On the second day, after the early dynasty, there were eunuchs who notified the four ministers of the cabinet, Jinrong and Cheng Dahui, to go to the emperor's imperial study to discuss matters.

Liu Chengzhi was the person in charge of directly arranging the use of blowers in the smelting workshop. Because this is what the emperor is concerned about, and because Liu Chengzhi wants to know whether the steam engine that is too popular now can really be used. Therefore, he has been closely following the trial process of the blower.

He really didn't expect that with only dozens of craftsmen in a folk workshop, in two years, he could make a windless automatic wind wheel, thus changing the smelting process handed down by his ancestors.

However, this is the case, it is such a private workshop, which not only greatly increases the output of iron, but even greatly reduces the impurities contained in iron.

This cognition makes Liu Chengzhi a little sour, not a taste.

The Ministry of Works was in charge of the Ministry of Engineering for many years in his hands, and after that, His Royal Highness King Fu was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Engineering. But one of the main materials of the imperial court has been operating in their hands for so many years, and they have not seen the slightest improvement.

Not long after His Royal Highness King Fu withdrew from the court, a folk workshop in which King Yu took a stake took only two years to make such a huge change in the smelting situation.

Is this a reverse indication that he and King Fu are too mediocre, not only do they not have the ability to develop good craftsmanship, but they also do not bother to discover excellent craftsmen.

Liu Chengzhi even suspected that the emperor would think that they did not take the affairs of the court to heart.

As the smelting workshop uses blowers to smelt more and more stable, Liu Chengzhi's emotions have been fermenting in his heart for a long time.

In the early days of the dynasty, I first saw Cheng Dahui appear, and then after the dynasty dispersed, the emperor summoned them to the imperial study, and Liu Chengzhi had already guessed what the emperor was going to discuss.

Liu Chengzhi followed Han Yanhui slowly, thinking about Cheng Dahui's position in front of the emperor.

The Ministry of Industry has been operating in his hands for many years, and when King Fu was not in charge of the Ministry of Engineering, he was in charge of various things in the Ministry of Industry.

Over the years, officials of the Ministry of Industry have come and gone, and there are countless promotions and transfers, but more than half of the officials have still been cultivated by him.

Now, the emperor has installed such a hard stubble as Jiang Yifan in the Ministry of Industry, which has made Liu Chengzhi very nervous, and he is always thinking about the corruption case uncovered by the prince and the household department.

The household department in charge of the crown prince is much stricter and logical than that of him, the minister-in-law, who is in charge of the Ministry of Works. The emperor also noticed that there were problems with the treasury and grain, and taxes, but he had no idea what to do. And Jiang Yifan only wandered around the household department for two years, and the household officials made two private accounts, completely sending the prince away from the crown prince.

Now this guy has come to the Ministry of Industry to make trouble again, and his family also has a daughter-in-law who is good at work, so that Jiang Yifan can quickly become familiar with the specific affairs of the Ministry of Industry.

Now that Cheng Dahui is such a person, in two years, I am afraid that the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry will be Cheng Dahui's, right? At that time, even if King Fu can be restored, the original foundation will only be broken. They no longer have the opportunity to take charge of a department.

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The emperor invited all the important ministers to come over and said that they were discussing the matter. In fact, when these bigwigs entered the imperial study, the emperor only unilaterally arranged things and did not ask for the opinion of any of them.

He first asked Cheng Dahui to introduce the details of the greatly improved smelting technology to the ministers. Then hand over the materials that Cheng Dahui brought back and used the blower smelting to Han Yanhui, and let the four ministers of the cabinet go back to see it themselves.

The emperor explained to the four elders, and after reading it, they each handed over a note, explaining the benefits that the prosperity of the smelting industry can bring to all walks of life in the world.

Second, there is the matter of patent law and the rating of craftsmen.

The patents for steam engines and blowers are no longer negotiable, they were developed by Qijia Machinery Workshop and successfully used in iron-smelting furnaces. As long as this machine has a patent, it belongs to the Qijia Machinery Workshop, and no one has any objections.

However, the matter of craftsman ratings ...... The four elders were silent.

The craftsman rating system introduced by the Ministry of Rites is based on the achievements of craftsmen and their contributions to the court and the people of the world.

There are a total of one to eight artisan levels. The first level is the first master, and the highest level is the eighth level.

Craftsmen who have been approved by the imperial court and assessed as one to three levels already have decency: they do not kneel when they see officials, and their immediate family members can not be subjected to conscription, which is considered to be a certain difference from the civilian class.

Craftsmen of the fourth to sixth grades also enjoy the benefits of not kneeling and not obeying forced labor. In addition to these two items, there is also Lu rice that enjoys the imperial court subsidy. The amount is not much, and you can get eight, nine, and ten stone meters in a year.

Ten stone rice is indeed not much, but it is this bit of rice that can allow a family of five to have a time to recuperate and buffer in a short period of embarrassment, and the family can survive.

Craftsmen of the seventh to eighth grades, except for those who do not accept conscription, do not kneel when they see officials, and receive fifty stone of rice per year. There is also a political benefit: if there is a grievance, you can bypass the yamen at all levels and directly appeal the grievance to the emperor.

In fact, for the eighth-level master, the last one is the most important. This article fundamentally guarantees the rights and interests of the craftsman, not only will he not be bullied in vain, but he will not be embarrassed because someone covets his craft.

The emperor's intention was very clear, that is, to let the Qijia Machinery Workshop approve the use of steam engines and blowers again during the period from the Chinese New Year next year to the opening of the government. After the opening of the yamen on the sixteenth day of the first month, the blower was officially purchased from the machinery workshop for smelting. It is equivalent to the imperial court buying the first industrial machine from the Qijia Machinery Workshop.

After determining that the process of using the blower for smelting has matured, the mechanical workshop can not only apply for patents for steam engines and blowers. At the same time, it can also be declared to the imperial court and rated craftsmen who have made outstanding contributions.

This outstanding contribution includes not only the craftsmen who participated in the development of steam engines and blowers, but also the craftsmen who have made outstanding contributions in the development of agricultural tools and construction equipment.

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There has been great progress in the smelting process, which can fundamentally solve the shortage of iron tools and iron materials. The imperial court gave more praise to the relevant craftsmen and folk workshops, which was harmless and would not shake the foundation of the country.

However, if a few craftsmen of the fifth or sixth or even seventh or eighth grades are really evaluated, and these people who make a living by selling coolies do indeed take the money of the imperial court, this is a precedent in disobeying the sages.

In other words, from now on, those who do not read the books of the sages and rely on hard work to eat will one day be able to surpass those who read.

They are born as scholars, so they can't bear this kind of thing, right?

Liu Chengzhi endured it for a long time, but finally stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this is not just to assess the level of craftsmen, but to let craftsmen enjoy the support of the imperial court. This has never happened before, so should it be handled with caution? ”

Wei Xin Wei Xiangye also got up and said: "Wei Chen deeply thinks that the imperial court can either wait a few more years, wait until the steam engine and blower really show their effectiveness, or wait until the world is in the industry, so the pattern has changed." It is not too late to re-evaluate by then. "I want to talk about "Women's Expensive" with more like-minded people; , talk about life, find a confidant~