The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 304 The Three Roads and the 'Golden Hoe'

【Well, it's really too late...】

After Baochai's birthday, it was more than ten days in a blink of an eye.

This morning, Jiao Shun went to Mengxue to inspect again. Afterwards, he invited all the craftsmen and some of the top working-study students to a banquet as usual. But different from the past, he specially selected a few excellent military training students this time.

As mentioned in the previous article, Jiao Shun and several outstanding wounded and retired officers had set up a military training curriculum for elementary school years ago, so the work-study students have already started formal military training since the beginning of school in the first month.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Jiao Shun put down his chopsticks and coughed lightly, and the banquet gradually became quiet from person to person.

After everything was silent, Jiao Shun looked around and said loudly: "As the saying goes, there is always a banquet in the world. You entered the school on April [-]th last year, and you are expected to complete your studies in one year. Now you are less than a hundred days away from graduation. It’s time to think about the future after graduation.”

It was not once or twice that he delivered a speech during the meeting, but this time his speech undoubtedly attracted unprecedented attention.

It was a matter of future and destiny, and all the workers and students all pricked up their ears, and looked at Jiao Shun with eagerness, fear, or confusion.

Jiao Shun paused for a moment, and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "We are not serious scholars, and there is no friendship between me and you to preach, receive vocation, and solve doubts, but this part-time work-study is arranged by me alone. Get up, and no matter how busy or tired you are, you never stop going to and from inspections, and you have been regarded as disciples and disciples for more than half a year."

"Although we are not yet at the point where all of us are prosperous and all of us are harmed, I hope from the bottom of my heart that all of you will have a bright future and a bright future, so I will spare no effort to help where the gang should be!"

Everyone who said these words was very excited, and some of them were so impulsive to "motivate themselves", that they even dared to call out "teacher".

After all, most of them were from ordinary families before, and the capital relationship in the family was all the same as nothing. Normally speaking, it would be a blessing to be a foreman for a lifetime.

Now they are regarded as disciples by a court official, and promise to spare no effort to help them find a future. Why doesn't everyone feel overjoyed and grateful? !
But at this time Jiao Shun poured cold water on him again: "According to the usual practice, the officials in the workshop have quotas, and even the officials have no right to increase, so after you finish your studies and return to the workshop, most of you can only start from the workshop. It started with the nameless 'supervisor and order'."

These so-called "supervisors and orders" are actually similar to the team leaders of later generations, that is, the kind of small foremen who are not full-time, but are responsible for supervising and assigning work.

For ordinary workers, being able to serve as such a small foreman before the age of 20 is already a winner in life.

But if he wants to get rid of the shackles completely and really join the official class, there is a faint barrier between them.

Generally speaking, if you want to cross this natural barrier, you not only need to have seniority and achievements, but also need to get through the upper-level relationship, so that you can stand out from your peers.

And this will obviously be a long competition, and many people may not even be able to achieve it in their entire lives.

If this kind of future is straight to the point, the work-study students may still accept it, but with Jiao Shun's foreshadowing just now, they can't help but have more and greater expectations.

They are all regarded as protégés by the high-ranking Lord Jiao, if they still want to be under the hands of those low-level officials, then wouldn't it be in vain for them to be protégés? !

At this time, Jiao Shun raised three fingers and raised his voice again: "So I have tried my best to find three other ways out for you! One, those who are talented enough in skills to stand out among the work-study students , You can enter the inner workshop of the Ministry of Industry and continue to study with the master craftsmen, and in the future you will succeed in your studies.

As for the fate of the poor students, there is no need to say more, it must be nothing, either continue to work as apprentices, or be kicked out of Neifang.

However, if you have the talent to enter Neifang, how can you think that you are a poor student?
Therefore, the few most talented people are all gearing up for this matter and their eyes are bright, only thinking about what kind of glory they will be in front of their relatives and friends when they become officials with their skills in the future.

Jiao Shun bent down one of his fingers, and continued: "Secondly, you will have a holiday on the first day of April in order to prepare to accept the next batch of work-students—and all of you will temporarily enter the Ministry of Industry to observe politics. Internship means learning how to handle government affairs with the book office and officials of the Ministry of Industry."

"At that time, those who perform well can stay in the Ministry of Industry to listen to them. After a few years of qualifications, the top can also be an official, and the middle can have the opportunity to transfer to the workshop as an official."

Compared with the former, the words Jiao Shun used on this road were obviously discounted, and he made a supplementary explanation: Although it seems that it is easier to get the favor of the leaders if you work as an assistant or secretary next to the officials Pay attention, and then rise to the top.

But the problem is that most of these things are done by low-level literati, and the officials who are qualified to make them rise to the top are basically from the imperial examination.

Work-study students who come from craftsmen are a bit nondescript in the eyes of these Jinshi officials. Even with the support of Jiao Shun, a "mentor", only a small part of them will stand out in the end.

On the contrary, the selection of craftsman officials from the great craftsmen in Neifang was originally an existing policy of the imperial court, coupled with the emperor's obvious tendency, and Jiao Shun's promotion, the probability of being an official based on this was naturally far greater than the latter.

Of course, even if you can only work as a secretary in the Ministry of Industry, it can be regarded as a level transition for ordinary workers, not much worse than being a small official in a state-owned factory.

Just when the work-study students were thinking about which of these two paths was more suitable for them, Jiao Shun curled up one finger again, holding up his remaining index finger and said: "The former requires talent, and the latter requires talent. The former occupies the 'human harmony', as for the third way, it is hard work that can make up for one's weakness."

"When you return to the workshop after graduation, it is naturally difficult to replace the original officials according to common sense. But years ago, I asked the court to ask each workshop to form its own picket team to correct the unhealthy practices in the factory. , and isolate external interference."

"The people in charge of preparing the picket team are naturally disabled veterans who have retired from the army - I named them military representatives. Although these military representatives are skilled in the army, they don't know much about the workshop, let alone this picket team We also have to accept the command of our Ministry of Industry.”

"Therefore, in the next two months, those with the best military training scores among you will become the adjutants of the military representatives after being recommended by several military training instructors, and assist them in preparing the picket team."

"As long as you perform well at that time, you will naturally be the captain of the picket team - the rank of this position has not yet been determined, but I can guarantee that it will be an entry-level rank, probably either ninth rank or from ninth rank. Taste!"

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the table.

From the perspective of the ninth rank, these nine ranks seem to be nothing more than petty officials, but in general, there are no more than five fingers of high-ranking officials in state-owned factories-even in large factories, there are rarely more than ten fingers.

Coupled with the fact that the picket leader holds real power and is responsible for coordinating the factory and the military, it is basically equivalent to directly entering the core management in one step!

This is said to be a way to make up for one's weakness with hard work, but in the eyes of the work-study students, this third road is clearly the real way to reach the sky!

Therefore, after Jiao Shun finished talking about these three paths, almost everyone took the picket leader as their target. Anyway, he couldn't compete with others at that time, and there were two other ways to retreat.

And this is exactly the purpose of Jiao Shun.

Only by selecting the best among the work-students and selecting those who are strong enough to take on the heavy burden can he ensure that he will indirectly control the picket team in the future, and the picket team will not be completely reduced to the private property of the military or the factory.

After guiding the work-students, Jiao Shun drew a big cake for the artisans present, saying that he is currently leading the negotiation with the Ministry of Rites and plans to add a deputy head who will be in charge of work-students in Mengxue. This position will naturally be selected from among the craftsmen.

The craftsmen had hope, and naturally they couldn't help but be overjoyed.

In short, the host and guest enjoyed themselves and each got what he wanted.

After leaving the restaurant, Jiao Shun got into the carriage alone, seeing the curtain of the carriage falling, he couldn't help laughing at himself.

It is estimated that no one would have imagined that he, the head of the Ministry of Industry, would think hard about mastering military power, and even had a delusion of changing the king's banner at the top of the city because of this small, unformed picket team.

But who is an ordinary person without any delusions in his heart?
As long as you hide it well, don't be seen by others.

After calming down, Jiao Shun reviewed the afternoon's itinerary, and found that the first important thing was to accompany the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to inspect the 'golden hoe' that the emperor would use in a few days.

In later generations, he also heard the story of the old farmer fantasizing about the emperor using a golden hoe.

At that time, he only thought it was sad and ridiculous, but now that he became the head of the Ministry of Industry, he discovered that although the emperor did not use golden hoes, he did prepare a set of exclusive farming tools for participating in the farming activities on February Hai every year.

It is commonly known as 'pro farming'.

To put it bluntly, the emperor brought his cabinet bosses to show off on the one-acre three-point land in Xiannongtan.

Although it sounds formalistic.

However, the ancients paid attention to the important affairs of the country in terms of sacrifice and military affairs. Since it involves sacrifice, it is natural not to take it lightly.

The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, Taipu Temple and other departments worked together on this matter, and the rankings are not...impossibly in no particular order.

Basically, the Ministry of Households is in charge, the Ministry of Rites is in charge, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is coordinating, and the Ministry of Industry and Taipu Temple are assisting.

Specifically, the Ministry of Industry is responsible for taking out a set of farm tools for farming and putting them on the ox on the day the emperor personally plows—and selecting a suitable farm ox is an important responsibility of Taipusi.

This set of tools is not dared to be used by others, and it is not suitable for the emperor to use after it is old, so it is basically a one-time product, and it is carefully crafted by the master craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the emperor's 'golden hoe'.

In fact, the Ministry of Internal Affairs can build this thing by itself, but in official affairs, the 'emphasis is on participation'. If the Ministry of Internal Affairs takes care of everything, I'm afraid it will offend the Ministry of Industry.

Speechless all the way.

It was said to be the first important matter, but it was not until Jiao Shun dealt with several official affairs in the Office of Secretary Affairs that the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came late. A little maid of twelve or thirteen years old.

These little maids may not be particularly outstanding in terms of appearance, but each of them has thin skin, tender flesh and slightly plump body, which is full of collagen at a glance.

As for the usefulness of following them...

"let's start."

When they arrived at the inner workshop of the Ministry of Industry, the official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs issued an order, and the five little maids immediately began to work on the plow under the supervision of the nunnery, leaving the bottom edge aside. It takes more than a dozen repetitions before giving up.

Especially the most important part of the armrest, the little maids even put their chubby faces on it, and rubbed back and forth several times with the wood wrapped in meat.

Naturally, this is not for wrapping the pulp, but to ensure that the tools used by the emperor have absolutely no place to touch his hands.

Of course, it’s not okay to be too slippery, what you want is that kind of...

EMMM~
Probably similar to the high-end mobile phone case of later generations, the so-called skin-friendly feeling that is refreshing but not greasy.

Jiao Shun tried his best to think of adjectives, while talking and laughing happily with the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Because of his popularity, most of the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who have always had their eyes on the top, seemed humble and reasonable in front of him, and even deliberately betrayed them. good meaning.

After all, apart from the group of people in the harem, those who care most about the emperor's preferences are the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

It was probably because of this mentality that when Jiao Shun sent them out of the Ministry of Industry after the maids finished their tasks, the official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs deliberately lowered his voice and revealed a piece of news to Jiao Shun.

It is said that Jia Baoyu was called into the palace a few days ago, but he was sullen and absent-minded. I heard that he was not right in front of the emperor. Take donkeys and horses to refer to the emperor.

It is also fortunate that he is the younger brother of Concubine Xiande and the elder brother of the Rongguo Mansion, and he is quite favored by the emperor on weekdays, otherwise it would be a small crime just because of the emperor's disrespect.

Obviously, in the eyes of the Ministry of Internal Affairs officials, Jiao Shun and the Rong Mansion are in a relationship of mutual prosperity, so they secretly revealed this news, naturally they wanted to sell it to him, and at the same time sell it to the Rong Guo Mansion.

Jiao Shun didn't bother to pay attention to this matter at first.

Thinking of this guy's broken mouth, he might not only tell himself. If someone else spread the word to the Rongguo Mansion and proved that he was indifferent to it, wouldn't it be a show of hostility?
So he decided to take the time to tell Jia Zheng about it when he got home at night. As for how Jia Zheng dealt with Baoyu's emotional problems, it was out of his hands.

Unexpectedly, after the yamen were scattered, before he had time to find Jia Zheng, Jia Zheng sent a post to invite him, and the maid who sent the message was still mysterious, saying that there was a great good thing.

This rhetoric...

But why is it exactly the same as what Mrs. Xing and Aunt Zhao said?
Could it be that Jia Zheng simply planned to voluntarily promise his daughter to him because he didn't want to go to the door to propose marriage because he didn't want to get in?
tsk~
Then do you still want to refuse?How should I refuse?

(End of this chapter)