After all, isn’t the reason why these aristocratic families have been standing for hundreds of years that there are rumors about the so-called “flowing emperors and iron-clad aristocratic families” because these aristocratic families have “resources” that others do not have?
This kind of resource can be a real resource, such as salt and iron, or technology, such as salt and iron smelting technology.
Emperor Mingguang felt that the topic was a little sensitive, so he winked and asked the eunuch general manager Li Guizi to go down.
The eunuch general manager Li Guizi was very tactful and bowed quietly.
"You... you really dare to say anything, and you are not afraid of spreading it." Emperor Mingguang sighed.
Li Wenchong shrugged indifferently: "What are you afraid of? Am I not here with the emperor brother? I dare not talk nonsense outside. Just here with the emperor brother, I can relax me."
Emperor Mingguang: "..."
I don’t dare to relax, you kid actually dare?!
How many today do you have?
Emperor Mingguang couldn't say that, he was not safe here, and his expression was a little helpless.
Li Wenchong continued as if he hadn't seen Emperor Mingguang, "The emperor thought, where did these technologies come from?"
"How can I know where the technologies of these aristocratic families come from? I must know that this technology will not fall into their hands." Emperor Mingguang doesn't want these technologies?
think.
But what's the use of thinking?
It is impossible for aristocratic families to hand over it.
If the Yao family had not been related to Li Wenchong, Emperor Mingguang believed that the old lady Yao, Gu Qingling, would not have "handed" these technologies so easily.
In a sense, the "engagement" between Li Wenchong and Lao Madam Yao is also a "transaction", and Emperor Mingguang knows it well.
Fortunately, Li Wenchong was willing to do so and was in a mishap. Otherwise, Emperor Mingguang would have felt that he was sorry for Li Wenchong.
Even so, Emperor Mingguang was a little guilty and wanted to "compensate" Li Wenchongyi and Er.
"Then the emperor thinks, where did the fan technology come from?" Li Wenchong reminded.
Emperor Mingguang was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean..."
"In the beginning, the technology was not necessarily from the aristocratic family. Just like fan technology, it was not originally created by the Yao family, but from the craftsmen of the Yao family."
"That's not the Yao family?" Emperor Mingguang frowned.
The craftsmen belong to the Yao family, so they must have signed the contract of master and servant. Everyone belongs to the Yao family, so their skills are naturally from the Yao family.
"So this is the problem. Is there a way to make these people who can provide technology free? They are just people of the Ming Dynasty, not slaves of a certain family?"
Emperor Mingguang frowned even deeper.
Could it be that Prince Chong meant that he would compete for "craftsmen" with these aristocratic families? But everyone knew that the best craftsmen were in the Royal Construction Office, how could he seize them?
Those aristocratic families are not fools and will hand over their trump cards.
"When Qingling discussed with her brother, she said that it was actually very simple - education." Li Wenchong looked into Emperor Mingguang's eyes with a serious look, "Just like her specialty class in the Yao clan school, Ding Chun's son Ding Yongjie is a 'free person'. He will study and learn to read in a school like all scholars in the world, but other scholars will participate in the imperial examination after they finish their studies, and he will inherit Ding Chun's work and continue to be a craftsman."
Emperor Mingguang: "..."
That's not back to the origin?
"Maybe the emperor's brother will think that even if Ding Yongjie is free, once he wants to inherit his father's work, he will be just a craftsman in the end... But what if he inherits the new identity of 'scientist'?"
Emperor Mingguang was shocked and suddenly understood.
Li Wenchong meant that since the status of craftsmen was low, they were often sold to the masters by major families, but what if they changed their names?
Although I also do the work of a craftsman, my reputation has changed...
"Are you sure that changing the name will definitely be useful?" Emperor Mingguang said with great caution, "No matter what title you change, after all, Ding Yongjie is just a craftsman."
"Even a craftsman, he and his father Ding Chun are two completely different craftsmen. Ding Chun can only be a craftsman, and Ding Yongjie not only has the ideas of a scholar, but also invents and creations. He is better than a scholar, and even becomes a contemporary Luban master."
"What if Ding Yongjie can't do it?"
"There are so many people in the world, and Ding Yongjie can't do it, so we will run a few more schools and use Qingling's hands to train more ‘scientists’. With more people trained, there will always be a few outstanding people. At that time, these emerging people will be given new titles, whether they are inventors or scientists... or even put them in the Ministry of Works as officials. The emperor thinks that we can't break the monopoly of the aristocratic families on technology?"
Emperor Mingguang thought: "No wonder."
"No wonder what?"
"No wonder Yao Shujishi wrote a letter to draw any patented technology. It turned out that he was waiting for me here. If I guess that patented technology well, it was also the idea of ​​Old Lady Yao?"
Li Wenchong smiled: "It turns out that he is worthy of being the emperor's brother, and he will be accurate when he guesses."
"Don't put a high hat on me. You have slipped around so much, and I have been covered in bones. Are you not afraid that I will indict the Yao family?"
"How could it be? What Qingling thought was also for the good of the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, she would have sponsored more schools and picked a few suitable children to train them home. Wouldn't that be able to consolidate the status of the Yao family? But Qingling didn't do that, because she believed like her ministers that the emperor was a wise king, and she would be like the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, who would sacrifice herself for the public, love the people as children, be virtuous and respectful, and be wise, and would not blame her for such trivial matters. A sage king would be a wise minister, and a wise minister would be straightforward."
Emperor Mingguang looked at Li Wenchong with a smile.
Li Wenchong stopped when he saw that he was happy, and did not intend to make Emperor Mingguang angry: "Oh, my elder brother, Qingling will marry into the house after a while. He is my brother's concubine, not a family. If you don't enter the house, you will not be angry with your sister-in-law, right? Just be generous and forgive me. For the sake of my brother's face, please spare her."
"I protect her like this before I even entered the door. If she enters, why don't she hold her to the sky?"
Li Wenchong said: "If she still considers the emperor's brother like now and the Ming Dynasty, what if I hold her a little? I am the emperor's brother, Prince Chong of the Ming Dynasty, and then her husband. I can clearly distinguish between the master and the second."
"I hope you don't forget your original intention then." Emperor Mingguang's words were agreed.
As for why he didn't agree directly?
Because reason is this principle, but doing it is different from saying it.
It is right for Mrs. Yao and Li Wenchong to have this idea, and it sounds very reasonable, but this is not a small job, and whether it can be done or not is still two different things.
Emperor Mingguang did not object, but he would not support it until it was not effective.
After all, the support of his king of the country is a bit too conspicuous, and it is too easy to expose the plans of Mrs. Yao and Li Wenchong too early.
Li Wenchong was very happy and directly promised: "Don't worry, my brother, I will be the best brother of the emperor in my life."
Chapter completed!