Chapter 606

It is still dark every day at the fifth hour of the day. People have begun to walk in front of the forbidden door. Lanterns in twos and threes have stood in front of the forbidden door. Officials of various departments and churches, red and purple, have stood in front of the forbidden door and are ready for the early morning.

Today is a ten day grand court meeting. Officials of six grades and above of various ministries in Beijing, or officials who are authorized by grace to participate in the previous court, can enter the palace to participate in this grand court meeting.

Xiao Cong got down from the sedan chair, wrapped in a robe, came to the forbidden gate and ordered the forbidden army captain guarding the gate.

"Go and bring me a chair."

The captain looked around, and there were dozens of officials, including more than a dozen senior officers from grade three. If you want chairs, don't plan to do your job.

As soon as he knelt on the ground, the school captain said with a tired smile:

"Senior general, you see, my shoulder is still comfortable. Just sit up. I don't dare to leave without permission."

Xiao Cong looked at the captain and scolded angrily:

"Your grandmother's, I can't tell you to move."

Dong Cheng got off his horse, looked around in the crowd, saw Xiao Cong at the door, and came three steps and two steps.

"General, why should it be difficult for Bo Cheng? It's only a blink of an eye from entering the dynasty."

Xiao Cong snorted:

"Well, I know this is a rising star of your army, which is highly valued by you. Young generals who want to join various guard armies in the future. Come on, there's an accident over there, and they hurry up."

Dong Cheng waved to the school captain. The school Captain stood up and waved his hand. The forbidden army close to him shrank back and left them three feet.

"The Wangjiang naval battle was over, and general Su Ping destroyed the two battle ship fleets of the British with one block and two blocks."

"That's a good thing. Su Ping has a good hand in naval warfare. He can win more with less. How many people have died?"

Xiao Cong said with a flashing red light on his face.

Dong Cheng shook his head: "the casualties are quite heavy, the war damage to warships is as high as 90%, 70% of the navy are killed, and the battle ship is seriously damaged and needs overhaul."

"You can't even win miserably."

Dong Cheng looked at Xiao Cong with a clear look on his face. The Wangjiang water army was greatly damaged. Now he even has no ability to deal with the naval battle. At the beginning, the Ministry of military wanted to build two battle ships, which was stuck by the Ministry of household. You, old general Xiao, must come forward this time.

Xiao Cong's face was also a little ugly.

"This victory was won by the soldiers in exchange for their lives. The dead soldiers should be given preferential pensions. The disabled soldiers should either be transferred to logistics duties or to local patrol camps. We must deal with the aftermath."

The palace gate suddenly opened. Several lanterns were lined up at the gate of the palace. The head eunuch had a sharp voice.

"Your lords, your majesty has an order. Morning."

Xiao Cong patted his clothes and looked around. It started a little early this morning. Most of you didn't arrive. Zhou Ping and Qian Qianyi, several old goods, came late.

Soon, the civil and military officials stood in line in order and headed for the hall of diligence under the guidance of the eunuch with lanterns.

Palace, bedroom.

Li Qing, dressed in Imperial clothes, sat on the side of Su Road, with an ugly face.

"In the Wangjiang war, we lost nearly 60% of the Navy and the only fighting ship. What will we do to deal with the blockade of the British at sea in the future?"

Su Lu teased Xiao Su Yi, who got up early, with some helplessness in his tone.

"When soldiers come to block, water and earth cover up. If there are no soldiers, recruit. If there are no ships, build ships."

"I came with Su Ping's victory report yesterday. Aren't there more than a dozen sailors who came to the military headquarters to report on their work? They called them to the great court meeting to boast their achievements and count their scars."

Li Qing was a little stunned and pondered. Huizi said:

"Isn't this different from the system?"

Su Lu glanced at Li Qing:

"There's no way. We can only wait for the British to fight. After all, our country is too big. There are wars everywhere. The Ministry of household is also poor to deal with it. If they want to allocate silver to the shipbuilding division, they can't do it without reason."

Li Qing hesitated for a moment and couldn't make up his mind.

Changning came in and asked for instructions

"Your Majesty, your ministers are beginning to enter the hall. It's time to get up."

Li Qing put down his warm hand bag, folded his robe sleeves, got up and walked out. Before leaving the bedroom gate, he suddenly said to Su Ge next to him.

"Su Ge, go to the military headquarters and invite the Navy generals who return to Beijing to report their work. All the disabled are invited. The ones with the most scars are ready to go to the temple to boast their merit and let them think about how those scars come from."

Sug took the order.

Li Qing entered the hall of diligence and sat down on the throne.

Starting with Qian Qianyi, the Minister of rites, Li Qingsheng cut the affairs of these days in advance.

Yu Wei, Minister of the Ministry of works, Zhou Yuan, Minister of the Ministry of household, and when it was Zhou Ping, Minister of the Ministry of war, it was not surprising that the first thing was the Wangjiang naval battle. The Navy suffered serious damage and needed to replenish soldiers and warships. Please reply to your majesty.

"Eighty percent of the warships were damaged in this war. It can be said that after this war, there was no water army outside Wangjiang port, and it was no longer possible to ensure the protection of the coast. The British landed wherever they wanted."

"Your Majesty, in this autumn of crisis and danger, I hope your majesty can approve, build more warships, absorb soldiers, restore the combat effectiveness of the Navy as soon as possible, and win the battle with the British Army on the sea."

Zhou Yuan made an impassioned speech and asked for money loudly.

Li Qing glanced at Zhou Yuan, the Minister of household affairs. Naturally, she agreed to make money, but the Ministry of household did not agree. It was useless to speak again.

Zhou Yuan went out of class: "Your Majesty, gentlemen, as Zhou Shangshu said, my ministry of household has no objection, and has allocated funds for the construction of one fighting ship and twelve small grasshopper ships. That's enough."

"A few days ago, your majesty approved the salary and silver of the combat sergeants in the south. The total amount of silver for the local guards is 120000 Liang. The amount of silver allocated by the Ministry of household to the ordnance mansion for shipbuilding is 690000 Liang. The amount of silver used for military expedition in China in the whole year is only 1.5 million Liang, which is one-third of it."

With that, Zhou Yuan took off his hat and held it in his arms with a tired face.

"Your Majesty, if I say Zan Yue, I have no money. My household really has no money."

Su Ge entered the hall and all the called sergeants arrived, including three who were seriously injured and unable to move, and five who broke their legs and arms.

Li Qing waved his hand and pointed directly at the debate between the Ministry of war and the Ministry of household. If the quarrel continued, it would become a vegetable market.

"Come, please go to the temple."

Li Qing's voice fell, and the dispute in the palace quieted down.

The military department, the staff office, the ordnance office, the household department and all the dignitaries looked at the gate of the hall in amazement.

Please go to the hall. Your majesty is angry and wants to throw all the quarreling adults out of the hall?

Li Qing sat on the throne and looked at the ministers in the hall. He was helpless. It must be right to allocate money to the shipbuilding division, but Zhou Yuan was right. The Ministry of household really had no money.

I can only place my hope on the praise of these sergeants