Cannon Fodder is King [Quick Transmigration]

In the 24th year of Guangde, the Japanese invasion became more and more prosperous along the southeast coast.

At the beginning of the [-]th century, the Wa Kingdom, which was only separated from the Dayang Dynasty by a sea, entered the period when the Southern and Northern Dynasties were divided.

Just last year, the Northern Dynasties unified the Japanese kingdom, and the samurai, frustrated politicians and ronin of the Southern Dynasties lost their support, so they wandered on the sea, occupied the islands, and invaded the coastal areas of Dayang from time to time to carry out pirate activities of armed smuggling, robbery and burning, so they were called Japanese pirates.

Internal and external troubles, people's livelihood is suffering, and the treasury has no money. In addition, Emperor Guangde is not in good health during this period. He has exhausted most of his energy just to pave the way for Meng Zezhi. He really has no time to take care of other things, so he is more subjectively inclined At the suggestion of Gan Zhengfu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the sea ban was implemented.

Meng Zezhi persuaded: "Father, you must not, blindly giving in will only increase the prestige of the bandits. Now the pirates are only a small force, and they dare to commit more than ten looting incidents in a month. Wait for them to develop. When it grows stronger, wouldn't it be possible to attack cities and loot lands in the blink of an eye?"

Seeing Meng Zezhi standing up, Lu Zhenxiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, followed him out of the class and said: "Long live, what His Royal Highness Ning Wang said is that once these Japanese pirates become powerful and endanger coastal water transportation, the consequences will be disastrous. Not to mention the implementation of the sea ban, 10,000 people along the coast + Where should the fishermen go?"

Seeing that Meng Zezhi had dug a hole for himself, the eighth prince was happy to add fuel to the flames, and he immediately said: "I think what Lord Lu said is very true. My father is a hero, and after more than ten years of hard work, I finally defeated the Tatars in Guangde 20 years ago." , a shameful blow to my court’s heavenly power. Now just because the navy is unfavorable, the court avoids wars and fears them. If word spreads, how will the people of the world treat our court?”

How did Emperor Guangde not understand these principles? In his opinion, the foundation of the Yang Dynasty lies in agriculture, and the output of agriculture is enough to support the Dayang Dynasty.The most important thing is that it took a full five years to fight the Tatars before, and the Japanese pirates were at sea, watching the wind and moving, and they were more mobile. How long would it take to get rid of them? Emperor Guangde thought I dare not even think about it.

However, it was Meng Zezhi who was the main battler. For a while, Emperor Guangde couldn't figure out his thoughts. After covering his mouth and coughing heavily, he could only prevaricate: "This matter is of great importance. Discuss again, let me think about it again."

As soon as he was in court, Emperor Guangde recruited Meng Zezhi to the Qianqing Palace.

Meng Zezhi opened the door and said, "Father, my son wants to train soldiers with these Japanese pirates."

"What?" Emperor Guangde's stomach was blocked by Meng Zezhi's words.

It's useless to say more, Meng Zezhi directly took Emperor Guangde to the Firearms Bureau in Xishan.

There was only one exit, and in the valley surrounded by cliffs, more than a dozen muskets were fired, and after a loud bang, a row of people in cotton armor sixty feet away (one foot is [-] meters) (A kind of armor inlaid with iron sheets on the thick cotton or silk cloth and fixed with copper nails) The wooden man fell down at the sound.

When the soldiers lifted the wooden men over to have a look, they saw that the cotton armor on the wooden men's body was covered with dense bullet holes. When the cotton armor was lifted off, the bullets had completely sunk into the wooden men's bodies.

Meng Zezhi introduced: "This is a smoothbore flint musket with a range of about eighty feet, a fast rate of fire, and low recoil. This is a rifle (shotgun) with an effective range of about ninety feet. It is slow to reload, but it is accurate. The accuracy is relatively high. This is a flintlock (pistol) with a range of less than 35 feet, and the advantage is that the cost is relatively low.”

These are the only things Meng Zezhi can fiddle with in this poor and backward age, and he has almost exhausted his abilities.

As for the more powerful artillery, don't even think about it, the cost is too expensive.

Just for this firearms bureau, in just five months, Meng Zezhi had poured 30 taels of silver into it, and almost half of the skilled craftsmen in the Northland were here.

Fortunately, at this time, Western countries are generally still dealing with cold weapons. It is conservatively estimated that these three types of muskets are enough to flourish for 200 years.

Emperor Guangde certainly understood the meaning of this.

In addition to the bed crossbow, you must know that the best heavy crossbow equipped by Dayang Chao's army has a range of only seventy feet, let alone ordinary crossbows. A well-trained archer can shoot arrows out. Fifty feet is already very good.

It took a while for Emperor Guangde to regain his senses. He asked in a slightly hoarse voice: "How many guns can be made in a month?"

"Returning to the emperor's words, four hundred smoothbore flintlock muskets, one hundred rifles, and one hundred and fifty flintlock guns can be manufactured in a month."

"What about the cost?"

Meng Ze knew that he would answer every question: "Excluding the craftsman's wages, the cost of a smoothbore flint musket is about ten taels of silver, a rifle is 15 taels, and a flintlock is four taels. For ammunition, the smoothbore flint musket is For example, the cost of a base of [-] rounds is [-] cents and [-] cents."

Emperor Guangde's eyes shifted from the muskets held by the soldiers to the busy workers not far away, with a clear understanding and a complicated expression.

If these things had come out decades earlier, perhaps he would not have been chased away by the Tatars back then.

He had no intention of asking more questions, let alone why Meng Zezhi had concealed so many things from him.

After all, he had already identified Meng Zezhi as his heir, not to mention that this was his and Zitong's son, the better Meng Zezhi performed, the more he should feel relieved.

——This is also the main reason why Meng Zezhi dared to bring Emperor Guangde here.

Thinking of this, Emperor Guangde's mood suddenly widened a bit, and he nodded: "In that case, I'm sure about Pingwa."

The next day, Emperor Guangde appropriated 30 taels of silver from internal funds as military expenses. He appointed General Zhaoyi and Taitou Battalion General Liu Wenshan as his commander, and Qian Boyu, son of Zheng Guogong, as his supervisor. Three thousand soldiers and horses, eighty Dengzhou guard warships, and five thousand sailors went to the southeast coast to fight against Japanese pirates.

Liu Wenshan is the direct elder brother of the wife of the prefect of Wenzhou, and the wife of the prefect of Wenzhou is the business partner that Meng Zezhi introduced to him on the night of his housewarming.

Zheng Guogong's mansion is Xiaogong Empress Qian's natal family, and Meng Zeming's nominal mother's family. In terms of seniority, he should call Qian Boyu uncle.

The Fifth Army Battalion was under Zhao Lingwu's command. He originally wanted to push Zhao Yijing up to be the head coach, but Meng Zezhi pushed him away on the grounds that he wanted Zhao Yijing to stay in the capital because he wanted to win the heir.

The current Zhao Yijing was arranged by Meng Zezhi to serve as the third-rank commander of the Jingwei Commander Division. The Jingwei Commander Division was mainly responsible for defending the capital and guarding the palace.

Before the army set off, Meng Zezhi received Zheng Guogong's son Qian Boyu in the study of Prince Ning's mansion.

"Liu Wenshan, General Liu is also my man. If there is anything, uncle might as well discuss it with him."

"Yes." Qian Boyu said respectfully.

"Weihe Shipyard has more than forty new sea-going ships that I secretly built. After you arrive in Fujian, recruit crew members on the spot, and then combine these forty-odd sea ships with the eighty warships from Dengzhouwei. Form a fleet to meet Japanese pirates, this is to prepare for the maritime trade plan." Meng Zezhi pushed the wooden box at hand to him: "This is the certificate for taking the ship."

Compared with others, as Meng Zeming's nominal uncle, Qian Boyu, who is smart and capable, is obviously more trusted by him, after all, the other party is the one who is least likely to betray him.

"Yes." Qian Boyu didn't ask too much, he could see that Meng Zezhi was a very assertive person, since he didn't hope to influence him with family affection, then he just did things down-to-earth.

On March 28, the army set off, accompanied by three hundred guards who belonged to Prince Ning's Mansion and later served as guards at the Firearms Bureau. The task of teaching the use of muskets in the conquest of the army.

As for the Firearms Bureau, Emperor Guangde dispatched a thousand cronies from the Shenji Camp.

When the battle broke out along the coast, Emperor Guangde fell ill again in the Forbidden City.

This time, the illness was severe, and within a few days, Emperor Guangde couldn't get out of bed. Before he passed out, he ordered Meng Zezhi to supervise the country.

When the news broke, some were happy and some were worried.

Not long after, it was Emperor Guangde's birthday. Gan Zhengfu, Minister of the Household Department, proposed to call all civil and military officials to hold a grand birthday banquet for Emperor Guangde.

Meng Zezhi took a deep look at him and agreed.

Just like the eighth prince wanted to wipe out all of Meng Zezhi's people at the birthday banquet, Meng Zezhi also had the idea of ​​once and for all.

The capital is also in chaos.

Everyone knows that storms are coming.

On the day of the birthday banquet, Emperor Guangde recovered unexpectedly.

Seeing Emperor Shangguangde's unusually rosy face, all the ministers were shocked.

After admiring the birthday presents presented by all civil and military officials, and watching "Wen Tianxiang", Xu was completely entertained. Emperor Guangde waved back a group of actors, looked around, and said in a slow voice: "I use Liangde to inherit and inherit Ji, it's been 24 years here..."

Hearing this, all the ministers immediately stood up from their seats and knelt down on the ground.

"...I know that there is not much time left, so I will take advantage of this auspicious day to settle the funeral affairs together, Tao An, to announce the decree."

"Long live!" All the ministers shouted in pain.

Tao An immediately unfolded the imperial decree in his hand, and sang: "Since ancient times, when emperors ruled the world, they must take respecting the ancestors of heaven as their top priority, and respecting the ancestors of heaven and ancestors is all based on sincerity. Working hard every day..."

"... Taizu's establishment of a foundation is the most important thing. Yuanliang's heirs cannot be left in vain for a long time. My fifth son, Shi'an, was descended from the filial and respectful Empress Qian. He is Qiyi Yinghui, restraining the ancestors, and is hereby established as the crown prince. Announce it both at home and abroad, and the salty envoys will hear about it."

"Long live, long live, my emperor."

Above the main hall, the Five Princes were ecstatic, but they couldn't show it, and their faces were distorted.

"Father is really eccentric!"

The eighth prince stood up slowly and said with a sneer.

Behind him, with a bang, a flare shot into the sky.

After a while, there was a buzzing sound of hoofbeats and fighting in the distance, which made one's heart chill.

Emperor Guangde's face sank: "Niezi, do you want to rebel?"

The eighth prince sneered: "Father, didn't you force me to do this?"

He gritted his teeth: "You gave me hope, and you drove me into the abyss with your own hands."

Emperor Guangde hated that iron cannot be made into steel: "As long as you have a little love for the people, I will not make such a choice."

He didn't want to say any more, and immediately shouted: "Come here, let me arrest this evil-"

None of the guards and eunuchs in the hall moved.

"You, you?" Emperor Guangde was about to burst into tears.

"Father, don't make trouble, if I am not fully prepared, would I dare to do this?"

As he said that, the Eighth Prince looked at Meng Zezhi proudly: "Do you think you can sleep peacefully as long as you replace my manpower in the palace? Naive—you probably didn't think of it, did you? Tao An, the great eunuch next to your father, is actually mine, so the guards you have tried to replace are actually mine."

Meng Zezhi looked gloomy.

As he said that, the eighth prince walked up the imperial steps step by step, and stood still on the dragon chair. Facing Emperor Guangde's resentful expression, he moved closer to Emperor Guangde's ear, and said in a voice only enough for the two of them to hear: "And the imperial physician who gave you the pulse diagnosis is also mine. Otherwise, why do you think you suddenly became seriously ill?"

Emperor Guangde was about to burst into tears, and pointed at him tremblingly: "You, you, beast..." He actually poisoned him.

He was furious: "Golden Guard, kill this unfaithful and unfilial bastard for me."

As he said that, a few guards in black jumped out from the corner of the hall, and rushed towards the Eighth Prince in an instant.

"I'll see who dares—"

The author has something to say:

Meng Zezhi: See if my thigh is thick?

Lu Li: ... (moved his gaze to the side for half a minute)

The content of the imperial edict was taken from the imperial edicts of Shunzhi and Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. Since no one from the Ming Dynasty was found, it was used.