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Chapter 276 Chapter 276: Zhu Xia Feng and Zhu Xia Qiu had an argument and broke up unhappy?

Hearing that his father actually asked him to go to his second son, Zhu Xiaqiu, for armaments, Zhu Xiafeng was naturally very unhappy!
Originally, he and Zhu Xiaqiu were always at odds with each other, and it was true that they were not convinced by each other.

The main reason is that the two brothers have very different personalities and have different views on many things, which leads to them not getting along with each other on topics and methods of doing things!

Let him look down and go to Zhu Xiaqiu to ask for armaments. He was worried that Zhu Xiaqiu would take advantage of him, and he might even make things difficult for him!

However, Zhu Yue clearly didn't care about this matter and only gave him one way to find Zhu Xiaqiu, but she had no choice!
If you want armaments, you can only go to Zhu Xiaqiu!
This made Zhu Xifeng quite miserable!
After enduring it all night, Zhu Xifeng couldn't hold it back the next day and ran directly to the imperial study room to find Zhu Xiaqiu!

"Second brother, you are so prosperous now. Grandpa Huang and father have become the hands-off shopkeepers. You have the final say in the affairs of the court!"

After Zhu Xifeng entered the imperial study, he said to Zhu Xiaqiu with a half-smile, with a hint of sourness in his tone.

There is no way, who makes this person the grandson of the emperor, the future crown prince of the Ming Dynasty!
"Didn't Big Brother say that you want to train your personal guards to prepare for the vassal?"

"Why do you have time to come to the Imperial Study Room to tease me today?"

Zhu Xiaqiu put down the memorial and writing brush in his hand, stared at Zhu Xiafeng with interest and asked.

An army of 20,000 people needs equipment of 30,000 people. Are you kidding me?

"It's not much. Don't I only have 20,000 personal guards?"

Zhu Xifeng explained in a carefree manner.

With Zhu Xiaqiu's mind, he naturally knew that his father Zhu Yue also wanted to take this opportunity to give the boss a good beating and establish the relationship between their brothers!

"Just go with this number of people. Thirty thousand sets is enough!"

It was so generous in the past because at that time, the Ming Dynasty had not yet started to build railways, and there had not been all kinds of large-scale construction, demolition and city expansion!

"Big brother's personal guards want to change their equipment, of course there is no problem!"

Zhu Xifeng said a number nonchalantly.

"I told my father yesterday that I wanted to replace a batch of armaments for the Guards. My father said that I can come directly to you and ask for it!"

"Brother, don't you know that firewood and rice are expensive when you are not a householder?"

Zhu Xiaqiu asked calmly.

Compared to Zhu Xia Feng, Zhu Xia Qiu's temperament is more tolerant and calm, and he has no intention of causing trouble for Zhu Xia Feng!
But appropriate suppression and control are still very necessary!
After all, he is the crown prince, and the future crown prince must also make the other brothers clearly aware of this!
Otherwise, in a few years, I am afraid that as the grandson of the emperor, my words will have no effect in front of the remaining brothers. That won't work!
"Brother, isn't it true that the equipment of my personal guard is too poor?"

When he was not a family member, Zhu Xiaqiu always felt that his father, Zhu Li, was very generous. He would give many things to people below him when he asked for them, so he also thought that Ming Dynasty should be very wealthy in this regard!
But when he really sat in this position, Zhu Xiaqiu realized that the Ming Dynasty today really lacked everything!

In terms of equipment, one must be wealthy. After all, losses and other factors have to be taken into account. Zhu Xifeng naturally wants to get it right in one step. As long as 30,000 sets of equipment are available, he will not need it for a long time in the future. Come to Zhu Xifeng for equipment!
"Thirty thousand sets is not enough?"

When Zhu Xifeng heard this, he was immediately speechless!
He thought that Zhu Xifeng would definitely be a lion, but he didn't expect that this guy would be so exaggerated!

"Did you know that even if the imperial navy reorganizes 20 people, it has only given 20 sets of equipment so far, and you still have a surplus here?"

"You also know that the original equipment of the Imperial Army is far inferior to that of the Hanzhong Army!"

Zhu Xiaqiu naturally has to seize this opportunity!
It's not that Zhu Xiaqiu has any bad taste or resentment towards Zhu Xiafeng. The main reason is that Zhu Xiafeng's character is too out-of-touch. If he is not restrained, he may cause big troubles in the future!

In fact, Zhu Xiaqiu had a clear idea of ​​Zhu Xiafeng's purpose. He knew that this guy must have come back to him to ask for military equipment. After all, Zhu Xiaqiu also had an idea of ​​the quality of the equipment of those guards!

"Now that the Hanzhong Army has been given to that guy Lao San, my 20,000 personal guards are all selected from the imperial army. Although their combat power is good, they still need to be trained. The most important thing is that the equipment must be up to date. You have to go up there!”

"I wonder how many sets of equipment Brother is going to replace?"

Not to mention the subsequent construction of a city in Mobei, education and other reforms, and the construction of city defenses at the Hami Guard in the northwest, etc.!

The investment and consumption involved is simply a bottomless pit!
In terms of weapons and equipment, production capacity can only be said to be barely keeping up!

After all, there are hundreds of thousands of regular troops of the Ming Dynasty. Counting all the miscellaneous troops, there are nearly a million people!
Although the equipment produced in Hanzhong is good and the quantity is not small, the problem is that for the entire Ming Dynasty, it is really not that much!

It has not been long since Zhu Xiaqiu took over state affairs, but he fully understands the hardships and difficulties involved. After many policies were implemented, Zhu Xiaqiu discovered that the money in the national treasury was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The current situation of the Ming Dynasty's treasury is that one tael of broken silver wishes it could be broken into more petals and spent!

But having said that, Ming Dynasty could have dealt with all this more calmly. The main problem was that Zhu Yuanzhang was too impatient and spread the stall too big!

Because Zhu Yuanzhang always thinks about the affairs of three generations, and he wants to finish it in one generation!
Even though Zhu Yue often mentioned this issue to Zhu Yuanzhang, after admonishing him, Zhu Yuanzhang only calmed down a little!

Now the arrow is on the string and must be fired!
Many reforms have already begun to be implemented, and it is impossible to directly announce the stop. We can only try every means to finish it!

Zhu Xiaqiu knew this, but Zhu Xiafeng didn’t!
After listening to Zhu Xiaqiu's words, Zhu Xiafeng's brows immediately wrinkled!
"Second brother, what do you mean by this?"

"Are you reluctant to give me 30,000 sets of equipment?"

Zhu Xifeng's face suddenly turned ugly.

"That's not what you said. The 30,000 sets of equipment you mentioned include the soldiers' armors, weapons and flintlocks!"

"This equipment alone will require more than a month of production capacity at the military factory!"

"Although the production capacity of military factories has been increasing, Ming Dynasty's equipment is not rich at present!"

"I can only give you fifteen thousand sets at most. If there are not enough left, I can replenish them from other places in the future, but I can't give them to you all at once!"

Zhu Xiaqiu thought about it and gave Zhu Xiafeng a 50% discount on the spot!
The original 30,000 sets of equipment can only be given to 15,000 sets!

In fact, Zhu Xiaqiu was prepared to give 10,000 sets because he thought Zhu Xiafeng would only ask for 20,000 sets, but he didn't expect that he would directly ask for 30,000 sets!
Giving him fifteen thousand sets was already beyond Zhu Xiaqiu's original budget!
It's not that he deliberately caused a stumbling block for Zhu Xia Feng, but with a wave of his hand, it was easy to give Zhu Xia Feng 30,000 sets, but if other generals knew about it, how could they cause a quarrel?

When the time comes, everyone will come and ask for equipment. Will you give it to me or not?
Sitting in this position, what Zhu Xiaqiu needs to think about will only be more comprehensive, and it is no longer just a problem for Zhu Xiafeng!

"Boy, you've gone too far!"

"Even if the Ming Dynasty's military armaments are tight, it won't be able to provide the full equipment of my 20,000 people, right?"

Zhu Xifeng felt that Zhu Xiaqiu must have deliberately taken the opportunity to cause trouble for him!
This is just after taking power, and he plans to give his eldest brother power!
"Brother, how can you think of me like this?"

"That's right, the Ministry of Industry currently has tens of thousands of sets of equipment, not to mention too much. But do you know how many people are watching these tens of thousands of sets of equipment?"

"Master Feng is not the only one who needs equipment!" "I've given it to you, how should I explain it to the others?"

Zhu Xiaqiu frowned, and his tone became dissatisfied!

He felt that Zhu Xifeng was just making trouble unreasonably!

He is older than me, why don't he understand anything?

Isn’t this sincerely embarrassing yourself?
"Don't do this to me!"

"I admit that you have many excuses. It doesn't matter if you don't give me 30,000 sets of equipment. I have to ask for 20,000 sets of equipment at least. If you are below this standard, you are deliberately targeting me!"

Zhu Xifeng's temper got worse, and he started to speak out regardless of what he said!
"If you want to say that, then I was targeting you at that time!"

"Anyway, I can only give you fifteen thousand sets for the time being. Do you want it or not?"

Zhu Xiaqiu's temper suddenly rose, and he spoke tit-for-tat without showing any signs of weakness.

"Okay!"

"You finally admitted it!"

"Okay, you're in charge now, you awesome!"

"When I get back, I'll go find my father and Grandpa Huang to comment!"

Zhu Xia Feng laughed angrily and had no intention of arguing with Zhu Xia Qiu anymore. He turned around and left angrily!
If he didn't leave, he was afraid that he would be tempted to attack Zhu Xiaqiu!
Because of the equipment issue, the two brothers immediately broke up on bad terms, but Zhu Xia Feng really had no way to deal with Zhu Xia Qiu!

You can't really go and beat up Zhu Xiaqiu, right?

Let's not say whether Zhu Yue can backhand him or not, just hang him up and beat him. If Zhu Xiaqiu is really beaten, it will be really fun!

Of course, the main thing is that Zhu Xifeng is not really stupid and doesn't care about anything!

Although he has an out-of-touch and reckless personality, it does not mean that he is really stupid and does not understand the world at all!
It's okay to argue with Zhu Xiaqiu, but if we really want to completely break up, how will the two brothers get along in the future?
What's more important is that when asking for help, you must have the attitude of asking for help. Otherwise, it will be even more difficult for him to ask for something from Zhu Xiaqiu next time!
In the imperial study room.

Zhu Xiaqiu also looked depressed.

He really didn't mean to deliberately find trouble or give Zhu Xiafeng power, but the question is whether Zhu Xiafeng would think so, that's not something he can control!
Although Zhu Xifeng's attitude made him very dissatisfied, he didn't want to really stalemate the relationship between brothers!

For a moment, Zhu Xifeng also felt in a dilemma.

"How about gritting your teeth and just giving him 30,000 sets of equipment?"

Zhu Xiaqiu thought about it and decided to take a step back, but the thought of having to face the pressure from the court gave him a headache again!

"Eunuch Wang, please go and invite Fang Shangshu to the palace, and tell him that I have something to do with him!"

Really unable to make up his mind, Zhu Xiaqiu thought of his teacher Fang Xiaoru again, and asked Wang Chen to invite people over first and have a good discussion!

Now that Zhu Xiaqiugui is the grandson of the emperor, and he has been authorized by Zhu Yue, the prince of the supervising country, he is equivalent to the grandson of the supervising country, and he has rules for everything he says and does.

When encountering something that cannot be decided, the best way is to gather all the capable ministers around you to discuss it together!

But just the matter of Zhu Xifeng is not enough to mobilize the troops. It is enough to discuss it with Fang Xiaoru alone!

Not long after, Fang Xiaoru, who was busy with the reform of the Ministry of Education, was notified of the summons by the emperor's grandson, so he had to put down his work and ran into the palace.

After meeting Fang Xiaoru, Zhu Xiaqiu gave an overview of Zhu Xiafeng's request for equipment, and also explained his dilemma.

After listening to Zhu Xiaqiu's question, Fang Xiaoru couldn't laugh or cry for a while.

The two brothers actually had a big fight over this matter?
As for it?
"Your Highness Taisun, this matter is actually easy to handle!"

"His Royal Highness the Wind King wants 30,000 sets of equipment, just give it to him!"

"Actually, compared to other armies of the Ming Dynasty, His Highness Feng Wang's side is quite special. After all, he is about to go to Mobei to become a vassal. In the future, he will face the entire Mobei. I believe other generals can understand it!"

Fang Xiaoru thought for a while and then expressed his thoughts.

"As for the extra equipment, where do you think I can get him from?"

"You have to know that the Navy is about to start a war with Japan! We will definitely need to replenish a batch of equipment by then!"

Zhu Xiaqiu asked again with a wry smile.

"Actually, the problem with the navy is easy to solve. If His Highness the Wind King wants this batch of equipment, I believe no one will say anything!"

"The fight against Japan will definitely involve Lan Yu's gang of Huaixi nobles. The relationship between these generals and the Feng King is quite good, and they will give them some face!"

"It's not a big deal to give some of the equipment from the Navy to the Wind King!"

Fang Xiaoru then reminded.

"Well, I haven't thought about this. I've been thinking about how to make it as fair as possible!"

When Zhu Xiaqiu heard this, he suddenly realized.

As a person in power, he thinks about fairness, but there are still human relations among the people below, which he ignores!

If you want to put it this way, the matter on Zhu Xifeng's side is easy to solve!

"It's not too late for His Highness Taisun to understand now. The main thing is the brotherly relationship between you and His Highness Feng Wang. Just don't make it too complicated!"

Fang Xiaoru smiled and nodded.

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(End of this chapter)