"You've worked hard for me, don't you know? But because of the rules, I can't reward you directly, so I will reward your family. Yoon-hee said to him.

Yun Xi takes good care of his cronies on weekdays, and when his cronies have weddings and funerals, family birthdays, and children are born, he will congratulate or mourn a few words, and give a gift to show his concern, and also show that he knows everything about their family.

After a while, Huang Lu walked up to Yun Xi and whispered a word, and Yun Xi said to Chen Xingshan, "Chen Qing, follow me." Then he left the palace.

Chen Xingshan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly followed.

After a while, the two of them came to another palace. As soon as he walked in, he was surprised to see the eleven commanders of the Shangzhiwei and Zhao Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Yin Huanghuai of Yingtianfu waiting in the palace.

When these people saw Yun Xi, they hurriedly saluted, and Yun Xi returned the salute one by one, and asked them to sit down after he sat down.

When everyone was ready, Yun Xi said, "I called you over today because I have something to order. ”

"Zhao Qing." Yun Xi said.

"The minister is here." Zhao Yi hurriedly stood up and replied.

Yun Xi took out something that looked like an inverted iron pot, much smaller than the iron pot, and the curvature was also large, about the same size as a person's head, and handed it to Zhao Yi and said, "Aiqing, see if the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry can do this thing?" The material should be the same as this. ”

Zhao Yi took this strange thing, looked at it carefully, and said, "Your Majesty, is this a helmet on your head?" ”

"Yes, this is the helmet, a steel helmet for ordinary soldiers." Yun Xi said.

The one Yun Xi took out was a helmet modeled after the World War I period in later generations, with the addition of ear protection. Western countries don't know, but Eastern countries have never prepared helmets for ordinary soldiers, and only generals who have reached a certain level have them.

But with the development of gunpowder weapons, helmets were again necessary. Although the flowering bomb has not been invented now, and Yunxi doesn't know what kind of flowering bomb can't be invented, there are already scattered bullets, and Yunxi feels it necessary to protect the head as a part that is easy to die after being injured. Another part of the heart that died of injuries is very well protected, even ordinary soldiers will wear heart goggles as long as they are not poor.

Zhao Yi flicked it lightly a few times and said, "Your Majesty, this one is made of steel, no wonder it is so strong and not too heavy." Craftsmen in the Ministry of Works can naturally do it, how much does Your Majesty want to do? ”

"Now the eleven guards of the Shangzhi Guard have a total of 110,000 households, 1,100 households, each 100 households does not count the head of 100 households, and 112 people in 100 households, a total of 123,200 soldiers, I want you to make 123,200 steel helmets." Yun Xi said.

"Your Majesty!" Zhao Yi listened to this figure, and said with some gaffe: "Your Majesty, the steel output of the Ming Dynasty in one year, according to the statistics of the first year of Jianye, is only a hundred thousand stones, and even if it increases in the past two years, it will not exceed 200,000 stones." ”

"And such a steel helmet is almost five catties, and one stone is a hundred catties, even if a year's steel is used to make steel helmets, it can only make thirty or forty thousand, which is not enough to make more than 120,000 steel helmets."

"Your Majesty, if you allow the use of iron helmets, it is enough, the first year of Jianye statistics Daming iron production exceeded one million stones, even if the weight of the helmet increased to ten catties, it is enough."

"No, you can only use steel to make helmets, not iron. Using iron would have to double the weight as you said, and that would be too heavy. Yun Xi said.

"But the amount of steel is really insufficient." Zhao Yi said.

Yun Xi looked at him, and suddenly remembered what he had learned a while ago.

After succeeding to the throne and smoothing out the government, Yun Xi drummed up steel for a while, and also set up a steel mill near the capital where there were iron mines to produce steel.

But recently he learned that the steel produced by the steel mill could not be sold.

Yunxi is very strange, the productivity of agricultural society is so low, and some places in the countryside still use wooden farm tools, why can't this iron be sold?

He asked Jinyiwei to investigate, and after investigating, he found out that the reason was that the farmers could not afford it. A pound of iron is 120 or 30 yuan, which is not enough farm tools, but it has already exceeded the average monthly income of an ordinary farmer. Although iron farming tools are easier to use, the cost is also large, and many farmers will not be able to buy iron with this huge amount of money.

Yun Xi combined with some books he had read in his previous life, and finally understood that the reason why the iron output of the original feudal society has not been high is not because it cannot produce more iron, but because the total demand of the society is so much, and it cannot be sold if it is produced more, so the total output has not been high.

The reason why the production of steel increased greatly in the seventeenth century of the Western calendar and also triggered the industrial revolution was that with the massive use of firearms, the demand for steel soared, and at the same time, Western countries obtained a large amount of gold and silver from the Americas and India to buy steel, thus forming a positive cycle and stimulating the development of industry.

The reason why Yun Xi had to produce a large number of steel helmets, and later to increase the use of Jingwei cannons, was to provide this demand, and it happened that he also had a lot of money in his hands - whether it was treasure money or gold, silver and copper - without worrying about not being able to pay it, so as to stimulate the development of industry.

However, Yun Xi couldn't explain these things to them clearly, and he didn't want to explain them to them, so he could only say: "I didn't stipulate that everything should be built within a year, I just issued this order, and it should be built within two or three years." And with the manufacture of steel helmets, the output of steel will inevitably increase, and it may take two years to make steel helmets. ”

Since His Majesty spoke like this, they couldn't go against Yun Xi's will and bow down and agree.

But Zhao Yi just wanted to retreat, Yun Xi said again: "Slow, Zhao Qing." ”

Just when Yun Xi said "slow", Zhao Yi hung one foot in the air. He put his feet down and said, "What else is the matter with Your Majesty?" ”

"The Ministry of Industry should also supervise the craftsmen who produce firearms, and I intend to build a force that uses only firearms, so the use of firearms will increase greatly. In addition, the steel helmets just mentioned can be built with 112,000 guards, and one less guard can be built. Yun Xi reorganized one of the Shangzhi Guards and several of the Jingwei into a complete firearms unit, similar to the Shenji Battalion in his previous life, so he commanded again.

"Yes, Your Majesty." With all the terrifying tasks just now accepted, it is not so surprising to establish a pure firearms unit.

After Yun Xi asked Zhao Yi to step back, he paused, whispered a few words to Chen Xingshan, and stuffed a piece of music to him. Chen Xingshan also replied a few words.

Then Yun Xi said to the eleven commanders of the upper guards: "How do you guys think of my treatment of the guards? ”

"Your Majesty treats the guards very well." Guo Ming hurriedly said.

"That's what I think, too. Not only did they increase their salaries, but they also improved their food. Just because they are the most elite army of the Ming Dynasty, they naturally have to be treated like an elite army. ”

"But recently, there have been more and more violations of the law, and I have failed to live up to my expectations. The guards of the capital, not counting the Xiaoling guards stationed in Xiaoling, have violated the law the most in the past year, accounting for fifty percent of the total number of illegal things! There can be eleven guards in the upper straight guard, and there are forty-eight guards in the Jingwei in total! ”

"You guys, how do you manage the guards!" Yun Xi was already full of voice in the end.

The eleven commanders were so frightened that they all knelt down and did not dare to speak.

Yun Xi shook his hand and threw a bunch of folds on them, and said, "See for yourself, this is all due to the impeachment of some people in the Zhiwei by the Yamen of Tianfu and other yamen. ”

These people hurriedly shook their bodies, picked up a book from the ground, and read it. They glanced at the ten lines, quickly finished reading the recital, and then knelt down and said: "There is no way to govern the army, please forgive your majesty." ”

Yun Xi reprimanded them a few more words, and suddenly said, "You can't be blamed for this. Many people who go to the guard have become police officers, and when they encounter their own people, they will open up the net, and you can't control it. ……”

"But such a thing must not be condoned. After you go back, check according to the list of Ying Tianfu and other yamen to see if anyone has really broken the law and has not been prosecuted. Such people must be dealt with according to the current military discipline. Yun Xi said again.

The commanders hurriedly bowed their heads and said yes.

"Ying Tianfu is the same, the police who are open to the net are fired, and if there are bribes, they will all be arrested and handed over to the criminal department for punishment." Yun Xi said to Huang Huai.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Huang Huai bowed and agreed.

"Chen Qing, I am going to set up a pacification courtyard in Shangzhiwei to manage the pacification divisions of each guard. Now the pacification divisions of the guards are under the jurisdiction of the commanders, and this time they did not play a role. I decided to separate the Suppression Division into a separate yamen, and although the establishment was still in the guards, it was not under the jurisdiction of the commanders. Chen Qing, I will appoint you as the head of the Zhenfu Yuan for the time being. Yun Xi said to Chen Xingshan again.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is beyond the minister's strength." Chen Xingshan said hurriedly.

"But there is no one around me who is suitable for this position, so I can only let you take the position first." Yun Xi said.

"Your Majesty, if you recommend a person, you will definitely be able to hold this position." Chen Xingshan said.

"Who?"

"Shandong, according to the inspector, according to the inspector, Tie Xuan. Your Majesty, before Tie Xuan and Sheng Yong Shengdu commanded envoys to join forces to defend Yanzhou City, and before Tie Xuan also served as a case judge in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, it can be seen that he is good at dealing with military generals. He was upright and upright, and he was the right person to serve as a prison officer. Chen Xingshan said.

"Tie Hyun?" Yun Xi pondered. After the Lu Xie Rebellion, Tie Xuan was promoted to the rank of official, and was later appointed as the envoy of Shandong. Yun Xi now has too many famous ministers in his hands, and the civil officials of the Jianwen and Yongle dynasties in history are under him, and a Tie Xuan is not too important, so he doesn't pay much attention to it.

At this time, listening to Chen Xingshan mention it, he really felt that Tie Xuan was very suitable, so Yun Xi said: "Since this is the case, Tie Xuan will be the head of the Suppression Hospital." ”