Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 534: For the first time, civil servants became idle spectators

on the dragon chair.

Zhu Di thought for a moment, looking troubled.

"According to the ancestral system, since the Tatars have begged for surrender, they should send the ministers of the court to accept the surrender, and take all the Tatars back to the Ming Dynasty and arrange them properly..."

Below, the faces of Han Wei and other ministers changed slightly.

Zhu Di glanced at it and continued: "Of course, the locusts in the area where the northern Tatars are located are showing signs of recovery. If I, the Ming Dynasty, send envoys there, they will definitely encounter the locust plague.

Not only will we not be able to accept the surrender, but there will also be casualties. God’s will is such that I think I can wait for a year before I accept the surrender! "

"What do you think, dear friends?"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

All the civil servants responded one after another.

As for the generals such as Li Jinglong and Xu Huizu, they all nodded slightly.

Although they wanted to disgust these civil servants, they were even more unwilling to let their soldiers and generals go to the Tartars to surrender.

"That's it, let's do this first!"

Zhu Di looked at Xu Huizu, Li Jinglong and others again and said: "If the locust plague in the north shows signs of recovery, then let the armies in the north clear up the grass and build a wasteland isolation zone to prevent the locust plague from flying towards our Ming Dynasty!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Xu Huizu and Li Jinglong responded quickly.

They just reclaimed wasteland and built isolation zones. They already had experience last year.

The first heated argument between civil and military officials ended like this.

On one side, Zhu Gaochi looked thoughtfully.

the next few days.

All the civil servants in the court watched helplessly as a group of military attachés began to select people, recruit wives, and build a military academy!

And they, the civil servants, seemed to be idlers watching the excitement.

This seems to be the first time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

All the civil servants couldn't help but feel disappointed.

"It's just a school for a group of Qiu Ba. Apart from riding and shooting, let's see what tricks they can do!"

"Exactly, without the support of our civilian officials, how long can these military attachés be proud of?"

"But, I seem to have heard that His Majesty recalled twenty officials and scholars from the Peking Academy and the State of Yan to serve as masters at the military academy!"

"This……"

As soon as this news came out, all the civil servants couldn't help but froze.

……

"Guo Qing, this incident at the military academy has made those civil servants miserable for several days!"

In the Dinghaihou Mansion, Zhu Di said with a happy face.

Guo An nodded slightly and said slowly: "Your Majesty, this world can function normally without them!"

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, "What Guo Qing said is absolutely true. Our Ming Dynasty will not be in chaos even if we don't have those civil servants."

"..."

Guo An was speechless. How much did those civil servants annoy Zhu Di?

Zhu Di continued to ask: "Guo Qing, we heard that you often go to the steel workshop these days, but what kind of magical things have you invented?"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An was not surprised that Zhu Di knew this.

As an emperor, how could Zhu Di not have several intelligence systems?

"What kind of divine object is it?"

Guo Andao: "Reporting to your Majesty, you have also seen the effect of steam engines installed on sea ships!"

Zhu Di nodded and said, "I have seen it before!"

Guo An smiled slightly and said with an incomprehensible expression: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I want to install the steam engine on a large train!"

"A big train?"

Zhu Di frowned slightly, but his eyes were full of curiosity.

"How big of a car does this need to be to fit that steam engine? How can it run?

Did you invent it for the cement straight road being built? "

Guo An was startled, but he didn't expect Zhu Di's mind to become so flexible.

However, Zhu Di guessed everything wrong.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. None of what your Majesty guessed is true!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An closely and said with curiosity: "I would like to know what the purpose of Guo Qing is so concerned about?"

"This……"

Guo An looked embarrassed, "Your Majesty, this kind of big car is very big. The steel workshop has not been built yet, and even the humble minister cannot show it to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Di said directly: "You must have the drawings!"

Guo An was startled, why was Zhu Di so persistent?

However, the papyrus he drew some time ago actually exists!

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen has the initial sketch, which is a bit messy. If Your Majesty doesn't mind, Wei Chen can go and show it to Your Majesty!"

"No, let's go to the study together!" "Your Majesty, please come this way!"

Guo An stood up and led the way.

Zhu Di followed Guo An all the way to Guo An's study.

"Guo Qing really knows how to enjoy it the most!"

Entering the study, Zhu Di's eyes widened slightly and he sighed subconsciously.

The study room in Guo An's Dinghaihou Mansion in the capital was more than twice as big as the study room in Guo Mansion in Peking.

Inside, the bookshelves, desks, class chairs, soft chairs, tea sets, and green plant decorations were all carefully crafted and designed by Guo An himself with glass and rosewood. They are very modern and look much more luxurious than the study room in Zhu Di's palace. .

Guo An smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty is going to laugh. Wei Chen is a common man, and he just wants this!"

Zhu Di looked around and said, "It's more gorgeous and spacious than our Wenlou!"

Guo An hurriedly said: "Shame on you, Wei Chen! If Your Majesty likes it, Wei Chen can arrange for someone to make a set for Your Majesty!"

These objects are all made in our own workshop. They look exquisite and gorgeous, but they actually don’t cost much! "

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded subconsciously, and then sat directly on the chair behind the desk.

Guo An's eyelids twitched slightly, but he didn't dare to say anything. He could only go to a waste paper box according to his memory, rummaged for a long time, and finally found a few drawings.

"Your Majesty, please look, this is..."

Before Guo An could finish speaking, his eyelids twitched.

Zhu Di held a few pieces of paper that he had just finished drawing in his hand, "Guo Qing, are these projectiles?"

Guo An quickly replied: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the minister calls it Gundam!"

"Steel bullet?"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then said to himself: "But because making this kind of steel bullet requires steel to be forged?"

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded slightly and said again: "Your Majesty, this kind of steel bullet requires more sophisticated craftsmanship, but the shooting distance will be farther and the power will be greater!"

"We can see it!"

Zhu Di opened a few drawings and looked around again, including warheads, cartridge cases, gunpowder, primers, primer caps, firing pins...

He couldn't help but worry a little: "Your painting is so exquisite, can the masters of the Firearms Bureau do it?"

Guo Andao said: "Your Majesty, I don't care whether they can do it or not. If you don't give them some motivation and goals for progress, they will be confused all day long and do the same work repeatedly, and their skills will never be improved!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly.

Guo An was a little embarrassed, "But in this way, Tao Yiping, Yang Ting and the others can only study these things all day long, which will inevitably delay their daily work!"

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An and said quietly: "Let's give him two rooms and allow him to study freely!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Guo An's face lit up and he quickly said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that as long as they can forge this steel bullet, the weapons of our Ming army will be stronger again!"

Zhu Di was shocked, "How can such a small steel bullet be so powerful?"

"Exactly!"

Guo An nodded repeatedly.

"Very good!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but look at the drawing in his hand again and said, "This drawing must not be leaked!"

"Your Majesty, don't worry. No matter when, I will ask Xu Yong to arrange a team of Yanshan guards to guard around the study!"

Guo An said solemnly.

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded slightly and looked at the drawings in Guo An's hand.

Guo An quickly placed it on the desk.

After one glance, Zhu Di frowned directly.

"Such a big iron car?"