Li Yu and Hao Yu are still arguing about the use of new firearms, not to mention the two of them in today's demonstration, it is Yi Shen, Li Yuan was extremely shocked, at first he was so frightened by the loud sound of the firearm that he was stupid for a long time, and after looking back, he also joined the discussion. Several people did not expect that they had witnessed history, and they were not only surprised that the things made by people could make such a loud noise, but they were not very satisfied with the effect of these firearms, because the shock brought by the sound was too great, and they felt that the destructive power was not proportional to the sound, but it was also a great weapon.

As Hao Wei said, block the enemy's cavalry and throw dozens of them with a stone thrower, and the enemy will definitely be frightened by the horses, so he will ask Wang Pi to go back to play. Wang Pi smiled:

"At Your Majesty's request, we will test it again. Now that there is no war in winter, why is General Hao in a hurry? ”

Hao Yu said:

"We have to take some of it back to try how to make it, and let our horses adapt to it, otherwise when we fight, our horses will also explode, but it will be too much to count."

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd. Li Chanted:

"That's fine, now the gunpowder recipe is dispensed, but how to use it in the battle array, what I see today is just some ideas. The two generals are now serving as envoys in the border areas, and they just happened to transport a batch of them over to practice the actual troops. However, good steel has to be used on the blade, in the early winter, Tubo sent envoys to ask for peace, when the children of several envoys who were lost in Tubo wept blood one after another, begging the court and Tubo to exchange for their father, a few people in the east are not very peaceful, I am not easy to decide. Although civil strife is about to break out in Tibet, there is not much loss of strength at the moment, and I don't want to fight each other. In the past few years, we will not fight with Tubo, so we will practice this thing on weekdays, don't use it in the battle formation, this is our military secret, in this way, except for everyone here today and the Fangshi craftsmen and officials who work here, no one in the world should know about the existence of gunpowder. Young Eunuch Wang, this matter will be handed over to you. ”

Wang Pi said:

"Your Majesty rest assured that all the officials involved in this matter are carefully selected children of good families, and the families of warlocks and craftsmen are also here. The soldiers guarding were not allowed to approach the place at all, only that there was a noise, but they did not know why. Besides, General Wang Dahai governed the army very strictly, and the soldiers didn't dare to ask at all. The perimeter was guarded by General Wang Dahai, and the minister thought that not even a single fly would fly in. ”

Li Yu was stunned for a moment, so familiar lines. But immediately thought of Hao Jue's question, so he continued:

"Fengxiang and Jingyuan are all remote places, and the actual combat drills of the two Aiqing should not let people who shouldn't know know, right? As for the adaptation of the horse, isn't it okay to plug the horse's ears when using it? ”

Li Yu Hao Yu Qi said:

"I am willing to guarantee the head of the item."

Li Yu nodded and said:

"It's better for the two Aiqing's heads to stay and continue to work for me. The two of you spent the New Year in Chang'an, and after the New Year, the Ordnance Supervision Commission sent someone to send you gunpowder canisters, and at the same time sent officials to go back with you to test the effect and listen to suggestions for improvement. At that time, the military department is afraid that it will have to see the deduction of the two. ”

Yi Shen said:

"That's natural, the two of you have to be prepared, but the old man is going to kill the two of them."

Yi Shen is a famous veteran, Yi Shen wants to take the school exam, where is there any other meaning? The two of them hugged their fists at the moment:

"In this case, thank you Lord Shangshu."

In winter, it gets dark early, and when I return to the palace, the lights are already on. Gou Sheng still prepared a day's recital for Li Yu to review, and after a hasty dinner, Li Yu took the recital to review, and asked Gou Shengdao:

"What is the prince busy with these days?"

Gou Shengdao:

"The prince died a lot of people because of the snowstorm last year, so he has to prepare early this year, and these days he is busy checking the dilapidated houses with the officials of Jingzhao."

Li Yu nodded. Li Chun's performance this year, Li Yu is more satisfied, and only two royal granddaughters and one imperial grandson have been added in the past two years. Seeing that Li Yu no longer spoke, Gou Sheng quietly retreated.

After reviewing the chapter for a while, Li Yu was a little upset, and picked up a stack of thick books on the desk and read it. This is precisely the first accounting monograph in history that Li Jifu has just completed after more than a year of painstaking efforts -- "Yongzhen State Accounting Book," which counts household registration and accounting data according to administrative regions, and records the amount of various revenues according to state revenue items, a total of 10 volumes. The purpose of this information is to provide assistance to the monarch in governing the country.

"When His Majesty first ascended the throne, there were a total of 48 towns under the heavens, 295 prefectures, 1,453 counties, and 2,440,254 households, including Fengxiang, Dunfang, Suining, Zhenwu, Jingyuan, Yinxia, Lingyan, Hedong, Yiding, Weibo, Zhenji, Fanyang, Cangjing, Huaixi, and Ziqing, and 15 prefectures. Every year, it is assigned to the office, and ends in eight provinces, including Zhejiang East and West, Xuanshe, Huainan, Jiangxi, Eyue, Fujian, Hunan, etc., with 49 prefectures and 1.44 million households. Compared with the tax account of Tianbao, there is one in four. There are more than 830,000 soldiers in the world who pay tribute to county officials, and compared with Tianbao Shima, three points plus one, and the rate is two households and one soldier. Other floods and droughts have been damaged, and the levy has been collected, and it is outside the permanent service. ”

At present, the three towns of Dunfang, Yinxiasui, and Lingyan have been abolished, and the three towns, as well as Fengxiang, Suining, Zhenwu, Jingyuan, and other towns, have regained the control of the state, but the situation is still not optimistic. This year, Dongchuan and Xichuan tax exemptions ended, some states in Guanzhong were exempted or exempted, and the six prefectures of Zhenhai were taxed by Li Qi's family property, coupled with the development of maritime trade and Li Xun's ability to cut meat on the legs of mosquitoes, the treasury revenue was more than that of Yongzhen's first year, but due to the reorganization of nearly 200,000 troops, the burden of military expenses and severance payments was huge, and the surplus was only four million, together with last year's surplus was less than six million, which sounds like a lot, but in history, there will be a big drought next year, and several sword soldiers, and today's concert is related to these towns.

"Li Zhongyan!"

Li Zhongyan came in upside down, peeked at Li Chen's face, and knew that Li Yu had something in his heart, so he blocked the few jokes that had just been saved in his mind. Sure enough, Li Yu asked:

"Who is Hanlin on duty today? Can Li Jiang be there? ”

After inquiring about Li Jiang's absence, Li Yu instructed:

"Let Li Xiaozhong use my car to pick it up."

At the beginning of this year, according to Lu Wen's suggestion, the imperial court issued a decree stipulating that the caravan in any country outside Huawai, as long as there are people of the Tang Dynasty who have become slaves, they will be redeemed and reimbursed to the inner government, and a few months later, there happened to be a caravan returning from the Western Regions, and there were really several redeemed slaves, Li Xiaozhong was one of them.