Zhang Gui was stunned for a moment, thinking that the apocalypse was really not a faint gentleman who only knew how to be a carpenter, and he understood what he meant so quickly.

Tianqi then smiled slightly: "But I have no other better way than to promise you, these technical processes are handed over to the Ministry of Industry and the War Bureau, and there is no doubt that the firearms will be shoddy, and I also know that what the Ministry of Industry and the War Bureau lack is not skills, but they are broken up and down." ”

Speaking of this, Tianqi said: "The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies no longer has any real power, but now, I have decided to restore some of his real power, and you will set up an Industrial Department and an Ordnance Department in the Governor's Mansion of the Chinese Army!" The Industrial Division is headed by Song Yingxing, a disciple who is now working for you, and the Ordnance Department is concurrently headed by Qi Qing's family, and the yamen and factories of these two divisions are still located in Xishan. The procurement of raw materials and the sale of finished products of the two companies are subject to the approval of the West Factory, which in turn needs to report directly to us. I will give you one percent of the profits from the two divisions, and the rest of the stewards and craftsmen will also share one percent in addition to the monthly salary. In this way, it is not in vain that you are asked to do these things for me. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long."

Zhang Gui and the others all replied, and they all laughed heartily.

Even Song Yingxing was overjoyed, because it meant that he had been waiting for the election of officials in the Ministry of Officials and finally got a half-official position in the imperial court.

"In this way, Xishan can't be without heavy guards."

"In this way, set up a fort in Xishan and put a camp, which is called Xishan Camp, which still belongs to the Beijing camp. Next, train and expand the army, and set up a Xishan battalion. ”

After thinking about it again, Tianqi said to Zhang Gui.

"What Your Majesty said is that just if you want to train Your Majesty's soldiers, you can't do without Your Majesty's generals, in the opinion of the ministers, you must first set up a military academy, and select loyal, brave and wise people as the reserve of future generals!"

"Because, now most of the generals in the world who are good at fighting are private generals, not completely cultivated by the imperial court, and not generals who are absolutely loyal to His Majesty. As a result, most of the soldiers who are good at fighting are the private soldiers of the generals, rather than the soldiers of the imperial court. ”

Zhang Gui took the opportunity to raise the necessity of establishing a military academy.

After hearing this, Tianqi was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked Zhang Gui: "Martial Arts Academy, how to cultivate?" ”

"Choose a veteran who can no longer kill the enemy and return to the field to go to Beijing to train for His Majesty, instead of staying at home and only practicing the children of the clan! In addition, those who have been dismissed or have a strategy can also be used as martial arts masters to train for His Majesty! It's also a person who makes the best use of his talents. For example, Xiong Tingbi, who has been imprisoned. ”

Zhang Gui replied.

After hearing this, Tianqi glanced at Zhang Gui for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Then who do you think is in charge of this martial arts?" ”

Zhang Gui knew the meaning of the apocalypse, and replied without thinking about it: "Naturally, Your Majesty is in charge personally!" ”

"With that said, I've decided to give it a try!"

"The army only obeys me, and the generals only obey me, this is indeed what I want to see, if it is really as you said, it can be achieved through a military academy, then it is naturally the best."

As he spoke, the apocalypse said, "I'm ready!" Xiong Tingbi's crime will not be investigated! ”

Immediately, Tianqi instructed Wei Zhongxian to the cannon: "Preach the will, let him go, just say that it is the uncle of the country who begged for mercy." ”

Then, Tianqi said to Zhang Gui again: "Other veteran ministers or veterans who know the soldiers will also be recommended by you, and the Martial Arts Academy must be organized as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Gui replied.

Xiong Tingbi was impeached and removed from office because of his defeat in Quang Ninh at the beginning of the second year of the Apocalypse, and was imprisoned with Wang Huazhen.

According to the development of the original history, he would be executed in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, becoming the first Liaodong Jinglu to be executed in the Ming Dynasty.

Now Zhang Gui, a butterfly from later generations, flapped his wings slightly, and Xiong Tingbi's personal fate changed.

Of course, in essence, it has little to do with the motivation of the apocalypse to execute Xiong Tingbi.

Otherwise, in history, Xiong Tingbi would not have dragged from the second year of the Apocalypse to the fifth year of the Apocalypse before being executed.

Xiong Tingbi's execution in history has a lot to do with his personal character, he has a bad temper and is stubborn and stubborn, so he doesn't deal with anyone, he doesn't have a good relationship with the Donglin Party, and he doesn't have a good relationship with the Eunuch Party, and he is not willing to give in, so he fell into a fateful end.

Of course, in Zhang Gui's view, Xiong Tingbi's shortcomings are a good thing to use in the military academy to discipline future officers and students.

No matter what the background of the officer is in the cadet, Zhang Gui believes that Xiong Tingbi dares to discipline him.

……

Daming Gate.

The heads of Fang Kezhuang and several of his dead soldiers are hanging here.

From here, entering the thousand-step corridor, the civil officials who went to the central government offices looked at these heads, and what their mood was, it can be imagined that some were deeply shocked and some were angry.

"What a brutal and unkind person!"

Wang Ji, who succeeded Zhang Heming as the secretary of the Ministry of War, couldn't help but grit his teeth and say a word to Hou Sui in his peers when he passed by Daming Gate at this time.

"Restore the official title of Zhang Jiangling, order the military minister Zhang Gui to rectify the Beijing camp, and also set up the West Factory, set up a military academy, and let Xiong Tingbi get out of prison, all of which are preparing for him to be a lone husband and a thief!"

"Since our uncle and eunuch Wei Zhongxian were favored, today they have become more and more unscrupulous with these two people, chaotic manners and politics, and evil! Fang Gong was executed, and Qian and Guan Ergong were imprisoned, but they were just threatening me Donglin Qunxian. ”

Hou Sui also said after hearing this.

After Wang Ji heard this, he couldn't help asking, "What did he say?" Is he willing to just watch this uncle of the country coerce the emperor and do mean and cruel things? ”

Hou Sui replied: "He said that Qian and Guan Ergong were in the edict prison, and they were not disposed of, so it was clear that the Son of Heaven was setting a trap for me Donglin Qunxian, whoever interceded for the two of them at this time, or attacked the uncle of the country and other forces, and secretly was dissatisfied with the Son of Heaven, who would be framed as the same party of Qian and Guan Ergong!" He told us to be patient for a while, and to pay attention to the fact that the Son of Heaven intended to train his soldiers and horses. ”

"What he said is that the Son of Heaven suddenly issued an order to rectify the Beijing camp, and only let the military minister Zhang Gui supervise the Beijing camp Rongzheng, and not let me, the soldier, participate, undoubtedly to put aside my Wenchen to take charge of the soldiers and horses, imitate the old things of the martial arts temple, and set up a military academy, which is the same as the behavior of the former martial arts temple to accept a large number of border army military ministers as righteous sons! The Son of Heaven must first train his soldiers and horses before he dares to implement his new policy in the future. ”

Wang Ji thought for a while.

"Therefore, the Son of Heaven cannot be allowed to have his own soldiers and horses! What's more, with the virtue of today's son, if there are soldiers and horses in hand, you will do the same thing! ”

Hou Sui suddenly said categorically.

Wang Ji nodded and asked, "Then what countermeasures did he propose to deal with this?" ”

"What he means is that today, not only do we not want the Son of Heaven to be a lone man and a thief, but also the generals of the Nine Sides, especially the generals of Liaodong!"

"And if Your Majesty wants to train soldiers and horses, you must first have money and food, and now Your Majesty's training is nothing more than a large amount of money and food obtained from raiding your family."

"Therefore, as long as the generals of the Nine Sides and their colleagues in the DPRK and China are united to ask for money and grain from the imperial court on the grounds that there is an urgent shortage of salaries and that Jianyu will raise troops again, and force Your Majesty to use all the gains from the raid as Liao, you will be able to make Your Majesty no longer have the foundation for military training!"

"Even if there is too much money from the seizure, enough to supply a year's salary, you can also take the opportunity to report more disasters and rebellions in various places, in short, try our best to make the Son of Heaven use up the income from the seizure, and finally let these raiding income return to us."

Hou Sui said.

Wang Ji thought it was right after hearing this: "It makes sense! forced the Son of Heaven to allocate internal funds to provide disaster relief, exhaust his income from stealing his family, and see how he can train again?! ”

After Wang Ji said this, he asked, "But what if the Son of Heaven doesn't dial it?" ”

"How can the Son of Heaven care about the lives of the soldiers and civilians?! Once the border troops in various towns are forced to mutiny and the displaced people are in rebellion, it is not a game. ”

Hou Sui sneered.

Wang Ji said "um", and said with a smile: "In this way, when the Son of Heaven is forced to allocate the income from the seizure of the house for military salary and disaster relief, it is just right to drift away and embezzle!" ”

"Exactly! It's better to ask for more, so that the Son of Heaven not only has no money, but even finds out in the end that he owes money to the soldiers and civilians of the world. In this way, let's see how he dares to think about training. ”

Hou replied.

Wang Jidao: "His strategy is very clever!" ”

"He has already written letters to the generals in Liaodong and the governors in various places, and soon there will be urgent deliveries from the governors of Liaodong and other places."

Hou Sui said and said: "When the time comes, it will be up to you to see how the princes and others will promote this matter and force the Son of Heaven to allocate internal funds for national affairs!" ”

Wang Jidao: "Don't worry, I have my own way to deal with it." ”

……

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry are all on the inscription to ask the court to allocate silver."

On this day, Han Yi, who had become the first assistant and was on duty in Xiyuan, felt that this matter was not simple when he received the inscription from the four ministries and prepared the vote, so he did not vote without authorization, but came to the Qinzheng Hall of the Apocalypse and presented the four inscriptions to the emperor.

The so-called inscription is a transcript in the name of the official office, not in the name of the individual official.

And after reading the question book, Apocalypse threw the four question books on the spot.