The calm atmosphere of Taiping City still couldn't stop the transfer of materials from the imperial court to the south, and Meng Yao could only endure this matter. I have been in Taiping City for more than a month, and there is no support for several inspections. It wasn't until a few days ago that a squire from the Ministry of Industry personally led people to Nanjing, and the Ministry of War issued official documents to the border army of Nanjing. In particular, Zhou Yingxiang of the Ministry of Officials was anxious, and the official position of the personnel of the arsenal and the person in charge were to be determined. Everything is the foundation of the country, and the most worrying thing is that His Majesty the Emperor has not yet made a definite will.

A group of generals were ready to move, and the ban on the right to manufacture Montessori weapons seemed to them to be a trivial matter. As a military general, there is no merit without war, and Wenchen still has opposition to the establishment of the Nanjing Arsenal. However, the emperor only did things without speaking, and the affairs of the arsenal were carried out in an orderly manner for half a month.

Liu Zhixing rested at home for more than half a month, as if he had left this matter behind. How could I have thought that today's court would be announced into the palace, wearing the official uniform of a five-rank military general for the first time as a courtier. As his father entered the palace, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and he stayed outside the palace like a palace guard.

The Manchu Dynasty was not summoned by the emperor, and the Great Dynasty would not be qualified to enter the palace from Wupin. Listening to the shouts of Gonggong Wei, a person knelt down and followed the civil and military hundred officials. There are almost no officials in the palace who are below the fourth grade, and even the powerful courtiers from the fourth rank are not qualified to enter the palace.

When Liu Zhixing looked up, he found that a Meng Xinqiao wearing brocade clothes was also kneeling outside the hall, which surprised Liu Zhixing. When he got up, he found that Meng Xinqiao was looking at him again, and Liu Zhixing didn't know what to say but smirked. Although the emperor intended to build a blacksmith shop privately, after all, he did it himself. Although he didn't have a good impression of Moncinjo, at least he didn't go there badly. was extremely hated by Meng Xinming, and the fourth prince of Taiping almost stepped on Meng Xinming's shoulders and walked up.

The two of them stood outside the hall, and they could not hear the deliberations of the ministers in the palace. Watching the fierce confrontation between the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household from a distance, Liu Zhixing also saw two big men arguing like a shrew in the market for the first time. I think it's very interesting, and I have a calculation in my heart. If you put the two Shangshu adults in Granny Wang, I don't know if I can quarrel. Before leaving Taiping City, he and Lin Zhong liked to go to the West Market to see Granny Wang quarrel. As long as he opened his mouth and had the demeanor of a tongue war cynic, the women who scolded him were speechless.

The scorching sun after autumn has not abated at all, and the coolness of the early morning has gone very fast. Liu Zhixing, who has been in the army all the year round, sweated dripping, and Meng Xinqiao's back was wet with sweat and watermarks. Sweat dripping down his cheeks and on his robe, Liu Zhixing was the first to speak: "Brother Meng's going to court is really not a human thing. ”

After two hours of standing, Moncinjo already felt his legs tremble, and his father, who was the youngest and in his forties, stood steady and did not look impatient at all. glanced at Liu Zhixing and nodded lightly, but Liu Zhixing's voice was not loud, but it attracted the strange eyes of the eunuchs guarding the palace gate. Said softly to the two sons: "Captain Liu, please be careful." ”

Liu Zhixing just smiled and didn't speak, and Meng Xinqiao looked at Liu Zhixing with an uncaring look. I thought that I was bold enough, and said in front of the Manchu Dynasty that the last dynasty was not done by people, not to mention that the emperor on which Jin Luan sat was still there. It's really daring, if it's louder, I don't know what the reaction is.

Suddenly, I heard the voice of Gonggong Wei shouting: "Xuanzhao Martial Captain Liu Zhixing, Huping Shizi Meng Xinqiao has come to see you." ”

The calm court looked back and watched the two young men walk into the hall, and the emperor was sitting precariously trying to see the young general who had been promoted by himself. In the entire Great Liang, Lin Zhong was the only one in the army to enter the Wupin Border Army. In just one year, he will become the youngest general of Ning Yuan in Daliang, with 10,000 people in charge.

Liu Zhixing has been in the army for less than three years, and now he is only nineteen years old, and he is already a captain from Wupin. Especially the thirteen battalions given by the emperor, all the generals can be said to be the most favored. At this time, he walked into the hall wearing an official uniform, with a sassy posture and a graceful demeanor. The ruffian aura on his body was undisguised, not at all like a general in charge of an army. He was dressed decently from the official uniform of the fifth grade, but Liu Zhixing seemed to have changed his atmosphere.

The emperor suddenly said, "My little general is in good health. "I remember that Liu Zhixing's face was pale when he entered the palace, if he hadn't forced his breath, he would have fainted in the palace at that time.

Liu Zhixing stepped forward and said, "Weichen's body is fine, thank you for your care." ”

The emperor seemed to ask his nephew, which made the civil and military ministers can't help but take a second look at Liu Zhixing. It's been so many years that the emperor hasn't cared so much for a courtier. After nodding lightly to Liu Zhixing, he glanced at Meng Xinqiao and asked the two of them to listen to the court discussion.

At this time, all the ministers involved in the Southern Mirror looked nervous, which already indicated that the Emperor was going to make the final decision of the Southern Mirror Arsenal today. Meng Yao watched his son approach and didn't say anything. Knowing that this month's raid was futile, the loss of the manufacturing right of the entire Nanjing ordnance was irretrievable. The emperor's compensation to the Meng family will not be any industry. Today's Huping Mengshi controls the land of the two states, and since he served as the Qingzhou Assassin, almost half of Qingzhou has been in the hands of the Mengshi.

Liu Zhixing stood beside his father, and Liu Ce's eyes softened a lot when he looked at his son. In the history of the Great Liang, there are very few fathers and sons in the same dynasty, and this kind of grand event appeared in the period of the first emperor. Zhou Wen is a scholar of the Crown Prince Taifu Hanlin Academy, and Zhou Yingxiang, who is in his thirties, is already a fourth-grade official in the household department.

Although Moncinjo is here today, he has no official status, and he cannot be regarded as a father and son. Although Liu Zhixing is only a five-rank military general, his official position is not the same as that of father and son twenty years ago. It's just that the youngest son who has been messing around since he was a child standing next to him is a little sad, and he has always thought that the father and son of the Liu family will soon appear in the same dynasty. It wasn't until Liu Zhiming fell into the palace from the Taiping Defense Army that the Liu family also broke off this reputation.

The emperor said: "It has been two months since the matter of the Southern Mirror of the People's Republic of China, and I will speak freely today. ”

A military general in his forties walked out and said, "Weichen has a performance." ”

"What does Huai'an Hou think about the Nanjing Arsenal?"

The man said: "Nanchu has never wanted to move in recent years, and only said that in recent years, the new emperor has taken the throne and violated my frontier several times. The 300,000 border troops in Nanjing, mainly the Changfeng Army, are a big difficulty in the annual allocation of weapons. Although there is an arsenal in Huping, the annual consumption of equipment by the 300,000 border troops is very large, far from enough. It is a great difficulty to distribute the baggage from Beijing to Nanjing every year, and if there is an arsenal that is enough to support the 300,000 army, it will definitely be a great deterrent to Nanchu. The training of soldiers with knives in their hands will also be improved to a certain extent, and the establishment of the second arsenal will virtually form a people's defense line for the border army. ”

Just as he was about to say, the third Wenchen walked out and said: "Huai'an Hou is right, since the founding of the Great Liang Dynasty, there has never been a precedent for the establishment of an arsenal on the frontier. If the 300,000 troops of Nanjing have enough armaments, once the commander has a different intention, it will not be as simple as shaking the country's capital at that time. ”

A kind of military general who was full of interest was instantly knocked to a low point, and rebellion has always been taboo. The 300,000 troops of Nanjing, especially the Changfeng Army with the First Army of the Great Liang, once the commander rebelled, the consequences were unimaginable. Especially an arsenal is even more terrifying, it will be a constant supply of ordnance.

Hearing this, the emperor's eyes changed suddenly, and he didn't make a decision until today. is afraid that the ministers will rebel against the commander of the border army, how can the emperor not know how terrible it is to have a strong army and an arsenal. Throughout the ages, military generals have rebelled, and every war has only shaken the country's foundation, or even the replacement of a dynasty. It's just that the arsenal is not set up, and the Meng family has always grasped the Nanjing ordnance, and there is not enough baggage to use troops to the south, how can the 300,000 army drive straight in.

The court, which had just calmed down, was divided into several parties and quarreled, with the military general Huai Anhou leading the support for the establishment of an arsenal in Nanjing, and another wave of Wenchen resisting. Belonging to the middle wave, it is neither opposed nor supported, and Nanjing needs to build an arsenal, but it can't be big. All ordnance still needed to be allocated by the imperial court, and the Minister of Works, headed by the Emperor, never spoke.

Seeing that the minister of the Ministry of Works, who was quite peaceful, also quarreled, the most embarrassing was the household department. In particular, the head of the household is still dark-faced, and now it is difficult to find the emperor's intention to allocate one million taels for the initial construction of the arsenal. Once His Majesty denies who this black cauldron can be except himself, if he builds an arsenal that is enough to support 300,000 people, it is not a small amount.

Liu Zhixing thought that he was standing beside his father obediently, and this time it was considered that there was something wrong, otherwise how could he stand in the front row. Hearing this fierce quarrel with his own ears, he felt that Granny Wang in Xishi might not be an opponent when she ran into this group of people. Look at Huai'an's saliva splashing, and you can ask about the smell from afar. Wenchen's kung fu is really not boastful, and the military generals who say a set of big truths are speechless. However, the military general is a word that runs through to the end, and Liu Zhixing feels that if it were him, he would have been defeated again and again. When it comes to learning a truth, since it can't be said, Lai is also a science.

Moncinjo stood beside his father, his eyes closed, accustomed to the situation. The Montessori family is so big, and every family meeting is not the same. Now what I care about is what the last dynasty is today, my father is the Qingzhou Thorn History, and he is the head of the Huping Meng family. Looking at Liu Ce from afar, he didn't seem to care about the matter of Nanjing at all, and actually taught his son a lesson in the court. At the last moment, Liu Zhixing almost laughed, and the sound of the lesson was not loud, but he kicked him in the ass.

Meng Yao knew that even if the Huping Arsenal was closed or handed over to the imperial court today, the Nanjing Ordnance would have nothing to do with Mengshi in the future. Now all that concerns is how the emperor handles this matter and how much compensation he makes to Montessori. After a long time, it was already past noon, and the ministers, who had not eaten since morning, seemed to be unconcerned. Liu Zhixing felt that his stomach was growling, and Liu Ce cast a strange look, so he had to stand obediently.

At the emperor's signal, Gonggong Wei shouted: "Be quiet. The ministers were silent.

The emperor said, "What advice does the prime minister have?" ”

Wang An, the head of the civil officials, walked out and said: "The Nanjing Arsenal is the important weapon of the country, and the new emperor of Southern Chu has been heavily invested in the army since he ascended the throne for two years. There were two wars in total, and it was already determined that Southern Chu would increase its military actions by raising troops to the south less than half a year after the end of the war, and it could be seen that the foundation of the new emperor of Southern Chu was not stable, and he urgently needed a big victory to stabilize the throne. After two consecutive defeats, Nanchu couldn't talk about a big loss of vitality, and the small fights on the border were also testing the foundation of the beam. Weichen seems that the Nanjing Arsenal must be built, not big, but too much. ”

The emperor nodded slightly, and Wang An continued: "The specific matters of the Ministry of Industry Wu Shilang have already been resolved. ”

In everyone's surprised eyes, Wu Shilang took out the fold and was taken away by Gonggong Wei, not only the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military affairs, but even the Ministry of Industry Shangshu looked embarrassed. Such a big event, as the secretary of the Ministry of Works, did not know, and the household department walked out of the right waiter Zhao Yu, and neither of the two books knew about it. Fortunately, the official department Shangshu took out the fold and handed it to Gonggong Wei, and many ministers couldn't help but take a look at the two waiters who were not very good-born. It seems that the next Shangshu is these two people, and the crown prince King Qi also looked at the two waiters strangely.

The emperor nodded lightly and said, "Yes, Wu Qing Nanjing Arsenal is in your sole responsibility." ”

Wu Shilang, who had a mustache and was only a fact, walked out and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

"How much money is needed Zhao Qing is responsible for fundraising, and there will be Lao Zhouqing when the officials are transferred."

No one knew the contents of the three books, so King Qi's face was very embarrassed. The Nanjing Arsenal has been staring, and even the place where the officials built it has been drawn up is in the hands of the two Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households. The prince didn't care, as if such a big thing didn't exist.

The emperor said, "What else does Chongqing have to play?" ”