In the Ming Dynasty, it was common to erect baffles on the side of chariots, like side vans and mobile castles, and the infantry hid behind the chariots and fired arrows and crossbows to fight the northern cavalry on the plains. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

When fighting, you can erect a baffle in front of the wheelbarrow, and the soldiers can push the wheelbarrow to attack the opposing cavalry.

It can be said that after the chariot was silent the year before last, the chariot rose again in the Ming Dynasty, and famous generals such as Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, Sun Chengzong, and Sun Chuanting all established chariot camps.

A few years ago, folk legends were even more legendary, in order to defeat Li Zicheng, the famous general at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the governor Sun Chuanting built 30,000 trains.

The manufacture of bicycles and tricycles involved the artisan household system of the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were not only the ranks of the peasants, the industrialists and the merchants, but also the peasants, the industrialists and the soldiers were registered separately and were under the jurisdiction of each ministry.

Craftsmen engaged in the production of various handicrafts such as construction, textiles, military weapons, and handicrafts were not allowed to leave the country, but must be passed down from generation to generation, and were exploited by officials at all levels, and in the tenth year of Tianshun (1460), there were more than 38,000 craftsmen who fled.

After that, on the one hand, the government tried to appease them, and on the other hand, they sent the fugitive craftsmen to the guards to fill the army, and those who did not know about it also joined the army.

But the effect is very little, and later the shift craftsman and the shift craftsman system were adopted, and the shift craftsman still needed to be on a monthly errand, and the shift craftsman needed to go to the yamen regularly on an errand, but if the business of the people was doing well, you let the family go to the errand and order, didn't you completely abolish the business of these craftsmen?

In this case, many craftsmen are not willing to go at all, and there are many who flee and hide, and the Ming Dynasty stipulates that each shift craftsman pays four coins and five cents of "class craftsman silver" every year during the Jiajing period, thus abolishing the shift system, but the shift system is still not abolished.

After the Loyal and Righteous Army occupied Pengzhou and Shunqing City, a large number of artisans were requisitioned from the people to recruit a large number of peasant children to build weapons.

Now that it is rumored that the barbarian Qing Dynasty has announced the abolition of the artisan household system in Beijing, those who work in the Ordnance Bureau have asked whether the yamen can cancel their craftsman registration in the future.

Hearing this, everyone talked about it, and some claimed that this was related to armaments, and of course everyone could not be allowed to leave the country so easily;

Some seemed quite hesitant, saying that if they were to choose by themselves, they might swarm the choice;

Some frankly said that now that the world is in chaos, the artisan household is too important, and the management of the artisan household should be strengthened as in the Hongwu period, and all the artisan households should be centralized and controlled by the yamen;

Some even admit frankly that even if it is canceled, it does not necessarily mean that we have to do it....

Listening to everyone's words and me, Yang Xuan sighed: "The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, in peacetime, in wartime, God is adjusting with an invisible hand, this is what we Chinese call life,

Just like me, I was originally a child of a peasant family, but later I took the Xiucai exam, and I wrote from Rong to the present, I am like this, I think the people of the world are not like this.

Buddhism says that the world is alive, all living beings are equal, as the saying goes, 36 lines of the line of the champion, craftsman is just one of the professions. It is their freedom which profession the people are willing to choose, and I believe that everyone will choose rationally, and I believe that God will use this invisible hand to adjust.

Now that the Manqing have abolished the artisan household, the Manqing can be abolished, so why can't we cancel it. ”

After the occupation of Shunqing Mansion by the Loyal and Righteous Army, the artisan household system was completely abolished in the jurisdiction, regardless of the peasant households, as long as they paid taxes according to the principles of Tianfu, Dingfu, and Shangfu, they were all good subjects of the Ming Dynasty, and the yamen could not interfere too much except for collecting taxes.

After hearing that the official yamen of the government officially canceled the craftsman registration, the craftsmen in the ordnance bureau and other government-run manufacturing bureaus rejoiced, and Hu Benchu, the general office of the Ordnance Bureau, said with tears in his eyes: "My lord, this is great, although we have exquisite craftsmanship, but I pay attention to the agriculture and industry and commerce, and the status of our craftsmen is very low.

also let everyone be expelled, and from now on everyone will no longer be oppressed by the officials. (It seems that Marshal Liu Bocheng's father was beaten and kicked out during the imperial examination because he had been a drummer))"

Yang Xuan patted his shoulder and said, "Master Hu, this is how it should be, if you hadn't created such a sharp weapon, we wouldn't have been able to defeat the Liukou at all."

Everyone can rest assured, after Kuang restores the Ming Dynasty in the future, I, Yang Xuan, will definitely play the Ming court, officially get rid of everyone's craftsman's status, and allow everyone to circulate freely.

But Lao Hu, your craft is not bad, you have to help me bring out a few more good apprentices. ”

Hu Benchu nodded again and again: "My lord, of course, I have three sons, I plan to let the eldest follow me to learn blacksmithing, and the second to learn carpenter, so that I can help the adults build weapons in the future, so that the third child can study in the future to gain fame, and follow the adults to serve in the future?" ”

Yang Xuan was overjoyed, patted Hu Benchu's shoulder, and then arched his hand to everyone and said, "Brothers, some people say that you will flee from the official manufacturing bureau in a swarm, and some people say that you will do this and that, I see that everyone is quite rational."

Buddhism says that all living beings are equal, and as long as these craftsmen, scholars, farmers, and merchants abide by the law, they are all good, so why should they divide each other?

As long as you work hard, I will definitely not treat you badly. ”

Immediately, according to the situation in the previous months, the purchase prices of all kinds of artillery, all kinds of weapons, armor, and clothing were set.

According to this purchase price, the processing cost of various items is stipulated, and according to different skills, the income of ordinary craftsmen is about 1 tael to 1.2 taels per month

Fan Wenguang was shocked and shook his head again and again, the craftsmen of the government-run manufacturing bureau have good craftsmanship, and the annual income of the craftsmen outside is more than 20 taels of silver, which is much worse than the outside in a year, and he is afraid that everyone will not do it.

Yang Xuan shook his hand again and again, and said bluntly.

It is claimed that the purchase price of various weapons will not change for ten years, and the price will be negotiated after ten years.

On the premise of ensuring that everyone earns 1 tael per month, the various government-run manufacturing bureaus will be contracted to the general office.

It is recommended to implement a piecework system, that is, the more you make, the more you will be paid

The less material you consume, the more money you save.

The savings will be distributed to everyone as a bonus at the end of the year.

Fan Wenguang was shocked and said bluntly, the artisan household system implemented by Emperor Hongwu, many houses and machinery are mostly owned by officials, how can they be transferred to private individuals.

Yang Xuan disagreed, shook his head again and again, and claimed that the price of the goods purchased from the Manufacturing Bureau was lower than the market selling price.

Besides, the barbarian Qing has canceled the artisan household system, how can our Ming Dynasty be inferior to the barbarian Qing, of course, we need to cancel the artisan household system.

Seeing that Yang Xuan's attitude was so resolute, everyone was overjoyed, and they all claimed that they were right, and bluntly said that they would create a better weapon than in the past.

Outside the single craftsman household gets up early in the morning and touches the dark, a family has more than 20 taels of silver a year, and a person in the manufacturing bureau works about 12-15 taels of silver, but everyone understands people.

In the past, everyone worked slowly, but now if the piecework system is adopted, 1 tael and 5 yuan of silver are absolutely indispensable in a month.

This is still normal income, in the past, the raw materials were public anyway, and there was a lot of waste, but now the raw materials are all from the manufacturing bureau, and if you save a little, you can save seven or eight taels of silver per capita.

As long as you are willing to work, as long as the skills are excellent, a good master is indispensable for more than 40 taels, and the average craftsman should also have more than 20 taels, which is much stronger than the craftsman who works alone outside.

In addition, I work in the manufacturing bureau, my wife weaves cloth at home or something, and I have a few taels of silver a year to supplement the family, so I can live a well-off life? (In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, a private school teacher earned only twelve taels of silver a year.) "See the Outer History of Confucianism")

Everyone listened happily, after listening to the contract of the Manufacturing Bureau, the general office, all the masters laughed, and when they pressed their handprints, some masters looked at Yang Xuan stupidly, and asked the government if it was impossible to regret it.

Fan Wenguang, Zhao Sixuan and others felt strange, according to this kind of contract, the cost of government procurement has been greatly reduced, how can they regret it?

Yang Xuan smiled and looked at everyone: "The world is bustling, all for profit, and the world is bustling, all for profit."

In the past, although the government spent a lot of money on procurement, it was greedy for ink by officials in the middle, and it was not linked to everyone's income, and everyone's enthusiasm was not high, and there was a lot of waste in the manufacturing bureau, resulting in a loss for the government, the manufacturing bureau, and the craftsmen themselves.

Now that the contract continues, the government's procurement costs have been reduced, the manufacturing bureau has profits, and the income of craftsmen and masters has increased. ”

When everyone heard Yang Xuan say this, they all looked ashamed, nodded their heads, and were very embarrassed.

Hu Benchu, the general office of the Firearms Bureau, and others were elated, just as they guessed, after the contract, their income may soar from 50 taels of silver to more than 200 taels, which is equivalent to ten well-off families.