Wang Ju thought for a while and said, "Ye Mo, you will invite Zhang Ruoshui here." ”

"Whoa."

After a while, Zhang Ruoshui was brought over by Ye Mo.

"Zhang Duzhi, how is the improvement of the Divine Arm Bow?"

"Five buckets with one stone." Zhang Ruoshui said proudly.

This figure may be a bit exaggerated, because Zhang Ruoshui likes to be greedy for merit, and the minimum pulling force of the divine arm bow that he has actually begun to study has reached two stones and three buckets, rather than two stones. The one dedicated to Zhao Ji is the one with the least pulling force.

But Zhang Ruoshui said that one stone and five buckets, then the maximum pulling force may only be one stone and seven buckets, so it also means that more soldiers will be able to use it, and the improvement time is not long, so Zhang Ruoshui's expression is very complacent.

"If that's the case, let's settle down the process and produce a batch first."

"Didn't you say kill two with one stone?"

"The situation in the northwest is a bit urgent, I can't wait, and besides, it's so expensive that it's destined to be used by every archer."

"That's just as well."

When he came to the Ordnance Prison, Wang Ju knew why the Ma Huang Bow had not been popularized later, and even the enemy bow and the Shenjin Bow with stricter pulling requirements appeared.

The reason is the cost.

An ordinary compound bow now costs 1,500 wen, and ten arrows cost 6 or 700 wen. However, the cost of a god arm bow is almost fifteen times because the material requirements are too strict, which is ten times that of an ordinary compound bow! The worst thing is not the bow, but the arrow, the cost of the arrow of the Divine Arm Bow is four times that of an ordinary bow and arrow, and after improvement, it is almost seven or eight times that of it! That is to say, after a battle, a soldier prepares fifty arrows, and it costs thirty arrows.

This cost. Even if the economic situation improves in the future. It is also impossible to have every archer equipped with the Divine Arm Bow at will.

Since it is used by a small number of elite sergeants. Why not focus on its lethality? That's when the bow appeared.

However, Wang Ju's military thinking may be different from Han Shizhong's, he values lethality, and pays more attention to speed, after improvement, it is still used by those elite sergeants, so its speed is two to three times that of the original. The range may be much weaker, but the overall lethality is rising.

"Is there going to be a war in the Northwest?" Zhang Ruoshui asked again.

"Inevitably."

"Xixia is a wolf that can't be raised."

"The Western Xia can't be full, and the Khitans may not be able to feed themselves. Sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat, and so will the country. Zhang Duzhi, you have done a good job during this time, I may not be able to stay long in the Ordnance Prison, and I will recommend you to His Majesty to take over in the future. But you have to remember one sentence, be more public, less selfish, and try to deal with it as fairly and equitably as possible. ”

"Then thank Zi'an." Zhang Ruoshui said in surprise.

What Wang Ju means is to be less greedy, less favorable, and do things fairly. Judge fairly.

However, the Ordnance Supervisor controls more than half of the country's armor manufacturing, so think about how much the imperial court will spend on it in a year. Even if you are less greedy and leak, it is a tolerance that the oil and water are so fertile that they can no longer be fertile.

"I've heard some bad news, though."

"The craftsmen don't matter, it's just those ......" Zhang Ruoshui muttered, Wang Ju regarded him as his own, and Zhang Ruoshui didn't sell it anymore.

The latter is not said, but refers to those officials and officials. It turned out that half of the armor was unqualified, and the money went to those people, and it was these officials and officials who were in the hands of those people.

In fact, the salary in their hands is not much, and those officials can only get some subsidies, and they do not even have a formal salary. But there is too much income in the dark, Wang Ju presides over the weapons prison, these people dare not fish for oil and water, but Wang Ju can't stay in the weapons prison all the time, only Wang Ju leaves, and it will still be a fat difference in the future.

The problem is that Wang Ju has separated the functions and powers of writers and writers, and all writers, writers, and Jiatou have replaced the original duties of officials and officials, and if Wang Ju is ruthless, then the five libraries and six courts only need about 200 officials and officials to take over all the affairs of the five ministries and six courts. This means that three-quarters of the officials and officials will be cut, and in fact Wang Ju intends to do so.

Can these officials not be in a hurry?

"Zi'an, it's a little difficult." Zhang Ruoshui said again, he didn't know how much Wang Ju would keep, but he also saw that Wang Ju would lay off many people, and these people had backgrounds, and even some officials had backgrounds.

"I was prepared for this earlier, originally I planned to borrow the Divine Arm Bow and the Western Xia, if I guessed correctly, maybe the Western Xia will soon launch an attack on Suizhou."

This is to take advantage of the situation, everyone is afraid of war, there are many reasons, but the main reason is the damage caused by the Qingli War, which spent so much money, and once made the country poor and the people were disadvantaged, but it has been defeated several times in a row, and there are many reasons for this failure, and the armor is also part of the factor.

In the face of this general trend, who cares about the "happiness of money" of these hundreds of petty officials?

"No wonder Zi'an hasn't done anything."

"Actually, it's not a big problem, I'm afraid that someone is pushing behind the scenes...... So I would like to ask you to find out for me what someone said about him in the palace and His Majesty. ”

…………

In fact, from the perspective of power, Wang Ju is not very clever.

In the romance of later generations, several people were scandalized, the first one was Pan Mei, which had nothing to do with conspiracy, it was Yang Ye who died too tragically, and it could not be said that Zhao Kuangyi did not do well, so Pan Mei was sad.

There are two other people, Di Qing has also become a traitor, why? Think about why Di Qing was angry, and then think about those people who made Di Qing angry to death, so Di Qing could only be ugly.

There is also Pang nationality.

Pang Ji was later scandalized, and the current world reported, as well as Liu Xin.

Let's take a look at a few beautified top scholars, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, and Han Qi.

Therefore, when Pang passed through the capital from Yunzhou to Yunzhou, Zhao Zhen announced that he was right, and there was a dialogue.

Pang Ji said that the two ministers were all elected by the imperial court, and His Majesty allocated them, and they were very popular with the world.

Zhao Zhen also said, as Qing said, Wen Yanbo is still private, as for Fu Bi, the word ten thousand mouths are all said to be virtuous.

Pang Ji said that Wen Yan Bochen was with Zhongshu, and he knew what he was doing in detail, and he was really selfless. But the evil destroys the ears. Moreover, the former was blasphemed. Now we should be more fearful.

What does this mean? is the first time Wen Yanbo was a prime minister, he did a lot of things, but if he did, he would inevitably offend people. Now that he has been slandered and dismissed, and he is called to be the prime minister again, Wen Yanbo will attract "lessons", and the more fearful he is, that is, he will not offend people in order to do things.

As it was said.

Then he said Fubi. Fu Biqing was the deputy envoy of the privy council, and he did not hold a big political decision, and the courtiers did not complain about it, so he praised it, hoping that it would be used and beneficial. If Bi is a personal favor of His Majesty, he is not a loyal minister, He Zuxian! If it is generalized by public opinion, then the reputation of the person who is to be respected will be ruined, and His Majesty should investigate it deeply.

It is also rich before the phase. He only served as a privy deputy for a short time, so he did not have a grudge with the scholars. So he praised it. Now that he is the prime minister, he wants to continue to praise everyone, so Fu Bi has no choice but to use the country's lordship to build personal favor, and everyone will continue to praise, but is that still a loyal minister?

If Fu Bi doesn't do this, with the heart of the Grand Duke, then he will inevitably offend people, then everyone will not praise, but ruin public opinion.

As a result, everyone continued to praise, and then the Song Dynasty's finances gradually appeared in crisis from the hands of Wen Fu and Han, and the phenomenon of redundant soldiers and officials deepened......

Wang Ju didn't have to learn from their practices, as long as he didn't cut them, these officials would be satisfied.

And don't use the hidden dragon, with Wang Ju's current status, it can't be said, it can't be said, it is the time to raise the name of the grace tree, and it is unwise to offend people. In fact, after cutting so many indiscriminate officials and craftsmen, formulating a system with clear responsibilities, and then improving the quality of weapons and armor, Wang Ju did a flawless job in the position of ordnance supervisor.

But in the end, Wang Ju chose an unwise approach.

"Retribution" is coming.

It's time for the Great Pilgrimage again.

It's colder and the weather gets shorter.

At the fifth watch, it is the darkest time of the day.

"There are a lot of people," Wang Zichuan said.

Because the early dynasty was relatively early, some ministers were too late, for fear of missing the early dynasty, so they hurried to the courtyard to be missed, especially those ministers whose homes were far away from the imperial city. So it gave birth to some small merchants and hawkers who got up early and rushed to Xuande to sell breakfast, and the business was not bad, so when it came to the early dynasty, Xuande was very lively in front of it.

This is also a kind of expression of the commoner of the royal family of the Song Dynasty.

But today there seem to be a lot of people in front of Xuande Gate, and from a distance, there is a large area of shadows.

Although Wang Ju felt suspicious, he still rode quickly towards Xuande Gate.

However, when he came to Xuande Gate, his face immediately became solemn. There were a lot of people, not only small merchants and vendors who sold breakfast, but also many ministers who did not enter the courtyard, but stood there and watched.

There are more women, children, old and young, as well as some adults, some of whom are familiar with Wang Ju, and they are the various officials and craftsmen who were cut down by Wang Ju.

Wang Ju dismounted with a heavy expression.

These officials and craftsmen surrounded them with women, children, and children, and then cried loudly, asking Wang Ju why he cut them down, and now they can't live, and the law does not blame the public, and some of them are so bold that they actually come forward to pull Wang Ju's court clothes.

"Get out!" Wang Ju snorted, ignored it, entered the imperial city, and went to wait for the hospital.

Wang Jue stepped forward quietly and said, "Zi'an, something is not good." ”

"Thank you, Bachelor Wang," Wang Ju bowed and said, regardless of whether Wang Ju was a good minister or not, but so far, he is also the only big guy who has officially shown favor to Wang Ju. And in the past, Wang Ju also refused Wang Ju's list to catch his son-in-law, which is the essence of Wang Ju.

After entering the waiting courtyard, Wang Ju reorganized his official uniform, and he entered the imperial city in time, otherwise if he continued, he might even be torn out of the court clothes, and the embarrassment would be big.

Some people gloated with schadenfreude on their faces, while others looked calm, pensive, and worried.

Wang Ju glanced at him, and his expression became more solemn.

Because from the expressions of these people, he saw a huge hidden danger, that is, there were many ministers who hated him, but there were few ministers who supported him.

After a while, the eunuch came to deliver the decree and entered the palace.

Early dynasty begins.

Dacheng walked out and said: "Some time ago, the ordnance supervisor reduced nearly 10,000 craftsmen, although the country profited, but the cut was too impatient, the price of the capital is expensive, and only five times a year after the cut, how can a family live?" At the time of the early dynasty today, hundreds of craftsmen with their wives and children, old and young, with ragged clothes and vegetables, begged Wang Ju to give them a way to live. Nearly 10,000 craftsmen, including their families, almost 50,000 or 60,000 people, hastily reduced, and there is no way to live, will endanger the safety of the capital, hope that your majesty will think twice. ”

This is also a saying, layoffs are a good thing, but let these people live.

After Da Cheng finished speaking, Lu Gongzhu stepped forward and said: "Cheng Hao's words are extremely true, and the minister thinks that these craftsmen will be recalled to the ordnance supervisor first, and follow the policy of reducing the van soldiers. In this way, the swelling of the ordnance prison can be solved, and there will be no public resentment. ”

This statement is even more confusing.

The strategy of cutting the box army was proposed by Wang Ju.

Guan Jian's Xiang Army is different from the Ordnance Supervisor, and the Xiang Army does a lot of hard labor, and the technical requirements are not high. The ordnance supervisor is a technical job, so it took Wang Ju a long time to enter the assessment. If we follow the policy of reducing the number of soldiers, then those who are willing to leave are actually skilled people, and those who are unwilling to leave are those who are indiscriminate, how can we get it?

Therefore, before the cut, Wang Ju proposed to increase the salary, and hung up the couplet, put an end to the greed and deduction, and increase the income of officials and craftsmen, that is, to retain these officials and craftsmen, and prevent them from deliberately failing to pass the examination and leaving the ordnance prison.

If we follow the practice of Lu Gong's writings, the major events will be suspended.

But now the problem is here, if Wang Ju does not agree, these people continue to make trouble, there are many people, and it is not easy to catch them, and if the trouble continues, there will be more and more people, and even the face of the court will be lost at that time.

Zhao Ji also heard about it in the palace, so he looked at Wang Ju solemnly. (To be continued......) R1292