There are too many officials in the Donglin Party line, and it is impossible to have no Donglin Party members in the court. Moreover, there are also people with high character and outstanding ability among the Donglin Party, and it is not advisable to blindly use them. For example, Sun Chengzong and Li Banghua are all outstanding leaders in the Donglin Party.

Although Zhu Youzhen's current body is only seventeen years old, he is no longer the angry young son of heaven when he first ascended the throne in the previous life, but he has already experienced the pain of losing the country and seen the 300 years of the fall of China.

For example, several cabinet elders, Huang Liji and others have all attached themselves to the eunuch party, but for the sake of the stability of the court situation, Zhu Youzhen is still using them, instead of driving them all out of the court like in the previous life.

This is still the case for the eunuch party, and Zhu Youzhen will not completely deny the Donglin party. But he will control the number of Donglin party in the court to achieve balance. And a-stirring stick like Qian Qianyi, who can only talk about guns and has a very poor character, is not willing to reuse it at all.

After dealing with the affairs of the previous dynasty and returning to the inner palace, the eunuch Zhang Yixian came to report.

It is not an easy thing to set up a new army, and you have to worry about all kinds of things about weapons and armor.

In the Beijing Division, there are two bureaus responsible for the production of armaments, one is the Ordnance Bureau, which is responsible for building swords, arrows and cold weapons, and is under the jurisdiction of the Yu Hengqing Department of the Ministry of Industry. The other is the War Bureau, which is directly under the Inner Government and is responsible for building firearms such as guns and artillery.

Most of the equipment in the Beijing camp came from the Ordnance Bureau and the War Bureau, but Zhu Youzhen was really not worried about the quality of the weapons made by these two bureaus, so he sent eunuchs to check it.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Zhu Youzhen leaned on the couch, stretched his legs comfortably, and asked in a mansheng voice.

"Back to the emperor, it's terrible......" Zhang Yixian's first sentence made Zhu Youzhen sit up straight.

According to Zhang Yixian, the war situation is not only terrible, it is simply shocking. There are more than 2,200 craftsmen on the roster, but the actual number in the bureau is only about 520. Most people only receive money and food when they hear their names, and they are not there at all at other times.

"Where are those people?" Zhu Youzhen frowned. He had been mentally prepared for this phenomenon.

"A large number of people are not craftsmen at all, but they are paid in the military war bureau, many of them are from the Hou Mansion, most of them are far away from the side branches and are not descendants, there is no title to inherit, and they have no ability to gain fame, and they do not want to work in the army to endure hardships, so they received a salary in the war bureau. There are also some skilled craftsmen who are poached by high-ranking families at high prices and used to make items for them. Those who really stayed in the war bureau were some craftsmen with average skills and no way out, relying on meager money and food to complete the tasks sent down from above.

Most of the weapons of the palace guards are from their hands, and the materials used to make weapons are uniformly allocated by the household department, and after the middle layer of peeling, there are very few in their hands, and many times they have to lose money to build a weapon, so they can only try to cut corners. These people have the least amount of money and food, and sometimes they build weapons and even lose money, so they can't support their families at all, and many people can only use their spare time to work in blacksmith shops to earn some extra money to support their families.

Emperor, this is the weapon they created for Jingying, and the slave and maid brought two, please take a look. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Yixian opened a long box he brought, revealing a fire gun and a straight knife inside.

Zhu Youzhen took the straight knife first, and when he looked carefully, he saw that the appearance of the knife was good-looking, but it was too light, and it was bent with a slight flick, and it was a piece of iron. Not to mention killing the enemy with this kind of knife, I'm afraid it can't even kill the chicken!

Look at the firecracker again, the appearance is no different from other firecrackers, that is, the firecracker tube is too thin, at first glance, the material is insufficient, the iron is average, if such a firecracker is really used on the battlefield, there is a chance that it will blow up, and if you don't kill the enemy, you may first hurt the soldier himself.

"No wonder the border army refuses to use the weapons made by the War Bureau, preferring to make them themselves. No wonder many soldiers would rather fight the enemy hand-to-hand with a knife and gun than kill the enemy with a firecracker! "Zhu Youzhen was so angry, he didn't ask in person, he didn't know how corrupt it was!

But who is to blame? Is it to blame those craftsmen who can't support their families for cutting corners? Even more to blame are the greedy moths!

"Check! Summoned Xu Xiancun and ordered him to investigate the matter thoroughly! Zhu Youzhen said angrily.

"Emperor, Xu Xiancun is now training those martial artists in Xiyuan." Wang Chengen stepped forward and reminded gently.

"I almost forgot. In this way, Cao Huachun was notified that Dongchang was responsible for the matter. First send someone to control the Ordnance Bureau and the War Bureau, get the accounts in hand, and then check the bottom of it! Whether it is the Ministry of Industry or the internal supervision, all moths who dare to be corrupt will be taken down, and those who should be copied will be killed, and those who should be killed will be killed. Those craftsmen who are registered are all recalled, and those who are not craftsmen who receive money and food will be eliminated and fined! Zhang Yixian, you have done a good job in this matter, first cooperate with Cao Huachun to investigate this matter, and when the matter is over, go to the imperial prison! ”

"Thank you, Emperor!" Zhang Yixian was ecstatic in his heart, and after kneeling down and kowtowing, he retreated out of the palace to pass on the decree of the celebrant and superintendent. The imperial eunuch, one of the twelve eunuchs of the inner palace, from now on he will enter the top of the eunuchs and walk to the pinnacle of life.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't lie down anymore, stood up and walked around the hall, very irritable in his heart. In his previous life, he spent all day either reviewing and commenting, or listening to the courtiers arguing and arguing in the court, and devoted all his energy to major national affairs, never paying attention to such a small matter as the War Bureau.

But is it really a small thing? As soon as you know the autumn, just from the war bureau, you can know how corrupt the various departments of the imperial court are and how corrupt the entire Ming system is!

The War Bureau is responsible for building weapons, but the best craftsmen have gone to do private work for others, and the remaining craftsmen are not hungry, and the weapons they build cannot be used, and the army is unwilling to use them, so what does the army do to fight?

Change, all have to change, get rid of all moths! However, he was impatient. Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He knew that as the emperor, he could only see the palm-sized place of the Forbidden City, and there were more that he couldn't see outside. He was able to discover the corruption of the War Bureau and send someone to investigate, but in the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, there was more and more invisible corruption, even if he was the emperor, there was not much he could do. The system is completely corrupt, and it cannot be cured by cutting flesh and sores, but must be completely overturned and restarted! But where is the time?

Just next year, a large-scale rebellion of displaced people will break out in northern Shaanxi, and in the winter of the following year, Jiannu will make a detour to Mongolia to break through the customs and rob! These two directly led to the demise of his own Ming Dynasty......

The rebellion of the displaced people that has not yet broken out can be easily resolved, as long as taxes are reduced, people are sent to provide relief, and then heavy troops can be used. But the Jiannu outside the gate is really difficult to get, and the current Ming army is not their opponent at all.

So, build a new army! Therefore, you must do your current things well first. Reorganize the military situation and develop well-made weapons and armor to equip the new army.

Zhu Youzhen thought about it and ordered someone to go to Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.