Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Wang Chengen was sighing, but Zhu Youjian came to the other side.

A group of little flamers are tinkering with gunpowder!

The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be experts in all three religions:

The outer dynasty studies to test for fame, and the inner dynasty also has to read and write; the outer dynasty has a firearms bureau, and the inner dynasty also has eunuchs who tinker with guns...

Even - Carpenter Emperor Zhu Youxiao said that the three main halls had been abandoned for a long time and wanted to be rebuilt.

In fact, as early as the Wanli Dynasty, the emperor wanted to build the three main halls. The civil servants quoted 2000 million taels of silver, which scared Wanli out of his wits.

When Emperor Tianqi succeeded to the throne, the civil servants still quoted a high price of 2000 million taels. Wei Zhongxian and the eunuchs totaled the price - 590 million taels.

The total cost of Wei Zhongxian's construction was only 6808 million taels of silver, less than one-third of the price quoted by Wenchen.

The versatility of the eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty can be seen from this.

Pieces of willow charcoal were ground into powder by the eunuchs, and the two were carefully mixed with other materials...

"One saltpeter, two yellow and three charcoal", as early as the Tang Dynasty, gunpowder was tinkered with by alchemists.

The original purpose of gunpowder was not to explode and injure people, but to set fire and burn enemy supplies.

A young eunuch poured the mixed gunpowder into the bamboo tube.

"Grab a handful of iron nails and broken porcelain and mix it in. It will be more powerful."

Zhu Youjian gave instructions to the eunuch in charge of filling.

The young eunuch looked up and saw the emperor looking at him with a smile. He was startled and hurriedly wanted to salute, but Chongzhen held his shoulders:

"You just fill it, and there's no red tape involved."

The Ming Dynasty had many types of gunpowder weapons, not just grenades, but also landmines and sea mines.

There are even two 'high-tech' methods: timed explosion and collision explosion.

As for the types of muskets, everything is in full bloom!

As for adding other things to the grenade to increase its power, we already have it!

However, the ancients narrowed the road - they came up with various methods:

During the Song Dynasty, mustard and other pungent smells were added to it, and poison was also added.

In the Ming Dynasty, with the introduction of chili pepper, the skilled craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty produced the world's first chemical weapon——

Chili powder was mixed into gunpowder to make a gas bomb!

(?w?) I really don’t know how the soldiers endured such a pungent smell on the battlefield...

Zhu Youjian changed the previous production methods and came up with a more scientific black powder ratio in later generations.

And in order not to affect the power of gunpowder, he canceled all the weird gadgets used by craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty and replaced them with hard objects that mainly hurt the enemy.

Scientific research has proven that every wounded enemy can weaken the enemy's war potential by two times.

Not only that, Zhu Youjian also eliminated the easily broken shell of the pottery pot and replaced it with a bamboo tube that is easy to use. After the foundation was firmly established, he then replaced it with a pig iron pot body.

……

Wang Chengen had "waked up" and stood beside Chongzhen with his hands down.

"Daban, these palm thunders are more powerful because the ratio has been changed. Let's call them grenades from now on!" Chongzhen decided on the names for future generations, and then asked:

"How are you preparing the little waterproof leather bag I asked you to prepare?"

Wang Chengen pointed to the busy maid on one side:

"Your Majesty, the small leather bag I asked you to make is made of two layers of leather, which is waterproof enough.

Each skin pouch can hold five palm... er... grenades. "

His Majesty had just changed his name. Wang Chengen was still not used to it and almost said he was bald: "In a moment, I will distribute the skins to the men. In this way, all the officials who follow Your Majesty out of the palace will have weapons." …”

Chongzhen nodded.

In the original history, these courtiers who followed him to commit suicide were all ministers loyal to him in the end. There is no shortage of them!

There is no way to love them too much!

While the two were talking, Li Banghua, the censor of Zuodu, came in with hundreds of people. He knelt on the ground and cried:

"Your Majesty, all the ministers are incompetent!"

Anyone who studies the late Ming Dynasty knows Li Banghua. The most famous thing he did was to rectify the capital camp. He was one of the few upright and capable ministers in the late Ming Dynasty.

Seeing Li Banghua arrive first, Chongzhen was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Li Qing's family, please come up. I can trust your organizational skills. Please organize the evacuation of people immediately!"

Li Banghua didn't show any pretense, he stood up and left immediately.

When he arrived, Fan Jingwen told him that he was bidding farewell to the emperor, and his face was filled with sadness.

However, after entering the palace city, Fan Jingwen told him the real reason.

After learning that the emperor could escape, Li Banghua made up his mind to die for his country and dissipated.

After hearing about the work assigned to him by the emperor, Li Banghua took action immediately.

A group of officials and common people knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Chongzhen, and then followed the opened sewer and got in...

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The evacuation of the palace was proceeding intensively, but Fan Jingwen, who was responsible for taking away all the loyal ministers, encountered difficulties.

He basically had all the lists given to him by the emperor, except for five people missing.

But it was Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of Household Affairs, Meng Zhaoxiang, the right minister of the Ministry of Justice, Ling Yiqu, the minister of Dali Temple, and Wang Zhang and Zhao Zhuan, the imperial censors.

"Have you found Ni Buyuan and the other five masters?" Fan Jingwen, sweating profusely, grabbed the butler Chen Bo and asked.

"Master, I have traveled all over the inner city and have never seen them, but..."

Old man Chen is an old man of the Fan family. He and his people traveled throughout the inner city of the capital but could not find Ni Yuanlu and others.

Fan Jingwen heard his hesitation and immediately said angrily: "What time has it been and you are still hesitating here? Your Majesty is in trouble. It is our duty as ministers to rush to see him!"

He roared at the top of his lungs, and then asked in a lowered voice: "What?"

Seeing that his master was anxious, Uncle Chen hurriedly said: "I was on the street just now and heard that Master Ling of Dali Temple went to guard the palace gate with his soldiers and horses. Master Ni also left in a hurry with his people. Master Meng It is said that I went to Zhengyangmen..."

Zhengyangmen!

Fan Jingwen was suddenly shocked.

Zhengyangmen is the most important gate between the inner city and the outer city of the capital. This is where the most violent attacks by intruders occur!

He didn't care to say any more, he immediately got on his horse, took several servants with him, and rushed towards Zhengyang Gate.

The situation inside and outside the capital has long been a mess. The sound of gunfire is like firecrackers during the New Year. It never stops. The smoke from burning gunpowder covers the sky above Beijing, forming dark clouds.

The pungent smoke filled the nasal cavity, making people want to sneeze uncontrollably.

Even, from time to time, there would be missed shells, destroying the houses on both sides.

Fan Jingwen couldn't care less about his fear, he slapped his horse and drove quickly.

"Master, master, please slow down!"

The servant behind him couldn't stop shouting.

When everyone passed by a large house with a lantern with the character "Hu" hanging on it, at a quick glance, it seemed that the servants were gathering...