Chapter 124: Observing government according to orders (5)
It has to be said that Huang Mengyu, a pragmatic person whose name he never read in history books in his previous life, was actually quite efficient in his work.
After accepting the highly pragmatic task, Huang Zhenshou summoned all the gunmen and gunmen from Datong City and several surrounding fortresses overnight. Early the next morning, the sky had just turned white, and there were two dark circles under his eyes.
Huang Zhenshou took them to visit Deputy Ambassador Gao.
To be honest, Huang Zhenshou's serious work attitude surprised even Gao Pragmatic - he had been a so-called "little cabinet elder" for the past six months, and he had already witnessed the court officials doing things while accompanying the prince to watch the government every day.
Due to the procrastination, it often takes about a month for the capital to get feedback on a cabinet decision.
It would be even more speechless if it was in a remote area. For example, when Liu Xian took office in Guizhou and suppressed the rebellion, from the time the central committee approved the decision to Liu Xian dispatching troops, it took only three to five months, and there was basically no response.
Although he also knew the standard of communication in this era, it was not surprising to have to shout if you were close, and walk if you were far away. However, the post system of the Ming Dynasty was obviously quite developed, and a "delivery station" was specially set up to strengthen it.
Logistics, Jingshi even has institutions such as Huitong Pavilion and Wumanyi.
However, it actually took less than a month for the cabinet's resolution to arrive in Guizhou. A round trip could only be considered two months at most. The soldiers and horses Liu Xian brought were from his headquarters. They were foreign troops fighting all year round, so it didn't take much time at all.
If there is a lack of training, then why does it take five months to send out troops? This shows the low efficiency of officials at all levels.
After such a comparison, Gao Pragmatic can understand why so many emperors doted on eunuchs - they were like an arm and a finger!
This kind of work attitude was something Gao Pragmatic could barely achieve when he was a young cadre who had received many years of teaching from the party and the people, that is, when he learned that he might be promoted soon. Comparing the two, it almost made him feel a little ashamed.
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Huang Zhenshou and a total of seven jail officers met with Deputy Ambassador Gao respectfully. Gao Pragmatic smiled and gave them seats. As a result, only Huang Mengyu sat on half of his buttocks like yesterday, and the other seven jailers
The gun officers all said that they had no business sitting down in front of the high official.
However, Gao Pragmatic knew that the reason why they didn't dare to sit down was not because of himself as the prince's companion, but because of Huang Mengyu.
There are actually many rules among the eunuchs, even stricter than the hierarchy of civil and military officials. When they saw Huang Zhenshou, the dignified Datong guard eunuch, they only dared to sit down with half their butts cautiously in front of Gao Pragmatic, thinking that they themselves were higher than Huang Zhenshou.
If it's more than one level lower, how can you still sit? If you don't dare to drop your butt, you'll have to squat in horse stance, so it's better not to sit.
Because Gao Jingshi "worked" in the Wenhua Palace, the eunuchs he usually dealt with a lot on weekdays. Knowing their difficulties, he did not force himself and said to Huang Mengyu: "Huang Zhenshou did a good job. Your Majesty, Young Master and
I will tell them the truth about Meng Zhangyin."
Huang Zhenshou's face was filled with a smile. Although he was sitting, he bowed his head and said, "I would like to thank you, Master Gao, for taking care of me. In fact, this is my responsibility and is not worth mentioning."
Hey, this posture is really low enough.
You must know that eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were different from other dynasties. For those with a status such as the eunuch guarding Datong, even in front of the emperor, they did not call themselves "slaves" but called themselves ministers.
But after all, Huang Zhenshou is also a good person. The most classic sentence is "It's not worth mentioning at first" - It's not worth mentioning at first, but Gao Shidu, you must always mention it!
Gao Shidu was not a junior official in the officialdom, so he immediately laughed: "How can I not mention the credit I deserve?"
Seeing that he understood the three flavors of officialdom so well, Huang Zhenshou smiled even more happily and complimented: "I heard a long time ago that the noble minister was very talented and talented. He was a young and erudite man. I just wish we had never met each other. Today I know that the ancients have never deceived me."
"Sure enough, there is no real person under such great reputation..." With all the praise, Gao Pragmatism was almost blown to the sky.
"Zhengshou Huang deserves the award..." Gao Pingshi saw that this was not the way to go. When could he get to the point if this continued, he quickly interrupted: "Does Zhenshou Huang have any arrangements for what I said last night?"
When it came to business, Huang Mengyu immediately stopped bragging and said seriously: "Historical minister Gao is reporting that there are three gun guards in Datong City, who are in charge of three firearms warehouses. One of them shoots muskets, one shoots cannons, and the other sets fires."
Medicine. There are four forts near the outside of the city where jailers, gunners, and officers are set up, but they are not so detailed. The cannons, muskets, and gunpowder are all together. According to the slave's wishes, the four outside are scattered.
, I’m afraid it will be difficult for us to check them one by one today, so why not check these three in Datong City first. As for which one to go to first, I’d like to ask Gao Shi to decide which one to go to first. I can do anything here.”
Gao Pragmatic understands what Huang Mengyu means by "doing everything": Although the gun supervisors are responsible for the management of the firearms warehouse, what they manage is only the warehouse. As long as there is no difference in the quantity of guns, artillery and gunpowder, they don't care about the quality.
Yes - that's a manufacturing and quality inspection problem, not their warehouse management personnel's fault.
Whether Huang Mengyu and his group of people secretly sold gunpowder, guns and artillery, it stands to reason that Gao Pragmatic can "observe politics", but he is not very interested.
With his pragmatic consciousness, of course he feels that he is not here to be the Anti-Corruption Director of Datong. Why should he be distracted by such nonsense?
His goal is clear: to provide conclusive evidence to prove that the firearms equipped by the Northern Army are not only outdated, but also of poor quality. Therefore, even if the court does not have the financial resources and determination to make a comprehensive reform of the military-industrial system, it must at least carry out pilot reforms-that is,
Allow pilots to open private arms factories.
Well... to put it bluntly, it's actually an excuse to open a military factory.
Could a person like him, Gao Shidu, be a great philanthropist who opens a charity hall to do good deeds for free? Don't be kidding, even if he does open a charity hall one day, it must be to seek fame, not out of conscience.
.After all, in Gao Pragmatic's eyes, even if a charity is opened, the court should open a relief home, because it is the duty of the court to help the disadvantaged groups. Privately opening a charity is either a brain defect or has an agenda in mind.
At this time, Gao Pragmatic thought for a while and made a decision: "I am here to inspect armaments, mainly to see firearms, and you probably understand the original intention, which is that I may have to face retaliation from An Da. If I want to send troops
Attack, in fact, although the cannon is very powerful, it can't actually hit a few people, so let's look at the firecrackers first."
Gao Pragmatic still insisted on his previous point of view: the main role of cannons is in field battles and sieges. Using cannons to defend cities is completely evil (at least in this era). Only people like Governor Yuan would use it as a magic weapon to win.