The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 169 Our eldest grandson, is it our eldest grandson?

Yesterday, after Zhu Ying left, Lan Yu and Lan Shi chatted for a long time, and talked a lot.

In fact, in Lan Yu's heart, she was pleasantly surprised by Zhu Ying's appearance, other than that, she didn't know anything else.

Unlike Li Jinglong, Lan Yu was not clear about the existence of the Qunying Chamber of Commerce.

That's why today's Lan Yu was so shocked after seeing the tip of Zhu Ying's iceberg.

Once matchlock guns are mass-produced and popularized, Sapphire, who is proficient in military affairs, understands that this will change the pattern of warfare.

The training of a matchlock gun is too simple, completely different from that of a crossbowman.

It takes a lot of money to cultivate a good crossbowman, and it is difficult to compare in terms of damage.

Sapphire has trained firecrackers, so don't make it too simple, even if you are a novice, as long as you practice casually, you can be familiar with the firing of firecrackers.

The following training is the problem of queue and stability.

At present, there are already many firecrackers in the army, and matchlock guns can be used without hindrance.

"It's too late for the Military Bureau today. Let's go to the Gunpowder Department in a few days," Zhu Ying said.

Sapphire nodded, at this point, it was almost time to go back.

And today's Lan Yu was supposed to go to the morning court, but it was delayed because of going to the Gunpowder Department.

As the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Military Commander's Mansion, no one would dare to gossip if he was not at work.

As for His Majesty, it is not a big problem to be with His Highness the eldest grandson.

Zhu Ying and Ye Yueqing had just arrived at the mansion and were about to have dinner when Guo Zhong, the eunuch who was in charge of rituals in the palace, came over.

Seeing the two young eunuchs behind Guo Zhong carrying a big wooden box, Zhu Ying said speechlessly, "Can't you let me take a rest, I've been busy all day today."

Guo Zhong was at a loss when he heard the words, bowed his head and said in panic, "Your Highness, forgive me."

"What's the crime, that's enough, let it go." Zhu Ying couldn't possibly embarrass him, this was what the old man meant, there was nothing an eunuch could do.

But for these memorials, Zhu Ying really didn't like them very much.

The emperor in most people's minds is awake and in charge of the world, and lying drunk on the lap of beauties.

In fact, the emperor gets up earlier than the chicken, sleeps later than the dog, has endless approval of memorials, and endless state affairs.

Occasionally, natural and man-made disasters come, and we have to try our best to solve them.

After the wooden box was placed in the study, Zhu Ying confessed: "I'll look at it later, you should go back to the palace first."

Guo Zhong heard the words and replied: "Your Majesty explained that these memorials belong to the situation of the 'Work for Relief'. Please check it out in detail, Your Highness, Grandson."

"Okay, I see. Come and get it tomorrow afternoon." Zhu Ying nodded and replied.

"Follow the order."

After Guo Zhong and others left, Zhu Ying opened the box and took a look. There were hundreds of memorials piled up inside.

"It's really uncomfortable. If I knew it earlier, it would be better to go to Annan to found a country. The whole system is so big, and it can't be heavy handed. It can only be done slowly."

Zhu Ying was a little speechless. The territory of the Ming Dynasty was too vast, and the complexity involved in handling many things was completely unpredictable, so he could only take one step at a time.

Zhu Ying can guess the meaning of these memorials sent by the old man, it is nothing more than to see if there is any corruption.

Even if she doesn't look at the situation of these performances, Zhu Ying dares to assure her that the problem of corruption in projects like this is definitely very common, but it's just a matter of how much.

If the old man's method is followed, and the result of the current handling of corruption, all the officials who have reported will be counted as one, and all of them will be executed.

But Zhu Ying didn't want to do this. Executing too many people at once would cause problems in the basic operation of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Originally, it was similar to the later state-owned project contracting method of "relief with work", in which the detailed profits are too moving.

Many officials can intervene at will, and they only need to make some fuss about the accounts, and they can get a lot of income.

Regarding this matter, he had told the old man before that if he guessed right, the old man had already arranged for Jin Yiwei to investigate in these projects when they started.

Throwing the memorial to himself now is nothing more than an exam.

It is almost impossible to completely eradicate the problem of corruption. According to the official salaries of Ming Dynasty today, if you don't take a few hands, you can't maintain a decent life at all, and at most you can't starve to death.

After studying hard for more than ten years in Han Chuang, it is definitely not acceptable to get mixed up with the concept of starving to death.

However, at present Zhu Ying does not intend to deal with the issue of officials' salaries. Compared with these officials who are not starved to death, the number of people who starve to death is obviously much more.

The reform of salaries should wait until Daming's treasury has been plentiful and there is a steady stream of income before starting.

From the experience of future generations, looking at the current income of the Ming treasury, it is actually very easy to generate income.

The simplest thing is that Zhu Ying puts the snowflake salt business into the national treasury. Zhu Ying can predict that the overall benefits will rise, but in fact it is pitifully low.

When Snowflake Salt became a state-owned business, it only filled the pockets of those salt officials, and the messy consumption, the real profits that could go to the national treasury, probably didn't even reach [-]%.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ying suddenly smiled coldly: "I have benefited from me for so many years, and now it is almost time to spit it out."

In recent years, for the sales channel of Snowflake Salt, he has secretly given money to the salt officials, not only that, but also got a commission.

Now, hey, the evidence is so strong that no one has to run away.

"It seems that this matter can be seized. People have to watch it first. It's best to find out where the money is hidden, otherwise it will be too bad."

Zhu Ying said to herself.

Zhu Ying is very familiar with those corrupt officials. Many corrupt officials belong to clan forces.

After the money is obtained, it is directly hidden in the family. Even if the body is dead, there is only so much money that can be traced.

Although it is a capital crime, it is more or less for the benefit of the descendants of the family.

The old man is really not clear about such means.

This was the way the aristocratic family accumulated wealth before the Mongol Yuan, but after the chaos of the Mongol Yuan, the aristocratic family became extinct.

Now back to the Han Dynasty, like the current social environment, to a large extent, the family rules of the clan are stricter than the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

The embryonic form of the aristocratic family, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, has gradually begun to reveal itself.

The current Xungui family is the original appearance of the family.

After dinner, Zhu Ying encouraged Ye Yueqing a few words, and then brought him to the study.

"Here are some documents related to firearms. Please read them carefully. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me at any time."

Zhu Ying took out the firearms classics she got from the bookshelf, handed them to Ye Yueqing and said.

Ye Yueqing's performance in the military battle before was recognized by Zhu Ying.

In the research of firearms, Zhu Ying is too timeless at present, it is difficult to find someone to communicate with, and no one can keep up with Zhu Ying's thinking.

"Thank you, my boss." Ye Yueqing took it with both hands, and said seriously.

Paper is not expensive in Ming Dynasty now, but the knowledge on paper is expensive, especially firearms, which are banned books in Ming Dynasty, and those who learn it privately are usually executed immediately.

"Study hard. Although you haven't touched firearms before, the truth is not difficult to understand. Once you learn it, you can help me."

Zhu Ying said encouragingly.Now Zhu Ying is actually very short of helpers.

The development of firearms is naturally the focus, but a series of things such as agriculture, military affairs, education, economy, system, etc. must be carried out at the same time.

In the current Ming Dynasty, there are already established models for these systems, and Zhu Ying can only reform step by step.

If Annan founded the country, one step would be in place.

"Forget it, take your time, it's useless to think about that. Let me see which chicken is about to be killed to warn the monkeys today."

After arranging for Ye Yueqing, Zhu Ying piled up the memorials on the desk and began to look through them one by one.

Killing must be done, and those who are too greedy can't stay.

The so-called killing chickens to scare monkeys, although it is a temporary solution, not the root cause, can be somewhat effective. When the Ministry of Industry establishes a separate system responsible for engineering, it can also curb the emergence of corruption to a certain extent.

A long way to go!

Daming Palace, inside the Qianqing Palace.

"Chen Lanyu, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Lan Yu didn't go back to Lan Mansion at this moment, just after he separated from Zhu Ying in the Military War Bureau, Jin Yiwei came to send a message that His Majesty had an order to let him enter the palace.

In the land of the capital, for Zhu Yuanzhang, it is like observing patterns in the palm of his hand.

As long as he wants to know, Jin Yiwei will try his best to find out.

All actions of Zhu Ying and Lan Yu have always been under Zhu Yuanzhang's control.

"Get up, we called you back urgently this time, by now, you should understand what it is."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with a smile, very friendly in tone.

For all the generals, Zhu Yuanzhang has a high degree of tolerance before turning his face. The country of the Ming Dynasty currently needs to be guarded by these generals.

Seeing His Majesty's familiar smile, Lan Yu felt inexplicably relaxed. After getting up, she said naturally, "Your Majesty, I really didn't expect that His Highness the eldest grandson is back."

"Today, I went to the Gunpowder Department with His Royal Highness. This matchlock gun really convinced me."

Lan Yu glanced at the matchlock gun placed on Zhu Yuanzhang's writing case and said.

Before Zhu Ying arrived at the military battle bureau, except for keeping a handful for herself, the others were handed over to the eunuchs and brought back to the palace.

"We tried it. It's really a good thing. Tell me, who else in this world can stop our army."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the matchlock gun and said with a sigh.His tone also became more bold.

When the matchlock gun arrived, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered someone to test the gun, and the power displayed shocked Zhu Yuanzhang, who had seen the world.

It's really too scary, it's just a small cannon, and the most important thing is the accuracy.

Within fifty steps, it almost means hitting wherever, enough to be equivalent to a crossbowman who has been trained for several years, and can even completely replace the existence of a crossbowman.

The output of matchlock guns is very low, but in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, this is not a problem at all.

If there are few people, then send more people to raise the output. If there are not enough craftsmen in the capital, then recruit directly from the local area.

If you can produce a few in a month, you can produce dozens, hundreds, or even thousands.

If there are not enough people, then pile up the number of people, and no matter what, the output must be smashed.

When Lan Yu heard this, her eyes lit up and said: "Your Majesty, if there are thousands of gunfire soldiers, even if the enemy army exceeds ten thousand, they can be easily slaughtered."

"I have tried a gun, and I just need more training, and I can shoot it calmly immediately. When the time comes, I will form a cavalry team with enough fireballs."

"Those Mongolian cavalry are just like chickens and dogs, and they can't wave their hands."

Lan Yu's words made Zhu Yuanzhang nod slightly. The more he looks at this matchlock gun now, the more he likes it.

After careful study for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang put down the matchlock gun, and then asked Lan Yu:

"You've met our eldest grandson too, but what do you think? As an uncle, you played with him a lot when you were young, so you can be regarded as familiar."

"Do you think our eldest grandson is our eldest grandson?"

(End of this chapter)