Chongzhen and I became partners

Chapter 71 Ordnance
When Zhou Yuji was thinking anxiously, Emperor Chongzhen had already come to his senses.

Seeing his serious expression, he stared at Zhou Yuji and asked, "Can this money really create a strong army?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yuji was a little bit confused, unable to figure out what the emperor meant, so he quickly replied: "The general thought that there is no need to learn the same rewards and punishments as Marshal Qi did back then, beheading one level, and giving four taels of silver is all right. The most important thing is that the armaments are excellent, especially the muskets, if they are excellent, they will definitely be able to expand and create a strong army!"

"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but relax the serious expression on his face when he heard it. The pressure of 40 taels was really too much.

At this time, I heard him immediately ask, "I heard that Jianlu is good at riding and shooting. Is it possible that sophisticated firearms can deal with Jianlu?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yuji immediately replied solemnly: "The method of firearms training is to set up a five-foot-high and two-foot-wide wooden tablet at eighty steps, one hit in three shots, and seven hits in ten shots is the essence.  … Rewards and punishments: if one of the three bullets of the blunderbuss hits one, it will be tied; if it hits two, it will be rewarded with one point of silver; Those who fail will be given nine sticks; those who fail five times will be given forty sticks and will be retreated."

Speaking of this, he thought for a while, and considering Emperor Chongzhen's level of military knowledge, he added: "This method of military training was first created by Marshal Qi, and it is recorded in Volume [-] of "Ji Xiao Xin Shu."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Yuji saw the doubtful look on Emperor Chongzhen's face, so he knew that he probably didn't understand, so he had to explain in more straightforward words: "The bird guns used in the army are used for training and test shooting on weekdays. Step far, five feet high, two feet wide wooden plaque. This is the size of a human-shaped target, one hit in three shots is the standard, two in three shots or seven in ten shots is fine, and one hundred hits in one hundred shots is the best."

Emperor Chongzhen was a little surprised when he heard it, and asked, "Is it really so far away?"

"Among the generals at the end, there are no excellent bird guns!" After Zhou Yuji replied, seeing Emperor Chongzhen showing a little disappointment, he hurriedly continued, "But Marshal Qi's "Ji Xiao New Book" volume five. Training camp fifth (field) Fuck) There is a saying, within a hundred steps of the thief, slap the swan and sound the horn once, and the soldiers in the outer infantry, the first-tier gunners, lift and release it once. It can be seen that the initial shooting distance of an excellent bird gun is one It's a hundred steps."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly asked, "What about the range of the bow and arrow?"

All along, he had never cared about these specific martial arts, but now he heard them with great interest.

Especially at this time, he found out that it seemed that he had actually hidden the treasure at home, and the previous him hadn't found it.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the effective range of a bow and arrow is generally only sixty or seventy steps, which is much shorter than that of a good blunderbuss!" When Zhou Yuji said this, in order to prove that he was not lying, he quoted Qi Jiguang's approach again and said, " "Ji Xiao Xin Shu" Volume [-]. Bi crossbow, with sixty paces as the arrow, the handle is five feet high, one foot and five inches wide, and two of the three arrows are good at shooting."

Emperor Chongzhen was full of joy when he heard it. If the power is so powerful, although it is not as good as the firearms of later generations, at least it can fight the powerful Jianlu, right?
Thinking of this, his doubts arose again, and he quickly asked Zhou Yuji, "If that's the case, why are the imperial army always defeated by Jianlu, and even the field battles have never been won?"

When Zhou Yuji heard this, without any hesitation, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Marshal Qi has long said that the bird gun is better than the arrow, but the gun is worse than the arrow. The gun is not as good as the arrow. It's not as good as the arrow, and let the enemy use his long skills. The last general thinks that this is the truth!"

The crux of the problem finally came to whether the ordnance was good or not.

And this is what Zhou Yuji expected!
He just wanted to take advantage of Emperor Chongzhen's trust in him and the opportunity of being rich, to make his request for the construction of ordnance.

No, didn't Emperor Chongzhen have a profitable glass idea just now?

Maybe there will be a play!
As he thought about it, after Emperor Chongzhen understood, his face became ugly.

Because he found that even things like losing battles on the battlefield, the result of going around in the end was attributed to the corruption of his ministers.

If the ministers under him are not corrupt, even if they have no money, then it is always possible to provide the army with less but better weapons, right?

However, no, the ordnance provided to the army is still shoddy, so that most of the court officials and troops are mainly cold weapons.

At least this point, when he inspected the Yongwei Camp, he could always see it.

The corruption of officials has reached this point, and Daming is dying of a serious illness!

If it wasn't for Liu Weichao, I would still be in the dark about all of this.The things that I am busy with every day on weekdays are some chores exposed on the surface, which cannot solve those fundamental problems!

Or in other words, I am just a tool, a tool for those people to fight against each other!Pity yourself and don't know it!
Sad, ridiculous, and hateful!

Thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly slapped the table in front of him and shouted sharply: "I must deal with them severely!"

Zhou Yuji was taken aback by his anger.But after hearing his words, he was immediately happy again.

Because he knew that his risky gamble should have achieved his goal!
After all, the emperor is a wise king, but he has been deceived by treacherous ministers before!

"Zhou Qing, you have done a good job!" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhou Yuji after being angry, and ordered, "I grant you the right to report in secret, but if there are any violations of laws and disciplines, you can report directly to me!"

If not, Zhou Yuji's memorial might not reach Emperor Chongzhen's desk at all!

Naturally, the secret book system that began in the Manchu Qing Dynasty was used in advance by Emperor Chongzhen.

Zhou Yuji was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly received an order to thank him.

Afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen began to ask some questions about military training, that is, the prerequisites for the army to win a battle. He listened to Zhou Yuji, a famous general, explain the basic military knowledge to him in detail.

After arriving at the glass factory, Emperor Chongzhen was not as excited as before. He called Gao Shiyue, the head craftsman and the eunuch in charge of the glass factory, and explained the methods he got from Liu Weichao one by one. The Military Bureau under the Ma Jian personally inspected the construction of ordnance.

He had to go through all the ordnance in person to understand the details, and he didn't want to let the people below have the opportunity to deceive him.

This busy, busy whole day.

On the way back, Emperor Chongzhen didn't look relaxed at all, and seemed to be preoccupied.

When Zhou Yuji bid farewell to him, Emperor Chongzhen still forced a smile and comforted him: "Although you should train your troops with all your heart, I will take care of the money matter, and I won't hold you back!"

The money spent on strengthening the army, even if the reward for beheading is reduced to 4 taels, the cost is still astronomical, far exceeding the expectations of Emperor Chongzhen.

Therefore, he would say such a thing!
(End of this chapter)