There are three major arsenals in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. In order of size, they are the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, the Military War Bureau of the Inner Palace, and the Arsenal Department of the Ministry of War.
The Ordnance Bureau and the Military War Bureau are both famous. Many armor weapons from Jiliao, Xuanda, Jingcheng and the entire Beizhili are produced in these two places.
In the Battle of Saarhu, the helmet of Shanhaiguan Commander Du Song was rusty, and was easily shot through by the arrows of the slaves. The first general was like this, and the soldiers could not even imagine the situation.
Also, the soldiers and horses in Ji Town are said to be elite and have many firearms.
The soldiers looked at the guns in their hands. The barrels of the guns were thin and brittle. They did not dare to load the gunpowder to the normal standard for fear of exploding in their hands. That's why they loaded half the gunpowder. It was more powerful than nothing and had a shorter range than a bow and arrow.<
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As a result, they were completely defeated without even firing a few shots or killing a few enemies.
With a large number of inferior firearms and a strength of more than 20,000, they were not as good as the 10,000 Marin Army in Kaiyuan, a trading border town. The latter at least left some impression on Jiannu with their array and firearms.
Kaiyuan Town trades with the Mongols and Haixi Jurchens, and provides its own weapons and armor.
Ji Town is the first town in the Nine Borders, a stone's throw away from the capital. Armor is provided by the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry.
Actual combat performance proves that the equipment is too different.
Money and materials were swept away by everyone in the Ministry of Works.
The Arms Bureau was once the hero of the Ming Dynasty’s standardized production of weapons. Weapons standardization, production standardization, management standardization, the materials, sizes, and quality of all weapon products are guaranteed, and even the craftsmen are responsible.
Now he has become one of the important criminals who killed the elites of the Nine Sides and left the army vulnerable.
Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, had heard a little about it before. His family had long known that the firearms and armors made by the Ministry of Industry were not usable. Now that he opened the files and found the real accounts, it was even more shocking.
The money given by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War to the Ministry of Industry to build armor weapons only had 80% left before reaching the Ministry of Industry. It was allocated to the armor factory, and less than 50% was given to Wang Gong Factory.
When purchasing raw materials, only 20% was sent to the craftsmen, and the rest was used for maintenance and wear and tear.
During the wars in the past few years, more than 3 million taels of silver have been handed over, which means that at least 2 million taels have been embezzled.
"Can you find out whose hands it passed through?"
"Yes, the officials on duty at the Ministry of Industry who are responsible for recording cannot escape, and the names of the craftsmen who made each batch are recorded. Although some of them are made by hiring help from others, if they are traced and intimidated, they can reveal who took the money." Zhu Chunchen was overjoyed to have an expert like Zhou Yingqiu lead the way.
I also want to copy two million taels, and finally surpass that old boy Zhou Jiamo.
Moreover, there are at least hundreds of officials involved in the Wang Gong Factory and Armor Factory. One farm cannot compare with Zheng Yangxing, but what about hundreds of people? There is great hope for a comparison!
Zhu Chunchen was particularly motivated. He pulled up the list of people and asked for money one by one.
You can also dig out Wang Zuo's accomplices and see who they gave away the project money, weapons and armor money that they dug out and ate, and who they gave as bribes and filial piety~
He seems to have forgotten that Duke Cheng's mansion also collects filial piety money~
Liu Qiao's direct descendants and guardsmen all stared with wide eyes, it will be a lively time~
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On the second day after the morning court, most of the officials who felt guilty had the courage to visit everywhere.
When talking about yesterday's morning meeting, I felt frightened, scared, happy and panicked.
Officials in the Ministry of Personnel are discussing who will be implicated by Zhang Fengyi, the director of the literary selection department. The officials in the Ministry of Rites are also uneasy.
On the contrary, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishment are the most stable. They should do what they need and do what they should do. The three ministers are all pragmatic. The Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Punishment have promoted two more to the Military Aircraft Department. Everyone knows that if they work hard, they will have a bright future.
Hope.
There is also the popular Wen Tiren, and a bunch of colleagues came to congratulate him the next day.
Wen Tiren, however, stayed behind closed doors and quietly sorted out the early court files and submitted them to the Supervisor, the Cabinet and the Supervisor of Ceremonies for their review.
He was also thinking about the idea of the prince overseeing the country.
Looking at the account of yesterday's morning court, the Prince Jianguo has a lot of insights into the Mohist theory and is very strict with the actual rebels, but he does not engage in large-scale implicating the cronies and township parties.
The Donglin Party still exists, but its reputation has been ruined, and fewer and fewer scholars from all over the world will join it. Moreover, several groups of people within Donglin also have different reactions, and there may be obvious divisions.
Such a powerful method, it’s almost hard to believe that he is only sixteen years old.
The Donglin Party made a big mistake. They actually listened to Wang An's words and it was not unfair to call them eunuchs.
In fact, throughout history, the Donglin Party has been fighting to the death with Wang Anzhi around three major cases.
From Wang An to Wei Zhongxian, from the Donglin Party to the Eunuch Party in Wei Zhongxian's period, it can actually be considered as a transition from one eunuch party to another.
It's just that the former has the background of Donglin Academy, Qindi Township Party and Southeast Scholars, and specifically does not publicize Wang An's key role in them.
The Donglin Party before the Taichang Dynasty had little to do with Wang An, and it was indeed much stronger before that than since the Taichang Dynasty.
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As Wen Tiren expected, the Donglin Party soon became divided.
Now there is no internal fighting, but several factions have already formed their own circles and are not pushing in the same direction as before.
Stable people in the Donglin Party, such as Han Xu and Sun Chengzong, should do their jobs and help a group of colleagues, but the prerequisite is to revitalize the government and be justified.
In fact, they also felt that they, Wang Wenyan, Wang An and the others were not the same people to begin with, and it was really stupid for some Donglin to follow the rebellion this time.
The experienced peripherals have this idea, but the younger group of Donglin have other ideas.
Some young Donglin Party members, such as Qian Qianyi and Liu Mao, prided themselves on protecting Yang Lian and maintaining friendship. Some young scholars also recognized them, so what if they accepted the Mohists? The key is that they can do it if they go up.
Save the situation.
But there are also some young scholars who feel that it is shameful for them to betray Confucianism and recognize Mohism, especially Qian Qianyi.
Others include Fang Kezhuang, who is good at fishing for fame, and Hou Xun, who is a scrutinizer. One of these two is a traitor in history, and the other is also a big traitor who plays with power.
As young backbones of the Donglin Party, the two of them were secretly busy making political divisions and began to reject some "dangerous" friends.
Except for the old school Dong Lin, Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou and a few other backbones, most of them are like this.
Nowadays, most of the early members of the Donglin Party are still idle at home, or are on their way here on horseback.
There is only one veteran in the court, Chen Yuting. He knows that Wang Wenyan and Liu Yijing are causing trouble, but he does not know about such a big move. Now he is blind and unable to reverse the reputation of the Donglin Party.
Without a backbone, the Donglin Party in power has become a general trend.
Yang Lian suddenly sat up at home.
"The only one who can save the Donglin Party from collapse is me!"