lied to Kangxi

Chapter 247 The Thrilling Test
After Imperial Physician Zhang left, Yuzhu hugged Xiuyun's shoulder carefully, and said happily, "I'm going to be Ama now."

Xiuyun, on the other hand, was worried about gains and losses, and asked Yuzhu hesitantly: "If it's a little Gege, Amaha and Er Mohe will definitely not like it."

Yu Zhu said with a smile: "As long as it is born by you, whether it is Elder Brother or Ge Ge, I like it."

In the past, among Yuzhu's son and daughter, the daughter was more sensible and filial than the son.

For modern people, with the same investment in education, the burden of raising a daughter is obviously much lighter than the burden of raising a son!

"Xingrui, you pack up a room next door and come out, I want to raise my baby with peace of mind." Xiuyun was worried that Yuzhu's sexual desire at night would hurt the baby in her belly, so she decided to sleep in a separate room with Yuzhu .

This is a serious arrangement for Xiuyun, and Yuzhu has nothing to say.

However, from this night onwards, Xingrui and Xingjiao took turns to take care of Xiuyun Qiye, so Yuzhu could no longer enjoy the blessing of Qi Ren.

On the second day, when Yuzhu played chess with Kangxi, he reported the good news smoothly.

In fact, Kangxi already knew the good news and was waiting to see when Yu Zhu would come to tell him about it.

Well, Yuzhu's performance was excellent, and Kangxi felt refreshed, so he said with a smile: "If it's an elder brother, I'll reward him as a captain of Yunqi. If it's a Gege, when I get married in the future, I'll reward her as a county king. How good is it?"

Hey, Kangxi is really generous, Yuzhu quickly saluted and thanked him.

According to the rules of the Huidian, Yuzhu's son was born a Yunqiwei, which is considered a special kindness.

More importantly, in the Qing Dynasty, only the daughter of Beizi could be named the county monarch. Kangxi made an exception, and he really treated Yuzhu well.

Yuzhu's daughter is a daughter of Tong's family. In the future, she doesn't need to participate in the draft at all, she can just discuss marriage and get married.

If she had the title of county lord, among the daughters of the people's lords, in terms of honor, she could definitely be called: the best among all the officials!

However, Yu Zhu knew very well in his heart that before he became weak, no matter how great his contribution was, he would at most be promoted to a noble rank, and it would be very difficult to be promoted again.

Rewarding the sons and daughters of Yuzhu generously is just compensation from Kangxi!

After playing three chess games in a row, it was difficult for Kangxi to win, so he stroked his beard with a smug smile and said, "Your chess skills have improved a lot, and if you come close, I will lose."

Wei Zhu, who was on the side, was secretly jealous, Yuzhu really had a way.

None of the courtiers who played chess with the old emperor, including Li Guangdi, Chen Tingjing and Wu Pu, could lose so skillfully like Yuzhu.

Yuzhu was as humble as ever, and said loudly: "You taught me well."

"Oh, hahaha..." Kangxi was amused, he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear, and suddenly said, "When your foreign gun team passed Hangzhou, I sent someone to stop it, and it has already arrived in Jiangning. Come on, let me see them."

"Hey." Yuzhu's face was as usual, but his heart froze. Kangxi knew the whereabouts of the officers' seeds like the palm of his hand.

It can be seen from this that the old emperor did not really feel at ease with him.

Also, Kangxi is suspicious by nature, and has never been a personality that trusts people easily.Longkodo had been a bodyguard for many years, and was promoted to Admiral of the Nine Gates only after being observed closely by Kangxi.

On the other hand, if Yu Zhu wanted to gain some military power, he would have to go through countless tests.

The chariots and horses were already prepared outside, how could Yuzhu not understand when he saw this situation?

Obviously, long before Yuzhu came to play chess with him in the palace, Kangxi had already decided to witness Yuzhu's military training results with his own eyes.

The seeded officers under Yu Zhu, led by the platoon leader Lu Wu, have lined up neatly on the small training field in the city of Jiangning.

Since it is a foreign gun team, considering the combat characteristics of the line infantry, Yuzhu abandoned the establishment of the Green Battalion and adopted the establishment of the Beiyang Army.

A total of 54 people, divided into a row of four sheds, Lu Wu is the platoon leader, under the jurisdiction of four Zhengmu (squad leaders).

After Kangxi got off the carriage, Yuzhu was blocked by several eunuchs led by Liang Jiugong.

Yuzhu broke out in a cold sweat from fright, secretly rejoicing.

Fortunately, he was on guard, otherwise, today's test alone would be impossible!
"The emperor is here." After receiving Kangxi's wink, Wei Zhu raised his voice and announced Kangxi's arrival.

"Grassman Lu Wu, I respectfully invite the emperor to be safe." Lu Wu is essentially a public-raised hero trained by Yuzhu, not an official ordered by the imperial court, so he can only call himself a grassroots.

A long distance away, Lu Wu cleverly ordered his subordinates to kneel down and salute together.

Kangxi nodded and said, "Let's get up." He concentrated on watching the small team trained by Yuzhu.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After getting up, Lu Wu stood upright, waiting for the emperor's orders anytime and anywhere.

The foreign gun team in front of Kangxi wore western-style military caps with large brims on their heads, gray military uniforms, a cow belt around their waists, cloth strips on their legs, and a foreign gun in their hands.

Well, Kangxi has two straight lines from the left, and two straight lines from the right, just like cutting tofu with a knife.

However, Kangxi noticed that in the team in front of him, the foreign guns they were holding in their hands looked similar to the shotguns of the Firearms Camp, but they were actually very different.

"Well, how do you usually practice, how do you act now." Kangxi also knows some Western military systems, but has not studied them in depth.

"Hey." After listening to Kangxi's instructions, Lu Wu immediately ordered, "All pay attention, put your gun on your shoulder, turn to the right, and start walking."

"Crack." The officers and seeds of the foreign gun team immediately put their guns on their shoulders, turned to the right together, and walked a full circle in front of Kangxi's eyes with neat steps.

"Zi." Kangxi couldn't help but gasped, he was a famous commander who had fought countless battles.

Kangxi was surprised to find that this foreign gun team was very uniform just by walking, and walked hundreds of steps without a single person falling behind.

Yu Zhu was actually sweating just now, mainly because he was worried that something might go wrong with Lu Wu.

Now, Lu Wu is very clever and has successfully completed the order of the emperor.

Very good, very good, Yuzhu was very pleased.

Lu Wu's good performance today is mainly because Yuzhu guessed Kangxi's thoughts, and wrote to Liu Wu in advance, asking him to lead the team to practice the various etiquette of Mianjun.

In the letter, Yuzhu emphasized one point, it doesn't matter if the etiquette is not in place, or even if there is a mistake.The point is, you must obey the emperor's orders.

The following situation must not happen, the emperor has already made an order, and they still have to act according to Yu Zhu's wink.

Back then, after Nian Gengyao's victory in the Western Expedition, Yongzheng summoned all the generals in the palace.

Yongzheng saw that the generals were hot and sweaty, and he was considerate of everyone, so he ordered the generals to remove their armor and gave them seats.

As a result, after Yongzheng's oral order was handed down, all the generals stood still, and none of them were obedient.It wasn't until Nian Gengyao spoke that everyone was ordered to remove their armor.

According to Yuzhu's close observation of the fourth child, the generals did not obey the emperor's orders, but only obeyed Nian Gengyao's military orders. Is this probably the root cause of Yongzheng's murderous intent?
In order to prevent the erroneous progress, Yuzhu wrote in advance and instructed Lu Wu carefully.

Hmm, Lu Wu's performance today is fantastic!

In fact, Yu Zhu didn't care much about the subsequent volleys of guns and the drills such as stopping the drums and stopping the drums.

After passing the most important level, Yuzhu finally let go of the heart that has been hanging on her all along, everything else is trivial!

Under the command of Lu Wu, the officers and seeds of the foreign gun team walked back and forth in two straight lines, one for the front and one for the back, right in front of Kangxi's eyes.

Yuzhu was separated from the outside by Liang Jiugong's people, and he couldn't see Kangxi's face.

However, Yuzhu knew very well in his heart that as long as he passed this test today, he would be able to lead troops justifiably.

Kangxi secretly compared the difference between the foreign gun team and the green battalion before him, and finally came to a conclusion.

Although we haven't seen the actual combat scene yet, in terms of organization and discipline alone, the Green Battalion, who practice every three days, can no longer be compared with the foreign gun team.

"Come here, bring their special bullets and gunpowder." Following Kangxi's order, Yuzhu knew that Kangxi had already ordered to confiscate the bullets and gunpowder of the foreign gun team.

It's really suspenseful!

Hmph, Kang Mazi really lived up to his reputation, he was indeed extremely scheming and deep!
After the target was set up, the foreign gun team, under the command of Lu Wu, lined up and shot towards the target while advancing.

Yuzhu is not a professional military general, but a rookie level of a layman.

However, he once heard the head of a certain field army say that good soldiers are all fed with bullets.

Yu Zhu listened to this.Therefore, the foreign gun team has to train at least ten rounds of bullets every day. In a short period of time, three flintlock guns have been replaced.

There is no way, the training is too hard, the barrel will soon be worn out and must be replaced.

Fortunately, Yuzhu has plenty of money.Off the coast of Macau, there are many foreign ships smuggling flintlock guns and granules of black powder, so it is possible for the foreign gun team to practice target shooting.

Kangxi is not Qianlong, he is an emperor who has personally conquered many times, and his eyesight must be much higher than ordinary people.

At this time, Kangxi raised the Western tribute monocular, saw the densely packed bullet holes on the target, and couldn't help but praise: "Good practice!"

Yuzhu couldn't help but smile, since Kangxi said that he practiced well, it shows that the old emperor is really satisfied.

It takes at most one year to train a qualified line infantryman.

It takes at least eight years to more than ten years to train a qualified archer.

In addition, the time required to manufacture a flintlock on a large scale is much shorter than that of a recurve bow.

The recurve bow, because of the problem of the adhesive material, takes at least three years to take shape.

Under the superposition of comprehensive cost factors, the foreign spearmen will inevitably eliminate the archers. This is the general trend of the world and does not depend on anyone's will.

"Very well, my Manchurian generals come forth in large numbers, and there are successors!" Kangxi was really happy, the foreign gun team was very obedient, which showed that Yuzhu's loyalty could stand the test.

Turning around, let Yuzhu train an Eight Banners foreign gun team in the name of rectifying the banner affairs. When Kangxi is determined to fight the Junggar Khanate again, he will be more confident.

"Liang Jiugong, pass on the decree."

(End of this chapter)