Chapter 112 The Musket Bureau was listed, the emperor secretly darkened Chen Cang
The third day after the King of Qi left the capital.
After intensive preparations, the Musket Bureau was finally listed and officially established.
Civil and military officials from all over the dynasty came to attend the ceremony, and the emperor even gave him a plaque for the government office, which made people envious.
With the complicated ceremony over, Fang Jue knew that his happy fishing life would be compromised in the future.
"Fang Jue, you will have to work in the future. You can't get your salary for nothing, hehe." Ye Hongyi's congratulations are always a bit original.
On the contrary, it's like taking pleasure in others' misfortune.
Fang Jue didn't care: "I'm only responsible for production. As long as I keep the explanation, I won't worry."
"Then who do you want to control the civil affairs of the Musket Bureau?" Ye Hongyi was puzzled that he did not hold such great power in his own hands.
"Isn't there Zhuge Yong?"
Fang Jue chuckled, otherwise, what do you think I would do to arrest this strong man?
Ye Hongyi glared: "You have already appointed him as the assistant minister? Didn't you say that you have to learn from scratch and choose the best?"
"Excellent people are hereditary...Zhuge Yong cannot be mediocre. It is not a loss to give him a minister. He can win over Zhuge Qingshan to help me solve many things. It is worth it."
Fang Juedao: "The two most important things in the Musket Bureau are production and warehouse."
"I will personally manage the production, and I will submit a letter to the warehouse, asking His Majesty to send the imperial army... and even the Black Dragon Riders to guard it personally."
Fang Jue could take things like muskets back and play with them, but he couldn't take them away in large quantities. He didn't even want to grab the power to open a warehouse.
Ye Hongyi nodded: "Even if you don't say anything, His Majesty will send someone to keep an eye on the warehouse."
"The Forbidden Army and the Hanging Sword Division should be appointed."
This conjecture is quite reasonable.
With the help of Mo Yuan, the emperor was in charge of the Forbidden Army. The Xuanjian Division relied entirely on the emperor's support. Although it was one of the three Dharma Divisions, everyone knew that he was closer to his retainers.
On both sides, there are people the emperor can trust and use.
But after all, there needs to be checks and balances, and you will definitely not trust anyone alone.
"When I visited the factory today, I saw a lot of large-scale equipment. They were all made and spliced by the drawings you gave me during this period, and I asked the engineering department to build them."
Ye Hongyi asked in confusion: "But why, with all the equipment for forging muskets, I don't seem to smell a trace of gunpowder?"
Her nose has always been very pointed.
Especially after understanding some knowledge about muskets, Ye Hongyi saw the equipment in the factory and knew that they had nothing to do with the ammunition for muskets.
Those things can only be used to produce muskets, but the core ammunition is not produced in the musket bureau's factory.
Fang Jue chuckled: "Are you inquiring about state secrets?"
"Oh... who are you scaring?" Ye Hongyi rolled her eyes.
But I also realized that I really shouldn’t ask too many questions, lest someone overhear me and think I was deliberately peeping.
"Ammunition is the most important thing for a musket. Without it...the musket is just a fire stick."
Fang Jue smiled and said: "Ammunition and muskets must be made separately and must be stored separately."
"I understand... Just like crossbow arrows, the crossbow and arrows are made separately and stored separately... just for fear of being stolen." Ye Hongyi said with great experience.
Fang Jue nodded, that was the reason.
It is impossible for anyone in the musket bureau to obtain both muskets and ammunition at the same time.
Not even one shot will do.
Apart from the fact that he, the governor, and his majesty in the palace can use it, the gun and ammunition can only be combined into one when training troops and going on expeditions.
Even most of the time, ammunition cannot be given to soldiers.
This is not a cold weapon. If this thing gets out of control and a group of them escape, the emperor will never leave the palace in the future.
What should I do if I suddenly get hit by a shuttle when I come out?
The emperor, who had seen the power of the musket, would never allow this thing to get out of control.
"By the way, His Majesty asked you to select soldiers from each army and form a group of government soldiers who will accept the muskets. Have you made your selection?"
"Didn't you say that Your Majesty should decide for yourself? Why did you push it back to me?" Fang Jue was speechless.
Ye Hongyi smiled and said: "Don't you understand yet? Your Majesty is planning to form a musketeer army. However, there is currently no name for it, and it is difficult to pass the Hubu Yan Papi test. That's why we are talking about the government soldiers hanging under the musketeer bureau."
"What do you want me to say?" Fang Jue lightly tickled Ye Hongyi's straight nose.
Xiao Nizi does her best to do everything in her class.
"Your Majesty's intentions are known to everyone on the street. Do you think that Yan Lanfeng is a fool, or is it the cabinet and the Ministry of War that are fools?"
"Huh?" Ye Hongyi stared, not understanding.
Fang Jue explained: "All soldiers and horses in the capital, except for the Black Dragon Cavalry, are recorded in the Ministry of War. Naturally, the soldiers of the Musket Bureau must also be recorded."
"Then the Ministry of War will know how many soldiers there are in the Musket Bureau and how much combat power it has...Then the cabinet will know..."
"Yan Lanfeng can do it by allocating funds based on capita. This is a talent who dares to show the emperor false accounts... If he doesn't turn a blind eye, how can the Musket Bureau get so many soldiers?"
When people are recruited, they have to be paid, right? Believe it or not, in less than three months, they will mutiny to show you?
Fang Jue was speechless:
"Have you ever heard of any yamen in the capital that has a thousand-household camp for its soldiers?"
"The General Office of the Ministry of War has only 800 standing troops!"
There are more than 3,000 people in the patrol camp, but it is not a government agency. To put it bluntly, it is more like a well-established urban management system.
The emperor gave the Musket Bureau a quota of soldiers, allocating the number of people for a thousand-household camp. Who doesn't understand this idea?
Isn't it just a hint that someone on our side used the random inspection of forged muskets as an excuse to personally train a group of musketeers?
Then find an excuse to find a soft persimmon and see the power of the musket?
"Is that so?" Ye Hongyi was surprised. Although she was used to conspiracies and intrigues, they were all fights between civil and military officials.
She never paid attention to the struggle between the emperor and the ministers of various parties, because it was not within her duties.
Immediately, Ye Hongyi smiled and said: "Your Majesty wants you to train troops?"
"Do you understand this?"
Fang Jue felt despised and hummed: "Even if I understand, I can't do this job."
"At the very least, should we give His Majesty the opportunity to insert his trusted followers?"
Ye Hongyi raised her beautiful eyebrows slightly and stared at Fang Jue in disbelief: "Why are you so skilled?"
She really found it funny. Every time Fang Jue ran errands for the emperor, he always let the emperor see every move he made.
"Are you so afraid of being suspected by His Majesty?"
Ye Hongyi rolled her eyes and said.
Fang Jue chuckled: "This is called self-consciousness... It is better to have someone to supervise. Absolute power will inevitably lead to absolute corruption. I am not confident that I can always be aloof and self-sufficient."
"No wonder your name is Fang Jue." Ye Hongyi joked.
"Why did your master re-appoint Xiao Luoye and deliberately allow him to make more mistakes?" Fang Jue said in a teaching tone, "A smart minister will let the emperor know his every move, so as to reassure him."
As long as he has no intention of rebelling, Fang Jue doesn't have to worry. The emperor knows him too well.
When Ye Hongyi heard this, she immediately bowed down with her hands as a disciple, and said with a funny smile: "Disciple has been taught."
Then he joked: "Fang Jue, have you been too good at being a teacher recently? Are you addicted to being a young teacher?"
"kindness?"
Fang Jue saw that she suddenly became very tough, so he smiled and said: "It seems that you are a little disobedient... Should I hire you earlier and marry you back so that I can teach you?"
"Humph, I won't marry you if I don't tell you anymore..." Ye Hongyi pouted and lowered her head to her chest.
Fang Jue smiled softly and scratched the bridge of her nose.
Ye Hongyi snorted, blushed and ran away. Before leaving, she left a message: "The appointment must be based on the orders of the parents and the words of the matchmaker..."
Indeed, hiring is not the first step.
Even if a man and a woman fall in love with each other privately, there is still a formal process. First, the man's parents and elders will ask a matchmaker to come to the house to match the relationship.
Then comes the marriage proposal.
Then you can go through the follow-up process, directly hiring a concubine, there is no marriage certificate and no matchmaker.
"hiss……"
Fang Jue scratched his hair: "The matchmaker's words are good, but the parents' orders...my parents have long been sacrificed to heaven, right?"
"Ahem!" Noriichi, who was hiding outside the door, couldn't bear it any longer after hearing this and said, "Young master must not talk nonsense. How can anyone talk about his parents like this? He will be criticized for being unfilial."
Fang felt serious.
The crime of unfilial piety is more hated than being unfaithful and unjust, and even the emperor dare not bear it.
Fang Juedao: "I... I can't figure out where my parents are anyway. Why don't I ask the old pavilion master to help me find them?"
When he came to this world, he felt that he had passed through his soul and had not inherited any memories of the original owner of this body.
So he has no idea what his name is or where he comes from.
This is also the reason why Fang Jue became a gangster and had to go to Taihuang Mountain to seek protection from Emperor Zun Pavilion.
The current names and characters are all from Fang Jue’s previous life.
"Yes, the old pavilion master will definitely be able to find him. I have to send a letter to him quickly..."
Dianyi said happily: "If he knew that he was here to propose marriage to you, I'm afraid he would wish to find her tomorrow."
"No flying pigeon will be able to reach Taihuang Mountain tomorrow." Fang Jue rolled his eyes.
However, he saw that Noiichi had disappeared. When he went out, he found that he had gone towards the pigeon house.