Chapter 35 The East Window Incident
Over the past few days, Longjiang Shipyard has gradually stepped into the right track.
Since Zhu Cihong came in person and made a promise to a group of shipwrights, the craftsmen who were originally passive and slack have worked hard to devote themselves to the construction of warships.
Longjiang Shipyard is the largest shipyard in Daming, and the personal skills of the shipwrights are also top-notch.
Theoretically, the warships they can build include: battle-mounted ships, patrol ships, sentinel ships, wave-opening boats, steaming boats, eagle boats, three-board cruisers, chain boats, sub-mother boats, two-headed boats, Daifuku ships, cangboats, single-skimming boats, white ships, and bluff boats; The transport ships that can be built include: large and small yellow boats, fast boats, Jianghan class boats, eight oar boats, full canopy boats, pendulum boats, Sanwu wave boats, Xi'an boats, Qingliu boats, canopy boats, black building boats, salt boats, black ships, red single boats, etc.; The general sea ships are: crab boats, ocean-sheltering boats, and sealing boats.
But Zhu Cihong didn't need them to build such a wide variety of ships.
He made a holy decree and ordered the Longjiang Shipyard to make all efforts to build the Fu Boat, the Canton Ship and the Bird Boat, as well as a small number of wave-opening boats.
Needless to say, Fuchuan and Guangzhou are the most commonly used sea vessels in Fujian, Guangdong and other regions. As for the bird boat, it is a small sea boat with a long straight hull and is extremely agile in sailing on the sea.
These three types of ships were designated by Zhu Cihong as the main ships of the future Daming Navy, and the sand ships were more suitable as transport ships on the Neijiang River, and they were really not suitable for sailing in the sea.
This is also why Zhu Cihong did not feel the slightest joy after seeing the performance of Xu Wenjue, the Duke of Wei.
Wei Guogong wrote in his memo that there were 400 warships in the base of the Daming Naval Division at the mouth of the Xinjiang River waiting to be inspected by His Majesty the Emperor.
Zhu Cihong knew that the so-called warships in this naval base were all "sand boats".
The sand boat is flat-bottomed, with a shallow draft and not easy to run aground, which is suitable for driving in inland rivers and rivers. However, it is too reluctant to use it as a sea vessel, especially a warship, which can easily capsize in the face of strong winds and waves, and is not suitable for arming artillery, so it is not a suitable choice for a warship.
Of course, Zhu Cihong did not immediately approve it, but left this piece of music behind.
There are a lot of things to worry about him at the moment, and he has not yet had time to go to Xinjiangkou to inspect this so-called sailor.
Just as Zhu Cihong wanted to climb over an urgent Tang newspaper from Shandong, Liu Chuanzong, the eunuch of the Admiral Dongchang, asked to see him.
Zhu Cihong had no choice but to put down the Tang Bao in his hand and summoned him.
"Slaves and maids knock to see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."
Liu Chuanzong knelt on the ground and bowed, and Zhu Cihong raised his hand and called: "Liu Companion, what is the so-called matter when you come to see today?" ”
"Emperor, the slave has a secret music!"
With that, Liu Chuanzong held a black wooden box high above his head.
"Bring it in."
Zhu Cihong bowed slightly, and the personal attendant walked to Liu Chuanzong's side to take the wooden box, and then cautiously walked in front of Zhu Cihong.
Zhu Cihong personally opened the wooden box, took out a thick stack of books, and looked at it carefully from the beginning.
It took him half an hour to finish reading the stack of papers, and his face had already turned extremely cold.
"These wolf-hearted things!"
It turned out that Zhu Cihong had been ordering the people of Jinyiwei and Dongchang to keep an eye on those civil officials and ministers to prevent them from transferring their property.
After all, Zhu Cihong didn't believe that they would keep all their property in the mansion in Nanjing.
I never thought that the fans of Dongchang didn't find out that these moths were transferring property, but they found that Qian Qianyi, who was idle at home, suddenly went to visit the Duke of Wei's mansion.
This immediately aroused Liu Chuanzong's vigilance, and he immediately sent additional people to the vicinity of the Wei Mansion to inquire about the news.
I don't know if I don't check this, but a check scared Liu Chuanzong.
After Qian Qianyi left, a number of ministers, including Zhang Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, and Zhang Gongri, the Marquis of Longping, came to the Duke of Wei Mansion and discussed secretly with Xu Wenjue, the Duke of Wei.
Although the fans of Dongchang can't find out what the specific content of their discussion is, there must be a demon when something happens, and there must be ulterior motives for so many lords to suddenly gather together.
At this time, a craftsman from the Longjiang Shipyard went to Ying Tianfu to report the case, saying that his brother had not returned since he was taken to the Xinjiang Estuary Naval Base by the Wei Duke's Mansion a few days ago.
The boatman was worried, so he reported the case and asked Master Qingtian to help him get justice.
Ying Tianfu Yin dared to offend Wei Guogong, and immediately ordered someone to beat the boatman forty boards and fork it out.
All this was seen by a Dongchang fan who was passing by Ying Tianfu, and immediately reported to Liu Chuanzong, the governor of Dongchang.
With a keen sense of smell, Liu Chuanzong decided that there was some connection between the two things, so he asked Nadongchang Fanzi to bring the beaten half-dead boatman for questioning.
After some inquiry, Liu Chuanzong learned that the steward of the Wei State Mansion had gone to the Longjiang Shipyard five days ago and seconded several shipwrights from the Longjiang Shipyard on the grounds that several sand boats in the Xinjiangkou Naval Division Base needed to be repaired.
A day or two of normal repairs was sufficient, but the seconded boatmen did not return for five days. The officials of the Longjiang Shipyard Lifting Division did not dare to offend Wei Guogong, so they suppressed the matter.
But the boatman who disappeared from the clan brother was unwilling, so he went to report to Tianfu, and this is what happened next.
There are many doubts in this.
Why did Wei Guogong seconded shipwrights from Longjiang Shipyard to repair sand ships at the Xinjiangkou Naval Division Base? Isn't there a single person in the vast naval base who can repair ships?
Even if there is really no one who will repair the new Jiangkou Naval Division Base, then the seconded shipwrights should be released back after the repair, right? How can there be a reason to detain people.
Wei Guogong must be deliberately covering up something!
Liu Chuanzong was completely aroused, and he sent all the stalls and fans in the East Factory to investigate the matter, and finally found clues from Zhang Gongri, the Marquis of Longping.
It turned out that Zhang Gongri, the Marquis of Longping, had a favored concubine room, which was hidden in the courtyard of Wuyi Lane on weekdays.
There are only two entrances in this annex, which is where Zhang Gongri's golden house is hidden. There was no one in the courtyard except for a few old mothers and three or two maids, and it was too easy to sneak into the heavily guarded Marquis's Mansion.
On this day and night, Zhang Gongri came to the other courtyard as usual to have fun with his favorite concubine, because he was so drunk that he told the concubine about their plans and Wei Guogong's plans under the bed.
All this was heard by Dongchang Fanzi, who infiltrated the courtyard of the Marquis of Longping, and reported it to Liu Chuanzong as soon as possible.
These civil officials and lords want to kill the king!
After learning the news, Liu Chuanzong was also shocked, and collected a lot of evidence along this clue, so he hurried to the palace to pay tribute to the Son of Heaven.
Until he entered the palace, the fans of Dongchang only closely monitored the officials involved and did not arrest them.
In his opinion, until His Majesty the Emperor knows about this and makes a decision, he must not be taken by surprise.
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