Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 508
Of course, artillery restructuring does not mean completely abolishing the large number of cannons and bowl-mouth blunderbuss currently equipped by the Ming army.

In Zhu Zhanhe's plan, the restructured artillery pieces are basically large artillery pieces weighing more than one ton, with a range of about one kilometer.

This type of artillery, which is similar to the future general cannon and Hongyi cannon, is more often used to defend cities and treasure fleets, and at most is used during sieges.

As for the small-mouth gun and the bowl-mouth gun, they are small in size and light in weight. Although they have a short range, they are already very advanced weapons in this era. They can be used by the army and will not be abolished.

Of course, it was not that there were no large artillery in the early Ming Dynasty. During the Hongwu period, there was a large artillery called the Yonghuxiongzhen Bronze Cannon.

"Songpan County Chronicle" records: The bronze cannon of Yonghuxiong Town weighs a thousand kilograms, is shaped like a bottle, is seven feet and two inches high, and is engraved with the word "Yonghuxiong Town". It was built by Songpan Commander Si in the 18th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty.

But the problem is still the same. Compared with the cannon and the bowl-mouth gun, this kind of brave tiger bronze cannon is too bulky and unsuitable for pursuit. It is also more troublesome to retreat when attacked and defeated.

"So?" Zhu Gaoxu looked at his son with some confusion.

"Are you still looking overseas?"

"What else?" Zhu Zhanhe spread his hands.

"Actually, I think it's right to focus overseas."

"Why did Emperor Taizu Gao divide the kings among them and set the ancestral motto of 'Jingbian of the feudal lord serves as a barrier to the country'? Wasn't it because he wanted all the meat to rot in this big pot named Zhu? ?"

"My thoughts are similar to those of Emperor Taizu Gao, but my vision is a little wider."

"As for the things you're worried about...to be honest, I'm not worried at all."

"Are you really not worried?" Zhu Gaoxu's expression became even more strange. He reached into his arms, took out a letter and handed it to his son.

"Then look at this."

Zhu Zhanhe looked at his father strangely before opening the letter.

After a while, Zhu Zhanhe raised his eyebrows.

The reason is simple. There are several familiar names on this letter: Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong.

Both of them were the legitimate sons of Emperor Hongxi. They had been enfeoffed by King Wu's lineage before. The enfeoffment places were all in the northernmost part of Nuergandusi.

Although the letter was unsigned, Zhu Zhanhe could tell where it came from at a glance. He must know that at this moment, the only people in the emperor's line who could think of looking for these two people were the emperor's lineage, and the emperor's lineage dared to Not many people do that at this time.

"What else?" Zhu Zhanhe read the letter in a few glances, and then reached out towards his father.

Zhu Gaoxu looked surprised, but not too much. He reached into his arms and took out another letter.

Zhu Zhanhe did not speak and continued to read the letters in his hand. After reading the letters, Zhu Zhanhe sent the two letters back to his father.

"So, what are you worried about?" Zhu Zhanhe spread his hands, his face full of indifference.

Although the first letter was unsigned, Zhu Zhanhe guessed that it was either sent by Sun Ruowei or by someone secretly sent by the emperor.

But there is one problem, that is, in the current Shuntian Mansion, at least Jin Yiwei and Zhu Zhanhe have not found any ministers sent by the emperor.

The second letter was different. There was a bright seal on that letter. It was the seal of the Empress Dowager Zhang.

In addition to the seal, the content of the second letter was completely different from the first.

The general meaning of the first letter is that there are traitors in the court, and Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong are asked to lead troops back to King Qin of Beijing. The second letter is just the opposite. What Zhang means is that there are traitors in the court. But they were all under the control of the court, and the first letter was written by a traitor in the court.

This is very clear, one side wants Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanqian to come back to wade through the muddy water, while the Empress Dowager wants to stop it.

So, what is Zhu Zhanhe worried about?
There used to be not many people on the Jurchen side of Beishan, but there have been a few more people in recent years. They migrated due to the impact of the war in Europe.

When it comes to migration, if you squeeze someone else's place in the past, it will naturally affect the whole body, eventually leading to a slight increase in the population of the Jurchen side of Beishan.

But even so, the court's control over there was still very strict.

Not to mention leading troops into the pass, Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong are afraid that the cabinet and the six ministries will take action if they just start to raise the banner to recruit people.

At that time, it will not be up to the wishes of some people. Moreover, as the King of Wu's lineage saved face for the Emperor's lineage, the Empress Dowager Zhang will not let this happen.

"Tell me, if they do this, what should we do?"

Although Zhu Zhanhe didn't care, Zhu Gaoxu was completely different, because although they had the same position on this matter, their concerns were completely opposite.

Zhu Zhanhe has no psychological burden. He dares to clean up the opponent if they dare to take action, but Zhu Gaoxu is different.

Although the current lineage of King Wu has the essence of an emperor, they have not turned against each other on the surface, which gives Zhu Gaoxu a little leeway.

This is like the younger brother in later generations encroaching on the elder brother's property. Even if he has already encroached, he will still be afraid of the neighbors' gossip, so he will try his best to save face.

Except for the totally shameless ones.

Of course, these two things are not equivalent, this is just a metaphor.

After all, Zhu Zhanhe admitted that his appearance caused his cousin to go astray, but he did not think that what he did was harmful to Ming Dynasty.

"Dare to do it? Isn't that what we want?" Zhu Zhanhe slumped back, his face full of indifference.

"You, if you feel that you can't stand it, then go to Xiangzhou Mansion. I don't feel bad at all. At least I'm not afraid of being smeared."

"Anyway, my face is already full of stains, some of which were wiped on by myself, some by my grandfather, and some by my cousin. I don't care anymore."

"Besides, do you think aunt will let them do this?"

As he spoke, Zhu Zhanhe pointed to the second letter on the table.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded thoughtfully.

……

Shuntian Mansion was peaceful, as if nothing had happened, everything was as it always was.

However, where people can't see it, the undercurrent has already begun to surge.

Zhu Zhanhe didn't care because he thought he could control the overall situation and, at worst, the final result.

But what he doesn't know is that human greed is so terrible that humans themselves can't look directly at it.

Some things seem impossible, but they happen.

As King Wu's family began to prepare to go to Xiangzhou Mansion to attend the wedding of King Wu's second son Zhu Zhanqi, a shocking assassination plan was also carried out in secret.

This plan is very secretive if it is said to be secret, but if it is not secret...it is not so secret.

There is a reason why this plan is said to be secretive because no one has discovered it, and why it is said that he is not secretive because no one has discovered it.

(End of this chapter)