"Your Majesty, thanks to your Majesty, the salary of the weaving bureau is no longer low. However, these employees are not tired of it and do not know how to be grateful to the emperor. Just because the private weaving households hired with high salaries, they rebeled from the weaving bureau and left. This is really abominable! It is not conducive to the righteous hearts of the people and the increase in the national treasury. Therefore, I believe that laws should be enacted and regulated!"

After Bi Ziyan asked him why he wrote this vote in Zhu Youxiao, he answered with confidence.

As a civil servant who was loyal to the court and the emperor and had sympathy for the people of the world, he really didn't feel that the small political affairs he handled were worthy of being summoned and questioned by the emperor himself.

Zhu Youxiao said at this time: "But the employer is hired by the Weaver Bureau, not the officials of the Weaver Bureau, nor is it a slave! You prohibit them from leaving the Weaver Bureau by law, because you treat them as officials of the Weaver Bureau, or even slaves. Do you understand? In addition, the employer and the Weaver Bureau sign a work deed, not a contract for sale. Their departure from the Weaver Bureau is not considered a betrayal of the Weaver Bureau. At most, it is a violation of the contract and at most dealt with in accordance with the contract. If the court intervenes with government orders, it will only make me lose my prestige in the world and immediately change my deeds!"

"Your Majesty, the act of despising the emperor's grace and not punishing the people will damage the emperor's power!"

Bi Ziyan replied.

"Do you think that if the people give such an order, will they be grateful to the emperor?"

"Wrong! They will start to hate me and the court! People are born to seek profit and avoid harm, and are prone to ungratefulness, but they will never forget their hatred. Although I have surrendered a lot of kindness to them before, as long as I do this this time, they will directly forget the kindness I thought I gave them, and call me stupid and stupid. I am not a good emperor. Do you believe it?"

"In essence, we do not produce, we rely on them to support them, we are robbers who force the things they produce. If you make them angry, what should they do if they don't work? We will suffer greater losses at that time!

Besides, if you don’t let them leave the weaving bureau, even if they have to bear it, do you still expect the weaving bureau to recruit people again? Although the common people are so bullying, it is definitely not a good idea to oppress the common people when they encounter problems. Just like, if you grow crops, you will beat the cows once they are not good. If the harvest is not good, it is not that the cows are not working hard, either your own problem or the heavens’ problem, who will work if you beat the cows to death?"

Zhu Youxiao asked as he spoke.

After hearing this, Bi Ziyan suddenly realized: "I understand! Those who govern should not be harsh on the people, nor should they be knowledgeable with the common people, but they expect them to be educated, polite, grateful, and even be kind to the people! We cannot expect the people to be grateful for the kindness, because we need the people, and the people need us. Your Majesty is as kind as the heavens, and I cannot meet the people."

"We can't say that. We have not done good to them. From the beginning, we just exchanged them. They used their labor to exchange for the gold and silver in our hands. Although before that, they were unable to eat and were sad and hungry, it does not mean that we hired them to survive. They actually have other ways to survive, such as overthrowing my country or trashing your Master Bi's home!"

"Next time when you encounter such a thing, don't blame the people, but think carefully about the real way to solve the problem, otherwise, it will give some people with ulterior motives an opportunity to take advantage of it. You, Bi Aiqing, will still listen to and believe in the words of weaving the bureau, let alone ordinary people, once they are bewitched, they will cause greater unrest, and at that time, they will damage the cohesion of the country."

Zhu Youxiao said as he ordered.

"I remember, I will re-produce the order."

Bi Ziyan replied.

He had to admit that His Majesty the Emperor knew the common people better than he did, and what he said always made him enlightened.

Zhu Youjiao had to admit that it was still a headache to let officials who received education in the farming society deal with matters in the industrial society.

The education system for cultivating officials must be improved.

If the emperor wanted to take too much leisure, he might cause trouble all over the world.

"Report! Emperor, the Privy Council reported urgently that a riot occurred in the Tongzhou Iron Factory. The iron factory hired workers to rebel. Now it has captured Tongzhou City and blocked the canal transportation! Governor Bi Zisu was killed!"

Wang Chengen hurriedly ran over at this time and handed a urgent report to Zhu Youxiao.

"Sure enough, there's something going on!"

After reading it, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel depressed and said: "What's going on? Tongzhou Iron Factory is an official workshop. The salary of the official employees has always been high. How could they rebel? Yuan Keli, Xu Guangqi, Bi Ziyan and others do it! Let's spread Wei Zhongxian!"

Not long after, Wei Zhongxian came to Zhu Youxiao.

Zhu Youxiao hurriedly asked Wei Zhongxian: "What secrets do Dongchang know about the Tongzhou Rebellion?"

"Return to the emperor, according to the eyewitness of our Dongchang, the doctor in charge of the iron factory, Liu Zhengzong, owed his salary. Under the instigation of some craftsmen, the craftsmen of the entire iron factory went on strike and caused trouble. Liu Zhengzong reported to the governor of Tianjin Bi Zisu on the grounds that these craftsmen rebelled. Bi Zisu sent troops to suppress him, but for some unknown reason, the craftsmen of the iron factory learned that the craftsmen occupied Tongzhou City first and killed Bi Zisu who was in the city. Instead, Liu Zhengzong fled early."

Wei Zhongxian replied.

"It is indeed caused by these ministers of my country's greed and improper handling."

Zhu Youxiao said, "It is said that civil and military officials above the fourth rank come to the Qinzheng Hall, and the court discusses this matter!"

"Abide by the order!"

Not long after, civil and military officials with imperial python robes and scarlet official robes stood in the Qinzheng Hall.

Zhu Youxiao also began to ask them to discuss the Tongzhou Rebellion.

"Your Majesty! There are hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers stationed in the capital, and a riot of only ten thousand people will be destroyed in a matter of time and night. I am willing to ask for an order to lead troops to quell the rebellion in Tongzhou!"

The report from the military general You Shilu.

Fu Zonglong, the left minister of the Ministry of War who was transferred to Beijing, also said: "In the opinion of the minister, it is better to send troops to suppress the rebellion than to be late, after all, it is related to the grain transportation!"

"After these rebels are pacified, they should be severely punished, otherwise it would not be enough to intimidate millions of official employees in Tongzhou, Tianjin."

Grand Secretary Li Guopu also took a tough attitude.

For a time, many ministers, regardless of civil and military, demanded to quell the rebellion.

But at this time, Hua Yuncheng, who is already the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, said: "Most of the employees in Tianjin and Tongzhou were refugees who were previously concentrated in the capital. At that time, His Majesty ordered Bi Gong and me to resettle these refugees and make them hired workers. I am responsible for the specific arrangements. Now I rebel against the court, not because I am ignorant of kindness, but because I am bullied by some corrupt officials and improper handling of Bi Futai. If I use troops rashly, it will only make the employees even more disappointed. Even if the suppression is successful, it will also increase the arrogance of corrupt officials and evil officials. Therefore, I asked Your Majesty to allow me to take charge and handle this matter properly, because I know them best and can make them return to the court again."

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded and thought to himself: "Of course, officials with these practical experience know more about how to deal with this matter."
Chapter completed!