Although the establishment of practical affairs by local governors is a very bold and novel thing for the officials of the imperial court, Zhu Yijun is no stranger to the establishment of practical affairs by local governors.
He clearly remembered that after human civilization entered the industrial revolution, there were cases in China where the ruling class, dominated by Han bureaucrats, developed industry and commerce in the name of the government.
However, it was under the influence of the Western-led industrial revolution that the local governors and officials began to engage in industry and commerce, so it was called Westernization, not practice.
Now, because it was mainly the Ming Dynasty's internal practical thoughts that Zhu Yijun carried forward through the mouth of Zhang Juzheng, the local governors had the idea of running large-scale industry and commerce in the name of the government, so it is only called practical.
Therefore, it is called, it is separated from empty talk about human nature and rationality, and it does some practical things to manage the world and benefit the people.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun did not regard this as a flood and ferocious beast. Like Fang Fengshi, he believed that this would lead to the collapse of the country.
Because the scholar-bureaucrats among the Han people were among the most advanced intellectual masters in the farming civilization, it is normal for many enlightened Han scholar-bureaucrats to make some innovative moves and be willing to try new things. .
Especially those who were officials in the south, such as Lu Kun, Shen Li, and Jin Xuezeng, were more likely to breed these new ideas because of the budding capitalism.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Zhu Yijun knew that this happened.
In general, because Zhu Yijun was no stranger to these things, he only ordered the third governor to come to Beijing, and did not choose to treat Lu Kun and others as treasonous criminals.
Qingjiangpu, Huai'an Prefecture.
The biting north wind whistled on the pea-green Yellow River, and soon a river of white snow came, swirling and swirling all over the sky.
Ye Agui, a civilian living in a shack on the shore, breathed white at this moment and moved the bark that had been piled outside immediately into the house.
Ye Agui's wife Wang Xiaocao saw this and said, "Now that we don't eat these for the winter, why are we moving in?"
"Although I won't eat him, it can be used as firewood to avoid freezing you and the child in your belly."
Ye Agui said with a smile.
It turned out that Ye Agui was a refugee living in Qingjiangpu by doing odd jobs carrying goods for others. However, since he and Chen Jiuzhu were arrested and sent to the governor's Yamen together, and were registered as residents together, he was called into the government-run paper mill by Chen Jiuzhu. Within a year, he became an employee of a government-run paper mill, which gave him a stable income, and he also used this to marry Xiaocao, the queen of Wang Tracker, who lived in Qingjiang Pu.
It didn't cost much in terms of betrothal gifts, just part of the first month's wages was used to revive Wang Xiaocao, who was about to starve to death this winter.
Because every winter, the canal always freezes to death and starves to death.
Therefore, his father felt that there was no need to support another person and asked Ye Agui to become his son-in-law.
"Agui! Chen Jiuye asked you to go with me to Yangzhou to transport goods. You will get five more silver for a round trip. Do you want to go or not?"
Ye Agui turned around and glanced at Wang Xiaocao.
He is not Chen Jiuzhu's slave, but a serious official employee. Therefore, he has no personal attachment to Chen Jiuzhu. He is considered a free worker of this era. Naturally, he can refuse Chen Jiuzhu and not earn the benefits of this trip.
It is precisely because workers like Chen Jiuzhu and Ye Agui have no personal attachment relationship that they cannot be used casually, especially on such a snowy day, so they need to be paid extra.
"There are five pieces of silver. You go ahead. I'll go stay with my parents for a few days."
Wang Xiaocao touched his big belly and said with a smile.
Ye Agui thought for a while, nodded, and then gave Wang Xiaocao a bag of rice and a salted fish on the wooden wall: "Don't let me think that you are here to eat rice, take this bag of rice and fish." .”
Wang Xiaocao said "hmm".
"Hey! I'm going right now!"
Ye Agui hurriedly shouted, and then ran towards his colleagues in the heavy snow and cold wind.
At this time, Chen Jiuzhu was on a sampan in Qingjiangpu carrying the lantern of the Chief Secretary of Fengyang. He rubbed his hands and frowned at the dead branches in front of him that were gradually turning white, and the bark of a tree peeling off under the dead tree. Old tracker.
Chen Jiuzhu already knew about the impeachment of Fengyang Governor Lu Kun through the people in the governor's office.
This made him worried that the paper mill he opened for the government would no longer be able to operate. Then, like the old tracker in front of him, he would have to go back to the days when he had to eat bark and wild vegetables to survive the cold winter.
"Be careful and look at the oilcloth on top! Don't let the snow fall in and damage the paper inside. That is the best paper shipped to Yangzhou City for the ladies and gentlemen to write and draw on."
When Chen Jiuzhu was thinking about it, he asked Ye Agui, who was carrying the goods on the ship, to wait a few words. He promised Lu Kun, the governor of Fengyang, to recruit more unemployed civilians and use the government-run paper mill to solve some people's survival problems, so now his paper mill Although it opened not long ago, it has grown on a large scale and hired many workers. In order to increase profits, I and he had to transport goods to Yangzhou to sell at this time.
But Chen Jiuzhu couldn't help but think at this time, if the imperial court does not allow the Chief Secretary to set up a paper mill, what will happen to these people begging for food in the paper mill? The key is that these people have begun to build families and businesses because of their stable life, and they are not as good as those who were single before. When one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry.
"Master Qian, is it true that the court will not let the eldest master open this paper mill again?"
Therefore, Chen Jiuzhu couldn't help but ask about Qian Bingtu, the master sent by Lu Kun to deliver the goods.
Qian Bingtu frowned and said, "If the crime is not punished, everything will be fine! After all, by doing this, the lord has cut off the wealth of many wealthy gentry, especially those in Jiangxi!"
"Are they allowed to seize my property and the government not allowed to compete with them for profit? Those officials in the DPRK and the Central Committee who speak for them are too unreasonable!"
Chen Jiuzhu asked with some dissatisfaction.
"The court is not a place for reasoning. When this batch of goods is sold out, don't get involved first. Wait until the eldest master returns to Beijing. Now the court only asks him to come to Beijing to report on his work. As for what the result will be, it's hard to say."
Master Qian said.
Chen Jiuzu nodded.
…
"Sir, the official store under the name of the Chief Secretary has received goods again!"
Yangzhou City.
On the attic of a shop.
Pu Jinkui was looking outside with his hands behind his back when his servant Jiang Er pointed at Chen Jiuzhu and others and the car in front of him and said something.
"I saw it."
Pu Jinkui said solemnly: "That person is Chen Jiuzhu! Unexpectedly, he really escaped here and started running a paper mill in the name of the government."
"You don't know, sir, because their paper is closer and of better quality, and in the name of the government, the tax collectors don't dare to embarrass themselves, so they have taken away a lot of business from our Qianshan Shitang paper! Now the big households in Yangzhou don't use it. Our paper is gone.”
Jiang Er said with an angry look.
Pu Jinkui said: "Don't worry! I have sent people to Beijing to take care of things. Many officials from the capital have agreed to speak for us and sentence him, Lu Fuyuan, for competing with the people for profit, taking advantage of the opportunity to make money, and ruining the reputation of the government. He, Lu Fuyuan, will Hui Ni Bodhisattva crosses the river - you can't protect yourself, and the Huai'an official papermaking will naturally not be able to continue. When the time comes, you can go to Cao Xunjian who is on our side and ask him to deal with Chen Jiuzhu, who instigates the government to compete with the people for profit and to do evil. For this crime, he will be exiled to the army!"
"yes!"
…
Lu Kun has indeed received an urgent letter from the cabinet summoning him to Beijing. He also knows from many colleagues in Beijing that the court is currently in a quarrel because of his behavior with Jin Xuezeng and others, so much so that some people are threatening to kill them. .
Therefore, he was standing on the official ship heading north, looking at the white world on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, frowning and thinking hard.
He didn't know what would happen next.
But when he saw a pregnant young woman with a big belly, wearing Baijia clothes, she was holding a bag with the words "Fengyang Chief Secretary Zhifang" printed on it, smiling and pouring money into a clay pot held by an old man in front of a shed. When I was eating rice, I suddenly felt that no matter what, I had to keep the paper mill that I had asked the Chief Secretary to open when I was the governor of Fengyang.
