Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 384 Official Forum
It was Bai Tu who brought up the matter of the official workshop, that is, the workshop run by the official family.

At this time, Lu Su and others also understood that it was almost equivalent to official farmland in farming, but the difference was that official farms were not compulsory for the people to work or rely on corvees to maintain operations, but hired craftsmen like ordinary workshops. , only the revenue is included in the government treasury.

There are already a number of workshops under the names of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and they will all be classified as official workshops in the future. However, the expansion of official workshops will undoubtedly cause some problems for local nobles and wealthy families.

Of course, the rise of this workshop now is based on the rhythm that the General's Palace has set up little by little, and it has always been following the rhythm. However, no one dares to scold the official workshop with the blatant excuse of "competing with the people for profit."

However, we still have to "fight" for what should be "fighted", otherwise, wouldn't Baitu's previous encouragement of workshops, etc., become empty words?

Countless official offices are set up in every place and county, where is the space for them?
"That's right, within five years, we will strive to abolish the agricultural tax, and the expenditures of the Ministry of Industry and the Privy Council will not be small. By then, this official office will also be a major priority for the imperial court." Bai Tu saw Lu. When Kang mentioned it, he didn't avoid the topic.

"Your Majesty, if it is just to cancel the agricultural tax, support scientific research, and maintain the army, in fact, it is enough as long as the workshops rise. Zijing has calculated this before. If your Majesty is worried, you can also raise some levels of workshop tax... Of course, it would be better to hand over important national weapons such as saltworks and smelting to the government."

Lu Kang now not only represents himself and the Lu family, but also represents the interests of all noble families and wealthy families.

This is not just arguing with Bai Tu, but also helping Bai Tu find a balance point. Only by convincing him can he find a way to balance the dissatisfaction within the Jiangdong wealthy family, and then allow Chu State's national policy to be promoted to Jing Yang.

It is impossible for Bai Tu not to play with wealthy people. Even if there is official education, it will not take a few years or more than ten years to improve the quality of the whole people. In 30 years, the literacy rate can reach [-]%, and [-]% of young people can learn their own trade. , which is considered a great success.

Therefore, it will definitely not work if the cake is not given to the nobles and wealthy families at all...

The meaning in Lu Kang's words was obviously telling Bai Tu on behalf of the gentry that they had no intention of plugging in the mobile phone, but... the court can't take all the benefits!
"I have also thought about this matter. In short, there are five types of official workshops. First, the effect is not obvious, but the popularization of the market is beneficial to the people, and the official workshop must do my part; second, it is more harmful and dangerous to employees. Safety standards need to be strictly enforced; third, workshops related to military affairs, at least with core technologies, must be official workshops;
Fourth, when it involves government-owned resources, it must be dominated by official workshops, and cooperation with private workshops at most; fifth... it is huge profits. "Bai Tu was also prepared and took out his notes from the side.

Except for the last one, which is clearly about "having a meal" and "eating alone", the others are not considered an advantage.

It goes without saying that when it comes to military affairs, officials and resources, now is the time when the Chu Kingdom has just been established and is full of vitality. No matter how ambitious the aristocratic families from all over the country are, they dare not make such ideas.

As for the first point with meager results...

In fact, if it were a wealthy family, especially those with a strong local foundation, they really wouldn't mind doing it themselves - what's the point of losing money?If I capture the hearts of the people, even the imperial court can do nothing to me!What's more, it's just making money slowly.

But Bai Tu doesn't want to give them the opportunity, so let's go to Guanfang!
This point is actually undisputed. After all, Bai Tu has shown that the court wants to lose money. What is the difference between rushing to lose money at this time... and going to reward the three armies without reporting it?
"The King is indeed a model of benevolence and love for others, but... this second point, in fact, as long as the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Punishment unite and strictly implement the regulations..." Lu Kang also wanted to explain.

After all, Bai Tu couldn't trust the second point of other people's opinions.

What does it mean to be harmful or dangerous to employees?Nowadays, there are really many workshops that require frequent contact with harmful substances and dust. Normally, there are strict production safety regulations, but...

Bai Tu thought it would be better to take all the most harmful parts into the hands of the government!

The aristocratic families of the Han Dynasty and the workshop owners of the "cruel exploitation stream" and "bloody plunder stream" in the early industrialization period are fundamentally different in terms of their definition of existence and the foundation of their establishment.

Can a wealthy family gain the support of the imperial court by exploiting the people below and then splitting accounts with the imperial court?
Stop dreaming……

That would only mean being attacked from both sides by the court and the people!

Only by winning over some people and becoming deeply entrenched in the local area, then... throwing the reputation of "exploitation" to the court, hiding behind to absorb nutrients, and becoming immortal for generations to come, this is what a noble family should do.

"Senior farmers, industry and commerce, these are the four people and the good of the country..." Bai Tu recited a sentence from his own three-character sutra (copied), then paused, and then continued: "I have always believed in all of you here, and I am also happy to believe in Chu. The good of the country, I believe that people are originally good in nature...but I don’t want to test human nature.”

The meaning of Bai Tu is already obvious.

Like the starting point of industrialization in another world, Western workshop owners arbitrarily treated hired workers as consumables in exchange for maximum benefits. Although accumulation could be completed quickly, it was obvious that Chu would not do this.

Bai Tu understood this, but he could not guarantee that in the wave of industrialization, this "shortcut" would change the attitudes of some aristocratic families, and then cause any chain reaction.

In order to prevent the scourge from being released, Bai Tu felt that it was necessary to take precautions. In the early stage, only the imperial court could be stable and not look at the shortcut.

Hearing this, Lu Kang finally nodded his head after careful consideration. After all, the fifth point is the biggest problem...

"Then what does your Majesty mean by 'huge profits'?" Lu Kang asked.

"There are not many that have little technical content and can still make money... Hahaha, Mr. Lu, you don't have to think too much. It's just that you have suffered so much in the past, so you have to grab some money, right? In the end, the official income can be compared with the private industry tax That's about right." Baitu Lion said loudly.

In fact, Bai Tu's bottom line is one-half...

"Your Majesty, official workshops also have normal employment expenses, but the pure profits go into the national treasury. If it is really similar to the industrial tax, the scale will be several times larger than that of private workshops, right? This is not conducive to the management of the Ministry of Civil Affairs..." Lu Kang In fact, I also know that this does not reach the bottom line of Bai Tu.

However, Bai Tu only gave a general direction. Since the Ministry of Civil Affairs was mentioned, Lu Su could negotiate on his behalf.

There are two more bargaining chips for Baitu. One is technology - technology is provided by Baitu. If we only look at the short term, Baitu can monopolize any industry with technology.

Theoretically, Baitu is just taking advantage of the situation to monopolize it, and has not directly taken anything from them. The reason why it is talking to them is that it does not want to leave any future troubles. After all, the technology will be digested one day.

Another bargaining chip is that the official office system is a three-yuan system. In addition to the official office directly under the Chu court, there are also county-level official offices and county-level official offices.

What kind of bargaining chip is this?
Everyone here except Lu Bu can understand this. This gives the local gentry and wealthy families room to live in rent, and at the same time it also divides them. For example, the Lu family and the Sun family are both in Wu County. It is foreseeable that there will be many county-level official houses in Wu County. , it will not be as strict as the official office directly under the imperial court, that is... there are many positions!

Before the popularization of education, the gentry had an advantage not only in terms of "financial resources" but also in terms of "talent". They could also maintain their absolute advantage for a long time, so everyone had to "make ends meet" together to have food.

However, only those who stand in "Chu" have a place to come in and "have a meal"...

(End of this chapter)