New Shun 1730

What is false accusation?

This is false accusation.

What do missionaries know about military systems?

Everyone has their own expertise, and the cost of acquiring knowledge is too high at this time. Liu Yu is sure that these missionaries can't understand the context of military reform.

In particular, these missionaries will not understand that what triggered this round of military reform was not the delicate-looking flintlock bolt, but the inconspicuous bayonet that seemed to have no technical content.

He understood, so he wanted to false accusation - the missionaries may know very well, but deliberately didn't tell us that these people are not good birds.

A few light words not only aroused the emperor's interest, but also cleared the fact that he had a close relationship with the missionaries.

By the way, the huge black pot must have been put on the heads of missionaries such as Dai Jinxian, who he had "learned from".

Only knowing one thing but not the other, or knowing but deliberately only saying one thing but not the other, it depends on what the emperor thinks.

Liu Yu had already known the court's attitude of banning religion in the future from his father and Duke of Qi, and it was very clear.

At this time, he naturally had to distance himself from the matter and wash himself clean.

The missionary's broken ship was going to sink, and he had no intention of sinking with it.

He sold out the old man and put a big black pot on him and kicked him.

Then Liu Yu was "in Cao's camp but his heart was with Han", at least "he was worried about his country when he was far away from the rivers and lakes, and worried about his people when he was in the temple".

He was loyal and very useful.

The missionary's half-knowledge, coupled with the literati's mouth, according to the normal development trend, the gap will only get bigger and bigger.

Just as the literati of the previous dynasty saw the virtues of the Dutch armed merchant ship recorded as "the ship was huge and wide, and one shot destroyed more than ten miles", it was a dream to expect them to investigate the military system.

Li Gan was stunned by Liu Yu's words.

If someone else said this, Li Gan might not believe it, and even think that this is a deliberate trouble-making, fabricated, and unfounded crime.

But he had just read Liu Yu's "A Brief Study of Western Countries", and some of the things in it were not so thorough even by the missionaries.

This is the problem.

No one is born knowing.

Liu Yu knew, so someone had to tell him.

Even if he asked indirectly, someone had to know.

There are many missionaries in the court, why didn't anyone say it so clearly?

Especially in the translation of the title, why was the title of the King of Kings covered up?

It can't be that Liu Yu is born knowing, and he knows what is happening thousands of miles away just by sitting at home?

Obviously, it was the missionary himself who didn't say it, and Liu Yu knew it intentionally and unintentionally after asking indirectly.

The missionary knew but didn't say it, isn't it a crime?

This seems reasonable.

And it is the only reasonable explanation besides "a time traveler born knowing".

Now that Liu Yu said this again, Li Gan was even more puzzled and asked, "What do you mean by reform? Isn't the self-generated musket they offered as tribute the most sophisticated thing? Are you deceiving me?"

Liu Yu shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have made many inquiries. The key to this thing is not the self-generated musket, but the bayonet on the self-generated musket."

At that moment, he explained what a bayonet is, which was easy to understand.

"Your Majesty, the matchlock guns have open flames. If they are too close, they may catch fire or even explode. Therefore, they can only be used one person apart. Flint guns have no open flames, so they can be used very close, like a wall of gun array. This is the first reason."

"Matchlock guns cannot be used in hand-to-hand combat. There must be rattan shield soldiers and spearmen to support each other on both sides. If the enemy retreats, the hand-to-hand combat soldiers will charge; if the enemy charges, the hand-to-hand combat soldiers will defend. And if there are bayonets, the flower team will be turned into a pure team, and one person can be both a matchlock and a hand-to-hand combatant. This is the second reason."

"Matchlock guns The distance between the guns is very large. If the enemy rushes, they will scatter in a hurry and cannot hold their ground. But the self-made muskets with bayonets can fire in volleys from a distance, and can form a gun formation at close range. Everyone is close together, so there is no need to be afraid even if there is a hand-to-hand fight. This is the third. "

"The matchlock bird guns must be protected by half of the rattan shield and spearmen. A thousand-man team only has 500 people when firing from a distance; in close combat, it is also only 500 people. Self-made muskets with bayonets, a thousand-man team, is a thousand-man team when firing from a distance; in close combat, it is still a thousand-man team. This is the fourth. "

"The matchlock bird guns, when combined with hand-to-hand soldiers, require many formations. Self-made muskets , although the formations are changeable, they can be used as long as the soldiers remember them. In this way, even if the generals do not know the soldiers and the soldiers do not know the generals, as long as they follow the predetermined formations, they will not be easily defeated. The separation of soldiers and generals and the exchange of the five camps will not affect the combat effectiveness. This is the fifth. "

"Matchstick bird guns, combined with hand-to-hand combat soldiers, have many formations and are extremely difficult to train. If you want to form an army, you must work for two or three years. Self-made muskets with bayonets have few formations and few changes. Even if you are a mediocre person, you can train and form an army in three to five months. This is the sixth. "

"Missionaries only They offered flintlock rifles, but did not talk about the transformation of military formations, or the change of bayonets from flower formations to pure formations. Therefore, the knowledgeable people in the court only felt that the self-made muskets were not much better than the matchlock muskets, but because of the firing rate, they thought they were good-looking but not useful. "

"This is what I am worried about. Our dynasty did not fight with the Western barbarians, so we can only hear about them from hearsay. We have never seen what the Western barbarians' military formations are like, so how can we know the secrets of them?"

"Therefore, Xu Guangqi of the former Ming Dynasty said: Today's Jian thieves have indeed turned into tigers and leopards. If they are really tigers and leopards, they are the barbarians in the Minhai Sea. We must observe them, and we must also prevent them. "

Liu Yu deliberately misinterpreted Xu Guangqi's prophecy. Xu Guangqi was a Catholic. The Minhai Yikai he mentioned were Protestant countries such as the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Religious feelings were mixed in this.

Another thing is that Xu Guangqi was a member of the Freemasons. This is a foregone conclusion.

In the illustrations of "Elements of Geometry" published in the 35th year of Wanli, in addition to the cross, there is also a very obvious compass and square pattern of the stonemason brotherhood above the heads of Xu Guangqi, Matteo Ricci and others.

The compass and square symbol of the Freemasons is easy to recognize and can be regarded as an identity authentication.

Freemasonry is not so mysterious and exaggerated, but it certainly has its own ideas, which also led to the dispute over Catholic rituals in Zhuxia: Matteo Ricci, Xu Guangqi and others insisted on adapting to local conditions, violating the ban of the Holy See, and translating into words that are easy for Chinese people to understand, such as God, which made Catholicism take root in Zhuxia.

Without the translation of these people, it would be difficult to develop with strange words such as "dousi" all over the text. It is really hard to imagine what the Freemasons think.

What he said was concise and easy to understand. The key point he wanted to say was the last sentence of Xu Guangqi's prophecy.

Li Gan was a man who knew about military affairs. After a little thought, he completely understood what Liu Yu meant.

But Li Gan didn't care about Xu Guangqi's prophecy. What really touched his heart was Liu Yu's fifth point.

Even if the soldiers don't know the generals and the generals don't know the soldiers, the soldiers and the generals can still exert their combat effectiveness when they are separated.

Soldiers and generals can still fight when they are separated. This is exactly the problem that countless emperors want to solve.

Now there are border troubles in the northwest, and this reform can be tried.

Even if the northwest battlefield is not used, if it can really achieve "soldiers don't know the generals, generals don't know the soldiers, and the five camps can rotate at will without reducing combat effectiveness", it will be a great thing for the imperial power.

There is no need to worry about insufficient combat effectiveness like in the Song Dynasty, nor do you have to worry about the chaos of military leaders like in the late Tang and Ming Dynasties, and you don't have to always think about how to control and weaken the influence of the old nobles in the army.

If you think about it carefully, you can figure it out.

When the flower team becomes a pure team, the formation changes will certainly be less. It sounds like the fighting style is very rigid, and it can indeed be used even if the soldiers do not know the generals and the generals do not know the soldiers.

The question is, is this Liu Yu's fantasy?

Or is it really possible?

Dashun has never fought a big war with the Western countries, and has never observed whether this tactic can be used up close. Can it really work just based on a child's imagination or hearsay?

Is this person really as talented as Sun Bai?

Or Zhao Kuo and Ma Su?

Thinking about a previous decision, Li Gan thought this was an opportunity.

Originally, I just thought that this child could be used among the children of the nobles, and I was going to let him go to the northeast for some training.

It is considered training, and it is also because this matter requires a trustworthy person who has learned Western learning thoroughly.

It is not difficult to copy the inscription of Yongning Temple.

The difficult part is to lead some small figures of the Western Fa Party in the Military Government's Zhifangsi, who are at the forefront of the storm, to survey and map the border.

I thought that it would be a bad idea to use the map of Luosha Kingdom for future negotiations; at the same time, I would take out those useful talents who might be involved in this party struggle, so as not to cause trouble in the capital.

Another thing is to find someone who understands Western barbarians and Western learning to check the strengths and weaknesses of Luosha Kingdom, the deployment of fortresses, the roads along the way, etc.

Originally, I was going to use missionaries, but in this situation, I dare not use them at all, and there is no trust between them.

Liu Yu, this weird embryo, became the right person.

Now, speaking of this, Luosha Kingdom is probably also a Western war method. This kid has studied it quite a bit. I think he can see it more clearly than others and can see the key points.

Even if others see it, they may not understand it.

In this case, the previous decision can really be said to kill two birds with one stone.

On that day, in the memorial of Duke Qi, Li Gan mentioned a sentence about the "Yongning Temple Stele": Is the responsibility of the nobles to pick out sentences?

I wonder if the Duke of Qi understands?

After seeing him today, I found that this boy is quite courageous and ambitious. Whether he is a person like Ma Su and Zhao Kuo, we need to find out as soon as possible, so as to make a balanced layout for the court later.