Although he had given up in his heart, in the morning of the next day, the little emperor still sprayed a cadre of officials from the Ministry of Industry, which made the Manchu civil and military forces a little stunned.

"Zeng Shangshu (Zeng Jian), how did you work as an errand in the Ministry of Industry? I can't imitate a single firebolt, it's really a corpse vegetarian meal! ”

Zeng Jian was a little stunned by the little emperor's spray - wasn't it the matter of the ministers spraying you to shoot cannons in the imperial city? How did it get to the old man's head? The old man just wants to make soy sauce......

At the same time, those gossip officials who planned to continue to spray the little emperor were also suppressed by the little emperor's hand.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao did it on purpose. He knew that the matter of his cannon shooting in the imperial city was indeed ridiculous, and he would inevitably be sprayed by the Qingliu civil officials for a period of time. So, he decided to divert everyone's attention. Then, Zeng Jian, the honest and honest Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, innocently lay down on the gun......

The little emperor couldn't enjoy spraying, and asked people to bring an arquebus, let the eunuch send it to Zeng Jian, and then continued to spray:

"Look at it, it's such a simple firecracker, and no one in the Ministry of Industry can make it! Zeng Shangshu, isn't this a shame for the Ministry of Industry? ”

Zeng Jian held the arquebus with a confused expression, and he didn't see anything special about this musket. If there is any difference between it and the Great Open Feat gun, it is probably that the barrel is very slender. However, Zeng Shangshu doesn't understand technology......

Although he is a scholar of the Ministry of Industry, Zeng Jian is also a Confucian student. The reason why he served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry...... In addition to Confucianism, did any of the children of the Mo family be officials in the Ming Dynasty? Isn't it normal for a layman to lead an insider, after the Confucian family is dominant......

Therefore, Lao Zeng couldn't see anything unusual about this barrel, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military looked at the long iron pipe, and they didn't feel how difficult it was......

In fact, the Confucian disciples of the Manchu Dynasty have not seen slender iron pipes and copper pipes. However, they did not understand the power of musket fire, and the power of gunpowder deflagration required very strong iron pipes. The iron pipes and copper pipes of the Ming Dynasty were mostly made of iron or copper sheets, and they had no ability to resist pressure at all.

But the Confucian scholars of the Manchu Dynasty didn't understand it, so they also echoed:

"Zeng Gong, it seems that the Ministry of Industry needs to rectify internally! There must be a corpse in the Ministry of Works, otherwise, can it be made with just a few pipes? ”

The Confucian ministers of the Manchu Dynasty unanimously agreed that there must be too many related households in the Ministry of Industry and need to be cleaned up. Otherwise, why can't an iron pipe be made?

But Zeng Jian, as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, still knows more than other Confucian ministers. After all, he knew very well that the group of old blacksmiths from the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry who went to the Xishan camp yesterday were the best at crafting firearms. They say they can't make it, and there must be a reason.

However, in front of the lay ministers, he is not easy to refute everyone's face. So, he could only follow everyone's meaning and say:

"More reminders from my colleagues, after I go back, I must rectify the Ministry of Industry, remove the corpse vegetarians, and give an explanation to Your Majesty and all the adults!"

However, Wang Wei, a member of the Cabinet University, was a person who witnessed the scene yesterday, so he naturally knew that this matter was not so simple. So, he came out and said:

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is not that simple. The blacksmiths who went with me yesterday were all the best blacksmiths in the Ministry of Works, and there must be a reason why they said it was difficult......"

"Elder Wang Ge, the officials don't like to hear this. It's just an iron pipe, is it difficult to build? In the opinion of the following officials, the Ministry of Industry still needs to be rectified! A Qingliu official stepped forward and retorted.

Wang Wei suddenly glared at the guy, and said in his heart - paralysis, you know the mouth cannon, you can do it, you can build it......

However, our Wang Ge Lao didn't think that he was also a first-class mouth cannon expert......

When the little emperor saw the success of diverting his attention, he no longer embarrassed Zeng Jian, an honest man. So, he waved his hand and said:

"Zeng Shangshu, I'm not targeting you. Your conscientiousness, I also see it. However, such a gun can be built by a small Western country, and I, as the superior country of the Celestial Empire and the suzerainty of all states, cannot even make a gun pipe, which will inevitably be ridiculed by outsiders. ”

"Your Majesty is wise!" The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty all agreed with Emperor Zhengde's words. After all, being the boss is not as good as the younger brother who came to surrender to Cheng, it is indeed shameless......

"Therefore, I order you to recruit masters who are good at making firearms in the Ordnance Bureau of the Beijing Division, the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, and even in the craftsmen's offices all over the world. If you can make a qualified gun pipe by yourself, you can also save face for my Daming! ”

"Good! Great goodness! The ministers agreed with this view.

"In addition, if there are craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty who can imitate the same gun as this arquebus, I will reward a thousand taels of silver from the inner treasury, and give the Jinyi Wei hereditary title of 100 households! And the officials who recommended this craftsman, I also have a reward! ”

Regarding the reward issued by Emperor Zhengde, the ministers also had no opinion. After all, Jinyiwei is the emperor's domestic slave, and the emperor rewards the craftsman Jinyiwei with the position, and they have no opinion. As long as it is not such a major matter as a feudal marquis, they generally will not oppose it. Moreover, the reward is also paid by the inner treasury, not by the household, so everyone doesn't care about it.

"In this way, let's retreat from the dynasty first, Zeng Shangshu, this matter will be for you!"

"Panic!"

In this way, an early dynasty that was originally an early dynasty in which the ministers organized a group to spray the little emperor was avoided by the bear child......

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After the dispersal of the dynasty, some of the ministers reacted - oops, didn't we prepare a lot of words to spray the little emperor? Why did you forget...... For a while, many Qingliu civil officials were annoyed......

And the three cabinet ministers are also discussing the little emperor:

"Your Majesty is really smart, and he actually used firearms to divert everyone's attention. Otherwise, this morning will definitely be very lively. Halfway back to the cabinet office, Li Dongyang said with a smile.

"Hmph, although Your Majesty is smart, it is not used on the right path! If those wisdom are used in governing the country, he is a wise monarch comparable to the previous emperor. It's a pity that Your Majesty was taken by Liu Jin and other eunuchs! Wang Wei said angrily.

On the side, Jiao Fang, who is also a member of the Cabinet University, did not say anything. Why? He, a cabinet scholar, only got it with Liu Jin's help. Wang Wei sprayed Liu Jin, he is really not easy to talk to. Could it be that he and Wang Wei sprayed to protect Liu Jin? It's impossible. Even if Jiao Fang cooperates with Liu Jin, they are equal allies, not under Liu Jin's command. Therefore, he can't afford to spray with Wang Da Troll. In terms of spraying, he is not Wang Wei's opponent......

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On the other side, after returning to the Ministry of Industry, Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, launched a vigorous "rectification movement". Although he also reacted afterwards, the little emperor just took advantage of this incident to avoid being sprayed by the ministers. However, the emperor spoke, and he could not do without it. Therefore, it is necessary to remove a few incompetent officials of the Ministry of Works. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain to the outside world.

In addition, Zeng Jian, in the name of the Ministry of Industry, issued a nationwide document to convene the best craftsmen who made firecrackers from the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing and various ordnance manufacturing bureaus across the country to gather in Beijing to jointly study how to manufacture qualified slender guns......