With a loud bang, the smoke was pungent, and the straw man was in a different place.

The palace people around Zhu Youxiao covered their faces in horror, and Qi Jin and other brave guard battalion generals laughed heartily at each other, and their eyes were full of respect when they looked at Bi Maokang.

"The Emperor—"

At this time, Wei Zhongxian saw that the emperor Long Yan Dayue, so he stepped forward and personally unfolded the yellow silk recital on the tray.

Zhu Youxiao picked it up and saw that it was Gu Bingqian, a member of the Cabinet University, who asked Cui Chengxiu, a squire of the Ministry of War, to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of War on behalf of Zhang Heming.

Immediately, he snorted softly.

Wei Zhongxian looked down at the ground, anxiously waiting for the emperor's will.

This recital was naturally negotiated between him and Gu Bingqian first.

Zhang Heming, the secretary of the military department, and Wang Huazhen, the senator, poked out such a big basket, if it weren't for Mao Wenlong's great victory in Yizhou and the capture of the son of the slave chief, I am afraid that Guangning will also fall.

The emperor started Longxing and wanted to re-establish Wang Huazhen, and Zhang Minghe, who supported him later, naturally had to be connected.

But this scapegoat can only end with Zhang Heming.

The position of the secretary of the military department is not light, and he took this opportunity to withdraw Zhang Heming from the war in Liaodong, which is to push the boat down the river.

In the situation of the overthrow of more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians in Liaodi, no one will say a word.

Wang Huazhen is the protégé of Ye Xianggao, the head of the dynasty, this matter is already well known in the court, and if he continues to investigate, it will inevitably be connected to Ye Xianggao's head.

Although Donglin has been suppressed by the "eunuch party", the foundation of power is still there.

Wei Zhongxian wanted to change the position of the secretary of the military department to his own first, and then slowly figure it out, Cui Chengxiu has been a waiter for many years, and he is a hardcore eunuch, so he is naturally the best candidate.

Zhu Youxiao put the music back on the tray, got up and went to the test field, and two words floated gently behind him:

"Exactly."

Wei Zhongxian's heart was overjoyed, and he hurriedly motioned to the little eunuch to write it down in case he prepared his decree later.

"See the Emperor."

The little soldier who tried the gun cleaned up the medicine, got up and saw the emperor and his party coming, he didn't dare to take a second look, and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

After taking over this self-generated bird, Zhu Youxiao was a little in love.

This thing is the main firearm to deal with Jianyu in the future, and after so long, Da Ming finally has his own starting gun.

Compared with the West, which only popularized the use of guns in the mid-17th century, the progress of the Ming Dynasty under my leadership should not be slow, right?

Narcissistically thinking about it for a while, Zhu Youxiao turned around and handed it to Qi Jin, let them pass it on, and said softly:

"How many shotguns are there in the Brave Guard Battalion today?"

Qi Jin, Chen Ce and the others glanced at each other, and the former came out and said: "Back to the emperor, counting the Sichuan and Zhejiang soldiers brought by General Chen and General Tong, the Yongwei Battalion now has 10,000 soldiers who are good at fighting. ”

"Shotgunslingers, for a thousand."

"Three thousand, a little less..."Zhu Youxiao muttered, and then turned his head and asked: "Mr. Bi, if you want to make this kind of self-generated bird with 5,000 rods, how many silver taels do you need?" ”

Bi Maokang and several craftsmen of the Ordnance Division behind him made a slight estimate, and said: "Your Majesty, the cost needs to be 18,000 taels, and this is not counted..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand impatiently and said, "I will give you 30,000 taels to make 5,000 autogenous bird guns at the fastest speed." ”

The emperor is so decisive, what else is there to say about Bi Maokang?

Seeing him trembling and saluting, he answered.

"Qi Jin." Zhu Youxiao sighed and suddenly called again.

"The minister is here!" Qi Jin said busily.

"I know that it's not difficult to train as a bird. The Yongwei Battalion will recruit 4,000 new soldiers and organize them into the firearms battalion, and I will give you a month to practice. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao rolled his eyes slightly and asked, "Is it enough?" ”

"The emperor has an order, and the ministers do their best!"

Hearing Qi Jin's simple answer, Zhu Youxiao also relieved his heart and turned around and went back to the inner palace.

......

Qianqing Palace, Xinuan Pavilion.

The two ministers looked down at the ground, the gold in the palace was prosperous, carved beams and paintings, and they didn't have the slightest intention to appreciate it.

Neither of them knew what the so-called thing was that the Xinuan Pavilion had always been the place where the emperor had dealt with the negligence, and they had been summoned by the cabinet to sign the detention room.

The young emperor was still bored with his head flipping through the books, as if he had no opinion on their existence at all.

After a long time, a calm voice came from behind the imperial case.

"From today onwards, you two don't have to go to the signing room."

Hearing this, Wang Zaijin and Gu Bingqian both raised their heads in astonishment, glanced at each other, and saw the same look in each other's eyes.

In the face of the emperor's nonsensical words, the two of them invariably chose to keep their mouths shut and wait for the following.

"Since then, I have been on duty at Xinuan Pavilion every day."

"By the way, I have already dropped out of the day, you two gentlemen, when I am in the palace, if there is no major event, I must always be on the side, prepare consultants, discuss scriptures and history, talk about poetry, anything."

When he said this, Zhu Youxiao never looked up.

The emperor said calmly, but Wang Zaijin and Gu Bingqian muttered to each other, the cabinet bachelor did not go to the signing room to be on duty, but he wanted to come to Xinuan Pavilion, what does this mean.

"You don't have to think about it, I'm just idle and bored, so I'll tell you to relieve your boredom, go down."

"Yes."

The two glanced at each other, then spoke in unison and retreated together.

After they came out of the Xinuan Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao put down the brush in his hand and thought quietly.

It has been seen from this incident in Guangning that the erosion of the foreign dynasty has accumulated and it is difficult to return, and this is not a matter that can be solved by simply purging Donglin.

In addition to foreign dynasties, in the Jiangnan area, the collusion between officials and businessmen cannot be solved by a few government decrees.

The establishment of the superintendent in the Northland was smooth sailing, and that was because each town was guarded by a large number of troops loyal to the imperial court.

In the process of the establishment of Jiangnan, it ran into walls everywhere, and Jinyi Wei often had deaths and injuries.

This is not the "toughness" of the Jiangnan people, but the fact that some people have realized from the changes in tariffs that they are going to attack businessmen in the future.

If you really want to say it, the people go to smash the yamen of the superintendent, this is not their original intention, and the people are easily bewitched and used by people with ulterior motives.

But can the imperial court slaughter the people casually? No.

How similar is this to the land of Liaodong, where the Jianyu drove the people as meat shields to attack the city?

Therefore, in the outer court, Zhu Youxiao planned to gradually delegate greater power to Lao Wei in the appointment and dismissal of officials.

Knowing that Cui Chengxiu is a eunuch, he is still allowed to take the position, which is what it means, and it is estimated that Wei Zhongxian should also understand.

Now Zhu Youxiao's focus has been placed on the inner court.

This time, Xuekang Mazi single-handedly "South Study" is the first step, and the Military Aircraft Department will be copied in the future.

Transferring certain functions and powers of the cabinet of the outer court to the inner court and implementing a high degree of centralization of power is the purpose of Zhu Youxiao.

Since the outer court is useless and the tail is too big to fall, then I simply don't need the outer court and set up a small "court" that only obeys my own orders.

From now on, Xinuan Pavilion will not only be a place for the emperor to deal with government affairs, but also a center of power where everyone knows everything about the government and the opposition, and everyone wants to come in.

Gu Bingqian's ability may not be great, but he is absolutely obedient, and he is also the most prestigious Wenchen in the "Eunuch Party" today.

As for Wang Zaijin, although Zhu Youxiao has given him a lot of rights, due to various reasons, even after entering the cabinet, he is not so handy.

This time, he was transferred to Xinuan Pavilion to be on duty, not only to increase his prestige, but also to tell the whole world that even if you are from Donglin, you can still gain the emperor's trust.