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In the quiet night, many artisans may be excited and sleepless, crying and excited to get rid of their lowly status and become ordinary households. This is not only a matter of one's own treatment now, but also a blessing for future generations, who can change their careers, participate in imperial examinations, donate, and even become officials. At worst, they also belong to the four peoples of "scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants", and can normally intermarry with the "common people" and own land......

The ancient Chinese were divided into good and low, although not as strict as the Indian caste system, and the number of untouchables was not so large, but it was also quite serious. This is of course an inevitable part of an authoritarian hierarchical society, and only by dividing people into various hierarchies can autocratic rulers rise high above and enjoy the scenery at the top of the pyramid.

China's untouchables are usually "untouchables" who do not belong to the scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants, and the most important characteristics are that they have no political rights, their legal status is very low, and their marriage is a system of class marriage, their status is hereditary, and they are subject to specific household registration management. In the Ming Dynasty, this kind of untouchables mainly included the "lazy people" in Zhejiang, the "Leji" in Shaanxi, the "Lehu" in Beijing, the "companions" and "servants" in Anhui, and the "Tanmin" in Fujian and Guangzhou.

The Ming Dynasty inherited the artisan household system from the Yuan Dynasty, which also belonged to a special kind of lowly status. In particular, military craftsmen have a lower status than ordinary households, and they have to be inherited from generation to generation, so it is extremely difficult to break away from the original household registration. Moreover, it is stipulated that the labor of shift craftsmen is unpaid, and they must be controlled and exploited by the head of the work officer, and the craftsmen often resist by means of shoddy production or waste of raw materials, and even concealment and escape.

Later, the Ming Dynasty government had to formulate a law of substitution of silver for service to adapt to the development of the commodity economy. Although the change to the craftsman's class silver has a certain positive significance, it has not really lifted the feudal labor shackles of the handicraft craftsmen, because the craftsman's class silver is paid based on the status relationship of the feudal labor obligation of the craftsman household, and this change in the mode of labor exploitation is also limited to the shift craftsmen, and the living craftsmen still serve as before. In order to serve, craftsmen often have to borrow money and silk, and even pawn their children, which is very miserable.

Although in the last days of the Southern Ming Dynasty, this artisan household system had existed in name only, but Zhu Yongxing excluded it from the law and truly recognized that the artisan household belonged to the four people, which was still a matter of historical significance, and it could still make the artisan household rejoice and be reborn.

Perhaps, in the eyes of others, improving the level of treatment of craftsmen can make them enthusiastic about work, and will be of great help to improving the quality of military products. However, from Zhu Yongxing's point of view, the existing artisan household system not only caused the craftsmen to lose their enthusiasm for labor and increased the number of fake and shoddy products, but more seriously, it hindered the development of science and technology and curbed the desire of craftsmen to innovate and invent.

In addition, most of the craftsmen were illiterate and uneducated, and only relied on family traditions, which could only lead to the gradual decline of the technique. The achievements and innovations of craftsmen are often not appreciated by their superiors, so they would rather rot in their own hands than be used as a tool for their superiors to get promoted and make a fortune.

Craftsmen were given equal status with good citizens, and a series of measures were established to encourage them to teach their apprentices, and to pay them according to the level of proficiency and the quality of their work, as well as to reward inventions. Zhu Yongxing hoped that the craftsmen could give full play to their wisdom and talents, boost their enthusiasm for work, and raise the military level of the Ming army to a higher level.

In fact, this is just the beginning, in Zhu Yongxing's plan, the untouchables to be excluded are not only artisan households, but also lazy people, beggars, and sluggers, etc., and even the largest number of untouchable slaves and maids, Zhu Yongxing must also be excluded according to the opportunity. This kind of thing, rather than letting the Manchus invite people to buy people's hearts, it is better to do it yourself. Speaking from the heart, Zhu Yongxing's ideological concepts are extremely disgusted and resistant to this barbaric system of discrimination.

Three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion. Everyone is equal before the law. Even if the "good and low system" is abolished, it will not be able to eliminate the "distinction between good and low" for the time being, and we must do it ourselves, and we must first overturn and deny this outdated and bad habit that hinders social progress and development in the legal sense.

Not to mention how happy those craftsmen were, how to calculate whether to work in the workshop or to plant in the territory, which is more cost-effective. Zhu Yongxing also did not sleep at this time, and after discussing the strategy of Annan with several generals, he did not let people disperse immediately, but ordered people to add tea and pour water, and wanted to listen to the commentary with everyone.

"Your Highness, it's getting late, it's better to ......" All the generals were a little confused, and Ma Baoqiang said with a smile.

"Hehe, don't you think I have nothing to do?" Zhu Yongxing waved his hand and said very stubbornly: "Let's listen to it, you will know what is going on." ”

The generals had no choice but to sit and wait.

"The grass people knock to see Your Highness." After a while, a storyteller walked into the camp tent, knelt down and kowtowed, although his clothes were old and clean, obviously not the first time he had seen Zhu Yongxing, and he was not particularly nervous.

"Get up!" Zhu Yongxing smiled faintly and said: "I explained it clearly, but I didn't expect you to compile a new book so quickly, say it well, and I will be true to my word and leave you an official position in the Mission Department." ”

The storyteller stabilized his mind, picked up the ringing wood, patted it gently, and said Lang Lang: "The poem says: The seven-star pattern of the treasure knife on the waist, the bow on the arm is bent in a hundred battles, and the bloody battle grinding plate is brave, and I know that Qingshan has a loyal soul." Today, it is said that Li Dingguo, the king of the Ming and Jin Dynasty, designed Mopan Mountain to annihilate the Qing army led by Wu Sangui, an old traitor, in one fell swoop............"

"Good way, Your Highness is thoughtful, and the officials can't do it." Liu Zuochen, director of the Department of Missionary Education, was an extremely smart fellow, and after listening to it for a while, he knew Zhu Yongxing's true intentions, "There are very few soldiers who can read and hyphenate words, and it is not very effective to have written propaganda alone. ”

"Appreciate the elegance and the vulgar, educate and entertain." Zhu Yongxing smiled proudly, "This storytelling is indeed talented, and it is rare to be able to compile my explanation so smoothly in such a short time." In the barracks, giving lectures to the soldiers not only allows them to receive education, but also serves as entertainment, hehe, listen to you, it seems to work. ”

"It works, it works." Liu Zuochen nodded again and again, "Your Highness's ingenuity is amazing." Xia Guan felt that he could recruit more storytellers and write more jokes, and it would be good for Tengchong to win a big victory. ”

"Tengchong's victory?" Zhu Yongxing pondered for a moment, pointed at his hand, and said: "Then make up the deeds of King Ruyang's iron cavalry chasing and fleeing the enemy, and King Qingyang and Yiguo Gongzhi capturing the line of national security." For the rest, in order to prevent the Qing army from knowing the secrets for the time being, it is better not to make them public for the time being. Find a few more touching deeds of ordinary soldiers or ordinary people, not only those who died heroically, but also those who were honorably wounded and fought bravely. ”

Ma Bao was old, and when he heard Zhu Yongxing's words, he just smiled; Ma Zide and Liu Zhen smiled happily, their eyebrows and eyes moved; Other generals were either envious or thoughtful.

Lenin said: "The power of example is infinite." The ancients also emphasized that "teaching by example is more important than teaching." "A role model is a vivid textbook, which makes the abstract value system concrete and vivid, visible and tangible, and makes people credible, amiable and learnable; A model is to erect a banner and a benchmark, and to establish a kind of orientation and a model in people's minds.

Zhu Yongxing is certainly no stranger to this kind of public opinion propaganda and education, and when he was a child, he was familiar with the heroic deeds of Huang Jiguang, Qiu Shaoyun, Dong Cunrui, etc. It is now easy to establish this method of propaganda and agitation, and we must vigorously promote it in the future.

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