The next day, after the morning court, Yinzhen left the palace and rushed to Xiaotangshan Palace.

In Shuntian Prefecture, the yamen soldiers from the Five City Military and Horses Office were dispatched at the same time, posting notices everywhere in the streets and alleys of the inner city, announcing that the Tianjin Army Workshop recruited 500 bannermen in the first batch of bannermen in each banner. The New Army of the Imperial Guard began to recruit new recruits ten days later, and only recruited from the families entering the military workshop.

The notice details the conditions for recruiting bannermen in the military workshop and recruiting new recruits. The conditions for recruits are no different from those of the Eight Banners Banners, but only the only sign is that only horse soldiers are soldiers. The most attractive thing is that the notice details the classification of craftsmen in the military workshop and the corresponding wages. The lowest apprentice is one tael of silver per month, and the highest wage is twelve taels of silver per month.

Once the notice was posted, it immediately caused a sensation in the inner city.

When you enter the workshop to work as a craftsman, you can get up to twelve taels of silver in a month! This immediately became the focus of discussion. A fourth-rank Beijing official’s salary is only 105 taels per year, and fifty stones of rice is only 160 taels per year. A top craftsman can get 144 taels of wages per year, which naturally attracted a lot of discussion.

How much does it take for a month to get paid? A vest's monthly salary is only three taels of silver. In this way, being a craftsman seems to be more promising than wearing a craftsman. Craftsmen can work for life. Maybe the older they are, the higher their level. Few people dare to expect to get the highest craftsman's wages, but except for apprentices, the wages of two taels of silver are revealed. All the bannermen couldn't help but make careful calculations.

The wages are paid when entering the workshop. The new army of the Imperial Guards wears armor and receives military pay. These are two salary, which together are at least fifty taels of silver a year. The income of twenty-three stone rice is equivalent to eighty taels of silver a year. Moreover, the navy has priority to expand enrollment, so let’s not talk about it for now. Just eighty taels of silver a year can completely change the livelihood situation of the lower-level bannermen’s family. They enter a middle-class family in one fell swoop.

Everyone can calculate this. Not only the lower-level bannermen were moved, but also some wealthy families were moved. Eighty taels of silver a year were not a small amount. Therefore, as soon as the news spread, the doors of the palaces of the banner owners and princes and ministers were crowded with bannermen who asked to register for the workshop in Tianjin. Whether it was face or identity, it was not as good as the reality of money. What's more, the crown prince arranged the best excuses and reasons for them - entering the workshop was patriotic and loving soldiers.

The bannermen do nothing every day, and they talk about the world every day. They all have learned a good eloquence, which is famous in the capital. Everyone knows that the bannermen can speak. Therefore, after working in the workshop, the meaning is immediately infinitely magnified. The military workshop becomes loyal to the emperor and patriotism, protect the Qing Dynasty's country, and reliance, and reduce the burden on the court, love the soldiers. Respecting the elderly and loving the young, you will be ashamed to see people if you don't enter the military workshop.

The lords and princes of each banner, princes and ministers, did not expect that they were idle on weekdays and liked to show off their masters to be so hard to enter the military workshop. They were a little surprised after hearing the news. They were arrogant on weekdays and did not have the mood to understand the life of the lower-level banner people, so naturally they would not calculate the detailed account. However, after finding out the specific situation, they only muttered in their hearts.

The craftsmen were divided into grades, and the wages were so high? Only the crown prince did this. Although the price in the capital was high, it was 80 taels of silver a year, which was not a small amount. The salary of a seventh-rank official was only more than 40 taels per year.

Thinking about it carefully, the princes and nobles couldn't help but secretly complain that the crown prince's move was really amazing. He was not trying to win people's hearts, but provoking and inciting a group of flag citizens to urge them. If they dare to play tricks or refuse, these flag citizens who know the truth will not agree in the first place. As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. These bannermen with difficult livelihoods will never tolerate them to destroy this opportunity that can change the dilemma.

After hearing this, the lords of the banners of the lower five banners were secretly shocked. Why was the prince so impatient? Are he talking about right and wrong, or was he worried that Kangxi would not allow people to be sent to Tianjin to manage the flag affairs?

This public notice clearly means that it is to provoke conflicts between the banner people and them, and it is impossible to explicitly oppose it. In that case, it will arouse public anger. If the banner people gather to cause trouble, it will just give the court a chance. It is not possible to delay it. It will only take five days in total. How many days can it be delayed? It is impossible to use the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled. The conditions for recruitment are clearly written, and the banner people must have opinions.

The banner masters and princes and ministers were full of complaints, but they were also helpless. After hundreds of years of continuous suppression and weakening of the three dynasties of Huang Taiji, Shunzhi, and Kangxi, the power of the banner masters has long shrunk and is no longer able to fight against the imperial power.

In order to stabilize the mood of the banner people, the banner owners had to arrange people to go down to select qualified banner people, while quietly waiting for the news about the prince. If the banners were allowed to send people to Tianjin to manage the banner affairs of the banners, they had to take the favor of the prince. What if they were not allowed? What should they do? If they were forced to do so, they could only join forces to boycott this path.

The reason why Yinzhen announced these situations in the form of a notice was indeed not sure of persuading Kangxi to not fight these tens of thousands of banner people, so he had to let the banner people know the truth first and win the hearts of the people. In this way, even if Kangxi disagreed, he could incite the banner people to fight with the banner masters and princes and nobles, and stand firm invincible.

The news that the imperial court selected flag citizens to enter the Tianjin military workshop soon spread from the inner city to the outer city, which immediately aroused widespread attention and controversy. Banners who have always been superior to others and enjoyed various privileges actually entered the workshop to work as craftsmen. This is really contrary to common sense.

It is unheard of for grading the craftsmen in the military workshop and matching such high wages. What is more worrying is that the size of the military workshop is huge and there are many craftsmen. Will such a leading position lead to all the official workshops and thus affect private workshops? It is not yet known whether other industries will be impacted, but the ironmaking, shipbuilding, casting and other industries closely related to the military workshop will inevitably be greatly affected. The treatment of craftsmen in these industries will inevitably rise, otherwise people will not be retained.

The court's move, whether intentionally or unintentionally, invisibly raised the status of craftsmen. Being a craftsman has both face and high wages, which will inevitably attract a large number of people to change careers.

Although all straits of scholars, peasants, industry and commerce paid great attention to the court's move, the scholars were most concerned and interested in them. They liked mixed studies, and there was no need to mention those who had studied mixed studies. Some scholars who were discouraged by the imperial examination were also very moved. The income of silver of dozens of taels a year and hundreds of taels a year was a huge temptation for them.

The teahouses of all sizes in the capital have always been the distribution centers of news. Not only are the bannermen who like to shop for teahouses, but the gentry in the capital also like to shop for teahouses. In the past few days, the navy has won a great victory in the day of the day, and the bannermen who enter the workshop to work as craftsmen. All the teahouses are booming in business. The business of the "Yunlai Teahouse" outside Xuanwu Gate is also surprisingly good, and it was already crowded in the morning.

On a tea table beside the window on the second floor, two young men dressed in scholars were drinking tea while listening quietly to the tea guests. The victory of the Navy's Day was outdated, and the tea guests were talking about the topic of bannermen entering the workshop to work as craftsmen.

After listening for a while, the fat young scholar said, "Brother Ming'an, this world is probably going to change, why don't we join the military workshop?"

"Entering the Army Workshop?" Wang Yunshan was slightly stunned and said, "Don't Hengzhi know that the treatment of this military workshop is only for the bannermen?"

Li Qingming smiled slightly and lowered his voice and said, "Brother Ming'an, there are currently tens of thousands of craftsmen in the military workshops in Shanghai and Tianjin. With the style of the crown prince, we will naturally treat them equally. We can go to Shanghai. We heard that there is an institution specializing in gunpowder and guns and cannon improvement in Shanghai. A few years ago, Luo Tianyun from the gunpowder workshop in the Armored Hutong was transferred to Shanghai. I am familiar with Luo Tianyun, so I asked him to introduce it. There will be no problem."

Wang Yunshan was silent when he heard this. Both of them were not going well in the imperial examinations. They both failed in two consecutive sessions. They are still a scholar. They have little confidence in the future of the imperial examinations. They are both involved in miscellaneous studies and mathematics. If they can go to the military workshop to develop, they will naturally be much better than continuing the imperial examinations.

Seeing Wang Yunshan pondering silently, Li Qingming continued to inspire: "Brother Ming'an, think about what the crown prince has advocated over the years, build the Agricultural College, build the Navy, promote Western learning, encourage miscellaneous learning, and now attach importance to military workshops and improve the treatment of craftsmen. I dare to assert that once the crown prince ascends the throne, the world will definitely change greatly, and the imperial examination will no longer be the only way out.

Isn’t the Agricultural College just a clear proof? Who would have thought that studying farmers would still be able to become an official? Since the Crown Prince set the craftsman to pay wages, it would never be limited to the current scale. This year’s examination has just passed. If we go now, if we don’t meet it, we can also withdraw in time, so that it will not affect the next examination."

After this statement, Wang Yunshan was really moved. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Hengzhi, this bannerman will inevitably expel Chinese craftsmen on a large scale in the future. Have you ever thought about this?"

"Brother Ming'an is such a bad word." Li Qingming said as he handed over today's Beijing News and whispered: "Look at what the Beijing News said, and evaluate the period of the victory in Zhengji."

Wang Yunshan quickly looked at it, looked up and wondered: "What's wrong?"

Shaking his head slightly, Li Qingming dipped some tea to tell him that the victory of the Sun was not just the victory of the court, but the victory of the navy, but the victory of all the Qing Dynasty, Manchus, Han people, Mongolians, Hui people, Tibetans and other subjects.' This passage was drawn for a moment, and then handed over it, saying: "The court has won many victories over the years, and has also defeated Russia. Have you ever seen the court say this?" (To be continued)

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