I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 135 Extremely tricky
After leaving the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, Li Tian still had to go to the cabinet to see General Jin Wuwei who was escorting Deng Changfu, so instead of going on foot, he got into the carriage arranged by the Qing Taoist Supervisor.

The imperial road in the palace was wide and flat, and the carriage was equipped with shock-absorbing rabbits made of high-quality beef tendon. Li Tian could hardly feel any bumps along the way.

Then he picked up two incense pills and threw them into the incense burner in the corner of the carriage. Li Tian rested his chin on his hands and fell into deep thought.

The technical content of cement is not high, mainly because of the calcination in the early stage and the mixing ratio in the later stage.

The temperature required for calcination is extremely high, but since Daming can already forge firecrackers, it shouldn't be a big problem.

It's just that the ratio is a bit troublesome, and it takes a lot of materials and time to experiment.

As for the confidentiality of the formula, this is the least of Li Tian's worries. The state machine cannot be resisted by dozens of desperate rich and wealthy businessmen. As long as someone dares to reach out to the cement, he doesn't mind adding some income to the internal treasury.

Of course, a small amount of private manufacturing is definitely uncontrollable. After all, even the later generations with strong control will not be able to uproot all kinds of fake workshops.

"Your Majesty, the cabinet has arrived."

Noticing that the carriage had stopped, Li Tian suddenly came back to his senses, opened the curtain to take a look, and got out of the carriage upon hearing the sound.

Stepping through the gate of the cabinet compound, the officials bowing to Li Tianchao nodded casually, and strode straight towards the back cabinet.

In the back cabinet, the four Yang Shiqi, who learned that the Champa envoy had drowned in Hejian Mansion, were urgently holding a cabinet meeting.

And outside the door of the back pavilion, Wu Zijiang, the general of Jinwu Guard Zhonglang who escorted Deng Changfuzhong to leave the capital, also waited for Li Tian to summon him with a positive expression.

Li Tian saw Wu Zijiang in golden armor as soon as he was far away, stared at Wu Zijiang with his eyes slightly squinted for a moment, and quickly pushed open the door of the back pavilion.

Wu Zijiang watched the emperor enter the room, his heart sank, and he hurriedly half-knelt on the ground to express his apology.

Li Tian stepped into the back pavilion, and Yang Shiqi and the others hurriedly got up to salute:
"My ministers, see your Majesty."

After waving his hands to signal for a few people to sit down and talk, Li Tian frowned and sat down on the main seat, sweeping his eyes over Yang Shiqi and the four of them one by one, saying:

"Deng Changfuzhong drowned in Xiaobai River, Renqiu County, Hejian Prefecture, you all know about it, right?"

The four nodded slightly, indicating that they had received the news.

Facing the four of Yang Shiqi, Li Tian was too lazy to play any unfathomable emperor's mind, holding the teacup tightly with one hand, and said with a sullen tone in his tone:

"Who did this, I think Shi Qi and you all know it well, I just want to ask you one thing, has anyone contacted you privately today?"

Huang Zhun, Yang Rong, and Ren Jin looked at me and I looked at you, and they all shook their heads secretly.

Only Yang Shiqi heard the words, his face turned livid, his old hands kept brushing his long gray beard, and his old eyes looked like deep pools in ancient wells.

Seeing this, Li Tian hooked the corners of his mouth, loosened his hand holding the teacup, tapped on the table and said with a smile:

"It seems that I don't need to ask Dongchang and Jinyiwei to send people to investigate."

Yang Shiqi heard a pair of old hands trembling slightly, and after a few hesitations in his expression, he said hoarsely:
"Your Majesty is right, the old minister did receive a secret letter today."

Li Tian was not curious about what was written in the secret letter, he slightly opened his lips, and asked two words lightly.

"who is it?"

Seeing that the emperor didn't ask about the contents of the secret letter, Yang Shiqi's face suddenly relaxed, but his heart was still full of bitterness.

After a long while, just when Li Tian was about to frown, Yang Shiqi finally uttered three words one by one:

"Marquis of Baoding."

As soon as the words Baoding Hou landed, not only Li Tian, ​​but Yang Rong, Huang Zhun and others also changed their faces.

The grandfather of the current Marquis of Baoding, Meng Xianying, is also the first Marquis of Baoding. He was a minister who helped Zu Jing to win the throne, and his status is comparable to that of the founding prince.

Hearing that it was a Marquis who wrote a secret letter to Yang Shiqi, Li Tian's eyelids twitched, and he took a deep breath and said:

"Zhongchang, what position does Meng Xianying hold in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies now?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the Marquis of Baoding did not serve in the Dudufu of the Five Armies. He is now the Commander of the Jingwei Commander, and he is the Commander of the Fourth Grade."

A fourth-rank commander?Li Tian was a little surprised when he heard this.

In ancient times, "Qi" passed through "signature". To put it bluntly, this so-called commander is a master who assists the commander of the first division to handle government affairs.

Putting it on others, this can be regarded as a high-ranking official.

But on the body of a marquis, this official is a bit small.What's more, the yamen where Meng Xianying is located is the commander of the Jingwei who defends the capital.

No matter where the capital is, it is not uncommon for a brick to drop two senior members of the fourth and fifth ranks.

Li Tian was originally angry, but after hearing about Meng Xianying's official position, he could understand a little bit.

However, after understanding and understanding, Meng Xianying tried to provoke the two countries to war with this method, which still annoyed Li Tian very much.

"I said how Deng Changfu died in the river in a good way. It turned out that Lord Baoding thought he was a petty official and couldn't wait to kill the enemy and make meritorious service."

Li Tian's tone was light and light, but when he heard the four of Yang Shiqi, it sounded like thunder on the ground.

This kind of words can only be understood by heart, how could the emperor say it so grandly.

Military officials are different from civil servants. As the saying goes, literati are inferior to each other. There are many factions among civil servants, and they attack each other. You look down on me, and I look down on you.

But Wuchen is just the opposite, as long as he comes from a state capital, he is a hardcore fellow;

As long as you have stayed in a guard, you are brothers who worship; if you have fought side by side, you are close relatives who have to be together even in rebellion.

Yang Shiqi knew that there was a son of the Marquis standing outside the door, fearing that he would listen, he hurriedly got up and advised:
"Your Majesty, Meng Xianying's grandfather and father made a lot of friends in court, so please be careful with your Majesty's words."

Hearing this, Li Tian still had a cheerful smile on his face, but his heart was already gloomy.

How could he fail to understand what Yang Shiqi meant? Didn't he just tell him in disguise that Meng Xianying couldn't be killed, and the consequences of killing him were more serious than Li Min?
The smile on his face became brighter, Li Tian looked at Yang Shiqi and the others and said:
"Then tell me, what should I do? If he thinks the official is petty and wants to fight, should I immediately order him to lead an army to earn enough military merit to be promoted to three ranks?"

Realizing that the emperor was already extremely dissatisfied, Yang Shiqi hurriedly took the lead and got up and bowed:
"The old minister is terrified."

Seeing this, Yang Rong and Huang Zhun hurriedly got up, saying that they were terrified.

Seeing the silence of the four majestic elders, Li Tian pursed his lips, feeling helpless in his heart, so he could only sigh:

"Sit down and talk, I have no complaints against you."

Turning around and sitting down, Yang Shiqi thought for a long time, and said earnestly:

"Your Majesty, at the beginning of the reform, there were voices of opposition in the court, and the veteran thought that this matter needs to be discussed in the long run, so that there should be no further changes in the army."

(End of this chapter)