Chapter 1516 , people and dogs can't be fed too much
Scenes similar to those at the Jinling Cement Factory have been staged in the factory areas of Nanjing.
There were fierce conflicts between the workers who could not get their wages and some thugs and gangsters hired by the factory. Some people were beaten until their heads were covered with blood, and some were even beaten to death.
In some factories, the workers were too weak and ununited, and were bullied to death by the gangsters. Some people continued to work in the factories and endured this unfair experience, while others were kicked out of the factories directly.
I had no choice but to return to my hometown in the cold wind, planning not to work again next year.
Others were unwilling to be beaten despite not being paid, so they were planning to go to the government to report to the government for comment. Who knew that when they arrived at the government, they were beaten severely by the official again?
Give them a meal and tell them not to make trouble. If they make trouble again, they will be arrested directly on charges of gathering a crowd to make trouble, rebellion, etc.
The whole of Jinling should have been bustling with excitement in preparation for the Chinese New Year, and the workers should have been happily returning to their hometowns with their wages to celebrate the New Year.
However, at this moment, billowing smoke was burning everywhere in Jinling. In the streets and alleys, workers without wages could be seen wandering around everywhere, gathering together, and constantly crying to others about their miserable experiences.
"Not only did they not give us wages, we went to the factory to ask for money, and we were beaten by a group of gangsters. Several of us had our hands and feet broken, and we will all be disabled from now on."
"Those ruffians are really hateful and they only bully honest people like us."
"There are still people like this in the world. We have worked for them honestly for a year, but they don't pay us. They want us to continue working for them for another year. God knows if we won't be paid again.
, let us work for nothing for two years.”
"Is business not going well?"
"You don't know how good the business is in the factory. We can't even finish the orders. No matter how much cement we produce, there won't be enough to sell. How can the efficiency be poor?"
"Who is your boss? The Zhang family of Jinling~who else?"
"Then you have to be careful. This family is not an ordinary big family. Their family is deeply rooted and there are many people in the court. If the trouble continues like this, they might really let the officials take you.
Arrest them all."
"Catch him immediately. I don't believe there is no room for reason in this world."
"That's right, that's right, we have worked hard for a year, and now we don't have a penny. We can't even eat. It's freezing cold and we don't have a place to live. This is forcing us to think further.
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"Isn't that right~"
"We workers should unite and unite together. Only in this way can we let those black-hearted bosses know how powerful we workers are."
"Yes, yes, we should unite. I heard that they have taken over the Jinling Cement Factory. At least, we have a place to live here."
"Let's go, let's go, I'll contact Jinling Textile Factory, you go contact Zeng's Textile Factory, let's unite together and get the wages."
Workers wandering in the streets gathered together and discussed with each other. They learned that workers in some factories united as one and not only defeated the gangsters, but also occupied the factory. This immediately boosted the confidence of many workers and everyone started to
Start contacting and unite.
On the other side, on the Qinhuai River, on a large luxurious flower boat, there were singing and dancing birds, wine pools and meat forests, and many big factory owners, big gentry, big families, and big businessmen from Jinling City gathered together to enjoy a luxurious life.
"Are we going too far?"
Zeng Qing took a sip of wine, touched the beauty in his arms, looked in the direction of Jinling City, and said with some worry.
His family is a businessman family. They have opened several large factories in Jinling City, including cement factories, textile factories, carriage factories, etc., employing tens of thousands of workers, and the business is very good.
To be honest, he didn't really want to cause such a thing with everyone during the Chinese New Year.
The workers have worked hard for a year and they have earned a lot. It is time to pay the wages to the workers and give them some bonuses and so on, so that everyone can go back and have a good New Year.
But these big businessmen, big gentry, and big families in the Jiangnan area got together, and after everyone discussed it, they decided not to pay the workers during the Chinese New Year.
On the one hand, this is a way to get rid of the wages. Labor in the Ming Dynasty is not cheap. A worker earns at least five taels of silver a month, which works out to more than sixty taels a year.
There are 10,000 to 20,000 workers under his command, and millions of taels of silver will be distributed. If the money can be used, it will undoubtedly be a huge sum of money.
Nowadays, most factories do not pay wages on a monthly basis. They usually pay wages once a year. Some better ones pay wages once a quarter. Of course, there are also factories run by Yankees, trading houses, etc., which pay wages once a month.
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But most of the factories in Jiangnan only produce once a year.
Most of the workers don't have any objections to this, because they usually have food and accommodation in the factory, and there are relatively few places to spend money. If they need money, they can withdraw some.
If you make a payment this year, the money will still be in your account, and you won’t be afraid of being stolen. You can take it home together during the Chinese New Year.
Of course, wasting wages was only one of their goals. The real purpose was to find a way to drive away Wang Shouren, the chief envoy of Nanzhili.
When the imperial court began to levy commercial taxes, Wang Shouren was originally responsible for tax collection in Nanzhili, which made these merchants, factory owners, and business owners in Jiangnan very uncomfortable.
The Jiangnan area has always been the most opposed to commercial tax. Ever since Liu Jin reformed the tax system and introduced commercial tax, tax collection in Jiangnan has been very difficult.
They have always disliked paying taxes. What they like most is to engage in monopoly business. In the past, salt, grain, cloth, and tea were all almost monopolized by them, and they earned more than they imagined.
Commercial tax is very resistant and resistant.
Later, Wang Shouren was transferred to the south of the Yangtze River, and the tax collection work became orderly. However, this also offended the big businessmen, big gentry, and big families in the south of the Yangtze River.
Originally, everyone was trying to get Wang Shouren away, but who knew that not only was Wang Shouren not removed, but he also became the chief envoy of South Zhili.
Suddenly, Wang Shouren, who held great power, vigorously supported the tax collection work of the tax yamen in Jiangnan area, and at the same time vigorously rectified the officialdom in Jiangnan area.
This greatly stimulated the officials, big businessmen, big gentry and big families in the Jiangnan area. They thought hard and came up with such a way to get Wang Shouren away.
"Excessive?"
"We are not overdoing it. Wang Shouren is really overdoing it. The money collected by the imperial court does not go into his own pocket. Why is he fighting us so hard?"
"Humph, we just have to find something for him to do. As long as something happens, he will no longer be able to stay here in Nanzhili."
Next to Zeng Qing, Zhang Yuanting, the owner of Jinling Cement Factory, said nonchalantly.
"That's right, that's right~"
"When have we ever been as frustrated as we are now?"
"In the past, when we were engaged in the salt business, a lot of money came in a year, and we didn't need to pay any taxes. We gave it to the officials like you, hello, me, and everyone."
"It's good now. We do some small business and still have to pay taxes. We have worked hard for a year, but in the end we have handed over a lot of money to the superiors in vain."
Jiang Cheng also followed up and said that he was the initiator this time. His family owned several large factories and had tens of thousands of workers under his command.
"There are also those mud-legged people. In the past, as long as they had a mouthful of food to eat, I don't know how many people begged grandpa and grandma to do things for us."
"It's good now. We have to give them food and shelter. At the end of the year, we still have to pay them wages. Why?"
"Why do they take away our vain money?"
"That's good, that's good. Why should we just pay them wages, feed them, and give them shelter? We still need wages. Let's just dream."
"It's just those idiots from the Yankees who treat these workers like uncles and feed them food with both vegetables and meat. Is this what they eat?"
"They have spoiled the mud-legged people. We should treat these mud-legged people a little more harshly and make them poor. Only then will they really work hard for us. We will feed them too much and there will be some in their hands."
With more money, their demands will only increase, and people’s hearts will be dissatisfied.”
"I don't understand this at all. I really don't know how they make money by opening a factory."
Zhang Yuanting also praised.
"What do those Yankees know? This dog can't be overfed, otherwise it won't be obedient. The same goes for this man. From the top to the bottom, it's the same. They should be made short of money and lack of money.
Food, so that you can easily control them at the minimum cost."
Jiang Cheng also smiled to express his support, and pointed to the sky when he spoke. Everyone immediately understood what he meant, and they nodded and applauded.
"Come on, come on, drink, drink, drink, then have a good fight with the beauty for 300 rounds, this is life~"
Jiang Cheng laughed heartily when he saw that everyone was smiling, and immediately shouted even more happily.
But they don't know that at this moment in Jinling, the workers who were beaten for not getting their wages have become completely angry. The workers gathered together are like angry flames, and wherever they go, they quickly burn like raging flames.
, making the whole cold dynamic become hot and hot.
