Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"Today is the day for me to fulfill my promise!"

"Wei Zhongxian, draft an imperial decree to confer the title of Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince on Xu Guangqi, the former Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue!"

Wei Zhongxian bowed: "I obey your order!"

Xu Guangqi also hurriedly thanked him: "I thank your Majesty for your great grace!"

Zhu Youxiao was very happy that the mortar was successful, and another idea in his mind could be put on the agenda.

When he came to this world, he always felt inexplicably lacking a sense of security, so he also needed a weapon to protect himself!

After returning to the Qianqing Palace, he picked up a few drawings from the bookshelf and handed them to Xu Guangqi.

"Master Xu, don't publicize the mortar incident for now!"

"Build as many as you can. At least build two thousand of them first!"

"In addition, if you want to fire this cannon accurately, you cannot do without mathematical calculations. You should study it carefully first. I will select some talents from the Shenji Camp later, and you can take the time to teach them."

"Also, you need to speed up the production of the things in this diagram. Once you have any results, report them immediately!"

Xu Guangqi looked a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, the promotion of sweet potatoes..."

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "Food is important, but weapons are equally important!"

"I have sent someone to find Song Yingxing. From now on, you will be in charge of supervising the construction!"

"As for the promotion of sweet potatoes, let the Ministry of Revenue do it!"

"Yes!"

Xu Guangqi then felt relieved, took the drawings and looked through them carefully.

Zhu Youxiao was standing nearby, explaining the original intentions of his design drawings one by one to help Xu Guangqi resolve his confusion.

The things in the picture are very complicated.

They are all small individual parts, but they are things that are difficult to make with current technology.

But now that we have manganese, we can try to do it.

For example, springs!

Chapter 35 The emperor was scared away?

The next morning, it was time for the morning court session again.

Under the Huangji Gate, the new Minister of War, the elderly Sun Chengzong stepped forward and opened the curtain of the morning court.

"Your Majesty, I, the governor of Liaodong, have submitted a memorial requesting the repair of a number of cities outside the Great Wall and the issuance of salaries. A total of two million silver ounces are requested!"

Zhu Youxiao was a little overwhelmed. The first thing asked for money during the morning court session was very uncomfortable!

He turned and looked at the Minister of Revenue.

"Minister Wu, have you calculated the money that was confiscated a few days ago?"

Wu Chunfu stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the inventory was completed yesterday. Mao Songguang, Liu Jizu and other officials have handed over a total of 5.83 million taels of silver to the national treasury!"

"The rest of the land, houses, jade and other articles are worth more than 7 million taels of silver. These can only be redeemed after they are sold!"

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "Then give Wang Zhichen the two million he wanted first!"

But before he could recover, Sun Chengzong spoke again.

"Your Majesty, the Governor of Ji and Liao, Yan Mingtai, requests an allocation of 800,000 taels of military pay!"

Zhu Youxiao:..........

"Who else wants money? Say it all at once!"

Sun Chengzong had a bitter smile on his face, but he could only bite the bullet and answer: "Your Majesty, it is almost the end of the year, Xuanfu, Datong, Ningxia, Guyuan and other places are asking for money!"

"Total, three million six hundred and fifty thousand taels!"

The corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth twitched unnaturally.

Fuck!

The confiscated property cost 5.8 million!

This group of soldiers asked for 6.45 million taels right away?

So, there is still a shortfall of 650,000 taels?

He looked at Wu Chunfu again: "Ministry of Revenue, do you have enough money in your bank account?"

Wu Chunfu wants to cry!

"Your Majesty, even if you sell me for my entire life, I still can't come up with that much money!"

"Unless... Unless all the things seized from Mao Songguang and others' homes are sold at a low price!"

"But even so, it can't be fulfilled in a day or two!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh.

He knew that the border was corrupt and that everyone from the general to the centurions had the bad habit of withholding military pay, but for now he could only let it go!

Otherwise, once a mutiny occurs, it will inevitably cost a greater price to quell it.

"Wei Zhongxian, temporarily transfer 800,000 taels from my treasury to the Ministry of Revenue to make up the difference!"

After saying that, he stared at Wu Chunfu and said, "Sir Wu, this is something I temporarily lent to the Ministry of Revenue. Remember to return it!"

Wu Chunfu was stunned!

"Your Majesty, borrowed? Do you need to pay it back?"

Zhu Youxiao glared at him and said righteously, "What else? The treasury is my private money after all, why shouldn't I return it?"

All officials were stunned!

This operation......

First time seeing you!

Is there any precedent in which emperor spent the treasury and then asked the Ministry of Revenue to return it?

Just be shameless!

As soon as the issue of military pay was resolved, an imperial censor came out with his hands clasped.

"Your Majesty, I have heard that after Wang Er, Wang Ziyi, and Wang Jiayin, five more gangs of rioters have emerged in Shaanxi, including Li Zicheng and Gao Yingxiang!"

"Now they are wreaking havoc in Shaanxi, and have already captured Mizhi, Ansai and other county towns!"

"Five county magistrates, including Mao Songguang and Liu Jizu, were brutally murdered by the rioters when the city was breached!"

"I think we should quickly send troops to encircle and suppress them, so as to prevent the bandits from becoming more powerful and more difficult to deal with in the future!"

Zhu Youxiao scratched his head. He knew that this matter would be brought up at the court meeting sooner or later.

We must definitely suppress it.

But the only ones to be eliminated were Wang Er, Wang Ziyi and Wang Jiayin, while Li Zicheng and his men could not touch them.

Therefore, for this matter, we can only send an obedient person.

He rubbed his temple and looked at Sun Chuanting: "General Sun, how are the new recruits in the Beijing camp doing? Can they go into battle?"

Sun Chuanting stepped out, bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, although the new soldiers have only been trained for less than half a month, they are enough to deal with some rioters!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded, then asked Wei Zhongxian to send a map. After finding the locations of several groups of rioters, he told Sun Chuanting.

"Then I'll have to trouble you to lead the troops into battle in person!"

"deliver an imperial order!"

"Order Sun Chuanting, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of War and the Governor of Shanxi and Shaanxi, to be the General of Pingxi, lead the 3,000-man Shenji Battalion, transfer the Zhenxi Guards to his command, and go to Shaanxi to wipe out the rioters!"

"Bring back the heads of Wang Ziyi, Wang Jiayin, and Wang Er to me!"

"Move immediately!"

He did not mention the names of Li Zicheng and others, and the officials thought that they were omitted because there were too many names, so they did not think about it further.

Sun Chuanting did the same. After bowing to express his gratitude, he left the palace directly.

But after taking two steps, he turned back.

"Your Majesty, I request that you allocate food and money!"

Zhu Youxiao almost vomited blood on the spot!

Asking for money again!

I originally thought that I had made more than 20 million taels of silver, which should be enough to support me for a while, but if I continue to spend money this way.

It’s a miracle that it can last for half a year!

New recruits are spending money, border troops are spending money, and suppressing bandits also costs money!

Every day you are either burning money or preparing to burn money!

He finally understood what a poor emperor felt.

My silver!

"Wei Zhongxian, take another 200,000 taels from the treasury and give it to Commander Sun!"

After he said this through gritted teeth, he stood up and left.

Go to my sister's morning court, can I stop playing?

A group of court officials looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Fuck this officer!

Was the emperor scared away?

After returning to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youxiao changed directly into casual clothes and took a few guards to the Shenjiying.

When he thought of the money flowing away like water, he felt inexplicably distressed.

Train the troops, and when the task is accomplished, I will go to the Japanese island and rob the Iwami Silver Mine sooner or later!

But now, he needs to vent!

The gate of the Shenjiying was tightly closed, but the shouts from inside could be heard from a long distance away.

Just as Sun Chuanting said, after a short rest, the new recruits started training half a month ago.

It was very cold, almost so cold that you had to use a stick to pee.

The soldier guarding the gate was wrapped up like a bear, but he kept stamping his feet to warm his feet which were almost frozen.

After hearing footsteps and seeing who was coming, he hurried forward and saluted.

Zhu Youxiao didn't say much to them and just threw a few chicken legs he brought from the palace to them.

"A reward for you!"

"Remember, no drinking!"

"Yes!"

The soldier took it flattered, and after repeatedly assuring him that he would not drink, he opened the door and watched him enter the barracks.

On the parade ground, a sea of ​​new recruits marched in uncoordinated steps, running in circles under the leadership of Lu Xiangsheng.

While running, he was shouting slogans like "The Ming Dynasty is mighty."

Zhu Youxiao threw the tiger-skin cloak he was wearing to the guards and rushed into the group of new recruits.

Chapter 36 My body is too weak and needs training

"Your Majesty?"

Li Dingguo, who was running at the end of the team, was confused when he saw Zhu Youxiao suddenly appear beside him.

Zhu Youxiao smiled at him and said, "How is it, little guy? Are you used to it?"

After Li Zicheng and others left, he had Li Dingguo thrown into the Shenjiying to train with the new recruits.