Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"There is such a thing?" Hearing the reports of Chen Ke, Li Jing and Wan Fengyun, Zheng Kezang was a little surprised. It is unacceptable for him to drag the country into the war, not to mention the involvement of the veteran Gong Tian. "I understand." It is impossible for Zheng Kezang not to consider the role played by Ma Ying, a vested interest. "You wait and kneel down first."

After drinking away the three unidentified courtiers, Zheng Kezang sat on the dragon chair for a while, feeling overwhelmed, before deciding to give Ma Ying a chance: "Come here, the envoy of Xuannan Privy Council has an audience."

Maying didn't come too slowly, but Zheng Kezang felt that time had passed for a whole half day, and he felt that the other party was a little proud. He looked at Maying coldly and kowtowed, and then slowly said after a long time: "Ma Qing, you have also seen the power of the new gunpowder. Does the South Privy Council have any plans?".

Intentionally, Zheng Kezang forgot to ask Maying to stand up and speak, and Maying, who was extremely surprised, could only lie there and respond: "If you go back to the emperor, I have discussed it with the Ministry of Military Affairs, and I think it should be the first priority."

Both Ma Ying and the senior military officials believed that yellow gunpowder was too powerful, and it was doubtful whether it could be used in the new manganese steel cannon. It would be more in line with the status quo to use maroon gunpowder as gunpowder. (Especially in the rain) Greatly increases the rate of fire of rifles, and should quickly spread to the entire army.

"Fire hat?" Zheng Kezang narrowed his eyes and glanced at Maying. "Qing, get up and talk." When Maying got up slowly, Zheng Kezang asked again. "Is it not enough to use an old-style rifle with a new-style flash cap?"

Ma Ying replied: "Ordnance Cao has already trial-produced a new type of rifled rifle, but the price is too high."

Zheng Kezang also knows about this rifled rifle. It is roughly made in the style of the Minie rifle. With today's manufacturing technology, it is indeed a high-priced weapon. It's just a sentence and a few years: "You don't have to worry about it, the Ministry of Military Affairs still has the financial resources."

What Maying wanted was Zheng Kezang's words, but before he had time to be happy, Zheng Kezang said again: "Of course maroon gunpowder is good for gunpowder, but yellow gunpowder is useful for the study of flowering. There is also a greater improvement, by the way, did the Navy report on the trial of the front rifled gun?". [

"The minister is about to play." Maying's words made Zheng Kezang even more displeased, but Zheng Kezang continued to listen calmly. "According to the report of the training fleet of the Naval Academy, the front rifled gun is difficult to load, so the rate of fire is much slower than that of ordinary guns, but the range and accuracy of the cone are improved, but the accuracy is not as good as the increase. It cannot make up for the loss of the reduced amount of projectiles thrown per unit time, so I think there is no need to rush to replace the old guns with rifled guns."

"Your words make some sense." Although Zheng Kezang disagreed, he agreed on the surface. "Let's do this, let's first replace the guard fortresses of the town guards with rifled guns, and the rest of the navy will take it easy." Ma Yingying claimed that it was true. on his hand. "Your Majesty, let's take a look. Is it the nomination of nomination handed over to the cabinet by the Southern Privy Council?"

Ma Ying turned over a few pages in her hand, and responded in a strange way: "I have read the words of the reply to the Holy Majesty. Yes, it is the nomination for the rank of the lieutenant that the Southern Privy Council reported."

Zheng Kezang immediately questioned: "Niu Mingli, the secretary of the official party, why does this person become a noble?"

Maying was very familiar with the characters on the Jinjue list, so when Zheng Kezang asked, he immediately gave the answer: "If you go back to the Holy Lord, Niu Mingli is specially nominated for Jinjue County because he led the establishment of the Persian tutelary mansion." male."

Just as the East Tianzhu tutelary mansion was actually in the Andaman Islands, the Persian tutelary mansion was of course not set up on the Persian plateau, but the tutelary mansion on the island of Hormuz.As early as the sixteenth century AD, the Portuguese established fortresses and ports on this small island, but it was later destroyed by the Persian Kingdom and the British East India Company, and it was now China's turn to take advantage of it.However, it is now the civil strife in Persia, and the separatist regimes in various places need the support of foreign forces. Otherwise, this island facing the important port of Bandar Abbas in Persia is impossible to fall into the hands of Huaxia.

"This is a great achievement, enough to be promoted to a noble." Zheng Kezang said first and then restrained. "However, this person is a member of the official department, how can he lead the establishment of the town guard mansion." Zheng Kezang's question got to the bottom of it. "What's more, I remember how this bureaucrat was one of the main criminals in the Ling Yamen case, and how he returned to the army."

Maying suddenly panicked: "I don't know, I am responsible for negligence, and I will order the Military Law Department to investigate and deal with it immediately after I return."

"No need," Zheng Kezang's tone was extremely cold. "I have already told Li Jing that there is no need to investigate this matter carefully." When the name of Zhengqing of the Overwatch Council was mentioned, Ma Ying's expression became even more ugly. "Therefore, there is no need for the Military Legal Department to investigate. Let Niu be appointed as a county baron. Anyway, this officer is already over sixty, and he should return to his hometown to be raised."

Maying breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he understood Zheng Kezang's meaning, and immediately said: "Yes, I will arrange it when I get back."

"Arrangement? Arrangement for what?" Zheng Kezang's dizzy eyes sharpened suddenly. "Has the person who arranged the staff cleared up the handwriting?".The oppressive tone forced Maying to kneel down again. "Warning against other countries is actually being manipulated by the staff behind the scenes. Is this still my army?".

Maying trembled with fear, but she couldn't help but tell her subordinates: "My sage has learned that these ministers may only be for military merit."

"For military merit? For military merit, can the country be dragged into a situation beyond redemption?".Zheng Kezang snorted lightly. "Isn't Qing a good officer? The subordinates he brings out are also quite spirited."

Ma Ying's face turned pale: "Your Majesty, I'm just out of publicity. As the Holy Majesty knows, now that the world is at peace and the horse is released from Nanshan, it is better for the soldiers of the land and water divisions to be aggressive than not to be aggressive."

"I see." Zheng Kezang didn't want to listen to Maying's explanation anymore, so he just said lightly. "Your Majesty, please kneel down." [

Maying was about to convulse in front of Zheng Kezang, but under Zheng Kezang's sharp eyes like a scalpel, she finally took off her black gauze hat with difficulty, put it tremblingly by her hand, and kowtowed to Zheng Kezang again Said: "Chen, I will leave now."

Seeing Maying go out in a daze, Zheng Kezang ordered to the Hanlin scholar beside him unmoved: "Jianguo County Marquis, (from the second grade) Zhongfeng doctor, (Xun three) the inspector prince Taifu, ( The second rank) General Mingwei, the envoy of the South Privy Council, and Zi Maying of Jingshan County became official due to illness. The deputy general of the Zhenjun, Chu Jin, son of Qianshan County, will take over."

The academician quickly drafted the imperial edict, and when it was finished, it was handed over to Zheng Kezang. Zheng Kezang took a rough look and sighed: "Ma Ying has made both contributions and hard work these years, so let her be appointed as an official, in my heart." There are also debts, so let’s promote him to be a (second-rank) virtuous doctor, and add the founder of the county, and the title of hero will also increase by one level.”

The new edict was drawn up very quickly. After Zheng Kezang saw the error, he immediately sent it to the cabinet for counter-signature. At this time, it was only two and a half hours before the cabinet discovered Niu Mingli's problem. As soon as the news came out, it shocked the government and the public. There were a lot of discussions at home and abroad. They all thought that Zheng Kezang was trying to warn the government and the public that although the crown prince was about to be established, the power was still in the hands of the emperor.

Affected by Ma Ying's resignation, Jin Yanzhi, who was then envoy of the North Privy Council, and Chu Jin, the new envoy of the South Privy Council, disregarded the practice that various affairs had come to a standstill near the end of the year, and joined hands with the Ministry of Military Affairs to carry out a large-scale inspection of the staff of the two houses. Purge.As a result, in just five days, a considerable number of staff officials were immediately transferred to the front of the army, and some staff officials were directly kicked out of the army. Only the lucky Niu Mingli brought the curses of his colleagues to the county The male title returned to his hometown.

With the seal of the government office on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, the adjustment of the staff of the North and South Privy Councils has also come to an end, and a big disturbance seems to have disappeared. The shadow of Niu Mingli is actually a secret spy sent by the Military Law Department to the Secretary of the Army. The two sides infiltrated each other, and staged scenes of battles between dragons and tigers in the history of the Huaxia Dynasty, but these are all for later.

However, when the news of Maying's resignation reached the ears of Gong Tian, ​​who served as the head of the Naval Academy as an acquaintance of the Southern Privy Council, Gong Tian, ​​who felt guilty in the Lingyamen trespassing case, became angry.Gong Tian thought that he was framed by Maying, who manipulated the official secretary, so that he lost his position as the admiral of the East Tianzhu Navy, and was destined to be the envoy of the South Privy Council. One step behind and one step behind.

So Gong Tian, ​​regardless of the cold weather during the New Year's Eve, flew directly to Wuchang from Daqushan Township Mansion, and cried out his grievances to Zheng Kezang.Regarding Gong Tian's performance, Zheng Kezang Nai had no choice but to appease him again and again, and temporarily added Gong Tian as the Duke of the founding county as a consolation.What Gong Tian wanted was the title of Duke of the Founding County. However, Chu Jin had just taken office, so it was impossible for him to give up his position. Therefore, Gong Tian, ​​who was disappointed and returned, cut off his righteousness with Ma Ying. The century-old entanglement of the navy family also unfolded from then on, providing endless topics for latecomers