Wang Chonggu was very pleased with Liu Sandao's invention. Fire prevention in this woolen factory was a top priority. Although Liu Sandao's method could not prevent the fire before it happened, it could control the fire in time when the bell rang. A lot of losses can be avoided.
Wang Chonggu was overjoyed and even met with Liu Sandao and asked Liu Sandao if he wanted to go to Gewuyuan. Liu Sandao thought that he was a carpenter and could not read a basket of Chinese characters. Isn't it a joke to go to Gewuyuan?
It doesn't matter who he is in the Gewuyuan, and he doesn't know much about literacy. As long as he is willing to learn, Liu Sandao has an ingenious mind and a pair of skillful hands. Wang Chonggu expressed his merits to Liu Sandao and asked His Majesty's grace to let Liu Sandao enter the Gewuyuan.
Yongding Woolen Factory is not just one Liu Sandao, but has thousands and hundreds of Liu Sandao. They are all craftsmen. To solve the problems in production, they must brainstorm and improve production tools in the hope of gaining more. labor remuneration and products.
Especially the product.
"Son, you did a good job this time." Wang Chonggu led Wang Qian through the factories one after another. After checking the wool materials that were about to be released, he spoke approvingly to Wang Qian beside him. Matters in the DPRK.
Sun Jigao was the main force in criticizing Wang Chonggu. What the retro-style faction hated most was Wang Chonggu who was amassing profits.
Wang Qian's merits can be seen by the courtiers, Yuan Fu can see it, and most importantly, His Majesty can see it. Hai Rui is not a person who is greedy for merit. The reason why he launched the general attack on Sun Jigao is entirely because Wang Qian is still not strong enough to face the counterattack and revenge of the retro faction.
In officialdom, what exactly is strength? It is through one specific thing after another, constantly infiltrating one's influence, gaining a group of like-minded, comrades, peers, and people who share the same interests, and then influence the political situation.
This is strength. Wang Qian, a fledgling censor, obviously did not have the strength to face the storm, so he took refuge in Hai Rui's name.
Hai Rui is too righteous, Wang Qian is too strange.
But this time, Wang Qian handled Sun Jigao's case very well, far exceeding Wang Chonggu's expectations.
"Father, have you ever been corrupt?" Wang Qian touched his chin and asked slightly confused.
Wang Chonggu ran away immediately, pointing at the door with a red face, and shouted angrily: "Get out! Get out of here immediately!"
"Don't let me see you, or I'll break your legs! Just after I did something, my tail went up to the sky, and I'm targeting your father, right? You, a seventh-grade official who supervises the censor, or you and I, I sold my face and went to the Quanchu Guild Hall to beg for it!"
"roll!!!"
Wang Qian was so stunned by his anti-corruption campaign that even his father was targeted.
"You got it right and you got angry out of shame?" Wang Qian immediately realized that something was wrong. Wang Chonggu seemed a bit guilty of treason.
In the future, if the three aunts and six wives tell Wang Qian that he has a lot of half-brothers, wouldn't it mean that he will really chop the anti-corruption blade on his father's head?
"Am I guilty of being a thief? I wish I hadn't given birth to a son like you! I'm not a thief, so I feel guilty!" Wang Chong cursed angrily.
This is also the crux of why anti-corruption efforts always start but end.
Everyone eats from the same pot, and the sword used to carry out anti-corruption attacks is everyone else's pot, and you can't eat from it. Isn't this an act that harms others but does not benefit oneself?
We all belong to the same class, are all His Majesty's ministers, and are all the Qingtian Master of the Ming Dynasty. If you want to fight against corruption, if you do the opposite, it will backfire on your old friends, classmates, brothers, relatives, and friends. You can't do anything. Take action?
Wang Chonggu spit out his breath and told himself not to be angry. His good eldest son, Wang Qian, had not yet planned to borrow someone else's head to be promoted to a higher position. Wang Qian was reminding Wang Chonggu not to imitate Zhang Siwei and put the whole family's affairs at risk. Life is in it.
Wang Chonggu said very seriously: "Since your Majesty built the Happy Forest of Steles, your father and I have never received a penny from you! Your Majesty has given too much, and I feel uneasy even holding it."
If Wang Chonggu asked for money, His Majesty would have given him too much. If he wanted power, His Majesty would let him join the cabinet, but he would shirk the blame in every possible way. As for connections, in the official arena, a zero-sum game, connections are sometimes unreliable. Can be a liability and a bane.
Therefore, Wang Chonggu did not intend to accept money. He was the Ming Gong of the Ming Dynasty. He was already a meat eater above tens of millions of people, second only to His Majesty and Yuan Fu.
Wang Qian then smiled and said, "That's good."
Wang Qian looked at the huge woolen factory and sincerely admired his father. All his methods were conspiracies and tricks and could not be considered elegant. But the foundation for his father's ability to stand firm in the storm was this. Woolen Official Factory and Xishan Coal Bureau.
He frowned and said: "Father, I have a few questions. Why can my father's Yongding woolen factory be able to make it? No matter how hard other people's woolen factories try, let alone lose money, they can't even weave. Is it just to help the government factories, wash wool and spin yarn? Some time ago, the court said that it was because there were cheap scholars that it couldn't be done, but what about now? The shopkeepers who are highly valued by the merchants can't do it, so what's the reason? "
Wang Chonggu held up his hands, shook his head and said: "It's not that I am hiding something, because the powerful right-wingers and gentry in the Ming Dynasty still refused to admit that labor gives value, and supply and demand determine the price, confusing value and price, and then denying labor Axiology.”
"How can it be done?"
"Wool is washed by craftsmen, spun by spinners, woven by weavers, and dyed by dyers who put in a lot of effort. It doesn't grow on the shelves. It doesn't grow on the shelves. Accepting the labor theory of value proposed by Qiu Jun during the Jingtai period, no matter how much money is invested in the woolen factory, it is a dead end."
"To put it more clearly, outside the manual workshop, you can ignore the labor theory of value, but in this manual workshop, you must pay attention to it."
Among the woolen official factories weaving and dyeing fabrics, there was a kind of yarn specially used by the royal palace. The steps were extremely complicated. The yam was crushed and placed in a bamboo basket, then wrapped in cotton cloth to squeeze out the yam water, and then the cloth was put into the intruder. It is dyed and then dried in the sun. It is soaked in diosphorus water again, boiled, and dried in the sun. This process takes fifteen days.
Then dig out the mud from the river pond, add water, put it on a bamboo basket, filter out impurities with cotton cloth, mix it into mud, and apply it on the gauze. After drying the mud, rinse it with water to get a deep black color, seal the water again, and finally Dry.
This is the production process of a hand-dyed cloth factory. It is so complicated and troublesome. If the craftsmen are not willing to work hard, they will not be able to make cloth, they will not be able to sell goods, and they will not be able to make money.
Without goods, there is no profit, and without profit, you cannot survive.
The right-wing merchants have already formed a fixed mindset. How can they run a woolen factory when they try their best to deal with the situation?
Asking them to be considerate of the common people is not as reliable as a sow dreaming of climbing a tree.
Wang Qian could understand the problem his father was talking about, but he asked with some confusion: "Father, why does Shi Yaohao refuse to admit that labor gives value, but only talks about supply and demand?"
Wang Chonggu thought for a moment and replied: "Son, the fundamental question of labor and supply and demand is actually: What is wealth? What are its roots? Qiu Jun thought it was labor, but the humble Confucians of the Ming Dynasty identified it as supply and demand."
"Only by identifying supply and demand can they maintain their current power and status, and continue to exploit the common people with peace of mind, because landless tenants and wandering common people are no different from slaves. In the theory of supply and demand, there will be no Anything works, that’s why.”
"Once you accept the labor theory of value, you will inevitably face a terrible question. Why are the powerful right-wingers powerful and powerful? How do they maintain such a comfortable life? Why do they take away from the common people?"
"The answer to all this is Zipiao. This is killing them and digging up their roots. Of course they do not admit this fact from the bottom of their hearts and cannot admit it."
Wang Qian was stunned. He finally understood why the labor theory of value and the theory of supply and demand were so quarrelsome in major newspapers.
It’s a battle of the roads.
Because once the labor theory of value is recognized, it means admitting that the 369 and 369 are based on rape, although meat eaters know this well.
"But, but, is the labor theory of value necessarily correct?" Wang Qian asked dully.
Wang Chonggu nodded in agreement. He believed in the labor theory of value, so he promoted the enthusiasm of the official factory for production. He said very clearly: "I am the supervisor of the official factory. I think the labor theory of value is right. Let's go back to that issue. , what is wealth? Wealth is not money, wealth is not debt, and wealth is not silver buried in a pigsty. Money is only wealth when it is in circulation. When it cannot serve as an equivalent, it is nothing. "
"Money is wealth when it circulates, so what do you get in exchange for money? It's the commodities that are continuously produced in the factory."
"Commodities are wealth."
"The West is currently facing a nightmare of soaring commodity prices, so Felipe II spent a lot of time and traveled thousands of miles to transport silver to the Ming Dynasty, because the silver in the West has been blocked. If it tilts down, I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money." Lippe II’s head is going to be screwed off.”
"The consequences of having only silver and currency without commodities are the current predicament of the West. This reveals that the real problem of the West is the inability to produce goods."
"Only commodities that circulate are wealth."
Wang Qian thought about it again and again, bowed his head and said, "What my father said makes sense, and I will obey my father's teachings."
"Son, you said merchants are chasing profit, so what kind of profit is chasing this profit?" Wang Chonggu looked thoughtful and said solemnly: "The profit that is pursued is actually the gap between the value created by labor and the remuneration of labor. , this is the benefit we are chasing.”
“The gap between the value given by labor and the remuneration of labor is exploitation in the production process.”
"To admit the labor theory of value, we must admit the gap between labor value and labor remuneration, and we must admit the existence of exploitation, which is equivalent to admitting that we are immoral. Therefore, the labor theory of value cannot be recognized."
Wang Chonggu was not sure whether Wang Qian could understand what he said, but it didn't matter. He just needed to write it down for now, and he would understand it naturally when he experienced something in the future.
"Who is your next target?" Wang Chonggu asked slightly curiously.
Wang Qian said very firmly: "This cannot be said."
"I am your father!" Wang Chonggu was furious.
"That can't be said." Wang Qian was still very determined, greased the soles of his feet, and ran away without a trace.
Anda Khan did not invite the Golden Seal, so he had to go around the outside of the Great Wall to Xining. Detouring around the outside of the Great Wall, Anda Khan had to guard against the raids of the Xifan Rongdi, and the journey was too far, so Anda Khan wanted to send him. The third lady came to the capital to pay tribute, and she discussed with the gentlemen in the capital whether she could be lenient.
The Ming Dynasty did not even let Sanniang enter the customs. The court had already made a clear decree on this matter and could not change it. If he really wanted to invite the monk, he would set up an altar in his hometown and call the people over to discuss it.
The Ming Dynasty did not know Anda Khan's thoughts. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty only cared about the interests of the Ming Dynasty. Even if Anda Khan went to Xining really for his faith, the Ming Dynasty would not let him go.
What the Ming court was not very clear about was that this time the court refused to give the governor a gold seal, which caused a kind of suspicion among the northern captives. Ten thousand households under Anda Khan began to generally doubt whether Anda Khan was still under the control of the Ming court. Recognition? The resumption of war is not a situation that thousands of households want to see, and the three wives who advocate peace have gained a large amount of political capital in this round of confrontation.
With this kind of political capital, one day, when it is really necessary to take sides, Sanniangzi will gain a lot of recognition and then influence the direction of the entire Monan.
On the morning of April 4th, the morning light was dim, and the Emperor of Ming Dynasty ran towards Jiecuyuan in a panic. He also wore the wrong shoes. Two shoes were not the same pair of shoes. It was so ungraceful and inconsistent with the education given by Empress Dowager Li to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. .
Zhu Yijun came to the courtyard with a long string of tails and gasped: "Feng Bao, go ask...Da Sima about the situation."
Yesterday at the fourth watch, Tan Lun suddenly suffered from phlegm and was rushed to the hospital. When Zhu Yijun received the news, it was the fifth watch. He didn't even bother to wash up, so he rushed to the hospital to inquire about the situation.
When he arrived at the place, Zhu Yijun was a little timid and asked Feng Bao to ask.
Tan Lun's magnificent life was after he passed the imperial examination and was awarded the title of Doctor of the Nanjing Ministry of War. He was preparing for the Japanese invaders in Nanjing. When the Japanese invaders arrived in Nanya, Nanya had been at peace for a long time, but no one dared to fight. Tan Lun recruited five hundred warriors to fight against them. His defeat and Tan Lun's promotion were all due to his military exploits. Wherever there were Japanese pirates, he would go there.
When he was the magistrate of Taizhou, he recruited dead soldiers to resist the enemy. Tan Lun personally led a thousand guardsmen and defeated the Japanese pirates in three battles. The Taizhou Six Tigers became famous in this battle.
When he was serving as deputy inspector of Zhejiang Province, Japanese pirates invaded Haimen and no one had the energy to rush to rescue him. Tan Lun led his army to march 300 miles day and night to rescue and defeat the Japanese pirates in peace. He designed the Japanese pirates to fall into a muddy swamp and trapped them. Wipe them all out.
Correct the tiger ministers, and build the city from the bottom of your heart.
Although Tan Lun can't defeat him now, as long as Tan Lun is still the Great Sima, Ming Dynasty can continue to develop its military power.
Now Tan Lun was carried into the hospital, and two great medical officers Chen Shigong and Li Shizhen treated him. Zhu Yijun kept staring at the door, waiting for that moment to come. At this time, many things flashed through Zhu Yijun's mind. Thoughts, he even had an artificial illusion.
If Tan Lun is killed, Jingying Zhenwu will have more troubles. If Tan Lun is killed, the Ming Dynasty Zhenwu will lose Optimus Prime.
The cheap Confucians have every reason to kill this martial and radical Minister of War, and they may really do so. Zhu Yijun clenched his fists unconsciously and stared at the door with red eyes.
The mean Confucians even dare to set fire to the palace, is there anything else they dare not do?
No, nothing should happen to Tan Lun.
Zhu Yijun has done so much. After assassinating the king and killing the driver in the first year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun built the prison and executed more than a hundred criminals. However, with the rapid and advanced medical skills of Li Shizhen and Chen Shigong, and careful conditioning, how could Tan Lun Could he be so sick?
Moreover, over the years, Zhu Yijun never let Tan Lun go into battle. Daning Guard simply went on an outing, and Tan Lun was not even allowed to check out Qinglong Fort and Xinglin Fort.
In the original history, Tan Lun became ill due to overwork, and the military administration in Beijing had been idle for a long time. Tan Lun decided to invigorate the Beijing camp, and then presided over the matter of revitalizing the Beijing camp. In this matter, Tan Lun worked hard to invigorate the Beijing camp. , extremely tiring.
But now, the little emperor personally manages the exciting Beijing camp.
Therefore, Tan Lun should not be in trouble now. If Tan Lun is in trouble today, the Ming Dynasty's humble Confucians will need to bear the emperor's wrath.
"It's a delay in going to court. Which one of you can bear the responsibility? In the first year of Wanli, I was caught and impeached for coughing at the Chao Ri Temple. I almost got out and went home. Why are you stopping me? The court is going to ask Let’s start, who’s going to stop those gossips if they’re late?” A strong voice sounded from the door, and the door suddenly opened.
The first thing Tan Lun saw was the nervous and hurried Dajue Feng Bao and Zhang Hong. Looking past the two figures, Tan Lun saw the figure of the little emperor, and was a little stunned for a moment.
"Ah, ah, why is this disturbing Your Majesty?" Tan Lun hurriedly stepped forward, trying to kneel down.
Zhu Yijun immediately stepped forward, supported Tan Lun, and said quickly: "As long as it's okay, it's okay."
He helped Tan Lun up, touched the real person, and confirmed that Tan Lun was really alive, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.
In the original historical line, Tan Lun died of a phlegm attack on the third night of April in the fifth year of Wanli. He was only fifty-eight years old. But this time, Tan Lun walked out of the ward alive and full of energy.
"Da Sima is running around for the country and is sick from overwork. Let's take a break for two...five...ten days." Zhu Yijun decided to give Tan Lun a holiday and let him have a rest. At the age of fifty-eight, Tan Lun, who is pampered and has excellent medical conditions, In terms of age, he is still very young.
"Ten days? Just coughed, ten days?!" Tan Lun's eyes widened, and he waved his hands and said: "Your Majesty also saw it, there is no need to rest at all, he is a servant of the palace, he is just making a fuss."
"That's why I asked them to make a fuss out of a molehill." Zhu Yijun's tone was very firm: "If you say ten days, then ten days, not a minute or a second!"
Tan Lun wanted to argue, but Zhu Yijun flicked his sleeves and said, "This is the imperial edict. If the Grand Sima does not obey the order, I will tell the Grand Tutor that the Grand Sima has disobeyed the Holy Order!"
Zhu Yijun hadn't washed up yet. He had to go to the Royal Gate to listen to politics. He didn't say much and hurried back to the palace with a bunch of tails.
Tan Lun stood where he was. He got ten days of leave for nothing. He was already very free. How could he get sick now? It's true that the little emperor used Zhang Juzheng to suppress others every day.
Tan Lun, the great Sima, has a leisurely life because there are several people in the Ministry of War who are Tan Lun's right-hand men.
Liang Menglong, the left minister of the Ministry of War, was the governor-general of military affairs who accompanied Qi Shuai on two campaigns and was also a disciple of Zhang Juzheng. The right minister of the Ministry of War was Liu Yingjie, who was also good at military affairs. He was one of Zhang's party members. After Zhang Juzheng's death, he was succeeded by Zhang Siwei and others. Zhang Dang was appointed by the rebels.
And Wu Baipeng, the deputy minister of Yueshi Dingjian and the governor of Xuanda, was a comrade who fought against Qi Jiguang and killed the enemy. He was a life-and-death friend who could give his back to the other party.
His Majesty is personally in charge of the capital camp, so Tan Lun, the Grand Sima, has some leisure time. The ten days of leave this time are really a bit too much.
Zhu Yijun had unkempt hair, unwashed face, uncombed hair, and the wrong shoes on his feet, just to see if Tan Lun was okay. As soon as this news got out, all the officials in the capital must think about one question, really What kind of huge waves will be caused by attacking Tan Lun?
You know, the little emperor and Zhang Juzheng are almost carved out of the same mold, cold and ungrateful, and they will be repaid for their anger.
All the officials in the capital are sincerely thankful that Tan Lun survived. Although he was seriously ill and had to recuperate for more than ten days, he still survived.
Tan Lun survived, which meant that the courtiers had to be tortured less often. They were really afraid of being tortured.
This is also due to the information gap. Tan Lun's physical condition is a confidential matter. Therefore, Tan Lun took a rest for ten days, which was generally regarded by officials as being seriously ill. There was an endless stream of people who came to visit the doctor and wished Tan Lun well. : Like the eternity of the moon, the rise of the sun, the longevity of the Nanshan Mountain, it never rises or collapses.
In short, I wish Tan Lun to be healthy. If Tan Lun is not healthy, I am afraid that the officials in the capital will be unlucky.
Tan Lun met Wu Baipeng at the Quanzhe Guild Hall, who had returned to Beijing to resume his duties. This time Wu Baipeng needed the court's explicit order to return to Beijing for three things.
The first one is the Golden Seal of the Governor of Anda Khan, the second one is the three wives coming to the court to discuss, and the third one is Wang Chonggu's resettlement of the 190,000 landless servants in the northwest.
"The Great Sikou has a reputation as a virtuous man in the northwest, and everyone is grateful for his kindness. He focused on agriculture, cultivated mulberry trees, and reclaimed wasteland. He promoted water supply and brought peace to the people. He held offices and schools and taught politics. He promoted filial piety and brotherhood and encouraged the people. He forbade fighting and theft. He fought twenty-five times in the northwest. In the year of 2006, I was riddled with wounds, and I finally felt inspired." After Wang Chonggu returned to Beijing, Wu Baipeng went to the northwest to conduct an in-depth investigation and study of Wang Chonggu's resettlement of ordinary people, and the answer he gave was that the great Sikou had contributed to the livelihood of the people.
In the first year of Wanli, Wu Baipeng bribed the capital officials with Datong general Ma Fang to avoid inspecting the Great Wall. Zhang Juzheng took the opportunity to pursue and beat Wang Chonggu out of the court, and asked him to go back to Xuanda to block the cave. Wu Baipeng and Wang Chonggu's relationship After this incident, the relationship has become like fire and water.
However, Wu Baipeng twice contributed to Wang Chonggu's efforts to calm the people in the northwest. It can be seen that Wang Chonggu was really serious about plugging holes after returning to Xuanda from Jingtang.
Of course Wang Chonggu knew how to repent, but he was just a little bit beaten to death by Zhang Juzheng. If he didn't repent, he was looking for death. He couldn't beat Qi Jiguang, so he had to live as a courtier who amassed profits.
The reason why Zhang Siwei did not repent was because it was Yang Bo and Wang Chonggu who paid the price, not Zhang Siwei. Zhang Siwei faced his fear for the first time and dragged 728 people to be buried with him.
"Da Sikou is indeed a man of action." Tan Lun signed Wu Baipeng's memorial, which was regarded as acknowledging the content of Wu Baipeng's memorial.
Wu Baipeng had already started visiting and investigating when he went to Yongfeng, Jiangxi Province to serve as county magistrate in the 27th year of Jiajing.
Go and see for yourself and listen to what the people say is Wu Baipeng's style of doing things. He has been doing it for decades. He combines knowledge with action and attaches great importance to practice.
"What do you mean by Governor Wu, let the third lady come to the court?" Tan Lun said with a frown.
Wu Baipeng nodded and said: "The one who wants to go to Xining is Anda Khan, and the one who doesn't want Anda Khan to go to Xining is Sanniangzi, who is also the Ming Dynasty. If he doesn't give Andahan the gold seal and agrees to Sanniang's entry into the court, the grassland will be further divided. Ida Khan is more powerful than Tuman Khan, otherwise Tuman Khan would not have moved far to Liaodong."
"Divide them, intensify their conflicts, and then weaken their strength. Given the character of Yuan Fu and His Majesty, sooner or later they will have to retaliate, and the retaliation will inevitably lead to a battle with Anda Khan. The weaker Anda Khan is, the more beneficial it will be to the Ming Dynasty. "
Wu Baipeng elaborated on his reasons. Anda Khan was the nominal head of the family, while Sanniangzi was the actual head of the family. The conflict between the two people became more intense as the Ming Dynasty grew stronger. As the peace faction, The Ming Dynasty still wanted to be gentle with the third wife, but it had to threaten and punish the Anda Khan who invaded.
Pouting inside and out is not Zhu Yijun's exclusive passive skill, it is a passive skill for scholars of the Ming Dynasty.
After Tan Lun thought about it carefully, he said with great agreement: "What I mean is that the third lady will come to Beijing to pay tribute. The main reason is that the Ming Dynasty will still use troops against the Tuman Khan this year. The Ming Dynasty's current military strength is still not enough to fight on two fronts. It is easy to I will take care of my head and not my buttocks, but keep my head in the northwest direction."
"Where is Anda Khan? Did Anda Khan go to Xining really for Monk Fan?"
Wu Baipeng shook his head and said, "No, according to the night-time scouts who went deep into the prisoner camp, I'm afraid it's not that simple. Anda Khan took advantage of the passage this time. He has great ambitions. I'm afraid he wants to contact the northwest Rongdi and join forces to invade Gansu and other places."
"So, don't give me the golden seal of An Dahan, and don't let him use the way."
As the border governor, Wu Baipeng's statements have great reference value for court discussions and will also affect Ming Dynasty's decision-making.
Wu Baipeng supported not giving me the Khan Gold Seal and opposed not allowing the Third Lady to enter the court, and supported Wang Chonggu. Wang Chonggu is now regarded by officials as a villain who amasses profits and is despised by everyone. His treatment is almost the same as that of Yan Song. .
"Anda Khan is a traitor." Tan Lun said with a solemn expression: "Is there any possibility of reconciliation between Anda Khan and Tuman Khan? The third lady has been busy working on this matter."
"It's absolutely impossible." Wu Baipeng said very clearly: "To reconcile the left and right wings, one of Anda Khan and Tuman Khan must die, and one party must defeat the Hand Blade Thief Chief before reconciliation is possible, but that was not the case at that time. Reconciliation is a conquest.”
Wu Baipeng was very sure that reconciliation between the left and right wings was an unattainable dream. The relationship between Anda Khan and Tuman Khan was who was killed by whom.
"If the Ming Dynasty conflicts with Anda Khan again, what do Governor Wu think are the chances of winning?" Tan Lun, a warmonger, asked the question he was most concerned about.
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