Is it easy to get things done?

Of course, it is very easy, the Ming army is under the control of the civilian clique, and there are already endless problems, and a lot of problems can be found casually.

In a military camp of the border army of Datong Prefecture, Liu Yu, the trilateral general system, has just been named Jingbian Bo, and has been promoted to the military department, but because the war has just ended, so at this time he has not gone to the capital to take up a post, and for the time being, it is still the trilateral general system of the three major Tong, Xuanfu and Shanxi.

Liu Yu accompanied Zhu Houzhao, Wang Hua, and Liu Jin to inspect the barracks, and in his opinion, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to brush up on his sense of existence, and came to take a look casually.

After all, he had just won a big victory over the grassland people not long ago, and now the Ming Dynasty was praising the Ming army for its extraordinary bravery, at this time, he would never have thought that Zhu Houzhao was actually here to find something.

On the huge playground, the border troops of Datong Mansion stood neatly and neatly, and their mental outlook was quite good, wearing the armor created by the Miyun Iron Factory, holding the weapons made by the Miyun Iron Factory, Yanran was a strong army.

In fact, in the recent war, these border troops were indeed very brave, stimulated by silver, and fought bravely, more powerful than those military households.

At this time, the military households have all returned to their respective guard posts, and these border troops have also returned to the places they guarded, and the armor, weapons and artillery donated by the Miyun Iron Factory have naturally become these border troops.

"Not bad, not bad, very imposing~"

Zhu Hou, who was on the stage, looked at the army in front of him and nodded with a smile on his face.

His words also made Liu Yu smile, in order to cope with Zhu Houzhao's inspection, he was also busy for a while, and pulled the strong generals over, so that he could gather the army in front of him that looked quite good.

"These armors and weapons look good, huh?"

"Come here, show me this armor and weapon."

Zhu Houzhao was full of smiles, and soon his eyes were locked on the armor and weapons of these border troops, and he pointed to a big-headed soldier in front of him and said.

The big-headed soldier was slightly stunned, a little at a loss, but the other party was the prince, so he obediently took off his armor, and then put his weapon on his head and presented it to Zhu Houzhao's side.

Zhu Houzhao picked up the armor and weapons and looked at them carefully.

Although the armor of the Miyun Iron Factory is very light and thin, it is made of steel with a secret formula, and the defense is very good, as for the weapon, it is also made of the best good, very sharp and strong, and it is definitely the best weapon.

"Drink~"

Zhu Houzhao took a horizontal knife and slashed a big pillar on the platform, and cut off the big pillar in an instant, and immediately nodded with satisfaction.

"It's a good weapon and armor."

"Are these armor weapons issued by the household?"

Zhu Houzhao asked Liu Yu beside him.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Yu suddenly panicked, a trace of panic flashed in his eyes, and then he quickly said calmly: "Back to Your Highness, these armors and weapons are all from the armor and weapons donated by the Miyun Iron Factory in the capital, which is indeed quite good. ”

"Oh, the armor and weapons donated from the Miyun Iron Works in the capital~"

"What about the armor and weapons that were issued by the household?"

"Bring some over here?"

Zhu Houzhao nodded suddenly realized, and then thought about it and said.

Of course, he knew that these armors and weapons were donated by the Miyun Iron Factory, and he was the majority shareholder of the Miyun Iron Factory, how could he not know about this.

He asked deliberately, looking for something, the first thing he was looking for was the matter of weapons and armaments.

Every year, the imperial court will allocate a batch of silver taels and materials to build weapons and equipment, this war, Emperor Hongzhi personally took out 1.5 million taels of silver from the treasury to fight the war, plus all kinds of materials from the treasury, just used to build armor and weapons of silver there are hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are used to create armor weapons, plus other various materials, etc., it stands to reason that the armor weapons created should at least be able to get their hands on.

However, Liu Jin had also sent someone to find out in advance, and this time the weapons and armor issued by the household department could not be used at all, with blades as thin as cicada wings, and cotton armor stuffed with some cotton.

How much money was embezzled in this, it is estimated that only they themselves know.

Therefore, on the battlefield, whether it is a border army or a military household, there is an extreme lack of weapons and armor, and many people cut wood to make wooden guns to fight, because wooden guns are much better than the weapons issued by the household.

Others go to the battlefield with hoes and kitchen knives, at least kitchen knives and hoes are pieces of iron, and they can also kill tartars, and as for the armor and weapons issued by Tobe, they can kill people?

To be able to win this battle, it is completely dependent on the stimulation of silver, without silver, this battle is impossible to win!

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Liu Yu suddenly looked embarrassed and looked very embarrassed.

He is a trilateral commander-in-chief, and he is very clear about the situation of the border army, and the abolition of armaments is definitely not an empty word, but a real disarmament of the detachment.

It is said that money is allocated every year to make armor weapons, but there have been very few armor weapons and the like that have been issued to the hands of the border army, and even if there is, it is all fooling, and it has no substantive effect at all.

The Ming army did not dare to fight with the Tartars, and a very important reason was that there were no armor weapons, so they couldn't fight the Tartars with their bare hands.

The firecrackers and cannons fired a few rounds will explode the chamber, which is no better than the burning sticks, and no one dares to use them at all; Armor and weapons, equally miserable, knives are blades, armor is cotton armor stuffed with a little blue cotton, you expect to use these things to fight the steppe people in the field?

Liu Yu was well aware of this, but he never reflected this question to the top.

Because he is a member of the civilian clique, he is very aware of the operation of the civilian clique, and the state treasury allocates one hundred taels of silver to build armor weapons, and through layers of deduction and corruption, it is not bad to be able to have ten taels of silver to build armor weapons in the end.

The craftsmen who built the armor weapon were also very helpless, but they were asked to make a hundred taels of silver when they were sent ten taels of silver, so you can imagine the quality of this armor weapon.

This matter, as long as everyone doesn't talk about it, it will be over.

In the past, when dealing with the Tartars, everyone could not fight without fighting, and when they grabbed enough, they would naturally leave, because they knew that they would not win at all.

If you don't fight, there won't be any big problems, and if you do, there will be problems.

If it fails, the Ming Dynasty is shaken, and the emperor may also send someone to investigate afterwards, and if you check it casually, all kinds of problems will come out, and naturally those of them who are officials will not have a good life.

"It's... Your Highness, the armor and weapons issued by the household department are actually similar, and there is nothing to look at. ”

Liu Yu's mind turned rapidly, and after thinking about it, it was perfunctory.

"It's all about the same?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately smiled slightly, if he hadn't asked Jinyiwei and Dongchang to investigate in advance, he might have been fooled by this Liu Yu.

"Let someone take some and take a look, since it's about the same, let's see how much worse it is."

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and said.

Hearing that Zhu Houzhao insisted on watching, Liu Yu was completely panicked, this Zhu Houzhao seemed to be looking for something.

For a moment, he didn't know what to do.

The armor and weapons issued by this household department can't see people at all, not to mention that there is Zhu Yu from Miyun Iron Factory in front of them, so they can't see people.

Once it is taken out, this problem will be immediately exposed, and when the time comes, Zhu Houzhao will use this excuse to investigate, and all this problem will be investigated.

It is very likely that he, the Jingbian Uncle and the squire of the military department, will be killed before he has been in office for a few days, and he may even have to move his head at that time.

The household department, the military department, and even the entire civil official group will suffer a heavy blow because of this, and once Emperor Hongzhi thoroughly investigates this matter, it is not known how many people will be killed.

Thinking of this, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Liu Yu's forehead, and he was at a loss for a while, not knowing what to do?

"How?"

"Is this prince's words not good?"

Zhu Houzhao saw that he didn't make any movement, so he immediately pursed his face and said coldly.

"The minister doesn't dare~"

"The minister immediately asked someone to fetch it."

When Liu Yu heard this, he quickly knelt down, and then ordered the people below: "Take some armor and weapons sent down from above." ”

Although the crown prince is not the emperor, he is also the prince of the Ming Dynasty, not to mention that Emperor Hongzhi has a son, Zhu Houzhao, this position is extremely stable, he Liu Yu does not dare to resist the decree and disrespect, otherwise there will be a good life in the future.

"Hmph~"

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Liu Yu coldly, and snorted very unhappily.

"It's quite similar~"

Liu Jin on the side watched the whole play, and when he saw Zhu Houzhao's appearance, he couldn't help but want to laugh in his heart.

This Zhu Houzhao is really good at acting.

Soon, someone came to Dianjiangtai with some cotton armor issued by the household, and placed these armors and weapons neatly, all in front of Zhu Houzhao, Wang Hua, Liu Yu, Liu Jin and others.

Zhu Houzhao picked up a knife, looked at it carefully, and gently pulled it with his hand, the knife immediately bent, and as soon as his hand was released, it immediately kept bounced.

"Thin as cicada wings, it's just like that~"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said.

His words also made Liu Yu break out in a cold sweat, using this word to describe these weapons is very accurate, but these words obviously have other meanings, he clearly feels that at this moment, Zhu Houzhao is like a volcano about to erupt.

After reading the weapon, Zhu Houzhao looked at the cotton armor again, and slashed lightly with a knife as thin as a cicada's wings, and instantly cut it open, revealing a thin layer of black cotton inside.

"This is armor?"