Prime Minister

Chapter 931 Artisans Can Be Officials

After regular living, officials who did not participate in the performances gradually retired, and the officials retreated into the apse to make decisions.

Wang Anshi followed the official's house into the apse, while Wu Chong and Wang Gui returned to the Yamen.

It is understandable that Wang Anshi stays close to the official family, because as a prime minister, he has to have access to all the information flow that all officials present to the emperor.Of course, this is definitely not the case. When officials judge any information, they must be assisted by Wang Anshi and provide reference opinions from time to time. This is also the role of the prime minister.

As for Lu Huiqing, who also stepped into the apse, she did not leave her left or right.

Zhang Yue retreated into the back hall, seeing that Lu Huiqing did not leave, it was difficult for him to hand over Shen Kuo's statement.It can be seen that Lu Huiqing is strictly guarded against himself, for fear that he will sue the officials when he is not present.

Zhang Yue thought it was okay, even if he couldn't hand it in today, he could hand it in tomorrow.

So Zhang Yue waited patiently, but Lu Huiqing was a little puzzled. Taking advantage of the gap between the officials changing clothes and resting, and the servants handing tea soup to the princes, Lu Huiqing came over and asked Zhang Yue: "Duzhi, what are your plans today?" What's the matter?"

Zhang Yue asked back: "Brother Jifu asked about these trivial matters?"

Lu Huiqing said: "Just ask casually."

The two ended the conversation with a few short sentences, and Lu Huiqing continued to show her affection, and handed Zhang Yue a plate of jujube cakes, saying that she had bad teeth and didn't eat sweets.

Zhang Yue glanced at the jujube cake that Lu Huiqing handed over, and put his hands aside without moving.

Seeing this scene, Lu Huiqing felt relieved a little, and then said a few words to Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi answered Lu Huiqing a few words absent-mindedly, but Zhang Yue and Wang Anshi never exchanged a word from the beginning to the end.

The three ministers in the hall have their own concerns.

After a cup of tea, the official family was promoted to the palace again, and several ministers immediately pushed the plate of food, and the officials who were waiting outside the corridor also stood up again.

The princes can drink tea in the hall, but other officials must retreat outside the corridor, which is also clearly graded.

The officials handed in the notebooks one by one, and at this time Zhang Yue also handed in the notebooks, which were some opinions on the deployment of soldiers and horses on various routes in Hebei.

The official took Zhang Yue's letter to Wang Anshi.

In fact, Wang Anshi's shortcoming is in the military. He only has some control over personnel affairs, and he doesn't talk about the rest of the details.But Wang Anshi let it go, but Lu Huiqing objected.

After Zhang Yue finished playing, he took out a letter from another shoe page, which was about Xihe Road, which was also very important.

Seeing that Zhang Yue still stayed in the hall after playing two books, Lu Huiqing was also puzzled.

The rest of the officials left after the incident, but the Zaizhi was different. They could stay in the hall to comment on any opinions, unless they had official duties on their bodies.

Zhang Yue really wanted to stay in the palace, but he had no choice but to deal with some urgent matters in Zhongshu.After Lu Huiqing saw that Zhang Yue had handed over two memorials, he felt that there would be no third memorial and gave up.

Lu Huiqing stood for a while, and finally took a step forward.

After Lu Huiqing left, there were only a few officials left to play, and none of them were important.

At this time, Zhang Yue took out Shen Kuo's letter from the bag sewn on his sleeve and handed it to the official.

Seeing that Zhang Yue suddenly handed over another letter at this time, the officials were also surprised.

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, this is Shen Kuo's statement that if the Song and Liao wars fought, they should use bows and crossbows to control cavalry. The soldiers and horses of this dynasty have always learned bows and crossbows, and they have god-arm bows, bed crossbows and other incomparable weapons. It is not appropriate to use chariots to control cavalry. , but riding with a bow. Moreover, the boxcar of the Military Armament Supervisor moves slowly, and it is not enough to gallop Youyan to fight against the Khitan cavalry."

"He had spoken to Lu Huiqing about this matter before, but he blocked him from speaking out."

The official's face was very ugly when he heard it, and he immediately took Shen Kuo's memorabilia and read it carefully.Wang Anshi glanced at Zhang Yue.

He couldn't be more clear about Shen Kuo's character.

Lu Huiqing can make Shen Kuo betray him, so Zhang Yue can also make Shen Kuo betray Lu Huiqing.

The official said angrily: "Lu Huiqing knows that it is not appropriate to use a cart to ride, so why do you want to make such a suggestion?"

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, when I discussed with Lu Huiqing before to resist the Khitan cavalry, I also agreed with the use of chariots to drive the cavalry."

Zhang Yue also expected Wang Anshi's words to protect Lu Huiqing.

The official nodded and continued to look at Shen Kuo's letter.

In the letter, Shen Kuojin said that today's military weapons supervision, craftsmen's management is scattered, and all the subordinates are passive or shoddy. Do a rearrangement.

As far as the armies of Hebei are concerned, there is still a lack of various bows and crossbows, especially the god-arm bows. If they want to build them all within a few months, they may not be able to cope with the battle between the Liao and Song Dynasties in the future.

Here, Shen Kuo proposed to reform the craftsman system of the Military Weapons Supervision.

How to carry out reform?

Shen Kuo quoted Jia Yi's saying in Zhi'an Shuli that "many build princes but less force".

In the original words, this sentence means that Jia Yi persuaded Emperor Han to implement the order of pushing grace, so that the princes would have more, and finally it was convenient for management.

But here Shen Kuo referred to Zhang Yue's meaning and put forward another point of view.That is, the Military Weapons Supervisor does not manage directly, but manages the Military Weapons Supervisor in the same way that Zhou Tianzi manages the princes.

Give some skilled craftsmen the treatment of officials, even Beijing officials, and then manage the production of military weapons through these craftsmen.

Officials are used to attract craftsmen to join, only craftsmen can be officials, and then these official craftsmen are used to manage military affairs.

When Zhang Yue first read Shen Kuo's letter, he didn't quite agree with some things.

Shen Kuo agrees with the idea of ​​using craftsmen to manage craftsmen, but the essence of this system, to put it bluntly, is to cut leeks.

But can this approach increase the enthusiasm of craftsmen?

To a certain extent, it is possible, because the vested interests among the craftsmen will set a relatively high threshold, so that the backward people must continue to work hard to join the ranks of the vested interests.

To mobilize the enthusiasm of the craftsmen of the military inspector by being an official, such as inventing some cutting-edge technology or improving the manufacturing process, and then get rid of the craftsman's status and join the official status.

The official frowned and asked, "Can a craftsman be an official? This has never happened before."

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, there were craftsmen who were officials in the Qin Dynasty. Although they were lowly, they could receive titles."

"It is well known that the Qin Dynasty was so strong in making utensils that it annexed the six countries."

"As for the Han and Tang Dynasties, there was no shortage of builders serving as ministers."

Zhang Yue said: "If a worker wants to be good at his work, he must first sharpen his weapon. The advantage of fighting with the Khitan lies in the strength of the Jiabing..."

Wang Anshi also agreed.

Zhang Yue thought to himself that only Wang Anshi could agree. If it were Han Jiang, Wu Chong would probably object to craftsmen being officials.It is enough to say that the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together.

What is a scholar-bureaucrat?That must be from the class of scholars, and farmers and businessmen are also worthy of ranking with scholar-bureaucrats?Also worthy of being among the ruling class?

However, the officials were most worried about the matter of the Khitan cavalry, and finally agreed to the matter under the persuasion of Zhang Yue and Wang Anshi.