Xiaodaohui is the head of Tiandihui.
Many of the contract workers who work hard on the dock are the children of the original Cao Gang. Now the Cao Qing Gang has become the Red Gang. After all, the Qing Dynasty is gone, the Qing Gang has declined, and the Hong Gang is the emperor.
In addition, the major underworlds in Han Dynasty are actually very similar in composition.
Just change the entrance of the hall to burn incense.
Everyone worships Guan Gong.
The difference is that in the past, the Hong Gang worshiped Ming Taizu, while the Qing Gang worshiped Kangxi.
It's over early in the morning now, so it's only natural to go to worship Saint Zhu with the Hong Gang.
"Your Majesty, my brother is the incense master of Shanghai Renyi Hall of Tiandihui. In his early years, he followed your Majesty to raise troops in Guangdong. His leg was broken during the Battle of Nanxiong. After he recovered from the injury, he stopped serving in the army. Now he is leading the army. After receiving the viscount's title and disability pension, he came back to continue burning incense. Now he is the leader of Renyi Hall in Shanghai. He has also joined the Royal Society, is a member of the Shanghai Political Council, and is a member of Qianhu Jinyiwei. All the Cao gangs in Shanghai are here. Right under my nose, if these remnants of the former Qing Dynasty dare to plot evil, my brother will immediately lead people to destroy them!"
The person who was talking was a tall and thick lame man.
At this time, he was wearing Jin Yiwei's bright red Feiyu suit and a black gauze hat on his head.
This man's name is Ma Yunlin, and he is the leader of the local Tiandihui who defected to the Ming army during the Battle of Guangzhou.
It can be considered that he joined the old revolution of the Ming Army very early. ,
Now a viscount who is the founding hero of the Ming Empire and retired from the country, he is still a member of Shanghai and one of the leaders of the Cantonese people in Shanghai - anyway, Shanghai is now full of immigrants from all over the world.
Such a guy.
In fact, he is Emperor Zhu's loyal friend - isn't he? He has achieved meritorious service, and although he looks rough and doesn't look like a noble, he does have military merit and title attached to him.
Although he is a member of the Hongmen underworld.
But now all the brothers who join the Tiandihui are required to kneel three times and kowtow nine times in front of Emperor Zhu's portrait and swear allegiance - so most of the Hongmen disciples are also die-hard Emperor Zhu.
However, Emperor Zhu, the leader of Hongmen, frowned when he listened to the old revolutionary who fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty.
His face was also very solemn.
Because Ma Yunlin's Renyitang is not a pure underworld organization now.
Rather
A union in the making!
It's a trade union!
As a feudal emperor, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but tremble when he heard this word.
How many crowns have fallen in later generations because of the labor movement?
Underworld?
Emperor Zhu is not afraid.
The underworld has nothing to fear.
But the trade union, Emperor Zhu, had to be cautious.
Actually before that.
The Tiandihui Church has already taken root among the working people.
Almost all the dockworkers, porters, porters, miners, boatmen, escorts, actors in Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian, as well as the masters and apprentices of the ironware shop in Foshan were Hongmen disciples.
How else could Emperor Zhu recruit so many strong men to form an army in such a short period of time?
After the successful rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty.
Some people in Hongmen became the main components of the Ming Dynasty's noble group.
Today's Ming Dynasty court, if divided according to origin, mainly includes Confucian scholars and nobles.
Among them, the Confucian scholar group was composed of Confucian scholars and scholar-bureaucrats who had taken refuge in the Ming Dynasty.
Its core is the Xianghu School, a group of Hunanese who became high-ranking officials in the Ming Dynasty. Most of them were large landowners in Hunan. They have deep roots in the Ming Dynasty. Although the literati from Liangjiang and Lianghuai who emerged later have also There are signs of fighting for power with them, but in terms of foundation, the "early revolution" Xianghu faction is deeper.
And Xungui Group.
It was the members of the Nanyang Tiandihui Party from Guangdong and mainly composed of people from Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian who became the founding military heroes of the Ming Dynasty through their meritorious service on the battlefield.
Among them, there are too many places where heaven and earth meet.
Although it is impossible for everyone to become a noble.
And becoming a nobleman of the Ming Dynasty does not mean that you are separated from the people.
For example, there are many Tiandihui disciples like Ma Yunlin who have noble status but are not officials in the court.
These people naturally became the leaders of the Tiandihui Party.
In addition, Tiandihui is originally a triad organization rooted at the grassroots level.
Although some of them have now become court ministers.
But the foundation of the Tiandihui is still at the bottom, among the working people.
For example, Renyi Tang Shanghai Xiang, led by Ma Yunlin, has a great influence among the boatmen who travel to Southeast Asia and America. If it continues to develop, it might be the Shanghai Seamen's Union...
On the other side, the Cao Gang who has taken refuge in the Xiaodao Society is actually similar in nature to the Tiandi Society.
"Ma Qing, I will never forget your contribution. I have always regarded you as my confidants. I remember that when I raised troops in Nanyang, I also got the support of our heroes from the Tiandihui, and then I completed the anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty. great cause."
Although Emperor Zhu was somewhat worried that these party organizations would eventually turn into labor unions.
But in terms of face, we still have to coax the leaders of the Heaven and Earth Association.
How could anyone in the Ming Dynasty dare to mention such things as cracking down on organized crime?
Even the senior officials of the Hunan Gang did not dare to mention this matter.
Because this is related to the balance of the Ming Dynasty.
In the court room.
The military chiefs of the Ming Dynasty's army and navy are basically big bosses from the Heaven and Earth Society.
If those Hunan officials dare to propose crackdowns on organized crime, they will surely cause a fierce fight between the Guangdong Party and the Hunan Party.
This is certainly not a situation that Emperor Zhu wants to see.
To crack down on crime, we must attack Hongmen, and attacking Hongmen is equivalent to attacking nobles.
If Xungui loses power, Confucianism will become dominant again...
The mutual restraint between the Hongmen nobles and the Hunan-Huai Confucian Party was the basis for the emperor to truly grasp power.
If there were no nobles and only a bunch of Confucian scholar-bureaucrats were left, the big landowners in Hunan such as Peng Jun, Ouyang Houjun, and Tao Biquan would not be as obedient as they are now.
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhu gave Ma Yunlin a horizontal sword made by a famous Japanese swordsmith, and then asked Ma Yunlin to resign.
"Song Qing, I'm a little tired, please step back."
Song Xiang stood up in a hurry, saluted Emperor Zhu, and then retreated.
Of course Song Xiang really wanted the emperor to issue an order to clean up the gangs in Shanghai. ,
Even if Hongmen cannot be moved, it would be good to destroy the Caogang.
But now the emperor obviously had other ideas, and he had no choice but to resign.
After all, he is just the city magistrate of Shanghai, not the prime minister. He cannot get involved in this kind of thing.
"Xiangmei, have you heard of the labor union?"
Emperor Zhu stood up and looked out the window.
“What is a union?”
Queen Luo blinked.
Emperor Zhu could only smile bitterly when he heard this.
yes.
What is a trade union?
Emperor Zhu could predict that the workers' movement would soon appear on the territory of the Ming Dynasty, or it had already appeared.
This industrial city is developing rapidly.
This is the largest city in the future world known as the Magic City.
Will it become the place where the gravediggers of the Ming Empire were hatched?
"I don't think Hong Gang or Caobang are unions. They don't represent the interests of workers."
Emperor Zhu looked up at the sky outside the window and murmured in a low voice.
But this was certainly the beginning of a union!
he thought.
Empress Luo knew what Emperor Zhu was thinking about again. She gently put on Emperor Zhu's coat and stood quietly beside him.
The founding emperor who single-handedly created the Ming Empire seemed to be thinking about something important about Guan Yu's long-term stability of the Ming Empire.
Emperor Zhu took a deep breath.
he knows.
His empire will actually be on thin ice in the future.
“I think there should be representatives representing the interests of workers in the House of Representatives.”
Emperor Zhu whispered.
But how to do this?
If we follow the current approach.
In the end, those who represent the interests of workers are a group of gang leaders.
This class, which is said to be able to subvert the old world and represents advanced productive forces, seems to have its own place in politics.
Emperor Zhu thought for a while and couldn't help but feel a headache.
In order to prevent the working class from digging graves for the Ming Empire.
The emperor was really thinking a lot.
Wu Wanghai and several followers were walking hurriedly on the streets of Shanghai, constantly taking out his pocket watch to check the time.
After discussing with several Daohua University classmates about sending some students to study abroad.
His next step was to go to Nanjing to submit an application for the establishment of a non-governmental organization to the Ministry of Interior of the Ming Dynasty - this was a piece of cake for Wu Wanghai, who was a licensed barrister who graduated from the Law Department of Daohua University.
After completing the registration, the Work-Study Society will publish advertisements in major newspapers, calling on citizens across the country who are enthusiastic about education to donate to the "Work-Study Society".
At the same time, he will also use his work to raise donations from big bosses in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and other places.
Yes, Wu Wanghai is still very famous in the lawyer circle. After all, he is a licensed barrister who graduated from Daohua University.
Nowadays, the barristers of the Ming Empire are not as bad as those in later generations. Lawyers who graduated from the law class of Daohua University are even more valuable, because according to Zhu Daohua's earlier regulations, graduates of Daohua University have the reputation of being a civil servant!
Moreover, in the past two years, many seniors from the Law Department of Daohua University have begun to enter the officialdom, either as chief magistrates in high-level tribunals in various provinces or as grand magistrates in Dali Temple. Now the judicial system of the Ming Dynasty has begun to gradually change. The independence of the judiciary has become excessive, and the new judges and barristers graduated from Daohua University are destined to be the leaders of this independent judicial system.
So from a certain perspective, Wu Wanghai is actually a beneficiary of Zhu Daohua's new policy.
Although Wu Wanghai did not serve as a magistrate, his law firm's business was very prosperous.
His law firm is the legal consultant for several commercial firms, and his annual income from this alone is tens of thousands.
With this kind of income, Wu Wanghai is definitely an industry elite.
The elite, the little bourgeoisie, don’t look down on the working people at the bottom.
Therefore, such a person is unlikely to become a leader of the labor movement or the leader of the peasant movement.
Emperor Zhu felt quite at ease with this kind of people - they could only talk about it themselves, and they would not be able to attract the majority of the working people to join them.
Wu Wanghai waved, and a four-wheeled taxi stopped. The driver nodded at him enthusiastically. "Master, where do you want to go?"
Nowadays, there are two types of public transportation in Shanghai, one is taxi and the other is public carriage.
As for the rickshaw, which is famous in history, it has not yet been invented.
The sedan chair is prohibited from taking to the streets, so it is not available in Shanghai.
A taxi is a four-wheel carriage, and a stagecoach is a public transport that runs along a fixed route along the railway track.
The former is a means of transportation favored by some "middle class" people who are a little rich but not particularly rich, because the real big officials and wealthy households in Shanghai all have their own carriages.
Of course Wu Wanghai could afford a carriage.
However, Shanghai's four-wheel carriage management is very strict, and it is difficult to obtain a carriage license.
So he had to take a taxi.
"Go to Yirenfang, Beisan Road."
Wu Wanghai took out his pocket watch again and checked the time.
"Run faster and I'll give you a dollar tip."
"OK."
The coachman agreed readily, but the carriage ran slowly. This time period was when the nightlife in Shanghai began.
The road is busy with traffic. There were long queues of carriages of all kinds, and from time to time the traffic police blew their whistles or shouted loudly.
Wu Wanghai shook his head. He had never seen this scene in London or Paris. Shanghai seemed to be the most developed city in the world.
He took out an expensive cigar, lit it and started smoking.
As a lawyer who has traveled to Europe and the United States and graduated from Daohua University with a Western-style higher education, his lifestyle is of course very Westernized.
He also preferred Western-style things. In later generations' words, he was a foreign slave comprador banana man.
Not a good thing anyway.
He leaned against the carriage, thinking about the guy he was going to meet tonight.
An old man from Shanghai Caogang.
Although Caobang has changed its incense.
But the independence of the various local halls is actually very strong - if there really is such a thing as the Caobang general hall, Emperor Zhu will have to kill these people without waiting for others to take action.
So now in Shanghai, various gangs fight for territory and beat people to death from time to time.
For example, Huang Siye, the leader of Sanhe Hall in Caobang, Shanghai, has a pockmarked face and is known as Huang Si Pockmarked.
Of course he is not a good person. He engages in gambling and prostitution, and also collects protection fees. Several docks in Shanghai are his "turf", and there are three to four thousand dock workers carrying large packages who are his disciples.
Usually he helps these dock workers negotiate wages with their bosses. When there are gang fights and land grabs, he can gather thousands of people with just one order, all of them are big and powerful, and can defeat several red gangs on the beach. (Hongmen) People in the hall cry for father and mother.
However, the Red Gang is not easy to bully. The Emperor is the chief rudder of the Red Gang. I don’t know how many heroes the Red Gang has, so if they lose in a group fight, they will use the power of the government to retaliate.
In the name of banning opium, several Caobang gang members were raided, and Huang Siye's only son was also arrested. If the crime of "smuggling opium" was found guilty, this boy would be exiled to Siberia to farm!
Now Huang Simazi was in a panic. He looked around for a solution. He spent an unknown amount of money, but it was of no use at all!
He could only wait patiently for the court appearance. In desperation, Huang Simazi had no choice but to find a way to find a lawyer to litigate the case, turning a dead horse into a live doctor.
Therefore, Wu Wanghai, whose father was in court at the same time in Shanghai and had a slight affection for Huang Simazi, had no choice but to take on this very troublesome case.
(End of chapter)
