lied to Kangxi

Chapter 601

"He is in charge of the Yuzhu and also in charge of the building office of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, hereby."

"Your servant, Yuzhu, take the decree to thank you."

After Zhang Tingyu issued the decree, he looked at Yuzhu full of envy. The emperor's eating, drinking, entertainment, and security affairs were all covered by Yuzhu!

As we all know, the older the old emperor, the more hedonistic than before.

The building office in the palace is divided into two places, one is the building office of the House of Internal Affairs, and the other is the building office of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The Hall of Mental Cultivation Office, as the name suggests, is a workshop dedicated to the manufacture of utensils for the emperor, empress dowager and concubines.

Since the 51st year of Kangxi, the status of the chief eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation Office has risen steadily, and even Wei Zhu did not dare to underestimate it.

Now, Yuzhu has become the chief minister of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. In Zhang Tingyu's view, even a scholar of the Hall of Martial Arts cannot be compared.

The cabinet bachelor of the Kangxi Dynasty had a high status in name, and was also honored as Zhongtang or Xiangguo.In fact, its power is gradually being eroded by the ministers of Nanshufang, and it is not as good as before.

This is the same reason that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty established Shangshutai, just to seize the power of the prime minister.

To put it bluntly, the purpose of Kangxi's formation of the South Study Room alone was to usurp the power of the cabinet.

The fourth child followed suit. Not long after he took the throne, he established the Military Aircraft Department, completely turning the cabinet into a stamping machine.

Yuzhu knew in his heart that the old emperor asked him to take charge of the manufacturing office, which was obviously a step forward in trust.

To be honest, Yuzhu enjoyed this delicate situation, which was not too ostentatious, but could always influence the old emperor's decision-making.

Cao A can coerce the emperor to make the princes.

Heshen can hold Qianlong to control Jiaqing.

Yuzhu can take advantage of Kangxi's favor and do his own private work.

In the more than forty workshops in the manufacturing office, Yan Ruyu is really hidden.

The famous gun production is under the jurisdiction of the Manufacturing Office.

Surprised? Unexpected?
Dai Zi, who made the Lianzhu gun, has been nesting in Yuzhu's house, studying guns behind closed doors every day.

Now, after Yuzhu took charge of the Manufacturing Office, it happened to give Dai Zi a chance to play with guns, cannons, and gunpowder in the Gunnery Office justifiably and boldly.

Yuzhu doesn't know too much about technology, but he knows that when laymen lead experts, they should encourage more, give less advice, and give more money.

The vast majority of laymen leading experts, more than [-]% will command blindly, so as not to be looked down upon by technicians.

Yu Zhu never interfered with Dai Zi's research work. He asked for money to give money, asked for people to give, and asked for equipment as much as possible. He basically responded to every request.

Liu Bang, an uneducated hooligan, is inferior to Han Xin in leading troops, inferior to Xiao He in governing the country, and inferior in strategy to Zhang Liang. However, the heroes who founded the country are willing to follow him to conquer the world, why?
The reason is not complicated, Liu Ji is good at knowing and employing people, and is proficient in the way of profit distribution!

The so-called Lianzhu gun that Dai Zi made was actually a kind of firecracker, which needs to be ignited and fired in sequence, not a machine gun that can be fired in succession.

Yuzhu knew the shape of the Maxim machine gun, but he was also ignorant of its internal structure.

There is no way, the rice always has to be eaten one bite at a time.

Dai Zi's biggest task at present is not to make lianzhu guns, but to research and imitate the latest dog-lock flintlock guns.

The dog-lock flintlock guns equipped by the new army were all imitated by the Dutch. The range was much shorter, but the price was many times more expensive.

If you want to equip on a large scale, it is definitely not cost-effective.

Yuzhu also didn't want to research new firearms ingeniously. As long as the original British dog-lock flintlock gun is completely imitated, the cost can be reduced by at least 80%.

In addition, under the eyes of the old emperor, Yuzhu's new army could not have the opportunity to expand the army on a large scale for the time being.

Temporary non-expansion of the military does not mean permanent non-expansion of the military.

What do teaching teams, teaching groups, and various military and political schools do?

Under the premise that the team could not expand, it was Yuzhu's only choice to prefer guns to wait for others rather than others to wait for guns.

"Ama Khan, Dai Zi knows guns very well, and I plan to order him to work in the manufacturing office." Yuzhu has always been a wise man who does not do secret things, and speaks out when there is something.

The old emperor was in high spirits, besides, Dai Zi was just a lowly craftsman, not worth mentioning at all, so he nodded his approval.

For 5000 years, it has always been that everything is inferior, and only reading is high.

High reading, the purpose is to be an official.

As for skilled craftsmen, they have always been derogatoryly called: cheap craftsmen or slave craftsmen.

This is one of the reasons why modern industrial civilization cannot rise from the East.

Below the manufacturing office, there are many workshops, such as Ruyi Pavilion, gold and jade work, furnace casting, bell making, guns and cannons, saddle armor making, bow making, enamel making, gong making, box mounting, Oil wood making, lamp cutting, helmet making, glass factory and so on.

After Yuzhu was in charge of the manufacturing office, Tong Guowei came to him before the old emperor asked him for trouble.

Tong Guowei looked at the heroic Yuzhu, and asked him with a smile: "I always feel that there is something wrong with this room?"

Yuzhu looked carefully at the whole house, all the household items were made of high-quality and precious wood, and the furnishings were all of the top-notch standard.

Wait, Yuzhu's eyes fell on the paper window, and he understood something instantly.

Tong Guowei lacks nothing but transparent glass windows.

But the problem is that there is only one piece of glass window in Qingxi Study House in Yuanmingyuan.

The plate glass these days depends entirely on imports from the West.

And, like flat-panel TVs, the larger the area, the more expensive it is.

Yuzhu knew in his heart that the super large plate glass specially used by the old emperor was worth at least 30 taels of silver.

Because, that is, the jade pillars were imported from Italian merchants under the banner of celebrating the Longevity Festival.

"Old Zuer, to tell you the truth, there is only such a large glass window in the palace, where the Empress Dowager and the Old Summer Palace are." , It’s still a paper window.”

Tong Guowei narrowed his eyes, stroked his beard and smiled, and said, "I just know that you must have a solution, right?"

Yu Zhu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, salivated and said, "Such a big piece of glass doesn't cost a few taels of silver. But the problem is, even our mother in the palace didn't use it, so your old man can enjoy it, which will inevitably attract criticism." what."

Tong Guowei knew Yuzhu very well, and knew that he had more to say, so he didn't say anything.

Sure enough, Yuzhu smiled and said: "Such a whole piece of glass window must be over the limit, and it is very inappropriate. However, there are some broken glass at the glass factory. I will go to your grandson to take those If you pick up the broken glass and stick it together, your old house must be much brighter than it is now, right?"

Tong Guowei showed a satisfied smile, and said: "The lady in the palace has sent someone to tell the old man that you are so filial. Well, the old man didn't miss it!"

"Come with me." Tong Guowei led Yuzhu into the East Wing.

Yuzhu went in and took a look, good guy, it was full of people.

(End of this chapter)