"Yuan Aiqing has such a big temper."

Zhu Cihong strode into the tent factory surrounded by the inner servants and brocade guards, and looked at the thunderous Yuan Tai with an almost playful look.

Yes!

Yuan Tai was stunned for a moment, then fell to the ground with a thud and performed the usual salute of kneeling and three knocks.

"Yuan Tai knocked on Your Majesty in the Ministry of Ministers, long live my emperor, long live, long live. I didn't know that the holy car was coming, and Weichen missed the welcome, and hoped that the saint would forgive his sins. ”

A group of shipwrights also knelt down and shouted long live. Although they were curious about what the emperor looked like, the reverence for the Son of Heaven still overrode their curiosity, and they honestly buried their heads.

At this moment, Yuan Tai's heart was broken, and His Majesty the Emperor suddenly drove to the Longjiang Shipyard without any warning. And why didn't the chamberlain sing the newspaper?

In fact, this is not to blame the servants, Zhu Cihong personally made a decree, and he did not sing the newspaper wherever he went, he just wanted to see the real working status of the ministers.

I have to say that Zhu Cihong was very disappointed with the scene he saw.

Take this Yuan Tai as an example, as the battalion secretary of the Ministry of Industry, if you don't know what the crux of the problem is, you will just blindly pat your head and give orders, what's the use?

Could it be that he must finish it in three days, and the craftsmen of the shipyard will really be able to build the canopy?

If it is really so simple, then with Zhu Cihong's order, will the Ming army be invincible and kill Jiannu without leaving a piece of armor?

Zhu Cihong has always fully trusted the grassroots officials, and now it seems that he was wrong. There has been no change in Chinese officialdom since ancient times, and the practice of deceiving superiors and subordinates is prevalent, and ability is not taken seriously.

It is precisely because there are too many bureaucrats like Yuan Tai that it will be difficult to return.

It seems that there is a long way to go to rectify the rule of officials!

Zhu Cihong sighed in his heart, cleared his throat and said: "I have the heart to repair the Longjiang Bao Shipyard and build all kinds of river ships and sea ships for the imperial court. But I also know that the shipyard has been abandoned for a long time, and it will not be a one-time task to restore it. Why should Yuan Qing embarrass these craftsmen? ”

Although Zhu Cihong's voice was not loud, it carried an unquestionable majesty.

Yuan Tai was held accountable by the Son of Heaven, and he was already so frightened that he shook like chaff, and kowtowed again and again: "The minister knows his mistake." The minister knows his mistake..."

Although Zhu Cihong wanted to punish Yuan Tai very much, he also knew that nine of the ten officials of the Ming Dynasty had to be like Yuan Tai. Even if he changes Yuan Tai now, it won't have much effect.

Rather than doing so, it is better to teach these officials how to do things themselves.

Zhu Cihong turned around slightly, and said to the captain who was lying on the ground with a board: "What's your name?" ”

The captain was directly stunned, and struggled to get up after being reminded by his companion.

"If you're hurt, you don't have to get up to see you."

"Grass people, grass people Wu Youcai, meet the emperor."

That Wu Youcai saluted Zhu Cihong as he looked in the play, and lowered his head tremblingly.

"Wu Youcai, let me ask you, you are the head of the first class, why can't you manage the affairs of the first class?"

"Back to the emperor, the grass people are temporarily assigned by the adults, and they can't be convinced if they don't have enough prestige."

Wu Youcai was sincere, and he did not hesitate to sell the supervising officials of Longjiang Shipyard.

Zhu Cihong thought for a moment and said, "Since this is the case, the fault is not you." But now that you've been appointed as the Captain, you should think of something to do. Well, I'll think about it for you. ”

After a pause, Zhu Cihong said solemnly: "From now on, Longjiang Shipyard is regarded as a military camp, all shipwrights are regarded as officers and soldiers, the carriage is a battalion, A is a sentry, and the first commander is a sentry officer. If someone despises you, they are contempt for the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty, and you can punish them by military law. ”

Zhu Cihong's words undoubtedly surprised the shipwrights of Longjiang Shipyard. In the past, although the shipyard was also under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, it was never militarized. Since the Son of Heaven said that from now on the shipyard will be managed according to the military camp, then if they make a mistake, they should be dealt with in accordance with military law. It was heard that the barracks were very harsh and that soldiers would be executed at every turn, which frightened the shipwrights.

"Of course, I mean something like a barracks, not exactly like it. The death penalty is not applicable here, nor is it allowed to be used for corporal punishment such as piercing the ear, but punishment such as a military stick can be used. ”

Zhu Cihong added: "Commander A is equivalent to an officer and has the right to enforce the law. But you also need to be supervised by the overseers. ”

Zhu Cihong's set of ideas is actually very similar to the model of the border army in the late Ming Dynasty.

From soldiers to low-ranking officers to high-ranking generals, all levels were tied to the chain of allegiance of the emperor. Supervising officials is equivalent to supervising the army, which can prevent misconduct by senior generals.

Yuan Tai's eyes lit up when he heard it. This method of the Son of Heaven is good, didn't the captain complain about the lack of prestige, and His Majesty gave them sufficient status, so that ordinary shipwrights would not dare to challenge their authority.

Wonderful, wonderful, why didn't he think of it.

My emperor is really a saint!

Zhu Cihong took a few steps forward and said solemnly: "But after all, you are not real soldiers, and you can't lead the army." I think it's better for you to receive your monthly money from the Ministry of Works, but the way you need to change and bill by piece. ”

Zhu Cihong has long felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's artisan household system is a bit anti-human, and the craftsmen have been craftsmen for generations, not to mention, they do the same as much and do less, at most they are full of food, and it is strange that they can be motivated. But it was impossible for him to abolish the craftsman household system for a while, so he could only guide it slowly.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, what does it mean to be billed by the piece?"

Yuan Tai plucked up his courage and asked.

"Yuan Qing asked well." Zhu Cihong nodded approvingly: "Billing by piece means that the silver money is settled according to the number of objects created by the craftsman." For example, if a craftsman builds ten masts, he is paid for the ten masts. If it is twenty, it will be settled according to the salary of twenty. ”

Zhu Cihong said this, of course Yuan Tai understood. It's just that he was really taken aback.

The status of craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty was extremely low, and they basically only had a fixed monthly payment. In fact, there is not much money left after layers of exploitation this month, and I can only barely ensure that the craftsman will not starve to death.

After the imperial court held the enthronement ceremony and the ceremony of canonizing the East Palace, it would also reward some silver taels to the craftsmen, but this was unattainable.

Now His Majesty has to settle them according to the number of pieces made by the craftsmen, and I don't know how many times the cost will be doubled!

Yuan Tai's first reaction was that the imperial court could not afford it.

Now that Jiannu has stolen Shenjing, all the money in the imperial court is used for the distribution of military salaries, where can such a large sum of money be taken out.

If it was half a month ago, Zhu Cihong really couldn't take it out. At that time, even the salary of the Shence Army was cut out of his internal money. But now it's different.

After the court meeting that day, a group of civil and military officials, including Xu Wenjue, the Duke of Wei, honestly reported their family property.

Zhu Cihong ordered the Jinyi guards to carefully check, and only asked them to donate half of those who reported truthfully, and those who concealed it were sent to the edict and punished for embezzlement, and all the family property was confiscated.

Now Zhu Cihong has tens of millions of taels of silver on hand, and all of them are in the treasury. Therefore, not to mention a Longjiang shipyard, even if the Shence Army is expanded to 100,000 people, he can afford to raise it!

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