After retreating from the court, Li Sancai led a group of people, and angrily walked to Gu Xiancheng's side and asked, "Uncle, what you did today is not kind!" You have made us all miserable, and you said that you made such a big decision and didn't discuss it with us, so we can only passively donate silver today. ”

After hearing this, Gu Xiancheng shook his head helplessly and said with a bitter smile: "Daofu, what I did today is not my intention, and I also have a last resort." ”

Zuo Guangdou on the side pointed at Gu Xiancheng's nose and scolded: "Uncle, is this the reason why you cheated us?" If you hadn't taken the lead in donating money today, how would we have given money? You are really generous, donating 100,000 taels of silver at one time. Today, our civil and military officials have donated 12 million taels of silver, which is not a small amount. ”

Gu Xiancheng said with a wry smile: "My lords, today's incident is indeed too much for Uncle Shi, and I admit that you blame me." It's just that my grandson's life is in the hands of His Majesty, my Gu family has been passed down for eight generations, Jing Jun passed away early in order to save the driver, and my Gu family is in this single seedling, is it possible that I want to watch my old Gu family cut off children and grandchildren? A hundred years later, what will I be like to see the ancestors of my Gu family? ”

After everyone heard Gu Xiancheng finish speaking, they had nothing to say. You can't let Uncle Shi put his grandson's life on the line in order to prevent His Majesty from reducing taxes. It would be better if there were grandchildren in the family, but the problem was that the old Gu family had this only seedling, and if something happened to this single seedling, then the Gu family would be cut off from grandchildren.

Unfilial piety is the greatest, and even the common people know this truth, not to mention the first assistant who reads poetry and books.

Li Sancai gently patted Gu Xiancheng's shoulder, and said helplessly: "Hey! Uncle Shi is such an important matter, why don't you tell us in advance! If we had known in advance, we would have tried to intercede together, and Your Majesty would not have dared to insist on killing your grandson. ”

"Yes, uncle, Your Majesty has to sell our old guy some face, if we intercede together, Your Majesty will also have to weigh the consequences of offending us. Today's matter, we Donglin people understand you and say something, those Qi, Chu, Zhejiang, Xuan, Kun and other henchmen will not understand you, you have to be careful in the future, after all, there are too many people offended today. ”

"When I made that decision, I had already thought about what would happen to those people. I can't help it, I can't just watch my grandson die. I also advise you, let the juniors in the family be a little more restrained in Beijing, and now the prince and Princess Kunxing sometimes go out on patrol. This time, my grandson is planted in the hands of the two of them, who would have thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Kunxing would not stay in the palace and go outside the palace to play? ”

"Do you want us to impeach the crown prince someday? After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still young, and the royal family is now a male of His Royal Highness the Prince. If something happens to His Royal Highness the Prince, I'm afraid that I will have no successor! ”

Gu Xiancheng thought about it, and hurriedly refused: "This matter must not be allowed, the prince transferred Shi Kefa to support Liu Chengye to intercept the grain and grass, and this time the uncle was planted in the hands of the prince, His Royal Highness the prince is in the heart of His Majesty, I am afraid that he is the best candidate to succeed to the throne." ”

"The impeachment of His Royal Highness the Prince, I'm afraid it won't be so simple, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the eldest son, whether it is according to the ancestral family law or the rules of succession, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the best candidate for the throne, unless the prince dies early, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now surrounded by heavy guards, and ordinary people may not be able to enter His Royal Highness the Prince's body at all, let alone assassinate him."

A group of people chattered and discussed for a long time, but they didn't come up with a reason, so they could only sigh and go home.

The next day, the imperial court passed on the news of the five-year tax exemption, and the people heard that they did not have to pay taxes for five years, and they danced happily, and spontaneously took to the street one by one to sing the praises of Chongzhen's love for the people like a son.

At the same time, the Donglin Party impeached Zhu Cihong for leaving the palace without authorization on the grounds that the royal family was thin. In order to protect Zhu Cihong's safety, Chongzhen had no choice but to issue a ban, and ordered Zhu Cihong not to leave the palace without authorization on the grounds that the prince was young.

Although the order forbade Zhu Cihong to leave the palace without permission, Zhu Cihong always secretly hid in Zhu Yujiao's carriage and then sneaked out of the palace. After the Donglin Party members found out, they impeached the prince every time he left the palace without permission, but Chongzhen turned a blind eye every time, and he didn't dare to send someone to assassinate Zhu Cihong, so he could only hate the root of his teeth.

Five years have passed in the blink of an eye, and everything has been on the right track in these five years, and after Yuan Shikang's unremitting efforts, it has finally been improved on the basis of the original rice, so that the rice yield can be increased by three percent on the original basis. The only drawback is that the land requirements are extremely high, and the land must be very fertile in order to survive, and if it is placed on barren land, before the harvest, it is almost dead.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong did not popularize the improved rice, but only selected fertile land on his own land to grow this kind of improved rice.

After five years of research, the Ordnance Bureau successfully improved the firebolt on the basis of the impact flintlock pistol introduced from Europe, and configured a more powerful bullet according to the gunpowder ratio, so that the power of the firearm has been qualitatively improved compared with before.

The gun can be loaded with five rounds, and after the gun is loaded, the trigger is pulled to fire the bullet, and the cartridge case is then ejected, and then the bolt is pulled to push the bullet up to fire the next round. Because he was worried that the firepower of the five-method bullet was limited after all, Zhu Cihong developed the bayonet in advance.

The bayonet is about two feet long, the cross-sectional shape of the blade is a sharp inverted triangle, and there are blood grooves milled on both sides, its function is to pierce the human body, so that the blood quickly flows out along the groove, so as to facilitate the withdrawal of the bayonet for the next attack.

There is a handguard under the front end of the firearm, the handguard is a whole piece, the upper end has a muzzle collar, the lower end has a handguard hook, there is a hanging ring on the military bayonet grid, there is a bayonet at the end of the handle, the hanging ring is hung on the muzzle, and the tail is stuck on the bayonet seat, so the bayonet is successfully installed.

The effective firing distance of this firearm is up to 300 paces, and it can fire all five bullets in 20 seconds. Of course, there are still some shortcomings of the weapon, such as the difficulty of loading and rejecting the ammunition, the poor reliability of the shell, and the long vacuum period of firepower after the five-method bullet is fired. However, compared with foreign firearms such as Spain and Portugal, it is still much ahead. Because this firearm was launched in Chongzhen ten years, Zhu Cihong named it a zero-type rifle.

In addition, due to the improvement of the gunpowder formula, the grenade was also available in advance. The grenade is cylindrical in shape, with a cord hanging from the detonator inside the blast head into a hollow grip, ending in a small ceramic ball and secured with a removable bottom cover. To use a grenade, unscrew the bottom cover so that the ball and drawstring fall out. Pulling the drawstring pulls a rough-surfaced iron through the detonator, causing it to ignite and cause the five-second fuse to start burning.

Each grenade weighs about three catties, is about one foot high, and because of the use of the lever principle, the projection range is as high as 150 steps, and some powerful soldiers can throw 180 steps, or even 200 steps. In addition, because the charge is full, the killing radius of the explosion is as high as five feet. This is an extremely terrifying number, the killing range of a grenade is about seven meters, and you must know that the killing range of a red-coat cannon is only nine meters.