In a word, the war in the Northeast has touched the hearts of too many people, whether they are happy and excited, or impassioned, or worried and anxious, those hearts, all of them are remembering the war situation.

At this time, Zhao Gou paid more attention to gold and silver, and finance.

With the recovery of the northwest, the imperial court has been selling land at a very low price, and the income is very good. In a way, this was the capital of the imperial court to pay off its debts and start new wars.

Whether it is the land or the grassland of the Hetao, it is being turned into money at a rapid rate.

However, Zhao Gou's stall is a little too huge, and the finances are still tight.

For example, in the war situation in the Northeast, the battles were not only fought against the bravery and strength of the soldiers, but also with a lot of money and military expenses.

"The official family, the quality of the fold is folded and the public has a performance." The latter is the current secretary of the military department, and the previous Zhang has been transferred. Although the position of the protector of the capital of Anton is definitely not degraded to him. But Zhang Suo and Zong Ze had a contradiction, as one of the cabinet members of the military department Shangshu's opinion was resolutely opposed by the first assistant minister, which led to the court and the military faction of the two factions, and finally got the emperor's support is the first assistant Zongze, Zhang Suo Dan still has face, then it is impossible to sit down in the position of the military department Shangshu.

Zhe Yanzhi is the successor of Zhang, whether it is merit or seniority, there are people.

He has done a good job in the position of the secretary of the military department, and is now sitting in Yanjing, giving the infantry army in Yuguan to transfer grain and grass and military supplies.

But Zhao Gou can't hear his name the most now, and as soon as he arrives in Bianjing, nine times out of ten, he will reach out and ask for money and materials.

Although Zhao Gou also knows that Zhe Yanzhi is not taking more and occupying more, today's military department is really tricky.

After the reform of the system, the establishment of the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces completely cut off the tentacles of the civilian clique into the army, but the importance of the military department still cannot be ignored. The latter is by no means a representative of the military in the cabinet, but more of a kind of containment by the cabinet on the military.

Not to mention that the military department has the duty to supervise corruption in the armed forces, that is, if the governors of the five armed forces want to promote and select officers, they must first send their resumes to the military department for examination; although the military department is not qualified to refute it, it is qualified to put forward opinions in accordance with the regulations.

More importantly, the Ministry of War also holds the heavy responsibility of munitions reserves and munitions production.

The arsenals and ordnance supervision workshops in the north and south of the river are all in the hands of the Ministry of War, so it is self-evident that the control of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is self-evident.

That's the equivalent of general equipment and general logistics.

In Yanjing's arsenal workshop.

An old man with gray hair but a body as strong as an ox erupted angrily at his stewards like a tyrannosaurus rex.

"When is this? Also talking about overtime pay!? Old man, I'll stick your mother's head. I don't have a penny, so I just see which pickled bird dares to do the opposite? ”

Civilian officials and scholars have long lost the power to govern the ordnance workshop, and Zhao Gou would rather use some small officials promoted from the grassroots as substantive officials than hand over the military industrial system to scholars.

Do they know how to make iron, how to make steel, how to make a crossbow and a sword?

I don't know, they don't know anything. Very few people are interested in these menial jobs. There are too few talents like Li Jie.

Zhao Gou naturally knew that the arsenal workshop could not teach all the craftsmen, but he also thought that those craftsmen were also literate and hyphenated. That's it. With the accumulation of young officials in the ordnance prison, the military industrial system has changed in a very short time.

The old man in front of him is an old craftsman who has been promoted in the midst of change. The thick and powerful palms that exposed the green tendons, and the faint black ash hidden in the deep wrinkles like the ravines drawn by the years on the bronze skin, can all prove the identity of the old man. I'm afraid that a year and a half ago, he still had to work the front line with gray hair.

"What time is it? If you forge one more gun, you can make one more big gun, and one more big gun will be sent to the front line, and if you can't guarantee it, you can kill two more golden captives. Jin Yu is dead, and your current job can be more stable! Don't be too long-winded, now let me work honestly one by one. You must serve the court loyally, and the court will not lose your benefits! ”

If the court is good and the country is good, you can be better. This is something that many people don't understand, or they don't have a chance to figure it out. But the old man is different, and the change in identity and status makes him particularly thorough about the current truth.

"Think about the days of the beginning, and then look at the days of the present. If it weren't for the reign of the Holy Son of Heaven, I would not be able to have today's food and clothing for the small people who were not treated by the officials and masters? ”

The craftsmen of Zhao Song were very hard. Especially in the many government-run ordnance workshops, there are not many real skilled craftsmen in them, because the craftsmen implemented by the Zhao and Song dynasties are "and hiring" and "poor". "Waki" refers to the recruitment of craftsmen from the labor market, and the government as an employer has an equal and freely combined employment relationship with the craftsmen; "Poor employment" has an emphasis on requisition, but the government still needs to pay the artisans according to the market price.

It all looks wonderful, but what about the reality?

There is a shortage of soldiers and craftsmen in the states, and the people of the city are used as reserves, and the difference in price is large. When it came to Huizong, he even pulled the box army too much, and the money went into the pocket of the main general.

The school is not severed, plundering and begging, sitting on the burden of money lending, and becoming accustomed to it; The disadvantages of private service, the disadvantages of buying labor, and the disadvantages of poor operation, have not tasted less reform, and those who are sergeants have not tasted food and clothing.

The difference in the combat effectiveness of such a soldier can be imagined. And the instruments made by these 'craftsmen' are only in shape. The officials of the arsenal hid it regardless of the number of it, and did not try to blame it for its usefulness, so although the accumulation was large, it was probably evil.

Not to mention anything else, even the weapons made by the military workshops in Bianliang City are not sharp. Looking at the whole world, there are tens of millions of people who have bows and crossbows and armor in the arsenal, but none of them are strong and good and can be prepared.

What age is Ouyang Xiu? Wang Anshi's master, who died of illness when he changed the law, once pointed out that the weapons of the Song Dynasty could only be made into weapons, and they were all useless. The iron blade is not rigid, the glue is not solid, and the fine and usable tools are unique.

The armament has been abandoned to this point, and it is true that the Song army is Zhao Song who suffers, but can these craftsmen who are confined in the workshop be good?

Taking the old man in front of him as an example, his craftsmanship is not superb, but even if he has sloppy craftsmanship and has been ironworking for decades, if he can get out of the cage of this ordnance workshop, go to the people, open a blacksmith shop, and fool around casually, it is enough to support his family. However, in the military workshop, he couldn't even support the children he gave birth to.

It's 50 years old, and it's definitely old age in this era. There is only one son and one grandson under his knees. It's not that he doesn't want to see his children and grandchildren, it's not that he doesn't know how many children and many blessings, but it's helpless.

But after changing the emperor on the dragon chair, how did the old man's life go? The old man who has obtained the official body does not need to say any more. Even these craftsmen in the military workshop are not what they used to be. The changes are so great that it is like the working class after the founding of the People's Republic of China, which has changed from the proletariat that was previously exploited by capital to the master of New China in the blink of an eye. Shotgun for gun: This is!

Moreover, many of these workers were soldiers or poor people who suffered hardships as craftsmen in the original military workshop.

The changes are so great that they can be described as one step to the sky.