Zhang Ji, on the other hand, stood up and bowed, while mentally recalling the drafts he had been thinking about these past few days.
The mechanized mechanical ornaments that have been tried and tested in the past can no longer be used with the Mechanical Heart.
Naturally, those expressions of public retirement ceremony cannot be used.
But it doesn't matter!
He looked at Liu Che, straightened his chest, and said: "Your Majesty, I have sent you this memorial: "Shang Jun Shu" says: The reason why a mortal lord persuades the people is because of his official title! Now your Majesty appoints craftsmen as officials.
Entering the county road, wouldn't it make everyone in the world work diligently and forget the root of farming? Jia Zi said: If a man does not plow, he may suffer from hunger; if a woman does not weave, she may suffer from cold! I pay my respects to you and pay my respects to your majesty again!
Although his words were not high-pitched, they were impassioned and immediately infected countless ministers.
Everyone was whispering to each other and discussing.
"Yu Shi Zhongcheng is right..." Several chief officials of Da Nong said: "Nong, the foundation of the world, cannot be touched! If craftsmen are appointed as officials, everyone in the world will think about skills. If things go on like this, Yin and Yang will
Turn it upside down and the five elements will be in chaos!"
There were also princes who nodded in praise and said: "To craftsmen, just give them money, silk and titles to appease them for their hard work. Officials and titles! The important weapons of the country should not be given lightly!"
Liu Che, however, sat firmly on Diaoyutai.
When the discussion in the hall gradually subsided, he stood up, looked at Zhang Ji, and said: "What you said is not unreasonable..."
Zhang Ji was overjoyed when he heard this and was about to say something humble to give the emperor a step forward.
But it didn't come true. Liu Che changed the topic: "It's a pity...it was biased..."
"I read Shang Jun's book and heard that Shang Jun said: Those who are strong must rule, and those who rule must be strong; those who are rich must rule, and those who rule must be rich; those who are strong must be rich, and those who are rich must be strong!" Liu Che smiled slightly,
Asked: "Did I make a mistake?"
Hearing this, Zhang Ji paid homage and said, "Your Majesty, this is the foundation of the Book of Shang Jun!"
"It's good if you know..." Liu Che said in his heart, but he asked with a smile: "Do you think farmers can be strong without workers? Can they be rich?"
"In the past, Li Kui reported to Marquis Wen of Wei: The land is a hundred miles away, and 90,000 hectares are granted. In addition to the mountains and rivers, one-third of the land is divided into 6 million acres of farmland. If you work hard on the land, you will gain three liters per acre, and if you are not diligent, you will suffer the same loss.
The increase or decrease of an area of 100 li can easily amount to 1800,000 millet!" Liu Che sleeved his hands and smiled and said: "Do you know that now the area of 100 li and the enfeoffment of 90,000 hectares, excluding mountains and rivers and towns, how much millet is there?"
What is the best way to deal with ministers?
Of course it's data dumping.
Over the years, Liu Che has gained experience in fighting against ministers.
This experience is that if he talks to you about law, you talk to him about morality, he talks to you about morality, you talk to him about politics, he talks about politics to you, you talk about tradition to him, and he talks about tradition to you, then you talk to him about tradition.
If he talks about the sages and he talks about the sages to you, then you should talk to him about reality and reality.
In short, it's just a rogue act.
Of course it makes sense to act rogue.
Ministers, on the other hand, are limited by the information and intelligence they receive, as well as their reading capacity and vision.
You can never beat having an embroidered guard. You can stay in Weiyang Palace and know the world affairs.
At the same time, with the vast collection of books in Shiqu Pavilion and the countless collections of Maoling Library at his back, he has hundreds of schools of thought at his disposal.
All I can say is that the ministers were unable to defeat him, not because they were incompetent, but because they were committing crimes other than war!
Of course, if a bug like Jia Yi and Jia Changsha appears.
There is no way.
However, in the entire Han Dynasty, there is only one Jia Yi and Jia Changsha.
As expected, Zhang Ji was immediately speechless.
You can't blame him for this. He is the censor Zhongcheng, and he is in charge of systems, etiquette, laws and local illegalities.
The local land yield per mu and other economic data are not under his control, and it is not his turn to control them.
However, there is one thing that Zhang Ji knows.
That is, today, the average yield per mu in Guanzhong is three and a half shi of wheat and three shi of corn.
And how much was the yield per mu during Li Kui's time?
Li Kui said it very carefully and it kills a stone and a half!
Even though the weights and measures of the Wei state were different from those of the Han Dynasty today, the size of the fields varied.
But the increase in grain production revealed is still staggering!
However, Zhang Jizi was not so easily convinced.
Craftsman or something?
In his mind, they were just a group of muscular men who stayed in front of the stove in the workshop all day long, sweating profusely.
How can I become an official, enter and exit official offices, and be brothers with the scholar-bureaucrats?
This situation is already disgusting just thinking about it!
Therefore, he paid his respects and said: "I also know that today's society and people's livelihood rely heavily on the efforts of craftsmen, and I have no intention of belittling or despising craftsmen... It's just that my craftsmen are vulgar and uncultured, which is a disgrace to gentlemen. If your majesty wishes to commend them,
You can give him money, silk, a title, a woman, a house, just like the story in front of the young master's house, why bother to reward him with an official title! An official title! The country's famous weapon is also the most important thing in the world, so it should not be given lightly!"
This is also the perception of most scholar-officials today.
It’s not that they really hate or like craftsmen.
In fact, now, everyone knows that the steady improvement of the status of craftsmen cannot be stopped.
In the Shaofu, there are already ways to reward great craftsmen and famous craftsmen.
Titles, land, girls, money and silk were all given out by the emperor as rewards.
A craftsman named Zhang Feng was even given the title of Lord Anling, and he was granted the title of doctor.
In the history of the Han Dynasty, carpenters like Yang Chengji were also ennobled as marquises.
And now, the emperor's will is indeed unstoppable by civil and military officials.
Today, I even have the strength and confidence to completely abandon the court and go it alone.
If you really want to argue with the emperor, it will definitely be the scholar-bureaucrats who will suffer, not the emperor!
but……
Having a craftsman as an official was something they were extremely unwilling to face.
It’s not that it’s not good for craftsmen to be officials. In fact, in the history of the Han Dynasty, let alone craftsmen, even traffickers and dog-slaughters were once proud of the court.
Among the founding fathers, few came from good backgrounds.
However, once it is clear that a craftsman can become an official, he has a stable and visible way to enter the officialdom.
Then, it will immediately trigger a chain reaction and shake the foundation of many schools of thought.
The reason is very simple. If you can be an official if you have good technical skills, then why do you have to go to school?
What's more important is that studying is a kind of gamble, and it cannot be afforded by non-well-off families.
But the craftsman…
Even if you have nothing, you can still learn skills as long as you are willing to endure hardships.
What is particularly important is that even if you cannot become an official, the skills you learn can definitely support yourself and your family.
This is so unfair.
Scholars work hard, endure hardships, live in poverty for several years, and spend countless resources, but they may not be able to become officials.
But the boy from Zhang Erdan's family who lived next door was originally a tenant farmer. He was rough and illiterate since he was a child, but he learned blacksmithing from the village blacksmith for several years. After that, he was selected as an official because of his excellent blacksmithing skills.
This makes readers really think and feel awkward!
It’s as disgusting as eating Xiang! (To be continued.)
