After the Battle of Changde, those related to this need to submit an explanation to the emperor, and Zhu Zhanji is still in Yangzhou now.
The official documents issued from Yangzhou have been annotated by the word "Sing" and "Sing" which also caused some inconvenience in the daily affairs of the court.
However, Concubine Sun, who was by Xuande, seemed to like this place very much. Not only were the scenery and gardens beautiful, but the climate was also moister than the capital. Concubine Sun felt that she was good for her skin; perhaps what satisfied her most was in Yangzhou, leaving countless women with three palaces and six courtyards, and she felt more at ease. Although the emperor of the capital also liked her the most, those competitors were really under her nose.
There are two places where Zhu Zhanji handles daily affairs, both in a garden called Xu Lin Xiaozhu by the Beicheng River.
This garden was built by a salt merchant named Xu in Jiangsu and Zhejiang during the Hongxi period. When he learned that the emperor was personally in Yangzhou, he took the initiative to write a letter to contribute his own garden as Zhu Zhanji's palace.
Zhu Zhanji accepted his kindness and saved a lot of expenses. The main expenses of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty when they came to Jiangsu and Zhejiang were still military expenses, which was incomparable to the later expenses of the Emperors of the Qing Dynasty who often went to the southern tour of tens of millions of taels...
Such a thing is unimaginable in the Ming Dynasty.
In a larger pavilion is where Zhu Zhanji discusses military affairs with his ministers, and there are many officials from six ministries on duty; in the back, only eunuchs walk around the water pavilions by the lake, and Zhu Zhanji privately meets some people here.
For example, the people from the Jinyiwei and the people from the Dongchang were not all handled by him.
The person Zhu Zhanji met in the water herd is Lu Qianshi of the Nanfu Department of Jinyiwei. Lu Qianshi had just come from Huguang and had not left all his dust, so he rushed to meet the saint.
People from the Jinyiwei are not always talking bad things about civil servants, and they are often more pragmatic.
Lu Qianshi's remarks this time were quite supportive of Yu Qian. He said that he didn't know if the withdrawal was right, but it was indeed difficult to win the battle at that time, and provided some evidence...
These real evidences are also the main actions of Lu Chenshi in this job.
In any case, the people of the Jinyiwei have a bad reputation in the Shilin. They will not deliberately help the civil servants, so Lu Chenshi's words should still be credible.
At this time, the eunuch carried a long wooden box into the water pavilion. The chief eunuch-in-chief of the Sili Supervisor personally ordered the eunuchs to open the box, and saw two brand new muskets inside.
Mr. Lu bowed and said: After the Wei minister arrived in Huguang, he contacted the list given by the Beisi and re-arranged the staff, and persuaded several pseudo-officials and craftsmen among the rebels of Zhang Ning who were responsible for building weapons for him.Afterwards, some people were summoned and ordered the surrendered officials to imitate the firearms used by the traitor.This kind of firearm is called a coercion, which is the main weapon of the thief. It is not difficult to manufacture as a whole. Only the barrel is time-consuming. It must be used to continuously forge it into fine iron sheets. After it is forged and wrapped into a tube, it also needs to be drilled into and polished with a steel drill. It takes one month to drill into a barrel. If you are not careful, you may have a broken chamber and other defects, and it cannot be used if you are scrapped.
Seeing that the emperor was listening, Lu continued: The range of this large convex gun can reach more than 100 steps, and the effective range is about 100 steps to penetrate iron armor.The so-called magical weapons that pass through Yang in a hundred steps may be untrue, but the bandit army used the three-section attack tactics and the entire row of infantry and army were released together, which poses a great threat to our infantry.Above the battle formation, there was no trace of lead bullets, and the iron armor could not be stopped. Those who were hit were terrible, and the sound was louder and louder, which increased the momentum. Therefore, the government and army almost broke out in one touch during several infantry battles.
There is also this kind of gunpowder that is asked to be read by the emperor. He adds water to each material and pounds it with wood, drys and crushes it with bamboo sieve, and can obtain rice-like substances.I'll take a look at it. Mix the rice and medicine evenly and will not be layered due to bumps. It can also prevent wind and moisture and be effective.
Lu Chenshi presented his own results together. The bandit army also used the cannons on the picture, or called the mother-child cannons. However, I remember the cannons on the Franchise ship mentioned by Eunuch Zheng a few years ago, which seemed to be similar to them... I dared to guess whether the remnants of Jianwen were active at sea and colluded with the Franchise to learn these firearms from the barbarians?
Zhu Zhanji immediately ordered: Send people and things to the Nanzhen Fushi and let them try to build it. If it is available, the Ministry of War will decide to build it in batches.
Mr. Lu also said: According to the surrendered people, the thief army had other "gun rules" when using cannons, but unfortunately they didn't understand. The minister tried his best to find out other things clearly.
He asked the emperor to nod and expressed his approval.Mr. Lu was happy and treacherously knelt down and bowed back.
Wang Gou'er hurriedly ordered: Come on, carry all the things down and put them there.
Zhu Zhanji sat quietly, placing his fingers gently on Yu Qian's memorial.
Lu Qianshi's statement made him somewhat considerate with Yu Qian, but he was not satisfied with the people in Huguang: Although there were many reasons, it was really inappropriate to flee without fighting. In addition, in the description of the war, a part of the Changde cavalry was defeated by a disadvantaged thief army outside the city, what did it have to do with the firearms?
I'm afraid that there are problems with the Marquis of Wuyang Xue Lu himself.
Zhu Zhanji is not a hesitant person. Even if it seems complicated, he can handle it in a few seconds.
At this time, he quickly cleared out several key points from many considerations: it was not good to substitute people in the last battle; the various factions sent to Huguang were not incompetent; it was impossible to give up Changde and explain it.
So Zhu Zhanji quickly made a decision, very simple: ignore it.
Neither ask for guilt nor urge.The battle in Changde Prefecture is just one of the links in the entire Huguang situation. The real war is still to come, so Yu Qian and Xue Lu should be given some opportunity.
Zhu Zhanji's most urgent thing is to hope that Zhang Fu will cross the river and capture Nanjing as soon as possible and resolve the source of chaos.But he still did not urge Zhang Fu too much.
……
Lu Qianshi was not always good at it. Shortly after he returned to Yangzhou, someone was arrested in Chenzhou.
This person's true identity is the official of the General Banner of the Jinyiwei, named Wang Zhong, who was originally from the Beizhen Fushi. However, after Lu Jiashi arrived in Wuchang, he was temporarily ordered by him.
The person who caught him was not the newly formed Guard Bureau of Zhang Ning, but rather a escort from Yao Ji.
At that time, a military officer from the Jinyiwei was undercover in the cult vanishing cult. He had been mixed in several years ago. After the military officer was arrested, he confessed to Wang Zhong from above after being severely tortured. Then the believers secretly captured Wang Zhong.
Unexpectedly, Wang Zhong was willing to confess immediately after being arrested, which was much easier to deal with than a small military scholar, so he did not suffer much.
A team of elite soldiers secretly escorted Wang Zhong to Changde Mansion.
After Zhang Ning found out, he went to see the man himself, because he immediately understood the important role of this man. At least he could try to figure out from him how far the imperial official army had understood the details of the Suzaku Army.
In a tightly guarded courtyard next to the government office, Zhang Ning walked into a wing room and saw that the Jinyiwei was really not good-looking and had the ordinary appearance and had the qualifications to do detailed work.
When the generals in the room saw Zhang Ning coming in, they scolded Wang Zhong with a stern voice and expression: Kneel down and kowtow!
Zhang Ning hurriedly stopped the general and said kindly: No need, Wang Zongqi belongs to the Jinyiwei. He knows best what methods to torture prisoners. Perhaps we can save those unpleasant links.Mr. Wang think I'm right?
Wang Zhong's face twitched slightly and said: The villain must speak out and he will never hide it.
Refreshing person.Zhang Ning waved and gave Mr. Wang a cup of tea to moisten his throat. He didn't have to treat him too badly in the future.
Thank you.
Zhang Ning said: First, tell me what you know, is it consistent with what we know?You've finished speaking, I'll ask you again.
Wang Zhong was silent for a while, and Zhang Ning waited patiently.
Wang Zhong finally spoke: There are four people who defected to the Jinyiwei in the Weapon Bureau of the Youth Army, including Fan Si, foreman Yan Shi, and craftsman Li Dajiang.This matter was handled by a lieutenant below, but I didn't come forward. The lieutenant had already gone to Wuchang. Every sentence of the villain was true, but I contacted some others directly and the villain was willing to provide for it.
Seeing that Zhang Ning had no intention of asking questions, he thought for a while and said: The person above is Lu Shangshu, the assistant minister of the Nanzhen Fushi. He would not come to the enemy's territory in person, so he did not hide his identity. I was not the only one under his command, but I don't know who else there, only Lu Chenshi knew.There are three orders given to us by the superiors: one is to figure out how to make firearms, the second is to find out the source of firearms, and the third is to get involved in your army to inquire about military information... These things have been taken by villains in Chenzhou, and they really only know these things and have no concealment.
The source of the firearm technique?Zhang Ning asked back.
Wang Zhongdao: That's right, this is something that Mr. Lu really wants to find out.The weapons used by your army in the battle formation were not objects of the Ming Dynasty, and they were very different from the "sharp gun" seized by Jiaozhi, so the superiors had to find out where they came from.
Zhang Ning asked again: Is the rebellious Fan Si imitating firearms?
Wang Zhong said with a bitter face: The villain dares not speak nonsense. This matter is really unclear. Let’s just get the person up.
A smile appeared on Zhang Ning's lips, thinking that the people of the Jinyiwei would never be able to figure out this matter.Even if you tell them the truth directly, technology comes from the knowledge of later generations, who would believe it?
At this moment, Wang Zhong suddenly remembered something and suddenly said: There is another news. We found out that there is a person around him named Song Hu. His real name is Zhao Erhu and Xuzhou. He was originally a young general under Eunuch Zheng. He has made contributions, but somehow he changed his name and surname and joined him under the command of the adult.
After Wang Zhong reminded this, Zhang Ning thought of a reasonable explanation of the source of the firearm technique: it was obtained from the Westerners through Zheng He's navy.
In the first half of the 15th century, the development of Western weapons should have begun to catch up and lead the East in Zhang Ning's speculation. As for how much development has been, it is not clear. He has never seen Westerners since the Ming Dynasty.
However, Europe gradually began its era of sailing, and sail battleships needed to be equipped with firearms, and perhaps they began to approach the firearms used by the Suzaku Army in terms of artillery.
The official documents issued from Yangzhou have been annotated by the word "Sing" and "Sing" which also caused some inconvenience in the daily affairs of the court.
However, Concubine Sun, who was by Xuande, seemed to like this place very much. Not only were the scenery and gardens beautiful, but the climate was also moister than the capital. Concubine Sun felt that she was good for her skin; perhaps what satisfied her most was in Yangzhou, leaving countless women with three palaces and six courtyards, and she felt more at ease. Although the emperor of the capital also liked her the most, those competitors were really under her nose.
There are two places where Zhu Zhanji handles daily affairs, both in a garden called Xu Lin Xiaozhu by the Beicheng River.
This garden was built by a salt merchant named Xu in Jiangsu and Zhejiang during the Hongxi period. When he learned that the emperor was personally in Yangzhou, he took the initiative to write a letter to contribute his own garden as Zhu Zhanji's palace.
Zhu Zhanji accepted his kindness and saved a lot of expenses. The main expenses of the Emperors of the Ming Dynasty when they came to Jiangsu and Zhejiang were still military expenses, which was incomparable to the later expenses of the Emperors of the Qing Dynasty who often went to the southern tour of tens of millions of taels...
Such a thing is unimaginable in the Ming Dynasty.
In a larger pavilion is where Zhu Zhanji discusses military affairs with his ministers, and there are many officials from six ministries on duty; in the back, only eunuchs walk around the water pavilions by the lake, and Zhu Zhanji privately meets some people here.
For example, the people from the Jinyiwei and the people from the Dongchang were not all handled by him.
The person Zhu Zhanji met in the water herd is Lu Qianshi of the Nanfu Department of Jinyiwei. Lu Qianshi had just come from Huguang and had not left all his dust, so he rushed to meet the saint.
People from the Jinyiwei are not always talking bad things about civil servants, and they are often more pragmatic.
Lu Qianshi's remarks this time were quite supportive of Yu Qian. He said that he didn't know if the withdrawal was right, but it was indeed difficult to win the battle at that time, and provided some evidence...
These real evidences are also the main actions of Lu Chenshi in this job.
In any case, the people of the Jinyiwei have a bad reputation in the Shilin. They will not deliberately help the civil servants, so Lu Chenshi's words should still be credible.
At this time, the eunuch carried a long wooden box into the water pavilion. The chief eunuch-in-chief of the Sili Supervisor personally ordered the eunuchs to open the box, and saw two brand new muskets inside.
Mr. Lu bowed and said: After the Wei minister arrived in Huguang, he contacted the list given by the Beisi and re-arranged the staff, and persuaded several pseudo-officials and craftsmen among the rebels of Zhang Ning who were responsible for building weapons for him.Afterwards, some people were summoned and ordered the surrendered officials to imitate the firearms used by the traitor.This kind of firearm is called a coercion, which is the main weapon of the thief. It is not difficult to manufacture as a whole. Only the barrel is time-consuming. It must be used to continuously forge it into fine iron sheets. After it is forged and wrapped into a tube, it also needs to be drilled into and polished with a steel drill. It takes one month to drill into a barrel. If you are not careful, you may have a broken chamber and other defects, and it cannot be used if you are scrapped.
Seeing that the emperor was listening, Lu continued: The range of this large convex gun can reach more than 100 steps, and the effective range is about 100 steps to penetrate iron armor.The so-called magical weapons that pass through Yang in a hundred steps may be untrue, but the bandit army used the three-section attack tactics and the entire row of infantry and army were released together, which poses a great threat to our infantry.Above the battle formation, there was no trace of lead bullets, and the iron armor could not be stopped. Those who were hit were terrible, and the sound was louder and louder, which increased the momentum. Therefore, the government and army almost broke out in one touch during several infantry battles.
There is also this kind of gunpowder that is asked to be read by the emperor. He adds water to each material and pounds it with wood, drys and crushes it with bamboo sieve, and can obtain rice-like substances.I'll take a look at it. Mix the rice and medicine evenly and will not be layered due to bumps. It can also prevent wind and moisture and be effective.
Lu Chenshi presented his own results together. The bandit army also used the cannons on the picture, or called the mother-child cannons. However, I remember the cannons on the Franchise ship mentioned by Eunuch Zheng a few years ago, which seemed to be similar to them... I dared to guess whether the remnants of Jianwen were active at sea and colluded with the Franchise to learn these firearms from the barbarians?
Zhu Zhanji immediately ordered: Send people and things to the Nanzhen Fushi and let them try to build it. If it is available, the Ministry of War will decide to build it in batches.
Mr. Lu also said: According to the surrendered people, the thief army had other "gun rules" when using cannons, but unfortunately they didn't understand. The minister tried his best to find out other things clearly.
He asked the emperor to nod and expressed his approval.Mr. Lu was happy and treacherously knelt down and bowed back.
Wang Gou'er hurriedly ordered: Come on, carry all the things down and put them there.
Zhu Zhanji sat quietly, placing his fingers gently on Yu Qian's memorial.
Lu Qianshi's statement made him somewhat considerate with Yu Qian, but he was not satisfied with the people in Huguang: Although there were many reasons, it was really inappropriate to flee without fighting. In addition, in the description of the war, a part of the Changde cavalry was defeated by a disadvantaged thief army outside the city, what did it have to do with the firearms?
I'm afraid that there are problems with the Marquis of Wuyang Xue Lu himself.
Zhu Zhanji is not a hesitant person. Even if it seems complicated, he can handle it in a few seconds.
At this time, he quickly cleared out several key points from many considerations: it was not good to substitute people in the last battle; the various factions sent to Huguang were not incompetent; it was impossible to give up Changde and explain it.
So Zhu Zhanji quickly made a decision, very simple: ignore it.
Neither ask for guilt nor urge.The battle in Changde Prefecture is just one of the links in the entire Huguang situation. The real war is still to come, so Yu Qian and Xue Lu should be given some opportunity.
Zhu Zhanji's most urgent thing is to hope that Zhang Fu will cross the river and capture Nanjing as soon as possible and resolve the source of chaos.But he still did not urge Zhang Fu too much.
……
Lu Qianshi was not always good at it. Shortly after he returned to Yangzhou, someone was arrested in Chenzhou.
This person's true identity is the official of the General Banner of the Jinyiwei, named Wang Zhong, who was originally from the Beizhen Fushi. However, after Lu Jiashi arrived in Wuchang, he was temporarily ordered by him.
The person who caught him was not the newly formed Guard Bureau of Zhang Ning, but rather a escort from Yao Ji.
At that time, a military officer from the Jinyiwei was undercover in the cult vanishing cult. He had been mixed in several years ago. After the military officer was arrested, he confessed to Wang Zhong from above after being severely tortured. Then the believers secretly captured Wang Zhong.
Unexpectedly, Wang Zhong was willing to confess immediately after being arrested, which was much easier to deal with than a small military scholar, so he did not suffer much.
A team of elite soldiers secretly escorted Wang Zhong to Changde Mansion.
After Zhang Ning found out, he went to see the man himself, because he immediately understood the important role of this man. At least he could try to figure out from him how far the imperial official army had understood the details of the Suzaku Army.
In a tightly guarded courtyard next to the government office, Zhang Ning walked into a wing room and saw that the Jinyiwei was really not good-looking and had the ordinary appearance and had the qualifications to do detailed work.
When the generals in the room saw Zhang Ning coming in, they scolded Wang Zhong with a stern voice and expression: Kneel down and kowtow!
Zhang Ning hurriedly stopped the general and said kindly: No need, Wang Zongqi belongs to the Jinyiwei. He knows best what methods to torture prisoners. Perhaps we can save those unpleasant links.Mr. Wang think I'm right?
Wang Zhong's face twitched slightly and said: The villain must speak out and he will never hide it.
Refreshing person.Zhang Ning waved and gave Mr. Wang a cup of tea to moisten his throat. He didn't have to treat him too badly in the future.
Thank you.
Zhang Ning said: First, tell me what you know, is it consistent with what we know?You've finished speaking, I'll ask you again.
Wang Zhong was silent for a while, and Zhang Ning waited patiently.
Wang Zhong finally spoke: There are four people who defected to the Jinyiwei in the Weapon Bureau of the Youth Army, including Fan Si, foreman Yan Shi, and craftsman Li Dajiang.This matter was handled by a lieutenant below, but I didn't come forward. The lieutenant had already gone to Wuchang. Every sentence of the villain was true, but I contacted some others directly and the villain was willing to provide for it.
Seeing that Zhang Ning had no intention of asking questions, he thought for a while and said: The person above is Lu Shangshu, the assistant minister of the Nanzhen Fushi. He would not come to the enemy's territory in person, so he did not hide his identity. I was not the only one under his command, but I don't know who else there, only Lu Chenshi knew.There are three orders given to us by the superiors: one is to figure out how to make firearms, the second is to find out the source of firearms, and the third is to get involved in your army to inquire about military information... These things have been taken by villains in Chenzhou, and they really only know these things and have no concealment.
The source of the firearm technique?Zhang Ning asked back.
Wang Zhongdao: That's right, this is something that Mr. Lu really wants to find out.The weapons used by your army in the battle formation were not objects of the Ming Dynasty, and they were very different from the "sharp gun" seized by Jiaozhi, so the superiors had to find out where they came from.
Zhang Ning asked again: Is the rebellious Fan Si imitating firearms?
Wang Zhong said with a bitter face: The villain dares not speak nonsense. This matter is really unclear. Let’s just get the person up.
A smile appeared on Zhang Ning's lips, thinking that the people of the Jinyiwei would never be able to figure out this matter.Even if you tell them the truth directly, technology comes from the knowledge of later generations, who would believe it?
At this moment, Wang Zhong suddenly remembered something and suddenly said: There is another news. We found out that there is a person around him named Song Hu. His real name is Zhao Erhu and Xuzhou. He was originally a young general under Eunuch Zheng. He has made contributions, but somehow he changed his name and surname and joined him under the command of the adult.
After Wang Zhong reminded this, Zhang Ning thought of a reasonable explanation of the source of the firearm technique: it was obtained from the Westerners through Zheng He's navy.
In the first half of the 15th century, the development of Western weapons should have begun to catch up and lead the East in Zhang Ning's speculation. As for how much development has been, it is not clear. He has never seen Westerners since the Ming Dynasty.
However, Europe gradually began its era of sailing, and sail battleships needed to be equipped with firearms, and perhaps they began to approach the firearms used by the Suzaku Army in terms of artillery.
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