It wasn't until he arrived outside the palace of Nanhai Ziyu that Shen Xi jumped down from the carriage, sorted out his clothes, looked up at the sky, it was not sunny or rainy, and there was no wind, it was a big cloudy day, and the temperature was only about five or six degrees.

Shen Xi is a little far away from Luanjia's position, it is expected that Luanjia has already entered the palace at this time, he is an official who is responsible for miscellaneous errands, the emperor has at least hundreds of people hunting at a time, and a few days before the hunt, Nanhaizi Palace has set up wooden steps and altars, when the Hongzhi Emperor will hold a ceremony here to pay tribute to his ancestors, mainly to remember the career of Taizu and Taizong, the two emperors, and declare that future generations will not forget their roots.

Shen Xi was still preparing, and he saw a large number of people in the distance surrounding a first-class master with a red Luo robe, a crown of seven beams, and an immortal crane complement on his chest...... But it was the scholar Xie of Dongge University who moved here!

Because Liu Jian and Li Dongyang stayed in the capital, Xie Qian wanted to preside over and deal with Emperor Hongzhi for him, coupled with his respected status, he undoubtedly became the focus of attention.

Xie Qian came all the way to the side of the Franc cannon, but he didn't dare to get too close, because he didn't quite understand the firing mechanism of the Franc cannon, but he heard that the artillery had the risk of exploding, so he stopped more than ten zhang away, and then beckoned to Shen Xi.

"The cabinet is looking for a lower official, what is the matter?" Shen Xi's tone was slightly raw.

The corners of Xie Qian's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "Come and ask you, how are the preparations for the demonstration of artillery?" It won't be a problem when it is shown to the Uliangha envoy later, right? ”

Shen Xi shook his head slightly: "The Ministry of War didn't say too much about this artillery exercise, I don't even know where to run and where to fire, how can I be considered ready?" ”

Xie Qian groaned, "It's a bit troublesome...... Okay, you continue to prepare, and the old man asks Ma Shangshu. ”

Today, Ma Wensheng followed Emperor Hongzhi to the paddock, among the old ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, Ma Wensheng belongs to the old man and is strong, bending the bow and arrows, he can do it like this, and others can't even put it on a show.

Shen Xi went back to prepare about Mo tea, and Ma Wensheng came over together surrounded by several military officers, and this time he didn't see Xie Qian's figure again.

"This time, artillery was used to fire at the captive animals more than 300 zhang away, and the number was about 100, so as to try not to leave any live mouths."

Ma Wensheng told the truth about the plan that had not been said before.

Seeing Ma Wensheng's cautious attitude, Shen Xi probably knew that this was the exam question given by Emperor Hongzhi to the Ministry of War.

Hitting straw men with artillery is not convincing after all, and now they are firing cannons at a group of animals in captivity in the paddock, experimenting with flesh and blood......

It is also a shame that Emperor Hongzhi can come up with it, of course, this may also be from the handwriting of three scholars, this cannon down, the flesh and blood are flying, which can not only test the power of the artillery, but also let the Wuliangha people know the power of the Ming artillery.

Of course, it's all built on success!

If the artillery is fired, deviates from the destination, and the empty cannon is released, or it has no lethality after exploding, and the expected result does not appear, it means that the Franc cannon has little effect in actual combat, and the artillery handed over to Wang Gongchang for casting before is not completed, it may be "withdrawn", and the court will not spend money on this "flashy" thing in the future.

"Questions?"

Seeing that Shen Xi was silent, Ma Wensheng asked with some concern.

Shen Xi nodded reluctantly, he originally wanted to explain the difficulty to Ma Wensheng, but in the end he chose to remain silent, not wanting to hit Ma Wensheng's confidence.

If you change a few new guns, and then find those Franc gunners who are good at using Franc cannons, they may be able to do it, but Zhang Lao Wu and the others he trained are all half-hung gunners, and it takes several days to train them to kill things, and now it is strange that they can shoot accurately against the animals that gather from the middle and run around.

Even if the Franc cannon has a long range, a large coverage, and enough power, Zhang Laowu and others have not learned ballistic calculations, trigonometric functions and other mathematical knowledge after all, and it is difficult to point where to hit.

Shen Xi sent Ma Wensheng away, and came back to explain the situation to Zhang Laowu and others, Zhang Laowu swallowed his saliva and said, "Big ...... Adult, small ...... Fear...... I don't have that ability. ”

"Don't worry, no problem." Shen Xi comforted, "This time, you are only responsible for firing the artillery, as for calibrating the artillery, I will do it myself." ”

"Your Excellency is coming in person? What should I do if I blow it up? ”

Shen Xi knew that in order to meet the requirements put forward by Emperor Hongzhi, he could only go into battle in person, although he couldn't do physical work, but he could aim and proofread, but he was more expert than Zhang Laowu and others.

"I'll bear the danger if there's a problem, find a few rulers!"

Shen Xi had to prepare everything properly and try to make sure that there were no mistakes.

In fact, it is not very difficult to adjust the left and right directions of the artillery landing point, but in order to adjust the firing distance, it is necessary to follow the basic logic that the 45-degree angle is the farthest range, to ensure that when the range of the first gun is not accurate enough, it can be adjusted immediately, and the firing elements are converted according to the visual landing, and the calibrated second shot is issued in the fastest time.

Just when Shen Xi was carefully preparing, on the other side, the emperor was in the palace to meet the military generals of Wenchen who came out with him to participate in the hunt this time, and arranged for special personnel to inspect and comfort the soldiers of the three armies who participated in the hunt.

Before the arrival of the Uliangha envoys, Emperor Hongzhi had to inspect the troops to see if the grooming and clothing of the soldiers were in order, and whether they could achieve the effect of taking the lead in the first place.

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Emperor Hongzhi arrived at the palace of the Nanhai Ziyu Palace at three o'clock in the morning, but it was almost over at noon before the preparations were announced, and the Uliangha people, who had been waiting outside the big red gate for two hours, were allowed to enter.

At this time, Shen Xi's preparations were almost completed, but he still kept telling Zhang Lao Wu and the others some things, mainly some passwords, so as not to wait for a few people not to understand what he said and waste time for no reason.

"Here we are."

An official from the Ministry of War next to him reminded him, Shen Xi raised his head, and saw the Wuliangha people walking over with black faces, and they obviously felt that they had been given a cold reception by the Ming court.

If you want to hunt, don't let us participate, don't give us horses, let us walk from the capital on two legs, this is an insult to our people on horseback!

The Uliangha envoys didn't notice that there was an inconspicuous cannon near the altar, because the Franc cannon was relatively small, and the Uliangha people had not had a large-scale conflict with the Ming Dynasty in recent years, so they had never seen such an advanced weapon as artillery.

Zhang Lao Wu was a little nervous: "Is the emperor coming soon?" ”

"Your Majesty is in the palace, but it's almost time to come over at this time, but Your Majesty shouldn't be too close to here, and you can't be distracted before you finish firing the cannon." Shen Xi said sternly.

Zhang Lao Wu and a few people next to him were a little stupid, last time they said that they could see the emperor, but the emperor hid a few miles away to watch the cannon, and when they turned their heads after the cannon, the emperor had already gone with the civil and military officials, and only vaguely saw a general figure. With such a good opportunity today, of course they want to see the sky.

"Your Majesty is here."

As the herald brought the news, everyone knelt down to greet them.

Shen Xi knelt in the crowd, only to see Emperor Hongzhi's Luan drive out of the palace, obviously Emperor Hongzhi was waiting leisurely in the palace before, and after reviewing the three armies, he went back to the palace to simply eat something to pad his stomach, and only came out after adjusting his state, but the people outside are still hungry.

It is said that it is close to the sacrificial platform, but it is also a hundred zhang away, and even Emperor Hongzhi can't hear it, but from under the sacrificial platform, the officials and attendants stand up one after another, and it has been extended into the distance.

"That's the Emperor?"

Zhang Laowu looked sideways at Emperor Zhu Youzhu of Hongzhi, and could only roughly see a yellow figure wearing a crown, talking to the envoy of Wuliangha.

Shen Xi said angrily: "Don't look at it, finish the errand today." His Majesty may receive you later. ”

Zhang Lao Wu didn't have much knowledge and ambition, and when he heard Shen Xi's words, he couldn't help rubbing his hands and being a little excited, and even a little more motivated.

Shen Xi didn't tell him that the consequences of not being able to complete the errand this time were very serious, and if he didn't make a good fuss, he would be punished, and the distribution and resuming the army would be light.

But after thinking about it again, Zhang Lao Wu is now in the army, but the difference between starting from the sum of the general flag or starting from a small soldier is somewhat similar to Wang Lingzhi's situation.

Thinking of Wang Lingzhi, Shen Xi couldn't help but sigh faintly, this little man is not good at writing and ink on weekdays, and he didn't even have a letter after arriving at the frontier, and ordinary soldiers couldn't write letters, for fear that they would leak the military aircraft in their letters to their families, but for the generals, there was no such problem, but they had to go through the review of the supervising army.

Just after the Hongzhi Emperor received the envoys of Wuliangha, the soldiers of the three armies got on the horses, although there was no honor guard of the three armies or a special ceremonial team in this era, but it was still necessary to use the military appearance to express the prestige of the Ming army.

A large number of animals, including deer, sheep, pheasants, rabbits, etc., were driven out of the pens and sent to a place about two or three hundred zhang away from the Franc cannon where Shen Xi was located, where there was a large open space, covering an area of about half an acre, because there was a fence around the clearing, and these animals spread their legs and ran wildly, but they could not break through the fence.

"Your Majesty has issued an order, and the military department will push the cannon up!" A eunuch came to deliver the message.

Under the command of Shen Xi, the Franc machine gun was pushed to the front of the sacrificial platform, so that thousands of civil and military officials and soldiers on both sides could see the artillery, and Shen Xi and Zhang Laowu and others became the center of everyone's attention.

There were people in the crowd who knew Shen Xi, but more people were not familiar with it, but when they saw a teenager coming out with the person pushing the artillery, they guessed Shen Xi's identity, but quickly guessed a rough ...... Because the court entered the court as a teenager, only Shen Xi, the champion of the new department.

"Minister Shen Xi see Your Majesty."

Shen Xi took Zhang Laowu and others to salute Zhu Youji.

"Flat."

Zhu Youji's voice can finally be heard clearly this time.

Shen Xi stood up, but Zhang Lao Wu and the others next to him knelt on the ground as if they were deaf, and Shen Xi reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty let me get up." ”

"Emperor Xie!"

No one else spoke, but Zhang Lao Wu shouted, the voice was extremely poignant, with a bit of sincerity and fear, it seemed quite funny, and the crowd erupted in laughter.

The envoy shook his head again and again, feeling that this was a man who looked spineless, and his face was full of disdain.

The sound of the trumpet sounded, and it was the opening ceremony of the memorial ceremony.

Emperor Hongzhi personally climbed the sacrificial platform of several wooden steps to worship Taizu, and then worshiped Taizong, who had come here to hunt, and then recited the obituary written for him by the cabinet himself.

Everyone knelt respectfully, only the soldiers of the three armies in armor did not kneel, nor did the Uliangha people, who did not even symbolically salute with one hand on their chests.

The Uliangha people came to pay tribute, but they were brought in to participate in the hunting activities, and they were extremely dissatisfied, they maintained the usual arrogance of the steppe people, and did not regard themselves as the subjects of the vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but just looked at all this coldly.

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PS: The first update has arrived!

The current weather is really, it is cold when it rains, it is hot when it comes out of the sun, the temperature is between more than ten degrees and thirty-seven or eight degrees, it only takes half a day to achieve a seamless transition, and the body really can't stand it!

The Son of Heaven is still taking cold medicine and is dizzy, but when I think of everyone, I have to grit my teeth and insist no matter what, strive for more today, please continue to support the monthly pass!

Crying blood for a monthly pass! (To be continued.) )