Zhengde didn't want to go to court today, but in order to calm the hearts of the ministers, he still came out to meet, but now he is angry when he sees the ministers, and he really doesn't speculate for half a sentence.

The ministers knelt on the ground in an uproar, Liu Jixiang enjoyed this feeling for the first time, he glanced at the ministers who knelt on the ground, and only felt that an indescribable momentum in his chest was overflowing, which was called control and power and feeling, which made him intoxicated.

"The First Decree!" He took out the holy decree, slowly unfolded it, and said in a shrill voice:

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: The British Duke Zhang Lun has been in charge of the three major battalions of the Beijing camp for decades, and he has worked hard and made great achievements, and he is also old, so he should go home to be honored, and the edict and decree will be sent to order Zhang Yanchang, the Marquis of Shouning, to return to Beijing and take charge of the military affairs of the three major battalions of the Beijing army. Then, Zhu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo, immediately set off for Guangdong and took charge of the Southern Expedition! Chin this! ”

As soon as this will was recited, Zhang Lun, the British prince who stood at the head of the sequence of military generals and relatives, and was even higher than Jiang Bin, suddenly turned pale.

Zhang Lun is the third generation of British dukes, and now there are only five dukes of the Ming Dynasty: the Duke of Qianguo, the Duke of Wei, the Duke of Dingguo, the Duke of Chengguo, and the Duke of England!

These five were all canonized by Taizu and Chengzu. Of course, the later Yingzong Xianzong Xiaozong also had their own canonizations, such as Zhu Yong, Duke of Baoguo, Zhou Neng, Duke of Ningguo, etc., but these are basically extinct for a lifetime, that is, the descendants are enthroned, and they are also demoted to marquises.

Among them, the Duke of Wei and the Duke of Qianguo were canonized by Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning, and in addition to the lineage of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, who was loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and the distant town of Yunnan, Mu Ying, the Duke of Qianguo, who was too far away from the capital. The twenty-two grandfathers of the Ming Dynasty who were canonized by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, and the Emperor Xuanli Wuchenguo were basically killed by this master who killed people without blinking. And the eight Fengtianjing who were canonized by the Yongle Dynasty were also convicted. The revocation that has been revoked, and the only ones that can survive until now are the Dingguo Gong and the British Gong.

Among them, Dingguo Gong is this branch. It was separated from the Duke of Wei, and the first Dingguo Duke was the younger brother of Xu Huizu, the second Duke of Wei, and Xu Huizu and Xu Zengshou were both the younger brothers of Empress Xu of the Yongle Emperor.

Xu Huizu was loyal to Emperor Jianwen, and in the course of the four years of Jingjing, he repeatedly led troops to meet Emperor Yongle, and Emperor Yongle suffered the most ruthless times, all of which were fought by Xu Huizu with troops.

And Xu Zengshou is the opposite. This brother-in-law is especially towards his brother-in-law, Xu Zengshou took his father's shadow to serve as the governor of Zuodu, and Emperor Jianwen suspected that Zhu Di, the king of Yan, was anti-Yan, and asked Xu Zengshou questions. Xu Zengshou said: "King Yan and the first emperor are in the same air, and they are extremely rich, why do they still rebel?" ”

In the next four years, Xu Zengshou repeatedly told Zhu Di about the deployment in Beijing. It was later discovered by Emperor Jianwen. After the Yan army crossed the Yangtze River, Emperor Jianwen summoned Xu Zengshou to the front of the emperor and questioned him face to face, but Xu Zengshou could not answer, and Emperor Jianwen was furious. Kill him on the spot. After Zhu Di ascended the throne, he was posthumously named the Marquis of Wuyang, and he was loyal to him; Later, he was crowned the Duke of Dingguo, and his son Xu Jingchang succeeded him.

Hongwu heroes, but Xu Da's descendants are two princes and live in two capitals.

And the British Gong is not inferior to the Dingguo Gonglai, this line is the descendant of Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu with the Yan King Zhu Di launched the battle of Jingjing, which has many military exploits, and then died in the battle of Dongchang to save Zhu Di. After Zhu Di became the emperor, he thought that he was the first hero of Jingnan, and posthumously presented him as the Duke of Rongguo, and he was loyal to him. Ming Renzong was crowned as the king of Hejian, changed his loyalty to martial arts, and shared the ancestral temple court with Zhu Neng, Wang Zhen, Yao Guangxiao and other Jingnan heroes.

Zhang Yu's eldest son, Zhang Fu, was named the Duke of England, the second son was named Wen Anbo, the third son was named the Marquis of Taiping, the son Zhang Xin, the hereditary Jinyi Wei commander Tongzhi, and the daughter was Zhu Di's Zhaoyi concubine.

A family, a duke, a marquis, an uncle and a concubine can be described as extremely glorious. …,

And Zhang Fu needless to say, almost single-handedly pacified Annan, changed to Jiaoluan, and then put down the rebellion four times, during the Xuande period, led the army to quell the rebellion of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, and then died in Tumubao with Yingzong.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the first duke of the Ming Dynasty and the first prince of the Ming Dynasty were not the Duke of Wei and the Duke of Dingguo, but the Duke of England. The British duke is not only honorable, but also has real power, this generation of British duke from the tenth year of Zhengde, has begun to control the three major battalions of the Beijing army, hundreds of thousands of troops under his hands, even when Liu Jin was at the height of his power, he did not dare to offend him.

This person is also quite conscientious, in charge of the Beijing army for forty-two years, except for when he is sick and can't get up, he doesn't get up early to inspect, and the Beijing army has not broken out in these years There is no news about officer corruption, harsh soldiers, etc., it can be said that the government and the opposition are quite praised, but I didn't expect that this time the emperor was cleanly given 'home and honored', to put it nicely, isn't it dismissed!

Zhang Lun's face was miserable, his heart was full of grief and injustice, he has been in charge of the Beijing army for more than 40 years, and he has no merit and hard work, but if he says this, he will be masturbated, who can stand it? I can only sigh, thunder and rain are all Jun'en!

Zhang Lun didn't dare to show the emotions in his heart at all, and thanked him loudly.

Everyone was in their hearts, knowing that the Holy Lord had begun to adjust the upper ruling forces in the Beijing army, but he was trying his best to maintain the stability of the situation.

Liu Jixiang unfolded the second holy decree again, and read aloud: "Fengtian carries the emperor, the edict says: I am in poor health, I want to go out of the palace to recuperate, from today onwards, move to the Yanshan Dynasty Palace, select palace people to accompany you, Jinyi Wei Han general, standard-bearer Wei Inner Court guard, government army avant-garde with sword officer accompaniment, Jinwu avant-garde, Yulin avant-garde, government army guard, Huben left guard, Jinwu left guard, Jinwu right guard, Yanshan left guard, Yanshan right guard, Yanshan avant-garde, Daxing left guard, Jiyang guard, Jeju guard, Tongzhou Wei thirteen guards and Beijing Army Shenji Battalion, three thousand battalions accompanying the escort. The left guard and the right guard of Teng Xiang were stationed in the nine cities, and the left guard of Wu Xiang and the right guard of Wu Xiang were stationed in the imperial city, thinking that they were barriers. ”

"The three scholars, the six Shangshu and the right attendant, and the chief officials of each department will all accompany them, and all the matters will be sent to the Yanshan Imperial Palace for disposal, and they must not act recklessly. Chin this! ”

As soon as this decree was made, there was a buzzing discussion below.

It is understandable that the emperor wants to go to the palace to recuperate, but the problem is that almost all the chief officials of the court have to accompany him. It is even more necessary to go to 13 of the 26 guards plus the 3,000 battalions of the Shenji Battalion in the Beijing army to escort them, which is almost 200,000 troops! I went to Yanshan for more than 240 miles, all the way. It can be said that it is a waste of money and labor. How much does it cost to just transport grain from the capital?

Like the previous emperors, Zhengde can be said to be extremely free. For example, his father, Emperor Hongzhi, has let the civil officials manage the Forbidden City a few times in his life, and when Zhengde was young, he went to Xuanfu, Datong, and Jiangnan. Hundreds of officials have also gone out to the palace with the emperor a few times before, but none of them have such a large scale.

It's just that Zhengde has already discussed this issue with those court bigwigs before, and the cabinet is three assistants. The six Shangshu books are all silent, and naturally no one below opposes them.

"The Third Decree!" Liu Jixiang said: "Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: Tell the garrisons of the guards in various places, strictly guard the passes, and the whole army is on alert, and all vassal kings must not leave the fiefdom without permission and enter Beijing without a will, otherwise they will be punished for rebellion!" Chin this! ”

This decree. But it is a matter of course, and it should be done in order to stabilize the situation.

After Liu Jixiang finished reading, the ministers shouted long live, and they received these three holy decrees. As for the order to elect the prince to listen to the government, Zhengde didn't think about announcing it in the court at all, so as not to be opposed. …,

When the ministers all stood up, Zhengde squinted his eyes and said lightly: "Rank ministers, let's go back and prepare!" At noon today, we set off for the Yanshan Palace. Scatter the dynasty! ”

Then he stood up and walked towards the back of the temple.

The ministers hurriedly knelt down to see the emperor again.

After going down to the court, there was naturally a lot of discussion, and each had its own plans not to mention.

These court officials have also followed Emperor Zhengde out of Beijing several times, and naturally they are also familiar with the road, so they have gone home one after another, preparing carriages and horses, and preparing to set off.

In the palace, there are naturally official offices and the like, as well as the residences of the ministers, and these residences are also built quite luxuriously and gorgeously, at least much better than the homes of some medium-sized Beijing officials. And not long after the Yanshan Dynasty Hall was built, everyone went for the first time, but they heard that the pavilions and buildings there were thousands of times more magnificent and majestic than the Forbidden City, and this residence must be satisfactory.

At noon, everyone gathered outside the Desheng Gate at the north gate of the city, and at a glance, there were all accompanying cars, and these officials were also shrewd, for fear of displeasing the emperor, so they all chose the old carriage of the family, which looked quite shabby.

And the 13 guards of the 26 guards who followed him were also waiting in a neat line outside the Desheng Gate.

At noon, the emperor's chariot slowly drove out of the city under the escort of a large number of palace maids and the Shenji battalion and the 3,000 battalions of the Beijing army.

Hundreds of thousands of troops accompanied them, mighty and mighty, and the ranks stretched for fifty miles.

The Holy Driver went north.

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Herod neighed with a war horse, and dozens of divine horses wearing three-layer foam nail cotton vests stopped on the side of the street, and the hooves nailed to the hooves of the horses the size of a war horse bowl trampled dozens of stars on the big bluestone slab.

The war horse stopped, dozens of guards in full armor dismounted first, and were on strict alert, Lian Zining turned over and dismounted, he was dressed in a brocade shirt with big sleeves, a plain jade belt hanging from his waist, and two drop-shaped jade pendants, his hair was neatly tied, and he was wearing a gauze hat made of black gold on his head, and a green jade hairpin was inserted in the middle. Between the sleeves of the robe, it is an upright Wei and Jin style, like a beautiful son in the world.

This is the west city of Zhenyuan Mansion and the location of the Yamen of the Ordnance Bureau.

Wu Yijun Armament Bureau supervised the construction, and the deputy of the fifth rank Qianhu Gonzalez had already waited respectfully at the door with a cadre under his hands.

They are now very different from when they were just escorted from Guangdong to Leling County, when Gonzalez and the others were ragged, yellow and thin, although the bone frame was quite large, but they were also so thin that only the bone frame remained. And with Lian Zining in the past few years, life has been very comfortable, and at this time, these former Sicilian thugs have regained their fat and physical health. The level of physical fitness is similar to that of the first time when they scurried through the jungle to attack the armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire.

They have been with Lian Zining for so long, and they can be said to have made a lot of contributions to Wu Yijun's research on guns and artillery and making various firearms - now that Wu Yijun can come this far and achieve such military achievements, they can account for at least 20% of the credit! If they are natives of the Ming Dynasty. Then they must have been in a high position at this time, but they were Europeans - the Fanbang barbarians in the eyes of the Ming people at this time were despised. They are very despised - and secondly, because they are not soldiers, but craftsmen.

The craftsman was of a very humble status in the Ming Dynasty.

For these two reasons. Therefore, their current official ranks are generally not very high, and the highest governor Gonzalez is only a positive fifth rank - but Lian Zining has never treated them badly, not only giving them freedom, money and glory, but also giving them a status that is not low. Now the Europeans who came with Gonzalez basically have a job at this time, ranging from the general flag to the small flag, but they are always flat-headed soldiers. Even the first batch of blacksmiths recruited from Shandong had the experience of these two years. Although he has no real power in hand, he also has the title of an officer. …,

Of course, in terms of money, even Zining has never treated them badly, all of them come according to their military ranks, and how rich is Wu Yijun's salary?

The whole Wu Yijun knew how important firearms were, and they also knew that the uncle valued these Fanbang people very much, and he respected them a lot. At least not to be disdainful.

So these people are also quite comfortable here, with power, money and status, and the only thing they don't have is women. In the military city of Zhenyuan Mansion, there are too few women, and even Gonzarena's concubine is still in Leling County at this time and has not been taken over. The others said that they could only rely on the five girls to survive.

Gonzalez and his party are already wearing Daming clothes at this time, if you don't pay attention, you will think it is a group of Daming people from a distance!

Seeing Lian Zining striding over, Gonzalez hurriedly knelt down to salute, and fell to his knees in an uproar behind him.

Now Lian Zining is accustomed to this, he can only be kneeled by others, and he can't kneel on someone else's pair of knees, so why not let others kneel? In this era, if you don't let him kneel, he will feel uncomfortable.

When everyone knelt down and kowtowed, Lian Zining helped Gonzalez up, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Lao Gang, but I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

"yes!" Gonzalez said: "It's been half a year since the last time adults came here!" ”

Gonzalez is a measured person, and he thinks that these people are not from the Ming clan and have a low status, so he doesn't dare to see Lian Zining easily, so as not to be felt by his uncle that he doesn't know his self-respect, plus there are no new research results during this time, but there is no reason to see it.

He smiled: "I miss adults very much." ”

"Don't think about me! Seep panic! Lian Zining laughed, Gonzalez was stunned, and he also laughed out loud, Lian Zining's joke brought the sense of alienation that he hadn't seen for a long time closer.

Lian Zining glanced around and asked, "Where is Qiwei?" It's been a long time since I've seen her! ”

Gonzalez was thoughtful, his eyes blinked slyly, and he smiled: "She went to learn archery from Xia Zikai's wife's sister." ”

He continued, "Do you want to find someone to call her back?" ”

"Is that White Akihara again?" Lian Zining waved his hand: "That's it, let's go, let's go in, I haven't been here for a while, you have to give me a good talk." ”

As he spoke, he strode into the house.

As he walked, Gonzalez said beside him, "Your Excellency, you're here just in time, isn't it almost winter?" Our Ordnance Bureau has made statistics for the first three quarters of this year, and it was just done yesterday. The copper and iron consumed in these days, the cost spent, the number of flintlock pistols and cannons produced on which day and day, and the amount of ammunition produced are all clearly recorded. ”

"Don't look!" Lian Zining waved his hand: "How can I have so much time to look at Lao Shizi's things, you can just tell me about it." ”

Gonzalez said, "Gotcha! ”

"But!" Lian Zining glanced at him with a smile: "Those statistical account books, if you send them to the mansion later, I don't read them, but it doesn't mean that others won't read them, if there are any mistakes in them, damaging the public and private interests, and corrupting the law, I won't spare it." ”

Gonzalez hurriedly said: "How dare the inferior people be treated so favorably by adults? If it is serious, you don't need to use your hands to mark it and cut off your own head. ”

Lian Zining patted him on the shoulder and let out a long breath: "That's good, you are very important to me, our Wu Yijun can have the scale of today, your Arsenal Bureau, you are indispensable, I don't want you to fall on such a trivial matter!" If you feel that the salary is too little, even if you open your mouth, our Wu Yijun is not short of this little money, and you serve under me, so you can't treat you badly! ”…,

If you say that the words just now are a stick, these words are carrots, and now the carrots and sticks are used, Lian Zining has long been very familiar with it, and at this time, Gonzalez is grateful in his heart, and he supports and loves Lian Zining from the bottom of his heart.

Gonzalez sorted out his thoughts and said, "If you want to listen, then you will say it one by one." ”

"At present, there are more than 2,600 craftsmen of all kinds in our Ordnance Bureau, of which blacksmiths are the most, about 2,000, and the number of high-class technicians who are responsible for the construction of flintlock barrels, triggers, etc., is 500. These craftsmen were recruited from Shandong and later sent by the eldest lady from Guannei, and the technicians were personally trained and taught by me and other people from Fanbang. Our Ordnance Bureau has four divisions, which are divided into simple divisions, namely the flintlock pistol manufacturing department, the Franco machine gun manufacturing department, the buckshot shell manufacturing department, the gunpowder manufacturing department, and the Lianzhu Gun Research Division established by the adults later. Under each division, there are a number of functional departments under their own jurisdiction, which are divided into their own affairs. ”

Gonzalez was also well aware of these things, and he opened his mouth to continue:

"Since the establishment of the Ordnance Bureau, the adults have invested a lot in the Ordnance Bureau, and we have also worked hard to serve the adults, and we dare not slack off for a day. Since the establishment of the Ordnance Bureau in November 50, a total of 39 appropriations have been declared, and a total of 1 million and 39 taels of silver have been spent with the addition of silver and various consumptions. At present, our Ordnance Bureau has a very sufficient supply of various manufacturing equipment, and it is expected that there will be no need to purchase and manufacture it again within a year. Today, our Ordnance Bureau consumes more than 5,000 catties of refined iron every day, more than 2,000 catties of high-grade refined copper, 30,000 catties of firewood, and 3,000 catties of coal. Therefore, the expenses of our Ordnance Bureau are only 7,000 taels per month for blacksmiths and craftsmen, plus 2,000 taels for miscellaneous expenses such as firewood! ”

"Now our Ordnance Bureau can produce 100 flintlock guns and 5 medium Franc cannons every day. Since the establishment of the Ordnance Bureau, a total of 16,139 firearms, 43,691 flintlock guns, 390 Tiger squat cannons, 1,700 sample Furlong cannons, and more than 500 central Furlong cannons have been produced. ”

Gonzalez said, Lian Zining kept nodding, a hundred flintlock pistols a day, such a speed is completely incomparable with later generations, and compared with the scale of hundreds of technicians and more than 2,000 blacksmiths in the Ordnance Bureau, it is also not proportional, but this is the Far East in the sixteenth century!

Compared to the level of science and technology in this era, this is already an excellent achievement.

And as soon as Gonzalez said this, Lian Zining knew that so far, so many flintlock pistols and muskets had been produced!

During this period of time, the new guards were constantly established, and with the support of 150,000 recruits, this manpower was naturally enough, but the question was whether the equipment could keep up.

Although Wu Yi's army is constantly expanding, but Lian Zining's pursuit of the idea has always been that there must be more soldiers, but also must be fine, if the number of Hulala expands from 30,000 to 300,000, the result is that the combat effectiveness continues to decline, then what is the use? Lian Zining's pattern is not limited to one city, one place and one corner!

Just like when Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, Liu Bang gathered 560,000 troops, but was beaten by Xiang Yu's 30,000 army!

Therefore, in the formation of the new guards, Lian Zining is also extremely strict, all the new guards, said to be the new guards, in fact, all the establishment and equipment, are on par with the first guard and the second guard, the most powerful main combat forces.

One guard is still four thousand households, each thousand households have three fire guns and one hundred households, two iron cannon hundred households, seven spear hundred households, and two halberd hundred households, a total of more than 1,700 people, and one guard is 6,800 people. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )