Li Qi's one move to scare the monkeys can make these people sitting here obedient. Although they don't know the details, they understand one thing, that is, Li Qi alone has the final say in the weapons inspection. If they are fired, then
It's just a matter of words.
For Li Qi, it was enough for them to know this. He stepped on a piece of chain mail and made a creaking sound, saying: "The reason why such inferior weapons can appear in our army of the Song Dynasty is because
People are one reason. You are negligent in management, which has led to such a joke, and the other reason is the system. It is urgent to improve the system. You have all been working in the ordnance supervision for many years, so I hope you can listen.
Your opinions.”
After everyone listened, you looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to speak.
Li Qi returned to his seat, took a sip of tea, and after waiting for a long time, seeing that no one spoke, he frowned and said, "What? Do you think the system of arms supervision is already perfect?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison.
Li Qi said angrily: "Since there is no such thing, then why don't you say that all of them are mute? The salary is not so easy to get these days. I will never leave a useless person here."
After a moment, a person suddenly stood up and bowed: "Reporting to the supervisor, I believe that the reason why someone dares to make profits from it is that the Ordnance Supervision was established not long ago and its system has remained unchanged, so people can take advantage of it."
Li Qi glanced at the man and saw that he was a man in his thirties or forties, at least 1.75 meters tall, with sharp angles and relatively strong. He nodded and said: "I know this, but this is not an excuse. You should talk about the solution."
There is a way."
The man sang aloud and said: "There are countless weapons academies in our Song Dynasty. There are dozens of manufacturing workshops alone. In addition, there are also military academies from various places, totaling more than a hundred. Although the division of labor is more detailed,
However, because there are too many workshops, it is inconvenient to manage them uniformly. Once something goes wrong, it is difficult to investigate and find out. As for the weapons in the hands of these soldiers, the supervisors have no way of knowing which workshop they came from and who supervised them.
It makes some people dare to take risks and seize chestnuts from the fire. In the opinion of the following officials, the source and who approved it should be indicated on each weapon. Without these two marks, no one is allowed to be sent to the army. In this way, once
If those weapons are found to be substandard, we can immediately find out where they came from and who made them, which can not only facilitate management, but also deter those with evil intentions."
Everyone listened and nodded frequently.
Li Qi smiled slightly. He looked at the man and said, "What's your name?"
The man replied: "The lower official's surname is Yu, and his single name is Qi. He was born as a Jinshi, and he was originally the transfer judge of Tongchuan Road. At the beginning of this year, he was transferred to the Ordnance Supervisor and was appointed to the post of Chief Bo."
It seems that I have seen this name in that book before. Li Qi frowned and thought about it, but still had no clue. Maybe I remembered it wrong? He didn’t think too much, nodded and said: "Very good, you said it very well.
.It just so happened that the young prisoner was thrown out by me just now. I will now appoint you as the young warden of weapons warden."
Yu Qi was stunned. He never expected that he would win several levels in a row with his words. The happiness came so suddenly. You must know that this young prisoner is lower than one person in the weapons supervisor and higher than ten thousand people.
Apart from the supervisors, the junior supervisor is the biggest.
In fact, Li Qi had no choice. He eliminated half of the officials as soon as he took office. Naturally, he had to find people to fill them. Forget about the minor officials. Anyway, there were so many officials in one department in the Northern Song Dynasty. One more and one less would not be a problem at all.
, but there is only one young prisoner, and there must be no less. He does not have time to get to know everyone, so he can only find someone to do it first. If the ability is good, he will continue to do it. Otherwise, he will find someone to replace him.
"What? Don't you mean it?" Li Qixiao asked.
Yu Qi was slightly startled and quickly bowed her head and said, "Thank you very much, Supervisor, for your kindness. Yu Qi is grateful."
The others saw it and felt envious in their hearts. They all thought that if they worked under this great man, they would be promoted very quickly and die very quickly.
This is truly a heaven of ice and fire!
"good."
Li Qi nodded, turned around and said, "Qin Xuezheng."
"The official is here."
Li Qi smiled and said: "Now I can only force you to take up the post of weapons supervisor."
Qin Hui bowed and said: "Hui is willing to be wiped out to repay the favor of your Majesty." He is now seeking a higher position. Although the position of Prime Minister is not big, the benefits hidden in it are very objective. How could he refuse.
Li Qi naturally knew that, so he did not arrange for Qin Hui to be a young prisoner. The purpose was to let Yu Qi balance Qin Hui, because he did not have time to run here every day. He smiled and said: "Qin Xue is right, we are all serving the emperor.
, you still understand this clearly."
"I understand."
Li Qi snorted, glanced at everyone, and said: "Okay, let's go here for today. Since the new notice has not been issued yet, and so many things have happened, you may be a little frightened. Let's do it in three days.
After that, I will hold a meeting and we will discuss it in detail. At that time, I hope you can express your opinions instead of sitting here being mute."
"I obey my orders."
Everyone hurriedly said in unison, now they just want to leave here quickly, go outside to find out the news, and know what happened. They have no energy to think about anything else.
.
After coming out of the weapons prison, it was already sunset, and Li Qi felt a little tired, so he and Ma Qiao rode to Zuixianju.
As soon as he entered the store, Tian Qi walked up and whispered: "Brother Li, Captain Gao is here. He is upstairs now. He gave orders and said that if you come, he will let you go up."
trip."
Ri, at least give me a chance to breathe. Li Qi cursed in his mind, and then walked upstairs.
Arriving at the private room of Pingbu Qingyun on the third floor, I saw Gao Qiu with only one entourage. He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Li Qi, has seen the Taiwei."
Gao Qiu smiled slightly and said, "Here we come. Sit down."
"oh."
Li Qi sat opposite Gao Qiu.
Gao Qiu glanced at him with a smile and said: "You are really brave. You dare to openly challenge the Prime Minister. I'm afraid the Prime Minister won't be able to sleep tonight."
Li Qi said hey: "Taiwei, you can't blame me for this. If Taiwei hadn't recommended me to be this supervisor, this wouldn't have happened."
Gao Qiu hurriedly raised his hand and said: "Don't talk nonsense. I just let you be the supervisor. I didn't ask you to go against the king. Don't try to drag me in."
This brother Qiu really did Mingzhe's self-protection to the extreme. Li Qi scratched his head and said with a smile: "I don't want to go against Wang Xiang, I just don't want to live up to the trust of the Taiwei. Taiwei, you know that I am an official.
I've lost so much that I've paid out a huge sum of money before I've even received a penny of my salary. Even if I receive a lifetime salary, I'm afraid it won't be as good as it would have been."
Gao Qiu snorted: "Don't fool me with these words. I don't know you yet. This morning I clearly heard you say it was an advance payment. What is an advance payment? Isn't it just a loan? In the future, you will definitely pay the principal with me."
You got it back with a profit, when have you ever suffered a loss?"
Damn it, I forgot that Brother Qiu is the richest businessman in Bianjing. Li Qi smiled and said: "You can't say that, this money can make money in my hands. On the book, I only paid so much money, but in fact
The loss is simply immeasurable.”
"Okay. Okay, you don't need to explain to me, and I don't want to listen to your nonsense."
Gao Qiu waved his hand and said sternly: "Actually, I planned to come to you a few days ago. But when I saw you didn't move, I thought you had learned your lesson. I didn't expect that your kid suddenly kicked the bucket. That's right. This move of yours was indeed a trick.
Beautiful, you made those people suffer a loss, but you also offended them all. None of them are easy to offend. Fortunately, you still left some room until you pointed them out, and you did not push them into a desperate situation.
But there is one person who will never give up."
Li Qi said bluntly: "The captain is talking about the king's prime minister, right?"
Gao Qiu nodded and said: "Although you had some disagreements with Wang Xiang in the past, they were all trivial matters and would not hurt your harmony. But after today, the situation is completely different. I know Wang Xiang very well, and he is determined to tolerate it."
I can’t leave you alone.”
Li Qi sighed and said: "I can't help it. He is the young master and I am not. We can only attack the enemy with troops and use water to build the weir."
Gao Qiu glanced at him suspiciously and said, "But everything in the past tells me that it seems that you provoke him first every time."
Li Qi chuckled and said, "That's because his son sincerely disagrees with me, and I was forced to fight back."
How could Gao Qiu believe him, but he didn't want to ask, the key is that he didn't want to get involved, and said: "I came here this time just to remind you that the person standing in front of you now is not Cai Minde, nor Song Moquan, but
You are the young prime minister who holds the most power in the world today. You must not act rashly. You must think twice before doing anything. If something goes wrong, even this lieutenant may suffer as well."
Day. These people are considered to be elites when they are officials. If I hadn't been thick-skinned, they would probably have seen through the little privacy left in my heart. Li Qi smiled and said, "I know this. Please don't worry, Lieutenant. Don't tell me."
The Prime Minister and I have not yet come to the point where we are fighting to the death. Even if we get to that point, it is still my personal grudge, the Prime Minister, and I am determined not to involve the three yamen."
This kid is really smart. Gao Qiu chuckled, stopped clicking, and asked: "By the way, are you really sure that you can make a lot of money selling weapons?"
Li Qi became more energetic, sat down directly next to Gao Qiu, and whispered: "If you don't hide it from Taiwei, we will definitely make money, otherwise I wouldn't dare to guarantee it in front of the emperor today. As long as the sales model is formed, Taiwei, just wait and see."
Well, then the silver is flowing to the Arms Monitor, and there is no way to stop it. It is more profitable than any other business. What do you think, does the Lieutenant have any idea to invest in the Arms Monitor?"
Gao Qiu frowned and said, "Investment?"
Li Qi chuckled: "Captain, today's weapons supervisor is different from the past. Since I can advance the money, of course the Crown Prince can invest. I said it in court today, in addition to the needs of our Song Dynasty army,
In addition to weapons, the weapons inspector can also do business alone, sell weapons to other countries, and be self-sufficient with the permission of the emperor. This is business. Since it is business, it definitely requires capital. To be honest, I am alone.
With enough reluctance, if the Taiwei can be intentional, it would be great. The Taiwei has a wide network of contacts and knows many foreign officials. He can get a lot of information from their mouths and then act according to circumstances. Now is the time.
During the turbulent period, the Duan clan and the Gao clan in Dali fought against each other, the Tubo divided regimes fought against each other, and their wars with the Uighurs and Xixia, as well as the Southern Barbarians and the Five Tibetans, Goryeo and the Jin Kingdom.
Taiping. They are having a lively fight and we are profiting from it. In addition, we can also smuggle raw materials from foreign countries to the Song Dynasty. The cost is low. After transformation, we can sell them to them. Once in and out, the profits will be as big as heaven. Anyway, Etaiwei
With your network and financial resources, my ability, and the emperor's power, if the three of us can form an iron triangle, we will be invincible and unstoppable. And if the emperor is happy, we will follow suit. It can be said that we win with one stone."
Gao Qiu couldn't help but feel excited when he heard it, but he hesitated a little and said: "What you said is really the same thing, but this is not a trivial matter, I have to think about it."
After saying so much, I still don’t believe you won’t take the bait. Li Qi chuckled and said: “Of course, of course, it hasn’t started yet. There is plenty of time for the captain to think about it, so I’m not in a hurry.” (To be continued...