From Chief to Ball

In the 34 years of the Chinese calendar, these workshop workers only made a collective noise once, and the reason for the noise was the charity decree promulgated in late spring.

With the promulgation of the decree and Yucheng's external publicity, many non-slave village populations ran to the vicinity of Onozawa. Although the number is not large for the time being, it has a tendency to increase day by day.

After the more than 3000 female slaves appeared, these workshop workers were very excited for a while, but then some rumors and anxiety began to spread among them.

The workshop in Yucheng is constantly growing, and the temporary extra people can be accommodated, but some of the workshop workers feel a deep sense of uneasiness.

There were also quarrels among Zezhen and others, and now there are dozens of people from the original thirteen.After work, dozens of people discussed this seemingly irrelevant decree in a dark corner, and finally quarreled.

Some people support it, and the reason for supporting it is that they were originally slaves too.After the last successful rebellion, they liked their current status very much, at least they were human beings rather than slaves.So they hope that more slaves can escape here and get rid of the fate they once wanted to get rid of.

He even suggested that he would secretly leave Yucheng and go to those towns to encourage slaves to flee, and suggested that everyone collect some money to buy a batch of grain and hide it on the road after all, so that everyone who escapes here will not starve to death on the road .

He planned to build several cabins, stock them with food, and keep a few people behind, as a secret way to freedom.

Some people support it, and naturally some people oppose it, otherwise those people would not quarrel.

Some of the first thirteen people objected, not only did they not support the plan to build wooden houses to allow more people to flee here, but even opposed the charity decree itself.

They think very realistically. Their current status as a human is fought for. They have suffered from bloodshed and starvation. How many companions died when they fled from the city?What did those people do back then?But now you want to enjoy the same treatment as yourself?

And they think that as more and more people gather in Dayeze, it will be difficult for them to fight against Yucheng.Because if you don't do it, someone else will naturally do it, and the charity law will force those people to do it, which is much less than what you ask for. Then why do these people ask Yucheng to back down?

They didn't hate the law itself, they hated those who would rob them of their special status.

Dozens of people quarreled in the corner for a long time, one side was reality, the other side was ideal.Naturally, the defeat was a mess, only seven of the 57 people supported him, and the remaining 48 were against.

Ze didn't make a statement, he supported him in his heart, but he knew that once the current situation of unity was broken, all the people who followed him would have no support.

When He angrily proposed to split up with those seven people to do things alone, Ze scolded him and asked him that if he disagreed, he would split up, so what's the use of those original oaths?Does it mean that in the future, as long as we have different opinions, we will split up and work alone?What can you do alone?How much can the eight of you make up even if you pool your money?

"A chopstick is easily broken, and a bunch of chopsticks are hugged into a ball. The people of Xiacheng say these things all day long. Haven't you heard of it? Dozens of us are going to do big things. We have to have a head, we have to have a direction. A goal. What is the head? The head is the brains of the people, and the head is the head that thinks for the majority."

"People are not the same, and their ideas will definitely be different or even contradictory. What should we do at this time? Separate? Or decide to do one thing after discussion? Those who object, should they leave? Let me say, no! Object, You can object, but if you object and everyone still disagrees, then swallow your objection in your stomach, not only can’t say it, but you have to do the things you object to.”

"Only in this way can we do great things, otherwise it is a pile of loose sand. Sand can be fired into hard refractory bricks, but if it is separated, it can be kicked away by children."

"Is this the only thing we are facing? No, we will face more in the future. It is because we have the same opinions on most things that we get together. The difference in one thing will Does it mean that all of our opinions are contradictory? It is also going to the distant Xiacheng, some people take a car, some ride a horse, and some take a boat, but the ultimate goal is not the same?"

Relying on his own prestige, and also relying on his inner feelings, he finally suppressed the dissatisfaction of those people, and he kept his head depressed and did not speak, but in the end he agreed when he was asked to do the work.

These people are the souls of the workshop workers, and some even use some means to go to the farm and mine, and they can always incite the most workshop workers.

So in June, the representatives of the elected workshop workers put forward their opinions to Chen Jian. If they did not agree, it might cause a turmoil.

The representatives told Chen Jian and Yucheng management very clearly: "We oppose the charity law."

Chen Jian clearly told them that they have no right to interfere with the rules, because this is Xia Cheng's rules and has nothing to do with the workshop, and they are not Xia Cheng people.

The workshop workers knew exactly what they were objecting to, so this time they had improved compared to the last time, and made some advances to prepare for bargaining.

Chen Jian was very happy that they made such an objection. Chen Jian already knew about it when they got together to discuss things, because someone came to inform them that night.

Chen Jian was delighted that the quarrel proved one thing: the thinking of these workshop workers had changed.

What they used to object to was the pyramid structure itself, but now what they object to is that they cannot be on the second-to-last layer of the pyramid.Because the ugly skin of the slave was replaced by Chen Jian, the change of mentality was not so tangled.

From ideal to reality, from opposition to compromise, and even regarded himself as the vested interest class of Yucheng Workshop, lost radicalism and became more conservative, no longer a spokesperson for the lowest level, but became the bottom of Yucheng The top beneficiaries - the bottom are now the unskilled and unorganized newcomers to the Charity Act.

So from the moment they began to oppose the charity decree, Yucheng had four political forces.

The first group of outstanding people from Xiacheng who had numerous slaves were the beneficiaries of slavery and pseudo-slavery in workshops.They opposed these Yucheng workshop workers becoming Xiacheng people.

The workshop workers who first worked in Yucheng opposed slavery and were dissatisfied with their current economic status, but they were interdependent with Yucheng.They opposed the oppression of the first group of old Chinese, but they also opposed the joining of a new group of runaway slaves who had nothing.

Those low-level non-management Xiacheng people are the ruling class, but they work with those workshop workers on weekdays, and they can't help but feel sympathy in their hearts. At the same time, if the system is changed, it will have the least impact on them.They eat and drink enough, have sympathy for the lower class, but are extremely opposed to the violent resistance of the lower class, unwilling to change the current situation, but hope to make the life of the workshop workers who work with them better without affecting their own lives. promote.

As well as the final leadership headed by Chen Jian and the completely out-of-production army and cutting-edge nobles, what they consider is not the current interests, but the future war, and some people even blindly follow Chen Jian.

As for the remaining people, such as Ye and Ji Song, who are too idealistic, they are a minority. They do not have the space and material conditions to realize their dreams, so they can be ignored.

Originally, there was a balance between these four forces, because it also involved many problems in Xiacheng. Except for the full-time army, the main force of Xiacheng's army was still composed of slave owners and civilians, and civilians were easily influenced by those powerful people. .

Originally, those workshop workers just opposed but did not compromise, nor did they show where their stand was, to overthrow the Yucheng system?Or compromise with the Yucheng system and become a vested interest?

Now when they clearly express their attitude, this balance is about to be broken, because there are now a group of people in Yucheng, a group of people who are bound to Yucheng, and will stand by their side when necessary people.

As a test, Chen Jian did not argue too much with this group of people, but after discussing with half of the members of the council, he proposed a resolution that would not affect the interests of the old nobles of Xia City for the time being.

Three days later, Chen Jian’s reply to the representatives of the workshop workers was: “It is absolutely impossible to revoke the charity decree, but a new decree will be introduced. From the first day of July, only those who have worked in Yucheng for more than three years are eligible to enter the smelting, dyeing and dyeing industry. Spinning and other important workshop departments."

The workshop workers agreed to this answer after discussion. Three years is enough for them to widen the gap in labor efficiency with those newcomers.

The old people in the council did not object to this decree. They had already seen the benefits brought by the workshop group, and they also understood the losses caused by the suspension of work. They did not realize Chen Jian’s sinister intentions—this decree cooperates with the charity decree. A special class has been created, which supports Yucheng, but absolutely opposes the old nobles.

This group of people is powerful, especially under Chen Jian's deliberate connivance and instigation.

At the end of August, with the joy of another victory in the struggle, this group of workshop workers completed an additional condition after last year's struggle. A team of nearly a thousand people could understand the sound of drums to move forward and back.

Due to the reason of working together on weekdays, the coordination and cooperation between them are very good and the discipline is very strong.Because they eat, sleep, listen to the whistle and go to work together, their obedience is also very good.

It's not like Xiacheng didn't have such soldiers. For example, when Chen Jian liberated a group of slave peasants during the battle against Xirong, they were allowed to break away from their status as slaves and count their merits with their heads.

But those slave soldiers were more than brave but not disciplined enough. They fought bravely on the battlefield, but they collapsed easily, and sometimes they had to charge ahead and disrupt the formation.

Yucheng's full-time black army doesn't like that kind of soldiers. As chariot cavalry and shock troops, they prefer spear phalanx soldiers who can stabilize the front line. Strong workshop worker.

Since the establishment of the full-time army in Xiacheng, the tactical line pursued has always been confrontation between the front lines. When the front line is anxious, the full-time soldiers will complete the attack, and tear the opponent's front line at a certain position, causing a complete rout.

Stylized and boring tactics, nothing tricky, but also simple and easy to understand.Every time the opponent sees and knows where the weakness is, it is nothing more than smashing the opponent's shield before the spear pierces him, so that Xiacheng collapses first, but it is a bit difficult to do.

After watching the drills of these workshop workers with Chen Jian, the soldiers in black don't like to hand over their backs or flanks to those slave soldiers who are quite fanatical but not durable. It may take away their merits, but it can also make them feel at ease.

But they didn't say anything. The group of workshop workers made it clear that they would never go out of Yucheng to fight until they obtained the status of Chinese nationals.This is not something that the Black Army can participate in the decision.

Chen Jian didn't say anything to the people in the army, but fulfilled his promise to the workshop workers, allocated a sum of money from the public property as the money for those workshop workers' children to study part-time, and subsidized those selected from the workshop workers. of people complete part-time study for education.

The struggle that started last winter has not come to an end until now, and the workshop workers also made Chen Jian's refusal last year meaningless.

At that time, Chen Jian said that they were not qualified to be Chinese, because they did not know how to fight in the most basic way, but now at least they can stand up straight and understand the sound of drums to advance and retreat.

At that time, what they opposed was the rules and regulations of Yucheng Xiacheng, but now they only opposed the rules and decrees that were not good for them, but they no longer opposed Xiacheng itself.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that I am one step closer to being qualified as a Chinese.

Chapter 10 Six moments in 34 years ([-])

It was the end of August, which was autumn, when the workshop workers were one step closer to being Chinese.