"Sir, things are not good. The Wu family was firmly watched by the emperor! "Long followed the long story short, which made Zhang Jinyan's mood immediately bad.

He didn't want to follow Emperor Chongzhen to Jiangnan, don't look at him being pulled by Emperor Chongzhen. At the beginning, Feng Yuanbiao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, resigned and recommended Li Banghua and Shi Kefa to replace him, but Chongzhen did not listen and promoted Zhang Jinyan to the secretary of the Ministry of War.

But when the hearts of men are scattered, the hearts of men are scattered.

After the Ming Dynasty lost the northern capital, he died in a northern and southern dynasty, Zhang Jinyan is a native of the Central Plains, and his hometown has been taken by Li Zicheng, how can he follow Emperor Chongzhen to the south?

Besides, he and Li Zicheng have not dealt with each other, when Zhang Jinyan was a county magistrate in Qingjian County, Yan'an Prefecture, Li Zicheng had just gone to the sea to follow Gao Yingxiang to start a business, and that place was already the base of the people's army, Zhang Jinyan preached the feudal "loyalty" to the peasant army in order to protect himself, so that more than 2,000 peasant soldiers were deceived and returned to the field.

Although from the perspective of later events, it was indeed 'deceived and returned to the field', Zhang Jinyan undoubtedly left a deep impression on Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others. In mid-February, when Li Zicheng swept through western Jin and approached Beijing, Zhang Jinyan refused to adopt the correct advice of urgently recruiting soldiers to hold on and calling on the king of Qinwang from all over the world to come to his aid, and also concealed part of the military information and did not report it. is because he and Li Zicheng have already secretly connected.

But Zhang Jinyan also knows that although he is the secretary of the military department, he has no soldiers under him, and he is alone to serve Li Zicheng, I am afraid that it is not as good as the icing on the cake, he has to contact a group of people to wave the flag and shout, and make the momentum bigger, so as to show his ability. The same can also recruit a group of henchmen. But among the people who are secretly connected, Zhang Jinyan values the Wu family the most.

Because Wu Sangui has heavy troops, he is in a critical position. The weight of the Wu family is much heavier than Li Zicheng's words.

At the same time, because Wu Sangui's army has been supported by the Ming court for many years, without the support of the imperial court's money and food, Wu Sangui is unable to raise the army at all.

He could only choose between going south with Emperor Chongzhen and surrendering.

But the soldiers under Wu Sangui are all Liao, and they all have families, fields, and houses outside the pass, how can they all abandon their families and businesses to follow Emperor Chongzhen?

Even if Wu Sangui wants to follow loyally, his subordinates will not go with him. Tens of thousands of Guan Ning's army could fall apart overnight.

In this case, as long as you are a smart person, you should know what to choose!

Zhang Jinyan didn't think Wu Sangui was a stupid person at all. He is only Wu Xiang's second son, can get rid of the boss Wu Sanfu and become the head of the Wu family, how can Wu Sangui be a fool?

In the present years, who still doesn't know the truth that if there are soldiers, there is power?

Tens of thousands of Guan Ningjun are the source of the Wu family's rights and Wu Sangui's future capital, and he will never let go. In that way, Wu Sangui could only surrender with his hands tied.

Zhang Jinyan's abacus was to secretly contact the Wu family, and after making an appointment, he slipped halfway. But now that I look at ......, the plan really hasn't changed quickly. Damn Zheng Zhilong!

Zhang Jinyan scolded bitterly in his heart. "What about the people of the Chen family?" Chen Yanjia.

"Sir, that's the same."

"Your Majesty arrives, and the ministers greet you......"

The loud shout reached Zhang Jinyan's ears, and the latter immediately cleaned up the sadness on his face and quickly returned to the train.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong asked people to decorate things in the large and small yamen in the city, such as the household registration of the household department, the fish scale book archive, the geographical map of the military department and the Ministry of Industry, and the secret strategies of large and small, as well as the craftsmen under the two, and some skilled craftsmen, all of which were incorporated by Zheng Zhilong.

Including many archives of the Criminal Department, Zheng Zhilong also packed some of them.

On the contrary, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites were ignored by him.

Qin Tianjian was also swept away, from Tang Ruowang and Li Tianjing to Pinzhi's petty officials, all of them were wiped out by him.

"The slave has seen Annanbo. Grandpa Wang told the uncle that the holy driver had already left the city. ”

In Qintianjian, Zheng Zhilong was flipping through a book on minerals called Kunyu Gezhi, a twelve-volume book dealing with every stage of mining and related metallurgical processes. Its contents include mine management, mining principles, exploration technology, mining technology, mining tools and equipment, ore inspection methods, ore smelting methods, precious metals and non-metal separation methods, etc.

According to John Tang, this is a book compiled by him and Li Tianjing, based on the great work "The Complete Book of Mining and Metallurgy" written by the European German mining and metallurgist Agricola in 1550 in the Western calendar on European mining and metallurgical technology in the 16th century. Translated by Yang Zhihua and Hu Hongxian.

After the book was completed, it was rewarded by Emperor Chongzhen, and the royal approval was: "Send the whole book of 'Kunyu Gezhi', and take it cheaply according to the terrain of the magistrates." However, due to the chaos of the government, the book has not yet been published.

In this general ending, there is also "Fire Attack", which was compiled last year. This is a book dictated by John Tang and compiled by Jiao Miao's transcripts. It is a collection of European artillery manufacturing methods and fire attack strategies. The book is about 40,000 words, divided into three volumes, the first, middle and second, with 40 illustrations. The first volume describes the methods of making firearms, including the manufacture of guns, cannons, bombs, guns, wolves, shotguns, rockets, spray cans, gunpowder, and mines. It also introduces the specifications and proportions of the measuring tape, the machines for lifting, transporting and drawing weights, and the methods of batching, material selection and copper chemistry. The middle volume is the basic principle of manufacturing and storing gunpowder, testing new guns, installing each gun, transporting guns to the stage, going up and down the mountain and fire attack. The next volume is the attack method of the western gun, the problems that should be prevented by the casting gun, and the matters related to the defense of the city, naval battles and artillery battles. It can be said that it is one of the most authoritative works on Western firearms in the late Ming Dynasty, and artillery manufacturing involves chemistry, mathematics, mining, metallurgy and other aspects, and is the crystallization of a variety of science and technology.

John Tang himself also cast 20 cannons for the Ming court, and Emperor Chongzhen "Jiaqi Jianli, edict cast another 500".

From this point, we can know why Zheng Zhilong had to take Tang Ruowang away, this person wants to stay in the capital, and after the Tartars enter the customs, it will inevitably have a great impact on the artillery manufacturing of the Manchu Dynasty.

Although you can't stop this matter at all, there are many craftsmen in the capital who can cast cannons. And the missionaries are not only these at present, the Europeans can settle in Macao, they have more opportunities to go to Yanjing, as long as the Manchus can meet some of their conditions. Gun casting is not a matter at all. But it's always good to delay for a while.

Similarly, this can also see that Emperor Chongzhen is unreliable. Zhang Kou is five hundred cannons, does he know how long it takes to cast five hundred cannons, how many manpower and material resources, and how much silver it takes to cast five hundred cannons?

Open your mouth is five hundred, and it's really two hundred and five of two hundred and five.

"When you go back to the prince and governor, you must go to Tongzhou before you can rest." Zhou Wengui, the governor of Tongzhou, had to follow Zheng Zhilong's instructions when he came to Beijing to raise large and small ships in the territory for emergencies.

Zheng Zhilong waved his hand at the little eunuch.

Seriously, before the crossing, whether it was watching TV or going on, when the eunuch's voice was mentioned, it was inseparable from the sharp and male duck voice. But now that he has entered Yanjing City, he really saw Emperor Chongzhen, and he really saw the eunuchs, and Zheng Zhilong knew that it was all nonsense.

Because of the body structure, some eunuchs have a sharp voice and a male duck cavity, which is indispensable. But the eunuchs who scouted in front of the emperor all had a good voice.

is like the little eunuch just now, with clear words, a crisp voice, and authentic official language.

"Handsome ......" Chen Ding's eyes looked in the direction of the Hanlin Academy, which is the oldest and richest national library in the world, and there must be a lot of "treasures" in it.

Zheng Zhilong patted him on the shoulder. "Wait a few more years, and we'll not come back. The emperor has set up, and it is time for us to go. ”