Capital.
Zhu Yunwen was as usual, staying in Wuying Hall to approve the memorial. Autumn was already halfway through. The health stations in the north needed a large amount of silk cloth, cotton, coal and other materials. The southern health station was slightly better, but they also needed to prepare winter supplies. Who knows if there will be a cold wave? It will be involved in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions.
Ming Dynasty is like a huge machine, running in an orderly manner.
Xia Yuanji deserves to be called the "Ming Dynasty Butler", and he truly makes the best use of money, food and material allocation. Although he has never studied optimization theory, he obviously has excellent optimization methods and abilities.
The most valuable thing is that Zhu Yunwen has opened so many stalls in the country, one project after another, each of which costs a lot of money. Even so, the Ministry of Household Affairs has supported it, neither proposing an increase in taxes nor delaying it.
The money and food that should be given are never in short supply.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the memorial in his hand. It was written by a censor. The content was very simple. That is, Huang Zicheng went to Qingzhou. There was an extra hole in the cabinet. Do you want to find someone to fill the hole? If so, how about Xia Yuanji, and He wrote a sentence: "Thousands of money and food are still clear, but thousands of government affairs are neglected. Talents in national affairs should be reused."
But having said that, the Minister of Household Affairs can be said to be the most difficult department. It is hard work and easy to offend people. Everyone is asking for money, and it is probably normal for them not to be scolded...
Xia Yuanji can safely handle household affairs, is a good person, and can handle the relationship with courtiers well. There is no problem with the qualifications of such a person to enter the cabinet.
However, Zhu Yunwen still rejected it for only one reason:
Xia Yuanji's talent is most suitable to be placed in the household department.
He is good at doing practical things, but not good at doing hypocritical things. But as a cabinet minister, who is not hypocritical?
From Li Shanchang to Li Shanchang, Yang Tinghe in the middle, and Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng below, even though some of them are famous officials, they all have hypocritical faces. For example, a person named Yang has a father and does not want the emperor to recognize his father as his father. For example, the person named Zhang does not allow others to enjoy themselves through corruption, and he enjoys more than others...
Isn't Jie Jin hypocritical?
Hypocrisy, he did not attend funerals when his own family members died, but came to the capital to attend the funeral for Zhu Yuanzhang. Without hypocrisy, he would not be able to do such a thing. Yu Xin is also hypocritical. He was the instigator of most of the disputes over textbooks, and ended up just like a bystander, lighting the fire and watching the fun.
Hypocrisy is a necessary factor for cabinet ministers. For a decent guy like Xia Yuanji, forget it. His face is not thick enough and his heart is not dark enough, so just stay and work in the household department.
But there are only two people in the cabinet, which is obviously not suitable.
Thinking about the fact that Jian Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Tie Xuan, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Ministry of Hunan, were all newly promoted, it was unlikely that they would be promoted again in a short time. After much deliberation, I could only appoint Chen Di, the Minister of Rites, and Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Zheng Ci, Minister of Punishment Bao Zhao and others came to choose.
Although there are still many talents in the Hanlin Academy, such as Jin Youzi and Yang Pu, they still need experience. A young boy who has just entered the imperial court cannot yet gain a firm foothold in the cabinet.
"Send a message to the cabinet and ask them to recommend cabinet candidates."
Zhu Yunwen did not make the decision directly, but left it to Xie Jin and Yu Xin. In any case, the final decision-making power still lies in his own hands, and some things cannot be made too obvious.
"Your Majesty, please see Commander Shi."
The chamberlain announced.
Zhu Yunwen didn't even raise his head, agreed, and continued to deal with the memorial.
As for the problem of tax waste encountered during private interviews on Weibo, if we want to truly eliminate it, it is not enough to just rely on the Security Bureau to issue a notice. The court must issue a document and thoroughly notify every government office.
The Huo consumption was returned to the public, and the Ministry of Household Affairs had no objection. The biggest problem now is that fire consumption was collected in this summer tax. Zhu Yunwen issued an order to check the amount of fire consumption in various places, and then whoever is responsible for collecting the fire consumption will return it.
Regarding this point, the officials can be said to be in mourning. After all, many people reached out to take a piece of Huohuo, and the money in their stomachs had to be taken away, which was a bit distressing.
But the most depressing thing is not the Beijing officials, but the local managers. They collect them first-hand, and start plundering them first-hand. From the county, to the prefecture, and then to the province, the officials who are nourished by the fire are consumed in the meantime. , not just three, but three levels...
All these things have been transported to the capital. If you now ask to check the fire consumption, it is equivalent to someone eating a bowl of rice noodles. If you insist on saying that there are two bowls in someone's stomach and asking for inspection, isn't this equivalent to killing a person?
The officials of the imperial court found a lot of reasons to oppose this. Some officials even directly proposed that the return of Huo Huo to the public should start from this autumn tax. Forget it if you were greedy in the past. Why bother people...
But the matter was no longer something that these officials could handle, because there was a group of more righteous officials. They wrote memorials one after another, talking about the dangers of fire consumption and demanding that the fire consumption collected in the summer tax be returned. They did not forget Playing the emotional card, such as "One summer of fire consumption is like three winters of severe cold. The people have no food, and their children have no robes, all relying on fire consumption" and so on.
Although these righteous officials have different official positions and different names, they are basically officials from Suzhou and Hangzhou...
Their ideas are also very pure. Why do we in Suzhou and Hangzhou confiscate the fire consumption, and you other places collect it and divide it up? This is unfair.
As the saying goes, I didn't get any benefits, and you can't get any benefits either. Either the court will give us a mental compensation fee, or everyone will be screwed, and whoever collected the money will have all their money returned.
This is not worrying about scarcity but worrying about inequality. This is the imbalance in the mind caused by contrast. This is why I am unhappy and will be buried with him all...
Officials in Suzhou and Hangzhou are not easy to mess with, and their calls for "justice" need to be heard. But now there is some sadness within the court, especially those with vested interests, who are unwilling to be "fair"...
But it’s impossible not to deal with this matter.
Zhu Yunwen was also in trouble. He supported justice, and he would naturally spit out the greed. But the problem was that the power of justice was a bit weak in this matter. Even Yu Xin and Xie Jin in the cabinet were yawning and unwilling to get involved. It depends on what they want for this kind of thing. They don’t want to take the blame.
Someone must be found to take the blame. The question is who to take the blame...
While Zhu Yunwen was making calculations, Gu Sanshen had already entered the palace and finished saluting.
"Your Majesty, after receiving intelligence from Kaifeng Mansion Security Bureau Tianzihao, Bai Lianmoer has been captured."
Gu Sanshen quickly sent the paperwork.
Zhu Yunwen immediately came out of the fire problem, quickly took the document, looked at it carefully, breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "It's good that we were arrested. In this way, the power of the White Lotus Sect will be reduced a lot. Finally, This is to give an explanation to the soldiers who died in Qingzhou."
Gu Sanshen could feel Zhu Yunwen's relaxation and relief. Bai Lianmo'er's escape made Zhu Yunwen very worried. Although the Shandong Security Bureau and Dusi were not held accountable, he could clearly feel that Zhu Yunwen was very dissatisfied with this matter.
It's better now. This person has been captured and things are much easier to handle.
"According to the Qingzhou Interrogation and Security Bureau, the White Lotus Sect also has a Buddhist concubine. Zheng Dacheng was worried that the consecrated concubine would lead a group of people to rob people, so he arranged for multiple groups of people to enter Beijing and escorted Zai Ming with 3,000 people from the capital, but in fact he took Bai Lianmo'er personally. Then we will go down the Yellow River and meet Tang Buping in Caoxian. Depending on the time, I believe we will reach the capital in less than five days."
Gu Sanshen reported carefully. Zhu Yunwen nodded happily and said: "She is an important person, but something should not happen. Let Yue Sihai lead people to take care of her. Once she enters the capital, she will be placed in the security bureau and will not be handed over to the Ministry of Justice and Dali Temple."
"According to the order."
Gu Sanshen took the order.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the document, frowned and said: "It's really surprising that he was captured without any help. Well, let's talk about the second thing."
Gu Sanshen said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty, three envoys from North Korea and Korea have presented the princess to her for canonization. Now the envoy team has passed Shandong and is heading south by boat. Do you want to send someone to take care of her? "
Zhu Yunwen chuckled and said: "Offering the princess is just a means. Li Fanguo's purpose is probably to use the Ming Dynasty to suppress Li Fangyuan and Li Fangan. This Li Fanguo even used a beauty trap, and he really won't stop until he achieves his goal. The Security Bureau doesn’t need to take care of this matter, let’s leave it to the Rites Department to handle it.”
Gu Sanshen had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Guangxi, Nanning.
On the teaching field, hundreds of sergeants were divided into three rows, holding firecrackers. The first row fired the firecrackers, then no longer retreated, but filled the gunpowder and bullets on the spot, and the second row fired again, with the same determination. Different, it is filled in place, and then the third row is launched.
Zhang Fu calculated the interval and said to Han Guan on the side: "The three major battalions of the Beijing Army adopt a three-line warfare method, which requires changing positions back and forth. However, those are old-fashioned firecrackers. Now it seems that the new gunpowder developed by the Second Artillery Bureau is different from the new gunpowder developed by the Second Artillery Bureau." The new type of fire gun does not need to stick to the traditional three lines at all. If it is a head-on confrontation, it can at least make the enemy lose hundreds more pioneers."
Han Guan walked up to a sergeant, looked at the expansion machine and gunpowder room in the new gun, and said: "When the emperor set up the Second Artillery Bureau, there were still some objections. Especially the elite troops from various defense stations were gathered in one place. . Now it seems that the emperor is right. It is really amazing that the craftsmen can improve the fire blunderbuss in this way and double the combat power of the soldiers."
A smile appeared on Zhang Fu's bronze face. He turned his gaze to the houses in the distance and said, "The big guys there are truly amazing."
Han Guan knew clearly that the so-called big guy was the new divine machine cannon.
However, from the perspective of Han Guan, although the divine machine gun is powerful, it is too heavy and difficult to carry, especially in Guangxi with high mountains and dense forests. It will take a lot of time and manpower to take these big guys on the road. On the other hand, it is a fire gun that can be carried and carried around. It is also suitable for forest warfare and mountain warfare. It can also be aimed at and kill a few patrols.
"The Second Artillery Bureau is developing rapidly. I heard that the artillery on the treasure ship was equipped with the most powerful gunpowder shells. The reason why Prince Ning was defeated and drowned at sea was due to this gunpowder shell. Do you want to give another memorial to the court? , I asked for more gunpowder bombs, but they only gave us three hundred, which is too little."
Han Guan felt that the Second Artillery Bureau was too stingy, no, it was the emperor who was too stingy.
Zhang Fu was speechless and looked at Han Guan. Are you the Dusi or am I the Dusi? As the top leader of the Guangxi military, if you don't go to the memorial, you always let me take the lead. Are you embarrassed?
Han Guan was thick-skinned and said, "You have to know that for every more gunpowder bomb you ask for, we may lose dozens of sergeants, um, and dozens of craftsmen..."
Zhang Fu felt uncomfortable when he mentioned this matter.
The power of the gunpowder bomb is extraordinary. Once it explodes, it is enough to kill everyone around with the broken cast iron shell. However, this kind of gunpowder bomb is not a crock-type ammunition. You can just find a trebuchet and throw it out. Instead, it is adapted to God machine cannon.
I don’t know how the Second Artillery Bureau made it. Guangxi Dusi copied it several times without success. The latest one even exploded. As a result, more than a dozen craftsmen involved in the copying died. The scene was horrific.
At this point, Guangxi Dusi was no longer able to imitate gunpowder ammunition.
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