Seeing that Ding Daquan actually recommended his son to be the head of the court, many ministers were shocked, who didn't know that Ding Daquan's son didn't have any skills, and he only knew how to eat, drink and have fun all day long? A gentleman who is alive and well, if he is made the head of the artillery production institute, I am afraid that this artillery production institute will really be abolished. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

And the courtyard under the ordnance prison is very large, how can it be managed well with Ding Daquan's son? No one will believe it. Since this artillery yard is so important, the scale must be even larger. For example, the bow and crossbow courtyard was established in the first year of Taizu Kaibao, and was in charge of making bows and crossbows, armor, instruments, flags, stirrups and other things, and was supervised by 2 envoys and deputy envoys, and there were more than 1,000 soldiers. On the basis of the south and north arrow storehouse, the arrow building institute is integrated in the six years of Xianping of Zhenzong, which belongs to the bow and crossbow courtyard, and there are three classes and 2 internal servants to supervise the construction, and there are more than 1,000 craftsmen.

Immediately, someone stood up against it, or Li Boyu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, only to hear him say loudly: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" The minister opposes Lord Ding's proposal! Although there has always been a precedent in our dynasty for being virtuous and not avoiding relatives, the son of Lord Ding is not familiar with military weapons, let alone being in charge of such an important artillery manufacturing institute? To know the weapons of the country, the old leadership is in the case of the three divisions. The three divisions are subordinate, and the judgment is changed by a few people, and they can only be careful about the accounts, and the Shenzong has set up a military superintendent to govern the internal and external weapons, and set up a member of the judgment and the same judgment, and his subordinates have Cheng, the main bookkeeper and official affairs. Yuanfeng changed the official system, with one supervisor and one young eunuch, one Cheng and one chief bookkeeper. The supervisor is in charge of the weapons and other things for the use of the militarism, and the young eunuch is the second, and the third is the leader. All sharp weapons are used in the French style to be used by the apprentices, and their bows and arrows, and their armor, swords, halberds, and tools of war and defense, are assigned because of their ability, and the amount of materials is used, and the number of them is used in the examination course, and the number is lost in the arsenal, and the official is appointed to inspect it. Where the use of glue paint, tendon leather, finance, must be timely, class 100 work, work and rest must be even, at the end of the year to read the number of its good, to reward and punish. For more than 100 years, there has never been such a method of selecting officials. ”

Ding Daquan saw Li Boyu running out to oppose it, and he was very annoyed in his heart, this Li Boyu was completely stubborn, and he had always refused to join his command, and now he actually ran out against him.

"Your Majesty, what Lord Li said is just his own speculation, my son Shouhui has always been pure and good-natured, although he has not entered the army, nor has he served in the ordnance superintendent, but he has also studied military weapons, so the ministers recommended themselves, and I hope the emperor will investigate!" Ding Daquan hurriedly said, he didn't want the head of this artillery manufacturing institute, that is, the chief envoy, to fall into the hands of others.

Emperor Lizong was very unhappy, this Ding Daquan was the person he relied on, how did he know that at this time, Ding Daquan actually wanted his son to be the chief envoy of this artillery manufacturing institute, such an important official position, that Ding Shouhui, who didn't understand anything, could do it?

Seeing that the emperor's face was not very good-looking, Ding Daquan didn't dare to speak, in fact, he relied on patting Yan Guifei's sycophants and blowing wind on the emperor's pillow, so that he was gradually reused, and finally achieved the position of the right minister and privy envoy.

In fact, Emperor Lizong also knew that although the imperial court stipulated that the chief officials of each workshop must be experts in the manufacture of weapons, the actual implementation was often far from the requirements of the imperial court.

As his energy deteriorated year by year, his control over the Great Song Dynasty became weaker and weaker, and finally the ministers' selection of the chief eunuch became more and more formalistic, and the position of the chief supervisor was mostly controlled by powerful people.

In fact, this is also a common problem in all dynasties, especially in those dark years. Take the weapons of the Song Dynasty as an example, in the first year of the Northern Song Dynasty Renzong Baoyuan, Pang Ji said: "The ministers heard that they made armor in Beijing, and in recent years, they have not chosen the officials of the chief supervisor, and they are all bound to do it."

In the last years of Gaozong Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, some ministers reported that the officers of the ordnance institute were "mostly nobles and powerful children". Most of these people were mixed in through improper means, "they don't know how to make military weapons, but they rely on craftsmen, and they don't know if they are not good at the law." Even if some of them know a little about military weaponry, they are often derelict in their duties and fail to fulfill their duties. For example, during the time of Shenzong, the bow and crossbow of the east and west workshops were supervised by Xi Yan, "but listen to what the craftsman does, do not bow to himself, and do not know the work", resulting in the bow and crossbow made "far from the bitter and good".

In fact, the quality of the weapons made by the current Ordnance Supervisor has declined a lot, of course, Emperor Lizong has also heard of it, but he doesn't know about it. Of course, he can't be sloppy in the selection of the head of the artillery production institute, which he values very much, so although Ding Daquan is the minister he relies on very much, he still can't agree.

In fact, Emperor Lizong has indeed been a lot of decadence in his later years, so there will be sycophants like Ding Daquan on the throne. However, the quality of the weapons produced by such an important organization as the Ordnance Supervision Department is not as good as before.

It is important to know that weapon manufacturing is a work that requires high precision, so it is not possible to make it overnight, especially weapons such as bows and crossbows, "among weapons, it is the most difficult to build, especially specialized." As for the decoction of rubber tendons, each has its own law, when there are days of dryness, dampness, cold and summer, between the slow and slow production, if something is not refined, it will be unusable, and it will not be long and easy to be damaged."

The ancients had a saying of "the bow and the moon arrow", which shows that the production of bows, crossbows and arrows is not easy. In fact, not only bows and crossbows, but also other soldiers. It will take a certain amount of time to build, and "if it is forced to be strictly limited, not only will it be difficult to collect, but the finished instrument will also be bitter and unusable." If "the period is less wide, not only is the work and labor free, but the natural production is fine".

In the early Northern Song Dynasty, an important reason why the weapons made were so sophisticated was that "there was plenty of time for work", such as "the bow was limited to one year". Later, with the continuous increase in the number of troops or the needs of wartime, the demand for weapons is getting bigger and bigger, in order to meet the needs of the army's weapons and equipment, the imperial court often urges the workshops to step up the construction, and the period of making is getting shorter and shorter, such as the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Jin people surrounded Kaifeng, and the division of the king of Qin in the southeast was started, because of the lack of weapons, "the marshal Weng Yanguo, ordered the Yangzhou Academy to make a god arm bow, limited to one month."

Emperor Lizong looked at Lu Wenxin, and his meaning was also obvious, that is, to let Lu Wenxin propose to be elected alone, after all, this artillery production institute was also proposed by Lu Wenxin, and the Lu family has also been in charge of the army for many years, and the candidates he proposed will not disappoint.

Of course, Lu Wenxin is happy to see Ding Daquan eat a soft nail at the emperor's place, in this way, Ding Daquan will definitely not be able to fight with him, and the emperor's meaning is also obvious, that is, let him choose someone to come out, as long as the ministers are not too opposed, then this matter is basically done!

Lu Wen was happy in confidence, but his face was not shocked, he stepped forward in three steps, and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there is a candidate for the minister, if this person is in charge of the artillery production institute, he will definitely be able to make excellent artillery for the emperor and the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Emperor Lizong smiled and said, "Oh, Lu Aiqing come quickly, who is this person?" ”