Daming: Stealing Chen Yuanyuan at the beginning

Chapter 193 Prime Minister in black, breech-loading flintlock gun

Qingshou Temple, inside the abbot.

Yan Ermei originally had a strange appearance, with big ears, but after she was shaved, she looked majestic as the real Dharma.

At this time, he was sitting cross-legged on the futon, holding a rosary in his hand, and meditating with his eyes closed.

Sandalwood was burning in the room, and cigarette smoke curled up.Outside the house, there are green cypress trees, green plantains, and tall bamboos. The environment is quiet and quiet.

Li Cunming walked in, stood silently for a while, and sighed: "Mr. Yan, my class master has returned to the court."

"Your Majesty, congratulations!" Yan Ermei stood up slowly, clasped her hands together and bowed, not meeting each other with the courtesy of a monarch and a minister.

"Military Master, do you really want to abandon me? Do you really want to abandon the Ming Dynasty? Do you really want to abandon the world? I just lost General Zhou Yuji, and I want to lose my army teacher. Isn't this a painful loss of arms? How embarrassing!"

Yan Ermei said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, there have been differences between monarchs and ministers. It is a matter for the royal family to set up and abolish the crown prince. How can a courtier make his own claim? I risked the world's shame and forced the queen to welcome the new crown prince. I broke the law. I am guilty of an unforgivable crime. What face do you have to be an official in court?"

"Before I left Nanjing for the Western Expedition, I ordered the military division to secretly protect Zhu Cijiong, the king of Ding, in order to prevent Zhu Cihong from having an accident. Does the military division understand the deep meaning? Why didn't you tell the queen and the ministers clearly?"

"Your Majesty, how can such a thing be said to the outside world?"

Li Cunming said: "It was I who killed General Zhou, and I also killed the military adviser! If the military adviser does not allow me to return to the court as an official, I will not leave!"

After saying that, he sat down on the futon, picked up a Buddhist scripture and started reading.

Yan Ermei was surprised: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

"I might as well become a monk to save myself the trouble. If the world wants to be in chaos, let it be. If the Ming Dynasty wants to perish, let it perish. If the Tatars want to massacre the city, harm the people, and harm me, China, let them go. How wonderful it is to become a monk, clean and clean!"

"Your Majesty!" Yan Ermei knelt down and cried, "The guilty minister understands His Majesty's intentions. I just want the criminal to return to the court and become an official, and please agree to one condition."

Li Cunming stood up and said with a smile: "Don't mention one condition, I can agree to a hundred. Please tell me, military advisor."

"I intend to follow the example of Yao Guangxiao in the Yongle Dynasty. I will be an official in the upper court and a monk in the next court. Please agree with your Majesty!"

"Military Master, why bother here? I am not a king of strong guesses, and I have always treated my subjects with sincerity and benevolence. If you imitate Yao Guangxiao, won't the world mistakenly think that I am suspicious and narrow-minded?"

"Your Majesty, I know your heart and your bearing, and Tang Zong and Song Zu are no different. It's just that I did act arrogantly, so I should be punished. Otherwise, how can I face the people in the world!"

Li Cunming paced back and forth, thought for a long time, and said: "Forget it, just follow the military advisor, I won't force you. Let's go, today when I come back triumphantly, the military advisor should clean up the wind and dust for me. Let us find a place to have a few drinks, by the way." Pay homage to General Zhou."

"I obey the order!" Yan Ermei kowtowed heavily.

"Ding, get Yan Ermei's positive emotion value of 10000"

From then on, Yan Ermei was just like Yao Guangxiao, both a monk and an official.Because he often wears a black cassock, he is called the "Prime Minister in Black".

That night, Li Cunming went to Kunning Palace and told about Yan Ermei's promise to continue to be an official.

The queen's eyes turned red from crying, and said: "Your Majesty, thousands of mistakes are the fault of my concubine. Zhu Cihong is still young, and his life or death in the hands of the Tartars is uncertain. Please Your Majesty, find a way to save him!"

Li Cunming said: "Queen, I see that you are still resenting Junjun Yan, aren't you?"

"Master Yan Jun is too cruel!"

"When I strangled the father-in-law in Meishan, the queen can understand righteousness, why is she so confused now?"

"Chenqie's father is his own fault, so naturally Chenqie doesn't feel sad for him. But what's wrong with Zhu Cihong? He became a captive of the Tartars, and he is also a victim, let alone a child..."

"Son? When I was his age, I already carried the heavy burden of the country on my shoulders, fought with Wei Zhongxian, and dealt with the eunuchs! He was lucky. He didn't dare to kill himself after becoming a prisoner. He even ordered the soldiers to surrender. He killed the soldiers in Kaifeng City and killed General Zhou Yuji."

"Your Majesty, are you really not going to save Zhu Cihong?"

"Queen, just treat yourself as your son and die!" Li Cunming said in a deep voice.

The queen burst into tears in an instant, crying heartbreakingly.This night, she didn't go to bed, and it was the first time that she turned the emperor away.

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The next day, after the morning court, Li Cunming met Tang Ruowang and Bi Dengfu in the Wuying Hall, and asked, "Can the breech-loading flintlock developed by the crown prince work?"

"It can be used, it can be used!" Bi Dengfu was very excited, and said, "Your Majesty, Ding Wang... No, His Royal Highness is really good, I feel ashamed, I should be the one who worships him as a teacher."

Li Cunming smiled and said: "Hey, Zhu Cijiong is not a fuel-efficient lamp, which bothers me a lot. Bi Aiqing, can this kind of gun be mass-produced?"

"Further improvements are needed. I also need to improve the locking device."

Through Bi Dengfu's detailed explanation, Li Cunming figured out that the breech-loading gun developed by Zhu Cijiong opened and closed the breech through a valve with a hinge that could be opened and closed.

This kind of breech-loading gun is somewhat similar to the Schneider rifle of the British in the 19th century, but the Schneider rifle is already a metal fixed-loading rifle. There is no such thing in the Ming Dynasty now, so the air-holding performance will be poor.

After research, Bi Dengfu and Tang Ruowang found a solution, which is to attach a metal sleeve, which is similar to a bullet casing.

Before firing, stuff the black powder and bullets inside, then put the iron sleeve into the chamber, and the positioning pin is stuck in a groove outside the chamber, so that a fire transmission hole at the bottom of the bullet can be aligned with the right side of the gun body. medicine pond.

To put it more clearly, this design is very similar to the blunderbuss of the Fran's machine gun. This breech-loading flintlock is a small, noble and luxurious version of the Fran's machine gun.

The breech weapon has never been a novelty, but because there was no metal bottom in the early days, the breech locking performance was not ideal.

However, the problem of locking strength can be solved through a set of "sub" ammunition similar to the Franco machine. In other words, this iron sleeve can be understood as an ancient version of metal fixed ammunition.

But in any case, it was such a small improvement that caused a major development of firearms.

One small step for Zhu Cijiong is one giant leap for firearms technology!

Compared to muzzle-loading guns, breech-loading can completely crush it in terms of rate of fire.After all, when loading a front-loading gun, the gun has to be erected, poured with gunpowder, and then stuffed a bullet wrapped in wool from the muzzle, and then pulled out the cleaning rod to stab the bullet in.The breech gun only needs to open and close the breech to directly load gunpowder and projectiles, which greatly saves operating time.

At the same time, front-loading muskets are not only complicated and time-consuming to load, but also not conducive to the concealment of soldiers.

Engels explained this in detail: "When a soldier shoots kneeling or lying down behind some kind of cover in skirmish combat, it is difficult for all front-loading guns. If he wants to remain concealed, he cannot hold the gun vertically. The result is that most of the charge sticks to the wall as it slides down the bore; and if he holds the gun upright, that exposes himself. He can load it in any position with the breech loader... "

The breech-loading flintlock gun has only 5 actions from loading and firing: open the tail of the gun, load the bullet, close the tail of the gun, aim and fire, and use this gun to make 1 accurate shots in 5 minute.

Li Cunming was very excited and decreed: "Bi Dengfu, Tang Ruowang, you two only need to manufacture this kind of gun, and I will provide you with all guarantees. I hope that when we fight against the Tartars next time, our army will be able to form a special-purpose rear gun." Here comes the surprise troops with chamber-loading flintlock muskets!”

(End of this chapter)