Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 580 Abolition of Craftsmanship
"Guan Qing, what makes you so eager to enter the palace to see me?"

Emperor Chongzhen smiled, looked at Guan Shaoning with a serious expression, stretched out his hand and said to Wang Chengen: "Wang Banban, go pour tea for Guan Qing, and move..."

"Your Majesty, there is no need to be like this."

Guan Shaoning saluted and said: "This time, I want to enter the palace to face the saint, and I want to admonish His Majesty, can the imperial court relax the restrictions on craftsmen?
Since he was a minister and leader of the Shuntian Mansion, he has been sorting out the reform of the capital and all the matters under the jurisdiction of the Shuntian Mansion. During his tenure as the Shuntian Mansion Governor, Governor Sun made many good decisions and laid a solid foundation for the Shuntian Mansion.

However, as the reconstruction of the capital, the rectification of the roads in Suncheon Prefecture, and the renovation of water conservancy, etc., have been carried out in an orderly manner, the number of workshops under the rule of Gyeonggi has also increased sharply.

This should be added to the military industry that Xishan has planned.

The relatively huge demand has caused many industries such as smelting, cement, and building materials to operate at full capacity, but they still cannot meet the needs..."

Labor shortage?

Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly, listening to the various situations Guan Shaoning stated, his thoughts were a little messy.

I thought that this kind of situation and phenomenon would gradually become prominent after the fifth year of Chongzhen, but it started to emerge now.

"Can't the bankrupt groups currently gathered cannot meet the existing needs?"

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, looked at Guan Shaoning and said, "According to what I know, there are a lot of young and strong people alone. Even if most of them are diverted to the construction field, it can still meet the demand, right?"

"Your Majesty, relying on those inexperienced youths alone cannot meet the needs."

Guan Shaoning said with a serious expression: "Take the smelting industry as an example. A qualified apprentice needs to study with the master for at least half a year before he can have the corresponding experience.

But this is still far from being a teacher.

At present, in my Shuntian Mansion, the batch of smelting workshops to be built have a large number of helpers and apprentices, but there is an urgent need for craftsmen, craftsmen, and master craftsmen who can really lead the team.

If this matter cannot be properly resolved, it will affect many things, either slowing down the progress of the reconstruction of the capital, or reducing the needs of Xishan. "

Although what Shaoning said is only limited to Shuntian Prefecture, like other prefectures and counties in Beizhili, like Liaodong, I am afraid that this situation exists in all of them.

As time goes by, the situation will become even more severe when the disaster relief agencies in the northern provinces implement the infrastructure construction and government-run factories in an orderly manner.

"It seems that the artisanship will be abolished."

Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Guan Shaoning and said: "I know about this matter, the Qing family need not worry, I will try to resolve it, the Qing family cannot be involved in this matter, let's step back first.

Wang Banban called Han Yu and Bi Ziyan to see him. I have something to discuss with them. "

"My minister retire."

"The slaves obey the order."

The abolition of the craftsman registration system will inevitably cause quite a disturbance for the Ming Dynasty at this stage.

After all, craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty had no personal freedom at all, which also led to a huge group of craftsmen becoming the target of many vested interests, vying to exploit them.

Even if it is squeezed to death, there will be no ripples, just find a place to bury it, just like dying a bedbug.

However, if you want to move forward to primitive industrialization as soon as possible, you must abolish all the policies that restrict craftsmen, so that they can circulate freely and earn corresponding money by virtue of their skills and abilities.

Taking advantage of the fact that this phenomenon is not obvious at present, Emperor Chongzhen felt that he could gradually implement the abolition of craftsman registration, and then promote the sustainable development of industry and commerce.

In the environment of frequent disasters and the severe momentum of land annexation, how to guide the bankrupt group of Daming to earn money to support their families is the most important thing.

Then the group of artisans who have been exploited will serve as a link between the past and the future, so as to drive the implementation of large-scale chemical workshops.

Han Yu and Bi Ziyan were summoned by the emperor, and hurried over from the Wenhua Palace. After seeing the two coming, Emperor Chongzhen straight to the point.

"At the beginning, out of the consideration of stabilizing the place, the imperial court supported a group of workshops to absorb those bankrupt disaster victims and refugees. I think the two Qing families know about it."

Emperor Chongzhen said with a serious expression: "According to what I know now, only the workshops under the rule of Beizhili are relatively large.

The military industry in Xishan, the smelting industry in Gyeonggi, the shipbuilding industry in Tianjin, etc., have helped the court solve many bad things. "

Han Yu and Bi Ziyan looked at each other with different expressions.

Especially for Han Yu, there is unavoidable worry in his heart, does the emperor want to increase business tax and mining tax?

But isn't the mining tax banned?
Civil officials like Han Yu are aware of the changes in northern Zhili and other places, especially Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Zhili, who has repaired roads and water conservancy on a large scale, stimulating many people in Zhili to build a so-called large-scale chemical workshop. This indirectly led to the trend of private land mergers, which was relatively curbed a lot.

"I intend to abolish the craftsman registration system, so that craftsmen under the Ming Dynasty can freely go to work in various places in order to earn corresponding silver."

Looking at Han Yu and Bi Ziyan, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "In this way, there will be more workshops in various places, so that the disaster victims and refugees who have gone bankrupt in the localities can be diverted in an orderly manner. The rebellion that came out will never happen again.

After all, there is no land to plant. Once there are wolfish and ambitious people who use the disaster to instigate the consequences, it is hard to imagine the consequences.

Considering that the abolition of craftsman registration involves many levels, especially the large scale of craftsman households, I plan to gradually try this out in Beizhili and Liaodong. "

"Your Majesty can't."

Han Yu's face changed slightly, and he stepped forward to bow and said: "The craftsman registration system is the foundation of the country, once it is abolished easily, there will be endless troubles.

A large number of craftsmen are needed to repair city defenses, repair water conservancy, forge ordnance and firearms, etc. If the craftsman registration is abolished, how much burden will be added to the court, which will have a great impact on..."

"According to the Qing family's words, is it really useful for Guochao to do these things now?"

Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly, interrupted what Han Yu was saying, and said coldly: "Don't think that I don't know what the localities have done in response to these things.

Just talking about ordnance, firearms, artillery, etc., the imperial court allocates an unknown amount of food and salaries every year, but how much can it really be used for?How many of them have been pocketed?
Han Qing, you, the chief minister of the cabinet, don't you think you don't know these things? "

Emperor Chongzhen had thought of Han Yu's reaction from the very beginning, but he had to completely break the rigid way in the past.

(End of this chapter)