Chapter 19: Nothing shocking

The subtext of "consider..." is to ignore it. Li Shimin was very disappointed when he heard this. With the great defeat of Luoyang, although Li Shimin did not punish him, he was not promoted. Especially the surrender of the former generals such as Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Xie Yingdeng, Niu Junda made Li Shimin very embarrassed.

Because Li Shimin was temporarily deprived of his military position, leaving only a nominal Shangshu Ling. As for the title of General Tiance, it was almost the same as Chen Ying's champion general, but he was just a Wusan official title and had no practical priority. So the question is, how to arrange the generals such as Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Niu Junda, etc. is an urgent question.

Whether it is an organization or a group, the so-called centripetal force and cohesion have a common concept, and the most important thing is interests. There is no sufficient interests, nor does the organization's centripetal force and cohesion.

Now the Eastern Palace is in full bloom. There are eight third-rank military generals, including Luo Shixin, Zhang Shigui, Zhang Huaiwei, Duan Zhigan, Feng Li, Wei Wenzhong, Xue Wanche, Yang Wengan. From third-rank military officers, at this time, they are almost equivalent to the provincial military district level in later generations. The entire Tang Dynasty is not thirty-six. However, eight people suddenly came up from the Eastern Palace. What's more, there are third-rank military positions at the level of the General of the Sixteen Guards, such as Chen Ying and Luo Yi.

From the perspective of military power, the Eastern Palace now has more than one-third of the military power that is directly or indirectly controlled by the Tang Dynasty. Originally, the Qin Palace was convenient for civil servants in the court, and it was almost blank. Even Chu Suiliang and Chu Liang were just a small secretary and secret pavilion. The attitudes of other personnel were shaky. Once this difficulty could not be overcome, Li Shimin would be mysterious.

What ideals, what help the world, what restore the country, what for the people of the world, are all empty. Only tangible interests are the most real thing. Without sufficient interests, the people's hearts of the entire group and organization will be dispersed. Similarly, if people's hearts disperse, the team will be difficult to lead.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin's heart was even more miserable.

Although Confucius's killing of Shao Zhengmao was unreasonable, his power and tricks were treacherous, but this knife made the powerful ministers afraid and the market was safe. Li Yuan now wanted to imitate his ancestors, practice the art of power and hegemony, kill Ling Jing and shock Dou Jiande, and disperse the hearts of civil and military officials in Hebei.

Of course, being punished without guilt will inevitably make the world disobey, so Li Yuan set up such a situation. It is confirmed that Ling Jing is familiar with the Turks and wants to commit crimes against him. Once Li Shimin cooperates and let Chu Liang imitate Ling Jing's handwriting, don't say that Ling Jing will die without arguing that even Dou Jiande will not be spared.

Although I understand the truth, it is not just Chu Liang who is good at imitating other people's handwriting. Yu Shinan, the secret cabinet, is also good at imitating other people's handwriting. Now, as a surrendered minister (he surrendered to Dou Jiande and served as the Minister of the Secretariat), he is in a position of guilt. Once Chu Liang does not cooperate under Li Shimin's instruction, Li Yuan can look for Yu Shinan. In this case, Yu Shinan may take Ling Jing's head to show his sincerity.

Seeing that Li Yuan had no intention of agreeing, Li Shimin really didn't know what to do.

If Qin Qiong and Cheng Zhijie were hidden, would they have complaints and thoughts in their hearts? Li Shimin couldn't figure it out. The key is that in this way, it would send a signal to the generals of the Qin Palace, and Li Shimin's future was worrying.

The officialdom is actually like the stock market in later generations. Everyone seeks profit and avoids harm. Once there is any disturbance, it will cause a lot of trouble. As long as the emperor shows his affection for any minister, he may be crowded with people immediately. If a minister is belittled, he will become deserted.

Reality is so cruel.

Speaking of which, Li Shimin has not been defeated or has been on the bench. The key point is that when he was on the bench in the past, his Qin Wang Mansion was the original team, and everyone knew the truth and had absolute confidence in him.

However, the key is that now he and Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Xie Yingdeng, and Niu Junda have not had a long time to understand. Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, are all people with "criminal records". Wang Shichong commanded more than a thousand soldiers and horses for each of them, and they immediately gave up. Now, Li Shimin can't even give them a thousand soldiers and horses. What will happen to them? It's really hard to say.

If we say that Wei Zheng of the Eastern Palace was trusted by Li Jiancheng and was Li Mi's confidant. He was originally the think tank of the generals of Wagang. Now Li Shimin is most worried that Wei Zheng came forward and took Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Xie Yingdeng and others into the Eastern Palace camp. That would be a fatal blow to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin drank the grapes in his arms, but he felt extremely bitter and his mind was even more empty.

I was confused and didn't know where my soul returned and how long I had sat there.

Li Shimin finally woke up and asked to the eunuch who was serving beside him: "Where is the father now?"

The eunuch bowed and said, "Report to His Highness, Your Majesty, you are now meeting with Prince Chen in Chao Pavilion!"

"Tell me a word for the orphan, the King of Qin will never let down his father's entrusted!" At this time, Li Shimin had turned around and everything was empty. He only needed to play one role, that is his most obedient son.

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In Ganquan Palace, Li Yuan led the Minister of Works, the Minister of Works, Wu Shi, to discuss the issue of Chen's steel workshop with Pei Ji and Chen Ying. Simply put, Li Yuan wanted to hear Chen Ying's opinion, whether to hang his steel, armor and crossbow yards under the Weapons Prison or under the Works Department. In fact, whether it is the Weapons Prison or the Works Department, they all want to win the golden rooster that can lay eggs into their hands.

Because the annual profit of these steel mills is as high as more than one million trump cards, which is almost one-third of the income of the Tang Dynasty's treasury. No matter who gets these industries, even if they are just operating, making achievements, and getting promoted and making money, they end up being a dispute. As a result, Li Yuan still prefers Chen Ying's cheap cousin's brother-in-law, Li Yuan's old friend-in-law, the Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works. However, now Li Yuan still has to listen to the opinions of Chen Ying, an expert, and then make the final decision.

Chen Ying heard Li Yuan call him for the purpose of coming, thought for a while, and looked at the warrior and said, "Shangshu Wu, if all these workshops are placed in the Ministry of Works, what are the disadvantages of the Ministry of Works?"

Chen Ying asked Samurai how to do this, but it was not a difficult task for him. Instead, he wanted to see if Samurai was the right candidate. He would never make a big leap forward in industry. Although the technology of blast furnace steelmaking is not very clever, it is still an advanced technology for this era.

If we follow the working model of the Ministry of Work, we may turn good things into bad things. At least these two blast furnaces of Chen Ying may have the original efficiency.

Samurai thought for a while and said, "The biggest disadvantage of the Ministry of Works is that our Ministry of Works has weak experience in large-scale production. The craftsmen have low skills in several existing workshops. After receiving them, they may face obstacles that lack high-level craftsmen."

He knows it, Chen Ying said in his heart. But his face was quiet and said, "So, Shangshu Wu is also a good understanding of the craftsmen's technical situation in the Ministry of Works?"

"I have been watching several workshops in the Ministry of Works for more than three months," Samurai said proudly.

"So that's it." Chen Ying nodded again and said, "Then you think, how should we solve this problem?"

Hearing Chen Ying's question, when Younian saw Li Yuan's expected gaze, the warrior talked freely: "I think there are several ways. First, keep all the original workshop craftsmen and promote their treatment..."

Before the warrior could finish his speech, Chen Ying interrupted: "I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to improve their treatment!"

"In a dilemma?" Li Yuan asked curiously: "What's the point of being embarrassed about this? Their departments, the so-called factory director, are directly appointed as the seventh-rank official, and the second-rank official is from the seventh-rank official, and the managers and craftsmen at all levels are like this."

Chen Ying suddenly said without any shocking words: "Your Majesty, this is probably not enough. When I was building the workshop, I divided the craftsmen into third-class and nine levels, which was the lowest in the third-class and were craftsmen. After the three-month apprenticeship period, I automatically became the third-class craftsmen. After working for one year, I would be promoted to the second-class craftsmen. Those who have more than three years would be promoted to the first-class craftsmen. Above the craftsmen, there are craftsmen, namely third-class craftsmen, second-class craftsmen, and first-class craftsmen. The highest level is craftsmen, with first-class craftsmen as the highest. The treatment I give them is that the annual salary of first-class craftsmen is 600 jin."

"What salary is 600 guan?" Not to mention the warrior's eyes were dumbfounded, even Li Yuan was extremely shocked.

As for the official position of Wu Shitao, his monthly salary is actually only 8,000 jin, which is only 8 jin. After a year, with the salary of 370 jin and 900 acres of land, his entire legal income is only 240 jin. However, the money from the Tang Dynasty was much more valuable than the RMB in later generations. The salary of third-rank officials was about 1,016,000 yuan compared to RMB.

However, Chen Ying actually offered a salary of 600 jin to the first-class craftsman, which is equivalent to 2.5 million yuan in later generations (the algorithm of this article uses the forum average value. Since the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, copper coins were jin, which was about 4,248 yuan).

It is actually very reasonable for Chen Ying to offer such a high salary to craftsmen. Because the price of steel in this era is too high, one pound of high carbon steel can be sold for 200 yuan, which is about 800 yuan. The price of steel in this era is frighteningly high. It is actually understandable to offer such a high salary, because the salary of employees in the monopoly industry is already high.

Based on the salary of Chinese financial industry practitioners, their average salary is not high, about 8,000 yuan, but they can't stand the high bonus and annual income is 200,000+.

When Li Yuan heard this, he didn't know what to say about Chen Ying.

You, a craftsman, pays a salary of twice the salary of a first-rank official of the dynasty. If this news is really spread, wouldn’t it be a big deal?
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