Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 427, do things
Is it easy to get things done?

Of course it is very easy. Under the control of the civilian clique, the Ming army has already had endless problems, and a lot of problems can be found casually.

In a barracks of the frontier army in Datong Mansion, Liu Yu, the chief commander of the three sides, has just been named Uncle Jingbian, and has been promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of War. It's just that the war has just ended, so he hasn't gone to the capital to take office at this time. For the time being, it is still the trilateral system of the Three Tong, Xuanfu, and Shanxi.

Liu Yu accompanied Zhu Houzhao, Wang Hua, and Liu Jin to inspect the barracks. From his point of view, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came here to enhance his presence, so he just came here to take a look.

After all, he just defeated the prairie people not long ago, and now everyone in Da Ming is praising the bravery of the Da Ming army. At this time, he would never have thought that Zhu Houzhao actually came here to find something.

On the huge playground, the frontier soldiers of Datong Mansion stood neatly, and each of them was in good spirits. Wearing armor made by Miyun Iron Works and holding weapons made by Miyun Iron Works, Yan Ran was a strong army.

In fact, in the recent war, these frontier soldiers were indeed very brave. Stimulated by money, they fought bravely, even more powerful than those military households.

At this time, the military households had already returned to their respective guard posts, and these frontier soldiers also returned to their guarded places. The armor, weapons, and artillery donated by Miyun Iron Works naturally belonged to these frontier soldiers.

"Not bad, not bad, very imposing~"

Zhu Houzhao on the general stage looked at the army in front of him, and nodded with a smile on his face.

His words also made Liu Yu smile. In order to cope with Zhu Houzhao's inspection, he also worked hard for a long time, pulling all the strong generals over, and then assembled the army that looked quite good in front of him.

"The armor and weapons look good, don't they?"

"Come here, show me this armor and weapon."

Zhu Houzhao smiled all over his face, and soon his eyes locked on the armor and weapons of these frontier soldiers, pointing to a big soldier in front and said.

The big soldier was slightly taken aback, a little at a loss, but the opponent was the prince, so he took off his armor obediently, and then put the weapon on his head with both hands and presented it to Zhu Houzhao's side.

Zhu Houzhao picked up the armor and weapon and looked at them carefully.

Although the armor of the Miyun Iron Works is very light and thin, they are all made of steel with a secret formula. good weapon.

"Drink~"

Zhu Houzhao took the horizontal knife and cut down a big pillar on the platform. He cut off the big pillar in an instant, and nodded in satisfaction.

"This weapon and armor are very good."

"Are these armor weapons issued by Hubu?"

Zhu Houzhao asked Liu Yu beside him.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Yu suddenly panicked, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and then he quickly said calmly: "Return to Your Highness, these armors and weapons are all donated by the Beijing Miyun Iron Works. It is indeed quite good, this time it can win a big victory, and these armors and weapons are also indispensable."

"Oh, the armor and weapons donated by the Beijing Miyun Iron Works~"

"What about the armor and weapons distributed by Hubu?"

"Bring some over here?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded suddenly, then thought for a while and said.

Of course he knew that these armors and weapons were donated by Miyun Iron Works. He was the major shareholder of Miyun Iron Works, so how could he not know about this.

He asked on purpose, looking for things, the first thing he was looking for was weapons and armaments.

Every year, the imperial court allocates a batch of silver taels and materials to build weapons and equipment. In this war, Emperor Hongzhi personally used [-] million taels of silver from his internal funds to fight the war, plus all kinds of money from the treasury. All kinds of my materials, the silver used to make armor and weapons alone is hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are used to make armor weapons, plus various other materials, etc. Logically speaking, the armor weapons made should at least be handy.

However, Liu Jin had sent someone to find out beforehand. This time, the weapons and armor issued by the Ministry of Households were useless at all, with blades as thin as cicada wings, and cotton armor stuffed with cotton.

How much money was embezzled in it, probably only they themselves know.

Therefore, on the battlefield, whether it is the frontier army or the military households, there is an extreme lack of weapons and armor. Many people cut wood to make wooden spears to fight, because wooden spears are much easier to use than the weapons issued by the household department.

Others went to the battlefield with hoes and kitchen knives. At least kitchen knives and hoes were iron blocks, and they could kill Tartars. As for the armor and weapons issued by the household department, could they kill people?

To be able to win this battle is entirely due to the stimulation of money. Without money, it is impossible to win this battle!

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Yu immediately showed embarrassment, looking very embarrassed.

He is a trilateral leader, and he is very clear about the situation of the frontier army. The disarmament is definitely not empty words, but the real disarmament.

It is said that every year the above has allocated money to make armor weapons, but there have been very few armor weapons that have been distributed to the frontier soldiers. Even if there are, they are all fooling people and have no substance at all. effect.

The Ming army did not dare to fight the Tartars in the field. The very important reason was that they did not have armor and weapons, so they couldn't fight the Tartars with bare hands.

The firecrackers and cannons that have been fired will explode after a few shots. They are not much better than firesticks, and no one dares to use them. Armors and weapons are also horrible. The knives are blades, and the armor is stuffed with a little blue cotton. Cotton armor, do you expect to use these things to fight the prairie people?
Liu Yu is very aware of this, but he has never responded to this issue above.

Because he is a member of the civil official group, he is very clear about the operation of the civil official group. The treasury allocates one hundred taels of silver to make armor weapons. up.

The craftsmen who made the armor weapons were also very helpless. The above issued ten taels of silver but asked them to make the effect of one hundred taels of silver. One can imagine the quality of the armor weapons.

As long as everyone doesn't talk about this matter, it will pass like this.

In the past, when dealing with the Tartars, everyone would not fight if they could not fight, and they would naturally leave when they robbed enough, because they knew that they could not win at all.

If you don't fight, you won't have any major problems, but if you fight, you will have problems.

If it failed, Ming would be shaken, and the emperor might send someone to investigate afterward. After a random investigation, all kinds of problems would come out. Naturally, these officials would not have a good life.

"This...Your Highness, the armor and weapons issued by the Ministry of Finance are actually similar, and there is nothing interesting about it."

Liu Yu's mind was spinning rapidly, and after thinking about it, he said it perfunctorily.

"Almost all?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately smiled. If Jin Yiwei and Dongchang hadn't been asked to investigate in advance, he might have been fooled by this Liu Yu.

"Let someone bring some over to have a look. Since it's almost the same, let's see how much the difference is."

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said.

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao insisted on watching, Liu Yu was completely panicked. It seemed that Zhu Houzhao was clearly looking for something.

For a moment, he didn't know what to do.

The armor and weapons issued by the household department cannot be seen at all, let alone Zhu Yu from the Miyun Iron Works is in front of him, so he can't see anyone at all.

Once it is taken out, this problem will be exposed immediately. At that time, Zhu Houzhao will continue to investigate under excuses, and all problems will be found out.

He, Uncle Jing Bian and Minister of the Ministry of War, is very likely to be kicked out within a few days, and he may even be headed and moved by then.

The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, and even the entire civil service group will suffer a heavy blow. Once Emperor Hongzhi thoroughly investigates this matter, it is unknown how many people will be killed by then.

Thinking of this, big beads of sweat appeared on Liu Yu's forehead, and he was at a loss for a while, not knowing what to do?
"how?"

"The words of the prince are not good?"

Zhu Houzhao saw that he didn't make any movement, so he turned his face and said coldly.

"I dare not~"

"I'll let someone fetch it immediately."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yu quickly knelt down, and then ordered to the people below: "Bring some armor weapons issued from above."

Although the crown prince is not an emperor, he is also the heir apparent of Ming Dynasty. What's more, Emperor Hongzhi has Zhu Houzhao as his son, and his position is extremely stable.

"Humph~"

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Liu Yu coldly, and snorted unhappily.

"The acting is quite similar~"

Liu Jin, who was on the side, watched the whole show, and seeing Zhu Houzhao's appearance, he couldn't help but want to laugh.

This Zhu Houzhao is really good at acting.

Soon, someone came to Dianjiangtai with some cotton armor and weapons issued by the Ministry of Households. They arranged these armor and weapons neatly, and presented them all in front of Zhu Houzhao, Wang Hua, Liu Yu, Liu Jin and others.

Zhu Houzhao picked up a knife, looked at it carefully, and pulled it lightly with his hand. The knife immediately bent, and as soon as he let go, it immediately bounced continuously.

"It's as thin as a cicada's wing, and it's only so soft when it wraps around your fingers~"

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

His words also made Liu Yu break out in cold sweat. It is very accurate to use this word to describe these weapons, but the words obviously have other meanings. He clearly feels that Zhu Houzhao is like a volcano about to erupt at this moment.

After looking at the weapons, Zhu Houzhao looked at the cotton armor again, and with a knife as thin as a cicada's wing, he slashed it open instantly, revealing a thin layer of black cotton inside.

"Is this the armor?"

　Lala~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)