Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 230 National Security
Early the next morning, Yang Guang received the emperor's order. The father-in-law from the palace was waiting impatiently in the front hall and said to Wang Yi: "Mr. Wang, why hasn't His Highness the King of Jin come out yet? Your Majesty has to wait. Anxious."

Wang Yi looked embarrassed: "Yesterday was the big day for your Royal Highness to get married, so you got up a little late today. Your Majesty has allowed Your Highness to rest. This early in the morning, His Highness has not yet washed himself. Please be patient, please, and I will go and hurry you up." Urgent."

As soon as Wang Yi finished speaking, Yang Guang came over. At this time, he was in a lethargic state. He didn't sleep well last night.

"His Royal Highness Prince Jin, let's go to the palace. We can't keep His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince waiting for too long."

Yang Guangduo kept an eye out: "His Royal Highness is here too?"

The young eunuch realized that he had said the wrong thing in his haste. He did not need to tell Yang Guang anything else. He only needed to summon Yang Guang to the palace. Now that the prince is here, it is naturally one more thing. One more thing is not as good as One less thing.

"My father-in-law, what do you want your highness to do with me?"

The eunuch couldn't talk too much. He was sweating nervously at this moment: "Your Highness, please don't embarrass me. Please follow me into the palace first."

Unexpectedly, Yang Guang did not get to the bottom of the matter and ordered someone to reward him with some silver coins to make the eunuch grateful.

He just heard that the chief eunuch in the palace said that he came to Prince Jin's Mansion on errands. Not only did he never make things difficult and look down on him, but Prince Jin and Princess Jin were both very generous and knew how to take care of things, so they all rushed to come to Prince Jin's Mansion.

After passing the palace gate, we went straight to the emperor's study room. At this time, the emperor and the prince had been waiting for a long time. When Yang Guang walked in, the prince's face was very dark.

"My son, I will meet my father, Your Highness the Crown Prince."

Yang Yong directly asked with a dark face: "Second brother, you are becoming more and more unruly now. My father has made me wait for so long when he passed the edict."

"Forgive me, Father, and forgive me, Your Highness. I got married yesterday. After all, it was a marriage granted by my father, emperor, and mother. I couldn't refuse the enthusiasm of my friends. I had a drink with a few friends, drank too much, and fell asleep. I really woke up early this morning. If you don’t come, I hope your father will be more considerate.”

Yang Jian was still writing and said: "That's all, that's all, I shouldn't have called you today, but you have to make a decision on the matter. The matter is so important that I have to let you come."

Looking at Yang Jian's absent-minded look, Yang Guang understood that his old father was still sensible. How could such a happy day not be done in the same day, but there were some ignorant people who wanted to disturb him, and the matter was more important, so he had to call him over. Okay, I thought about what it was.

Fortunately, Yang Yong went to find Li Yuan in an attempt to win over Li Yuan, but Yang Guang got what he wanted to do in advance, otherwise he would be unprepared now.

"Father, you don't know what's going on?"

Yang Jian didn't even raise his head: "Prince, you can speak for yourself."

"Yes, Father."

Yang Yong walked up to Yang Guang and said: "Now in Dading in the north, although we still need to take strict precautions, we can't make any waves. On the contrary, in the northeast, Goguryeo and other places have protected Gao Baoning before, so we have to give a warning. Due to the border There is demand, so a new firearms arsenal must be built in Youzhou City, so that we can expand the scale of production and increase the number of firearms equipped by our army."

Yang Guang's face was solemn. Seeing Yang Guang like this, Yang Yong felt that he had the upper hand. This request was reasonable and no problem from any point of view. The starting point was also for the imperial court. Can he still refuse?
In the end, Yang Guang did not look at Yang Yong but asked Yang Jian: "Father, what do you think?"

Yang Jian's attention did not leave the words on his desk, and he replied without seeming to care: "Say what you think."

"Father, firearms are secret after all. It would be bad if they were in the hands of others."

As soon as Yang Guang said this, Yang Yong overturned Yang Guang impatiently: "What do you mean by others? Aren't I thinking about the Sui Dynasty? Transporting firearms from Daxing City is time-consuming and laborious, and now Daxing City's firearms production is also about the same. Not on."

"Brother Imperial, listen to me first."

"Okay, tell me." Seeing his anxious look, Yang Guang felt more relieved: "Father, although the output of firearms is not high now, we are not making any big moves. It is enough to increase the output of firearms slowly. There is no need. Saying that all armies should be equipped with firearms, Erchen believes that due to "national security" considerations, the number of firearms should be reduced rather than increased."

When Yang Guang talked about this matter, Yang Jian paused, as if thinking about something, and then said: "Go on and tell me, what is "national security"?"

"To give a simple example, Luoyang Yuan Xiaoju Yuan Zhongzai now rebelled with [-] soldiers. These soldiers were equipped with swords and light cavalry. If firearms were expanded on a large scale, it might be Luoyang Yuan Zhongzai who had [-] musketeers. This poses a huge security risk also."

Yang Guang smiled slightly and said: "Your Highness, don't mind. I just used Yuan Zhongzai as an example. I am not saying that Yuan Zhongzai will definitely rebel."

Yang Yong looked unkind and immediately said: "You can't bite important officials indiscriminately in the court."

"My brother, I'm just giving you an example. Brother Emperor, please don't mind. You have to use someone else to give an example. I have worked with Motsuka Zai for a while in Luoyang, and we have a very good relationship with him before I dare to use him as an example. He will definitely not mind." .”

Yang Yong's face turned dark: "You can't block it just because of a suspicion..."

"Okay."

Yang Jian finally put down the pen in his hand, and Yang Guang and Yang Yong each saluted.

"What Amo said makes sense. Firearms are powerful and have great hidden dangers. Not only are the hidden dangers that Amo is considering now, but also the firearms themselves are flammable and explosive. How many times has this firearms arsenal exploded? "

Yang Guang said with some embarrassment: "For my father to study new things, it is inevitable to explode a few times."

"I am very confused about this thing now. It is indeed useful when fighting, but it is troublesome when not fighting. When the world is at peace and the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the hidden dangers of this firearm outweigh its actual use."

"No!"

"No!"

At this time, Yang Guang and Yang Yong both answered with the same words.

Yang Jian looked at Yang Guang in surprise: "Amo, didn't you just say that you wanted to reduce production?"

"Reducing production does not mean that we will stop researching firearms, it just suspends the large-scale rollout of firearms, and research on firearms cannot stop."

"What's the difference?"

At this time, the prince said: "Father, the King of Jin jumps repeatedly and has vacillating opinions. Isn't this playing tricks on people?"

"Brother, I don't want to make such false accusations. I am not swinging in my opinions. The production of firearms has shrunk and research has been enhanced to make our firearms far more advanced than others, until there is a generation gap with the current weapons."

"Generation difference? What is generation difference?"

"A generation is an era, and a difference is a gap. Although firearms are already very powerful in the eyes of others, in my opinion, the current firearms are still rushing to the shelves and are very crudely made. I will continue to develop more powerful firearms. My The second-generation firearms will overwhelm the first-generation firearms in terms of practical application and firepower. Once we have mastered the second-generation firearms before rolling out the first-generation firearms, we will feel more at ease.”

"Crush existing firearms?"

The emperor couldn't believe it. Today's firearms are powerful enough. Will the second generation crush the first generation?It's incredible.

(End of this chapter)