Li Shimin not only agreed to the proposal to set up medical carriages, but also agreed to establish a railway department and railway patrol.
The Railway Department has special jurisdiction over railway construction, operation and management, etc., and railway patrols are to maintain train order.
Chen Jingke and Li Shimin had differences over the affiliation of the railway patrol.
Chen Jingke believed that if one thing did not bother the two masters, the railway patrol would be directly under the jurisdiction of the Railway Department.
Li Shimin believed that the railway patrol should never be placed under the Railways Department, but an additional Iron Patrol Department was established.
Each of the two families performs their own duties, cooperates with each other, and restrains each other.
After listening to his analysis, Chen Jingke had to admire his foresight.
Li Shimin really didn’t know what the future of railways would look like, but he found an analogy: water transportation.
The person in charge of water transportation was the transshipment envoy. He was originally just an ordinary official, not big or small, and was not even ranked high in the court.
However, within a few years this authority expanded to alarming levels.
Thousands of water transport vessels and hundreds of thousands of water transport workers were under his management.
Moreover, the Cao workers are particularly clique-oriented and xenophobic, sometimes even disregarding national laws for the sake of internal interests.
Fortunately, there was a group of elite old foxes in charge of the Tang Dynasty at this time. When they noticed something was wrong, they immediately took measures and split the powers of the transfer envoy.
Therefore, the current Tang Dynasty does not have a unified transshipment office, but is split into different departments.
This does increase management costs and makes water transportation more complicated.
However, it avoids the emergence of an interest group and reduces many cases of corruption and bending the law.
Although trains have just emerged, their potential is far greater than that of water transportation, and they will definitely become a huge force in the future.
It is necessary to mix in the sand to decentralize power from the beginning to prevent the tail from being too big.
The Railways Department and the Railroad Department may have collusion of interests, but two departments at the same level must have divergent interests, and it is impossible to keep in step in everything.
Hearing this, Chen Jingke really admired Li Shimin. This is true foresight and long-term focus.
Therefore, it is necessary to split its power to different departments in advance. Although it will bring a lot of management troubles, it at least fundamentally eliminates the possibility of the birth of Iron Boss.
"Woooooooooooo..." With the sound of the whistle, the train began to slow down and then slowly stopped at the platform.
The school for studying has arrived.
Li Shimin looked at the clock, one hour and twenty minutes, fifteen miles away.
The speed is not particularly fast, but considering its load capacity and endurance...he once again confirmed the idea that trains will change the future.
The other people in the car were also surprised. The speed was so fast and it was very smooth with almost no bumps. They had never been in such a smooth car.
Usually they are reluctant to travel far away because they are afraid of the long journey. If there is a train, they don't mind going out and walking more.
More people still consider the transportation capacity of trains. With it, the north where water transportation is not convenient can also be connected.
At this time, they completely understood why Li Shimin attached so much importance to the train and even rode it in person to show his support.
It is better to let them take a ride in person than to say a thousand words or ten thousand.
Just by looking at their expressions, Chen Jingke knew that the biggest obstacle to promoting trains in Datang had disappeared.
Of course, this is also due to the fact that the person in power at this time is Datang Venture Group.
This group of people are not conservative people. On the contrary, each one is more ambitious than the other.
Especially when the Tang Dynasty restarted enfeoffment, who wouldn't want to win a feudal state and make their family a vassal king?
At this moment, if anyone dares to say that the world is peaceful and that weapons should be brought into Kuma and sent to Nanshan, they will definitely be criticized.
At this time, the train station was protected by guards, and there was no outsider inside.
In fact, the train station just opened for the first time today, so even if it wasn't clear, there would be no one there.
However, no one dares to ignore the emperor's safety, and the protection that should be done must still be done.
Li Shimin took a group of people to wander around here, and then went to the academy surrounded by everyone.
Qiuxuan Academy was built more than half a year ago, and this was his first time here. The teachers, students, and even all the staff were very excited.
Queues lined up to welcome his arrival.
Li Shimin said happily: "Seeing this group of students is like seeing the future of the Tang Dynasty."
Fang Xuanling also said with deep feelings: "Yes, I was still puzzled by Chen Zhenren's actions before, but now I know that he is far-sighted."
Wei Zheng also agreed and said: "Chen Zhenren's study of studies is indeed profound. I heard that many academies in many places did not pay much attention to study of studies, so I immediately reprimanded him."
Kong Yingda, who was already the Minister of Rites, said with shame: "This is my fault. Please punish me by the saints."
Li Shimin waved his hand and said: "This is not your fault, but the world's contempt for the study of physics. Once they see the train, they will change their minds."
Chen Jingke's heart moved and he took the opportunity to say: "Just a train may not be enough to change the world's views."
"Every bustle in the world is for profit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for profit. Only by letting them see the benefits brought by learning the study of objects can people invest in it."
If these words were put forward after the rise of Neo-Confucianism, they would definitely be drowned in spittle.
We scholars read the books of sages and cultivate morality. How dare you say that we do it for profit?
Bah, you ignorant villain.
But this was the early Tang Dynasty, and everyone was not ashamed to talk about profit.
So instead of scorning his words, everyone took it seriously.
Seeing this, he was overjoyed and struck while the iron was hot: "Many people regard the study of objects as a craftsman's study, so they feel contempt..."
"I don't object to this. The work of craftsmen is indeed a part of the study of things. What I want to say is that it is time for the craftsmanship system to change."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other, obviously not expecting that he would bring up such a thing at this time.
The craftsmanship system has been implemented since Guan Zhong first initiated it and has been implemented to this day. Who dares to abolish it easily?
Li Shimin didn't seem surprised at all and asked: "Tell me your reasons."
Chen Jingke went directly back to the origin, starting from Guan Zhong’s original intention of establishing the craftsmen’s status: “Guan Zi’s original intention was not simply to restrain the craftsmen, but more to improve the status of the craftsmen and stimulate their enthusiasm.”
"During the pre-Qin period, bloodline was the most important thing. The powerful will always be the powerful, and the leader of Guizhou will always be the leader of Guizhou..."
"After the rich and powerful, even mediocre people can become officials and enjoy the glory and wealth. Even if the head of Guizhou has talents that can help the world, there will be nowhere to display them."
"Guanzi's establishment of the craftsman status actually gave the craftsmen a semi-official and semi-official status, which improved the status of the craftsmen."
In that era, ordinary people could obtain the status of half an official, which meant that they were honored as ancestors.
Later, the military merit system of the Qin Dynasty broke the status restrictions and gave the head of Guizhou the opportunity to change his destiny.
Craftsmanship is no longer a means to encourage craftsmen, but has become a shackles to enslave craftsmen.
If Guan Zi were still alive, he would probably feel very sad if he saw his good governance turn into bad governance.
Are craftsmen really that bad? Impossible.
Without craftsmen, where did the pens, inks, paper and inkstones we use come from? Who made the pots and pans we use? Where did the strong bows, swords, cannons and warships come from?
Without craftsmen, everyone would still be living a barbaric life of drinking hair and blood. How could we have a civilized society today?
While enjoying the benefits, belittling them at the same time is simply picking up the bowl to eat and putting down the bowl to scold them.
The last few words were a bit heavy, making everyone's faces a little uncomfortable.
Li Shimin reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense. This policy was not created by us. How can we be blamed on us? Besides, aren't we trying every means to change it?"
Chen Jingke knew that he was defending himself, so he also walked down the slope and bowed: "Young man made a mistake, I hope you will forgive me."
The expressions on everyone's faces returned to normal.
Fang Xuanling asked: "Although the craftsman registration system has many criticisms, it did retain a large number of skilled craftsmen for the imperial court. If the craftsman registration system is abolished, will these skills be lost?"
Chen Jingke replied: "Incentive them with benefits. If learning skills can make them profit, people will naturally flock to them."
"An issue you have overlooked is that there was no paper in the pre-Qin period, and reading and writing was only the right of a few people."
"At that time, the inheritance of memory could only be passed down by word of mouth. Once the person who mastered the skill had some mistakes, the skill would be lost."
"That's not the case now. Confucius taught without distinction and popularized learning. Later, the emergence of paper made learning further decline."
"The emergence of printing and the establishment of the academic and political system completely made learning popular throughout the world."
"A craftsman who has mastered technology can write down his skills in writing, so that others can slowly learn and explore based on the books."
"For example, the sage Jia Sixie's "Essential Art of Qi Min" has preserved a large number of techniques for future generations and will not be lost."
"We, the Tang Dynasty, should also compile our own book on agriculture and industry to record hundreds of skills so as not to be lost."
Fang Xuanling asked again: "If everything is promised huge profits, it may cost a lot of money."
Chen Jingke said: "We, the Tang Dynasty, are not short of money, but we are short of population and various talents. Not only the craftsmen's status, I even want the saints to cancel their lowly status, so that our Tang Dynasty will soon have millions more people."
population."
"Ahem." Seeing that he was getting more and more outrageous, Li Shimin coughed dryly to stop him and said:
"Okay, this matter is important and we will make a decision after we go back to discuss it. Now let's take us to visit the academy."
"Here." Chen Jingke also knew that enough was enough. Anyway, the suggestion had been made, and he could just think of a solution slowly in the future. There was no need to rush.
Then he took everyone on a tour of the academy.
There are classrooms, office areas, dormitories, libraries, etc. The workshop area is where you stay the longest.
Two kinds of machinery, the steam loom and the train, have already been produced here, and it is impossible not to pay attention to them.
In the third workshop area, Li Shimin faced a small machine that was about one meter high and asked: "What is this?"
Chen Jingke introduced: "This is a sewing machine, used for sewing clothes. Who is that... Han Xiaogou came over and demonstrated it to the saint."
Han Xiaogou walked out of the crowd, bowed to everyone, then moved a stool and sat in front of the sewing machine.
He took out a piece of cloth and folded it and placed it under the needle. He stepped on the sewing machine and it made a buzzing sound. More than a foot of cloth was sewn in the blink of an eye.
Han Xiaogou took off the cloth and handed it to Li Shimin with both hands: "Please ask the saint to take a look."
Li Shimin took it and took a look and saw that the legs were fine and even. He pulled it with his hands and found that it was very strong.
I couldn't help but say: "It's great, it's beautiful, it's strong, it's very fast, and it's a machine that benefits all people... Sir, take a look at it too."
Then he handed the cloth to the others, and everyone praised it after seeing it.
Li Shimin asked: "How can we start producing and selling this thing?"
Chen Jingke replied: "This is just a prototype. It is too bulky and prone to failure."
"Next, we will simplify its structure, reduce costs, and reduce the failure rate. When the machine matures, it will be mass-produced and sold."
Li Shimin praised: "It's very good. I look forward to the day it is built."
Li Shimin was even more happy when he saw a new and highly practical machine.
Later, he met the students in the playground and encouraged them.
The old students were okay, but the new students had never experienced this before. They were all as excited as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood.
Next, everyone got on the train again and headed to the second station, Factory District Station.
The site of this station is very large, with a spacious appearance.
Of course, this is because of the large cargo throughput here, so it was built to be more spacious.
The security here in the factory area is even better, with the Forbidden Army stationed at three steps, one guard, and five steps behind.
The workers in the factory area were extremely excited. This was the emperor. I never expected to see him in person.
Li Shimin also behaved very kindly and took the initiative to wave hello to the welcoming workers on the road.
After visiting various production workshops, they were even more surprised. Everything here looked different from elsewhere.
It's like entering another world.
Seeing the shocked people, Chen Jingke felt very proud and took the opportunity to say: "If factories like this were opened all over the world, how powerful and wealthy our country would be."
"And what restricts all this is nothing else but population... We need people to farm the land, otherwise there will be no food to eat."
"The army is needed to protect all this and to expand the territory...In this case, where will the workers in the factory come from?"
"We recruited these workers from the slums and trained them at a great cost."
"Now even if we want to expand the scale, we have to worry about where to find so many workers... That's why I said to abolish the low status."
"I know you will definitely say, wouldn't it be better to use slaves to work? You will even save wages."
"But workers who work for free and workers who work for money, are they motivated the same?"
"Normal workers can produce ten products a day, while slaves can only produce one or two...Excluding the labor cost, who earns more?"
"And these slave workers will inevitably feel unbalanced. If someone deliberately causes trouble and destroys the machine..."
"I won't tell you how expensive this machine is. By then, the loss will be more than worth the loss."
Everyone couldn't help but nod. It was not uncommon for serfs to destroy farm tools.
They don't feel bad because the farm tools are cheap. This machine is a treasure. If it gets damaged, it will be a big deal.
In this case, it is indeed unsafe to use slave workers. I would rather offer a higher wage than risk the machine being destroyed by using slave workers.
Of course, just because they think this way does not mean they support the abolition of slavery.
If all slaves were really abolished, who would serve them?
What they think is that if they open a factory in the future, they cannot use slave workers.
It would be best to find good people to come work and give them a higher salary.
Chen Jingke did not expect to abolish the low status system with just one visit. This was unrealistic.
He just planted the seeds first. When industrialization reaches that point in the future, they won't be able to abolish it even if they don't want to.
