Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao appeared at the entrance of the industrial department.
Seeing the emperor's arrival, Xue Xiang, minister of the Ministry of Industry, quickly led the crowd to greet him.
Zhu Yuanzhang just waved his hand casually and said to Hu Chang'an in the crowd: "Hu Aiqing, please come out and explain why your craftsmen only work half a day a day. Do you really think that the rules I set are just empty talk?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes immediately turned towards Hu Changan.
Sympathetic.
After all, although Hu Changan was young and lacked qualifications, during his time at the Ministry of Industry, he was not only modest but also generous, and was highly praised by his colleagues.
Seeing Hu Changan being severely questioned by His Majesty, all the officials who had good personal relations with Hu Changan felt extremely sympathetic to Hu Changan.
Of course, there are also those who take pleasure in others' misfortune.
It was Han Duo who complained.
Han Duo looked at Hu Changan who was standing in front of the crowd being questioned, lowered his head and smiled happily.
Oh, let Hu Changan take his position, now it is finally Hu Changan's turn to be unlucky.
He must let the position of Minister of the Ministry of Industry return to its original owner!
At the same time, there are also worries.
Xue Xiang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, secretly glanced at His Majesty, and then at Hu Changan, with worry on his face.
Unexpectedly, this kid Hu Changan would cause trouble after all!
Although Xue Xiang was very optimistic about Hu Changan's wisdom, he still did not agree with Hu Changan's overly radical policies.
Change is a good thing, but it needs to be implemented slowly.
It's good now, but if you take too big a step, you might end up hurting yourself.
I don't know what kind of fate awaits Hu Changan.
Thinking of this, Xue Xiang couldn't help but step out of the queue and said in a deep voice to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, Hu Changan's move is also..."
However, before Xue Xiang finished speaking, he was interrupted impatiently by Zhu Yuanzhang: "Xue Aiqing, I want to listen to Hu Changan's explanation, not you to help him explain."
After Xue Xiang heard this, he had no choice but to step aside quietly.
The atmosphere in the venue was quite condensed.
However, Hu Changan just smiled and said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, sharpening the knife will not waste time chopping wood."
"Although I only let the craftsmen in the Ministry of Works work for half a day, the half day they did not work was spent studying in the newly opened private schools."
"Study? What to study? Are these craftsmen required to take scientific examinations?" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled disdainfully.
Literacy rates were extremely low in ancient times.
This is not only because productivity was low in ancient times, but also because for ordinary people, reading was of little use.
For ordinary people, they will never have the opportunity to take the scientific examination in their lifetime.
If you don’t take part in the scientific examination, what’s the use of learning to read and write?
Not only is it useless, it also wastes a lot of time.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was completely amused.
Even Prince Zhu Biao couldn't help but laugh a little.
It seems that Hu Changan is still too young to do such unconstrained things.
This is simply as ridiculous as driving an old scalper into the river to learn how to swim.
A group of officials from the Ministry of Works who were usually envious and jealous of Hu Changan also laughed along with Zhu Yuanzhang.
Among them, Han Duo’s laughter was the loudest.
However, Hu Changan ignored the ridicule of the crowd, and only bowed deeply to Zhu Yuanzhang, and replied in a neither humble nor overbearing manner: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you don't know that iron smelting also requires knowledge."
"Only with knowledge can we better improve iron-making methods and make iron-making more efficient."
"Although you can still work without knowledge, this kind of work has no soul. You can only mechanically copy the experience of the previous dynasty, which is not a long-term solution."
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang really smiled: "Hu Aiqing, are you afraid that you are obsessed with reform? You want to change everything you see?"
"Technical tasks such as iron-making cannot be modified at will. If you have no experience, don't modify it blindly."
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with the Lijia system reformed by Hu Changan, he did not think that the iron-making method could be changed as easily as the Lijia system.
In every dynasty, almost every dynasty carried out several major reforms in policies related to corvee service and taxation.
Therefore, although Zhu Yuanzhang's reform this time was unexpected, it was also reasonable.
But the construction method of the Ministry of Industry is different.
Almost all construction methods are slowly passed down through the experience summarization of craftsmen of past dynasties.
Only by faithfully following the footsteps of our predecessors will we avoid detours.
Even Xue Xiang, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, deeply agrees with this statement.
In fact, he had felt that Hu Changan's various reforms were too radical before, and now Zhu Yuanzhang was speaking his mind.
Looking at the smiling eyes of everyone, Hu Changan remained unmoved and simply said: "Your Majesty, you cannot say that."
"Take me as an example. I have a higher level of knowledge than those craftsmen, so I can come up with ways to improve ironmaking, which greatly improves the efficiency of ironmaking in the Ministry of Industry."
"If all craftsmen could reach the same level of knowledge as me, then they could improve the process and increase production efficiency anytime and anywhere."
"Although the early learning journey is relatively long, it is also necessary."
"Of course, the learning I am talking about here is not learning traditional poetry and songs, but learning two new subjects that I have newly compiled."
"I believe these craftsmen will become brand new after receiving my training!"
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was even more happy: "Hu Aiqing, why are you so loud? Even if I were the current emperor, I still can't speak of such a creative subject. I'm afraid you are crazy."
"Your Majesty, I have indeed created a new subject, and I'm just waiting for the craftsmen to learn it." Hu Changan cupped his hands and said.
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang completely lost his temper.
This Hu Changan, watching Zhi Zhi advance and retreat, did not expect to be such an arrogant and arrogant person!
Facing such stubborn people, Zhu Yuanzhang was not willing to argue too much with them.
It's useless to talk too much. Only by speaking with facts can you effectively slap someone in the face.
"Hu Aiqing, even if your method is correct, but you rashly let the craftsmen lose half a day of work, the iron output of the Ministry of Industry will definitely plummet. If you cannot deliver the required weapons, what will you do?
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"The Ministry of Industry is only for manufacturing services. Failure to deliver things within the specified time is the biggest original sin!"
"I don't care what your future arrangements are. You must hand over a sufficient amount of things now, otherwise you will be unqualified as the Minister of Works!"
In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's main concern was that Hu Changan would not be able to hand over the things on time.
It doesn't matter what Hu Changan does about the specific things, but if he can't hand over the things, it's a dead end.
You must know that the iron-making workshop of the Ministry of Industry is responsible for arming the entire Yingtian City! This chapter has been completed!