At any rate, he still wanted to show off his face, but he didn't rush to hand over the memorial, and he didn't directly ask for reform of the public house.
But... even Fu Bi was speechless by this approach.
When did the courtiers' excerpts talk about trivial matters? It has appeared in the past few days.
This person told me that an old official accidentally fell down because the floor tiles in his office building were loose and upturned, and the official fell ill...
The person said again that a few days ago, it rained at night, causing water to enter the building. Some documents in the lower parts were soaked in water, making some documents unusable...
Don’t you just want to transform the public house?
There will never be any objection in the court to the reform of the public house. The question is, how to communicate this matter with His Highness the Crown Prince?
His Royal Highness is not easy to fool, but this matter cannot be left out of the East Palace.
In the early years, military preparations were delayed until the escort battalion intervened in military training. The original official carriages were also exchanged with His Royal Highness.
What about now? The track laying between China and North Korea has completely ignored the initiators. It’s hard to talk to His Highness at this time...it’s hard to talk.
In fact, they can be exchanged. Zhao Xi's purpose of fully displaying the workshop city was to launch cement.
In fact, there are ways to do it, such as using these information to show the right opportunity when His Highness is busy with other things...
Fu Bi really doesn’t want to do such a thing!
"Your Majesty, Workshop City is more of a palace weapons supervisor than a workshop city. The luxurious environment of Workshop City can easily cause craftsmen to only care about enjoyment and not to make armaments."
"Furthermore, among the four peoples in the world, the country and dynasty regard scholars as the most respected. Nowadays, the labor of craftsmen is higher than that of scholars. It is abnormal!"
This... I really dare to say it.
"Your Majesty, all ministers..."
"His Majesty……"
Okay, you are my husband, you go ahead.
Zhao Xi wanted to fight back, but Fu Bi took the lead. He could not argue with the prime minister.
Don’t you think the weapons supervisor shouldn’t be like this? Well, the imperial court can separate the weapons supervisor. His own business is purely a businessman’s behavior, so there’s nothing to say about it, right?
If you have demands you can talk about, but you want to get rid of them? No way! I am not used to this problem of yours.
"Your Highness, do you have anything to ask me?"
Fu Bi stopped the prince, but he didn't know where to make such remarks. In a sense, these words were not wrong.
It's just that at this stall, using this method of coercion is useless to His Highness the Crown Prince, and may even anger His Highness.
He stopped him, hoping to alleviate His Highness the Crown Prince's anger.
"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister, and all the ministers and workers, what Cui Langzhong said is exactly what Xi wants to report. Today, the beautiful environment of the workshop city and the high treatment of the craftsmen are even comparable to those of scholars, which really makes Xi ashamed."
Zhao Xi was very surprised when he spoke. How should I put it, based on his understanding of His Highness the Crown Prince, it was impossible for him to make such remarks in court.
Inviting the ministers to visit the Gongfang City means that he intends to show the Gongfang City. Otherwise, with the level of confidentiality of the Gongfang City, it would be difficult for the court to understand.
"I have done many things, but when I look back, it turns out that they were all wrong. For example, the soldier should have died on the battlefield, but because of the appearance of the armor, his chance of death was reduced."
"How can this be done? The soldiers deserve to die. With good armor, they can't die. This is wrong. The court should cut some bamboo joints and make some shuttles to make the soldiers stand in order and let Liao
Xia’s cavalry hacked him to death!”
"For example, rails are even more wrong. With rails, there will be more channels for transporting grain from the south to the north, which will inevitably affect the income of water transportation."
"This is definitely not possible! The millions of subjects in Bianliang should rely on the Bianhe River and canal transportation. There must not be other channels. Because, with other channels, even those miserable people can eat
There is new food. They are all untouchables and have no right to eat new food!"
"Let's talk about the workshop city again. Whether they are weapons supervisors or general supervisors, all craftsmen are supposed to suffer. They are supposed to do the heaviest work, eat the most unpalatable food, and live in the simplest houses...
…then make the most exquisite utensils.”
"By analogy, we can go further back. The Youchao family was wrong and should not have allowed the people to have houses to live in. The Shennong family was also wrong and should not have tasted hundreds of herbs to relieve the people's hunger. Confucius was even more wrong and should not have educated the people.
…”
"Mr. Cui, is this what you mean? According to Mr. Cui, the imperial court can continue to order the weapons supervisor to make the weapons of the past and move them directly from the workshop city."
"If you don't have any place, don't be afraid. Find another piece of land to rebuild! Regardless of the cost of land purchase or reconstruction, Gongfangcheng will bear it."
"Is Mr. Cui still satisfied with this?"
The best entry point into a debate is to catch the imprecision in the argument, use it to expand and amplify it, and thus change the concept and change the core of the debate.
Everyone understands the meaning of what Cui Langzhong said, even Zhao Xi understands it.
It's nothing more than asking the court to improve office conditions. But what do you mean by the four people? What do you mean by the supremacy of scholars?
It is a fact. The current situation of the country is indeed like this. It should not be said that improving the conditions of craftsmen is wrong... This seems to be denying everything Zhao Xi has done.
After doing so much, Zhao Xi does not object to improving office conditions. The question is, should he just say no? He said directly that some conditions can be negotiated, but what do you want to do?
First accuse Gongfangcheng of its faults, and then give me a chance to correct them, that is, reform all the public houses?
What good things are you thinking about? Zhao Xi is not prepared to spoil him!
"Your Highness... Your Majesty, I have absolutely no intention of doing this!"
"Who dares to ask Mr. Cui what he means? As said, craftsmen don't want to work because of luxury. But are there inferior armors? Or are there useless muskets?"
"Your Majesty, fellow workers, the sage once said that if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. Broadly speaking, sharpening his tools does not just refer to the tools he uses."
"The body, knowledge, food and even living environment are all tools for a person's work, no matter what industry he is engaged in."
"For soldiers to fight, military equipment is their weapon, and personal military quality is also their weapon, and even the belongings of their wives, children, and children are also their weapon. To sharpen their weapons is to update their military equipment, improve their quality, and solve their worries."
"For scholars to govern, they use the books of sages as their tools, their moral character and temperament as their tools, and their living conditions as their tools."
"In other words, the improvement of the living and working environment of craftsmen is the sharpening of their tools. Why is there such a thing as luxury?"
It's a bit far-fetched, it can only be so far-fetched, there is no other way.
Among the four peoples, scholars are respected, and they are recognized in the court and even in the whole world.
Zhao Xi has not yet thought of risking the disapproval of the world, so he cannot do that.
Therefore, the only thing I can do is to have some connection with the sages in some random way. I don’t want to say whether it is right or wrong, but at least I have some connection.
The prince's words... seem to make sense, or make a lot of sense.
Isn't this the reason to implore the imperial court to improve the public housing?
This is the right understanding! Isn’t that why Zhao Xi calls so much in vain?
Zhao Xi definitely couldn't bring up this topic, but he didn't want this discussion to turn into nonsense again.
Therefore, during the counter-argument, a gap was left for others to catch.