The north wind is cold.

Tianjin, which had snowed, was like a layer of silver, but the wisps of black smoke floating above it seemed so out of place.

"Chief Chen, are those people really going to parade?"

The new Tianjin General Lu Xiangjin leaned on the official hat and chair, looked at the busy Chen Yansheng, frowned and said, "Maybe they did have the suspicion of squirting public opinion and criticizing the government office, but it did not have any substantial impact on Tianjin, not to mention that they are all scholars, and many of them are still students.

If you really want to parade, you will have to come to the capital and let the censors and censors in the court know, I'm afraid you will be impeached continuously."

"Must parade!"

Chen Yansheng looked firm and looked up at Lu Xiangjin, saying seriously: "Things are not as simple as you think. They do these things so blatantly, how can they simply protest against Tianjin's opening of sea trade and planning to build government factories? It is clearly intended to let Tianjin go back to the past.

After all, there are a lot of fertile land in Tianjin under the name of these people. Nowadays, what Tianjin lacks the most is labor. This also forces many people with land under their name to win over those tenants, they have to reduce the corresponding share of tenant rent, otherwise the tenant will run away.

Faced with such losses, these diehards hated opening up sea trade, hated official factories, and hated labor-for-relief. After all, the more changes in Tianjin, the more they were damaged.

When dealing with these bad signs, our attitude must be tough.

If they take a step back, they will make them more unscrupulous. Not to mention anything else, no one knows whether there is any instruction from officials in the court behind these people."

"Zhen Zhizhou, I will be a little confused."

Lu Xiangjin showed doubts on his face and expressed his confusion: "It is clear that many changes promoted by Tianjin and many areas opened up, as long as they can participate, they can earn money.

But why are they unmoved?

It is obvious that these people have established business companies in private, but why do they show such hostility towards these new areas?"

After replacing Li Mingzhong as general in Tianjin and Lu Xiangjin came to Zhili Prefecture, Tianjin, he found that the situation here was far more complicated than he thought.

Although Lu Xiangjin had been to Tianjin several times before, they were all here for office work, but were attracted by the prosperity on the surface of Tianjin. He felt that Tianjin had changed a lot and did not notice the contradictions and conflicts hidden in secret. It was not that Chen Yansheng was in charge of all this, but I was afraid that there would be chaos in Tianjin long ago.

"The reason is very simple. They are afraid of change and resist change."

Chen Yansheng thought for a while and said firmly: "When Tianjin had not withdrawn the garrison and established a palace in the past, there were gentry, landlords, merchants, etc.

With those hereditary garrison officials, including the governor, general officer, military officer and other officials, they were able to use their so-called power to exploit and exploit the lower-class groups.

This overflowing power makes them enjoy this sense of superiority, and through this collusion between officials and gentry, officials and businessmen, they can obtain corresponding benefits and benefits.

To put it simply, they are like local emperors. They can take away the life and death of their families, and they can take over the land of their families."

Lu Xiangjin frowned.

As Chen Yansheng said, he initially saw a lot of people in Baoding Prefecture. Most of these groups who enjoy privileges were eaters and don’t vomit bones.

Especially when the disaster strikes, the bottom-level disaster-affected groups in the place are not even counted. These well-off groups will use all kinds of ways to force good people to prostitution, merge land, and issue usury...

When Daming Prefecture and other places were affected by disasters, Lu Xiangsheng was ordered to go to provide disaster relief and discovered many such situations. He also killed a group of people who were angry and resentful.

"But it's different now."

Chen Yansheng smiled and looked at Lu Xiangjin and said, "Tianjin has gradually made changes to open up many areas by opening up sea trade."

This makes local unsecured groups, including bankrupt people, wandering refugees, etc., as long as they are willing to contribute,

You can earn money to support your family in Hukou.

Not to mention anything else, the 37 official factories engaged in smelting opened in the counties under the jurisdiction of Zhili Prefecture in Tianjin have recruited more than 20,000 young and strong, which means that more than 20,000 households can eat and wear warm clothes.

The fields opened up in Tianjin are not just one area of ​​smelting, but also many areas involved, and there are many proletarian groups around these fields.

You said that these diehards are not enterprising and do not want to change. Faced with such a situation, are there any other ways for them to destroy the stable order in Tianjin?”

"I understand a little."

Lu Xiangjin nodded and figured out something: "These people miss the familiar style in the past. They don't know what to do when facing the new life and new changes born in Tianjin.

So they will try their best to stop all this. If this is the case, then these people will parade the streets."

"In fact, things are not that simple."

Chen Yansheng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said to Lu Xiangjin: "Tianjin Zhili Prefecture, compared with the entire Ming Dynasty, is an incompatible existence.

This is not what I said.

This is the tone set by the emperor.

Internal class contradictions should be viewed in opposition. In addition to this group of diehards, there are many other groups, and they all think about their own interests.

Even as the number of maritime merchants from various countries in Europe in the North Shanghai Trade continues to increase in Tianjin, some comprador groups that turn to these Western groups have emerged."

Lu Xiangjin: "…"

Lu Xiangjin didn't know what Chen Yansheng said, and the levels involved were obviously beyond what he could think about.

After all, Lu Xiangjin didn't know much about opening sea trade, official factories, etc. He had previously held a position in the Zhili Governor's Office, which was shared by the Tianxiong Army.

"Can't understand?" Seeing Lu Xiangjin like this, Chen Yansheng smiled and said, "What do you think of the official factories?"

Lu Xiangjin frowned and said, "Very good. These large-scale workshops controlled by the State Prefecture can help the State Prefecture do a lot of things and obtain corresponding resources."

"Did you ever think that for these emerging comprador groups, these are the existences that harm their interests?"

Chen Yansheng smiled and said: "In the past, our state did not have enough understanding of this level, but after experiencing some things, he completely understood it.

The world is full of prosperity because of profit. It is not easy for Tianjin to make changes today. The enemies and threats around it have never decreased, and they are even increasing."


Chapter completed!