It was also a celebration of merit and rewards at the New Year's Eve banquet, but the general's palace in Jinling was filled with joy. Except for some departments with poor performance, some frowning, and some second-ranked ones with raised eyebrows and raised eyebrows, the atmosphere was peaceful.
Bai Tu had just received the news from Chen Gong from Jingnan at this time. After that, Chen Gong would take Ten Thousand Mountains Yueqingzhuang to temporarily stay in Jingnan and wait until March before returning to Zhangling. This made Bai Tu
My confidence has also increased.
In contrast, Xu Du had just received the "good news" that the general's palace had defeated Fuyang and presented Yuan Yao to Shouchun. He was already a little restless, but he didn't know that Jingnan had also made progress!
Previously, the tribes in Shanyue were in internal turmoil due to the loss of their elite members, Hook Snake and Song Snake.
After the warriors from other tribes retreated like stragglers, each tribe began to covet the territories of Hook Snake and Ming Snake and Yue Ji. At this time, the remaining strength of the two tribes, let alone subdue other tribes, had difficulty even protecting themselves.
The two headhunters who stayed behind asked for help from the General's Mansion.
In order not to dishearten the advanced Shanyue groups who had "submitted their services" to the General's Mansion, Bai Tu had previously sent people to mediate, and even sent troops directly to the two tribes' bases, so the other tribes did not act rashly for a while.
At the same time, Bai Tu was also worried about Chen Gong for a while...
At this time, when he saw Chen Gong's report, Bai Tu was completely relieved. Not only was Chen Gong fine, but half of the elite troops from the two units were actually left.
In this way, Bai Tu will be more confident in Shanyue. After that... "the troops can be divided into two groups" - the women and children who lack the protection of young people, and the young people who lack logistics and leaders can all take advantage of the weakness... ahem,
It is a target for humanitarian relief.
The General Mansion sent troops to the Hook Snake and Ming Snake tribes as their "savior" and "pillar". Naturally, they could help them choose a new leader out of humanitarianism; on the other hand, Chen Gong was in Jingnan.
, is also the "savior" and "gold master" of the headless half of Shanyue's elite. Three months is enough for Chen Gong to completely win over them.
If three months is not enough, you can take them to seek revenge from the Snake Cultivating Department, adapt to Chen Gong's command, and then go home later - they are protected by the General's Mansion at home, so you don't have to worry!
When the remaining half of the Qingzhuangs who obey Chen Gongyan come back and join the main family who are very dependent on the General's Mansion, Ming She and Hook Snake can basically change their surnames to Bai, and the two can at least restore their basic vitality. The General's Mansion does not have to worry
, if you rashly intervene in the internal fighting in Shanyue, you will be trapped in the quagmire.
The Wuxi people have Samoko on one side, and the Song Snake and Hook Snake on the Shanyue side. The promotion of cultural integration is just around the corner.
As for the Snake Cultivators, the women and children who were left behind have all left the village and are hiding somewhere. After all, even the Shanyue people do not have complete control over the southern mountains.
The Snake Repair Department was obviously well prepared, and... Judging from some clues, they might even be approaching Lingnan, that is, the Jiaozhou area.
As for the elites led by Ling Wangkong, they were put into Jingnan by Mohuken before. Chen Gong and Shamoko didn't know what he was planning.
In addition to the Third Route Army that entered Jingzhou and the Navy that expanded sea routes, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry also brilliantly captured a lot of praise at the New Year's Day meeting.
Not to mention how many new gadgets the Ministry of Industry has come up with, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which is in charge of civil engineering, has built so many embankments, built so many bridges, cleared out so many river silts, built so many new keel waterwheels this year, and overturned...
They are all clearly displayed.
After all, every quarter, we have to go to the county to inspect the progress and evaluate the performance. Wanminshu and the like are not popular at all. After only actual performance is used as the criterion, it is obvious that there is still potential to be tapped in various places.
Of course, there is also the efforts of the Ministry of Revenue behind this. After all, only by spreading a lot of five baht money and food can all places be able to move.
It's just that a large part of the Ministry of Household's money and food comes from salt and iron, and a large part of the credit goes to the Ministry of Industry, so it doesn't look very eye-catching.
Also thanks to the Privy Council...
If the General Mansion maintains a very high military-civilian ratio like other princes, it is obvious that the people will not be able to spare the effort to do this.
In short, it started from the increase in grain production, to the utilization of the benefits of salt and iron, effectively collecting the capitation (salt) tax, ensuring that the general's government had money and grain, coupled with the increase in steel production, and the popularization of new equipment, the Privy Council was confident
By keeping the number of conscripts down, the people will not be weak due to overdraft of manpower...
During this period, the reserve force provided by the Ministry of Rites' talent selection examinations, the Talent Recruitment Hall, and even the township schools and county schools were also important guarantees.
Everyone worked together to squeeze out these canals, these dredging projects, and large areas of water trucks that are now used for irrigation and will be able to develop water power in the future, as well as those breeding cattle and meat pigs.
At the New Year's Eve banquet, Bai Tu even toasted and inscribed each part...but Wang Lang was a little autistic.
Wang Lang, who was left at the end, was not blamed too much, or...according to the performance evaluation system, Wang Lang's punishment department has been miserable enough this year, so there is no need to continue to blame him now.
On the contrary, Bai Tu recognized Wang Lang's innovative ideas and admitted that the current work of the Ministry of Justice was difficult, and also attributed the responsibility to himself for acting too hastily. At the same time, he disappointed some people. What is puzzling is that... Bai Tu finally fell into the "expectation" of Wang Lang.
"superior.
It can be regarded as a personal endorsement of Wang Lang's new law reform, supporting Wang Lang to continue to face difficulties, and especially mentioned the matter of the workshop.
Because Yangzhou, especially the two important hubs of Jinling and Shouchun, began to appear in large numbers, private workshops began to appear. Although the number of hired workers was still very small compared to farmers, and a large part of them were "part-time workers" during slack periods, but
It is indeed an expanding group.
Bai Tu also ordered the Ministry of Punishment to visit the workshops frequently, and new laws must be adapted to the new groups.
For example, we must have the courage to standardize working hours in the form of laws. A day must not exceed six hours, and the time off from work must not be less than two days a month.
In addition, regulations on the working environment of the workshop, as well as how to divide responsibilities in the event of illness or injury during work, must also be introduced and implemented as soon as possible.
They even went so far as to instruct the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to include the employment conditions of workshops as one of the criteria for cooperation inspections. For workshops that violate the core concept of "benevolent people love others", not only will the Ministry of Punishment sanction them, but they will also be pulled into the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry.
Ministry’s blacklist.
Maybe some people have some complaints about the general's "meddling". After all, the workshops now run by wealthy families. Most of the so-called employees are not hired, but are domestic slaves... It's just that the contract of sale is not used now.
It's just approved by the General's Office.
However, according to statistics from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, more than 70% of the productivity of workshops that appear to be blooming everywhere actually serves the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry.
Therefore, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry began to cooperate and control directly, and no one dared to bare their teeth, otherwise there would be no orders for workshops.
Of course, a large part of the reason is...
Rich families are different from modern Western capitalists. They need to connect with their fellow villagers to maintain their popularity.
They prefer to "kidnap" the villagers as a bargaining chip when they confront the government, absorb nutrients in a steady stream, and strengthen themselves, instead of relying on cooperation with the government, skinning and deboning the people, pursuing quick accumulation, and only those with popular popularity are worthy of peace.
The imperial court jointly governs the world, otherwise it is just a meal for the imperial court.
Except for a small number of hired refugees who will be treated as disposable consumables, whether they are domestic slaves or villagers, the desire of wealthy families to exploit them is not as crazy as that of capitalists.
As for the refugees in the Jiangjun Mansion, if their placement is not good, the number of those who will be held accountable is very small...
What the Ministry of Punishment has to do is just to prevent the slightest change. After all, if we let it go, changes will happen sooner or later. But now, it is not considered going against the trend. Although it will be disliked, it is not a huge resistance. It is not as good as Wang Lang
The current headache is the difficulty of reforming criminal prosecution.
"In the coming year, I will help you all to have a drink." Bai Tu raised his glass.