Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 416
The Yuma Supervisor sent someone to the Ministry of War to inquire about the organizational structure of the Huwei Army. Since Guo Pingguang, the staff secretary, returned from the Tianjin Guard investigation, this matter has been delayed.

There is a secret in the officialdom, called the word "drag", to find out the conclusions that are very beneficial to Wang Tong, but it is absolutely impossible for the Ministry of War under the direct management of the scholar Zhang Siwei to incorporate the Huwei Army into the establishment. Assuming there was no such thing, he completely ignored it. Wang Tong sent people to ask him several times, but he was fooled.

Anyway, Tianjin Wei, as a local soldier, has no way to urge the military department of Shangfeng Yamen, so it can only be delayed like this.

After Wang Tong urged him a few times, he understood what the Ministry of War's attitude was, and he didn't bother to continue to care about it. It's been a few years since he was so ambiguous, and he wasn't afraid of staying longer.

The top and bottom of the Ministry of War thought that the matter was over, but they did not expect that the imperial horse inspector in the palace would send someone to inquire. The officials in charge were very surprised and had to inquire. The eunuch Chu Zhaoren discussed together, and they were all stunned to say that the Huwei army was under the control of the Yumajian.

Lin Shulu is a cold-faced character, but the admiral Chu Zhaoren had such a big conflict with Wang Tong in Tianjin Wei, and he still did such a good thing for Wang Tong, could he be out of his mind.

However, the military department at the Yumajian couldn't intervene at all, so they could only pinch their noses and talk about the actual situation, and the news spread like this.

"Because of Long Live God's jokes, Wang Qianhu trained the mighty tiger army in Tianjin Wei. Although it was not in compliance with the regulations, it was for Long Live God and Daming. Over there, let the people of the world see it, but they will say that the court is doing things unfairly. The servants and Chu Zhaoren discussed it, and then asked about the palm prints. If it is not officially included today, I would like to invite the empress dowager to order it."

Empress Dowager Li sat on a chair, Lin Shulu and Chu Zhaoren kneeled respectfully in front, Empress Dowager Li looked at Zhang Jing who was standing beside her, Zhang Jing just lowered her hands, this attitude indicated that he already knew about it.

A word or an action in the palace cannot be seen on the surface. Empress Dowager Li naturally understands this truth. She pondered for a while and said slowly:
"Your thoughts and sorrows also understand better. Wang Tong worked so hard to make money for the palace in Weixin, Tianjin, and he was so famous. Chu Zhaoren, what you encountered there was also a trivial matter. Why, you still want to make money for him? Bring soldiers and horses here, at your age, how can you compare yourself to young people?"

After the admiral and eunuch Chu Zhaoren heard it, he quickly kowtowed three times, raised his head and said eagerly:
"Empress Dowager, this servant must never dare to have such thoughts. The winter clothes of several of the servants under this year have been bought with gold flowers and silver sent by Tianjin Wei. The servant thinks of this because Wang Qianhu is good. Moreover, Wang Qianhu's affairs in Tianjin Guard are complicated and he has a lot of concerns, so he also needs to have such an army stationed there, and when the time comes, he will ask the Lord Long Live to issue an order to let the Tiger's Mighty Army guard Tianjin Guard."

Everything about the Imperial Horse Supervisor needs to be decided by the Cisheng Empress Dowager Li, but the big move still needs to be decreed by Emperor Wanli before it can be implemented. This is also the rule in the palace. It's impossible to do anything.

Having said that, Empress Dowager Li nodded, with a smile on her face, and said:
"Everything is done out of public interest, and it is good to do business like this."

The matter of the Huwei army entering the Yumajian establishment was settled in this way. After Emperor Wanli left the court in the afternoon, he received the news from the Compassionate Ning Palace.

I heard that it was Chu Zhaoren who suggested that the Huwei army be included in the Imperial Horse Supervisor. Emperor Wanli's first reaction was:

"I don't believe that Chu Zhaoren will have any good intentions. Could it be that he wants to transfer the Huwei army from Tianjin Wei and then swallow it..."

Zhang Cheng knew more news, so he opened his mouth to explain the questions and answers from the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Seeing that Emperor Wanli still had doubts on his face, he persuaded him:

"Long live, this servant feels that if Wang Tong's men are always hanging in Tianjin Wei with no name and no role, and if there is any trouble, in terms of principles and rules, they will be abolished. Now there is such an opportunity, let Being under the jurisdiction of the Yumajian, there will be a status organization, which is stable. Although I don’t know what Chu Zhaoren thinks, as long as the organization is established, even if there are any plans in the future, the Yumajian will still have Zhang Jing to see. Then, besides, they are all in the palace, and you can also take action, Lord Long Live."

"What you said makes sense. The decree is approved, but one thing must be added to it. The officer of the Huwei barracks is Wang Tong, and he must be stationed in Tianjin Wei."

Emperor Wanli added something, and Zhang Cheng bowed and said:

"The words of the Lord Long Live must be written in the will of the servants."

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At the beginning of November, the news that the Huwei Army would become the Huwei Battalion under the Yumajian and stationed in Tianjin Wei began to spread in the capital. Anyone who really knew the inside story knew that this news was about to become a reality.

Everyone is indifferent to this, because the news that the Huwei Army is under the jurisdiction of the Yumajian has been circulated in the past, and there is concern that the military power of the inner court is too heavy, which may affect the balance between the inside and outside, but this is another I can't talk about it. Foreign ministers are not too concerned about their own interests in the affairs of the palace. It is best to interfere less and talk less.

It is said that Zhang Siwei, a scholar of the cabinet and Minister of the Ministry of War, lost his temper in his own mansion, and discussed with the staff of the Qing Dynasty how to prevent this incident. Everyone didn't see Zhang Siwei objecting to this matter in any public place.

The outsiders don't know what the palace thinks, but there is a guess that Wang Tong's frequent sending of large sums of money to the palace finally moved everyone.

The eunuch Chu Zhaoren, the admiral of the Royal Horse Supervisor, was originally laughed at because of the Tianjin Wei incident, but after this incident, he was repaying his grievances with virtue, and the evaluation of him inside and outside the palace gradually increased.

He thinks that this person ignores past suspicions, can handle business affairs impartially, and can live up to the promotion and valuing of the Empress Dowager Cisheng and the Lord Long Live. Moreover, Chu Zhaoren also pointed out in November that the battalions of the Yuma Supervisor have been slack for a long time, and they only practice without fighting. If you can't handle anything, you should take advantage of the chilly autumn and winter seasons to use battles instead of training.

If the bigwigs inside and outside the capital had any doubts before, they are all gone now, and they all think that Chu Zhaoren is really going to work hard.

As usual, the admiral of the Beijing camp is the minister of the Ministry of War or the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If he sees the imperial guards practicing like this, if he doesn't say anything, he may be considered incompetent or useless, so he has no choice but to urge the troops to train hard. Use battles to level up, live up to slogans like the grace of God.

After going back and forth like this, inside and outside the capital, the imperial army and the soldiers from all walks of life in the capital are trained hard. The soldiers and soldiers seen by the royal family, officials and common people in the capital are all rich and idle people. It is rare to see such a He looked diligent, but he was praised for a while. In the palace, it was said that both Empress Dowager Li and Emperor Wanli had praised Chu Zhaoren.

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The fact that the Huwei army became the head of the battalion under the Yuma Supervisor was nothing more than a few words to set the tone in the capital, but it was lightning and thunder when it came to Tianjin Wei.

After receiving the news, Yu Ji Yong, Beidao of the Tianjin guard, hurriedly negotiated with Wang Tong. The camp where the head of the camp was stationed, the supply of food, fodder and equipment were all to be determined.

Qi Jiguang, the commander in chief of Ji Town, sent someone to send a letter to Sun Zhibin, and Sun Zhibin, the general guarding Tianjin, also came to see him. The scope of defense and defense, so as not to be unclear about rights and responsibilities.

These things like procedures and detailed rules are the most troublesome. Wang Tong is as sure as they are patiently. The good thing is that everything has been put on airs for a long time, and it is nothing more than an official article.

From the general to the soldiers, from the barracks to the supplies, everything is already complete, which is less worrying.

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But what Wang Tong cares about now is not this, but what the Portuguese recruited from Macau can do. The dozens of craftsmen who were called out for the second time have been busy in the workshop.

The technology of the Westerners is indeed better. The artillery used by the Tianjin Guards was cast the second day after they were first transferred, but this artillery is not the "field artillery" that was originally required. It sounds very troublesome.

However, if you want to build facilities such as cannon mounts and cannon carts, the tools of the firearms workshop are not enough at present. If you can make useful things, you will be rewarded with silver. After casting cannons like Tianjin Wei, each person has already won five taels Silver, this is far from the two small boxes of silver ingots they saw in the quarantine area.

If you can make better things, you will get more rewards. The nobleman and the leader of the craftsman explained that these people are all busy.

Wang Tong and Ren Yuan, who are in charge of the Fire Organ Workshop, Ren Yuan is a civil servant who likes engineering technology. He is really happy that so many Portuguese craftsmen who know different things come here. Some guesses in his head And pondering, now finally found a chance to verify.

Wang Tong only came to visit once in a while, but Ren Yuan didn't even go home, and was busy here every day, with iron furnaces, clay, straw, wood, boring tools, drilling machines, a large number of materials to be collected, and many tools to be collected. Start manufacturing again.

According to the return of the wish, it is not difficult to make a cannon itself. What takes time is to make all kinds of handy tools. When Chen Lin's soldiers went to search, they just took away some belongings that they carried with them. Many large devices were I thought it was a useless decoration and left it in Macau.

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. Wang Tong understands this truth, so a large sum of money was allocated.

But there were still hundreds of people idle in the camp, and finally someone couldn't help it. The captain of the armed merchant ship asked to see Wang Tong...

(End of this chapter)