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Nanjing Work Department Office.

Gao Hongtu, the Minister of Works, was handling official duties in the inner office, when suddenly a clerk came to report to the emperor's arrival.

Gao Hongtu was shocked and quickly stood up to greet the car.

As soon as he walked out of the office, he saw the emperor walking towards him surrounded by a group of personal guards.

Gao Hongtu quickly knelt down on the ground and bowed to the court.

"I am the Minister of Works, Gao Hongtu, to pay homage to Your Majesty, and I will live my emperor. I don't know that Your Majesty has failed to welcome you, so I would like to forgive you."

When officials from all walks of life heard the movement, they all rushed out to bow and bow to him.

Zhu Cilang was in a good mood. Seeing that there was a kneeling in the yard, he raised his right hand and said, "You guys are calm."

Gao Hongtu then slowly stood up. Seeing that Lord Shangshu stood up, the officials of the Ministry of Works also stood up and stood up.

But they all looked at their noses and their hearts, and they didn't dare to look up.

Zhu Cixuan didn't care about this. He strided into the official office and rushed to Gao Hongtu who was following behind and said, "The Grand Sikong followed me to the inner yard." (Note 1)

When Gao Hongtu saw that the emperor was going to call him into the inner yard, he knew that there was an extremely important matter to discuss, so he did not dare to neglect the slightest step and followed him immediately.

After entering the inner yamen, a group of Jinyiwei stood on both sides to guard the guard. In this way, I am afraid that even a fly can't fly in.

Zhu Cilang entered the official office and sat down at the top of the head, and said to Gao Hongtu, who was standing respectfully, and said, "Da Sikong does not need to be so restricted. I am here to discuss a key matter with you this time. Let's sit down."

"I thank Your Majesty for your grace."

Gao Hongtu sat down tremblingly, wondering what medicine His Majesty the Emperor sold in the gourd.

If it were two months ago when His Majesty had just ascended the throne, Gao Hongtu would not have racked his brains to figure out the best intentions. But now he has to do so.

Because His Majesty’s actions over the past two months have been amazing.

In just two months, the emperor re-established factory guards, trained new troops, established military academies, investigated corrupt officials, solved rebellious cases, and even sent troops to recover Shandong...

This is not like the one who did a young emperor? Gao Hongtu thought that even if he was Taizu, Chengzu would not do better than what he did today.

Of course, this is a good thing for the Ming Dynasty. The rejuvenation of the Ming Dynasty is just around the corner.

But it is not a good thing for an important official like Gao Hongtu.

The heroic lord will never allow important officials in the court to be mediocre and incompetent. Although Gao Hongtu is worthy of the country, no one is perfect, but no one is perfect. What if there are some minor mistakes that happened to be seen by the emperor and scold him for his old minister, where can we put the face of him?

The higher the person, the more he is, the more he cherishes his feathers.

Gao Hongtu is no exception.

Although the Ministry of Works is in charge of complicated matters, it only has a few items in the final analysis.

Many palaces in the Forbidden City have been repaired not long ago, so the emperor definitely did not come for this.

As for the construction of the tomb, it is even more impossible. Although the successive emperors will send people to build the tomb after ascending the throne, it will be mostly a year later.

It is only two months since the reign of the emperor, so it is impossible to be so anxious to build the tomb.

Then there is only one possibility left, the emperor comes for the work of craftsmen.

If the emperor is able to trouble the emperor to personally set up the Ministry of Works, this matter will never be an ordinary craftsman. It must be related to military affairs. Gao Hongtu guessed that it must involve the manufacturing of military ordnance.

Although Gao Hongtu had already estimated the emperor's intention, he did not show any of it, but was respectfully waiting for the emperor to ask questions.

Zhu Ciyang didn't know that Gao Hongtu had analyzed so much in his heart, and his lips were slit and said, "How is Dasikong thought the firearm of the Ming Dynasty?"

firearm?

Gao Hongtu was stunned for a moment and coughed, "Report to Your Majesty, the firearms of the Ming Dynasty are naturally invincible in the world."

Zhu Cilang shook his head.

"If this is true, why do soldiers fear guns like tigers and would rather use crossbows than use muskets?"

Zhu Cilang asked Gao Hongtu in one sentence.

Yes, if the Ming Dynasty's firearms were really as invincible as he said, why were the soldiers so resistant to using firearms?

Not to mention, five of the bird guns made by the Ministry of Works cannot be hit in ten poles, and three of the remaining five poles will explode. The soldiers of the battalion often jokingly call bird guns a fire stick, which means they can be swung and smashed when fighting in close combat.

Seeing Gao Hongtu silently, Zhu Cixuan continued, "I have no intention of blaming Da Sikong. I also know that the freezing three feet of ice does not last a day. During the Yongle period, Chengzu built the Shenji Camp, how sharp the firearms were at that time. Why did the firearms made by two hundred years have become increasingly inferior?"

Zhu Cilang deliberately paused, and saw Gao Hongtu's face turned red, and sighed: "There are only two reasons after thinking about it. First, the imperial court allocated limited money to the Ministry of Works, but the amount of firearms required to be made is fixed. If the Ministry of Works wants to deliver the sufficient firearms on schedule, it must use inferior materials. In this way, the firearms made are useless. Second, since Emperor Taizu established the craftsman system, the fate of the craftsman has been determined from birth. He said that these craftsmen affiliated with the Ministry of Works only receive meager monthly money but have to undertake extremely heavy work, and they will inevitably feel resentful. It is reflected in the manufacturing of firearms that they do not work hard."

"The old minister died..."

Zhu Cixuan pressed his hand down and continued, "Although I am not very proficient in firearms, I also know that to build a qualified firearm, the most important thing is to build a gun barrel. If the inner wall of the gun barrel is too thin and uneven, it is very likely that the explosion will occur. If it were me, I would not dare to use such a gun. I think it is difficult for the Ministry of Works to create firearms that meet the requirements in the existing model of the Ministry of Works, so I plan to set up a Firearm Department under the Ministry of Works to be responsible for the production of firearms."

Zhu Cilang only understood the emperor's meaning after he finished speaking Gao Hongtu.

It is not difficult to set up a firearm department separately under the Ministry of Industry. It is nothing more than adding a few doctors, the official, and the head of the company. But can this really change the current situation of how crude and inferior large open firearms are now?

Zhu Cilang seemed to see what Gao Hongtu was thinking and said lightly: "It is obviously not enough to establish the Fire Equipment Department. If the silver is not given enough, everything is empty. From now on, I will directly allocate the silver from the treasury to the Fire Equipment Department for fire equipment manufacturing."

This is not that Zhu Cilang was just painting a big cake. All the silver he copied from corruption, civil servants and ministers was put into the treasury, and now there are tens of millions of taels. So much money was only provided to the Shen Ce Army for ten or eight years, so it was a good choice to allocate some high-quality firearms to the Firearms Department.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Gao Hongtu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he had enough money, everything was easy to say, otherwise his good wife would be unable to cook without rice. Even if His Majesty put the burden on his shoulders, he would not be able to carry it.

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Chapter completed!