Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 558 Tianjin, Daming’s Special Zone (1)

The wind is bleak.

Tianjin, where snow has fallen, is like being covered with a layer of silver, but the black smoke floating in the sky seems so out of place.

"Chen Zhizhou, are those people really going to be paraded through the streets?"

Lu Xiangjin, the new general of Tianjin, leaned on the official hat chair, looked at Chen Yansheng who was busy at his desk, and frowned: "Perhaps they are indeed suspected of inciting public opinion and criticizing the government office, but they did not have any substantial impact on Tianjin. They are all scholars, and many of them are students.

If you really want to parade in the streets, this matter should be brought to the capital to let the speech officer Yushi know, I'm afraid you will be continuously impeached. "

"Must be paraded!"

Chen Yansheng's eyes were firm, he looked up at Lu Xiangjin, and said sternly: "Things are not as simple as you think. They are doing these things so blatantly. How can they simply protest Tianjin's opening of the sea and the establishment of government-run factories?" Simple, it is clear that they want Tianjin to go back to the past.

After all, there are a lot of fertile land in Tianjin under the names of these people. What Tianjin lacks the most is strong labor force. This also forces people with a lot of land under their names to reduce the corresponding rent share if they want to win over those tenants. The tenants all ran away.

Faced with such a loss, these diehards hated opening up the sea to trade, hating government-run factories, and hating work-for-relief. After all, the more Tianjin changes, the more serious their losses will be.

To deal with these bad signs, our attitude must be toughened.

If they take a step back, it will make them even more unscrupulous. Among other things, no one knows whether there is an order from the officials behind these people. "

"Chen Zhizhou, the general is a little confused."

Lu Xiangjin showed doubts on his face, and expressed his incomprehension: "Obviously Tianjin has promoted many reforms and opened up many fields, as long as they can participate, they can make money.

But why are they unmoved?
It is obvious that these people are planning to build commercial firms in private, but why do they show such a hostile attitude towards these new fields? "

After succeeding Li Mingzhong as Tianjin General, Lu Xiangjin came to Tianjin Zhili Prefecture and found that the situation here was far more complicated than expected.

Although Lu Xiangjin had been to Tianjin a few times before, they were all on business. He was only attracted by the prosperity of Tianjin on the surface. He felt that Tianjin had changed a lot, and he didn’t notice the hidden contradictions and conflicts. Chen Yansheng is in control of all these things, I'm afraid there will be troubles in Tianjin long ago.

"The reason is simple, they are afraid of change, they resist change."

Chen Yansheng thought for a while, and said with a firm expression: "When Tianjin did not withdraw its guards and set up a mansion in the past, it was like these country gentry, big and small landlords, merchants, etc.

Along with the group of hereditary guard officials, including the established governor, chief military officer, military guard and many other officials, they are able to use the so-called power to exploit and squeeze the bottom groups.

This kind of overflowing power makes them enjoy this sense of superiority, and through this way of collusion between officials and gentry, officials and businessmen, they can obtain corresponding benefits and benefits.

To put it simply, they are similar to the emperors of the earth. If they want to seize the life and death of someone else, they can take it away, and if they want to occupy their land, they can occupy it. "

Lu Xiangjin frowned.

Like what Chen Yansheng said, he also saw a lot in Baoding Mansion at the beginning. Most of these privileged groups are cannibals.

Especially when a disaster strikes, the low-level disaster-stricken groups in that place are not even counted as human beings. These groups with strong family backgrounds will use various methods to force them into prostitution, annex land, and issue usury loans...

When Daming Mansion and other places were hit by disasters, Lu Xiangsheng was ordered to go to the disaster relief, and he found many such situations, and killed a group of angry people for this.

"But it's different now."

With a smile on his face, Chen Yansheng looked at Lu Xiangjin and said, "Tianjin started with the opening of the sea and trade, gradually made changes and opened up many fields.

This makes local insecure groups, including bankrupt people and refugees on the move, etc., as long as they are willing to contribute, they can earn money to support their families.

Among other things, the 37 government-run smelting factories opened in the counties under the Zhili Prefecture of Tianjin alone have recruited more than 2 young and strong people, which means that more than [-] households can eat enough and wear warm clothes. .

The field opened up in Tianjin is not just a field of smelting, it involves many fields, and there are many off-duty groups around these fields.

You said, these diehards don’t want to make progress and don’t want to change. Faced with such a situation, do they have any other way besides destroying the stability and order in Tianjin? "

"The general understands a little bit."

Lu Xiangjin nodded, trying to figure out something: "These people miss what they were familiar with in the past, and they don't know what to do in the face of the new students and new changes born in Tianjin.

So they will try every means to obstruct all this. If this is the case, then these people will just parade in the streets. "

"It's actually not that simple."

Chen Yansheng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said to Lu Xiangjin: "Compared with the entire Ming Dynasty, Tianjin Zhili Prefecture is an incompatible existence.

This is not what the officer said.

This is the tune set by the Son of Heaven.

Internal class conflicts should be viewed in opposition. In addition to these diehards, there are many other groups, and all they think about are their own interests.

Even with the increasing number of maritime merchants from European countries in the northern Shanghai trade in Tianjin, there are also some comprador groups who are inclined to these Western groups. "

Lu Xiangjin: "..."

Regarding what Chen Yansheng said, Lu Xiangjin didn't know what to say. The levels involved were obviously beyond what he could think about.

After all, Lu Xiangjin didn't know much about the opening of the sea and the government-run factories. He previously held the position in the Zhili governor's yamen, which was shared by the Tianxiong Army.

"Don't you understand?" Seeing Lu Xiangjin like this, Chen Yansheng said with a smile: "What do you think of government-run factories?"

Lu Xiangjin frowned and said: "Very well, these large-scale chemical workshops controlled by the state government can help the state government do a lot of things and obtain corresponding financial resources."

"Then have you ever thought that for these emerging comprador groups, these are existences that harm their interests?"

Chen Yansheng said with a light smile: "In the past, Benzhou didn't know enough about this level, but after going through some things, it can be regarded as a thorough understanding.

The prosperity of the world is all due to profit. It is not easy for Tianjin to change today. The enemies and threats around it have never decreased, and they are even increasing. "

(End of this chapter)