After Yun Zhao read Yun Zhang's document, he sighed, closed the document and said to Zhang Xiu: "File it."
Zhang Xiu took He passed the documents and put them on the top floor of the huge bookshelf without saying anything.
In Yun Zhao's large study room, there are sixteen rows of huge bookshelves. These shelves are filled with documents, and only a few documents exist on the highest floor.
These documents are from Zhang Guozhu, Han Lingshan, Li Dingguo, Lei Heng, Han Xiufen, Yang Xiong, Xu Wu thought of these people, and of course, there are more. All of them are important officials of the Ming Dynasty... Now, there is one more Yun Zhang.
The documents about Zhang Guozhu's massacre of Mongolian herdsmen in Lantian City are here...
The documents about Hanling Mountain's ravage of Wuszang are here...
Xu Wuxiang The documents for cleaning up Hanzhong are here...
The documents for Yang Xiong's suppression of the Changsha rebels are here...
Now, the documents for Yun Zhang to drive slaves to dig roads in the middle of Shu are also released. Here...
There were no slaves in the Ming Dynasty, or in other words, it was impossible for people in the Ming Dynasty to become slaves. So, it is worth thinking about where these slaves came from.
Yunzhang said that none of these slaves were from the Ming Dynasty, which Yun Zhao still believed... The problem is that the Ming Dynasty did not allow slaves to appear in the country. This ban was not only aimed at the Ming Dynasty people, but also basically Works for anyone.
This decision was made by Yun Zhang after inspecting the route of building a railway between Baoji and Chengdu.
It seems that this child has understood the difficulty of building this railway.
The difficulty is neither in funds nor in technology. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty is very enthusiastic about investment in railway construction. If Yun Zhang is willing to raise capital as the eldest son of his emperor, it will be almost no difficulty.
But what about the people who built the railway?
Not to mention anything else, it is just a dream to dig a railway on a three-hundred-mile-long cliff. It is purely a dream to build the past safely.
The roads leading to Shu are paved with human corpses.
This sentence is not Yun Zhao’s guess, but has historical records.
During the Warring States Period, in order to open up the road from Shaanxi to Sichuan, King Zhaoxiang of Qin began to build the Baoxie Plank Road in 267 BC.
This plank road starts from the Xieshui Valley, thirty miles southwest of Mei County, at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, and reaches the Baoshui Valley, ten miles north of Baocheng County, at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains. The plank road, which is about 400 miles long, is on the cliff. It is made by cutting rocks into the steep cliff, drilling holes to frame the wood and laying boards on top.
Gunpowder had not been invented at that time. Under the natural conditions of a cliff above and a torrent below, the ancestors first used the method of "burning fire and water to stimulate" to break mountains and rocks, and then chiseled into the rock wall. The holes, which are one foot square and two feet deep, are divided into three rows: upper, middle and lower, and wooden stakes are inserted into them.
Then build a rain shelter on the upper row of wooden piles, lay boards on the middle row of wooden piles to form a road, and use the wooden supports on the lower row of wooden piles to form a frame.It was finally completed in 259 BC and took eight years.
Historical books have given high praise to this thrilling road construction process, and literati have also written articles praising the achievements of road construction.
Unfortunately, neither the official history nor the unofficial history mentioned a word about the 16,000 slaves who died during the construction of the road. They were like a group of tools that were consumed in the process of building the road. , if it weren’t for some vague stone carving records left on the cliffs, no one would know their life and death.
Raising slaves will completely corrupt people's hearts and disrupt the order of the country. Yun Zhao has told many people before that no matter what it is like abroad, he will never allow it in the Ming Dynasty.
Today it is possible to keep slaves of foreign races. When keeping slaves becomes a habit, one day slave owners will treat their own people as slaves.
In the evening, when Yun Zhao returned home, Yun Guan had been sent to Yushan Academy, so only the couple had dinner quietly at home.
Yun Zhao’s dinner was never very sumptuous. Two meat and two vegetarian dishes plus a soup noodle was the dinner for the three of them.
After Yun Zhao finished a bowl of noodles, he felt that he was not full, so Feng Ying gave him half a bowl. After Yun Zhao finished eating the noodles, he pushed his rice bowl aside, looked at Feng Ying and said: " My son brought back 24,000 slaves."
Feng Ying was stunned and said: "Where did the slaves come from?"
Yun Zhao said: "Where did they come from? Yes, there are Europeans, there are blacks, there are Cochins, there are Nanyangs, there are Uzbeans, Mongolians, it can be said that as long as we can see them, they are there."
"There are no people from the Ming Dynasty?"
Yun Zhao sighed: "If there were people from the Ming Dynasty, I wouldn't tell you this matter."
Feng Ying's His body trembled, and then he whispered: "What does Zhang'er want with all these slaves?"
"Dig into the Sichuan Railway."
Qian Duoduo held his rice bowl with two eyes. Hiding behind the rice bowl and whispering in the faces of her husband and Feng Ying.
Feng Ying sighed and said: "That kid wants to do what you failed to do."
Yun Zhaodao: "There are endless proposals to use slaves to build domestic railways. This matter is happening before our eyes." It will be implemented after discussion at the Congress. This child should not take the lead at this time.
So, he is being taken advantage of."
Qian Duoduo saw her husband's soft tone. When he came down, he smiled and said: "Just get rid of the people who take advantage of A Zhang."
Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "There are no such stupid people. Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty's territory is over-expanded, and these domestic manpower There are obvious shortcomings, and one of the most important trends is that the value of human power is constantly increasing.
So many people are focusing on slaves.
This is not a certain one. It’s a matter of people, but a matter of a class.
Now that many people have become rich, they feel that they are themselves.They no longer have to work and can comfortably accept the service of others. The price of hiring a Ming man is enough for them to buy five slaves.
This is why Zhang'er used slaves to build roads. "
Feng Ying said slowly: "Husband, since using slaves is beneficial to our Ming Dynasty, why do you have to be so cautious?
Yun Zhao looked at Feng Ying with a half-smile but said: "There will definitely be retribution for this kind of thing. Do you believe it?"
Qian Duoduo smiled and said: "Husband, you don't even believe in the gods and Buddhas in the sky. Why do you believe in retribution now?" "
Yun Zhao shook his head and said: "I don't believe in the gods and Buddhas in the sky, but I believe that God has eyes. Things in this world are so strange. When we think that something has only benefits and no harm to us, the harm will slowly appear.
I have always believed that there is nothing wrong with our country building its own path. Only by living in a country built by ourselves can we enjoy all the conveniences it brings to us and know how to cherish them.
Over the years, with my connivance, the price of labor in Ming Dynasty has continued to rise. This is the result I want.
In other words, I want to use this method to make people who don’t have much means of production rich, while also limiting the huge profits that business and industry can bring to people, and then achieve the goal of common prosperity for all people.
The reason why the Chinese people have been able to stand in this world for tens of millions of years depends on hard work. This is our foundation. If we lose this special skill, we may really become nothing in the future. Robbery.
Power is only temporary. Just like now, we can plunder all over the world as much as we want. What happens when we can no longer continue plundering? When we regard exploitation as a normal means of livelihood, but do not have the ability to exploit others, where should we go?
The most important thing is that once slaves are introduced, only some people will be rich, and it is impossible to benefit all the people of the Ming Dynasty.
At that time, the rich will become richer quickly with the help of slaves, but what about the poor? How can those who make a living by selling their labor survive when wages fall step by step?
Compete with those slaves?
In the end they will become slaves, that’s for sure. "
Feng Ying shook his head and said: "No, we have a congress. "
Yun Zhao laughed for a while and then said: "Do you think a few thousand people can really represent the 160 million people of the Ming Dynasty? If you look at the resumes of these representatives, you will find that the introduction of slaves is beneficial to all of them!
Because they are the strongest among the 160 million people in the Ming Dynasty!
Do you expect those with vested interests to pay too much attention to the interests of the people who have been harmed?
Even if some of these representatives are morally noble and compassionateThere are weak people, can you guarantee that they will have an absolute advantage at the Congress?
Morality is vulnerable in the face of interests.
Qian Duoduo said puzzledly: "However, the Sichuan Railway must be dug. Even if it is not dug now, it will definitely be dug in the future. If we only use Ming Dynasty craftsmen, not to mention the cost." , there will definitely be no shortage of casualties.
Yun Zhao sighed and said: "This is the reason for my hesitation. More than anyone else, I hope that the railway from Baoji to Chengdu will be opened as soon as possible. In this way, Shuzhong and Guanzhong will be completely connected." One body.
Reuse Guanzhong, Shuzhong's wealth to drive the barren Central Plains, and the western frontier. "
Feng Ying thought for a while and said: "Husband, why don't we develop the place where it is easier to develop first? For example, what about the prosperous Southeast and Guangzhou where maritime trade flourishes? "
Yun Zhao looked at Feng Ying and smiled.
He took a long breath and said: "It is also a problem of national prosperity. If the court directs a large amount of capital and policies to these people at this time, Local tilt means that these already wealthy places will become even richer.
The final result is inequality between rich and poor, which is still contrary to our goal of common prosperity.
After our land reform over the years, the people of Ming Dynasty have initially solved the problem of food and clothing, so the pursuit of wealth is not so urgent.
Guanzhong, Shuzhong, and the northwest areas do not have many resources, so we can only cultivate the weak points through policies first. After the shortcomings are high enough, we will have prosperity in development. Only in this way can we solve the problem of inequality between rich and poor.
Since ancient times, the cause of dynasty turmoil has always been the inequality between rich and poor.
Qian Duoduo blinked his eyes and said: "Husband, how do you know that those places in the southeast and Guangzhou will arrive first?" "
Yun Zhao sighed again, took out a document from his sleeve, placed it in front of Feng Ying and said: "This is Han Xiufen's 800-mile express, do you know? The Age of Discovery belonging to the Ming Dynasty is coming. ”