Qiming 1158

Chapter 982 Daming Will Not Exploit Peasants
Although the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty did not understand this very much, after their discussions, they came to the conclusion that it was not the institutional advantage of the Ming State, but that it was the military strength of the Ming State.

The Ming army is strong and good at fighting, pacifying the surrounding ignorant ministers, and has a powerful deterrent to the enemy. Naturally, it also has a strong deterrent to the people.

The ferocious Ming army frightened the migrant workers with bloody and brutal murder, so the migrant workers who were brutally treated did not dare to rebel.

But the more powerful the oppression, the more violent the rebound will inevitably be. With the continuous advancement of the Yellow River Project, officials in the Southern Song Dynasty constantly suggested that the Yellow River Project of the Ming Dynasty would explode sooner or later, or that it had already exploded twice——

The two actions that Su Yonglin commanded and dispatched southward to Kaifeng because of the surge of the river were considered by them to be [a riot broke out at the Yellow River construction site, and the Ming emperor Su Yonglin personally commanded the southward to suppress the rebellion and forcibly suppressed it].

It was not because the so-called river surged that the emperor personally commanded the south.

Would the emperor be dispatched for such a dangerous thing?

What if something happened?

Impossible, it was definitely because of something that the emperor had to dispatch himself, such as the uncontrollable rebellion, he had to personally dispatch to suppress the rebellion, and then disguised it as the flood of the Yellow River.

That's it!

It is also based on this kind of speculation that the strategy described in Yu Yunwen's suggestion to Zhao Tan [destroy the Yellow River construction site] is to send people to sneak into the construction site, spread rumors, and use rumors to urge the migrant workers of the Ming Dynasty on the Yellow River construction site to initiate a comprehensive campaign. riot.

The laborers on the Yellow River construction site must have been driven very strongly by the Ming Dynasty, must have been oppressed very badly, and they must have been extremely resentful. As long as they spread a few rumors, they could achieve their goals.

For example, rumors such as [the date of completion of the Yellow River is the date of death of all of them] and [the blood of 10 people will be needed to sacrifice to heaven on the date of the completion of the Yellow River], as long as they spread, the effect must be very good.

Anyway, fools and stupid women are very superstitious. As long as it spreads, they will be very panicked, and they will definitely be afraid. In addition to the grievances caused by being brutally squeezed, riots will break out every minute.

In this way, we can delay and destroy the Yellow River Project of the Ming Kingdom, and use this project to continuously bleed the Ming Kingdom, so that the Ming Kingdom will continue to lose blood, lose its national strength, and eventually go to ruin.

The demise of the Sui Dynasty was because of the Grand Canal, so the demise of the Ming Dynasty would also be because of the Yellow River.

They no longer have the energy to go south to threaten the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Southern Song Dynasty can take the opportunity to restore its strength and expand its military power.

Yu Yunwen proudly declared that his strategy was absolutely feasible, and Zhao Tan was quite moved by this.

So he was sent to join the envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty to observe the status quo of Ming construction sites along the way, to see how well the Ming Dynasty defended the Yellow River Project, how many troops were stationed, how many workers there were, and where was the best place to spread rumors and start riots, etc. Take the opportunity.

This kind of thing is impossible without first-hand information. There is just an opportunity to send an ambassador. Zhao Tan needs a first-hand report from Yu Yunwen.

But facing the picture in front of him, Yu Yunwen was stunned.

There are no [brutal Ming army soldiers] armed supervisors, and there are not even a few weapons on the construction site. Occasionally, the troops patrolling with arms are not Ming army soldiers, but people dressed as migrant workers dressed in ordinary cloth.

Although some of the officials on the construction site were dressed in official attire, they were all civilians.

There is no one like the uncle who stands on the edge of the construction site with a whip and supervises the work, and sees any migrant worker who is lazy and whips it up.

These migrant workers work honestly and diligently, without feeling lazy or resentful at all. The construction site is very peaceful, can you still hear someone joking?

Why is this happening?

Yu Yunwen was very puzzled. Before Lu You could ask another question, he took a step forward and asked Wang Qi like a questioning question.

"How come there are no soldiers to supervise the work? Why? Aren't you worried about the accident? What should I do if there is an accident? Who is responsible?"

Wang Qi was a little stunned by his sudden inquiry.

"what?"

"I mean...I mean if there are no soldiers overseeing the work, aren't you afraid that someone will run away?"

Seemingly finding that his tone was not quite right, Yu Yunwen quickly made up for it and changed his rhetoric.

Hearing this, Wang Qi frowned, looked at Yu Yunwen strangely, and asked, "Why did you run away?"

"what?"

This time it was Yu Yunwen who didn't understand.

Wang Qi spread his hands.

"Working on the construction site not only manages three meals, but also pays the wages, which can reduce the burden on the family. In the prefectures surrounding the construction site, any farm family with multiple laborers at home is willing to send a young man to work on the construction site.

Not to mention these, some state capitals are densely populated, with many household registrations, and many farm families with many children, but the number of people needed on the construction site is limited. So many people, how can they still run away? "

"Give money?"

Yu Yunwen keenly grasped this key point: "You give money?"

"That's right, isn't it a matter of course? How can the court not give money for the people's work? How can there be such a reason? You are... Oh, I remembered that the people of the Southern Dynasty served corvée, and the court did not give them money. Money."

Wang Qi seemed to have just discovered this point. After realizing it, a mocking smile appeared on his face.

He opened his mouth and said, "I understand, Deputy Envoy Yu, you are asking this because you don't know that Daming is different from the Southern Dynasty, Daming will not exploit farmers, and will not let farmers work for free.

Work on the construction site is organized by the peasant association. Voluntary is the principle, there is no coercion. The wages are settled every ten days, and there will be no arrears. The construction site is responsible for all food and accommodation needs. Three meals will not be short, at least a day Eat two dry meals and meat once every five days.

Not only that, there is an upper limit on the daily work, generally four hours a day, even if it is necessary to rush to work in special circumstances, it will not exceed five hours at most, and there is a special person to supervise and record.

One day off every ten days. In case of illness, you can get free treatment on the construction site. These are clearly written in the construction site rules. If you don’t follow them, you will have big problems. Die for it. "

Wang Qi stretched out his hand and pointed to the construction site.

"Because something happened before, now in order to protect the safety and interests of the workers and peasants, the imperial court will send people to inspect the construction site from time to time, and make unannounced visits. It's really not easy to do something."

The faint confident smile on Wang Qi's face was a great ridicule to Yu Yunwen. His face turned red and white, and he was extremely embarrassed.

What's more embarrassing is that he found that some of what Wang Qi said he didn't understand.

What revival, what judicial bureau, what are these?
Fortunately, Lu You asked the question instead of him.

"Mr. Wang, the Judicial Bureau and the Revival Society branch...what are they?"

Wang Qi looked at Lu You, thought about it, and then spoke slowly.

"Well, this is unique to Daming, which is not available in the Southern Dynasty. It can't be explained for a while... Well, I think about it, probably... It can be understood as the censors and advisors of the Southern Dynasty."

Lu You nodded slowly, seemingly understanding but not understanding.

It was only then that he discovered that his understanding of the Ming state was so shallow that he didn't know which court departments were in the Ming state, so he didn't know how the Ming state's government worked.

Just relying on a book and some specious gossip is simply not enough to understand the Ming Kingdom.

As is the case now.

On the construction site of the Ming Dynasty, such a large construction site under the leadership of the imperial court, and a construction site where so many laborers gathered, there was no strict supervision by the army, and no army used bloody murderous deterrence, so they just left it like that.

What is even more irritating is that such good conditions, such a strong regulatory system, do not even feel like a country that is so close to the Southern Song Dynasty, but rather a distant heaven on earth, a country that can only appear in ideals.

The problem of the Southern Song Dynasty being like a great enemy does not exist on their side at all, this...

Lu You fell into a strong shake, and Yu Yunwen was similar to him, because Yu Yunwen found that the reality was completely different from what he described in his strategy.

If the reality were completely different, his entire strategy would have to change, it would have to be replaced, or it would be useless.

(End of this chapter)