Chapter 142: Scrooge Father and Loser
It is clear that Apocalypse has begun to truly take on the role of a monarch......
He really couldn't execute Luo Sigong for this.
Even if he knew very well that Luo Sigong was bribed by the Donglin Party to act as an accomplice, but at least Luo Sigong was not responsible for this matter, this kind of old fox had to make sure that he was not really in danger before he made a move, otherwise he would not do it with more silver......
and he was not short of silver.
Forty years of Jinyi Wei boss.
He is not so greedy that he is dizzy because of tens of thousands of taels of silver.
No matter how this matter is calculated, he was deceived by those eunuchs who dared to be pretentious, and the apocalypse threw him into the edict prison at most because of a momentary anger, and then took the opportunity to remove his control over Jinyiwei and replace him with someone who was sure to listen to him, but it was impossible to kill him because of this.
The reason is not convincing.
As the emperor was angry for a while, it was okay to throw an old minister who could be said to be a veteran of the three dynasties into prison, but killing him without a sufficient reason would be a tyrant's behavior.
Apocalypse has just succeeded to the throne.
He is not yet qualified to let himself go.
In this way, it is necessary to give these Jinyi guards who originally followed Luo Sigong a little comfort.
He also had to win hearts and minds.
In this way, under the escort or companionship of Xu Xianchun, Luo Sigong went to the edict prison where he was originally the only one to try the prisoner, no matter what his fate was next, his era was over, and his forty years of control over Jinyiwei came to an end at this moment. Those brocade-clothed guards silently watched him leave, and all of them knelt in the majestic gaze of His Majesty the Emperor opposite, without any unusual moves, and they truly recognized the authority of this fifteen-year-old little emperor......
"You, promoted commander, in charge of the brocade guard!"
Apocalypse said to Tian Ergeng.
"Obey the order!"
Tian Ergeng said excitedly.
Obviously, Xu Xianchun's performance disappointed the little emperor a bit.
Originally, in the planning of their small group, the palm print was between him and Xu Xianchun.
Tianqi originally wanted Yang Xin to take over Jinyiwei, although this guy has never managed the affairs of Jinyiwei, but as a commander Tongzhi, he is also qualified to palm the seal, when Luo Sigong was in charge of Jinyiwei, he was the commander of Jinyiwei.
But Yang Xin refused.
Yang Xin's proposal was to let someone who was familiar with Jinyiwei's affairs take over.
Of course, this is just an excuse, because he knows very well that Da Ming will have to face a series of wars next, and he must continue to be a fire extinguisher, especially if he will soon face the rebellion of Yu Chongming, and the wild boar skin will definitely attack again next year, so he will definitely not be tied up by the affairs of Jinyiwei. Besides, he still has to secretly establish his own small forces, how can he play when he is tied up in the capital? Although he has a good relationship with Tianqi, a good relationship does not mean that the two are like a family, he also has to think about the future, and the problem of the Ming Dynasty cannot be solved by just a smart emperor.
This empire needs a complete makeover.
And the emperor, the eunuchs, the clan, and the nobles are all in the scope of transformation and even cleaning, but now they still need to be used to solve the imminent problem first.
But in the end, they went their separate ways.
Yang Xin has a very clear understanding of this problem.
He's not the kind of person who likes to be a slave for a hundred years.
Since he doesn't want to be it, then the rest is Tian Ergeng and Xu Xianchun.
And Tian Ergeng's own official position is higher than Xu Xianchun, and Xu Xianchun's performance just now made Tianqi more or less disappointed, so this position that all Jinyi Wei dreamed of fell into his hands.
And his first mission......
"Arrest the palm print of the celebrant and all the eunuchs who hold the pen!"
Apocalypse said with a gloomy face.
Tian Ergeng saluted, then turned to look at the brocade guards......
"Not yet!"
He shouted.
"Didn't hear Your Majesty's will? Immediately arrest Wang An and all the eunuchs who are in charge of the pen! ”
He then shouted.
Only then did those brocade guards sober up, and quickly got up in confusion, followed their new boss down the city wall to purge the celebrant eunuchs, and threw all the eunuchs in the palace, from palm prints to pencils, into the edict prison, and then served all kinds of great punishments.
"Xu Xianchun is in charge of the Fusi of Beizhen, and I want him to thoroughly investigate this case before the enthronement ceremony!"
Apocalypse then said.
The little eunuch who followed him immediately went to deliver the decree.
In this way, Tian Ergeng is in charge of Jinyiwei, and Xu Xianchun is in charge of the Fusi of Beizhen four years ahead of schedule, and this pair of nine-thousand-year-old vicious dogs officially debuted.
"Your Majesty!"
Yang Xin walked up to the apocalypse and said.
Tianqi looked at him, saying that Yang Xin had been hit by at least ten bullets just now, and the flying fish suit on his body at this time looked like a beggar's suit, revealing the forged steel armor inside one by one, and Tianqi reached out to tear open his shoulder and looked at a bullet hole inside. This bullet only really pierced through the first layer of forged steel plates, but it was blocked by the second layer of forged steel plates, and only made a huge dented bullet mark, but the center of the bullet mark did not break, and the layer of silk armor inside was not really affected at all.
"This bird can't do it!"
The little emperor said with a frown.
It's only ten zhang away, and this kind of power is really not enough.
"A layer of cotton armor with iron plates inlaid inside, plus a layer of armor, can almost block, even if it is penetrated, it will not cause real damage, the arquebuses of the Europeans are not like this, they use a turtledove with a bracket underneath, the barrel is longer and thicker than the bird's gun, it is enough to penetrate ordinary wrought iron plate armor on the battlefield, and it can also penetrate cotton armor and Za armor."
Yang Xin said.
In fact, the bird gun is not powerful enough.
In addition to pushing the shield cart, the Jiannu heavy infantry is very important to capture a large number of them in the later period, basically cotton iron armor plus a armor vest, unless it is very close, it is really difficult to penetrate the bird gun, if you go to the Spanish heavy arquebus, you can easily penetrate it. It is estimated that the shield car can't stop it, that thing is a superposition of wood and iron sheets and cowhide, and a heavy arquebus with a caliber of 20 mm can't be carried at all, and Xu Guangqi also tried to do this in the late part of history. But it's a pity that those generals and soldiers don't welcome this kind of thing, they would rather carry a light bird gun, or even a lighter three-eyed gun, and then run away when they encounter a round of Jiannu, and simply surrender if they can't run.
"Didn't Xu Zhanshi train in Tongzhou? Let him be in charge of changing! ”
Apocalypse said.
"Well, Xu Zhanshi's training is about to become a joke, among the seven thousand old, weak, sick and disabled, a total of more than 2,000 can pick up more than 2,000 who can pick up weapons, not to mention armor, helmets can't guarantee one person and one head, because the weapons are not enough and even have to be filled with sticks, he broke his leg and only asked for a total of 8,000 taels of silver from the military department, and it is not enough to feed those soldiers, I heard that he is preparing to write a note at home!"
Yang Xin said with a smile.
Tianqi looked at Fang Congzhe next to him.
Old man Fang smiled awkwardly......
"This, the household department is indeed a little tight, and Xu Zhan's affairs are not urgent, so the money and food have been delayed a little."
He said.
"Didn't Emperor Daxing already take out millions of nephews?"
Apocalypse said.
"Your Majesty, in addition to rewarding the nine sides, the remaining two million are used to repair the Emperor's Extreme Palace."
Fang Congzhe said cautiously.
As soon as Zhu Changluo succeeded to the throne, he scattered his wealth, and it was not an ordinary scattered wealth, he scattered more than half of the seven million taels of silver that his father had saved in less than a month. In addition to the well-known reward of a total of 1.6 million taels for the soldiers of the nine sides, or to divide it among officials and generals at all levels, another two million were taken out to repair the Emperor's Pole Palace. In other words, not counting the small expenses, these two payments alone are as high as 3.6 million, and Wanli's coffin board is almost unbearable! The two of them are completely two extremes, one is desperate to make money, and the other is a crazy loser, no wonder Donglin Qunxian likes him, and Zhu Changluo also removed all those mine supervisors and tax supervisors, that is to say, when the silver left by Wanli before his death was in the hands of Tianqi, there was only a maximum of three million left.
This process took only one month.
"It costs two million to repair the Emperor's Extreme Palace?"
Apocalypse and Yang Xin exclaimed at the same time.
"Your Majesty, two million may not be possible, you must know that those nanmu must be cut down from the deep mountains and dragged out by manpower, and then transported all the way along the Yangtze River Canal, and the manpower and material resources required for each nanmu along the way are amazing!"
Fang Congzhe said very frankly.
"Then you don't need Nanmubei!"
Yang Xin said.
"Without Nanmu, what else can support a hall like the Imperial Palace?"
Fang Congzhe said with a calm face.
"Your Majesty, the minister has a way not to use Nanmu, and he can also build a pillar that can support the three major halls, no matter how tall it is, and he is not afraid of fire, but he can't even light it on purpose!"
Yang Xin said.
"Got such a thing?"
Apocalypse said with interest.
"Your Majesty, the minister said before that science can solve almost all problems, and science can also solve the support problem of the three major halls, as long as it is handed over to the minister to repair this imperial palace, it is estimated that even half of it will not be used, but it will take a little time, what the minister said has to be tested, if Your Majesty is interested, let's just find a place in the palace to test it first." As long as this thing can be built, it can not only build the Emperor's Palace, but also really build an impregnable fortress, and build bridges on all rivers, in short, as long as this can be built, the cost of all such projects in our Ming Dynasty will be reduced by at least half. ”
Yang Xin said.
"It's worth a try!"
Apocalypse said.
He just liked the novelty.
Especially Yang Xin's out, that will definitely not disappoint him.
"It's just, Your Majesty, the construction of the Emperor's Palace ......"
Fang Congzhe looked at the crooked building of the two of them and hurriedly asked.
"Stop first, Xiu is not in a hurry, the two million will be embezzled to Xu Zhan first, hasn't he always wanted to use the Portuguese method to train the new army? Let him do it by himself, Old Fang Ge, I don't understand many things when I'm young, you are a veteran of the Three Dynasties, you are familiar with everything in the imperial court, and some things can be handled by yourself, I trust you, and you can rest assured to do things. ”
Apocalypse said impatiently.