In order to meet the standards of ordnance and weapons, high-quality raw materials, iron ore, and a group of craftsmen with extraordinary skills are needed, and most of these resources are firmly controlled by Shangguan Hongyuan.
Even if some ambitious people have put in a lot of effort to build a batch of weapons, the quality will definitely not be very good. When such weapons are installed in the army, they will undoubtedly affect the combat effectiveness of the army!
Precisely because of this, in Ye Mingsheng's opinion, if Xu Zhaojie wants to obtain ordnance weapons, his first choice should be to start with the Xuanwu Army he leads...
In this way, Xu Zhaojie is the commander of the Xuanwu Army. It is always more convenient to do things in his own territory. The difficulty and risk are much less than making ordnance secretly. Secondly, even if the ordnance weapons are worn out, they will be more likely to be damaged. The probability is also much better than making weapons secretly!
According to this logic, there is a perfect explanation for why the Xuanwu Army had extremely strict requirements on the wear and tear of ordnance and weapons during that period!
With this view, Ye Mingsheng initially believed that Xu Zhaojie had bribed officials from the Ministry of War to do tricks on the handover of worn-out ordnance to the Ministry of War, such as falsely reporting the number, secretly withholding, etc.
However, the situation recorded in the file made Ye Mingsheng dispel this view. The file recorded the number and types of weapons recovered by the Ministry of War from the Xuanwu Army in the past ten years.
All the information is very clear. It can be clearly seen that the number of ordnance recycling in the six years of Anhe was 80% higher than in the past few years. This is also in line with Ye Mingsheng's requirements for worn ordnance after the Xuanwu Army had strict requirements at that time. Judgment of the increased number of weapons·············
In addition, the seven or eight procedures for the handover, inspection, and storage of this batch of worn ordnance are very detailed and well-documented, and it is basically impossible to cheat in this regard.
Because this batch of ordnance went through different procedures in the Ministry of War, it was all done by different subordinate departments. Some of these departments were directly subordinate to the Minister, some were subordinate to the Zuo Shilang, and some were subordinate to the Right Shilang. Therefore, as long as there is a link If there is a problem, then the whole thing is unstoppable and will definitely be discovered!
If it is insisted that these evidences are forged and Xu Zhaojie bribed the Ministry of War, then there is only one remaining situation, and that is that the three giants of the Ministry of War, Shangshu Xu Bingyang, left minister Chu Yuanshan, and right minister Li Kai, were all bribed by Xu Zhaojie !
There is no other way!
And this is obviously impossible. Not to mention that Shangshu Xu Bingyang is the number one political ally of Shangguan Hongyuan, the chief minister, and Chu Yuanshan, the left minister, is Shangguan Hongyuan's confidant. The conflict of grudges and grudges between the Xu family makes it impossible for him to be bribed by Xu Zhaojie...
Taking a step back, as the military department with the strongest control among the six departments of the imperial court, Shangguan Hongyuan, the chief assistant, if the top three figures are so easily bribed, Shangguan Hongyuan, the chief assistant on the spot, will be the number one in the Great Zhou Dynasty The powerful minister has been killed countless times!
Can he still be as stable as now, forcing the group led by Lin Shize to hug each other for warmth, and resist every step?
The more he thought about it, the more Ye Mingsheng felt that his investigation had reached a dead end.
Although relying on his understanding of Xu Zhaojie, Ye Mingsheng still firmly believed in his judgment that there was definitely something wrong with the worn out ordnance of the Xuanwu Army in the sixth year of Anhe.
But unfortunately, he is not the Chief Assistant Shangguan Hongyuan, and he cannot convict people based on his own judgment alone, and decide the life, death, honor and disgrace of others with just one word!
He needs to find evidence to convince others, but what is embarrassing now is that neither evidence nor logic supports his judgment...
Closing his eyes, Ye Mingsheng rubbed his temples in distress. He realized that he might have made things simple.
There are only two possibilities for the current situation. The first is that he was wrong. There was no problem with the worn out ordnance of the Xuanwu Army in the sixth year of Anhe.
The second is that his judgment is correct. The reason why he has not found any evidence to support his point of view is because Xu Zhaojie's gameplay is much better than he imagined.
So what would Xu Zhaojie do if he hadn't intercepted them privately and made a fuss over the number of worn-out ordnance weapons handed over by the Xuanwu Army and the Ministry of War?
Ye Mingsheng thought hard. If there was no problem in the handover, then this batch of worn out ordnance had entered the control of the Ministry of War and left Xu Zhaojie's control. Then how should Xu Zhaojie do tricks on the territory of the Ministry of War?
How should he do this?
Realizing this, Ye Mingsheng opened his eyes, turned his attention to the files on the desk again, and started a new round of inspection. He had a hunch that he could get some clues from these files.
"I received 5,057 worn war knives from the Xuanwu Army, 3,732 worn out long spears, 518 worn out three-eyed blunderbuss, 89 worn out tiger crouching cannons, and worn out cotton armor. Three thousand one hundred and nine pairs, five hundred and sixty-one pairs of worn armor..."
As Ye Mingsheng recited these data in a low voice, he became more and more confused. These ordnances could equip at least two battalions of the Imperial Guard. If the standards were relaxed, they could satisfy tens of thousands of people! This is definitely not a small amount!
Can Xu Zhaojie, who harbors evil intentions, really let these things go?
If not, how should he get the things from the Ministry of War?
He carefully rechecked every word in the file, but Ye Mingsheng still couldn't find anything suspicious.
The file records the reception status from the Xuanwu Army, the inspection status of worn ordnance weapons, storage status, and maintenance status in the warehouse. It can be said to be very detailed, but Ye Mingsheng always feels that there is something missing!
What is missing?
Ye Mingsheng frowned and thought hard.
After pondering over a cup of tea, an idea flashed in Ye Mingsheng's mind, and he finally thought of the key to the matter!
What is recorded in the file is that the worn weapons were obtained from the Xuanwu Army and entered the warehouse.
But not a word was mentioned about the condition of this batch of worn out ordnance and weapons after entering the warehouse!
Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng's expression immediately became excited. In excitement, he pushed all the files on the desk to the ground, then found a piece of white paper and started writing on it.
Recast once again.
Second repair.
Three external outputs.
After writing these words, Ye Mingsheng took up his pen and wrote out the words "output the third point", drew a big circle, and circled it heavily.
