For example, some businessmen are actually watching, some hear about them, and they are inevitably sour after knowing them.

In front of the wealthy merchants, the craftsman group is actually more of their source of profit and their target of exploitation. Although it has long been said that the ranking of scholars, peasants, industry and commerce has been ranked in front of money, in addition to the scholar class, the merchant class is already completely ahead of peasants and workers.

However, the current situation is that the court once again made it clear that the craftsmen group had a very good place to serve the royal family. Not only did they have a salary to receive, but they could even get a title, which was what the merchant class dreamed of. After all, they did not lack money, and lacked status.

In fact, by the late Ming Dynasty, the status of merchants had been greatly improved due to money, and many scholars even abandoned Confucianism and went to business. In this class of merchants, they had money, spent money outside, made generous, wanted to be respected, made friends with powerful people, bought land, became landlords, and became popular targets for scholars, etc. However, no matter what, at least at the level of the court, their status has not changed.

On the contrary, because the case of the Shanxi merchants in Tonglu was exposed, it is said that the emperor had great opinions on merchants, especially wealthy merchants, and was planning measures to restrict large merchants and prevent another group of merchants from appearing. Because of greed, in order to obtain more money, he embarked on the old path similar to Shanxi merchants.

No one in the court dared to object to this point. Because there were just examples of Shanxi merchants. Everyone hated Shanxi merchants, but they hated merchants like Shanxi merchants. At least in the capital, no one had any doubts about this. The street to fight against traitors is a clear proof.

Regarding the decree that the emperor might promulgate, some people speculated that it was probably the strategy of making food implemented by the new governor Lu Xiangsheng of Baoding in his original position as Governor Xuanda. Because Governor Lu's strategy of making food was aimed at the rich, it made the Shanxi merchants very uncomfortable, and even sent people to kill Lu Xiangsheng's father for this and let him leave.

They had reason to suspect that Lu Xiangsheng would be the vanguard of the emperor's sanctions on merchants. This will be known after Governor Lu takes office.

Emperor Chongzhen actually knew about the concerns of the businessmen in the capital. Today, the factory guards have long resumed their comprehensive supervision of the capital. Just like the prices in the capital, the Dongchang has also fulfilled its original duties and reported them every day. Therefore, the private scholars' remarks on the new policy will naturally not be missed.

Emperor Chongzhen was happy when he heard the comments outside. Because the news was that he deliberately let the factory guards release them and guided the public opinion. Otherwise, he would have taken advantage of this opportunity to severely punish Shanxi merchants and gain more benefits.

In fact, history has proved that it is necessary to limit the merchants. Although the Shanxi merchants in the north collapsed, the salt merchants in the south all gathered a lot of wealth, which was not good for the Ming Dynasty.

As for the craftsman system, many officials also opposed it after it was made public. However, there have been some supplements to the suggestions of Lu Xiangsheng and others, which can comfort this class of scholars.

In other words, if a scholar engages in the craftsmanship of a craftsman and makes significant contributions, he can still obtain the corresponding title.

In fact, there are many officials who are studying craftsmanship because their career is not going well or because they are interested in it. It can be said that many inventions are not created by the craftsmen themselves, but the contribution of scholars. After all, the group of scholars has more money and knowledge, and the possibility of results is naturally greater than that of craftsmen.

For example, Bi Maokang, who served as the right minister of the Ministry of War in the Chongzhen Dynasty, published "Military Artifacts" in the eighth year of Chongzhen, which contained improved muskets, called self-produced muskets. In later generations, there was a very popular name called the flintlock rifle.

Although Emperor Chongzhen knew that this self-generated musket was better than a combroach, because the firing device was made of fine steel, it would not be easy to shoot out Mars and would be easily silted. The most important thing is that the cost was much more expensive than the combroach. Emperor Chongzhen, who was so poor that he naturally could not make such self-generated musket at that time, let alone to military use.

It can be said that Bi Maokang's achievements in firearms are much greater than those of the gunsmiths in the Ming Dynasty.

Now officially promulgated, the titles that imitate the pre-Qin period are divided into junior craftsmen, intermediate craftsmen, senior craftsmen, professional craftsmen, masters, masters, and great masters.

Just like the Qin Dynasty’s military merits and titles, each level of craftsman has corresponding benefits. The most affordable ones are naturally salary and land. As the title is promoted, they will be improved to varying degrees.

After reaching the title of senior craftsman, you can be privileged to not worship officials. For example, senior craftsman can be in front of officials of seventh grade or below, and professional craftsman can be in front of officials of fifth grade or below, and official craftsman can be in front of officials of fifth grade or below. Master is in the fourth grade, master is in the third grade, master is in the third grade, master is in the third grade, master is in the third grade, master is in the nominee, except the emperor.

Starting from the title of professional craftsman, the corresponding land obtained does not need to be paid tax. The previous titles still have to be paid tax. Starting from the title of master, two families can be exempted from labor. There are four masters and six masters are exempted from service.

Unlike ordinary Duke and Marquis, these titles are all human and cannot be hereditary, and they cannot even be demoted to hereditary. But even so, the attraction for the craftsman class is still extremely huge. Even for scholars, it is the same. Because ordinary Duke and Marquis can only have military merits or relatives.

Under the new title system issued by Emperor Chongzhen, this set of titles is actually not limited to the group of craftsmen. If scholars and other classes make significant contributions, they can still be awarded titles above masters. For example, Bi Maokang, Emperor Chongzhen had already sent people to award him the reward, named him the master of firearms, and summoned him to serve in the military battle.

Bi Maokang, the master of firearms, was the first person to receive the title after the Ming Dynasty launched this new title system. This first place can also be regarded as giving the scholar class a face and a kind of comfort.

As of now, if all craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty want to obtain titles, they can only do things for the royal family. From a broad sense, the whole world belongs to the emperor, and everyone works for the emperor. Therefore, only when doing things for the royal family can you get titles, and there is nothing wrong with it.

This notice was also issued not only in the capital, but also in all parts of the country. The notice stated that as long as you are a craftsman, you can do it in any industry. If you think your skills are OK, or if you have hidden ancestral skills, you can take this opportunity to sell them to the imperial family.

Since the announcement was made, the craftsmen in the capital had lined up in a long queue that day. Emperor Chongzhen was naturally very happy about this situation. His purpose was not only to recruit skilled craftsmen for the military battle, but to gather craftsmen across the country to complete the inheritance of craftsmen's skills, that is, to establish a certain technical school in the Ming version and form a systematic craftsman official learning system. There are apprentices, craftsmen, and masters who study and innovate, etc.

Emperor Chongzhen had reason to believe that after he brought this technical school to the regular level, the production capacity of the Ming Dynasty in all aspects would be greatly improved. Of course, this was not something that could be achieved overnight, and it would take time.

Thinking of this, he looked at the dozen memorials picked out from the imperial case. Among them, there were Zuo Yingxuan who had already performed his duties, Chen Hongxu's memorials, and Fang Fengnian, who was demoted and demoted, all of which were from the area that was ravaged by Jianluo. At this time, statistics from all aspects were considered to have a result.

It can be said that the damage caused by Jianlu once to these places in the Ming Pass was devastating. The economic losses were even more incalculable. This was a ruthless trick to really poke the Ming Dynasty to bleed. Even without natural disasters, the giant Daming could not withstand such bloodletting several times. What's more, there are natural disasters now, and they have been stabbed four times.

Looking at these memorials, Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said, "No matter what, we can no longer let Jianlu invade the pass!"

This was also the reason why he had long thought of sending Lu Xiangsheng, a virtuous minister who was both civil and military, to restore Dongjiang Town and restrain Jianlu from leaving Liaodong. However, this matter was easy to say, but there were still many difficulties to do.

First of all, Lu Xiangsheng took office almost alone, and his subordinates are now under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. After he went there, he had to recruit new recruits for training and select veterans to become backbones. In a short period of time, it is impossible to make moves. It is not enough to have money, this is one of them.

Second, one of the prerequisites for restoring Dongjiang Town is the navy. The Denglai Navy lost most of the previous Denglai rebellions, namely the rebellions of Kong Youde and others, and the rest were mostly taken by Kong Youde and surrendered Jianbu. It was also because of this that Jianbu had the opportunity to cross the sea and defeat the foundation of Dongjiang, Pidao.

The Denglai Navy is now completely in name only. Although Emperor Chongzhen allocated money to Lu Xiangsheng, it is impossible for him to immediately become a navy if he had money. This also takes time. Whether it is building ships or training sailors.

Of course, the previous discussion of transferring the Fujian Navy to the north was a way, but Emperor Chongzhen was not sure. Zheng Zhilong, who is now the overlord of the sea, would obey the order. After all, from the original history, he had no awe of the court at all.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but recall the information about Zheng Zhilong. After considering the salary, he decided to give Zheng Zhilong a secret decree directly and send it to the factory guards.

After finishing this, Emperor Chongzhen considered the third difficulty for Lu Xiangsheng. It was what Lu Xiangsheng proposed to restrain more Jianlu troops and eliminate the possibility of Jianlu's division of troops and detours through Mongolia. Then the restraining force of Dongjiang Town must be strong enough. Therefore, an elite mobile cavalry was what Lu Xiangsheng wanted.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile helplessly, "The Ming Dynasty is gone!"

For the Battle of Tianjin, not only did the entire capital recruit horses, but even mules, donkeys and others were sent to the battlefield. Not to mention anything else, only half of the people in the Cavalry Camp under the Imperial Horse Supervision have war horses available. The most important thing is that not all horses can be used as war horses. The higher requirements made Emperor Chongzhen feel even more helpless.

Where does the horse come from?

Emperor Chongzhen thought about this question and couldn't help but look north. There were indeed horses on the Mongolian grassland, but there was Jianlu's territory there.

He was thinking about this question when suddenly an eunuch came to report that Chen Qiyu was requesting an audience outside the palace.

Chen Qiyu, the former governor of the five provinces, was convicted and exiled to the border. Now he has been recommended by the Governor of Xuanda Hong Chengchou and was able to come out again. This is to come back to thank the emperor and prepare to take office as governor of the three sides.

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he immediately remembered that he had been exiled to Yansui, and wasn't he just facing the grassland there. Moreover, his new official position was the Governor of the Three Borders, which was to look at the military and political power of Yansui, Ningxia and Gansu. Ask him, maybe there would be a solution.

So he immediately issued an order to summon Chen Qiyu in Wenhua Palace.

Not long after, when Chen Qiyu entered the palace to see the ceremony, Emperor Chongzhen almost couldn't recognize him. In the original impression of Emperor Chongzhen, Chen Qiyu was a Confucian official in his prime, and he was very official. But at this time, he was only forty-three years old, and his hair was half white. Although his waist was still straight, there were a lot of wrinkles on his face. At first glance, he thought he was a man in his fifties and sixties.

However, what made Emperor Chongzhen a little relieved was that although his face was old, he was in good spirits.

"When the court is employed, Hong Qing recommends it. I will give you another chance." Emperor Chongzhen looked at Chen Qiyu who was standing down and said first, "Are you sure to do the position of governor of the three sides?"

Chen Qiyu didn't have the kind of reaction that he would thank Daxiang as soon as he heard it and promised no problem. He just bowed and replied, "I wonder if there is any money or food?"

Emperor Chongzhen admired his reaction a little. If Chen Qiyu agreed immediately in order to become an official, he would worry him.

Therefore, he smiled and said, "I can give you 100,000 taels of food, and you will have no food. You need to raise it on the spot after you take office."

In fact, it is impossible to allocate food from the capital, otherwise it would not be enough to consume on the road.

Seeing Chen Qiyu looking up at him, Emperor Chongzhen added: "I think the former governor of Shaanxi and the current governor of Ji Liao, Sun Qing, has done a good job in Qingtun paying. After you take office, you can recommend it without any other concerns. Do you understand?"

He actually had a meaning in this. The meaning was: Chen Qiyu, don’t be afraid of offending others, I am there. Look, Sun Chuanting used Qingtun to recharge his salary, and I am very satisfied. Now he has been promoted from governor to governor of Ji Liao.

Chen Qiyu came from Shaanxi and naturally knew what Sun Chuanting was doing there. On the way he came, he also heard about what happened after Sun Chuanting served the king. He was actually very touched by this.

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