Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

But in that case...

Humiliation will obviously be inevitable.

Even if the humiliation he suffered would not be as painful as in history, even if it would be insignificant to future generations, but when he came to this world, how could he be willing to see the slightest bit of shame caused by it again!

This is even when the time is not yet ripe, and even in the West, when the concept of science has not yet formed a system, he must plan ahead and take advantage of the opportunity to turn the world around in this place where the country is established, even if it is risking the world. Turn your mind around.

As for the hidden dangers to the stability of the country's governance under the influence of ideas...

This is not important, as long as Confucianism is not completely overthrown and the essence is preserved, the ideological field is still unified, and the impact will not be too great.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see, which one is better!"

The emperor stood up, took a step forward, and headed out of the hall.

Seeing this, several cabinet ministers looked at each other and followed the emperor silently.

"Liu Aiqing, how do you feel about the recent inspection of banks and commercial firms?"

Sitting on the imperial throne, the Son of Heaven looked around at the gray sky, let out a long breath, and asked casually.

"Report to Your Majesty, minister, I have benefited a lot!"

Liu Qiyuan stepped forward quickly, followed Yu Tuo, and replied respectfully.

"Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, commerce and industry have all been customized. Everyone in the world thinks that scholars are the most expensive and most important, and they are all proud to be scholars, but in this world, can there be only scholars?"

As soon as the emperor said this, the four accompanying cabinet ministers were also taken aback for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, their expressions became a little stiff, especially Liu Qiyuan. Dare to underestimate this cheap business!

The emperor borrows merchants to manipulate and suppress the world, but in the same way, if merchants are not controlled by the emperor, with such a scale, they can easily subvert the world at any time!

As for the workers and peasants, it is needless to say.

"Okay, just sigh casually, don't think too much."

The emperor waved his hand, as if he didn't care, but from the eyes of Lai Zongdao and others, the meaning was very clear, so how can we not think too much about it!

The emperor's royal driver was also not fast, as if he wanted to give the cabinet ministers some time to reflect and think.

Many things that seem to be taken for granted in later generations, in this era, let alone take it for granted, are not even accepted by the main elite!

A group of people walked out of the palace gate, surrounded by a group of soldiers from the Imperial Front Battalion, and walked along the streets under martial law.

"That is, the Imperial City Ordnance Department?"

With the determined direction, the place name subconsciously popped up in the minds of several cabinet ministers.

Although the Imperial City Ordnance Department is nominally affiliated to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, in fact, it is affiliated to the inner court, and does not belong to any yamen of the inner court.

There is no doubt that the Imperial City Ordnance Department is also an institution under the personal control of the emperor.

Moreover, the expansion of the Ordnance Department in recent years has also been extremely obvious. From the very beginning, it was a small business, and now it covers an area of ​​more than one hundred acres and has more than [-] craftsmen.

Almost supplying most of the ordnance supplies for this million-strong Daheng army,

These, of course, are no secrets to important ministers like them.

Liu Qiyuan and the others were obviously puzzled, but Chen Qiyu showed a thoughtful look on his face.

Although he was born as a Jinshi, he has always been proficient in military affairs. Before the emperor had a force to gather all the soldiers and horses in the world, he was in charge of the army in the local area, and defeated bandits and rebels. Naturally, he knew very well about firearms and military equipment.

As far as he knows, the soldiers and horses in various parts of Daheng have long since replaced the matchlock guns at the beginning with the flintlock guns that are commonly equipped today, and other firearms have also been improved, far from those of the Ming Dynasty. Firearms are comparable.

"Could it be..."

Chen Qiyu had a whim, but then he denied the idea. He really couldn't figure it out. What do those trails have to do with firearms?

"See Your Majesty at the end!"

When the imperial driving team marched to the gate of the Ordnance Department, the commander of the Huben Guard who was in charge of guarding here had already led the generals to bow down.

"Free gift!"

The emperor stepped down from the imperial court, waved his hand, and walked towards the Ordnance Department.

"Your Majesty, everything is ready and waiting at the test site."

The commander of the Huben Battalion followed closely behind the emperor and spoke respectfully.

The emperor seemed to think of something, turned his head and glanced at Wu Zheng, the commander of the Huben Battalion: "Have you been guarding here for some years?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, after the decisive battle in Monan, the last general was promoted to the commander of the Huben Battalion. It has been more than three years now."

"More than three years..."

The emperor nodded his head: "Take care of the matter in the past few days, and then go to the general staff to be a military aircraft staff officer after finishing it!"

Wu Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and then a look of ecstasy could not be restrained: "Little General, thank Your Majesty for your grace!"

"Okay, get up!"

The emperor waved his hand: "Go to the General Staff, watch more and learn more!"

"You are guarding here in the Ordnance Department, and you must have seen a lot. The future wars will not be an era of all-in-one fighting."

"I will understand at the end!"

Wu Zheng was ecstatic. The Son of Heaven sniffed the faint smell of gunpowder smoke in the air, and looked around this ordnance factory, which gathered almost the best craftsmen from all over the world. Deep in his eyes, he couldn't hide his sadness.

What is more cruel than ending the dream that I have been striving for so far with my own hands.

That eternally famous dream had already been ended by himself.

And this illusory martial arts dream...

Since the early years of Chongzhen, he personally established the Ordnance Department and the Martial Arts Academy.

Up to now, for more than seven years, he has personally led, spent a lot of manpower and material resources, created many later scientific disciplines in the martial arts academy, and cultivated the flowers of science that do not belong to this era.

In the Ordnance Department, tens of thousands of craftsmen have been admitted one after another, astronomical sums of money have been invested, those backward rules in the past have been overturned, and a promotion reward and placement system for craftsmen has been formulated.

Everything is about how to create weapons that can kill faster and more ruthlessly.

However, every slight improvement in ordnance and firearms will lead to a sharp increase in the lethality of martial arts.

Even if he is as good at martial arts as he is, facing a flintlock gun that covers the firepower, unless he is fully armored, otherwise, he can only drink hatred.

And this is just a flintlock. With the deepening of his reforms and the reversal of his ideas, that flower of science that has already taken shape is destined to flourish and to rapidly promote the rapid development of firearms.

The rapid development of firearms is naturally destined to become more and more deadly to the martial arts of this era!

After decades of hard training, he is no match for a flintlock gun!

He... once again ended... the last dream...

Li Xiu had already died, and the only one left seemed to be Emperor Daheng, only... Emperor Zhaowu Daheng!

Chapter 5 If you fall behind, you will be beaten! 4600

"See Your Majesty!"

On the test ground, amidst the more intense smell of gunpowder smoke, all the soldiers and craftsmen bowed down and shouted.

"Free gift!"

The emperor glanced at Xu Guangqi, who was wearing a cloth shirt standing on the side of the craftsman, who was rather inconspicuous, and then his eyes turned, and his eyes were fixed on the many firearms in the hands of the soldiers in the field.

The emperor beckoned, and several soldiers with muskets came trotting immediately.

"Ai Qing, can you see the difference between these muskets?"

The emperor turned his head and looked at the cabinet ministers beside him.

This question stunned several cabinet ministers, and then, Lai Zongdao Liu Qiyuan also subconsciously looked at Chen Qiyu and Yang Sichang, two cabinet ministers who had experience in leading troops in combat.

Yang Sichang hesitated for a while, then walked up to the soldiers, looked around, and then said slowly:

"This should be... a stun gun, which appeared in the Song Dynasty. It uses a bamboo tube as the barrel. This should be

The fire mill was improved in the Yuan Dynasty, and the bamboo tube was changed to an iron tube. This is a fire gun. It was an improved fire gun after the incident of the former Ming Taizu. There are many types, and this should be one of them..."

"This one is a bird gun made in imitation of the Xiyi fan gun in the Jiajing year of the previous Ming Dynasty. It is fired with a matchlock, which greatly improves the power and convenience of the fire gun. Nine out of ten rounds hit eight or nine hits, so it's the bird gun."

"This is a Lumi blunderbuss. During the Wanli period of the previous dynasty, the Lumi Kingdom (Turkey) was introduced into the Qianming Dynasty. It was imitated by Zhao Shizhen, a member of Zhongshushe at that time, and handed over to the officials of the Ministry of War, Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Punishment, and other ministries of the former Ming Dynasty. After the inspection, it was finally confirmed that the Lumi gun surpassed the bird gun in terms of convenience and power."

"The interrogation report suggested that the emperor Wanli of the former Ming Dynasty should be played, and then the emperor Wanli of the former Ming Dynasty issued an order that the model of the car gun made should be distributed to the Beijing camp and made according to the law. Of."

"At the same time, the latest firearms "Switching Gun" and "Shunlei Gun" were also developed. The former has the advantages of Western guns and Franc guns, while the latter has the advantages of bird guns and three-eyed guns."

As if talking about his expertise, Yang Sichang talked eloquently, his eyes sparkled, and then he walked quickly to the next firecracker. It was Your Majesty who, in the first year of Chongzhen, ordered the Ordnance Department to develop and change the original matchlock firing of muskets to flint firing."

"Such changes greatly reduce the hidden dangers caused by matchlock fire, and greatly simplify the steps of operating the firecrackers. At the same time, after eliminating the existence of open flames, the musket array can be denser and the firepower more violent. When shooting in multiple stages, It also allows the musket array to truly have the ability to confront cavalry head-on."

"This one..."

Looking at this firecracker, which was quite similar to a flintlock gun, Yang Sichang couldn't understand it.

The previous guns have already appeared, and each one has improved compared with the previous one. This one, after the flintlock, is obviously impossible to match the flintlock that is commonly equipped today. is exactly the same...

But the problem is, he hasn't seen it yet.

Yang Sichang was puzzled, but the emperor didn't explain, but waved his hand instead, and the soldier holding the gun suddenly turned around, squatted down, and started to operate the gun.

Seeing this, Yang Sichang also stared at the soldier's operation with wide eyes. There was no previous gunpowder belt, let alone the previous bullet bag. The paper cylinder, which is about the size of a finger, is bitten in the mouth, and the paper is broken, and the gunpowder in the paper is also clearly visible.

Immediately, the soldiers poured the gunpowder in the paper into the barrel of the gun, and then stuffed the remaining paper into the barrel together. Then, it was the normal flintlock operation, stabbing Sure, pull the trigger to fire.

When this scene came into view, Yang Sichang's eyes also lit up, suddenly enlightened.

Wrapping the gunpowder and the projectile with paper is equivalent to combining the original operation of pouring the gunpowder first and then pouring the projectile into one, and directly omitting one step in the operation steps of the musket.

He is also considered to be a battle-hardened man, so he naturally understands what it means to reduce the operation steps of a flintlock gun, which is already a sharp weapon, on the battlefield!

"Sir, I understand."

Yang Sichang bowed to the emperor.

"Understand what?"

The emperor asked casually.

"This blunderbuss combines the two steps of charging and reloading into one, which once again simplifies the operation steps of the flintlock gun. In terms of the battlefield, it can be called a decisive opportunity!"

Yang Sichang quickly replied.

The emperor smiled and said, "That's all?"

When this question came out, Yang Sichang was taken aback, what else?

He subconsciously looked at the flintlock gun, and froze for a moment. Just when he was puzzled, he caught sight of the target in the distance from the corner of his eye.

"distance!"

Yang Sichang raised his head violently, staring fixedly at the vertical target in the distance.

"The distance is wrong!"

Yang Sichang blurted out, and after realizing it, he quickly bowed to the emperor: "I understand, it's because the shooting range has increased."

The emperor nodded, quite satisfied with Yang Sichang's reaction speed, stepped forward a few steps, and picked up the pinnacle flintlock gun held by the soldier.

Then he handed it to Yang Sichang: "Aiqing, you can look at the barrel."

Yang Sichang took a look at the barrel of the gun, and was a little stunned. In his perception, shouldn't the smoother the barrel, the longer the range?Why is it so threaded that the range does not decrease but increases?

Several other cabinet ministers were also puzzled after seeing it.

"My dear friends, do you know why the gun barrel uses threads, so the shooting range not only does not decrease, but instead increases?"

The emperor asked again.

Several cabinet ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, and then they all bowed:

"I don't know if I wait."

"I don't know either."

"But they all know."

The emperor shook his head and smiled, then pointed to the craftsmen standing respectfully in front of him.

"As the saying goes, there is a specialization in the art industry. It is impossible for me to ask you, the important ministers who govern the country for me, to develop these firearms, and it is impossible for these craftsmen to govern the country for me."

Speaking of this, the emperor looked around at the several cabinet ministers, and then fixed his eyes on Chen Qiyu: "Chen Aiqing, you are quite knowledgeable in military affairs. Let me ask you, if you are asked to lead an army with matchlock guns, facing an army equipped with ordinary flintlock guns army, what are the odds of winning?"

"Soldiers dare to die, [-]%!"

Chen Qiyu said.