Since the establishment of the bank, Zhang Ke's subordinates have gathered a large number of ultra-high-level bookkeepers, plus the promotion of the method of copying bookkeeping, and the introduction of Western mathematical knowledge. The seemingly complicated accounts of the various yamen, which could not be sorted out for several months, were in their hands, and within ten days, they were able to solve them, and every payment was made clear and clear.

When Wei Zhongxian saw these accounts, he was also dumbfounded, so angry that he hit the top beam, almost crazy. He withheld military spending at the age of 9,000 because he wanted to recruit people and train new troops, but he never thought of carrying his own pockets, but these people are good, they can be greedy, and they can't be greedy for conditions!

The silver that the court had worked so hard to collect was all lost, how could it not make Lao Wei go crazy.

"Investigate thoroughly, definitely thoroughly! Whoever dares to be greedy for our family's silver, our family will let him eat it all! ”

Wei Guangwei saw it in his eyes and was happy in his heart, sure enough, the nine thousand years old pointed the finger at those lords, and then watched them eat dog!

However, there is one more fire.

"Nine thousand years old, since serving as the first assistant, I asked people to check the problems of the Beijing camp, and found that the Beijing camp mainly has three major problems, the first is the empty salary, the nominal hundreds of thousands of the Beijing camp, in fact, it has to be discounted, it is about 50,000: the second is to seal the officials indiscriminately, I have checked last year alone, there are more than 300 people who attacked the commanders, commanders, and even governors and other official positions, and the rest of the thousands and hundreds of households are countless, most of which are the families and relatives of various national governments, so damaging the public and private, It's simply unheard of. As for the third point, Yan zhòng Cheng dù is 10,000 times that of the first two, and since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it has been endless, and there are countless amounts of silver that are greedy for ink every year. ”

Wei Guangwei said and pointed to an item on the list.

"Look, it says that 70,000 taels of silver are used to make gunpowder, and the ingredients of gunpowder are nothing more than sulfur and charcoal. Of the three, charcoal is extremely cheap, and sulfur is mineralized in Shandong, which comes along the canal and does not cost much. ”

Wei Zhongxian nodded: "That's right, our family asked, the most expensive gunpowder is miscanthus salt, and the price of miscanthus salt, what is the problem?" ”

"The problem is big, nine thousand years old. I remember that two years ago, King Anton made a dedication method, which was to collect old soil from old toilets and stables, boil it in a pot, and then you can get high-quality miscanthus salt. There are millions of people in the capital, and there are so many toilets that they don't cost much at all. Of the 70,000 taels of silver, at least 50,000 were coveted, and the gunpowder made in the end may not be usable, so this matter cannot but be investigated in detail! ”

Wei Guangwei is just one example. For the progress of society, these officials in the capital are always one step slower, even Wei Zhongxian is no exception.

After hearing it, it suddenly dawned on me.

The Ming army had a special craftsman. Responsible for the manufacture of various weapons and munitions, these craftsmen are in the locality, and belong to the Ordnance Department of the Guard, which is in the center. It is under the management of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

With the expansion of civilian power, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has almost become an empty shell, and all the power has been attributed to the Ministry of War. But the civil official was unwilling to take care of this kind of thing in the manufacture of weapons, so it naturally fell into the hands of the nobles.

The Ming family has a great cause, and it costs hundreds of thousands of taels to update the armament every year, especially since the chaos in Liaodong, there are more and more military expenditures, and more and more ordnance is purchased.

Wei Zhongxian also knows a little bit about these, but after all, Xungui is strong, intertwined, and he will start his whole body, and he will not dare to take it lightly if he is nine thousand years old.

But the current situation is not done, hundreds of officials are holding on to the silver, and Zhang Ke is watching from the side, plus Tianqi is seriously ill and changes the dynasty.

If he wants to maintain his status at the age of 9,000 and call for wind and rain in the new dynasty, he must make a performance. As the so-called dead friends do not die in the poor way, a few grandfathers, our family is sorry for you!

"Elder Ge, you said three points, where should we start?"

Wei Guangwei thought for a while, and hurriedly said: "Qi Yu is nine thousand years old, this matter must not be chaotic in the first place, once the chaos starts, it will affect the saint's recuperation, and it will be a big loss because of a small loss." Second, it must be fast, lightning fast, and take it in one fell swoop, and you can't give Xungui a chance to fight back. Third, the evidence must be conclusive, one blow will kill, whether it is a courtier or King Anton, no one can say anything. ”

"Well, it makes sense, it deserves to be the talent of Zaifu, and our family admires it."

"Hehe, nine thousand years old is polite, empty salary and attacking officials are a chronic disease for many years, if you want to investigate during the New Year, you must pull out the radish and bring out the mud, and once you prevaricate and pull it off, there is no head or tail, it will definitely alarm the holy driver. Therefore, it is best to start with munitions, starting from workshops and warehouses, how much is produced, and how much stock is in the warehouse, at a glance. It just so happens that there are many bookkeepers here, as long as they let them do the math, they won't worry about not being able to catch the handle of the nobles. ”

Wei Guangwei didn't say anything further, but Old Wei also understood.

Seize the handle, force them to spit out the silver, and then punish them severely, and the financial deficit will be made up. At that time, the apocalypse admitted that the silver withheld by Wei Zhongxian was for military training, and the trouble was naturally eliminated.

And doing so just reflects his nine-thousand-year-old loyalty to the country, his selflessness, and his ability to add points to civil officials and even the king of letters, no matter how you calculate it, there are hundreds of benefits.

As for offending the nobles, it doesn't matter, just to grab the Beijing camp from them and control the military power!

Wei Zhongxian weighed it again and again, and said loudly: "Come on, call Luo Sigong and let him take the Jinyi guard to seal Wang Gong's factory to our family!" ”

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Located in the southwest of Beijing, the gunpowder depot of Wang Gongchang is the place where the most firearms are stored in Beijing, with tens of thousands of craftsmen at its busiest time, and the scale is even larger than that of the arsenal in Yizhou.

It was the eleventh day of the first lunar month, and the craftsmen were resting, and after Luo Sigong arrived, there were only a few soldiers guarding him, and he showed Wei Zhongxian's warrant and rushed in directly.

"Listen to it all, first seal a qiē warehouse, especially where there are account texts, don't let any of them go!"

"Yes, obey the orders of the Governor's Hall!"

The captain of Jinyiwei found a few guards to lead the way, and rushed directly to the backyard of Wang Gongchang, the room where the account books were kept. When I got to the gate of the courtyard, I saw smoke coming out of it.

"It's not good, someone wants to burn the evidence, go and put out the fire!"

Without saying a word, the people of the Jinyi Guard all rushed up, and they ran into the room, and sure enough, a fire broke out inside, and all three main rooms were on fire. When they opened the door, tongues of fire erupted, and several people's eyebrows were burned.

"Go find the waterwheel, go!"

Luo Sigong's eyes were also red.

"Wei Gong is on the bus side, if you let this official can't get by, you don't want to live, just jump into the fire and burn to death!"

The commander gave the order, and the big guys all fought, and they didn't care about waiting for the waterwheel to arrive, so they simply drenched their cotton clothes with water, covered their heads and rushed inside.

In about a quarter of an hour, they salvaged a third of the books. Just when the big guy wanted to continue fighting, suddenly he felt a tremor under his feet, and then they didn't know anything......

A mushroom cloud erupted from the southwest of the capital, and in an instant, the entire capital fell into a shock, and Wang Gongchang was drowned in the explosion! (To be continued......)