Chapter 16 Change

"Bang!"

The fine official kiln white porcelain was smashed like this, you must know that if this quality of white porcelain is put outside, it is at least worth a dozen taels of silver, which can maintain the life of a family of three for two or three years. But it was smashed here, and the people who smashed it and the onlookers didn't feel sorry.

After all, this is the mansion of the eldest prince, and these things are just ordinary, even the servants standing outside the door will not show half a pity when they see the eldest prince smashing it, not to mention, now standing in the room are the eldest prince and his staff.

"Your Highness, please calm your anger for a moment. The staff of the eldest prince stood up and said: "Even so, His Majesty still compensates His Highness, and His Majesty has not forgotten His Royal Highness's merits." ”

The eldest prince smashed his fist on the table, and the cup containing the tea on the table was also shaken a few times, and the tea burst out, making the precious Nanmu table wet.

"So what? I've been in the Arms Bureau for many years, and my father said that he didn't take it in one sentence? Nominally, he let his father take it back, but in fact, it didn't let the prince's people enter!" The eldest prince's eyes became fierce, "I knew that my father was biased, but I didn't expect my father to be biased so much! It's just a child born to a dead! Not even a serious concubine is ......."

The founding emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty used a large number of firearms when he opened the country, and later even established the Shenji Battalion, an army specializing in the use of firearms. When Chengzu was borne, the Great Zhou's dependence on firearms was further increased, and Chengzu even relied on firearms and fierce generals to directly subdue the barbarians in the north and offer land as vassals.

At that time, the Shenji Battalion was considered invincible, and the Weapons Bureau, which provided firearms, was naturally even higher.

It's a pity that the descendants of the Great Zhou are not very competitive, and none of the later Great Zhou emperors can do the kind of Cheng dù that kind of Cheng Da. The combat power of the Shenji Battalion also fell again and again, and later it was not even as good as the recruits that Lin Su ordered to train at that time, let alone rely on the Weapons Bureau of the Shenji Battalion.

When Lin Su's father arrived, he was even more defeated, and half of the ministers in the court were killed in battle, and the history books of later generations avoided talking about it, which was a shame for the Great Zhou.

As for the Ordnance Bureau, it has also changed from the glory of the ancestors to the sparseness of the current time, and more often the Ordnance Bureau is a place where corrupt officials and corrupt officials make money and water.

The eldest prince was originally very concerned about the places involved in the military because of the military. What's more, the Ordnance Bureau is also considered to have some oil and water, after all, it is also responsible for the firearms preparation of the Shenji Battalion, even if the Shenji Battalion is now in decline, but the firearms still have to be prepared normally every year.

The eldest prince didn't care whose hands the Weapons Bureau fell into, he just cared about the emperor giving Lin Su what he had been doing for a long time at will, and he was very unhappy in his heart.

"The prince said that he was gentle and courteous, but in fact, he just likes to please those civil officials?" the eldest prince was a little disdainful, "If the queen gives birth to a serious concubine, see if he, the prince, will be supported by those civil officials!"

The staff beside him smiled, and did not persuade the eldest prince to silence, after all, he is now in the eldest prince's mansion, even if it is the eldest prince, it can't be transmitted outside, but the eldest prince should be allowed to vent well, after all, the recent frequent actions of the prince, although he has not faced the eldest prince head-on, but the eldest prince's grievances are also increasing day by day.

"Your Majesty handed over the Weapons Bureau to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I don't know if there is any intention?" said the staff.

"What can be the purpose?" the eldest prince glared at his staff, "But let the prince have one more means to collect money, what else can the Arms Bureau do besides this?"

The staff was a little puzzled, "Last time, His Highness once said that there was a woman who wanted to give His Highness a gunpowder prescription?"

Hearing this, the eldest prince was a little impatient, "That's a deep boudoir woman, I have checked it a few times, and it is almost impossible to go out of the door without stepping out of the door, and there is nothing unusual in terms of family background, so it stands to reason that it is impossible to take out such things." I guess I said that to get some people's attention, right?"

The eldest prince did not say it explicitly, but his staff also knew that the eldest prince said that the woman deliberately said that in order to attract his attention.

After all, the eldest prince has grown up and met many women who have thrown him into his arms, so that he is a little tired of it now.

The staff frowned: "But the prince got that woman to Princess Qingning, and that woman may really know something that other people don't know." ”

"Oh?" the eldest prince raised a Sichuan character in his eyebrows, "Did the prince get that woman to Qingning?" It seems that the woman is estimated to be quite useful to him, maybe he really knows something......

"Your Highness, let's send someone to approach that woman, if you can really get something out of that woman's mouth, it must be of some benefit to Your Highness......" said the staff.

The woman was not in a hurry. The eldest prince waved his hand, "Hengzhi She is in the palace now, if there is really any so-called gunpowder recipe or other things, you can plan it and let the people in the palace contact her." If it's really a capable person, you can win it over, but if it's a person who doesn't have the ability, just give her a break, it's just a female official of the eighth grade. ”

The eldest prince waved his hand, "What about that woman, don't worry too much, but this weapon bureau, see if you can cut off a few of the prince's fingers! Even if the father wants to give this thing to the prince, it depends on whether the prince has the ability to eat these things." ”

The eldest prince and the strategist smiled at each other, and they were all silent.

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In the palace, the prince was studying ink for the emperor, and the emperor was practicing calligraphy.

The emperor has always liked to practice calligraphy, especially when he encounters happy things, and writing a pair of cursive writing heartily will make his mood better, although the emperor himself is not very good.

The whole Great Zhou knew that the emperor himself who loved calligraphy was not good at calligraphy, of course, not being good at calligraphy was just a humble remark, the truth is that the emperor wrote too badly.

The prince looked at the four words written by the emperor on the table. As a father-in-law who came out of the inner study hall, was taught by Hanlin, and his own calligraphy was considered to be in the hall, the prince suddenly found that he wanted to praise the words of His Majesty, and his conscience seemed to be a little unbearable.

"What do you say, what about the word "I?" the emperor asked with a slight smugness.

Seeing the emperor raise his head and ask himself such a question, the prince suddenly forgot his hesitation just now, "These words are really majestic, I am afraid that the sage of the book is alive, and he will also give His Majesty a word." ”

"Eh, it's a bad compliment!" The emperor touched his beard, but the corners of his eyes and mouth were slightly upturned, obviously he enjoyed the compliment of the prince.

Wang Gonggong said calmly: "What the old slave said, every sentence is from the bottom of his heart, how can it be a false praise that His Majesty said?"

"Hahaha! Do you dare to come to entertain me, an old thing? The emperor smiled, "Only you, an old thing, dare to blatantly reverse black and white." ”

Wang Gonggong smiled: "What the old slave said was in his heart, but His Majesty didn't believe it. ”

"Okay, okay, I'm convinced. The emperor smiled, looked at his own handwriting, "Frame this handwriting and give it to the crown prince ......."

"Yes, Your Majesty. The prince replied.

"Wait......" Although the emperor accepted the praise of the prince with an old face, he was still a little self-aware, knowing that his words would be difficult to get into the elegant hall after all, and it seemed a little embarrassing to give these to the prince.

Thinking that the prince gave him such a big surprise, he should reward the prince well. And he saw that the prince was standing still, waiting for his command. The emperor said: "Give the prince the true painting of the king's right army in my inner curry, as well as the six-foot-high red coral sent by the glazed lord last time." ”

The prince smacked his tongue, these are all His Majesty's beloved things, although His Majesty has always favored the prince, but pampering is not such a method, it is said that His Royal Highness the Prince asked to see His Majesty yesterday, and then His Majesty sent himself away, and His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Prince discussed in the palace for a long time. After His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left, His Majesty practiced the characters for a long time, and he didn't even approve the play.

Although His Majesty is not a model of the ancient Ming Dynasty, he is not a lazy person, and it is really rare not to review the situation, and he also locked himself alone in the main hall and laughed, and the prince could hear His Majesty's laughter at the door of the palace.

Today's situation is a little better, and after His Majesty took care of his official duties, he began to practice calligraphy happily again. The prince really doesn't understand, His Majesty is happy to come, but it must have a lot to do with the prince.

The prince skillfully retreated, and then took a team of chamberlains to send the things to the palace.

The emperor frowned and thought for a while, still feeling that his reward was not heavy enough, but these things could not be announced, otherwise the role of those things would definitely be greatly reduced, so what reason to give Lin Su a reward?

The emperor frowned, thinking of what he should do for Lin Su, the crown princess is weak, and the fragrance disappeared within a few years of marrying Lin Su, and now the position of the crown princess has been vacant for two years, and it is time to find a concubine for the prince.