However, the harvest is still considerable. At least the new muskets can be put into mass production. In order to maintain confidentiality, the craftsmen in the workshop are also divided into batches. Each batch is responsible for one process, and finally they are assembled in Zhao Jinrong's workshop.
The assembly personnel are all led by Zhao Jinrong himself, so the credibility is still there.
Once the costume change is completed, these blunderbuss can be eliminated. At that time, these blunderbuss can be resold easily, which will make a big fortune.
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In early November of the first year of Chongzhen, the weather was slightly cold. Just when everything began to hibernate, bad news came again from Shuntian Mansion in the Ming Dynasty.
Ji Town, which had been quiet for several months, was once again in turmoil. Due to lack of pay and silver, the commander of the Shitang Road in Ji Town, Chen Wenyuan, and the guard He Tong gathered troops and horses to cause trouble and asked the court for money.
As soon as this incident came out, Jizhen became unstable, and the commander-in-chief Zhao Lijiao quickly wrote to the court, asking the court to send some silver to appease the morale of the troops.
In fact, this was not the first time that the border troops in Ji Town had a dispute over military pay. As early as August, the Eighth Route Army in Ji Town had a collective dispute over military pay. Later, Governor Wang Guosheng of Shuntian transferred the Xuanfu military pay and paid it to Ji Town for three months in advance.
After paying the army, he also sent Zhao Lianjiao as the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, and then suppressed the rebellion.
The imperial court had previously reissued military pay for Ji Town, but less than three months later, there was another pay riot on Shitang Road. The strangest thing is that there was no news at all before, and the leaders of the trouble were the local governor and garrison.
As the commander-in-chief of Jizhen, his first thought was to ask the court for money instead of suppressing the rebels. It can be said that Zhao led the teacher to do nothing good by doing this.
The key question is why there is a lack of pay. Where did the money that Ji Town sent to Shitang Road go?
Officers and soldiers are not paid, and as the Chinese New Year is approaching, there will inevitably be a pay dispute. Everyone has family members and children, and everyone needs to eat. Any great principle of patriotism and loving the people is nonsense at this time. It is also very simple to solve the problem, just give money.
But the key problem is that the court has no money!
In the Forbidden City, Emperor Chongzhen got angry and cursed after receiving the official document from Zhao Shujiao. Zhu Youjian just couldn't understand why the money sent to the Eighth Road in Ji Town was only missing from Shitang Road? This is more than twenty
Ten thousand taels of silver, will this money disappear out of thin air?
Zhu Youjian strictly ordered Jinyiwei and Dongchang to investigate. This matter was not a big secret in the Miyun area. Jinyiwei sent someone to inquire about it and got a rough idea.
Miyun officials intercepted the money and distributed it to some gentry in Miyun.
Zhu Youjian couldn't figure it out. This was the military pay issued to Shitang Road. How could Miyun officials have the courage to intercept it openly and distribute it to some gentry?
But the final result of the investigation poured cold water on Zhu Youjian's angry heart, and in the end he couldn't criticize anything.
A few years ago, there was a major disaster in Shaanxi, and the court did not have enough money to provide disaster relief. Emperor Tianqi ordered Wei Zhongxian to raise a large sum of money for food from the Miyun gentry. It was said to be raising money, but in fact, the court borrowed money from some gentry.
Since it is borrowing money, it has to be repaid, not to mention that it is borrowing money from the court, so it must be creditworthy.
The Miyun gentry began to put pressure on the yamen last year, but the court had no money at that time. Later, Zhu Youjian personally issued a handwritten edict stating that as long as the court had money to distribute to Miyun, the money owed to the Miyun gentry would be repaid first.
Because these were all handed down, the Miyun gentry stopped fussing.
It was precisely because of Zhu Youjian's handwriting that Miyun officials had the courage to withhold military pay and distribute it to the gentry. Zhu Youjian intended to arrest people for questioning, but those people also acted in accordance with the handwriting. At most, they did not do anything in advance.
Say something.
After checking the matter again and again, the problem lies with him, Zhu Youjian. For a while, Zhu Youjian could not accept this fact.
The imperial study room was quiet, with only Wang Chengen accompanying Chongzhen.
Looking at the darkening sky outside, Zhu Youjian closed his eyes bitterly, "How dare they? Two hundred thousand taels of silver can be divided at any time, but I don't know anything about it. Jinyiwei, Dongchang, what are you doing?
of?"
Zhu Youjian was still very angry. Although the problem was with him, what made him even more angry was that he had no idea before.
What makes Zhu Youjian even more puzzled is that when the emperor's brother was in power, those people didn't make trouble to pay back the money. Why did they make trouble as soon as he came to power?
Wang Chengen's brows moved and he wanted to say something, but he hesitated and swallowed back what he was saying.
Zhu Youjian was sulky for a while, and had to find a way to solve the military pay issue on Shitang Road. But the question was where could he get the money?
This year's taxes and internal funds were almost all thrown into Liaodong to support Yuan Chonghuan. Now there is less than 30,000 taels of internal funds left. What is this money enough for? Moreover, the internal funds cannot be empty, the palace has to use it.
money.
The treasury may still have some money, but if you want to empty it out, you have to go to the transfer department.
Zhu Youjian really couldn't find any money. In order to save money, he, the leader of a country, wore patched linings. But even so, there were still troubles everywhere, scrambling for money.
Zhu Youjian couldn't figure it out more and more. When his brother-in-law was in power, he never saw how diligent he was in government affairs, but he never bothered about a mere two hundred thousand taels of silver.
The next day, the court was discussing matters. Zhu Youjian originally expected the ministers to help find a way to raise military pay, but before he could say anything, someone took advantage of the situation.
After reading the contents of the excerpt, Zhu Youjian's hands trembled slightly, and his face turned livid.
It's time to raise wages again. As the New Year approaches, soldiers and horses in Guyuan, Ningxia, and Kaifeng are also starting to make trouble because they have been short of pay for many months.
To put it bluntly, I just want money.
"Your Majesty, it is very important for Guyuan to guard the border, face the Wala people directly, and prevent the rogue bandits from advancing westward. We also need to issue military pay early to calm the morale of the army."
After closing the folder, Zhu Youjian slapped the dragon chair fiercely, glared at the ministers in the palace, and shouted coldly: "Whenever something happens, come to me to find a solution. Is this how you share the worries for me while you are depriving me of your salary?"
"I am stupid, Your Majesty, please calm down!"
The ministers quickly bowed their hands and bowed, looking frightened.
Seeing their appearance, Zhu Youjian became even more angry.
"Why should I calm down? I want you to find a way!"
At this time, the imperial censor Gu Qilin came out and said: "Your Majesty, the national treasury is empty now, and the military pay required on Guyuan, Kaifeng, and Shitang roads is at least 1.3 million taels. In my opinion, it is better to urgently contact the people near Gyeonggi.
The gentry raised a military salary."
Chongzhen was immediately angry. After thinking for a long time, he came up with this idea: demolish the east wall to make up for the west wall?
Before he could even say a few words of sarcasm, Li Biao, Qian Longxi, Qian Qianyi and others raised their hands and agreed: "I second my opinion!"
Seconded? Chongzhen was a little surprised, "I wonder where you think we should raise military pay?"
Qian Longxi cupped his hands and said: "I have heard that there are many wealthy businessmen in Shanxi. They are probably the only ones near Gyeonggi who can come up with millions of taels of silver in a short period of time."
"Then I wonder if any of you would be willing to take a trip to Shanxi for me?"
Chongzhen asked softly, but no one in the hall answered, everyone lowered their heads.