Chapter Seventy-Four: The Ambassador Takes Office
Out of the Forbidden City, Zhong Yu went straight to the Gao family's business. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
How big an official is this ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau, Zhong Yu really doesn't know, it sounds like he is in charge of weapons research, and the emperor also gives himself the right to play straight, he should be a very powerful official.
It's not early today, go to the Ministry of Industry to report and take office, it's not too late, Zhong Yu plans to go to his eldest brother to inquire about the affairs of the Ordnance Bureau, and then take office tomorrow. Although his eldest brother has not yet become an official, after all, he is from a family of military generals, and he should know more about this Weapons Bureau than he does.
Ming Shi Fang, Gao's business name, backyard flower hall.
"Uncle, what does this Armory Bureau ambassador mainly do? What kind of official is he? ”
Gao Yu thought for a while and said: "This Ordnance Bureau is mainly to research and manufacture all kinds of cold **, send and receive all kinds of ordnance, and belong to the Yu Hengqing Department of the Ministry of Industry, and the ambassador of this Ordnance Bureau should be the official position of Zheng Jiupin!" ”
Damn, after doing it for a long time, this ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau is a nine-grade sesame official, Zhong Yu couldn't help but be depressed.
Gao Yu saw that Zhong Yu was a little sullen, so he naturally knew the reason. Zhong Yu was served by the noble six-pin, and he was the ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau who was not able to please the laborious work of the nine-pin, and some loss was inevitable.
At that moment, Gao Yu persuaded: "The Holy Lord asked Wen Hao to be the ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau, and such a practical errand must be Wen Hao's experience. Besides, Wen Hao was just impeached and dismissed a while ago, and now that the matter has just calmed down, even if the Holy Lord has the intention to promote you to a high-ranking official, I am afraid that there will be great resistance. It doesn't matter if this official is big or small, the important thing is that Jane is in the emperor's heart. The sending and receiving of the Border Army and the Beijing Battalion Soldier in charge of the Armament Bureau ambassador is a fat gap with oil and water, and Wen Hao doesn't have to be too disappointed. ”
When Zhong Yu heard his eldest brother say: This ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau is still a fat man with oil and water, and he can't help but feel better. What's the lower grade, the most important thing is to have oil and water.
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Early in the morning, Zhong Yu came to the Ministry of Industry.
The government office of the Ministry of Industry is located in the Ministry of Education, adjacent to the Yamen of the Ministry of War in the north, Honglu Temple in the south, and the Yamen of the Ministry of Officials in the west.
Compared with the busy traffic and endless flow of people in front of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry across the street, the front of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry is much more deserted.
It's no wonder that the front of the Ministry of Industry is deserted, mainly because compared with the other five departments, this Ministry of Industry really has no oil and water yamen. The Ministry of Works is in charge of the construction and improvement of city walls, government offices, bridges, roads, etc. It is said that this is responsible for the construction of the project, and the profits in it are large, and the oil and water will definitely not be less, but the financial power of this project is in the hands of the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry has no financial rights. The household department is in charge of the world's revenue and expenditure of money and grain, and takes care of the state treasury, so it naturally controls the flow of project funds. The Ministry of Industry only has the power to check the price, and the power to run the construction site and Zhang Luo's affairs is outside, and the money bag is in the hands of others, so the oil and water will naturally be a lot less, and it is not too much to say that the door is deserted.
Zhong Yu explained his intention to the porter of the Ministry of Industry, a small ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau, naturally it was impossible for him to be received by the Shangshu and the squire of the Ministry of Industry to arrange work, Zhong Yu was directly led to the cross-courtyard of the office of Yu Hengqing by the porter's handyman.
In the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, the four Qing Officials Divisions of Yingxi, Yuheng, Dushui, and Tuntian each have a cross-hospital office.
The first wing room on the left side of the courtyard of this Yu Heng Qing Officials Division is the signing room in the Ministry of Industry Yu Heng Qing Officials Division Mingyu Shengminglang. The handyman pointed out to Zhong Yu the signing room in Minglangzhong, and then retreated, and the handyman in his own courtyard led Zhong Yu to visit Minglangzhong.
Zhong Yu entered the wing room and saw that a person was immersed in the case, that person was wearing a cyan official uniform and embroidered with a white pheasant, it must be Langzhong Mingyu of Yu Hengqing's official division, and he hurriedly said: "Xiaguan Zhongyu, I have seen Ming Langzhong!" ”
When Ming Yusheng heard Zhong Yu speak, he hurriedly put down the brush in his hand, raised his head, and said with a smile: "Ambassador Zhong doesn't have to be polite, please sit down." ”
Zhong Yu hurriedly said: "Thank you, sir!" ”
Ming Yusheng already knew the emperor's will, and when he saw Zhong Yu coming to report, he couldn't help but look at Zhong Yu curiously. It is definitely a very rare thing that a small ambassador of the Jiupin Armory Bureau was personally appointed by the current saint! For the ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau personally appointed by the current saint, Ming Langzhong did not dare to slack off, and he talked and asked Zhong Yu very politely at the moment.
After some unnutritious conversation, Zhong Yu remembered the letter from Governor Zhang's mansion that he was carrying in his arms, and hurriedly took it out and presented it to Ming Langzhong.
Ming Langzhong looked at the letter from Governor Zhang, and couldn't help laughing: "It turns out that Wen Hao has such a relationship with Brother Zilin, haha, yes, it turns out to be his own family." I will send someone to lead you to take over the office, and you will work hard in the Ministry of Industry in the future, and I will take care of everything! "Originally, Ming Langzhong was worried that this new subordinate was the Holy Emperor's personal seal, and it was difficult to control, but now that he is his own person, this matter is easy to do, and he will take care of him in the future.
"Thank you, Lord Ming!" Zhong Yu hurriedly said.
Governor Zhang's letter was originally written to Ming Langzhong, so that Ming Langzhong could take care of himself, but he never used it. Unexpectedly, he has now become a subordinate of Minglang, Zhong Yu can't help but be secretly happy, he has this close relationship with this boss, and this official can do much easier.
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In the signing room of the ambassador of the Ordnance Bureau, Zhong Yu stood with his hands in his hands, and was giving an impassioned lecture, in front of him were two deputy envoys and seven or eight scribes of the Ordnance Bureau.
This is the first time Zhong Yu has been an official with subordinates, although he used to be a six-grade attendant, but he was a light pole, and now he can also lecture others, he is still a little excited.
The two deputy envoys and several scribes also knew that Zhong Yu was personally sealed by the current emperor, and they were also listening respectfully.
After the training, Zhong Yu assigned the responsibilities to the two deputy envoys, saying that they were assigned, but in fact, they still maintained their original powers and responsibilities.
One of Zhong Yu's two deputy envoys is named Wang Guangli and the other is Li Decheng, and this Wang Guangli used to be mainly responsible for the receipt and distribution of ordnance in the warehouse of the Ordnance Bureau, which has jurisdiction over four depots: the munitions depot, the sulfur depot, the lead depot, and the artillery depot. Li Decheng used to be in charge of various ordnance workshops of the Ordnance Bureau, and now his responsibilities are still the same.
After Zhong Yu finished arranging, he asked everyone to go to work, and called a scribe to him, asking him to take him to various workshops and warehouses to go around, and he had to be familiar with his own territory.
After taking a turn around the storehouse and weapons workshop in the city, Zhong Yu asked the scribe to find a carriage and take him to the firearms workshop near Siping Mountain. The development of gunpowder and firearms is in danger of exploding, so naturally it cannot be carried out in the city.
It was already noon when he arrived at the firearms workshop in Siping Mountain, and Zhong Yu couldn't help but be very depressed about the traffic at that time, and the thirty-mile road had been nearly an hour. If you want to drive in the future, fifteen kilometers is only a matter of a few feet of throttle. It seems that I have time to learn how to ride a horse, otherwise the efficiency of riding this carriage is too slow.
The firearms workshop is located at the foot of the west side of Siping Mountain, close to the Yongding River, surrounded by a high wall, and it is a military fortress that escapes from it.