"Haha!!" Zhao Ji laughed angrily and said, "Cao Fu, can I sew the sleeves that you tore off and put them on again?"

"I don't know whether officials can sew them up and wear them again. However, I already knew from reading ancient books that Yao and Shun both wore mended clothes!"

"Ha!" Zhao Ji asked: "Cao Fu, are you trying to justify ripping off my sleeves? In this case, do I still want to thank you?"

"Your Majesty Cao Fu doesn't dare!

My minister, Cao Fu, already knows that this trip will be punishable by death!

However, I could be so eager, so disregarding the health of the monarch and his subjects, risking his life to grab the sleeve of the official's robe. In fact, I never thought that the sleeve of the official's robe was so weak that I could tear it off!

This is only because I have proposed to the officials to impeach King Kang for condoning the military craftsmen and corrupt officials;

When I accompanied King Kang to inspect the East and West workshops and the crossbow and arrow making yard, I had a vague feeling that the steel used in these three weapon manufacturing places was impure. As a result, even the best weapons craftsmen would have difficulty.

Make excellent weapons!"

Zhao Ji frowned and asked: "Since Cao Yushi, when he accompanied King Kang to inspect the east and west workshops and the crossbow and arrow making yard, he felt that the steel used for weapon manufacturing was not up to standard, why didn't he question it face to face and report it to King Kang?

What?

Could it be that Cao Yushi wanted to report it to me instead of reporting it to the chief official of this inspection, King Kang, in order to take all the credit?"

What Zhao Ji asked was also a doubt in his heart. If this is really the case, then I will in vain regard you, Cao Fu, as a figure like Wei Zheng of the Tang Dynasty! Not only will I not reuse a scheming person like you,

They may even demote you out of the capital and stay away from me because you tore off my sleeves this time.

Cao Fu kowtowed again and said:

"My minister, Cao Fu, is not as powerful as the officials say.

At that time, when I accompanied King Tongkang to inspect the East and West workshops and the crossbow and arrow making yard, I found that there seemed to be something wrong with the steel used for weapons.

However, a scholar named Cao Fu, who passed the imperial examination and passed the civil service examination, was a civil servant. How could he know the fineness and quality of steel raw materials?

In other words, I was not completely sure that there was a problem with the steel raw materials, so I did not dare to tell King Kang at that time."

Zhao Ji asked suspiciously: "How did Cao Yushi know that there was something wrong with the steel now?"

Cao Fu replied: "After I returned to the government, I immediately sent my subordinates to investigate the matter secretly. I also secretly investigated the matter through my subordinates' relatives and friends in the steel forging workshop outside the capital.

Finally, Cao Fu, the minister, got hold of some evidence, confirming that the chief official of the steel forging workshop was corrupt. In order to save time and effort, the weapon craftsman could not 'forge the order' when forging the steel because he did not beat it enough times.

, that is to say, all the forged steel is crudely made and inferior steel! The inferior steel is used to make military weapons, so it will naturally not be of high quality!"

Zhao Ji generally understood what Cao Fu said. What he meant was that the chief officials of the east and west workshops and the crossbow and arrow making institute in the capital of the Song Dynasty were corrupt and the weapons craftsmen were slacking off in production and making shoddy work.

Even in the steel forging workshops outside the capital, where the supply comes from, there is still corruption among the chief officials, and the weapon craftsmen make shoddy products due to laziness and sabotage...

Cao Fu added: "As I said above, I also wrote it down in the memorial."

Zhao Ji didn't read Cao Fu's remonstrance carefully just now. He thought it was just about impeaching my Ninth Prince Xiao Zhao Gou. He didn't expect that such an important "big melon" was hidden here!

Zhao Ji is definitely not a person who listens to others or believes in others. After listening to the advice of Yushi Cao Fu, he must get "real hammer" before he can believe it.

Zhao Ji asked: "If what Cao Yushi said about the disadvantages of the steel forging workshop is true, then I will not punish you for ripping off the sleeves of my robe.

On the contrary, I will be glad that I arrived at Wei Zheng in the prosperous Tang Dynasty!
Chapter completed!