I asked Chen Mo to get the money, on the one hand, to buy arms, and on the other hand, to use bribes.

The leading cadres who were in the military battle situation and the subordinates gathered together to gamble together during the day. The overall style of this unit will definitely not be good. Fortunately, there is no supervision agency in the inner court, otherwise the military battle situation will probably change people after the report.

For units with poor work style, money is the most effective pass.

Although Zhang Cheng is reliable, Liangchen dare not be old-fashioned. Wang Dana was sure to buy it at the price, and he could also give Liangchen a cheaper price, but Liangchen knew nothing about the quality of the things in the military warehouse.

This is easy to have a problem, that is, Liangchen gave the money, but he bought it as bad.

According to Liangchen's impression in his previous life, many arsenals in the late Ming Dynasty were messy. Not only were the workmanship rough, but the quality was even worse than that of people. Many bows and arrows broke off as soon as they were pulled, and the rate of explosion of muskets was also extremely high, which led to the Ming army's later battles that often did not dare to use muskets. The armor was even shoddy, and some places even used paper armor instead of cotton armor.

The Nine-Border and Mainland Warriors are mostly paralyzed in terms of weapons and equipment, and only the generals’ servants have taken out a little. The weapons of ordinary soldiers are ridiculously poor, so after the battle breaks out, there is often a wave of waves.

After the non-school soldiers consumed part of them as cannon fodder, the servants mustered up the courage to rush, and the battle ended.

The result depends on luck.

When encountering bandits or Mongolians who are worse than themselves, there will be a good news.

When they met the Manzhou army armed to the teeth, they frequently asked for help, and in the end they surrendered directly to save their lives.

The root cause is actually the reason for money.

There was no money in the Ming Dynasty.

However, it is not that the country has no money, it is that the emperor and the court, and the army has no money.

There was a lot of money. Longqing opened the sea until the Ming Dynasty fell, and the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty alone was as high as hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

However, the treasury did not see the money.

Wherever you go, this is not a question that can be explained in a few words.

The past great men wanted to reform and open up, not that the great men were all the trend of the times and knew the development of history, but that they were clear that the imperial power they depended on was shaken and threatened.

To maintain the imperial power is to maintain them.

The prerequisite for a fox to act as a tiger to act as a tiger to act as a tiger to act as a tiger to act as a power.

What can maintain imperial power? Is there anything else besides money?

Only with money can you have everything.

Many people say that Zhang Juzheng's reform lasted several decades for the Ming Dynasty, so Zhang was a capable minister and an amazing figure.

But too many people ignore the reality, that is, Zhang Juzheng's reform was supported by the inner court from beginning to end.

The representative figure of the inner court's support is Feng Bao.

Just talking about Zhang Ju, capable and amazing, but not mentioning the support provided by the inner court headed by Feng Bao for the reform is obviously unkind and unfair.

Before Chongzhen, the Ming army had poor military equipment, but after Chongzhen, it became much more serious. After the army head colluded with the gentry to become a military town, no reform would be of no help except to overthrow it and start over again. For example, the Guanning Group in the late Chongzhen period was a typical interest group composed of Liaodong generals and gentry officials.

The gun stick, the money bag, and the pen stick are combined together, and drinking Didiwei is useless.

The fact that cannot be erased is that since the Liao incident, the Liao army has never been the main force in combat or sacrifice. Eighty-most of the troops that died in Liaodong and defended the Ming Dynasty came from the foreign army.

Zhejiang, Huguang, Sichuan, Jingji, Shanxi…

Only, there is no Liao army.

Perhaps, it is because one surrenders can go home, and the other surrenders can't go home.

By the Southern Ming Dynasty, the main combat power was still the personal army of the family. For example, Sun Kewang relied on the personal army to "the front army" in the Northern Expedition, while Li Dingguo also relied on the headquarters, the western soldiers of the Jin Prefecture, which were despised by the Qing army as "old thief". The same was true for Zheng Chenggong, who could fight was the iron-man soldiers he had spent a lot of money to build.

It can be said that often, the Ming army with 10,000 people are not more than five hundred people who are truly called warriors and dare to fight.

Therefore, in a battle, a army of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands gathered, the sad thing is that only a few thousand people can really fight. However, the enemies can fight each other. How to fight this battle?

The knowledgeable people in the Ming Dynasty were not unaware of this situation. However, because the system from top to bottom was not working, the trend of corruption was prevalent, and the drift had not become a public rule. Treating craftsmen and soldiers like slaves, it was definitely difficult to change this trend and accumulated problems with just a few knowledgeable people.

On the other hand, in Manzhou, the so-called hardships in entrepreneurship, and the sparse population is destined to pay much attention to weapons and equipment than the Ming army. It is better to be poor than to be bad, and it is more refined and has been fought one after another. After fighting one after another, it grows like a snowball, huge and old, and is left with only one last breath of breath. Of course, the Ming Dynasty, which is left with only one breath, cannot hold on.

Liangchen is now also taking the elite military path, so he wants to make a good start and must equip his soldiers with the best weapons to ensure that they will not fail because their weapons are weaker than the other party.

Just like playing mahjong, a good minister can fire a fire, but he will never allow three shots.

Fighting repeatedly is also a spirit and a spirit of indomitable struggle.

Wang Yongshou once questioned whether Liangchen would train troops, but Liangchen did not answer him.

If you want to answer, it is just five good words - eat well, drink well, use well, practice well, and appreciate well.

If you use it well, you will need to cooperate with the military battle situation. The premise of cooperation is definitely money.

When the money is in place, things are in place.

Liangchen believed that if eunuch Lu had more benefits, he would probably have a better spirit of doing things and would not fool him, Eunuch Wei.

………

The military weapon depot is located in the outer city, located in the Guangning Gate area, and it takes a lot of time to get there from the military battle. However, the gunpowder depot is located in the inner city, Fucheng Gate, which is the area of ​​Wanggongchang.

Liangchen asked Chen Mo to get the money and then take the bus to the military weapon warehouse, and he was waiting there.

Of course, we couldn't be speechless on the way, so the Liangchen accompanied Eunuch Lu to make a fuss, and Eunuch Lu was very happy. As we chatted, we started talking about gambling because Eunuch Lu was obviously good at gambling.

In Liangchen's opinion, the current methods of gambling must be all pediatrics. So, after picking up a few tricks in his previous life, he shook it out, which made Eunuch Lu stunned.

Let it go naturally, Liangchen made an appointment with Eunuch Lu to make a gambling game. When he arrived at the military warehouse, it was already noon. Liangchen saw a restaurant not far away, so he politely invited Eunuch Lu to have a meal.

"The sky is big and the earth is big, and the belly is the biggest."

Eunuch Lu was not polite, and said, "Just hit Liangchen's Qiufeng."

"My father-in-law gives me face, I have the honor of my whole life, so what is the autumn wind?"

Liangchen asked Eunuch Lu to stay here. If Chen Mo and the others came, they would go over and notify him. Eunuch Lu was speechless and wanted to follow a little fireman to guard him, so he talked and laughed with Liangchen into the restaurant.

Although this restaurant is in the outer city, it seems okay. After entering the building, Liangchen asked his friend to arrange a private room. After serving the food, Liangchen filled eunuch Lu with a few glasses of wine, "Goodie is free, I'll do it." Liangchen and eunuch Lu had a happy chat.

Taking advantage of the high school eunuch Lu's interest, Liangchen asked casually about the Gunpowder Bureau.

Eunuch Lu said that the Gunpowder Bureau was in Wanggong Factory and was originally affiliated with the Ministry of Works. After Chenghua, it was led by the Inner Court of Military Affairs. There were more than 100 craftsmen and a large number of helpers. If all of them were busy, the daily fireworks could be up to two tons, which were exclusively for the Beijing soldiers.

"As a result, the Gunpowder Bureau has a lot of medicine reserves."

"At the time of the three major expeditions, the annual reserve capacity was about 1,000 tons. There will be not that many, only 5,000 tons."

"That's not much."

Liangchen nodded. At that time, there were many things to do in the Apocalypse, and the Gunpowder Bureau must have more reserves than it is now. I am afraid that it will be no less than a thousand tons, and it will explode after a blast. It is indeed amazing.

"Why, Xiao Wei wants medicine?" Eunuch Lu heard something and looked at Liangchen with a smile.

Liangchen smiled and said, "I want to get some."

"What do you want medicine to do when you go to sea? It's not mine."

Eunuch Lu was a little puzzled. Although the Gunpowder Bureau’s medicines are exclusively for Beijing camps, they are actually sold more than he did. The customer base is fixed, and it is the mining supervisor. Because mining requires bombing mountains, it is impossible to have no medicine.

Liangchen did not answer, but asked Lu Eunuch Lu if there were muskets in the weapon warehouse.

"There is really no firearm. Only Nanzhen has it. If you want it, you will have to follow the Jinyiwei path."

Eunuch Lu shook his head and admitted that although the military battles are in charge of military weapons, they are in the inner court after all, and there is no sound of firearms in the palace. In addition to the Nanzhen of Jinyiwei, the Ministry of Works also has several firearm factories, which specialize in the manufacturing of firearms for the nine sides, most of which are three-eyed guns.

Liangchen said oh, knowing that Tian Ergeng's road is really the only one who knows about firearms, so the Ministry of Works can't even think about it.

The two of them ate for a while, and Liangchen casually asked about Wang Dana's father-in-law going to the company's ritual supervision department.

"The emperor has been appointed as the chief of the Secretariat. Eunuch Wang has to kowtow to the new ancestor and give him some filial piety."

Eunuch Lu didn't drink much, and he talked a lot. In addition, it was not a secret. After he took office, he told Liangchen Xinzhang to take office, according to the rules, all the twenty-four yamen were required to be respected, and the number was based on the oil and water stalls of each yamen.

Liangchen continued to ask about the new seal without hesitation. Eunuch Lu said a few words, saying that everyone from the Silijian, who had been to Qianqing Palace to give advice to the emperor. In the evening, the emperor decided to choose the new seal.

"Why is it not Eunuch Jin Zhong? I heard Eunuch Zhang Cheng talk about this before. According to Eunuch Zhang's opinion, Eunuch Jin seems to have a greater chance." Liangchen stood up and poured Eunuch Lu's wine.

Eunuch Lu shook his confused head: "That's not the case. Eunuch Chen's funeral was handled by Eunuch Jin. At that time, our family thought it was Eunuch Jin who took over it, but they never thought it would be Mr. Sun."

"Can you know why?"

"We don't know much about it. It is said that the two father-in-law Jin Sun discussed it themselves, and then summoned the emperors whom they met with with their pens. Okay, let's not talk about this, just drink."

Eunuch Lu picked up the cup, and Liangchen hurriedly picked up the cup. Not long after, the little fireman who stayed outside the military treasury came over and reported that the people from the Inner Supervision Bureau had arrived.

"It's my subordinates. Father-in-law, please use it slowly. I'll go and take a look." Liangchen apologized.

Eunuch Lu laughed and said, "Go and go back quickly. Our family wants to ask you what's going on with those five cards."

Liangchen smiled softly, quickly went downstairs, and arrived at the military weapon warehouse. He saw Chen Mo, Oda and others rushing to a carriage and waiting.

"Father-in-law, Meng Guozhong of the Military Affairs Office said that he had not raised enough money, so he could only give these to his father-in-law first, and he would be allowed to stay for two days." Chen Mo said.

"Meng Guozhong didn't want to betray the debt, did he?" Liangchen asked while getting in the car.

Chen Mo said: "No, I'm pretty happy to give it."

"How many?" Liangchen entered the carriage and found two boxes inside.

"There are 4,600 taels in total, 3,000 taels of silver, and the rest are money bills."

Liangchen nodded, guessing it was enough, if not enough, it would be fine. He took two silver notes, thought about it and put them down again. He asked Xiaotian to take a bag, fill it with silver ingots, and then carried it back to the restaurant.
To be continued...