After an autumn rain, the weather finally turned from hot to cool, and the atmosphere of early autumn began to appear.
Starting in the early morning, the glorious Forbidden City is immersed in a thin mist, and the blooming flowers in the garden and the branches and leaves are dotted with a little dew.
Zhu Yunxi had already gotten up at three o'clock. After getting familiar with his dress, he walked from Lezhizhai to Yong'an Palace to pay his respects to the old man.
Although the old man managed to escape from danger again, he was getting older after all, and his vitality was severely damaged after every serious illness. His waist became more and more stooped, his body became thinner, and his energy became more and more weak.
Life is a reverse cycle. From childhood to adulthood, you slowly grow strong and full of vitality. After old age, you slowly grow old and finally come to an end. This process is long and painful, sad and helpless.
The flowers will fall and the flowers will bloom one day, and the winter will be cold and the spring will be warm again.
It's only once in a person's life.
After greetings, Zhu Yunxi walked back to Lezhizhai, had breakfast and started the day's work.
The work of an emperor has been the same for thousands of years.
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"Your Majesty, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu is here, waiting outside!"
Zhu Yunxi was sitting behind the imperial court reviewing the memorials when Wang Shai came in from the outside and gave a gentle report.
"Come in!" Zhu Yunxi still looked at the memorial, and then wrote an imperial review.
His method of reviewing memorials was extremely simple. When he encountered memorials where ministers were chatting with the emperor about their daily affairs, he would reply in unison, saying, "I understand."
When you encounter ministers who have nothing to do and are flattering you, just put a check mark with a red pen.
If it is a matter of government affairs, I will read it carefully and tell my ministers that the country's frontier officials do not need to ask me about everything. As long as it is beneficial to the people and does not interfere with the national laws and regulations, it can be implemented.
His style is more concise than the old man's back then, and what he reviews is also in vernacular. Of course, the memorials he replies to are decent, without the old man's frequent curses on his ministers, you're a f*cking bitch, I'll chop you up, and the like.
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The Duke of Wei, Xu Huizu, is now in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. He is a calm-tempered person. After gaining power, he becomes more cautious in his words and deeds and becomes more stable.
"No need to salute, just sit down!" Zhu Yunxi said lightly. From the corner of his eye, he saw the other party sitting down on the soft pier, and continued, "Li Jinglong is not in Beijing, and the Firearms Foundry Bureau is your supervisor."
Xu Huizu hurriedly said after hearing this, "Yes, he is in charge. Since Cao Guogong went to sea, all the accounts have been reviewed one by one and he did not dare to be careless. The firearms made were not only allocated to the border troops, but also to the various guards in the capital camp.
Outside, they are all in storage. There are a total of cannon..."
Xu Huizu just picked up all the data and kept it in his mind, because the Firearms Foundry Bureau was really a very lucrative job, and even those who said they were living a life guarding Jinshan underestimated its wealth.
The reason why he immediately said that he had received the account books was because when Li Jinglong was in charge, although there were no flaws in the account books, in fact...
"I'm not trying to reconcile with you!" Zhu Yunxi put down the memorial, stood up and rubbed his shoulders in an awkward manner, then sat opposite Li Jinglong, "Firearms Foundry Bureau, those defective firearms..."
Xu Huizu immediately said, "Back to the emperor, the defective firearms should be returned to the furnace. However, as early as when Cao Guogong was in charge, he discovered that the cost of returning the furnace to the furnace is higher than that of new ones. Therefore, many artillery, muskets, etc. can only be piled up.
In Curry!”
"It's not that they can't be fired, it's that they can't withstand being fired. For example, there are two fire guns out of ten. After ten or twenty rounds, they will be so hot that they will burst into pieces!"
"Yeah!" Zhu Yunxi nodded, "Go back, pick some less defective ones from these defective products, and then prepare them, do you understand?"
Xu Huizu was even more puzzled, "What does the emperor mean?"
Zhu Yunxi glanced outside, and Wang Sha at the door immediately walked away silently with a dozen eunuchs outside.
"You have to know some things sooner or later, and I won't hide it from you!" Zhu Yunxi picked up a memorial from the imperial case and handed it to Xu Huizu, "You can read it yourself!"
"I am terrified!" Xu Huizu stood up, then leaned over to open the memorial. The first sentence at the beginning was, "I would like to report, He Guangyi, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, that the affairs of the Japanese country in Japan have been settled. The Hayada family and other princes, who are famous in the mountains, have their hearts set on the Ming Dynasty.
The Ming Dynasty Protection Treaty has been signed..."
Looking at it, cold sweat broke down Xu Huizu's back.
Without any public consultation from the Ministry of Rites, the emperor sent He Guangyi to Japan and signed a private treaty with the daimyo there. Xu Huizu knew a little bit about the situation there. The shogunate held the emperor hostage to order the princes, and the king was just a puppet.
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"Does the Emperor want those firearms as gifts...?"
"You can't give it for free. It was all done with money from the Ming Dynasty." Xu Huizu thought to himself, "But how can we advise the emperor?"
Thinking to himself, he continued to read, "The Shanmingjia silver mine has been found to have huge reserves. Please send someone from the emperor to take charge of the mining and smelting matters. The firearms of the Shanmingjia are mortgaged with the silver mine..."
"Silver mine?" Xu Huizu perked up, "Using the silver mine as a mortgage to buy firearms? What a big deal from Japan? If you mortgage it to the Ming Dynasty, then it belongs to the Ming Dynasty. Don't you need to send troops to garrison there?"
Seeing the change of expression on his face, Zhu Yunxi casually peeled an orange and said with a smile, "Do you understand?"
"I generally understand!" Xu Huizu closed the folder and put it away respectfully, "Japan is a cash transaction. Let's choose some that are decent, but not that good..."
"Well! There is Yinshan over there. It has been tempered for them and it will not break down no matter how you use it. Isn't that a one-time deal?" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "And not only the firearms, but also how to use them."
"You choose the instructors to teach them from the martial arts school. They must be smart and capable!"
Xu Huizu thought about it again and whispered, "The emperor will have soldiers in the future...?"
"You just need to know!" Zhu Yunxi said.
Now Xu Huizu understood everything, sold firearms to others, sent instructors there, and started a civil war there. When things got out of control, Ming Dynasty took action again.
Then the person chosen must first have practical experience, and secondly, be good at buying people's hearts and drawing maps, etc.
"I have one more question!" Xu Huizu said again, "It's okay to send the firearms there, but where to send them to Japan?" After saying that, he paused, "Besides, this matter does not go through the Ministry of War and the court.
If it leaks out, there will definitely be some trouble!"
He thought very carefully. This kind of thing involves the face of a country, so he still has to do it secretly.
The ministers of the Ming Dynasty are not nerds, but they do not like the Ming Dynasty's behavior of instigating civil wars in other countries and selling arms for profit. Moreover, in the eyes of many of them, it is still difficult to take down that shabby place in Japan.
If you give away food instead, the gain outweighs the loss.
"I have given the Shandong Weihai Guard a secret order!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "The commander of the Shandong Weihai Guard will contact you individually and ship it to the waterway. Then it will go out to sea on the Jiaodong Peninsula, escort it to Japan, and turn it into a merchant ship at Shan Mingjia's
Harbor landing!”
Speaking of which, Zhu Yunxu found it funny in his heart. The mighty Emperor of the Ming Dynasty did these things like a smuggler.
"Your Majesty, I still have some doubts!" Xu Huizu continued, "Although we have signed a contract and there is a mortgage, I still think that these firearms cannot be handed over directly to the Japanese!"
"It is essential to be on guard against others, and I believe that the amount given each time should not be too large, and it is best to proceed step by step! In addition, in the Japanese country of Japan, our Ming Dynasty should have garrison troops. One is the silver mine mentioned, and the other is
Protect the safety of business travelers."
"I think it's best to allow Fujian's navy to be stationed in Japan!"
"Haha!" Zhu Yunxi laughed and said, "What Ai Qing said is deeply in my heart!"
In this era, these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are still members of the older generation at heart. What I like is mine. What is yours is mine. What is mine is still mine. If it is not mine, I will snatch it and turn it into my own martial style.
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In their view, the world should belong to the Ming Dynasty.
This chapter has been completed!