As soon as Emperor Hongzhi heard the word silver, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

Seventy thousand taels of silver, and you will be very distressed.

What do you say that I throw millions of dollars in a year?

Emperor Hongzhi was silent: "Oh, this is also a big matter, what do you think about this?" ”

Liu Jian said: "Please Your Majesty immediately issue an order to severely punish the relevant perpetrators." ”

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows: "Succession? ”

Isn't this drawing presented by Fang Jifan, now that something has happened, Fang Jifan can't get rid of this responsibility.

Liu Jian smiled and shook his head: "No, Pi Liang, the eunuch of the factory!" ”

Xiao Jinglao, who was beside Emperor Hongzhi, twitched his face, although he still had a smile on his face, his eyes looked at Liu Jian deeply.

Liu Jian said for a while: "There was an explosion in Beijing, and it is so close to the imperial city, this is a very taboo thing, if the court is silent, there will inevitably be a lot of gossip outside, this world, after all, there are many good things, people don't know what happened, but they will feel panicked, all kinds of terrible rumors, will be very loud." Therefore, if you want to appease people's hearts, you must let the people of the world know that this is someone who has neglected management, and the court severely reprimanded it, and then punished the eunuchs of the prison factory, at this time, people can believe that this is indeed just a trivial matter. The original intention of this move was to appease people's hearts. ”

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it for a while, and it was reasonable, but he immediately sighed: "Liu Qing is planning the country, but it is obvious that there is a problem with the drawings, how can it cure the sins of irrelevant people." Let's think about it again. ”

Saying that, Emperor Hongzhi was moved, and couldn't help but say: "The affairs of the following domain have always been reliable, how can they present a problematic drawing?" ”

When this question was raised, the ministers did not think so.

Fang Jifan has done a lot of things that benefit the country and the people recently, and now the people outside are not as bitter and mean as before.

So when he heard this, there were many people who turned around for Fang Jifan, especially Wang Ao, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Fang Duwei is honest and responsible, but he has always been meticulous in his work. However, people are human beings after all, not to mention that they are still young people, even if they occasionally make some omissions, it is also natural. ”

Integrity...... Very responsible......

Emperor Hongzhi was basked, but he had rarely heard of it, and some people commented like this on Fang Jifan: "It's better for me to ask clearly, and someone is coming...... Summoning Fang Jifan, oh, and Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the military department. ”

Fang Jifan had already noticed the explosion of Wang Gongchang, and the movement was really not small, so he pondered, His Majesty might summon him, and he was waiting early, and someone came from the palace, and he immediately left.

When I arrived at the warm pavilion, I saw that Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jian, Ma Wensheng, Wang Ao and others were all there.

Fang Jifan saluted: "Erchen has seen Your Majesty. ”

Emperor Hongzhi pressed his hand, but looked at Ma Wensheng: "Ma Qingjia, you continue." ”

I want to come to Ma Wensheng first, so I am reporting the results of his investigation from Wang Gongchang.

Ma Wensheng glanced at Fang Jifan, he is known as a gentleman, although he has been scolded a lot recently, he is still very upright.

If he didn't have the confidence, it would be fine, but this time, the problem was in the drawing, he wanted to speak up: "Therefore, the old minister summoned the craftsmen from Wang Gong's factory to investigate carefully, and after the craftsmen analyzed the results, they said that when they began to look at this drawing, they felt that there was a great discrepancy, such as the thickness of the gun body was not enough, and it was even carved in the barrel, which made the barrel thin, not only that, the barrel was long, so that once the gunpowder appeared in the barrel to explode, the strength was blocked there, and it could not get out for a while, and finally ...... Exploded, when the cannon was first cast, in fact, there were many old craftsmen, at first when they looked at the drawings, they felt that there was a problem, but the top was pressed hard, and they didn't dare to speak, which caused this disaster. ”

Ma Wensheng said this: "The minister is here, and he doesn't mean to accuse the captain of the horse, it's just that there is a specialization in the art industry, and this ordnance manufacturing thing must not be imaginative, fortunately, this time it is only hurtful, and the movement is not big enough, if these cannons are made and sent to the border town, it costs manpower and material resources, and it also leads to the death and injury of the soldiers in the border town, which ...... It's a catastrophe. ”

Emperor Hongzhi grimaced and nodded.

Ma Wensheng was in a very bad mood, and when he saw Fang Jifan on the side, he said; "Captain, the old man is a little upright when he speaks, don't take it to heart."

Fang Jifan opened his mouth to speak.

Emperor Hongzhi pressed his hand: "Succession ...... You have to remember this lesson. ”

"What?" Fang Jifan was a little confused.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "I know how capable you are, but when it comes to such a big thing, you have to be careful in the future." ”

"Your Majesty is saying...... What about Wang Gongchang? Fang Jifan looked aggrieved.

Unconvinced with it written on his face.

Emperor Hongzhi bowed his head and said: "You also listened to the words of Ma Qing's family, fortunately, this time, it did not cause a big disaster." But you're a kid...... I won't pursue it, but next time, I need to think twice. ”

Everyone looked at Fang Jifan, especially Li Dongyang, who was still in pain, 70,000 taels of silver.

Wang Ao looked at Fang Jifan amiably, this kid has achieved a good reputation for himself, although he made a mistake today, it doesn't matter, he can change his mistakes, and he is very good.

Fang Jifan blinked: "But ......"

"Don't justify yourself." Emperor Hongzhi said in his heart, you guy, you still want to defend yourself, didn't I say it, I won't be held accountable, this is protecting you, this matter, even if the dust settles, you will be scolded, don't make a sound, the matter will be revealed, and what are you going to provoke.

"But......" Fang Jifan seemed to insist on justifying.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Fang Jifan like he cared for a mentally handicapped child, this kid really didn't understand the deep meaning of me.

"But Xishan, according to the drawings, the cannon has been built." After all, Fang Jifan found a gap in the road.

“……”

Suddenly...... Everyone was stunned.

What does it mean?

Did the West Mountain make it?

"Did it blow up?" Ma Wensheng's mind was a little bent, and he looked at Fang Jifan: "Where in Xishan, how many were injured?" ”

"......" Is this a curse to draw circles?

Fang Jifan shook his head: "No, it's good, one shot will go down and kill a few cows, no, no...... It wasn't intentional, it was accidental......"

“……”

Silent.

An awkward silence.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

Ma Wensheng was a little anxious.

The face is a little red.

Wang Gong factory bombed, but also bombed their own people, what is this Wang Gong factory, is the royal firearms workshop, Emperor Wen period, by the inner court, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry tripartite jurisdiction, as the main supply of Daming firearms institutions, the Ministry of Household every year, allocated countless money and grain, the inner court sent to supervise the factory eunuchs, the Ministry of Industry has Lang Zhong sitting in the hall, the Ministry of War has a deputy envoy staring, recruited the world's firearms skilled craftsmen......

What is this, this is professional.

It's not too much to say it's second to none.

But......

Ma Wensheng blushed and looked at Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "Fang Jifan, when did Xishan build artillery?" ”

Fang Jifan said: "The son of the minister is dead, the son of the minister drew the drawings out, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince feels rare, saying that it is to build a game to play, of course the son of the minister has to stop it, but His Royal Highness the Prince's temperament, His Majesty knows, he has to play, and said that he has to let his relatives have something to do." ”

"Relatives?" Emperor Hongzhi thought in his heart, but he didn't know which other imperial relatives were involved, this is not a joke, this is a firearm, not to mention that the imperial court does not allow it, even if it is allowed, you are playing with such terrible things? What if it blows up like Wang Gongchang?

Fang Jifan said: "Actually, it is some Zhang family members, at the beginning, they fled from the famine and had nowhere to stay, and finally came to Xishan, the first one, the ugly one, called Zhang Weiyu." ”

“……”

Emperor Hongzhi did not have the slightest impression of Zhang Weiyu.

But...... Listen to the Zhang family...... He got it all.

A few days ago, Queen Zhang cried in front of her, saying that the two brothers have not heard from her so far, I am afraid that it will be over, the Zhang family is miserable, this is going to be the end, and I heard that the relatives of the Zhang family are all in trouble, please settle down.

Of course, Emperor Hongzhi disobeyed Empress Zhang, thinking about it, if he gave land and official positions to the distant relatives of the Zhang family, the court would definitely make a mess of porridge, this is a distant relative after all, and the rules are broken.

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it, so he simply settled down for Fang Jifan.

Sheet...... Protect...... Rain......

Emperor Hongzhi's old face was slightly red, this matter ...... Seemingly...... It cannot be pursued.

If you continue to pursue it, the foreign court is going to say that Empress Zhang is short, not to mention, Empress Zhang has no two brothers, and now she is sad, this matter is big, but it is not good.

Emperor Hongzhi coughed: "Oh, I see. ”

But Ma Wensheng was not happy.

Xishan made it? Isn't this equivalent to saying that there is something wrong with Wang Gongchang? Such a huge organization is not as good as a small Xishan, this Xishan knows what to make cannons, they can build it, so what is Wang Gongchang?

This is not just to say that Wang Gong Factory does not have the technical strength.

What's even more terrifying is that if you think about it deeply, is it a problem of lack of technical strength? This may involve fraud cases, and the problem of terrible people floating around.

Ma Wensheng looked at Fang Jifan: "Captain Fang can't joke. ”

Fang Jifan said with an innocent face: "If you don't believe it, you can go to Xishan to have a look, or I'll let someone bring it to the palace and let it go." ”

“……”

Everyone is speechless, you move here and try it, I can't kill you!

Ma Wensheng squinted: "Your Majesty, Fang Jifan's words are really heartfelt, Wang Gongchang, up and down, which one is doing his best, and the minister is the secretary of the military department, this is all in his eyes, but now that Fang Jifan says this, it seems that Wang Gongchang is floating in general......"

Emperor Hongzhi naturally understood what Ma Wensheng meant, and he said casually: "Has the British Duke returned to Beijing, I count the days, he should also come back from the Nanjing sacrifice, if he comes back, I will ask him to go to Xishan, seeing is believing." ”