This prince, it doesn't matter if you don't do it!

Chapter 464: Volume Five, Li Erdou and His Officials!
Some things, everyone clearly knows what is going on, but they really can't solve it.

At this point, it’s time to weigh the pros and cons.

Li Er is unwilling to give up this strategy.

After all, as Fang Xuanling said back then, even if he is willing to trust Li Chengqian, can those under Li Chengqian trust him?
Today, Li Chengqian dominates the Northwest, with hundreds of thousands of people controlling strings under his command!Coupled with Da Ming's world-leading ordnance, it has already formed a certain threat to Datang.

In other words, he didn't doubt Li Chengqian's ability, whether he would be hurt by those under his command, he was worried that those under Li Chengqian's command would encourage Li Chengqian to do unspeakable things in the future!

After all, that is the work of the dragon...

Looking at these people under the hall, most of them have come to where they are today because of Conglong Zhigong.

This is the lesson from the past!
Shaking his head, Li Er said: "This issue is indeed more urgent, but we can't give up the strategy of managing the Northwest just because of this issue."

After finishing speaking, Li Er looked at everyone's reactions and said, "This problem is not unsolvable."

After speaking, Li Er kept staring at everyone.

Everyone was shocked when they heard his words!
They get it!

Li Er's so-called strategic plan for the Northwest is not only aimed at Li Chengqian...

This is to promote changes within Datang!

Thinking of this, everyone glanced at Li Er cautiously, feeling filled with emotion in their hearts, this is Li Er.

How could what he was going to do be so simple.

If you don't maximize the benefits of one thing, then you're still Li Er?

But although everyone understood what Li Er meant, none of them dared to speak up. After all, none of them dared to speak up about this matter.

This kind of thing can only be said by Li Er himself.

After all, this matter is really offending people...

Also, it doesn't fit their position either.

Don't forget, they are all gentry!

Looking at their reactions, Li Er was not disappointed.

The changes he wants to promote are indeed not in line with the interests of these people, but it would be nonsense to say that he has no grudges in his heart.

After all, everything he wanted to do was for Datang.

Seeing that no one spoke, Li Er said: "It's time to improve the treatment of craftsmen."

"Your Majesty, no..." As soon as Dai Zhou spoke, Li Er waved his hand slightly and said, "Okay, don't talk about it, I know what you are worried about, but we all have to see the development of the Ming court in the past year." in the eyes.

If it is said that the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty has achieved today's achievements only by relying on the strength of its soldiers, surely you will not believe it?
In the past year, Gao Ming only focused on two points.

One of them is people's livelihood!

In this regard, Gao Ming has really achieved a level that many officials cannot do.

All the lords should know that in the past year, the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty did not say that they were suffering from hunger and cold, but they were definitely considered victims of disasters everywhere!

But under such circumstances, as far as I know, the Royal Court of the Ming Dynasty hardly let a single victim die of hunger!

Think about the natural disasters in the past few years in my Tang Dynasty. In which year did no victims die of hunger and cold?
How did Gao Ming do this?
This brings us to the second point that Gao Ming focused on!
industry!

In fact, we all know that Gao Ming at that time could not change food even if he changed it, so he vigorously developed industries and made the goods of the Ming court become in-demand goods that merchants from all over the world were willing to travel thousands of miles away.

Then he took advantage of the greed of merchants from all over the world and his unique weaponry of Ming Dynasty to plunder food from all over the world, which made the royal court of Ming Dynasty go through the most difficult year.

From this point of view, how important is industry?
And those craftsmen, how important are they?

As for the military, in the past year, it was not the focus of Gao Ming's attention at all, it was just a small thing he did casually.

Of course, from this point of view, Gao Ming's overall control over the Ming court is still very precise. "

He still didn't say anything, which was that Li Chengqian had indeed grown to the point where he was a little strange.

Hearing this, Wei Zheng nodded and said, "His Royal Highness has indeed done a lot of great things in the past year, using work for relief. To be honest, I was really surprised by this policy at the time.

Although since ancient times, starting from Duke Jing of Qi, there have been allusions of work-for-relief handed down, but it is really the first case that His Highness has thoroughly implemented work-for-relief. "

Regarding Li Chengqian's performance in the past year, everyone has actually thought about it seriously.

Especially Li Chengqian's Work for Relief, no matter Wei Zheng, Dai Zhou or Fang Xuanling, have all studied it.

In this regard, no one is not convinced!

"Indeed." Li Er nodded and said, "Gao Ming gave us a good example, and in the future, I, Datang, can also learn from certain experience.

But what I want to talk about is not this, but the transformation of industry.

Presumably all the ministers have seen that the Ming court cannot achieve today's achievements without the craftsmen of Daming.

To put it bluntly, I am extremely unwilling to admit it, the current Daming is already the best in the world in terms of industry!

If my Tang Dynasty does not change again, then my future business in the Tang Dynasty can only be controlled by the royal court of Ming Dynasty.

Although Gao Ming has always been doing things according to the rules, don't forget that Daming is Daming, and Datang is Datang!

Therefore, it is time to advance the transformation of the industry.

To promote industrial transformation, first of all, we must improve the treatment of craftsmen!

Don't you forget that the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty also flocked to Riyue Mountain! "

Li Er finally spoke out.

No way, everyone is unwilling to open this mouth.

Raising the status and treatment of craftsmen has been a major event in all dynasties.

"Your Majesty, the salary of craftsmen has been raised once before, and it was not long ago." Dai Zhou said, "If the salary of craftsmen is raised again, the household department will be under great pressure!"

"Hmph!" Li Er snorted coldly when he heard the words, "Could it be that the household department gave out a penny to improve the treatment of craftsmen before? If I remember correctly, the money came from internal funds, right? There is a relationship with the household department What's the matter?"

He knew that Dai Zhou's objection was not because the Ministry of Households could not afford money, but because of his position.

Although no one said it, no one wanted the status of artisans to be as high as their scholars.

This is called class.

"Your Majesty." Gao Shilian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said, "I am afraid that raising the status and treatment of craftsmen twice in a short period of time will cause opposition from many people, and it will also send a wrong signal to more people.

The most important thing is, I'm afraid it will make those students who have studied hard for ten years feel chilled!
If strange skills and ingenuity are also a way to reach the sky, then who would want to study hard and study hard? "

Li Er smiled, and he knew that it would be even more difficult to advance this matter with the help of Gao Ming's pressure.

There is no way to change the position on this issue.

Even if the few people present agreed, but if this decree is issued, all scholars in the world will be fried.

Suppressing the status of craftsmen is not the idea of ​​these few people above the main hall, but the idea of ​​the vast majority of scholars.

To use an analogy, this is like a huge cake, and they are the group of scholars who are dividing it up. No matter who has more and who has less, or whether they can even eat it, at least they have the qualifications to eat this cake.

But suddenly a group of people came to share the cake with them, who would like it?
Besides, they really think that everything is inferior and only reading is high!

"Your Majesty, Xu Guogong is right." Fang Xuanling said, "It is still too early to elevate the status of craftsmen, because it has not been long since the last time the treatment of craftsmen was raised.

The second reason is that the craftsmen have not made any special contributions yet, so it is not suitable. "

Even Wei Zheng stood up and seconded at this moment.

It's not that he has any views on craftsmen, but that it's really inappropriate at this juncture.

Hearing this, Li Er shook his head. He was not surprised by this result.

But he didn't take it to heart either.

As the emperor, he and his courtiers complement each other.

Sometimes they will cooperate seamlessly, and sometimes they will compete against each other. Everyone is working hard to play their roles well.

He really had nothing to say about this.

Just talking about this matter, can it be said that Li Er is only doing it for the good of Datang, and has no selfish intentions?

How is it possible, everyone is not a fool, Li Er just wanted to use this as a starting point, but this starting point, who knows what will happen in the future?

It's hard to say whether Li Er will let those craftsmen stand on top of the court in the future.

After all, if those craftsmen really enter the hall one day, the biggest beneficiary must be Li Er.

At that time, someone will really help Li Er check and balance these scholars.

For an emperor, the way of checks and balances has always been like this.

However, Li Er did not give up. He rummaged through the table and found a secret booklet, and said with a smile, "Look for yourselves!"

After speaking, Li Er asked the servant to show the secret book to everyone.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this!
Immediately, they gathered together and looked at the contents of the secret book together.

"Quyuanli?" Wei Zheng said with a look of shock, "Your Majesty, is this Quyuanli really such a miracle?"

As he said that, Wei Zheng stared at Li Er excitedly!

This is a good thing!

If Datang had this thing, not to mention that there would be no more suffering from famine, at least the annual grain production would increase by several percent!
Don't say a few percent, even half of it, that's an astronomical figure!

Other people are actually not much better than them, which is really a good thing...

Li Er looked at the reactions of Wei Zheng and the others, and said, "What does Ai Qing think? When I first saw this secret book, my reaction was almost exactly the same as yours.

I just can't figure it out, why the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty can create things that can shock my Tang Dynasty?
Could it be that the craftsmen of Daming are really smarter than those of my Tang Dynasty?

Do you believe this? "

Everyone shook their heads. They definitely didn't believe this, and they had no reason to believe it.

But at this moment, everyone also understood that this secret book should have been in Li Er's hands long ago, but he never took it out, and the purpose was for today.

Thinking of this, everyone also understood that Li Er's desire to change was already very firm.

However, they could understand that the Ming court had repeatedly created things that shocked them all.

"Think about it." Li Er said, "Think about it, everyone. If I, Datang, have been going step by step and not making changes, in other places, I can't say for the time being, but on the road of industry, I will Tang will inevitably fall behind the Ming royal court by too much.

Today, they are one small step ahead of us in ordnance and agricultural tools. Will they be one big step ahead of us in the future?

All the ministers are the ministers of the Tang Dynasty, you tell me, what should I do?
Could it be that my Tang Dynasty just watched Daming lead us by the nose in industry and commerce?
Are you willing? "

After finishing speaking, Li Er stood up, walked among the crowd, took the secret book from Fang Xuanling's hand, shook his head, and said, "Quyuanli... When I saw this secret book , you don't know how excited I am?
But when I think that Qu Yuanli was not made by my craftsman in Datang, how chilling is my heart?
Ladies and Gentlemen, can you understand? "

Everyone was silent...

If it was said that the Ming court made some other things, they didn't care, but Qu Yuanli really touched the hearts of many people!

There is no way, after all, Datang is still a big agricultural country!
Anything that can improve agricultural technology will be valued by them.

But they are also in a dilemma. If they raise their mouths to raise the status of craftsmen, they will offend everyone.

In the end, it was Wei Zheng who gritted his teeth, stood up, and said, "Your Majesty, it is too early to elevate the status of craftsmen, but if there are craftsmen who create something like Quyuanli, the court should respect it." reward!"

"Heavy reward?" Li Er sneered, "Reward a thousand pieces of gold? After I saw this secret book before, I went to look through the reward and punishment book of the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty.

According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, even if you create a sharp weapon that can destroy Goguryeo with one blow, the top reward is only five thousand coins, five thousand coins, that's quite a lot.

Can……"

Li Er couldn't speak anymore.

The law of the Tang Dynasty really stipulates that, even if an atomic bomb is created, the reward is only five guan...

What's the funniest thing?
The funniest thing is that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, no one has ever received a reward of [-] yuan, and the most is only [-] yuan...

From this, we can see how harsh Datang's so-called rewards to craftsmen are!

Speaking of this, everyone was a little embarrassed.

Datang law, everyone present is familiar with it.

After all, this is what they settled down in the past.

"Your Majesty, this old minister doesn't mean that." Wei Zheng took a deep breath and said, "Those who have made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty should be rewarded! A real reward!

Be like Tao Mingyu who contributed to the method of pouring steel, and reward him with a title!

It can even be passed on to the world, so that craftsmen all over the world have a goal! "

This is really a great reward, a knighthood!

Although Tao Mingyu was awarded the title because of his contribution to the Guangang method, his situation is different from others. After all, he is a descendant of Tao Hongjing, the prime minister in the mountains, and he is considered a famous family.

There was no objection to conferring him a title, but if Tao Mingyu was just a craftsman, it would not have been so easy for Li Er to confer the title.

"This method is feasible." Fang Xuanling said immediately after hearing the words, "If there is a craftsman who can create such a sharp weapon as Quyuanli that benefits the country and the people, he will be granted a knighthood."

Everyone quickly realized that this is a solution.

A title is a title, it is just an honor and has nothing to do with an official position.

Immediately, everyone also seconded.

Li Er smiled, and at this point, he could only agree, and if he continued to entangle, there would be no result.

But that's okay, as long as we start this way, the future will be much easier.

(End of this chapter)