Chapter 31: People's hearts at dawn and dusk
With He Xi's attitude of turning the entire textile factory upside down, all problems were exposed to the light of day and nothing was hidden.
He Xi almost had high blood pressure.
The person who committed the crime first was a first-year student of the College of Science and Technology. He was a craftsman who had listened to He Xi's lectures. He was very talented in textile machinery design. Because of his talent in this area. Participated in textile machinery trials. He Xi had many people on hand at that time. So the craftsman took action to organize the production and construction of a textile factory.
It can be said that the entire textile factory was built by him, of course with He Xi's personal guidance. But it was all implemented by He Xi.
From this perspective, he is a meritorious minister, and not an ordinary meritorious minister.
He is He Xi's confidant, disciple, student and direct descendant. Basic disk.
Think about it, if he is not such a person, how could He Xi put him in this position. The textile factory may not be the most important in Liaodong's industrial system, but it is the most profitable.
And what did he do?
First, wages are deducted. Just as Xi Xi had thought, all Korean female workers had almost no wages. Just enough to eat.
Second, restrict freedom.
He Xi's requirements for female workers are labor discipline and no personal requirements. In other words, you can leave the factory area outside of get off work hours. There is also freedom to resign.
But these regulations of He Xi disappeared in the textile factory.
Not a trace was left.
From the beginning, the overtime hours were long, and later on, they were not allowed to leave the factory at all. Step by step, these female workers turned into slaves trapped in textile factories.
In the end, there is no bottom line of exploitation.
In the beginning, it was the factory director who had sex with men. It’s okay to have a few beautiful female workers as your favorite. There are very few restrictions on men these days. It’s common for a successful man to have some women.
Even as it should be.
He Xi is not the only woman with Princess Anqing in this regard. There are also a few maids beside him who are sleeping with him. It's just that He Xi felt sorry for Princess Anqing, so she took measures against these women and had no intention of taking concubines.
After all, He Xi's education since childhood made He Xi respect Princess Anqing very much. This is the limit. Not to mention, He Xi has too many things to do, and the womanizing is just a distraction.
But most of the comments about He Xi in this regard are because He Xi married a princess. That's why I wronged myself like this.
Therefore, if the factory director only has sex with a few women, He Xi will at most reprimand him a few times when he finds out. That's all. What He Xi does must conform to the moral standards of this era.
At first, he procured a few women, then when communicating with other officials, he let female workers accompany guests, and then he let it go and forced female workers into prostitution.
At this point, it can be said that the factory director is already the owner of the entire textile factory.
Live and kill, take everything, ask for everything.
During the whole process, there was naturally some resistance. Many female workers died before and after. But they were all suppressed.
After He Xi read the confession, he didn't look at Yang Shiqi at all. Instead, he threw it to Liu Jing and said: "Thorough investigation. Whoever is related will be found. One will be counted as one, ten will be counted as ten, and there will be a thousand." One counts as a thousand. According to the new laws of the Ming Dynasty, just do whatever you want to do?"
Liu Jing glanced at Yang Shiqi. He said: "Please rest assured, sir, I will handle the matter properly."
The reason why He Xi did not leave this matter to Yang Shiqi, but to Liu Jing. It itself is a distrust of Yang Shiqi. After all, this is something that happened to Yang Shiqi himself. Liu Jing has long been dissatisfied with the entire industrial system.
Liaodong is the most special place in the Ming Dynasty because its economic focus is not on agriculture, but on industry. Nearly half of the population in Liaodong is related to the industrial system, and the rest is related to the military. As the chief envoy, the population that he can directly control is extremely small.
He seems to be the highest civil servant in Liaodong, but in fact he holds less power than Yang Shiqi.
But Yang Shiqi is a direct descendant of He Xi, and He Xi's influence in Liaodong is deeply rooted. Liu Jing was unable and unwilling to break up, so she could only endure it. Now He Xi personally handed the knife to himself. Liu Jing would be very sorry for this great opportunity if he didn't go on a killing spree.
"Sir, please show me mercy." Suddenly a man knelt on the ground.
He Xi took a look and saw that it was none other than Ge Tiangong.
He Xi said coldly: "Are you also involved in this matter?"
Ge Tiangong shook his head quickly and said: "No, I will not dare. It's just that this matter involves too much. Is it detrimental to Liaodong Industry?"
He Xi asked calmly: "You said it's unfavorable, which means that you probably know how many people are involved? In other words, you have known about this matter for a long time." At this point, He Xi raised his voice Zi Li stood up and shouted sternly: "Isn't that right?"
Ge Tiangong trembled all over and said: "The disciples only know that he has something, but they have absolutely no idea that they did it so cruelly."
He Xi was immediately disappointed.
He knows, who are these people?
A person who was born as a low-level craftsman and came up through technical routes. None of the eight generations of my ancestors had ever been an official, nor had they been in charge of anything. Once you have power, you become swollen and don't know what to do and what not to do.
I am also very unfamiliar with politics. I don’t understand politics, let alone have political sensitivity.
To be honest, if it was just corruption and greed for a little money, He Xi would definitely not be so strict. Because Ge Tiangong is the master of technology in Liaodong, since he said it would have an impact, even if it was a bit exaggerated, it must have an impact.
Industrial technical talents are not easy to cultivate.
He Xi's use of these technical talents as management talents is also an unavoidable expedient. But he didn't expect that the people who were oppressed before would be the ones who oppressed others the most now that they had power.
He Xi released the personal power of the craftsmen, and those who benefited the most were this group of Nanjing craftsmen. If these people didn't talk about being officials before. Even if you want to save a few dollars to marry a wife, it is impossible.
Only craftsmen can marry within themselves.
Nowadays, many people have official status. Some even married scholar-bureaucrats.
What does the result look like?
How do they treat workers?
He Xi really can't think of it, where is the heart of these people?
Maybe this is human nature.
What people who are bullied most want to do is not to be fair, but to become someone who can bully others. Do to others what others have done to you, even harder.
The more this happened, the less He Xi was prepared to be merciful. He doesn't believe that there is not a single clean person among these people? So what if not? There are already many students in the School of Engineering and Science. Not to mention that He Xi also established many colleges in Shenyang.
I dare not say that there are enough backup candidates, at least it is not the situation before where there was no talent.
He Xi said: "Here comes someone."
A guard immediately came forward.
He Xi said: "His official hat has been removed."
Someone immediately took off Ge Tiangong's official hat.
Ge Tiangong seemed to have lost his soul, staring at his official hat.
It’s okay to say that Ge Tiangong is an official fan. After all, as a craftsman, Ge Tiangong has suffered the hardship of not having status. Of course you know what this official position represents? He is not a scholar-bureaucrat. Without his official position, he will become a country squire after returning home. He also has power back home.
He is a craftsman, and all his status is brought to him by his official position. Without this, it was suddenly knocked back to its original form.
This made him feel overwhelmed.
He Xi had no intention of dealing with Ge Tiangong. After all, Ge Tiangong was still very talented and had experience and achievements in presiding over projects and scientific and technological research. Such talents are no longer ordinary technical talents.
As long as there are no principled errors, He Xi will naturally tolerate it. But for such a big thing, someone always has to be responsible. And He Xi also felt that he wanted to improve Ge Tiangong's memory. Otherwise, what should we do if something like this happens again in the future?
Not to mention, the timing of Ge Tiangong's plea was wrong.
He privately said that He Xi could still give some face, but at this time, if He Xi said soft words, the effect of this cleanup would be immediately compromised.
He Xi said: "Ge Tiangong, just go home and think about your mistakes behind closed doors. You are not allowed to go out until this matter is fully investigated."
"Happy May Day. I'm not asking for leave today. I checked and found that I've updated about nineteen chapters in the past two months. I'll try to finish it this month. This is the first update."
