Yuan Yan was dressed up as a little girl in green clothes, and her handsome little face under the scarf and folding hat was reflected by the tall wind lamps on both sides, glowing with a fine porcelain-like luster, and her eyes were extra deep, like stars in the leaden blue night sky; The three people who accompanied him were all maids who came out of the palace in disguise.

Lin Jian said: "Why did you sneak out of the palace again?" ”

"There are light markets along the street tonight, but Grandpa Lin is still sitting in the Privy Council until now, it's really boring." The horses dispersed, Yuan Yan walked over, stood in front of the car with his hands in his hands, as if he was a handsome child, and said with his head held high.

Lin Jian laughed and said: "You sneaked out of the palace and let the Queen Mother know that you will inevitably be reprimanded, but no one will intercede for you." ”

"The Queen Mother ate wine at the banquet, and fell asleep when she returned to the palace, Grandpa Lin didn't complain, who knew that I was going out of the palace?" Yuan Yan said, staring at Lin Jian nervously, "Grandpa Lin has to drive me back to the palace, right?" ”

Lin Jian shook his head and smiled, and said: "There is not necessarily peace in the city, you four girls look like this, how can you deceive the people in the market?" Be careful not to be trafficked into which ravine and ravine, crying, crying, crying! You want to go to see the lights, take my car, and send me back to Chen Yuan by the way! Stretched out his hand to pull Yuan Yan into the car, Yuan Yanjun's face was slightly red, it was not obvious under the lamp, but he felt that his face was hot, so he asked Lin Lian's rough hand to grasp it, his heart was pounding, he sat down next to Lin Lian, and asked the three maids to get into the car.

The carriage is also spacious, and it is also convenient for Lin Yan to discuss with the generals on the road at any time, Yuan Yan and Lin Jian sat side by side, and the three maids sat on the side, but they did not feel crowded.

Yuan Yan's heart tightened, and she subconsciously talked more, and when Hu Qi continued to move forward with the carriage in her arms, she asked Lin Bin: "I heard that there are a lot of marquees in the lamp market this year, and it is said that Grandpa Lin is especially fond of this lamp, and he also called a lampsmith into the house to ask about making lamps, is this rumor true or false?" ”

"Ah......" Lin Jian was slightly stunned, every move of the Chongguo Mansion is now under the attention of the citizens and alleymen, and there is not only this one of the things that are rumored to be false, but he said with a smile, "There is indeed such a thing, it is just the scene of the lamp market, I don't have time to watch it!" ”

"Worried about the war in Guanzhong?" Yuan Yan asked, seeing that Lin Lian's face was puzzled, he explained, "I heard that you have been here for more than a month, and you only asked about the military aircraft in the north, and you also left the banquet early tonight, did not return home, and delayed so late in the Privy Council, Yuan Yan guessed that Grandpa Lin should be worried about the war in Guanzhong." ”

"It's not a big deal," Lin Jian said with a smile, "I'm used to worrying about it." ”

Lin Jian and Yuan Yan talked casually, got off the car after arriving at Chen Yuan, and asked Yuan Yan to take his carriage to Guandeng City.

Gu Junxun, Liu Yue'er, and Sun Wenwan each went out of the house with their children to visit the light market, only Su Mei was pregnant, and she was afraid of the cold wind for a while, so she stayed in the house and didn't go out to see the light market.

Seeing Lin Jian coming back, Su Mei asked: "I heard that the banquet in the palace has long ended, and seeing that you have not returned for a long time, I thought that you would be delayed in the Privy Council until midnight, and I didn't wait for you to come back......"

Seeing that Su Mei and Xiaoman sisters were teasing the second son, Lin Jian took off the fur fur, wore a short jacket, squeezed onto the soft couch, sat on the couch, picked up the second son, put it on the belly, watched him step on it, and talked to Su Mei and Xiaoman: "The war in the north is tight, Shangrao must fight a tough battle, and I don't know how many lives will be filled, and I won't be able to rest for the next year or two......."

"You're so tired, wash up and rest!" Su Mei said.

"Isn't it resting with you?" Lin Jian held the second son's little feet, teased him to step on him, and reached out to touch Su Mei's slightly bulging belly under his jacket, and asked, "Do you still vomit badly?" ”

"If you have a conscience, my sister will be much better." Xiao Man smiled, got into Lin Lian's arms, pillowed his waist and lay down, and put his two-year-old son on the brocade mattress between her, Su Mei and Lin Lian. It's just that the child is active by nature, and it is difficult to sit in the middle of the three adults in a regular manner, and after a moment he struggles to get out of the house, and asks the maid to lead him out to play.

"The situation in the north is getting tighter, and it will not develop according to our expectations, in order to be prepared as soon as possible, the war in the south will end early, and the main force of the Changshan Army will move south in the next two days." Lin Tie put his hand on Xiaoman's smooth and fair face, and talked to the second daughter.

"Are you going south to oversee the war?" Su Mei asked.

"My role is to boost morale," Lin Jian said self-deprecatingly, "but the war is hard, and morale is easy to decline, so it is also necessary to boost morale......

To this day, there is no need for Lin Tie to charge into battle, and on the periphery of Shangrao, with the main force of the Changshan Army also being transferred, the Huaidong Army occupies an absolute advantage in terms of strength, and it is difficult to defeat the battle, the key is whether the luxury family's defense line in Shangrao can be successfully penetrated, but Lin Tie goes to the front line to supervise the battle, Su Mei will always have worries in his heart, just smile gently, and will not tie Lin Tie in Jiangning with his children's affection, and said: "Now that the situation in Jiangning is also stable, there is no need for Sister Song to stare at it in the palace, ask Sister Song to accompany you to Quzhou, I can share some worries for you, Also take care of your daily ......"

After Gu Junxun gave birth to Zhengjun, he never conceived a baby, Lin Jian didn't want to have so many children that he couldn't even remember his name, and the other daughters deliberately picked up their menstrual cycles to have sex together, but Liu Yue'er, Sun Wenwan, and Xiaoman all had children to take care of, and Su Mei was also pregnant, except for Song Jia, no one could accompany him to Quzhou to take care of Lin Bin's life.

"Sister Song can go, but the three little goblins around Sister Song can't go......," Xiaoman said.

Su Mei smiled and pinched Xiaoman's face, Lin Lian laughed, he is also thick-skinned now, and said: "Now there is really no need for Song Jia to stare at the palace anymore......"

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has been completely weakened, Zhang Yan and the palace have Liu Zhi to contain it, and many of the internal histories appointed by the Empress Dowager and Emperor Yongxing are the eyes and ears of the Privy Council, and the most important thing is that Jiangning's defense is completely under the control of the Privy Council, and it is difficult for others to make waves if they want to make waves.

While chatting with Su Mei and Xiaoman, Lin Jian was thinking about the personnel arrangements for going south with him to supervise the war and staying in Jiangning, and after a while, he heard the noise in the outer courtyard, and it was Gu Junxun and the daughters who were talking and laughing outside.

Xiaoman and Su Mei sat up straight and got off the soft couch, not wanting others to see them and Lin tied up on a soft couch, so they went to the courtyard first. Lin Jian listened to Yuan Yan's voice, so he stayed and walked out, saw Yuan Yan talking to the girls in the courtyard, and asked, "The light market is closed so early?" ”

"It's still from Grandpa Lin's carriage," Yuan Yan said, "The lanterns on Jianghu Street are the most prosperous, but as soon as the carriage arrived at Jianghu Street, it was recognized, and the residents in the streets and alleys all rushed out to thank him, so frightened that Yuan Yan didn't dare to show her face, so she could only retreat." I happened to meet Sister Jun Xun again, so I came to Chen Yuan as a guest, Grandpa Lin wouldn't be in a hurry to rush Yuan Yan back to the palace, right? ”

This morning, Emperor Yongxing issued an edict, and the Privy Council issued a decree at the same time, officially abolishing the old system of craftsmen.

The traditional artisan households under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry and the prefectures and counties shall all be classified as urban households, and the restrictions on artisan households in terms of enrollment, imperial examination, entry, business, migration, marriage, and property retention shall be abolished.

Although it is not yet possible to talk about the complete abolition of the lowly nationality system, compared with the past, it is also a huge progress, and it is also the most important thing to clear the obstacles for the development of industry, mining, commerce and trade, and the development of new craftsmanship.

The more inherited the previous dynasty, the household registration is divided in detail, there are people, craftsmen, stations, tenants, music, temples, merchants, etc., there are kitchen servants, tailors, horse boats, gold and iron, weaving and dyeing, salt stoves, kilns, mud tiles and other subdivisions, which are clearly divided between each other, divided into the Ministry of Industry, the inner government prison, the household is determined by the registration, the household is forbidden to join the household and the attached registration, and the children and grandchildren inherit and do not transfer.

The traditional artisan household system provides a certain degree of convenience for government-run industrial construction and other affairs.

In the early years, the Longjiang Shipyard was set up by transferring 400 shipowners from all over the world, and when the scale was the largest, it developed to more than 2,000 shipholders, and shipbuilding flourished in the world. Thanks to the stable craftsman system, shipbuilding and other craftsmanship can be passed down from generation to generation.

At the same time, in addition to the additional forced labor, the traditional artisan households are also strictly restricted in terms of marriage, scientific research, property retention, etc., which is worthy of the name and low "people" first-class, so that the children of ordinary people will not easily marry or enter the craftsman registration unless they have to do so.

It is also strictly forbidden to transfer between different types of work, and no matter how good the porcelain-making skills of the children of cast iron households are, they cannot be transferred to potters at will.

At the same time, artisan households were controlled by the government, and merchants wanted to recruit artisans to work, which was strictly restricted - all of which severely restricted the development of industrial, mining, trade, and folk workshops, especially the restrictions on admission to school and the imperial examination, and severely restricted the development of artisan miscellaneous studies.

In the past ten years, Lin Jian has been developing artisan miscellaneous science as a day, and in Chongzhou, he has long overturned the restrictions on artisan households in enrollment and employment, and the material security obtained by artisan households is also higher than that of ordinary households; It was not until last year that the Privy Council took over the management of craftsmen under the jurisdiction of the former Ministry of Works, the Salt and Iron Division, and the Inner Government Supervision Department, which removed the obstacles to the complete abolition of craftsmen today.

Perhaps Lin Bin's consideration is more macroscopic, but this year's Shangyuan Lantern Festival, for nearly 30,000 artisan households in Jiangning, is indeed a grand festival that will never be forgotten.

In addition to the stubborn brains, the abolition of the artisan household system did not touch the interests of the traditional gentry class, and also cleared the way for the development of Jiangning's already powerful and emerging industrial and commercial class.

At the same time as abolishing the artisan household system, the Privy Council also issued a series of decrees, such as the "Compensation Order for Recruitment for Official Construction", "Order for Rewarding Employees", and "Order for Promoting the Development of Practical Skills and Monopoly Protection", which directly protected the interests of the emerging industrial and commercial classes, and further consolidated the Privy Council's control over Jiangning and the Jianghuai region.

Before the Northern Expedition, Lin Jian couldn't wait to abolish the artisan household system and promulgate a new decree to reward industry and commerce, mainly because the world was broken, the traditional gentry class was seriously suppressed, and the emerging artisan merchant class was in a relatively strong time, including the gentry in the Jiangnan area who were engaged in weaving and dyeing trade, and were also supporters of the new law.

When the world is settled, perhaps in addition to his personal power and status, the new class will be at a disadvantage compared with the traditional gentry class, which is not conducive to the introduction of the new policy.

It was also this thing that was done, and there would be no more repetition, so that Lin Jian could leave Jiangning with confidence and go to Quzhou to supervise the war.

Yuan Yan only delayed for a moment in Chen Yuan before returning to the palace, and Lin Jian and Gu Junxun talked about going to the southern front to supervise the war.

Although Lin Tie is also in Jiangning, he has a lot of opportunities, after all, he can see him every day, and he goes to Quzhou to supervise the battle, and he doesn't know when he will return, and the women are also reluctant.