Chapter eight hundred and sixty third Wang Zeng strikes the prime minister
Puhuizhuang's firearms workshop had already arrived in Liangzhou City last year. This time Ye An personally came to Yangcheng County to move the gunpowder workshop here to Liangzhou City in order to build a true weapons workshop.
factory.
The workshop is still in the research and development stage, while the weapons factory wants to unleash the power of gunpowder. Qi Ao and the gunpowder workshop have fully mastered the technology of black powder, but how to use it to weaponize it requires the combination of the gunpowder workshop and the firearms workshop.
Qi Ao already has his own team in Yejiazhuang. This does not mean that he is the person in charge of the gunpowder workshop, but that he has the power and ability to recruit and train talents by himself. He can even offer these people more than Pratt & Whitney.
The company's ability to regulate wages is the most important thing Ye An gave him, personnel rights.
Only when you are interested can you work conscientiously in a certain industry, and only then can you work hard to create and improve. Otherwise, if you look at something and get a headache and get bored, how can you achieve results?
Qi Ao paid great attention to selection when recruiting people. He would rather reject those scholars who came for money, but also willing to recruit those illiterate medicine-haired puppet masters, and even young people who were interested in gunpowder would not be spared.
In the eyes of Ye An and Qin Mumu, it is too dangerous and inhumane for young people to participate in the research and development of gunpowder, but for Qi Ao, "gunpowder" must start from childhood...
Things, materials, and personnel were all prepared. The necessary things were carefully loaded into the carriage and fixed with cotton-lined cushions. At Qi Ao's insistence, some finished black powder was also loaded onto the carriage.
Things will not explode without high temperature or collision, but it might not explode in the car.
Inspired by Ye An, Qi Ao has already developed a new research direction, weaponizing the existing black powder, continuing to purify the raw materials sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal, and improving the preparation process and compression and sealing conditions.
Chen Lin also attaches great importance to it. In his opinion, Ye An's gunpowder has surpassed Jiang Zuojian too much. The gunpowder in Jiang Zuojian can at most make something similar to firecrackers and flowers.
No wonder the saint ordered the people from the Imperial City Division to protect the convoy behind Ye An. Although this was a firearm from Puhui Company, it was far better than the general as a prisoner. However, Chen Lin had a doubt...
"You have such a powerful firearm in your hand but you don't hand it over to the court... Aren't you afraid..."
Ye An jumped on the bullock cart and did not answer. He took Qin Mumu's hand and pulled her into the cart. Then he shrugged helplessly and said, "Do you think the saint can't know? Since the saint knows, why do you want me to have this?"
Do you have the right to transfer yourself?"
After Chen Lin was stunned for a moment, her expression changed drastically! He suddenly felt that he, the supervisor, might not understand the truth behind the scenes. What on earth was the empress going to do by sending Ye An to the northwest?!
It was difficult for him to ask questions at this time, but Ye An noticed Chen Lin's suspicion and smiled slightly: "Don't make random guesses. Gunpowder and firearms are so heavy that they cannot be disposed of casually. Of course, it is best to place them in the northwest.
In order to deal with "foreign enemies"..."
Chen Lin was silent, while Ye An sighed helplessly in his heart. The research and development and production of gunpowder are completely different things. Mass production requires warehouse storage, which requires a lot of manpower and material resources. If such a warehouse was set up outside Tokyo, Liu E would probably not be able to sleep or eat.
It was uneasy, especially after she had seen the power of black powder on the front line, and the shocking scene of seeing the cauldron being torn to pieces and a shocking deep hole appearing on the ground, not to mention Liu E, even the imperial guards in the palace were horrified.
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Liu E did not allow Ye An to build this thing in Puhuizhuang outside Tokyo. Even if she knew it was powerful, she would not allow it. In her opinion, this thing is an important weapon of the country, but it is not good for maintaining the stability of the country.
, after all, gunpowder and firearms were too cruel to use on the people of the Song Dynasty, so they had to be used on foreigners.
As for whether Ye An would use these firearms to rebel... To be honest, Liu E and Zhao Zhen's trust in Ye An had become a habit, and they didn't think about it at all.
Ye An can't commit rebellion. He has already obtained such a title and official position at such a young age, and he chose his own assignments. The Tian family should be the most favored to him. He was even given the ink fish talisman for entering and exiting the palace.
Down.
Since he has such trust from the Tian family, Ye An will naturally not rebel. Besides, the conditions for rebellion are not met at all, and only a fool would rebel!
Liu E is not a fool. How can such a powerful weapon be easily placed in the land of Ganliang? The reason for this is because Ye An wants to build a strong army in Ganliang, a strong army equipped with firearms!
Liu E knew Ye An's military skills. Since he boasted about building a strong army, he would definitely be able to do it. If firearms can make this strong army even more powerful, who can steal gunpowder and
The secret of firearms?
Under Ye An's explanation, Chen Lin finally understood the whole story, and also strengthened the Royal City Division's vigilance against the carriages. After seeing the power of gunpowder, Chen Lin couldn't wait to see what the strong army formed by Ye An would look like.
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With excitement, Chen Lin gave up the carriage and jumped directly onto the horse. She galloped all the way hoping to reach Liangzhou City quickly, and the motorcade obviously accelerated under his leadership.
But Yangcheng County was not at peace. Wang Xian planned to launch an attack on Yejiazhuang, but unfortunately he received news from Tokyo City before he launched the attack. A private message from the Wang family read clearly: "Yu Qing Zhao Ying Palace"
The fire destroyed dozens of palace buildings. As the envoy of Yuqing Zhaoying Palace, the prince was dismissed from the prime minister for the crime of not investigating, and was demoted from the capital to Qingzhou!"
Wang Zeng's dismissal as prime minister was a thunderous blow to the Wang family, but to Wang Xian it was a source of fear!
Although he was sitting in the government office's signature room, Wang Xian felt a chill in his back, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably for a moment. He finally understood why Ye An was so confident and why he said harsh words before he left Yejiazhuang.
: "The power of the Wang family has reached its extreme. When the water is full, it will overflow. When the moon is full, it will be weak. There is no way of knowing whether Tai Chi will come. You'd better not make enemies everywhere!"
Originally Wang Xian did not take this seriously, but now it seems that it has a profound meaning. Did he already know that the head of the family would be dismissed? How is this possible?!
Just as Wang Xian guessed, Ye An did know that Wang Zeng was about to be dismissed as prime minister. Liu E's dissatisfaction with Wang and Lu had reached the extreme. However, Lu Yijian's high position and power was the result of Zhongshu's sect, so for him
The impact of taking action will be greater, but for Wang Zeng, he was originally used to contain Lu Yijian, and now the two actually join forces, then going to Wang Zeng becomes the best choice, which will not affect the normal operation of the court, but can also provide
its warning.
The alliance between Wang and Lu will also be self-defeating. Without Lu Yijian, the court may be in turmoil, but without Wang Zeng, the most it will do is make those scholar-bureaucrats complain. As long as Lu Yijian is there, it will not matter, and Liu
E has long been unhappy with Wang Zeng.
The news reached Ye An's motorcade. Chen Lin was surprised that there had been such a big change in the court, but Ye An felt that this was reasonable. Not to mention Liu E's sensitivity as a woman, even the emperor did not want to see the two of them.
Are the ministers joining forces to oppose themselves?
"When the Queen Mother was canonized, she would drive to the Daqing Hall. At that time, Wang Xianggong repeatedly raised objections to the throne, so that the Queen Mother gave up. On the Changning Festival to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday, she went to the palace to celebrate her birthday respectfully in the side hall. Do not use Daqing without permission.
Not only that, but the Queen Mother’s in-laws’ families requested Wang Xianggong to report that they wanted to see the Queen Mother. Wang Xianggong was worried about his relatives interfering in politics, so he often sanctioned and suppressed them, which naturally made the Queen Mother even more displeased.”
Ye An just found a few excuses to deal with Chen Lin, but the truth is far from the truth. Sometimes even Chen Lin doesn't understand the changes in the court.