Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 318 Rectification
However, Zhang Qingfeng wanted to rate the craftsmen. Not only did the craftsmen talk about it, but even the other eunuchs in the Military Bureau had different attitudes.

"My lord, if Zhou Qingfeng does this, it will definitely increase the expenditure of our military bureau. If he does this in the Gunpowder Bureau, other people will also ask to follow suit, and it will be messed up!"

In the yamen of Bingzhan Bureau, an old eunuch said to Feng Mo, the eunuch in charge of Bingzhan Bureau.

"Yeah, Feng Zhangyin, this Zhou Qingfeng is just a kid who doesn't understand anything, we can't let him mess around." Others also echoed.

Many people have already seen that if Zhang Qingfeng really rated craftsmen and set such a high salary, then the monthly expenses of the Gunpowder Bureau would have to increase several times.

The Gunpowder Bureau's expenses are high, and the money that other departments can get will naturally be less.

Moreover, if the craftsmen of the Gunpowder Bureau paid such high wages, the craftsmen of other departments would definitely have conflicts.

Many people think that Zhang Qingfeng's craftsman rating and high salary are the way to bring disaster, and they must stop it.

"Let's call Zhou Qingfeng over to ask about this matter!" Someone suggested immediately after the argument could not be resolved.

"Then call Zhou Qingfeng to ask." Feng Mo nodded.

As for Zhang Qingfeng, he already knew that he was a man of God who could memorize the Yongle Grand Ceremony, and both the emperor and Concubine Zheng valued him very much.

Although such a person is still young, Feng Mo is unwilling to offend.

Under the notice of a supervisory eunuch, Zhang Qingfeng soon arrived at the Yamen of the Military War Bureau.

"Your Majesty, I have seen Feng's palm seal, and all my lords." Zhang Qingfeng bowed his hands to everyone and said.

When the others saw Zhang Qingfeng coming, the eunuchs who had been clamoring at the beginning suddenly lost their voices.

They are not stupid either, Zhang Qingfeng has a lot of background, it would be unwise to offend him face to face.

"Zhou Qingfeng, I heard that you are going to implement a craftsman rating system, is there such a thing?" Feng Mo asked Zhang Qingfeng.

In fact, he has long known about the craftsman rating system implemented by Zhang Qingfeng, which he allowed.

He just didn't expect that other people under him would have such big objections to what Zhang Qingfeng did, so he also wanted to use today to talk things out.

If Zhang Qingfeng can't convince so many people, he may not continue to agree in the end.

"My lord, I am indeed planning to implement a craftsman rating system." Zhang Qingfeng said to Feng Mo.

"So tell me what this craftsman rating system is like?" Feng Mo asked Zhang Qingfeng.

"Returning the palm print, it's like this..."

Afterwards, Zhang Qingfeng explained in detail the craftsman rating system he planned to implement.

"Zhou Qingfeng, you stipulate that a craftsman pays 30 taels of silver a month, and then your Gunpowder Bureau will have to pay more than 5000 taels of silver, which almost accounts for more than half of the Bingzhan Bureau's finances. Your Gunpowder Bureau takes so much money. What do you ask other workshops to get wages?" Someone finally couldn't help asking Zhang Qingfeng.

"My lord, I made such a regulation not to ask how much the yamen will charge, but to improve the enthusiasm and skills of the craftsmen."

Zhang Qingfeng said: "Although I have formulated a craftsman rating system, according to the standard, there are very few craftsmen who can be rated as three or four grades. The wages of three or four craftsmen are about the same as these craftsmen's usual wages."

"How about this, how much money and materials the Yamen allocated to the Gunpowder Bureau in the past, just allocate as much as you want in the future. I don't want more, but I can't lose any less. I guarantee that I can build the weapons needed by the court."

"Zhou Qingfeng said this, do you have any other opinions?" Feng Mo asked everyone.

"Since he said this, we naturally have no objection." Others expressed that they had no objection.

They also saw that Feng Mo was deliberately favoring Zhou Qingfeng. As subordinate officials, what could they do.

In fact, they didn't know that Feng Mo favored Zhang Qingfeng not only because Zhang Qingfeng belonged to Concubine Zheng, but also because Zhang Qingfeng gave Feng Mo 3000 taels of silver before taking office.

3000 taels of silver is not a small amount, since Zhang Qingfeng gave so much silver, then he must find a way to get it back from his position.

Feng Mo believed that Zhang Qingfeng established the craftsman rating system just to make money, but he could only tacitly acknowledge this.

After receiving the support of Feng Mo, the eunuch in charge of the Bingzhan Bureau, and no objection from all his colleagues, Zhang Qingfeng finally implemented the craftsman rating system in the Gunpowder Bureau.

After half a month of assessment, everyone's grades were finally assessed.

There were more than 500 people, and the final rating came out, only three craftsmen reached the level of fifth-level craftsmen.

Eighteen craftsmen have reached the level of fourth-level craftsman.

36 artisans reached the rank of third-level artisans.

86 artisans reached level two.

160 Five craftsmen reached the first level.

In the end, there were more than 250 people left without grades, and they were all treated as ordinary workers and apprentices.

According to the salary scale established by Zhang Qingfeng.The highest level is the eighth-level worker, with a monthly salary of 30 taels of silver.

The seventh-level workers are directly halved, only 15 taels of silver a month. The reason for the halving is mainly in accordance with the requirements, because one hundred seventh-level workers may not be able to produce one eighth-level worker.

Level six workers only have ten taels of silver a month.

Level [-] workers, eight taels of silver a month.

A fourth-level worker gets six taels of silver a month.

A third-level worker, five taels of silver a month.

For a second-level worker, four taels of silver a month.

For a first-class worker, there are only three taels of silver a month,

The final salary for ordinary workers and apprentices is between two taels of silver and three taels of silver, depending on the specific situation.

According to the grade salary table formulated by Zhang Qingfeng, the Gunpowder Bureau will issue more than 600 taels of silver a month, which is equivalent to an average of three taels of silver per person.

This kind of data is similar to the wages paid by the Gunpowder Bureau before, but after Zhang Qingfeng did this, the wages of those with poor skills were directly reduced by a large amount.

The wages of craftsmen with good skills have been greatly increased, which is equivalent to compensating the wages of craftsmen with poor skills to craftsmen with good skills.

So overall, Zhang Qingfeng didn't need to pay extra wages for this.

For such a system, people who have been cut wages are naturally complaining, and some people still adopt a negative attitude in their subsequent work.

The skilled craftsmen who have been paid extra support such a system.

For those who complain, adopt a negative attitude and do not cooperate, Zhang Qingfeng directly takes high-pressure measures. Anyway, as long as they violate the regulations, they will be fined and deducted.

As long as you have a lot of money, you don't have to be disobedient, and your wife, children and children can only drink the northwest wind.

After being punished severely by Zhang Qingfeng, everyone corrected their attitude.

However, with the implementation of the artisan rating system, it also showed a positive side.

That is, many workers are seeking apprenticeships, hoping to learn better techniques so that they can get a higher rating and earn more wages.

There is a difference of two taels of silver between a fourth-level worker and a fifth-level worker. Two taels of silver is equivalent to one-third of the wages of a fourth-level worker. With such a big temptation, how could it be possible to prevent them from studying hard.

Even general workers and apprentices are desperately learning skills in order to increase their wages. Everyone wants high wages.

Under such circumstances, the working attitude of everyone in the Gunpowder Bureau changed 180 degrees for a while.

(End of this chapter)