Chapter 94 People want face, but trees want bark!But some people are shameless! 【Please subscribe】
I can only rely on the things I learned from later generations to display.
But these great talents of the Ming Dynasty were all masters of drawing inferences from one instance to another, and their reactions were also very correct.
It can be seen from this that these people must not be underestimated. If you underestimate them, you may destroy yourself.
After Chen Han figured this out, he no longer had any pride in these individuals.
Although I have some knowledge about future generations, if I compete with these old officials in the contemporary era for intelligence, I am looking for death.
This further strengthened Chen Han's determination to light up the technology tree of the Ming Dynasty.
Since you can't compete with these people in terms of intelligence and politics, then you should follow the path you are best at, so that you can maximize your strengths and avoid weaknesses.
After the imperial court raised funds this time, the news spread throughout several surrounding provinces at an extremely fast speed.
Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and even Henan and Shandong have responded.
No one thought that traders could actually have this day.
The name of the businessman can actually be engraved on the merit monument.
Many people even saw the huge merit monument on the official road outside Sanshan Gate on the day the donation ceremony ended, listing the amount of money donated and the names of each donation.
Although No. 1 Song Changming only donated [-] guan, there were many business people who donated as much as [-] guan.
But it cannot hide the fact that Song Changming became famous all over the world this time.
As the first person to eat crabs, Song Changming's courage and responsibility have earned him praise from many traders.
Many people even regard this incident as a pioneering event that marked the beginning of the Ming Dynasty's emphasis on traders.
Song Changming himself, who was the first to donate, was regarded as a heroic figure among traders.
This began the prosperity of Xinglong in the next decades, or even hundreds of years.
From then on, businessmen all over the world cared about their friendship and were willing to do business with them.
So much so that since then, the Song family has never had anything happen to harm the people on the road of business.
The only family motto of the Song family is that if you are worthy of the name on the merit monument, you must not ruin this reputation.
This is the power of morality and example.
These things invisibly created a new origin for the business of the Ming Dynasty.
Outside Sanshan Gate, a large number of traders gathered at this time.
They brought their relatives, friends, and former partners to the merit monument, pointed to the names on the merit monument, and then spoke to them.
"Look at it, this is my achievement.
I have never done anything good before, I have never done anything for the people, and I have never contributed to the court.
But today, I can proudly say that my name is on the merit monument.
I donated [-] yuan to the victims of this disaster.
Although the money is small, it is a heartfelt gift.
My name has been engraved on the merit monument. If you come to me to do business in the future, if I don’t have this bit of integrity, am I worthy of having my name engraved on it? So you can feel free to do business with me, Mr. Yang. "
Scenes like this have happened in the past few days and are very common.
When the common people saw every name engraved on it, they were in awe.
Under this situation, Xia Yuanji took the officials of the imperial court to Lishui County and surrounding counties and began to recruit craftsmen. This time they went to build roads, bridges, Taimiao Temple, Sheji Altar, Confucius Temple, and Qigongyuan. .
It can even be said that you are not a craftsman, you can participate as long as you are able-bodied.
When Xia Yuanji came to Lishui County, the magistrate of Lishui County had already summoned the victims of the disaster in their own county.
There are a total of [-] people, who meet the conditions proposed by Xia Yuanji.
These people bring up their families, but basically each household can only have one person.
Xia Yuanji was not polite to them at all.
Nor did he say any official words.
Instead, he said directly: "Folks, this time the imperial court raised 27 yuan from traders. The money was used to build roads, bridges, and improve the environment around the capital.
And you are the craftsmen recruited this time.
Different from the previous corvee service, this time you are paid. Your daily wages are ten cents, and you are paid immediately after each day's work. "
Hearing what Xia Yuanji said, the young man below showed a look of joy.
After all, in the past few years, they had only heard about the imperial court recruiting corvees. Every time they went to work for the imperial court, they had to prepare their own dry food and even some materials.
There has never been anything like it is today, and there are wages.
And it’s still ten cents a day.
After hearing this number, the young and strong men below were all surprised.
You need to know what ten cents a day is.
Nowadays, one tael of silver in the market is equivalent to 1000 pennies, which is 1000 copper plates.
I can buy four and a half stones worth of food.
The Baobao depreciated by three-quarters, but the original Baobao still had 200 Wen.
According to the ratio of buying four and a half stones for 1000 Wen, one stone is 120 kilograms.
1000 Wen can buy 540 kilograms of grain, that is to say, each kilogram of grain costs Wen.
A person's daily wages of 10 cents can buy about five and a half kilograms of grain.
This is enough food for a family of five or six people, and there is still some leftover.
After all, a child and a woman cannot eat a pound of rice a day.
And speaking of it, if one tael of silver buys four and a half stones of rice, the purchasing power is calculated.
Converted to modern purchasing power, the average price of a pound of rice is two to two and a half yuan.
540 rice, converted to 1080 to 1350 yuan.
That is to say, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, one tael of silver could be exchanged for RMB 1080 to 1350.
So now the day's wages offered by the court are 10 cents.
It is equivalent to a day's salary of 108 to 135 yuan, and a month's salary of 3240 to 4050 yuan.
Such a monthly salary is considered average even in modern times, let alone in the famine years of the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, the wages of 10 cents a day, and the payment is made on a daily basis, is definitely something that these disaster victims would never dare to think about.
The victims were immediately excited and shouted long live the disaster.
"Long live the court, long live His Majesty the Emperor!"
"Long live the court, long live His Majesty the Emperor!"
"It's great. With such a good thing, we can get through this famine year."
"We go to work around the capital, and we earn ten cents a day. How can we spend so much on food, drink, and toilet for a day, and there is still a surplus.
In the past, when we cultivated those fields and paid the taxes, there was no surplus. We still had to pay for the famine.
It's better now. The imperial court implements the method of apportioning people into acres. Those of us who have little land and no land do not need to pay much tax.
It was converted into treasure notes and collected. We just went to work for the court. After receiving the wages, couldn't we pay taxes directly? "Good thing, good thing!"If I want such good things to happen every day, I will go there every day. "
Everyone was talking like this, but there were also some rogue gangsters who lazily said: "Hey, yo, you still think this is a good thing? Do you still think that the imperial court is taking advantage of you?The court is lying to you! "
Some people were puzzled: "Xu Laoer, what do you mean by this?"
"Yes, tell me clearly. Why did the imperial court lie to us?"
The imperial court pays us wages so well, are you still dissatisfied? "
Then Xu Laoer said calmly, "Are you stupid? As I said, the money was donated by the rich people in the capital. It was originally meant to be given to us. It was originally meant to provide us with disaster relief."
Why do you want us to work before you give it to us?
They should give us ten cents a day without us having to work.
We are disaster victims, so there is no reason to let the disaster victims work. "
That's what I 's really high-sounding.
As soon as I said it, someone immediately pointed at me.
Xia Yuanji was watching from above, and the magistrate of Lishui County beside him had a pale face.
Who would have thought that such a shameless thing would happen to the people under his rule.
It's obviously a good policy and it obviously allows you to support yourself, yet you're still here to pick and choose.
Is it a good policy to have people chew it up and then feed it into your mouth?
Not as long as you move your hands.
This kind of person is really ignorant.
Even the magistrate of Lishui County quickly apologized to Xia Yuanji, "Mr.
Xia Yuanji was young, but he was used to seeing high-ranking officials in the capital, so he was very humble. He waved his hand, "No, no, no, Mr. He, you are serious. The forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. This kind of people are commonplace.
There are always some people who are dissatisfied with their desires, so you don’t have to worry so much. Just watch, the shameless gentlemen below will not give him a good look. "
After Xia Yuanji finished speaking, sure enough, there were many big men below who directly scolded him.
"Xu Lao Er, you really can't even get a wife. Who would want to be with someone like you? It's just a lazy job. Now the court has given me such a good job and asked me to wait and work around the capital for wages.
Isn’t it better than being treated as a beggar by others’ charity?
You are willing to lie there and bask in the sun every day, and then others throw money at you, and you are happy.
People need face and trees need bark, but the court did not care about us when we suffered a disaster. Our county magistrate also called on wealthy businessmen from the surrounding areas to donate food to us for a few days, so that we did not starve to death.
Ying Tianfu took out the quilts and cotton clothes prepared for the officers of the guard station and covered us with them. We didn't let us freeze to death. The court has done its utmost to be benevolent.
Now even more so when we are asked to do some work and we are paid. For such a good thing, you still have to be picky.
Do you have to ask the court to give you free food and free drinks and free money to give you a wife?Can you stop being so shameless? "
"You're right, I would rather work and make a living with my own skills than wait for others to give me charity.
We people are poor but have ambition. We don’t live as well as others, but we can’t lag behind others in ambition. You have no shame, but we have shame.
We don’t want others to give alms like beggars. We are willing to use our own hands to earn money based on our own abilities, so that the money can be spent cleanly and reliably. "
Many people raised their hands and said, "Master Xia, you are right, we are willing to go.
I heard that there are still shantytowns nearby for us to settle in, right? "
After listening to the criticism from the people below, Xia Yuanji felt much more comfortable.
This is what I think about the people, and the people repay me with fine wine.
Xia Yuanji answered loudly: "Don't worry, everyone, the imperial court has vacant all the collapsed buildings around the capital that were originally used to temporarily store goods for traders.
Everyone has a place to live, and no matter how many people come there, the court will take care of it.
You can even bring your family along with you.
I don’t believe that your daily wages can be eaten in one day. With the remaining wages, you can go to the capital to listen to the opera and see the beautiful scenery on the Qinhuai River;
You can go to Confucius Temple to experience the character of scholars. "
After Xia Yuanji finished speaking, the people immediately jumped for joy.
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At the same time, all the major wine shops and teahouses in the capital were talking about it.
What are you talking about?
Discuss the many laws implemented by the imperial court this time.
It is said that the leopard can be seen in the tube and the work can be understood by seeing the subtleties.
Since the imperial court has broken down the barriers between officials and traders, it no longer holds the prejudice that traders who leave the land and do nothing to cultivate are just idle people.
Although this alliance may only be a compromise for the sake of disaster.
But when Xia Yuanji, Shen Liqian and others were promoting it, they made it clear.
This time's exception may become the rule next time.
That is to say, the court has sent out a good signal.
The big guy before didn't trust the imperial court, which is why he felt that his life was not guaranteed.
The reason is the Guo Huan case, which resulted in the death and injury of most middle-class families in the world. Everyone is afraid of becoming a middle-class family.
After everyone has money, they hope that others will not know that they have money and that they can hide it.
But now it is different.
After the court released such a good signal.
They were immediately keenly aware that this time was a huge business opportunity.
With the influx of 5 to [-] people around the capital, how many business opportunities have they brought? They can calculate how many business opportunities will be created if 27 pounds of money is spent.
This time the court has already spoken.
The victims came to work as craftsmen, and their wages were paid every day. Even the building materials used in building roads, bridges, temples, altars, etc. were all purchased from private merchants.
There is no need to do it every year anymore, let the people in the producing area share it equally.
In this way, this business opportunity will become infinitely large.
How many people in the world are engaged in sand and gravel trading?
How many people are engaged in timber trading? How many people are in the paint business? How many people are in the transportation industry? This action is equivalent to a huge magnet, attracting all the tiny iron filings around it, able to bring them all together and drive countless industries.
There are only a few things they are talking about now.
One businessman said, “We now know that the imperial court has released good information, allowing all of us to participate.
But if the local government blocks us, we won’t be able to transport some things; The water transport yamen is stuck with us, how can we ensure profits? "
Someone answered: "There is no need to worry about this. I heard that another law will be implemented soon. I also heard from a clerk in the Ministry of Personnel.
He said that some laws are being formulated to relax restrictions for us traders.
I guess I will join Da Gao...
(End of this chapter)