In the warm pavilion, Zhu Houzhao retreated Liu Jin and Zhang Yong, and said to Ye Chunqiu excitedly: "This time Liu Jin has made a great contribution, this time the town guards from all over the country have collected more than 400,000 taels of silver, I plan to practice a warrior camp alive, Ye Aiqing, how is your crystal workshop?" ”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's question, Ye Chunqiu said: "Your Majesty, now it has begun to take shape, and it is gradually beginning to open up the situation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Belch...... This is, of course, nonsense.

In fact, the crystal workshop has just opened, and Zhu Houzhao does not have too many expectations for it.

Zhu Houzhao said: "That crystal workshop can only rely on you and your uncle to make a good living!" As he spoke, he frowned and continued: "Wang Shouren has arrived in Nanjing, and he will enter Beijing in a few days, hum...... He is very slow, and he doesn't take my words to heart at all, your town ****, I also want to practice it early, the warrior camp is a military horse on the surface, everyone is staring, I always feel uncomfortable being stared at, or my own town ****. ”

After that, Zhu Houzhao put on a grinning appearance again, with a mysterious look on his face, and said, "I still have a gift for you, I'll know when you leave the palace." ”

Ye Chunqiu was stunned, confused, and saw Zhu Houzhao smiling like a thief, but he didn't ask much.

This made Zhu Houzhao a little annoyed, but you came to ask......

But Ye Chunqiu's calm temperament made him speechless, this guy, doesn't he have curiosity?

Ye Chunqiu said instead: "Your Majesty, since you want to establish a town ****, who will supply this ordnance, and you can't let people practice with firewood sticks, right?" ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but touch his head aggrievedly, and said with a depressed face: "If you directly let the Ministry of War allocate it and build it by the Creation Bureau, I'm afraid that the Cabinet and the Sixth Department will reprimand me for a while, not to mention it...... Now there is no town government, only one town government counselor...... Well...... It's a lot of trouble. ”

From the very beginning, in addition to creating a town government counselor because of a 'flawed' holy decree, in essence, Daming did not have the establishment of the town state government, and naturally, there was no so-called town ****.

A group of people who had no establishment at all, but suddenly went to the military department to ask for food, salaries, and ordnance, Zhu Houzhao could imagine what the final result would be.

In fact, this kind of thing has happened in history, Zhu Houzhao renamed himself Zhu Shou, and then he proclaimed himself the Duke of Zhenguo, pondered carefully, he was also 'Duke Zhenguo', so he happily went to the household to ask for salary, his reason is very simple, this Duke of Zhenguo is certified by himself, of course, it has legal effect, since he is a duke, the court should give corresponding treatment, this salary, you always have to give, right?

Outcome...... It is conceivable that the Metropolitan Procuratorate scolded for several months, and the household officials at that time hesitated and did not dare to give. Zhu Hou was on fire, so in the name of the emperor, he issued an order to let the household department pay the salary of Zhu Shou, the prince of the town, in full, and the will went down, and the household department directly refuted the will in the matter, the reason is, don't think that you are a turtle wearing a vest.

Now Zhu Houzhao has indeed encountered the same problem, there is no preparation, he is the Son of Heaven, and he can cut first and then play; If you don't have money and food, it doesn't matter, we're self-sufficient, haven't we built a crystal workshop now?

But what about ordnance?

Private individuals are not allowed to forge weapons, otherwise it is a major crime of rebellion, private individuals cannot forge weapons, and officials will not give it.

In history, after Liu Jian and others paid tribute, Zhu Houzhao couldn't get a salary when no one was under control and lawless, and now several auxiliary ministers appointed by the first emperor in the cabinet are still in the cabinet, do you dare to ask for ordnance?

"You might as well ......," Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said, "Let's make it ourselves." ”

Build your own ......

Ye Chunqiu raised his eyebrows, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, privately manufacturing ordnance is tantamount to a major crime of rebellion, and the ministers dare not obey the edict." ”

Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth and said resolutely: "My next decree is, whoever dares to talk nonsense, you take the secret decree and see who dares to do something to you." ”

Ye Chunqiu couldn't help but be speechless, where is this like serving the emperor, being the emperor is like this, it's really ...... Ye Chunqiu couldn't describe it in words for a while.

However, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, this phenomenon did occur, and it was not unreasonable that Zhu Houzhao would be hacked so badly, in fact, roughly speaking, the weaker the power of the Son of Heaven, was often smeared by others, and the greater the power of the Son of Heaven, on the contrary, became the object of everyone's praise.

Ye Chunqiu sighed and said, "So...... There's another expense to be added. ”

Zhu Houzhao saw that Ye Chunqiu looked depressed, and he felt a little unhappy in his heart, so he said stupidly: "Ye Aiqing, cheer up, I am very optimistic about you, my town ****, I have entrusted it to you, you have to do it quickly." ”

Ye Chunqiu said helplessly: "The minister has a reluctant request. ”

"You say." Zhu Houzhao put his hands behind his back and looked serious.

Ye Chunqiu also said solemnly: "The crime of privately manufacturing ordnance is too big, and the minister can't afford it, even if there is His Majesty's holy decree, can you allow the minister to inform Duke Xie." ”

This is an insurance, and it is also a last resort, the risk is too great, who knows if there will be a catastrophe in the future.

Zhu Houzhao was stunned, and said disapprovingly: "You and him?" Isn't that ......?"

Ye Chunqiu looked at Zhu Houzhao, shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, I just reported it to a few cabinet elders, this matter is too big, and it can't be hidden, in fact, they may not be opposed, after all, it doesn't cost the money of the household department, as long as everyone knows it." ”

Ye Chunqiu meant, you know this matter, you know it, and you won't have to cause any trouble in the future. In fact, Ye Chunqiu can understand the minds of the cabinet bachelors very well, these cabinet bachelors may not like to oppose everything, they also have a lot of hardships, if the emperor wants to train the army, and he wants to make a town and a town ****, once this matter is put on the table, the people of the world don't know what to discuss, if the cabinet does not object at this time, wouldn't it become a papier-mâché cabinet and clay sculpture bachelor in the eyes of the world's scholars and civil and military officials?

But since the matter is not on the table, then the cabinet here will not bear too much pressure from public opinion.

Therefore, Ye Chunqiu felt that it was better to at least let the cabinet know, otherwise once it was discovered, his own involvement would be really not small.

Zhu Houzhao's face gradually softened a little, nodded and said: "That's fine, then you go and talk to Master Xie, but he is not easy to deal with, I am a little afraid of him, you have to be careful, don't he beat his chest again and jump into the river again." ”

When Ye Chunqiu heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, Gong Xie ...... Very easy to deal with. ”

"Really?" Zhu Houzhao looked shocked, looking very unbelieving, but muttered: "You haven't seen his true face." ”

(To be continued.) )