Chapter 252: Loyal Dogs

The next morning, the artillery purchased by Yuekuochaer from the black market at a great expense attracted the attention of all the ministers who came to the court.

The straight and slender cannon body, the smooth and mirror-like breech, the range of three hundred and fifty steps, and the quality of twenty cannons without exploding, such a divine weapon, but only weighs more than five hundred pounds, and there is also an iron frame wooden wheel car underneath, two strong men can easily push it away by grabbing the handlebar.

In contrast, the bronze cannon that the imperial court spent a lot of money to build has completely become a laughing stock, ugly, bulky, and prone to accidents, making what should have been the safest gunner position, and now everyone is respectful of it, and if it is stabbed on the battlefield, at least there will be a whole corpse left, in case the cannon explodes, within five steps around, but it will be torn to pieces, and if it is not good, even the bones and scum can not be picked up.

There is a way, not afraid of not knowing the goods, afraid of comparing goods, anyone who has seen the artillery made by the imperial court, and then see the artillery bought by Yue Kuochaer, it is inevitable that they will feel gloomy, especially when they heard that the price of each cannon has increased tenfold, it is only more than 10,000 yuan, and the imperial court has invested 4 million yuan in artillery for more than half a year, one by one is even more angry.

Four million yuan, four million, that is a full color of copper money, not the imperial court indiscriminate banknotes, you know, the treasury income of the Great Yuan Dynasty, but more than seventy percent from several southern provinces, and since the red scarf, Huguang and Henan two major provinces of taxes, on the court has not been sent a penny, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi two major provinces of the tax can barely take the sea route, but recently the sea is very uneven, either the wind and waves, or pirates to make trouble, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi every 10,000 to Haijin Town, along the way to be " "Drifting" more than forty percent, plus people along the way eat horses and chew, all kinds of unpredictable losses, and finally half of them can enter the treasury is good, so that the treasury is now running out of rats, and even the annual salary for Beijing officials has to be scraped together to come out, (Note 1)

In such an embarrassing financial and tax situation, Li Hanqing, the ordnance supervisor, actually spent 4 million guan to build more than 100 artillery pieces, and the average cost of each cannon was three times higher than that bought on the black market, what does this mean, this means that at least 3 million guan should have been given to the officials, but it was wasted, or put into private pockets.

The high-ranking officials of the Great Yuan Dynasty usually don't believe in Confucianism, but they are extremely sensitive to commercial figures, so the speech officials arranged in advance by Yue Kuocha'er have not had time to speak, and Li Hanqing, the Han director of the Ordnance Bureau, has already become the target of public criticism, and almost all the people who are not from the Takoff faction, including some nobles who have a good relationship with Takoff, are eager to immediately press Li Hanqing to the ground, and pick up the essence from head to toe to see where he has hidden the three million guan.

Although Li Hanqing can speak well, in this case, it is also a lot of money, fortunately, the emperor of the Great Yuan Dynasty, His Majesty Timur "heavy pupil personal photo", knowing that he was wronged, first loudly retreated the ministers besieging Li Hanqing, and then comforted the person concerned, and finally, he adopted the mention of Hama of Pingzhang in Zhongshu Province, and promoted Li Hanqing to the head of the military department, in order to reward him for his work in making artillery, and vacated the position of the ordnance supervisor, which was to be undertaken by the imperial court.

The so-called meritocracy, naturally has to be chosen by the common choice of several major forces in the DPRK and China, after all, in this position, there will be millions of copper coins every year in the future, and you can get rich by wiping a handful on it, so that it is a battle between the open and the dark, and finally a compromise is reached, so that the Tianzhu people Ha San stand out, as for Li Hanqing, after being promoted to the squire of the military department, he was immediately arranged an important task, preparing grain and grass for the army of the Southern Expedition, and ready to follow the prime minister to fight against all kinds of thieves at any time.

These things were simple to say, but the actual tossing was over, and at noon, Tuhuan Timur said some words of consolation, and then announced the dissolution of the dynasty.

All the ministers shouted long live together, danced out, and came outside the palace, and quickly divided into several waves, some of them made an appointment to have fun together, some of them got together to discuss financial plans, and some of them obviously sensed something wrong from today's court meeting, and quietly got together and exchanged heads.

After leaving the palace, he flew up and jumped on the mount, and the newly appointed military squire Li Hanqing rode on another black horse, and followed him silently.

"Fourth, today's matter, I can't stand you as a brother." The right prime minister of Zhongshu Province did not look back, turned his back to Li Hanqing, and said quietly.

"My lord, where did this come from?" Li Hanqing, the squire of the military department, smiled, his face looked very haggard, "It's because Xiaosi didn't do things well and betrayed your trust, so our master and servant are in trouble today." ”

"You" took off his body and trembled, gritted his teeth and shook his head, "You kid is still like this, you refuse to treat me as your own brother, today's incident is obviously aimed at me, you are just unlucky, you are just a shield for me to take off." ”

"I'm your scholar, don't I should block arrows for you?" Li Si smiled tiredly, turned over and jumped off the war horse, "Besides, these more than 150 cannons are already the biggest skill I can use, and it is impossible to do better if I continue to rely on the Ordnance Bureau, and now I can retreat bravely in the rapids, which is also a good result." ”

"You, hi." When he heard it, he let out another long sigh, and the breath he spit out formed a white mist in the air, which lasted for a long time.

The more Li Si is open-minded, the more sad he feels in his heart, according to reason, today in the court, he, the right man of Zhongshu Province, should lead his minions to shield Li Hanqing from the wind and rain, however, when he saw that nearly seventy percent of the officials in the entire court were red-eyed, he himself retreated, and from beginning to end, he did not muster up the courage to say a word for his henchmen.

Tokhtar knows why he is weak today, not only because of the artillery supervised by Li Hanqing, the quality is too big than the gap that Yue Kuochaer bought from the black market, that is only a small part of the factors, the impact is not big, all sober-minded people, after the initial anger has passed, will be soberly aware that they will make, and buy on the black market, there is an essential difference, especially artillery, as long as you can make it, even if it consumes more and sells it differently, it means how much you want, How many will there be in the future, will not be controlled by others, and buying, it all depends on the mood of the seller, and not all red turban thieves will be so short-sighted that even the artillery is resold, when the transaction arouses the vigilance of the Zhu butcher, those bold sellers will instinctively stop.

In addition, the ugly artillery can be made now, and in the future it will be able to produce mature products that can compete with the southern goods, from there to refinement, it only takes time, and from scratch, it is a qualitative leap, in the morning court meeting, as long as you can stand up and explain the truth clearly, I believe that the vast majority of civil and military officials in the court will not continue to be led by the nose of Hama, Yuekuo Chaer and others.

However, Tokhtar didn't speak, not because he didn't have the ability to shelter Li Hanqing, but because he saw his own brother, and Timur shrank first, in the first battle in Henan, he lost the responsibility of 300,000 troops, and the court has not pursued it, if he stands up for Li Hanqing today, Xue Xue and others, who are embarrassed and angry, may not be able to transfer the hatred to Muer's head first, that is a weakness that he can't protect at all, even the most shameless guy in the world can't say the dead alive, and the rout is turned in, And if Timur was not his younger brother, according to the laws of the Great Yuan Dynasty, he would have been beheaded a long time ago, and his family and immediate family would have been exiled for thousands of miles.

After repeated weighing, Totokh can only temporarily sacrifice his former scholar Li Hanqing, after all, the ministers have no basis for the latter's accusations, and even if they can pick out some bones from the egg, they will not be guilty of death, as long as Li Hanqing is not killed, after that, he has a way, with the power of Zhongshu Province Youcheng, to make a comeback, and there is a way to compensate for the latter's grievances, and let the latter be grateful to himself.

However, he never expected that Li Hanqing was not only not knocked down by the ministers, but because of the emperor's initiative, he jumped several levels upward, let alone that Li Hanqing, who had just been promoted to the squire of the fourth rank of the military department, would immediately be entrusted with an important task by the emperor to partner with him and supervise the grain and grass materials for his southern expeditionary army.

This made all the compensation plans he had prepared in advance completely fail, and he had to face Li Hanqing at any time, facing the resentment and incomprehension in his eyes, so, at this moment, Tokhtar really didn't have the courage to look back, looked at Li Hanqing's eyes, and frankly told his former scholar and good friend, I had to sacrifice you today because I wanted to protect Timur, and I really didn't have the courage to sue the other party, although I have always said that I want to treat you as a brother, but in my heart, you are still, and always, It's not as good as a hair of Timur first.

"It's right that the adults don't protect the junior today." Li Hanqing will always be a sober and rational appearance, pulling the war horse forward, and said at the feet of the detachment, "Xiao Si is not a kind word, adults should know, Xiao Si and you, there is no need to say any more kind words, the position of the Ordnance Superintendent, Xiao Si will have to give up sooner or later, either today or tomorrow, my lord, you now have 300,000 elites in your hands, and have been stationed on the edge of the capital, and Xiao Si is in the Ordnance Bureau, and he has the sharpest artillery and the strongest armor staff." ”

"What do you say, you dare to separate", Zhongshu right Cheng Tuo suddenly woke up, a stomach full of guilt, and instantly turned into a nameless karmic fire.

"Adult, the fourth child is your scholar." Li Hanqing raised his head fearlessly, looked at his detached eyes, and continued to add in a low voice, "Without you, Xiao Si is nothing, the emperor is suspicious of you, my lord, don't you feel it at all, with your wisdom, you should have felt it a long time ago, it's just, it's just that you have been refusing to believe it." ”

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