Chapter 564: You are so smooth-talking, are you planning to enter the Jiejuyuan!
"Hey! It's really different. There's no difference on the surface." Zhu Yijun tried it out and it worked out. There was no gunpowder in the gun. Qi Jiguang mainly showed off the new firing device.
At this time, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty actually don’t like to use flintlocks very much, because the newly released flintlocks have many problems. The fire sickle rubs the flint, ignites the gunpowder, and requires a hammer. The flint piece is pulled with great speed and force, which means that when the soldier charges the powder and pulls the trigger, he needs considerable strength to overcome the spring force generated by the reed, and too concentrated strength affects the accuracy.
Another reason is that it is expensive.
A flintlock gun is much more expensive than a matchlock gun. A bird gun costs nine taels of silver, while a flintlock gun costs three taels of silver. The flintlock gun is not easy to use and is expensive, so The installation of flintlock muskets is full of difficulties, but there is a real need.
The flintlock gun has advantages that the matchlock gun cannot match.
The matchlock is not allowed to approach artillery vehicles and artillery camps, because the matchlock of the matchlock is always lit. The artillery has a large amount of gunpowder, and the lit matchlock can easily send the artillery position into the sky. Physical God.
So, on the battlefield, artillery is actually very dangerous, because without the protection of infantry, once approached, it is equal to death.
With the emergence of flintlock muskets, the Ming Dynasty was able to form infantry to protect the artillery.
On the other hand, flintlock guns can be used for warning. At night, a burning match rope is the best target. It is very easy to expose. It will be too late to set off the fire when the enemy is approaching, so you can do it at any time. The flintlock gun that can be fired has become the best choice for sentries, pier remote guards, and coastal defense patrols.
Of course, in a duel, it is the ultimate weapon, one step faster than others.
The Ming Dynasty's flint-fired muskets have shortcomings of one kind or another, but they are still being installed with difficulty.
"A simple escapement structure, inspired by clocks." Qi Jiguang explained the change seriously. It is actually very simple. The spring steel was changed to a spring spring and a wheel-type flint. This saves energy and makes it more accurate.
After listening to Qi Jiguang's introduction, Zhu Yijun suddenly realized and said: "I understand, that is to say, in the future, the Ming Dynasty will have two routes on the fire blunderbuss, one is the wheeled flintlock, and the other is the spring steel strike "Fuilin."
Qi Jiguang's improvements made the fuilin's mechanical structure more complicated. The wheeled fuilator can be tightened with a wrench instead of relying solely on hands.
The cost of wheeled flintlocks is more expensive, but it is very accurate. At Zhu Yijun's level, within thirty steps, his target rate can reach 100%. This is all fed by gunpowder. It is not worth it. Proudly, the Octavia Pawn can achieve an 85% hit rate within thirty steps. This is the advantage of the wheel type, and it can be used with one hand, making it easy to use when riding a horse.
Of course, its structure is more precise and the cost is higher, which also brings a higher failure rate. The firing success rate is only 80%, which is lower than the 87% of the traditional spring steel hammer.
Of course there are advantages and disadvantages.
The spring steel hits the flintlock, which is cheap and fires quickly. A well-trained soldier can fire twice in one minute, but the hit rate is extremely impressive. This kind of flintlock gun requires a large number of columns. Only by forming a dense formation of firepower can effective killing be ensured, that is, the tactic of queuing to kill will be widely used.
"Indeed." Qi Jiguang thought for a moment and agreed with the two routes His Majesty said. One is the route of elite soldiers, the other is large-scale use, one requires precision, and the other It mainly uses a lead bullet to form a barrage, one is an individual assault, and the other is a linear horizontal team firing horizontally.
These two routes cannot be said to be better or worse. They are two completely different battlefield applications and are suitable for different environments.
“This wheeled flintlock gun also has rifling.” Qi Jiguang took out a brand new barrel and handed it to His Majesty. This is the new barrel of the wheeled flintlock gun, peace. Barrier guns also have rifling. Rifling means more gunpowder. Rifling means more accuracy, which also means more expensive.
This is also the reason why the wheeled flintlock musket is accurate, because it can use rotation to stabilize the flight attitude of the bullet after it comes out of the chamber.
According to Ming Dynasty military regulations, the gun is not allowed to be pointed at anyone, not even himself, so Qi Jiguang took out a new barrel and asked Your Majesty to review it.
The flat blunderbuss is a kind of bludgeoning blunderbuss. When used, it requires the close cooperation of three people. It has a long range, great power and is more accurate. It is a fire blunderbuss that can break the armor of enemy armored men on the battlefield, and the new The wheeled flintlock is an elite model and is rifled.
"Very good, let's equip it with the pier and the coastal defense patrol." Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with the new fire gun and began to inquire about the training situation of the new recruits in the Beijing camp.
The tactic of queuing up to kill seems simple, but it is actually really difficult.
Queue to shoot requires very strict training. Without strict training, it will make a joke. For example, in France's queuing to shoot tactic, musketeers are allowed to shoot individually.
On a battlefield filled with dangers, the French believe that the only way to keep soldiers' movements uniform is to raise their hands and surrender.
With the complicated charging and firing of fire guns, the dangerous battlefield environment, the fear of death, etc., it seems logical to allow a single person to fire. Of course.
It was this kind of laxity that caused France to suffer in the collision where the queuing-to-shoot tactic was widely used. France lost to Prussia at the Battle of Clifford and to England at the Battle of Fontenoy. In just the first exchange of fire, they were already completely defeated.
In the Battle of Fontenoy, the French lost a total of 7,200 people. According to statistics from the Anglo-Dutch coalition afterwards, 2,872 of the deaths were caused by French lead bullets, which means they were killed by themselves.
In the queuing and shooting tactic, allowing free fire is equivalent to allowing cannibalism.
The requirements of the Daming Beijing Camp are strict. They advance to the beat of the drum and walk 75 steps per minute during training. They must ensure that they are 30 feet shoulder to shoulder and the front cannot be deformed.
This is actually very difficult to achieve. The pace and distance require long-term training, and the non-deformation of the front ensures that the barrage of bullets is lined up.
The requirements are more stringent for the firing of fire muskets. On the training ground, it is qualified to be able to fire three times per minute. On the battlefield, it means that it can be fired 1-2 times per minute. After a large number of flintlock muskets are installed, This requirement will be further increased. The number of shots per minute on the training ground must reach five, and on the battlefield it must be at least three to four times.
The tactic of queuing to kill seems like the infantry charges after the artillery bombardment, but the infantry charge also requires high-intensity training to achieve the effect.
A group of rabble rushed over, it was to die.
"If the long-term development continues, the cavalry battalion will only have a reconnaissance role." Zhu Yijun looked at the training of the Ming Dynasty Jingying Camp and said with emotion. With the almost pathological installation of the Ming Dynasty firearms, the cavalry battalion The space for the cavalry battalion to play on the battlefield is getting smaller and smaller, and Zhu Yijun can't even see the ecological niche of the cavalry battalion on the battlefield.
It seems that as long as there are artillery and musketeers, all problems can be solved.
Zhu Yijun seems to have made a loss-making business. The riding camp he built at a huge price seems to have failed to play its role and is becoming more and more useless.
"Why do your Majesty think so?" Qi Jiguang shook his head and said: "As long as the mobility is still there, the cavalry camp will have the final say. It is a battlefield force that cannot be ignored. When defeating Ban Sheng, if If Li Rusong had not led the cavalry battalion to Wuchuan County, I am afraid Anda Khan would still be struggling."
"The high mobility of the cavalry battalion is still an advantage that the infantry and artillery cannot match."
< br>Qi Jiguang did not agree with the emperor's view.
Qi Jiguang's crusade against Anda Khan was carried out step by step. The reason behind this was that the cavalry battalion drove away the opponent's cavalry on the battlefield. Otherwise, going out of the fortress would be a continuous harassment, and morale would not be at all under this kind of harassment. Unable to guarantee it, Li Rusong led the cavalry battalion to Wuchuan County and even strangled An Dahan by the throat, making An Dahan unable to move.
The cavalry camp is still an indispensable and important force, especially for grassland expeditions. Qi Jiguang talked in detail about the application of the cavalry camp on the battlefield.
"Qi Shuai still knows the soldiers. I understand. In other words, this cavalry camp built with a lot of money is still useful." After Zhu Yijun communicated with Qi Jiguang in depth, he immediately said that Qi Shuai was right.
Qi Jiguang’s core philosophy is just four words: soldiers are valuable and quick.
"Your Majesty never does business at a loss." Qi Jiguang said with a smile.
If possible, Qi Jiguang would like to have 100,000 soldiers in the capital camp, and everyone would be a cavalry camp.
The emperor saw how powerful the musketeers and artillery were when combined, but did not see their shortcomings. Their shortcoming was that deployment required complete logistics, whether it was artillery or gunpowder, which was a huge test for logistics and slow to deploy, but the cavalry battalion The mount itself is one of the means of transportation.
Quick response, quick maneuver and quick intervention are something that musketeers and artillery cannot do anyway.
Even if Chidao extends to every corner of the Ming Dynasty, musketeers and artillery have really become the protagonists of the battlefield. Cavalry camps, or high-mobility interleaved formations, are still necessary to exist.
The emperor's heavy investment in building the cavalry camp is definitely not a waste of silver. For example, when he entered Baoding Prefecture this time, the Yan family's nest in Qizhou was taken away. Why didn't Qizhou Zhizhou Li Anren take back the Yan family's compound? , but let Tiqi capture him and bring him to justice?
Because after Chen Mo secured Yan's compound, the Ming Dynasty's cavalry camp had already set off and would arrive in Baoding soon. Li Anren really couldn't go all out and join the camp fire of the Ming Dynasty. He really didn't have that strength.
Stop talking about him, no one in the world, including Felipe II, has that strength.
The cavalry camp can quickly deploy this feature, which is conducive to maintaining local loyalty and conducive to the unity and stability of the Ming Dynasty.
“Wang Chonggu said that the biggest problem with the construction of engineering regiments and factories is that they are slipping towards feudal towns. Only places with roads can have engineering regiments and camps. His statement is consistent with Qi Shuai’s saying that soldiers are valuable and quick. The same truth." Zhu Yijun thought about the discussion in the court today and found that they were all similar in purpose, and they were all aimed at improving the rapid deployment capabilities of the Beijing camp.
Wang Chonggu was a treacherous minister, not a humble Confucian. He also patched up his political decrees. The engineering and corps camps and official factories were built in places where Chi Road was and where Chi Road was about to be built. It was guaranteed to be in the capital camp. Within the radiation range of sharp soldiers.
The Ming Dynasty was a classical military empire. Military power was the most important and intuitive form of violence in maintaining power.
"Your Majesty is wise." Qi Jiguang also recognized Wang Chonggu's patch. Chidao was the ditch where the infantry was quickly deployed.
"Qi Shuai put Mr. in a difficult situation. The Ming Dynasty Huidian has just been published and published. I read the firearms chapter and the summary is very comprehensive. But Qi Shuai immediately found some work for Mr. " Zhu Yijun happily talked about the detailed collection of ordnance in the Ming Dynasty Huidian. As soon as it was completed, Qi Shuai updated it with new firearms.
“It’s always updated, sir, I won’t blame you.” Qi Jiguang also answered with a smile on his face.
All such books need to be supplemented and added, even the brief version needs to be constantly corrected and corrected to avoid errors.
"Qi Shuai has not been to the Quanchu Guild Hall in the past few years, nor has he interacted with his husband. In my opinion, there is absolutely no need to avoid them like this." Zhu Yijun talked about Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng.
Qi Jiguang has not had any dealings with Zhang Juzheng in these years, and has no personal contact at all.
They were close friends, but for the sake of the national affairs of the Ming Dynasty, they had to give up this friendship. Zhu Yijun was very sorry for this. "Sir, I won't let you go." Qi Jiguang said helplessly: "Sir, he said that once he returned his waist card, everything would be settled."
Qi Jiguang didn't go around with Zhang Juzheng before. If he didn't go, he would wait until the emperor was young and strong before he planned to continue the relationship. After all, he was no longer the master of the country, but Zhang Juzheng still wanted to avoid suspicion and refused to let Qi Jiguang visit.
"Sir is a very stubborn person." Zhu Yijun said with emotion. He rested in Wuying Building for a quarter of an hour before leaving after washing.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty chose to respond positively to public opinion, which would naturally create greater public opinion. The four-stage pretending to be confused can be regarded as a coping strategy. Regarding the issue of who is more valuable, a man or a donkey, the entire Beijing Hall's miscellaneous reports have followed it. It was as if the sky was clear, and they were discussing eagerly.
The emperor's response revealed a terrible fact, the inevitable decline of the Ming Dynasty.
The eldest son of the Penglai Huang family set out from the General's Mansion again. This time he went to see the excitement. The concept of surplus value and the thoughts it caused caused an uproar in the capital.
A Confucian scholar dressed in Confucian robes wrote a few words on a large blackboard and said loudly: "Surplus value is the difference between the value of production and the remuneration of labor. We have once again made it clear to Your Majesty After this definition, it is natural to conclude that the Ming Dynasty will die, because the meat-eaters organize production for profit and surplus value, including the current government factories and engineering regiments, which make the means of production more concentrated. "
“There is no way out.”
Zhu Yijun looked at the few words written by this Confucian scholar and then looked at the content of what he said. He was convinced that this person was a pessimist and that the means of production were too high. What to do if it gets concentrated? The world is in turmoil and the redistribution of the means of production is an inevitable result.
This pessimism is brewing. This Confucian scholar seems to have convinced most people. In theory, this seems to be an endless loop with no solution. Of course, this is only theoretical.
“If there are too many homeless people, it will also destroy the meat-eaters’ organization of production.” A Confucian scholar stood up and drew a line between the homeless people and the meat-eaters. The homeless people eventually They often end up falling into trouble, and then start to 'borrow grain' from everywhere. This kind of borrowing destroys rural production, and also causes producers to further decline in class.
"If demand weakens, supply will inevitably weaken, because there is no profit at all, and the land in the hands of producers will naturally flow to the hands of meat eaters, exacerbating the merger." Another Confucian scholar stood up, To add another thing, the relationship between supply demand and mergers has been discussed in detail as early as the early years of Wanli.
Now the concept of surplus value completely connects all the previous political and economic speculations.
Zhu Yijun clearly felt that pessimism was increasing, and everyone felt despair about this almost unsolvable cycle.
Wang Qian was sitting next to His Majesty. The first and second richest young men in the capital were all looking at the Confucian scholars in Taibai Tower, discussing the surplus value.
Wang Qian stood up, walked out of the box, and walked down the stairs step by step. He watched everyone pick up the chalk on the table, and on the words "Production Materials Collection" in the middle, After circling twice vigorously, he said: "Everyone, the problem is very clear. The core lies here. A strong force is needed to intervene in this process."
"This is the meaning of the existence of the imperial court!"< br>
A Confucian scholar stood up and said loudly: "Is the imperial court's interference really useful? No matter how beautiful the decree is when it is formulated, when it is implemented, it is ordinary people who bear the price. There is no way to get rid of this cycle.”
“The imperial court is also composed of individuals. Everyone has their own desires, and government orders need to be implemented by people!”
“Yes, you said. You’re right, this is an inevitable problem.” Wang Qian first affirmed the other party’s point of view, “So we need to establish the law, we need to eliminate it, we need to fight against corruption, we need to discipline officials, and we need to reform the old and make new achievements!”
Any It is anti-human nature for a group to ensure that every individual has high moral standards. Wang Qian’s argument to refute the pessimism of this Confucian scholar is that any group needs to reform and metabolize. A group that cannot metabolize itself will inevitably It will lead to destruction, whether it is as small as a household, a handicraft workshop, a business gang, or a trading house, or as large as a court or a country.
This is what Zhang Juzheng summarized in practice after completing his examination and implementation.
“It’s just you big officials fighting among themselves.” The Confucian scholar waved his hand and said: “Is the struggle between the party and the court really about reforming the old and reforming the old? It has been ten years since the Wanli Reform, and the court is still Your father's Jin Party and Jiangling Gong's Chu Party are the two dominant parties, and even the Zhejiang Party is excluded. Talking about reforming the past and reforming the old is just a fig leaf. "
"It's beyond stupid." Wang Qian rolled up his sleeves and said, "Not to mention the Shanxi governor Qiao Bixing's conspiracy to conspire with the Panyi case, and the former Sichuan governor Luo Yao's impeachment by Jiangling Gong for the head-off case. This is the most recent incident. Two typical cases of internal purges happened almost at the same time. "
"Let's talk about the Jin Party. Do you know who the Jin Party is now?"< br>
"The Jin Party has essentially died. It died together with Ananda Khan when he was beheaded and displayed in public. Now the one led by my father is called the Labor Party! You don't know what the Labor Party is? It's the work of craftsmen."
“The Labor Party is completely different from the previous township parties that formed a party with fellow villagers, and the ethnic parties that formed a party with the same ethnic group!”
Speaking of this, Wang Qian involuntarily puffed up his chest. , he was extremely proud of his father's abandonment of the Jin Party and establishment of the Labor Party, because this represented that Ming Dynasty's political activities had entered a new stage, with a new way of forming a party where comrades work together and enjoy each other.
The fundamental proposition of the Labor Party is, in short, more goods and greater material abundance.
"It sounds nice, but isn't that just forming a clique for personal gain?!" The Confucian scholar's face turned red, and he obviously held a grudge after defeat, which was vividly reflected in this Confucian scholar.
Wang Qian was not angry, thought for a while and asked: "Have you read Ouyang Xiu's theory of cliques?"
"No, but we are talking about cliques!" The Confucian scholar's expression More red.
Wang Qian frowned and said: "This world has never been what you want. We have a long history. This is vertical experience. We have the largest population in the world. This is horizontal experience. Without looking at the vertical experience or the horizontal experience, we just apply our own imagination to reality and still make nonsense here.”
"I found out why the Confucian scholars of the Ming Dynasty are all like this? Either they can win by talking fast, and they hope that the decree issued today will be fulfilled tomorrow, and they will directly enter Datong society the next day, or they will die quickly and encounter problems and difficulties. , especially when it comes to complex problems, it is not about trying to overcome them, but about surrendering directly.”
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Wang Qian discovered the root of the problem, that is, the duality of emotions is very obvious, either quick victory or quick destruction. It seems that there is no need for any discussion in the middle zone.
This kind of speculation is actually very, very dangerous and will completely divide society.
"This must be the famous prince." A Confucian scholar stood up with a loud smile, walked to the opposite side of Wang Qian, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "No talent, Quanzhou A man from Yishan, whose surname is Li Zhi, has met Mr. Wang. Isn’t there Mr. Huang who also likes to watch the fun? "
"Here it is." Zhu Yijun waved his hand in the box. Location, everyone knows that he loves to watch the excitement.
The mad student Li Zhi is a great master of Taizhou’s mind-study. Zhu Yijun is quite fond of this mad student. Many of his ideas are very interesting, such as his criticism of stereotyped writing, opposition to false Taoism, and opposition to empty talk and advocacy. The people are the most important, the king is the most important, and the country is the next best thing. He advocates equality for all, freedom of marriage, and advocates that both men and women should go to school, etc.
“I’ve met Mr. Huang.” Li Zhi bowed again and said to everyone with a smile: “I’m going to come up with a riddle for Mr. Wang to guess. There are four sentences in total: I, the emperor, went to steal the cow. All the civil and military officials in the dynasty were thieves; the father-in-law held his wife’s hand, and the child broke my head.”
Zhu Yijun’s face turned dark when he heard this!
This madman is even more annoying than Lin Fucheng. As soon as he appears on the scene, he goes straight to the emperor, and even steals cattle as the emperor's father!
"Why are you talking! If you keep talking nonsense, you should go to Jiecuyuan!" Wang Qian was shocked when he heard this. This was a gathering, not a rebellion, and he was talking nonsense!
You are so smooth-talking, are you planning to enter the Jieguyuan?
It doesn't matter whether it's a puzzle or not. To openly criticize the emperor in such a public place is no longer an ordinary madman.
A few timid Confucian scholars who were watching the fun in the audience immediately stood up and left quickly with their faces covered, fearing that the city gate would catch fire and harm the fish in the pond. Soon, some of the Confucian scholars who were participating in the gathering in the audience followed them. left.
"Hey, you are as timid as a mouse." Li Zhi looked at the Confucian scholar who was running away and said with a smile: "You have so much courage to come over for a chat? You are not saying it in front of the emperor, what are you afraid of? ?”
Wang Qian is afraid! This is talking in front of the emperor! His Majesty was sitting in the box and could hear everything clearly!
His Majesty walked out of the box and took off Li Zhi's head with a knife. It was not too much. This was a son scolding his father. When had the emperor ever stolen a cow? We were indeed poor during the Longqing period, but we didn't go so far as to steal cattle?
The emperor wears Mr. Huang’s vest, but he is still the emperor.
"Li Zhi, with these four sentences, don't you just want to say that the king is not the king, the minister is not the minister, the father is not the father, the son is not the son? The answer to the riddle is just two words, the way of the world, right or wrong?" Zhu Yijun He asked loudly in the box.
"Young Master Huang is indeed very smart! But in fact, there is another solution to this mystery, which is Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty." Li Zhi was stunned. He was already crazy enough, but there was actually someone crazier than him.
This riddle is audacious enough, and ordinary people will only think that the crazy man is too arrogant and dare not delve into it. No one will think about the answer in depth, so that Li Zhi can explain his own point of view that can be broken and then established. However, he is still very eager to survive. The mystery was solved, it was Tang Xuanzong.
This is a gathering to talk, not to seek death.
The life of Li Dan, the father of Li Longji, Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, was a life of ups and downs, and a life of tragedy. He was the only emperor in the Li Tang Dynasty who changed his surname to Wu, Wu Zetian's Wu, and Li Dan ascended the throne twice in his life. He abdicated the throne three times, and at the worst moment, he was demoted to an heir and sent to live in Xiangzhou, Henan. Some people also said that he stole cattle.
This is obviously a joke, but fortunately this joke is not too outrageous. It does not say that he sells Gouzi, which is already very good. Ye Shi's main focus is a wild man.
Li Longji and Yang Guifei have never been a love story. Yang Guifei is the longevity princess and Li Longji’s daughter-in-law. Even Li Zhi, who advocates freedom of marriage, thinks this kind of behavior is too free, so Only then did Li Longji arrange a joke.
The child broke my head and said that after An Lushan was killed, Li Longji returned to Chang'an and became the Supreme Emperor. Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Heng, exiled Gao Lishi to Wuzhou, Chen Xuanli was ordered to become an official, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty Princess Yuzhen, the biological sister of Yuzhen Temple, also lived in the temple, leaving Li Longji alone.
Zhang Juzheng always used Tang Xuanzong and Taoist masters to talk about the difficulties of overcoming the end. If the empire was riddled with holes when he left, thousands of years later, there would still be people who would make jokes about those things. And why does it sound so bad? Who made you unable to overcome it?
"It makes sense." Zhu Yijun carefully studied Li Zhi's riddle again and made sure that Li Zhi was not trying to blame him, so he planned to listen to what he had to say.
Li Zhi hurriedly said: "Either this makes sense, or it is a jingle based on what happened to Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty."
After Li Zhi solved the mystery, the Confucian scholars who left gradually came back, as long as Rather than blatantly blaming the current emperor, it can be said that the overall atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty is still very open and free. After all, Hai Rui, a stubborn official who scolded the Taoist master, is still an official in the court, and he is a magic sword in the fight against corruption.
"Actually, Mr. Huang's solution is not wrong. There is no king, no minister, no father, no son, which is the messy world." Li Zhi looked at everyone and said, "I have an idea, don't be afraid."
< br>“I think there is no representative of any group in the DPRK, so this group does not have to pay taxes.”
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