Chapter 43: Making trouble at Xuandemen
Wang Ju thought for a while and said, "Ye Mo, please invite Zhang Ruoshui."
"Here."
After a while, Zhang Ruoshui was brought over by Ye Mo.
"Zhang Duzhi, how is the improvement of the Divine Arm Bow?"
"A stone is five dou." Zhang Ruoshui said proudly.
This number may be a bit exaggerated, because Zhang Ruoshui likes to be greedy for merit, so he actually began to study the minimum pulling force of the divine arm bow that has reached two stones and three dou, rather than two stones. The one dedicated to Zhao Xu is the smallest pulling force.
But Zhang Ruoshui said that one stone is five dou, so the maximum pulling force may be only seven dou, which means that more soldiers can use it, and it will not take long to improve it, so Zhang Ruoshui's expression is very complacent.
"If so, set the process down and produce a batch first."
"Didn't it be a big shot?"
"The situation in the northwest is a bit urgent and I can't wait. Besides, it is so expensive that it is destined to be impossible for every archer to use it."
“That’s true.”
When he came to the military weapon surveillance, Wang Ju realized why the horse and yellow bows were not popular later, and even had stricter pulling requirements for enemy resistance and Divine Power Bows.
The reason is cost.
An ordinary composite bow now costs 1,500 cigarettes, and ten arrows are six or seven hundred cigarettes. However, because the material requirements are too strict, the cost of a Divine Arm Bow is almost fifteen cigarettes, ten times that of an ordinary composite bow! What is fatal is not a bow, but an arrow. Originally, the cost of a Divine Arm Bow is four times that of an ordinary bow and arrow. After improvement, it is almost seven or eight times that of an ordinary bow and arrow! In other words, a soldier prepares fifty arrows, which costs thirty cigarettes.
This cost. Even if the economic situation improves in the future, it is impossible for every bowman to equip the Divine Arm Bow to wantonly.
Since it is used by a few elite soldiers, why not pay attention to its lethality? Then the enemy-resisting bow appeared.
However, Wang Ju's military thought may be different from Han Shizhong. He valued lethality and speed more. After improvement, the elite sergeants were still using it, so its speed was two to three times that of its original one. The range may be much weaker, but the overall lethality is increasing.
"Is the war going to begin in the northwest?" Zhang Ruoshui asked again.
"inevitable."
"Xixia is a wolf that cannot be raised."
"Western Xia cannot raise enough, and the Khitans may not be able to raise enough. They sail against the current. If they do not advance, they will retreat, and the country will be the same. Zhang Du knows that you have done a good job during this period. I may not be able to stay in the military weapon surveillance for a long time. In the future, I will recommend you to Your Majesty to take over. But you have to remember one sentence: be more public and less selfish, and try to be fair and fair as possible."
"Then I thank Zi'an." Zhang Ruoshui said in surprise.
What Wang Ju meant is to be less greedy, less favorable, do things fairly and make things fairly.
However, the military weapon surveillance controls the manufacturing of more than half of the armor in the country. Think about how much money the imperial court will spend on it in a year. Even if it is less greedy and leaks, it will be a tolerance that is too fat to be more fat.
"But I heard some bad news."
"The craftsmen don't matter, they are those..." Zhang Ruoshui pondered. Wang Ju regarded him as his own, and Zhang Ruoshui didn't care.
The ones that followed refer to the officials and clerks. It turned out that half of the armor was not qualified, and the money was in the hands of those people. It was these officials and clerks.
Their salary was actually not much, and the clerks could only get some subsidies, not even formal salary. But the income was too much, and Wang Ju presided over the military weapon surveillance. These people dared not make money, but Wang Ju couldn't stay in the military weapon surveillance all the time. Only Wang Ju left, and he was still a fat man in the future.
The problem is that Wang Ju separates the author and the head of the head. Both writers, writers and heads have replaced the original duties of officials and clerks. If Wang Ju is cruel, then only two hundred officials and clerks in the Five Cus and Sixth Courts can take over all the affairs of the Five Ministry and Sixth Courts. This means that three-quarters of the officials and clerks will be laid off. In fact, Wang Ju intends to do so.
Can these officials not be anxious?
"Zi'an, it's a bit difficult." Zhang Ruoshui said again. He didn't know how much Wang Juhui retained, but he also saw that Wang Juhui cut off many people, and these people had backgrounds, and even some clerks had backgrounds. Once the trouble started, it would be a big deal.
"I was prepared for this earlier. Originally, I planned to borrow the Divine Arm Bow and the Xixia. If I guessed correctly, Xixia might launch an attack on Suizhou soon."
This is to take advantage of the situation. Everyone is afraid of war. There are many reasons, but the main reason is that the damage caused by the Qingli War. It spent so much money that the country was poor and the people were ill, but they suffered several defeats. There are many reasons for this failure, and the armor of the instrument is also part of the factor.
In the face of this general trend, who cares about the "happiness of money" of these hundreds of small officials?
"No wonder Zian hasn't taken action."
"Actually, this problem is not big. I'm afraid someone will push it behind the scenes... so I want to ask you to find out what someone said in the palace and His Majesty for me."
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In fact, from the perspective of power, Wang Ju is not smart.
Several people were vilified in later Romance, the first one was Pan Mei. This had nothing to do with power and conspiracy. Yang Ye died too tragically, and it cannot be said that Zhao Kuangyi did not do well, so Pan Mei was sad.
There are two other people, Di Qing has become a treacherous minister. Why? Think about why Di Qing was so angry, and then think about it. Those people pissed Di Qing to death, so Di Qing could only be vilified.
And Pang Ji.
Pang Ji later became vilified and reaped in this life, and Liu Han also had it.
Let’s take a look at a few beautified top scholars and officials, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, and Han Qi.
Therefore, when Pang Ji changed his sentence from Yunzhou to Bingzhou, Zhao Zhen Xuan of the match, and there was a conversation. Zhao Zhen said that his new prime minister Wen Yanbo and Fu Bi were very satisfied, and asked him what the two prime ministers were like?
Pang Ji said that the two ministers were elected by the court, and Your Majesty appointed them, which was very worthy of the world.
Zhao Zhen also said that it is as true as you say, Wen Yanbo is still very private. As for Fu Bi, the word "Wan Gu" is said to be a virtuous minister.
Pang Ji said that Wen Yanbo was with the Secretary of the Central Committee and knew in detail what he did, but he had no selfishness. But those who hate it were destroyed. What’s more, the former was slandered and he should be more afraid and cautious now.
What does this mean? When Wen Yanbo was the prime minister for the first time, he had great achievements, but if he did it, he would inevitably offend others. Now that he was slandered and called him again, Wen Yanbo would attract "learnings". The more he was afraid and cautious, he would not offend others for the sake of doing things.
If as stated.
Then he said Fu Bi. Fu Bi was the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, but he did not hold a major policy, and the literati and officials in the court did not complain to him. Therefore, he was just accusing him of praise and hoped that he would make progress and use it, and he would also benefit. If Bi gave his majesty the title and salary to gain personal grace, he would not be a loyal minister, so why should he be virtuous? If he made a general proposal to summarize it, the praise he would be turned into ruin, and Your Majesty should investigate it deeply.
Before Fu Bi became the prime minister, he only served as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council for a short time, so he did not make any grudges with the scholars and officials. So he praised him. Now he is the prime minister and wants to continue to praise everyone, so Fu Bi had to use the titles and salaries of the country to create private grace. Everyone will continue to praise him, but is that still a loyal minister?
If Fu Bi does not do this and takes the heart of a great prince as a preface, he will inevitably offend people. Then everyone will not praise them, but will ruin the market.
As a result, everyone continued to praise it, and then the Song Dynasty's finance gradually emerged from Wen Fu Han and the other three, and the phenomenon of redundant soldiers and officials deepened...
Wang Ju doesn't have to learn their methods. As long as they are not prosecuted, these officials will be satisfied.
Moreover, if you don’t use the hidden dragon, you can’t say it’s better or worse than Wang Ju’s current status. It’s not wise to offend people when you raise a tree of grace. In fact, you have laid off so many craftsmen who are just making up for the numbers, formulated a system with clear responsibilities, and then raised the quality of the armor. When serving as a military weapon supervisor, Wang Ju was flawless.
But in the end, Wang Ju chose an unwise approach.
"Retribution" is here.
It's time for the grand dynasty meeting again.
The weather is colder and the weather becomes very short.
At the fifth hour, it is the darkest time of the day.
"Many people," said Wang Zichuan.
Because the morning court was early, some ministers were too late to miss the morning court, so they hurried to the Wai Lu Courtyard, especially those ministers whose homes were far away from the imperial city. So some small merchants got up early and rushed to Xuande Gate to sell breakfast. The business was pretty good. Therefore, when the morning court was early, the front of Xuande Gate was very lively.
This is also a manifestation of the popularization of the royal family in the Song Dynasty.
But today there seem to be a lot of people in front of Xuande Gate. From a distance, there is a large area of shadows.
Although Wang Ju felt suspicious, he still rode his horse and ran towards Xuande Gate quickly.
However, when he arrived at Xuande Gate, his face immediately became solemn. There were many people, not only small vendors selling breakfast, but also many ministers did not enter the Wai Lu Courtyard, but stood there to watch.
More of them are many women, children, young and old, as well as some adults, some Wang Ju's faces, and they are the various officials who have been cut by Wang Ju.
Wang Ju got off his horse with a heavy expression.
These officials and craftsmen gathered together with women, children, and young people. Then they cried and asked Wang Ju why they had cut them down. Now they could not survive anymore. The law did not blame the public. Some of them were brave and even came forward to pull Wang Ju's court uniform.
"Get out!" Wang Ju shouted, ignored him, and entered the imperial city and went to the yard of the vacancies.
Wang Gui quietly stepped forward and said, "Zi'an, something is wrong."
"Thank you, Mr. Wang," Wang Ju bowed. No matter whether Wang Gui is a good minister or not, he is the only big boss who has officially shown good things to Wang Ju so far. Moreover, Wang Ju had rejected Wang Gui's list of son-in-law to capture his son-in-law under the list, which is the key to Wang Ju's love.
After entering the Waiwu Courtyard, Wang Ju put out the official uniforms and entered the imperial city in time. Otherwise, if he continued, even the court uniforms might be damaged, and that embarrassment would be a big deal.
Some people have gloating on their faces, while others have calm, meditated and worried.
Wang Ju glanced at him, and his expression became more solemn.
Because he saw a huge hidden danger from the expressions of these people, that is, there are many ministers who hate him, but few ministers who support him.
After a while, the eunuch came to pass the order to enter the palace.
The morning court begins.
Dacheng walked out and said, "Some time ago, military equipment supervision cut nearly 10,000 craftsmen. Although they used the country to make profits, they were too impatient. The price of the capital was expensive. After the layoff, only five steeple were given a year. How could the family survive? In the morning court, hundreds of craftsmen took their wives and children, dressed in tattered clothes and faced with vegetables, and asked Wang Ju to give him a way to survive. Your Majesty, although he used the country to make profits, the country also put people first. Nearly 10,000 craftsmen, including their families, had nearly 50,000 or 60,000 people. They were hasty cuts and no way to survive, which would endanger the peace and security of the capital. I hope Your Majesty think twice."
This is also a saying, severance is a good thing, but we should also let these people live.
After Dacheng finished speaking, Lu Gong walked up and said, "Cheng Hao's words are extremely true. I think that these craftsmen will be recalled to the military weapon supervisor first, imitating the strategy of reducing the wing soldiers. Those who are willing to cut them, and those who are unwilling will keep them. In this way, the military weapon supervisor can be relieved and there will be no public grievances."
This statement is even more confusing.
The reduction strategy of the Xiang Army was proposed by Wang Ju.
The Guanjian Xiangjun is different from the military weapon supervisor. The hard labor that the Xiangjun does is mostly hard, and the technical requirements are not high. Military weapon supervisors are technical jobs, so Wang Ju spent a long time to get into the assessment. If the reduction strategy of the Xiangjun is followed, then the people who are willing to leave are skilled, and the people who are unwilling to leave are those who are just filling in the gaps. How can that be?
So before the cut, Wang Ju proposed a salary increase and hung up the couplet to prevent greed from deducting and increase the income of the craftsmen, in order to keep these craftsmen and prevent them from deliberately leaving the military weapon supervisor if they fail to take the exam.
If Lu Gongzhu follows the practice of the big things, the big things will be over.
But now the problem is here. If Wang Ju disagrees, these people will continue to make trouble. There are many people, and it is difficult to catch them. And if the trouble continues, there will be more and more people, and even the court will lose its face.
Zhao Xu also heard about it in the palace, so he looked at Wang Ju solemnly. (To be continued, please search Piao Tianwen, the novel is better and faster!
Chapter completed!