"Your Majesty, the Song Dynasty's envoy is approaching Nanjing Road. Is it necessary..."
The subordinate officer also made several gestures on his neck with his hand.
That's it. Daliao's habit of using violence to solve problems is deeply ingrained, but is Daliao's force really still useful to the Song Dynasty now?
In the early years, when there were five thousand cavalry troops stationed at the border, the entire border defense line of the Song Dynasty would become tense, even if every tree and grass were covered with soldiers. But now, even the garrison in Xiongzhou only lists chariots for confrontation.
I heard that the commander-in-chief of Song Guoan's army was actually still busy tracking down the escaped craftsmen!
"Do you think killing the Song envoy will change His Majesty's decision? The focus is still on His Majesty Daliao! Forget it...how many will come back?"
"Back to your Majesty, as of yesterday, there were seventeen craftsmen who had returned to the palace. It's just that... I've asked my officials, but no one knows the secrets of each industry."
"In the workshops of the Song Dynasty, non-master craftsmen are not allowed to have access to secret techniques. Furthermore, the workshops of the Song Dynasty are said to be assembly line operations. Different craftsmen are only familiar with the parts they operate, and it is difficult to be familiar with the entire production process."
It started operations three years ago. Hundreds of people were dispatched, but only a few came back.
Yelu Yixin was very depressed.
Wu Zhizhong was very happy.
The mission had considered that it would be intercepted along the way. The credentials had already been sent to the country through the channels of the Imperial City Division. However, their mission now had no baggage and was simply returning all the way.
"The border is open?"
When the envoy arrived at the border, it was completely different from what it was when the envoy was sent there. It was back to the situation where only the merchants and inspectors were stationed, and the soldiers of the imperial court had withdrawn from the border.
"Your Majesty, the border is indeed open."
"well!"
The border was opened, which meant that the imperial court had received the credentials, which also meant that the imperial court recognized the mission's actions. Wu Zhizhong was even beaming with joy.
There is no need to continue closing borders.
At this time, the Ministry of War, the Privy Council, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Gongfang City, the Supervisory Yamen, and the Municipal Yi Yamen formed a large-scale inspection team in Hebei Province.
Not only is it evaluating the start-up of workshops in Hebei Province, but it is also supervising the arrest of escaped craftsmen in the prefectures and counties of Hebei. Of course, the court is not just supervising. At the same time, there are experts from the Criminal Division and the Yamen of the Criminal Department in each state capital.
support.
The Privy Council even mobilized generals who were good at tracking from the army and arrived in Hebei.
In just three to five days, nearly 90% of the escaped craftsmen were recovered. According to Gongfang City's judgment, even if all those who fled returned to Beiliao, there would be no impact.
How should I describe this? This time the so-called escape of craftsmen was mixed with many strange things. It was not only the refugees from the Northern Liao Dynasty who fled, but also people with registered residence in the imperial dynasty...
This is also the reason why every workshop city in Hebei Province is facing a formidable enemy.
There are tens of millions of people of all kinds in this world, and all kinds of stories have been staged. The ultimate reason is nothing more than a matter of interests between the workshop owners and the employees.
The employment relationship occurred very early, and historical records indicate that it had appeared individually in the late Spring and Autumn Period. In terms of employment relationships in the Guo Dynasty, Zhao Xi seems to be relatively advanced, and most of them are a form of mutual employment, that is, in the employment relationship, there are
A certain degree of equality.
Of course, it is impossible to emphasize equality in this era, and there is no such environment.
Therefore, Zhao Xi has not made any additions or restrictions on the employment relationship since the country promoted industrial development, and he completely allowed his own development.
Zhao Xi's first consideration is development, that is, promoting industrial development throughout the country to inspire folk wisdom and promote the development of crafts or technology through the workshop industry.
This was Zhao Xi's initial purpose, an idea based on the regular employment relationship between the country and the dynasty.
But after the real industry developed in the country, things became different.
Although the relationship between employers and employees is not completely antagonistic, they each have their own demands. The employer, that is, the workshop owner, pursues interests, while the employees' demands are treatment. At this point, the two parties are in conflict.
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The large-scale expansion of industries has led to fierce competition among similar products in both countries, forcing those workshops that were unable to improve their craftsmanship to squeeze out hired labor in order to obtain more profits.
The Song Dynasty was not actually an era of diligence. Laziness and hedonism seemed to dominate. From the princes in the court to the traffickers and soldiers, they all pursued a leisurely pursuit.
In such a general environment, conflicts between employers and employees inevitably occur.
Looking at the reports from multiple departments on the Hebei Province craftsmen's escape incident, Zhao Xi was also confused.
The fugitives in Beiliao are easy to deal with. It is nothing more than extending the period of slavery, or continuing the status of those fugitives as enslaved. It doesn't matter, everyone agrees, even Zhao Xi accepts it.
But what about the people of the Song Dynasty? How to deal with it? Although in essence, the flight caused tension in Hebei Province and even the entire country, and even involved the relationship with the Northern Liao Dynasty.
In fact, these employees were just expressing their demands in the most primitive way... The idea was to take advantage of the opportunity, but they made the wrong move.
"Fullness breeds greed!"
Zhang Dun's assertion is either correct or incorrect. It depends on which angle you interpret it.
From the standpoint of the workshop owner, the workshop provides employment opportunities for the people and generates other income besides land, which improves the lives of the employees. From this point of view, it is true that these employees are ignorant.
From the perspective of an employee, after the goal of providing food, clothing, and improving life was achieved, he felt that his work was onerous, and he began to have other ideas.
Zhao Xi's position should be the most confusing.
In terms of class, Zhao Xi should also be from the perspective of herdsmen, but in terms of responsibilities, the king is the only role in this era that considers the people.
The three views formed by later generations also made it impossible for Zhao Xi to consider issues completely from the perspective of the scholar-official class. However, reason told Zhao Xi that he could not leave the scholar-official class aside... This is reality.
"From a factual point of view, the workshops in Hebei Province are indeed a bit excessive..."
Wang Anshi is an official who has never lost his true heart.
"I'm afraid that this kind of incident is not limited to Hebei Province, but does it also happen in other state capitals of the country? It's just that because Hebei Province borders on Beiliao, there was another incident of craftsmen fleeing. The craftsmen were bewitched and exposed.
That’s all.”
Lu Huiqing has judgment in this regard. From the barter situation in various states on Shiyi's side, he can generally tell whether the craftsmanship has been innovated or whether the craftsmanship originally purchased from the workshop city has continued.
Different workshops, different scales, different shipments and trading volumes can give you a rough judgment.
For the same product, if the number of employees and scale are similar, the volume of shipments can illustrate the workshop's contribution to innovation.