I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 70: Sacrifice the gun, become the king, and take charge of Yingtian Mansion!
Zhu Yunxi ordered the flintlock to be brought up.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a look in his hand and said: "I heard from your fourth uncle that you went hunting in Yangshan that day and made a "flintlock gun". Your fourth uncle greatly praised it."

As Lao Zhu said this, he took out the drawings submitted by Zhu Di from under the desk.

It is generally the same as the flintlock gun in Zhu Yunxi's hand.

Along with the drawings, there is also Zhu Di's memorial.

In his memorial, Zhu Di praised Zhu Yunxi's invention and said that if the Ming army was equipped with a large number of equipment, its combat power could be doubled.

"Fourth uncle is too praised. When Sui'er is idle and bored, he just wants to pass the time."

Zhu Yunxi said modestly.

"My son, it's good that you understand this point." Old Zhu agreed with him very much.

"Sharp weapons are good, but they are only made by craftsmen. You are a descendant of the Zhu family, and you should focus on governing the country."

"We heard from your fourth uncle that you didn't eat for a whole day in order to discuss with the craftsmen how to make flintlocks. This is a bit too much."

Zhu Yunxi smiled and touched the back of his head.

It's not that Lao Zhu didn't value flintlock guns, but it was difficult to rise to the level of later generations.

In Lao Zhu's view, this is just a tool after all.

No matter how powerful you are, no one is important.

Zhu Yunzhen knew that this was a temporary situation and it was difficult to persuade him to change his thoughts and perceptions, so he didn't say much.

"Grandfather, let's try the power of the flintlock first."

Lao Zhu nodded: "Okay, let's go try it together."

The two left the imperial study and came to the square outside.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Zhu Yunxi picked up the gun and shot two shots in a row, both of which hit the target accurately.

Lao Zhu's eyes suddenly lit up.

He snatched the flintlock from Zhu Yunxi's hand, tried to fire two shots himself, and immediately burst out laughing.

"Grandpa, the biggest advantage of this thing is that it is very easy to operate. A newly recruited soldier can replace an archer after simple training."

That's right.

This is the biggest role of guns in this era.

In fact, the early guns were limited by the manufacturing process, gunpowder, bullets and many other aspects, and their power was not as good as that of a well-trained archer.

A powerful archer who can draw a 150-pound hard bow.

The arrows fired by this kind of bow have amazing lethality, and the shooting distance is farther than the guns of this era, so the power is naturally stronger.

The problem is training and development.

It is very difficult to train a good archer.

Many modern bow and arrow enthusiasts learn to use compound bows.

This kind of bow has been modernized, it is easy to aim, and the pulling force is only a few dozen catties, so it is naturally much easier to learn.

But if you go to pull a pure ancient bow, you will know how much arm strength is needed to pull that kind of bow.

Only mature men can adapt after long-term training.

Once the training does not keep up, the powerful and hard bow will become a decoration.

For example, in the history of the Eight Banners in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the early days, most of the elite Eight Banners were able to draw a hard bow of [-] to [-] catties, and their combat effectiveness was amazing.

By the time of the Opium War, few people in the Eight Banners could pull this kind of bow, let alone rely on it to fight.

But guns are different.

Especially with the aiming baseline.

It can be said that any person, as long as they are a child, an old man, or a woman with a congenitally weak body who can carry a gun, as long as they are given a gun and after simple training, their shooting ability will be improved. , can be compared with the Archer.

Moreover, the archer cannot fire too many arrows at a time because his arm strength will soon become overwhelmed.

But guns can fire far more bullets in a day.

It can be said that with a flintlock, an ordinary army can instantly become an elite army full of sharpshooters.

The combat power bonus brought about by this is very terrifying.

This is the fundamental reason why the earliest guns could replace bows and arrows.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Lao Zhu is such a smart person, he immediately understood the truth.

"Xiao'er, you invented this thing, but you made a great contribution to my Ming Dynasty."

Lao Zhu was very happy.

When Zhu Di wrote the letter before, he didn't expect this thing to be so powerful, and felt that it was somewhat exaggerated.

After seeing the real thing and experiencing it for myself, I found that it was far stronger than what Zhu Di said.

"Grandpa Huang, you don't dare to take credit, as long as Grandpa Huang is happy." Zhu Yunxuan said quickly.

"You don't dare to claim credit, but we have to reward you."

With a smile on his face, Lao Zhu asked suddenly: "Xiao'er, if we hand over Daming to you, are you confident that you can manage Daming well?"

coming.

Zhu Yunxi's heart tightened.

There is no doubt that since Zhu Biao's death, Lao Zhu has been worrying about establishing a prince, but has not yet made up his mind.

But this matter cannot remain undecided.

Lao Zhu's body couldn't afford it anymore.

The court will also fall into turmoil because the crown prince has not been established, which is obviously not what Lao Zhu wants to see.

This time, facing Lao Zhu's question, Zhu Yunxi did not evade.

"Grandfather, if Li'er is 17 years old this year, no, even if he is 12 years old like Gan Luo, Li'er has the confidence to govern Daming well."

He looked extremely solemn, and said: "Xiao'er is only seven years old. Xi'er thinks he is no worse than anyone else, but civil and military officials and people in the world may not think so."

"In their eyes, I was always a seven-year-old kid."

Zhu Yunxuan was outspoken.

Lao Zhu also knows this very well.

The answer is very important for him now. Instead of overthinking, it is better to reveal what is on his mind to Lao Zhu and meet each other sincerely.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him and asked, "Do you still want to recommend your fourth uncle?"

However, Zhu Yunxuan shook his head: "Zhen'er recommended the fourth uncle before because he felt that the fourth uncle could lead troops well and control people well, and he could be a monarch for a generation."

"But now it seems that Meng'er is still not thinking well."

"If the fourth uncle is in charge of the country, there will be more than enough for Wu, but not enough for Wen."

In Lao Zhu's eyes, there was a flash of light.

This coincided with what he thought in his heart.

Zhu Di devoted all his attention to leading troops to fight.

Lao Zhu was always worried about letting him take charge of the country.

"If the second brother is in charge of the country, he will be the opposite of the fourth uncle."

"Second brother has many Confucian scholars around him. Since ancient times, Confucians have used literature to disrupt the law, and chivalrous people have used force to violate the law."

"Now that our dynasty has been established, the most powerful people in the dynasty are the nobles, not the civil servants."

"But even so, Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and his ilk appeared, trying to elevate the imperial power and conspiring to rebel."

"The real crisis of the Ming Dynasty lies with the civil servants, not the nobles."

"These people are full of saintly discipline and moral articles, but they are actually forming gangs."

"They are not one person, but a very powerful force."

"If Daming does not impose restrictions on them, I am afraid that sooner or later they will perish in the hands of these people."

"Grandpa Huang can say "kill them all." ", but later emperors could not."

"From the central government to the officials, everyone belongs to them. Even the emperor is powerless to change it."

In fact, even if Zhu Di was in charge of the country, Daming did not escape this road in the end.

This is of course a later story.

Historically, after Zhu Yunqi succeeded to the throne, the civil servants immediately seized the power of the generals.

The Ministry of War, which had no real power, was given heavy power, and the people in charge of the Ministry of War became civilian officials.

Behind Fang Xiaoru, Qi Qin, and Huang Zicheng are the entire civil servant group.

When Lao Zhu was alive, they were temporarily dormant.

As soon as Lao Zhu died, he took advantage of the opportunity to gain momentum.

With Emperor Jianwen ascending the throne, he took full power.

Without the Battle of Jingnan, the pattern of the Ming Dynasty would have been completely changed as early as the Jianwen Dynasty.

"Okay!"

Lao Zhu nodded appreciatively.

"As you can see, he is indeed much better than your second brother."

He walked a few steps, stroked his beard, and said: "Let's not be in a hurry to establish a crown prince."

"We have decided to make you king and let you be in charge of Yingtian Mansion."

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(End of this chapter)