The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 234

However, during this day and night, Jiao Shun finally got his wish, not only put Youshi and Li Wan together, but also used Youshi's hand to break Li Wan's shell of "a man who doesn't talk much" and forced this pretty widow The female lies on the bed and reveals her heart.

When I woke up early the next morning, although my waist was inevitably sore and my legs were weak, I was still full of energy.

When he arrived at the yamen, Jiao Shun took advantage of the situation and handed over the previously prepared statement directly to Lord Shangshu's official case, and then ordered someone to invite Hu Zhiheng, the head of the ordnance department, to come to the Siwu Office for discussion.

The Ordnance Department and Jiao Shun have had old grievances for a long time. In the previous case of Han Sheng and Hou Yun, another officer from the Ordnance Department was involved.

Under the old and new enmity, Hu Langzhong naturally knew that Jiao Shun was a bad comer.

Therefore, after getting the invitation from the Secretary's Office, he immediately summoned his confidantes to discuss the matter, and formulated various countermeasures.

Feeling fully confident, Shanshan went to the appointment.

It was already approaching evening.

Jiao Shun personally welcomed Hu Zhiheng into the duty room, and after the host and guest sat face to face at the coffee table, he asked straight to the point: "Master Hu, among the various departments of the Ministry of Industry, the Ordnance Department is the most important. , the Ministry of War and the Commander-in-Chief of the Five Armies are paying attention to it, and because it was established by His Majesty, it truly bears the holy hope."

"Therefore, since Jiao was transferred to the Department of General Affairs, he first consulted the old files and new policies of the Ordnance Department in order to gain a better understanding of the Ordnance Department. Sir, please come over and ask for advice face to face."

Hearing that this was obviously the beginning of a pickpocket, Hu Zhiheng sneered secretly, with a look of arrogance on his face: "Although our Ordnance Department is newly established, it has been an official longer than Chief Jiao, and Chief Jiao is a little bit It's not surprising that there are doubts."

The authority of the head of the Department of Affairs is not subordinate to the chief minister, and even in many matters, he can control the ministers of each department—Jiao Shun is a sixth-rank official, but he can justifiably invite the fifth-rank official to come It can be seen from the discussion.

It's just that the Ordnance Department is no better than other places. Now Hu Zhiheng is the only one in the Ministry of Industry, and as the doctor in charge, he can also go directly to Tianting through the Secretary Department.

Coupled with the fact that the two sides have already made clear their chariots and horses, there is naturally no taboo between words.

But Jiao Shun was not annoyed when he heard Hu Zhiheng mocking his lack of qualifications. He picked up the materials he had prepared a long time ago from the coffee table, flipped through them pretendingly, and said tit for tat: "Jiao is an official, but how many It can be regarded as some achievements, but I searched through the official documents, but I didn’t see any impressive progress from the Ordnance Department.”

As he said that, he threw the information in his hand on the table again, stared straight at Hu Zhiheng and said, "Since that's the case, what's the use of the imperial court's new Ordnance Department?"

"you!"

Hu Zhiheng suddenly got up and glared at Jiao Shun.

Although he had expected that Jiao Shun invited him this time, most likely because he wanted to take the Ordnance Department, but he didn't expect that Jiao Shun's killing power would directly negate the significance of the existence of the Ordnance Department!

Unfortunately, this is not easy to refute.

The main reason why the Imperial Court established the Ordnance Department was to deal with the invasion from the sea. Therefore, since the establishment of the Ordnance Department, it has been concentrating on trying to imitate ironclad ships and improving the range and power of ship-borne artillery.

But how can these two things be done easily?

Therefore, Hu Zhiheng really couldn't come up with any decent results to refute Jiao Shun's doubts.

But he was prepared after all, after glaring at Jiao Shun angrily for a while, he sat back slowly and said in a deep voice, "The purpose of setting up the Ordnance Department in the imperial court is to cast the country's most important weapons. Since it is a heavy weapon, how can it be accomplished overnight Reason? Furthermore, since the establishment of the Ordnance Department, the quality and output of the firearms produced have been improved to a considerable extent, how can it be said that nothing has been achieved?!"

Hearing this, Jiao Shun immediately laughed.

He shook his head and said, "Master Hu should know the truth of opposites, right? If the direction is wrong, the more you do, the more mistakes you will make. Not only will it be useless to the country, but it will waste the country's money..."

"absurd!"

Hu Zhiheng was furious: "According to what you say, our Ordnance Division is trying to entrap the court?! Come on, you brat, you don't need to say too much, let's discuss in front of the Ministry Hall!"

Saying that, he stood up and glared at Jiao Shun again.

"Master Hu is interested, and Jiao will naturally accompany him."

Jiao Shun raised his legs in a slow manner: "But Mr. Hu, don't you want to hear why Jiao said that the Ordnance Department is in the opposite direction?"

Seeing Jiao Shun's calm look, Hu Zhiheng felt a little hesitant in his heart. Although he didn't think there was anything controversial about this matter, he suppressed his anger and sneered, "The Ministry of Industry is not a market place. If you want to rely on lies Intimidate Liwei, Mr. Jiao may have made the wrong idea!"

"Ha ha."

Jiao Shun smiled slightly: "From Lord Hu's point of view, how big is the difference between Xiyi's muzzle-loading guns and our breech-loading guns? If Xiyi wants to imitate them, what difficulties will there be?"

Hu Zhiheng frowned and said, "Xiyi's muskets are also quite exquisite. If you want to imitate our breech-loading guns, you should..."

At this point, he paused and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Jiao Shun said solemnly: "You and I both know that with Xiyi's current casting technology, it is almost not difficult to imitate breech-loading guns. I even doubt that Xiyi has successfully imitated it now, and even started mass production."

"In at most three or four years, Xiyi's elite will be fully equipped with breech-loading guns, and the Ordnance Department can be sure to build an iron-clad fleet that can rival Xiyi during this period?"

"At that time, the Xiyi navy will still have the upper hand, but our Great Xia will lose the advantage of the musket. Once the battle resumes..."

"what!"

When Jiao Shun was talking about the key point, Hu Zhiheng suddenly sneered and interrupted him, and said with disdain: "I thought you had some high-mindedness, but it turns out..."

He shook his head contemptuously, and continued: "This breech-loading gun has been fixed since the time of Taizu, and there have been only minor changes over the decades. You only know that the iron-clad ship is difficult to imitate, but you don't know how difficult it is to improve the gun's buff. More than that!"

"After all, the ironclad ship can be used as a reference, but this musket is the only one in the world in Daxia. It is not easy to improve..."

"Ha ha!"

Jiao Shun retaliated against him in his own way, and interrupted Hu Zhiheng with a laugh: "Of course Jiao doesn't know the difficulties of imitating the iron-clad ship, but when it comes to improving the musket... I have learned something about it when I was in the handyman's office. Dabbled, and has gained even more in recent days!"

Hu Zhiheng's face finally changed color, and he blurted out, "Really?!"

"How can this kind of thing be adulterated?"

Jiao Shun said: "The breech-loading gun is generally better than the front-loading gun, but there are some problems in the airtightness of the magazine, which leads to a lack of range and power--and Jiao finally found it after various attempts to solve this problem. A glue that is strong enough to withstand the impact of gunpowder and cheap enough."

"If we use this as the basis to develop a new type of firearm..."

"Master Jiao!"

Hu Zhiheng interrupted Jiao Shun again, then gave Jiao Shun a deep salute, and said solemnly: "On behalf of the Ordnance Department, I would like to express my gratitude to Chief Jiao for his dedication. achievement."

After a short pause, he immediately turned to Tu Qiang and said: "The matter is of great importance. Please also ask Mr. Jiao to transfer the formula and a group of craftsmen to the Ordnance Department, so as not to leak the secrets and endanger the country!"

I knew this guy definitely wanted to take advantage of it!
"There is no need to hand it over."

Jiao Shun said unmoved: "I'm afraid the Department of General Affairs has more secrets than the Department of Ordnance. The methods of prevention are ready-made, and those blond barbarians will never take advantage of the loopholes."

"It is the responsibility of our Ordnance Department to research new firearms, and these things will be sent to our Ordnance Department sooner or later!"

"Isn't the Ordnance Department dedicated to building the country's most important weapon? This new type of firearm is led by our Department of Affairs, and jointly developed by the Miscellaneous Works Office and the Ordnance Department. Wouldn't this save Mr. Hu from being distracted?"

"Otherwise! The reason why the imperial court established a new Ordnance Department is to make overall planning without interference. Now that the Department of General Affairs and handymen are involved in the development of ordnance, wouldn't it be contrary to the original intention of the imperial court?!"

"Absurd! The duty of our Department of Affairs is to coordinate the various divisions to keep things in line. If Master Hu wants you to interfere with the affairs of the Ordnance Department, where will our Department of Affairs be placed?!"

"Sending a group of craftsmen and formulas to our Ordnance Department, shouldn't it be the current priority of the Department of Military Affairs?!"

The two fought each other, but they couldn't compete.

Hu Zhiheng had never been confronted with such a tit-for-tat since he entered the Ordnance Department. He was annoyed for a while, and couldn't help asking angrily: "So, Master Jiao must be detaining the formula and the craftsman? But I don't know if it will delay Can you afford to take on this responsibility!"

Jiao Shun also sneered without hesitation: "Master Hu, don't want to spout blood. Jiao has been waiting for Mr. Hu for a long time in the morning, so he has already presented this matter to the Ministry Hall, expressing his willingness to submit the formula to the Ministry. And on this basis, urge the Ordnance Department to develop new firearms as soon as possible.”

Hu Zhiheng's face changed color again.

In doing this, Jiao Shun still wanted to fight for the dominance in essence, but he put on a layer of shell connecting the previous and the next.

And that's the job of the Secretary's Office.

In this way, if the Ordnance Department still bites to death and does not allow 'outsiders' to intervene, it will change from arguing with the Department of General Affairs to resisting the orders of the Ministry.

Nope!

It is necessary to prevent the official writing of the Ministry, otherwise, wouldn't this tricky slave occupy the righteous name?

Thinking of this, Hu Zhiheng was about to grab the door and leave.

However, he had just taken a few steps when he heard Jiao Shun calmly say from behind: "Master Hu, walk slowly, I won't see you off."

Hu Zhiheng's footsteps were stagnant.

The Department of Ordnance and the Ministry of Industry rely on the imperial court, especially the emperor's attention, but for Shang Jiaoshun, the master who is in the emperor's heart, the effect will be greatly reduced.

And Jiao Shun offered the formula on his own initiative, which can be regarded as sharing the credit with the Ministry Master. Although the Ministry Master probably would not care too much about this, compared to the Ordnance Department who wants to monopolize the credit, which side the Ministry Master will lean towards, I'm afraid it doesn't matter. Ask yourself.

As such...

Hu Zhiheng was silent for a long time, then suddenly turned his head and said one word at a time: "The Department of General Affairs and the Miscellaneous Works Office can only be coerced, and our Ordnance Department must be the main one!"

It's done~
Then there is only the bargaining part left.

[When it comes to political struggles, it's easy to get stuck, after all, Lao Ao has never even participated in village-level struggles...]

(End of this chapter)