Chapter 350 Strict investigation! How dare you look down on the emperor childishly!
Zhang Gui was surprised, thought for a while, and then told Liu Zongmin: "Go and pass on Zhu Zhiyu, and tell him to do the secret affairs of the country!"
"yes!"
Not long after, Zhu Zhiyu came to Zhang Gui's place.
Zhang Gui explained to Zhu Zhiyu, let him be so and so, and after so and so, Zhu Zhiyu took orders to leave Zhang Gui's place.
And after Zhang Gui made some arrangements for Zhu Zhiyu, he asked Liu Zongmin after returning to the mansion: "Is there someone in Xichang who can find out why Li Fuming didn't come; it was because the Ministry of War was lost and he didn't give him money; it was Yang Sichang Deliberately refusing to give it, so as to accuse the police of this country of favoritism?"
Liu Zongmin replied: "According to Xichang's eyeliner in the Ministry of War, Yang Sichang did not owe Li Fuming's money, and he did not dare to lose it. He also directly took out two million taels of silver from the Ministry of War's private treasury, and gave it to him that night. Li Fuming did not procrastinate at all. Obviously, this Yang Sichang really wanted to make meritorious service and win the favor of His Majesty, so that His Majesty would treat him as an important minister of your line of non-uncle uncle in the future, so as to satisfy the emperor's desire to balance the court since ancient times. thought."
Zhang Gui heard this: "Then why didn't this Li Fuming come?"
Liu Zongmin said: "This little one is not clear yet."
Zhang Gui then ordered: "Look carefully, and you must find out why Li Fuming didn't come to the Industrial Division to buy high-quality firearms after getting the money! It will never work. Are there other forces that can make flintlocks or percussion guns? This matter Not to be underestimated!"
Liu Zongmin also felt the seriousness of the matter after hearing it, and hurriedly said: "Yes! The little one must be strictly investigated!"
After all, the significance of being able to make flintlocks and percussion guns is not only to know how to make these guns, but also means that the smelting technology of various materials is very proficient, especially the firearms that supply tens of thousands of troops, and it also means that there are a large number of mature guns. Craftsmen and a systematic and assembly-line industrial scale are enough, as well as mature gun manufacturing experience.
You must know that the flintlock can be used in the army, and can surpass the matchlock gun in actual combat. It needs to go through many actual combat improvements. The technical experience in this is very important.
Zhang Gui does not hope that besides the Industry Department, there are other private large-scale workshops that can do this secretly.
"Husband! But what's wrong?"
Seeing that Zhang Gui had been in a daze in the study, Shang Jinghui came over with a big belly, held Zhang Gui's head in his arms, rubbed his temples with his slender hands, and asked softly.
Zhang Gui smiled slightly, then stood up and held Shang Jinghui's catkin, pulled him to sit beside him, embraced him in his arms, looked at the lights on the candlestick, and said, "It's just that I'm worried that there is someone who can be seen by the craftsman." In terms of work, it is stronger than the imperial court, after all, the financial resources and manpower controlled by many local wealthy families in my Ming Dynasty are not bad, and there are many skilled craftsmen in the mansion."
After hearing this, Shang Jinghui nodded and said: "That's true. For example, in my business, from repairing Western clocks to making gold and silver jewelry, there are skilled craftsmen in the house. Later, many of them came as dowries, and then they were all taken care of by your husband. They were sent to the Department of Industry for further studies, and many of them are now technical officers of the Academy of Engineering and Academy of Sciences. This is also their good fortune. Without you, husband, they are just craftsmen in the house, and they can’t be called wives and sons. They are all developed, and they are all grateful to you, husband, saying that meeting such a young man is a blessing they have cultivated in several lifetimes."
Shang Jinghui smiled as he spoke.
Zhang Gui nodded: "That's why I'm worried about my husband. Who knows how much background the gentry have, and how much knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry they have mastered with the Taixi people behind their backs. I don't worry about false dynasties, just I am worried that it is not my side who will lead the technological revolution. The most important thing is the steam engine, and His Majesty is also concerned about this."
Shang Jinghui frowned: "I don't understand these things, I can't help my husband, and I can only write poems, and then I have children for my husband. According to what you said, the maids in the teaching mansion also learn to remember." accountants, cashiers and medical care.”
As he spoke, Zhang Gui asked curiously because he went to bed early, "What poems have you written recently? Do you have any good lines?"
"There are some, but it's still not as high-spirited and bright as your husband's saying 'Falling flowers are not ruthless things, they can be turned into spring mud to protect flowers'. All the girls in our boudoir think you are a real great man!"
Shang Jinghui said with a smile.
"Great man?"
Zhang Gui smiled meaningfully, and asked again: "Is there anything new, but some people say that your husband's power is so powerful that the emperor may be difficult to control in the future? Liu Hongxun, an old man, is now constantly reminding His Majesty. You have to learn to use the cultivation of power to check and balance your husband. Typical infighting thinking, it seems that the person with the highest power can only be the biggest master in this land."
Because it was a night talk between husband and wife, Zhang Gui had no fear, and said whatever was on his mind.
"He really underestimated His Majesty! He always felt that His Majesty didn't even understand the art of being an emperor, so he indulged in such a husband. It seems that His Majesty is still a three-year-old child, and if he wants someone like him to give him a lesson, he can do it because of this." Let His Majesty acquiesce in his forming a party and cultivating his own influence. In the words of my concubine sister (Shang Jinglan) to her brother-in-law (Qi Biaojia), this is the behavior of a child looking down on His Majesty."
Shangjinghui Road.
Zhang Gui was taken aback when he heard this, and said with a smile: "From this point of view, my sister is a very simple woman. No wonder my brother-in-law and his Qi family didn't make things difficult."
Shang Jinghui smiled.
After all, Shang Jinghui is a well-known lady, and her conversation is extraordinary. Even if it is a couple's evening conversation, Zhang Gui's chat is interesting, making Zhang Gui continue to say: "Liu Hongxun does not have the intention of forming a party. The problem may be There are people with a deep city government who are using him, but he doesn't know it, and this person with a deep city government is probably trying to hide himself until now."
"My husband has said this, so it means that this person is just deceiving his ears?"
Shang Jinghui asked.
Zhang Gui scratched her nose and said with a smile, "My wife shouldn't be too smart! She should be clumsy!"
Shang Jinghui smiled playfully, and then said: "I'm not smart at all, and I can't figure out a lot of things. It's up to you, my husband, to make the decision. But among the noble girls I come into contact with, most of them are smart people. No one will ask me if I am not a concubine who mentions my husband. Even if I mention it, it is a good thing. Husband is at ease. As for the new thing, there is one thing. Because the court raised shares to mine the Maoshan Iron Mine, many people made a fortune. Now the folks There is also a wealthy Shanxi businessman surnamed Wang who said that he discovered a large coal mine in Shanxi and raised shares secretly.
Zhang Gui nodded after hearing this: "I'll let Xichang go to investigate, but don't let our family vote, there's no need to catch up with the excitement. A stock offering without imperial endorsement may not be true."
Shang Jinghui let out a "huh".
"Sleep."
Zhang Gui said suddenly.
"Yes! Husband, I want to..."
(end of this chapter)