Ming Dynasty: The Rampant Crown Prince

Zhu Cihong looked at Mao Yuanyi, he had a little impression of this person, a great loyal minister, that is, he had memorized his career a little, and this person's evaluation was also very high, he was all-round in civil and military affairs, and he had the praise of being called a scholar and a general.

"This palace has heard your name, especially Wu Beizhi, this palace has also read it, and was dismissed by Liang Tingdong (former military department Shangshu) jealously, and then was sent out by the Liaodong mutiny, it is indeed a pity, when Bi Maokang asked for someone, this palace saw that it was you, and immediately approved it."

Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"Your Highness!"

When Mao Yuanyi heard this, he immediately burst into tears, and said aggrievedly: "The criminal minister was dissatisfied with Wei Zhongxian's power, resigned and returned to his hometown, and now the saint ascended the throne, and the minister rushed back to the capital to offer military preparations, but it was not like being slandered by Wang Zaijin first, and sent to Dingxing Jiangcun (now Hebei), and then because of Sun Chengzong's promotion, he repelled Houjin and was promoted to deputy chief soldier (no grade, just an official rank. Later, he was jealous of Liang Tingdong, and

he began to cry quietly, the grievances over the years can be said to be unknown to anyone, and there is no ambition to serve the country, but there is no way to serve the country.

Just because he Mao Yuanyi, he didn't have a high school for the imperial examination, he was just a staff member, and he was looked down upon everywhere in the officialdom, and he was finally favored by Sun Chengzong and made meritorious contributions, but after Sun Chengzong resigned, he was excluded and dismissed.

"Hongu understands."

Zhu Cihong looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, looking crying and crying, feeling a little awkward, this person has lofty ambitions and is full of enthusiasm, but his career is bumpy, and he has never been mixed with the official position.

From the staff to the edict from the Hanlin Academy of the Nine Grades, and to the deputy general soldier without grade (when he was fighting, he was the deputy chief soldier, and if he didn't fight, he didn't have a grade.) Later, he was assigned to Fujian, which can be described as very miserable.

"Qiu Zhizhong."

Zhu Cihong felt that to keep this person, this person can be civil and martial, there is no need to be a pity, and he is a loyal martyr.

"The slave is here."

"Passing on the decree to the Ministry of Officials, Mao Yuanyi is appointed as the middle post of the Ministry of Works, and then go to Li Ruolian, and then find a small courtyard to reward Mao Yuanyi." Zhu

Cihong came to the table as he spoke, wrote with a brush in his hand, and after writing, handed it to Qiu Zhizhong, an official of the Ming Dynasty, the price is not high, and he will not reward a set of yards to Mao Yuanyi.

Anyway, he copied a lot of real estate from his house.

"Mao Yuanyi, you will stay in the War Bureau to help Bi Maokang make firearms, and when the time is ripe in the future, you will be allowed to go to the battlefield to do a big job."

"Minister, thank His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his grace!!"

Mao Yuanyi was stunned at first, and then immediately knelt on the ground excitedly and kowtowed three times, he was full of enthusiasm, in the past few years when he was assigned to Fujian, he has almost been wiped out, but he does not dare to forget the ambition of serving the country for a moment, and now he meets the grace of the master, he is willing to throw his head and spill blood.

"When I go back, you also have to thank Bi Maokang, he asked you to deliver the gun, just to recommend you."

Zhu Cihong said with a smile, how could he not know Bi Maokang's thoughts, and seeing that Mao Yuanyi was a pity, he asked him to come to the East Palace to deliver a gun.

"The ministers will go back, and they will be good students to thank Lord Bi, but even if Lord Bi recommends him, he must have a master like His Royal Highness who knows people."

Mao Yuanyi stood up and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and slapped her ass with a smile.

Bang!

At this moment, a gunshot rang out, and Zhu Cihong looked at it, only to see that the vase on the rockery in the distance was shattered.

Bang bang bang!!

fired three shots in a row, all at the same point, smashing the rockery tips in the distance.

"Your Highness, this flintlock pistol has a fast rate of fire, power, accuracy, stability, and safety that is much better than the arquebus that the minister fought before."

Sun Hao put the flintlock pistol into the box, walked over and said with a happy smile, he had been in contact with firearms, and knew how much the effect of firearms was on the army.

"Well, the clairvoyant mirror is not bad either."

Zhu Cihong picked up the clairvoyant mirror, looked into the distance, and said with a smile: "Mao Yuanyi, go back, just say that this firearm is good, so that he doesn't have to worry about money, just make it." "

The minister retired."

Mao Yuanyi bowed to Zhu Cihong again before leaving the East Palace.

"Sun Hao."

"The minister is here."

"Send these two boxes of flintlock pistols and this box of clairvoyance mirrors to the Beijing camp and give them to Governor Gao Yi and ask him to start training the Shenji Battalion."

After Zhu Cihong left a flintlock pistol and a clairvoyant mirror, he commanded.

"The minister will do it immediately."

Sun Hao said, and left the East Palace with three boxes.

Zhu Cihong looked at the flintlock pistol and clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and a matter of heart was finally settled, with this flintlock pistol, a firearms corps would be established in the future, and it would not be allowed to go sideways.

It's just that the money, the lack of money, TM, it's only been a long time, and one million is about to run out, so it took a hundred flintlock pistols, twenty Hongyi cannons, two hundred tiger squat cannons, one hundred clairfront mirrors, and two thousand conventional high-quality armaments.

Of course, part of the money is still used for labor and materials, a lot of it is settling-in and road expenses, as well as the expansion of factories, and the other part is that firearms, flintlock pistols and Hongyi cannons are expensive, and then materials, and then production are particularly expensive.

However, no matter how expensive it is, it must be manufactured in large quantities, and in the future, it will not only be necessary to deal with anti-thieves, but also to deal with disobedient warlords in the future.

Therefore, even if these firearms were manufactured in large quantities, he would not distribute them to all the armies, but only his own people.

Because, those warlords who do not listen to the dispatch and have two hearts will have to be rectified sooner or later, not to mention firearms, that is, military salaries, they must first be paid to obedient generals, and when they have spare money, these disobedient generals will be issued to stabilize themselves.

It's time to find a way to make money.

"Xue Zhu, go to the back garden with the main palace."

Zhu Cihong came to the back garden and lay on the recliner, pointed to his back, and said, "Come and press, use the set of techniques taught to you by the palace before."

"Your Highness, there are so many palace maids in the palace, why do you keep calling me."

Jiang Xuezhu looked reluctant, and as soon as he ate a few lychees, he was called to work as a coolie.

"They are all crooked melons and cracked dates, how can Sister Xuezhu be good-looking."

Zhu Cihong said jokingly.

"Your Highness... Ignore you..."

When Jiang Xuezhu heard this, his face immediately turned red, and his small fist hit Zhu Cihong's back a few times, but then his little hand pressed on his back.

"I've worked hard for you during this time, but this palace just likes you to serve, and I'll go to the inner library to pick out a few favorite jewels and reward you."

Zhu Cihong is a man in the end, and those palace maids in the East Palace were deliberately selected by the queen mother, all of whom are crooked melons and cracked dates, in order to be afraid that the prince will be young and obsessed with women, and will not do his job.

The palace maids and female officials in the queen's Kunning Palace are all young and beautiful.

Compared with these crooked melons and cracked dates, Jiang Xuezhu is much cuter and more beautiful, and it is also a little playful, and it will not be so rigid.

There are a lot of jewels and antiques worth a million taels of silver in his inner library, and it is rare to sell them into silver, and when the time comes, they will be used exclusively to reward people.

"Your Highness, Xiaoxue doesn't want any jewelry, she just wants to be like this every day, just don't worry about eating and drinking, and her family is safe and happy."

When Jiang Xuezhu heard this, he smiled.

"Also, you're only ten years old, and your desires haven't bloomed yet, and when you grow up, you'll have more things to want."

Zhu Cihong said, and said: "If the jewelry is rewarded to you, you must accept it." "

This little girl, I'm afraid of running away from famine and starvation, I'm afraid I don't want to have a second time in my life.

"Your Highness always says that I am only ten years old, but in fact, Your Highness, you are only ten years old."

Jiang Xuezhu pouted.

"Ten years old in this palace, that is the age on the surface, and the age in the heart, they are all in their thirties."

Zhu Cihong said, suddenly remembering the bits and pieces of his previous life, fortunately, he was an orphan and had nothing to worry about.

"Nonsense."

Jiang Xuezhu didn't believe it at all, when his little hands were tired, he beat his back with his fists, and when he was tired, he rubbed his elbows.

"Your Highness, Zhan Shi Fang Gong Qian, Shao Zhan Shi Wang Duo is asking to see you outside."

Just when Zhu Cihong was enjoying it, Qiu Zhizhong came in to report.

"Announce them in."

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he immediately got up, came to the desk on the side and sat down, picked up a military book and read it, and then said: "Qiu Zhizhong, take Xiaoxue to the inner library to pick out some jewelry for her." "