Chongzhen's online shopping system

Chapter 25

Zhu Youjian touched the slightly hot barrel, and asked Li Fengjie:

"How far can this Hongyi cannon go?"

"Your Majesty, it's about three miles away, and the power won't be that great any further away."

Zhu Youjian nodded.

Three miles up and down, which is about 800 meters, is already very impressive at this time, but the weight of more than 2000 kilograms is really inconvenient to move.It would be nice if it could be improved. Thinking of this, he said to Sun Yuanhua:

"Sun Qing."

"The minister is here."

"I have given you this Hongyi cannon, and you can see if you can imitate it."

"Your Majesty, Lord Li brought back some craftsmen who made guns. It shouldn't be difficult to imitate them. But I'm afraid it will cost a lot."

"You don't have to worry about the money, you just have to make it. I will ask the Military and War Bureau to fully cooperate with your development!" Zhu Youjian waved his hand and said proudly.

"The minister leads the order!"

Zhu Youjian ordered someone to try the musket again, but the movement of the musket was much smaller.Of course, the power is also small.He handed the musket to Bi Maokang, and asked him to compare it with the self-generating musket made a few days ago to see if he could find any new inspiration.

On the way back to the palace, he kept thinking about the current problems of Daming.

It is often said that the demise of a dynasty is often due to internal and external troubles, and Daming was in such a situation at this time.

From a historical point of view, the internal worry of Ming Dynasty is the peasant uprising.But what caused the peasant uprising?is a natural disaster.

In this matter, God may not really favor Chongzhen, and the natural disaster is so serious that it is outrageous.At the beginning, there was only drought in some areas. Later, floods, snowstorms, plague, locust plagues, and hail came one after another.As far as the Henan area is concerned, from the 17th to the [-]th year of Chongzhen, there was a drought for seven consecutive years!Drought till he died.

When the people had no food to eat, they began to eat grass and tree bark. After eating these, they ate soil, but they still died after eating.Some people don't want to die, what should we do?Rebel.Will the rebellion die?maybe.But if you don't rebel, you will die.Everyone does this obvious multiple-choice question.If these people are not to rebel, they must be fed.What is needed for a full meal?need money!

As for foreign aggression, it is even simpler.

After gold.

A strong, but not strong enough enemy.

Zhu Youjian thought a lot about disasters, refugees, landlords, gentry, Mongolia, and later Jin.

It seems that there are thousands of clues, and they finally converge to one point.

money.

Everything is a money war.

While thinking about it, the palace arrived.

As soon as he entered Qianqing Palace and sat down, Wang Chengen walked in.

"Long live, Lord Wang Xiangqian has arrived and is asking to see you outside the hall."

"Oh? Please come in!"

Seeing Wang Xianggan walking in from the outside tremblingly, Zhu Youjian quickly ordered someone to give him a seat.Then stepped forward to support him, preventing him from saluting.

Looking at this 82-year-old man, Zhu Youjian thought of an anecdote about him.

It is said that when Wang Xiangqian was guarding the new town, he ordered a craftsman to make a large sword, which was one foot wide and weighed a hundred jun.Every time Wang Xiangqian inspected the border, he asked four people to follow him carrying swords.Everywhere he went, he thrust the sword into the ground and let the enemies in the north take it, but no one could move it.

Wang Xiangqian carved it in the shape of a big knife out of paulownia wood, the same size and width, and pasted silver foil on the outside to make them exactly the same.He danced this wooden sword on the frontier, galloped back and forth on horseback, and laughed eerily.

The northern tribes were all terrified, and they regarded Wang Xianggan as a god.

Later, Wang Xiangqian planted reeds outside the border as a boundary, slanting for more than ten miles, shaped like a fence, and threatened, "This is also my Great Wall." When the northern soldiers came, they were pulled out by him and burned. , was burned again.After being burned three times in a row, the enemy soldiers didn't bother to pull it out, and burned it when they came.

But for the fourth time, the witty Wang Xianggan buried gunpowder and cannon stones under the reeds.The northern soldiers came and got angry, but suddenly all the medicine stones exploded, and the enemy soldiers were killed and injured.After the enemy fled, Wang Sima planted reeds as before.No matter how far the enemy soldiers saw it, they didn't dare to come and pull it out, so they ran away on horseback.From then on, the enemy soldiers in the north were afraid of Wang Xiangqian, and they were obedient and honest to him.

For this old man who has fought for Daming all his life, Zhu Youjian has a deep heart.After a few simple greetings, we got to the point.

"Wang Qing, it is really a last resort for me to call you here today. The situation outside the pass is turbulent, and the Mongolian tribes are torn apart. I intend to let you be the governor of Xuanda. I hope you will not refuse!"

"Your Majesty, I'm old. I'm afraid I can't take on this important task."

"Wang Qing, at the beginning of this year, the Harqin Tribe united with the Ordos, Abaga, Asut, and Khalkha tribes, with the support of Donglu, to form a coalition army of more than [-] people. [-] soldiers and horses will fight in Zhaocheng, Hudun Rabbit is outnumbered, and almost all of them were wiped out. I predict that he will send people to negotiate with me, Ming Dynasty, and restore the market reward. At present, most of the Mongolian tribes have formed alliances with the eastern captives, such as Hudun The rabbit moved west again, and the Great Wall outside Jizhen was completely opened, and there were no more barriers to rely on. At that time, the Eastern Captives will bypass the Ningjin defense line, take troops from Jizhen, and approach the capital directly, and our Ming Dynasty is in danger!"

Speaking of which, Huduntu is also a talent, and it can be said that he is simply the Mongolian version of Chongzhen.

His full name is Borjijin Lindan Batur, the 22nd grandson of Genghis Khan, a descendant of the Golden Family, the leader of the Chahar tribe, and the last suzerain Khan in the history of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Listen, these series of titles are simply golden signs on the grassland.

I don't know if it's because of the genes of the golden family in his body, he has always wanted to restore the glory of his ancestors.

So today I play this, and tomorrow I play that.

In the end, I got all my relatives betrayed, and after my death, even my wife took her children and surrendered to her enemies.

Under normal circumstances, Zhu Youjian might not be interested in such a person at all.

But right now it's not normal.

According to historical records, Huduntu would send his brother-in-law to negotiate in May, but was killed by the generals of Xinpingbao.From the perspective of national righteousness, it is quite relieved.But the series of consequences that followed were somewhat unbearable.

After Huduntu found out, he besieged Datong immediately, and then the negotiation failed.In the end, Chongzhen announced that he would never give you any more money.Now it's all right, not only Huduntu is unwilling to move back to live, but even the Harashen 36 family who were rewarded before have turned to Houjin one after another.

From then on, there was a flat river outside the pass, and the outer periphery of the Great Wall was completely opened up. It was only then that the Jinsi changed in the second year.

Although continuing to reward is tantamount to quenching thirst with poison, it will get twice the result with half the effort, but at least it will be useful.

Isn't it just asking for money?give him!
4 taels of silver per year, not much.

Wang Xiangqian looked at the young emperor in front of him in surprise, not expecting that it coincided with his own thoughts.So he said slowly but firmly:

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, minister, I will fulfill my mission!"

(End of this chapter)