Zhao Yan's reason for saying this is very simple, he really has no way to return to Beijing City now, he wants to stay here to test the reliability of the Apocalypse Arquebus, and at the same time collect first-hand information on its use.

As for the fact that he didn't want to return to Beijing with Xiong Tingbi's inscription, it had nothing to do with it.

The reason why Wei Chao took Xiong Tingbi's inscription book back was that this was what Wei Chao should do, and secondly, he really wanted to disgust him.

Because this matter will definitely not be easy to handle, if the Wei Dynasty brings this question book back, he will definitely eat a melon at His Majesty's place.

But obviously the Wei Dynasty was not fooled, he looked at the five thousand Apocalypse Arquebuses, and understood one thing in his heart, Liaodong has a big battle to fight next.

It is obviously worth the loss to go back to Beijing at this time. After Liaodong's side wins, he can go back with good news, which is completely different from returning to Beijing now.

What made Zhao Yan admire was that Wei Chao reacted really quickly, and in such a short period of time, he thought of this way to pretend to be sick.

"Then Grandpa Wei needs to recuperate." Zhao Yan was a little speechless, so he could only say with such a fake concern.

"Thank you Lord Zhao for your concern." Wei Chao said with a smile, looking impassive.

The two of them were talking here, and Xiong Tingbi quickly went to write the question book. He didn't bother to deal with these two people at all, so he directly sent someone to send the question book to the capital quickly.

Therefore, the conversation between Wei Chao and Zhao Yan had no effect on Xiong Tingbi at all.

Jingshi, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youxiao moved his muscles and bones, speaking of which, he has been crossing over for a while, and even his wife has already been married, but he has not yet been out of the palace for activities.

I really want to see the Jingshi of this era, but it is not easy to sneak out of the palace, the key problem is that it is not safe, who knows what it is like outside?

"Emperor, Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is here." Chen Hong came to Zhu Youxiao's side, bowed down and said softly.

Nodding slightly, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Let him come in." ”

In fact, Zhu Youxiao also knew that during this period of time, Zhao Nanxing's life was not easy.

The reason is relatively simple, that is because many people regard Zhao Nanxing as a traitor, an official who stepped on the blood of others to ascend to power.

In such a situation, Zhao Nanxing's reputation is very bad, so life is not so easy.

This caused Zhao Nanxing to completely fall to his own side.

However, Zhu Youxiao doesn't know what Zhao Nanxing is doing today, and the Ministry of Industry doesn't seem to have anything big going on recently.

Recently, I really wanted to get Wang Gongchang to the Baigong Academy, but I haven't done it yet.

Soon, Zhao Nanxing walked in from outside.

After seeing Zhu Youxiao, Zhao Nanxing hurriedly saluted and said respectfully: "Zhao Nanxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Ministers, see Your Majesty." ”

"Aiqing, excuse me." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "Aiqing came over today, but is there anything wrong?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister came to see Your Majesty today because I want to report something to Your Majesty. This is the account that the minister has checked in recent days, and I ask Your Majesty to look at it. With that, Zhao Nanxing presented an account book with both hands and handed it to Chen Hong.

Chen Hong didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly presented the account book to Zhu Youxiao.

Stretched out his hand and took the account book, and after a quick look, the expression on Zhu Youxiao's face was very exciting.

Because this is the account book of several yamen under the Ministry of Industry, which contains Wang Gongchang, and some corruption content is also written on it.

Obviously, Zhao Nanxing got the news that the emperor was going to build Wang Gongchang, so he started in advance.

Then the Ministry of Industry is not to blame for this crime.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to allocate Wang Gongchang to the Baigong Institute in the name of the Ministry of Industry not managing Wang Gongchang well, but this plan seemed to be unworkable.

At the same time, Zhao Nanxing was also telling himself that His Majesty did not want to give up Wang Gong's factory.

"Aiqing, what's the matter?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Nanxing and said with a wry smile.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has indeed not done well over the years, and the minister also knows about this matter. However, the minister is confident that he will be able to manage the Ministry of Industry and the yamen under the Ministry of Industry well, and there will never be any more of the things that happened before. Zhao Nanxing said with a serious face.

Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhao Nanxing and sighed helplessly.

Obviously, Zhao Nanxing was making a promise to himself, that is, he would be able to manage the Ministry of Industry well, and begged him not to allocate Wang Gongchang to the Baigong Institute.

His subordinate yamen was assigned to the power of others, which was a result that Zhao Nanxing, as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, could not accept.

Looking at Zhao Nanxing, who looked serious and serious, Zhu Youxiao really softened his heart, and said after a while: "Aiqing let it go, I believe that Aiqing can do things well." ”

This is Zhu Youxiao's promise to Zhao Nanxing, that is, if you do things well, I will not strip Wang Gongchang from the Ministry of Industry.

"Then the minister took his leave." Zhao Nanxing bowed down and said.

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand.

Looking at the back of Zhao Nanxing leaving, Zhu Youxiao shook his head with a wry smile.

The courtiers do not do things, and they are anxious in their hearts; Now the courtiers are all competing to do things, and they are still anxious in their hearts.

This side appeased Zhao Nanxing, but that side also had to give Xu Guangqi an explanation.

Fortunately, I already have a backup plan, since the Wang Gong factory of the Ministry of Industry can't move, then build another one.

In fact, there is no need to rebuild a Wang Gong factory, because there is one in the palace itself, that is, the military battle bureau among the twenty-four yamen.

The War Bureau was originally managed by eunuchs, and the reason for setting it up was very simple, that is, to cast weapons for the royal forbidden army.

It can be said that when the Ming Dynasty was first established, the emperor made a clear distinction between the imperial court and his own royal family.

The place where weapons were cast for the imperial army was the Ministry of Industry, but the place where weapons were cast for the emperor's forbidden army was the War Bureau, that is, the War Bureau was the emperor's private weapon manufacturing base, which was used to equip the emperor's private army.

In terms of the division of the army, there were guards in various places, which were under the jurisdiction of local officials and the imperial court; But in the capital, there were pro-army, which belonged to the emperor's army, which was directly dispatched by the emperor and was not subject to anyone's control.

To put it bluntly, the pro-army means that once there is a conflict between the imperial power and the vassals, the emperor has the ability to take violent measures.

It's just that this situation is getting worse and worse over time. It hasn't been a day or two since Wenchen weakened the imperial power, and they even eliminated the emperor's pro-army, not to mention the yamen like the Staff Bureau?

Then it is even more impossible to let the war situation grow, and it must be cleaned up.

From the beginning of the Tumubao Incident, the War Bureau increased from the original 3,163 craftsmen to only 1,781 craftsmen in the Longqing period; As for now, there are only two or three big fish left. The manufacture of ordnance fell into the hands of the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry.

In such a situation, the war bureau is a decoration.

Just now, Zhu Youxiao thought of a possibility, that is, he could hand over the War Bureau to the Hundred Workers' Institute.

Originally, Zhu Youxiao was still thinking about the positioning of the Hundred Institutes, but now it seems that it can be used as the original war bureau.

Anyway, many things in the Eighth Bureau have to be handed over to the Internal Affairs Bureau, so simply allocate the War Bureau to the Hundred Workers' Institute. At the same time, let the Ministry of Industry and Baigongfang compete, it will also promote the development of both, which is a way to kill two birds with one stone.

After coming to this conclusion. Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction, he finally solved this stubble, and the most critical problem was that he could appease Xu Guangqi and both sides of the Ministry of Industry.

You must know that Zhu Youxiao had to consider the emotions of officials from top to bottom of the Ministry of Industry. The previous purge had already made many people panic, and now it would not be a good thing to forcibly suppress the Ministry of Works.

If the Hundred Industries can really do a good job, it will be too late to abolish the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry at that time.

After figuring out this matter, Zhu Youxiao turned to Chen Hong, who was standing not far away, and said, "You go to the cabinet and tell Xu Guangqi that Wang Gongchang can't give it to him, but I can give him the Scepter Bureau." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The slave and the maid will go. After saying this, Chen Hong turned around and walked out.

Looking at Chen Hong's back, Zhu Youxiao sighed. I've finally got things done.

After this is done, you can also rest assured that you can think about other things, which is more important to yourself.

There are only a few things that are more difficult for the imperial court now, as long as the affairs of the internal affairs office are orderly, the other yamen are also fine, and the academy is also advancing very quickly, so there is nothing too big about the rest.

On the contrary, I can consider using some money to come out, it is not enough to just kill people and raid my home, I need a stable source of money. How do I get it?

It may be a good idea to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find someone to cooperate.

Joint venture?

These two words appeared in Zhu Youxiao's mind.

It seems that you can give it a try, but who is going to do these things?

My own abbot Zhang Guoji is afraid that he is not a suitable candidate, and Fang Zhenghua does not seem to be able to do it, so he can only find a more suitable one.

But this person is really not easy to find. Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but have a headache.

This requires someone who can do business, and at the same time, he must be trustworthy, so there are really not many people.

I don't know who is appropriate, Zhu Youxiao didn't think too much about this.

The eunuchs in the palace are afraid that they will not be able to do it, so they have to go outside to find someone. I need a lawyer like Hu Xueyan, that is, a red-top businessman.

Let people check and see who among the ministers under them has a bigger business; You can also check it out on the side of the honorable and noble relatives, and give them an official position when the time comes.

The reason for this is actually very simple, on the one hand, it is to show that it values them; On the other hand, the reason is simpler, when you want to clean them up, you don't need to find any reason, just convict them directly, the crime of corruption is very good, you can make them obediently confess to the law, which is a good reason.

After thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao decided to do just that, and as for the candidate, he could find it slowly.

Looking at Chen Hong who walked back, Zhu Youxiao said, "I have something for you to do. Go and check which courtier's family has a bigger business in the court, and let Jinyiwei check. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The slave and maid will arrange it. Chen Hong hurriedly agreed.

Although Chen Hong didn't know why his emperor wanted to check this, since the emperor wanted to check, then he had to check it, and he had to work hard to not make any mistakes.

Chen Hong knows this very well in his heart, this is the most important means to consolidate his position.