Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 300 New Year’s Eve Banquet

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 people with frowns and raised eyes, the atmosphere was peaceful.

Bai Tu had also just received the news from Chen Gong from Jingnan. 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 The confidence has also increased.

In contrast, Xu Du had just received the "good news" that the General's Mansion had defeated Fuyang and dedicated 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 two elite tribes, Hook Snake and Song Snake.

After the warriors from other tribes retreated like stragglers, each tribe began to covet the territory and Yue Ji of the Hook Snake and Song Snake tribes. At this time, the remaining strength of the two tribes, let alone subduing other tribes, had difficulty even protecting themselves.

The two left-behind headhunters asked for help from the General's Mansion.

In order not to chill the hearts of the advanced Shanyue group that "served" in the General's Mansion, Bai Tu sent people to intervene in the mediation before, and even sent troops directly to the camps of the two departments, 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, Bai Tu was completely relieved when he saw Chen Gong's report. 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, 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, it could help them choose a new leader out of humanitarianism; on the other hand, Chen Gong was in Jingnan , is also the "savior" and "finance 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 the Snake Cultivation Department to take revenge, adapt to Chen Gong's command, and go home later - the family is protected by the General's Mansion, so you don't have to worry!

When the remaining half of Qingzhuang, who obeyed Chen Gongyan, comes back and joins the main family, which is 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 Samoke on one side, and the Shanyue side has the Song Snake and the Hook Snake. The promotion of cultural integration is just around the corner.

As for the Snake Cultivators, the women and children left behind have all left the village and are hiding somewhere. After all, even the Shanyue people are not completely in control of 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 leader Wangkong, they were put into Jingnan by Mohuken before. Chen Gong and Shamoke 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 grabbed 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 so many river silts this year, and built so many new keel waterwheels and rollovers... They are all clearly displayed.

After all, every quarter, we have to go to the county to inspect the progress and evaluate the performance. Books like Wanminshu 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 Household Affairs behind this. After all, only by spreading a lot of five baht money and grains can various places be able to move.

It's just that a large part of the money and food from the Ministry of Revenue 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, and then used the benefits of salt and iron to effectively collect the capitation (salt) tax, ensuring that the general's government had money and grain. In addition, the increase in steel production and the popularization of new equipment gave the Privy Council confidence. By keeping the number of conscripts down, the people will not become weak due to overdraft of manpower...

During this period, the reserve force provided by the Ministry of Rites' talent selection examinations, talent recruitment halls, and even township schools and county schools was also an important guarantee.

Everyone worked together to squeeze out these canals, these dredging projects, and large areas of waterwheels that are now used for irrigation and can develop water power in the future, as well as those breeding cattle and 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 criminal department has been miserable enough this year, and there is no need to continue to blame him now.

On the contrary, Bai Tu recognized Wang Lang's innovative ideas, 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, what disappointed and puzzled some people was that... Bai Tu finally fell into the "expectations" 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 centers of Jinling and Shouchun, began to appear in large numbers, a large number of private workshops began to appear. Although the number of hired workers was still very small compared with farmers, and a large part of them were "part-time workers" during slack periods, It is indeed an expanding group.

Bai Tu also ordered the Ministry of Punishment to visit the workshops frequently and to develop new adaptive laws for 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 off work must not be less than two days a month.

There are also the working environment of the workshop, as well as the regulations on how to divide responsibilities in case of illness or injury during the working period, and they must also be issued 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 status of the workshops as one of the criteria for cooperation inspection. For workshops that violate the core concept of "benevolent people love others", not only will they be sanctioned by the Ministry of Justice, 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 in other people's business". After all, those who run workshops now are 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 [-]% 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, and slowly absorb nutrients and strengthen themselves, instead of relying on cooperation with the government, skinning and deboning the people, pursuing rapid accumulation, and only those who are popular 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 are 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 resettlement is unfavorable, 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, a change will happen sooner or later. But now, it is not considered going against the trend. Although it will be hated, it is not a huge resistance. It is not as good as Wang Lang The current headache is the difficulty of reforming criminal prosecution.

"I'll thank you all for having a drink in the coming year." Bai Tu raised his glass.

(End of this chapter)