Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 461 Murder Case Fermentation
In the Qianqing Palace, the two palaces came to discuss matters with the emperor and the five eunuchs.

"What's going on!" Concubine Li Guifei said slowly, with a dark face and phoenix eyes, "Chu Zhiyuan died in the moat just after Dongchang interrogated Chu Zhiyuan. Silence?"

Concubine Li Gui was very angry, but Empress Chen sat still, her expression showed no sign of happiness or anger, it seemed that she had no intention of speaking.

The little emperor Zhu Yijun stood beside the two palaces with his hands down, looking down at his feet, as if he felt that the patterns on the underground gold bricks were far more worthy of study than who killed Chu Zhiyuan.

Chen Hong and Zhang Hong put their minds on the matter and stood aside with a watchful eye. It seemed that unless they were called by name, they would not be able to take the initiative to speak up.

Feng Bao glanced at Huang Mengyu, and asked aloud: "Director Huang, I heard that the magical pomegranate gun that attacked our house that day was not the equipment of the Beijing camp? Has Dongchang found out where these things came from?"

Feng Bao's words were very polite and his tone was very gentle, it seemed that he was giving Huang Mengyu a lot of face.

Huang Mengyu knew the murderous intention, but he had to answer: "Haojiao learned that the pomegranate gun and the pomegranate guns used by the assassin in Fahua Temple later came from Gao Guanzheng's Sanshenyuan Firearms Research Institute."

Feng Bao was very satisfied with this answer.He didn't speak directly, but glanced at Liang Gong's expression.

Empress Chen's eyelids moved a little, and then she stopped talking. It seemed that she was just a little surprised, but she didn't worry about it.

Concubine Li Gui obviously frowned, and asked: "Highly pragmatic? What is the firearms research institute?"

Feng Bao was about to answer, but unexpectedly, Zhu Yijun took the lead: "After reporting to my mother, I know about this matter. The Firearms Research Institute was established after Gao Yushi came back from Datong. ...Mother and concubine also know that he has made some money in the past two years because his father approved him to make his own soap. Gao Pragmatism still has a heart, thinking of doing something beneficial, so he told Erchen what he meant, and Erchen Naturally, he didn't dare to make a decision, so he asked his father, and his father thought he was loyal, so he agreed. But later, he felt that doing this alone was against the ancestral system, so he reported to the Ministry of War and the Beijing Camp. Seeing that the emperor had allowed it, he issued an order to ask the Sanshenyuan Firearms Research Institute to assist in the trial production of firearms, so the firearms research institute has the right to trial new firearms."

Oh, so that's the case?
After listening to Zhu Yijun's words, Concubine Li Gui didn't think it was wrong—since it was approved by Emperor Daxing, of course it wasn't private manufacturing of ordnance, but there were still problems.

"Then what kind of cannon he built... how did it get into the hands of the assassin? Huang Mengyu, have you found out about this? Did Gao Wushi explain it himself?"

Huang Mengyu calmly said: "Reporting to the imperial concubine, after finding out that the cannon was produced by the Sanshenyuan Firearms Research Institute, the servants have immediately approached Gao Guanzheng to ask about the situation. Firearms, from the purchase of materials to the finished product, and the parts consumed when verifying the power, and the parts sent to the Armament Bureau and the Military Bureau, etc., are all recorded in detail, and nothing is lost. The slave has sent someone I went to get the records, and Dongchang is verifying them in detail, at least according to the current verification results, what Gao Guanzheng said is true."

Concubine Li Gui thought for a while and asked, "Since the problem is not with him, are the trial-made firearms received by the Weapons Bureau and the Military Warfare Bureau missing?"

Huang Mengyu glanced at Chen Ju, and then said: "Returning to the imperial concubine, the Military Weapons Bureau and the Military Weapons Bureau, although there are records of the firearms submitted by the Sanshenyuan Firearms Research Institute, they are not very detailed, and they are usually mentioned in one stroke. For example, "received a batch of pomegranate guns from Jinghua Firearms Research Institute on a certain day in a certain month", there are records but no specific number. Moreover, both of them have used these firearms to test the effect, but there is no clear record of how much was spent on the test. It is really impossible to find out about the Edom factory."

Oh shit, it's a dead end now.

Concubine Li Gui also knows the virtues of the Military Weapons Bureau and the Military Bureau, and it didn't happen all at once, at least her younger brother Li Wenjin had managed the Military Bureau for a while, and she also knew that the management of these two bureaus was so lax. Very——speaking of which, if you don't relax, why are there so many unqualified firearms manufactured by the two bureaus and distributed to the frontier army?

But what you know is what you know, and criticism is still to be criticized.The Military Bureau is directly managed by the Ministry of War. Now there is no one present, and there is no one to scold. Li Guifei had no choice but to point the finger at Chen Ju who is now in charge of the military bureau: "Chen Ju, I know that you are You have just recently been in charge of the military affairs, and you shouldn't be the one to blame for the previous problems, but since you happen to be responsible for it, I have no choice but to punish... a three-month salary, are you convinced?"

A fine of three months?This punishment really doesn't matter to Chen Ju.Although he is an extremely rare eunuch who is not very greedy for money, he can't support his high status now, and he already has many "children" under his command. Just because of the filial piety of these little eunuchs, he does not lack this salary.In addition, the amount of punishment this time has something to do with Gao Pragmatism, so there is no need to worry: Gao Guanzheng is a man of righteousness, he never hurts his friends, and everyone knows how generous he is. Lost money.

Chen Ju accepted the punishment honestly, with a respectful and non-critical attitude.

The fine was just to express her attitude. Concubine Li Gui was very satisfied when she saw that Chen Ju accepted the punishment, and pointed out: "After you go back, go to Gao Wushi for advice, and his set of records from material procurement to firearms flow has clear records. If you learn how to do it well, you will have to do the same in the military and battle bureau, so that you won’t be able to find someone to take responsibility for any trouble.”

Of course, Chen Ju didn't mind the trouble, because it made it easier for him to get close to the high-practical reason, and it was helpful for conveying information, so he immediately agreed respectfully.

Concubine Li Gui told the emperor again: "The emperor will write a letter to the cabinet in a while, asking the cabinet to draw up an order and order the Ministry of War to reprimand the Military Weapons Bureau.

What can Zhu Yijun say?He could only answer honestly, but to him it was just a matter of writing a note, so it wasn't really a hassle.

But after this time, things froze again.Although Concubine Li Gui believed that she had the duty to help her son regent, but her ability was really not outstanding, and she had nothing to do here, so she could only ask: "It seems that the way to verify the source of firearms has been cut off. Do you have any other methods?" The idea of ​​solving the case?"

Investigating the case is now mainly Huang Mengyu's responsibility, so others can keep quiet, but Huang Mengyu can't keep talking, so he can only come out and answer, "Your Majesty, there is actually a simpler way of thinking, which is to find out Zhiyuan's whereabouts, especially He met someone before he died."

Feng Bao's eyelids twitched, he collected himself, and asked, "Chu Zhiyuan has been working in the East Factory for many years, and has been in charge of dealing with those so-called reckless people for a long time. This person should be very vigilant. If we want to find out His whereabouts may not be easy, right?"

"Of course it wasn't easy." Huang Mengyu said calmly, "But it's a coincidence that Chu Zhiyuan didn't go back to his residence in the North City after he was on duty last night. The two Tiqi met."

Feng Bao suddenly became nervous, his voice changed a little, and he hurriedly asked, "What did they find?"

(End of this chapter)