Although there are many things, the capital city is still peaceful as a whole. As winter comes, the pace of life slows down, but things in the court are getting more and more intense.

The matter about the Marquis of Wuqing Li Gao gradually came to fruition.

After fermenting for a period of time, the ministers also had a consistent opinion on Li Gao's handling, that is, they must be dealt with seriously. Such people who are homeless must be dealt with seriously. What's more, they even make His Majesty angry and make His Majesty sick, so such people should be dealt with.

Looking at the question book handed over, Zhu Youxiao sighed softly.

After the Marquis of Wuqing investigated all the fields that violated the law, they were confiscated. As for the Tsinghua Garden in the west of the city, they were directly confiscated. Don’t mention your family, they are gone now. As for the title, they were demoted from the original Marquis to the Earl.

Chen Hong and Wei Chao stood quietly beside Zhu Youxiao, no one dared to speak, waiting for their emperor to speak.

Chen Hong and the others knew better than those outside that the emperor had no problem with his health. The so-called anger was just a legend, but it was true that the emperor was angry.

The emperor was so angry this time that no one dared to provoke him at this time. Chen Hong and the others stood respectfully, waiting for Zhu Youxiao to continue doing this, and then the rain passed and the sky cleared.

Zhu Youxiao handed the question book to Chen Hong and said in a faint tone: "The count is a little taller, so you should be demoted to a baron."

Duke, Marquis, Bozinan, is the current title of the Ming Dynasty. There were no viscounts or barons before, and the lowest one was the earl. The cabinet also cared about this matter and demoted Li Gao to the earl without any more...

But Zhu Youxiao was not satisfied. He just wanted to tell everyone that your title was given to you by the royal family and that the royal family could take it back at any time. Don’t think that the Count is the bottom line, and it is not impossible for the baron and the viscount to be. If you do it too much, then just beat it to the end and demoted it to a civilian.

Doing this may make many people frightened and disenchanted. But sometimes some things are something that you have to do, and if you are afraid of offending others, you can't do anything. Especially if you are an emperor, you must have such determination.

How to protect the emperor's power?

Holding military power in his hands, supporting the new powerful people, allowing these people to fight, expand territory, and replace the old with new ones.

Although one day new people will become old, the way to cultivate these people by promoting them is different from the way they train them. Please avoid them as much as possible. Although it may not be avoided, it will be better in the end.

After hearing what Zhu Youxiao said, Chen Hong hurriedly said, "Yes, the emperor. I will go and pass the order now."

The imperial edict was issued quickly, and the speed was very fast.

Everyone saw Zhu Youxiao's determination and understood that there was no room for negotiation on this matter, and they instantly became quiet.

Originally, there were many questions that impeached Chen Sihai a few days ago, and they were very dissatisfied with what they did. Since this incident, such questions seemed to have disappeared overnight.

If you want to support the people you do, this will never change. Zhu Youxiao thought so and did the same.

After the relegation of Wu Qinghou as baron, everything went smoothly.

Reclaim the fields, level the land, and prepare to start construction after the weather warms up.

Everything was on the right track, which was enough for Zhu Youxiao to make a fortune. But it was not enough, and it was not enough for Zhu Youxiao.

Life passed day by day, and after winter began, nothing else happened in the court except for the reincarnation of Wuqing Marquis.

For Zhu Youxiao, he didn't want to have another problem before the New Year.

As winter gets colder and less and less things happen, Zhu Youxiao basically doesn't attend morning courts much.

Fortunately, this winter is quite peaceful and nothing else has happened in the court. Finally, a peaceful and peaceful day has arrived. Zhu Youxiao is also preparing for the New Year in the palace.

Soon, the time entered the twelfth lunar month and the capital became lively.

All merchants are busy marketing for the New Year and are preparing to make a lot of money during the New Year; people's families are also starting to prepare New Year's goods.

For a moment, the capital became prosperous and lively.

But there is one place that is still far from this kind of bustle, and this place is the Baigong Academy.

Compared with other yamen in the capital, the Baigong Academy has always been busy. Although the Chinese New Year is about to celebrate, the Baigong Academy has no New Year atmosphere and everyone is busy all day long.

Since His Majesty's inspection last time, everyone in the Centre for Works has been motivated and has been working hard to study what His Majesty is looking forward to seeing.

Bi Maokang looked at the results in front of him and showed a satisfied smile on his face. He let out a gentle breath, and he knew he could enter the palace.

The palace.

Zhu Youxiao is basking in the sun.

Since winter began, the weather has been very cold and the snow on the ground has never melted.

There is actually knee-deep snow in this place in Beijing. It can be seen how big the snow is this year. Like the warm winter in later generations, it is unimaginable in this era.

The weather is rare today and the sun is coming out, which makes Zhu Youxiao very satisfied.

Zhu Youxiao moved a chair outside to bask in the sun. The warm sunlight shone on his body, making people feel good and even a little sleepy.

Zhu Youxiao enjoyed this feeling very much. He emptyed his brain, didn't think about anything, and did nothing. This was his rare rest.

At this time, Wei Chao walked over carefully. He came to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Emperor, Lord Bi Maokang, please see him."

If it was a normal thing, Wei Chao would not dare to disturb Zhu Youxiao.

But for the Emperor, some people must meet, and Bi Maokang is here. No matter when he comes, no matter what the Emperor is doing, the Emperor will summon him and will never be delayed.

"Let him come in." Zhu Youxiao opened his eyes and said slowly.

Not long after, Bi Maokang walked in from outside.

After seeing Zhu Youxiao, Bi Maokang hurriedly bowed and said, "My minister, Bi Maokang, please see Your Majesty."

Zhu Youxiao nodded and said, "Okay, please don't have any gifts."

When Bi Maokang stood up, Zhu Youxiao moved his muscles and bones, and then stood up and said, "Is there anything wrong with my dear entering the palace in such a hurry?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the Hundred and Craftsmen's Academy has a result!" Bi Maokang said quickly, with a strong look of joy on his face.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao also showed joy on his face and said, "Then let's talk about it."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Nodded, Bi Maokang hurriedly said: "Since His Majesty went to the Baigong Academy last time, the Baigong Academy has not dared to slack off and does its best to do things, wanting to make things before the New Year."

"Fortunately, Your Majesty's Holy Glory and Fu Zhao, the Academy of Works finally made the things before the New Year. The rocket has been built, and there are three levels in total, namely fifteen kilograms, twenty-five kilograms and forty-five kilograms. Rockets can be pulled by horses, and before launching, the rocket can be loaded into the rocket car and then launched. Each rocket car has nine rocket launch holes, which can be loaded with nine rockets. After igniting a lead, nine rockets can be launched directly."

"In addition, we have also built the hand-cranked machine gun mentioned by His Majesty. However, because of the firing pin problem, the cost is too high. The cost of each bolt reaches 80 taels, which is really too high."

"Building a flintlock rifle is only 30 taels. The cost of a hand-crank machine gun is too high! It may be very difficult to reduce the cost in a short period of time."

"It's good to make it." Zhu Youxiao looked at Bi Maokang with a smile on his face and said, "If you can make things, I will feel much more at ease. As for the cost of 80 taels, I will admit it. I will allocate 800,000 taels from the inner warehouse, and you will make 10,000 taels for me first."

After hearing this, Bi Maokang was almost scared.

Ten thousand?

This is no longer a matter of money.

Bi Maokang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, with the current conditions, you only produce twenty pieces per month. It is impossible to cast ten thousand pieces. If you expand the production scale, it will take more money."

Zhu Youxiao understood this principle, which is to establish a new unified and perfect production line from iron smelting to casting.

Building a production line costs money. After thinking about it, Zhu Youxiao said: "How much does it cost to build a production line that can build 200 machine guns every month?"

"I want to go back and calculate." Bi Maokang almost stopped and said hesitantly.

He really never thought about this. After all, there is a supporting bullet production line for producing such guns. From gunpowder to bullets, there is another process.

The mining of raw materials is still a problem. A large amount of manpower and material resources need to be solved, which requires a lot of money.

What kind of supporting facilities are needed and how much money it costs, it needs to be recalculated; the rocket production line also needs to be built, which is all money.

Bi Maokang was thrown into some cold water in his heart. Not to mention anything else, just this money may not be able to solve it in a while.

Your Majesty has supported the Centre for such a long time and invested a lot of money, but if you continue to burn this way, your Majesty may not be able to accept it.

Zhu Youxiao nodded at Bi Maokang.

It makes sense that Bi Maokang is so cautious. Naturally, he cannot be swearing in front of the emperor. It is very important to say anything. If you haven’t calculated it, you have never calculated it.

Zhu Youxiao admires his attitude of doing things very much.

Zhu Youxiao said: "Then you go back and calculate it. I need a production line that produces 500 flintlock rifles a month, and also a production line that produces 100 hand-cranked machine guns a month. In addition, rockets also produce 100 cars per month. How much money is needed, you can go back and calculate it yourself and report the needs to me."

"You must keep this matter confidential and not let people outside know about it, do you understand?"

Listening to Zhu Youxiao's words, Bi Maokang quickly agreed, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Although he had not calculated it, Bi Maokang still knew it. According to His Majesty's needs, even steel gunpowder would have to be expanded. The money needed here would be more, and by that time, it would probably be difficult to deal with.

Bi Maokang also knew why this matter had to be kept confidential. If the news spread, it would be even more troublesome, and there would definitely be someone outside to object.

In fact, after His Majesty invested so much money in the Aboriginal Institute, some people have begun to object. This is not a good sign.

Bi Maokang had no choice but to do this, and he was very complicated. He knew that the court had no money, but he really should spend some money.

Zhu Youxiao did not go to see Bi Maokang. He also understood Bi Maokang's concerns, waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go back and do things well. Some things are not something you should worry about. As long as you manage the Centre for the Centre and do what you should do, it is enough. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Bi Maokang quickly agreed, "I understand."

After Bi Maokang left, Zhu Youxiao sighed, his mood suddenly became depressed, and he no longer had the intention to bask in the sun.

Turning to look at Chen Hong, Zhu Youxiao asked, "How much money is left in my inner treasury?"

Zhu Youxiao has always spent money like flowing water, but there is still a balance of silver in the treasury, which is to prepare for emergency events.

Once something happens, it will be bad if you can't afford it. So there is always a sum of money left in the inner warehouse.

This time, Zhu Youxiao is preparing to take out the emergency funds.

As for the problem of shortage of money, Zhu Youxiao has already thought of a way to solve it.

"Go back to the emperor, there are still 7.863,200 taels of silver and 1.11.26,800 taels of gold." Chen Hong said hurriedly.

Chen Hong had already remembered these gold, silver and money and made up the general account.
To be continued...