First Minister of Ming Dynasty

Is this a brain problem?

Indeed, one thing on the surface and another on the back, and the inside and the outside are not the same, so there is naturally a problem.

But behind this question, can you analyze something, can you see a deep-seated purpose?

Zhang Ximeng wrote a conclusion: denying the value of people.

At least deny the value of half of the people.

To put it more bluntly, it is to make labor worthless, and to satisfy the pursuit of profit by squeezing labor costs.

Let's look back at agriculture for a moment.

Men farm and women weave, farm and study heirlooms, regard women as accessories, unable to support the family, unworthy of owning and inheriting property...why is this?

Zhang Ximeng has already analyzed it before, because only in this way can a man be held back by a family wife and children, and then a family be tied down.

Bind all labor to the land.

Then perform unlimited intensive farming on the land.

There seems to be no problem with intensive cultivation and increased production.

Isn't that great?

But the question is how many times the labor force is used to increase the grain production by [-] to [-]%. Is this business worthwhile?

What is it called?

Isn't it just introversion!

Why do you want to involve desperately... because the land is limited and the population is expanding. In comparison, labor is far less valuable than land.

The gentry and landlords who have mastered the land naturally want to maximize the profits of the land resources in their hands, and in turn, suppress artificially to an outrageous level.

Only in this way can farmers work hard all year round, and in addition to meeting the basic rations, other outputs are given to the landlords.

They will even take away [-]% to [-]% of the output of a piece of land, making it difficult for the family to maintain and not have enough to eat... And to this point, women have to knit women's reds day and night, embroider and sew, and exchange a little income to supplement the family.

Children at the age of a few years will go to herd cattle and sheep, and work for the landlord. The whole family will strive for a better life for the landlord.

Zhu Yuanzhang has a deep understanding of this point, after all, he has lived this kind of life since he was a child.

Zhang Ximeng explained the truth clearly, and Zhu Yuanzhang naturally felt the same way. This is why Lao Zhu insisted on equalizing the land, suppressing the powerful and attacking the gentry with heavy hands.

So here comes the question, is this the case with agriculture, but is it also the case with industry and commerce?

Let Zhang Ximeng say it, I'm afraid the problem will get worse.

To what extent has the cost of labor been suppressed, especially the cost of female workers?

The loom that can spin 64 silk threads at a time has no vitality.

A hydraulic loom is no match for manpower.

Although there are various reasons and reasons, many have been mentioned above.

But in the final analysis, it’s not that people are too cheap, and labor is worthless, just pile up manpower.

Silk, porcelain, and all kinds of handicrafts are all spared no expense to be exquisite.

One by one, the craftsmen rolled up the gods to bursting.

What is the use of these things?

Of course, after a hundred years later, the descendants will be amazed after seeing it, and it can be placed in a museum as a treasure of the town hall, and a few more entrance fees will be charged.

But what's next?

Can the country become rich and the people strong, help the country, beat barbarians violently, and achieve prosperity?

It seems that it is really not good, the manual workshop, no matter how involved it is, it cannot be compared with the industrial machine.

Regarding Han Xiuniang's case earlier, some people said that women are not allowed to come out to do things.

Now in the workshops in Suzhou, it is even more against the law to let women manage the textile workshops.

Whether it is agriculture or industry, women are trying their best to exclude women, and officialdom is no exception.

If you ask these people what they think, the competition is already so fierce, what's the point of adding half of the people to snatch it?

Also, with so much land and so many products, what's the use of releasing productivity?

Can you still go outside to grab it?

Even if you go to grab it, can you win?

After sorting this out, the corners of Zhang Ximeng's mouth turned up, revealing a helpless smile, "Since the Anshi Rebellion, Zhao Song's successive defeats have left a huge shadow on the land of the Central Plains!"

The land of the Central Plains, the people of China, cannot continue to be extremely introverted as if they want to destroy people. It is time to hold your head high and hold the world in your heart!

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established, Fang Guozhen was dispatched overseas, and Suzhou's textile industry was added... One piece after another fell on the chessboard, and the overall situation of the world was also quietly changing.

Zhang Ximeng finished writing this article years ago and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.Undoubtedly, he got Lao Zhu's approval again.

"Sir, this pen is really writing the Ming Dynasty's politics for the next 30 years!" Lao Zhu said with a smile: "With this article, is it possible that we will build a more extensive territory than the Great Yuan Dynasty, and a more prosperous and prosperous age than the Han and Tang Dynasties? Then there is a basis to follow?"

Zhang Ximeng smiled reservedly, and said calmly: "My lord's false praise, I'm ashamed and dare not take it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly, "Okay! That's great! Speaking of which, female workers in Suzhou are the key to making our country rich and strong!" Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while, then picked up a pen and wrote on the red paper: Skillful Women.

Then he said: "Send it to Suzhou quickly, and give it to them before the year, so that it can be hung outside for everyone to see!"

Chapter 542 The Strongest Catfish Effect

Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that apart from Zhang Ximeng, no one is not interested in Zhu Yuanzhang's imperial brush.Even though our old Zhu became a monk halfway through, and even though our calligraphy is not at the top, just the word "Yubi" is enough to dazzle most people's eyes.

Zhang Ximeng doesn't care, it's because what he writes can stand up to Lao Zhu, and even ask Zhang Xiang to write a letter for you, which will last forever.

And if Lao Zhu writes it, it is only used in this dynasty.

From this point of view, Zhang Ximeng did have the money to look down on Lao Zhu, a stinking emperor, what's the point of running into our house?

But apart from Zhang Ximeng, no one had the confidence.

Especially in Suzhou, it wasn't long before the annexation, and people's hearts were still not stable. A handwriting from Yingtian's imperial pen really shocked the whole city.

On the night of the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, it was delivered to Shen Rulan.

Before dawn, people actually gathered outside her house, just wanting to see the legendary imperial brush and get some good luck.

It was just waiting until the sky was bright, Shen Rulan's in-laws came out, saw these folks, and told them directly, don't wait, they didn't take it home at all, and put it directly in the workshop.

workshop?

How can such a terrible thing be put in the workshop?

"Brother Fang, you have to take care of your daughter-in-law. If you have good things, you can't take them outside. Keep them at home and treat them as family heirlooms!"

Before she finished speaking, the old lady grabbed the broom and came out of it.

"It's too much horse urine soup, and you came to our house to tell the truth! You are such a coward! Don't just look at our daughter-in-law to make a fortune, and come to make trouble, tell you, we women don't eat this set!"

The mother-in-law who dared to feel Shen Rulan turned out to be a fierce one, chasing this group of people and fleeing in embarrassment, until she ran out of the street, and returned triumphantly like a victorious general.

"Old man, don't stand around stupidly, hurry up and prepare the New Year's Eve dinner, our family will have a good New Year's Eve!"

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On the other side, at the entrance of the workshop, a golden imperial brush was hung, and there were more than a thousand people surrounding this side.

The big guys were pointing and talking.

This is amazing!

Craftsman.

Yubi admits that even with this signboard, the royal imperial seal will be able to eat and drink without worrying about it in the future.

"Sister Shen, your silk emperor has agreed, you can't sell it casually in the future. It must be ten times, this is a royal thing!"

With the royal affirmation, you can increase the price and make more money.

It is equivalent to becoming a god, and all the craftsmen in Suzhou are staring at it with envy.

Since then, they have had nothing to worry about.

It's just surprising that Shen Rulan wasn't very happy, and even worried.

She called all the weavers together, and on the last day of the year, they discussed how to go about the future!

With His Majesty's approval, it's like reaching the sky in one step. From now on, we don't have to worry about anything.

"Someone has already told me that we only need to weave a few hundred bolts of silk every year. In addition to supplying the palace, there are also high-ranking officials. Yubi, we can all live a peaceful life."

Isn't this a good thing?

But from Shen Rulan's tone, it was obvious that she was not that happy. What was she worrying about?

"It's nothing, I just always thought that our business will grow bigger, and we will hire more female workers to make the business bigger. But if we do it this way, we don't have to do anything, just sit there and count the money. "

There is actually a good thing that you can earn money while sitting without much work.

Do you still hesitate?

The female workers not only hesitated, but also spent an entire afternoon discussing this matter.

The conclusion is that it is not possible!

Half of our workshops belong to the imperial court, and there are still so many female weavers in Suzhou City. Only by expanding our business can we be worthy of the imperial court's investment and hire more workers.

The craftsman's line of less but better is not their choice.

In other words, they also need exquisite silk and satin, but not at the expense of efficiency.

"Take a break tonight. Tomorrow morning, the first day of the new year, come with me. Let's go door to door, visit Sannong, and negotiate a good price with them! We're going to have a big fight!"

No one expected that a group of women would not be idle on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and went to the countryside one after another to meet the mulberry farmers who sold them raw silk.

First thank Sang Nong for his generous help in the past, and then tell them about the matter of the emperor's imperial pen... Then I asked the big guys, can we cooperate?

After all, it will be sent to the palace in the future, and the royal family will bring the goods, not only the artisan workshops, but also the mulberry farmers.

Having said all of this, let's save face, let's sign a contract, and this year's raw silk will be ours.

Basically no village can withstand this offensive.

Before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shen Rulan led the female workers to win contracts from more than 50 villages, securing a sufficient supply of goods at once.

"Sister Lan, your skills are really good! Those workshops are too lazy to die, but they will not move on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Let's act first and win this year!"

Shen Rulan chuckled, "Just winning is enough? I want to win a lot!"

"Big win?"

"That's right!" Shen Rulan gritted her teeth and said, "A while back, look at their swearing at each other, saying that we came from a brothel! After all, aren't they still afraid of us! After so many years, don't look at just working hard, they What do we not know about those methods! Buying high and selling low, colluding with each other, making big profits."

Shen Rulan chuckled lightly: "We don't need those tricks that don't make it to the stage, but let's be an upright, dignified teacher, and defeat those people!"

These female workers stared at Shen Rulan with admiration in their eyes, "Sister Lan, you are really good! You are really ruthless!"

Shen Rulan took a deep breath and said with a sneer: "There's no way, they forced us out! We have been beaten so much and suffered so much. It's so easy to be unprepared for everything. We're not looking for money , let's fight for it!"

The female workers nodded together.

That's right, I just want to fight for this breath, so that those who look down on me will be dumbfounded and their jaws will drop!

That being the case, what are you waiting for, get moving!

Before the first lunar month, the market in Suzhou is already full of rain and blood.

After finally avoiding Zhang Ximeng's butcher's knife, the merchants who did not become bamboo pole pendants were surprised to find that a lot of weavers were lost in just one Chinese New Year, especially those with outstanding skills, who suffered heavy losses.

The opponent seems to have been prepared for a long time, digging one accurately.

Most of the artisans who have been poached have some extraordinary skills, and some have more than one.As soon as they left, many key processes broke.

There are always various problems in silk reeling, silk weaving, and dyeing, and the silk produced is not as good as the original.

The quality of silk is not good, and the old partner who has been with me for many years can't maintain it anymore.

They complained one after another, and some people simply turned their backs on the dark side.

In the past, they came to the door early with money in their hands, put the money down, turned around and left, for fear that you would not accept it or deliver it to them... It is no longer possible, these people not only have to inspect the goods, but also let them guarantee the quality, how about In the past, people didn't want it, or discounted the purchase price.

No way, who made your things not work!