After Zhang Nan left the small village, he did not return to the mansion, but went directly to the palace, after all, this matter of Momen still needs Li Er's nod to agree, who made Li Er the boss?

Li Er still stayed in the imperial study to approve the folds, which made Zhang Nan admire Li Er's dedication very much, every time Zhang Nan came to Li Er from the palace, Li Twenty times eight times were dealing with official business, and the remaining two times were to accompany the eldest grandson queen in the imperial study.

Zhang Nan entered the imperial study, Li Er raised his head that had not been raised, looked at Zhang Nan and asked, "Qingquan, you came to find me, isn't it for the affairs of the Ministry of Heavenly Works." ”

"Eh, the emperor is a god, how do you know." Zhang Nan pretended to be surprised.

"Why else did you come to me? The affairs of the private club are over, and you have only one Tiangong Department left, let's say, what's the matter, I listen. Li Er put the brush back on the pen holder, put his hands on the back of his head, and looked like he was listening.

"Your Majesty, do you remember what I told you about Momen?" Zhang Nan asked.

Li Er nodded, and then said, "Oh? But what are the eyebrows? ”

"It's true that there are eyebrows, the ministers on the Momen side have already negotiated, and they are willing to raise the power of the entire Momen to join the Ministry of Heavenly Work." Zhang Nan said.

After Li Er heard this, he didn't speak, but waited for a while before saying, "What about their conditions?" Li Ercai didn't believe that Momen was working for himself for free like this, it must be conditional.

"Their condition is to hope that the emperor can give them an identity." Zhang Nan said.

"An identity? What kind of condition is this? Are they all black households? Li Er said strangely.

"Naturally not, the emperor can understand this Momen." Zhang Nan shook his head and asked with a smile.

"This, I only know that they advocate both love and non-attack, and they are also very good at tricks, and the rest of me don't know very well." Li Er said truthfully.

This is not because Li Er is lonely and unheard, because of the unique political attributes of Mohist thought, and the collusion policy of officials and schools of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty to "depose a hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism alone", the Mohists were constantly suppressed, and gradually lost the practical basis for their existence, and the Mohist thought gradually became extinct in China.

It was not until modern times that scholars re-excavated the Mohists from the pile of old papers and discovered their progressiveness. Some of the beneficial ideas in the Mohist doctrine began to enter people's field of vision.

"Your Majesty, what you said is right, it's just that the group of Mo family heirs that the minister knows, their Mo family ideas have been thrown away by them, and they mainly study the Mo family's tricks. Most of the ink people come from the lower strata of society, this is something that has existed since ancient times, until now, they are no exception, the ministers know the identity of this group of ink people, there are three religions and nine streams, so what they want is that the emperor can give them an identity, an identity with a certain status. Zhang Nan said.

"This, give them a certain status." When Li Er heard this, he hesitated a little, wouldn't it be too easy for him to give that group of ink artists the identity so easily. In Li Er's view, they have lost the most important thing of their Momen, that is, their Momen's proposition, and now there are only the minutiae of Momen, the trick, and Li Er wants more.

"Is the emperor thinking that if this group of ink artists from the bottom of the society use the identity given by the emperor in a grand manner, it will have a certain impact on the emperor's prestige." Zhang Nan asked.

"This, indeed, is one of my considerations." Li Er nodded and said.

"Actually, I have already helped the emperor think about this problem." Zhang Nan said with a smile.

"Considered it? Tell me about it. Li Erdao.

"In fact, what they want is not the identity of the scholars, and the emperor cannot give them the identity of the scholars, what they want is only to be different from Confucianism and the identity of commoners, so according to the comprehensive consideration of their work, the minister wants to propose such a thing." Zhang Nan arrived.

"What is it?" Li Er asked impatiently.

"As the so-called Shinong industry and commerce, the workers are ranked third, no matter what kind of identity the emperor gives to that group of ink artists, it will not change the fact that they are craftsmen, and their social status identity comes from the people, not the status that the emperor gave them." Zhang Nan arrived.

"You have a point, go on." Li Erdao.

So in order to distinguish them from other craftsmen, and to show that they are working for the country and contributing to the Tang Dynasty, the minister put forward such a concept. What is a skilled job? That is, the type of work or occupation that is technically complex and involves state property and the safety of people's lives. To put it simply, just like the craftsmen who make thunderbolts and kamikaze crossbows, they belong to the skilled trade, because no one else can do this work except them. Zhang Nan said.

"This identity is very special, first, they are not officials, and there is no way to have any influence on the government. Second, they eat royal food, and the emperor allocates funds to feed them, and their job is to develop all kinds of weapons that can speed up production or be powerful for Datang. They can also be regarded as having an official identity, which will not have much impact on the scholars, and just meet the conditions of their Momen. Zhang Nan continued.

Li Er nodded after hearing this.

"It's just that if it's a Momen person, I'll give him the identity of a skilled worker, let him eat the imperial grain, what if he doesn't live up to his name." Li Er asked.

"This problem has been made clear to the Momen side, although they are Momen, but they want to enter the emperor's Tiangong Department, then they still have to pass the exam, if the exam is not passed, then where do you come from, where do you go back, the Tiangong Department is not charity, we only need people who can contribute to the Tang Dynasty." Zhang Nan said.

"Yes, that's a good idea." Li Er nodded in praise.

"And although according to the current situation, there are not many types of technical work, but I dare to guarantee that once the steam equipment is used in production, there will be more technical jobs." Zhang Nan said.

"I understand the technical work you mentioned, but this so-called steam equipment, I have always listened to you, and I have never seen the real thing, how long will it take for this thing to be used in Datang, this is also a problem." Li Erdao.

"Your Majesty, in fact, this thing that uses steam as a power has been developed by Momen." Zhang Nan said truthfully.

"It's been developed! When is the thing? Li Er asked.

"It's a recent thing, before the minister entered the palace, I went to see their finished products, although it was only the first generation of machines, but the effect was still good." Zhang Nan spread his hands and said.