Let Chen Mo get the money, on the one hand, to buy ordnance, and on the other hand, to bribe.

As far as the leading cadres of the military battle bureau and the people under them gather to gamble together in broad daylight, the overall work style of this unit will certainly not be good. Fortunately, there is no supervision agency in the inner court, otherwise if the upper and lower reports are made, most of the military war bureau will have to change people.

For units that do not work in style, money is the most effective pass.

Although Zhang Cheng is reliable, Liangchen does not dare to be old-fashioned, Wang Dana is allowed to buy at the price, and he can also give Liangchen a cheaper, but what is the quality of the things in the armory, Liangchen does not know.

This is prone to a problem, that is, the good minister gives money, but what he buys is rotten goods.

According to the impression of Liangchen in his previous life, many arsenals in the late Ming Dynasty were a mess, not only the workmanship was rough, but the quality was so poor that it was impossible to see people. Many bows and arrows broke as soon as they were pulled, and the explosion rate of the fire gun was also extremely high, which led to the Ming army often not daring to use the fire gun when fighting in the later period. The armor is even more shoddy, and in some places even paper armor is used instead of cotton armor.

In terms of weapons and equipment, eighty percent of the guards in the Nine Sides and the Interior Guards can be said to be paralyzed, and only the generals' household equipment has been slightly withdrawn. The weapons of ordinary soldiers are ridiculously poor, so when a battle breaks out, it is often a wave.

After the non-domestic soldiers used some of it as cannon fodder, the domestic soldiers plucked up the courage to rush, and then the battle ended.

As a result, it depends on luck.

When you encounter a rogue, or a Mongol who is worse than yourself, it is good news.

When encountering the Manchurian army, which was armed to the teeth, it frequently asked for help, and finally surrendered directly to save its life.

In the end, it is actually the reason for money.

The Ming Dynasty had no money.

However, it is not that the state has no money, it is the emperor and the imperial court, and the army that has no money.

There is a lot of money, Longqing opened the sea to the death of the Ming Dynasty, and the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty from overseas alone was as high as hundreds of millions of taels.

However, the treasury did not see the money.

Where to go, this is not a question that can be explained in a few words.

The successive great masters wanted to reform and open up, not that they were all the trend of the times and knew the development of history, but that they knew that the imperial power they relied on had been shaken and threatened.

To maintain the imperial power is to maintain them.

The premise of the fox and the tiger is that the tiger must be powerful and the person must be powerful.

What can maintain imperial power, is there anything else besides money?

With money, there is everything.

Many people say that Zhang Juzheng's reform gave the Ming Dynasty a few more decades of life, so Zhang is a capable minister and a great man.

But too many people ignore the fact that Zhang Juzheng's reforms were supported by the Inner Court from beginning to end.

The representative of this inner court support is Feng Bao.

It is obviously unkind and unfair to say that Zhang Ju is just right, capable, and remarkable, but not to mention the support provided by the inner court headed by Feng Bao for reform.

Before Chongzhen, the phenomenon of the Ming army's sparse armament was better, but after Chongzhen, it was much more serious. When the military leaders and the gentry colluded to become a military town, no reform could help except to tear down and start over. For example, the Guanning group in the later period of Chongzhen was a typical interest group composed of Liaodong generals and gentry officials.

The barrel of the gun, the money bag, and the barrel of the pen are combined, and it is useless to drink Didi.

The fact that cannot be erased is that since the Liao incident, the Liao army has never been the main force in battle, nor has it been the main force of sacrifice. Killed in Liaodong, eighty percent of the army defending the Ming Dynasty came from the guest army.

Zhejiang, Huguang, Sichuan, Gyeonggi, Shanxi...

Alone, no Liao army.

Perhaps, it's because one surrenders and can go home, and the other surrenders and can't go home.

By the time of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the main combat strength was still the pro-army of the nature of the family. For example, Sun Kewang's Northern Expedition relied on the pro-army "driving the front army", and Li Dingguo's side also relied on the headquarters, and the western soldiers of the Jin Mansion who were contemptuously called "old thieves" by the Qing army. Zheng Chenggong's side is the same, what can fight is the iron man soldier he built with a lot of money.

It can be said that the Ming army, which is often 10,000 people, will not be more than 500 people who are really called soldiers and dare to fight.

Therefore, in a big war, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops are assembled, and the sad thing is that there are only a few thousand people who can really fight. The enemy, but they can all fight, this battle, how to fight.

This state of affairs was not unaware of the people of insight in the Ming Dynasty, but because the system from top to bottom was not working, the wind of corruption was prevalent, and it became a blatant rule, and the craftsmen and soldiers were treated like slaves.

On the other hand, Manchuria, the so-called entrepreneurial hardship, sparse population is destined to Manchuria's attention to weapons and equipment far more than the Ming army, rather less than rotten, with more refinement, one battle after another, snowballing growth, huge and old, and the Ming Dynasty, which was tossed by civil strife, was left with the last breath, of course, could not hold on.

Liangchen is also going to take the path of elite soldiers now, so he wants to make a good start, and he must equip his soldiers with the best weapons to ensure that they will not fail because their weapons are weaker than the other party.

Just like playing mahjong, Liangchen can shoot a cannon, but he is never allowed to shoot three shots.

Repeated defeats and battles are also a kind of spirit, an unyielding spirit.

Wang Yongshou once questioned whether Liangchen would train soldiers, but Liangchen did not answer him.

If you want to answer, it is five good words - eat well, drink well, use well, practice well, and reward well.

If you use it well, you have to cooperate with the war bureau, and the premise of cooperation must be money.

When the money is in place, the things are in place.

Liangchen believes that if Eunuch Lu can have more benefits on his side, I am afraid that he will be more energetic and will not fool his little Wei father-in-law.

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The armory is in the outer city, located in the area of Quang Ninh Gate, and it takes a lot of time to get there from the War Bureau. The powder magazine is in the inner city, on the side of the Fucheng Gate, that is, in the area of Wang Gongchang.

Liangchen asked Chen Mo to take a car directly to the armory after getting the money, and he was waiting there.

On the way, of course, they couldn't be relatively silent, so Liangchen accompanied Eunuch Lu to boast nonsense from all over the world, and the eunuch Lu was very happy. Chatting and chatting, he talked about gambling money, because Eunuch Lu was obviously good at gambling.

In Liangchen's view, the current way of gambling money must be pediatrics. So, the tricks of the previous life picked up a few packages and shook them out, and Eunuch Lu was stunned when he heard it.

Naturally, Liangchen made an appointment with Eunuch Lu to gamble. When he arrived at the armory, it was already noon, and Liangchen saw that there was a restaurant not far away, so he politely invited Eunuch Lu to dinner.

"The sky is big, and the belly is the biggest."

Eunuch Lu was also not polite, saying that it would be good to fight a dozen good ministers' autumn wind.

"My father-in-law gives face, I am fortunate in my three lives, what kind of autumn wind is it."

Liangchen asked Eunuch Lu to stay here and wait, and if Chen Mo and the others came, they would go over and inform him. Eunuch Lu didn't have anything to say, and wanted to follow a small fireman to guard, so he and Liangchen talked and laughed into the restaurant.

Although this restaurant is in the outer city, it is okay to look at it, and after entering the building, the good minister will arrange a private room for the man. After the food was served, Liangchen poured a full wine for Eunuch Lu, and after a few glasses of "Father-in-law is free, I'll do it", Liangchen and Eunuch Lu talked more happily.

Taking advantage of the high interest of the eunuch Lu, Liangchen casually asked about the Gunpowder Bureau.

Eunuch Lu said that the Gunpowder Bureau was in Wang Gong Factory, which was originally subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, but after Chenghua, it was changed to the Inner Court Military Bureau. There are more than 100 craftsmen in the factory, as well as a large number of helpers. If all the people are busy, the daily pyrotechnics can have a maximum of two tons, which is exclusively for the Beijing battalion soldiers.

"According to that, the Gunpowder Bureau has a lot of reserves."

"The three major levies will have an annual reserve of about 1,000 tons. There will not be so many, only five or six hundred tons. ”

"That's not a lot."

Liangchen nodded, the Apocalypse will be a meeting, there are many side matters, and the Gunpowder Bureau must have more reserves than now, I am afraid that it will not be less than 1,000 tons, and it will explode at once, which is indeed incredible.

"What, Xiao Wei wants Yaozi?" Eunuch Lu heard something and looked at Liangchen with a smile.

Liangchen smiled: "I want to get some." ”

"What do you want medicine to do when you go to sea, and it's not mining."

Eunuch Lu was a little puzzled, although the medicine from the Gunpowder Bureau was exclusively for the Beijing camp, it was actually sold more than his hands. The customer group is fixed, that is, the mine supervisor. Because mining requires blowing up mountains, myrrh can't do it.

Liangchen didn't answer, but asked Eunuch Lu if there was a firearm in the arsenal.

"This is really not there, firearms are only available in Nanzhen, if you want to, I'm afraid you have to take the path of Jinyiwei."

Eunuch Lu shook his head and said frankly that although the War Bureau was in charge of ordnance, it was the inner court after all, and the sound of firearms could not be heard in the palace. In addition to the southern town of Jinyiwei, the Ministry of Industry also has several firearms factories, which specialize in manufacturing firearms for the nine sides, most of which are three-eyed guns.

Liangchen sighed, knowing that the matter of firearms is really only Tian Ergeng's road, and the Ministry of Industry can't even think about it.

The two ate for a while, and the good minister casually asked Wang Dana about his father-in-law going to the celebrant priest.

"The emperor has appointed the master of ceremonies and the palm seal, and the prince has to kowtow to the new ancestor and pay some filial piety."

Eunuch Lu didn't drink too much, and he drank a lot of wine, and it was not a secret, so he told Liangchen that after the new palm seal took office, according to the rules, the twenty-four yamen had to be honored, and the number was according to the oil and water stalls of each yamen.

Liangchen quietly continued to ask about the new palm print, and Eunuch Lu said a few words, saying that the former master of ceremonies went to the Qianqing Palace to give advice to the emperor, and in the evening, the emperor decided on the new palm print.

"Why isn't it Father-in-law Jin Zhong, I heard Father-in-law Zhang Cheng say this before, listen to Father-in-law Zhang's meaning, Father-in-law Jin seems to have a greater chance." Liangchen got up and poured Eunuch Lu full of wine.

Eunuch Lu shook his head a little confused: "But isn't it, Gonggong Chen's future affairs are all handled by Gonggong Jin, and our family thought that Gonggong Jin would take it at that time, but I never thought that Gonggong Sun would be determined." ”

"Does my father-in-law know why?"

"We don't know much about the specifics, it is said that the two fathers-in-law of Jinsun discussed it themselves, and then summoned the emperor who met with a pen. Alright, don't talk about it, drink and drink. ”

Eunuch Lu picked up the cup, and Liangchen hurriedly picked up the cup. Not long after, the small fireman who had remained outside the armory came to report that the people from the inner officials had arrived.

"It's my subordinate, father-in-law and slow to use, I'll take a look." Liangchen apologized.

Eunuch Lu smiled: "Go back quickly, we still want to ask you what's going on with those five cards." ”

Liangchen smiled softly, hurriedly went downstairs, and when he arrived at the armory, he saw Chen Mo, Xiao Tian and others driving a carriage and waiting.

"Father-in-law, Meng Guozhong of the Soldiers and Horses Division said that he didn't have enough money, so he could only give his father-in-law these first, and let him do the rest for two days." Chen Mo said.

"Meng Guozhong didn't want to repay the debt, right?" Liangchen asked as he got into the car.

Chen Mo said: "No, it's quite refreshing." ”

"How many?" Liangchen entered the carriage and found two boxes inside.

"A total of four thousand six hundred taels, three thousand taels of silver, and the rest are money tickets."

Liangchen nodded, estimating that it was enough, and if it was not enough, it would be considered a down payment. I took two silver tickets, thought about it and put it down, asked Xiao Tian to take a bag, filled it with silver ingots, and carried it back to the restaurant.

"What's in your hand?" Eunuch Lu was quite curious when he saw Liangchen come in with a bag.

"Be careful, and ask your father-in-law to smile."

Liangchen stepped forward with a smile on his face, put the bag on the table, and there was a muffled sound, and the sound of silver ingots came out.

"Oh?"

Eunuch Lu's eyes lit up, and a pair of eyes stared at the money bag.

Liangchen untied the bag, and Eunuch Lu suddenly saw that it was stuffed with silver ingots, just looking at this amount, I am afraid that it is enough for two or three hundred taels.

"The matter of military weapons, I still allow Father-in-law Lu to worry a lot, I am on the royal mission to go to sea, if the things are bad and the things are messed up, I can't live with Father-in-law Zhang, and I can't live with the emperor." Speaking of this, Liangchen said in a low voice, "In addition, I also want to get some medicine, hoping that my father-in-law will be successful." ”

It was very quiet in the private room, and after a while, Fang saw that Eunuch Lu's eyes were withdrawn from the money bag, coughed lightly, and said to Liangchen with a smile: "Why do you bother to do this, you share the worries of the emperor, and our family is also sharing the worries of the emperor, what do you do with these things." ”

"You can't let your father-in-law work in vain."

Liangchen took the money bag off the table and placed it directly at Eunuch Lu's feet. Eunuch Lu nodded on his toes, laughed, and motioned to the little firefighter to take down the money bag and keep it, then picked up the chopsticks, and said to Liangchen enthusiastically: "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables, finish eating quickly, and our family can take you to see what good things are." ”

"Thank you, father-in-law."

Liangchen is also smiling brightly, or the silver that is really there, the amount is sufficient, and I am afraid that a silver ticket alone will not be as effective as this. When I went to see the things, if the goods were good, the good ministers would still have to prepare a copy for Wang Dana when they turned around, and they had to be more than that of Eunuch Lu. After all, that's the boss.

Without delay, after eating for a while, the two of them wiped their mouths, the good minister settled the account, and the eunuch went to the armory.

In the end, it was the eunuch of the Admiral's Armory, the sergeant guarding the door and the steward eunuchs inside were all very respectful when they saw the landing eunuch.

Eunuch Lu didn't talk nonsense, and took Liangchen directly to the big warehouse of the armory.

"Take out all the good things and show them to Grandpa Wei, don't fool our family."

"The little ones don't dare to fool their father-in-law!"

Several eunuchs in Okura smiled, and Liangchen glanced at Chen Mo, who hurriedly took out a few silver ingots and stuffed them into the hands of these eunuchs.

These eunuchs hesitated and didn't dare to take it, and waited until Eunuch Lu smiled and nodded before accepting it, and then diligently took the key and went to different warehouses to sample the goods.

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