That night, after Yan Shifan returned, he told Yan Song everything in order to find a solution.
"What did you say? Your Majesty wants to abolish the craftsmanship system!"
After Yan Song listened to his son Yan Shifan's story, his face was full of disbelief.
"Yes, father, His Majesty also said that the treatment of these craftsmen should be appropriately improved."
Seeing this, Yan Shifan added another sentence.
"What? Your Majesty not only wants to abolish the craftsmanship system, but also improves the treatment of these craftsmen!"
When Yan Song heard that His Majesty wanted to abolish the craftsmanship system, he only had a look of surprise on his face. But when he heard that His Majesty wanted to improve the treatment of these craftsmen, the look on his face had turned into anger.
"It is absolutely impossible for His Majesty to propose the abolition of the craftsmanship system without any reason! I think there must be a group of Qingliu behind this."
"Their idea has already been sent to the treasury. I, Yan Song, will never allow such a thing to happen!"
Yan Shifan on the side was startled by Yan Song's sudden performance, and then said timidly: "Father, I think this matter should be His Majesty's intention."
"In the past few days, I have been discussing the specific candidates for the Maritime Trade Department with Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, but they simply can't spare the time to write a memorial to His Majesty!"
Yan Shifan glanced at Yan Song secretly and explained carefully.
"Huh, if it's not them, it must be Xu Jie!"
"This old guy's stomach is full of bad water all day long! Hasn't he been concentrating on how to please His Majesty recently?"
"He must have secretly written a memorial to His Majesty, requesting the abolition of the craftsmanship system. I suspect that there are some Qingliu people among those craftsmen who are instigating it."
After Yan Song thought for a moment, he gave what he thought was a very reasonable explanation.
"Then...Father, how should we deal with it?"
Seeing that Yan Song was so confident, Yan Shifan couldn't help but doubt his previous judgment and asked.
“We don’t need to do anything, we just need to stay the same to cope with the ever-changing situation!”
Yan Song glanced at Yan Shifan and said.
"To cope with all changes by remaining unchanged? Oh, I understand, kid."
After listening to Yan Song's explanation, Yan Shifan looked like he didn't understand.
"Okay, it's so late, you should go back and rest first! If I'm not wrong, something big will happen in the next few days."
The more Yan Song thought about it, the more he thought it was possible, and then he gave the order.
"Yes, father, the child has resigned now!"
After Yan Shifan bowed to Yan Song, he left Yan Song's room.
At the same time, Prince Yu’s Mansion.
"There must be people from the strict Party behind this! Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for His Majesty to rashly propose the abolition of the craftsmanship system."
"It must be this old guy Yan Song who secretly sent a memorial to His Majesty, asking for the abolition of the craftsmanship system!"
"This Strict Party is really bad. It actually took the initiative of these craftsmen. I suspect that there must be someone from the Strict Party instigating these craftsmen!"
In the study, Xu Jie said this to everyone after getting the relevant news.
…
In the next few days, the entire capital was peaceful! Not to mention any big things, not even small things like stealing or getting into fights happened.
Therefore, Ding Shichang, Yin of Shuntian Prefecture, felt the long-lost comfort. At this moment, he was leaning on the chair quite relaxedly and carefully poured the tea leaves into the teapot.
He spent a huge sum of money to buy this tea from a merchant. According to the merchant who sold him the tea, even the elders in the capital drank the same tea!
"I never thought that one day I, Ding Shichang, would be able to taste the taste of the tea Mr. Ge drinks."
While waiting, Ding Shichang thought so.
Not long after, the tea was brewed. Ding Shichang took out his favorite tea set and poured himself a cup of tea eagerly.
Before he had time to taste it, he heard the anxious announcement from the guards from outside: "Lord Fu Yin, it's not good! Something big has happened! Those carpenters have rebelled!"
"What did you say? Say it again!"
When Ding Shichang heard the news, he stood up from his seat suddenly. Perhaps because of the too big movement, the tea set on the table fell to the ground and smashed to pieces.
At this moment, Ding Shichang couldn't care about this at all. He only saw a ferocious look on his face. He walked quickly to the person who came and confirmed in a deep voice: "What did you just say? Those carpenters rebelled!"
"Yes, Mr. Fu Yin! Right now, those carpenters are holding murderous weapons and wreaking havoc on everything in the handicraft workshops run by the imperial court!"
"You've really rebelled against them. Go over now and call the people from the Five Cities Army and Horses Department to come!"
"We must capture all these rebels!"
Ding Shichang decided on these carpenters without saying a word.
"Yes, Lord Fu Yin, my subordinates will go right away!"
Ding Shichang's subordinates left quickly after responding.
After giving these instructions, Ding Shichang immediately assembled his team and rushed towards the scene of the incident.
…
"Brothers, smash it! Smash everything here to pieces!"
"It's better to set another fire and burn this place to the ground! It will also save the suffering of those who come after you."
Ren Shiwang looked at everything around him that was gradually being swallowed up by the flames. The resentment he had been oppressed for many years was completely released at this moment.
Ren Shiwang was born in a carpenter's family who was registered as a craftsman. Counting from his father's generation, if you look back, there have been several generations!
Ever since he could remember, he had often wondered why other people's children could choose their future careers. Whether it was studying or farming, they could always choose their careers according to their own wishes.
But he could only hold tools every day and learn how to be a qualified carpenter under the guidance of his father!
But Ren Shiwang doesn't want to be a carpenter, he wants to study, he wants to take the imperial examination! Whenever he sought answers from his father, all he got was a helpless sigh from his father.
Later, his father died and died in heavy labor. As the successor of the family, he took over all his father's affairs! He also gradually understood what his father's sighs in the past meant.
In this way, days passed by, and Ren Shiwang got married and had children. Later, his son was born!
Ren Shiwang gave him everything he could give. As his son grew up day by day, he gradually became more sensible.
Until his son asked the question again: "Father, why did I want to be a carpenter when I was born? I don't like carpenters, I want to study!"
His son's question was like a sharp knife, piercing Ren Shiwang's heart. Like his father, he sighed helplessly.
The days passed like this, and the strange thing was that since that time, his son never mentioned this matter in front of him again! Instead, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to the study of carpentry skills.
Just a week ago, his son died. According to others, he was hit by a log falling from above.
But when he saw the long-lasting bruises on his son's body, he knew in his heart that his son was beaten to death! He wanted to find justice for his son, so he went to the government to report the case.
However, the officials in the government rejected his request because he was a craftsman.
When he returned to the handicraft workshop exhausted both physically and mentally, he overheard the officials talking and laughing.
"Haha, let me tell you, that kid couldn't help but beat him so hard that he died after just a few hits!"
"Hahaha, if I had known, I would have spared his life! The work in this workshop can be reduced."
"Come on, let's not mention this, cheers!"
"Dry!"
These words, like a sharp sword, pierced Ren Shiwang's heart. He could not imagine how his son was treated before his death.
He hates these officials, he hates this court, he hates this world, and he wants to change everything!
For this reason, he began to consciously incite the carpenters around him and draw out the anger in their hearts! And these carpenters have been oppressed for most of their lives, and their inner resentment has already accumulated to a very terrifying level.
Later, when these officials oppressed these carpenters as before, the resentment accumulated over the years completely exploded!
Under the leadership of Ren Shiwang, this group of carpenters not only killed all the officials in the handicraft workshop! He also destroyed everything he could destroy wherever he looked.
Perhaps because they felt it was not enough to relieve their anger, everyone set a fire and burned down the entire handicraft workshop!
(End of chapter)
