December 13, 12th year of Hongxing in the Ming Dynasty.

Wuhan.

In the yamen of the Cabinet Office outside the Donghu Palace, several ministers in black gauze robes were holding a copy of the report of Wu Sangui, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, sent by the Generalissimo Mansion next door. Everyone is a little confused, you look at me, I look at you.

Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the cabinet, sat in the middle, holding a copy of Wu Sangui's newspaper in his hand and looked at it carefully word by word, and he didn't know how many times he had read it.

The voices of a few Shangshu and waiters below gradually sounded.

"Didn't the Duke of Liang Guo confront Li Dingguo between Baoji and Yixian? Why did you go to Lishan to build a city? And the city was not built, but it was dug up to the mausoleum of the first emperor......"

"Yes, why did you go and rob the tomb of the First Emperor after fighting well?"

"What nonsense? How is this a tomb robbery? Can the governor of Ganshan, Liang Guogong, dig a grave and say that he is a thief? And if people really want to steal, they won't give the court a chapter! ”

"Yes, yes, gaffes......"

"But that's too much of a coincidence, isn't it? Over there, the Japanese country reported a great victory, and Liang Guogong dug up the mausoleum of the first emperor, and also dug up a batch of bamboo slips related to Japan......"

Hearing someone question, Wei Zaode coughed, threw the copy of the piece in his hand on the table, and slowly raised his head: "What's the coincidence?" Isn't it that the Ganshan front line built a castle and dug up the tomb of the first emperor by the way, and dug up a little bamboo slip, and the bamboo slip just recorded Xu Fu's request to be crowned the king of Shenwu? There is only truth in this matter, there is no coincidence! ”

He Tengjiao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, was old (67 years old) and a little confused, and when he heard Wei Zaode's words, he asked: "Shi Ling, do you mean that Liang Guogong didn't dig the tomb of Qin Shi Huang and make a fake ......"

"Dingxing Hou, what did you say? Can Liang Guogong cheat on this matter? What's he trying to do? Wei Zaode said, "What needs to be clarified now is whether Xu Fu's request to be crowned the king of Shenwu is true or false?" ”

The more He Tengjiao and Old Man He listened, the more confused he became, "Master Order, we are here in the Cabinet Office!" Assisting the Son of Heaven to govern the world can be described as a daily opportunity, where is the kung fu to manage the things of more than a thousand years ago? ”

"Mr. Yu Shan, you are an old man with great knowledge, you can say it......" Wei Zaode kicked the ball to Qian Qianyi again.

Qian Qianyi is better than He Tengjiao, 78 years old this year. But his mind was very clear, unlike He Tengjiao, who was already a little confused, and after listening to Wei Zaode's words, he immediately said: "This matter is easy to do, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs transfer the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan and ask if their king is the queen of Xu Fu, the king of Shenwu?" What do you say, Grand Duke? Is that okay? ”

Grand Duke Luo nodded: "Yes, what's not to do?" Now the Japanese Wawang is the descendant of the Shenwu Waking, if the Shenmu Wawang is really Xu Fu, and the first emperor is sealed, then the current Wawang is the courtier of the Celestial Empire, and it is too unreasonable to call the emperor in vain! ”

"That's right! It shouldn't be! Zheng Zhilong said, "If the king of the Japanese is really after Xu Fu, and he was canonized by the first emperor, he should abide by the courtiers, how can he be arrogant to the emperor?" This is a disobedience, this is a great rebellion, and he should step down and apologize. ”

"Step down?" He Tengjiao asked, "Who will be the king of the wo?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "Of course, it is to choose a virtuous person among the descendants of Xu Fu, the king of Shenwu, to be the king of the Japanese. ”

"Who are the descendants of the Shenwu Wa King?" He Tengjiao asked again.

Zheng Zhilong said: "The recognized side lines of the Wawang are Yuan, Ping, and Tangerine, but the Ping and Tangerine clans have been cut off, and there are many people who claim to be descendants of the two clans, but no one is recognized as the descendant of the Ping and Tachibana clans, and there is no patriarch of the two clans. Only the Seiwa Genji has a recognized descendant, and there is also the patriarch of the Genji family, which is the Japanese general Tokugawa Iemitsu. ”

The old fool He Tengjiao nodded, "So, if the king wants to apologize and step down, he should give up the throne to Tokugawa Iemitsu?" ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "Only in this way can we convince the public." ”

Wei Zaode stroked his beard and smiled: "It seems that this is the only way to go...... Then let's draw up a decree and paste it on the recital of Liang Guogong. ”

When the Cabinet Office began to draft a decree proposing the abolition of the Wa King and the establishment of Bengong Fang Jiaguang, Wu Sanfu, the secretary of the military department who was absent from today's regular meeting of the Cabinet Office, was attending the imperial meeting in the map room of the Qingliang Pavilion of the East Lake Palace—this was a military meeting, so Wu Sanfu, the military department, had to attend.

"Your Majesty, Tian Yiqing's recital said that the 20-step salvo tactics of the Nagasaki Army's hematite artillery regiment are extremely powerful! In the Battle of Nishisaka Castle, the hematite artillery regiment with only 2,000 people defeated four or five thousand people on the right flank of the Toyotomi army in one fell swoop, and then repelled the three thousand reinforcements of the Toyotomi army.

In the second Battle of Funai Castle in late October, the hematite artillery regiment made another contribution, and advanced all the way to within 20 steps of the enemy's central formation under the guns and bullets of the Toyotomi army before firing a salvo! Although he lost more than 200 men in the process of advancing, the two volleys in front of the enemy's center completely destroyed the musketeers of the Toyotomi army...... Then they had the firepower to crush the pikemen of the Toyotomi Army who tried to launch an attack, and once again lay the victory! ”

It was the military advisor Li Yan who was rushing to introduce the situation in Japan. The victory of the two battles of Nishisaka Castle and Funai Castle was expected, but the power of the flintlock musketeers within 20 steps shocked Li Yan very much!

Not only was he shocked, but most of the generals of the Generalissimo's Mansion who attended the meeting were very surprised, only Emperor Zhu had an indifferent look that he had known for a long time - because this crazy tactic of firing a salvo within 20 steps was originally copied by him from the British lobster soldiers in history! And he didn't talk to Li Yan and Wu Sanfu, but crossed over to them and wrote a letter to Baoke Zhengzheng, informing them of this most suitable tactic for Japanese samurai.

Bao Ke seriously found Tian Yiqing, the commander of the army, and showed him Emperor Zhu's letter, and only then did the "Japanese crayfish soldiers" (they are small) come out.

Zhu Cihong nodded and said to Li Yan: "You can also let our flintlock pipers practice according to this method...... It doesn't have to be used on the battlefield, it's just one more option. ”

The tactic of "20-step volley" is easy to say, but it is very difficult to execute!

Because the noble officers over there from Laoshan-Pukou are not so crazy! In order to maintain the queue and oversee the battle, the officers of the flintlock units must be on the side of the queue, making them easy targets for the opposing side. If you advance to 20 paces in front of the enemy formation and open fire, the losses of junior officers will be very large.

And are the reserves of grassroots officers on the side of the Ming army enough? Are they brave enough? It's all something to think about......

When Emperor Zhu was explaining the matter, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and he saw Zhang Huangyan, the squire of the military department, come in with a piece of music with a sticker. He came directly after the cabinet office meeting instead of Wu Sanfu, and Wei Zaode also asked him to bring the transcript of Wu Sangui's report on the "inverted work" with the cabinet office regulations (originally uploaded through the Generalissimo's Office, and there would be the generalissimo's office regulations on it).

Zhang Huangyan bowed to Emperor Zhu first, and then presented the transcript in his hand, "Your Majesty, this is the transcript of the Duke of Liangguo, which says that a burial pit of the First Emperor's Mausoleum was found during the construction of the city in Lishan, and many bamboo slips were excavated from it, one of which was sent by Xu Fu from the Wa Kingdom to Xianyang. ”

"What? Xu Fu? Zhu Cihong was still pretending to be confused, "That Xu Fu? ”

Zhang Huangyan said: "Your Majesty, it is the Xu Fu who found the elixir of life for the First Emperor. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Cihong had an interested expression, "What did you say?" Have you found the elixir of life? ”

"No, ......," Zhang Huangyan hurriedly shook his head.

"Didn't find it?" Zhu Cihong was a little disappointed.

"I didn't say anything ......about it," Zhang Huang said, "I only said that he led 500 boys and 500 virgins to find three large islands in the eastern sea, and also found many indigenous tribes on the islands, so he temporarily put aside the search for overseas immortal islands and began to open up territory for the First Emperor!" ”