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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 560: Primary Stage

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    Wang Kaiyun didn't understand what King Xi was doing. After Aliguo and Clifford left, he stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, King Xi, why did you suddenly agree to Aliguo's proposal to redeem people with money?"

    Xiao Yungui said coldly with a sinister look on his face: "One Li Zhong has lost all the elite soldiers and is already a dead dog. Killing him after the trial has no great meaning other than earning a few shouts.  ()Don¡¯t you think it¡¯s an intriguing thing in itself that Ali State sent 100,000 silver dollars just to redeem one person?¡±

    Wang Kaiyun thought for a while and nodded: "It is indeed very puzzling. Even if Wu Jianzhang of Shanghai Road had very little friendship with foreigners, in the end, the foreigners did not use money to redeem him. There must be something behind this matter."

    Xiao Yungui chuckled and said: "That's it. If I don't agree, how can the play continue? I want to see what tricks they can pull out if they ask Li Zhong to go out! It's not easy to let things go if they are hidden underground.  If people notice it, it is better to let the matter be exposed openly, so that it can be solved better."

    Wang Kaiyun also smiled and said: "What's more, we can get an additional 100,000 silver coins?" After saying that, the two of them looked at each other and smiled.

    After laughing, Xiao Yungui looked at the copy on the desk and said: "The Fifth Army has been mobilized to the front lines of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Sixth Army is stationed in Shanghai. The food, ammunition, quilts, uniforms and other materials needed by both sides have been properly deployed."

    Wang Kaiyun bowed slightly and said: "The Sixth Army is nearby to resupply, and the supplies are abundant. However, the Fifth Army has to go south to supply supplies by sea. However, due to various reasons, there is a slight delay, and the supplies have not yet gone south."

    Xiao Yungui said slightly displeased: "We started planning half a month ago, why haven't we collected all the ships yet? The Fifth Army will set off south soon. The supplies must arrive in Guangzhou on time. Who is the shipping company?  Is it carried by the shipping company?¡±

    Wang Kaiyun said: "This trip is carried by Yujia Shipping Company and Jardine Matheson Shipping Company, but recently the dock workers of both shipping companies have made riots due to dissatisfaction with their treatment. There are several docks that have come to a standstill due to workers' strikes, so  "

    Xiao Yungui groaned, frowned and said, "Since there is a problem, why don't you report it?"

    Wang Kaiyun said with some surprise: "It is common for workers to cause trouble. There are many factories, shipping, docks, and large and small businesses here in Shanghai. This kind of thing happens every month. It is usually the Minister of Commerce of the Department of Military and Political Affairs who comes forward to mediate the settlement between the two parties."  These disputes. Although the dock workers' strike is somewhat powerful this time, I believe it will be resolved soon, and there is still a long time before the deadline for the supplies to arrive in the south. Therefore, they were not reported."

    Xiao Yungui hummed softly. Although he was calm on the surface, he began to feel a little upset inside.  At this time, under his leadership, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom began to embark on the road of transformation into a capitalist industrial country.  Jiangsu and Zhejiang were the first places to start the New Deal.  A large number of people who lost their land have entered factories and docks, and unemployed water transport soldiers have become workers and employees of shipping companies. Although the land conflict has been alleviated, things always move and change in contradictions. One kind of contradiction subsides, and another kind of contradiction  will appear again.

    Land conflicts in some industrially developed areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have eased, but conflicts between workers and capitalists unique to capitalist countries have inevitably emerged.

    Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions have priority conditions for moving towards capitalism, first.  It is densely populated and also has a large number of people who have lost their land.  At the same time, due to the war, a large number of refugees came to wealthy places to seek life, so there was a large labor force in Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas that could enter factories and become workers.

    The second is capital. Capital in Western countries was accumulated through barbaric plunder in the early days. Jiangsu and Zhejiang were originally wealthy places, with billionaires everywhere. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom¡¯s New Deal raised the threshold for land sales, thereby limiting land  The transformation between private capital and capital forced these private capital to find another outlet. In addition, the Taiping Army obtained a large amount of capital from war plunder in the early stage. The capital in Jiangsu and Zhejiang was sufficient for the development of capitalism.

    The third is timing. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions have always been the most developed industrial and commercial regions in the country. Moreover, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions originally had many private handicraft workshops. These were the germination of capitalism. However, due to the Qing Dynasty's heavy agricultural suppression,  As a result, these private workshops were loosely organized and uncompetitive. When the cheap goods from foreigners arrived, a large number of handicraft workshops went bankrupt, destroying the local small farmer commodity economy and providing opportunities for transformation in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

    The fourth is the market. The rise of capitalism requires a raw material market and a consumer market. Needless to say the raw material market, the country is vast and rich in resources, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang are places where raw materials are concentrated for export. The source of raw materials is extremely convenient. In addition, the Taiping Army canceled the Lijin customs tax, etc.  The restrictive local taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties made the source of raw materials smoother and provided convenience.  The consumer market is mainly domestic, and war is the direct consumer market. The Taiping Army seizes a large amount of the enemy's bureaucratic capital through war.Supporting the war, and relying on the developed commercial tax revenue to support the war, the war provided the most direct consumer market for the rise of capitalism in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.  Coupled with the development of local markets in Japan, the United States, and Southeast Asia after the conquest of Guangzhou, local products in Jiangsu and Zhejiang also have a relatively stable market.

    So the industrial and commercial capitalism of Jiangsu and Zhejiang began to develop explosively, just like the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium capital forces that sprung up after the Westernization Movement. Historically, it was these consortium forces that supported Chiang Kai-shek's rise to power and rule.  However, Xiao Yungui knew what contradictions would arise when capitalism developed to a certain point. The rise of the working class would be a force that cannot be underestimated. And it seems that during this period, Marx also began to write his famous "Das Kapital", but  Don¡¯t let the revolution on your side fail, but first create a proletarian revolution.

    Although he knows the shortcomings of capitalism, Xiao Yungui still wants to take this path. The reason is very simple: the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.  At the same time, Xiao Yungui also took some preventive measures, such as proposing a minimum wage guarantee system for workers, but these systems are nothing compared to the tricks used by capitalists.  You have a system, and the capitalists also have countermeasures. For example, the most direct reason for this dock workers' strike is that the capitalists require the workers to work overtime, and overtime wages are only paid at the usual wages, so the workers began to seek to protect their legitimate rights and interests.

    After Xiao Yungui patiently listened to Wang Kaiyun¡¯s report on the workers¡¯ strike, he slowly said: ¡°How does the Military and Political Department plan to intervene in this matter?¡±

    Wang Kaiyun said: "The Department of Commerce has sent several coordination officials to the scene for coordination, and the workers are nominating several representatives, but they are talking too much and no one has been elected yet."

    Xiao Yungui smiled slightly. Sure enough, the workers' organizations are still in a state of ignorance at this stage. Although they know that they have been treated unfairly, they are just country people who have just washed their feet from the fields and come ashore. They do not yet know how to safeguard their rights and interests.  , I don¡¯t know how to organize, let alone trade unions, etc. Everything is still in its infancy.  But Xiao Yungui knew that after accumulating experience through such futile struggles, the working class would eventually become an inviolable force on the stage of history, but before that, they must pay enough tuition.

    After saying yes, Xiao Yungui said: "Then you can just pay attention, but no matter what, we must not delay the transportation of supplies to the Fifth Army. At the same time, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the local Military and Political Department must also learn the lessons of this incident.  , This time there has been no serious incident that delayed the fighter planes, but I do not want military supplies to fail to arrive at the front line as scheduled due to a small accident. When necessary, government intervention measures must be used to resolve the incident seriously and quickly.  !¡±

    Wang Kaiyun naturally nodded in agreement, and he also gave several officials of the Department of Commerce a final deadline. If the workers have not elected someone before the afternoon You time, and there is no unanimous and unified request, the Military and Political Department will dispatch local police to force them to do so.  Disperse the dock workers and restore order to the dock.  Yujia Shipping and Jardine Matheson have also prepared a group of thugs, ready to use force at any time.

    Xiao Yungui did not ask about these things anymore. The development of things always has its own process. Although the capitalist industry and commerce in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have reached a certain scale, it has its own path to take. Forcibly and distortedly changing some things will be superfluous.  , and the sprout of capitalism in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is still very fragile. If blindly suppressing the bloodthirsty of capitalists will hit and hinder its development and protect the interests of workers, then who will guarantee the interests of capitalists after the capitalists go bankrupt?  If capitalists do not rely on exploitation to make a fortune, then what do they rely on?

    Xiao Yungui felt that he had imprisoned a man-eating beast and released another beast to hurt people, but it seemed that the people who were hurt were always the poor. And with the development of human society to the present, it seems that human beings have been doomed since the social division of labor in ancient times.  Society will always be full of exploitation and injustice.

    "You have to pay more attention to the details of the Fifth Army going south. The rest is no big deal. In addition, the Sixth Army is stationed in Shanghai mainly to prepare for the upcoming British and French expeditionary forces. The foreign army has a total of 20,000 to 30,000 people. They will  We stayed briefly in Shanghai, waiting for the spring of next year before heading north. This time the foreigners will definitely use force to force the Qing Dynasty to surrender. Although the foreigners¡¯ goal is not us, it is not impossible for Xiangzhuang to dance his sword with the intention of Peigong, so the sixth  While the army is stationed in Shanghai, it is necessary to cooperate more with the Coast Guard Corps and the local police force under your Military and Political Department, and pay close attention to the movements of foreigners. It is best if the Sixth Army and the local troops of your Military and Political Department can conduct several joint exercises to coordinate  Once you become proficient, you won¡¯t be in a hurry if something happens.¡±

    Wang Kaiyun said: "My subordinates feel that it is best to conduct the joint exercise together with the navy. In a few days, the first batch of naval officers and soldiers going to the UK for training will return home, and they will return to Shanghai together with the five warships we ordered in France."?, subordinates feel that joint exercises can be carried out.  "

    Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "Your idea is very good. You can discuss it with Luo Outline and the others on how to operate it. After the discussion, submit a detailed charter to the Ministry of War. If there are no problems, it will be implemented. The Sixth Army also needs to prepare a batch of supplies.  After the foreign expeditionary force goes north in spring next year, the Sixth Army will immediately go north to join the battlefield in northern Jiangsu, so you still have a lot to do" (To be continued)
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