As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

This is emotional... the life of the degenerate feudal aristocrats!

When the sleepy Hua Manlou came to the front hall, the servants had already prepared breakfast.

After taking a seat and looking at the seat next to him, Hua Manlou asked doubtfully, "Where's my father?"

Huai's family is sparsely populated, so it's deserted when eating, and eating alone is even more uncomfortable, so in the past, Uncle Huai'an would beat him up, but as long as he was at home, he would still accompany Huamanlou when eating. On this point, Huai Anbo has done a very good job.

Fang Bo, the housekeeper, said: "Someone came from the palace in the middle of the night, saying that the court is going to go to court today, so the master went out early in the morning."

Hua Manlou curled his lips, and then gloated and said, "It's a good thing the young master doesn't have to go to court, what a pain!"

In the past, the Guangxing Dynasty was once every three days, which is not comparable to some emperors who go to court every day, but even so, going to court is quite uncomfortable: the palace gate opens at [-]:[-] in the morning, and officials have to go to court after [-]:[-] in the morning. Waiting outside the door, it is even more sour in rainy and snowy days, summer is okay, but going to court in the middle of the night in winter is really fatal.

There was also a Guozijian who wrote a poem specifically about offering wine to complain about this: Four drums Dongdong put on his clothes, and it was too late to meet at the Meridian Gate.When will you have the joy of the countryside, and sleep until the food in the world is cooked.This last sentence is the essence, to the effect that going to court is not something that people do...

But Hua Manlou, who was gloating at other people's misfortune, didn't know that it was because of himself...

32. Can't think of it?

Da Zhao's court meeting is usually held in Fengtian Hall. The source of the word Fengtian is Fengtian Chengyun, which represents the supremacy of the emperor. It can be said to be...

A little shameless?

There has always been a very strange phenomenon in the Kingdom of China, that is, there are general meetings to deal with small things, and big things are usually booked quietly in small meetings of the inner circle, so it is said that the origin of many events that affect history basically come from big people. Just a few words of nonsense...

In short, today's early court is like this. Sitting on the throne of the Jintai, Emperor Guangxing didn't even listen to the ministers' continued bickering about the Tatars, so he directly sprayed: "Today the Tartars are rampant, Datong border troubles will arise, I Suye Anxiety, restless seats, and unwillingness to eat. I have heard that the Lord is worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the death of his ministers. I can be said to be very worried. Do you feel ashamed?"

No one expected that the always benevolent Emperor Guangxing would suddenly come out like this, and the officials couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay: Is this asking for shrimp and pig's heart?Even those who reacted faster were a beat or two slower before kneeling down to apologize.

Emperor Guangxing stood up, ignored the ministers who were kneeling on the ground, and said to himself: "In the Book of Han, Emperor Wu Ji Youyun, the great general Wei Qing sent the fourth general out of Dingxiang, the general went to the sick and sent the generation, Qing Zhimu Beiwei Shanyu beheaded [-] people, and returned them to Tianyan Mountain. Qubing fought with King Zuo Xian, captured more than [-] heads, and sealed them as wolves and lived in Xu Mountain. I am not mistaken, right?"

No one knew why Emperor Guangxing said this, so no one dared to answer, and Emperor Guangxing didn't seem to expect this group of people to say something more constructive than Huamanlou, and continued: "So, Are the Tatars more brutal than the Xiongnu, or is my emperor not as good as Han Wu who is forbidden to perform martial arts? Is my generals not as good as Wei Qinghuo, who conquered the Huns in the north? Or is it that the sons of the Great Zhao are not as good as the soldiers of the Great Han?"

The ministers were as silent as cicadas, and they didn't dare to take the blame at all.

It's just that Uncle Huai'an's face in the crowd is getting weirder and weirder: Why do these words sound so familiar?

"I see, it's not that my Great Zhao is inferior to the Han Dynasty in any way, but that you have lost your courage! Are the Tatars really that terrible?" Emperor Guangxing's voice became louder and louder: "The grassland people have always been chasing each other. Living in the water and grass, the tribes gather together into large and small tribes. They are so poor that they even have problems with clothing and food. It is such a group of people that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are scared to death. Some even Said to imitate the ancient law and get married in order to secure stability!"

After Huai Anbo heard this, he bit his lower lip fiercely to prevent himself from laughing—he was proud of himself!

The wild words of his son's bastard were directly used by the emperor to reprimand the officials. Isn't this equivalent to Hua Manlou slapping all civil and military officials in the face one by one in disguise?

What is elated?This is called elation!

Emperor Guangxing continued his performance: "Han Feizi has a saying: a small country should not be humbled, a weak country should not be afraid of the strong, a disrespectful yet insulting neighbor, a greedy and clumsy friend will die! So I think , Tatar is such a country that looks like a country, provoking my Da Zhao this time is tantamount to asking for death! But you are actually scared!"

Emperor Guangxing indeed borrowed Huamanlou's bragging words, not only did he borrow them, but he used them blatantly and without pressure, which was even better than Huamanlou's words—after all, his cultural background is here, isn't it?

It has to be said that Emperor Guangxing was really stimulated by Huamanlou at first, and after hearing the order to tweet, he couldn't care about anything else at all, and only wanted to completely eliminate the threat of the Tatars.After approving a few playbooks and calming down, Hua Manlou's words began to roll in Emperor Guangxing's mind like a barrage of bullets, which made him more and more angry.

The ministers shouted every day that the emperor and ministers would rule the world together, but now the situation of the world under co-rule is so corrupt, and the ministers are singing and singing every night, while the emperor is worried about eating and drinking all day long, and is stimulated by the vertical stick of Huamanlou, which makes Guang Xing How can the emperor be psychologically balanced?

So throughout the early dynasty, Emperor Guangxing methodically sprayed all the ministers with citing scriptures, so that everyone couldn't lift their heads...

An hour later, Emperor Guangxing finally had a good time, and after waiting for the plague-headed officials to disperse, he asked Xu Dacheng to find several court elders, the Duke of the State, and Huai'an Uncle to discuss the tweet proposed by Huamanlou Ling—this is a small meeting to decide a big deal.

The so-called cabinet elders are cabinet bachelors.

Dazhao's cabinet system is not different from that of Huamanlou's previous Ming Dynasty. The number of people ranges from three to seven, and the power status is as impressive as that of the prime minister, who can suppress six ministries and is the pinnacle of civil officials.

How heavy is the authority of a bachelor?Let's put it this way, before submitting the memorials from all over the country to the emperor for comment, the cabinet scholars read them first, then wrote their suggestions on paper and pasted them on the opposite side of each memorial before submitting them to the emperor. This shows the great scholars' respect for the emperor. How big is the impact.

If the Confucian "Jun Yi Chen Lao" is looking for an ideal model, then the cabinet draft is this model.

The elders of the three pavilions of the Guangxing Dynasty are: Zeng Kaiji, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, Wen Xuelin, a scholar of Huagaidian University, and Fan Liangbi, a scholar of Wuyingdian University. Open resumes are very glamorous.

After all the people arrived, Emperor Guangxing didn't talk nonsense, and went directly to the topic: "I want to send an envoy to Tatar, and canonize Tuotuobuhua's three sons as King Khan. Do you have any objections?"

This endless sentence directly confused several big shots in Da Zhao's inner circle, but this group of people has gone through a lot of wind and waves. The chief assistant Zeng Kaiji was the first to react: "Your Majesty wants to follow the example of Han Wu. Is it a way to push grace?"

Emperor Guangxing smiled and said, "Exactly."

Hearing these words, several other people also recalled their thoughts, and couldn't help but frowned, and Wen Xuelin said after a while: "This strategy is feasible. It is the best strategy to defeat others without fighting. Your Majesty is wise."

Fan Liangbi agreed: "This strategy is a conspiracy, but it is based on people's hearts. If it succeeds, there will be no danger to the Tatars. Your Majesty is so insightful, there are not as many ministers as your Majesty."

Emperor Guangxing shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't boast, any more boasting will cause the corners of Uncle Huai'an's mouth to crack."

Several bigwigs turned their surprised eyes to Uncle Huai'an, and when they were sighing secretly that this master was silent on weekdays but suddenly enlarged his presence at this juncture, Emperor Guangxing added: "This strategy is the son of Uncle Huai'an. Presented by Huamanlou, can’t you think of it? I didn’t think of it either. The day before yesterday, Qi Aiqing came to say that a hero gave birth to a boy. I still felt that he was exaggerating, but yesterday I was really shocked by this boy. Hua Aiqing, you gave birth What a good son!"

After hearing this, not to mention the three elders, even Ying Guogong was shocked: Hua Manlou, a bastard who is full of the capital, still understands this?Is this going to heaven?

Seeing that Uncle Huai'an didn't dare to speak out about Emperor Guangxing's praise, Duke Ying felt like he had a lemon in his heart: This old man, why is he so proud?

In short, this day Huamanlou entered the eyes of several bigwigs in Guochao in an extremely exaggerated way. This operation can be said to be conscious lasciviousness and coquettishness...

Even if he doesn't know it at all.

33. Why are there flowers everywhere?

After praising Huamanlou, the bigwigs then chatted about Tatar.

Zeng Kaiji stroked his beard and muttered: "Your Majesty, it is a long-term strategy to extend favor to the Tatars, but right now Datong can't wait, and we need to think about it in the long run."

Emperor Guangxing nodded and said: "This is the second matter I want to discuss with you dear ministers. According to the plan of that kid Hua Manlou, to extend favor to Tatar needs to send envoys, use space, and infiltrate several methods. It will take at least a year to prepare, but the Tatars will soon go south, so the battle of Datong still needs to be fought. It's just who will go..."

"Your Majesty, please fight!"

Ning Guogong, Ying Guogong, and Rong Guogong stood up together and said this at the same time, then stared at each other, as if they would start a friendly match if there was any disagreement.

Ning Guogong first pointed the finger at Rong Guogong: "Your [-] battalions are all cavalry, and most of them learn the method of patrolling. But this time, the main purpose of supporting Datong is to defend the city. What's the matter with you? Our Fifth Army Battalion is here..."

Rong Guogong sneered and said, "If I don't bring three thousand battalions, so what if I go to Datong alone? Datong is just gone, and the soldiers are still there..."

Not to be outdone, Ying Guogong joined the battle group: "The general doesn't know the army, and the soldiers don't know the general, so what if you go? What's the matter, you have a big face?"

These three were the chief officers of the three major battalions of the admirals in Kyoto, and they were better in the past, but they had to do this almost every time they encountered such a thing that would make their troops show their faces.It's also due to Emperor Guangxing's benevolence. If you change to someone who is more violent, I'm afraid the old three will be in bad luck.

Rong Guogong glared at Ying Guogong: "Then you go to the Shenji Camp? That bird in your Shenji Camp, I'm afraid you will shrink back before the tartars come in front of you!"

Ning Guogong agreed: "Yes, anyone can go, but you can't go to the Shenji Camp! The firecracker is useless, don't blow yourself up before you hurt the Tartar!"

Duke Ying was not angry either, he laughed: "Don't you two not know that the Huamanlou that His Majesty mentioned just now is improving firearms in the Shenji Battalion? This son is worthy of His Majesty's appreciation, and the combat power of the Shenji Battalion in just a few days There has been a substantial improvement, just a single three-stage shot is amazing, given time, the Shenji Battalion will become my Zhao's leading combat power!"

Hearing this, not only the two princes were stunned, but the three elders were also a little confused: Why is there such a thing as Huamanlou?The kid from Huai'an uncle's family has never heard of such a great talent in the past, why is he everywhere now?

Seeing that a few people stopped talking, when Ying Guozheng wanted to "chasing the remaining brave bandits", Emperor Guangxing knocked on the table, and he immediately shut up.

Emperor Guangxing glanced at Duke Ying, then at Uncle Huai'an, and then said: "Shenji Camp... It's better not to move this time."

Duke Ying was taken aback: "Your Majesty?"

In the past few days, Mr. Ying has jumped up and down, isn't it just for Shenjiying?If the inherent impression that the Shenji Battalion cannot fight in the emperor's heart cannot be changed this time, I am afraid that this army is really doomed.

But just as he was about to search his brains out and try to argue, Emperor Guangxing waved his hands and said, "Don't worry. I asked Hua Manlou in detail yesterday, and according to him, there is still a way to greatly increase the lethality of this firearm, but There are a lot of things that are in short supply now. Seeing how serious he is, I can't help but want to see what he can come up with and what kind of surprises he can bring me, so this time the Shenji Camp is still not moving. OK, I can afford to wait."

After a pause, Emperor Guangxing looked at Ying Guogong and said: "I have given you a decree to allow you to act cheaply. You can give Huamanlou whatever he wants. Craftsmen can transfer some from the Ministry of Industry. Materials such as ore and gunpowder are your own." After discussing with him, make a note and send it to the cabinet, Zeng Aiqing will take care of it, and the Shenji camp will fully cooperate..."

Speaking of this, Emperor Guangxing thought of another thing: "Well, let the prince follow along and have a look."

These words immediately stunned everyone present: What kind of enchantment, soul, and soup did Hua Manlou feed the emperor?Not only fully support, but also let the prince go and see?

When the Tweeting Order was mentioned earlier, several bigwigs regarded Huamanlou as a material that can be made, but when Emperor Guangxing said this, everyone raised the importance of Huamanlou to another level—— Not to mention the level of support, the emperor couldn't let the heir get in touch with a courtier for no reason, so from this point of view, his expectations for Huamanlou are very high?

Even Xu Dacheng, who had been standing by the side, felt a twinge in his heart: His majesty's anomaly yesterday was that he had chatted with Hua Manlou, this boy is really amazing!It seems that I have to tell the brats below not to provoke this celebrity for no reason...

Finally, Emperor Guangxing cheerfully added: "Oh, by the way, Qi Aiqing, don't tell Hua Manlou that it was I who chatted with him yesterday, and don't reveal my identity."

Everyone was stunned again: Which game is this playing?

……

When Emperor Guangxing held a small meeting, Huamanlou was swaying and leading Peng Guang and others to Shenji Camp.

Huang Zichao was still waiting at the gate of the camp, extremely respectful.Originally, Hua Manlou thought that Huang Zichao's performance was the feedback of Shenjiying's prostitution of his own creativity, but after getting in touch with him for a day, he found that it didn't seem to be the case, and this guy was too humble.

Ordinarily, it should be General Liu Shen who is most concerned about upgrading firecrackers and improving tactics, and he should be guarding here no matter what, but Hua Manlou heard from the soldiers that this guy went to Duke Ying's mansion early in the morning. What are you busy with?

After such a comparison, Hua Manlou realized that this was Huang Zichao's respect for himself, so he couldn't help but feel a little proud - of course he would be proud if he had fans, wouldn't he?

But when he thought that he came to Shenji Camp today with the intention of fishing, he felt a little guilty.

Looking at Huang Zichao, Hua Manlou suddenly felt that this honest man who was at the same level as her but a little older was a bit pitiful. After all, if the Shenji Battalion really went to the battlefield in a few days, he might be gone as a front-line commander .

Hua Manlou thought that it was his fault that Shenjiying had to go to Datong, so he couldn't help saying to the fan, "Boss Huang..."

"What are your orders, Master?" Huang Zichao, who was about to arrange tea for Huamanlou, turned back immediately after hearing the sound.

Hua Manlou sighed: "Then, the improvement of firecrackers is not only short of materials, but also lacks skilled craftsmen. If we support Datong, I am afraid that it will be very difficult to fight with the firecrackers at this time alone, so... how about He Guogong?" Tell me, let him push this matter away?"

Although he has never seen the grassland cavalry, in Hua Manlou's eyes, the combat power of the Shenji Battalion is hard to describe in words. If he can delay for a while, he can secretly teach his fan some things subtly, and wait for him to have a chance When more powerful firearms are produced, the Shenji Camp will be able to fight.

But Huang Zichao laughed when he heard the words.

34. Let the prince quickly come to see me

"Young master, although I am a warrior, I am only a general in terms of official position, and I don't read much, but I also know the truth that soldiers are responsible for defending the land." Huang Zichao smiled calmly: "And if we are afraid of war and avoid war, the common people So what?"

Hua Manlou quickly waved his hand: "I didn't say that you are afraid of war and avoid war, what I mean is that... Sharpening a knife is not a mistake for chopping firewood, right? Today's firearms are really too rough. In my opinion, these rags are not It’s useless, if it can be updated properly, not to mention killing the enemy, it will be sharper, at least it won’t explode and hurt yourself, right?”

Huang Zichao smiled again: "My lord, it's not that we don't want to renew at this time, but that the Tartars don't give us time to renew."

Hearing this, Hua Manlou couldn't help being silent.

Huang Zichao looked at the soldiers who were practicing outside the tent, and said, "Actually, the current Shenji Battalion may not look good in the eyes of your son, but in my opinion, the Shenji Battalion is already capable of fighting."

Speaking of this, Huang Zichao smiled self-deprecatingly: "I'm not afraid of my son's jokes. In the past few years, I have been trying to improve the combat power of the Shenji Battalion, but I have been unable to find the right way. The three-eyed blunderbuss that you saw yesterday is my son. Called a blacksmith privately..."

Hua Manlou couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, he pointed at that thing yesterday and said it was broken.

Seeing Hua Manlou's strange expression, Huang Zichao immediately said: "I didn't mean to complain, young master, I just wanted to say that young master is amazing and stunning, which really makes me admire. After all, the problem I haven't solved for so long, young master, solved it in just a few words." ..."

Hua ManLou is even more embarrassed: This is not because it is amazing talent, it is estimated that the time-traveling people here are pretty much able to solve these things, and some guys who specialize in research will do better...

Huang Zichao continued: "I'm not talking nonsense when I say that the Shenji Battalion has the power to fight, because this Shenji Battalion followed the Taizu to conquer Mobei during the Taizu period, and made a lot of contributions. The Shenji Battalion at that time It is still a new creation, the number of firecrackers and cannons can't be compared with today's, but they are still brave and good at fighting, beheading a lot of Tartars. Now the Shenji Camp is not only well equipped, but also has the innovation of the young master , so why can't we fight?"

Hua Manlou immediately ran out of words, because if he continued, it might touch the dignity of this honest man.

It has to be said that although the military system of Da Zhao is corrupt and the officers generally have bastards who drink soldiers' blood, there are still many bloody and ambitious generals. In fact, there are batches of such people in any era of the Celestial Dynasty For example, the Ming Dynasty, which is very similar to Da Zhao, also had famous generals like Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou appearing?

Huang Zichao is not 01:30 worse than Qi and Yu. Even this honest man may not be able to say the rhetoric of "I don't want to be a Marquis, I hope Haibo is peaceful", but he still has the consciousness of serving the country loyally. of.

When meeting such a person, what can Hua Manlou say?

There are too many fools in China like Huang Zichao who don't know how to seek good fortune and avoid evil. Since ancient times, there are countless famous ones, and there are even more unknown ones. It is just such ordinary and even honest guys that support the backbone of an entire nation. People with a bit of conscience can't help but feel ashamed in front of them.

Unfortunately, Hua Manlou's conscience has not been eaten by dogs, so looking at Huang Zichao in front of him, he couldn't help saying: "Forget it...you can find some stonemasons and carpenters, and I will teach you something."

Huang Zichao was taken aback for a moment, and then he was overjoyed: "My lord has a new idea?"

Hua Manlou said expressionlessly: "Go quickly, lest I regret it later."

Seeing Huang Zichao scrambling and running out of the tent, Hua Manlou couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh: "What crime did I do..."

From the point of view of time, it is too late to start the furnace to make new firecrackers, so they can only find ways to increase the combat power of the Shenji Battalion from a nearby place.So is there a way that is both simple and effective and allows soldiers to get started as soon as possible?

Have.

Huamanlou immediately thought of a product that can be said to be a helpless product: made in the border area.

Anyone who has watched "Bright Sword" knows that Li Yunlong once complained that the grenade made in the border area was of poor quality.Some people joked that this kind of grenade was made in Schrödinger's border area. The killing is completely random. If you are lucky, it will be fine if it explodes above the head. If you are not lucky, you will cut off the head half a mile away.

But under the conditions of that era, it was good to have something that could be used, and it was better than fighting empty-handed, right?And we drove the well-equipped enemy bandits back to their hometown with this kind of crude, unreliable hand grenade produced by a small workshop. Can you say that it is useless at all?

But now, although the conditions are still poor, and ironmaking is taboo, you can only use stones for projectiles, or you can find some potters to make some hard clay pots, but at least you are facing a big knife and a spear, how can you It's considered equipment crushing, right?

What's more, the stone mines made in the border area in the past have also caused great losses to the enemy. If they can be pulled out now, I am afraid that Tatar will be even worse?

There is not much pressure to make these simple things, it is Hua Manlou himself who is under great pressure: You shouldn't be soft-hearted!Now that Shenjiying can't hide here, if Ying Guogong really feels that he is very talented in this area and transfers himself here, then he has to go to Datong with him!

Hua Manlou felt that he was jumping back and forth on the verge of death, and it was fine to mess around casually, but this caused a lot of side effects, and he added a lot of variables to himself...

Heartbroken.

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