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  Chapter 1399 Xin Zijuan Fighting for the Front (Second update!)

   "Wen Ruo, Ziying has come to the Ministry of War?" Hou Xun sat casually opposite Yang Sichang, "I think he just came out of you and went to Master Shangshu."

   "Well, Ziying is really a worry about her life. She has become the Prime Minister of Shuntian Fu, but she still cares about military affairs." Yang Sichang said calmly.

   "Yo, your tone is wrong." Hou Xun and Yang Sichang have been friends for many years, so naturally they don't care, and joked with a smile: "Why, are you jealous?"

"Well, to be honest, it's a little bit, this guy is obviously a second-class Jinshi, and now he is promoted faster than Junyu, the number one scholar, a fourth-rank official, Ruogu, you said there is such a precedent in the Great Zhou Dynasty Is it? I can't help but make people jealous."

Yang Sichang snorted and said angrily: "The key is that this guy still doesn't feel good, it seems to be a matter of course, just now he was here with me, I was training him, say you are content, look at Junyu and me, and It's so long, I'm almost drooling with envy, showing off like this, I'm going to drive people away."

  Hou Xun laughed loudly, "Well, it's time to deal with this kid like this a long time ago, don't get cheap and act like a good boy, haven't you seen that a group of classmates are still struggling in the same year?"

"Isn't that so? You also have to take into account the emotions of the big guys, don't you?" Yang Sichang curled his lips, "He came to our military department to do business, and he is still arrogant. If you don't train him well, you really think the military department is run by their family. "

"Good training, so that this kid is not blind." Hou Xun said with a smile: "By the way, let alone, Jun Yong is also watching politics at the Ministry of War. I heard that he wants to go to Zunhua to check the situation of the workshop of the Military Weapons Bureau. Mr. Minister They all agree, it is probably Ziying's idea for his brother-in-law."

"Well. He also talked about the workshop of the Armament Bureau just now, but he didn't say too much. He probably wanted to seek advice from Shangshu Shilang and the other two. Is he raising the flag for those Shanshan businessmen?" Yang Sichang's face darkened, "I reminded him to pay attention to his identity, you are no longer a child of Wu Xun, you are a civil servant, don't get too involved with those businessmen, it will humiliate your identity."

Hou Xun hesitated for a moment, "But the workshop of the Armament Bureau is indeed unsustainable. The government is weak, and the household department is cleaning up. This kind of workshop that consumes money but is unpopular, the household department will definitely not accept it in the next step." I will allocate money again, and your Ministry of War will definitely not be able to afford it yourself. Find a suitable opportunity to dispose of it. I think it is a good thing, and hand it over to those merchants to manage it. Your Ministry of War is only as an orderer to make requirements on cost, quality, and standards. He Le Instead of?"

Hou Xun is in the household department, and he is well aware of the current difficulties of the household department. Huang Ruliang's face is ashen every day in the office, and everyone he sees is as vicious as if someone owes him thousands of taels of silver. The foreigners are all silent, and the officials are like a mouse seeing a cat.

  These new officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs naturally behave with their tails between their legs, fearing that Lord Shangshu's evil fire will come to them. Fortunately, Huang Ruliang did not target them young people.

Yang Sichang was silent. Of course he understood this truth. The Zunhua Iron Works of the Ministry of Industry and the Ordnance Bureau workshop of the Ministry of War are connected as one. Retain part of the equity, and the workshop of the Armament Bureau is expected to do the same.

  Glancing at his friend, Yang Sichang suddenly asked: "Ruogu, Ziying also came to look for you?"

Hou Xun was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head: "Why did he come to me? What am I, how can I have the right to intervene in such matters? But you know how influential the Shanshan merchants are. They found Master Cui through various channels. , Master Cui was quite moved, and probably asked Ziying to ask, and I met Ziying, and Ziying also talked to me for a while."

"Then what do you think?" Yang Sichang was very depressed. This Feng Ziying was all-pervasive. He could get involved in everything, and he was quite trusted by his superiors. Even if he wanted to fight, he felt that he lacked confidence. Well, it seems that the position of the leader of Jinshi in this subject in the fifth year of Yonglong is really going to be secured by this guy.

"I think it's okay. Businessmen value profits and will definitely strengthen management. In fact, we all know that whether it's the Zunhua Iron Works or the Ordnance Bureau workshop, those good conditions are tossed like that by a group of people, and the inside is corrupted. In the same way, it is conceivable that the imperial court retains part of the shares, and if these businessmen manage it well, the imperial court can also share the dividends, and at the same time, it can also supervise the goods of these iron factories and workshops from being exported outside the customs uncontrollably, killing two birds with one stone.”

Hou Xun's words are not unreasonable, but Yang Sichang doesn't think it can be done once and for all, "The court officials go to supervise and are bought by those businessmen, so they can do it the same way, making profits can be said to be a loss-making business, and selling outside the customs can also be done. When it comes to selling to Nanyang, the key is people.”

"Wen Wei, if you want to say that, then anything is possible. We can only say that we should avoid these disadvantages as much as possible. It is time for Shizhong and Yushi to play a role. For example, iron factory and workshop supervisors can be handed over to Let me do it for you, so that they don't look pleasing to everyone, and look suspicious at everyone, and the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will come to supervise them again."

   Hou Xun is very open-minded.

  Yang Sichang sighed, "That's the only way to go. Master Shang Shu can't stand Ziying's three-inch tongue, and he will definitely be persuaded by him."

"Wen Ruo, this is not a bad thing. As long as the imperial court maintains control and supervision, as for the profit, the imperial court did not expect this profit at all, and paid more attention to the guarantee of the military's military expenses." Hou Xun also persuaded: "Ziying came to find That’s why you’re here? You’re in the Military Selection Division, so this has nothing to do with you, right?”

"I hope so." Yang Sichang didn't want to say more about this topic, "Ziying also came to ask about the promotion and adjustment of personnel in Jingying and Datong Town. Their Feng family started in Datong, so they probably want to care about it." Let's go."

   "Oh?" Hou Xun didn't care, "Recently, your military selection department is making intensive adjustments to Jingying, Datong, Xuanfu, and Jizhen?"

"The Beijing camp will definitely undergo major adjustments. The army is almost reorganized. Datong, Xuanfu and Jizhen are also necessary, but it is not a big move." Yang Sichang rubbed his chin, "Datong Town also It’s just some sporadic adjustments, the promotion of a deputy commander, and some adjustments to generals and guerrillas.”

   "Ziying asked so detailed? Why, it has something to do with their Feng family?" Hou Xun was a little puzzled, the reasoning was specific to the individual, unless it was an old friend, he wouldn't care so much.

"I'm not sure. You know about the Beijing camp. It's mainly based on the emperor's wishes. The other is Datong and Jizhen. Sun Shaozu, the new deputy commander of Datong town, is said to be a mighty general. He is quite famous in the border areas, but There were quite a few people who sued him, and there was also a general named Shi Nai, but Shi Nai had passed from the military governor's mansion half a year earlier. It is said that he followed the path of King Shou,..."

Yang Sichang's words were full of disdain, "After all, the Feng family also came from martial arts, so it is inevitable that they are related to these martial arts. It is probably entrusted by his father to inquire about it. You Shigong, the chief soldier of Ji Town, is his father's old subordinate. , Ji Town also has some adjustments."

  Hou Xun felt that it was not that simple. With Feng Ziying's current status, how could it be necessary to make such a fuss to inquire about the promotion of several generals? But if you want to say what's in it, it seems that you can't say it.

   While Yang Sichang and Hou Xun were pondering Feng Ziying's intentions, Feng Ziying had already discussed with Zhang Huaichang and Xu Dahua about the Zunhua Weapons Bureau workshop.

  The Ministry of Arms Bureau allocated 900,000 taels of funds to the workshop last year, but the quality of the guns and cannons it produced was not satisfactory.

But in this year's situation, the towns in the west will no longer be equipped to purchase these "advanced weapons" firecrackers and artillery, and the other towns are knowledgeable, and they probably won't accept it. Therefore, the batch of guns produced this year can only be suppressed for Jingxiang Town and Huaiyang Town.

It is estimated that there will be an uproar again, and Jingxiang Town and Huaiyang Town are definitely not willing, but in this situation, you can either hold it or wait, and you have to wait until you don’t know the year of the monkey, so it’s another endless quarrel bad debts.

"Master Zhang, Master Xu, the situation of the workshop of the Zunhua Armament Bureau must be clearer to the two of you than I am. The purpose of the Shanshan merchants is also very simple, that is, to hope that the steel and iron materials produced by the Zunhua Iron Factory will be stable again. The Ordnance Bureau Workshop has always been a big user of Zunhua Iron Works, and they hope to continue, but the situation in the first half of this year is not optimistic for the Ordnance Bureau Workshop, and it is estimated that it will have to cooperate with Jingxiang Town and Xin The established Huaiyang Town is a mess."

  Feng Ziying is just drawing a line to build a bridge. Of course, Zunhua’s side is the most mature and can quickly form production capacity. The Ministry of Industry has basically reached an agreement, but the Ministry of War has more interests involved, and there will definitely be some games.

Zhang Huaichang's attitude is much simpler. It is impossible for the Ministry of War to invest in this, especially when the Ministry of Household Affairs has made a clear attitude. It is no problem to hand over the management rights and part of the equity to the businessmen, but the price must be negotiated. It can be regarded as recovering part of the losses for the Ministry of War.

Xu Dahua had a more complicated mind. The Zunhua Workshop of the Military Weapons Bureau was originally the most important asset under the Ministry of War, but now he was about to sell it suddenly. Although he knew that it was rotten inside, he might not be able to get his hands on it, but handing it over like this, in his heart He was really unwilling, but Zhang Huaichang had a clear attitude on the one hand, and on the other hand, if he didn't pay, the household department would run out of food, and the military department couldn't bear it at all, so he must pay it, but he had to decide how to calculate it.

  He has seen Feng Ziying's methods, and he is very closely entangled with Shanshan businessmen. I am afraid that there are still some entanglements here. This guy is not afraid of the bullets of the censors.

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  (end of this chapter)