Chapter 61 Joining the Society
"Are you willing to join the company and take over this kiln?" Xu Ping looked at the seven or eight men standing in front of him, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old half-year-old child, and asked with some curiosity. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Li Er nodded heavily: "Official, we are willing!" ”
The old man among the five people who had been standing in the room couldn't help but be anxious when he saw someone standing up, and shouted: "Li Er, what nonsense are you talking about!" Where can we coolies do such a thing! ”
Li Er said in a deep voice: "Uncle Tan, it is precisely because we are coolies and have nothing that we have come to do this. Even if it is done badly, can it be worse than we are now? We have decided on this matter, and Uncle Tan doesn't need to say it again! ”
Seeing that the five people still wanted to dissuade them, Xu Ping coughed and said loudly: "Poor people, in order to tide over the difficulties, there have been associations and associations since ancient times. In our north, it is called joining the society, and in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhejiang, Fujian Road, it is called joining the association. Although the names are slightly different, the things are actually the same, nothing more than helping each other and living carefully together. As I said earlier, in the name of joining the association, the Demon Sect was widely spread, and the government repeatedly banned it. Here, the government took the initiative to take out the kiln and let you join the company to operate, don't let down this painstaking work! ”
Li Er bowed his hand: "The little ones must be cautious, and they will not do anything that violates the conscience of heaven and the laws and disciplines of the court, and they will live up to the trust of the officials." ”
Xu Ping nodded: "Well, it is to prevent the occurrence of lawbreakers using the club to spread cults and disrupt the local area, so this cooperative is an official and private office." As long as you act in accordance with the rules of the society, the government will never interfere. However, once you use the club to engage in illegal activities, you will be severely punished! Remember! ”
Li Er and several people agreed together.
Clubs have existed in ancient times, but they are generally called societies in the north and associations in the south of the Yangtze River, and they are organizations that help and help each other in difficult times for rural households. These clubs are still relatively primitive, and they often arise because of people and events, and when things pass, they naturally die out. However, since the Yellow Turban Army in the late Han Dynasty, some secret religions have also used the society to develop grassroots organizations, and the most serious in this era are the Maitreya Sect on Hebei Road and Jingdong Road and the Demon Sect in the Liangzhejiang area. These secret religions often develop and then shake the grassroots rule of the regime, so most of the time they are the target of strict government guarding.
The organizational form of cooperatives is in the same vein as these ancient societies, but there are stricter social rules and organizational management, and their role is more prominent than that of the original clubs. It is precisely because of this that Xu Ping proposed cooperatives, and Li Shen did not feel particularly abrupt, which is not something that has no social foundation and is not something that is imagined out of thin air.
What Li Shen was worried about was, first, that the potters who joined the society were not capable enough and that they had brought down a good kiln, and second, that there would be a cult to take advantage of this loophole. Although the spread of Maitreya has not yet been discovered between the eastern and western capitals, the society is undoubtedly a hotbed of their development, and every effort must be taken against it.
It is precisely because of this that Xu Ping has repeatedly emphasized that the government supervises the private government and will never allow it to exceed the control of the government.
The spontaneous formation of associations by the people is very easy to be exploited by cults, and there are countless examples of this kind in history.
Take the Demon Sect in the Liangzhejiang region, which is now quite large, as an example, at the beginning, it was not about joining the religion, but only claiming to be a vegetarian. This is attractive to poor families, and eating only vegetarian food without meat will reduce the stress of life. After that, they began to hold secret meetings in the name of membership, and the members watched and helped each other, and pooled money to help members in difficulty to tide over the difficulties. At this point, it has not yet escaped from the category of the original club. Further, he began to worship the demon god, the so-called thing demon, so the official also called the demon sect the vegetable thing demon sect.
At this time, the Demon Sect was basically formed, and it began to form an organization according to the region, with the small leaders called the Little Devils, the larger ones called the Devils, and so on until the Big Devils, which posed a huge threat to the local government.
In Xu Ping's previous life, he thought that the Demon Sect Demon Sect and the like were attached to it by later people, but when he came to this world, he realized that the Demon Sect's self-proclaimed name was like this. They call themselves Demon Sects, and their organization is simple and effective, and their leaders are called demons at all levels.
In promoting cooperatives, first, they are afraid that the peasants and small peasants will make trouble, and they will only think of pursuing advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and they will not pay, so that the organization will end up without a problem, and secondly, they are afraid that they will become a tool for the development of cults.
The other is, of course, the fear of disorderly development and becoming a source of social unrest. In Xu Ping's previous life, a large number of private loans were made in the name of traditional clubs, and problems caused widespread social unrest.
If cooperatives want to develop benignly, they must strengthen management and guidance, and cannot allow them to grow wildly.
Seeing that Li Er and the others were determined to join this cooperative, the five people who came first were in a hurry. They were pushed out by the potters to negotiate terms with the government, and it was best to get the government to promise to send a few management supervisors to increase his wages. Now that Li Er and a few people have jumped out and said that they are willing to form a cooperative to take over the kiln, there is nothing to talk about.
Xu Ping motioned to Li Shen and asked him to explain all kinds of rules to these people, especially all kinds of social rules, which must be repeatedly emphasized and must not be violated, otherwise it may lead to the interference of the government.
When Uncle Tan saw Li Er step forward, his face turned red in a hurry, and he pointed at him and said, "Li Er, how can you do such a thing?" You don't know a single word, and you have to learn from others to be a member, have you done it? Don't get dizzy, then you will be empty! ”
Li Er looked at Uncle Tan and shook his head: "Uncle Tan, we people are so poor that we are so poor that we can't make a lot of noise, even if our luck is not good, it's just a bad life, why don't I give it a go?" Okay, I've made up my mind, and Uncle Tan's mind has been understood! ”
Seeing that the old man was still entangled, Xu Ping slapped the table suddenly: "I have repeatedly explained here that joining the club is completely voluntary, and no one can stop it!" You old man has lived a long time, why are you so ignorant? I have given you a kiln for nothing to sustain your livelihood, but you are suspicious here! If you don't want to do it, you can settle your salary now, the world is big, you can go where you want to make a living! ”
Seeing that Xu Ping was angry, the old man didn't dare to speak anymore, and only watched Li Er lead people forward.
Li Shen took a piece of paper in his hand and said to Li Er, who stepped forward: "This is the social rule of the cooperative here, I will read it to you again, and you must keep it in mind." ”
After speaking, he read the social rules in detail and handed them to Li Shuangli: "This social rule is set crudely at this time, but this is the most basic rule, and it is not allowed to be violated, what do you have to say?" ”
A bearded man in the back said: "Official, there is a small sentence that I don't know if to ask?" ”
"If you have something to ask now, you can't regret it casually afterwards!"
The man nodded and said, "The little one just has something unknown." According to the social regulations, if there is money in the kiln, in addition to setting aside the amount of the government, and then setting aside enough capital, the rest will be divided equally among the families who join the society. Doesn't this equal division mean that as long as the head is there, all the people will get the same hand? ”
Li Shen said in a deep voice: "Since we are talking about equal division, it is naturally the same." ”
The man scratched his head: "Official, it's not a small belly, but it's always a little inappropriate to divide equally, right?" For example, some of us have a lot of manpower, do a lot of work every day, and usually pay attention to the kiln, is it reasonable to share more? For example, Amu is literate and hyphenated, helping everyone settle accounts, so he should have more points, right? ”
Li Shen looked at Xu Ping and said: "Some people do a lot of work, so they should pay more wages at ordinary times." It's the same with those who settle accounts, and they all need to be paid for their work. You must know that wages are wages, and not a penny is needed to enable the cooperative to continue. You can't think that you will share the profits in the end anyway, and you usually don't care much about it, don't think about this idea. The final profit must be divided equally according to the head, and the usual salary should be as much as it should be, otherwise this kiln will be chaotic! ”
This is also what Li Shen didn't understand at first, even if Xu Ping explained it to him many times, he still felt a little unreasonable. But I don't know how many people in Xu Ping's previous life have learned how many lessons to sum up, if the dividends of cooperatives are allowed to tilt towards certain conditions, whether it is ability or capital, the cooperative will inevitably not be able to exist for a long time, and will eventually become an ordinary commercial organization owned by some people. The core of the cooperative is cooperation and mutual assistance, not to make profits through this organization, and if you feel that you are suffering a loss in it, you can leave to do business on your own.
It is precisely because of this that cooperatives require the same share capital, the same management authority, and the same dividends. Because this dividend is only the benefit of the cooperative, not the interest on the share capital. Even if the cooperative encounters difficulties and some members provide funds to help tide over the difficulties, those funds are only loans, cannot be converted into equity capital, and only repay the principal and interest at the market price, and cannot expand their voice in this regard.
One person, one vote, democratic management, this is the fundamental difference between cooperatives and joint-stock companies, breaking through this principle, cooperatives are no different from ordinary commercial organizations. It is precisely because of this distinction that cooperatives can only be applied to certain scopes, and do not become universal units in the commodity economy, as corporations do.
Even Li Shen felt that there were some things that were difficult to understand, and these potters were even more unable to figure it out. However, it has been said that wages are wages, and that you should be paid for your work, and things can barely make sense.
After saying this, everyone had no doubt about it, and they were ready to step forward to sign and sign the pledge.
At this moment, the middle-aged man standing next to the five people in front of him sighed: "That's it, I'll join the club too." ”
Tan Bo was taken aback when he heard this, and turned his head to look at the middle-aged man: "Why do you think like this?" ”
The middle-aged man said: "I have studied for a few years, and I can roughly calculate the accounts, help take care of it, and don't let Li Er and the others suffer a big loss." Uncle Tan, these bitter haha depend on each other, and they can't really sit idly by. ”
After speaking, he took two steps and came to Li Er's side.
Li Er bowed his hand to the middle-aged man and said, "Brother Chen, thank you!" ”
The middle-aged man nodded and patted Li Er's shoulder. Amu said that he was literate and hyphenated, but he couldn't even read the whole article, and it was really reassuring to rely on him to settle accounts, and the poor still had to rely on the poor themselves after all. (To be continued.) )