Yunxi then discussed with them how to deal with other situations. However, Yunxi knew that these methods were of no use and did not listen carefully. After everyone spoke up, he just chose a method at random.
When the matter was discussed, it was already the beginning of the Youshi period, and Yunxi ordered them to keep the matter secret for the time being and let them go down.
Yunxi then went to the front hall to comment on the memorials. There were some more memorials accumulated yesterday and today, and they needed to be finished as soon as possible. He would be even busier in the next few days.
However, before he completed his mission today, he heard Wang Xi say: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yong has entered the palace, but for the time being, His Highness should wait in the side hall?"
"Yunxi? Why did he enter the palace?" Yunxi asked with some confusion.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty said yesterday that His Royal Highness Prince Yong and the Princess will enter the palace in the evening today, and Your Majesty will also have dinner with them. Princess Yong has also entered the palace and gone to Kunning Palace." Wang Xi still used the smooth function.
the voice said.
"Yes, I have forgotten it. It is true that yesterday I asked them to enter the palace tonight." Yunxi said to himself. He then looked at the number of memorials in front of him, then looked at the engravings, stood up and said to the king
He said happily: "I won't continue to criticize and answer the memorial today. Let's talk about the rest tomorrow. Call Yunzhen over, and I will go to Kunning Palace with him."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Xi then left the palace. After a while, Yunxi walked in and saluted Yunxi: "My brother has met the emperor."
Yunxi, who had already put on his coat neatly, smiled and said: "Get up. Follow the emperor brother to your sister-in-law's place, and we will have a meal together."
The two brothers immediately walked to the harem. Although the weather was very hot in summer, it was already evening, and the slight cool breeze blew away the heat of the day, making people feel cooler, so they did not sit down and walk around.
, walked slowly as if taking a walk.
"Brother, the emperor is still criticizing and answering memorials at this time. This is too hard. No matter how many memorials there are, it doesn't have to be like this." Yun Xi said.
"In the morning, I received the envoys from the Mongolian headquarters and Yili, so there are a lot of memorials left to be answered. I have to finish them today, and I can't postpone them all to tomorrow. There will be tomorrow's memorial."
said.
"Okay, my brother doesn't understand much, but Yong Fan has never had so many things to do. Two hours are enough to deal with the daily paperwork. The rest of the time, my brother can practice martial arts or go to the guard station to see."
Yunzhen said.
"How many people do you have in Yongfan? How can you have so many things to deal with?" Yunxi said with a smile.
While they were joking, the two of them had arrived at Kunning Palace. Xiyao and Princess Wu, Princess Yong who had just married Yunzhen, greeted them at the door. When they saw them coming, they immediately bowed and saluted.
After the four people finished their preface, they walked into the palace and went to the dining hall to have a meal.
While eating, Yunxi thought of something again and said to Yunxi: "Brother Emperor, when my younger brother was waiting in Qianqing Palace just now, he accidentally heard some of the disciples of Brother Emperor saying that there was going to be a war again. Brother Emperor, this is going to happen.
Who are you fighting with?"
‘How come these people are so careless in what they say? They must be punished later.’ Yunxi thought in his heart.
However, he still told Yun Zhen the truth: "It's for Annan. Li Jisao of Annan not only killed the king but also sent people to assassinate Chen Tianping. The emperor must send people to conquer Annan."
However, Yunxi immediately added: "It has not been completely determined whether the assassination of Chen Tianping was carried out by Li Jiya, so it is still unknown whether he will conquer Annan."
"Can we get my Yongfan army to conquer Annan?" Yunxi said as if he didn't hear Yunxi's addition.
"No, Yongfan's army will not be used this time." Yunxi said. Then he looked at Yunzhen, who looked a little disappointed, and said, "Why, do you still want to participate in this campaign? Don't you think Yongfan has no war to fight?" "
"If there is a battle, there will be a battle, but it is different from the battles that my brother thought about when he was a child. Now Yongfan is dealing with one tribe after another. These tribes are not strong and there are not many people. They often fight and watch. If the situation is not good, then you run away, and in the end it often turns into a battle similar to the suppression of bandits in the Central Plains. I always feel that this cannot be called a war." Yun Xun said.
"The war you imagine is the same as in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China. You will lead hundreds of thousands of troops north to fight with your opponent's hundreds of thousands of troops. After a bloody battle, you will decide the winner." Yun He said with a smile.
"That's it. Even if it doesn't reach this level, it will still be like Uncle Seventeen who led troops to conquer Mobei last year, leading tens of thousands of troops to fight the Mongols and finally defeat the Mongols." Yun Xin said.
"Such a battlefield is indeed very desirable. I have also thought about one day commanding so many troops to fight."
"But in most cases, wars are what you would call bandit suppression. After the country was basically pacified, even generals like Lan Yu fought such wars. It is rare to see such a war that makes people's blood boil." Yun said. Xi said.
"Brother Imperial, I know." After hearing this, he said with a slightly depressed mood.
Yunxi talked to him a few more words, and after letting his mood recover, he said to him, Xiyao and Wu: "What I just said about Annan is still confidential. Don't tell others." They said. Three favors agreed.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and Yunxi said to Yunxi: "You can go back to your country in a few days. If Wu is pregnant, she will not be able to bear the bumps and waves on the sea, so I think you can It is better to return to Vladivostok as soon as possible and let your younger siblings give you an heir as soon as possible."
"Yes, Brother Huang." Yun Xun said with a slight blush. Looking at Mrs. Wu, she was even more blushing and her head almost dropped to the table.
"Brother Huang, there is one more thing I want to leave to you. Building ships requires a lot of tall timber, and there is too little timber in the Central Plains to be used by the navy. Brother Huang heard that there are many tall timbers in Yongming, and even heard that there are countless of them, so When you go back, cut down the tall and thick trees and let the Beihai Navy who go to your place every year transport them back." Yunxi said again.
Today he called Yunhen over, firstly to ask him to return to Yongfan in the near future, and secondly to get trees for building big ships. The navy is very important to the Ming Dynasty, and the supply of wood must be guaranteed, and there is not much suitable wood in the Central Plains area. , they could only go to the high mountains to cut and replenish it, which was very laborious. Yunxi thought of the rich forestry resources in the Northeast, so he decided to obtain wood from Yongfan.
"No problem." Yunzhen patted his chest and said, "I'll keep it with my brother. There are so many trees in Yongming that I guarantee that the Beihai Navy's ship will be filled every time."
Yunxi smiled and said: "You must be fine. The navy does not spend money to purchase the wood. This will increase your taxes a lot."
The two of them talked for a while, and Yunzhen and his wife Wu were about to resign and leave the palace to return to the palace. Of course, Yunzhen wanted to persuade them to stay in the palace for one night. Yunzhen and his wife did not dare to shirk it, so they slept that night. In the palace.
After Yunxi and his wife were settled, Yunxi was very tired and went to bed. But Xiyao lay on the bed and couldn't sleep.
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On the second day, Yunxi went down to the court, and when he could finish answering the memorial in about a quarter of an hour, he said to Wang Xi: "The Ministry of Propaganda and Work has promoted the iron factory, Yu Heng, the director of the weapons department, Wai Lang, and the military affairs department in the palace. The palm eunuch came here to see me."
After a while, the eunuch in charge of the military affairs bureau in the palace first came to wait outside the Qianqing Palace; and after a while, Yuan Wailang, a member of the Titiao Iron Factory ordnance factory of the Yuheng Division of the Ministry of Industry, also came outside the Qianqing Gate.
Yunxi immediately announced that the two of them had come in. After the two of them came in, they immediately knelt down to Yunxi and said, "Your Majesty, Xu Dian (slave Bai Shan), has seen you."
While Yunxi continued to criticize and answer the memorial, he glanced at the two of them. Kneeling on the left was Xu Dian, a member of the Yu Heng Division. He was in his thirties and had very dark skin. If you look closely, you can see that his hands were stacked He was covered with calluses, and he did not look like a scholar who had read books from saints and sages. But this was very normal, because Xu Dian was not a scholar in the first place. He was a blacksmith under the Ministry of Industry.
As early as when he had just succeeded to the throne, Yunxi believed that in a highly professional yamen like the Ministry of Industry, it would be fine if the ministers and ministers at the top, who controlled the general direction, did not understand the profession, but all the doctors, Yuanwailang and principals of the various departments in the middle were not professional. It is very abnormal for a political affairs officer who is educated and does not understand business. Just like the ministers of various central ministries and commissions in later generations, the director may be an official who came from the air, but the director and director all started their careers as ordinary civil servants in this department. People who rise up little by little and understand the business.
Therefore, starting from the first year of Jianye, Yunxi promoted craftsmen to officials. At first, he was only the ninth-rank ambassador and deputy envoy of each bureau under the Ministry of Industry, and no one cared about it. Later, he was promoted to the seventh- and eighth-rank chief minister of the camp. Still not many people care.
Then in the winter of the third year of Jianye, after Yunxi punished a group of fifth- and sixth-grade officials in the Ministry of Industry for corruption and bribery, he suddenly promoted a large number of former craftsmen who had been serving as seventh-grade officials as Yuanwailang and chief officers. It was at this time that Xu Dian Promoted to Yuanwailang of the Battalion and Maintenance Department.
This caused an uproar at the time, and numerous officials protested, but Yunxi rejected them one by one, and Yunxi firmly stated that officials in the Ministry of Works would promote more people with craftsman backgrounds in the future.
Of course, in order to alleviate the oppositional mood of the civil servants, Yunxi promoted former craftsmen who had read the books of sages and would not be unaware of the allusions in the Four Books and Five Classics when others mentioned them. Then he used other things to attract the attention of the civil servants, Finally let the matter go.
The man kneeling on the right, Bai Shan, is also different from ordinary eunuchs. Although he is a eunuch, he is physically disabled and has a strong will. He has been learning skills from the skilled craftsmen in the palace, and he also learns to smelt iron.
Once when Yunxi was wandering around the palace, he wandered to the place where the palace craftsmen were working. Seeing that he was very skilled in craftsmanship, he appointed him on the spot as the fifth-rank eunuch of the Military War Bureau to manage the manufacture of weapons in the palace.
Although these two people know nothing about politics, they are one of the most important people in this country, far more important than many officials.
Therefore, although Yunxi allowed them to complete the ceremony, he immediately said to them: "My dear friends, I have something to ask you to come to the palace to discuss something today."
"Your Majesty, please give me your orders (your Majesty has orders, and your servants will definitely obey them)." Xu Dian and Bai Shan said.
"How much steel did the iron plants under your jurisdiction produce last year and the first half of this year?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, the steel factory of the Ministry of Industry under my jurisdiction produced 90,000 shi of steel and 330,000 shi of iron last year; in the first half of this year, it produced 49,000 shi of steel and 170,000 shi of iron."
"Your Majesty, the steel factory in the palace under my jurisdiction produced 86,000 shi of steel and 150,000 shi of iron last year; in the first half of this year, it produced 48,000 shi of steel and 76,000 shi of iron." The two of them said one after another.
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Yunxi nodded. Steel production is increasing year by year, which is a good thing.
"So how many helmets have been provided to the Shangzhiwei so far?" he asked again.
"Your Majesty, I and Eunuch Bai started making helmets in August last year. As of the day before yesterday, they had provided more than 26,000 helmets to the Shangzhi Guards. Following your Majesty's instructions, after each guard first provided more than 1,000 helmets, the remaining
The helmets were first provided to the Habayashi Left Guard and Kingo Vanguard. Now each of these two guards has 9,000 helmets. By the end of September, these two guards will be fully replenished," Xu Dian said.
"At the end of September," Yunxi frowned and thought, then asked, "Can it be faster? I want all the soldiers of the three guards and ordinary generals to wear helmets by the beginning of October."
Chang Shun, the young eunuch who happened to be holding a kettle to add water to Yun Xi, was a little surprised when he heard Yun Xi's words. Yun Xi was talking to them in a discussion tone, not a commanding tone. Yun Xi rarely did this to middle-level officials.
Not to mention that one of them is a eunuch.
‘When I can take in my godson in a few years, I will definitely let my godson learn a trade.’ He thought.
Yunxi didn't care what the little eunuch beside him was thinking, and stared at the two people in front of him.
After the two of them discussed quietly for a while, Bai Shan said: "Your Majesty, if we collect those thousands of helmets from other guards, we should be able to have enough helmets for the three guards before the first day of October." The two of them just said.
After calculating for a long time, I felt that we can now make 2,800 helmets a month. If we speed up the process in the next two months, we should be able to make more than 6,000 and nearly 7,000 helmets. Counting the more than 26,000 helmets we already have,
It was enough for all the three soldiers of the Imperial Guard to have steel helmets, so I agreed.
"Then it's settled, you can make enough helmets as soon as possible." Yunxi said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." they both replied.
"There are also firearms. How is the production of your firearms? I ordered you to provide firearms to Huben Zuowei. How is it going now?" Yunxi asked again.
"Your Majesty, in accordance with your Majesty's decree, I have also urged the firearms factory to manufacture firearms. From your Majesty's order last year to today, a total of more than 3,600 muskets, 16 cannons over 2,000 kilograms, and 1,000 muskets have been supplied to Huben Left Guard.
Thirty cannons weighing one kilogram each, and seventy-five cannons weighing three hundred kilograms to one thousand kilograms." Bai Shan replied.
"No! It's too slow! The supply of firearms to the Huben Left Guard must also be accelerated. Before the beginning of October, the Huben Left Guard must have thirty cannons of more than two thousand kilograms, sixty cannons of one thousand kilograms, and three hundred kilograms to one
One hundred and twenty thousand-pound cannons. We don’t need too many muskets, but four thousand will be enough for the time being." Yunxi said.
The two of them secretly complained: It is not so easy to produce so many cannons! However, they did not dare to refuse, and they felt that there were still some stocks in stock that should be sufficient, so they agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty."
At the same time, they secretly thought: ‘Is it because His Majesty wants to use troops somewhere, so he is so anxious to equip helmets and firearms?’ 7189
