The first thing Yan Guilai did when he took office was to set up Gui Lai Bank. He used the bank's name to lend money to the Ministry of Government. The Ministry of Government would then be responsible for refining the gold, silver, and bronze into standard equipment for the frontline troops.
Yan Guilai immediately issued a decree to transfer all the weaponsmithing workshops that belonged to the military to the Ministry of Government. The Ministry of Government would be responsible for the manufacturing and research of the equipment.
In Yan Guilai's words, as soldiers, they only needed to train their soldiers and fight well. Other things shouldn't be the responsibility of soldiers.
The collection of military funds, the excavation of metals and minerals, the transportation, the design and production of equipment, these were all matters that the Ministry of Political Affairs should be responsible for, not the Military Department.
If such a decree had been issued a year ago, the military would have gone berserk. What kind of joke was this? This was cutting the firewood from under the cauldron! There was no way they could survive. They should just overturn the Great Chu royalty.
However, at this moment, when Yan Guilai issued the decree, the military didn't react at all. From Shui Liu Xiang to the seven generals, they didn't even read the contents of the document before signing it.
It only took two hours for Yan Guilai's decree to be passed by everyone.
Yan Guilai wasn't too surprised by this. If they resisted and refused to cooperate, then it was still the same. If you can do it, then do it. I'll let you do it.
Furthermore, although Yan Guilai transferred all the weaponsmithing workshops to the Ministry of Government, he didn't go overboard. Half of the high-level personnel in the weaponsmithing workshops were taken up by people from the military.
This meant that in the future, the military would have half the say in the field of equipment design and manufacturing. The Ministry of Government wouldn't be able to cover the sky with one hand.
Yan Guilai was helpless because of this. The military naturally wanted the equipment to be as strong as possible. However, the Ministry of Government was thinking about mass production. Without enough resources and ability, how could they produce such strong equipment?
The military was destined to be a theoretical and idealistic party. They wouldn't care too much about whether the technology was up to par, whether the resources were sufficient, or whether the conditions were right. The only thing they cared about was the strength of the equipment.
However, the Ministry of Politics was different. The Ministry of Politics had to consider the input and output, as well as the maximization of benefits and benefits.
There was an old saying that went, "Dreams are plentiful, but reality is bony." This was irreconcilable.
Taking the current predicament of the military as an example, this was undoubtedly due to the inaction of the Great Chu royalty, but did the military not have any responsibility at all?
If it wasn't for the fact that he didn't leave any room for maneuver and didn't plan for the future, he wouldn't have reached this stage. It had only been ten years, but he didn't even have the resources and money to repair the equipment.
In order to fight against the Demon Clan, the Seven Great Generals of the Human Clan only wanted to refine powerful equipment, but they never considered what the future would be like. They also never considered where the next batch of equipment would come from after this batch of equipment was scrapped.
Looking at the problem from different angles, the answer would also be different.
From the military's point of view, they only felt that the Great Chu royalty was completely useless. It was simply corruption, bending the law, and running amok.
From the military's point of view, all of humanity's resources and money should be invested in the military. Otherwise … once the Demon Clan invaded, wouldn't humanity be wiped out?
However, from the perspective of the Great Chu royalty, although the military was important, they couldn't just watch the commoners starve to death, right?
From Chu Wuqing's point of view, if all of the resources were concentrated in the military and the commoners were allowed to starve to death, then all of this would lose its meaning.
The military's responsibility was to protect the commoners. Otherwise, without the commoners, what was the point of resisting the Demon Clan?
Furthermore, equipment was dead, while people were alive. If the commoners starved to death, then after the soldiers on the front lines died in battle, where would they recruit new soldiers to replenish the front lines?
Of course, this wasn't an expansion of the Great Chu royalty. It was purely an analysis and perspective of the problem from this point of view.
In reality, the Great Chu royalty and Chu Wuqing had indeed been very corrupt over the years.
While Yan Guilai was acting boldly and decisively, Chu Wuqing wasn't idle either. He had ready-made manpower. He directly established the Ministry of Justice and began to operate it at full force.
In just a month, thousands of cities and tens of thousands of officials were removed from their posts one after another …
In just a month's time, the corrupted gold, silver, and bronze found in the mansions, treasure vaults, and secret chambers of various officials were piled up like mountains.
On one side, Yan Guilai had just handed over one billion taels of gold, one hundred billion taels of silver, and a mountain of bronze to the newly established weaponsmithing workshop. On the other side … Chu Wuqing sent over another billion taels of gold, one hundred billion taels of silver, and a mountain of bronze and silver.
In the face of Chu Wuqing's ruthlessness, Yan Guilai was very happy. As the Chief Justice, he couldn't be merciful or emotional.
With a wave of his hand, all the gold, silver, and bronze that had just arrived were once again sent to the weaponsmithing workshop. They were used to refine brand new battle armor for the military.
In the face of Yan Guilai's decision that didn't consider the future or the reserves, the officials of the newly established Ministry of Justice tried their best to stop him. No matter what, at least half of it had to be left in case of an emergency!
However, in the face of everyone's opinions and suggestions, Yan Guilai decisively rejected them. Moreover, he bluntly told everyone that future matters could be discussed in the future. If they couldn't gather enough, Yan Guilai would pay for it out of his own pocket.
In the face of Yan Guilai's guarantee, no one had any more objections. After all … just two days ago, Yan Guilai had taken out a huge amount of gold, silver, and bronze by himself.
Since he said there was more, then there must be more. Thus … even if they transferred it all over, it didn't matter.
Since the resources were in place, the design of equipment was never a problem.
One had to know that in the past ten years, the officials of the military had almost gone crazy thinking about it.
Although they didn't have the resources and money to refine the equipment, it was precisely because of this that the weaponsmithing workshop, which was still under the military at that time, couldn't do anything other than daydreaming about designing equipment.
As the saying went, 'sharpening a sword for ten years'. After ten years of continuous design and innovation, the new generation of armor and weapons was definitely the strongest generation of standard equipment in the history of mankind.
Originally, the resources that Yan Guilai had provided weren't enough to refine the equipment. However … with the huge amount of resources that Chu Wuqing had confiscated, it was just enough to satisfy the needs of the eight million soldiers.
Therefore, as soon as the materials arrived, the weaponsmithing workshop was fully operational. Sets of shining golden armor and weapons were refined one after another. Each of them was a One-Vein Imperial Artifact!
In the face of such luxurious new equipment, not only were the seven generals grinning from ear to ear, but the eight million soldiers of the human race were also cheering. All they wanted was to receive the shining and powerful equipment.
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