In the history of the development of the world, there is a force called stubbornness, and a habit called conservatism, and when this habit and force are combined, they often burst into a very powerful force.

When Dolgon said that he wanted to learn firearms technology from the Qingzhou Army, the entire Chongzheng Hall was boiling, and the princes and nobles of the upper three banners, including the two yellow flags and the Zhenglan flag, all jumped up.

"Prince Rui, what do you mean by this, do you want us to abandon the Manchu tradition and learn to use firearms from those cowardly Han Chinese?"

"Your Majesty, you must not, the salvo of bows and horses is the foundation of my country, and I must not give up!"

"Prince Rui, what the hell do you want to do, do you want to push the whole man into the fire pit?"

More than a dozen princes and ministers didn't care about the king's disgrace, one by one, they raised their eyebrows, and countless condemnations and curses immediately shouted out.

Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Haoge also jumped out and said to Dolgon: "Prince Rui, what you said is not right, we are full of people practicing bow horses, you now want our Eight Banners and Han people to use firearms like that, isn't that putting the cart before the horse?" Do we want to be full of people at all? ”

Zhenghuangqi's Gushan Ezhen Ahshan also said: "Yes, I think that our Taizu started with seven hatreds and thirteen pairs of armor and laid a huge foundation, what did we rely on, it is not the courage of our Manchus, if we change the firearms of the Han people, I dare to assert that in less than five years, our Manchus will become a group of sheep to be slaughtered like the Han people, the emperor must think twice!" ”

Seeing such a person jumping out against him, Dolgon didn't make a sound, just looked back at the kind of general who had just returned with him, but what disappointed him was that most of them lowered their heads, and even his own brother Duoduo, a fellow mother, did not dare to speak under the sharp gaze of Huang Taiji, and Dolgon had fallen into isolation at this time.

Just as Dolgon was being criticized by everyone, a man stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say. ”

Huang Taiji's eyes couldn't help but condense after he saw that someone was coming, and said softly: "Rao Yu Belle, do you have something to say?" ”

"Yes, the minister has something to say." Facing Huang Taiji's cold gaze, Abatai still held his head high and said, "The minister thinks that Prince Rui's words are still reasonable. ”

As soon as Abatai said this, not only did Dolgon cast a surprised look, but even everyone in the main hall showed a look of doubt.

It is said that although Abatai is the seventh son of Nurhachi, I am still above Huang Taiji in terms of age and generation, although he has outstanding military achievements and thinks highly of himself, but because he was born to a side concubine, his status among his brothers is relatively low, and he is often not treated fairly when he is rewarded for meritorious deeds. Even his sons and nephews have become Heshuo Baylor, but he is still an uncle is still just a spare Baylor, every time the emperor Taiji banquets the princes and ministers, his elders' ranking is still below some sons and nephews, which also makes him extremely dissatisfied, and his relationship with the brothers is not very good, not to mention the relationship with Dorgon, but now he jumps out with a roar, which makes everyone a little strange.

I saw Abatai said expressionlessly: "Your Majesty, my lords, I, Abatai, am a rough man and don't speak well, but there is one thing I want to ask you, that is, why has I been repeatedly deflated in his hands since Na Pang first appeared, so that even the clansmen around Shengjing have been slaughtered by him?" ”

As soon as Abatai's words came out, everyone's faces changed color, Pang Gang walked around Shengjing, the slaughter of more than 20,000 Manchus has now become a taboo for Manchus, and the high-level of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is also secretive about this matter, and now Abatai has openly brought this matter up, isn't this slapping everyone's face.

"Actually, I think this matter is very simple, why Pang Gang's Qingzhou army alone can become the enemy of my Qing Dynasty, there is only one reason, that is, they are equipped with firearms, very sharp firearms. Since this is the case, why can't we learn from Pang Gang and let my Manchu soldiers also be equipped with firearms? Do you have to wait for the Qingzhou Army to set foot on the land of my Great Qing Dynasty again......"

"Enough!" A voice stopped Abatai, and then Huang Taiji's fat body walked over, staring at Abatai with eyes like poisonous snakes, and said word by word: "Rao Yu Belle, as a descendant of Emperor Taizu, don't you feel sorry for saying this?" Don't you know what my Qing dynasty founded on? Or let me tell you again? ”

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty established the country, Nurhachi regarded mounted archery as a magic weapon to win the Central Plains, and repeatedly emphasized that mounted archery should be the foundation of the Eight Banners and the foundation of one's life. After Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he also repeatedly asked the prince Baylor to set an example and teach the banner people to practice archery, the young ones to practice shooting with horned bows and feather arrows, and the young ones to practice shooting with wooden bows and willow arrows.

Bannermen who are proficient in riding and archery will not only be given a banquet and be rewarded, but they can even be rewarded with flowers and accompany the emperor to patrol hunting and riding and shooting. And those who lost the flag in the school examination, what awaits them is the end of being reprimanded or even punished with hard labor.

And in this kind of atmosphere where the whole country is based on cavalry and archery, suddenly let the flag people change to the Ming Kingdom to learn firearms, which is simply the life of those full of Mongolian bannermen, no wonder Huang Taiji will be so angry with Abatai.

Abatai, who was reprimanded by Huang Taiji, was not convinced, and wanted to speak out, but was stopped by Azig on the side, Azig bowed down and said: "The emperor forgives the sin, spare Baylor just a little bit of stimulation some time ago, and he talked nonsense for a while, and forgave the emperor for his sins." ”

Huang Taiji glanced at the two of them coldly, and then said: "Volley is the national policy of the Qing Dynasty, and anyone who speaks in vain to shake this national policy is a traitor of the Qing Dynasty. ”

"Scum!" And they all fell on their faces.

However, Huang Taiji is not such a rigid person, and he said after a while: "Of course, the firearms of the Ming army are sharp, we must also pay attention to them, and we must have firearms in the Ming Dynasty, but how to be a ranking minister still has to make a charter." ”

Speaking of this, everyone's eyes were on a middle-aged man about forty years old standing at the end, and Huang Taiji also looked over, and asked with a very kind face: "Gongshun Wang, in our Qing Dynasty, your right banner is the one with the most firearms in the Han army flag, what do you think about this matter?" ”

The Gongshun King mentioned by Huang Taiji is also a relatively famous person in history, and his name is Kong Youde.

Since the eight years of Chongzhen, Kong Youde surrendered to the Manchu Dynasty, Huang Taiji is still more important to him, not only all the subordinates he brought into the Han Army Banner in the Han Right Banner, but also let him become the banner owner of the Red Banner, because he was born in the Ming Army, Huang Taiji also handed over most of the firearms in the general to him to use, it can be said that Kong Youde led a unit with the highest firearms in the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Hearing Huang Taiji's question, Kong Youde hurriedly came out and said: "Your Majesty, the right banner led by the minions doesn't dare to say how powerful it is, but when the minions were in Shandong, they have always been the minions who pressed those Ming troops. ”

When he said this, Kong Youde's heart was secretly excited, although the Han Army Banner at this time was known as the Eight Banners, but in fact there were no eight flags, only two flags on the left and right, which were led by himself, Tong Yang's surname and Shi Tingzhu, and now he saw that the strength of the Han Army Banner was going to expand, which was a good opportunity for him to enhance his strength.

"Your Majesty, recently the minions have come up with a new type of red-coated cannon, weighing about four thousand catties, and the projectile weighs about ten catties, and it can shoot up to three miles away after firing the cannon, and the minions plan to make twenty-four of these cannons, as long as these red-coated cannons are built, those Ming troops in Shandong are by no means the opponents of the minions."

"Hmm!" Huang Taiji nodded, "But I heard that Pang Gang's fire gun is also sharp and abnormal, does Aiqing have any clever plans?" ”

Kong Youde said disdainfully: "The emperor can rest assured, the slaves also have three thousand bird guns, and the birds used are all carefully made by Western craftsmen, engraved in a hundred steps away to hurt people, if you let Weichen fight with that Pang Gang, the slaves dare not say that Pang Gang is completely annihilated, but there is no problem in defeating him." ”

"Humph!"

Kong Youde didn't pay attention to what he said, but he offended Dolgon and these people. What, you Kong Youde can defeat Pang Gang with only 3,000 birds, so what is the matter with our 80,000 people being beaten by Pang Gang with internal injuries this time, are you ridiculing us Qing warriors who are not as good as you surrendered Ming army?

Duoduo couldn't help it at first, he Duoduo was afraid of Huang Taiji, but he wouldn't be afraid of you, the obedient king who surrendered. Duoduo said with a smile: "Since the King of Gongshun is so confident, then this king will congratulate the King of Gongshun on the victory of the horse to success, I don't know when the King of Gongshun will take us to fight Shandong and avenge our revenge?" ”

"Oh no, I got so carried away just now!" Kong Youde, who came back to his senses from his pride, realized that he had offended the princes and nobles in the hall just now, and quickly turned around and bent down respectfully to Duoduo and said: "Prince Yutong said that he laughed, how dare the level of the slave compare with you, no matter how much the slave can toss, he has to follow behind the emperor and the adults." ”

"Okay, although our Manchurians are based on salvo fire, but they will not be so self-contained, the Han people have firearms, we must also have them, Gongshun Wang, from the Ming Dynasty, your right banner will also expand the manpower, your current 3,000 people are too few, I allow you to expand to 6,000 people, and step up the production of firecrackers and artillery. Within two years, a strong army of firearms must be built, and if Pang Gang does not get rid of the Qing Dynasty, he will never be peaceful. ”

Everyone knelt down in unison and said in unison: "Scum, follow the emperor's teachings!" ”

(To be continued)