Can you live forever

Chapter 63 Overturning the Clouds

"You really know how much a bucket of rice is for each of the millions of workers in Yingtian Mansion?"

Wang Jiangque lost his temper on a rare occasion and stepped on Zhang Zhixiang.The landlord's family also has no surplus grain. Although one hundred thousand shi of grain is not expensive, it cannot be wasted.

No matter how you look at it, this kind of invitation to buy people's hearts and fight against the government will do more harm than good.

Moreover, isn’t protecting workers’ rights an act against the rich?If this goes on, the Wang family will become a public enemy.

This is more nerve-wracking than sending Dengwengu to the capital. The different positions of Dengwengu are at most different interests. The organization of the trade union is probably what Zhang Zhixiang wrote in the report, and the class is different, right?
"Money shouldn't be a problem, right?"

These days, he still knows a lot about the Wang family's affairs, and knows how big the Wang family's business is. Even if it is a liquidity withdrawal of tens of thousands of taels, there should be no pressure on the Wang family.

"Associations of millions of people, and associations with core demands, will not be tolerated by the imperial court."

Many things can be done in private, but they cannot be put on the surface. Is it too much for the Xu family to control more than [-] pirates, but that is a private matter and it is illegal.

"What if the court allows it?"

Zhang Zhixiang said something inexplicable, and quietly watched the people sign up to join the labor union. There is an accountant at the Wang family's side to help with the registration, because in order to win the trust of the people, Zhang Zhixiang can get half a bucket of rice this year if he joins the labor union, and the rest after the New Year. Half bucket.

So here in Sifang in the south of the city, the people participated enthusiastically, because it was based on the head, and the half-grown children in the family were dragged to participate in the meeting.

Ordinary people are not stupid.

They receive the rice first, and there are many people involved. At that time, the law will not punish everyone, and they will be done after they are dismissed... When they receive rice, they are active, and when they defend their rights, they must wait and see.

"How could it be..."

Wang Jiangque suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, she looked at Zhang Zhixiang in disbelief, he could be so smart?
Seeing her like this, Zhang Zhixiang knew that she understood, and said, "Although the scholar-bureaucrat class cooperates well with you, they are two groups after all, right?"

"Because the wealth of the merchants can be passed on stably, and the benefits are distributed through your hands, to a certain extent, you merchants occupy the dominant position."

"People like Yang Ting and them should not be satisfied with this."

"The government should be happy to have a trade union. After all, the targets of the trade union's rights protection are basically merchants and employers. It is rare for the court to assume obligations like this today."

Zhang Zhixiang doesn't like this kind of intrigue, but it must be used in many cases.

If trade unions can help the imperial court control merchants, the imperial court will allow trade unions to exist, and to a certain extent, allow trade unions to be effective and protect the rights and interests of workers.

Wang Jiangque's face was a little dignified.

For example, there are no large-scale industries in Yingtianfu, such as the paper industry in Qianshan County and the ink industry in She County. Hundreds of thousands of industrial workers have formed trade unions, and the government supports the trade unions from time to time to defend their rights and go on strike...

This can almost grasp the lifeline of the local economy.

"In this way, our Wang family can't get involved in it." Handing the knife to the court will do him no good. Instead, he will become a public enemy, and he should never do it.

But Zhang Zhixiang looked at her quietly, with a faint smile on his lips.

This made Wang Jiangque unable to calm down anymore. After looking at each other for a while, a blush appeared on her face, and she gritted her teeth and said, "Just say what you have! Are you happy to win me once?"

Zhang Zhixiang was inexplicably more relaxed, and said with a smile, "On the contrary, it is precisely because it is not good for you businessmen that the Wang family wants to join the trade union. Not only your Wang family, but all other businessmen must actively participate in the trade union."

There are always things like scabs.

While the imperial court and businessmen compete for the right to speak for the trade unions, they must also deliver benefits to the trade unions. Workers can enjoy sufficient benefits at least during the competition stage.

In case the trade unions in any area are awakened, workers can bargain independently, which can at least protect the safety of the area.

As for one side completely winning, the trade unions serve the interests?
So what?
Can it be worse than the current dental dominance?At most, the trade union is useless, and it's not the first time we've met.

Wang Jiangque looked at Zhang Zhixiang's ups and downs in such an understatement, and he was more or less shocked. Zhang Zhixiang's strategy was not complicated, but the real difficulty was how to get rid of the clouds on the surface and see real situation.

Mr. Yangming only taught him a lesson, did he learn it?

No, it shouldn't be just this lesson, the way is simple, the old heavenly master should have taught him the same way, right?
"Hmph... You're right."

"But even if the court recognizes the trade union, it won't take the responsibility of recycling banknotes. Even if the court wants to pay 1300 million taels of silver, it doesn't have that much money."

"The summer tax has not yet been collected, and the autumn tax has almost been used up."

"If there are 200 million taels of silver in the Taikuang of the Nanjing household department, I will burn incense and worship Buddha. How can there be enough money to pay for it?"

Wang Jiangque never believed that the trade union would be able to successfully collect debts, and 1300 million taels of silver was not a lot. If a few big businessmen were willing to take the lead in donating, they would soon be able to make up the sum.

But that is impossible.

They don't have this enthusiasm during war, let alone disaster relief.

Zhang Zhixiang didn't answer Wang Jiangque, but picked up a banknote with a denomination of one tael, waved it and said, "Where is the imperial court without money? Isn't there 1300 million taels here?"

Wang Jiangque: "???"

Zhang Zhixiang smiled: "Debt is often an asset."

Yes, people in the Ming Dynasty still don’t understand this point. After all, it will take more than 200 years for a country that has mastered this game to establish a country. Although the Ming Dynasty lost the right to mint coins because of the failure of the treasure banknotes.

But there is no need to play so flowery.

When the 1300 million debt becomes credit, it becomes more assets...

"Debt, asset, what do you mean?"

Wang Jiangque grasped something keenly, and vaguely saw the gate of the new world, but Zhang Zhixiang did not explain it to her as she wished, but asked: "Why do the common people deposit money in Datong Bank knowing that it is risky?" ?”

"That's right, it's interest."

"Other banks save money, depositors have to give money to the bank, but Datong Bank is the opposite, you save money and he pays interest, not much, only 1% interest, depositing for a month, 5 tael of silver is only [-] cents more Come."

"Very few, right?"

"However, if they don't save money, the money will never be able to generate interest at home..."

"The common people have financial needs."

Zhang Zhixiang's words made Wang Jiangque feel enlightened, and something was faintly surging, as if she was about to get through the second channel of Ren and Du, and she had almost guessed what Zhang Zhixiang was going to do.

Why does he say that debt is an asset...

　Thanks to "Qi Lin" for the reward of 200 starting coins, and thanks to "Hao Zhuojie" for the reward of 100 starting coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)