Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 67 Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes
Qian has been deaf for 48 years. Except for Linqing Chaoguan, the autumn tax from the entire Shandong liberation to our Taqing treasury is only more than 80 taels. Now a Yizhou government collects 100 million taels of autumn tax?

Not to mention Zhu Jinsong didn't believe such an outrageous thing, even Zeng Cheng, who reported the news, couldn't believe it.

You know, the autumn tax collected by the Qing Dynasty in Shandong should be several million taels, but the autumn tax paid into the treasury of the Qing Dynasty is only more than 80 taels.

The twists and turns in the middle may not be clear to Meng Lianggu's other leaders, but Zeng Cheng, who served as the prefect of Tai'an Prefecture in the Qing Dynasty, is very clear.

It is not difficult to collect a tax of 100 million taels in Yizhou Prefecture. Any magistrate can receive more than this amount. The difficult thing is how to collect a tax of 100 million taels without oppressing the people, let alone the big boss Farm taxes and taxes are exempted, and repeated orders are not allowed to oppress the people.

It is precisely because of this that the autumn tax of more than 100 million taels seems so outrageous.

But, this matter is just like what Mr. Lu Xun said, no matter how outrageous it is, and whether you believe it or not, anyway, the autumn tax collected is there, so you can’t help but believe it.

After double-checking it several times, and even taking people to the villages and counties below to investigate, Zeng Cheng's Zengfutai also had to believe this painful result.

While organizing his words, Zeng Cheng bowed his hands to Zhu Jinsong in great confusion: "The head of the family has ordered before that the area under Meng Lianggu's rule will be exempted from agricultural taxes for three years, and the peasant associations everywhere know about this. Therefore, the various county governments under the Yizhou government did not collect any agricultural taxes."

Ke Zhiming looked at Zhu Jinsong and nodded, and said, "My lord, I really haven't received any relevant information."

After being told by Ke Zhiming, Zhu Jinsong immediately became interested.

If other people put this guarantee ticket on Zeng Cheng's behalf, Zhu Jinsong might still suspect that there is something wrong with it, but even Ke Zhiming, the intelligence leader on the bright side, said so, then it can only be proved that what Zeng Cheng said is true of.

The sources of information in Ke Zhiming's hands are very complicated, not only the Tiandihui on the surface, but also the remaining Jinyiwei and Dongchang will also send information to Ke Zhiming.

Of course, Zhu Jinsong was not worried about Ke Zhiming's threat at all, because the reason why Jin Yiwei and Dongchang sent the information to Ke Zhiming was exactly Zhu Jinsong's intention.

For example, the entire Meng Lianggu knew that Zhu Jinsong was always accompanied by a dumb guard, but who knew that this guard sent by the Heaven and Earth Society to Zhu Jinsong was actually the surviving current commander of Jin Yiwei?
To put it bluntly, Ke Zhiming was the intelligence chief who was pushed to the surface by Zhu Jinsong. If Zhu Jinsong hadn't nodded, no one would go to Ke Zhiming even from the remaining Jinyiwei and Dongchang. He is a spy of Jin Yiwei.

This is also the reason why the surviving Jin Yiwei and Dongchang came to the door as soon as the Tiandihui confirmed Zhu Jinsong's identity.

The surviving Jinyiwei and Dongchang's anti-Qing will is even stronger than Tiandihui's anti-Qing will, and they support Zhu Jinsong more firmly.

Tiandihui, the surviving Jinyiwei and Dongchang, these three are not affiliated with each other, and the relationship between them is also a mess. Each has spies from the other, and each has secrets and methods that the other cannot grasp.

In comparison, most of the information held by the Tiandihui was about the folks, most of the information held by the Jinyiwei was about the officialdom, and most of the information held by the Dongchang was about the Tartar Palace.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Zhu Jinsong wanted to know what Qian Deaf old dog ate last night, it would only take three days or less for the relevant information to be put on Zhu Jinsong's desk.

It is precisely because of this that Ke Zhiming, the intelligence leader on the bright side, can know the dynamics of the Tartar government like the palm of his hand, even the plans of Agui, Fu Huan, Fukang'an and others to attack and suppress.

It is precisely because he knows the source and authenticity of Ke Zhiming's information that Zhu Jinsong became even more curious after Ke Zhiming said that he had not received relevant information.

No one ran to search the people and confiscated the agricultural tax. This means that the more than 100 million taels collected are just commercial taxes?
Isn't this even more outrageous? It's so outrageous that his mother opened the door for Outrageous. It's outrageous!
Just when Zhu Jinsong was thinking about these messy things, Zeng Cheng went on to say: "The more than 100 million taels is indeed just this year's commercial tax, and the tax rate is only [-] taxes."

"At the beginning, I really couldn't believe what I saw, and even took someone secretly to the villages and counties below."

"It wasn't until yesterday that I figured out the relationship here."

Zhu Jinsong hummed, and tapped the table with his fingers: "Tell me?"

Zeng Cheng clasped his hands again and replied: "I would like to tell you that the reason why there is such an exaggerated figure of 100 million taels of commercial tax in Yizhou is, in the final analysis, because of the big master."

"First of all, the head of the family personally led the people to dig a large number of wells. This year, the harvest of the people in Yizhou has not been greatly affected. In addition, the head of the family has exempted the agricultural taxes of the people under Meng Lianggu's rule, so the life of the people is easy. some."

"Secondly, because Meng Lianggu purchased a large amount of grain, steel, saltpeter, charcoal, sulfur, and other materials, and settled them in cash, and never defaulted, more businessmen came to Yizhou, and the folks also emerged. Lots of workshops."

"The merchants themselves have to pay commercial taxes. There is nothing to say about this. The focus is on the workshops that have arisen among the people."

"To set up a workshop, you must employ people, and you must pay for the wages. Many people flock to work in the workshop during the slack season, and even many families with small land and many people simply save a few people to come to the workshop. Work in the workshop to earn money."

"In this way, the money in the hands of the people will gradually increase."

"When the common people have money, they want to improve their lives a little bit. In this way, a large number of businessmen are attracted."

"So, even if it's just a tax rate of 100 tax, even if it's just a commercial tax, it has reached an astonishing [-] million taels."

Speaking of this, Zeng Cheng, who had been talking more and more excited just now, suddenly became entangled again: "It's just that I can't figure out why it was so difficult to collect taxes in Tai'an Prefecture, but it became so difficult when I arrived in Yizhou. easy?"

"It stands to reason that it is the nature of businessmen to seek profit. Although the tax rate of [-]% is not high, how can these people pay willingly?"

"Another thing is that many people who have entered the workshop to work are trying to form a trade union. This is a headache for a while."

"It stands to reason that many of the laws of our Meng Lianggu are inherited from the Ming Dynasty. The people have the right to form associations, and it was the peasant association that Meng Lianggu first set up. Therefore, since the people want to form a trade union, they just need to report to the government. Don't make any trouble, it's up to them."

"It's just that the consequences of this trade union will be good or bad. I can't figure it out for a while, and I'm thinking about it now."

Hearing Zeng Cheng's questions, Zhu Jinsong curled his fingers and tapped on the table slowly, thinking about the pros and cons in his heart.

As Zeng Cheng said before, it was not easy to collect taxes in Tai'an Prefecture, but businessmen in Yizhou Prefecture were willing to pay taxes at a rate of [-] to [-]. The fundamental reason was that it was profitable. .

Compared with Meng Lianggu's cash knot, what kind of shit is my Tartar Qing court?
just union...

Once the trade union appears, it can be regarded as a good thing that is beneficial and harmless to Meng Lianggu's rule and the common people.

However, how can those workshop owners accept the existence of trade unions?
Just look at later generations and you will know that those big Internet companies and most of the private companies basically do not have trade unions, and those with trade unions are basically official and regular troops.

Ari did not establish a trade union until December 2021, 12, and the Pain News Department did not exist at all.

trade union law?
Ha ha!

There are many reasons for this mess. One of the most important reasons is that the management is not willing to create obstacles for itself. The other reason is that the nature of the trade union is that there is a suspicion that it will fight against the management even if it wants to do what the management wants.

Adding these two reasons together, this matter is basically useless.

In addition, there is a third reason that is even more fucking.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

I understand everything I understand.

To put it bluntly, these reasons are the same on Meng Lianggu's side, and Meng Lianggu's side has just started, and many things are not perfect enough. If one step is too big, the consequences may be messed up.

Don't say that you can't eat hairy pigs without Butcher Zhang, just listen to such words, don't believe them, because once Butcher Zhang is gone, you may not even be able to eat hairy pigs.

After deliberating for a while, Zhu Jinsong suddenly asked a few questions that had nothing to do with the trade union: "How much food reserves does Meng Lianggu have now? If we leave those merchants and workshops, can Meng Lianggu achieve self-sufficiency?"

Zeng Cheng was taken aback, and after careful consideration, he tentatively replied: "Our Meng Lianggu has granaries in every county and township, and the grain stored in them is mainly wheat and corn, supplemented by sweet potatoes and potatoes. Enough for the local people to use for a year."

"As for those merchants and workshops... it's better to talk about steel. After all, their steel is not enough to supply Baizhangya, and there is no big problem with cloth, but other aspects will inevitably be affected."

"Others are better. Even if it is affected, it won't have much impact. At least it won't be fatal. The problem lies in the salt. Before the second leader has organized the Denglai Salt Farm, we in Menglianggu still have to rely on those merchants for our salt. Find a way to transport it, the current salt storage is not enough for three months."

One year, three months, not fatal, and other keywords kept flashing in Zhu Jinsong's mind.

After a long while, Zhu Jinsong finally said: "We can get to where we are today, what is the reason, I think everyone knows it in their hearts."

After everyone nodded, Zhu Jinsong said to Zeng Cheng again: "Let's put aside the matter of the trade union for now, but you must make certain preparations at Zengfutai."

Zeng Cheng's heart trembled, and he cupped his hands and said, "Please give me your orders!"

Zhu Jinsong said: "After we repelled the encirclement and suppression by the Tartar officers and soldiers, the Zengfutai will find more manpower, and amend a regulation on the employment of workshops, stipulating the daily working hours and the monthly rest. Bathing time, the minimum wage standard and other issues."

"In addition, any workshop with more than 20 people must have a trade union. If those workshop owners want to close the workshop, then Meng Lianggu will build a new workshop by ourselves."

Trade unions can't just distribute movie tickets, can't just distribute a few pieces of soap and a pair of gloves.

The trade unions must be the masters for the workers!

Since there is no working class in the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Jinsong cultivated the working class and forged the hammer head himself.

If those workshop owners threaten to close the workshop, then Zhu Jinsong will set up a workshop with a foreign prefix.

After 50 years of money deafness, Watt improved the steam engine. At that time, the never-setting sun had entered the age of machines and steam, which was also a symbol of the first industrial revolution.

Zhu Jinsong intends to take the lead in starting the industrial revolution himself.

Smash mite clear!

Of course, the premise of all this is based on being able to successfully repel the second encirclement campaign jointly launched by Agui, Mingxing, Fu Huan, and Fukang'an.

(End of this chapter)