Chapter 386 Ordnance Supervision and Cannon Casting Workshop

Yuan Pengnian suddenly saw a big man in a scarlet robe, with a jade belt around his waist and a picture of a crane on his chest. ”

Wang Yan smiled slightly, and in Yuan Pengnian's stunned gaze, he walked to the side and sat down, and then said: "Yuan Yushi's words are really the words of seeking the country!" ”

Yuan Pengnian set off a storm in his heart, how could Wang Yan be in Guangzhou? His heart suddenly moved, and he immediately understood that the reason why the Qing soldiers withdrew from Guangzhou probably had a lot to do with Wang Yan.

At this time, Yuan Pengnian's face couldn't help but look ugly for a while, Wang Yan was a stone pillar in the south, holding heavy troops, if he supported His Royal Highness the King of Tang, then King Gui would definitely not be able to gain a foothold in Guangdong.

"Xia Guan didn't know that Guogong returned to Guangdong, he didn't meet him in advance, and asked Guogong to bear with him~" Yuan Pengnian calmed down, saluted and said: "Fang Cai Guogong also said that the words of Xia Guan are polite, presumably Guogong is also well aware of the consequences of the current dispute between the enemy with the same surname." At present, there are great changes in Fujian, and the Son of Heaven has mostly fallen into the hands of the Qing court. Guogong is the important minister of the country, and please persuade the Tang King to abdicate and return to the vassal for the sake of the country, and support King Gui to inherit the unification. ”

Yuan Pengnian thought that Wang Yan had returned to Guangdong from Huguang, and he didn't know that Wang Yan had entered Jiangxi to meet the holy driver, so he tried his best to win over Wang Yan.

"Yuan Yushi may not know that His Royal Highness the Tang King has abdicated and returned to the domain."

"What?" Yuan Pengnian was overjoyed when he heard this, "His Royal Highness the King of Tang, he really knows the general situation, understands the righteousness, and is the sage king of the world." ”

Wang Yan smiled and said: "It seems that Yuan Yushi also agrees with His Royal Highness King Tang's approach, then ask Yuan Yushi to tell His Royal Highness King Gui, and also ask King Gui to abdicate and return to the domain!" The Governor has welcomed the Holy Driver to Guangzhou, the Son of Heaven is safe and sound, and King Gui can be relieved to unload his burden. ”

"Is the holy car safe and sound?" Yuan Pengnian was as if he had been struck by lightning, and the smile on his face suddenly froze.

Wang Yan stood up at this time, "Yuan Yushi prepare, let's go to the palace with this governor to meet you!" After that, the imperial court will send an envoy to return to Zhaoqing with you, and the governor hopes that Yuan Yushi will not forget Fang Cai's words, and do not let King Gui do anything inappropriate. ”

After saying that, Wang Yan got up, and after turning back to the screen, Su Guansheng also got up and left, leaving Yuan Pengnian stunned.

It was the third day since Wang Yan returned to Guangzhou, and in the past three days, he had dealt with a large backlog of official affairs, and all kinds of cumbersome things really gave him a headache, the court officials had to be settled, the soldiers had to be commended, the court had to open Enke to take scholars, and he had to negotiate with the Gui and Lu domains, and everything was enough for him to be busy.

There are so many affairs in the imperial court, but now the officials of the six ministries are not complete, and the shortage is serious, Wang Yan originally thought that he was just a false name when he entered the cabinet, but now it seems that he is completely wrong.

In addition to the affairs of the imperial court, Wang Yan, as the governor of Liangguang, also had a lot of affairs to deal with, especially Guangdong experienced another big war, and many affairs were enough to crush Wang Yan.

In fact, Wang Yan didn't know that the trivial matters that were easy to deal with had already been dealt with by his staff Chen Bangyan and others, and of course they were all tricky things left to him.

The imperial court moved into Guangzhou, but there were no supporting palaces and government offices in Guangzhou before, the governor's palace, the political envoy's yamen, and the Guangzhou county government were all used to house the imperial court officials.

A large pile of files, piled up in several large houses, more than 20 staff members, shuttling back and forth in them, busy. \u000b In the morning, Li Suiqiu brought in more than a dozen official documents from the side hall and said to Wang Yan: "These official documents have been approved according to the will of the Guogong, please take a look!" \u000b Li Suiqiu was the chief secretary of Wang Yan's shogunate, mainly to help him take charge of logistics and materials, transfer money, and also directly participate in the decision-making of many important affairs, and Wang Yan would also listen to his opinions on many things. \u000b At this time, Wang Yan rubbed his temples, picked up the already cold ginseng soup, and said with a wry smile: "Since Mr. Meizhou has done it, I don't need to read it, just forward it!" "\u000b" is under orders! \u000b Li Suiqiu turned around and was about to leave, Wang Yan suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly stopped him, "Show me the official document of compensating the fallen soldiers." \u000b Li Suiqiu took out one of the scrolls and handed it to Wang Yan, "Please take a look at it!" "\u000b This time he left Guangdong, the battle was more than a load, his subordinates died countless battles, and the families of the soldiers naturally had to be compensated, but his soldiers and horses, except for a very small part, had family members, and the others were mostly people who were ruined by the country, like the troops adapted from the Shun army, they were originally rogues, all the way to Huguang, and were attacked by Leke Dehun when they besieged Jingzhou, so most of the family members have been lost, except for a few generals' family members, ordinary soldiers, most of them have become homeless lonely ghosts.

Wang Yan spread out the document and read it carefully, except for 20 percent of the soldiers who died in battle, except for 20 percent who were able to find their families and distribute bereavement benefits, nearly 80 percent of the other fallen soldiers could no longer find their relatives.

This saved Wang Yan a lot of money, but Wang Yan would rather spend the money.

At this time, the finances of the imperial court were bankrupt, but Wang Yan's Wuzhong army still had some money, and the property they seized from Wuchang, Jiangxi, and Zhang Cunren was at least more than two million taels left after rewarding the soldiers.

These silver coins are independent of the imperial court, and can be regarded as a small treasury of the Five Loyal Army.

After Wang Yan read the dossier and returned it to Li Suiqiu, he pondered for a moment and said: "This governor wants to build a martyr's shrine in Yuexiu Mountain, enshrine all the military plaques of the fallen soldiers, and pay tribute every year, so that the fallen soldiers can have a place to return." What does Mr. Mei Zhou think? ”

"I'm afraid it's going to cost a lot of money."

At present, the imperial court's finances are tight, and it may not be able to provide money for the army for a long time, although there is still some silver in the treasury of the Wuzhong Army, but for a group of soldiers who have died in battle, is it worth spending a lot of money to build a martyr's shrine?

In Chinese history, many temples of loyal ministers and famous generals have been built, but there seems to be no precedent for building shrines for ordinary soldiers, so Wang Yan can see that Li Suiqiu is not interested.

At this time, Wang Yan tapped his fingers on the table twice, and then made up his mind: "Just use the eighty percent of the pension that cannot be paid to build, if it is not enough, the governor will pay out of his own pocket to build the Martyrs' Shrine." This is what the soldiers deserve~"

"Since the Guogong has decided, he will prepare things immediately."

Li Suiqiu nodded, turned around and walked away quickly, when a personal soldier said on the side: "Guogong, Mr. Song is here." ”

Wang Yan immediately said: "Please let him in~"

At this time, Wang Yan straightened up, and hurriedly found a file from the table, which said that the proposal to set up an ordnance supervisor and reopen the cannon casting workshop was a recital of Chen Yujie, the commander of the artillery team, Wang Yan had agreed, and wrote down the recital, played the imperial court, and ordered the Ministry of Industry to implement it, but the current situation of the imperial court was basically no manpower to deal with it, so he was beaten back by Longwu and asked him to deal with it with full authority.

The matter of firearms is the advantage of the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Yan also relied on firearms to win many battles, but the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were too shoddy and disorderly, which seriously affected the performance of the army.

As the commander of the army, Wang Yan naturally knew that sophisticated firearms were more suitable for the Ming army than bows and arrows, so he decided to set up an ordnance supervisor and open a cannon casting workshop to manufacture sophisticated firearms for the army, but the process of firearms was very cumbersome, requiring a lot of labor and materials, and now there was a shortage of craftsmen who were good at making firearms, which became a problem he had to solve. \u000bAt present, the inventory of Daming firearms has been basically depleted, and the Ming army has fallen into the predicament of retreating into the era of cold weapons.

"Guogong, are you looking for me?" \u000bSong Yingxing came in and saluted.

When Wang Yan saw him, he hurriedly retracted his thoughts and said with a smile: "The governor has something I want to ask Mr. Chang Gung, the imperial court will set up a military superintendent under the Ministry of Industry, and the governor intends to recommend Mr. Chang Gung to sit in charge, I don't know if Mr. is willing?"

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