Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

"This Xiong Tingbi is still so ruthless in his actions!"

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Zhu Youxiao leaned on the cushions and threw the memorial on the imperial desk. He showed a faint smile and said: "He just didn't take action. Once he did, it shook the world. He killed 137 Beijing camp generals. Yan Yan With thousands of servants under his care, it’s no wonder that Jianlu called him a bear savage.”

"Your Majesty, this matter has caused quite a shock in Beijing."

Wei Zhongxian lowered his head slightly, thought for a while, and said what he was thinking, "The nobles serving in the capital camp, as well as the officials in the Ministry of War and other officials, and even some officials and censors of Kedao, all wrote to impeach Xiong Tingbi. The Supervisor of Ceremonies received many messages, saying that Xiong Tingbi was so ruthless in his work that if there was a mutiny in the capital, it would have an impact on the capital and even threaten the stability of the country."

"Did the Beijing camp mutiny?"

Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Wei Zhongxian and said, "What Xiong Tingbi does or doesn't do is up to him. If anyone is dissatisfied, just keep it in my heart."

"I appointed Xiong Tingbi to be the assistant in charge of the military affairs of the capital camp. If anything happens to the capital camp, I will speak to Xiong Tingbi."

"Besides, I ordered the West Police Factory to execute a group of scumbags from the War Bureau in the West City, but I didn't see the inner court following in the rebellion. What's the matter? The people in the inner court can do it, but the people in the Beijing camp can't?"

Wei Zhongxian's heart tightened and his head dropped lower. Didn't dare to say anything else.

Xiong Tingbi took the opportunity to establish his authority in the capital camp very well. He took advantage of the Xiji Bureau to execute a group of scum of the inner court in the west city, and then started to move in the capital camp.

So much so that before many people could get over the shock of the Xishi execution, they were once again stunned by the news about establishing their authority from the Beijing camp. The 137 generals and colonels in the Beijing camp were killed at will without any hesitation. This made many people After being shocked, he once again thought of Xiong Manzi's deeds in Liao.

Xiong Tingbi became so ruthless that even the rampant Jianlu were frightened.

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied with Xiong Tingbi's outstanding performance. He established his authority in the Beijing camp step by step, excluding the serving nobles, making the generals in the Beijing camp fearful, and supplementing the lower-level soldiers in the Beijing camp. After the military pay was issued, Zhu Youxiao believed that Xiong Tingbi still had some methods that he had not yet used.

After all, the intertwined Jingying Camp cannot be rectified by killing 137 generals in a row. If things were really that simple, the Jingying Camp would not have degenerated like this.

Zhu Youxiao even had expectations in his heart about what Xiong Tingbi would do next to further control the Beijing camp and prepare for subsequent rectification.

"Your Majesty, Jiao Xu is here."

Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of Qianqing Palace, walked into Dongnuan Pavilion with his head lowered and bowed to Zhu Youxiao who was sitting on the throne.

"Xuan!"

Zhu You's speech is concise and concise.

Zhu Youxiao has high hopes for Xiong Tingbi's reorganization of the Beijing camp, but he will not just sit idle. After all, it takes time to reorganize the Beijing camp. If the reorganized Beijing camp wants to improve its overall combat effectiveness, relying on the army alone is not enough. Yes, we also need to innovate the ordnance and firearms in service.

Even if a truly strong army goes to the battlefield, it is impossible to fight the enemy with bare hands. It requires the use of numerous sophisticated ordnance and firearms to coordinate operations and launch various offensives against the enemy to ensure final victory. can be firmly in one's own hands.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao wants to innovate the existing armament system!

When Xiong Tingbi really reorganizes the Beijing camp, it is not impossible to realize the idea of ​​​​a large number of sophisticated ordnance and firearms being installed in the new Beijing camp sequence to greatly increase combat power.

The Ming army is fully loaded and invincible!

This is not just talk.

The reason why the current Ming Dynasty army cannot defeat Jianlu on the battlefield is purely due to too many internal abuses, withholding food and wages, corruption, supporting the servants, eating empty wages and drinking the soldiers' blood, and not treating the lower-level soldiers as human beings. If these accumulated shortcomings can be effectively solved one by one, then the brave and capable Ming army will surely appear again!

"Your Majesty, Jiao Xu, pays homage to your Majesty!"

"No gifts."

Looking at Jiao Xu in front of him, Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, felt deep in his heart. Whether the Ming Dynasty's military equipment can be changed depends on Jiao Xu.

"A lot of the scum who were found out in the Military War Bureau have been executed in the West City in the past few days."

Zhu Youxiao calmed down and said to Jiao Xu: "I summoned the Qing family today just to ask the Qing family. If I fully support the Qing family, can the Qing family mass-produce various weapons and firearms for the Beijing camp?"

Ok?

Wei Zhongxian and Liu Ruoyu, who were serving in front of the emperor, all had doubts in their hearts when they heard what their emperor said. Should the cleaned-up war situation be handed over to Jiao Xu?

But the Military War Bureau belongs to the inner court!

No matter how capable Jiao Xu is, he is not from the inner court.

"I can mass-produce all kinds of ordnance and firearms for Jingying."

Jiao Xuzuo bowed and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to mass-produce all kinds of ordnance and firearms, you will not only need to recruit many craftsmen, but also need a lot of money and food. Just like the percussion flintlock gun that I modified, you need to ensure its quality. The minimum cost of one gun is 10 taels of silver. If you want to add the bayonet mentioned by Your Majesty, you will need to add one tael of silver. After all, the bayonet equipped with the gun needs to be forged with fine iron, otherwise it will be easy to collapse and break."

"According to the Fifth Army, Shenshu, and Shenji battalions, if they all prepare 1 such muskets, they will need 30 taels of silver, and this is only one of them. Artillery such as the Tiger Crouching Cannon, the Zimu Cannon, etc. , the cost of one statue is no less than 50 taels..."

How dare you open your mouth!

Wei Zhongxian's eyes widened, and the way he looked at Jiao Xu changed. He didn't know the specific situation, but the cost of a bird gun was generally 3-5 taels of silver, while the cost of a Lumi gun was more expensive. But it was basically around 8 taels. Jiao Xu opened his mouth and said that a percussion flintlock gun cost no less than 10 taels of silver. This was simply unbelievable.

But how did Wei Zhongxian know that the cost of the firearm mentioned by Jiao Xu was only reported to Zhu Youxiao on the premise of ensuring its quality.

There is no guarantee of quality, no matter how low the cost is, there is no worst, only worse!

This is why the Ming army installed many firearms and artillery, but many soldiers at the bottom did not dare to use them because they were afraid that the cannons would explode. The enemy was not injured, but they themselves were injured.

Ridiculous though it is.

But this is reality!

"The Qing family doesn't have to worry about money and food. I will allocate as much internal money as you want."

After hearing Jiao Xuming's report, Zhu Youxiao showed a faint smile and said, "I plan to merge the Military Affairs Bureau of the Inner Court with the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry to establish the Ming Dynasty Arms Bureau, and the Bureau will move out of the capital. I will choose a site to build a new one in the Xishan area."

"In the future, dangerous goods such as gunpowder must be produced and stored far away from the hinterland of the capital. All existing gunpowder depots in Beijing will be moved out of Beijing this year, and depots and reserves will be built at new sites selected by the Arms Bureau."

this! !

Jiao Xu looked shocked. He never thought that the Emperor would merge the Military Affairs Bureau and the Arms Bureau to build the Ming Armament Bureau. What he didn't expect even more was that the newly planned Armament Bureau would be built in Xishan. Especially the gunpowder depot. If this happens, this part of the expenditure alone will be a lot, at least hundreds of thousands of taels. After all, the land, manpower, and construction materials required will not be small.

"...In other words, if the Qing family wants to take charge of the Ming Dynasty Arms Bureau, they must not only complete the construction of the new site as soon as possible, but also ensure the production of ordnance and firearms on this basis. This is not an easy task."

Looking at the surprised Jiao Xu, Zhu Youxiao kept smiling and said: "I won't make any other requests, but for the percussion flintlock gun, the Qing family must ensure that before the end of this year, there will be six months left, at least Give me a mass production of 3 rods, which means a monthly mass production of 5000 rods. Can the Qing family do this?"

"That would require at least several thousand gunsmiths."

Jiao Xu widened his eyes, looked at the emperor and said: "But now there is only one military battle, and there are only a hundred gunsmiths. With such a gap, if you want to recruit so many gunsmiths, you will need at least tens of thousands of taels every month." Money expenditure, and this is just the beginning. Like other craftsmen, they also need to increase their recruitment. I am just estimating that in order to fulfill His Majesty’s request, the Armament Bureau will only spend monthly labor expenses, which will be at least hundreds of thousands taels!”