The Three Kingdoms

"First column, scattered!"

"Second column, up!"

Ling Tong and Deng Zhi waved their military flags and issued military orders one after another.

Bang bang bang! ! ! !

The continuous gunshots continued, and the target in front had been beaten to pieces.

Sun Quan smiled brightly: "Yes, very good, Yu Ji's weapons are well made, and your training formations are also good. You know how to change the original formation and change the new formation to suit the new weapons. Send back from the Western Regions!"

"The last general is waiting, dare not live up to His Majesty's expectations!"

Ling Tong and Deng Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, with smiles on their faces.

They have been preparing for this martial arts performance for more than half a month. Only by making Sun Quan satisfied can they be worthy of their efforts.

"Daozhang Yu, how lethal is this gun?"

"At present, the maximum lethality is within 50 meters of the human body, and it can penetrate a heavy armor at close range, but the lethality at long distances is not as good as that of bows and arrows!" Yu Ji said: "Your Majesty, this is already the best result we can come up with. !"

"What about reloading?"

"This is a weakness. We are still improving and trying to find a way to save time on loading the projectiles. As for the continuous firing that His Majesty said, we have no idea at all. I am a little ashamed of Your Majesty in this respect!"

"I didn't blame you!"

Sun Quan waved his hand, and said in a deep tone: "I know the hard work you put in, but I have always been a person who strives for excellence. I have invested more in research workshops, and I must create a gun with a longer range and faster reloading! "

"Sir, obey!" Yu Ji bowed his hands and accepted the order.

Sun Quan went off in person, picked up a gun, and tried to fire a shot. For this era, the flintlock is beyond the cold weapons. For Sun Quan's vision, it is a bit behind.

If you can't make an automatic rifle, can't you also make a breech-loading gun?

But there's really no rush for this.

He is not a munitions expert himself, and he has only a half-knowledge when he knows it, so he can only explore step by step. He has been very satisfied with this step so far.

"Shiyuan, what do you think of this weapon?" Sun Quan glanced at his confidant minister and asked.

"Beyond imagination!"

Pang Tong thought for a while, and then said: "If all of us are equipped with this weapon, it will be easy to fight against Rome!"

"I'm afraid it's difficult!" Sun Quan shook his head: "First, this kind of firearm is immature, and it has a big problem. If you face cavalry at close range, you won't have the ability to fight at all, and the opponent is a heavy armored soldier, and it will also play a role. Not much, second, the manufacturing method is relatively complicated, within ten years, maybe I have the ability to make the whole army refit, but I can't wait for ten years!"

"Your Majesty is ready to go to war against Rome?" Pang Tong narrowed his eyes slightly.

He could hear a hint of urgency in Sun Quan's words.

"I have been preparing for many years, and I am getting impatient!" Sun Quan handed the flintlock gun to Ling Tong, raised his head, looked at the sun in the sky, and said indifferently: "After so many years of stalemate, the fire is about the same. When the situation in the capital is completely stabilized, it is time for me to send my troops to the west. In this battle, I will crush the Roman Empire in one fell swoop!" (To be continued.)

[Text 410 Chapter [-] East Palace Nine]

(In the previous chapter, Ge Xuan was written as Yu Ji. Yu Ji is dead. Zuo Ci’s disciple is Ge Xuan. Ge Xuan has always been in charge of firearms development. Shi Yi has changed it back!)

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Tianquan spent six years quietly in the chaos of the court.

The time began to enter the golden autumn of October.

This is a season when the autumn wind sweeps the fallen leaves. In the streets and alleys of Jinling City, pieces of golden-red maple leaves fall from the sky and pile up on the ground, dyeing this city like a blood-red beautiful world. .

Just at the best time of this autumn outing, the Jingcha operation, which has lasted for almost three months, finally came to an end.

This time, the Jingcha was indeed going to war. There was a complete change in the capital officials of the imperial court. Every day, Beijing officials were demoted or dispatched to leave the capital. Every day, local officials were also dispatched to serve in the imperial court department.

In the midst of panic, Sun Quan also calmly completed a purge of the court.

This time, under Jingcha's deliberate connivance, he made things worse and worse. He wiped out all the eight ministries of the imperial court and the major divisions, and let the power struggles of various factions intervene. Naturally, it is not that simple.

The tree is big and hollow.

The Great Wu Dynasty is getting bigger and bigger. From the troubled times to the peaceful and prosperous times, many officials who had lofty aspirations and had a clean sleeve have been defeated by sugar-coated bullets.

Especially for Beijing officials, being an official in the capital lacks local pragmatism, and there are more fights for power and profit.

If the will is not simple, it is easy to change the original intention of being an official.

Officialdom is a battlefield, and Sun Quan doesn't mind ambitious officials climbing up and down, but being an official should not be focused on fighting for power and profit. If no one comes to do practical things, the court should perish.

Therefore, he used the Beijing inspection operation to clean it up, dispatched many local pragmatic officials to Beijing, and stabilized the court.

Just as the turmoil was coming to an end, the final battle for power among the several factions of the imperial court came.

The Forbidden City.

Court Council.

The arena has been set up by Sun Quan himself.

The east wind is blowing, the drums are beating, and a power battle is about to break out.

On this day, in the morning, the atmosphere in the spacious and solemn parliament hall was unusually cold and silent. The thirteen courtiers, including Sun Quan, had all gathered. The territory of Great Wu was huge, and the Wu army and the Roman army were currently in a warring atmosphere. Among them, the thirteen courtiers above the imperial court perform their own duties, and it is difficult to gather together at ordinary times.

This gathering also shows that this power struggle involves a wide range, and has included the whole court.

A rectangular conference table, various courtiers, left and right, the air is filled with the smell of gunpowder, their eyes are facing each other, and the light of the eyes is intertwined, like lightning and thunder.

"Your Majesty, the inspection of Beijing officials has ended. This is the final inspection, and it is the result of the inspection of the eight ministers of the imperial court!" In the cold and silent atmosphere, Zhang Hong took the lead in breaking the gloomy scene.

The Jingcha operation said that all Beijing officials were under investigation, but in fact, it basically targeted those below the Shangshu level.

As for the officials above the Shangshu level, although the cabinet ministers and military ministers are also on the inspection list, their fate cannot be decided by a small Beijing inspection. Every wavering of them is an earthquake for the court.

"Okay, well done!"

Sun Quan opened the file with a blank expression, and read it carefully.

Although Zhang Hong is a bit old-fashioned, his upright and persistent side is also well reflected.

The results of this investigation are unbiased.

But the result caught many people off guard.

"The result was a bit unexpected. Among the eight ministers, Zhou Yu, Minister of the General Staff, Sun Ce, Minister of Military Affairs, Hua Xin, Minister of Rites, Gao Ming, Minister of Punishment, the investigation results of the four ministers all need to be reassigned?"