Yankang nine years, January

Just entered the new year, Xun Yu's proposal, which made the ministers quarrel, quarreling, the topic is not new, but this time, it is the first time to put the problem on the bright side to deal with, this proposal is about the craftsman.

In the eight years of Yankang, the new Shangshu Ling only did two things, first, he tried his best to promote a large number of officials, and those with bad intentions called these important local officials and important ministers of the temple as Shangshu Followers, and these Shangshu Followers were distributed in various places, from the state pastor to the county order, all of which were promoted in Yankang in the eight years, so they also had the title of themselves, called "Eight Year Officials".

In the first temple court meeting of the new year, some people thought about how to tout the merits of the Son of Heaven this year, and some people thought about how to welcome the new year, anyway, no one thought that Xun Yu would propose so.

After the Zhongshu Order announced the official start of the court meeting, Xun Yu suddenly stood up and spoke amazingly.

"The minister thinks that the Han officials should set up a fixed term of office, a five-year term, when the term of office expires, the government will conduct a performance review, and promote on the grounds of political performance within five years, in addition, officials are not allowed to recommend in the future!" When Xun Yu's words came out, everyone was immediately stunned, some people agreed with the five-year term, and some people opposed it.

It is gratifying that after the strict examination and careful appointment of the officials, there are no more people in the group of ministers who oppose for no reason, and these quarrelsome people have their own reasons, and those who agree with them think that in the locality, the tenure of the officials is too long, which will shake the rule of the temple over the locality, in addition, such a tenure system is conducive to the step-by-step promotion of officials, and no one will ascend to heaven because of recommendation, which is undoubtedly unfavorable to the rest of the diligent ministers.

It is possible to exclude those who will only rely on the profit of words to win favor, and those who can be promoted by gaining the appreciation of superiors.

There are also opponents, who think that five years is too long, which will drown a lot of talents, such as Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, if they follow Xun Yu's method, wouldn't it take decades to climb to the core of the temple? This step-by-step approach is unfair to talent, either shortening tenure or opening up the talent network.

However, obviously, Xun Yu did not agree with the statement that the net was open, Xun Yu cleared his throat, stood up, and looked at the ministers who were still arguing, he looked at Lu Bu, Lu Bu slowly walked to the middle, without words, just looked at everyone coldly, the ministers who were arguing suddenly quieted down, and Lu Bu said: "Shang Shuling, please speak." ”

"Colleagues, no matter what kind of talent they are, they all need time to sharpen, even if they are people like Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, they must also go through a process from the bottom up, otherwise, they will be a minister who can only talk empty words, which is not good for the country..."

"That's right, if you only rely on fame and don't have any experience, you will not be able to do agricultural science." , Guo Jia on the side said lazily.

"Hahaha!!" , Zhang Fei couldn't help laughing, and when he saw Xun Yu's somewhat solemn face, he put on a serious face.

Xun Yu continued: "Of course, what you said is also reasonable, I can reduce the term of office, during the term of office, those who have outstanding political achievements can be promoted, those who are not qualified or punished, or transferred... Step by step, from the county order to the Taishou, from the Taishou to the state pastor, and then into the temple... It won't be a one-step climb. After speaking, he sat down, Lu Bu motioned for everyone to continue the discussion, and the temple became noisy again.

From the beginning to the present, Liu Xi didn't speak, just looked at them quietly.

Guo Jia sat down, only feeling uncomfortable, after quitting drinking, he couldn't keep up his spirits all day, constantly yawning, languishing, Zhang Fei sat beside him, watched the ministers discuss, and asked in a low voice: "Guo Jun!! What do you think of this??? ”

"I think it's okay, and next time, I'll bother you to sit farther away..."

"I always feel like something is different in the temple!!"

"There are fewer clowns and less stupid things, which is naturally different, at least, they are really discussing it now...."

In the midst of the quarrel, finally, the matter was completed, and the ministers agreed, and the Zhongshu order had been drawn up, and it was good to send it to the Zhongtai, just when everyone thought that the biggest controversy had passed, Xun Yu got up again, and he said: "The minister thinks that he should set up the school of the Gongfu to recruit students and craftsmen.... In addition, for those craftsmen who have made significant contributions, they should be treated as a thousand stones. ”

"What?? Do you want to give the craftsman the treatment of a thousand stones? ”

The ministers looked at each other, for a while, they didn't know what to say, that is, Ma Jun of the Gongfu was taken aback, before the last dynasty, Xun Yu did tell him that he wanted to change the status of the craftsman and improve it slightly, but he didn't expect that this slight promotion was to give a thousand stones, so if it was a slightly larger promotion, would it be simply two thousand stones?

Seeing the strange silence of the ministers, Xun Yu looked at Ma Jun in the crowd, Ma Jun slowly got up, and said: "Xun Gong, thank you for your proposal, but there are so many craftsmen in the world, if they are all given such treatment, I am afraid that the cost will be huge.... Qianshi is a little too much...", even he himself felt a little excessive, and as he spoke, he looked at Liu Ba in the crowd.

Liu Ba got up and said: "Xun Gong, this is true, the temple has to bear too much, and the new system reform has just been carried out. ”

"And what do you think?"

Liu Ba said: "Those who have merit can be rewarded with money." ”

"No, what I want to do is to improve the status of craftsmen, so that more people can want to become craftsmen, like Ma Gong, and be able to make more things... Therefore, money is not important, it is mainly a matter of status, and a little money alone cannot solve the problem. Xun Yu said seriously, and as soon as he finished speaking, Sun Quan stood up.

"Since this is the case, then there is no need to be promoted in the Yulu, in this way, for the great craftsmen who have contributed, the Son of Heaven will give the cloud dragon pattern robe to show their status, as for those ordinary craftsmen, it is easier to improve their status, and give the craftsmen of the world the right to meet the servants of the Gongfu at any time, and the right to put forward their own ideas.... This is because of the person is noble, the master craftsman who no one cares about will be honored because of the reward of the Son of Heaven, and the ordinary craftsman is honored by the relationship with the Gongfu. ”

"What's more, craftsmen all over the world can write letters and gongfu at will, express their opinions, and the latest research, which is also beneficial to the gongfu!" Ma Jun said suddenly, Sun Quan smiled and nodded, and then sat down.

Xun Yu thought for a moment before he nodded.

However, there are still dissatisfaction among the ministers, the status of the craftsman has not been high, the main aspect, is that there is a view, that many things made by the craftsman are playthings that will make people lose their minds, it is a bad thing, and the general Fangshi, will play a role in bewitching the Son of Heaven, for example, Ma Jun once made a puppet that moved by water power, and as a result, Emperor Xiaoxian did not leave the palace for more than ten days, and played all day.

Many people are worried about this problem, therefore, the controversy is still very big, many ministers promoted by Xun Yu himself, but also came forward to oppose Xun Yu's proposal, now the Han gives the craftsman enough discounts, if it is improved, the children in the future will not go to school, but to learn to be craftsmen, how is this good? Wang Lang was very opposed to this proposal.

Liu Xi sat above, calmly listened to everyone's proposals, and thought for a long time.

"Zhong Aiqing...", Liu Xi spoke, and suddenly, the temple fell silent, Liu Xi continued: "I have always regarded the people of the world as my people, whether they are farmers or businessmen, they are all my people, in my eyes, there is no distinction between inferiority and inferiority... Today, I sit on the chairs made by the craftsmen, and travel on the rails developed by the craftsmen, including the carriages of oxen and horses, ordnance, etc... I thought that Xun Gong's proposal was feasible. ”

Now that the Son of Heaven has spoken, everyone naturally has no way to oppose it anymore, and the opponents can only bow their heads and sigh.

When the court meeting was over, everyone talked about Fang Cai's proposal one after another, and left the palace.

Xun Yu just walked to the palace gate, was stopped by the angry Wang Lang, Wang Lang said unhappily: "Xun Gong, Shinong industry and commerce, is the foundation of the Han Dynasty, with such a division, in order to make more children eager to become Shi farmers, not industry and commerce, therefore, the Han can produce many ministers, cultivators are very many, if it is the other way around, everyone has gone to be a craftsman, to be a businessman, let me ask, who will go to farming, who will govern the people?" ”

"No matter how much the status of the craftsman is raised, it will not threaten the Shinong, the prince is too worried..."

Xun Yu said indifferently.

"I just think that there should be more scholars and scholars in the world, rather than craftsmen!" , Wang Lang said, looked at Ma Jun on the side, and said: "It's not that I mean to offend, I also have special respect for Ma Gong, but not everyone in the world is Ma Gong... You can't improve everyone's treatment because of the ability of one or two people..."

Xun Yu shook his head and said, "Compared with the scholars who can only talk about it, I hope there are more craftsmen... At the very least, they will make chairs. ”

Saying that, ignoring Wang Lang, Xun Yu left here directly with Ma Jun.

"Ma Gong, I have done everything I can do, and the Gongfu has been fully funded by the temple, so I hope that the Gongfu will not live up to the temple...", Xun Yu said, Ma Jun smiled, "Xun Gong rest assured, recently, we are still developing new iron-making technology, I am taking people with me, and I am improving and improving the original shaft furnace iron-making method, I think, within this year, it should be able to achieve results..."

"If we can increase the amount of iron smelting on a large scale.... I think that the rails are not impossible, since iron can be used for agricultural tools, ordnance, and even gallops, I wonder if it can be used for horse-drawn carriages, ships, houses, walls, and even people..."

"In addition, the house I built for Xun Gong has been built, Xun Gong can give it a try, if it is harmless to the human body, we can apply it to architecture on a large scale... If it's harmful...."

"Then we'll apply it to the Kushan people."

Xun Yu said calmly.