With this obscure term in his mouth, Zhongshu made Lin Yuyang frown and look at the memorial in his hand.
This memorial was delivered last night, and was piled among the many memorials like other memorials. It was not until Lin Yuyang, the Secretary of the Central Committee, discovered it that he realized that this memorial was unusual.
The main idea of this memorial is very clear. It is to implore Emperor Wei to agree to set up a branch of the Great Wei Army-style Equipment Manufacturing Department under their department to help the Ordnance Casting Bureau share the production of a total of 130,000 sets of armaments.
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I remember that when I first saw the contents of the chapter, Lin Yuyang was a little stunned. I wonder which department has such a big tone to assist the Ordnance Casting Bureau to build as many as 130,000 sets of armaments?
However, when he thought about it carefully, Lin Yuyang felt that something was wrong. After all, the only people who were qualified to say these words were the Smelting Bureau, except for the Weapon Casting Bureau.
He subconsciously glanced at the signature on the cover and saw that it read Wang Fu of the Smelting Bureau.
To be honest, Lin Yuyang is the Secretary of the Zhongshu Ling, while Wang Fu is just the Bureau Chief of the Smelting Bureau, ranking higher than the Secretary General of the Twenty-Fourth Division. The gap in official ranks between the two is really big. To put it bluntly, Lin Yuyang has no idea what Wang Fu is.
What is it for.
But having said that, Wang Fu's name was preceded by the words "Smelting Bureau", which forced Lin Yuyang to treat it with caution.
Now in the court, who doesn’t know that the Smelting Bureau is headed by Su Wang Zhao Hongrun?
In other words, Wang Fu's petition in the chapter is most likely the intention of His Highness Prince Su.
And once this matter involves His Royal Highness Prince Su, he will no longer be able to make the decision. In other words, this is a "relatively sensitive" memorial.
So, Lin Yuyang put the memorial together, took it to the dragon case of Emperor Wei, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have a memorial here that your Majesty needs to see in person."
At this time, Emperor Wei was immersed in reviewing and approving the chapter after the case with Long. Hearing this, he said casually: "Put it on the case, Lin Aiqing."
"Yes." Lin Yuyang respectfully placed the seal on the dragon table, but he did not return to his seat immediately. Seeing that Emperor Wei continued to deal with local government affairs without raising his head, he thought for a while and reminded in a low voice.
: "Your Majesty, I think this chapter is more important."
"Huh?" Emperor Wei raised his head and glanced at Lin Yuyang in confusion.
Then, he doubtfully took over Wang Fu's memorial. After just one glance, he realized why Lin Yuyang said this memorial was more important.
"A memorial from the Smelting Bureau? This is rare..."
He muttered, but in fact Emperor Wei felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
You must know that the Metallurgical Bureau is a department headed by his son Zhao Hongrun. In the past, if the Metallurgical Bureau encountered such problems that required him to consult during its development, his son would probably have dinner together at the Ningxiang Palace.
Bring it up and ask for his opinion.
Or just go ahead and come directly to Chui Gong Hall to ask for his instructions.
As for the method of folding a chapter to write a book, to be honest, I have never done so before.
Does this mean that the relationship between him and his son has become alienated because of something?
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Emperor Wei felt a little unhappy in his heart. He regretted that he and his son Zhao Hongrun had been too quarrelsome about Miss Su a few days ago. No, this son has not been close to him recently, and his past efforts have almost been in vain.
drift.
"Tong Xian."
Emperor Wei called.
Next to Emperor Wei, the eunuch Tong Xian lowered his head when he heard this and said respectfully: "I'm here, old slave."
"Is Yuanli...still living in Prince Su's Mansion?"
Tong Xian glanced at Emperor Wei strangely and replied respectfully: "Prince Li has returned to his own Prince Yi's Mansion in the city."
King Yi is the official title of Zhao Hongrun and his sixth uncle Zhao Yuanli. However, because he is the brother of the Emperor of Wei rather than his nephew, in informal situations, Wei people are accustomed to respectfully refer to the brothers of the Emperor of Wei as such-and-such prince.
It is used to distinguish it from princes such as King Su and King Yong.
"Oh." Emperor Wei nodded.
In fact, he was like a mirror in his mind, thinking that after Zhao Hongrun moved to Prince Su's Mansion, except that his mother, Concubine Shen Shu, lived in Prince Su's Mansion for a short period of time, and Zhao Hongrun invited him at the housewarming banquet, she never mentioned an invitation to him.
If you want to stay in the house for a few days.
Although the Emperor of Wei, as the king of Wei, it is indeed impossible for him to leave the palace and live in his son's Prince Su's Mansion for a few days, but as a son, what's wrong with you even saying a few polite words?
However, Zhao Hongrun did not mention it.
A few days ago, Emperor Wei's sixth brother Zhao Yuanli returned to Daliang, but Zhao Hongrun enthusiastically invited him to stay in Prince Su's Mansion for six days, hosting banquets every day. Did Emperor Wei really have other ideas in his mind?
That bad boy, does he know that I am his father?!
Emperor Wei couldn't help but be a little jealous of the relationship between his son Zhao Hongrun and his brother Zhao Yuanli. After all, that relationship was much deeper than the father-son relationship between him and Zhao Hongrun.
However, even though Emperor Wei was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do about it. After all, when Zhao Hongrun and his sixth uncle Zhao Yuanli were playing together, the only person whom Emperor Wei valued most was Zhao Hongzhao, followed by the Crown Prince, King Yong, King Xiang, and King Yan.
Prince Qing and other sons who have been crowned kings are not interested in sons like Zhao Hongrun who have not left the government.
What you sow will reap what you sow. Zhao Hongrun didn't pay much attention to Zhao Hongrun at first, which caused Zhao Hongrun to be closer to his sixth uncle Zhao Yuanli than to his father. Emperor Wei had no choice but to complain a few words in his heart.
As for Zhao Yuanli, he couldn't say anything. After all, in some aspects, Zhao Yuanli treated Zhao Hongrun much better than him as a father. Could it be that Emperor Wei could still say to his brother Zhao Yuanli: Find someone yourself
When a woman gives birth to a son, don’t come and snatch my son?
With a displeased look on his face and smacking his lips, Emperor Wei spread out the memorial written by Wang Fu, the Prime Minister of the Smelting Bureau.
After just a few cursory glances, Emperor Wei's brows furrowed.
He could see that this memorial could never have been written by Wang Fu, the Chief of the Metallurgical Bureau. Well, to be precise, it probably wasn't Wang Fu's idea. After all, the Emperor of Wei never believed that Wang Fu had the guts to fight with the soldiers.
Zhu Bureau, the director of the Ministry of War who is like a son, grabs his job.
Obviously, this was the intention of his son Zhao Hongrun, and Wang Fu was just stepping in on his behalf.
What does that bad guy want to do?
Emperor Wei pondered.
To be honest, sometimes it is not a big deal to establish a new department for certain needs. You can just close it when it is no longer needed.
But this model is not suitable for use in the Smelting Bureau.
Based on Emperor Wei's understanding of his son Zhao Hongrun, it would be easy to set up a new branch under the Smelting Bureau today, but closing it down by then would probably not be an easy task.
Obviously, his son was trying to get involved in the making of weapons, so he asked Wang Fu to write a letter. How easy would it be to shut down this department in the future?
However, the name of the Great Wei Army-style Equipment Manufacturing Department inevitably made Emperor Wei somewhat interested in it.
Military style...Made in quantity...Made in quantity?
Emperor Wei couldn't help but think of the molds for mass-producing candles that the Smelting Bureau had tinkered with a while ago. There were only ten large molds. If the candles were produced continuously for twelve hours a day, they would almost overwhelm all the candles in the country.
There are many candle workshops, large and small.
Before this, who could have imagined that this would happen?
Can weapons and armor be mass-produced on a large scale like those candles?
Thinking of this, Emperor Wei couldn't help but feel a little moved.
You know, the Wei State used to maintain a permanent garrison of around 80,000 troops, unlike the Chu State, which frequently had hundreds of thousands of troops. In addition to the problem of troop sources, the most important thing was the limitation of armaments. After all, weapons and armor would wear out.
Wear and tear must also be replaced. It is impossible to ask a soldier to use one weapon until death.
It's not that the Ordnance Casting Bureau's mass production of armaments is insufficient. To be precise, it should be that the production is insufficient within a certain period of time.
For example, the armaments of the Sixth Battalion of the garrison are replaced every two years, but in fact, the Ordnance Casting Bureau only forges weapons and equipment one year, and reserves wrought iron inventory in the other year.
Some people may ask, why not ask the Military Casting Bureau to continuously cast weapons and equipment? In this way, wouldn't the output of armaments be doubled?
But in fact this doesn't work.
After all, what the Bingzhu Bureau built was the armaments of the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison. It was the weapons and equipment used to arm the most elite army of the Wei Dynasty. This means that these weapons and equipment must be the highest quality in the Wei Dynasty.
If the Weapon Foundry Bureau built a batch of weapons and equipment the previous year, and the Smelting Bureau suddenly improved sharper and stronger weapons the next year, wouldn't this mean that the Weapon Foundry Bureau's investment in the previous year was all in vain?
In the sixth battalion of the garrison, who is not willing to take the more advanced weapons and equipment? Who is willing to take the eliminated ones?
Although the Metallurgical Bureau has not made improvements to the current weapons for several years, this rule has not been broken. After all, no one can say whether the Metallurgical Bureau will suddenly come up with more advanced weapons.
It is for this reason that the Bingzhu Bureau was idle the first year, but the next year it was so busy that it almost drove it crazy.
But now the word "quantitative manufacturing" made Emperor Wei realize that the Smelting Bureau might have made some progress.
There is no denying that this is a good thing. After all, sometimes explosive short-term output is more important. For example, when a large-scale war breaks out on the front line and a large number of new troops need to be urgently recruited, this is especially important.
If weapons are forged slowly like the Weapon Casting Bureau, if there is no weapons reserve, wouldn't it make the battle on the front line lose?
But if the Smelting Bureau really masters the technology of mass-producing weapons, it means that the Wei State does not need to store additional weapons. In order to cope with unpredictable wars, a large number of weapons are piled up and rusting in the arsenal.
The only problem is that once the Smelting Bureau gets involved in weapons manufacturing, it may be difficult to maintain the current relationship with the Ordnance Foundry Bureau in the future.
It must be said that this memorial was indeed "sensitive", and even Emperor Wei had difficulty making a decision.
After pondering for half an hour, he finally wrote on the memorial and said: Yes!
On June 8, the 17th year of Hong De's reign, in order to assist the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau in building the 130,000-strong batch of weapons and equipment, the Great Wei Army-style Equipment Manufacturing Agency under the Smelting Bureau was urgently established, referred to as the Military Manufacturing Agency.
When the news spread throughout the DPRK, Li Jin, the chief minister of the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, looked particularly ugly, because he knew that from now on, in the lucrative job of building military-style weapons and equipment, the Smelting Situation would definitely intervene to compete with them.
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But the bad thing is that Zhao Hongrun saw the right time to set up the Military Manufacturing Bureau, but the Military Manufacturing Bureau was unable to protest. After all, nominally speaking, the Smelting Bureau established this new military equipment to help them build this huge batch of armaments.
Department.
In response to this, Li Wan, Minister of the Ministry of War, let out a long sigh.
Think about it, if a research and development institution of the Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau has been given the authority to build ordnance, you can imagine the situation of the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau in the future. (To be continued.)