Wenhua Palace.

Inner Hall.

In front of Fang Shiyu, Yang Yu, Jing Qing, and Xie Jin.

After the three of them looked solemnly, they finished reading Zhu Di’s letters from home.

Fang Shiyu asked, "What do you think? Zhu Di wanted to buy firearms to expand his territory, but when these firearms flow into Zhu Di's hands, it will definitely threaten the safety of Lao Qi, Thirteen and Twenty. This is not a good thing."

Fang Shiyu still hopes to try his best to calm the power among the vassal kings in various places, so that no one can dominate the whole family and all of them depend on the central court.

The most important thing is to represent the will of the Celestial Empire and conquer the entire world.

Once among them, which vassal king is the dominant family and has gained the support of other vassal kings, it is inevitable that they will not counterattack the Central Plains.

Yang Yu said: "This depends on how Your Highness decides. In the letter, the King of Min said that he wanted the Hongwu Type 24 musket. He knew that the court had equipped the Hongwu Type 27 rifled rifle."

"I don't talk about rifled rifles. King Fujian is one of the nine kings of the Siege who came down on the battlefield. He has also seen the power of rifled rifles. I guess he has no intention of reversing."

"But this is just a simple judgment of Weichen, which is not enough to prove it."

In Yang Yu's view, in recent years, the Central Army, the Border Guards, and the local army have completed the assembly and training of rifled rifles, and the soldiers' ability and proficiency of rifled rifles are no longer the same as before.

It can even be said that the popularity of rifled rifles in the Ming Dynasty and the twenty-four-style muskets of Hongwu have become a past trend.

Xie Jin said: "Although the King of Min has no intention of rebelling today, if the King of Min obtains these firearms in the court in the future, once he unifies the subcontinent of Xiniu Hezhou."

"From the map, he already has a very strong country with a superior geographical location and surrounded by sea. At that time, he will be tempered by three or five generations of people and inherited."

"No one can guarantee whether the Fujian king's system will have the possibility of rebellion in the future. I have a superficial opinion and should strictly admonish the Fujian king Zhu Di. Although the muskets are a past trend, they cannot allow the Fujian king to unify the subcontinent of Xiniu Hezhou."

"Otherwise, it will be a threat to the court's overseas operations." Xie Jin spoke directly, feeling that verbally rejecting Zhu Di was not enough. He wanted to use the toughest tone to make Zhu Di give up his mind to unify Africa.

Why do so many vassal kings in the court scattered everywhere, the same continent is far apart, and a larger continent must have at least four vassal kings?

The purpose is to prevent the whole family from growing bigger, which will shake the central court's ruling foundation overseas.

Seeing that Jing Qing didn't speak, Fang Shiyu said, "Jing Qing, why don't you speak?"

"Your Highness, shouldn't this kind of thing be discussed with the nobles of the Seventh Army Governor's Office?" Only Jing Qing saw through the meaning.

Regarding arms, civil servants have never made decisions. The transaction of arms and the profits that civil servants can get, and drinking soup is not considered a matter of drinking soup.

This is why civil servants don’t have much feelings about firearms.

Fang Shiyu smiled and shook her head, "I'll definitely say I'll sell those Qiu Batans. They only think that the court has stronger weapons and various advantages and conditions, and the vassal kings cannot make a big spoil."

"Then your highness's decision is already very obvious!" Jing Qing shrugged. Whether to sell or not is completely Fang Shiyu's thoughts. He wanted to sell it, but there were tens of millions of excuses to sell it to Zhu Di, or even directly gave it to Zhu Di.

He didn't want to sell, and he had an excuse to reject Zhu Di and scold Zhu Di. He was awakened by Jing Qing's words. Fang Shiyu smiled bitterly and said, "This is wrong. On the contrary, I want to sell it, but I can't sell it so cheaply, nor can I sell it so easily. The main problem is how to limit Zhu Di's development, this is the most important thing!"

Fang Shiyu's face was calm. He made money by selling arms, so why didn't he sell them? The biggest reason why Fang Shiyu did not go to the Seventh Army Governor's Office was not that, as Jing Qing said, Fang Shiyu did not want to sell arms to Zhu Di.

But he needed a way to limit Zhu Di's development and avoid Zhu Di's risk to the central court.

"Then this is simple. Your Highness wants the vassal kings to develop rapidly and divide the entire world, but also wants the vassal kings in various places to be as powerful as possible."

"The best way is to win over and sell it to the King of Min and to other vassal kings, especially those in the same area as the King of Min."

Jing Qing continued to speak.

He still had some insights on such matters. The court's control over the vassal kings was not very strict. It was just that when everyone left the Ming Dynasty, the power and personnel supplies were the same.

However, some are in the South Continent, and some are in the Xiniu Hezhou subcontinent. Only Zhu Quan went out to sea with Feng Cheng last year. On the way to sailing around the world, when he arrived at Dongsheng Shenzhou, Zhu Quan had to go to his Quanzhihe River to become a vassal.

"It develops together, but other vassal kings did not submit a report to buy firearms. Could it be that the court would give it for free? And even if it was a free gift, who would send it to him, it would be a problem!"

Fang Shiyu was very angry at the moment. Although Zhu Gaoxu was going to return, if Fang Shiyu handed over the firearm projectiles given to other vassal kings to Zhu Gaoxu, it would be like a meat bun to beat a dog, and he would never return.

Jing Qing shook his head slightly and said, "The number of naval troops in the court is still seriously insufficient, and there are also shortages of naval generals. I hope that after the completion of the Maritime Academy this year, students will successfully graduate."

To develop an empire, all kinds of talents are indispensable. The navy has talents from the navy, although the navy depends more on the equipment gap between the two sides.

The army has army talents, although it also attaches great importance to the equipment gap between the two sides.

The abilities these talents have shown are actually not just victory in a war on the battlefield.

Often, what touches people's hearts are at the critical moment.

"Forget it, I'm thinking about the arms matter myself. I'll call you here today and delay your rest time. Let's go back to spend time with your family first."

"Your Highness is sympathetic, and I will do my best." Yang Yu bowed and said.

There were only three of them who came to Wenhua Hall today, one of the chief ministers of the cabinet and two of them.

Looking at the three of them leaving, Fang Shiyu suddenly spoke, "Jingqing, I remember you have a daughter, right?"

Jing Qing's eyes narrowed, and he looked at Fang Shiyu suspiciously and confusedly and said, "Your Highness, this is the case. The little girl is young, only four years old, and she is extremely naughty."

"Can you let me know?" Fang Shiyu said bluntly.

Jing Qing bowed and said, "Not yet!"

"Well, I understand." Fang Shiyu picked up a memorial from the table and signaled that Jing Qing could leave.

The most important thing at the moment is not to find a wife for his son. Zhu Di's letters really trapped Fang Shiyu. Of course, he wanted to sell arms.

Zhu Di said that he would not have the imperial inventory, but he really didn't have the imperial inventory?

If the court is willing to sell his inventory to him, he will not be happy. This sentence is just to cover up the purpose. First raise the requirements and let the court bargain.

Even the 24-type Hongwu muskets in stock in the imperial court were not all manufactured in the 24th year of Hongwu. A large number of muskets were produced in the 25th year of Hongwu and the 26th year of Hongwu.

From production to assembly in the entire army, they were eventually eliminated by the army after a certain period of time.

In the current world, these firearms cannot be said to be absolutely leading, but they will not be inferior to those of any national power.

Jingyang Palace.

Princess Qingshen was copying something. When she saw Fang Shiyu's figure, she smiled and stood up and said, "Why don't you send someone to tell me if you are down."

"I don't have any preparations here."

Princess Qingshen's hair was a little messy, and she locked herself in the house all day long, doing something that was incomprehensible.

Fang Shiyu said: "Then you can't say that. I'm just asking, how is the matter going? Can I open the publication?"

"The plan has been almost done. Recently, the Hanlin editor has sent some manuscripts to strictly criticize the problems found by the national censors and Jinyiwei."

"Any officials involved in corruption and corruption will be arrested and killed strictly by the court without leaving any room for anything, and do their best to increase the credibility of the court in the hearts of the people."

"It's just that the cost is too low and the selling price is also low, so I'm afraid it's not easy to promote." Princess Qingshen handed it to Fang Shiyu with a newspaper.

“How much does it cost?”

Fang Shiyu's face was heavy. Such a good newspaper and magazine section tried his best to maintain the credibility of the court, shape the glorious and majestic image of the court, and spread the spirit of serving the country and the people.

Hundreds of years later, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be the first to set off a national craze.

The Chinese people never lack the resilience to struggle.

Princess Qingshen said: "Yiguanbaobao can produce five portions, but whether it is transported or labored, a lot of money is required to be invested."

"I'm afraid it will be a loss-making deal."

Qingshen looked solemn.

From the capital to the south, we can go to the Jiaozhi Governor General, and to the west there is the Uszangdu Sect. The huge empire has not been completely solved. It is still very difficult to promote these things.

"If transportation is a problem, then there is no transportation." Fang Shiyu put the newspaper on the table and said calmly.

Princess Qingshen looked solemn and hesitated: "I won't promote it anymore?"

"Of course we need to promote it, but we don't need to send it from the capital to every place, with fifteen governors in the two capitals and seventeen printing offices."

"The central court is responsible for publishing original manuscripts and sending them to various places, printing and selling them in various places, and can also promote newspapers and magazines well."

"And the main sales group of newspapers and magazines is still the middle class." Fang Shiyu said bluntly.

Although the Ming Dynasty was still in the turbulent literacy campaign, various institutions, medicine, law, technical schools, military academy, and women's colleges were built throughout the country.

Even though the imperial court strongly supported and provided preferential policies for admission, there were still many people who were unable to enter and could not study. This was also an aspect that many ancient society could not take into account.

Princess Qingshen looked at Fang Shiyu with confusion and said, "What is the middle class?"

"Well, okay, the middle class is simply the landlords and wealthy merchants. They have money and are capable of studying."

Fang Shiyu shrugged. No matter how good the newspapers are, they must be affordable to the people. Now the new problem is that the people can afford newspapers, but they cannot understand them.

This is really enough to make people blind.

Qingshen nodded with a chuckle and said, "Your Highness knows so much."

"Damn me? Have you learned to be bad from Xu Miaojin? Have you learned to ridicule me?" Fang Shiyu said Tong Qingshen with all his actions.

"Your Highness, if you are messing up, you will have to clean up later. If you establish a printing bureau in each provincial governor in the country, you can complete the important task of promotion and reduce the cost of transportation in the court."

Princess Qingshen hurriedly ran aside and said in a serious tone.

Fang Shiyu sat bored on the chair, putting her hands behind her head, looking at Qingshenjun

The Lord said, "I really have a very serious question to ask you."

"Your Highness wants to ask about North Korea." Princess Qingshen is not a fool either. Seeing Fang Shiyu's serious expression, this is not visible in the past.
To be continued...