the hell does the coal under the ground belong to the monk?And the salt in southern Sichuan, why should it belong to the landlord?
This is the contradiction between capitalists and landlords.Lao Ma said that for industrial capital, landlords are a bunch of useless burdens.

As for Tanzhe Temple and Jietai Temple, they were also famous in history.

In history, when the branch line of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway was built, the land of Tanzhe Temple and Jietai Temple was occupied. Therefore, the people in Tanzhe Temple and Jietai Temple, relying on their relationship with the imperial court, were imperial temples, so they asked someone to say " Transshipment of coal jins may hinder the livelihood of the poor."

Such a thing, a similar thing, will naturally repeat itself in Dashun.

This is not the ignorance of particularity, but the reactionary of universality.

If this is in a remote area far away from the emperor, or in a colony, it will not be too simple.

Go directly to the army, smash it up, and place charges, just like Liu Yu did in the rumor case in the Songsu area, buckle up the shit bowl, criticize and stink; The British East India Company did that in India.

Or, the final solution is who owns ideology, means of production, and land and minerals. The debate tells the world that underground minerals should not be owned by landlords.Of course, reasoning still depends on the support of violence, and the relationship between criticism and weapons is, after all, complementary.

It's a pity that none of these methods can be used in the capital.

Then it has to be spent according to the money of 1 taels of silver for one mile of railway, and all aspects must be reconciled.

Some private coal mines have to make offerings to Jingming Temple and Tanzhe Temple on a monthly basis; when occupying land, they can only rent the land of the temples and pay rent money on an annual basis.

The interpersonal relationship in the temples in the capital is too complicated. Unlike Jingyan in southern Sichuan, you can go directly to the army, hold your head down and ask for the wasteland to be returned to the government, and you don’t have to be afraid of "the tyranny of the king, the government has mountains and rivers, and it harms the people." ’ or something like that.

According to the European Enlightenmentists, Dashun is the most law-abiding.The ruling class is the landlord class, and the law is to safeguard the interests of the landlord class.Under private ownership, whether it is a landlord who occupies a well salt production area or a coal production area, if he wants to open a mine, he must obtain the consent of the landlord.This is not a matter of whether to buy or sell, people want to "pay once a month, and the output of five days will be mine", or "salt will be paid once a month, and the output of ten days will be mine", so what should I do? ?
So under such circumstances, Dashun's first railway station where regular steam locomotives operate, that is, the railway station near Xizhimen, has become a very special place.

A place like a "religious holy place".

As long as the group of "Science Teaching" or "Practical Learning and Productivity Teaching" comes to the capital, they will naturally come here to have a look and experience the legendary symbol of the new era for themselves.

Touch, touch, sit.

Buddhists, too, will rush here.

Because the several major temples in the western part of Beijing, due to land expropriation, mining, rent collection and other reasons, are rich and rich.

If you have money, the temple will look good.

Originally located in the west of Beijing, where there are mountains and rivers, in terms of exquisiteness, it is much better than those temples crowded in the capital.Kuang Yu said that the temple itself has a sense of sacredness in the mountains.

If you have money, you can repair it beautifully, add gold and repair glass, and those who rely on donations from benefactors will certainly not have as much money as those who rely on mining, land rent, and compensation for land occupation.

Without money, there are no magnificent temples.

Now the railway has also been repaired, and the communication is much more convenient.As for the temples in the west of Beijing, taking advantage of the spring breeze of the railway, they often hold some activities. Naturally, many people squeezed into the trains and went to the temples in the west of Beijing to worship incense and Buddha.

Even if they all take the same car to load coal and lime, the difference between the two groups can be seen.

Those people who are high-spirited, standing in the car to blow the air, even deliberately holding the railing with one hand, sniffing hard, sniffing the intoxicating smell of soot, and screaming strangely from time to time, most of them are people who really learn "Scientology".

Those who drag their families along, sit honestly in the car, are nervous, and mutter and mutter, most of them are people who go to the west of Beijing to worship incense and worship Buddha.

This thing is actually quite interesting.

A group of people who believe that science should be based on reality imagined the future of this dilapidated railway; while a group of people who believed in reincarnation based on the past worshiped the magnificent new temple in reality.

Therefore, it is still quite crowded from the city to the vicinity of Xizhimen, and you can see many people with different purposes coming in and out along the grand Xizhimen from a distance.

Trains are not allowed in the city, whether it is the real threat of fire and smoke from steam locomotives to wooden houses, or the worries of feng shui vibrations from such strange things as steam locomotives, they cannot go.

However, the coal cannot be placed on the other side outside the city wall. Therefore, the real coal yard in Xizhimen City is the real coal yard that relies on horse-drawn carts. Offer to sell.

The reason why coal is not allowed to be piled outside is naturally because of safety concerns.

One, once the city is closed, the coal is piled outside, what will be burned inside?Therefore, it is better to spend more time and pile the coal unloaded from the train in the newly built coal yard in the city.

Second, the coal is piled outside the city, if something happens, such as war, uprising and so on.These coals can be used to burn the city walls and gates, or they can be piled up to block the moat, or piled up into mountains to climb the city walls.

For the most basic security considerations, neither buildings nor mounds are allowed around the city walls of the capital.This has nothing to do with whether it is a feudal dynasty, but purely for safety considerations.

In fact, before this railway was built, all the coal in Dashun went to Fuchengmen, which is a little south of Xizhimen.

Xizhimen is the water gate, which transports water from the Yuquan River to the palace; Fuchengmen is the coal gate, and coal has been transported from here since the Meng and Yuan Dynasties.

It's just that Xizhimen has the second gate of Dashun's capital and a large-scale fortress left by the previous dynasty.

The added fort, and a large number of artillery, are facing the newly built station.Can be condescending to control.

The side of Fucheng Gate is connected to the original official road. From this feng shui perspective, Fucheng Gate is facing the Forbidden City and the place where the hanging was hanged on the back mountain. Dashun boasts of water virtue, facing the Forbidden City with fire and thick smoke Compared with the crooked neck tree that was hanged, this is really not auspicious.

Furthermore, the side of Fuchengmen was originally a road for transporting coal. There are many buildings outside the city and the population is densely populated. It is really impossible to dismantle it.

Xizhimen is still a large area of ​​reeds, the population is relatively sparse, and it is closer to the Academy of Sciences in Dashun, so in the end, it did not occupy the original Jingxi official road, but chose Xizhimen, which is more open - and there is a The reason is that the garden built on the ruins of the former temples around Xizhimen is the official land of the imperial court, and it is more convenient to occupy the land.

The train station is a novelty.

But in the final analysis, it is still an integral part of the new era, and Niu Er has seen some of the characteristics of the new era when he was in Songsu.

For example, next to the railway station, like Songsu's wharf area, there is a tall and eye-catching signboard.

【Recruit child labor】

over ten years old.Board and lodging are included, and parents’ signature is required. In principle, kidnapped children are not accepted.

The reason why a large number of child laborers were employed in Songsu was because the factory owner discovered that "it is impossible for an adult farmer to pick up yarn ends in the factory. Children's fingers are more flexible."

As for the coal mines in the capital city, the reason why a large number of child laborers are employed is due to technological progress. As a result, children can also do jobs such as pushing rail cars and lanyards, and the price is cheap, only one-third of the salary.Some deep and narrow mines, such as places where explosives are not easy to explode, also require children to carry coal.

Furthermore, with the use of coal, new architectural styles appeared, and some children were needed to pass the chimney.Adults can't climb in, but children can easily get in and out. After all, there is no chimney and high-power blower in this era.

Another reason is that because of the widespread use of coal, the advancement of iron smelting technology, and the development of Liao iron mines, iron stoves have become a necessary configuration for families in Beijing.Cast iron is not expensive, but Dashun cannot effectively and cheaply roll out iron coils, and cheap chimneys are not popular, so a little more people die of gas poisoning every year.

Children can go to the coal yard and rub coal powder balls.Ordinary families use coal or briquettes, while poor families can only use coal powder and yellow mud to make balls.

There is a poem "praise" saying: Xinxing Coal Shop sells coal balls, but there is no flame head on the furnace; I hate the coal seller for being fake, and the furnace ashes and loess are collected together.

Therefore, the common people still trust these big shops more. After all, no one wants to save some money to buy briquettes, but the result is all yellow mud and ashes, and there is no fire at all.

As for rubbing briquettes, children can also do it. These big shops have to hire more children to rub briquettes before winter comes - this doesn't even require wages. In winter, a batch of coal powder pellets will be distributed as wages.

If adults want to work, they must also ask for money, so it is better to hire children to do it without paying money.It's not that adults are special, but that adults have to support their families, and it's absolutely impossible to do this job without money.

(End of this chapter)