Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

The water transport yamen must be cleaned up.

This is not only Zhu Youxiao's meaning, but also the unified opinion of all the cabinet members.

What the Water Transport Yamen did not only touched the bottom line of Zhu Youxiao, but also touched the bottom line of the cabinet. Who gave you the courage to do such a thing?

If you don't do your job well, you openly find trouble for the court, and the world knows about it. If you don't clean up, who will you clean up?

Instigating millions of waterworkers to gather a crowd to make trouble is nothing small no matter how you look at it. This is provoking the authority of the court and the cabinet, and it is also a reproach to Zhu Youxiao, the emperor of Ming Dynasty, Zhang Haogu and other cabinet veterans. A kind of contempt, they think that they have determined the court, the emperor and the cabinet, and the court will definitely step back and subdue them!

This is tantamount to rebellion.

Zhang Haogu looked at the crowd: "About the matter of cleaning up the water transportation yamen, do you have anything else to say?"

Qian Qianyi said: "There is nothing to say, if the canal canals are not cleaned up, they will be turned upside down."

Zhang Ruitu said: "That's right, the waterways of the water canal have to be cleaned up, as well as those water gangs, this matter can't be done without their organization."

Zhang Haogu saw that no one had any objections, so he said: "Then, let's call a meeting of all ministries, this matter must be resolved quickly, we can't expand the disturbance, and let the court jokes in all places and countries, then we will really be ashamed Got home."

Lu Xiangsheng snorted coldly: "Those people from Water Transport are causing trouble at this time, and they probably have plans in this regard. They bet that the court will not make a big mess, so that everyone knows it and loses the court's face. A bunch of damn things!"

Zhang Haogu looked at Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu: "Taichong and Ningren, please inform the ministries separately, and the cabinet will hold a meeting. By the way, Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun, the commanders of Jinyiwei, are also called here."

Hearing that Zhang Haogu and even Jin Yiwei were called, the faces of several people also became serious. From now on, the conflict between the cabinet and the Water Transport Yamen must be completely resolved by one party.

Soon, Xu Guangqi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Liu Hongxun, Minister of the Ministry of War, Sun Fengqi, Minister of Chidao, Zuo Guangdou, Minister of Water Conservancy, Cui Chengxiu, Minister of Commerce, Zhu Shunshui, Minister of Taxation, Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun, commanders of Jinyiwei, all arrived at the cabinet.

"Yuansuke."

Everyone looked at Zhang Haogu sitting under the plaque of "Loyalty to the Monarch", wearing a seven-beam jade crown and wearing a horned python robe, with a calm expression.

On Zhang Haogu's left and right sides, Zhang Ruitu, the second assistant of the Ming Dynasty and the Minister of Rites, Lu Xiangsheng, the senior cabinet minister and minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Qiao Yunsheng, the senior cabinet minister and minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Qian Qianyi, the senior cabinet minister, and Huang Liji, the senior cabinet minister, sat separately. The Eunuch of the Inner Palace of the Ming Dynasty, the Eunuch of the Inspector of Ceremonies, and the Eunuch of the Inspector of Ceremonies and the Superintendent of the East Factory sat obliquely behind Zhang Haogu. Everyone's expressions were calm and calm, but a breath of impending rain was blowing towards them. come.

Zhang Haogu said: "Sit down."

Everyone sat down one by one on both sides, waiting quietly for Zhang Haogu to speak.

Zhang Haogu looked at Eunuch Wei, and Eunuch Wei nodded with a smile: "Master Zhang, the emperor said that the servant girl is here today to hear about the plan to return the emperor, and secondly, what orders does Master Zhang have? Say it anyway."

Zhang Haogu understood it clearly, and everyone knew about the current situation.Some people want to fight the court, but the price is the face and prestige of the court, the livelihood and even the life of millions of water workers. "

"Since they dare to fight the imperial court, they must have already made up their minds."

"Today, there is only one thing to arrange, the appeasement of the millions of waterworkers and the follow-up livelihood settlement, as well as the inspection of the waterway yamen."

Zhang Haogu said, looking at Xu Guangqi: "Xu Shangshu, among the series of projects decided at the end of last year, the water conservancy projects and straight road repairs in the three provinces of Shandong, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang were immediately approved. The following documents will let these three provinces start relevant recruitment immediately. The salary should be raised a bit. Didn’t the water workers say that they have no livelihood, so let them work and feed them. Lu Xiang will give the relevant approval slips and allocations in a while.”

Xu Guangqi nodded: "Understood."

Zhang Haogu looked at Qian Qianyi and Sun Fengqi again: "Mr. Qian, please contact the big businessmen in Jianghuai and other places. Didn't they apply for the repair of Chi Road last year? Tell them, the imperial court approved it. Xuzhou, Fengyang, Yangzhou , Yingtian’s Chidao, the imperial court immediately approved, allowing them to participate, let them recruit people from the waterworks, this job is enough for them for at least two years. Regarding the survey and construction, the Chidao Yamen will send people.”

Qian Qianyi and Sun Fengqi nodded in understanding.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Haogu looked at Cui Chengxiu: "Cui Shilang, you contact the large groups and chambers of commerce in the north and the south. Isn't their business expanding? Tell them that now in the four provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, and Jiangsu, factories are being built. The imperial court and the local government gave preferential subsidies to allow them to build factories here, and the relevant personnel were recruited from the water workers as much as possible."

Cui Chengxiu nodded.

Then Zhang Haogu looked at Qiao Yunsheng: "Qiao Xiang, the Ministry of Punishment issued documents to all provinces, asking local governments to strictly investigate related matters, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to make trouble at this time. A notice was issued, in order to not approve the gathering of people who reported to the local government, and to give the water workers of the Cao Gang a warning first."

"Liu Shangshu, this pavilion will approve the paper for you in a short while, and the Ministry of War will immediately send a letter to dispatch the three towns of Yingtianfu to the two lakes, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, waiting for the secret order. At the same time, the warships of the Jiangnan Navy will be transferred to the Yangtze River and the canal."

"Zhu Shilang took the official documents from Lu Xiang for a while, and then sent tax officials to Jianghuai and other places to seal up the business of the Caoyun River and the Caobang. The reason was tax evasion, sealing up their business and blocking their money. Anyway, these things are exposed It’s not theirs, so the local yamen are closed.”

"Commander Xu and Commander Tian sent Jin Yiwei to the south to go to the water transport yamen, the river channel yamen, as well as the various places in the water transport and the water transport guards to conduct a secret investigation to see how many people were involved in this matter."

Xu Xianchun was stunned for a moment: "Yuanfu, how far did the investigation go?"

Zhang Haogu said: "Two lakes in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, check to the end."

Xu Xianchun and Tian Ergeng nodded: "Understood."

Zhang Haogu's series of arrangements were arranged in an orderly manner, and everyone immediately went to work on their own. This is the imperial court's countermeasures against the Water Transport Yamen. Everyone can see clearly that Zhang Haogu's methods can directly destroy all of the Water Transport Yamen. The successors of the series disappeared without a trace, and the Water Transport Yamen will soon run out of skills.

When the crowd dispersed, Eunuch Wei came forward with a smile: "Master Zhang is Master Zhang, Zhao Zhao is targeting the weak point of the water transport. The water transport yamen met Master Zhang, and they deserve it."

Zhang Haogu smiled: "Water transport yamen should be unlucky, but the water workers and people are innocent, these plans are actually following the trend, and they are just conveniently promoting the layout of the imperial court in the south."

"Master Zhang, do you have any orders? If you don't have any, the servants can report to the emperor." Eunuch Wei asked.

Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Eunuch Wei has nothing else to do, a series of things that should be done have been arranged, even though it looks like it is, those people from Water Transport will not be around for long."

Eunuch Wei smiled happily: "With your words, Master Zhang, the emperor is relieved, and the slaves will go back to report the letter."

When Eunuch Wei left and the cabinet was empty, Zhang Haogu sighed, rubbed his brows to relieve his fatigue, thought about the plans he had made, and couldn't help but shook his head: "Water transport yamen, It's really greedy for profit, and it's courting death for causing such a thing!"

Soon, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of War issued documents and orders, and Jianghuai, Lakes and other places suddenly became lively.

Whether it's the common people or the officials from all over the country, they all look at how the court will deal with this incident. Millions of water workers are now shouting that they have no jobs and no livelihood. What will you do, Mr. Zhang?
Right now, Zhang Haogu showed his own means.

Chidao Yamen issued an announcement that four sections of Chidao Yamen will be built in the south, connecting the north. The various divisions of Chidao Yamen have been arranged, and they will send people to inspect the site in a few days, and then it will be officially listed. Everyone is welcome to buy stocks at that time.

When this first news was sent out, it immediately caused shocks all over the south, and the imperial court finally planned to build a road in the south!
Who wouldn't be jealous of the convenience of driving the road?
A few days ago, millions of water workers shouted to abolish the Chi Road and promote water transport. Today, the imperial court directly announced the opening of four new Chi Roads, all of which will be built in the south. After this move, the water transport government was a little confused: No, Isn't the imperial court afraid that the millions of water workers are really rebelling?

Really not afraid!
Because other orders have already been issued.

On the second day after it was announced that the Chidao Yamen would build four new Chidao in the south, the Ministry of Industry issued an official document, passing the local water conservancy project plans and pipeline repair plans in the seven provinces of Shandong, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Lianghu, and Jiangxi. and allocate subsidies.

All of a sudden, various key water conservancy projects in the seven provinces began to recruit workers, with high wages and good treatment, and they would not have to worry about food and clothing for a year or two.

The yamen all over the country posted these notices. When they heard that the court had launched so many new projects, the water workers were stunned.

"Have you heard that the imperial court is going to open a lot of new projects?"

"Who says it's not? Chidao construction, water conservancy projects, etc. are recruiting for various projects. I heard that there is a shortage of manpower at the moment. The salary is not bad. Three meals a day, every meal is full, and there is a lot of money. It smells like oil!"

"Yeah, yeah, we don't have any work to do now anyway. Boss Cao said that if we don't quarrel with the court, we won't have anything to eat, but right now we have work. We're going to make trouble, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it looks like the imperial court has no intention of giving up on us. It's written in the notice that the water workers are given priority. We already have a lot of strength and can do these jobs with ease. If there is nothing to do, even if there are a few people You can barely eat enough, you can go to school after the baby, what about getting married and having children?"

"I'm going to repair Chi Dao! The treatment given by the imperial court is good. It doesn't matter that this Chi Dao can eat enough every day. In the future, I will have the opportunity to continue to follow the imperial court to repair it in other places. This is a good job. I have to earn money, Li Two, are you going or not?"

"Go, go, let's go together, Da Niu, let's go together, the few of us also have a support, it's better than building a wall at the gate of this mansion every day, the court treats us favorably, we can't let His Majesty and Zhang Xiangye worry too much. "

Just by announcing the imperial court's engineering projects, the millions of water workers have been shaken.

Waterworkers are not stupid, don’t look like they are the bottom of the society, they are not even considered low-class, but who said that waterworkers are not considered workers, and the imperial court has introduced policies, subsidies and benefits over the years. Is it for the people?

Before making noises, it was because they were afraid that they would not be able to support the family if they had no work to do in the future, but now that the court has given a plan, it would be impolite for the big guys to continue to make trouble.

For a while, many water workers retreated on their own initiative, forming gangs and rushing towards various construction projects of the imperial court.

Fortunately, the imperial court has projects in the seven provinces. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, where there are the most waterworkers, there is also a Chidao project. There are many projects and there is no shortage of positions. The million waterworkers have been reduced by nearly half in an instant.

Seeing that the number of people is decreasing every day, the various Cao Gangs have not thought about using some means to control them. After all, the Cao Gangs are all gone, what kind of Cao Gangs are they?
But the court's next method was also displayed.

First, the Ministry of Punishment issued official documents and corresponding notices were issued in various places, strictly prohibiting illegal gathering of crowds, and the imperial court will arrest the chief envoy for any gathering of crowds that has not been approved.

This alone made the troublesome Cao Gang a little confused. Before they could react, the government servants in various prefectures and counties had already dispatched and locked many of them in prison. Now that there is no boss, the Cao Gang everywhere Without a leader, the dragons became more chaotic and bewildered.

As for when the official document of the imperial court was issued?

Of course, it was issued a long time ago. The reason why it was put on hold for a few days before sending it out is not to determine how many leaders there are among the water workers who gathered together.

Sure enough, without the leader of the trouble, the water workers are a little at a loss. The court does not allow crowd gatherings that have not been reported to the local governments. If they don't disperse now, it is equivalent to violating the law of the Ming Dynasty. What should I do?
Without the boss of the local water gangs, those who were a little bit ambitious for a while no longer cared about gathering crowds to make troubles or competing for profits for water transportation, and began to compete for the position of the boss of the local water gangs one by one.

After the news was reported to the cabinet from all over the country, Zhang Haogu smiled and nodded slightly: "The problem of water workers is half solved."

Qian Qianyi had just negotiated with those merchants in the south, and when he got the news, he smiled and said, "Yuanfu's method is very effective. These gangs were united in a few days ago and made a huge momentum. Now it seems that they are just a group of mobs. That's all."

Zhang Haogu waved his hand: "There is no way, it's just division and rule. The Cao Gang is right to say that it is a mob, because the Cao Gang only cares about the interests of their own territory, or only their own interests. Who will give it to them?" They can work for anyone with money, if there is really a powerful one who unifies the water gangs from all over the country and twists millions of water workers into one rope, it will be terrible."

Qian Qianyi laughed: "If the Cao Gang really had such a character, we would not be as easy as we are now, and it would not be so easy for Water Transport to use the Cao Gang."

Zhang Haogu said dumbly: "That's true. Qian Xiang, what happened to the construction of the factory in the south?"

Qian Qianyi said: "The merchants have already taken action. I have issued documents, and the local governments will give some preferential treatment. With the subsidy from the imperial court, when these merchants start to build factories, the laborers will be reduced by half. It’s not bad if there are hundreds of thousands left in the end.”

Who said no.

Each province's own engineering plan, the imperial court's engineering plan, and the Chidao construction plan were issued one by one, and the million waterworkers were reduced by half. Back to the original plan.

When the commercial office sends out the news that merchants from all over the country have built factories, the remaining half of the waterworkers will be subtracted by more than half. In the end, it will be much more convenient for the imperial court to manage those waterworkers.

Soon, the government offices of commerce issued notices, and government offices in various places posted notices stating that the construction of factories in Lianghu, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and along the canal and Yangtze River would be subsidized by the imperial government and preferential by the local governments. A certain large chamber of commerce and a certain large group have already begun to prepare to build factories. , We are recruiting workers!

When this news came out, the shock to the south was no less than that before the imperial court wanted to build four roads at once!
This is really a big deal. Businessmen want to build factories in various places and recruit workers. This is a job that can last for a lifetime. Isn't this better than being a water laborer?

In front of the official notice board, a large group of people surrounded them, many of them were waterworkers.

"Tsk tsk tsk, did you see that Jiangnan Textile Group is going to build a new factory. This is Jiangnan Textile Group, the largest textile company in Jiangnan. Which of the major shareholders in it is not a big textile household with a name and surname. The salary and treatment are really good."

"Yes, yes. Didn't it say above that the priority is given to the water workers? As long as they participate in the construction of the factory, the water workers will have a higher chance of entering the factory to work. That's the iron rice bowl."

"You can't miss this. It's a good job. Wang Laizi from the village joined the Jiangnan Textile Group before. He ate three meals a day, and brought home cloth and meat for the holidays. Camellia candy is said to be a benefit from the factory, and the monthly wages are paid on time, and there are rewards for doing a good job. This job is much better than the waterworks.”

"What are you still doing in a daze, go, go, go, go!"

"Yes, let's go together, hurry up and build the factory, we have a lot of strength, as long as we work hard when building the factory, we don't have to worry about not being able to enter the factory as a worker in the future!"

Entering a factory as a worker is an enviable treatment.

In Daming, being a worker has status and status. The so-called scholars, peasants, businessmen, according to the original class hierarchy, workers are still above merchants. In people's hearts, this worker is a top-notch worker, not to mention that the imperial court attaches great importance to the status of a worker.

Workers are not just hard work, you also have to have certain technical knowledge, corresponding knowledge reserves and technical literacy, these workers are skilled workers, whether it is the imperial court or the major chambers of commerce, they are all given preferential treatment, Skilled workers are precious.

Ordinary workers are also lacking in major chambers of commerce nowadays. It was the time when the industry was developing, and Daming did not move inward. The rich resources and vast land made the industrial development of Daming smooth. What is lacking is workers, so the treatment of workers is very low. It's very high, there are benefits during the holidays, and there are subsidies for overtime work. Where can I find such a good job?

Now that this opportunity to enter the factory is in front of them, the water workers must consider whether this is their only opportunity in this life.

As a result, the demonstrations of millions of waterworkers were wiped out without a trace by Zhang Haogu's series of means after only a few days.