"Little girl, slow down, don't fall. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info "In the palace garden, Zheng De looked at the lively Lord De'an, and was afraid that she would accidentally fall.

The little girl didn't pay attention to it at all, and made a grimace at Zheng De, and then left a string of silver bell-like laughter, so unhappy. Although this kind of life is what Zheng De said he expected, it is a pity that he can't envy it. However, it is also because of the pistachio of the county lord of De'an, which acts as a condiment for Zheng De in this boring court life, so that he can at least stay and not go crazy.

However, when he saw Wang Yue coming from a distance, he understood that the days of "stealing half a day of leisure" were over, and he was inexplicably a little irritable in his heart, and said to Wang Yue coldly, "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Wang Yue also saw that Zheng De was not in a good mood, and replied cautiously, "If you go back to the Long Live Lord, Hu Lian is here." ”

"Hu Lian?" Zheng De raised his eyebrows, it has been more than a month since he went to Zhang Luo Daming Ordnance Manufacturing Group, and now he is finally a little eyebrow-raising.

"Let's go, go over and have a look." Zheng Degang took a step, glanced at De'an, who was playing not far away, and directly changed his words, "Forget it, let him come over." ”

Soon, Wang Yue led Hu Lian over.

Zheng De directly stopped Hu Lian, who was about to salute, and asked straight to the point, "What happened to Zhang Luo of the Daming Ordnance Manufacturing Group?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's almost done. It's just that where are the sites of these three major factories, please let Your Majesty make it clear? ”

Hu Lian looked at the Ming Supreme in front of him, and really didn't understand why he valued this government office so much. But obviously these are not what he should care about, as long as he does what the emperor explains.

Zheng De nodded, "It's best to build these three factories in sparsely populated places outside the city, especially artillery factories. And all of them were built with stones, so that they could be more sturdy, and they would not be easy to catch fire in the event of an explosion or something. Go and choose a site now, and tell me when the time comes, and I will allocate 300,000 taels of silver for you to build it. ”

"Three hundred thousand taels of silver?" Hu Lian was a little surprised when he heard this, he didn't expect the emperor to allocate so much money, which also shows how much attention the emperor attaches to this matter. However, he would not have thought of what would happen later, and in the end, the 300,000 taels of silver would be far from enough.

"By the way, what do you think is the most important thing in the Daming Ordnance Factory?" Zheng De suddenly asked Hu Lian a question.

The latter was stunned when he heard this, what is the most important thing? Thunderbolts? Artillery? Still is......

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks it's human."

"Oh." Zheng De couldn't help but glance at him curiously, he didn't expect him to give such an answer: "Tell me your reason?" ”

"Because weapons such as firearms, artillery, and swords need people to produce them, talent is the most important thing." Hu Lian said his thoughts.

"You're right, but you're wrong about one thing." Facing his puzzled eyes, Zheng De explained with a smile, "It's not a person but a talent, don't you think talents are rare?" ”

"Your Majesty."

Hu Lian nodded when he heard this, what Zheng De said is indeed very reasonable, isn't the rarest thing in the world a talent?

"Do you know why I'm talking to you like that?" Zheng De looked at him and deliberately sold a pass.

Hu Lian arched his hand and said, "Please also ask Your Majesty to make it clear." ”

"I have decided to divide the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty into five levels according to their abilities, namely senior technicians, technicians, senior craftsmen, intermediate craftsmen, and junior craftsmen. You will classify all the craftsmen of the Ming Ordnance Group according to these five levels, but not all craftsmen can be included in these five levels. In short, there is a principle: it is better to have less than to overuse. In other words, if no one reaches the level of a senior technician, even if it is empty, you don't want to find someone to climb on top, you know? ”

Hu Lian didn't expect that the emperor would classify all the craftsmen according to their abilities, but this also has benefits, which can stimulate the positive energy of the craftsmen. However, there was another problem in front of him, so he had to helplessly ask the emperor, "Your Majesty, how to set the criteria for division?" ”

Zheng De thought for a while, "A craftsman who can invent something new can be awarded the title of senior technician, and a craftsman who cannot invent something new but can improve an existing thing can be awarded the title of technician." These two titles will be handed over to the Ministry of Industry for granting, and when the time comes, you will select a good person and send it to the Ministry of Industry for assessment, and the Ministry of Industry will grant the corresponding title if you pass. As for the remaining three titles, it's up to you to decide, and then the list will be provided to the Ministry of Industry for direct titles, but the lowest junior craftsman must also be well familiar with the professional process and operation he is engaged in, understand? ”

"I understand." Hu Lian nodded, he didn't expect the emperor to be so strict with the division of craftsmen, so he just listened to Zheng De continue, "It is not without benefits to have a professional title, the salary of a junior craftsman is set at five taels of silver per month, seven taels for intermediate craftsmen, ten taels for senior craftsmen, fifteen taels for technicians, twenty-five taels for senior technicians, and fifty taels of silver for chief technicians." ”

"Your Majesty, isn't this a little too high, and it doesn't conform to the rules of the imperial court to give all the silver taels." Hu Lian was a little surprised when he heard this.

It's no wonder that he looks like this, after all, according to the regulations of the imperial court, an official from the fourth grade only receives 20 stone rice a month, and according to the four stone rice of the imperial court, it is calculated as one tael of silver, which is about the same as the salary of a junior craftsman. And the salary of Zhengyipin officials is only more than 21 taels, which is not as good as even a senior technician.

"I think the salary is too low!" Zheng De couldn't help but muttered secretly, it was because he had to take care of the emotions of the officials in the DPRK and China, so the salary he set was not as high as it was. waved his hand, "It's okay, in the future, the officials in the court will also receive silver and silver." ”

Now that the emperor has made a decision, Hu Lian naturally doesn't want to say much. However, there is another question that has to be asked, "Your Majesty, is the chief technician also the title of a craftsman?" ”

Zheng De shook his head, "No, the chief technician is the person with the best skills in the entire ordnance manufacturing group, of course, he must first have the title of senior technician, otherwise this position will be vacant, it is the first principle to prefer lack to abuse." ”

"There is also a gunpowder research group, a firearms research and development team, and an artillery research and development team under the R&D department, which are responsible for the research and development of gunpowder, firearms and artillery. You should pick some people with outstanding abilities to join these three groups as soon as possible, and if you invent something new, I will reward you. ”

Hu Lian also felt a little incredible when he heard this, and His Majesty seemed to attach too much importance to it. Are these things really that important?

Perhaps discovering his abnormality, Zheng De smiled and said, "Don't you think these things are not very useful?" ”

Hu Lian shook his head, he could naturally see the true value of these things, but he was still a little confused, "No, these things are all weapons for attacking cities and villages, and they can play an extremely important role in the war." However, what Weichen is puzzled about is that I am in the Ming Dynasty, and the sea is clear, so why do I need this kind of killing weapon? ”

"You've probably heard of 'recuperate for a thousand miles, use soldiers for a while'." Zheng De looked at him, "This is my purpose, if my Ming weapons are more advanced, it will be easier to cause greater danger to the enemy, and at the same time, it will be able to reduce the casualties of our soldiers." As we all know, siege warfare is undoubtedly a barrier for the besieging side, which will cause casualties to their own side and the enemy army several times. If you can develop a cannon that can destroy an entire section of the wall, will you be able to reduce your own heavy casualties? For example, if you can develop a very powerful and inexpensive artillery, so that all the Great Walls from the west to the Jiayu Guandong to the Liaodong can be placed on such a plane, do you think the Mongols will still be able to destroy the walls and enter the interior? Even if they were able to enter, it is estimated that they would have to pay a heavy price. ”

When Hu Lian heard this, he also nodded in agreement with the emperor's words, and he was not as repulsed by his errand as before.

In the end, Zheng De told him some things that needed attention, and sent him away.

"Long live the lord, there is no money in the treasury." Wang Yue, who was on the side, suddenly stepped forward at this time and whispered.

Zheng De was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and looked at him with a puzzled expression, "How can there be no money?" ”

Wang Yue looked at his master speechlessly, you really don't know how expensive tea and rice are at home! It's okay to keep paying out, and no matter how good the family is, you have to empty it.

I had no choice but to explain, "Long live Lord, there are still more than 50,000 people in the palace to feed, and all the expenses every month plus Yulu almost cost more than 100,000 taels of silver, plus the previous military intelligence bureau withdrew 100,000 taels of silver." The Tailing Tomb is still being repaired outside, and now it is estimated that it has spent nearly 600,000 taels of silver, and it has not yet been completed. The main income of the internal treasury is gold and silver, one million taels per year, and the sum of other miscellaneous funds is only one hundred and twenty or three hundred thousand taels of silver a year. ”

"There are more than 50,000 people in the palace?" Zheng De was also taken aback by this huge number when he heard this, no wonder the money was flowing out like flowing water, but does the palace really need so many people?

In addition to himself and the queen mother of the two palaces, plus De'an and several concubines of Xianzong, there are only about a dozen people who really need to take care of and serve. Compared with the more than 50,000 people who served the royal family in the palace, it was at least 500 to 1 in proportion, that is, each person corresponded to 500 slaves and maids. That's a terrifying proportion.

The overcrowding in this palace is too serious, it's just a matter of people!

Thinking of the expenditure of more than 100,000 yuan a month, Zheng De never thought that he would have such a luxurious day in his life. Is this the legendary royal style?

Although I don't have much feeling for a bunch of numbers, when the numbers are over 10,000, I feel really painful when I think about it. For Zheng De, who has lived a budget-conscious life since he was a child, even if he is now a great tomorrow, he does not have the habit of raising a group of idlers to live in order to show the majesty of the emperor.

So he quickly made a decision about this matter, and ordered Wang Yue on the side, "You go and call Xiao Jing to me." ”

Wang Yue had just left, and Liu Jin hurriedly ran over again, "Long live Lord, something is wrong." ”