Chapter 36                                                                                                                             �

Jiajing usually doesn't read other memorials very carefully, but they are different from Zhou Mengchen.

He read it carefully and felt that he was not reading Zhou Mengchen's words, but the article of a young and promising minister. This made Jiajing feel unreal.

When people interact with each other, the first impression is the most important.

Jiajing was actually very awkward in his heart.

On the one hand, Jiajing may not be unaware of the harm that the political practice of cultivating immortals would have on the court. However, he could not bear the fear of death and the desire for immortality.

Although Jiajing had interacted with these Taoist priests who were seeking immortality, he might not look down on them in his heart. Don’t look down on Yan Song in every way to make Jiajing look down on him, but Jiajing looked down on Yan Song in his heart. It was just using him.

Who do Jiajing respect the most in the world?

I'm afraid Jiajing himself may not understand his heart. He is either someone else, or Yang Tinghe.

Yang Tinghe had recreation for Jiajing. Without Yang Tinghe, Jiajing might not have been able to rise to power. After all, although Jiajing was the first candidate at that time, there might not be no alternative. Yang Tinghe once pushed Jiajing out of breath.

Although Jiajing finally defeated Yang Tinghe, the risk was the most critical moment in Jiajing's life.

The person he respects is so proud of Jiajing, but the person he is not subordinates or ministers, but opponents.

Yang Tinghe can be called Jiajing's opponent.

Although Jiajing was extremely cruel to the Yang family. Yang Tinghe would not let go of his old age. Yang Tinghe's son and son-in-law were all exiled. Even when Yang Tinghe died, Yang Shen was not allowed to attend the funeral. Over the years, there have been many general amnesty, but no matter when, Yang Shen's Yang family was not included in the list of pardons.

Jiajing is so merciless to the Yang family, although he has a mean side in his character, but he also values ​​Yang Tinghe.

Perhaps Jiajing himself did not discover such subtle thoughts.

But he favored Zhou Mengchen very much, but it was more Shao Yuanjie. Tao Zhongwen's treatment was transferred to Zhou Mengchen, and he also regarded Zhou Mengchen as a Taoist priest. At this moment, he found that he seemed to have read it wrong.

Jiajing read Zhou Mengchen's article, thought about it three times, and said, "It is said that Mr. Zhou entered the palace."

Huang Jin immediately took the order and left.

After a while, Zhou Mengchen came.

Jiajing gave the memorial to Zhou Mengchen and said, "Mr. Zhou, please tell me what you think."

Zhou Mengchen said: "Yes." Then he explained the content again.

Jiajing asked questions occasionally, but Zhou Mengchen answered them successfully. Of course, this is also the idea that Jiajing had not made things difficult for Zhou Mengchen. However, there is one thing that needs to be asked clearly. He said: "Mr. Zhou, I remember that you just promised to build a chariot at that time. Now you are so shaking a lot, what is your idea? I see your promise in the memorial, as long as the raw materials are sufficient, the output is at least over. Now the Beijing camp is invincible and the court's finances are tightening. What are you doing to build so many weapons?"

Indeed, the weapon needs to be viewed from the perspective.

The Beijing camp has been abandoned. Everyone knows this.

The military workshop attached to the Beijing Camp has no value either.

Because the weapons of border troops in various places are usually produced by themselves, some of them even need to be supplied to the court for the allocation of the court.

After the rise of the Qi family army, the Zhejiang Dushi tributed bird guns to the court for many years because everyone thought Zhejiang bird guns were good.

But in Zhou Mengchen's opinion, I don't know how to describe this. An army has its own land and its own military-industrial enterprise. There is nothing to do except money. However, the main force of the court can no longer be fought.

This is simply an imbalance between the inside and the outside.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Your Majesty, my grandfather Liu Gong is extremely regretful for not being able to rectify the Beijing camp for Your Majesty. I would like to ask Your Majesty why you must rectify the Beijing camp? It is because the border troops are getting heavier, which is not a blessing for the court."

After hearing this, Jiajing sighed and said, "Don't leave Liu Gong, I will break my humerus. Few people have said this to me."

Zhou Mengchen thought to himself: "It's not that few people have told you. But you don't want to listen." However, Zhou Mengchen was unwilling to expose Jiajing's self-movement at this moment and said: "The imperial court's ancestral system used the Beijing camp to control the capital and shocked the world. However, after orthodox, the Beijing camp declined day by day, so today it has reached an irreversible level."

"I have no intention of speculating on the intentions of the border generals, but the power of the border generals is increasing. The court has to make more considerations."

"There are three reasons why I do this."

"First, most of the weapons production of border troops will be placed in the capital, forming a new internal and external checks and balances. After all, the Ming army is not available without firearms."

"Secondly, the more production volumes my production system is, the lower the cost. I guarantee that in time, the price of various weapons will definitely overwhelm a very low price, which will be beneficial to the court's procurement and also save military expenses for the court."

"Third, after the army is strong and the armor is strong, you may be able to start a new Beijing camp again."

After hearing this, Jiajing thought for a moment and said, "This matter is of great importance and needs to be considered."

After hearing this, Jiajing was excited for a while. After all, he had been dissatisfied with the Beijing Camp for a day or two. He sent ministers and governors to the Beijing Camp several times to make changes. But things always went against their wishes. After all, many times, even the emperor may not be able to do things that please.

Now Jiajing's desire to do things has almost dissipated.

The excitement in my heart calmed down. If you think carefully, you will know how troublesome it will take to accomplish it.

To change the current pattern of the imperial ordnance production, there are many personnel arrangements and power disputes here. These things cannot be decided by the emperor in one sentence.

Jiajing instinctively didn't want to continue, so he said this excuse.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to do it all at once, you can do it step by step." Zhou Mengchen said: "Now is a great opportunity. The army of 60,000 out of the frontiers, and the weapons, food, grass, gunpowder needed are astronomical figures. The border areas may not be able to support it. The court may have to draw from the south. After I reform the military weapon bureau, I will definitely make up for this gap. Moreover, I will not force the border troops to use it."

"I can ask the border troops to buy it."

Jiajing said, "Buy?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Yes. The Ministry of Revenue allocates military expenditure to the nine-bian towns every year. Among them is the money for the construction of the armed forces. After the construction of the towns, if the border towns want, they can ask for money to buy it."

After hearing this, Jiajing denied Zhou Mengchen's idea.

The reason is very simple. The transportation is difficult in Jiubian. No matter how cheap it is in Beijing, if the travel fee is added, the price will definitely be higher than building weapons in the local area.

After all, for the Ming Dynasty, iron was not a rare object, and iron was produced in many places on the nine sides.

The extreme situation of transporting food and grass from the rear to the front line will take seven stones before one stone will occur. It can be seen how difficult it is to transport weapons to the front line.

Many things are not something that I have thought about. Even if I don’t do this, there must be a reason.

However, Jiajing also did not understand the power of industrial production. Even if Zhou Mengchen only carried out the simplest reform, the improvement of production efficiency was enough to reduce the cost. When the price was low enough, this line would survive.

Moreover, government transportation and private transportation are both efficient and different.

However, Jiajing still approved Zhou Mengchen's memorial. On the one hand, it was because Jiajing preferred Zhou Mengchen. On the other hand, it was also a reality.

Indeed, even if you don’t think about things that are too far away, there will be a big weapon gap just in the matter of the court reconnaissance. Because the consumption of weapons is different from not fighting, just take a knife as an example. If you don’t fight, as long as you keep it well, it will be fine for a long time, just like a kitchen knife at home.

However, if a war is fought, generally a long sword will definitely curl the blade. Various firearms consume more. Generally, in this case, weapons need to be transported from various places to the front line, after all, the production capacity of the front line is not enough.

If Zhou Mengchen could make up for this gap, it would have saved the court a lot of money. As for the future?

Jiajing didn't think so much.

There is nothing to do in the future, just leave the Military Weapon Bureau idle. And the Ministry of Revenue will allocate 5,000 taels to Zhou Mengchen as the fund for this reform. Although the money is a little less, Zhou Mengchen feels that it can still support the past after careful calculations.

However, as soon as Zhou Mengchen left the palace, the news from the Ministry of Works surprised Zhou Mengchen.
Chapter completed!