Chapter 380: Strengthening the Country and Strengthening the Army (II)

A noon morning, first sweet potatoes, then money law folds, a big debate, the time is close to noon, the big guys are waiting for Yinzuo to get up and retreat from the court, but I didn't expect it to be here, Yinzuo still has something to discuss, which suddenly made the courtiers a little flustered, even the ministers of military aircraft did not understand what Yinzuo wanted to discuss. Just when the big guy was puzzled, the eunuch Li Dequan unfolded the holy decree in his hand and preached loudly: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says: The emperor's martial arts are the best in ancient and modern times, and it is a great achievement to build cupola cannons and bullets to innovate firearms. Fortunately, all thanks to the legacy of the emperor, relying on the strategy of the ministers, the hard work of the Ministry of Industry, the existing new type of musket offering, I am delighted, thinking of the initiative of the first emperor, decided to train a firearms battalion, limited to 1,000 people, to try its effect, in order to prepare for the needs of wartime...... Chin this! ”

The edict is not long, and there are only dozens of sentences in the text, and it means the same thing - I want to replace the big knife and spear with firearms, this is learned from the old man Kangxi, the big guy don't turn over the ancestral system if he has nothing to do, if you really want to be reasonable, find the old man Kangxi and say it's good, I don't want to hear it. A group of courtiers have been thinking about the money law fold for the past few days, although they also vaguely heard some things about firearms, but the big guys didn't pay attention to it, at this time they heard this holy decree coldly, they were all dumbfounded, and they all stood dumbfounded, and they didn't react for a while, and they didn't know whether it was better to stand up and echo loudly to please the saints, or to go out to oppose it to show respect for the ancestral system.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should be done, with this sharp weapon in hand, he will definitely be able to exterminate the Jungar Department and revitalize the national prestige of the Qing Dynasty." Liu Shuangcheng, the secretary of the military department, was the first to come out of the ranks, fell to his knees and echoed loudly.

"Enlightening the saint, the minister also thinks it is feasible." Cheng Tianming, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, also came out to echo the words, and then He Lin, director of the General Administration of Customs, Shi Shilun, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, and many other people from the Yinzuo family stood up to express their approval.

Prince Yi Yunxiang has seen the power of the revolver, his eyes are tight, a few days ago, he was grinding hard bubbles, and he was stunned to ask for two from Yinzuo's hand, and he had nothing to do with playing wine jars in his own home. ”

Prince Yong Yunzhen is an understanding person, and he saw through the motive behind Yinzuo's move at a glance, the so-called battalion soldiers are not so simple, and the follow-up may follow a major change in the military system, and he has the heart to come out to oppose it, but when he thinks of the messenger who just got the money law, if he is against Yinzuo, the messenger is estimated to be in vain, and besides, he still has his own little abacus, and after calculating for a while, he simply pretended not to hear anything, and stood there silently like a wooden man.

Prince Lian Yunxi also received news yesterday, knowing that Yinzuo might get on the firearm, but first, he was worried about the matter of the money method, and secondly, he didn't expect Yinzuo to put forward the matter of firearms so quickly, and he didn't take the matter of firearms to heart, stood up and said: "Qi Yu Sheng, the younger brother thinks that this matter should be cautious, I have always been a bow horse heirloom in the Qing Dynasty, this is the ancestral system, secondly, the way of firearms is not enough to follow, the former open firearms prevailed, but Wu Zi is not the opponent of my Eight Banners Male Soldiers, which shows that the combat power is not in the weapon, if you abandon the bow horse and learn firearms, I am afraid to hurt the foundation of my Qing Dynasty, hope the Holy Mingjian." Yun Xi's words seemed to be fair, and the words fell, and the hall suddenly buzzed, and there were constantly courtiers who stood up to echo it, in addition to the old eight's own disciples, there were also many "honest and serious" courtiers who also came out to support Yun Xi's words, and for a time there was noise in the hall.

Hey, eight, eight, it's really hard for you, you can come up with such a reason in such a short time, and you have the ability. Yinzuo proposed firearms at the end of the court meeting today to catch the ministers off guard, and he had already made relevant preparations for possible objections, and at this time, he saw that the eighth brother jumped out first, but he was not in a hurry, and said with a smile: "I deeply approve of the patriotic heart of the eighth brother, but I dare not agree with the opinion of the eighth brother." The cannons and bullets made by the emperor are extremely powerful, and they must be miraculous in every battle, and I commanded the artillery battalion in the Battle of Zhaomodo, if I didn't have this weapon, I didn't think I could defeat Geldan. As for combat power, it is not false that people are not in weapons, but if they have sharp weapons in hand and are well-trained, wouldn't it be better? ”

"This ......" Yun Yu was choked up, and he didn't know what to say for a while, if he wanted to find a reason to oppose it in a short time, how could it be so convenient, so he could only kneel there straight, his brain was spinning fast, but he didn't come up with any reason.

Hehe, what do you mean by beating a stuffy stick? That's it. Seeing that the old eight was silent, Yinzuo secretly felt proud in his heart, and no longer paid attention to the old eight, turned his face sideways, and stared at Eshan and the others with his eyes like knives, which means: It's your turn to take the stage, don't be uninteresting, do a good job and wait for you to eat sugar, and don't wait for the board!

Eshan Yuan is an old fox, in fact, he doesn't want to use firearms in his heart, but he also understands that Yinzuo's methods are vicious, if he doesn't stand up and echo at this time, he will definitely not have his good fruit to eat when he looks back, at this time, facing Yinzuo's eyes that can almost kill, he secretly swallowed his saliva, and some of them came out helplessly, and said loudly: "Qi master, the slave thinks that this matter is feasible, so he will first train a battalion of soldiers to see the after-effects, but it is not impossible, it will not hurt the foundation of my Qing Dynasty, and the slave should obey the holy order." "Eshan is the head of the Manchu and Han Eight Banners, and as soon as he came out, a group of powerful people from the Eight Banners also followed out to express their support, but all of them left a way back - first train a battalion of soldiers to see the effect.

Damn, these old foxes, hey, they all have *** left their hands, but we already know the little abacus you are waiting for, one battalion is one battalion, let's train this battalion first, and the right is a seed. Yinzuo scolded secretly in his heart, but he smiled very kindly on his face: "Okay, your words for the country and the heart of serving the court, I have seen it in my eyes, very good!" I am very relieved. What do you think? ”

What do you think? You, the emperor, are all applauding loudly, what do you want others to say? Ma Qi really felt a little crying and laughing, although he didn't approve of Yinzuo's move to change the weapon, but he didn't have the courage to sing against Yinzuo in court, and second, he was stunned by Yinzuo's sudden attack, even if he wanted to oppose it for a while, he couldn't find a reason, and when he saw Yinzuo asking, he had to say in a sullen voice: "The minister has no objection." ”

"Well, that's good." Yinzuo nodded very satisfied, glanced at Zhang Tingyu, and said with a smile: "Hengchen, you have always acted fairly, I want to hear your opinion." ”

Zhang Tingyu has always acted cautiously and carefully, but he is a clever and exquisite person, how can he not see that Yinzuo's determination has been made at this time, as for the money method discussed earlier, it is just a trick, purely to divert the attention of the courtiers, so as to make a foreshadowing for the sudden attack of the firearm excerpt, at this time the firearm excerpt through the court is basically a foregone conclusion, and then to speak out against it, I am afraid that it will be boring to talk about myself, with Zhang Tingyu's prudence will naturally not do such a stupid thing, but he really doesn't want to let the firearm go on the horse- Zhang Tingyu has always been a Confucian child, and he is really not interested in "kit kat and lewd skills", so he thought about it and said: "The minister Qi played the saint, and the minister also thought it was feasible, but the combat strength of the firearms battalion still had to be tested. This minister's foolish eyes and ears look at the saint's wisdom. ”

Hey, next spring hunt? This old Zhang, I don't dare to oppose it openly but put forward such a condition to embarrass us, but we don't know that the training of the firearms battalion is far faster than that of the archery horse, and this year is more than enough time. Yinzuo's mind moved quickly, but he said with a faint look on his face: "Yes." Then he looked around at the ministers, got up silently, and turned to the apse, and when the eunuch saw this, he hurriedly shouted: "Retreat!" ”

Although Yinzuo is pleased that the firearm fold can break through the court, he also understands that there is still a lot of work to be done, first of all, the problem of how to train the soldiers - the soldiers are not a problem, but the physical condition of the children of the Eight Banners who can pass the assessment is definitely good; Guns and ammunition are not difficult, a large number of firearms have already been created in the Tianjin Gun and Artillery Bureau, how to train the soldiers, what kind of soldiers should be trained is not difficult, but who will control this army is a little annoying:

The most advanced firearm in the world in the current era is the front-loading flintlock pistol, and most countries also use arquebuses, which are cumbersome to load and have a very slow rate of fire. Although the rear-loading needle pistol is also a single-shot reloading shot, but because it is a copper cartridge case, it can be fired without loading gunpowder, and the rate of fire far exceeds that of the front-loading gun, but there is not much progress in accurate shooting, of course, it is incomparable with the "five or six type" semi-automatic in Yinzuo's hands, so it is necessary to take a three-stage strike array when shooting. The key to training a firearms unit is queue training, as for the ability of individual soldiers to shoot second, this is not difficult to Yinzuo, he has a lot of knowledge about this in his mind, he has already sorted out a set of relevant teaching materials, and he has also let the "dark arrow" go to the drill, which proved to be effective.

It is not difficult to train soldiers, but it is difficult to grasp the heart of the army, but this is also difficult for Yinzuo - brainwashing! To put it plainly, it is to use the methods of pyramid schemes, brainwash the soldiers participating in the training, and constantly instill the concept that Yinzuo wants them to learn, that is, loyalty, there are many such quotations in the "Four Books and Five Classics", plus some Yinzuo's own quotations, it is very simple to ask for instructions in the morning and report in the evening. Of course, these are not enough, in order to thoroughly grasp the heart of the army, we have to "build the branch on the company", to put it bluntly, let the "dark arrow" completely control this army, Yinzuo does not want the army that has been trained hard to become the vanguard of opposition to himself.

"Dark Arrow" and "Honghu" have always been the two sharp weapons in Yinzuo's hands, of course, the focus of the two is different, "Dark Arrow" is biased towards action, "Honghu" is mainly responsible for intelligence, although these two sharp weapons are good, but they are also a double-edged sword, one will hurt himself if he is not careful, not to mention anything else, even if the hat of "spy politics" is a little smelly, even if Yinzuo no longer cares about reputation, he doesn't want to let the old Ba gang have the opportunity to play on the topic. Therefore, Yinzuo has always been thinking about how to settle these two organizations and merge them into the national mechanism, but the time is not yet ripe, and secondly, a group of brothers have not given up, and Yinzuo does not dare to relax his vigilance. But the difference is: after Yinzuo now grasps such a violent institution as the imperial court, the "Honghu" is still very useful, and the "dark arrow" is a bit redundant, and it is a good place to take the opportunity of training the new army to merge the "dark arrow" into the army system.

It was late today, and it was already past noon, Yinzuo had some lunch at random in the Yangxin Palace, and after thinking about it for a long time in the main hall, he finally thought about the whole thing clearly, and sent someone to announce the person in charge of the "Dark Arrow" No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5 "Dark Arrow" into the palace.

"Ministers see the saint, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Although No. 1 and others have the title of Ouchi guard, it is the first time to enter the palace to face the saint, and they are very curious about everything in the palace, but these people are calm people, even if they are excited, they will not have gaffe behavior, as soon as they saw Yinzuo sitting on the dragon chair, they immediately knelt on the ground and bowed to worship.

"Excuse me, get up, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's all okay." Yinzuo smiled and raised his hand to signal everyone to be flat.

"Thank you for your concern, everything is fine." Number One replied respectfully.

Yinzuo looked at everyone with interest, smiled and said: "That's good, I summoned you to wait for you today, I plan to give you an errand messenger, if I remember correctly, you should be called Wang Changtai on the first day, right?" Well, you will resume your real name from today, and I will make great use of you. ”

No. 1, formerly known as Wang Changtai, was originally the son of a tenant farmer, since he was a child, he entered the "Honghu", and then entered the "Dark Arrow", and for more than 20 years, he has already forgotten his real name. ”

"I want to train the firearms battalion, and I plan to let all the 'dark arrows' be incorporated into it, I have high hopes for you, I hope that you can train a strong army for me, and in the future, I also plan to let you wait until the battlefield to see the true chapter, and by the way, I will catch the merits of a wife and a son, so you must not lose hope." Yinzuo said very calmly.

This is a big pie falling from the sky, smashed Wang Changtai and others for a while, most of them will not come back to their senses, after a long time, a group of "dark arrow" masters all knelt on the ground, crying silently: "The ministers are willing to serve the saint for the work of dogs and horses." ”

Yin Zuo nodded and said: "Well, I know your loyalty, my new army does not require as harsh as training 'dark arrows', but I can't lose my prestige, so I will practice according to the 'firearms training outline' I gave before, if you don't understand anything, you can hand the sign in at any time, don't pretend to know how to practice blindly, I will often go to the barracks myself." Okay, let's stand down first, I'll give you your will in a few days. ”

"Holy Lord, there is one more thing I want to ask the Holy Lord to show me." Wang Changtai kowtowed and said: "Holy Lord, the 'Dark Arrow' is now merged into the new army, and the ministers are overjoyed, but how do the brothers in the 'Honghu' and other places arrange the personnel?" ”

Er, ***, patronizing the "Dark Arrow" headquarters, there are still a lot of people outside. Yinzuo thought for a while and said: "In addition to the headquarters, the other peripheral personnel are all merged into the 'Honghu' first, and you will start this matter when you go back, and this matter will be discussed with Mr. Wu and Mr. Lin. ”

"Yes, the ministers are leaving." A group of "dark arrow" masters kowtowed excitedly and retreated, leaving Yinzuo alone secretly thinking about how to reform the "Honghu", but he couldn't think of an accurate idea for a while, so he was too lazy to think about it, got up, and went to the harem, planning to go to the lord of Yixue to go around and accompany his baby daughter, but he never thought that as soon as he walked outside the hall, Li Dequan hurriedly greeted him and said: "Holy Lord, the fourteenth master handed over the sign and asked for an audience." ”

Well? The old fourteen is here. Well, this kid must have heard about the firearms camp and wanted to ask for an errand, so he should have done something to do after hanging this kid for more than half a year. Yinzuo has never relaxed his surveillance of the old fourteen, knowing that this guy doesn't go out in the house all day, and he hasn't pulled and pulled with other brothers, he can be honest, and he also has the heart to give him an errand to get busy, and by the way, test his heart again, at this time, hearing that the old fourteen came by himself, Yinzuo didn't hesitate too much, nodded and said, "Call him in." ”

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