The artisan household system was not created by the Ming Dynasty, in the Yuan Dynasty, the degree of enslavement of the artisan household was more serious, the Yuan Dynasty craftsmen served for no time in the law, the length of time, completely controlled by the feudal masters, the most 12 months a year and even 10 months in the service.

Compared with the Yuan Dynasty, the craftsmen had no personal freedom at all, and the craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty were better, at least they could work and make money by themselves when they were not in shifts, which was also the reason why the handicraft industry in the Ming Dynasty was relatively developed.

According to historical records, the Yuan Dynasty was bound for a long time and the craftsmen near the capital reached about 200,000, and in the Ming Dynasty, the craftsmen included in the Hongwu family in the early years reached 230,000, and later the Ming Dynasty Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established a strict household registration management system, and almost all skilled craftsmen were included in the craftsman registration.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were about 300,000 craftsmen under the control of the Ministry of Industry, the Inner Government Supervision Bureau, and the Du Siwei Office, and these craftsmen could be divided into three categories: shift craftsmen, resident craftsmen and military craftsmen because of their different systems, service hours, service locations and treatments.

Craftsmen and military craftsmen are generally under the control of the various supervision bureaus and guards of the inner government, and basically have no personal freedom, but the treatment is relatively good, with income such as monthly rations and straight rice, but the number of these two types of craftsmen is not very large, about 20,000 or 30,000 households, and the main body of the craftsmen is still shift craftsmen.

In both the Yuan and Ming dynasties, artisans were enslaved and exploited, and the royal ruling group, which was the core of the rule, required a large number of handicraft products and various construction projects for their luxurious life and administrative rule, which were created by craftsmen who were bound to the status of craftsmen.

After working hard to learn a technique, he was finally enslaved, and his status was not even as good as that of ordinary farmers, Zhang Bin knew that it would not work like this, and this would seriously hinder social development.

However, he is only a county magistrate now, and he is not able to change the overall situation, let alone establish a new artisan household system, which can only be considered after he takes power, and now, he can only find a way to help the artisan households under his rule increase their income and make their lives better.

Early the next morning, it was still early in the morning, and there were eight more men in patch costumes in Qinzhi Hall, and these were the only few blacksmiths and carpenters left in Pingyang County.

Zhang Bin's mood at this time, how to say it, sad, quite sad, it can be said that he is so sad that he can't do it.

They are elites from all walks of life, all of them have hundreds or even hundreds of years of inheritance, skilled in business, superb skills, in later generations, it is equivalent to the existence of high workers, but at this time they live like slaves.

They really resemble slaves, and their clothing is secondary, mainly because of how they behave when they come in.

After they came in, they knelt directly on the ground and didn't dare to get up, Zhang Bin persuaded him for a long time before they got up tremblingly, and their legs and stomachs were still trembling at this time.

Zhang Bin looked at their frightened faces, and couldn't understand that the status of the craftsman was so low!

He didn't know that the craftsmen under forced labor at this time had a very low social status, because they were not allowed to change jobs for generations and were enslaved forever, so they were extremely discriminated against.

They are even worse than Lehu, and the women of the Lehu household registration can leave the Lehu household registration as long as they marry other household registration as wives and concubines, and they cannot leave the household registration forever unless they obtain the permission of the supreme ruler, the emperor.

Speaking of which, it is estimated that some people can't help but scold, you bad pen, isn't the carpenter emperor Zhu Youxiao the emperor today, you actually said that the social status of the craftsman is low!

Well, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, also known as the Carpenter Emperor Zhu Youxiao, is indeed the most famous carpenter in history, but he is the most noble clan, not a lowly craftsman, so he cannot be regarded as a craftsman, but only an emperor.

There were several famous craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty, the most famous of which was Chen Zongyuan, a five-ink craftsman in Yongle.

This Chen Zongyuan is amazing, he writes very well, and he paints better, and was favored by Huang Huai, a scholar of Wuyingdian University at that time, and recommended him to go to the Chinese calligraphy department, specializing in writing edicts and edicts for the emperor, compiling books, and registering treasures.

However, he was a craftsman, and even if he was the best at handwriting and the best at drawing, when he and the other twenty-eight people from the Chinese calligraphy department went to the Hanlin Academy to study calligraphy and painting, everyone else could sit inside, but he could only kneel at the foot of the steps and face Taku.

Later, Ming Chengzu found out and felt that he was very pitiful, so he made a special order to cut off his craftsman and promote him to a scholar in the middle school, so that he could be on an equal footing with others in the Chinese calligraphy department.

These are all gossip, I won't repeat them here, let's get back to business, in short, the ordinary craftsmen at this time are quite miserable, so miserable that Zhang Bin feels sad.

He looked at the trembling, poor blacksmith and carpenter in front of him, lowered his voice as much as possible, and said cordially: "Ladies and gentlemen, this time the official has recruited everyone to do two things. ”

When several craftsmen heard this, their eyes suddenly showed a look of pain, they didn't get paid for working for the squire, and they were afraid that they would have to produce their own materials to work for the county commander, and they hoped that the county magistrate would not make too many things, otherwise he would die.

Zhang Bin then said: "These two things, one is a furnace for baking, and the other is a slightly improved flatbed. ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but sigh, a stove, a flatbed truck, just counting the cost, it won't cost a few dollars, but it's just a little troublesome to do.

However, the next sentence of the county commander almost knocked them into the abyss.

Zhang Bin then said excitedly: "These two things, at least thousands of sets must be made!" ”

"Smack", one blacksmith collapsed on the ground, and the others also showed a look of despair, and they were about to collapse at any time.

Seeing this, Zhang Bin knew that they had misunderstood, and hurriedly comforted: "Don't be nervous, everyone, the materials for these two things will go to Zhang Luo." ”

Even if you don't produce materials, it's a thousand sets, even if everyone doesn't sleep, even if you count all the family members, it will take at least a few years to make a thousand sets, in the past few years, just making two things, what do they eat, drink the northwest wind!

However, immediately after, the county magistrate's words made them almost faint happily.

I saw Zhang Bin smile and said: "The official also knows that it is not easy for everyone, so he specially found some work for everyone, the cost of these two things, you can calculate it according to the market price, how much is how much, you don't need to give the official face." ”

These two things are even paid back, and they don't have to be discounted at all, so wouldn't they have had a good life in the past few years!

They are indeed doing very badly now, because the common people have little money to spare at home, let alone make furniture, and even the common things such as kitchen knives and hoes are rarely made.

It can be seen from the situation of Chen Yingying's family that there is basically no furniture in her house, and even if there is, it is a dilapidated goods that have been used for more than ten years or even decades, making new ones, non-existent, even if it is a kitchen knife, even if it is used in a jagged shape, they will not make a new one, anyway, there is no vegetable to cut, cut a green vegetable, and the saw will still be used!

Everyone is tightening their belts to get by, and if they can save, they will save, and the income of these artisans can be imagined, and they are not starving to death, which is already good.

Now, I heard that the county magistrate had found so many jobs for them, and it was calculated at the market price, and everyone's eyes showed a scorching light, and even the blacksmith who had just been paralyzed on the ground got up from the ground and looked at Zhang Bin eagerly!