The abolition of craftsmanship is something Zhu Youlang has always wanted to do.

It’s just that it was impossible to implement it because of various factors before.

Now that the rivers are clear and the seas are peaceful, the world is peaceful.

Zhu Youlang can really let go of his hands and do it.

In fact, the abolition of craftsmanship is to give craftsmen an upward channel.

After all, the craftsmanship has existed for a day, and the descendants of craftsmen can only be craftsmen for generations and have no room for choice.

In the Ming Dynasty, craftsmanship was regarded as a lowly person and no one could look down on it.

In the long run, craftsmen knew that there was no hope in life, and their desire for creativity and creativity would also decline.

In fact, after all, the creativity of the craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty is not worse than that of those in the West, but they are really unable to display their creativity after being bound.

What Zhu Youlang needs to do is help them release these and release their creative nature.

This is particularly valuable.

Of course, this will definitely be subject to resistance, and the civil servants in the court will definitely oppose it strongly.

Zhu Youlang could even imagine that they were in a confrontation with the ancestral system. These civil servants would definitely describe the matter with high sound and spit everywhere.

These civil officials seem to be thinking about the court and the Ming Dynasty, but after all, they just want to express themselves and leave their names in history.

They are indifferent to other things, even if this will affect the future direction of the Ming Dynasty, and even if this will lead the Ming Dynasty to the wrong path.

However, Zhu Youlang was very determined and would not change the slightest because of the actions of these civil servants.

Because any reform will encounter resistance, which comes from the conservatives and vested interests.

But if there is no reform, there will be chronic death.

Only then will the reform of the Ming Dynasty be better and better.

Taking advantage of Zhu Youlang's time and energy, he will transform the Ming Dynasty better, so that he will not be too riddled with holes when he handed over the Ming Dynasty to his children in the future.

In addition, Zhu Youlang was also preparing to introduce a new official system to the Ming Dynasty to give craftsmen a path to advance.

This is crucial.

Literary people have imperial examinations, martial artists have military merits, and they all have room for improvement, but what do craftsmen have?

If you think about it carefully, it is indeed a bit boring.

If a new official position system is introduced and a selection system similar to the imperial examination system is established, the enthusiasm of craftsmen will definitely be greatly improved.

Zhu Youlang knew very well that this must be strictly done. Only in this way can the industrial revolution he hoped could arrive early in the Ming Dynasty.

If the Industrial Revolution could begin about a hundred years earlier than the West, the Ming Dynasty would be able to win at the starting line and would still be the center of the world after the Han and Tang dynasties.

After the decree was issued, the cabinet alone was subjected to fierce discussion.

As the chief assistant, Zhang Huangyan's attitude is particularly important.

Although he has different views on certain matters from Dangjinzi, Zhang Huangyan is definitely on the side of His Majesty today in this matter.

Because he came into contact with many craftsmen during the anti-Qing Dynasty.

These craftsmen did live a difficult and difficult life, but they did not give up their hope for life, but instead worked hard again and again.

This touched Zhang Huangyan very much.

He hopes to do something for these craftsmen so that their lives can be better.

But after all, there is a mountain that is under the pressure of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Huangyan doesn’t have much to say.

Now that Your Majesty personally issued an order, it is equivalent to chiseling the mountain for Zhang Huangyan.

Since that is the case, what reason does Zhang Huangyan have to stand up and support the emperor's decision?

There are two kinds of voices in the cabinet that it doesn't matter.

Because the prime minister stood on the emperor's side.

This situation of unity between the king and the minister made the opposition feel a little upset. Is it necessary to offend Tianwei and the prestige of the prime minister at the same time in order to compete for temporary success?

After carefully weighing the pros and cons, these people naturally retreated.

Under Zhang Huangyan's initiative, the cabinet finally passed the emperor's will.

After all, if the cabinet does not agree, it can directly exercise the power of refutation.

The imperial edict issued with the approval of the cabinet is the truly effective imperial edict, otherwise it can only be called the central edict.

And now you can directly announce to the world.

The Ministry of Works panicked for a moment.

The Ministry of Works is a department that directly manages craftsmen.

Basically all official craftsmen are under their jurisdiction.

The emperor's decree is here, and all the craftsmen are out of the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works.

Although Your Majesty has not stated it clearly, it is obvious that Your Majesty wants to set up a new department to replace the Ministry of Industry to command these craftsmen.

After some trouble, don’t let them get nothing.

That would be too embarrassing.

The Minister of Works was forced to do nothing, so he could only jump out and write a letter to the emperor, requesting to maintain the authority of the Ministry of Works over the craftsmen.

After all, it is better to take action first. Before the emperor has officially established a new department, he will take the lead in striving for it.

There is still a chance of winning in this way.

This is indeed a bit beyond Zhu Youlang's expectations.

I originally thought that after the cabinet agreed to stand, there would be no more opposition from the court.

Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Works jumped out as soon as the imperial edict was issued.

This really fits the saying that interests are the greatest driving force.

After the interests of the Ministry of Works were affected, the old guys in the Ministry of Works began to get lost.

But since Zhu Youlang had made up his mind, he would naturally not be easily shaken by the letter from the Minister of Works.

He directly commented on the title book of the Minister of Works: I have other arrangements.

In just five words, it can be said that Zhu Youlang's attitude is obviously covered.

He believed that the Minister of Works would understand after seeing it and would not come out to disrupt the situation again.

Other yamen have fewer involvement in this matter and do not have much interest.

Therefore, Zhu Youlang believes that as long as the Ministry of Industry lowers its head and agrees, the policy can be truly implemented soon.

When Zhu Youlang first promoted physics and chemistry and other natural subjects into the scope of the imperial examination, the opposition was much louder than now.

Moreover, the opposition at that time was not limited to the court, but was the opposition from the entire literati class and the entire scholar class.

Even in this case, Zhu Youlang still insisted on his own point of view and was not influenced by the world.

This directly led to good development in the natural disciplines such as physics and chemistry in just two or three years.

So Zhu Youlang will be more determined this time.

He knew that the Central Plains of China have been practicing the upward and downward effect since ancient times.

What you like above will imitate below.

Zhu Youlang has the responsibility to do more useful things for this country, so that he will not regret it after a hundred years.

As for the cake that will touch the vested interests when doing this, Zhu Youlang doesn't care.

Reform is always better than revolution, and top-down reform is always better than the uprising of the imperial court.

After all, this is also to maintain the rule of the Ming Dynasty
Chapter completed!