Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 31 The one who knows Zhu Yuanzhang is the only Empress Ma
It had been almost a month since Zhu Qi left Yingtian, and shopkeeper He quickly found a total of fifty craftsmen from various sources, some of them were from Yingtianfu, and some were brought from nearby towns.

Because he was working for His Royal Highness King Liao, he didn't dare to find those novices. They were all veterans, and they were all temporarily supported in the Royal Entertainment Center.

On the contrary, these fifty craftsmen originally thought they were here to work, but they came to His Highness Liao Wang's side, and no foreman came out to do the work, so they ate and slept in the big yard all day long. I live comfortably, but I am bored and flustered.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness King Liao came back today, and he wanted to summon them immediately. They all gathered in the courtyard of the compound. They were a little flattered. They thought it was the foreman who came to contact them, but they didn't expect to get King Liao. His Highness personally received it, let's not talk about it, let them work hard on everything later!

The Ming Dynasty was a typical feudal society, with strict hierarchy and the blessing of the household registration system. It can be said that as a craftsman household, not only oneself, but also future generations can only be craftsmen households for the rest of their lives. It is impossible to break through the class.

Although these craftsmen have good craftsmanship, they often have no social status. After seeing His Highness King Liao, they are all trembling, and some of them dare not lift their heads.

After Zhu Qi arrived at the scene, he thought it would be a friendly scene, but he didn't expect everyone to be so reserved. The atmosphere was a bit dignified and awkward. He didn't look like he was meeting craftsmen, but rather like meeting prisoners and changing them into prisoner clothes , the expressions on each face are perfectly matched.

Seeing that he was here, and everyone seemed a little uncomfortable, Zhu Qi smiled straightforwardly and said:

"Everyone, don't be nervous. This king invites you here. There is one thing that I want you to help research. This thing is called a hand-operated printing machine. Xiao Wang only has blueprints, but there are some things that I can't understand and can't make. This will trouble you all!"

After the words were finished, the welfare policy was announced immediately. The salary is 30 taels a month for one person, and two days off every five days. After the research and development is completed, there will be an additional bonus of [-] taels per person!
As soon as the benefits were announced, the tense and embarrassing atmosphere in the yard disappeared immediately, and all the craftsmen dropped their jaws in shock. There was no time to be nervous!
What is the concept of ten taels of silver?In the era of Zhu Qi, it was 1 yuan!

Craftsmen had a low social status in the early Ming Dynasty, so naturally they did not earn much money. If they could earn two or three taels of silver a month, that would be good. If they could earn five taels, they would definitely be skilled workers!
Seeing everyone's astonishment, Zhu Qi didn't feel any disturbance in his heart. To Zhu Qi, this amount of money was naturally nothing. The reason why he gave so much was of course not because Zhu Qi was taken advantage of and a prodigal son. Workers value it, and it is clear that if society wants to develop, it does not depend on those literati who are benevolent and moral, but on these craftsmen who have mastered the core technology.

However, you are just getting in touch with them. What is the technical level of these craftsmen? We have to see if they can make a hand-operated printing machine.

Zhu Qi had already copied down the detailed drawings from the computer. No modern materials such as rubber were used in the drawings. As for whether those parts can be manufactured and whether they can be used after they are manufactured, That was the work of the craftsmen, and Zhu Qi handed over the blueprints to them, so he didn't care about it anymore.

Before leaving, I asked them to recommend a person in charge. Most of the craftsmen are familiar with them. After all, the circle is only so big, so they quickly introduced the oldest and most effective craftsman to be their manager. Steward.

Although it was recommended by him, but looking at this dark middle-aged man named Chen Chuwu, one could tell by his name that he was a low-level commoner. Just like Zhu Chongba, he was named directly according to the date of birth.

Chen Chuwu has an honest and submissive look on his face, he is not the type who is good at socializing, and he is also apprehensive to be elected, but it doesn't matter, what are technicians good at socializing, as long as they are good at technology!

Zhu Qi encouraged the craftsmen without much nonsense, and in front of the craftsmen, he told the people below that from now on, this yard belongs exclusively to these craftsmen, and no one else is allowed to enter or leave. Not only that, the daily meals must be three meals a day, with meat in every meal!

The necessities of life, whether it is clothes or pastries, if necessary, must be arranged!

Those craftsmen are all stupid, not to mention the high salary, but listening to what His Royal Highness Liao Wang said, this is simply to support people like themselves as aides!

Everyone was grateful to Dade, their eyes were red, and their enthusiasm for work immediately increased.

Zhu Qi came out of the craftsman's yard, and went to the Royal Entertainment Center to check the operating conditions. He had to say that the title of "Royal" is really useful, and with the endorsement by His Royal Highness, no matter how the food is, the source of customers is the source. Constantly.

Especially comics, which are very popular, but the number of comics is limited after all, and it is impossible to speed up the speed of comics. The future generations are one chapter a week, and I am not so diligent, not to mention the limited conditions. It is difficult to speed up production. It is simply too high.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qi still focuses on the novel, but his original novel "Ming Shanhe" feels a bit tepid. Of course, the more important thing is to conceive the plot every day and write it. I'm a little tired.

Zhu Qi decided to plagiarize!

It just so happened that some novels were placed in the laptop as a reference for the plot, such as... "Journey to the West"!
"Journey to the West" was a hit in history, and it was a best-selling novel throughout the Ming Dynasty.

Some people may say, that's not right, "Journey to the West" has the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor, and Monkey King making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, so it must be a banned book!
In fact, there is no reliable historical data to prove that "Journey to the West" was once a banned book in the Ming Dynasty. In the two books compiled by modern historians, "The Encyclopedia of Ancient Chinese Forbidden Novels" and "Hundreds of Chinese Forbidden Novels", There is no mention of "Journey to the West".

Even the famous book "Water Margin" banned in the Ming Dynasty was actually banned in the early Ming Dynasty, and it was banned in the late Ming Dynasty when peasant uprisings were everywhere. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was really not banned, and ordinary people can read it casually. .

In the Ming Dynasty, "Journey to the West" was really popular, not only popular, but also a lot of hype.

"Journey to the East" created by Wu Yuantai was directly launched, and it also became popular; Ming Dynasty publisher Yu Xiangdou was a person with a very keen sense of business. After "Journey to the West" became popular, he immediately wrote "Journey to the West". "Journey to the South" and "Journey to the North" also made a lot of money.

After struggling for a while, Zhu Qi decided to quickly copy Wu Chengen's work before he was born!
It's decided, it's you - "Journey to the West"!
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And when Zhu Qi returned to Yingtian Mansion and started to further plan and improve his own property.

Above the court, there were suddenly more small reports about Liao King Zhu Qi. It was not about Zhu Qi's trial of Marquis Pingyang that did not conform to the rules. After all, Marquis Pingyang was charged with treason. The process, but no censor dared to jump out on this case, maybe it wasn't Pingyang Hou's accomplices?
The impeachment of Liao King Zhu Qi, on the contrary, is that the content of the Royal Entertainment Center is a little bit more. The protagonist of "Ming Shanhe" is today's day, which is not polite. It's a bad example and so on.

In the past few days, they have been piled up in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's case like snowflakes.

If it was placed before, Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely advise Zhu Qi not to run such a small business in the private sector, but after reading the content of "Ming Shanhe", he especially changed his view of Zhu Qi greatly, and felt that his son was very With a future, Zhu Yuanzhang's tolerance has also increased a lot accordingly, and all the impeachment memorials have been suppressed. It can be said that he has become the invisible backer behind Zhu Qi.

But what Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about was not how much money Zhu Qi could make by opening a shop, but was seriously thinking about Zhu Qi's future as a vassal king.

In particular, Xu Da reported that Liao king Zhu Qi was familiar with the art of war, and he answered fluently. Although he was a little inferior in riding and shooting, all signs showed that Liao king Zhu Qi was a capable general. After that, Zhu Yuanzhang began to think more seriously and trained Zhu Qi to be Generals like Xu Da and Lan Yu hope to become the reliable arm of Prince Zhu Biao in the future.

After all, in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, only his sons are the most trustworthy. The tragic experience of the royal family in the Song Dynasty also made Zhu Yuanzhang very convinced that only the Ming Dynasty, protected by the vassal king, can last forever!

Let’s not say whether Zhu Yuanzhang’s opinion is wrong or right. Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t go directly to the study to continue to check the memorials from various places. Instead, he went directly to the harem and walked through the courtyard all the way to Empress Ma. The dormitory where.

This Empress Ma is naturally the famous Ma Xiuying, and also the biological mother of Zhu Qi, Zhu Di and Zhu Biao.

Of course Zhu Qi had seen it before, but every time he did so in a hurry, and he didn't say much, which was naturally because Zhu Qi hid on purpose, he was afraid that his biological mother would see the clues, after all, his mother's Intuition can be scary.

At this time, Empress Ma was sitting in the bedroom mending, and seeing Zhu Yuanzhang came so early, she was not surprised, instead she was sitting there mending clothes as usual, seeing Zhu Yuanzhang sitting down came from Gu Zi After pouring a cup of tea, Empress Ma said slowly:
"Let me guess, are you here for Qi'er?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback for a moment, and said:

"Sister, how do you know?"

Empress Ma smiled and said:

"You came to me so early. If it's military affairs, you should go to Xu Da. If it's government affairs, you should go to Li Shanchang. It must be about your sons and daughters. Qi'er has been the most popular recently."

"I'm still a girl, you understand me." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly and said, "I want to discuss with you about Qi'er's marriage. He is not young anymore, and it's time to find him a concubine in the future of Xungui."

Empress Ma was taken aback, but she put down the work in her hand and asked seriously:

"Heavchi, let me ask you."

"Ok?"

Zhu Yuanzhang had a leisurely and relaxed expression, but Empress Ma stared and asked, "You want Qi'er to go to Liaodong immediately, don't you?"

(End of this chapter)