Dashun Yongchang

At such a time, some people can't help but hope that some people can be pardoned, and only a small number of them will be executed to satisfy their compassion.But no one expected that Li Zicheng would not pardon anyone for cases with conclusive evidence, except for some cases that were remanded for retrial due to insufficient evidence.

This is something that has never happened in the past. The post-autumn executions of the Ming Dynasty essentially required all places to hand over the files of death-row criminals to the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple for review to check for any errors or omissions, even if the cases were proven correct. When encountering an amnesty, the crime can still be reduced.Not to mention that in order to show that God has the virtue of good life, the emperor of Ming Dynasty also pardoned a few people when he was off the death penalty list, which was completely random.

Therefore, as long as it is not the crime of rebellion and treason and the murder of disobedience, it is really difficult for the death row prisoners in Ming Dynasty to die.This is also the reason why the south is rampant and unscrupulous. In addition to the protection of officials and gentry, the imperial court's relaxation of laws and regulations is also a main reason.

It was indeed the misfortune of Yangzhou criminals to meet Li Zicheng this time.However, this result not only deterred the criminals, but also made the citizens of Yangzhou a little worried, for fear that if they made a small mistake in the future, they would be hit so mercilessly.

The warmth that Li Zicheng showed in front of the public this time saved some of the Yangzhou people's impression of Li Zicheng, thinking that the Emperor Yongchang didn't seem so cold-blooded.

Amidst the violent coughing of several civil servants, Li Zicheng finally let go of Chen Yuanyuan, then he took a few steps back, made a square bow to the people around the pier, and then Shi Shiran stepped onto the official boat.

After Li Zicheng boarded the boat, the boatman removed the gangway, and then pushed the boat away by lighting the pier with a penny.After entering the cabin, Li Zicheng appeared in the window on the second floor. While waving goodbye to everyone on the shore, he watched the people and scenery on the shore slowly go away until they turned into black spots.

At this time, he felt a little bit lost. This was probably the most stable period of time since crossing. Thinking of the Qing army waiting for him in the north, he also felt a sense of tension in his heart.But at this moment, Li Laiheng suddenly shouted from the side: "It's snowing, Your Majesty, it's snowing..."

Chapter 288

Watching Li Zicheng leave by boat, Zhu Cihong went up to bid farewell to Chen Yuanyuan, and then returned to the city from the pier.He noticed that because Li Zicheng hugged Chen Yuanyuan lightly when he was parting, the generals' attitude towards Chen Yuanyuan was obviously much more respectful.

Due to Chen Yuanyuan's background and the statistics department he mastered, the outside world has always been unfriendly to him. Scholars may use Daji or Yang Yuhuan as an analogy.It was only after Li Zicheng easily suppressed the noble gentry of Yangzhou and forced Uncle Fu Wang to abdicate that such rumors gradually disappeared, because Li Zicheng's reputation among the people of Yangzhou was enough to cover up the flaws of Chen Yuanyuan's background.

After Li Zicheng left Yangzhou and went north, who could represent Li Zicheng? The hug on the pier just now showed this point.Although Li Zicheng did not expressly stipulate the status of Chen Yuanyuan, his statement in front of the people of Yangzhou has already explained everything. If the civil and military officials in Yangzhou despise Chen Yuanyuan, then they will not only despise Chen Yuanyuan, but also despise Li Zicheng himself.

Zhu Cihong, who was riding on the horse, silently considered Li Zicheng's every move today, trying to figure out what the meaning behind these actions was.In the past, he never cared about these things, because what should be paid attention to is his every move, but after leaving the palace, he discovered that the world does not revolve around him.Under the guidance of someone, he finally began to care about what the reality of this world is.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..." Zhu Cihong, who was deep in thought, was woken up by his teacher Li Shichun. He turned his head and looked, only to realize that he had already passed through the city gate. The teacher was asking whether he should go to Mingzhen Temple or return to Shouzhi Garden.

Zhu Cihong stretched out his hand to touch the sitting horse, then smiled and said to the teacher: "It's almost noon, I'd better go to Mingzhen Temple in the afternoon. The teacher is free, and we will see you in the afternoon."

Seeing this, Li Shichun, who was riding a mule, cupped his hands at Zhu Cihong and said, "Alright, then I will go first, Your Majesty, be careful on the road."

Watching Li Shichun and others turn to the street in the direction of Mingzhen Temple, Zhu Cihong also said to Li Xi and other attendants behind him: "Let's go back too, in such a cold weather, give the guards on duty a pot of wine to warm up at night. Well, no more than two or three people."

The attendants behind Li Xi all smiled, but because Li Xi hadn't spoken yet, no one dared to thank him.Li Xi just looked at Zhu Cihong's back silently for a few breaths, then nodded and said: "Understood, I'll make arrangements after I go back..."

The snowflakes were falling so gradually that even the street scenes could not be seen clearly. When Zhu Cihong walked into the gate of Shouzhiyuan, his hat was already soaked.As he walked along the corridor towards the backyard, patting the snow on his body, he saw his elder sister, Princess Kunxing, who came out to greet him not long after.

He was about to go forward to salute, but saw that his sister had already walked up to him, patting the residual snow on his body, and scolded him, "I know it's cold today, so I should add an extra dress, how to wear it?" Going out at this point?"

Seeing his sister slapping him hard with one hand, Zhu Cihong immediately lowered his head, and said as calmly as possible: "It's already quite a lot, and I won't be able to move any more. My sister should wear more..."

Li Xi, who was more than ten steps behind his siblings, couldn't help but stop when he saw this scene. He looked at Princess Kunxing for a while, and after thinking about it, he turned and left.

Zhu Cihong, who followed Princess Kunxing into the backyard wing room, looked at the copper hot pot on the table, walked up to it and said with a smile on the fire, "I have boiled mutton today, I haven't eaten it for a long time. "

Kunxing frowned slightly when he saw his younger brother's behavior. This is not the etiquette in the palace, but she quickly stretched her brows. This kind of kindness is also more lively, at least better than that serious little girl in the palace. Adults must be strong.

Although it was inconvenient for the siblings to eat together, Kun Xing always asked the servants to leave, so that he could have a quiet meal with his younger brother and talk about some personal matters.

After watching Cihong eat the sesame sauce he prepared, Kunxing picked up a handkerchief to wipe his brother's mouth, and asked by the way: "This time Ma Shiying and the others came to pick you up, why don't you want to go to Nanjing with them? Even Your Majesty can't stop you from going to Nanjing with father and mother's Zi Palace at this time."

Zhu Cihong wiped his mouth meticulously with a handkerchief. Although he tried his best to learn that kind of free movement from Li Zicheng, the habits he had developed since childhood still could not make him completely lose the rules.

After putting aside the handkerchief that had wiped his mouth, Zhu Cihong suddenly asked his sister a question: "Sister, do you know where power comes from?"

Kun Xing blinked, and asked back: "Why did you ask this question? I think it should be from the support of the ministers."

Zhu Cihong couldn't help but slightly nodded and said: "Sister's answer is much better than mine. When I was in Huai'an, Your Majesty asked me once, and I said: I don't know."

Kun Xing had no choice but to comfort him: "My sister is older than you, so she sees more things than you. You are doing pretty well now. But why did His Majesty ask you this question? What did he say?"

Zhu Cihong looked at the upper right corner, and after thinking about it silently for a while, he said: "I remember His Majesty told me that power comes from being needed. Then, he conducted an experiment in Yangzhou to show me Presumably my sister can also feel the prestige formed by the Marshal's Mansion in Yangzhou now? Is this power?"

Kunxing was silent for a long time before he said to his younger brother: "Forget it. That's why I hope you can leave here and go to Nanjing, because Yangzhou is no longer the territory of Ming Dynasty. For the people of Yangzhou, Ming Dynasty has become history." .”

Concerning her sister's judgment, Zhu Cihong shook her head and said, "No, I am only in Yangzhou that I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty that is needed by the Marshal's Mansion and Nanjing. After I go to Nanjing, I will not be needed anymore."

Kunxing looked at his younger brother in surprise and asked, "Why do you think so? After arriving in Nanjing, you are the undisputed emperor of Ming Dynasty. Who dare not need you?"

Zhu Cihong curled his lips and said, "They must have said the same thing to Uncle Fu Wang at the beginning, but after Uncle Fu Wang entered Nanjing, who would listen to Uncle Fu Wang's opinion? Aren't they all busy competing for the merits of making a decision?" ?”

Kun Xing fell silent for a while, and finally said reluctantly: "You and Uncle Fu Wang are different after all, you are the prince of Ming Dynasty appointed by the emperor, after all, Uncle Fu Wang's name is not right, that's why he was condemned by the ministers." Bullying. Father once said that Shi Kefa is a loyal minister."

Zhu Cihong hesitated for a long time before asking in a low voice: "Sister, do you think the father is really accurate in judging people?"

Kun Xing was finally a little unhappy now. She looked at her younger brother coldly and said, "What do you mean? Are you trying to criticize Father?"

After Zhu Cilang shrank his neck, he still boldly said: "I just want to tell the truth. The filial sons and loyal ministers that the father thinks were reluctant to return to the capital when the capital was besieged, and even ignored us and his father, Brother's life and death seduced Jiannu to enter the pass, and almost made us die in the army.

The father promoted Shi Kefa, Han Zanzhou and Huang Degong in the south, and the result?As soon as Lu Jiude contacted, Han Zanzhou and Huang Degong chose to support King Fu's succession to the throne. Although Shi Kefa opposed King Fu's ascension to the throne, he was not looking for our whereabouts, but to support King Lu.Why do these ministers trusted by the father and emperor take our siblings seriously? "

The dissatisfaction in Kun Xing's heart finally dissipated with her younger brother's remarks. In any case, it was Ci Hong who was close to her, not the so-called loyal ministers outside.And what Ci Hong said was also very reasonable, these ministers really didn't see where loyalty lies.

Seeing the uncertain changes on her sister's face, Zhu Cihong then boldly said: "Although outsiders say that Ma Shiying is a villain, at least Ma Shiying is willing to come to Yangzhou to see me. But Shi Kefa and the others dare not even come to Yangzhou. Most of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River supported Shi Kefa's family. If I went back to Nanjing with Ma Shiying, there was no guarantee that I would not become the second Uncle Fu Wang.

Ma Shiying controlled the city of Nanjing, Jiangnan gentry controlled the places outside Nanjing, and I could only be locked up in the palace.If so, I might as well stay in Yangzhou, at least with the help of the Marshal's Mansion, these people will not ignore our siblings.My sister probably doesn't want to be locked inside the palace walls, and then be manipulated by those ministers outside, right? "

Kun Xing hesitated for a moment, finally nodded and said: "I'm just worried about your safety, Cihong. Since you think it's safer in Yangzhou, then you should stay in Yangzhou. Those ministers... well, I don't know what they want What do you want? In the past, the emperor never talked to us about national affairs, so how do we know who is the real loyal minister?"

Looking at the somewhat confused elder sister, Zhu Cihong puffed up her chest and said seriously: "Sister, don't worry, I won't be as easy to be fooled as my father. I will protect you and your younger brothers..."

Kun Xing stared at his younger brother and suddenly felt a little sad, Ci Hong in the past would not have considered such a problem.However, she still had a slight smile on her face, concealing her feelings and said, "Are you full? If you are not full, eat some more. In such a cold weather, eating mutton is the only way to keep out the cold..."

Chapter 289

On November 11, in the Chenghuang Temple in the northwest of Gaomi City, a general was crying to Yang Yufan who was sitting on the head: "...Gao Jie had just arrived two days ago, and he used the excuse that Jiaozhou City was too small to accommodate the two armies, and sent us to the out of town..."

Yang Yufan was the same age as Li Zicheng, but he looked much older in appearance. He just listened to this subordinate's cries with a straight face, and didn't make a sound.But his nephew Yang Yan, who was sitting under him, couldn't help it anymore, and said to the crying general: "You still have the face to cry? If someone chases you, you really go back? What about the supplies in Jiaozhou? Don't tell me." , Let the surnamed Gao swallow it all?"

The general stopped his tears immediately, and said hesitantly: "Gao Jie said: He is a feudal town appointed by the imperial court. Since he came to Shandong, he will be in charge of the military and political affairs of Shandong. The military supplies in Jiaozhou city will be used in the future." It is up to him to distribute, if we want supplies, we can report to him, and he will reply as appropriate..."

"Fuck his sweet dream of climbing the mountain..." "This bastard stole us..." All the generals in the temple immediately cursed when they heard this, and the one who cursed the most was Yang Yan, the other It is the general Ma Dai.

Yang Yufan coughed lightly, and the generals stopped talking. He said gently to the officer kneeling in front of the hall, "Go down and finish the hot noodle soup first. It's hard work to come back overnight in this weather."

The officer kneeling on the ground retreated obediently, and Zhang Shouzhong, Yang Yufan's deputy, then said out loud: "Junmen, Jiaozhou Port is the most convenient port for the Marshal's Mansion to deliver supplies to us, so it was taken by Gao Jie. I'm afraid it's inappropriate? Gao Jie is used to domineering, if we back down from the beginning, maybe this bastard will make more progress in the future."

Yang Yufan glanced at everyone in the hall. All of them present were his old subordinates. Before, Liu Zeqing had a grievance with him for the post of Shandong commander-in-chief. Later, Liu Zeqing took advantage of the merits of making a decision to take the position, and worried that he would return to Shandong to fight for power. , So he joined forces with Ma Shiying and put him in prison.He was able to come back from Nanjing alive, thanks to Li Zicheng's request to Nanjing, otherwise Ma Shiying and Liu Zeqing would not have allowed him to return to Shandong alive.

After this incident, Yang Yufan was completely disappointed with Daming. The late emperor was martyred, but those civil servants were still busy fighting among themselves, and almost killed him because of his feud with Liu Zeqing.Therefore, after leaving Nanjing, he once wanted to retire, but after talking with Li Zicheng, he decided to accept Li Zicheng's order, because Li Zicheng asked him to defend his hometown instead of asking him to fight the world.

After experiencing the tragedies brought to the people everywhere after the Qing soldiers entered the customs, Yang Yufan naturally did not want the Qing soldiers to ravage Shandong again.Therefore, he felt that he had no reason to refuse Li Zicheng's request.And Li Zicheng's support for him was much more reliable than that of the Ming court. He not only prepared weapons and gunpowder for him, but also gave him money, food and clothing to keep out the cold.

With these materials and money, Yang Yufan, who had always been prestigious in the Shandong army, quickly gathered his old troops and recruited a group of Shandong people from Liu Zeqing's army.So in less than a month, his subordinates exceeded [-].And established a defense line from Mulingguan to Anqiu to Gaomi to Jiaozhou, forming a military defense zone with Zhucheng and Rizhao behind it.

What Gao Jie did in Jiaozhou was both expected and unexpected for Yang Yufan.As a general of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible not to eat if it is beneficial, and it is not that he has never done this in the past.It's just that he didn't expect Gao Jie to attack so quickly. He always thought that Gao Jie would first get acquainted with the local customs, and then compete with himself for Jiaozhou City.

Although he was also very dissatisfied with Gao Jie's behavior, Yang Yufan looked at the subordinates in front of him, but he still defended Gao Jie: "Qiu Lei was supposed to guard Jiaozhou City, but Qiu Zongbing never arrived, so we took charge of it for him." That's all, the Jiaozhou City Committee really cannot be regarded as the jurisdiction of our army.

Moreover, I forgive Gao Jie for not daring to swallow the supplies in Jiaozhou City, because there are quartermasters stationed in the Marshal's Mansion in Jiaozhou City.If Gao Jie dared to act recklessly, the Marshal's Mansion directly stopped the transportation to Jiaozhou Port, and they lost more than they gained.Of course, Gao Jie is farting when he says he is in charge of our army's supplies. I will write to the Marshal's House to file a lawsuit against him, but there is no need to start a conflict with this bandit right now.

Why?Because Jiannu came fiercely, they had already captured Qingzhou and Changyi, and their soldiers pointed directly at Anqiu, Gaomi, Jiaozhou and other places.At this time, Gao Jie took Jiaozhou, but it made us one less place to defend, isn't it a good thing?To settle accounts, we have to repel Jiannu's attack before we can talk about it. "

General Ma Dai immediately got up and supported him: "Indeed, Junmen is right. Compared with the bandit Gao Jie, Jiannu is our great enemy. Jiannu attacked Gaomi two years ago. The people fought back together, and Gaomi was destroyed. Those cities that were destroyed by Jiannu have not recovered their vitality until today. Compared with Jiannu, Gao Jie can be said to be a good person."

Deputy Chief Soldier Zhang Shouzhong also nodded and agreed: "What the military gate said is that our biggest enemy is still Jiannu. It's just that we have nothing but supplies and weapons, but we lack manpower.

I heard that apart from the traitor Dong Xueli, Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, who led the Denglai Mutiny, were the leaders of the slave building that went deep into the Jiaodong Peninsula this time. They are quite familiar with the geography of Shandong.If we divide our troops into guards, I'm afraid we will be defeated by them one by one. "

Hearing the names of these two men, even Ma Dai, who was the bravest in the army, became cautious. He said to Yang Yufan: "Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming are good at using firearms, and the cavalry is also feared by firearms, but our army has no How many horses, but now that they have taken refuge in Jiannu, there should be no shortage of horses.

In this way, they have artillery in the siege and cavalry in the field, and they have an advantage in both the siege and the field. If our army is divided again, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to fight. "

Yang Yufan glanced at the generals again, and then said with a smirk, "Why, just now I was thinking of competing with Gao Jie, but now I hear about the two thieves Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming, are you afraid instead?"

Although the words of the old boss were very embarrassing, the generals were not under any pressure. Ma Dai also said with a smile: "If the military gate is not there, the last general is naturally afraid. I am not afraid of anything else, but I am afraid that I will rush up by myself, but the friendly army But he ran away. But since the military gate is there, I, Ma Dai, have nothing to say, as long as the military gate has a word, I will rush up."

When Aoma Dai raised the issue, other generals immediately expressed their opinions, saying that under the leadership of the military gate, they dared to go through water and fire.Only then did Yang Yufan stretch out his hand in satisfaction and pressed in the air, calming everyone down.Then he opened his mouth and said: "Without your help, I wouldn't dare to speak big words. But with you brothers here, would I still be afraid of Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming? old account."

After speaking, Yang Yufan stood up, looked at the generals and said loudly: "To be honest, the Marshal's Mansion did not treat us badly. Not only did they replace our firearms and replenish gunpowder, but they even gave us a reissue. The arrears of payment within one year are much more generous than the imperial court.

Moreover, for our newly recruited soldiers, there was no deduction of rations, and the rations were distributed as much as they should be, and our soldiers were not allowed to go to Jiaozhou to collect rations on their own, so the morale of the army was low.

Secondly, almost all of our troops are from Shandong, and this time we are defending the village. If we don't work hard like this, are we still human?I can't think of any reason not to.Do you have any? "

Yang Yan and Ma Dai were the first to respond: "No. To defend the hometown, the soul will return to the hometown after death. There is nothing you can't fight."

Following Yang Yan and Ma Dai's answers, all the generals also got up to respond to Yang Yufan, and the morale that was a little bit low now rose up.

Satisfied, Yang Yufan walked in front of the generals, patted them on the shoulder to express encouragement, then walked back to the top and said: "Of course, I will not take you to die, after all, we have many Therefore, the new army must focus on defending the city. However, without foreign aid, the city cannot be defended. Therefore, we need to mobilize an army that can maneuver in the wild to eliminate the weak enemies among the slaves and interfere with their activities. Siege operations.

Kong Youde and Geng Zhongming could fight, but could Dong Xueli, who had just surrendered, also be able to fight?His Majesty did not treat Dong Xueli badly, and the crown prince was also in Yangzhou, but Dong Xueli coerced his subordinates into joining Jiannu. No matter how you looked at it, Dong Xueli was an outrageous person.

However, Jiannu entered the customs several times, and every time they plundered the population and property in the interior, it can be seen that Jiannu's wealth must be scarce.It is true that half of the officers and soldiers on the Nine Borders surrendered Jiannu, but can Jiannu really afford to support so many surrendered officers and soldiers?Building slaves is nothing more than driving these surrendered officers and soldiers to plunder places and support wars with wars.

Now those Shandong people have surrendered to build slaves, but will they not be robbed if they surrender?I don't think so.If you don't plunder the people, what will the slaves and surrendered officers and soldiers eat?Therefore, as long as Jiannu's advance can be stopped, the daily needs of these troops alone can overwhelm them.

And behind us are the supplies from the Marshal's Mansion. As long as we can block Jiannu's soldiers, then we will be able to drain Jiannu's morale. When their soldiers are exhausted, it is time for us to counterattack.

So, Yang Yan and Ma Dai, you each select 4 or 500 veterans, and when the time comes, follow my order to go out of the city and attack Jiannu's rear.Zhang Shouzhong, go and invite the gentry from the city to come over for a gathering. Although they don't want to submit to His Majesty, they are protecting their hometown, so how can they do nothing..."

Chapter 290 Military Academy

On the evening of November 11, Li Zicheng's fleet arrived in Huai'an and stayed at Xiaohu that night.Early the next morning, when Li Zicheng entered the city, Zhou Lianggong, the host of the Huai'an Branch of the Marshal's Mansion, heard the news and came out to welcome him.

Li Zicheng was not in a hurry to go to the branch office to listen to Zhou Lianggong's report, and said that he would first go and see the situation of the military officer academy, military training camp, and arms manufacturing factory, so Guo Sheng and Zhao Yingyuan accompanied Li Zicheng to the east. old city.

Since the canal was diverted, the old city of Huai'an has been in decline.So taking advantage of the opportunity of the establishment of the military base, the Marshal's Mansion simply moved the merchants and residents of the old city to Hexia Town, and then transformed the old city into a city completely controlled by the army.

In addition to the fact that there are too many new buildings in the military academy, which have not yet been completed, the military training camp and the armory factory have all been rebuilt and are already in operation.

Li Zicheng's first inspection stop was the Military Academy. Huai'an had just snowed two days ago, but the playground of the Military Academy was as clean as the streets outside, exposing the black cinder soil laid underneath.Obviously, although it was snowing, the cadets of the military academy still maintained their daily exercises.

Li Zicheng stood on the playground and listened to Guo Sheng talk about the plan for the future military academy before walking towards the classroom.The classrooms of the military academy are rows of bungalows, with walls made of red bricks, pillars and roofs made of wood, and the facades are not painted, so someone looks like they have come to a state-owned enterprise in the 70s and [-]s Same as the family area.

But in this era, such a house is considered quite high-end.Because bricks and tiles are very expensive, a strong laborer can only make 700 bricks a day, plus the cost of making brick kilns and fuel, the value of every hundred red bricks is not less than 500 Wen.If it is a blue brick, the price will double.

Therefore, if a three-room brick house is built with green bricks, the green bricks alone will cost hundreds of taels of silver.Although the price of red bricks is cheaper than that of blue bricks, rich people who can build brick houses don't mind spending more money, after all, blue bricks are much more durable.And the poor who care about money can't afford to live in brick houses, let alone red bricks.

But for construction projects invested by the state, because the quantity of bricks used is too much, using red bricks can save a lot of money compared to using blue bricks, so the market for red bricks has begun to improve.With the reconstruction of the old cities and the construction of new cities in Huai'an and Yangzhou, the production volume of red bricks began to increase, and this was in line with the expectations of the Marshal's Mansion.

The manufacture of a large number of red bricks can not only reduce the price of bricks and tiles, but most importantly, it can greatly promote the demand for coal fuel.Compared with cutting down trees and burning charcoal, it is much more convenient to dig coal directly.

Although the windows were opened in the classroom, the windows were all covered with a layer of window paper. This kind of window paper was coated with tung oil, so it was not afraid of light rain, but of course it was far worse than glass windows.The light transmission of the paper is very poor, so it is almost impossible to see through the inside and outside, and only under strong light can one faintly see the shadow of a person.

Li Zicheng who came to the door of the classroom stopped suddenly, and did not let Guo Sheng open the door of the classroom, he stood outside the door and listened to the lecture content inside.

"...You asked me last time why I need to study the regulations. You said that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is mediocre to command the army according to the regulations. The real famous generals, such as Yue Wumu, talk about the use of the magic of the heart .

I went back and thought about this question for a few nights, and finally figured out why the Marshal's Mansion required us to be familiar with the regulations.You see, I brought a model of a cannon today, which I borrowed from the artillery instructor. It is the same as the real Hongyi cannon except for the size, but the proportions are the same everywhere.

You have already learned the principle of artillery shooting, so I invite two students to come up and show you how to shoot a fixed target.It's an hourglass to count how long it takes them to shoot..."

After nearly a quarter of an hour, the instructor's voice in the classroom finally rang again: "Unfortunately, although the two of them worked hard to calculate, the answer they got was wrong. The angle of the muzzle and the The amount of charge, the shells will fly over the head of the fixed target. So on the actual battlefield, they have already missed the opportunity to shoot this time..."

There was a burst of laughter in the classroom, and Li Zicheng who was standing outside the classroom also showed a smile on his face. Guo Sheng and Zhao Yingyuan saw that Li Zicheng was in a good mood, so they continued to keep silent.

When the laughter in the classroom gradually subsided, the instructor continued: "Therefore, there are two things that the artillery unit must carry on the battlefield.

The same is the gun ruler. We all know that the wall thickness of the muzzle and the tail of the artillery are inconsistent, so if you want to measure the true elevation angle of the central axis of the cannon, you can only insert the gun ruler into the muzzle and read the reading on it.

The other is the shooting table, which is the approximate landing point of the shell calculated by the bachelors of the Academy of Sciences after comprehensive calculation of many factors.We should believe in the accuracy of the shot table, at least it is more accurate than your own calculation, and it is much faster to directly refer to the shot table than to calculate the launch angle from scratch.

The regulations are actually shooting watches used on soldiers.The purpose of the regulations is not to teach you to become famous generals like Yue Wumu, but to ensure that you can reach the qualified level of ordinary generals.In essence, the regulations are the least bad choice of battlefield command summed up by the Marshal's Mansion based on the actual situation of various operations.

The purpose of the regulations is not to allow you to defeat the enemy, but to allow you to make fewer mistakes on the battlefield.Therefore, for commanders with less than a thousand people, the use of regulations is most effective.If there are more than a thousand people, the effect of the regulations will rapidly weaken.

After graduating from this place, most of you will enter the army with a hundred or 500 generals. If you are not familiar with the regulations, how can you cooperate with friendly troops? "

"Okay, well said." Li Zicheng finally broke the silence and clapped his hands at the door.Soon someone opened the door in the classroom. Seeing so many people outside the door, the person who opened the door was taken aback for a moment, and then bowed down to Li Zicheng and said, "Instructor Jiexuan pays his respects to His Majesty."

Li Zicheng quickly supported him and said, "In the army, all you need is a military salute, and the military academy is also considered in the army. What the instructor said just now is very good. It seems that you have really studied the regulations carefully..."

Through the introduction of Guo Sheng next to him, Li Zicheng knew that Jiexuan was actually recommended by himself to teach mathematics at the Huai'an Military Academy.After the prince arrived in Yangzhou before, a group of young students from the south came to join the prince. Li Zicheng screened them at that time, and then selected some with real knowledge to serve in various places.

Although Jiexuan himself recommended him for his research in military affairs, Li Zicheng didn't take it seriously, he only regarded him as one of those scholars who were good at talking about military affairs in the late Ming Dynasty.Even Gu Yanwu likes to talk about military affairs, but none of them have experienced military career, and they have completely improved the military system in their minds after reading the military books handed down from ancient times.

No matter whether it was someone or Li Zicheng, they would not allow these scholars with no military experience to join the army indiscriminately. Apart from confusing the soldiers, they basically could not play any positive role.

But now it seems that Jiexuan is not bragging. He has been teaching in Huai'an Military Academy for less than half a month, and has already completed the obstacle from a mathematics teacher to a military instructor.Therefore, after inspecting the military academy, Li Zicheng took the time to have a serious exchange with Jiexuan before eating lunch.

At this time, Jiexuan also lost the arrogance he had in Yangzhou. As a well-known child prodigy in Guangchang, Jiangxi, he actually has more interest in mathematics.It's just that his father saw that the country's affairs were declining, so he lamented the country's misfortune and tried to save the Ming Dynasty in front of him all day long, which made Jiexuan start to study military and geographical history.

In his hometown in Guangchang, Jiangxi, Jiexuan was involved in all kinds of scholars, poetry, numerology, astronomy, military affairs, Qihuang, etc., and he overwhelmed his peers. Moreover, he was not indifferent to world affairs, so he was well-known by everyone. Admire.

Such a person is naturally qualified to be proud, so Jie Xuan who came to Yangzhou to join the prince, did not want to accept the appointment of the Marshal's Mansion because he felt that Li Zicheng looked down upon him.However, under his father's persuasion, his father thought that the prince lacked the protection of force, so he asked him to go to the military academy to meet some loyal warriors.