With doubts about the keyboard warrior, Emperor Chongzhen began to think about the content of the conversation after cutting off the communication.
It was like this every time. Even if the conversation with Liu Weichao did not provide loyal ministers or good generals or recipes for future generations, those words still had great meaning and were worth thinking about.
That night, he thought about it very late again before going to bed.
Early the next morning, instead of reviewing the memorial as usual, he went to the Royal Glass Factory.
As soon as he arrived, both the craftsmen and the palace servants who oversaw the work were all startled and fell to their knees with fear and uneasiness.
They all knew that the emperor placed great hope on this glass factory, hoping to make more money.
If you come here at this time, you must be very anxious about the glass factory. In all likelihood, you just want to see the progress, urge the progress, and maybe get angry and punish a group of people.
However, this time, they thought wrong, and Emperor Chongzhen's performance even made them feel a little dumbfounded.
After Emperor Chongzhen inquired about the progress of the glass factory, instead of getting angry, he summoned the craftsmen responsible for each step and said to them: "I want to know, do you have any difficulties? Constructing the glass factory.
If you have any difficulties, please tell me. If I can solve it for you, I will solve it for you on the spot!"
His words, which he had never said even to the cabinet ministers or the royal family and nobles, immediately made everyone dumbfounded.
Seeing them in a daze, Emperor Chongzhen thought that what he said was unclear, so he said it again.
Unexpectedly, a large group of people quickly begged for mercy, saying that it was no problem and they would work hard and there would never be any neglect.
"..." Emperor Chongzhen was speechless. Of course he understood that these craftsmen felt that he was speaking sarcastically, which was a precursor to Lei Ting's wrath.
After thinking about it for a moment, he let them talk. After the scene gradually quieted down, Emperor Chongzhen tried his best to be as kind as possible and said: "In front of so many people, how can I not keep my words without saying what I say?"
After a pause, he looked at the confused and frightened faces of everyone, and then said: "I want you to work hard, but I also know that nothing can be smooth sailing, so I am here to solve the problem.
Solve the problems that prevent you from doing things, and then enable you to work well. Do you understand?"
Perhaps feeling the sincerity of Emperor Chongzhen, a relatively young craftsman suddenly gritted his teeth and said loudly: "The common people have no food at home, and they rely on their younger brothers and sisters to dig wild vegetables outside the city every day. Please help me, Your Majesty."
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Craftsmen working for the royal family were actually a type of service. Not only did they not get paid, but they also had to provide their own dry food.
Therefore, many craftsmen will flee and become people who do not exist in their household registration. They will take shelter from powerful landlords and become hermits. Of course, they will definitely be exploited by powerful landlords.
Some craftsmen who have some money will pay and let other craftsmen serve in their place.
In ancient times, unless they were craftsmen with top skills, they might be the guests of scholar-bureaucrats. For most craftsmen, they were very low-level common people.
Obviously, the craftsman who spoke was forced to have no choice but to take a chance, so he was the first to speak.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he did not answer immediately, but asked others: "Are there others in the same situation as him?"
When the others heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other. What did the emperor mean when he asked this?
Shouldn't they ask questions first and then arrest them together and deal with them?
For a moment, no one dared to speak.
When the young craftsman saw this, he was ready to fight anyway, and immediately said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, among the common people in the same group, at least half of them are hungry at home! And he, he, he...their group
There are all of them too!”
After hearing his words, the craftsmen he pointed at were all frightened and wanted to deny it.
However, Emperor Chongzhen had already spoken first: "Let me announce something. If you work in this glass factory, I will pay you wages. And after selling money every month, I will reward those who work best and hardest according to the specific situation.
People. For the specific reward situation, we have to look at the situation first. As for the salary, I will advance it to you first. How about it? "
This was also because he had money in his hands after ransacking his house. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to be so generous.
As the saying goes, a penny cannot defeat a hero. Without money, many things cannot be done.
As soon as he finished speaking, these craftsmen all showed incredible expressions.
Then, the young nodator reacted first and kowtowed immediately, very frequently, and said excitedly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty, no, no, no, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
When he said this, the others suddenly came back to their senses. They were all overjoyed. They kowtowed and shouted in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live my emperor!"
I don’t know why, when Emperor Chongzhen listened to them shouting this slogan, he felt that it was more sincere than those ministers shouting this slogan! It sounded much more useful!
Then, he asked someone to bring out a large basket of copper coins, and began to distribute wages right in front of him. For those whose families were in extreme need, he even agreed to pay an extra month's wages.
Emperor Chongzhen could clearly feel that the vitality of the glass factory seemed to be getting stronger as more and more craftsmen were paid.
After all were distributed, Emperor Chongzhen ordered the servant who oversaw the work to collect the problems of the craftsmen. Those that could be solved must be solved, and those that could not be solved should be reported to him.
In addition, he thought that the subordinates might be deceiving the subordinates and hiding the situation from the superiors. Remembering Liu Weichao's words about relying on the strength of the masses, he also ordered: "I will come over in person. If there are any problems, you can report them to me then."
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In this way, the situation of bullying the subordinates and concealing the superiors can be eliminated.
As for the glass factory, he can't do much for the time being. For example, it is simply unrealistic to make them read and write. He can only go step by step and talk about it later.
After leaving the glass factory, Fang Zhenghua, the eunuch on duty, came to report that officials from the six cabinet ministries, as well as the Metropolitan Procuratorate, etc., wanted to see the emperor.
"Long live Lord, they are all here for Dongchang." Fang Zhenghua reported here, hesitant, but finally told the truth, "They said that Long live Lord had forgotten the Wei Ni rebellion during the Tianqi years. They also said
Indulging the factory guards and re-establishing the West Factory is a prelude to Long Live Lord's bad moral conduct and arousing the opposition of all the people in the world. It is the right thing to shout for Long Live Lord to do something beneficial to the people of the world for the sake of the people of the world!"