The reason why Zhu Hao said that he would return 1.5 million taels of silver after he returned from Liaodong was because firstly, his ten truckloads of goods were handed over to Zheng Zhilong, and he had not yet completely sold them, and secondly, Zhu Hao wanted to go to Liaodong to loot again, and strive to seize the 1.5 million taels of silver from the battlefield in Liaodong.

In Zhu Hao's thinking, that is, the wool must come out of the sheep.

Zhu Youxiao listened to Zhu Hao's words, and when it came to this, he stomped his feet and said:

"Brother Huang, you are contributing to the country, how can you contribute and pay back?"

"That's it! I'll save some and give you another 1.5 million taels of silver from my inner pocket! ”

"I will issue an order to allocate money now, so that the Ministry of Industry can step up the construction, and within half a month, I will definitely be able to complete the construction of the amount requested by the emperor's brother!"

Zhu Hao listened to Zhu Youxiao's words, and hurriedly bowed down and said:

"In this way, my brother has thanked Your Majesty on behalf of the Liaodong soldiers!"

Zhu Hao paused as he spoke, then continued:

"Your Majesty, the war in Liaodong is tense right now, and my brother wants to ask Your Majesty for permission, so that my brother can recruit troops across the country to support the battlefield in Liaodong!"

Zhu Youxiao listened to Zhu Hao's words, and said in a deep voice:

"Brother Huang, this matter was originally no problem!"

"But you also know that the treasury is now unable to support such a large-scale use of troops!"

"If there is a large-scale conscription, the imperial court really can't afford this money and grain!"

Zhu Hao knew that what Zhu Youxiao said was indeed a problem, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"Your Majesty, the younger brother recruits and expands the recruitment, and he doesn't need a penny of food from the imperial court!"

"The imperial court only needs to distribute money and grain according to the original establishment of Liaodong!"

"Can Your Majesty grant it?"

Zhu Youxiao listened to Zhu Hao say this, and even said when he clapped the board:

"If that's the case, I'm naturally inaccurate!"

"But Brother Huang, where did you get so much money and food, this person eats horses and chews is not a small amount!"

Zhu Hao listened to Zhu Youxiao's question, and did not explain, but said with a mysterious smile:

"Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it!"

"Brother has his own clever plan!"

Zhu Youxiao heard Zhu Hao say this, and immediately stopped asking Zhu Hao what method he used to collect money and food.

The reason why Zhu Hao wanted to carry out nationwide recruitment was to support the Liaodong war situation, and second, to avoid civil strife, because Zhu Hao knew that since the 48th year of Wanli, the earth has entered the Xiaoice period, the global temperature has become colder, and natural disasters have occurred frequently.

Among them, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is still heavy in the Shaanxi and Gansu regions, and there is almost no harvest for many years, coupled with the corruption of local officials and the deduction of food and salaries for disaster relief, the rich and powerful gentry also take the opportunity to make chaos, bullying men and women, and the whole scene of officials forcing the people to rebel.

The leader of the famous peasant rebellion at the end of the Ming Dynasty came from the Shaanxi and Gansu regions, and this Xiaoice River period was also one of the banes that accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty, of course, the imperial court's untimely response was also one thing.

Zhu Hao, who understood this, naturally had to find a way to deal with this internal contradiction, so he proposed a nationwide conscription.

His purpose was to recruit troops from the Shaanxi and Gansu regions, and to pull all these toiling masses who could not eat enough to go to the battlefield in Liaodong.

Let these hungry and screaming victims not only not rebel because they can't eat, but can also help reverse the war situation in Liaodong, which is the fundamental intention of Zhu Hao to propose a nationwide conscription.

Zhu Youxiao listened to Zhu Hao's swearing, and didn't ask too much, so he said:

"Since the emperor's brother is in his chest, then I won't ask any more!"

"I'll let the Ministry of War draw up the decree on my behalf in this matter!"

"Okay, I have to go to the people from the Ministry of Industry now, and let them hurry up and build the Apocalypse Rifle, and I won't have to keep you as the emperor's brother!"

Zhu Hao listened to Zhu Youxiao's words, and was about to say goodbye and leave, when suddenly he remembered something, so he said:

"Your Majesty, my brother remembered one thing, the position of the Ministry of Industry is still vacant!"

Zhu Youxiao didn't understand why Zhu Hao was suddenly interested in the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, but he didn't think much about it, so he nodded and replied:

"Since Cui Yu's death, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu has indeed been hanging in the air!"

"Could it be that the emperor, do you have anyone to recommend to me?"

It was in the royal hunting ground that Cui Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, died in the hands of Zhu Hao, so after Zhu Youxiao's words were finished, he glanced at Zhu Hao with extremely complicated eyes.

After Zhu Hao received Zhu Youxiao's affirmative reply, he said:

"I don't understand the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, but isn't there a suitable candidate by your side, Your Majesty?"

"Mr. Gongyi has been following His Majesty for a long time, and his ability is outstanding, my brother thinks, it is better to let Mr. Gongyi be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry!"

"In this way, he will supervise the creation of the Apocalypse Rifle, firstly, so that he can also have a future, and secondly, it can also save His Majesty a lot of heart! Why not? ”

Zhu Youxiao listened to Zhu Hao's words, slapped his head and said:

"What the imperial brother said is extremely true!"

"How did I forget Mr. Gongyi?"

"Mr. Gongyi is out of the Ministry of Labor, that's the right candidate!"

"I'll let the cabinet draft the decree in a moment!"

The reason why Zhu Hao asked Lu Ban to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry was actually selfish, not entirely because Lu Ban supervised the creation of the Apocalypse Rifle, which could make Zhu Youxiao worry and give Lu Ban a future.

Zhu Hao asked Lu Ban to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the purpose was to let Lu Ban leave Zhu Youxiao, so that Song Yingxing, another manufacturing master beside Zhu Youxiao, could have the opportunity to play a greater role.

The reason why Zhu Hao arranged this way was that Lu Bandi's loyalty to him was 50 points, and his loyalty to his eldest brother was also 50 points, and Lu Ban had followed his eldest brother for a long time, so it would definitely not work to let Lu Ban monitor his eldest brother.

On the other hand, Song Yingxing is different, Song Yingxing's own loyalty to Zhu Hao is full value, and after Wei Xiaobao's separate training, it would be a good thing to let Song Yingxing be a nail next to his eldest brother.

Zhu Hao knew that as long as Lu Ban was still by Zhu Youxiao's side for a day, it would be difficult for Song Yingxing to play the greatest role by Zhu Youxiao's side, so he would recommend Lu Ban to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, so as to transfer Lu Ban away from Zhu Youxiao's side.

Of course, Zhu Hao asked Lu Ban to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, such a first-class official, and he also had the intention of dealing with Wei Zhongxian in the future, after all, if he wanted to deal with Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Hao must have the support of some key positions above the court.

Zhu Hao's arrangement is really well-intentioned and far-sighted.

Zhu Youxiao didn't know that Zhu Hao would think so much and think so far, but he simply thought that Zhu Hao was recommending talents to him, so the excitement on Zhu Youxiao's face never dissipated for a long time.