Zhang Gui looked at this scene and thought to himself that after he came to the Ming Dynasty, the struggle between the emperor and the scholars had obviously intensified.

This is the second time that Yan Guan has been killed.

At this time, Tianqi looked at Sun Chengzong indifferently: "Master Sun, didn't Uncle Zhang Guizhen supply the fat jackets of the border army shoddy?" ”

Sun Chengzong arched his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, Uncle Guo is indeed not shoddy!" The fat jackets made are all real materials, and they are better than the fat jackets of the original real materials, and even the cotton is new cotton. ”

Apocalypse has always trusted Sun Chengzong.

Therefore, after Sun Chengzong said this, Tianqi also glanced at Zhang Gui in surprise, and also asked people to take such a fat jacket.

After Tianqi saw it, he was silent for a long time, and finally said to Zhang Gui: "You go back to Xiyuan with me to see your sister." ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Gui replied.

Then, Tianqi said to Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, and Yang Lian: "You should report the details of this inspection as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!"

Sun Chengzong and others also replied.

And then, Zhang Gui went back to Xiyuan with Apocalypse.

After returning to Xiyuan, Tianqi said to Zhang Gui: "You made such a fat jacket, I'm afraid that you will lose money, right?" ”

Zhang Gui replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister did not lose money, but made some money." ”

Apocalypse smiled: "How come? ”

Zhang Gui asked someone to go to the house to get the account book.

Apocalypse agreed, and asked people to follow Zhang Gui back to the house to get the account books.

After seeing it, Tianqi stood up and was very surprised: "Sure enough, it was earned!" But just, how do you do it? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there is actually a credit to Your Majesty!"

Zhang Gui replied.

Apocalypse sat back: "Tell me." ”

"Because the loom and spinning machine that His Majesty tried to make really greatly improved the efficiency of weaving and spinning, and also made the cotton cloth weave more densely! And His Majesty's successful looms and spinning machines can also be made in large quantities, so they can make such a good fat jacket in such a short period of time, so that the fat jacket obtained by the border army is good enough, and the minister can still make money with real materials, even if it is not easy to guard the border army, and the new cotton is used, it can still be earned. ”

Zhang Guiyu said.

After hearing this, Tianqi nodded: "This should be the role of your so-called industrial products." ”

"What Your Majesty said is that this is indeed an industrial product, and if we can continue to manufacture such looms and spinning machines in large quantities, it may be possible for all the border troops of the Ming Dynasty to use better fat jackets, while at the same time reducing the cost of making fat jackets."

After Zhang Gui returned, he said: "It's just that if you want this, you have to ask for a lot of silver." ”

At this time, the apocalypse asked, "Don't you have 20,000 taels of silver in this account?" ”

Zhang Guidao: "This is the silver that the minister prepared to use for steelmaking, and it can't be moved." ”

After hearing this, Tianqi asked again: "Wei Zhongxian didn't give you silver?" ”

Zhang Gui glanced at Wei Zhongxian and shook his head.

"Wei Zhongxian!"

After saying this, Apocalypse suddenly shouted.

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly came over, prostrate on the ground, and said tremblingly: "The emperor is angry!" The slave and maid are trying to raise money, please rest assured that the slave and maid will guarantee that the silver in the inner court will be increased within a month, and they will be able to give Uncle Guo a sum of silver! ”

"Hurry!"

"Zhang Gui himself has earned 20,000 taels, why haven't you increased the income of the inner court, how can you, the celebrant and supervisor, not be as good as Wang An?"

Apocalypse said.

When Wei Zhongxian heard the words of the Apocalypse, he felt a thunderbolt in his ears, and hurriedly promised: "The slave and maid take the country, no, with Huo Weihua's head guarantee, within a month, the inner court will definitely be able to increase the amount of silver!" ”

"Get up."

Apocalypse smiled slightly and said.

"Yes!"

Wei Zhongxian stood up and wiped the sweat from his head.

Obviously, Zhang Gui is now earning 20,000 taels by making fat jackets, which has increased Wei Zhongxian's pressure on the task of making money.

Tianqi then said to Zhang Gui: "Your idea just now is very good, if my Tianqi loom and spinning machine are really industrial products with such benefits, we should indeed expand production, at least we can first ensure that more of my Ming border army is not reduced because of freezing to death." However, I am afraid that money alone is not enough, and once such industrial products are used on a large scale, they will be taking the profits of many large households, and they must have soldiers. ”

Zhang Gui replied: "What Your Majesty said is that if you want to make industrial products benefit the country and the people, you must have the protection of soldiers. What's more, now that the Ming Dynasty is worried about internal and external troubles, His Majesty needs to have his own soldiers and horses. ”

"But I don't know which soldiers and horses can be trusted at the moment."

Tianqi nodded, said a word, and then asked Zhang Gui: "You were a commoner before your sister was established as the middle palace, have you heard of which official will be loyal and not harm the people?" ”

Zhang Gui replied: "Recently, in the border army in the Xifengkou area where the minister supplied the fat jacket, the general Man Gui can be trusted, and this person is loyal and brave. ”

After hearing this, Tianqi said: "I can give him a chance, Wei Zhongxian, you pass on my will, and let this Man Gui enter Beijing as the deputy commander of the Beijing battalion." ”

Then, Tianqi said to Zhang Gui again: "But now there are no soldiers in the Beijing camp, and when he comes, there are no soldiers to bring, so you let him be in your mansion first and train your family for you!" You make a large number of industrial products, and you really need the protection of soldiers, so naturally you have to have a family member, and by the way, I will also see if he really has the talent to train soldiers. ”

"Yes!"

Wei Zhongxian and Zhang Gui replied together.

Tianqi smiled, and instructed Zhang Gui again: "Go and see your sister, she has been worried about you." ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Gui left the Qinzheng Hall of the Apocalypse.

And after Zhang Gui left, Tianqi called Wei Zhongxian over again, and said seriously: "You should also see that Zhang Gui has a real heart, and he can obviously make more money with ordinary fat jackets, but he wants to make the best fat jackets for the border army first." The officials impeached him, and they didn't see him asking me to make decisions for him, but I took the initiative to make decisions for him, and I was considerate of you, and I was considerate of the inner court, and I would rather come up with new looms and new spinning machines to make money by myself, rather than force you too much. You can't just because he's honest doesn't take what he wants to do for the court! ”

"Zhang Gui's heart is real?"

"If Zhang Gui's eyes are real, I'm afraid our family will be honest people."

Wei Zhongxian was very unconvinced.

But Wei Zhongxian didn't expect the emperor to think so, but he didn't dare to refute it, so he had to reply with a forced smile: "What the emperor said is that Uncle Guo is too real, so he always suffers, and your words, the slave and maid also remember them." ”

Apocalypse said: "You can't just remember, you have to pay attention!" I know that you are smarter and more thoughtful than him, so you should help him deal with those rebels and thieves, and don't let people impeach him casually! ”

"Privately, he is my brother-in-law, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, if he is impeached and slandered casually, it means that you are not a good slave!"

"From the public point of view, he is making industrial products for the benefit of the country and the people, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty's society, you have to take more care for him!"

"You have to let others know that whoever provokes him is messing with you, no, it's worse than messing with yourself, it's equivalent to killing your parents, understand?"

"Slave and maid understand! Please rest assured that the slave will never let people dare to mess with Uncle Guo casually again, and they will do their best to get silver for Uncle Guo to use as industrial products. ”

Wei Zhongxian replied with a sneer.

Apocalypse nodded with satisfaction: "Go ahead." ”

"Slave and maid retire!"

After Wei Zhongxian left the Apocalypse, he came directly to Han Yi.

As soon as he came, Wei Zhongxian hurriedly asked: "Pavilion Elder, have the three of Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, and Yang Lian been handed over to investigate the shoddy matter of the Bian Jun's fat jacket?" ”

"Hand it over."

Han Yi replied.

Wei Zhongxian asked: "How did the elder of the pavilion draft?" ”

Han Yi replied: "The matter involves the cabinet ministers and the soldiers (the secretary of the military department), and it is not easy to deal with it directly, so I plan to let them play first to defend themselves." ”

Wei Zhongxian sneered: "If the evidence is conclusive, do you still want to argue?" The three Qincha are investigating the case on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and they still need to argue about the situation they have ascertained? ”

After hearing this, Han Yi immediately understood that his ticket was obviously not in line with Wei Zhongxian's intentions, so he asked, "What does the factory mean?" ”

"The criminals involved in the case are all imprisoned, and the house should be raided!"

Wei Zhongxian said.

Han Yi was shocked when he heard this: "Think twice, if you do this, it will cause the government and the opposition to shake." ”

"This must be done, if we don't do this, how can we increase our internal money in a month! Perhaps, I will go to Nanhaizi like Wang An! ”

Wei Zhongxian said in a non-negotiable tone.

Han Yi hesitated.

Wei Zhongxian said bluntly: "What is the elder hesitating about, you can push this matter on our family, our family doesn't care so much now!" But if you don't do this, there are people in the Xiyuan cabinet who are willing to replace the elders. ”

After hearing this, Han Yi had to say, "Okay! The servant then re-voted. ”