Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

When Zhu Cihong heard these names, there was actually Zhou Kui, the governor of the country, and Tian Hongyu, the governor of the left capital, and suddenly felt a little difficult, he wanted to kill, but he felt that he couldn't kill.

One is a grandfather, the other is Tian Guifei's father, there is this relationship, it is not good for Zhu Cihong to kill or not, but these two scourges are not good if they are not eliminated.

There are also the eight Jin merchants in Shaanxi, it is not feasible for him to be charged with a crime now, there are too many people involved, and he needs to plan it.

"The eunuchs here, all of them are capital crimes, you take them to Beizhen Fusi to be executed, and then they raid their homes, and all the money they get is transferred to the War Bureau to be used as public expenses.

Zhu Cihong pushed open the door and said to Li Ruolian outside.

"Yes.

Li Ruolian said and ordered someone to entrust Kang Chun, including the dozen or so stewards and eunuchs, to take them away.

Then, Zhu Cihong did not leave the military battle bureau, but went to the side hall with Bi Maokang to discuss the matter of starting firearms.

"Your Highness, now that the craftsmen of the War Bureau are insufficient, and the professional knowledge of firearms is not deep enough, and they are also a little lazy in manufacturing, the minister thinks that the War Bureau will be reformed.

Bi Maokang said some of the shortcomings he is currently seeing in the military warfare bureau.

"Not bad.

Zhu Cihong said with a smile, in fact, the eight embezzlements have been solved, and most of the problems have been solved, but there is one of the most important points, that is, the wages and enthusiasm of craftsmen.

Then there are ghosts who cut corners and can make good firearms, and the above managers are like this, so those craftsmen are even less careful, and they are about to run out of food.

"Bi Aiqing, in the future, you will have full authority to manage the War Bureau, if you want people and money, you can make your own decisions, and then the palace will also send someone to help you take care of some miscellaneous things, you will concentrate on developing firearms, now let's go to the place where the craftsman lives to have a look."

Zhu Cihong said with a smile, showing that he has full trust in Bi Maokang.

"Thank Your Highness for your trust, and the minister will definitely live up to His Highness's high expectations.

When Bi Maokang heard the prince's words, he immediately showed a look of joy and gratitude.

The group came to a slum alley in Beicheng, looking at the damp soil and the loess wall mixed with hay, Zhu Cihong frowned, and sighed in his heart, he traveled through ten years, and it was the first time he had gone so far.

In the alley, a few barefoot children are playing and playing in puddles on the ground.

When I looked closely, I found that the clothes on these children had been blackened, with patches and many large holes, and their faces were also sallow, and their hair was also yellow, which looked like they had been malnourished for a long time.

"Your Highness, it's dirty inside.

Zhu Cihong was about to walk in with his feet raised, but Li Ruolian stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, how can you enter this filthy place."

"It doesn't matter, everyone, including those of you who are officials, are all the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all members of the family of this palace.

Zhu Cihong showed a look of heartache on his face, and in an instant, he raised his feet and walked in.

Li Ruolian, Bi Maokang and others heard Zhu Cihong's words, their hearts moved slightly, this kind of words, it seems that no monarch has ever said it, the people are the people, that is often heard, but the hundred officials are the monarch's family They still heard it for the first time.

The two of them were moved in their hearts, and they didn't dislike any mess, and followed closely behind.

A group of gorgeously dressed people suddenly walked into the alley, and the children who were directly frightened by the play ran away one after another, returned to their respective homes, and poked out a head at the door, curious lookers.

"Are all artisans living here?" Zhu

Cihong looked around as he walked, and saw some houses through the broken windows, leftovers on the table, five or six wild vegetables left on the plate, and some porridge that was as thin as water.

"Back to Your Highness, most of the residents here are craftsmen, and there are some wives and children of soldiers who died in battle.

Bi Maokang said.

Hearing this, Zhu Cihong's heart trembled, the soldiers in front of him died in battle, and the orphans and widows left behind were actually reduced to this, there was no man in the family, and his life was unimaginably difficult.

"How much is the craftsman's monthly money?" Zhu

Cihong asked again.

"Back to Your Highness, I just looked at the accounts of the War Bureau, and there was a tael of silver a month, but the minister asked those craftsmen, and they said that the one that was sent to him was actually only five hundred wen.

Bi Maokang also sighed, those eunuchs in this military war bureau are indeed too greedy, after scraping the oil and water here, scraping the oil and water there.

"Wow...... Wow...... Woo!!"

Zhu Cihong was about to speak, when he heard the child's cry, as if his heart was touched by something, and the child's cry smashed directly on his heart.

The grandmother of the orphanage in her previous life said that the crying of children is the most heart-wrenching sound, which is why she opened an orphanage, he didn't understand it before, but at this moment, Zhu Cihong experienced her mood.

"Let's go, let's take a look!" Zhu

Cihong hurriedly took a step forward and walked towards the house where the cry came.

When I walked over, I found a little girl with a dirty face, holding an empty bowl in her hand, sitting on the ground and crying.

There was a woman in the house, pulling the rice in the rice jar, and it took a long time to pull out a handful.

"Yan'er, don't cry, there is still some rice here, and there will be food soon. The

woman said, turned around and saw Zhu Cihong and his party, immediately panicked, quickly picked up her daughter, and said vigilantly: "Who are you, my man will be back soon." A

lot of people soon gathered outside, all pointing at Zhu Cihong and others, and whispering: I'm afraid who will collect the protection money.

"Don't worry, we are from the imperial court, and we have come to investigate the people's feelings.

Bi Maokang immediately stood up and explained.

"People from the court?" The

woman was slightly stunned, then her face was a little panicked, and she hurriedly said: "Yesterday, my family only paid taxes, and now there is no food.

"Master!"

Zhu Cihong, who heard this, was dizzy, his body shook slightly, and Zhang Huaibin, Li Ruolian and others behind him saw this and immediately held him up.

"It's fine.

Zhu Cihong pushed Zhang Huaibin away and said to Li Ruolian: "Quick, go buy some food, buy a few bags of candy, be quick."

Then, he looked at the woman again and said with a smile: "You said that the imperial court came to collect taxes yesterday, didn't this year's taxes have already been collected some time ago?"

"How do I know, anyway, people from the imperial court will come every few months. Seeing

that Zhu Cihong and the others had no ill intentions, the woman went back to the house and coaxed the child.

"Master, the things have been bought.

Zhu Cihong took a bag of rice and a few bags of candy, walked into the room, and said with a smile: "We are An Min Qincha sent by the imperial court, and this bag of rice and candy was issued to you by the imperial court." The

woman looked at the bag of rice on the table in a daze, and suddenly tears flashed in her eyes, and she actually began to cry: "Since my man went to the battlefield and died, the court doesn't care, and our mother is dying of starvation here......" ......

Out of the alley, Zhu Cihong's mood was unusually heavy, and he walked back to the military battle without saying a word.

Returning to the lobby of the War Bureau again, this place has been cleaned at this moment, and on the main seat, Zhu Cihong suddenly smiled and said: "The craftsman's monthly money is really low, in this way, the monthly money remains the same, but every time a firearm or other weapons is made, an additional reward of silver, five taels of firearms, and one tael of other weapons, Bi Aiqing, what do you think?"

When

Bi Maokang came back from the hutongs, he also felt that those craftsmen were too hard.

"Use things to make sure that no one is careless, for specific matters, Bi Aiqing, you go down and formulate a set of plans, and the palace will send someone to manage the records. "

By the way, now with my Ming level of firearms, how about the imitation Hongyi cannon?" Zhu

Cihong said, took out two drawings from his arms, and put them on the table.