In the current Qing Dynasty, Westerners were as high as tens of thousands, and even the Qintian Supervisor of the Qing Dynasty was often served by foreigners, and the Foreign Supervisor was almost a major feature of the Qing Dynasty.

Among them, the most well-known is Tang Ruowang, who came to China as early as the Ming Dynasty, and later experienced the entry of the Manchu Dynasty, and was also appreciated by the Shunzhi Emperor, and was the first foreign supervisor of the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, John Tang also became Shunzhi's master, and allowed John Tang to present a fold at any time, and also exempted him from the etiquette of kneeling, and also gave John Tang the title of "Tongxuan Teacher", which can be said to be quite important.

It is precisely because of this that almost all of the later Qintian supervisors were served by foreigners, and the Belgian missionary Nan Huairen came to China during the Kangxi period and served as the Qintian supervisor of Kangxi. Later, after Nan Huairen's death, the position of the head of the Qintian prison fell to the German Dai Jinxian.

This bearded German has a very deep study of astronomy, and a few years ago he compiled a book of "Zodiac General Star Chart", the content is very detailed and accurate, so it was also appreciated by Yongzheng.

"The Emperor St. Ann, Long live the Emperor, Long live Long live!"

Dai Jinxian didn't have any so-called self-esteem at all, so he lay on the ground and bowed to the emperor three times and nine times, he has been in China for many years, and now he has spoken fluent Chinese.

Yongzheng had a little smile on his face, and said softly: "Dai Jinxian, after I am busy with government affairs every day, I will also flip through your "Zodiac General Star Map", which is much more detailed than Nan Huairen's "Lingtai Yi Xiangzhi" back then. ”

When Dai Jinxian heard Yongzheng mention his pride, he immediately laughed, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, the "Zodiac General Star Map" I compiled is more than the "Lingtai Yi Xiangzhi" back then, with two more stars, 'Nan Zeng San' and 'Nan Zeng Si', which is indeed more accurate than Nan Huairen's book. ”

Prince Yi Yunxiang, who was following him, frowned, he was quite familiar with Nan Huairen, and he had studied with Nan Huairen when he was young, but now he felt a little uncomfortable when he saw that this Westerner was so rude.

"In this way, Mr. Dai's book, this king has to take a good look at it."

Hearing Yunxiang's words, there was a slight irony in his words, and ordinary people could naturally feel it, but no matter how good Dai Jinxian said Chinese, after all, he was still a foreigner in his bones, so he naturally didn't notice Yunxiang's sarcasm, and thanked him repeatedly.

This time it made Yunxiang have nothing to say, and he no longer cares about this uninteresting Westerner.

Yongzheng watched coldly, but smiled lightly, "Master Dai is here to act as a translator, let's go and have a look first." ”

The two Westerners on the side did not understand Chinese, but they listened helplessly to the people talking for a long time, and they couldn't interject. When he was depressed, Dai Jinxian listened to Yongzheng's speech, and immediately said it in Portuguese, and the two of them understood it and hurriedly said it.

Dai Jinxian hurriedly translated to Yongzheng: "They said to take the emperor to see the musket first, and then to see the artillery." ”

These two Westerners are both Francophone people and are proficient in guns, so they were recommended by Dai Jinxian to Yongzheng and became the superintendent of the firearms battalion, which can be regarded as eating the emperor's food.

Yongzheng was noncommittal, with a faint smile on his face, he motioned to the other party to lead the way in front.

Everyone went to the firearms camp school parade ground, which is the daily training place of the firearms camp, so there are many straw men tied to it as targets, some of which are also wearing iron armor and covered with various bullet marks.

After Yongzheng arrived, Dai Jinxian walked over with a beautifully decorated arquebus, which was much more delicate than ordinary shotguns in appearance, and it was absolutely extraordinary at first glance.

Yongzheng took the shotgun, but he frowned slightly when he saw the arquebus on it, although he had never been on the battlefield, but he also knew that Chu Wei's guns were all without arquebus, and the rate of fire was much faster, and this musket made by Westerners still used arquebus technology, which showed that there was not much difference in nature.

Dai Jinxian saw the subtle expression on Yongzheng's face, and immediately explained: "Your Majesty, although the most advanced musket in Europe today is a flintlock pistol, the flintlock pistol is not stable enough, there are many faults, and it is not as good as the Mushkert arquebus. ”

Yongzheng snorted coldly, "The flintlock gun is unstable? But when I look at the flintlock pistol used by Chu Rebellion, it is quite stable. The thought of spending so much silver, and finally making an arquebus, made Yongzheng feel a little disappointed, and he even began to think in his heart whether he was wrong.

In fact, last year, when Yongzheng was still the fourth prince and was in charge of the firearms camp, someone had already recommended to him that Dai Zi build firearms that year.

However, Dai Zidu is already over 70 years old, old and frail, but it is difficult for him to return to the capital from Shengjing. In addition, Dai Zi was framed by Nan Huairen and was labeled as "fornicating with the East", so he was exiled to Shengjing by Kangxi.

In this case, Prince Yong, who was only the prince, if he wanted to use Dai Zi, he needed to take the risk of the emperor's wrath, and at that time, there were also Westerners who were good at making guns and cannons to defect, so after much consideration, Yongzheng still chose to give up this idea and appointed these Westerners to become the superintendent of the firearms battalion.

The situation on the field at this time was more serious, and even the Francophile who was standing on the side seemed to feel that something was wrong, they glanced at each other, and then took the initiative to speak, muttering a Francophone talk.

Dai Jinxian then translated: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, now only countries in Europe have flintlock pistols, this kind of firearm is mainly ignited by the spark generated by the flint impact on the hammer, and the stability is not high, but the Mushkert arquebus for His Majesty the Great Emperor is quite powerful, and now it has been equipped with the whole of Europe." ”

If these words are heard by insiders, they will laugh half to death, but for Yongzheng, it is difficult to tell whether it is true or not, and he will not say more, just wave his hand and signal the other party to hurry up and start the drill, no matter how it is blown, it finally fell on the paper.

As soon as the whistle sounded, twenty Qing soldiers walked to the school parade ground, holding a Mushkert arquebus, and then lit the arquebus, which emitted a deafening sound as a puff of white smoke rose.

I saw that in the haze of smoke, the straw man placed a hundred steps away in the distance had been pierced through many holes, and even the iron armor on some of the straw men had been completely penetrated.

This power made Yongzheng very happy, so he gave up his prejudice, picked up the Mushkert arquebus again, and then loaded the medicine himself, and then aimed at the straw man in the distance, and then lit the arquebus.

"Boom-" This voice was more calm and powerful than the shotgun, and it also shocked Yongzheng's whole person, but he was extremely happy in his heart, this thing was really much more powerful than the shotgun.

Although Yongzheng still didn't know how powerful the musket of the Fu Han army was, he had already decided at this time that this Mushikert arquebus should be much more powerful than the musket of the Fu Han army.

"This gun is very powerful, very good, it is said that an elite of Chu Rebellion is accustomed to wearing heavy armor, and the short of the bird gun can not penetrate, in the past, it is often appropriate to draw the enemy, focusing on his hands and eyes. And the musket made today is so powerful that it can penetrate the iron armor, and it is not inferior to Chu Shun. ”

"It's just that the name of this gun is hard to say." Yongzheng was a little embarrassed on his face, and simply said softly: "Since the muzzle of this gun resembles an eagle's beak, let's call it an eagle's beak." ”

In fact, Yongzheng is not clear, he was actually blinded by these Westerners, this gun is indeed widely equipped in Europe, but it is basically on the verge of being eliminated at present, and flintlock technology has been popularized in Europe for more than a hundred years, and it is not really difficult to touch.

It's just that although these two Westerners know it in their hearts, they don't want to just hand over the work of pressing the bottom of the box, after all, they also know in their hearts that if they take out the old foundation so quickly, how will they slaughter the big ones in the future?

Such is the greed of the people's hearts, they received hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from the Qing court, but only made one arquebus, so that they could get more silver in the future.

However, since there was an example of a musket before, Yongzheng also had a little desire for artillery, but when he actually saw the artillery, he was disappointed.

It turns out that the artillery tossed out by the two Westerners is actually a copy of the heavy sub-mother cannon, speaking of which, the Qing army was equipped with a heavy sub-mother cannon a few years ago, and it is not very unfamiliar with this weapon, so even Yongzheng can see the tricks in it.

The two Francophiles looked at each other, then began to grunt again.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, although the shape of this cannon is no different from that of a heavy sub-cannon, the quality and range of the cannon have been greatly improved, and it will no longer be as easy to explode as before."

Yongzheng sighed, he understood that it was unrealistic to catch up with the firearms of the Fu Han army at once, but now he found that even this little improvement has become so difficult, how can he compete with the Fu Han army in the future?

Then he began to test the artillery, with a burst of rumbling cannons, I saw that the distance of those projectiles was indeed about twice as high as the current Qing army's sub-mother cannons, and the artillery was not blown up, which made Yongzheng's disappointment also alleviated a lot, which is better than nothing.

Thinking of this, Yongzheng hurriedly asked: "How much does the olecranon and this heavy sub-mother cannon cost?" ”

After Dai Jinxian translated, it took a while for the translation to come back, but his forehead was sweating.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, this hawkbill gun costs forty-five taels of silver, and as for this heavy cannon, it costs about three thousand taels of silver."

The amount of moisture at this price made Dai Jinxian feel a little exaggerated, but for Yongzheng and the Qing officials present, it felt like an acceptable price. The reason is very simple, their original shotguns and sub-mother guns are not cheap, and a shotgun often costs twenty taels of silver.

Of course, this is also based on the fact that Yongzheng does not know the price of the Fu Han army's firearms, if he knows that the current price of the Fu Han army's Hanyang flintlock pistol is only ten taels, it is estimated that his eyes will pop out. The reason for this is more than the technology itself.

For Yongzheng at this time, he has repeatedly reduced the amount of money in the palace, in order to naturally re-establish a strong army of the Qing Dynasty, so as to achieve a decisive battle with the Fu Han army in the future.

From the military aircraft department to the formation and training of the new army, when the so-called reform was in full swing, Prince Lian Yunxi presented an excerpt and wanted to face the saint.

Yongzheng has done such a big thing, and when he is very proud in his heart, he naturally no longer hinders Yun Xu, and let him go directly to the Winter Warm Pavilion to face the saint.

After Yun Xi entered the main hall, he looked at his nose and nose, and his nose looked at his heart, knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times honestly, before he said softly: "Slave Yun Xi knocked to see the emperor." ”

Yongzheng sat on the brocade couch above, but he was in a good mood, and after glancing at Yun Xi, he had a little smile on his face, and he didn't know whether it was sarcasm or sincerity.

Yun Yu kowtowed again, and said softly: "Thanks to the emperor's grace, the slave was promoted to the military aircraft to walk, but the slave has been weak and weak in the past few years, and it is difficult to settle down, I am really afraid that I will miss the emperor's major events, and I am even more afraid of mistaking my Qing Dynasty, so the slave implores the emperor to choose another meritorious." ”

In this matter, Yun Xi can see it clearly, from the so-called prime minister at the beginning, to the current military aircraft walking, it seems that he has been promoted by Yongzheng, but in fact he is tied in front of Yongzheng, and he will continue the cause of military affairs to attack himself, and in the end he will suffer a loss.

But what Yun Yu didn't expect was that Yongzheng took advantage of his resignation at this time and attacked himself again.

"The first emperor entrusted the country to me, but he also entrusted it to all the brothers, I think you and others need to reflect on themselves, instead of pushing back here...... What do you think in your heart? When it comes to the back, it is gloomy and murderous.

Yun Xi was full of sorrow, but he couldn't say it, so he had to kneel down and kowtow to confess his guilt.

"Hmph, that's it, I really can't bear to blame you in my heart, you go home to study by yourself, and you must not go out of the house again." Yongzheng had a slight sneer on his face, but with just a few words, he put Yun Xi under substantial house arrest.

Yun Yu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then he chose to receive the order to thank him, but when he knelt down to thank him, he swore fiercely in his heart that when the big event was established, no matter how much revenge he had, he would be avenged.

After Yun Yu left, the pride in Yongzheng's heart could no longer be suppressed, and he raised his eyes to look at the land south of the Yangtze River on the map, with a complex feeling in his eyes, and the internal troubles were temporarily calm, and this external insult naturally seemed a little dazzling.

Fu Han Army, Ningyu. Wait, wait for me to finish combing the country, and then come to compete with you!