Zhang Runda and a group of generals rushed back to the station, and everyone was talking along the way, full of dissatisfaction.

After returning to the garrison office, Zhang Runda summoned him to the official office to discuss matters. Everyone was anxious and worried, so they came to the garrison office office together.

The garrison office has little regulation, but the Zhang family is a hereditary commander, so the usual routines are very neat.

After everyone came to the lobby to sit down, Zhang Runda on the main seat spoke: "We will discuss today's matters and finally come up with a charter to explain to the governor. This matter is related to everyone's personal interests. Everyone opens up and says, don't hide it, they are all their own people!"

Everyone who was quarreling and talking all the way was silent at this moment. After a long time, the commander Gao Qimin broke the silence and said, "This matter is of great importance. We will follow the commander's orders!"

Zhang Runda cursed the old fox in his heart, with a smile on his face and said, "Of course I mean to act according to the regulations formulated by the governor. We are all officials of the court, so we must abide by Shangguan's orders!"

Everyone also cursed the little fox in their hearts, and another commander, Wu Shengkun, spoke: "If you follow the regulations set by the governor, will you be willing to return the land accumulated by your and my ancestors to those poor military households? How can I live the life I have to wait after it is handed over? How many generations will it be different from those poor military households?"

Commander Sun Chongliang said, "Everyone, I want to say something bad. Although we are officials of the court, the guards are actually our private property. Especially in recent decades, the court has ignored us and has also accumulated a lot of food and salary. Our family business is all obtained by our ancestors' hard work. Now the governor opens his mouth and we have to hand over the family business that we have accumulated for generations. I am unwilling to give up!"

"Yes, I'm not willing to give up!"

"Why should we hand over his words from Sun Chuanting!"

"If the land is returned, how can the court support a family of people? What qualifications are those poor military households who share our land?"

"This is true for all the garrisons in the Ming Dynasty. Why should we return the three garrisons? We must submit them to all garrisons together! Then we have no objection!"

"Why don't we just kill this dog official? He's the only one who has a lot to do!"

"I think he is seeking fame and exchanging our blood and sweat for his path to promotion!"

The atmosphere in the lobby gradually became warmer, and most people were filled with righteous indignation, and only a few thousand generals at the level of households did not speak out.

Zhang Runda looked at the men who were slamming the table and staring at him, and felt bitter. As the biggest beneficiary, he was of course unwilling to change the status quo. If he did it according to Sun Chuanting's constitution, most of his family would be removed. Although he was still a kind person, he did many tricks of taking advantage of the situation. It was a bodhisattva's heart. The other magistrates and other people ate much less, and there were many bloodshot things in the fields.

He coughed, and everyone stopped talking and looked at him. Zhang Runda said, "I know you are unfair. I have the same thoughts as everyone else. I really want to kill him with one knife! But no matter how I think about it, the reality is here, and the waist is thick and the legs are strong, so our little arms and legs are not responsible at all! Our family knows our family affairs, and only the servants in our hands are usually bullying the military households. But if they face the murderers of the governor Biao camp, they will hit the stone. To be honest, a hundred people from Biao camp can destroy our entire left guard! So, don't say anything about killing and rushing. There is a tall one that stands up, and there are even more anxious than us. Let's press the army. Let's press the army.

If you don't move, let's see how some people do it. The three guards will prosper and lose, and it's not our turn to charge. After a few days, I guess someone will ask me to discuss this matter. I have already thought about it. At that time, the officials of the three guards will write a letter to the court. Of course, the letter will not change the rectification of the garrison. The court will naturally prefer civil servants. We only ask for more land to be divided by the name. The number set by the governor will double. In that case, although our property is damaged, we will make up for it. Sun will not always work in Shaanxi. After he leaves, he will change others. I think there will be no second Sun Langzi in the court. At that time, these poor military households will still be allowed to be controlled by us!"

After hearing this, everyone thought that this was the best way at the moment, so they could only endure it. After Sun Langzi left Shaanxi, they would follow the original method and slowly take back the returned fields, but it took a little longer.

Gao Qimin bowed and said, "I am still very visionary and I admire you! I obey what you say to me, and I am the only one who follows you!"

Zhang Runda smiled and waved his hand, "I'm a bullshit vision, there's nothing I can do about it! Who told me that we are timid and afraid of things? Everyone has disbanded. I guess the poor military households will know about this in a few days. We should be the most important thing. If you are sarcastic, we will endure it. Do you hear it?" Everyone agreed and dispersed.

Similar situations also occur in the avant-garde. Similar to Zhang Runda, the avant-garde commander Sun Zuowang also planned to see what others did, and the avant-garde just followed.

In the study room of the Governor's Office, Sun Chuanting was talking to Zhuang Yuanzhou, Cui, and Xie.

Zhuang Yuanzhou said, "Brother Bai Gu, I thought my brother would carry out drastic reforms to the garrison. I didn't expect that my brother would raise him high and let him go. According to my original intention, he would directly kill a warning to the leader, take down his property, and confiscate his family property. I don't have to worry about the food and salary in the next few years. Those are a few big fat sheep. I still feel it's a pity now!" His tone was full of regret.

Cui and Xie also looked puzzled. They were actually the same as Zhuang Yuanzhou. Because they knew that Sun Chuanting did not have much food and salary, the emperor also said that the imperial court had no money to allocate, and the local taxes in Shaanxi could be intercepted and used. However, Shaanxi suffered from natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the annual taxes were really small. For Sun Chuanting, who wanted to do something big, it was just a drop in the bucket. I thought that Sun Chuanting had surgery on the ward this time, just to see that the officials of the ward had money and food and had no force to support him. Unexpectedly, the result of the meeting was like this.

Sun Chuanting laughed and said, "Three brothers, do you think I don't want to cook pigs and slaughter sheep and have fun? Hahaha! Someone doesn't want to be killed without teaching, and they don't want to be named Wuming. If someone directly ordered the family to be confiscated and exterminated, it would be pleasant. It would be inevitable that the person who is interested would make a big fuss! Although the emperor has said that he would let someone go and trust me unconditionally, I still try to make the emperor not argue with the court officials because of my affairs. This time it was a trick to get to the table. Someone decided that someone would definitely not be willing to give up, and it is inevitable that he would jump over the wall. Now he is waiting for his attack and will be able to capture it in one net! Only then can the family property accumulated by several generations be used by me. With enough food and salary, he can let the people do it in Shaanxi, which will greatly shock the younger generations!"

After hearing this, Zhuang Yuanzhou and others were full of admiration. Sun Chuanting continued: "I have reported to the emperor to report the strategy of rectifying the garrison in detail. I believe that with the garrison's foresight, I will make arrangements. The matter now is to recruit soldiers. From tomorrow, you will lead people to the three garrisons to recruit soldiers locally. The Ministry of the Ministry will send personnel to assist. Remember, we must strictly select the troops. The troops recruited this time will be the pillar of our pacification of Shaanxi. I will build them into the best elite soldiers in the world. After pacifying Shaanxi, we will also fight for the garrison to conquer the rest of the dissatisfaction, and stabilize our Ming Dynasty's country and the people as soon as possible!"

The few people agreed and immediately dispersed and worked their own way out.

Chongzhen was discussing many issues with Bi Maokang and Mao Yuanyi in the military weapon supervision, huǒ    yào    pèi     fāng and improved firearms.

Shortly after Sun Chuanting left Beijing and took office, Mao Yuanyi and Bi Maokang arrived in the capital one after another. Chongzhen met the two in person and had a good conversation. Bi and Mao were impressed by Chongzhen's gentle and generous attitude and foresight, so they were willing to continue to serve the court.

Chongzhen then ordered Bi Maokang to be appointed as the Military Weapon Supervisor as the Minister of Works, and Mao Yuanyi temporarily joined the Military Weapon Supervisor as the Minister of War to assist Bi Maokang, and would be appointed in the future.

Bi Maokang's disciples and nephews were all student identities. Several of them were well-known and had a lot of research on firearms. Chongzhen and their Imperial College Supervisors were appointed as students of the Imperial College Supervisors, and joined the military weapon supervisor to assist in the work.

Bi Maokang was 60 years old. Since he retired as the Right Minister of War in Nanjing, he has been devoted to books at home, but he is very concerned about the trends of the bandits and the Jianzhou Jurchens. He once wrote to the emperor, asking for vigorous promotion of the use of firearms, and said that "the only firearms can be defeated by the enemy." However, Chongzhen was exhausted by the national treasury, and the difficult things to deal with the bandits were disturbed, so he had no time to take care of him. Before Zhu Zhenqing traveled through time, he highly praised this firearm expert in the late Ming Dynasty because he invented the first flintlock rifle in the world at that time, which could use firearms in rain and snow, and greatly reduced the launch process and time. After coming to the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen first thought of Bi Maokang, a firearm genius, and then issued an order to restore him.

After receiving the imperial edict, Bi Maokang simply packed his luggage regardless of his 60s. He took his disciple Zhang Jimeng, nephew Bi Dengfu, and Bi Denghan to announce the edict and guard his arrival in Beijing to set off for the capital.

After leaving her hometown She County, Huizhou, the Jinyi Guards followed the holy wishes and were not in a hurry to rush. They only walked a few dozen miles a day and rested when they met the town. So it took nearly two months to arrive at the capital, which was later than Mao Yuanyi, who was far away in Fujian.

Chongzhen knew very well that the fundamental reason for the poor production of the Daming Firearms was the status and treatment of the craftsmen who made the firearms and their underground. From the time travel novels he had read in his previous life, craftsmen and their families in such important positions lived a life worse than pigs and dogs. Although they were not as good as selling their children and their daughters, they had no food and clothing to do so.

And once they become craftsmen, their descendants will all be craftsmen, and they will not be allowed to take the imperial examinations or even farm.

The court distributed the craftsmen a meager income every month, and it was deducted by them layer by layer. It would be great if they could get five of them in the end. In order to make a living, the craftsmen could only secretly take on private work. Some wealthy families would find craftsmen in the military weapon supervisor because they had superb skills and the quality of the forged weapons was very good.

But this kind of private work is not available every day. Although I get a lot of salary every time, on average, the family cannot even maintain food and clothing. So he instructed the two to personally investigate the living conditions of the craftsmen after taking office.

After Bi Maokang and Mao Yuanyi took office, they investigated openly and secretly, which shocked the two people who had been living in the upper class. The craftsmen lived in the dirty and dilapidated alleys in the North City. The weather was getting colder, but most of the children playing in the alleys were barefoot and unclothed. Most of the houses were simply made of yellow mud and thatched. The families visited only ate two meals a day. The staple food was steamed buns made of wild vegetables mixed with bran and wheat bran. The dishes used for meals were pickled vegetables, which were rarely oily. Many craftsmen were only in their thirties, but due to their long-term lack of nutrition, they looked old like elderly people in their fifties. Based on the average life expectancy at this time, they had basically entered the loess with one foot in their fifties.

After investigation, the two of them were deeply saddened and went to the palace to report what they saw during this trip to Zhu Zhenqing. Although Chongzhen was generally clear, he had not seen it with his own eyes. After listening to the descriptions of the two, he was silent for a long time. This tragic situation happened under his nose, which made him unable to accept it at all. After the silence, he discussed with the two of them on how to improve this situation. Then he ordered Wang Chengen to take out 50,000 taels of silver from the treasury and handed it over to Bi and Mao for short-term military weapons supervision and to improve the life of craftsmen.

Bi Maokang and Mao Yuanyi convened all craftsmen, including firearms, bows, arrows, weapons, tents, and other military funds, totaling more than 500 people, as well as all officials and servants of the military weapons supervision to hold a meeting.

Mao Yuanyi personally came to the stage to announce that the emperor took out silver from the treasury and gave each craftsman five taels of silver to settle the house, and bought and distributed five dou of rice, three kilograms of white flour, one kilogram of pork, and one piece of cotton to improve life.

All weapons manufacturing will be subject to strict quality inspections. Every time the craftsmen who make firearms complete one, they will engrave their names on it. If there is a problem in the future, the craftsmen who make them will be fined 5 taels of silver and deduct the monthly salary.

Each craftsman has a basic salary of one or two taels. After completing the task of military weapon supervision, every extra piece will be given, and the amount will be different depending on the items they produce. {because there are different types of jobs such as bows, arrows, tents, kettles, etc., so piece-based rewards cannot be unified}. If there are inventions and creations to improve the effectiveness of weapons, the reward will be more than one hundred taels, and there will be no cap on the top.

All military weapon supervisors are responsible for two meals, and the thick steamed buns are responsible for fullness. Each person has two taels of meat every three days. Military weapon supervisors are responsible for self-regulatory supervision, and their monthly salary doubles. All salary is paid monthly, and the supervisor personally supervises it. The salary is paid to individuals to eliminate the deduction.

Rice, flour, meat and other foods have been personally escorted by the eunuchs in the palace to the Beicheng craftsman's headquarters and distributed to each household.

In the lenient courtyard of the Military Arts Supervision Office, after Mao Yuanyi finished speaking, the craftsmen gathered together stood for a long time and gradually began to talk to each other in a low voice. Did you understand and ask others in a low voice? When everyone understood what the adults said just now, a huge noise suddenly sounded, and everyone was cheering. Those who jumped their feet, clapped their palms, slapped their faces, pinched their thighs, screamed to the sky, couldn't make any sounds and burst into tears, and all kinds of postures were all.

Suddenly someone knelt down and kowtowed, and then all the craftsmen fell to the ground, kowtowed hard, shouting long live. Many people's foreheads soon became blue and swollen, and cries and laughter resounded throughout the audience.

Bi Maokang, Mao Yuanyi and others were extremely moved when they saw this. Since ancient times, no emperor has been able to treat craftsmen and untouchables so well. Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. With this saint king, everything can be accomplished.

After everyone's emotions gradually calmed down, Bi Maokang stood up and walked to the front of the platform, causing everyone to stand up and said, "We are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty. The court has raised us for more than two hundred years. At this time when the thieves are rampant in the world, you must use all your strength, work hard, make the best muskets, swords and guns, and hand them to the front for the official army that fights bloody battles with the thieves. Every time the weapons are excellent, the soldiers in front will kill one more bandit. Only in this way can you repay the grace of the Ming Dynasty for raising us and repay the current emperor's kindness to you! This charter is all from the thieves. If you are like before, you will not only be sorry for the great kindness of the thieves, but also for your conscience! This official said this, please do it yourself!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the craftsmen who had just stood up fell to the ground again. An old man with gray hair in the front row, who was about fifty years old, said loudly: "This old man is from a craftsman for generations. He has lived for more than fifty years in his life and has seen a lot of knowledge. But the old man has never heard of any saint who cares about us, the untouchables! Long live now is the rebirth of our untouchables. Although we are poor and humble, we are also grateful for our kindness! I, Liu Er, here I swore that from now on, I will work hard to create the best firearms and hand them over to the imperial army to repay the priest's kindness! If you violate this oath, you will be struck by lightning!" After that, you kowtowed three times.
Chapter completed!