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Chapter 111 Arms Business

The Royal Daily added a special edition to tell the story of being attacked by the bandits in detail, starting with Zhan Ming's capture of Wu Jialiang. It also describes the scene of Yangping's shock in a day. Finally, the magistrate Ouyang led everyone to fight wits and courage with the bandits. Under the kindness of the new emperor, he finally subdued the bandits.

These descriptions are very light and ignore the imperial edict. They only say that Ouyang sang an empty city plan and showed his power. After showing his power, he made a bet with the bandits. As a result, three wins and two losses were lost, and the bandit leaders surrendered.

After Zhao Yu finished reading the ninth father-in-law, he shouted before the ministers could discuss and shouted: "The magistrate of Xuanyangping."

"I know that the Yangping County Order Ouyang has met Your Majesty."

Zhang Bangchang took the lead and said, "Your Majesty, as a parent official in the area, Lord Ou has made great contributions to the false imperial edict. But as Lord Ou said last time in the temple, this trend cannot rise. If it is wrong, I hope Your Majesty will punish you to cover up the verbal words of the world." He became smart and used Ouyang's last case to suppress Ouyang. Ouyang said last time that he punished the filial son in accordance with the law in order to suppress this trend. Now Ouyang has false imperial edict, although he is like a filial son, and the starting point is good, he cannot be punished.

Zhao Yu asked: "How should I deal with the false imperial edicts according to the law?"

"When you come back to your Majesty, Lord Ou is a security guard. His crime is reduced by three points, and he should be exiled to Lingnan according to the law." The Shaoqing of Dali Temple added: "But I see this matter as a helpless act by Lord Ou to protect the people. Seeing that the Song bandits poisoned more than ten states, no one dared to stop him..."

Zhao Yu shouted: "Are you pleading for him?"

"I am just talking about things."

The Minister of Works said: "Your Majesty, I am the only one who is willing to say this. This time, Lord Ou is also helpless. Due to the military exercise, Yangping's east and west city gates were dilapidated. More than 100 rural soldiers could defend without any danger. How to prevent thousands of good horse bandits from fighting."

The Minister of Revenue said: "Your Majesty, I have sent someone to find out that Yangping is expanding the new city and has long had the intention to destroy the city wall. The city defense is not a mistake in the military."

Liu Yanqing, deputy commander of the guards, said: "When you go back to your Majesty, I will think that no matter how many mistakes Lord Ou is, he will protect the people with his meager strength. He has great achievements. He can reward but not punish him."

Zhang Bangchang sneered: "Your son Liu Guangshi has benefited others. Of course you say that as a father."

"I'm talking about things. Besides, my son got the second place, and that was justified. You don't know how many people it takes to kill the Song bandits, how much food and money it takes to consume. You don't have to speak while standing and not hurting your back."

Ma Shuai made his head and said, "He blinded people's eyes, but he didn't expect his eyes to grow on his head."

"You..." Zhang Bangchang was furious.

Wang Fu, the chief censor, seemed to be unrecognizable, and came out: "Can you fake the imperial edict for the sake of credit?"

"Where did the fake spread? Didn't Your Majesty recruit you later?"

There was a quarrel between the two sides. The first time since the new emperor ascended the throne, there was a quarrel in the temple. In the past, it was mostly Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, and Liang Shicheng, who disliked each other. Today, it was a relatively clear position, and it was not said that anyone had much selfishness. Most of the people who said Ouyang had made contributions were generals. First, it was because they understood Song Jiang's power, and second, Ouyang would not reward him this time, and they might not reward him next time. Third, when Ouyang held a martial arts ceremony, he attached great importance to the opinions of the generals, and most generals had a good impression of Ouyang.

Zhang Bangchang was selfish to stop Ouyang from rushing into the court because he had done too much credit. Ouyang's reputation in Yangping was different from other places. Good officials in other places were diligent and loving the people and sympathizing with the people. Ouyang was to improve the living standards of the people. The former was hard work, while the latter was capable. A capable person was always a little jealous. Besides, Ouyang was indeed a handle. Although the royal newspaper did not say it, the ministers had known about the twists and turns. Song Jiang would surrender, and that imperial edict was the top priority.

Another reason for this scene is that Zhao Yu has no trusted ministers. In the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, although the ministers had estrangements, the emperor had a way. When dealing with this matter, he would directly discuss with Gao Qiu, deal with people's livelihood and Cai Jing's discussion. Once it was decided, it would be useless for others to say Mao.

Zhao Yu was also quite troubled with the above, so he naturally had this credit and no one could erase it. But there was also the false imperial edict. The imperial power was paramount, and she didn't want everyone in the world to imitate Ouyang's behavior. So she waved her hand and asked everyone quietly: "Cai Xiang, what do you think?" Now Zhao Yu still really relies on Cai Jing.

Cai Jing bowed his head and walked out and said, "Your Majesty, you need rewards for your merits, and you need punishment for your mistakes.

The quarrels ahead were mainly due to whether Lord Ou made great contributions or was too great. This... I cannot distinguish it, so please let Your Majesty decide."

He seemed to say it, but he didn't say anything. But he pointed out the problem incisively, which is the power of the old minister standing in the temple. Zhao Yu nodded and said, "Everyone said a lot, why not let Yangping County Magistrate talk about it yourself."

"This..." Ouyang grabbed his head and said, "When you say your Majesty, I wanted to run away from the beginning. But the county magistrate said that his duty was to ensure the safety of the whole country, even if you die without regrets. Because of this, I was embarrassed to run away, but I stayed there, not waiting for others to kill, and Yang Ping was not waiting for others to loot. So I talked with Wu Jialiang to drink and talked about some people from the Song bandits. Judging from his character, this person still wanted to rely on my Song court. I thought that even if I were a bandit, I was a member of my Song Dynasty. I wanted to try to convince them if I could convince them. As for the imperial edict, it was indeed a forgery that I spent an hour. If I did it, I would not refuse. Please ask Your Majesty to judge."

"Well... If you look at the magistrate of Yangping, you are indeed competent, but from the fact that you are an official of the court, you are indeed breaking the law. According to the previous rules, if you are a magistrate, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold. But you must be punished if you violate the law. You are demoted to the eighth-rank PhD Taichang, who will not be promoted for three years. What do you think of the dearest officials?"

"Your Majesty, wise!" said the ministers. Cai Jing's words had determined the nature before, and Zhao Yu rewarded and punished according to this nature, which was considered a thing of the past. The fact that he could not be promoted in the past three years also made some old ministers feel relieved. Now, Zhang Xuanming has been in the Privy Council, and he has become such a capable Ouyang, so everyone can't stand it.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"I heard you brought something, so you can leave the palace and wait!"

"Yes!" Ouyang ran away, and he knew that he had no choice but to interrupt the matter he had discussed.

After the court meeting, the ministers flowed out. Ouyang, a small eighth-rank official, bowed to the door of the hall. Most of the ministers were still very well-educated to return gifts, and even Cai Jing was polite to talk to Ouyang.

The ministers dispersed, and the inner guard came out and said, "Mr. Ou, your Majesty has already informed the Hall, Ma, Bu Sancheng, as well as the ministers from the Ministry of War and the Privy Council to the Imperial Military Academy. Just go directly to the Imperial Military Academy."

"..." Damn! You said it earlier, letting yourself blow the wind outside for an hour. This was intentional.

Ouyang arrived at the school ground, and all the ministers who should come came, but Zhao Yu did not show up. Ouyang brought more than a dozen workers to wait. After waiting for another half an hour, Zhao Yu's carriage finally arrived and sat down to signal. The inner guard beside him shouted: "Sir Ou, your Majesty asks you to come over and speak."

"Yes!" Ouyang ran over.

"What's it?"

"This!" Ouyang took out a mine and said, "A good thing cost 40 cents."

"Oh? Look!"

Ouyang waved his hand and more than a dozen workers started work immediately. Under the arrangement of a master, they spent a quarter of an hour to bury more than a hundred mines. Two workers led the line and ran to Ouyang.

"There are chain thunders of mother and child, individual thunders, burning thunders... and once you pull it, it will explode together." Ouyang said: "Please raise a shield in front of you to protect you."

An imperial guard shouted, and a hundred imperial guards set up defense lines in front of everyone with big shields.

Zhang Xuanming asked with a smile: "Brother Ou, is that okay? Don't act so stunningly, the engine will be turned off later."

"Well...I'm worried that Your Majesty will be scared."

Zhao Yu said: "Don't worry about me.

Let's start. See what you bring."

"Yes!" Ouyang pulled the rope behind the shield and trembled with a loud bang. The person behind the shield heard a tingling sound, and a shield hand screamed. When everyone saw that they were exposing their fingers outside, they were smashed into blood and blood by the fragments.

Ouyang's fingers were also painful. When he looked back, he found that Zhao Yu was so scared that he was no one looked shy. He pinched his three fingers tightly with one hand. When he looked left and right, everyone was attracted by the shocking explosion, no one cared about it, and he hurriedly broke free.

"Remove the shield!" Ouyang ordered: "Report the number."

More than a dozen workers began to take stock of the straw men on the field. After a while, a worker came to report: "Report! One hundred mines are buried, and the size of one acre of land is distributed. Within the range, all the straw men's support sticks were broken. After the range, the straw men had ten to fifteen iron sheets. Although they were not deep, they could also cut the skin.

Having such skill, those who were calm or not calm all calmed down. Ouyang said, "I lacked horses the most in Song Dynasty, but I don't lack fire and medicine. This is a powerful tool to defend the territory."

Consultant Zhao Yusi: "What do you think of all the beloved ministers?"

Bu Shuai said first: "Okay!"

All the military personnel said: "Okay!"

Zhao Yu nodded and asked again: "Is there any?"

"The fire medicine bag!" Ouyang waved his hand, and a worker in the distance took the fire medicine bag and pointed it on the lead, throwing it out for about ten meters. Another spectacular scene of explosion and burning. Because it is far away and not very powerful, there is no shield. Ouyang said on the side: "Your Majesty, this does not require any training at all. Just ignite it and throw it directly. This is only one person. If more than a thousand soldiers throw it together, even thousands of troops may not be close."

Bu Shuai said: "Mr. Ou, this is good. But as far as we know, this fire medicine package cannot be used when it rains. If we rely on fire medicine, then wouldn't we have to retreat when it rains?"

"No hurry." Ouyang waved.

More than a dozen workers took a scoop of water and poured water on a worker who was carrying the blow-up and medicine bag. After the workers were soaked, they squatted on the ground, took flints and miraculously lit the line of fire. Then they threw it forward, and another explosion was no less powerful than the previous explosion.

"Good thing!" Several generals were overjoyed.

"The officials are still making people improve their shape so that this thing can be thrown further."

"Okay!" Zhao Yu nodded: "Very good, you did a good job. You hand over the drawings to the Ministry of War and produce them in large quantities."

"...Your Majesty!" Ouyang murmured for a while: "Your Majesty, these things are all the private money of the minister from research to manufacturing."

Zhao Yu asked: "What does it mean?"

"Your Majesty, you have created it, anyway, and I have created it. It's better to buy it directly from Weichen. How much do you need? Place an order and Weichen will do its best to produce it."
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