Soon, a decree came out, and it was rumored that the auxiliary ministers of the cabinet, the officials of the six ministries and above, and the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were in the armory.

As soon as this decree came out, the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty hurriedly gathered at the armory. The self-hanging of the three officials, while telling the emperor, inevitably spread. These high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty are naturally within the scope of knowing for the first time.

Hearing that the emperor asked them to go to the armory to meet them, there is no need to guess, it must be for the sake of those three people.

Along the way, there were constantly high-ranking officials who met and then went together. Among them, Nan Juyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, looked at the back of Wen Tiren who was walking in front of him, and whispered worriedly: "According to the meaning of the first assistant, what does Your Majesty mean by this?" ”

"What else can you do?" Min Hongxue was next to Wen Tiren, and when he heard the movement, he turned his head and looked at Nan Juyidao, "The situation in the armory, if it is verified by His Majesty's own eyes, it will definitely be furious!" ”

This one is for sure, but Nan Juyi is concerned about the other one. He still looked at Wen Tiren and said: "Shoufu, now that Daming is an eventful autumn, the disaster relief in Gyeonggi is difficult to handle, and the top and bottom of Beijing are still busy because of Daming Royal Cement Company, Daming Construction Bank and Daming Road and Bridge Company, and there will be another big case at this time, I am afraid that people are panicking, and no one has the heart to do the right thing anymore!" ”

Another auxiliary minister, Cheng Jiming, nodded when he heard this, and also said in a low voice: "Nan Shangshu is right, the situation is improving, if there is a big case at this time, I am afraid that the good situation will be ruined!" ”

Hearing both of them say this, Wen Tiren, who was hurrying forward, finally reacted, he turned around, looked at these colleagues behind him, and said with a little annoyance on his face: "You also know that if this is really investigated, it will be a big case?" If this is the case, why bother in the first place? ”

"......" Nan Juyi and the others paused, and then immediately explained, "Shoufu can't talk nonsense, the cats in the armory are greasy, but they have existed since the previous dynasties." But Xia Guan was in Fujian before, and it was only a few months since he took over the post of secretary of the Ministry of Industry. ”

Although he had only been the secretary of the Ministry of Industry for a few months, he himself understood that the last time he built a siege of the city, the emperor had already done it once because of this magnanimity. Now that so much time has passed, he has not reported the matter of the armory to the emperor, regardless of whether he participated in the previous corruption case or not, he can't run away from responsibility as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

It's not that he doesn't know the seriousness of this matter. But the matter of weapons, as he replied to Shoufu's words, is a cat that has existed since all dynasties, and whoever dares to poke this hornet's nest will lose his official position at the lightest, and at worst he is likely to be attacked and convicted, and it is common for him to be assigned to join the army. Because of this, he didn't have the courage to touch it.

But no one expected that Emperor Chongzhen would personally drive to the armory to inspect the formation of the new army. The amount is shocking, as long as it is a person, it will be angry, under this anger, what will happen, no one really guesses!

Wen Tiren turned around and continued to hurry forward, sighing and saying, "It depends on the situation, the current situation has not been seen for many years. If the measures are done properly, I am afraid that I can reverse the predicament of my Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, and the old man does not want to see such a good situation interrupted! ”

Hearing him say this, the officials behind him were somewhat relieved, but in the end, it was up to the emperor. However, looking at the scale of the emperor's summoning of his courtiers, I am afraid that this matter will not be good.

It didn't take long for Wen Tiren and the others to arrive at the armory. I saw that the emperor's royal car was placed in front of the treasury, on the steps of the meeting hall. On the left and right, Cao Huachun, the eunuch of the East Factory, and Liu Xingzuo, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, all looked serious and watched them enter.

In the courtyard in front of the royal driver, there were three corpses, apparently those three. The door of the armory warehouse on one side of the courtyard was wide open, guarded by factory guards.

This kind of formation made Wen Tiren and the others feel nervous, and they had a bad feeling. Under the leadership of Wen Tiren, they hurriedly saluted Emperor Chongzhen.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen did not have the usual kindness, with a cold face, he said lightly, and then asked them to stand on both sides of the corpse according to their respective official positions, waiting for the other courtiers to arrive.

The courtyard was quiet, except for the sound of the pennant fluttering in the cold wind, there was no other sound, and the atmosphere seemed a little oppressive.

It didn't take long for all the courtiers who were supposed to arrive to arrive.

Emperor Chongzhen slowly glanced at the courtiers below, and nodded slightly to the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

So, Liu Xingzuo took a step forward, stood on the edge of the steps, and said loudly to the officials in the courtyard: "I found a total of ...... armor in the armory today."

He slowly explained the general situation in the armory, and there was a warehouse full of armor and weapons, and only a very small half was barely usable. Everything else is a look, and the armor doesn't have much protection at all, and to put it mildly, it's not much different from papier-mâché. There are also firearms, not to mention the rusty ones, just the new ones that have not been put into storage for a long time, and there are no rusty ones, after the factory guard inspection, it was found that the barrel was shoddy and easy to explode, which was worse than armor!

The number is a bit much, Liu Xingzuo said for a while before he finished speaking, and then he retreated, still standing behind Cao Huachun alone.

Emperor Chongzhen waited for a while before he slowly said in a cold voice: "Why has my Ming Dynasty been losing battles in recent years? There is no military salary, there is no sophisticated equipment, and it is rare to win in this case! ”

"Hehe, the money keeps being dialed down, and it is enough to make such a weapon!" After Emperor Chongzhen sneered, he glanced at the ministers, and then asked in a cold voice: "I don't want to have this matter in the future, do you have a good plan?" ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, and the emperor did not immediately ask for the guilt! But they also heard it, the emperor is suppressing his anger, if the emperor is not satisfied with the later, it is likely that all of them will erupt together, and it will be difficult to say what the situation will be at that time!

Wen Tiren, as the head of the hundred officials, had to take a step forward and said loudly: "When the imperial court discipline is serious, strictly investigate and check, once it is found, it will be severely punished!" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Min Hongxue followed and said.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" The other courtiers followed suit.

This is the way it should be, and only by doing so can the situation get better. But Emperor Chongzhen was not satisfied, wasn't it like this before? As long as there is a slight relaxation, it will not be long before this situation of joint corruption will be restored. This way is not what he wants.

Therefore, after hearing this, he shook his head and said, "I have been disappointed in this old system, is there no better way for Zhuqing?" ”

When Wen Tiren heard this, his heart couldn't help but move, could it be that the emperor had already come up with a better way?