The brief interlude caused everyone accompanying him to think deeply.
On the one hand, I felt that I should put pressure on the agitated King Shunyi, but on the other hand, I was afraid that the Tatars would become angry and make trouble.
Unfortunately, the emperor directly asked Zhongshu Sheren to return to the palace to draft the edict, leaving no room for discussion.
After lunch, some were worried or whispering to each other, all discussing whether Anda Khan would obey the imperial edict and come to Beijing, if so, how to treat it, if not, what to do, etc.
It wasn't until the emperor led everyone to the campus to test the new firearms in the afternoon that everyone focused their attention.
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"Your Majesty, these firearms are not live ammunition, so you can feel free to play with them."
In the campus grounds, targets made of wooden signs and scarecrows were placed fifty steps away.
The emperor and a group of civil and military officials were gathered around a batch of firearms, pointing and pointing.
The eunuchs and craftsmen of the War Bureau carefully accompanied him, occasionally explaining something to the emperor and the courtiers.
Zhu Yijun picked up a blunderbuss and turned it over and over with great interest: "Master Qian, please tell me and the ministers one by one."
It's not that Xiao Zhu is clumsy, but that he really doesn't understand other technical issues about firearms except for the most basic common sense.
Politics and philosophy were the corresponding professions in the previous life, and those who work in this field should know something about it. As for firearms, I am afraid only those with a resume like Shengtian Hanzi will be interested in them.
Upon hearing this, the eunuch of the Military War Bureau quickly gave up his position and showed Master Qian.
The latter was obviously not used to this kind of situation, and he hesitated for a long time: "What your Majesty is holding is a firecracker..."
Zhu Yijun had no choice but to interrupt: "I know it's a firecracker, so just tell me where it is."
He still has common sense. There are two ways to ignite handguns by pressing them.
One is the fire gun, which has only a bare barrel. One person holds the gun to aim, and the other adds ammunition. Because of the way to start the fire, you have to throw red-hot wire and charcoal into the fire door. It is also called a fire door gun.
Neither convenient nor accurate, it is already a backward breed among handheld firearms.
There is also a bird gun, which was introduced from Japan during the Jiajing period. On the basis of the fire door gun, a rear sight, a star, a gun holder, and a gun machine were added. It can be held by one person, and there is also a front sight for aiming, both in terms of practicality and
The accuracy has been greatly improved, and even the method of igniting the fire has been changed from the primitive method of opening the fire door and throwing charcoal to lighting the fuse.
Of course, due to the cost, frontier armies still mostly use firecrackers. Only the Forbidden Army and the Beijing camp, which serve as imperial guards, can be equipped with such cutting-edge firearms as bird cannons on a large scale.
Seeing Master Qian being interrupted by the emperor, Wei Zhongde, the eunuch in charge of the War Bureau, quickly stepped forward to save him.
The latter took over and said, "Your Majesty! Following Your Majesty's inspiration, the Bureau of Military Affairs has improved the technique of rotating the chamber in the past few years, and matched the bullets with it so that the bullets can spiral out of the chamber."
"Both the range and accuracy are far superior to those before, even the cannon can't match it!"
He didn't understand technology, but he did his homework before coming and gave a brief report, which was fine.
When Zhu Yijun heard this, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face, and his voice subconsciously raised a few points: "Did you make it!?"
The idea of ​​spiral rifling was naturally brought up by him. Of course, it was limited to an ambiguous general direction. It was up to the craftsmen to figure out how to achieve the effect he mentioned.
However, I didn’t expect that in just over five years, it would actually bear fruit.
Everyone saw the emperor beaming with joy. They all put their eyes close to the barrel of the gun and looked at it curiously. Sure enough, they saw spiral grooves in the barrel of the gun.
"Please allow me to demonstrate this to Your Majesty."
After that, Wei Zhongde ordered people to get gunpowder, load it, and prepare for demonstration.
When Zhu Yijun saw the eunuchs and the craftsmen working in pairs, one carrying the gun tube and the other preparing the ammunition, he couldn't help frowning and asked: "Since the gun tube technique has been modified, it should be universal, why not use it for bird guns but must use it for fire guns?"
Gun on?"
Wei Zhongde didn't quite understand, and quickly winked at Master Qian.
The latter understood and explained first: "Your Majesty knows that in order for the bullet to rotate along the blunderbuss tube, the bullet can only be thicker than the blunderbuss tube."
"When loading, it takes a long time to hit it. The shape of the fire gun is simpler than that of the bird gun. The loading is simple and it is more suitable for rifling."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone saw that the little eunuch in charge of the demonstration was humming and pounding the reloading bullet with a hammer.
The Rongzhengtang pouted at what was happening to Jia Sanjin: "On the battlefield, how can you have so much time to load bullets for the soldiers?"
Not to mention the cavalry charge, with this skill, the old, weak, sick and disabled can all get in front of them.
Qi Jiguang also had a look of pity on his face.
Master Qian scratched his arm uncomfortably and smiled awkwardly: "Still thinking of a way, still thinking of a way."
At this time, the few young eunuchs who were trying the guns finally finished loading.
Although everyone was shaking their heads in their hearts, they still looked attentively.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
A few gunshots rang out and the smoke cleared.
"Six out of ten shots!"
Fifty steps away, the little eunuch finished lighting the target and shouted something in this direction at the top of his lungs.
This hit rate is already very high.
But the faces of all the civil and military officials showed a lack of interest.
Wang Chonggu put down the gun and shook his head: "The bullet is definitely not thicker than the barrel of the gun. The speed has dropped by nearly half compared to before. It may be difficult for even armor to penetrate."
The old soldiers knew how much the speed was reduced by the whistling sound of the bullets.
As the speed slows down, the power naturally becomes weaker.
In short, aiming for the head may help, but it's not practical.
Master Qian couldn't help but look a little disappointed.
At this time, Zhu Yijun suddenly said: "One code is one code. Even if it has some limitations, it might as well be used as a technical reserve."
"Moreover, now that we have achieved this step, we may not be able to eliminate the rough and extract the essence by thinking of ways to do it."
After that, he looked at Wei Zhongde and Master Qian: "As usual, I will give you the silver reward for the rifling. I will open a new subject about the slow loading and the difficulty of the discharge speed."
Wei Zhongde and Master Qian looked happy and quickly thanked them profusely.
Zhu Yijun naturally would not bully the old craftsmen on the grounds of impracticality.
In the past few years in the War and War Bureau, he spent money to buy and integrate heirloom skills from these craftsmen, and generously distributed silver rewards for the results, spending hundreds of thousands of taels.
What's more, technological progress is something that is gradually discovered and cannot be achieved overnight.
People like Wang Chonggu only expect to get it right in one step simply because they have become accustomed to imitating advanced firearms over the years.
Seeing that the emperor was generous and used palace money to reward him with silver, the courtiers naturally had nothing to say.
When Qi Jiguang saw that he had finished talking about the musket, he immediately took advantage of the opportunity and pushed the musket forward: "Is this the flintlock your Majesty mentioned?"
Everyone looked back together.
I saw Qi Jiguang holding a musket in his hand that was 80% similar to a gun.
There is a trigger on the butt of the gun. The trigger and hammer form a small mechanism. There is a flint on the jaw of the hammer. When you open the loading area, you can see the hammer anvil.
Although he knew that there was no gunpowder in the gun, Jia Sanjin still coughed lightly: "Captain Qi, pay attention to the discipline of the capital camp and avoid people with the gun."
Qi Jiguang followed the good example and handed the flintlock gun to Jia Geisheng.
Just as Jia Sanjin was about to pick him up, Zhu Yijun walked between the two of them, reached out and took the flintlock gun: "It's just the flintlock gun."
"Every time the trigger of this gun is pulled, the flint on the hammer will hit the fire door, causing sparks to ignite the gunpowder and fire the bullet."
"Unlike muskets that are ignited by a match rope, a flintlock gun does not need to carry a flint to ignite. It is easy to use, has a shorter reloading time, and fires faster."
After that, he pulled the trigger several times and sparks shot out.
After Jia Sanjin shivered with fright, Zhu Yijun smiled and handed over the flintlock gun.
Wang Chonggu also became interested and reached out to grab Jia Sanjin's hand.
There are many shortcomings in using a match rope to light a fire. It is afraid of water and wind. When it comes to the sky, the length of the match rope is different, and the ignition time is also different. It tests the proficiency of the soldiers, and it often turns off the fire and makes a dumb fart.
If flint could be used to instantly ignite a fire, it would indeed be much more practical.
Wang Chonggu looked over and over, then pointed the trigger at the ground again and again.
After a while of testing, Wang Chonggu frowned: "It doesn't seem to be able to ignite every time?"
Zhu Yijun hummed and explained: "The sparks of flint are unstable, and sometimes it even takes three or four times to pull the trigger to activate it."
"And he's just as afraid of tides, even more so than a match rope."
Wang Chonggu nodded.
An expected question.
He even thought of more flaws in the blink of an eye.
This simple excitation method may easily go off the rails, and the trigger may be pulled without knowing when it is held in your hand.
There is also a problem with training. The operation is simple, but after adding mechanisms, it becomes more difficult for the soldiers to understand.
Of course, these are all small problems that can be overcome, at least much more advanced than the ignition rope.
Wang Chonggu stretched out his finger to dig into the gun, and asked casually: "The cost shouldn't be low, right?"
Everyone looked at the eunuch of the Military War Bureau.
Wei Zhongde hesitated for a moment, glanced at the emperor, and then carefully replied: "Mr. Wang Ge, a flintlock gun is easier to use than a blunderbuss, so the cost is naturally more expensive."
He paused: "About four taels of silver per hand."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Chonggu frowned.
Four taels is a bit too expensive.
General firearms, such as quick guns, target guns, etc., cost between seven cents and one, two and nine cents.
Bird guns are slightly more expensive, costing 2,201 cents each, so it is difficult for the frontier army to use them.
The flintlock muskets have doubled again, reaching the cost of four ounces each, and it will probably be more difficult for the frontier army to assemble them on a large scale.
"Why is it so expensive?" Wang Chonggu asked.
Just as Master Qian was about to explain, Wei Zhong pulled the former and explained: "So that Mr. Wang Ge will know that the main value lies in the working hours."
"Mr. Wangge, despite the exquisite mechanism and flints, they are actually not worth much. The materials such as Fu iron, furnace flutes, screws, seals, charcoal, and wooden supports are only nine cents and seven in total for a gun.
point."
"But when it comes to filing, chiseling, drilling, and making hinges, the price is three taels and one penny, and there is no overcharge."
When Wang Chonggu heard this, he couldn't help but gnash his teeth.
He hesitated for a moment and then said softly: "How about we let the Ministry of War try the next batch first?"
New craftsmanship is always the most expensive when it is first launched. Once it reaches scale and the craftsmen become more skilled, the labor price will naturally come down - this is the mature result of many years of competition between giving profits to craftsmen and controlling costs.
Of course, the Bureau of War and the Ministry of War share the same responsibility. Orders should be placed and money should be given.
Even if the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry wanted to do it, it would have to invest heavily in it and buy technology from the inner court.
Qi Jiguang nodded in agreement: "Your Majesty, if we can equip a batch of equipment for the Zhengdan military parade, it will be a great addition to the momentum."
In the past, lighting a fire with a match rope was inconvenient. If the only action was to pull the trigger, then galloping on horseback and firing a gun into the sky, wouldn't this momentum be suitable for a military parade?
Zhu Yijun naturally followed the good advice: "I will report this matter to the Ministry of War tomorrow and make a batch first."
As for the military parade at Zhengdan, there will naturally be as many as there can be. Anyway, a hundred or so will be enough to build up the momentum.
After saying that, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but touch his nose: "Spending money is like running water."
It is foreseeable that defense expenditures have been rising steadily in recent years.
I don’t know when we can dump outdated equipment to regain some blood.
"In addition to the improvement of the opponent's muskets, the War Bureau has also made some additions and reductions to the artillery muskets. Please move on with your Majesty."
Wei Zhongde stretched out his hand to invite us, and was about to lead the way.
Wang Chonggu and Qi Jiguang looked at each other, and a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes: "There are also new shapes of cannons?"
The power of handguns is just that, comparable to crossbow arrows.
Cannons are different. A volley of cannonballs can turn the tide of the battle if they explode well.
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If this important military weapon improves even further, it will be a big deal in war.
When Wei Zhongde heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "How many military craftsmen are there in total after the war is over? How can we make such rapid changes?"
"It's just a little gain from assistive devices."
"I had heard before that the Hongmao Yi had made innovations in artillery and muskets in recent years. I wanted to buy a batch of imitations, but after all, I didn't have much contact with the Hongmao Yi. I asked some businessmen but they couldn't tell me anything."
After Wang Chonggu, Qi Jiguang and others heard this, they couldn't help but secretly thought it was a pity.
With just a few words from a few people, Wei Zhongde had already led the emperor and a group of civil and military officials to a large blunderbuss.
He also asked people to take out a few things.
All the ministers stood still and stopped to watch.
"In order to improve the accuracy of cannons, we have worked hard in the past few years, but there has been no progress."
"It wasn't until the year before last that Scholar Liu tried to introduce geometry into the calculation of cannonball trajectories."
"Not to mention scholar Liu's achievements, the war situation took advantage of the east wind and made bludgeoning rules, blunderbuss rules, and blunderbuss rulers to assist cannon shooting."
After that, people started to demonstrate the application of several objects.
After a lot of fussing, he kept talking.
What measures the muzzle height, tilt angle, firing range, parabolic trajectory, ammunition ratio, etc.
It frightened the civil and military ministers into a daze.
boom!
boom!
Military generals kept coming forward and trying to use auxiliary tools to fire off cannons, causing the school grounds to explode into pieces and a mess everywhere.
Zhu Yijun looked on with cold eyes, feeling quite emotional in his heart.
He really didn't lead this matter, it was just a matter of knowing people well and being generously rewarded.
The imperial court itself has artillery science, and various martial arts books have very practical guidance on the use of cannons. For example, the vertical method is only used for flying guns, which can be set to eleven degrees (82.5°), twelve degrees (
90
°) to carry out siege warfare; the inverted method is only suitable for defending the gun, and the inverted one degree (7.5°) to fourth degree (30°) is used to attack the enemy under the city; the flat method is most suitable for use in battle formations, as it will always hit the target without fail.
.
There are many such things, but they are all single and unsystematic.
It wasn't until the genius Liu Dunkai was born that anyone tried to systematically study geometry, unify these things into laws, and create corresponding tools - by-products that could be used in the military. Naturally, Xu Jie was given to the academy.
Sold for a good price.
In any case, compared to ingenuity, the technological spillover after the foundation of this basic discipline is more gratifying.
If the foundation is laid, what can the red cannon be without?
On the contrary, if you see the rotten Confucian idea of ​​"it's better to buy than to make", you will have to dismiss someone if you see one!
A military warfare bureau firearms test lasted for a full afternoon.
Of course, in addition to useful things, there are also some attempts that waste money.
For example, Tao Chengdao's semi-finished project "Rising to the Sky on a Rocket" was improved by the Bureau of Military Affairs using kites - two rabbits were killed on the spot, one was burned through the kite and fell to death, and only two survived to the ground safely.
It's ridiculous.
It is said that there are craftsmen who study the proportion of gunpowder, but the results are minimal and have not been served.
The whole afternoon was in full swing, and it was not until evening that the emperor and his entourage of civil and military ministers returned to their respective homes.
Of course, Zhu Yijun still had to follow Qi Jiguang back to the military camp.
It can be said that the two of them, the monarch and his ministers, were inseparable during this time.
It is a bit exaggerated to say that you can sleep after you are full, but talking by candlelight every day is not discounted at all.
On this day, the Chinese army's tent was still as bright as daylight.
From time to time, there were sounds of "drills", "selections", "Qi Jiajun", "Lectures at the General Staff Council", etc.
It wasn't until even the minister was so anxious that he broke into the tent regardless of etiquette, and on the grounds that the emperor was protecting the dragon's body, he forcibly separated the two.
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The third day of the twelfth lunar month.
Today is the sixth day that the emperor stayed in the military camp. It seems to be longer than the month when the emperor went out to inspect Shuntian Mansion - there is always a difference between going out on business and staying out at night.
The Forbidden City seems to have lost its backbone.
There was a lot of discussion in the Wenhua Palace, and everyone hoped that Shen Shixing could come forward and persuade the emperor to return to the palace to recuperate.
However, the emperor could not return to court unless he went to court, and everything in the court went smoothly.
Regardless of Liu Shiyan’s hand or tail,
Liu Shiyan, the right-hand governor of the Houjun Governor's Office, was impeached many times and imprisoned three times. He slandered the emperor and was evil in many ways. He made false claims about the stars, falsely ordered the army to be shut down, was good at making weapons, pretended to be the king of Qin, but refused to change his pardon and actually conspired to assassinate him.
Jia, although there is a certificate that exempts two people from death, the crime does not stop at two, and ten deaths are difficult to redeem, so the three tribes were wiped out to set the record straight.
Dongning's younger brother Jiao Mengzhao, Anyuanhou's younger brother Liu Maoxun and other accomplices were sentenced to death.
Shi Maohua, the former Minister of the Ministry of War, was wanted for colluding with the enemy and treason.
Luo Fengxiang, the former minister of the Ministry of War, was convicted of Yu's death in prison, etc...
It was also the restructuring of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
Yin Zhengmao, the right deputy censor of the capital and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, served as an official in various vassals and followed his duties. He killed all the whale salamanders, conquered the local area, and was promoted to minister of the Ministry of War.
Yin Zhengmao, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and Chen Jingbang, the Minister of the Ministry of War, are in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of War. They are responsible for the reduction of the military system, conquests, dispatching of troops, and dispatching.
Even the matter of issuing an edict to King Shunyi and Mrs. Zhongshun to make a pilgrimage to Beijing was debated for only a quarter of an hour in the Wenhua Palace and was quickly passed by the court.
But even so, the emperor still refused to return to the palace today.
"Qi Jiguang's southern soldiers used the excuse that they didn't know me and wouldn't even let me enter the military camp." The man in Zhongshushe gasped for air in the cold winter, and white smoke came straight from his forehead.
It was as if he had been rejected.
Chen Wude was displeased: "That's unreasonable! I'll go there myself!"
Having said that, it’s time to go outside the Wenhua Hall.
Shen Shixing took a deep breath and quickly grabbed Chen Wude.
"Don't be anxious, Mr. Chen. Now that the new year is approaching, it's better to ask the two palaces to invite His Majesty to return to the palace. It's just the right time. I believe His Majesty will be more likely to listen to the advice."
Chen Wude was angry, but then he thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case, so he nodded reluctantly.
Before Zhongshu Sheren could take a breath, he was ordered by these ministers to send a message to the two palaces. He had no choice but to agree with the ministers, and together they left the Wenhua Palace and went straight to the Xiyuan.
The time when a person just goes out.
Zhongshu Sheren actually returned to Dao Wenhua Hall again.
The courtiers all looked at him in confusion.
Zhongshu Sheren quickly explained: "As soon as Fang went out, he saw Eunuch Sun coming out of Xiyuan. He said that he had been ordered by the two palaces to invite His Majesty back to the palace."
Chen Wude's face looks better now, thanks to the fact that the two palaces are still there.
Zhongshu Sheren put his hands on his hips, took a deep breath, and looked at Wang Zongyi: "Uncle Zong, the two palaces also said that Zong Zheng will also be invited to Xiyuan, and they will be summoned now."
When Wang Zongyi heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.
He frowned: "What happened?"
Zhongshu Sheren finally calmed down and said: "Good thing, great thing."
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Zhongshu Sheren didn't have much standing, so Zhu Yijun was sent back without having to show up.
But the eunuch came under the order of the two palaces, and he could not refute the queen's face, so he had to let Sun Long in.
As soon as Sun Long walked into the university grounds, he saw a dense darkness.
The infantrymen whispered to each other and looked forward to it.
The lids of several large boxes were opened, revealing white pieces of broken silver, which were placed quietly on the general's platform.
The Rongzheng Department, the Ministry of War, and the Department of Science and Technology divided several slots and distributed silver rewards to the generals one by one.
Oh, it seems to be saying that His Majesty personally pays the wages today.
Sun Long thought to himself and looked up towards the general's platform.
I saw that the emperor on the high platform also took off his military uniform and put on his official uniform again.
From time to time, the emperor personally stepped out, shaking hands, patting shoulders, and encouraging a dragon in a familiar manner.
"Please remember my appearance carefully! If anyone dares to deduct the money I sent out today, please come and tell me!"
Even the most rogue soldier can hardly ignore the gap caused by status.
Everyone burst into tears of gratitude and shouted words of loyalty to the emperor.
Seeing this scene, even Sun Long, who was a close official of the emperor, could not help but feel awe-struck.
Anyone with a little common sense knows the attitude of soldiers towards their superiors who pay them.
The emperor paid the salary himself... None of Emperor Wuzong at that time could do this.
It’s really intimidating!
Sun Long took a deep breath, collected his mind, and hurriedly stepped up to the general platform.
"Wait for two more days until I have inspected the military camp's treasury and then return to the palace immediately."
Before the eunuch could speak, Zhu Yijun took the lead and started bargaining with the two palaces from afar.
The guards will come forward to see off the guests.
Sun Long quickly pushed away the irrelevant people and approached him under the emperor's suspicious look.
He stood beside the emperor and said respectfully and excitedly: "Your Majesty, please return to the palace quickly, Wu Jieyu has given birth to a dragon seed!"
Chapter completed!