Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 230 Qin Liangyu is relieved

When Jierhalang heard this, he turned to look at him and said seriously: "It's not that there is nothing. He is the overlord of the sea. Any ship passing through the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty must pay him a protection fee." . It is said that there are more than [-] warships and more than [-] troops!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in Chongzheng Hall was shocked.

The number of troops reaches more than [-]? Before the Qing Dynasty annexed North Korea, it only had this strength after gathering all its troops!

At this moment, they had an intuitive understanding of Zheng Zhilong's strength.

But despite this, Duduo still had doubts and immediately asked: "Why have you never heard of such a powerful person before?"

Jierhalang listened and explained to her: "I also heard from people in the North Korean navy. Anyone who is at sea must have heard of this person. But she is very low-key and has been making a fortune at sea. ! I just don’t know why, but she suddenly worked for the Ming Dynasty court!”

Having said this, she turned to look at Dorgon and said with a very serious expression: "If Zheng Zhilong also serves the Ming Dynasty, our Liaodong coast and the Korean coast will be in danger. He may attack at any time, which is very difficult. manage!"

When Dorgon heard this, he knew that the situation was very serious.

Liaodong and the coastline of North Korea are simply unable to defend against the Qing Dynasty's current strength. However, things are okay here in Liaodong, but in North Korea, important towns, such as Seoul, are all along the coast. If they may be attacked by the Ming Navy at any time, they will be very passive!

To be honest, naval battles are not what Dorgon and others are good at. When encountering this situation, he felt at a loss and didn't know how to deal with it.

Fortunately, Ji'erharang is obviously a responsible person, so he said: "There are currently two ways to deal with the next situation. One is to order those along the coast to retreat thirty miles from the sea. As long as the Ming navy dares to go ashore, If so, we, the Qing Dynasty, are not afraid of them. This approach will also prevent them from getting supplies, and they will eventually have to give up the attack."

After hearing this, Dorgon frowned and didn't quite agree.

Now that the Qing Dynasty is recuperating, if it were to retreat thirty miles, it would be a very big blow to the Qing Dynasty itself.

Therefore, he looked at Jierhalang and asked, "What about the second method?"

Jierhalang knew what he was thinking about when he asked, so he immediately replied: "This time we suddenly encountered the superior Ming Dynasty navy, we were able to escape half of the warships. The biggest credit is the meritorious service of the Korean turtle ship. Unless The Ming army would only damage turtle ships if they bombarded them with artillery at close range. Therefore, if we vigorously build turtle ships as our main warships and equip them with cannons, we can still give the Ming navy a fight in the offshore!"

In fact, North Korea's firearms technology and shipbuilding technology are not weak. Historically, it was vulnerable to Japanese attacks. The root cause was the corruption of officials and the people's livelihood.

On the other hand, Japan's artillery technology is not weak, but its artillery technology is not as good as North Korea's. In the wars during the Wanli period, the disadvantage of the Japanese state was artillery.

After North Korea was annexed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty purchased a large amount of gunpowder and gunpowder from the Japanese country, North Korea was still building them.

After Dorgon heard Jierhalang's introduction, his heart moved, he asked a few more questions, and finally made a decision: "Retreating to passively defend is not our Qing Dynasty style, nor is it a long-term solution. Therefore, I We decided to adopt the second article and fully support the construction of turtle ships and artillery. If they are powerful, they can not only defend the coast, but also attack the Ming coast. The navy is still worth the effort."

However, Jianlu's resources were limited. Once he heard Dorgon's decision, there would be a problem for those who were sick on land.

In order to appease them, Dorgon naturally could not reduce the distribution of materials for the land army. The final result of the discussion was that, just like North Korea in later generations, the national policy of emphasizing military power was realized, that is, all resources were tilted toward the military.

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In late September of the [-]st year of Chongzhen, a group of knights rode slowly on the official road outside the capital city, which was very eye-catching.

It's not that this team of knights is elite, but that this team of knights is actually composed entirely of women. Even though Ming Dynasty’s atmosphere has become much more open now, it is still eye-catching.

The leader was white-haired but in good spirits. She was none other than the only prince conferred by the Chongzhen Dynasty, the Stone Pillar King Qin Liangyu.

Qin Liangyu traveled all over the country in the past year or so, and then she decided to go to the capital to meet the emperor and share her experiences.

There was also another unspoken reason, which was that she was afraid that she would never see the emperor again, maybe not in this life.

Needless to say, Qin Liangyu's arrival immediately caused a sensation in the capital.

Not to mention the daughters from common people's families, even the ladies from official families, as well as the orioles and swallows in the romantic places, all heard the news and wanted to see what Qin Liangyu, who was crowned king as a daughter, was like. ?

When Emperor Chongzhen heard that Qin Liangyu had come to the capital, he immediately summoned him.

But Qin Liangyu first went to the Zhonglie Hall to pay homage to Zhonglie, where her relatives were also present.

Then Emperor Chongzhen summoned her in Wuying Hall.

After receiving the gift, Qin Liangyu was naturally greeted by the emperor. After she answered them one by one, she said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I have traveled all the way and saw that people are being trained in various places. From now on, the imperial court can assemble them with just one order." Millions, tens of millions of troops, this is excellent, but there is one thing that Wei Chen can't figure out!"

The universal compulsory military service system has been promoted, and in conjunction with it, young people from all over the country must undergo military training for a period of time during the off-season period, and then select the best ones to enlist in the army.

Emperor Chongzhen paid great attention to what she said. After all, Qin Liangyu had fought in wars all his life, so her opinions must be very pertinent.

Hearing the emperor's question, Qin Liangyu answered truthfully: "Wei Chen sees that training and law enforcement in various places are similar, and they all focus on firearms training. Now the imperial court's biggest enemy is the Liaodong Jianlu. Firearms alone will probably kill everyone." A loss."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said: "So that's it, you don't need to worry too much. In the past few decades, hot and cold weapons have been alternating, and they are fully transforming into firearms, until they are completely replaced by cold weapons. I am waiting for you now." In the capital, we have been promoting this matter! "

After hearing this, Qin Liangyu still said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, firearms are indeed powerful, but they have many flaws. Don't rely too much on them!"

The most famous one under her command is the Baigan Army, which is an army that mainly fights with cold weapons. Moreover, when she was conquering the world, it was the chaotic times of the late Ming Dynasty. The imperial court, which was most capable of building an army of firearms, had corrupt officials, so that most of the firearms were crudely made, which did not leave a good impression on her.

Even Lu Xiangsheng, who had died in battle before and died for his country, relied most heavily on crossbows instead of firearms in his Tianxiong army.

At this time, Emperor Chongzhen heard her words and immediately laughed and said: "Qin Qing, you are looking at firearms with old eyes. Forget it, I will let you take a look at the firearms made under my supervision!" said After that, he took Qin Liangyu to prepare for the battle.

Qin Liangyu was a little curious along the way. She was not stupid, so she could tell that the emperor seemed to be very confident in firearms.

If Chongzhen had been the emperor seventeen years ago, she would probably be a little disapproving. But starting from the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the emperor personally led the army to pacify the world. His experience must be absolutely authoritative in terms of military affairs.

While following the emperor, she also silently sorted out what she thought were the shortcomings of the firearms in her mind, so that she could give advice to the emperor later, so as to repay his kindness!

Qin Liangyu discovered that after arriving at the Battle Bureau, she keenly observed from the moment she entered that the emperor should come to the Battle Bureau often, otherwise the officials and craftsmen here would not be relatively calm.

Soon, Emperor Chongzhen took Qin Liangyu to a large house, which was like a warehouse or a showroom, with various types of firearms placed in it.

Qin Liangyu saw at a glance that there was a very big difference in the firearms here, that is, there was a dagger on each firearm.

Then, she discovered that the firecrackers here were all self-generated firecrackers.

There were already self-made fire guns in the early years of Chongzhen, but there were only a few of them, but Qin Liangyu must have seen them.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Qin Liangyu's eyes and said with a smile: "You have a unique vision, and you can see the improvements in the firearms here at a glance, but there is one improvement that you may not be able to spot."

After he finished speaking, he asked someone to bring a self-made fire gun to Qin Liangyu.

When Qin Liangyu heard this, he was really unconvinced and didn't say anything. He immediately checked the self-generated fire gun in his hand.

She discovered that there were numbers engraved on the handle of the gun. This didn't bother her. After a little thought, she could roughly guess which craftsman's code name this was, so as to check quality issues.

This method has existed in the past; it's just that when the government was corrupted in the past, good systems were not implemented, and the things produced were shoddy, and craftsmen and officials could not be held accountable.

Thinking about this and seeing that the self-generated fire gun in her hand was really excellent, she felt a little emotional in her heart. The emperor was not only able to turn things around on the battlefield, he was also rectifying all other aspects.

Qin Liangyu looked at it for a while and found that the gun part was well made and the dagger on the gun head was cleverly installed and could be attached and detached. Other than that, she could not see anything else.

Emperor Chongzhen did not make it difficult for her, so he explained to her: "These guns are rifled and are inside the barrels. You can take a look."

Qin Liangyu didn't understand what he said, so he took a look and saw that the inside of the gun was not smooth. She was just wondering when Emperor Chongzhen introduced it to her: "With this rifling, the effective range of this self-generating fire gun can reach more than [-] steps. If you don't believe it, you can try it."

Emperor Chongzhen actually tried it. This is the best rifling that can be produced so far. It is not as good as the rifling of later generations and modern times, but in this era, it is a big improvement. The effective range can be increased by twenty steps, which already has a great advantage in battle.

Qin Liangyu didn't believe it, so he really had to give it a try. Then, during the experiment, she discovered that lead bullets were also special. The gunpowder was divided into propellant and incendiary powder, and was packaged in paper shells, so there was no need for temporary dosing and loading.

Moreover, when she tore open the gunpowder in the paper shell, she found that it was granular rather than powdered gunpowder. There are so many different details.

After the test firing, she found that the effective range of one hundred and twenty steps mentioned by the emperor was actually conservative, and she was immediately surprised.

So, she quickly asked Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, are these self-generated fire guns very expensive? How many can the imperial court build to equip the army?"

Emperor Chongzhen listened and said with a smile: "This is indeed not cheap. It is much more expensive than the previous matchlock guns. Therefore, I am still improving the tools for making guns. In the future, we will use assembly line operations, which can reduce a lot of costs." .The long-term goal is for the imperial court and the army to be equipped with such self-generated fire guns!"

The construction of the steam engine has entered the final stage and has not yet been completed. Therefore, although there are various types of lathes, the power is all human power. For example, for rifling, the linked drill bits are provided by manpower. If it is provided by a steam engine, a lot of manpower can be saved in this aspect, and the cost will be reduced a lot.

In other aspects as well, after the steam engine provides power, there will be an advantage in cost reduction.

In addition, after being able to print money, money is actually no longer a problem. As long as something can be made, the corresponding money can be distributed.

Vigorously develop productivity and create more materials. If there is not enough money in society, it will trigger deflation, which is very detrimental to economic development. At this time, printing money, printing more money, is no problem.

At this time, Qin Liangyu was stunned when he heard what Emperor Chongzhen said.

If all the officials and soldiers of the imperial court use this kind of self-generated firecrackers, what's the matter with the white-pole army?

This self-generating fire gun has a dagger on it and can be used as a spear in close combat. The arms are equipped with firearms, so the firepower is unimaginable.

She was still shocked, but before the result was over, Emperor Chongzhen showed her the rifled artillery piece again. Because of the rifling bonus, the artillery's range and accuracy are much stronger than the original smoothbore cannon. Therefore, the quality of the artillery can also be reduced a lot.

This is also no small matter for the military.

If the artillery is too heavy, it will be very inconvenient during marching and more energy will be needed to transport the heavy artillery. If the weather is bad, it will be even more of a headache.

But now, even with the same power, the mass of rifled artillery will be reduced a lot. By then, it may be able to be pulled by a horse and become a real field artillery. Its significance to the army is self-evident.

Although Emperor Chongzhen also said that the cost of these firecrackers and artillery is still relatively high and the output is still low, Qin Liangyu said happily: "Your Majesty's ability is unprecedented. Although the Jianlu annexation of Korea has become more Because he is strong. But Wei Chen is more confident that he will definitely be able to go to the Hun River in Liaodong to pay homage one day."

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "You should take good care of yourself and take good care of yourself. I have more good things for you to see. I want you to know that the Ming Dynasty that you have worked hard to protect in your life will not let you disappointment!"

(End of this chapter)