A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 778 Supervisor
Lao Bai Niu: It’s almost 300 million words, and the book should be finished next month.After finishing the book, I will start my plan of traveling the country, which I have been looking forward to for a long time.

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He sneered and said: "As far as Laotian knows, the merchants and rich households are extravagant, not just my Xuanfu Town. Everywhere in Daming, who has money, which one is not poor and gorgeous? Especially those salt merchants, it takes a lot of money to eat. Tens of thousands of dollars, hundreds of tables for a banquet, and dozens of dishes, the ostentation is not as good as that of a prince, my Xuanfu Town is far behind them!"

He glared at Li Banghua, and said loudly: "Besides, this is money earned legally by merchants and manufacturers. Why can't they enjoy it? Mr. Li is just looking at the shortcomings of my Xuanfu Town. There may not be any Flaws? Even if some people are a bit over the top, it doesn't affect the overall situation. The weather in Xuanfu Town is the first in Daming!"

"it is good!"

Zhang Gui couldn't help saying hello, thinking that Lao Tian's words were getting more and more slick, so what he said was well-founded.

Zhong Zhengxian and the others also nodded, quite dissatisfied with Li Banghua's insistence on grabbing Xuanfu Town's pigtails.

"At the beginning of the rise, which one was not well-organized and harmonious?"

Li Banghua said coldly, looking at Tian Changguo: "In the early days of this dynasty, it was peaceful and happy. In the rule of Zhenguan, the roads were not picked up, and the houses were not closed at night. In the rule of Wenjing, the world was peaceful, especially the state's expenditure was limited, and the nobles and officials were not allowed to be extravagant. In the early days of the dynasties, the government is well-organized and the people are harmonious, and it will not be worse than today's Xuanfu Town!"

He said: "Your official does not deny that the poor have no place to stand in all parts of Ming Dynasty, and the rich have endless fields and extravagant luxury. However, this is the result of hundreds of years of evil. Dare to ask Tian Gong, Xuanfu Town has only been developed for a few years. Or does Mr. Tian think that being poor and extravagant is a good thing?"

Tian Changguo was speechless for a while.

Li Banghua continued to say coldly: "Businessmen's evil deeds are bad, everything they hear is full of stink, and people's hearts are distorted. This is the status quo that only happened after a hundred years of dynasties, but it has already appeared in Xuanfu Town! After several decades of development, What will it look like again? Xiaguan Sizhi is really creepy!"

For a moment, Wang Dou's hand holding the tea cup trembled, and he got up and left his seat to pace slowly.

Li Banghua bowed to Wang Dou's back and said: "Your Majesty does not deny the merits of the chief guard, nor the achievements of your colleagues, nor deny that most of the people in Xuan Town are simple and kind, but why should they be proud? After all, Xuanfu Town How many years has it been developed?"

He said loudly: "There is a saying that people have no foresight, and there must be near-term worries. A politician should be far-sighted and far-sighted, instead of blindly praising merit and virtue, and not allowing outsiders to criticize faults! There are indeed disadvantages in Baoanzhou and other places, so why should you avoid them?" , not to be taken seriously?"

Tian Changguo looked at Li Banghua with hatred. The development of Baoan Prefecture was one of his proud achievements. Li Banghua said that his hard work in attracting investment was not worth mentioning, and it was said to be filthy everywhere. People's hearts were distorted. It is hateful!

He shouted fiercely: "May I ask Mr. Banghua, is it important for the common people to eat, or the filth you said is more important?"

He said loudly: "Outsiders cannibalize people and have nothing to eat. That's why the refugees keep coming to my Xuanfu Town. The factory owners set up factories everywhere so that they can recruit workers and give them a bite to eat so that they can support themselves. The whole family! Not to mention you said that Lao Tian didn’t see the filth, but there is a little bit, which is more important than the big thing of eating? Or shut down the factory and let the refugees continue to eat people?”

Zhang Gui also stepped forward and said coldly: "Yes, the local people don't mind, but you, Mr. Banghua, are here to make alarmist remarks. What is the meaning of this? Is it to affect the good overall situation of my Xuanfu Town's vigorous development? Or is it Some coal ash and limestone appeared on the side of the mountain and river, which affected your interest in reciting poems and painting, Mr. Banghua?"

As the Minister of Civil Affairs, Zhang Gui certainly cannot allow Li Banghua to deny his hard work like this, and he thinks that what Li Banghua said is alarmist, and he is even more sensationalizing!

What's the fuss about mere filth?Compared with the practical benefits such as employment and taxation, the slight problems are not worth mentioning at all.

He also thinks that not only the number of workshops in this town cannot be reduced, it must also be increased. The more the better, it is best to spread throughout the entire Xuanfu Town, the entire Anbei Protectorate, just as the general said, let the power of industry permeate the entire Ming Dynasty .

He also said: "As for some factory owners who are extravagant, this is a good thing! To guide the people to consume and increase employment! Just like Baoan Prefecture, the factory owners are now the main buyers of Yunyan. How many people are needed and how many people can be supported? Baoanzhou is a big meat eater and a big eater of eggs, so the livestock farms can survive, and how many people can they support? If you have money and don’t spend it, is it like the old rich man in Shanxi? Would you be willing to cast all the silver into wax gourds and put them in the cellar to rot?"

Zhang Gui has a rough appearance, but a delicate heart. A series of swords and guns were stabbed at Li Banghua continuously.

Zhu Zhifeng couldn't stand it anymore, and stood up to help. Both sides insisted on their own opinions, and the debate was fierce.

Wang Dou looked at the flying snow outside the window with his hands behind his back, feeling a little dazed for a while. This kind of debate came earlier than expected, probably because of the Confucian society. The literati and bureaucrats who uphold the idea of ​​"harmony between man and nature" are more prone to sensitive predictions. to the problems that will arise.

In Western society, no one realized these things until many years after the Industrial Revolution. At that time, the number of chimneys and the number of factories and mines were regarded as a symbol of power. How could anyone be aware of possible pollution problems?
Even in later generations of China, because Confucianism did not exist and there was no thought of environmental protection, it also paid a very heavy price.

Wang Dou came from July 28, 28 in later generations to July [-], the seventh year of Chongzhen. Many years have passed in a blink of an eye. It is said that the smog of fear has enveloped every city in the country. This is the price paid for industrial development.

Xuanfu Town is just the beginning. In the future, large-scale coal mines, iron mines, textiles and other industries will become big players in environmental pollution. I am afraid that what awaits everyone in the future will be even more confused and overwhelmed than ever before.

This is still external pollution, and the pollution of the human heart is intensified in the commercial and capitalist society. Money is enough to drive people crazy, and make a simple person completely unrecognizable, and he does not know himself.

Although some things are unavoidable in the development of society, it is not a good thing for the whole people to pursue profit and be crazy about money.

Because you put money first, you will inevitably lose your faith, and your spirit will be empty, resulting in no restraint in your heart, and finally no scruples in your behavior. No matter how strict a law is, you only want to take advantage of loopholes instead of obeying it. Outside, it is ruined.

Especially for a long period of time in the future, Xuanfu Town, as well as the future Daming, will be in the primitive stage of capital accumulation, and Wang Dou himself may not be able to bear to see all kinds of crazy things.

But I come from the future, and many detours can still be avoided. Since God has the opportunity to let me return to Daming, I will try my best to do better.

Li Banghua, Zhang Gui, and others insisted on their own opinions and arguments. Although they all have their own right and wrong, the relationship between environment and development cannot be ignored, and it is better to do it sooner than later.

Moreover, there is indeed a trend of extravagance in Xuanfu Town now, and many of them are still irrational consumption. Although appropriate consumption is necessary, it can strengthen domestic demand.

Of course, there must be a certain degree, and it needs to be appropriate, otherwise others will not see it as hard work, but jealousy and hatred, which is not conducive to the cohesion of people's hearts.

It is also undeniable that some newly wealthy households in Xuanfu Town are really carried away. After all, they were poor military households a few years ago. Now that they have money, they don’t know how to spend it for a while. upstart.

Aristocrats come out of three generations. It is easy to keep up materially, but it is difficult spiritually. The nouveau riche sometimes have various styles, which is unavoidably disgusting, and it is easy to corrupt the social atmosphere, increasing the lucky ones instead of the down-to-earth ones.

Wang Dou thinks he is capable of education in the new era. The teenagers who come out of the school are all good-natured and excellent in character and learning. Even if there are some minor problems, it is enough to make up for them.

While Wang Dou was thinking about it, he heard Li Banghua say that many mine owners and factory owners tried their best to squeeze their workers, and even kidnapped their temporary residence permits in order to reduce costs. die?

Wang Dou's heart trembled when he heard this, a series of crimes of capitalism that he knew welled up in his heart, has Xuanfu Town also started?
Then I heard Zhang Gui angrily say: "Working in factories and mines, how can you not be tired? Compared with the rest of the Ming Dynasty, they still have the opportunity to support their families. Look at the people outside Xuan Town, how are they living?...More Well, there will be no white flour steamed buns falling from the sky, if you want to not be tired and not work, then don’t come to Xuanfu Town, there are a lot of people vying for their jobs..."

Tian Changguo also snorted coldly: "Xuan Town's laws are still very strict, and those who disobey the laws will be punished...Although some factory owners are also kind, thinking that the wages are too high, which will reduce the value of employment, so that others The refugees who entered the town had no food to eat... But the law is the law. On our business side, we also caught one and punished the other. Let’s just say, the flaws are not concealed... What is Mr. Bang Hua’s intentions, such a small matter, is it worth mentioning in front of the general?"

"enough!"

Wang Dou waved his hand to stop everyone from quarreling. He looked at the snow falling like hemp outside the window and said quietly: "I remember when Wang established the border fort, Wang had this idea to let everyone under his rule have food. People have clothes to wear! Now I have more goals, that is, I, Wang Dou, not only want to feed the people under my rule and live a good life, but also let them live with dignity!"

He turned around, pacing in the hall with his hands behind his back, and glanced at everyone: "My division of registration is to make the government orderly, the flowing water does not rot, the household hinges do not rot, and I have my own power to move forward. But It does not mean that a high household registration can bully a low household registration, nor does it mean that a Chinese registration can be more noble than a temporary residence registration. The law treats everyone equally, and both parties have the same dignity. If you make a mistake, you will be relegated to barbarian nationality. Temporary residence and barbarian nationality have the intention of naturalization, and they will eventually become Chinese nationality!"

He said lightly: "This is a ladder for the capable to go up and the inferior to go down. It is a respect for ability and wealth, but not a symbol of status. I am very sad to hear that there are factory owners oppressing workers. The common people can't survive, but this is not an excuse for the factory owner to squeeze the workers. When you enter Xuanzhen, no matter what nationality you get, they are all the people under my king's rule. To support the family, in order to earn food, he lives like a dog in a servile manner!"

Ye Xizhi, Fu Mingqi, Zhong Rongren, etc. sitting in the hall were all moved. The general's words, this is the heart of great compassion, great benevolence and righteousness.

Li Banghua and Zhu Zhifeng also had surges in their chests, they didn't expect Wang Dou to say something like this, it was inevitable for Xuanfu Town to reach this point.

Zhang Gui and Tian Changguo were ashamed and silent.

Wang Dou finally looked at Li Banghua: "Mr. Banghua, you used to be the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and you are quite good at supervision. I appointed you as the inspector to inspect the sickness. All the guards in the factory Everywhere, there are those who do not follow the law, abuse workers, exploit wages, rely on coercion, and do not follow the law to discharge or prevent pollution. They can all be interrogated.

It doesn't mean that before modern times, there would be no industrial pollution. In fact, even if the coal mines, iron mines, and textile industries in various parts of Daming are small in scale, there are signs of pollution.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, air pollution and even smog appeared in some cities due to the burning of coal.Some coal mines and iron mines are shrouded in smoke and dust all the year round, and a large amount of harmful gas and smoke are discharged and float in the atmosphere.

During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Jiading had continuous salty rains, and the plants were yellow and wilted. Shanghai experienced continuous brine rain and black snow, which led to successive outbreaks of epidemics at that time.

Many people living in Shanghai also had their nostrils filled with black soot all day long. As long as the doors and windows of their homes were opened wide, a thin layer of soot would be spread on the tables and couches within a short time. Therefore, many people suffered from lung disease at that time.

The industry and mining industry in Daming was developed, and nearby villages and towns with coal mines and iron mines were not immune to soot pollution. Fly ash pools and iron ore slag piles that appeared on the mines would also pollute the nearby mountains and rivers.

Wang Dou is always hesitating whether to develop industries on a large scale in the future. After all, the lessons learned by Britain are very profound. During the Industrial Revolution, there were dense chimneys everywhere, and the whole country looked dusty, and the whole country was covered in a cloud of suspended harmful particles. In the air, an unknown number of people die of tuberculosis a year.

London was called the capital of smog at that time, but it should be called the capital of smog, because the sulfur compounds produced by coal combustion made the air pollution extremely serious, especially in London, where the dense chimneys are power and the god of death.

Moreover, at this time, the textile industry does not look like the big polluters of later generations. Most of the dyes used are natural dyes, which are less harmful than synthetic dyes. In fact, there is also the problem of wastewater discharge.

Because textiles need to be printed, dyed and bleached, many harmful substances will come out after multiple processes such as silk smelting, stone dyeing, scouring, and residual night discharge. In particular, some processes will cause lead deposition. After being brought into drinking water, heavy metals in the water will be Serious harm to the human body.

Therefore, for polluting industries such as dyeing workshops, China has had special anti-pollution measures in the past dynasties. For example, in the Song Dynasty, the sewage discharge measures for internal dyeing yards were to divide the waterways into "practicing ponds", and then use the practicing ponds to directly meet the river courses to make the turbulent The river immediately washed away the residue.

It is also a regulation of Xuanfu Town to prohibit the construction of dyeing workshops in places with gentle water flow. However, there are always merchants who take advantage of loopholes. These workshops are all objects to be corrected.

"...You can select officials, set up a bureau, and be directly responsible to the Marquis!"

Everyone was shocked, Zhang Gui and Tian Changguo looked at each other, a word from the general would cause the Ministry of Civil Affairs to lose part of its power, Li Banghua is really hateful.

But on second thought, that's fine too.

What Li Banghua is going to do is purely thankless. Not to mention offending a large number of people, he will get the same infamy as Du Xun, but what he and others are doing is on the bright side, which is very good .

At this moment, Li Banghua was also stunned. He could imagine that if he took over this position, if he rectified the Beijing camp back then, countless attacks and slanders would come oncoming, and his end would not be very good.

It's just that a man can do something and not do something, although there are tens of thousands of people, I will go, so what if I take over the job?He also wanted to see how much Wang Dou supported him, and whether he would be removed from office after being unable to withstand the pressure like Emperor Chongzhen did back then.

He bowed his hands solemnly, and said loudly: "The next official takes orders, and I will definitely live up to the great expectations of the guards!"

Wang Dou nodded and said, "Mr. Banghua let go and do it. This Marquis supports you!"

He put his hands behind his back again, and paced slowly in the hall: "There is a Tao that cultivates one's morality, regulates the family, governs the country, and pacifies the world. It is also said that one knows honor and disgrace when one has enough food and clothing, and one knows etiquette when one has enough food and clothing. Now there are some people in Xuanfu Town. It’s enough, but I don’t know etiquette, so this Marquis wants to set up a Confucianism college to teach those wealthy factory owners and mine owners how to cultivate themselves..."

He looked at Li Banghua: "This Marquis will be in charge of the sacrificial wine, and Mr. Banghua will be the professor and you will be in charge of specific affairs!"

It is undeniable that Confucianism has a great educational effect on personal cultivation and the relationship between people.

After the wealthy gentry from outside joined the taxpayer army, the personal cultivation of these people is indeed higher than that of the locals. The places where they gather, the neighbors are also more harmonious. After they integrate into the environment, they will take the initiative to maintain order and educate people's hearts.

This is the golden mountain left by the ancestors, how can Wang Dou let it go?Therefore, the establishment of a Confucian school, which specializes in teaching people to cultivate their moral character, has become an urgent matter. Li Banghua came at the right time, and he is the right candidate.

These orthodox scholar-officials, after having no conflict of interest between the family and the country, are often admirable in terms of personal personality.

Hearing another appointment, Li Banghua shuddered, and his heart warmed even more. Most of the guardians still wanted to educate. He straightened his clothes and solemnly saluted Wang Dou: "I will accept the order, and I will definitely live up to the expectations of Lord Hou!"

Wang Dou said: "Well, Mr. Li just let go and do it, and this Marquis supports you!"

Soon, Li Banghua went to work with full of enthusiasm. Zhu Zhifeng, Wu Zhi, the prefect of Yanqing Prefecture, and Ma Guoxi, the soldier of the East Road, were all recruited by him under his command, and started to work vigorously, but soon, he Like Du Xun, he was scolded bloody by everyone in and out of the town.

He was even scolded as a traitor, and all the gentry who praised him in the past also turned their faces.

(End of this chapter)