People in the Song Dynasty were lawless

Chapter 405 The ironclad ship was successfully built, tell the neighbors first

This meeting in Chongzheng Hall was very important. It not only determined the future direction of the Song Dynasty, but also improved the country's main strategic development.

It can be said that this meeting established the pattern of the Song Dynasty for hundreds or thousands of years in the future, and it was a long-term strategy.

After the meeting, the Constitutional Yuan began to carry out specific national restructuring.

Of course, the change of political system is not just as simple as changing the name of the country, but also requires changes in all aspects.

In the past, Zhao Jun only changed the officialdom system, but now it is the entire country's system. To cover all aspects, it naturally needs to be reorganized.

The most basic thing is that the land area of ​​the Song Dynasty is no longer 2.8 million square kilometers, but 3.2 million square kilometers, so administrative planning needs to be carried out again.

Including the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun and the Liaoning Peninsula, about 250,000 square kilometers.

Then there are about 150,000 square kilometers of land in Qingtang and Xixia Zhuoluohe Nan. From last year to this year, the Song Dynasty has acquired a total of about 400,000 square kilometers of territory.

Although this number is not large, it is even less than the Qin Dynasty's territory of 3.4 million square kilometers at its peak, which was 200,000 square kilometers.

The rest is just some research work.

But workers are different.

However, employment in the past was not a labor-intensive industry. It was generally jobs such as waiters and waiters in various shops, or dock workers, coolies, carpenters, and bricklayers.

“Since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, Chinese civilization has become increasingly splendid under the feudal system. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, and the ideology and culture were splendid and the stars twinkled.”

"The Tang Dynasty flourished and then declined, and the world fell apart. There were five dynasties and ten kingdoms. Later, Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Song Dynasty, rose up in the army, unified China, and established the Song Dynasty."

Capitalists deduct a small amount of wages from each worker, or force them to work overtime unconditionally, and the combined profits created are very large.

"Prologue, China is one of the countries with the oldest history in the world. People of all ethnic groups in China have jointly created a glorious culture and have a glorious revolutionary tradition."

Extensive consultation is conducted on matters such as the national flag, national emblem, and national anthem. The introduction of laws to protect workers and peasants is left to the Ministry of Justice. Land planning matters still require the Ministry of Natural Resources to go to the newly acquired land to explore for minerals.

But it is obvious that with the development of industry, open-pit coal mines and iron ore mines are expected to be rapidly exhausted in the next few decades, and it will be a matter of time before deep underground mining.

We also went to some mines around Bianliang, such as Caocun Town (Pingdingshan), Changshe (Xuchang), Zhengzhou and other coal mining areas, to understand the environment of mining operations.

But in fact it was not that the Song Dynasty was unable to continue to expand its territory, but that it did not want to become fat in one bite.

At that time, it would slow down the Song Dynasty's progress.

Therefore, the early introduction of policies and laws is also to prevent problems in the bud and avoid making up for the situation.

Currently, limited by the level and capacity of mining, the main mining operations are mainly open-pit mining and rarely go deep underground.

Zhao Jun personally went to the factories outside Bianliang City to inspect the working environment of the workers.

Therefore, on this basis, administrative planning is very important.

"The powerful Han defeated the Xiongnu, opened up the Silk Road of the Western Regions, established the Western Regions Changshi Mansion, and actively communicated with the world. National consciousness was awakened and established here."

If you really want land, the Yue Dynasty alone has more than 300,000 square kilometers of territory. In addition, if you destroy Xixia, you can get another 400,000 to 500,000. Then there are Dali, Tubo, the Western Regions, the Liao Kingdom, etc., making 10 million Square kilometers is more than enough.

Because our ancestors and later generations have already made decisions on this issue, Qingtang and Zhuoluohe Nan were included in Qinfeng Road, the Liao Kingdom's Jinfu was changed to the Song Dynasty's Beiping Prefecture, and the original Beijing Daming Palace was moved to Youzhou City , and even Liaoyang was included.

For example, establish farmers' associations and trade unions at the grassroots level, increase channels for farmers and workers to communicate with higher-ups, stipulate working days and holidays, and improve labor laws.

For example, border cities were established in Shenyang and Zhangjiakou to trade with Khitan, Mongolian, Nüzhi, Bohai and other tribes, develop local mineral resources, and develop wool and other textile industries with Beiping Prefecture as the center.

In fact, the Constitutional Yuan has not been planning these things for a long time, because they do not need to do it themselves.

"Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty established the Sui Dynasty and finally unified the world. After the death of his second generation, the country returned to the Tang Dynasty."

As a labor-intensive industry, smaller factories may have a few to dozens of people. It could be a few hundred people, or even thousands or tens of thousands of people.

The details are only how to develop and utilize those resources.

Then there is the management of Nanyang, which is estimated to only cover an area of ​​5 million square kilometers at most. When Zhao Jun is in his later years, he will launch a full-scale war and unify the Chinese Qiuye Begonia.

"The Qin State unified the world, and the unified pattern of Chinese civilization was born. After the death of Qin II, the Han Dynasty was unified again, and the people of the seven countries merged into one, and there was a unified nation - the Han nationality."

Therefore, the food must be eaten one bite at a time, and the territory must be increased bit by bit. First, destroy Xixia and capture the treasure island, and then develop Nanyang and turn Nanyang into the back garden of the Song Dynasty. When the food is sufficient and the population is full, we can then expand aggressively. Not too late either.

Therefore, under such circumstances, regulations such as the Labor Contract Law of the Northern Song Dynasty were able to be implemented smoothly, which also indirectly promoted the economic prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty.

But again, it is easier to conquer a country than to defend it. Having so much extra land all at once, and most of it is negative assets that cannot be cultivated, will make the management and development of the Song Dynasty difficult.

Therefore, the land area of ​​the Song Dynasty should be fixed at three to four million square kilometers for a long time in the future. Just destroy Xixia and open up the Hexi Corridor, and then regain the Western Region from Jiayuguan to Hami.

On the other hand, if wages are owed and the workers sue the government, the trouble will be big.

Since the amount of labor is small and the amount is generally not huge, there is no need to bribe the government for this small amount of wages.

Zhao Jun personally wrote the Constitution of the Song Dynasty. After several discussions and slight modifications by many prime ministers of the Constitutional Yuan, it reached the point where it could be promulgated.

In this way, Zhao Jun was busy for almost two months. By mid-July of the seventh year of Qingli, a relatively mature and modern political system was being completed.

Therefore, it is also a top priority to do preventive work in advance and introduce relevant policies to protect the interests of mining workers.

In addition, they also need to design the national flag and national emblem, write a national anthem belonging to the Song Dynasty, and introduce a series of policies to protect farmers and safeguard the interests of workers.

It is necessary to provide development guidance for each region, including investigation and research on which places are rich in minerals, which places have convenient transportation, which places are suitable for farming, which places can develop commerce and trade, etc.

However, there is no need to do too much fiddling with the overall regional division.

"At the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms stood in power and fought for many years, finally ending in the Jin Dynasty. Then the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Five Husbands disrupted China, and the clothes and clothes moved south. Since then, the Northern and Southern Dynasties have emerged, and China cannot be unified for more than 200 years."

Strictly speaking, employment contracts in the Northern Song Dynasty were relatively complete, and the government had clear regulations and protections regarding employment. Unless there was collusion between government and businessmen, there would rarely be wage arrears.

"The Song Dynasty inherited the Tang Dynasty and ushered in a new era. It proclaimed orthodoxy, established legal etiquette, and made great achievements in unifying and dividing the territory. It is worthy of all people."

"Now that the sixteen states of Yanyun have returned and the Chinese homeland has been unified again, this constitution is established to establish the country!"

"Article 1: Change the full name of the Song Dynasty to the Chinese Citizen Song Empire. All power in the Song Dynasty belongs to all citizens."

"Article 2: The Chinese Citizen Song Empire was a publicist state under the dictatorship of a monarchy led by the Zhao and Song royal families, based on all the people of the Song Dynasty, and with workers and farmers as the main body."

"Article 3: The Chinese Citizen Song Empire aims to create a unified multi-ethnic country and establish public ethnic relations of equality, solidarity and mutual assistance."

"Article 4: All ethnic groups are equal. As long as they join the nationality of the country, they have only one identity - Chinese citizens."

"Article 5: The Chinese citizens of the Song Empire shall govern the country according to law and build a country ruled by law."

"Article 6: Everyone is equal before the law."

"Article 7, cancel all rankings of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, cancel all preferential treatment for people who are not specially treated, and abolish all slavery systems." "Article 8, officials should serve the people, do everything in the interests of the public and the people, and do not do anything that harms the interests of the people. Officials will be punished severely.”

"Article 9: Members of the royal family do not have all privileges and do not enjoy state support. They must study, study, take imperial examinations, and take exams just like the common people before they can hold office."

"Article 10"

On July 6, after the morning dynasty ended, many prime ministers each took a copy of the Constitution of the Song Dynasty in their hands.

There are probably more than a hundred of them, ranging from the legal rituals for the founding of the Song Dynasty to the determination of the main purpose of the country's political system, and then various official systems, national obligations, land resources, legal justice and so on.

Generally speaking, the entire constitution covers all aspects, including political system, system, national defense, economy, education, ethnic relations, social relations, etc.

It also contains various provisions for members of the royal family.

When he saw Article 9, Yan Shu turned his head hesitantly and looked at Zhao Jun and said: "Hanlong, if the members of the royal family do not enjoy the support of the state, the clan will probably cause trouble, right?"

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "It's just a restriction on state support. Don't the officials still have internal funds? Besides, they are well-off and enjoy the state support every day. Isn't this inappropriate? In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were also clan members who served as prime ministers. If the clan is freed from restraints, there may be talents in it.”

"Well"

Yan Shu felt it made sense and nodded.

After a while, Jia Chang looked at Article 19 and said: "Hanlong, this article allows farmers and workers from all over the country to establish farmers' associations and trade unions. Farmers' associations and labor unions can directly contact the local censorship department. Will it cause instability?" ?”

"No, the very existence of these associations is to safeguard the rights and interests of farmers and workers."

Zhao Jun raised his head and said: "Think about it, the disadvantage of feudal society is that the people at the bottom lack a channel to express their opinions. Many people in the countryside are bullied and if the county government does not make decisions for them, they can only swallow their anger and even be harmed to the extent that their families are destroyed. If How can it create instability if there is an organization that can help them?”

"I'm just afraid that this kind of organization will be taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives."

Fan Zhongyan sighed: "Maybe our original intentions are good, but if the peasant associations and trade unions are controlled by others, they will become tools of oppression."

"Well"

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "Old Fan reminded me, it does make sense. In this way, the situation of the peasant associations and labor unions will be included in the assessment indicators of the Imperial City Department and the Imperial History Department. If there is that kind of landlord bully occupying If the president of the farmers' association and trade union colludes with local officials and businessmen to oppress the people, he will be severely punished. "

Now the only ones in the Song Dynasty that can guarantee integrity and supervise officials are the Yushitai and the Imperial City Department. Not to mention the Imperial City Department as a special agency.

As the highest-level picket department, the Yushitai is not only a very high-level department, one of the sixteen first-level departments second only to the Constitutional Yuan, but it is also an institution independent of the government and the Public Security Bureau.

They are not subject to local government restrictions at the local level. Once a problem is discovered, it is reported directly to the Bianliang Yushitai and the Song Dynasty Political Academy, which can go directly to Tianting.

In addition, the personnel of Yushitai are often newly promoted Jinshi who have just come out of the imperial examination.

These people are young and energetic. They have not been influenced by the officialdom and are very motivated.

In addition, as long as the lower-level censors of the Yushitai catch those who are corrupt and abuse of power, they will not only enjoy certain stolen goods performance, but also receive awards from the Constitutional Yuan, both in terms of material and political achievements.

Therefore, basically as long as young officials want to make a difference in their official career, they will not give up this opportunity. Naturally, it will be easy to resist the temptation of the outside world and dare to investigate and pursue corruption.

This is also the confidence that Zhao Jun dares to reform and break the privileges of officials.

"Well, if that's the case, that's a lot better."

Fan Zhongyan nodded.

"Hanlong, look at this one again."

Then everyone continued to discuss the content and made minor modifications.

Zhao Jun also took the trouble to study with them.

Basically this is the last modification. If there are no problems, it will be almost the right time for Zhao Zhen to officially announce it.

At this moment, an official from outside came in and reported: "Report to the Imperial Academy, an official document has just been sent from Liangzhe Road."

"Oh?"

Zhao Jun took the official document in confusion, opened it and said, "Is there something urgent at the local level?"

Under normal circumstances, even if there is an emergency at the local level, official documents will not be sent directly to him, but will be sent to various ministries based on the specific urgent matter.

For example, if you need to allocate funds, you go to the Ministry of Finance, and if you need to establish local enterprises, you go to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. Except for more serious issues such as disasters or attacks by enemy countries, they rarely go directly to the Constitutional Yuan.

"What happened?"

Everyone also put down the constitution in their hands and turned their heads to look over.

Zhao Jun glanced at it first, then his pupils shrank and he laughed: "Great, this is an official document from Jiangnan Shipyard. The iron-clad ship has been built."

"Good news, the Song Dynasty has armored ships."

"After all the hard work, the joy comes. After two years of design and construction, it was finally a success."

"In this case, wouldn't our Song fleet be able to go to Europa?"

Everyone was talking and laughing.

This ironclad ship is not as simple as a wooden ship covered with a layer of iron. It is made of pure steel, coupled with steam engine power, the manufacturing process is very complicated.

Therefore, even if the project has been established for more than a year and the design drawings have been revised again and again, it is still in the exciting construction stage.

Now, almost two years later, it is finally completed.

"I won't go to Europa yet."

Zhao Jun's eyes narrowed, and then he said: "After it is built, immediately equip it to Ning Haijun, and then let Ning Haijun go to Japan!"

After he finished speaking, he said softly: "It's time to let this sinful place know the power of the Song Dynasty!"

China was once poor and weak, and the country was in a state of decline. The Japanese invaders took advantage of the situation and caused tragic massacres one after another.

They even hung babies from bayonets, machine-gunned the crowds, and piled up corpses.

After the establishment of the new era, when the first nuclear test was successful, this so-called "neighbor" was immediately notified.

And now.

The ironclad ship of the Song Dynasty was successful.

It is also time to feel the trembling and fear of the people in this sinful land.

(End of this chapter)