In the midst of bursts of gunsmoke, a weak-crowned young man in a yellow robe and a melancholy face, accompanied by several eunuchs, walked to a row of erected wooden planks. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Of course, he is certainly none other than Emperor Chongzhen of the current dynasty,

The surface was already a little charred and blackened, and some gravel and iron were irregularly distributed. Chongzhen looked at it carefully, and from time to time he stretched out some and held them up and down in front of his eyes.

After a long time, he threw away the iron in his hand, turned to look coldly at the row of important court ministers who were standing.

Among them, there are not only cabinet officials like Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren, but also feudal officials like Wang Zaijin and Sun Chengzong, as well as a generation of writers like Qian Qianyi and Qian Longxi. There is even a person he specially summoned Cao Yubian to the matter, in order to call this guy who has always been outspoken in the court today, and give some guys who only know drowsiness all day long.

Well, when it comes to cannons, I don't know where Yuan Chonghuan and Bi Maokang have gone now. It's hard to come here, I'm afraid I'll have to wait another day today.

"Lai Qing, you immediately go outside the north city to greet Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, and Bi Maokang, the former right attendant of the military department, to see if the two of them are here. If not, you will wait at the gates for the night. ”

"Yes, I obey." Lai Kai led the order and left.

Needless to say, Yuan Chonghuan has just ascended the throne, and he has given several big gifts to the imperial court, and he has recently been able to "restore Liao in five years". Well, the revival of this dynasty may fall on this person's head. If it succeeds, then the high-ranking officials will be extremely popular ministers, even if the crown prince is added?

As for Bi Maokang, I didn't expect that he was a scholar and a first-class imperial historian, and he was still a great talent, and he made firearms comparable to Western ones by himself when he was in the military department. Such a character, I may have been a little inappropriate to let him go back then, and so is Xu Guangqi, why don't you say anything to me about it!

"Your Majesty—"

At this time, Wen Tiren peeked at Zhou Yanru, who was standing by his side, and stepped forward to remind:

"Xue Zhen, the governor of Yunyang Mansion in Huguang, has been ordered, today should be the time to enter Beijing, do you want to go down to the official to take a look in advance. Since his letter said that the overseas artifacts they obtained from Yunyang Mansion were very powerful, it was better to be careful. ”

"Overseas artifact?" Chongzhen suddenly pulled the corners of his mouth with disdain, and glanced at Wen Tiren coldly:

Wen Qing said this conclusively, but he had seen it with his own eyes. I might as well make it clear to you that this is why the Tartars outside the Guanxi are making too much trouble, and there are civil unrest everywhere in the Guan, so I am reluctant to teach him to enter Beijing to have a look. But that doesn't mean I really believed in him. Hmph, the wilderness, the wilderness, where did the overseas artifact come from? Let's see that he is here, if it is grandstanding and inviting merit, not to mention that he will be in prison, you will not be able to escape! ”

After a pause, Chongzhen suddenly raised his voice again and added a sentence with a little excitement:

"Even if it's really an overseas artifact, can it be compared to the Furlong machine red-coated cannon that Yuan Chonghuan is about to transport to me?"

"Yes, yes, the emperor is shengming, the emperor is shengming."

Wen Tiren retreated, only to find that he was shocked into a cold sweat in an instant.

The emperor in front of him is very different from the emperor he served after he became a jinshi that year. He has only been on the throne for a year, although he is not a weak crown, but he soon showed his great ambition to make great efforts, not only staying away from **, diligent in political affairs, but also guilty of his own edicts. It seems that I have hope for Ming Zhongxing!

Raising the sleeves of his robe, he was just about to secretly wipe his sweat, but Sun Chengzong, who had always been good friends with him, glanced at him and said in a low voice:

"Changqing, you are all people who are about to enter the cabinet, how do you act, you are still so disrespectful. Alas, you haven't been to Yunyang Mansion, the poor mountains and bad waters, the roads are difficult to travel, and the people are fierce. If it weren't for that, Emperor Taizu of my dynasty would not have sealed the mountain as soon as he ascended the throne, what kind of artifact could be produced there, could it be that Xue Zhen wants to harm you? ”

"This will not be broken," Wen Tiren had long forgotten to wipe his sweat, and shook his head again and again:

"In the early part of this month, the catastrophe in the northwest changed, and many rogues colluded with each other to make trouble in Yunyang Prefecture and in the areas of Hanzhong and Xi'an in Shaanxi. But there is a young man with a weak crown holding an artifact, if Zhao Zilong, a white horse and silver spear, killed in and out of Changban Slope back then, unscathed, and now it has already spread throughout the three prefectures and counties, and it is miraculous. Otherwise, I wouldn't have rashly accepted his Xue Zhen's recital and provoked the fire. ”

"You believe that!" Sun Chengzong sneered, and said with a smile:

"I want the old man to guard Ningjin for many years, commanding tens of thousands of troops, and dealing with the ferocious Jiannu in many ways, and I haven't seen a white-robed young general born out of nowhere."

"If you insist on saying one, it means that there is a Yuan Chonghuan for the old man to talk about. Hehe, Changqing, you'd better listen to this matter as a story. If it still doesn't work, I heard that Lord Qian has the heart to write a preface to the Water Margin singing book recently, why don't you also go and join in the fun? ”

As he was talking, there was a sudden burst of people outside the palace, and then the eunuch ran in in surprise and kowtowed:

"The emperor is shengming, the emperor is shengming, that Jiliao Governor Yuan Chengzhi really entered Beijing as scheduled, and is now waiting outside the palace, waiting for His Majesty's decree to meet you!"

"Spread quickly," Chongzhen turned around, also surprised, but his voice did not fall, and he immediately started to say:

"No, I can't wait, I'm going to meet my red-clothed cannon in person!"

Yuan Chonghuan, who was in the dust, was sorting out his clothes and armor up and down, where did he think that as soon as the eunuch left, the emperor came directly in front of him, and quickly knelt down and bowed down, but was stopped by Chongzhen in a vain manner:

"Yuan Qing has been tired all the way, please get up. As for the red-clad cannon, let's take a look! ”

When Yuan Chonghuan heard this, he hurriedly got up, came to a big cart in a few steps, waved away the soldiers gathered around the cart, personally lifted the red cloth covering it, and then bowed down and said:

"Your Majesty, this is the Shenwu red-coated cannon that I recently purchased from Francois on the 200-mile defense line of Liaojin, and now I respectfully invite the emperor to take a closer look."

"Great," Chongzhen stepped forward with an agitated face, staring at the thick cannon body without blinking, and looked up and down:

"I have no Ming Dynasty that can compare to Jiannu's iron horse, but now I have this Shenwu cannon. In the future, I will also teach those people who have become foreign to know that my Ming Dynasty has not declined, and I must not be bullied by others! ”

The ministers also gathered around from afar, staring at them without blinking, and from time to time they also bowed down and said with heartfelt emotion:

"Congratulations to the emperor, our dynasty finally has a Zhenguo divine soldier!"

Yuan Chonghuan was also agitated in his heart, and suddenly knelt down and said:

"Your Majesty, please show the emperor the magic of this red-clothed cannon now, Your Majesty must be very happy when you see it."

Hmm, Chongzhen nodded, and was about to respond, but was startled by Zhou Yanru glaring at Yuan Chonghuan and scolding:

"By all means, Lord Yuan, are you dizzy? What kind of place is this, let your red-coated cannon go off and pay it back, it's really unreasonable! ”

Zhou Yanru's words were like a basin of cold water pouring down his head, not only frightened Yuan Chonghuan, but even other important ministers reacted, and hurriedly reprimanded him, so as to clear himself as soon as possible.

"Okay," Chongzhen calmed down unconsciously, and snorted unhappily:

"Just now, the Divine Machine Camp Fire was fired, and I didn't see you say anything. Yuan Qing, I forgive you for your innocence, you can come with the adults with the red-clothed cannon. ”

Soon, the red-coated cannon was pushed to a specially opened field outside the palace, which was the place where the Shenji Battalion demonstrated the firing of firearms just now, which was somewhat similar to the kind of multi-functional training ground that Wendao had made in Liushuya Cottage, which could not only fire guns and target but also train soldiers.

The soldiers of the Shenji Battalion who were temporarily transferred over to do a demonstration were probably the first soldiers in the Ming army to hear about and have the privilege of seeing some gun drawings. As soon as the red-coated cannon appeared, it immediately caused a commotion among them.

The leader of the team was a lieutenant general, and he wanted to try his best to suppress it, and he was afraid that the emperor would not like it when he saw it, so he found that a eunuch ran in in a hurry, glanced at the cannon, and finally looked at the emperor who was moving with the red-clothed cannon excitedly.

Under the sympathy of the same disease, Sun Chengzong, the prefect who happened to pass by, walked in front of him, so he hurriedly bowed down and helped the eunuch to speak. Sun Chengzong glared at him fiercely, then looked out of the hall, and shouted in the end:

"Your Majesty, Lord Xue Zhen of Huguang Yunyang Mansion seems to have also arrived outside the hall. It's also a double happiness, so it's better to ask him to come in and see how the so-called overseas artifact is different from the red-coated cannon, or is it the same one, each with its own superiority, and it just gives us a glimpse of the leopard. ”

This is Sun Chengzong, who has been supervising the north for many years, working hard, and if anyone is changed, he is afraid that the emperor will turn his face on the spot.

Chongzhen glanced at this side, then nodded and said, "Pass him in." ”

The red-clothed cannon had just been set up on the sidelines, and Xue Zhen, who was also dressed in dust, bowed his head and walked in quickly, looked at Chongzhen and bowed:

"Wechen is late, long live my emperor, long live!"

When Xue Zhen had done a full set of etiquette as a courtier, Chongzhen bowed his head slightly and said:

"Excuse me, Xue Qing, what about the things you brought to me, but it's outside the hall?"

Without waiting for Xue Zhen to speak, Chongzhen followed up with his command:

"Come on, send the utensils sent by Yunyang Mansion as soon as possible, and present them to me."

Sun Chengzong glanced at Xue Zhen, who was trembling, and then handed a look to Yuan Chonghuan, the proud successor he had strongly recommended all the way, as if to say, look, different people have different circumstances.

Where did Yuan Chonghuan dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied with a grateful look.

Wen Tiren on the side saw it in his eyes, and he sighed silently, alas! Lord Xue, Lord Xue, I hope you don't hurt anyone!

Several sturdy imperial guards, holding something that was also covered with red cloth, rushed in, and at Chongzhen's signal, they were lined up one after another, deliberately placed with the red-clothed cannon.

The important minister, who reacted quickly, suddenly had a big head:

What is Your Majesty going to do, is it ......