Chapter 471: Bayonet

Yang Gai looked at Zhang Weixian, who was smiling, thought about it, and said with a smile: "What does Guogong think about the matter of salt merchants?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, you should be punished, what mercy is there for such a person who conspires against him and is willing to be a thief and a dog? Eliminate the evil~......" Zhang Weixian didn't think about it, and immediately replied, the fool also knows that after running a salt merchant, the matter of this salt class has reached the point where it must be changed, and the emperor has spent so much effort just for a few salt merchants' family property? It also reminded the emperor that it was time to do more important things next.

"Hehehe......" Yang Gai laughed heartily for a while, and sure enough, none of the civil servants and nobles in the court were fools.

"Yes, the salt merchant is so unbearable, I also feel that this salt policy has reached the point where it must be changed, otherwise, the salt class will always be unable to be collected, and it will mislead the state affairs! I don't know what Guogong thinks, how should this salt policy be changed? Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

"The minister thinks that this should be His Majesty's holy judgment!" Zhang Weixian immediately complimented, although he is the head of the nobles, but he also knows that he can't shake those salt merchants, at most he is to help the emperor, help the emperor, and really go into battle, it depends on the emperor.

"Hahaha...... this salt lesson must be changed, as for how to change it, how to do it, I can only give Guogong a little wind now, and the rest, Guogong's means of quietly watching me is ......" Yang Reform laughed and sold the pass.

"Minister, this ...... ......" Zhang Weixian scratched his ears and cheeks, his heart was itching, sure enough, the emperor was going to do something about the salt class.

“…… I intend to let Liulizhai take over the salt industry, this salt industry is in my own hands, I can rest assured, the annual salt class, can only be collected, otherwise, in two years, the matter of the salt class will make me worry about it again......" Yang Reform said quite helplessly.

"Oh......" Zhang Weixian's eyes widened, his mouth open, and he looked incredulous.

“…… Your Majesty is saying that let Liulizhai take over the salt industry? Zhang Weixian's eyes came out of jīng light, if this is really the case, it is really a great news, that Liulizhai's stocks are really not bought in vain, Zhang Weixian only feels that the stocks in his home have changed from a pile of silver to a large pile of silver, if this is really the case, this Liulizhai stock does not know how valuable it is, Zhang Weixian feels that he has difficulty breathing.

"Well, yes, now the salt merchant is no longer credible, and he is bound to be unable to rely on it, I gave them a chance, but they gave up, and they still don't know what to do, so I can't blame me, this is natural, I have to use someone I can trust, otherwise, this salt class can't be collected, what disaster relief do I take, what do I take to defend against foreign thieves?" Yang reformed.

"That's, that's, Your Majesty, the ministers absolutely support, absolutely support!" Zhang Weixian's heart is already overflowing with saliva water, how big a piece of salt is this business, who doesn't know, the richest person in the world is none other than a salt merchant!

"Hehehe...... This matter is still in the planning, and now, it is only some salt merchants who are involved in the captives, but it is not appropriate to abolish the current salt policy immediately, and it has to be brewed again, how to brew, Guogong doesn't care, I have my own way, when the time comes, Guogong only needs to show a gesture......" Yang Reform said with a smile.

"Chen understands, understands ......," Zhang Weixian immediately agreed.

"In addition, I also want to state that although I am taking over the salt industry, the salt industry after that is different from the previous one, I can't let the salt class lose like today, and I must pay the tax in full, so the salt industry in the future will not earn as much as these salt merchants now, this point, Guogong needs to understand, hehehe, I still have to rely on the salt class to live......" Yang Reform began to tighten the spell again, giving a little to the nobles, but he must take the lion's share.

"The minister understands, the minister understands, this is what it should be, and it is all ...... by His Majesty's holy judgment" Zhang Weixian naturally has nothing to say, this salt merchant is kicked by the emperor, how to divide it, of course, the emperor has the final say, the emperor can give him an extra share, this is already a great favor, it is already overjoyed, he naturally does not expect to make a lot of money like the previous salt merchant, in that way, isn't the emperor crazy?

“…… It's just that this ......, the minister dares to ask, how much can he earn every year? Zhang Weixian still couldn't help but ask.

"I don't dare to say that there are many of them, but there are still two or three million taels a year...... Yang Gai thought about it and promised. The profits of the salt industry, Yang Reform has already figured out thoroughly, how much tax to pay each year, and how much to make the "new salt merchants" earn, has been distributed. ,

Although Zhang Weixian felt that the profit was a little low, compared with the current salt merchants, it was really not enough, but he didn't have any opinions, this was picked up for nothing, and it was okay for the emperor not to distinguish it, but now that he got the news, he could take the stock in advance and make another profit......

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your ......Majesty," Zhang Weixian immediately said beautifully, following the emperor to do things, it is really promising, he didn't see the wrong person, he didn't stand in the wrong team!

"Hehehe......" Yang Gaiai laughed for a while, and said: "There is one more thing, Guogong still has to pay attention." Yang Gai remembered the dimness in the court before, with unwilling eyes, and suddenly remembered something.

"Your Majesty only needs to tell me anything, and the old minister will definitely be duty-bound." Zhang Weixian was completely immersed in the joy of the harvest, he originally bought stocks, but a little more than a thousand, but now it has reached two thousand, and then release the news that Liulizhai took over the salt industry, what price did the stock go? How much money do you have to make from this? His family property, that is, following the emperor in the past few months, has doubled!

"Look at those who defend the salt merchants in the court today, I'm afraid that I won't give up, I'm afraid that something will happen, and the prince of the country can get Xiǎo heart!" Yang reformed the leisurely way.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, such a matter of eliminating evil does not need Your Majesty to do anything, and the world can discuss it, and these people can be put to death." Hearing that this was the case, the British public Zhang Weixian immediately assured loudly that they might not be able to do it, but they could beat the water dogs, is there anything cheaper than this?

"......" Yang Gai nodded, now that he has kicked over the salt merchants, he has to share the benefits with others as soon as possible to form an alliance of interests, so that there is no possibility of turning the tables on this matter.

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After sending off the British public Zhang Weixian, Yang Reform didn't have time to rest, and he had to see the next group of people. The heavy task of dividing the fruits must continue.

"Your Majesty, who will you see next? Outside, the Shangshu, the big xiǎo Jiuqing, and the governors and hundreds of officials are all there. "Wang Chengen's embarrassing report, now, outside the Taimiao, countless officials have gathered, and everyone is waiting for the emperor to share the fruit.

"See the military department Shangshu, as well as máo Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan, Qin Liang yù, and Man Gui Zhao to teach these, the border war is getting closer and closer, and it is not a matter ...... to tie these people up in Beijing, in addition, please also ask Master Sun to come ......" Yang Reform also called Sun Chengzong in, just saw the others, Sun Chengzong avoided it.

"Slave obeys!" Wang Chengen breathed a sigh of relief, promised to come down, and immediately went to deliver the decree.

After a while, Liu Yanyuan, the secretary of the military department, Máo Wenlong, Yuan Chonghuan, Qin Liang, and Man Gui Zhao led the teaching, and these people all arrived.

After the salute. Yang Gengai smiled and said business.

"Today's court, thanks to you!" Yang Gai said with a smile, this is the truth, when the "AE" duel, they were the fastest kneeling people, these people were their backbone.

"Ministers dare not be, it is the responsibility of the ministers to be loyal to His Majesty and kill the traitor." Several people immediately replied.

"Hehehe, they are all their own people, I will not be polite, let's talk about something practical, now that the end of the year is approaching, according to the deduction of the staff officers, according to the worst-case scenario, the beginning of next year will be a vicious battle, after you go back, you must be prepared for a vicious war, a battle to the death, and be prepared for a long-term siege of the city, of course, if you don't come next year, this is better, I can't ask for it......" Yang Reform began to give these generals to himself.

Several people were listening attentively.

“…… Therefore, I don't plan to keep you in Beijing for a long time, and in a few days, I will let you go back,...... Well, this year, I have passed a féi year, and there is no need to worry about the cost of the war next year, before you leave, I will send another sum of silver, so that after you go back, you will have more life at hand, and you will also have a féi year, hehehe......" Yang Gai said with a smile.

Speaking of the féi year, several generals smiled heartily, since following the emperor, they have never been worried about the matter of money, and the life is really comfortable, and now the emperor has slaughtered the salt merchants, and they have also followed the light, and they all feel that they are not busy in vain in the court.

“…… Before leaving, I will give you another piece of good news......" Yang Gai said with a smile, deciding to cheer up his front-line generals before leaving.

Several generals widened their eyes to see what good news the emperor would say.

Yang Gai said to Sun Chengzong: "I'm tired of Master Sun." ”

"Yes! Your Majesty! Sun Chengzong responded. Then he stepped aside, took out something, and said, "Everyone, please see, this is my latest equipment ...... the next day."

Everyone looked over and saw that Sun Chengzong was holding a strange short sword in his hand, and unlike ordinary swords, the gauntlet of this short sword was very strange.

"His Majesty gave him a name for this short sword, called a bayonet, and you may wonder why it is called a bayonet...... Sun Chengzong explained.

Everyone was very suspicious.

"Your Majesty has always been troubled by our dynasty in the field war with the Donglu, always at a disadvantage, the most worried is to be besieged by the Dongyu, go to the rescue, it will definitely fight with the Dongyu, this is the weakness of my dynasty, it is extremely easy to be called by the Dongyu; If you don't save it, you can't watch the city being besieged and killed, so I've been thinking about how to change this situation, but now, I've found a suitable way......" Sun Chengzong explained carefully.

“…… This short sword, with a bayonet on it, can be used to mount a musket, so that after the shè is completed, a musket becomes a spear, and it can continue to fight against the Toyo,...... When fighting, first line up in three or five rows, continuous shè strikes, until the eastern cavalry approaches, then gather into a circle or four directions, the front of the musket on the ground, in order to form a spear formation, delay the enemy cavalry to impact the camp, the circle of the backbone will continue shè hit, kill and wound the enemy, according to the deduction of the staff, if the training is proper, the soldiers are brave, even ordinary foot soldiers, relying on this musket and bayonet, can also resist the charge of the cavalry......" Sun Chengzong said the bayonet simply, Then he briefly talked about the purpose of the bayonet and the way it was fought.

Everyone was amazed, and it was really whimsical and crazy enough to fend off the onslaught of the cavalry by adding a bayonet to the musket in the field.

"A few people will first look at this bayonet, load him with a musket, and then talk about the shortcomings and advantages of this bayonet, and then talk about whether it can fight against the Dongyu cavalry and whether it can fight with the Dongyu field." Yang Gengai said with a smile.

After the emperor finished speaking, there were shì guards to give these generals muskets and bayonets, and by the way, these generals were taught to load bayonets with muskets.

Although everyone trusted the emperor very much, but the emperor said that the foot soldiers relied on the musket and a bayonet to fight against the cavalry of the Eastern Prisoners, everyone still felt hanging, especially Man Gui and Zhao Shujiao, they are all complete cavalry, if this is true, then, the status of the cavalry can be greatly reduced, very unconvinced. Yuan Chonghuan is very interested in this kind of thing, if he can really fight the cavalry with foot soldiers as the emperor said, then he will no longer be afraid of fighting with Dongyu, he Jinning is more foot soldiers.

"Your Majesty, it's not that the minister doesn't believe it, but can this really make the foot soldiers against the cavalry? Your Majesty, I think this is not appropriate. "It's not that Man Gui doesn't want to believe the emperor, it's just that this kind of thing has exceeded his understanding, in his understanding, the cavalry is the most powerful, and his subordinates are all cavalry, which has always been his pride, but now that the emperor told him that the foot soldiers can also fight against the cavalry, he will inevitably have a loss in his heart.

"I'm not sure, naturally I won't let my soldiers go to death......" Yang Gai said with a smile. Yang Gai is quite confident in the matter of infantry against cavalry, and from the perspective of historical experience, he is absolutely not wrong in this step.

“…… Old Madam Qin, I would like to ask, in the past, what was the best way for the white pole soldiers to deal with cavalry in the field? Especially against the East Prisoners? Yang Gengai asked Qin Liang.

Qin Liang looked at these short swords in a daze, these things seemed to be specially made for her white pole soldiers, the reason why she brought white pole soldiers was not that she had no money to make trouble, it was not easy for a local official in a remote area to raise tens of thousands of off-duty soldiers, so this equipment naturally could not be expected to be very good.

Qin Liang thought for a while, and said: "The minister's white pole soldiers can only rely on the tight array of guns to block the impact of the Donglu cavalry, if it is an ordinary enemy, the minister can wait for the enemy to be tired, and let the white pole soldiers attack and counterattack after the flaw, but it is not very useful to deal with the Dongyu, first, the Donglu generally have horses, and the minister does not dare to let the formation be too loose, and risk giving way to the foot soldiers to chase the cavalry; Second, the minister did not have enough firearms and bows and crossbows to counteract. If you encounter the Eastern Captives in the wild, you can only form a formation to protect yourself, at most it is an undefeated situation, if you are entangled for a long time, it will also increase casualties, and the defeat will be ...... "Qin Liang said truthfully.

"Well, that's the weakness of the white pole soldier, what if it is paired with a musket?" Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, if you have a musket, you can assign a part of the soldiers to be in charge of the musket and be responsible for killing and wounding, so that once the ministers form a formation, they are more fearless of the impact of the Eastern Prisoners, they can attack, and they can retreat and defend, which is more flexible than before, and the Eastern Prisoners are in the hands of the ministers, and they will never be pleased, and they can be invincible......" Qin Liang said with a smile. ,

"How many with guns, how many with spears?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

"This ......" Qin Liang yù is a little uncertain, now, the emperor has replaced all her white pole soldiers with Da Nei, she is happy with worry, Da Nei is very valuable, indicating that the emperor attaches importance to her white pole soldiers, she is happy, but it is difficult to defend against the impact of the Dongyu cavalry by relying on musketeers alone, which is also what she is worried about, and the emperor also asked her to serve as the main force of the second battlefield......

"Old Madam Qin is worried about how to distribute the ratio of musketeers and spearmen?" Yang Gengai said with a smile.

"Back to Your Majesty, exactly." Qin Liang replied.

"This is also the reason why I want to introduce this bayonet to you today, the spearmen are good at defending the cavalry, but not good at attacking the cavalry, the musketeers are good at attacking but weak at defense, especially the defensive cavalry, it is a big problem, often need to be equipped with a lot of pikemen to assist in the defense, but there are too many pikemen, it will definitely lead to the insufficient number of musketeers, and the killing and wounding of the enemy is limited, so, I thought, combine this musketeer and pikemen into one, absorb the advantages of both, and make up for their own shortcomings, so that we have this bayonet, the musket is nearly five feet long, In addition to this bayonet, it is six feet, slightly higher than the average soldier, and it is almost the same as a spear, in wartime, first put the musket, use the camp of the musketeers against the enemy, try to kill and wound the enemy, if there is no repulsion of the enemy, the enemy approaches, then change to a spear formation to defend against the enemy cavalry, in the formation, you can continue to shè, if you add the assistance of artillery, even if it is a cavalry in the field, I am not afraid of ......" Yang Gai explained.

"The minister understands, understands......" Qin Liang suddenly woke up, this kind of weapon was really tailored for her white pole soldiers, the emperor's style of play, although she only listened to the emperor once, but she had already comprehended the huge advantages of this method of battle, and immediately let Qin Liang see the dawn of victory, before, she only dared to say that she was undefeated, but to win the Dongyu, she was not too sure.

Qin Liang understood, but others didn't understand it very well, and people who didn't have a deep understanding of pikemen would not understand the merits of the emperor's tactics.

"Your Majesty, it's not that the minister doesn't believe it, it's just that the minister really can't believe it, just with this short bayonet, can the foot soldiers beat the cavalry? …… Your Majesty, even if the musketeers form a camp of pikemen, as long as they give their ministers a certain number of men, they can still break away from the pikemen's formation. Man Gui still refuses to believe that this is the truth, if this is the case, then the status of their cavalry will really be greatly reduced, and the word jīng rui is no longer limited to cavalry.

"Hehehe...... if there are few musketeers, the cavalry will have the advantage, but if the number of people on both sides is tens of thousands, or tens of thousands, the power of this method of warfare is reflected, if the enemy cavalry wants to impact the formation of musketeers, it must first suffer a round of shè blows from musketeers, and these tens of thousands of musketeers have a round of shè hits, even if they are calculated according to less than one percent of hits, they can cause hundreds of casualties among the enemy cavalry, and the cavalry that rushes to the front, in fact, is not much, how much impact can it have, It's already hard to say! Moreover, there are many special places in this musket phalanx, which are enough to restrain the cavalry charge of the Eastern Prisoners......" Yang Gai said with a smile.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty, there are those special places, the minister really can't think of ......" Man Gui still asked.

"Hehe, let's do it, in a few days, I will show a few people how this musket phalanx can defend against the impact of cavalry, after reading it, I think you will understand, this method of battle, there are many peculiarities, I here, but I can't explain it for a while." Yang Gai said with a smile, there are more important things to do today, but it is not suitable to discuss tactical issues with the generals here.