allonlinenovel Chapter 1158 You two old bastards are suffering, but I am very comfortable!
Chapter 1158 You two old bastards are suffering, but I am very comfortable!
Li Shanchang glared at Yang Shaofeng resentfully, took off his hat, pointed to his almost bald head, and said, "Your Highness, please have pity on these few strands of hair of mine, okay?"
Just as Yang Shaofeng was about to laugh, he saw Liu Bowen also take off his hat and point to his already bald head, saying, "At least the Duke of Han still has a few hairs left. I'm much more convenient; I don't even need to shave my head when I go to the temple to become a monk."
Emperor Zhu glared at Liu Bowen.
Who are you alluding to with those sarcastic remarks, you old scoundrel?
So what if I was a monk?
Even though we're monks, we haven't eaten your rice.
We still need to eat, damn it!
Did you, Liu Bowen, ever become a monk or beg for food?
Yang Shaofeng chuckled twice and looked at Li Shanchang, saying, "Lord Han, please rest assured, I will make sure to write the memorial in detail this time. After all, I am also a member of the cabinet, and I can't just mess around with myself for no reason, can I?"
Li Shanchang completely ignored Yang Shaofeng's nonsense.
Who in the underworld doesn't know you, Yang the Madman? To make things difficult for the officials, you took the lead in writing "Work Summaries" and "Year-End Summaries." To prevent the officials from making money, you returned all the shares of all the workshops.
You dare to do things that harm others without benefiting yourself, even killing eight hundred enemies while losing twenty thousand of your own? Who knows how you'll trick me next?
In my sixty-plus years of life, I've never seen anyone like you!
While inwardly complaining, Li Shanchang said with a dark face, "Let's put aside the economic and cultural centers that the Prince Consort mentioned for now, and talk about them after the Prince Consort's memorial is written."
"The problem right now is that with such a major reform being carried out in the court, the chief officials, subordinate officials, clerks and the like in various government offices will inevitably undergo large-scale changes."
"The real top priority is to ensure a smooth transition during the restructuring and prevent any unforeseen problems."
As Li Shanchang finished speaking, Liu Bowen also jumped out and said, "What the Duke of Han said is true. Especially during the handover between officials, trouble is most likely to occur. Most likely, there will be messy things like taking the opportunity to settle accounts or dig traps for others."
Li Shanchang added, "There's also the issue of personnel selection."
"For example, with the newly established Ming Dynasty Treasury, we can bring in that old miser Yang Siyi as the chief official, but we need to fill his ranks with subordinates, right? And someone needs to fill the vacancy as Minister of Revenue, right?"
"And then there's Wang Guangyang, that old scoundrel who's coming to the cabinet as the assistant minister in charge of industry. Someone has to take his place as the Shandong Provincial Governor."
"The Ministry of Works is going to be split up. What was originally one chief official will suddenly become several chief officials. Even if we gradually fill the vacancies from various departments, the number of people missing will not be just one or two."
The more Li Shanchang talked, the more his head ached, and he felt as if the last few hairs on the top of his head were about to leave him.
Yang Shaofeng immediately became happy.
Headache, huh?
Feeling bad, aren't you?
The fact that you two old scoundrels are suffering makes me feel very good!
Feeling relieved, Yang Shaofeng found Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen much more agreeable.
"Then there's a first and a last."
"Get the National Audit Office out of here first."
"Then dismantle the Censorate."
"Let the Censorate and the Audit Office, now that they've been demolished, keep a close eye on the reform of the Ministry of Revenue and the National Treasury."
"I can also have the Embroidered Uniform Guard assist me."
"Anyway, the splitting of the Censorate is relatively simple; it's basically just the original staff being replaced with two different sets of titles."
"It was almost a seamless transition when Minister Yang took over the national treasury."
"As for the lack of manpower, shouldn't that be a headache for the officials in the Ministry of Personnel?"
Yang Shaofeng was giving Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen advice.
Emperor Zhu then subtly winked at Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen.
See? What did we say again?
That bastard is like a mule that's easily swayed; if you don't provoke him and find the right approach, it's quite easy to get him under your thumb.
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The political landscape of the Ming Dynasty was in turmoil, and even the festive atmosphere of the New Year was somewhat diminished.
Zhu Laosi, who had been chasing after Liao Yongzhong and Yu Tongyuan, was like a fish returning to the sea or a bird returning to the forest. Especially after Zhu Laosi boarded the warship and witnessed the "swarm of bees" with his own eyes, he was so excited that he could not contain himself.
"This stuff is great!"
Zhu Laosi looked at Xu Yungong with excitement and said, "As long as we make more of these things, move them to land, and flatten them a bit, the Tartar cavalry will be completely useless."
Although Xu Yungong was also stroking the beehive with a look of infatuation, what came out of his mouth was particularly infuriating: "This thing is good, but the better the thing, the more expensive it is."
"If they can launch thirty-six rockets in just a breath or two, wouldn't a single battle require thousands or tens of thousands of rockets?"
"Ordinary people really can't afford to fight this war."
At this point, Xu Yungong clicked his tongue again and said, "There is another problem with this swarm, which is that the casualties are too great. If an ordinary soldier is hit like this, he will probably be half-crippled even if he doesn't die. Then he won't be good to use as laborers."
Zhu Laosi was speechless after Xu Yungong's few words, and said in a foul tone, "We finally got to come out, can you not be such a spoilsport?"
Xu Yungong rolled his eyes.
Spoil the fun?
This is going to ruin your good fortune, Zhu Laosi!
If it weren't for you, Zhu Laosi, I, the young master of the Wei State Duke's Mansion, would have been thrown out of my home by my eldest sister and then followed you to that godforsaken, impoverished place called Bago.
Thinking of his eldest sister, Xu Yungong's face darkened even more, and he couldn't help but complain, "Do you think all sisters in the world are the same?"
Zhu Laosi was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "What's wrong?"
Xu Yungong snorted and said, "Ever since Sister Jin'er and Sister Yu'er married their husbands, how have you younger brothers been doing?"
"How have the Chang brothers been doing since that lady married His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"My sister isn't married yet, hmph."
Zhu Laosi was stunned for a moment, and after a long while, he said with a heavy heart, "Ever since my eldest and second eldest sisters married my brother-in-law, I don't even have a place to hide."
How good the old days were! We didn't have to be afraid of getting into trouble. Even if our eldest brother didn't protect us, we could always ask our eldest and second eldest sisters for help.
Now it's even worse; there's nowhere reliable to hide.
The Eastern Palace?
My sister-in-law can definitely save my life, but the problem is my brother-in-law is a terrible person.
The more Zhu Laosi thought about it, the more heartbroken he became. Suddenly, his face darkened, and he said, "If you ask me, whether we can rescue the people in Bago is not important. What is important is building a Jingguan (a mound of corpses). We must build a big Jingguan."
Xu Yungong chimed in, "That's right, we must build a mound of skulls, a huge mound of skulls!"
At this point, Xu Yungong glanced around again, then leaned closer to Zhu Laosi and whispered, "Are you brave or not?"
Zhu Laosi glanced at Xu Yungong and asked in return, "What do you think?"
Even when your dad is home, I, Zhu Laosi, dare to go shopping with your eldest sister. Tell me, am I brave or not?
Xu Yungong said in a low voice, "Do you know what kind of soldiers are accompanying Marquis Deqing on this expedition?"
Zhu Laosi nodded, and Xu Yungong continued, "With so many soldiers, plus the supplies from the Dengzhou fleet, using them to deal with Pegu is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, isn't it?"