The next day, after the morning dynasty, Yinzhen left the palace and rushed to the Xiaotangshan Palace.

However, the soldiers of the Shuntianfu and the Wucheng Terracotta Division were dispatched at the same time, and posted notices everywhere in the streets and alleys of the inner city, announcing that the Tianjin Military Workshop would recruit the first batch of 500 banner people in each banner, and that the Janissary Guard New Army would begin to recruit new soldiers after 10 days, and that they would only recruit from the family members who had entered the military workshop.

The notice detailed the conditions for recruiting the bannermen of the marching workshop and recruiting new soldiers, and the conditions for recruits were no different from those of the Eight Banners Forbidden Brigade, except that only horsemen were required. The most attractive thing is that the notice details the classification of the craftsmen of the military workshop and the corresponding wages, the lowest apprentice is one tael of silver a month, and the highest is twelve taels of silver a month.

As soon as the notice was posted, it immediately caused a sensation in the inner city.

If you enter the workshop and become a craftsman, you can get up to twelve taels of silver a month! This point immediately became the focus of everyone's discussion, a four-grade Beijing official only one hundred and five taels of silver a year, plus fifty stone rice, is only equivalent to more than one hundred and sixty taels, and a top craftsman can also get one hundred and forty-four taels of wages a year, which naturally caused a lot of discussion.

How much is the monthly salary for batch A? The monthly salary of a vest is only three taels of silver, so in comparison, it seems that being a craftsman is more promising than wearing armor, craftsmen can be a lifelong business, maybe the older they are, the higher the level, the highest craftsman salary few people dare to expect to be able to get, but in addition to apprentices, it is two taels of silver wages, and all the banner people can't help but think carefully.

There is a wage for entering the workshop. Joining the new army of the Praetorian Guard has a salary for wearing armor, which is two salaries, which add up to at least 50 taels of silver a year. The income of twenty-three stone rice is equivalent to eighty taels of silver a year, and there is still priority in the expansion of the navy, so the navy will not talk about it for the time being, just eighty taels of silver a year can completely change the embarrassing situation of the livelihood of the low-level banner people. Step into a medium-sized home in one fell swoop.

Everyone will calculate this account, not only the bottom flag people are excited, but also some wealthy families are also excited, eighty taels of silver a year is not a small amount, therefore, as soon as the news spread, the doors of the mansions of the banner owners and princes and ministers were crowded with flag people who asked to sign up for the Tianjin marching workshop, whether it was face or identity. It's not as good as the silver reality of white flowers. What's more, the crown prince also arranged the best excuse and reason for them - to march into the workshop is to love the country and love the soldiers.

The flag people have nothing to do all day, and every day is a nonsense from all over the world. All of them have developed a good eloquence, which is well-known in Jingshi, and everyone knows that the flag man can speak. As a result, as soon as the workers in this marching workshop were processed by a group of banner people, the meaning was immediately infinitely magnified, and the army entry workshop became loyal to the monarch and patriotism, protecting the country's rivers and mountains and communities, and becoming self-reliant. Reduce the burden of the court and love the soldiers. The behavior of respecting the old and loving the young, saying that you don't have the face to come out to see people in the workshop if you don't join the army.

The banner owners, princes and ministers did not expect that they were idle on weekdays, and these flag people who liked to put up music and pretend to be uncles were eager to join the army workshop, and they were a little surprised after hearing the report.

Grading craftsmen, the wages are still so high? Although the price of goods in the capital is high, eighty taels of silver a year is not a small amount, and a seven-grade official is only more than forty taels a year.

Think about it carefully, a group of princes and nobles can't help but secretly slander themselves, the crown prince's hand is really powerful, he is not buying people's hearts, but provoking and agitating a group of banner people to urge them, if they dare to play tricks or refuse, these flag people who know the truth will not agree in the first place, as the so-called cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, these banner people who have a difficult livelihood will never tolerate them destroying this opportunity to change the embarrassing situation. ..., the owners of the five flags couldn't help but be secretly frightened after hearing about this situation, why was the prince so impatient? Is it duplicity, or is it worried that Kangxi will not allow people to be sent to Tianjin to manage flag affairs?

This public notice is clearly intended to provoke contradictions between the banner people and them, and it is impossible to oppose them clearly, in that case, it will arouse public anger, and if the banner people gather to make trouble, it will just give the court a chance. Drag, no, it's only five days in total, how many days can it be delayed? It is impossible to use the old, weak, sick and disabled to stuff it, and the conditions for recruitment are clearly written, and the flag people must have opinions.

After hundreds of years of continuous suppression and weakening of the three dynasties of Huang Taiji, Shunzhi and Kangxi, the rights of the banner owners have long been greatly reduced, and they are no longer able to fight against the imperial power.

In order to stabilize the mood of the banner people, the banner owners had to arrange people to go down to select qualified flag people, while quietly waiting for the news of the prince. What about them? If you are in a hurry, you can only join forces to resist this way.

The reason why Yinzhen wanted to announce these situations in the form of notices early in the morning was that he was really not sure to persuade Kangxi not to fight the idea of these tens of thousands of flag people, so he had to let the flag people know the truth first and win the hearts of the people, so that even if Kangxi did not agree, he could provoke the flag people to fight with the flag owners and princes and nobles, and stand in an invincible position.

The news that the imperial court selected the banner people to enter the Tianjin military workshop soon spread from the inner city to the outer city, which immediately aroused widespread attention and controversy.

It is unheard of to classify the craftsmen of the military workshop, and to be paid such a high salary, and what is even more worrying is that the military workshop is so large in scale and many craftsmen, will it lead to all the government-run workshops, and then affect the private workshops? It is not yet known whether other industries will be impacted, but the iron-making, shipbuilding, and foundry industries, which are closely related to the military workshops, will inevitably be greatly affected, and the treatment of craftsmen in these industries will inevitably rise, otherwise they will not be able to retain people.

The move of the imperial court, whether intentional or unintentional, has invisibly elevated the status of craftsmen, and being a craftsman has both face and such a high salary, which will inevitably attract a large number of people to change careers.

Although all classes of Shinong industry and commerce are very concerned about the imperial court's move, but the most concerned and interested in the scholars, like miscellaneous studies, there is no need to say that there is a study of miscellaneous studies, some scholars who feel discouraged by the imperial examination are also greatly moved, a year dozens of taels, hundreds of taels of silver income, for them, is a huge temptation. Confuse.

The large and small teahouses in the capital have always been the distribution center of news, not only the flag people like to make teahouses, the gentry of the Beijing division also like to make teahouses, these days, it is the great victory of the navy, and the flag people enter the workshop to do craftsmen, the large and small teahouses are prosperous, and the business of the 'Yunlai Teahouse' outside the Xuanwu Gate is also surprisingly good, it is overcrowded in the morning.

On a tea table by the window on the second floor, two young people dressed as gentlemen drank tea while quietly listening to the tea guests' talk, the navy's victory in Japan was outdated news, and the tea guests talked about the banner people entering the workshop to work as craftsmen.

After listening for a long time, the slightly chubby young man spoke: "Brother Ming'an, I'm afraid that the way of the world is about to change, why don't we go to the military workshop?" ”

"Joining the army workshop?" Wang Yunshan was slightly stunned and said, "Don't Hengzhi know that the treatment of this military workshop is only for flag people?" ”

Li Qingming smiled slightly, lowered his voice and said: "Brother Ming'an, there are tens of thousands of craftsmen in the military workshops in Shanghai and Tianjin, and with the style of the crown prince, they will naturally treat everyone equally, let's go to Shanghai, I heard that there are institutions in Shanghai that specialize in the improvement of gunpowder and guns." A few years ago, Luo Tianyun from the gunpowder workshop in the armor alley heard that he was transferred to Shanghai, and I am also familiar with Luo Tianyun. ”…,

Wang Yunshan listened to the silence, both of them were not going well in the field, they were famous for two consecutive terms, and now they are still a showman, for the future of the imperial examination, both of them have little confidence, for miscellaneous studies and arithmetic, both of them are quite involved, if they can go to the military workshop to develop, it is naturally much stronger than continuing the scientific examination.

Seeing that Wang Yunshan was silent, Li Qingming continued to agitate: "Brother Ming'an, think about what the crown prince has advocated over the years, building an agricultural college, building a navy, advocating Western learning, encouraging miscellaneous learning, and now attaching importance to military workshops and improving the treatment of craftsmen, I dare to assert that as soon as the crown prince ascends the throne, the way of the world will definitely change greatly, and the imperial examination will no longer be the only way out."

Isn't the College of Agriculture proof of this? Who would have thought that studying agriculture could still enter the profession? Since the crown prince will grade this craftsman and pay the salary, it will never be limited to the current scale, this year's examination has just passed, let's go now, if it is not satisfactory, we can also withdraw in time, so as not to affect the next examination. ”

After saying this, Wang Yunshan was really a little tempted, and after a slight sigh, he said: "Hengzhi, this large-scale march of the banner people into the workshop will inevitably crowd out the Han craftsmen in the future, have you thought about this?" ”

"Brother Ming'an's words are wrong." Li Qingming said and handed over today's Beijing News, and said in a low voice: "Look at what the Beijing News says, and evaluate the part of the victory in the expedition." ”

Wang Yunshan quickly looked at it, looked up and wondered, "What's wrong?" ”

Shaking his head slightly, Li Qingming dipped some tea and said, "The victory of the conquest of Japan is not only a victory for the imperial court and the navy, but also a victory for all my subjects such as the Manchus, Han Chinese, Mongolians, Hui people, and Tibetans of the Qing Dynasty." This passage was crossed for a moment, and then handed it over, saying: "The imperial court has won many battles over the years, and it has also defeated Russia, have you ever seen the imperial court say so?" ”