Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 707
The capital, the imperial palace.

Several days have passed since the Dragon Boat Festival, and the palace has been talking about the amazing actions of the king of Anguo that day.

However, in order to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in the palace that day, Zhu Cihong specially held a willow shooting competition in the open space outside the Qianqing Palace. The willow shooting competition is an ancient form of entertainment, which can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period.

The way of entertainment is very simple, put willow branches on the field, gallop on horseback and shoot them, and the winner will be rewarded.

Those who participated in the entertainment were all courtiers, all for the sake of making the emperor smile, but Zhu Cihong seemed to be quite concerned, not only personally making arrangements, but even changed into a fancy outfit on that day.

At first the few young eunuchs drew their bows and set up their arrows but none of them hit the target, Zhu Cihong couldn't hold back and got up to go in person, but the Supervisor of Ceremonies Pang Dahai did not know what tricks, Zhu Cihong's archery skills hit both arrows.

While Zhu Cihong was happy, he urged Liu Hongjian, Prince of Anguo County, to show his skills too, but old Liu didn't know how to do this, so he naturally declined modestly.

However, that big sea didn't know which muscle was wrong, so he added fuel and vinegar to his rhetoric, making it seem like Liu Hongjian would do whatever he wanted if he didn't show his hand.

In the end, Liu Hongjian really didn't want to hear the noise of this birdless guy, so he took out an AK and hit the field with a burst of smoke. The army was brought over.

Pang Pang Hai was immediately frightened into a fool, Liu Hongjian played tricks, a bullet flew past his scalp, knocking off Pang Pang Hai's hat.

He didn't want to pretend to be aggressive, but his strength didn't allow it. If he really used the arrow feathers to shoot, he wouldn't be able to hit even if the arrow feathers disappeared.

After the willow shooting game, Zhu Cihong joined the target shooting competition temporarily. This guy started to practice marksmanship half a month ago, but he was finally defeated by Liu Hongjian, who believes in miracles and works hard.

Later, Liu Hongjian became a talking point in the palace. People in the palace rumored that the Prince of Anguo would do tricks. Of course, there were rumors that Liu Hongjian would not live long. After all, anyone who dared to embarrass the emperor in person was impatient.

Liu Hongjian laughed it off. As a straight man of steel and titanium alloy in later generations, the word flattery never appeared in Liu Hongjian's dictionary.

Fortunately, Zhu Cihong didn't take it seriously, after all he knew in his heart that brother Liu was indeed better than him, otherwise it would be impossible to help his father put down so many rebellions.

Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, the high-spirited Zhu Cihong made the final reckoning with the officials who opposed the reform of the imperial examination system.

Ni Yuanlu, a bachelor of Jianji Temple and Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, became an official.

Meng Zhaoxiang, a bachelor of Zhongjidian and minister of the Ministry of punishment, became an official.

Fan Jingwen, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Wu Ganlai, the right servant of the Ministry of Households, Shi Bangzhao, the left and right censors of the Inspectorate, and Meng Zhen became officials.

This is just the change of the important yamen officials such as the cabinet and the six ministries. For the remaining low-level officials who are still stubborn, Zhu Cihong will not punish them, and all of them will be dismissed.

In Liu Hongjian's words, Xiao Zhu is the chairman and he is the CEO of Daming's company.

A good company has no shortage of employees. If you don’t obey, you can just fire you. There are tens of thousands of talents in Ming Dynasty, but this is the only big state-owned company. Are you afraid that no one will hire you?

The cabinet seats are full of carrots and pits. If someone wants to get in, someone will naturally have to leave. For example, Comrade Shi Kefa, who was the left deputy capital censor of the Inspectorate at the time, waited and waited and finally filled the vacancy in the cabinet.

The second day after Ni Yuanlu, Fang Yuegong, Meng Zhaoxiang and several other veterans came out of Dongchang Prison, Zhu Cihong issued the appointment orders for important officials such as the Cabinet and the Sixth Ministry.

Shi Kefa got his wish, moved to the Ministry of Punishment with the censor of the left deputy capital of the Inspectorate, and succeeded Meng Zhaoxiang into the cabinet as a scholar of Zhongjidian.

Cheng Zhiqian, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, moved to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and succeeded Ni Yuanlu to join the cabinet as the Grand Master of Jianji Palace.

Wang Jiayan, the right servant of the Ministry of War, replaced Fan Jingwen and moved to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

The new team is not intended to be the victory of the old officials of the East Palace. Most of the old team left by Emperor Chongzhen was forced to leave, and Li Banghua was the only one left in the cabinet.

Dongge University scholar Zhang Tianlu, who had made an impassioned speech at Li Banghua's mansion, chose to compromise. The collective cessation of Dongge workers headed by Zhang Tianlu is tantamount to drawing salary from the bottom of the pot.

Not to mention Ni Yuanlu, Fang Yuegong and the others, even the forbearing Li Banghua was tied to the pillar of shame.

In fact, the only one who really understood Li Banghua was Liu Hongjian, the king of Anguo County who initiated the reform of the imperial examination system. Li Banghua, a stubborn old man, endured the humiliation, perhaps because he wanted to see what direction he and Zhu Cihong could lead Daming.

But this is not important anymore, the engine of this giant ship of Ming Dynasty has already started to roar, and then there is nothing that can stop its pace.

The matter of the reform of the imperial examination system was thus settled, and the proportions of Confucianism, Engineering, Science, and Military Science were written into the Daming Law, and local governments began to supervise the establishment of new county schools and prefectural schools in accordance with the imperial court's order.

The imperial court experienced ups and downs, and finally returned to calm.

However, this calm lasted only a few days, because of a piece of news that Jin Yiwei brought back from Nanyang, the court once again caused an uproar.

When the bandits of the Zheng family passed through Luzon, they were flanked by the Netherlands, the Great and the Small Frangji, and they were defeated miserably!

The Zheng family's flagship Anqing was sunk, and Zheng Zhilong himself was hit by a shell and died on the spot!

According to the information brought by Jin Yiwei, the fleet led by Zheng Zhilong is the main force of the Zheng family, intending to cross the South China Sea and rush to Japan to quell the chaos. After this battle, more than half of the Zheng family's navy was lost, and the Zheng family's leaderless group could no longer challenge the Dutch warships.

Nanyang, out of balance...

When the news first reached the imperial court, it did not cause much reaction from the officials. After all, most of the officials were not very interested in the ocean affairs. There were even a few officials who happily congratulated Zhu Cihong, saying that the bandits of the Zheng family had been destroyed. In addition to suffering from such a side.

Only Zhu Cihong frowned, because Liu Hongjian once told him that if the Zheng family could not hold on in Nanyang, the Daming Sea would face the invasion of all European countries.

This is definitely not alarmist talk. Are the Beiyang Navy of the Great Ming Dynasty ready to face this sudden change?

Zhu Cihong lazily listened to the noise of the rotten scholars in the court hall, and even if he retreated from the court, he urgently summoned all the members of the cabinet to discuss matters, including Liu Hongjian, the king of Anguo County and a scholar of Wuyingdian.

For the sudden defeat of the Zheng family, Liu Hongjian was also agitated, especially the death of Zheng Zhilong.

To be honest, although Lao Zheng doesn't know the overall situation very well, he is still very good at naval warfare. With the wooden boat of Lao Zheng's family, he defeated the Dutch warship that was later called the strongest navy in the mid-[-]th century for three times. .

Of course, the Taiwan War has not yet happened at this time.

It’s just that your old Zheng lost too quickly. I thought that Zheng Zhilong could last at least another year and a half, so that the Beiyang Navy could continue to hide their strengths and bide their time to accumulate warships and train sailors.

But once the old Zheng's family fell, the Beiyang Navy was bound to be pushed to the cusp of Nanyang.

Because all countries that want to covet Nanyang understand that if they want to dominate Nanyang, it is not enough to just defeat the Zheng family, they must also pass the Ming court.

At present, the Beiyang Navy is recruiting 3 people, of which [-] are recruits who were recruited only three months ago. Only the [-] people who have real combat experience have participated in the crusade against the Zheng family's old nest Anqing.

This is simply a problem for Liu Hongjian. You must know that it is not easy for the Beiyang navy to get to the present. The navy is no more than the army. It requires more training and learning from enlistment to participation in the war.

This process is likely to last for more than a year, and there are warships, which not only cost a lot of money, but also have a long construction period.

Even the Netherlands Navy, which claims to be the most powerful and has the most warships, only dispatched twelve of the most advanced main battleships during the Taiwan Sea War.

But for Daming, it's not that the national power can't afford it, it's that the training period is too long. Once the Beiyang Navy makes a mistake, it will be difficult to make up for the hole in Nanyang in a short time.

It is not easy for the Daming Navy to grow from scratch.

"Let's talk about it. Why did the Zheng family venture to Japan? And how were they defeated by foreign countries? How many people are there in Sulu's Zheng family navy?"

Liu Hongjian asked the Jin Yiwei standing in a corner of the hall three questions in succession.

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　Thanks to book friend Longlin Feiyu, who gave me 100 taels for the tip while I was drunk, and thanks to book friend Wanyue_Shun for the 1000 taels.

　　
　
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