Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 150
For more than a month after that, Chongzhen took more than [-] Qin Wang Shizi to circle the Dabie Mountains. He went to the Yangtze River in Anqing Mansion in the south and Huangzhou Mansion in Huguang in the west.

At the beginning, many of Qin Wang's scholars couldn't figure it out.

There were also prince Qin who deserted and killed a few more for this.

But from the beginning to the end, the sons of King Qin never made a mutiny.

There are two main reasons for this. One is that the Chongzhen father and son set an example.

Chongzhen is the emperor, Zhu Cijiong is the prince and is only thirteen years old, and they all followed them to drill ravines, travel through dense forests, eat and sleep in the open and endure hardships. As citizens, what can they complain about?
In addition to the Chongzhen father and son setting an example, there is another important reason, and that is the ideological improvement of the scholars.

For more than a month, Qin Wang's scholars only did three things every day. They marched in the morning, conducted the most rigorous training with reference to the new performance book in the afternoon, and discussed state affairs and pointed out current problems around the bonfire in the evening.

Most young people are passionate, and thousands of young people gather together to be even more passionate.

This is actually similar to the brainwashing of pyramid schemes. Many people gather together and only tell one story every day. Over time, they all believe it and believe it.

But the theoretical basis of pyramid schemes is to make money and benefit, and the foundation is not solid.

Therefore, once they leave the MLM organization, the members will regret it.

But the theoretical basis that Chongzhen provided to Qin Wangshizi was the family, country and world, which is powerful.

Under the deliberate guidance of Chongzhen, the topics discussed by the scholars of King Qin never departed from their family, country and world.

Today I take the world as my own responsibility; tomorrow I sacrifice my life to go to the country, and I will see death as my home; then I will avoid it because of misfortune and good fortune; and then I am willing to serve the country with this body, why do I need to be born in Yumen Pass... …

After more than a month of arduous marching and more than a month of heated discussions about the family, country and world, more than [-] Qinwang scholars have established their own life orientation from the depths of their minds: follow Zhuge Liang to do his best and die, Following the example of Fan Zhongyan, worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later, practice is born in sorrow and dies in peace.

Scholars of my generation, go to the country together, even if you die a hundred times, you will have no regrets!

All in all, in a certain atmosphere of public opinion, more than [-] Qin Wang Shizi have completed the sublimation of personality, and have a feeling similar to a martyr from the inside out.

This feeling occupies an extremely important position in Confucianism.

With the blessing of this kind of feeling, rice soaked in water and vinegar cloth become spiritual enjoyment instead.

With the blessing of this kind of feeling, the mountain road of tens of miles every day has become a will test.

With the blessing of this kind of feeling, the boring training has also become vivid.

With the blessing of this feeling, the scholars of King Qin no longer had any resistance to the sharpening brought to them by Chongzhen. Fighting with Jiannu to achieve the final transformation—the ultimate transformation like breaking out of a cocoon and turning into a butterfly.

The Qin princes thought that they would usher in the final ultimate transformation after arriving at the Xuzhou battlefield.

But Chongzhen didn't want to do this, because it would be too cruel and extravagant to put these scholars directly under Jiannu's soldiers. These are all seeds and cannot be wasted like this.

Chongzhen carefully prepared a big exam for Prince Qin.

An ultimate test similar to breaking out of a cocoon and turning into a butterfly.

……

At this time, he was in Ningnan Hou Mansion in Wuchang.

Zuo Liangyu held two papers of imperial edicts with a dignified expression.

These two edicts were sent to Ningnan Marquis just now by the Zhongguan. One edict granted Zuo Liangyu the Duke of Chu, and the other edict secretly ordered Zuo Liangyu to appoint his only son Zuo Menggeng as the general, and the commander-in-chief Jin Shenghuan as the deputy general. , Leading [-] troops to sneak into Anqing Mansion, disguised as thieves and launched a harassing attack on Taihu County and surrounding towns.

There is one thing to say, the two imperial edicts of Chongzhen made Zuo Liangyu extremely disturbed.

It is reasonable to say that it is a good thing for Jin to be the Duke of Chu, Zuo Liangyu should be happy, but for some reason, Zuo Liangyu feels a little flustered instead, because he knows in his heart that he has not done much for the Ming court. Before he was conferred the title of Marquis of Ningnan, he had already been rewarded too much, but now that he was conferred the title of Duke of Chu, it made him even more troubled to sleep and eat.

As for letting the only son Zuo Menggeng and the general Jin Shenghuan lead [-] troops into Anqing Mansion to disturb the people, Zuo Liangyu was even more flustered, wondering if the Holy Majesty had discovered something?
When leading troops to hunt down thieves before, Zuo Liangyu did many things that disturbed the people.

So do these two edicts from Chongzhen mean that the imperial court is going to kill Zuo Liangyu?If this is the case, he will not sit still!
Zuo Liangyu couldn't figure it out, so he sent someone to invite Liu Jingting over.

Liu Jingting was originally just a storyteller in Nanjing, but now he turned into Zuo Liangyu's military advisor.

Zuo Liangyu first showed Liu Jingting the two imperial edicts of Chongzhen, and then asked: "Please teach me, sir, what is the purpose of these two imperial edicts of Chongzhen? Do they want to reuse me, or do they want to destroy me?"

Zuo Liangyu's heart of disobedience has been clearly revealed, and he directly called Chongzhen.

Liu Jingting thought for a while and said: "My lord, don't worry, Chongzhen is just a test."

"Testing?" Zuo Liangyu was stunned for a moment and asked again, "What do you mean by that, sir? What does Chongzhen want to test?"

"Chongzhen wants to test whether the lord has the will to stand on his own feet." Liu Jingting said, "If the lord refuses to let the young master and General Jin lead the troops into the Anqing Mansion, it means that the lord already has the heart to stand on his own feet. , then it is very likely that Chongzhen will lead the twenty-eight towns of Xuzhou to attack and kill the lord before Jiannu goes south."

"This!" Zuo Liangyu gasped after hearing this.

Although Zuo Liangyu claims to have [-] elite soldiers, in fact there are only about [-].

Moreover, most of these [-] soldiers were defected bandits, and their equipment and training were very worrying. The ones who could really fight were Zuo Liangyu's former [-] old battalion.

Therefore, if Chongzhen really brought the elite soldiers from the twenty-eight towns of Xuzhou to the south, Zuo Liangyu thought to himself that it would be unstoppable, and he would have to give up Wuchang and flee.

But can not run or do not want to run.

It's not a good feeling for a lost dog.

Liu Jingting said: "So the Lord should send troops according to the order."

Zuo Liangyu said: "But what if Chongzhen takes my son as a hostage?"

"What's the matter?" Liu Jingting said with a light smile, "The lord is in the prime of his life, with many wives and concubines, why worry about having no heirs?"

Zuo Liangyu was right when he thought about it, yes, he is only in his forties now, Confucius' father was still able to have children at the age of eighty, there is no reason why Zuo Liangyu can't have a son.

……

Two days later, Qianshan County, Anqing Prefecture.

The first batch of ordnance produced by Daming Arsenal has been sent to Qianshan County.

This batch of ordnance was agreed with Kang Wanwan before Chongzhen left Nanjing.

"My lord, here are the weapons you want, a total of [-] Lumi guns!" Zhan Yangzhi pointed to the nearly [-] donkeys winding behind him, "In addition, there are more than [-] spears, and more than [-] waist knives. There are more than [-] pairs of cotton armor."

Spears, waist knives and cotton armor are nothing, but the two thousand Lumi guns surprised Chongzhen.

Because what he wanted was just a bird gun, but he did not expect that the Daming Arsenal would provide him with a Lumi gun.

After all, it only took one and a half months for the Daming Armory to complete the integration and put it into production. How could it produce more than [-] Lumi guns in such a short period of time?

This is undoubtedly against common sense.

Chongzhen said: "Where did these two thousand Lumi guns come from?"

Zhan Yangzhi said with a smile: "Returning to the Holy Spirit, the most difficult part of the Lumi gun is the barrel. It happened that there were more than [-] barrels left in the warehouse of the Bird Gun Factory before, and they were all used to change them into Lumi guns."

"That's the case." Chongzhen was inevitably a little disappointed.

Immediately, Chongzhen ordered Zhan Yangzhi to unload the general weapons and then open the box.

Chongzhen took out a Lumi blunderbuss from it. The entire blunderbuss body already had the prototype of a modern rifle, but the trigger was still a snake rod mechanism that held a matchlock, and it was not equipped with a bayonet.

Then take out multiple Lumi guns for comparison.

It can be clearly seen that the wall thickness of the Lumi blunderbuss is uneven, and even the shape is irregular. Some are octagonal, some are quadrangular with four chamfers, and some are hexagonal, not round.

There is also no sighting mechanism such as backing sights, none at all.

Chongzhen's face became a little embarrassed: "Is this also called Lumi Gun?"

There are also many Lumi guns in the border town of Xuzhou, and there is a clear difference between the two.

"Uh..." Zhan Yangzhi was stunned for a moment and said, "The appearance is rough, but all the gun barrels have been returned to the furnace for re-forging, the inner wall of the gun barrel has also been re-drilled, and the straightness has been re-corrected. All processes are in accordance with Lumi. The requirements for the blunderbuss were carried out, and finally a trial shot was made, and the accuracy and range were similar to those of the Lumi blunderbuss.”

"Okay." Chongzhen also felt helpless about this, and he had to eat the meal one bite at a time.

After a pause, Chongzhen asked again: "When will the three thousand vans be built?"

Zhan Yangzhi said lightly, "Because the timber was not in place in time, it may take some time for the van factory to finish [-] vans, about a month."

Chongzhen hummed and asked again: "Have the fifty gun engineers from the Macau Bugarao Gun Factory arrived?"

"Not yet." Zhan Yangzhi shook his head, and then said again, "However, an urgent delivery has been sent from Guangzhou. Fifty gun engineers from the Bogarao Gun Factory have already left Macau."

Chongzhen breathed a sigh of relief, and said again: "Zhan Weng, let's forget about this batch of Lumi guns, but the next batch of Lumi guns, as well as sidecars, tiger crouching guns and red barbarian guns, must implement what I said before. Standardization! If it is still like this batch, then I will reject it, and all losses will be borne by you."

"Yes, yes, it must be standardized, and it must be standardized. This batch of Lumi guns is also due to the urgent need, otherwise it will definitely be standardized." After a pause, Zhan Yangzhi continued, "But the cost..."

"As I said, don't worry about the cost." Chongzhen said with emotion, "As long as the things are good, money is not a problem."

While speaking, more than [-] scholar chiefs including Zheng Sen had arrived, and Chongzhen immediately asked them to bring the prince Qin to collect the armaments and distribute them.

(End of this chapter)