Chapter 20: Shocking Changes (12)
Looking at his little princess, Hong Tiangui's heart suddenly moved.
"Aifei, do you still have contact with your father?"
The little girl was stunned, shook her head, and said, "My father has never contacted my concubine, and my concubine doesn't know how to contact my father!" "When Yiwang left Tianjing, she was only five or six years old, and she couldn't remember her father's appearance at all. Moreover, the Wing King conquered the southwest, and although he still had contact with Tianjing City, he had never contacted this daughter who stayed in the Young Heavenly King's Palace. And through the concubine of the Heavenly King, Shi Fengxia knew that her father had another heir, and there were several younger brothers and sisters, which made her sad and happy.
"Do you want to contact your father?" Hong Tiangui said with a smile.
Shi Fengxia thought about it, and finally nodded hesitantly.
"You can write a letter to your father, and this king will have him send it!"
"Really?" Shi Fengxia's eyes flashed with excitement. Although she is in the Heavenly King's Mansion, it doesn't mean that she doesn't know her father. On the contrary, whether it is the officials of the Heavenly Kingdom or ordinary people, the mention of the Wing King is greatly appreciated, although the Wing King is not in the court, he is still the most powerful prince of the Heavenly Kingdom, it is precisely because the Wing King has a heavy army outside, Shi Fengxia can leisurely sit in the position of the young Heavenly King's concubine. Of course, at this stage, the simple Shi Fengxia didn't know all this, she didn't find Hong Tiangui's sinister intentions, and she was still guessing what her father looked like, and what should she say when she contacted her father for the first time?
"This king is full of words, and what he says naturally counts!" Hong Tiangui smiled and walked a few steps towards her.
Shi Fengxia was so excited that she didn't react much for a while, until Hong Tiangui's small hand slapped the hair on the top of her head, and Shi Fengxia woke up like a dream, like a frightened rabbit hurriedly retreated.
Hong Tiangui smiled, waved his hand, and said, "This king doesn't need you to serve here, you go back and rest!" ”
Shi Fengxia's face was flushed, and she was extremely ashamed of her performance in her heart. Hearing Hong Tiangui's words, he hesitated for a moment and bowed and withdrew.
There was nothing to say all night, and the next day, Hong Tiangui came to the front hall of the Tianwang Mansion early, and the ministers of civil and military affairs had already arrived, and it was indeed King Fu who greeted Hong Tiangui, but at this time his face was full of withering, and the long bags under his eyes made him look extremely haggard.
Obviously, he already knew the news that King Fu's mansion was raided by King Gan, and if it hadn't been blocked by guards this night, he would have rushed to Hong Tiangui's bedroom to question.
"Your Highness, why are you raiding my Fuwang Mansion? What crime have I committed? When King Fu saw Hong Tiangui, the little awe disappeared completely, and the whole person blushed and roared.
Hong Tiangui frowned, and did not pay attention to him, but slowly walked to the top and sat down, all the ministers did not speak, including the king of the gods, he also squinted his eyes and closed his eyes to recuperate, obviously he did not plan to interfere in this kind of matter.
"Uncle Fuwang, what do you mean by this? Your Fuwang Mansion has been destroyed, and this king is just helping you repair it, so why do you say that you are copying your home? Hong Tiangui said with a frown.
King Fu froze for a moment, then turned his head and looked at King Gan suddenly.
"Ganwang, Your Highness said that you didn't copy my Fuwang Mansion, and you will return the property in my mansion to me?" King Fu said loudly.
Ganwang's eyes widened, and he glanced at Hong Tiangui resentfully, he definitely didn't expect Hong Tiangui to say this, didn't he roast him on the fire?
"King Fu, do you know what kind of place this is? Roaring at the court is a great crime against propriety! The god king said with a straight face. It is impossible to return King Fu, although he has not worked with Hong Tiangui for a long time, but Hong Tiangui's actions are definitely the master of eating people and not spitting out bones, and he doesn't know that he is being used as a gunman by others.
"Hong Renxuan, you ......" King Fu was furious, he was afraid of Hong Tiangui, but it didn't mean that he was afraid of King Gan, after all, everyone was the king of the Hong clan, and if he really wanted to do it, the scholarly Hong Renxuan might not be his opponent.
"Enough! King Fu, this king has something to show you, and after reading it, you are talking to this king! Then he took out an account book from his bosom and threw it to King Fu.
King Fu took it, although he didn't know much about reading, but after a few glances, his face changed greatly.
"King Fu, do you have anything else?" Hong Tiangui asked with a cold face.
With a pop, King Fu's whole person collapsed to the ground, and in the face of Hong Tiangui's cold eyes, the whole person was like falling into an ice cave.
"King Fu, your current state is no longer suitable for staying in the court, this king has prepared a place for you, you can be a rich man for the rest of your life!" After saying that, with a wave of his hand, the guards came in and two people invited King Fu down.
King Gan looked at Hong Tiangui with complicated eyes, and he acted unreasonably again, without giving King Fu the slightest chance.
The civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty looked at each other one by one, before King Fu gradually gained the favor of Hong Tiangui, and even more arrogantly offended almost all the nobles of the Kingdom of Heaven, but the next development shocked everyone's attention, first the Fu Wangfu was broken by the exiles, and then now he was deprived of power, and the fool can understand that the peace of mind to be a rich man is obviously under house arrest.
The Young Heavenly King was so ruthless that he didn't even give King Fu the slightest chance. Hong Renfa, the king of letters in the crowd, kept his head down, and no one knew what he was thinking. King Fu was kicked out of the court, and he, as King Fu's own brother, didn't say a word.
Hong Tiangui glanced at King Xin with a calm expression, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, this king is going to reorganize the urban construction department, and Zhang Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, will serve as the director, mainly recruiting people from the displaced people to repair the city walls of Tianjing City. In addition, a firearms department was established, and the king himself served as the director, responsible for the research and production of advanced firearms. Both the Firearms Division and the Urban Construction Division are directly under the jurisdiction of the King and are directly responsible to the King. Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, urban construction and firearms development are all under the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, and how to manage the Ministry of Industry if a new department is established?" King Shin said suddenly.
"King Xin's words are reasonable, but this king wants to ask King Xin, what achievements have been made by the Ministry of Industry in wasting so much wealth in the Kingdom of Heaven every year, and has my Ministry of Industry of Heaven ever produced enough firearms until now? Hundreds of thousands of firearms in the entire Heavenly Kingdom are so scarce that they can only be cast by each army themselves, which leads to the entire Heavenly Kingdom of weapons of different models, different standards, and extremely difficult to supply. Hong Tiangui said angrily.
Ganwang was responsible for the logistics of the army on the Western Front, in addition to food and silver, the most scarce thing was naturally weapons and gunpowder, but what made Hong Tiangui angry was that the gunpowder inventory of the Ministry of Industry of Heaven was unexpectedly gone, and the skilled firearms craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry were basically poached by King Zhong, and now they are producing gunpowder in Sufu Province to supply King Zhongwang's army.
It was precisely on the basis of this situation that Hong Tiangui wanted to set up a firearms department and was ready to completely control the production of firearms in his own hands.
With a pop, Wang Han, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, fell to his knees. Hong Tiangui's words made him panic.
"Lord Guo, the Ministry of Industry must step up the resumption of production, and in half a month, I want 1,000 muskets and 100,000 catties of gunpowder!" Hong Tiangui said in a deep voice.
"Your Highness, this ...... This ...... "Wang Han is about to cry, because of the lack of money in the Ministry of Industry, the craftsmen who originally made gunpowder and firearms are scattered, and according to the current production capacity, they may not be able to produce 1,000 muskets and 100,000 catties of gunpowder a year.
"This king doesn't care what method you use! If you can't complete the production in half a month, you don't have to do it! Hong Tiangui said mercilessly.
The minister retreated, but the king did not leave.
"Your Highness, with the current capacity of the Ministry of Industry, I'm afraid it won't be able to produce it in half a month!" Hong Renxuan said in a deep voice. He extremely disagrees with Hong Tiangui's simple and crude methods, isn't this persecuting people to a dead end?