Daming Junior Scholar

"Take this slave to Dali Temple, and let the three divisions interrogate immediately. Anyone related to this matter will be checked thoroughly, and there must be no mistakes."

"According to the order."

Yu Chuan was quickly dragged away. At this time, the workshop was completely silent, and everyone seemed to dare not even take a breath, for fear of touching the emperor's bad luck, which would bring bad luck to himself.

After Zhengde was angry for a long time, he suddenly turned his head, stared at He Jiaan and asked, "He Aiqing, you are also an old man in the military bureau. Give me an idea, how to clean up this mess?"

After hesitating for a moment, He Jiaan said: "Returning to the emperor, the most important thing at the moment is to know when the Franc cannon became like this. If these unqualified cannons are handed over to the soldiers of the guard, it will undoubtedly be a waste of money." There is great disrespect for the lives of soldiers, so these artillery must be recalled."

"Well, it makes sense." Zhengde nodded, and ordered without even turning his head: "Zhang Yong, write down what He Aiqing said just now, and send someone to investigate immediately."

"Yes." Zhang Yong behind him nodded immediately.

The previous problem was solved, but what should we do in the future?

Zhengde suddenly became distressed again. Now the military war bureau needs someone to clean up the material stall, and He Jiaan is the most suitable candidate, but right now the navy is also going to be built, and the Japanese pirates are also going to be fought, but He Jiaan has only one person , How could he take care of so many things.

If there were more ministers like He Jiaan in the court of Ming Dynasty, the burden on him would be much lighter.

However, Zhengde also knows that this is definitely impossible, and the only way out now is to ask He Jiaan again.

After dealing with Yu Chuan, Zhengde dragged He Jiaan around the factory for a few more laps, screened off most of the people behind him, and then asked He Jiaan in a low voice what to do next.

He Jiaan was also happy, and directly put forward his ideas to Zhengde.

"Your Majesty, the reason why I came to the Bingzhan Bureau today is to let Mr. Bai from the Bingzhan Bureau go to Paju with me."

"Oh? Why?" Upon hearing this, Zhengde couldn't help but glance at He Jia'an. You must know that artillery is an important weapon in the country, and it is easy for outsiders to know the structure inside, except for the battle of the capital. In addition, it is not allowed to cast cannons at will in other places. Even if you want to cast them, it is because the road is too far and it is too troublesome to transport the artillery. Therefore, some guards can cast cannons after applying.

But even so, each of these cast artillery pieces must be registered, and if one is missing, if there is one more, it will be a matter of losing one's head. This He Jiaan is so courageous that he wants to take away the craftsmen of the Bingzhan Bureau. What does he mean by that?

He Jia'an knew that he could not escape Zhengde's challenge, and said seriously: "Your Majesty, building a powerful navy is naturally inseparable from the most advanced artillery, and the relationship between artillery and warships can only be determined after running-in. The most suitable tonnage and the thickness of the artillery, the ship is small and the cannon is big, the warship will definitely not be stable, and the ship cannon is small, and the power is not enough to deter the enemy. to change these data in a timely manner.”

"Oh, so that's how it is." He Jiaan's words still moved Zhengde, but what he was worried about was not the coordination between the artillery and the warships, but that the place where the cannons were cast was too far away from the capital, so the strength of his control was limited. It's obviously much smaller. It would be fine if He Jia'an had no malicious intentions, but if he really swelled up because of his strength, what should I do?

Can I completely trust any family security?Zhengde couldn't help but fell into distress, and couldn't make up his mind back and forth.

He Jiaan didn't mean to urge him, he could vaguely guess what Zhengde was thinking at this time, but this kind of thing can't be solved by just expressing his own attitude. The key to the problem lies in Zhengde's absolute belief in himself. Not trusting, after the two stood silently for a while, Zhengde finally seemed to have made up his mind, looked up at He Jiaan and said, "Since He Aiqing already has a plan in mind, let's just go ahead and do it, but for the convenience of you and For the communication between the capitals, I still need to send a confidant to follow you."

He Jia'an knew in his heart that this is no one who is convenient to contact, this is the eyes and ears sent by the emperor, and he didn't mean to refuse, so he nodded and said: "It's all up to the emperor."

Chapter 1154

Chapter 1154

"Father-in-law, what should we do now? If Yu Chuan's mouth is not strict and reveals both of you and me, wouldn't our lives be over?"

When it was getting dark, although there was no light in a room in the Leopard House, there was a faint voice of frustration in the room, and after a pause, another voice sounded faintly.

"What are you afraid of? Yu Chuan is not a fool. Anyway, he will die anyway. If we are all implicated, won't his family also suffer? It's better to fight all the crimes by ourselves. You and I owe him A favor might save his family's life."

This explanation makes sense, but until the last moment, no one was sure what Yu Chuan would say in court, and the voice at the front suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Elder-in-law, we can't place all the bets on Yu Chuan alone." What if this kid really wants to sell us in exchange for his freedom?"

"This..." Another voice obviously hesitated, and asked slowly: "Then what about Eunuch Li's method?"

"Just don't do anything and keep going..." The voice in the room gradually became inaudible, except for the crooked moon hanging in the sky, the whole capital didn't know what happened in this courtyard matter.

After a while, the door of the room was finally pushed open, and then a middle-aged eunuch came out first, carefully checked that there was no one around, and then left with confidence.

After he walked for a long time, the door of the room was pushed open for the second time, and this time another eunuch walked out of the room, but his appearance was still older than the one just now, if He Jiaan was here If so, you can definitely recognize this person at a glance, he is clearly the most favored one in front of the emperor... Eunuch Zhang Yongzhang.

Ever since he said those words to Zhengde in the factory of the Bingzhan Bureau, He Jiaan's heart has finally been put in his stomach, and he has won all that he can fight for. The next step is to see his actual actions. I believe that as long as my plan is fully realized, I will definitely be able to keep the Japanese pirates out, and sink one by myself, and it will not be long before the Japanese pirates will automatically slip away from the waters of Daming.

This night, the He family slept very comfortably, but when someone came to the door early the next morning, the first sentence he spoke completely ruined his good mood, just because he heard a piece of news, that person Eunuch Yu Chuan committed suicide in the jail.

With his death, it can be said that all the clues have been cut off. The head of such a small military bureau must not have the guts to greedy for such a big matter. The person behind him should be the mastermind of the matter, but now With Yu Chuan's death, it is very likely that it will never be found out who this person is, but thinking about it, this ending is good for everyone. If it is found out, Daming's officialdom will definitely experience another shock. Now it's like this, it's all over.

He Jia'an has been busy these past few days. Except for the Ministry of Rites, he has gone to each of the six departments in the capital several times. Even if the emperor is very concerned about the construction of the navy, the process runs quickly. It also makes He Jiaan always feel like a mother-in-law. Except for those empty words, these people who eat vegetarian meals don't even do anything. done.

However, among these bad news, there is still a piece of good news, that is, Xu Wen finally agreed to He Jiaan's invitation to personally supervise the affairs of the forts along the coast of Daming as the left servant of the Ministry of Industry.

Moreover, I heard that when Zhengde heard that Xu Wen took over the hard work without all the hard work, he was also quite moved. Xu Wen left the palace.

Ten days before July, everything was finally ready. Compared with when I came back alone, the team when I left seemed a bit huge. There were about a hundred disciples and grandchildren of Bai Huatian alone, plus Xu These people selected by Wen from the Ministry of Industry, and the excellent water quality soldiers selected from the Beijing camp, there are almost a thousand people in pieces, and they have all gathered together at this time, just waiting for He Jiaan to give an order , will go to Paju thousands of miles away.

At this time, He Jia'an didn't want the big guys to stay together, the reason was actually very simple, if the emperor had a request, how dare he refuse.

Still in the familiar imperial study room, Zhengde first asked He Jiaan about his preparations, and He Jiaan answered truthfully, but Zhengde was obviously not interested in it. Turning the other way, Feng said: "Last time I mentioned to He Aiqing about setting up a supervisory army, does He Aiqing still remember?"

He Jiaan nodded and said, "I remember."

"Well, after I came back, I have been choosing among the eunuchs in the palace for a long time, and I finally picked one." After finishing speaking, Zhengde said to Zhang Yong who was next to him: "Go, call someone in."

"Yes." Zhang Yong turned around and went out. After a while, he led a middle-aged eunuch in. After greeting Zhengde in the imperial study, he stood aside obediently.

Then Zhengde said with a smile: "I will get to know you for you. This young hero is He Jiaan and He Aiqing." Then he pointed to the eunuch over there and said, "He Aiqing, this is the person I chose for you. You Tell me your name."

"Hello Mr. He, Miscellaneous Li Fu, please take care of Mr. He in the future."

Li Fu?

This name is very unfamiliar, but He Jiaan thought that he knew a little less eunuchs, and there were not many eunuchs who had anything to do with him, so he felt relieved, anyway, this Eunuch Li seemed kind and kind. It looks like it should be a good partner.

The two of them behaved very decently in front of Zhengde, and after comforting them again, they finally left the palace side by side. After they got outside, He Jiaan felt that they should be more familiar, and quickly said: "Eunuch Li, Why don't we sit in the carriage together."

After leaving the palace, Li Fu's attitude suddenly became much colder. Facing He Jiaan's enthusiasm, he didn't intend to accept it, so he smiled lightly and said: "Forget it, although the miscellaneous family has a status in the palace It’s not very high, but it still has its own car.”

After finishing speaking, a carriage drove out from behind, and after picking up Li Fu, he didn't even care about He Jiaan's intentions, and drove straight forward.

Looking at the figure in the carriage in front of him, He Jia'an felt like Monk Zhang Er couldn't figure it out. It seemed that he had seen this Eunuch Li for the first time. Could it be that his smile in the imperial study room was all for Zhengde to see?

But I really don't know where I met this Eunuch Li, but He Jiaan suddenly seemed to understand something when he changed his mind. The most offending thing he did recently was to send that Yu Chuan to the prison. Eunuch in the palace, is there any connection between this Eunuch Li and Yu Chuan?

Chapter 1155

Although he didn't know whether his guess was right or not, He Jia'an secretly became wary of this Eunuch Li Fu and Li in the following time.

In the first few days, everything was as usual, except that after sweeping his own face that day, this Eunuch Li's performance was considered normal, although he was not very enthusiastic, and when he met on the deck, he could have a fight. call.

Looking at his face with a faint smile, He Jia'an seemed to have an illusion in his heart. Could it be that he misread that day?

On the third day, when the fleet had just sailed out of Shandong, a young eunuch found He Jiaan and asked him to dock the fleet at the next ferry.

When He Jiaan heard the news, the expression on He Jia'an's face suddenly became ugly. He is now the servant of the Ministry of War, the admiral of the Navy, and he was fooled around by you, a little eunuch. Who gave you this? courage?

He Jiaan didn't pay attention to what he meant at all, and stared at him directly, and said clearly, "Get out."

"You..." Perhaps even the little eunuch didn't expect that He Jiaan would have the courage to let himself go, so he couldn't help but glared at He Jiaan, pointing with an orchid: "Tell you, the miscellaneous family belongs to Eunuch Li, you If you offend the miscellaneous family, you offend Eunuch Li, surnamed He, this order was passed down by Eunuch Li, you can do it or not as you please." After speaking, he turned around and walked away twisting his waist.