On the morning of the fourth day of the first day of November, Li Jin, the director of the War Casting Bureau, had breakfast in the house and rode slowly to the War Casting Bureau on horseback. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As the saying goes, people are in good spirits when they are happy, although Li Jin has not encountered any happy events in the past two days, but seeing that the scale of the War Casting Bureau is getting bigger and bigger, he is naturally happy in his heart.

In the past, when others talked about him Li Jin behind his back, they would add a sentence "the son of Li Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of War", because at that time, the position of "Bureau of the Military Casting Bureau" was even less prominent than that of the Lang official of the Ministry of War.

But right now, the scale of the War Casting Bureau is getting bigger and bigger, and Li Jin's status is also rising, and what makes him most excited is that the military bigwigs who didn't even pay attention to the military department have special respect for him.

Just like in the first half of the year, when Li Jin's Arsenal Bureau cooperated with the Smelting Bureau to build new equipment for the Junshui Army, the generals of the Junshui Army who had to go to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Household Affairs to scold people at every turn because of the problem of reducing military spending, this time they actually pulled him to call each other brothers, which made Li Jin, a civilian official, feel very honored -- this was a courtesy that his father Li Wei could not enjoy.

Recalling happily, Li Jin rode a horse to the gate of the Bureau of Armor and Foundry.

He was somewhat surprised to find that his nephew Zheng Jinzheng was waiting outside the door with an anxious face, looking left and right.

"Uncle, uncle."

After seeing Li Jin's arrival, Zheng Jin hurriedly ran over.

Looking at the anxious look on Zheng Jin's face, Li Jin's first reaction might be that this kid is causing trouble again.

But after thinking about it, he felt a little wrong, after all, after Zheng Jin was severely taught a lesson by Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su, Pan Ran woke up and changed his past, and he was no longer as publicized as he was back then.

Although there are still many shortcomings in his personality, he has become more and more sleek in dealing with people.

Even, with that mouth, this kid now has a lot of connections in the Smelting Bureau, so Li Jin has always let this kid be responsible for the handover between the Military Casting Bureau and the Smelting Bureau.

So, what's going on today?

With all kinds of doubts, Li Jin turned over and dismounted, frowned and reprimanded Zheng Jindao, who ran over: "What's the matter, panicked?" Isn't it because you don't change your dead nature, who have you provoked? ”

"No, no." Zheng Jin hurriedly waved his hand to deny it, after all, the experience of being taught a lesson and breaking his leg will be unforgettable for a lifetime as long as he has one time, how dare he provoke right and wrong again.

"What's going on?" Li Jinhu asked suspiciously.

I saw Zheng Jin have a slightly strange expression on his face, and said in a low voice: "Uncle, we have been impeached by the imperial historian." ”

"Shall we?" Li Jin was dumbfounded when he heard this, after all, his uncle and nephew have been busy with official business recently, and they haven't offended the imperial historian, how can they be impeached?

At this time, I saw Zheng Jin shaking his head and explaining: "It's not our uncle and nephew, it's our soldier casting bureau, our soldier casting bureau was impeached by the imperial historian, and the crime is disturbing the people and discharging sewage...... I don't know the specifics, but in short, it's quite troublesome. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be the secretary's business."

Li Jin suddenly realized, and his uneasy mind immediately calmed down a lot.

Regarding disturbing the people, Li Jin has actually heard a little.

As far as he knew, the residents of Daliangxi City were very dissatisfied with the noise of his military casting bureau all day long.

But then again, what can he do about Li Jin?

After all, he is the director of the casting of armaments and weapons, so how can he not knock and fight?

As for discharging sewage into the canal in the city, there is no way, after all, he needs a lot of water to forge armaments in the Military Casting Bureau, and the people of the Military Casting Bureau have always discharged this used sewage directly into the canal, after all, the water used for quenching will not be very dirty.

However, Li Jin overlooked one point: the water used for quenching is indeed not dirty, but the proportion of sewage is too large, and the canals in the city will inevitably be polluted.

Coupled with the black smoke when the military casting bureau opened the furnace to forge weapons, it made the dark smoke shrouded in the west city of the beam, and it is no wonder that he was impeached by the imperial historian.

However, Li Jin is not worried about this, with his annual production of tens of thousands of sets of forging weapons, even if he is impeached by the imperial historian, the imperial court will not care too much.

Li Jin thought so at first, but he didn't expect that in the afternoon of the same day, he received a royal order summoned by Wei Tianzi.

At this moment, Li Jin was inevitably a little flustered, and rode a horse to the palace in fear.

Then in the Ganlu Hall in the palace, Wei Tianzi summoned Li Jin.

Wei Tianzi first praised Li Jin, and then he picked up a copy of impeachment on the desk and said to Li Jin: "Li Qing, I have seen the merits of the War Casting Bureau last year and this year, but this is just ...... What do you think about the impeachment of the Imperial History for disturbing the people and polluting the city's canals with quenching sewage? ”

When Li Jin heard this, he didn't make an excuse, and pleaded guilty on the ground: "Weichen is guilty." ”

I have to say that Li Jin is also an old man in the officialdom, and when he saw Wei Tianzi's pleasant expression when he summoned him, he knew that His Majesty would not blame him too much for this matter.

Sure enough, not long after he knelt down, he heard Wei Tianzi sigh: "That's it, get up." …… After all, this matter was also a lack of consideration between me and the imperial court, but I didn't expect that in just a few years, the scale of the War Casting Bureau would reach such a point......"

As he spoke, Wei Tianzi glanced at Li Jin, who had stood up at the moment, and said with a frown: "But Li Qing, although this matter is not your fault, but as the director of the War Casting Bureau, you have an unshirkable responsibility, and you need to think of a countermeasure." …… As far as I know, the people of the west of the city have been lamenting this. ”

Hearing this, Li Jin's heart moved slightly.

In fact, in his opinion, there is a very good way to solve this problem once and for all - to move the War Casting Bureau away from the main beam.

Just like the Smelting Bureau.

Don't look at the official office of the Smelting Bureau in Daliang City, but in fact, it is only the office space of the civil officials in its department, such as the study of the "Lu Gong Secret Record", the drawings of the design equipment and parts, etc., like wrought iron and steelmaking, which have long been moved outside the city.

However, the problem is that the smelting bureau is not bad for money, and people build hearths outside the city, and there are three or five of them, because the smelting bureau has its own treasury, and the financial support only needs to be said by Zhao Hongrun, the king of Su; However, the War Casting Bureau does not have such a right, and any sum of money must be reported to the Ministry of War.

Don't look at Li Jin, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Li Fei is Li Jin's father, but the problem is that it is not Li Fei who is in charge now, and Qingwang Hongxin is the one who holds the power.

Of course, Li Jin hopes that his military casting bureau can move outside the city, after all, his military casting bureau now occupies a very wide area in the west of the city, and has annexed a lot of vacant land, so that it is next to the residential buildings, which means that there is no way for the military casting bureau to expand again, unless he forcibly occupies the residential buildings.

But will King Qingwang Hongxin agree to this matter?

As far as Li Jin knew, Qingwang Hongxin's finances were also quite tight, and he had just spent a batch of huge expenditures to replace equipment for the Northern Second Army and the Northern Third Army, that is, the batch of armaments that the Ordnance Casting Bureau was currently forging in a hurry.

Bowing down and leaving the palace, Li Jin returned to the War Casting Bureau while pondering how to operate the matter.

When he was having dinner at the house that night, Li Jin's father, Li Yan, the secretary of the military department, asked his son: "Your Majesty summoned you today?" ”

"Yes, father."

When his father learned about this, Li Jin was not surprised at all.

"What's going on?" Li asked asked.

Hearing this, Li Jin then told his father about today's meeting with Wei Tianzi, including the impeachment of his military casting bureau by the imperial history.

At the end, Li Jin said in a somewhat indignant tone: "Most of the people are jealous of the current prosperity of our military casting bureau, and they are jealous in their hearts, so they sue our military casting bureau in the imperial history platform. ”

However, after hearing this, Li Feng didn't say a word, and said after half a sound: "After eating, you go to the study with the old man, and the tutor will discuss it in detail." ”

Li Jin glanced at his father suspiciously, and didn't dare to disobey: "Yes." ”

After about a stick of incense, the Li family finished dinner, and Li Fei led his son Li Jin to the study.

After arriving at the study, Li Feng closed the door, and then said to his son: "Jin'er, today's matter is not so simple...... As far as the old man knows, two days ago at King Qing's banquet, a major incident happened, have you heard? ”

Hearing this, Li Jin's face showed a slightly strange expression.

It is no wonder that although Wei Tianzi and the Zongfu deliberately blocked the news, it is not a secret to courtiers of Li Fu and Li Jin.

"Looks like you've heard about it, too." Nodding, Li Fu stroked his beard and said: "Yu Shitai will not impeach sooner or later, but after that incident, he will impeach you in the war, there must be something strange about this." ”

"Father means...... King Su? Li Jin asked tentatively.

Li Feng stroked his beard when he heard this, and said lightly: "Zhao Run, the king of Su, has always had clear grievances and grievances, and each has his own reward. Recently, King Qing invited the powerful to plot the "Four Orders of Hedong", which hurt King Su, and there was only the incident in King Qing's Mansion two days ago. …… Now that these two highnesses have torn their faces, according to King Su's temper, he will not sit back and wait for King Qing to retaliate...... If nothing else, your war casting bureau is the preemptive strike of King Su. ”

At this, he chuckled and added, "Just look at it." …… At the moment, I just want you to move the Arsenal out of the beam, and the next step is to let the Arsenal out of the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War. Once this matter is promoted, the batch of armaments that King Qing asked you to cast by the War Casting Bureau will be in the hands of King Su, and when the time comes, King Su will find a reason to drag this batch of armaments and force King Qing to obey ......."

"It's in line with King Su's character." Li Jin said with a smile.

At this time, Li Wei pondered for a moment, and after half a sound, he asked his son in a low voice: "Jin'er, one last word for your father, do you still want to be promoted to the Ministry of War?" Or do you want to stay in the Arsenal? …… With the current situation, you can't have it both ways. ”

Hearing this, a trace of surprise flashed on Li Jin's face, and he said in astonishment: "Father, you ......"

Speaking of this, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and finally decided: "Father, my son thinks that after the establishment of the 'General's Mansion', the status of the military department is far less than it was at the beginning, but our military casting bureau is thriving and promising. ”

Hearing this, Li Feng nodded with both relief and amazement, looked at his son and said earnestly: "Wise choice." …… Jin'er, in the future, my father will no longer be able to shield you from the wind and rain, and my Li family will rely on you. ”

Li Jin's face was moved when he heard this, and he respectfully bowed his hand: "Please rest assured, father." ”

A few days later, two major events occurred in succession.

First, the Bureau of Military Casting asked the imperial court to move the workshop outside the city on the grounds of "convenience for the people".

Second, Li Man, the secretary of the military department, wrote a book and begged for bones.