Chapter name: Conquer people with virtue

Emperor Hongzhi squirted out a mouthful of tea.

I feel rude.

I was busy putting down the teacup.

Xiao Jing, who was beside him, was rushing to wipe Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and signaled Xiao Jing to retreat. He wanted to say something, but looking at Zhang Mao with a straight face, he didn't know what to say.

Liu Jian felt like a Japanese dog in his heart.

How did you say this? Can't you give other examples? Duke of England, how much do you hate the cabinet?

Xie Qian and Li Dongyang simply pretended that they didn’t hear it. This is a ‘joke’. What can you say? Can’t you make a joke?

Did the British Duke have too many sacrifices and rituals, and he talks with ghosts and gods every day and can no longer speak human language?

Only Ma Wensheng was a little confused and he shivered.

Who is the British Duke Zhang Mao? His words are absolutely credible. Since he said this, it must be so.

Wang Gongchang is really inferior to... Xishan?

Ma Wensheng felt that he was cheated by those pig teammates again.

He is the Minister of War. Now that he thinks about it, all the evils he has committed over the years are related to those damn and incompetent guys from the Ministry of War. Ma Wensheng's face is blue and white, and he doesn't know what to say.

Zhang Mao said excitedly: "Your Majesty, not only that, this cannon is also accurate and powerful. One cannon is accurate. If the Ming Dynasty has this cannon, it will be like a tiger with wings."

Emperor Hongzhi had to pay attention: "Is it really so powerful?"

Zhang Mao nodded: "How dare the old minister speak in vain?"

Hongzhi cheered up. If so, it would be true that the ancestors were virtuous. The ancestors blessed him. He looked at Zhang Mao: "This is the drawing drawn by Fang Jifan. How could the western mountain be cast out? But Wang Gongchang could not cast out, which caused an accident?"

"This...this..." Ma Wensheng couldn't explain, so he had to kneel down: "I'm dead."

My heart is cold.

Zhang Mao shook his head: "I... I forgot to ask."

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and thought deeply. He couldn't solve this doubt. Logically speaking, Wang Gongchang has been providing weapons for the Ming Dynasty since the establishment of Emperor Wen. But what was the result? The result was not as good as a group of wild ways.

The treasury allocated a lot of money and grain to Wang Gong Factory every year. In order to fight against the Tatar cavalry, the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the manufacturing of firearms. Because of this, there were as many craftsmen as many as thousands of households in the Wang Gong Factory. In addition, there were a large number of apprentices, as well as the Ministry of War, and the public supervision of the public. The money spent, the food was enough, the court paid attention to it, and the manpower was enough. You couldn't even make a fuss?

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Summon the prince and his son-in-law Fang Jifan into the palace."

This... needs to be clear.

It seemed that everyone felt the joy and anger of His Majesty.

What is happy is that this artillery may really reverse the situation of the Ming Dynasty against the Tatars, but what is worried about is that what went wrong with Wang Gongchang? Even a mere cannon could not be built well.

Ma Wensheng was a little frightened. This matter was a bit big.

What was revealed was unknown.

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao immediately entered the palace. Seeing Emperor Hongzhi's face was ashen and Ma Wensheng's face looked as if he was ashen, he suddenly understood in his heart.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing. When it comes to cheating people, Lao Fang is really clever.

No wonder Fang Jifan did not build cannons according to the drawings, but presented them first. In the past ten, he knew that he could cheat people.

There were also drawings on Emperor Hongzhi's imperial case. He held a corner of the drawing and lifted it up: "The British Duke has seen it as a truth, and has seen the sharpness of this cannon with his own eyes. The prince and Fang Qing family made great contributions to building cannons. It was really hard work and great contributions."

After a praise, Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan were not waiting for him to be polite.

Emperor Hongzhi said again: "This cannon is far away, powerful, and has far more precision than other cannons, right?"

Fang Jifan shook his head: "Your Majesty, this is not the most important thing."

"What?" Emperor Hongzhi, Liu Jianren and others felt a little nervous.

Actually...there is a killer weapon?

How many secret things are there in this cannon?

Ma Wensheng's heart sank to the bottom of the valley. Could it be...and...

This is over.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes shining: "What else?"

Fang Jifan said solemnly: "Your Majesty, there is still kindness and righteousness!"

"Benevolence...righteousness!" Everyone in the hall was shocked.

What does it mean?

Fang Jifan said: "This cannon contains pearls. When I was developing it, I thought that if there are poisonous objects such as arsenic, it will be more powerful. I am a kind person. Under Your Majesty's teachings, I have always given kindness to the world. Only then can I betrayal and righteous, so that the guests from all over the world will be convinced. It is precisely this policy that I will never abuse arsenic and other despicable things. This cannon takes benevolence and righteousness first, and virtue is the main priority. This cannon is a cannon of benevolence and righteousness, and a cannon of conscience. If anyone attacked by this cannon, can you know

My son's ministers will be crying and crying with the grace of the Ming Dynasty. They are influenced by this conscience and morality, so that they all miss the original intention of the Ming Dynasty to educate the world and are impressed by Your Majesty's benevolence and righteousness. Your Majesty, my three views are strange and upright, and I am kind and righteous. This cannon is a portrayal of the personality of my son's ministers. My son's ministers... I think that the Ming army is a benevolent and righteous army, and should be influenced by Your Majesty, with virtue as the main force, and killing enemies as the auxiliary force. In this way, the day when the world returns to the world is not far away."

“…”

Emperor Hongzhi felt that his IQ was insulted.

Liu Jian and others... wanted to go up and slap Fang Jifan to death. Why did this guy's tone become more and more like Qingliu? Can he speak well?

When Emperor Hongzhi was pacified, Fang Jifan said this, what else could he say? He had nodded and sighed: "I feel very comforted if you have this heart."

But I thought to myself, can this cannon be added to arsenic?

All the people in this warm-up hall were all confidants. Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help it: "If arsenic is added, will it be more powerful?"

It means, don’t be too nagging, you guys have all the guns out, this is going to kill people, do you think I’m a fool?

Since arsenic can be added, then add it.

"This..." Fang Jifan's face turned red.

The posture is a bit wrong, Your Majesty doesn't seem to like to convince people with virtue.

Fang Jifan shook his head quickly: "You can't add it, you can't add it. Arsenic is expensive. If you add it, it will not have much effect, but it will increase the cost..."

“…”

Is this the reason why you win people over with virtue?

Emperor Hongzhi was speechless.

Liu Jian almost choked to death.

Emperor Hongzhi decided not to mess with this guy: "The Qing family has made great contributions, well... very good, and this is a cannon of benevolence and righteousness and a cannon of conscience. So is this cannon famous?"

Fang Jifan said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, you have a name, and you are called to win people with virtue!"

Emperor Hongzhi smiled bitterly: "Suiqing is. But... I still want to ask you why, the drawings are the same, but Wang Gongchang couldn't make them, but Xishan was made?"

Fang Jifan did not hesitate: "Your Majesty, my son-in-law doesn't want to talk to Wang Gongchang. Wang Gongchang has been working hard for the court over the years, and he has made no contributions and worked hard. Why are my son-in-law behind them?

"..." Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "Tell the truth!"

Fang Jifan had no choice but to say, "When I think about it carefully, the general problem of Wang Gongchang was created in many aspects. If I listed them one by one, I would be afraid that I would not finish it in a day or a night. Since Your Majesty asked, I had to offend them. Today, I will talk about three points."

"..." Ma Wensheng thought.

Three points were enough for him to bear, but Ma Wensheng had no temper at all. What could he say? He could no longer explain it.

Emperor Hongzhi had a gloomy face and nodded: "Your family said that."

Fang Jifan said: "First, Wang Gongchang people are overly ill, and the biggest disadvantage is the inheritance of craftsmen. Thinking back to the time when Emperor Taizu Gao won the world, the craftsmen who were working on the craftsmen made great contributions. Therefore, there was also a ancestral teaching. The craftsmen who were working on the craftsmen were still craftsmen. The craftsmen who were working on the craftsmen could make excellent firearms by craftsmen. However, their descendants were obviously not talented, and many of them knew nothing about skills, but they had to inherit their father's position and still made fire.

The utensils have been passed down for several generations. These craftsmen have long lost their love for skills from their fathers and grandparents. Because they have the identity of craftsmen, they believe that they have made a living from generation to generation. The court cannot eliminate those who are just as skilled as craftsmen. However, in this world, countless skilled people, even if they are superb, cannot be recruited. In this way, I dare to ask Your Majesty, can the skills of Wang Gongchang be improved besides being stagnant?"

This is an old problem in the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Emperor Taizu Gao organized craftsmen, military households, civilian households, and merchants, and relied on this policy to quickly stabilize the world. But the problem is that over the years, such household registration policies, which had no room for improvement, have begun to suffer many problems. The problems of craftsmen are particularly serious, because craftsmen have already involved problems of skills. How can they say that they inherit?

Moreover, because of this relationship, most people do not value skills. No matter how good your skills are, what can you do? You will still receive this food. Instead, you may be hostile to other craftsmen who are just making up for the numbers. Why do you do so well to let everyone make a living?

Liu Jian and others felt a little nervous. They finally understood why Fang Jifan suddenly pointed at Wang Gongchang. He wanted to overturn the table.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned and fell into deep thought.

As the emperor, Emperor Hongzhi also knew a little about this issue. In fact, someone had already submitted similar memorials.

However, if you want to change, it involves too many jobs, and the rebound will definitely be quite large.

If it weren't for the cannon building this time, such a serious problem was exposed so intuitively, Emperor Hongzhi probably only knew that there were disadvantages in it, but he would not have enough motivation to change it.
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