Ping An Biography

Updated: 2013-11-22

The six ministries and nine ministers and various yamen have gradually been established. Although they are not very imposing, the organizational system is relatively complete. Most of the officials in charge of the government are former officials with rich experience and strict rules. In the upper court, the number of people is small, and it is different from the center of the court.

In Zhang Ning's study, there are three pieces of paper with the largest size attached, representing his unfinished business.The first one says to let the Ministry of Officials formally appoint officials from all over the country, and make a book for filing. This matter has been handed over to Yang Shiqi for actual handling; Word, Jiangxi.

After several ministers participated in the deliberations, the decree on conscription was roughly in place. In order not to arouse greater conflicts, the method of volunteering by the people and screening by the Ministry of War was adopted first.Usually the common people are not willing to serve as a soldier, not to mention that the Huguang separatist regime is fighting with the imperial government and the army, and the world knows that it is possible to die.In addition to forced recruitment, it can only provide more benefits to the sergeants and persuade them.

The Ministry of War will send people to various places to cooperate with local officials to publicize the matter on the spot. Anyone who has been recorded in the military register by the Ministry of War will be promised by the government to return to their hometown voluntarily in batches after only three years of service, and will be given corresponding land and a sum of money. Remuneration; soldiers’ clothing, armor, weapons, and food in the army are all supported by the central finance; during military service, the whole family is exempted from corvee service, and they do not have to be conscripted to the government for free to repair water conservancy works and other hard labor; all soldiers have the opportunity to be transferred to various government officials in various places , teach literacy in the army, and you can also participate in the imperial examination in the future, and you will be given priority in the recruitment of officials from various places; those who commit "rape" and endanger the families of soldiers and soldiers will be punished with a higher crime...[

These decrees look good, but in practice they are not necessarily what they say on paper.First of all, military expenditure will be much larger than that of the old system, which will greatly increase the financial pressure of the entire group, because the usual government military system is based on the reduction of military expenditure based on the exploitation of military households.

Zhang Ning drew a circle on it, wrote down a number, and wrote a note in his notebook, how to make the officials of the Ministry of War and local officials who are responsible for supervising this matter actively complete the government order.Then there is another one, how to ensure that these laws and regulations are actually implemented, and not form a piece of paper in which deception exists in name only.

The account-like notepad on his desk is filled with similar trivial things. It adopts the method of catalog classification, but it still looks a bit messy. The main characters are written quickly and scribbled, and they are often altered.

In the afternoon, when Zhang Ning casually flipped through what he had written, he found that there was a line written at the back that read "Weapon Bureau Fusiliers".Suddenly remembered that, and asked Xu Jun who was tidying up the table: "Did the Weapons Bureau send anything today?"

"It seems..." Xu Jun stroked his temples, "I'll look for it." After a long time, she only heard "Yes" in a slightly surprised tone, and took what Zhang Ning wanted brought it over.

But it's not as few as a piece of paper, but a stack of files.Zhang Ning turned it over and saw that it was printed in neat lowercase script, but it was not Ma Dapeng's handwriting. This fellow has learned the superficial chapters, and he even hired a writer to get a copy.The first page discusses the completion of the new firearms manufacturing base, and only needs to continue to improve and check for leaks to fill in unsatisfactory places before they can be put into the workshop for batch customization.It turned out that Ma Tiju deliberately made the dossier more beautiful in order to ask for credit.

The following are detailed drawings and descriptions. The components are marked with information such as dimensional tolerances in three views, but there is no assembly drawing, and the whole is only drawn.The main reason is that Zhang Ning himself does not know how to assemble drawings, so no one in this era can.The three-view is also that he had dealt with the machinery factory for a long time when he was working in his previous life. He often went in and out of it and looked at it a little bit, although he only knew simple things.

He looked up the pictures one by one in detail, and his mood gradually became very good.

The flintlock gun, a very old thing in the knowledge of later generations; he tinkered with it at this time, but it seems to have created a brand new thing, turning an impossible into a possibility.It's like being able to imagine what the moon looks like, and the feeling of actually going there is very exciting.

Zhang Ning still shook his head and laughed out loud, this contrasting behavior made Xu Jun also cover his mouth and laugh: "Is there any good news from the Weapons Bureau, which makes the prince happy like this."

"Extremely good news!" Zhang Ning raised his head and said with a smile on his face, "You also helped, let me reward you with a kiss."

"Oh, it's really..." Xu Jun blushed suddenly, and turned his head away.

But soon he found good things but didn't know who to share with important people. I'm afraid he could only celebrate with the bureaucrats and craftsmen of the Weapons Bureau.Not to mention that the people in the palace of Chu did not understand, even among the ministers and officials around, how many people could really understand the significance of a weapon ignited by matchlocks evolving into a firearm fired by flint?

Zhang Ning suddenly remembered: Does Yu Qian understand?He should understand. In this era, if this person can't understand what progress is, then no one can understand it.There is a difference of hundreds of years, and there is not much difference in person, but because of the difference in knowledge, Zhang Ning feels that the world is really ignorant.

He suppressed his excited expression, walked back and forth in the room many times, pondered for a while.

But seeing the high and low of the sun outside, it's time for you, the time when all the yamen go straight.Zhang Ning decided to do it right away when he thought about it, and immediately told Jun: "Go and tell Li Zhen, I will change into ordinary clothes and then go to visit Yu Qian's mansion and ask him to prepare a carriage."

"Do you want them to send someone to Yufu to deliver the post in advance?" Jun asked.

Zhang Ning suddenly remembered the ostentatious scene of the master and servants welcoming the door wide open, and said: "No need, Yu Qian and I are old acquaintances, it would be better to save some trouble." There is a robe and a square scarf, and I put it on by myself, and I am dressed as a scholar.

When Li Zhen was ready, he asked Jun Xu to go back to Chu Palace by himself in a sedan chair, and he and his guards went to Yu's mansion in a carriage. [

Unexpectedly, after knocking on the door for a visit, after the concierge asked about the visitor, the imaginary situation still appeared. The main gate of Yu’s mansion opened, and Yu Qian personally greeted him at the door after getting dressed... I think this kind of thing is really inevitable. Pay attention to etiquette, especially the gates of the mansions of the scholarly family are usually closed. When someone of high status or of the same rank visits, you must open the front door to greet them, so as not to be careless.

Yu Qian bowed down and said: "I don't know that the king of Xiang came to the gate, and I was far away from welcoming him, and I was extremely rude."

Zhang Ning hurriedly stepped forward to help him, shaking his chest to indicate his clothes, "I just want to get down straight and come here to ask Tingyi for a cup of tea. After all, it's hard to return to the old friendship in such a situation."

Yu Qian seemed a little moved when he heard this.Indeed, being a prince who ruled the country is good enough for him, at least the sincerity can be felt.

He didn't say much, just bowed and raised his arms and said, "My lord please."

The two entered the door, while all the guards stayed outside, only Li Zhen followed.Yu Qian said to the housekeeper: "Immediately order someone to prepare the best tea in the house." The housekeeper hurriedly said: "The old slave can do it."

Then Yu Qian welcomed Zhang Ning to the living room of the main room and sat down separately.

After exchanging pleasantries with each other, Zhang Ning put the file of the weapon bureau he was carrying on the table, and motioned Li Zhen to send the things over. "Recently, the Bureau of Arms has created a firearm. I want Ting Yi to see how it works."

As Yu Qian took over, he said: "I'm not an expert in the manufacture of firearms, so I don't dare to make rash judgments... I've never seen these pictures before."

"Three views of the famous work." Seeing a teacup on the table, Zhang Ning took up the lid, "It looks like a circle from the top down, but it looks flat when viewed from the front, and it looks the same when viewed from the side. An object needs to be observed from multiple angles before it can be dimensioned three-dimensionally.”

Yu Qian stroked the beard on his chin, pondered for a while, nodded and said, "That's it, that's it."

At this moment, seeing Mrs. Dong coming in with a wooden tray in person, Yu Qian turned his head and looked at it in surprise, perhaps thinking that Zhang Ning was an unusual guest, so he didn't say anything.Zhang Ning was also stunned for a moment, and his heart moved slightly. At this moment, he could only pretend not to care and said, "How dare you let Mrs. Yu serve tea in person."

"My concubine is rude." Dong bowed her knees, "I feel that the lord treats me with courtesy..." She paused when it came to treating her with courtesy, and she didn't know if it was intentional, but Zhang Ning was Immediately, I thought of how I "treated her with courtesy".The white and beautiful round face in front of him with light makeup seems to be being roughly kissed. Under the dignified neck, the stand-up collar seems to have been torn off. The "breast" | room.Zhang Ning's mind was disturbed for a while.

She opened and closed her red lips lightly, and continued, "The prince is a distinguished guest again, so the concubine made tea and brought it up on her own initiative, as a way of showing respect. The prince is laughing at me."

"Where is that..." Zhang Ning felt his speech clumsy.

He thought of the purpose of coming today, the purpose is to further enhance the sincerity of mutual cooperation with Yu Qian, in the future there will be a lot of capable ministers with real talents... But it made Mrs. Dong a little uneasy, what happened in Chenzhou last year In fact, it was a complete mistake. Sure enough, people can't do whatever they want.It would be a pity to lose a talent like him because of unnecessary grievances and grievances between a married man and Yu Qian.

Immediately, Mrs. Dong picked up a teacup from the wooden tray, put it on the table next to Zhang Ning, and put away the empty cup on it. Her movements were unhurried and very elegant. In fact, the women of this wealthy family are very temperamental. .At this moment, Zhang Ning suddenly found another small ball of paper behind the teacup that he had just put down. When he looked up at Mrs. Dong, she saw that she was looking at him, the corners of her mouth moved very slightly, and she turned her back to the person next to her. People, so it is impossible for anyone to find out.

Zhang Ning hurriedly forced himself to hold the cup, and calmly took the ball of paper into his palm.The teacup was removed from the table, and there was nothing on it.Seeing this, Dong turned around and walked towards Yu Qian's seat as if nothing happened.

Zhang Ning can only take the things first, otherwise what should we do?What will happen if you stay here?

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