After a while, Xu Le brought Ruxue Xiang here.

Xue Xiang, who was the squire of the military department at the time, looked like he was walking on thin ice, but he did not lower his head and pretend to be his grandson, but looked at the big demon king cautiously.

In the past, when he was in Beijing and went in and out of Fanlou, the big demon king knew Xue Xiang. This guy is generally a person like Lu Huiqing, and he can really use it, but the so-called things gather like others, and he really has a lot of Lu Huiqing-like temper.

is as capable as Lu Huiqing. But it is different, Lu Huiqing is full of political scheming, and there are a few problems with the line, but he himself is quite clean.

And Xue Xiang saw this guy as far as Wang Yan saw that he and Wang Gongchen were almost a guy with financial problems. Otherwise, he is not a son of a family, and with his little money, with his style in Fanlou, half a month can spend all his income in a year.

At the same time, this guy will be the humerus in Wang Anshi's transformation in the future. Wang Anshi really used a lot of similar people to do things, but he didn't control them enough.

However, as Lu Huiqing's sworn friend, he also made great contributions back then, and he made great efforts in the formulation of the "Industrial Regulations".

Thinking about it, Wang Yan scolded: "Xu Le, why did you call this guy, what about the military department?" Is it interesting to find a squire to fight the thunder? He's got a big shelf, right...... Provoke me to cut this department in three days, believe it or not? ”

Xu Le wanted to faint again, and said in a low voice: "Didn't you be driven away to Guangzhou as soon as you came to power?" Have you forgotten again? ”

"Oh...... Come to think of it, it seems like this. The Great Demon King said and took another sip of tea.

In this regard, Xue Xiang and Xu Le looked at each other.

The Great Demon King coughed lightly again and said, "Xue Xiang, do you want to go to Guangzhou if you have itchy skin, or do you want to go to Guangnan?" For Mao needs a lot of gunpowder, and tell me when the stock is about to be in such a dangerous situation? What's the excuse, there is such a big problem, and you don't have a boss at your head, how are you going to shrink? Who are you going to wait for? ”

Xue Xiang was sweating profusely, clenched his fists and said, "Xianggong...... Humble duty, low duty......"

Just as the Great Demon King was waiting for him to find a reason with a black line on his face, Xue Xiang hesitated for a moment and said, "It's the fault of the humble position, please punish the minister!" ”

"It's amazing, it's worthy of being Lu Huiqing's best friend, and it seems that you all know my temper?" Wang Yan's expression softened slightly, "Then tell me, why I made a mistake, I want to listen to the details." ”

Xue Xiang breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The root cause is that the Ministry of War and the Department of Industry have always been hostile, and this sentiment seems to be the bloodline of the two departments, even if you are in charge now, it has not been alleviated. In private, the officials of the two departments generally do not drink at the same table and cannot speak, except for those who are originally friends. ”

"The latest formula of gunpowder has always been unique to the Department of Industry, and the gunpowder process of the Gunpowder Workshop of the Ordnance Supervision of the Ministry of War has not been updated, and after the Chen Fan incident of that year, it is impossible for the Ministry of War to obtain the formula authorization of the Department of Industry. As a result, the Ministry of War could only produce its own old gunpowder, but even if such gunpowder was given to Sanya for free, it would not be wanted or purchased. ”

The proposal for the merger of the gunpowder workshop of the Ministry of War and the gunpowder factory of the Ministry of Industry was submitted very early on, but the court officials at that time did not approve it due to some political factors. At that time, you were no longer in the Department of Industry, and Shen Kuo refused to accept the gunpowder interview personnel of the original military department. As a result, the official of our military department scolded and said, "Affection, Shen Kuo, this turtle son only needs equipment, as long as the old craftsmanship, business license, workshop land, and then come to someone to roll the land to stay, uh, this matter has been put on hold." ”

At this point, the smell of gunpowder on both sides became stronger, and they began to fight each other. Shen Kuo of the Department of Industry kept submitting documents for the expansion of the gunpowder factory, but was constantly vetoed by our officials. A few months ago, I felt that the stock of gunpowder in the Ministry of War was tight, and I was already trying to make efforts, and submitted several applications to the Department of Industry, hoping that they would open up the process of new gunpowder to the Ministry of War, but the Department of Industry also acted like our Ministry of War, and vetoed it several times and did not cooperate. ”

"I also tried to persuade the magistrate to put aside his prejudices for the time being and to discuss with him, but the magistrate would not allow it. He once thought of bypassing Shangguan and submitting it to the imperial court for deliberation, but because at that time, the signature of Prime Minister Fu Bi was basically not recognized, and Minister Han Qi was busy dealing with more urgent state affairs and was busy fighting against you. In addition, there were some problems with skipping the report, so I had to continue to wait. ”

"After you came to power and the officers of my military department were transferred, I thought again, now I am a family, I have the final say, in order not to cause you more trouble, I plan to solve it myself, so I went to Beijing to communicate with the Department of Industry and reached a consensus, I plan to temporarily expand production, and the two departments will cooperate to form two gunpowder factories for emergency supply. However, because the temporary expansion was not planned, we needed to find more sources of saltpeter, and we found that there was not enough production capacity for saltpeter for the time being. ”

"Our two departments jointly intervened, and after the large amount of saltpeter supply controlled by Beijing and Tokyo, we encountered another resistance. Because the amount of saltpeter is not large, the mining has been limited, and the jurisdiction of several state-owned saltpeter mines is in the relevant mouth of the Ministry of Industry, and the relevant mouth of the Ministry of Industry has come to supply these saltpeter and ration to the southern kiln porcelain manufacturing, which is a relatively stable foreign trade interest, and these interests are the jurisdiction of several cities in the south, and the jurisdiction of the city is in the third division. Now it is Han Qi Xianggong who is in charge of the three divisions, and I am not sure that Han Qi's guild will not give us the green light, but I am careful that if it continues like this, even if it can be done, it will take a long time for various institutions to see, I heard that hundreds of thousands of troops are about to be replaced, and the needs of the navy are also imminent, so I dare not try to solve it slowly by myself, so I submit it to you. ”

Hearing this, even the Great Demon King had his mouth half-open, a small amount of gunpowder, after the urgent change in supply and demand, there were so many twists and turns involved?

After careful analysis, Wang Yan understood him to a certain extent. He is indeed the kind of person Lu Huiqing, who wants to express himself, wants to try his best to solve the problem privately, and does not want to wait for help from his boss to be labeled as incompetent. But at the same time, he had a hunch that even if it could be solved, it would be delayed for a long time, and now that he estimated that a large amount of gunpowder was about to be needed, he didn't dare to delay, so he came to Wang Yan to solve it?

After a little hesitation, Wang Yan looked at Xue Xiang and said, "Okay, I admit that you have the intention to solve the problem for me and don't want to make trouble for me, which is good." In addition, you have estimated the gap in the amount of gunpowder needed in advance, and you have already started to act, which is indeed different from the perspective of others. So I'm not going to impose your mistakes on this specific matter. But do you know what your biggest problem is? ”

Xue Xiang hugged his fists and said, "Please mention it?" ”

Wang Yan said: "You are too obsessed with human feelings, which will inevitably lead to the pace and mentality of doing things blocked. Since you have confirmed that it is a hidden problem in the early stage, don't be afraid to report it to the next level, everyone's thoughts and behaviors are very three-dimensional, if you don't try it with Han Qi, how do you know that he will veto it in order to oppose me? How can you test who Han Qi really is? Even now, you have a hunch that you can't delay reporting to me......"

Speaking of this, the Great Demon King threw the paperwork directly in his face: "But look at what you mentioned?" You only said that the stockpile of gunpowder was urgent and could not be delayed, but you were vague about the cause of this. You don't want to point out the shortcomings of the system and other departments, and you don't want to draw them to hatred, this is the mentality of sophistication, not the mentality of seeking truth from facts. You have been a good person, but you have defended the face of your brother departments and colleagues, but where do you benefit the country? It only solves the headache, but the root cause of the headache is artificially covered up, in case I am a faint official, and I also follow you and the mud headache doctor head and foot pain, then what if my Wang Shida counterattack, the latent root of the disease recurs, resulting in the front-line soldiers have no military funds! ”

At this point, Wang Yan got up and said: "When the time comes, you think that I can solve it by killing a few people and taking off a few official hats!" ”

"Humble ...... Wrong......" Xue Xiang said in a low voice.

"Well, since you yourself think you're at fault, then ...... Let's go to Yinzhou for three years. The Great Demon King said with an incomprehensible expression.

"This ......" Xue Xiangleng paused, slightly hesitating.

"Why do you want to resign, or do you want to petition?" The Great Demon King said with bad intentions.

"I didn't ...... Since it is arranged by the imperial court and needed to govern, it is not very important which effect it is. Xue Xiang nodded convincingly, "Thank you for your cultivation and give students the opportunity to gild in the 'Funing School'." ”

The so-called Funing School is the Funing Gang or the Funing Party, but the officialdom is privately called the Funing School, for which they also gave the Great Demon King another nickname "Principal".

Although the word headmaster sounded like a pill, the Great Demon King did not suppress these remarks. Because he only has the wrong name and no wrong nickname, he can't shut other people's mouths, so let him go. In the words of Chen Ergou's mother, it is easy to support with a cheap name, and whether you are cheap or not when you grow up depends on the person rather than the name.

"Is there really Lao Xue?"

Thinking like this, Xu Le squirted out a mouthful of water next to him, and felt that Xue Xiang was simply very thick-skinned, the Great Demon King was obviously demoting and appointing him, and he was also gilded.

After the Great Demon King finished YY, he looked at Xue Xiang a little helplessly and said, "Okay, you have to understand that it is barely gold-plated." Xue Xiang, you are really a talent, you just think too much and too far, and move too little. ”

Xue Xiang climbed up the pole: "What Enxiang said is true." The student has little responsibility in this specific incident, so you asked me to go to Yinzhou for training, in addition to trusting the student's vision and being stationed in the northwest during this period, it is also because after the incident, the relationship between the student in Beijing has become awkward, and it is no longer suitable for this period in the capital. Eun Xiang now does not need a political strategist assistant, but a vassals stationed at the end of the world. The student understands. ”

Wang Yan said angrily and funny: "Okay, if you want to say it, you can talk about it, what else do you have to interpret?" ”

Xue Xiang began to show off his posture and said: "The students think that there must be something wrong with Quang Nam's resistance policy now. Li Shizhong, the commander of Guangnan, is neutral but has his own thoughts, and the supervisor Lu Gongbi not only has contradictions with you, but also runs against you on the route back then. So Enxiang's deployment must mean that there are hidden dangers in Guangnan, and you have no patience to wait for them to adjust, according to Lu Huiqing's strategy of suppressing bandits in Funing County back then, Enxiang wants to urgently recruit Lu Huiqing to enter Guangnan to extinguish the fire, and Yinzhou Industrial Town must also have someone who can guard it? ”

Wang Yan took a deep breath and nodded slightly: "Okay, you're partially right." Xue Xiang, don't be smart but be mistaken by being smart, the Northwest Guards are not you, and Guangnan is not Lu Huiqing. My real intention is that I don't want a smart person like you to be more colorful in this special period in this big dye vat in the capital. When I should use you, I should check your water meter at the same time! Believe me, when the two choices of using you or abolishing you exist at the same time, I am more inclined to abolish it, because I know that Da Song does not rely on one person to turn. ”

At this point, Xue Xiang couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Wang Yan said softly: "The northwest wind and sand are very strong, the climate is harsh but simple, go and stay quietly for a few years, I hope the northwest wind will blow you clean." Think less, do more. You are self-aware, and I hope you can understand what I mean. ”

"The students are taught, and the principal has worked hard." Xue Xiang bowed.

"Get out, if you dare to call me the principal again, I will let you walk around without eating." Wang Yan couldn't help but have a black line on his face, and ran away with Xue Xiang's scolding.