"Good." After listening to Wen Yuan's words, Yun smiled and praised. Although Wen Yuan's ideas were not exactly the same as his, they were much better than those in previous years. What pleased him most was Wen Yuan's way of thinking about the problem.
It was entirely a ruler's thinking, not a scholar's. At this time, Wen Yuan was worthy of the position of crown prince.
"If a son dares not be praised by his father, his thoughts must be inappropriate," Wen Yuan said.
"It can't be said that it's inappropriate." Yun said: "My father has the same idea when it comes to dealing with people who open factories. He must beat them and beat them reasonably and legally according to the Ming Law."
Although according to one book, 'The bourgeoisie has played a very revolutionary role in history... The bourgeoisie has revealed that the barbaric use of human power, which was highly praised by the reactionaries in the Middle Ages, was accompanied by extreme laziness.
Supplementary. It was the first to prove what human activities can achieve. It created miracles that were completely different from the Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts and Gothic churches. But Yun was the ruler of a feudal empire.
He has to consider the maintenance of his own rule and that of future generations. If capitalism is not the general trend in the future, he will not encourage the development of industry and commerce. But even so, he will not completely favor the bourgeoisie. Encouraging the development of industry and commerce in normal times is one thing.
It's another thing to bang when the negative impact they cause is too great.
"As for the treatment of craftsmen, my father is slightly different from you." Yun added: "Of course, the craftsman who kills will be sentenced to death. My father will also pardon the death penalty and change it to exile; I will also order the guild to pay compensation. But my father still has to pay the penalty."
There is one way to encourage them to transform into factory owners or mechanics."
"Encourage them to transform into factory owners or mechanics?" Wenyuan asked in confusion: "Father, let's not talk about whether they are willing to become mechanics; even if they want to become factory owners, how can they be able to do so if they want to?
The price of land, the price of machinery, the price of a large amount of raw materials, and the wages of mechanics are all expenses that cannot be afforded by ordinary craftsmen."
"Of course. So my father's idea is to let them voluntarily form a joint venture. Several families can use their own yards as venues. The joint venture families can work as mechanics and open small workshops. This way, there is no need to
Provide money to buy land and pay for machinists to work."
Yun continued: "Of course, because craftsmen have not made much money in the past few years, most people cannot afford machines with their savings alone, so my father plans to lend them money from the court, no, from the bank head office of the bank."
, the interest rate is lower, allowing them to open small factories. In this way, the difference between them and large factories is that large factories can lower prices due to large quantities of goods purchased, while small factories cannot lower prices. But they do not need to do extra work as machinists.
If you have money, you will be more motivated to work for yourself, and you will have enough money left over to be able to support yourself."
After hearing these words, Wen Yuan had other doubts in his heart, but he did not say them out and continued to listen to his father's teachings. Yun continued: "The third is to promote the organization of labor unions among machinists."
"A trade union is an organization formed by people in the same profession similar to a guild. You have also been to the dock, and you should know that the dock coolies, or better known as workers, are organized into a guild. The dock workers' guild is usually led by people and
Merchants who transport goods negotiate prices and ask for more remuneration, so that all workers who join the guild can benefit. Naturally, the workers also have to put part of their wages into the guild, in addition to the remuneration for the leader
, if a worker is sick and cannot work and has no savings, he can also get money from the company for medical treatment and food. The union in my father's idea is an organization similar to the dock workers' guild. In this way, the mechanics can
Negotiate with the factory owner to get more remuneration; it can also increase the cost of the factory and allow more craftsmen to breathe."
"However, the reason why the dock workers' guild can be organized is because the dock workers are all strong and strong men. They can use their physical strength to exclude workers who do not join the guild. Anyone who dares to accept work for less money will be beaten.
, beat this person until he cannot take care of himself, and then he can negotiate with the merchants for prices. The mechanics in the silk reeling factory or textile factory are all women, how can such a thing be done?" Wenyuan couldn't help but said.
His feelings about the dockworkers' guild are very complicated. On the one hand, the guild helps workers get more wages, and helps them with medical treatment and food when they are sick, which is good for workers; from the perspective of the ruler, so many people can strengthen their health.
A strong man will not only have enough to eat for himself, but his family will also be able to live well, so they will not cause trouble, and it is also good for the court. But on the other hand, the guild is very exclusive to individual workers who do not join the guild, and they dare to charge less.
The person who took over the job with money was even beaten to death. He could be called a bully and bully, and he hated it very much.
"My father naturally knows the evil things done by the dockworkers' union." Yun certainly knows this. The world's trade unions were first organized by heavy manual laborers, such as dockworkers, coal miners, construction workers and steel plant workers.
Dock workers bully the market, ostracizing or even beating individual workers who do not join the union; miners, construction workers, and steel mill workers go on strike collectively to fight for higher wages, and beat anyone who dares to go to work without listening to the union. This is common. They even
Fighting with the factory owner's guards was very common in the union movement in the 18th and 19th centuries. An important reason for the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 was that Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and other Eastern ethnic groups rarely participated in strikes.
The low wage requirements made the middle and lower classes in the United States extremely resentful of Orientals, even more so than black ink. Before the Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted, there had been many attacks against Chinese or Orientals, and a single Oriental left his ethnic gathering area.
, you may not be able to go back alive.
But even so, Yun also agrees with the trade union movement. Faced with rich and powerful factory owners who collude with powerful officials, individual workers are helpless and have no way to resist the oppression of factory owners. The only way is to unite.
.From the perspective of the imperial court, workers can usually organize to resist oppression. Although it will affect social stability, it will not cause much trouble, let alone affect the stability of the political power. Waiting until they can't bear it anymore and then rise up to resist, then it is not
It is no longer a question of how many people died, but a flood of blood, the destruction of the country and the destruction of the family, and even the overthrow of China.
Therefore, "Although the dock workers' guild also does evil things, in my opinion, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Especially when the guild deals with individual workers, it is for the sake of the workers in the guild and for the sake of its own people, and it should not be harshly criticized."
