"Back to the principal. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" He Jiong replied, "It is currently being investigated." Since Xie Tian disappeared in Tianjin, our Second General Affairs Department has never found him, and his subordinates wonder if he went to Liaodong Tartar. ”

"It doesn't matter where he is." Wang Hua said coldly, "You have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death." ”

Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao were going to Beijing, and before leaving, Jiang Beiming and Yao Hanshi held a wedding. This wedding was even more lively than Xu Lang and Liu Guannan's, because Wang Chengen, Wang Kezong, Xie Kui and others all participated, and Jiang Beiming is now a celebrity in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen.

After Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao left, Yulinwan adjusted the entire work. After being recognized by Wang Kezong, the tentacles of Yulin Bay extended to the entire Qiongzhou Mansion. Lin Zhaolong and Zeng Guangxian were responsible for starting a new round of conscription on the entire Hainan Island, striving to expand the Yulin Army to 10,000 men within half a year to a year; Xu Lang, Ma Jiqi, Lin Chao and others began to open schools in various states and counties to train various talents; Shen Daxing, together with Song Yingxing, stepped up the development of steam engines, mini bombs, and flowering bombs. No one knows if Huang Taiji's side is also developing some new weapons, so Yulin Bay must speed up. The current situation is no longer a race against Huang Taiji, but both sides are racing against technology, and when the next time there is a war, it may be a new round of science and technology competition.

Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao followed Wang Chengen for a month before arriving in Beijing.

Outside the noon gate, two people wearing brand-new Ming official uniforms were waiting for Emperor Chongzhen's summons, and a chief eunuch was impatiently teaching the two people about the various matters of the saint.

A little eunuch hurriedly ran out of the Forbidden City: "There is a decree from the saint, Xuan Nanwei guerrilla general Jiang Beiming and Qianhu Han Wantao will meet you." ”

"Commandment."

Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao straightened their clothes and followed the little eunuch into the Forbidden City.

As soon as they entered the Jinluan Palace, both of them paused. Although both of them are from four hundred years later, and they have seen what the ministers looked like on TV in their previous lives, the first time they saw it with their own eyes, the two of them still felt that the power of the Son of Heaven was indeed extraordinary.

"Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao came to meet." Wang Chengen stood beside Chongzhen and shouted.

The two of them hurriedly walked a few steps and knelt down on their knees: "Minister Jiang Beiming and Minister Han Wantao come to see my emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"The two Aiqing are even." Chongzhen looked at the two people up and down, left and right, "Sure enough, he is the general of the three armies of Yongguan, and the minister of the pillars of my Ming Dynasty." ”

"Thank you for the compliment." The two men replied in unison.

"The two Aiqing are really the remnants of the Song Dynasty after Yashan?" Chongzhen asked.

Jiang Beiming stepped forward and replied: "Long live Qiyu, the ministers are indeed the remnants of the Song Dynasty. After the ancestors of the ministers and other ancestors, they went overseas for hundreds of years. Chen encountered a storm at sea four years ago and drifted to Yulin Bay in Yazhou. Fortunately, the Ming people of Yazhou took good care of the ministers, and the ministers settled down in Yulin Bay, and it has been four years so far. ”

"I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, are benevolent and righteous, and I will naturally treat you and others well." Chongzhen nodded, "Chen Yingyuan, the governor of Denglai, has played, you have contributed a lot to this surprise attack on Shengjing, and it is rare for you to be loyal to Daming." ”

"Long live Qiyu." Jiang Beiming played, "Our ancestors fought in Yashan and suffered the pain of destroying the country and destroying the species. Although we are overseas, our hearts are towards China. God bless China, God bless the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu is wise and martial, and I Huaxia rebuilds the sky, which is our fortunate thing. Now that we are in turmoil, we are the descendants of China, so how can we stand by and watch? A little bit of power is not worth the praise of long live and your adults. ”

"Okay, that's right." Chongzhen looked at Jiang Beiming with satisfaction, and then turned to the ministers, "Ladies and gentlemen, if everyone in my Ming Dynasty is like this, and they all have a heart of loyalty to the monarch and serve the country, why worry about the immortality of the Tartars." ”

The ministers at the foot of the stairs looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, and no one answered. The fiasco of Xuanfu Town and Datong Town made these ministers dare not say anything, and no one knows which sentence will anger the emperor and disgrace his official position.

Wen Tiren walked out of the crowd: "The two generals are too modest, and the two have made such great achievements, and their loyalty is commendable." It's just that I don't know why the two of them hit the Tartars with 3,000 troops, and they still have quite a success? ”

"No other." Han Wantao replied, "It's just that the soldiers use their lives. ”

"Back to this lord." Jiang Beiming didn't know Wen Tiren, so he replied, "Tartars are indeed brave, but Tartars are also human. As long as my Ming soldiers work together, practice hard, dare to fight, and be able to fight, why worry about tens of thousands of Tartars. ”

"Chiang's guerrilla." Another person stood up in the crowd, "Do you mean that I am overwhelmed by the Ming soldiers?" ”

"Definitely." Jiang Beiming shook his hand at the official, then turned to Chongzhen and said, "Long live Qiyu, the minister will tell the truth." My Ming soldiers are more than brave, not good at fighting, and there are too many shortcomings in the Ming army, so there are many orders. If we want our Ming army to become a victorious army, I think it needs to be vigorously rectified. ”

As soon as Jiang Beiming's words came out, a discussion immediately sounded in the Jinluan Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen looked up at Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen nodded knowingly.

"Ladies and gentlemen." Wang Chengen stepped forward and said, "That's all for today's court meeting, do you have any recitals to transfer to the celebrant supervisor." General Jiang, Han Qianhu, long live the Lord gave a banquet to nourish the heart hall and retired from the dynasty. ”

"Thank you, Lord Long." Under the envious eyes of the ministers, Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao both fell to their knees.

Before coming to Beijing, Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao had a long talk with Lu Tianxiang, Xu Lang and others. Lu Tianxiang made a comprehensive analysis of Chongzhen's character from the records of historical materials, Xu Lang and Liu Guannan from Chongzhen's age. Everyone finally unified their understanding, although Chongzhen's character is a little capricious, but now Chongzhen is only 23 years old, and in terms of psychological age, it still belongs to a stage full of dreams.

Especially with an identity like Chongzhen and the environment he faces, it is difficult for him to find any psychological support among the ministers, and maybe the current Chongzhen will not be believed by anyone except Wang Chengen. Therefore, Lu Tianxiang's suggestion to Jiang Beiming is to start with more encouragement, to build a grand blueprint for Chongzhen, and to stimulate his young heart. Only in this way can Chongzhen's trust be obtained, and only when he is trusted can he proceed to the next step.

Beijing is no better than Yulin Bay, where all kinds of forces and relationships are intricate, and there are only two people in Beijing now, Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao, not to mention Yulin Bay, where a crossing conference can be held if there are difficulties.

Therefore, in the end, Lu Tianxiang's instructions to Jiang Beiming and Han Wantao on behalf of the entire crossing group were to first gain the absolute trust of Emperor Chongzhen and ensure their own safety, and then to balance various relationships and open up all aspects of power. On this basis, it was decided how to transform the current Ming Dynasty army.

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, one by one the delicacies passed in front of Chongzhen, and were served down, and there were only a few dishes in front of Chongzhen.

A sentence suddenly popped up in Jiang Beiming's heart: "A bite of food on the case, thousands of people's food." ”

"Two Aiqing." Chongzhen looked at the dishes in front of him but didn't move, "This time in Liaodong, you Yulin Bay have contributed a lot. I've heard that you have any firearms that are better than those of the Hongyi, is that true? ”

"Long live Hui." Jiang Beiming replied, "This matter is true. The ancestor of the minister, when he was living abroad, reflected on the suffering of destroying the country several times. Therefore, they devoted themselves to the development of firearms, and the ministers and others assisted Lord Chen to achieve a great victory in Liaodong this time, also by virtue of the benefits of firearms. ”

"My Da Ming God Machine Battalion is also equipped with a lot of firearms, but why can't I stop the Tartars?" Chongzhen asked again.

Jiang Beiming heard Lu Tianxiang say that according to historical records, the Shenji Battalion Car Battalion compiled by Sun Chengzong in this era had more than 6,600 officers and soldiers, but only 256 bird guns were equipped, and more than 1,700 three-eyed guns were equipped. This is mainly due to the severe cold weather and strong wind and sand in the northern region, which is not suitable for the use of bird guns, so a large number of three-eyed guns are equipped. However, the Ming Dynasty's three-eyed guns were too close in range, only at a distance of thirty or forty meters, and they were too slow to reload, and they could not stop the Manchu bows and arrows in actual combat.

Seeing Chongzhen asking, Jiang Beiming replied: "Long live, although the Shenji Battalion has many firearms, the range is not enough in actual combat, and the rate of fire is slow, so the effect is not as good as the Tartar's bow and arrow." ”

"Really?" Chongzhen was silent in a low voice.

"Hooray." Han Wantao thought about it for a while and decided to pour some cold water on Chongzhen first, "Although the Ming soldiers are more than brave, they just have different orders. On the battlefield, it is a matter of concerted efforts, not individual bravery, and if everyone does not obey the orders, then even if there are good weapons and brave soldiers, it may be difficult to win. ”

After Han Wantao said this, Wang Chengen, who was beside Chongzhen, changed color first, and secretly complained in his heart: "Before facing the saint, our family had already explained, and we couldn't disobey the meaning of the saint, how could these two people talk like this now." ”

Chongzhen's face was really not very good-looking: "Han Aiqing, is my Ming soldier really useless?" ”

Jiang Beiming left his seat and knelt down on one knee: "Long live Qiyu, the ministers and others are dedicated to thinking about Long Live and the Ming Dynasty, and if there is a place that provokes Long Live the anger, I hope that Long Live will be gracious." But what Han Qianhu said was right, when Qi Shaobao was in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Ping, it was also because the soldiers of the guard were overwhelmed, so 3,000 soldiers were selected among the miners to train the Qi family's army. Long live the wise and martial arts, comparable to Yao Shun, don't you want to have a strong army in the north according to the Tartars, the internal level, and create a foundation for everything? ”

After Jiang Beiming finished speaking, his heart was also secretly empty, whether these words of himself and Han Wantao would encourage or stimulate Chongzhen.

Chongzhen's face gradually calmed down: "Two Aiqing, I hope you have something to say, don't be like those ministers, come to deceive me." ”

"Long live Qiyu." Jiang Beiming was ruthless, and said what he had thought of, "I have a Tartar on the outside and a rogue on the inside; There are also Hongyi people in the southwest sea; North Korea is now also the first to do so. If you want to destroy the Tartars, adverate the Kou, and stabilize my future, you must have a good fighting army. But if you want to train such a strong team, what you need is silver, and it is the wholehearted efforts of the Ming court. ”

"Hooray." Han Wantao also knelt down and said, "When the ministers were overseas, they knew that the world was big, far from being comparable to my Central Plains. Now the Hongyi people are expanding their territory with their ships and guns, and I am far from being as good as others. ”

"Han Qianhu." Wang Chengen was angry first, "What do you mean by that?" Is my Heavenly Empire inferior to that barbarian state? ”

"The prince is angry." Jiang Beiming stood up and took out a canvas from his clothes for the two little eunuchs to unfold, "Long live, please look, this is the general trend of the world." ”

On the canvas is a map of the world, Jiang Beiming pointed to the map and began to introduce: "Long live, please see, the yellow place in the middle of this map is where my Celestial Dynasty is located, the west is where the Hongyi people live, and the Tartars outside the gate are in this position." ”

Jiang Beiming extended his finger to the Americas, Africa and Australia: "These places are flat and rich in production, and there are no people yet. This is my God-given opportunity for the Ming Dynasty, and my Ming Dynasty has expanded its territory, just in these places. (To be continued.) )