Thinking of this, Zhang Lingyang ordered someone to send Feng Xi over.

As the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, Feng Xi has several positions, the most important of which is the Firearms Division.

Throughout the Great Zhou, even in the Ministry of War, no one knew better than Feng Xi the output of weapons and ammunition from the firearms divisions in various places.

It is also because of this that Feng Xi's status in the palace is still second to that of the eunuch Xiao Fuzi, who is the master of ceremonies, and even Xiao Wuzi, the eunuch of the commercial seal, can only be subordinated to it, just because Feng Xi holds the firearms division.

The twenty-four yamen of the internal officials, the most important are the three departments of the celebrant supervisor, the imperial horse supervisor and the commercial supervisor.

Among them, the celebrant has the right to approve red, and is the undisputed head of the 24 yamen.

As for the second-ranked Imperial Horse Supervisor and Commercial Supervisor, the competition has also been fierce in the past two years.

At the end of the day, there is no direct conflict of interest between the Imperial Horse Warden and the Commercial Warden, and if there is, it is a matter of ranking seats.

Since its establishment, it can be said that the commercial supervisor is in charge of the royal money bag, and he is naturally qualified to compete with the imperial horse supervisor.

However, because the Imperial Horse Supervisor had a certain amount of military power and weapon manufacturing, it did not let the Commercial Supervisor suppress it.

Among them, Feng Xi's personal factors occupy a large factor.

I remember that in the first year and two years of Tai'an, Feng Xike was the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi and the governor of Dongchang, but he was a big celebrity in front of the emperor.

Being on an errand in the palace is not the same as being an errand outside.

In the palace, whether the eunuch is promoted or not, and what his status is, only depends on the emperor's personal likes and dislikes, and the foreign court cannot interfere in the slightest.

As a big celebrity in front of the emperor, Feng Xi would naturally suppress the other eunuchs. Except, of course, Xiaofuzi.

Of course, there is another important reason, that is, although Xiao Wuzi, the eunuch of the commercial supervisor's palm seal, was called Xiao Wuzi by Zhang Lingyang, he was already an old man who was nearly sixty years old, and he had long lost much of his desire to compete.

What's more, Xiao Wuzi was born in the Imperial Horse Prison, and he usually has a good relationship with the eunuchs in the Imperial Horse Prison.

Therefore, although the commercial supervisor is faintly going to replace the imperial horse supervisor and become the second in the twenty-four yamen, it is only the people below who are fighting openly and secretly, and there is no major dispute at the top.

No, today the Imperial Horse Supervisor is arguing with the commercial supervisor because of a trivial matter, the reason is that the Imperial Horse Supervisor wants to allocate a sum of money and does not want to be stuck by the commercial supervisor.

Just after dealing with this matter, before he had time to rest, Feng Xi heard a rumor that the Lord of Long Live had summoned him.

How dare Feng Xi hesitate? After pouring a sip of tea, he hurried to the Chen'an Palace.

Seeing Feng Xi's arrival, Zhang Lingyang asked, "What is the situation of the firearms departments in various places in the past few months?" ”

Feng Xi replied: "It's not bad, except for the Jiangning Firearms Division, which has just been completed and is not on the right track, the rest of the Firearms Divisions are all operating normally. ”

"What about the Chengdu Firearms Division? How many guns and ammunition can the Chengdu Firearms Division produce every month? ”

After thinking about it, Feng Xi replied: "Now the firearms department in Chengdu can produce 1,000 muskets, 100,000 rounds of pills, 50 artillery pieces, 1,000 shells, 5,000 grenades, and 2,000 mines every month......

After listening to Feng Xilin's report, Zhang Lingyang asked again: "How much inventory is there in Chengdu now?" Can it meet the needs of Tianzhu? ”

Feng Xi replied: "According to the current situation in Tianzhu, the firearms division in Chengdu can fully meet the daily consumption of Tianzhu's 20,000 firearms battalion. ”

"Only enough for 20,000 horses?" Hearing this, Zhang Lingyang frowned.

You must know that Zhang Lingyang has ordered to transfer 100,000 troops from the north to Tianzhu, and now it seems that the output of Chengdu alone is far from being able to meet Tianzhu's needs.

So after thinking about it, Zhang Lingyang said: "Notify the firearms department in Chengdu and let it go all out to produce weapons and ammunition, and expand the firearms department over there, so that it must meet the daily needs of 100,000 horses in a year." ”

"Slaves obey!"

Feng Xi didn't dare to ask more, and left the Chen'an Hall with a reply.

As soon as he left the gate of Chen'an Palace, Feng Xi saw Xiaofuzi come back.

Now Xiaofuzi follows Zhang Lingyang every day, and naturally knows more things than Feng Xi.

So Feng Xi grabbed Xiao Fuzi and asked, "Just now, Long Live Lord instructed our family to expand the firearms division in Chengdu, does Grandpa Fu know why?" ”

"Father-in-law Feng still doesn't know?" Xiao Fuzi was stunned for a moment, and then explained the reason, "Just a quarter of an hour ago, Your Majesty asked our family to draft an edict and order the 100,000 troops on the side of the Great Wall to enter Tianzhu from the western frontier. ”

Hearing Xiaofuzi say this, Feng Xi was relieved. After thanking him, he hurried back to the Imperial Horse Prison.

In the Chen'an Palace, after Zhang Lingyang saw Feng Xi, he no longer had the heart to deal with government affairs.

Seeing the return of Xiaofuzi, after seeing the will drawn up by Xiaofuzi, a group of royal pens went out of the Chen'an Palace.

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In March, Luoyang is full of spring colors inside and outside, and the imperial garden is full of flowers.

Looking at the clusters of flowers, Zhang Lingyang realized that it was already March.

March is a good time to step into spring, since the Chinese New Year, Zhang Lingyang has not been out of the palace, at this time there is also a little bit of desire to go out.

However, after looking at the slanting sun in the sky, Zhang Lingyang called Xiao Fuzi who was following him to him and said, "Tomorrow I will go out of the palace to Longmen for a trip, you order someone to go and prepare." In addition, you will order someone to pass on the queen to them, and see which of them wants to leave the palace, and follow me early tomorrow morning! ”

"Slaves obey!"

Xiaofuzi went to get busy, and Zhang Lingyang naturally continued to hang out.

Unconsciously, the sky was already dark, and Zhang Lingyang did not return to Chen'an Palace, but went directly to the Empress Dowager Xu's bedroom.

After talking about the family routine for a while, Zhang Lingyang said: "Queen Mother, the spring is bright now, it just so happens that tomorrow I want to go out of the palace to Longmen to play, I wonder if the Queen Mother wants to go together?" ”

"My old woman went, I'm afraid that you all won't be comfortable, so it's better not to go!" At the beginning, Empress Dowager Xu was still a little moved, but after thinking about it again, she went by herself, but she was afraid that the concubines below would come to her one by one to make rules. When the time came, I was afraid that I would make no one feel comfortable, so I dispelled this idea.

Zhang Lingyang seemed to have guessed what the Empress Dowager Xu was thinking, so he said: "If the queen mother thinks that the queen is an eyesore, she can go to the White Horse Temple or Taiqing Palace alone to worship the Buddha and the immortals, it is better than staying in the palace all day." ”

Seeing Zhang Lingyang say this, Empress Dowager Xu thought about it. There are so many interesting places around Luoyang, why do you want to follow to Longmen?

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Xu said: "Since the emperor said so, the mourning family will not shirk it." It just so happens that the mourning family has not worshiped the Buddha for a long time, and tomorrow is a trip to the White Horse Temple. ”

"That's right!"

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