The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 312 The Disappearing Enemy

The bumper harvest that started in June in Hejian Mansion kicked off the busy schedule of the Chief Secretary of Beiping. Spring plowing and summer harvest have always been a national event.

Several officials inspected the local countryside and visited the important events of the summer harvest.

Local elders accompanied them.

"It's not easy to recruit short-term workers this year, and their temper is also getting angry. We must provide food and drink, otherwise others will not come, and the world will decline."

the squire complained.

Gao Mian, the inspector's secretary, frowned.

The squires in one place said so, and the squires everywhere said these words, so Gao Mian had to pay attention.

An official said with a smile: "Now there are jobs everywhere in Beiping, and the wages have risen a lot compared to before. If you want to hire part-time workers, the wages will of course rise accordingly."

"But there is only so much land and food, and the price can't be sold. How can we ordinary people have money to raise wages?"

Several squires complained again and again.

The official was not so easy to dismiss, and said sharply: "Eating three meals a day is something that only exists in the Jianghuai area."

"Many families in Beiping now eat three meals a day, which means that the people are living well."

"This runs counter to the spirit of frugality since ancient times. Wouldn't eating three meals a day waste more food than eating two meals?"

"Now, the common people have become angry and their lives have begun to be wasted. How can it be done in the long run."

"Ordinary people eat two meals a day, which saves a lot of food compared to eating three meals a day. They have eaten two meals a day for many years. Does it have to be changed? If they don't change, they will not be able to survive."

The squires spoke to each other, and their words were full of complaints.

"Eating three meals is of course better than two meals. I remember reading in the technical newspaper that in the past, people only ate two meals a day. People's bodies were in a state of hunger for a long time. Moreover, they ate less in the past and provided insufficient vitality, so people's lifespan would be affected."

"Eating three meals, and eating well, forms a living habit, which not only prevents people from getting sick, but also increases people's life expectancy. It is not a problem for most people to live to 80 or [-] years old."

"Nonsense, how long a person lives is determined by God. I think you are blinded by interests and forget the way of sages."

"It's unreasonable." The squire was angry.

"Since you went to Beiping to open a restaurant, you have become more and more arrogant. You don't take money seriously, and you have ruined many folks."

"My name is to join the industrial wave and contribute to the development of social productivity. People like you are the old stubborn people that the newspapers say will be eliminated by social development."

"How dignified you are in front of this matter!"

Seeing the two quarreling, another elderly man poked the ground a few times with his cane.

Only then did the two turn their heads away, neither of them convinced the other.

Gao Mian asked the old man worriedly.

"Is there any thing that the fields are not harvested in time due to the lack of short-term labor?"

"We don't have it here for the time being, but I heard that there are other places."

"where is it?"

Gao Mian is going to have a look.

"I just heard it, but I don't remember where it is." The old man looked worried about the country and the people, but he couldn't come up with the name of the place.

The old man pointed to the two squires who had quarreled just now, shook his head and said: "Since Laoshizi Industry, I have seen the same thing, the place is no longer peaceful."

Gao Mian nodded and didn't say any more.

anything.

As long as you want to find out the disadvantages, you can definitely interpret it from other aspects.

This is called the duality of things.

Whatever position you take, what kind of views you will have.

This is true both at home and abroad.

Patent law for England in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Some Western scholars believe that it is the product of competition and compromise between the royal family and the powerful, and some Western scholars believe that it is the progress of Britain.

For those craftsmen who gave up their invention patents in the face of robbing by the powerful, some people say that these craftsmen do not understand the spirit of resistance and are not worthy of sympathy. The responsibility lies with the craftsmen themselves.

It is also said that these craftsmen were exploited by the rich and powerful, and the fruits of their labor were robbed by others, and the responsibility lies with the rich and powerful.

Some people also say that the West is civilized. As for the West, which slaughtered all parts of the world in the past, anyone who is powerful will do so.

Then talk about the new worldview.

It is said that modern civilization is different. The powerful should no longer slaughter and conquer land. The West has occupied large tracts of other people's land, replaced the population on the original land, and monopolized a large amount of resources. They are civilized.

As for their shadow behind any war, it is said that those backward countries cannot do it alone, and without the intervention of Western countries, these backward countries will be more barbaric.

This is called the position determines the direction of thinking.

There is a group of people.

They know the current shortcomings of their country and know that they want to change the country, but they also know that the great powers are not trustworthy.

But the great powers were too powerful, and they divided the country into spheres of influence.

Internal and external troubles.

Relying on his own fighting spirit, while fighting against domestic and foreign forces, while absorbing the strengths of others, he laid the foundation for the birth of New China.

These people are called martyrs!
People with different standpoints, there are still a group of people who have become lackeys, slaves of the old domestic forces, and foreign legions of foreign forces.

Whether they were slaves at home or foreigners abroad, these people were overthrown by the martyrs.

Peking now.

The squires just now have different positions and naturally have different ways of thinking.

Reasons are never spoken, but what people need, what kind of reason will be born.

The squire who joined the wave of industrialization earned far more profits from industry than land.

So he supports industry.

Another squire who sticks to the land, industrialization not only did not benefit him, but harmed his interests.

Therefore he hated industry.

In other words, although industry has increased profits, the benefits have not met the squire's expectations.

On the way back.

Jiang Yande, who used to be the chief inspector of the procuratorate, is now the deputy chief of the procuratorate Jiang Yande, said to Gao Mian with a smile: "As the scale of the coke refinery increases, the output of chemical fertilizers is also getting higher and higher."

"The price of chemical fertilizers has dropped, and the output per mu has increased by [-]%. In fact, the overall profits of the gentry are higher than in previous years."

"In this case, why is the squire still dissatisfied? There must be some drawbacks." Gao Mian said disapprovingly.

"Because of the increased expenses, I could have earned more money, but because of the increase in labor costs, the increase in profits brought by chemical fertilizers was wiped out again and again. It is common sense to have complaints in my heart."

Gao Mian doesn't trust Jiang Yande.

This person also includes Su Guan, the chief secretary. This group of people has long since taken refuge in the palace, and they speak for the palace. Gao Mian is not surprised.

After returning to Yamen, Gao Mian thought for three days, finally made up his mind and wrote a long letter of impeachment.

In the past six months, Gao Mian has visited many places.

He can see the development of Peiping, but his position is different. His eyes are full of various disadvantages, just like the country gentleman who opposes industry.

Jiang Yande thinks this matter is not worth mentioning, but Gao Mian thinks it is worthy of attention.

This "heavy" impeachment was seriously handed over by Gao Mian to his Shangguan Mo Lin, the Deputy Envoy of the Procuratorate.

After Mo Lin looked through it seriously, he took a few glances at Gao Mian.

"Have you made up your mind?"

"The subordinates have already figured it out."

Mo Lin sighed and waved Gao Mian away.

Gao Mian, who returned home, waited for the impeachment to be sent to the court. Gao Mian didn't care how much commotion it would cause.

Even if it would attract the wrath of the palace, Gao Mian didn't care.

He has already written a letter to his colleagues in Yingtian Mansion. He insisted on the righteousness in his heart. When the impeachment reaches Yingtian Mansion, it will spread soon.

Mo Lin left the Yamen for a trip.

Shortly after.

Several guards of the palace went straight to Tianjin and intercepted a letter at Tianjin Railway Station.

Because of the convenience of the railway system.

The post station system of the Beiping government has been integrated with the railway system.

This act exempted many ordinary people from corvee labor, and the funds used by the government to maintain the station were directly allocated to the Ministry of Railways.

This sum of money is not enough to maintain the entire post station system, and it is mainly borne by the common people's corvee service.

But for the railway system, it is easy to do. Not only did it not lose money, but it made a small profit.

Three days passed.

Gao Mian was recruited by Mo Lin and sent him to Kaiping Border Guard.

According to the inspector's department has this function, on the contrary, the chief secretary has less contact with the guard.

Another month passed.

The staff of the Ministry of Railways delivered the train tickets to the offices of the Chief Secretary.

There are two colors of train tickets, red and blue.

The red ticket is exclusively for the first car.

The market price is higher, and it will be given to each government office in a quantitative manner, which is a way to subsidize the original station.

Taking the train is many times more comfortable than the original way of traveling.

There is a guest house at the railway station.

Brighter than the original station environment.

Therefore, not many officials opposed the matter, on the contrary, most officials supported it.

The only ones affected are senior officials.

High-ranking officials use the post station, and the post station will take good care of it. The railway station guest house does not have this arrangement, but high-ranking officials don't care.

Because they have their own entourage, it doesn't affect them much.

"Fantai, Fantai."

Yan Dun put down his pen angrily, and said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you making such a fuss?"

"A major event happened. According to the procuratorial envoy Si Qian's affairs, when he was patrolling the border guards, he was unlucky and met the villain Haci Wuhai, and he died."

"How did you meet Haci Wuhai?"

Yan Dun asked incredulously.

"I heard that Haciwu Haidai's subordinates were spying on the situation in Kaiping, and they happened to meet Gao Qian. It's really bad luck."

Yan Dun slowly closed his eyes.

It was a coincidence.

"Where are the rest of the people accompanying Gao Mian?" Yan Dun grasped the point, opened his eyes and asked hastily.

"The rest of the soldiers ran fast, and they didn't fall off their horses like Gao Qianshi. After that, we should send officials who are skilled in horsemanship when we go to the frontier."

"Okay." Yan Dun waved his hand impatiently, and said impatiently: "If there is any movement from the procuratorate during this period, please let me know as soon as possible."

The man was ordered to retreat.

According to the procuratorate, there was no unnecessary action, and he followed the steps step by step, and did what he should do, and asked the court for compensation for Gao Mian.

In addition to Haci Wuhai's reputation, it became more and more famous in Beiping.

It can be said that it has reached the point where no one knows.

(End of this chapter)