Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 654 Tsuna is in chaos? Then I will watch!

"Your Majesty, you must never neglect your craftsmanship!"

An excited voice sounded in Dongnuan Pavilion, which made Zhu Youxiao frown slightly and looked at Qian Qianyi with slight dissatisfaction. The matter was discussed, why should he show such excitement.

Zhu Youxiao had no good impression of Qian Qianyi, and even felt disgusted in his heart.

Without him.

Qian Qianyi is an extremely selfish politician, a sanctimonious villain, a scum without a bottom line, and an unprincipled opportunist!
Although he knew what kind of person Qian Qianyi was, Zhu Youxiao did not remove Qian Qianyi from the cabinet. Instead, he made him serve as a deputy cabinet minister.

The reason for this is simple.

Zhu Youxiao needs people like Qian Qianyi to occupy the top resources representing the Donglin Party, so that the Donglin Party is forced to recognize Qian Qianyi, and the interest groups represented behind the Donglin Party have no other choice. When encountering something, Zhu Youxiao can gradually clear it up.

This principle also applies to many factions such as the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, the Kun Party, and the Xuan Party in the center.

Under the influence of the ideological trend of party unity and dissent, Ming Dynasty has been trapped in the vortex of party struggle for a long time. If the privileged groups behind it cannot be fully clarified, then this trend will be impossible to reverse.

Zhu Youxiao allows fighting, gaming, and calculation. After all, wherever there are people, there will inevitably be conflicts of interest. This is an inevitable trend of human nature.

But don't take it too far.

If it goes too far, it will not only endanger the foundation of the country, but also cause class antagonism to intensify. Once this momentum is unchecked, the country will not be a country.

Rather than dismissing a large number of officials without hesitation, and then allowing the privileged groups hiding behind the scenes to select new spokesmen to gain momentum in the officialdom, it is better to retain these familiar people and use them in stages according to various encounters. Events, go and clean them batch by batch!

The Qi Party headed by Qi Shijiao was uprooted. This not only left the Qi Party in the center of the Ming Dynasty, but also caused a large number of privileged groups under Shandong to be bloodbathed. Even the nature of Yan Shenggong's mansion was adjusted. This made Zhu Youxiao The political gains obtained are difficult to measure in gold and silver.

"I second the proposal!"

Seeing that the emperor was unmoved, Sun Ruyou followed closely and said: "The craftsman registration system is a national system established in the early Ming Dynasty. This, together with the civil registration, military registration, commercial registration, kitchen registration, etc., constitutes a complete household registration system. Even this It also involves many national policies and ancestral systems. If the craftsmanship is abolished rashly, it will definitely cause chaos, which will do no good to the court! "

"I hope your Majesty will think twice!"

"I dare to ask Your Majesty to take back my order!"

After Sun Ruyou finished speaking, Shen and Shi Jikai came forward one after another. Their attitudes were surprisingly consistent, they wanted Zhu Youxiao to give up the idea of ​​abolishing the craftsmanship status.

Zhu Youxiao had guessed this situation from the beginning.

Without him.

It may seem that abolishing craftsmanship is a trivial matter, but the layers involved behind it are too wide, and may even involve the interests of many people.

Let’s not talk about the two major categories of official craftsmen and military craftsmen for the time being. Just talk about the category of civilian craftsmen. Weavers belong to the category of civilian craftsmen. Of course, there are also weavers in the category of official craftsmen. However, in the current Ming Dynasty, Southeast Weavers In this industry, the scale of private participation in weaving far exceeds the scale of government-run weaving.

Loom, this is an important means of production.

The trade status of cotton cloth in the Ming Dynasty was second only to tea, porcelain, and silk. Silk also fell into the category of weaving, so this also made many people attach great importance to weaving.

The Donglin Party where Qian Qianyi belongs, the Zhejiang Party where Sun Ruyou belongs, and the Chu Party, Xuan Party, Kun Party and other factions in the center, many of them have close ties with big cloth merchants and big silk merchants, and even they My family is also deeply involved.

There are two important entities in the weaving industry, one is the loom and the other is the weaver. Both of them are indispensable. Without one, the output will seriously decline.

Compared with the expensive looms, it is the weavers, no matter how good their craftsmanship is, they will be squeezed when they should be squeezed, and there is no place to redress their grievances.

Why?

It's because of this craftsmanship! Under the trend of officialdom, when officials, gentry, and businessmen collude with each other, the bottom group of any origin is a tool to make money in their eyes, not even a person. The greatest value of the bottom group in this life is to act as a role for them. Cattle and horses to provide for their enjoyment.

"Your Majesty, I think you should think twice about abolishing the craftsmanship certificate." Under such circumstances, Bi Ziyan, the group assistant of the cabinet and the minister of household affairs, after thinking for a moment, bowed to the emperor.

"The implications of this matter are too wide. If the imperial court rushes to promote this matter, I am worried that there will be chaos in the local area. This will be more detrimental to the imperial court."

Bi Ziyan said these words, which made Qian Qianyi and Sun Ruyou unable to conceal their excitement. Look, the ministers whom the emperor relied on most were also opposed to this matter.

It seems like this can't be done.

It's just that Qian Qianyi and the others didn't know that the reason why Bi Ziyan said this was not to oppose the abolition of craftsmanship, but because he was worried that doing it at this time would affect the salt reform implemented by Yuan Shizhen.

One of the important measures of the salt reform was to transfer kitchen households to civilians. Because of this incident, banditry broke out in Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers, and there was even a tax resistance in Zhejiang.

At present, Yuan Shizhen is promoting salt reform in Lianghuai. This is the second place in Ming Dynasty to promote salt reform after Shandong.

The salt reform has not yet achieved the expected results. In such a special period, another preferential policy will be introduced that will stimulate many people. It is really difficult for Bi Ziyan to predict what will happen next.

Because Bi Ziyan also thought of weaving!

In addition to weaving, there are also tea and even mining. These are prohibited in the southeastern provinces. If we really want to continue like this, I'm afraid the southeast will be in chaos.

"I implore your Majesty, for the sake of the stability of the country and the eternal stability of the country, please never make such a decision that is harmful to the country but does not benefit any one."

While Bi Ziyan was thinking a lot, Qian Qianyi, as if he had made some kind of determination, stepped forward to bow to Zhu Youxiao and said these words.

But these words obviously stimulated Zhu Youxiao.

"Tsunadune?"

Zhu Youxiao's expression turned cold, he stared at Qian Qianyi and said: "Then I want to see what kind of passiveness I can bring to the court by trying to abolish the craftsmanship certificate in Beizhili!! Zhu Guozuo, you I am the Chief Minister of the Cabinet. Do you think this matter can be tried?"

When talking about this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhu Guozuo, who had been silent.

When Qian Qianyi and Sun Ruyou heard this, they all became nervous, especially Qian Qianyi, who felt regretful in their hearts.

Even if you are persuading the emperor, you shouldn't be so direct.

"I think it can be done."

Facing the gaze he was looking at, Zhu Guozuo looked calm, bowed to the emperor and said, "Abolition of craftsmen's status seems to be a trend in my opinion. Not to mention anything else, it is just the slackness and negativity of official craftsmen and military craftsmen, and they continue to These situations of escaping will inevitably have a great impact on local departments and all health departments. "

"What's more, this is a huge burden on the court. If we can try to abolish the craftsman registration system and allow craftsmen to freely go to other places to make a living, this seems to be a good choice. However, the court needs to focus on solving several problems..."

Old thief! !
When Zhu Guozuo explained his views, Qian Qianyi and Sun Ruyou cursed secretly in their hearts, saying that the abolition of craftsmanship was unacceptable.

Even if it is only tried in North Zhili at the moment, if the emperor sees the benefits, it will definitely be expanded. Sooner or later, it will be implemented in the southeastern provinces. By that time, southeastern provinces are bound to have Big mess.

After all, interests have been touched.

"Then this matter will be completed by the cabinet."

Under such circumstances, Zhu Youxiao made the final decision: "I want to see a concrete memorial. This matter has been settled. If anyone has objections, well, they will come forward to solve the losses encountered by the court. As long as If they can solve it, then I won’t mention the abolition of craftsmanship anymore!”

(End of this chapter)