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Chapter 852 Tengxiang
In the autumn of the sixth year of Wanli, the fifth batch of Beiyang infantry recruited for recruit training in Tianjin. The emperor also planned to send 24 guards in brocade clothes, 48 ​​officers with swords, and 140 military eunuchs to train among the 30 Beijing troops. His own royal elite.

The little emperor was no longer satisfied with just training martial eunuchs.

The goal of the young ruler is very clear - the Four Guards Battalion.

The Four Guards Camp originally belonged to the emperor's pro-army, but the civil fortress was exhausted, and the remaining pro-army was no different from ordinary guards. It was under the management of the Ministry of War and under the supervision of the imperial horse, and the emperor had no right to intervene.

But now is an excellent opportunity.

The opportunity was created by Wanli himself. For this reason, during the court meeting, he used the matter of his upcoming wedding and King Lu to make trouble for various ministries. If he had nothing, maybe the result would be just making trouble for no reason.

very rich.

For example, when dealing with the Ministry of Households, he spent 40 taels at this year's Lantern Festival to collect all the treasures in the lantern market outside Donghuamen, and then said to the Ministry of Households: I want to get married, and the Ministry of Households wants to buy treasures for me.

Not to mention that the Ministry of Accounts won't buy it for him, even if the Ministry of Accounts really wants to buy it, it won't be able to buy it.

The emperor pretended to be very angry, so to put it bluntly, the Ministry of Finance had collected some utensils and jewelry, and the emperor pretended to be very dissatisfied.

Then he raised a black pot and threw it at the Ministry of Rites: King Lu wants to get married, and if he wants to become a feudal clan, you can figure it out.

You can't even buy decent silks and satins in the capital market for two months, what do you expect the Ministry of Rites to do?
In this way, he tossed and tossed the six parts for half a year, and finally showed his little fangs to the Ministry of War. On the contrary, the matter was the easiest to solve: "After all these years, the training in the Beijing camp is really not very good. From now on, except Jizhen , 30 Beijing troops will be trained by me."

Only a fool would agree, 30 troops are trained for the emperor who is still underage, wouldn't that be crazy?

Then he revealed his true intention: "Let's go to the left and right Tengxiang Wei, the two guards are empty, and they haven't been filled up yet. Is this the head office?"

What can the military say?Once the cabinet and the supervisor of ceremonies are combined, the emperor may stop with the soldiers in his hands. What's more, the allocation of military equipment is also a matter of the household department. Under the complicated affairs, there is a system that will not be able to do whatever it wants because the emperor has the power. I think that the son of heaven's youth will get bored after a few months.

This is great, the personnel, financial rights, and food and salaries of the left and right Tengxiang are all under the command of the little emperor.

Facts have proved that the emperor's power will still be restrained, but it will be different if he still has money.

Then, the Ministry of War received a sum of money from the internal treasury, which was not passed through the Ministry of Accounts, amounting to 13 taels of silver, and the silver weighing more than 4000 catties was transported to the Ministry of War by 26 tall horses across the Jinshui Bridge. main entrance.

The cart was pulled by a high-headed war horse raised by the imperial horse supervisor, and the cart was driven by the palace guard Jinjia Dahan. The boxes on the cart were full of large silver ingots neatly stacked, one hundred taels a piece, and there was a silver coin at the bottom of the ingot. For the new imprint in the palace, even the officials of the Ministry of War have never seen this battle.

The leader is Luo Sigong, a young man in brocade clothes, who greets people with a smile, but does not show mercy. Just one thing: "I am here on the emperor's order. The two guards are full of armaments. Your Majesty has already issued a good order, and the money is outside. , I also hope that the Ministry of War will transport the weapons and armor to the East Day Camp as soon as possible."

The brocade clothes that followed the emperor's order did not forget to make up for the many officials who were surprised that the emperor did not get so much money from the household department, according to the emperor's intention: "There is still food and grass to be prepared, and the silver palace is casting , Luo will come back tomorrow to deliver the food order.”

When the news was sent back to the Ministry of Household Affairs, everyone seemed to wake up from a dream—the emperor was not only rich, but also richer than they imagined.

In the eyes of Emperor Wanli, who lived deep in the Forbidden City, military affairs and state affairs were like a game.

In fact, the little emperor also conceded defeat. Apart from being mischievous, he basically didn't care about business. This was his concession to the court after weighing his own talents and cognition.

The bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty was too mature, and various departments paid attention to each other's checks and balances, so that no matter what the emperor wanted to do, he could not directly implement it. Under this set of rules, everyone will be restrained.

This is true of military officials, civil servants, and emperors.

No matter how strong the little emperor's ambition is, he can only test it out from the details.

But Wanli, who grew up looking at data since he was a child, has the biggest advantage so far. He is particularly sensitive to data, and he will not stop doing it because it is too difficult to move forward. He will move forward slowly.

When Luo Sigong returned from the Ministry of War, he had just walked to the Gate of Supreme Harmony when he saw a cloud of purple looking up from a distance. Needless to say, no one in the palace could walk out of such a swaggering feeling except the emperor himself.

It's getting closer, Xiao Wanli is wearing a regular suit today, the robe is mainly purple, with the sun and the moon on his shoulders, chest, back and upper arms with coiled dragons. This dress is also called the four dragon robes.

"What did the Ministry of War say?"

Luo Sigong's figure was not considered burly, but he was taller than Wanli, the little emperor couldn't help but blurted out his heart eagerly, quickly looked around and waved to him: "Let's go, let's go to my military room."

After that, he swaggered towards the north.

Luo Sigong followed behind, watching the emperor's walking demeanor, pursed his lips and said nothing.

This is the best thing about the Forbidden City. It’s different from outside the palace. Even if you walk with your face raised to look at the clouds, you won’t bump into anything. It’s spacious!

Look at this kid who grew up in the Forbidden City, he is different from Lord Longqing!
What?Lord Jiajing?Emperor Daojun still has to walk when he goes out?Can't fly?
After finally watching the emperor walk into the military room, Luo Sigong didn't have time to admire the strangely aesthetically pleasing side chambers of the Qianqing Palace, when he saw the little emperor turn his head and said nervously: "Close the door, you two go out and guard, the wall has ears!"

To be honest, seeing the emperor's strong sense of secrecy, Luo Sigong almost couldn't help but remind him: the next door is the palace, if the walls have ears, aren't you afraid of the emperor at night?

A piece of official document was slapped on the strangely shaped boat table, the little emperor pointed to the official document and said to Luo Sigong: "Come on, do the math for me, are these ordnance enough for a thousand households, is it appropriate to wear them out in a year? "

Luo Sigong just glanced at the official document, and felt his head was as big as a bucket, this... Where is this!
440 flintlocks, 110 generals, and 33 pieces of lead.

Eighteen two-jin Zhenshuo guns, [-] shells, and [-]-jin gunpowder.

280 eight pairs of eight sets of arrows equipped with Shenwei mechanism, 840 palm mines.

There are also twice as many armors, horses, and carriages as are required by normal guard battalions.

"Your Majesty, including spare parts, it is enough for two thousand households to equip, and there are so many firearms, they can be used for at least three years, and at most it is enough to replenish ammunition." Luo Sigong cupped his hands and said solemnly: "No matter how many, I will definitely Someone is greedy for ink!"

The little emperor was not very happy with this answer. He pouted for a moment, and finally waved his hands unwillingly: "Forget it, you can see it, and the gang in the Ministry of War can definitely see it too."

"Tell you, don't tell others, even your Shangguan Liu Shouyou can't tell, you know." Little Wanli said with a stern face: "What I want is the armor of the four guards!"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)