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Chapter 486 Normal anti-suspect firearms rules
"The capital is safe everywhere!"

Since September of the eighth year of Wanli, this scene has been reported by the Secretary of Public Security.

Everywhere is peaceful and there is nothing to worry about. This is naturally a good thing, but Zou Yi, Li Wenyuan and Lu Wancai have all been on the job for a long time, and they have accumulated a lot of experience in running this security department. They worry.

"The ghosts and ghosts everywhere are still active as usual, nothing unusual, but I feel something is wrong..."

Li Wenyuan said in a muffled voice, the three of them looked at each other, and Zou Yi said:
"Perhaps nothing happened, but Mr. Wang was assassinated in Tianjin Wei, and Yong Shengbo's second son Yizhou was robbed and killed. Normally, the capital shouldn't be like this."

"Those who were surprised were all surprised, and those who scolded and fought each other didn't stop, but it seems that there must be something else..."

Lu Wancai was also unsure, the three of them were all doubtful when they spoke, and after a while of silence, Zou Yi shook his head and laughed:
"Maybe I was too careful in waiting. Lord Wang didn't hear anything from Tianjin Wei. What's the use of our wild thinking here? It's just confusing people's hearts."

The three of them laughed a few times, but stopped talking about it.

Wang Tong is the number one confidant of Emperor Wanli, and with such a situation in Tianjin Wei, anyone with a little political savvy will think that any move against Wang Tong has something to do with Emperor Wanli.

It has something to do with the Son of Heaven, and small things are big things. The known forces in the capital will be restless, and some unexpected and unclear origins will also be active. All kinds of gods will appear, tossing openly and secretly, although chaotic , but there are also some clues appearing in it.

But this time, there were fewer unexpected things, and most of them were expected...

There was nothing unexpected, everything was expected, the situation should have been like this, but it was so normal, which made the members of the Department of Public Security, who were used to seeing intrigues and vicissitudes, feel that something was wrong, and they felt a little uneasy.

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After Wang Tong left the capital, the Department of Public Security provided Wang Tong with a large amount of information, but it was difficult to manage his affairs when he was not in his position. While the intelligence network of the Department of Public Security became more and more mature, it was also controlled by Zhang Cheng. deeper and deeper.

This is also normal. As a newly established yamen, the Department of Public Security is a newly established yamen. Although the capital collects peace money to supply the palace, the emperor has the world's affairs in mind, so he must not be able to take care of it all the time.

Feng Bao, the eunuch in charge of the chief inspector of ceremonies, was directly in charge of the East Factory, and he was in charge of the source of information. Zhang Cheng was always in a state of isolation and helplessness. Material support.

The Public Security Department reported to Zhang Cheng, and with so much support from Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng naturally took control over it.

Wang Tong had already expected this, so when he left the capital, he didn't make any arrangements in the Department of Public Security, but let it go out, and made the arrangements to implement the facts. If he is not in the capital, he will still be unable to catch him sooner or later, anyway. Zou Yi, Li Wenyuan, and Lu Wancai all have some kind of relationship with him, and they have intersecting interests, so what they should get is still indispensable.

The information can be obtained, but there are some things that have to be scrupled and cannot be told frankly. For example, what Wang Tong obtained from the torture of Yu Shuangshi, and a series of speculations made later, these information were not shared with the Secretary of Public Security.

This is also the reason for the confusion on the side of the Public Security Department. If you know the information from Wang Tong's side, you may be able to make a judgment that certain forces are shrinking in all directions due to a series of setbacks.

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But since the matter is so important, Wang Tong didn't dare to take the risk of leaking it, so naturally he wouldn't talk to the Secretary of Public Security.

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The magistrate of Yizhou was deprived of his merits and sent to prison for crimes. Thousands of households in Zijingguan were deprived of their merits and sent to prison for crimes. The magistrate of Baoding Prefecture was fined for three years.

The in-laws of the Tian family, the second son of Xungui Yongshengbo's mansion were attacked and disappeared, and the officials in Beizhili were all unlucky, convicted, fined, and demoted. All the brave men of the rich and powerful families were mobilized to conduct a blanket search and inquire about news.

Despite the great momentum, the things that may be found are really limited, but a few corpses were found in the surrounding mountains and forests, and the corpses had been torn apart by wild beasts.

Both the queen mother and the emperor ordered comfort, and King Lu also wrote a private letter to Yongsheng Bo's mansion in Shanxi.

Even though the officials of the prefectures in the west of Beizhili had suffered losses of varying sizes, complaining and discussing in private, they all felt that Yong Shengbo was quite reasonable.

If Yongsheng Boyu Yuangang made a big fuss about this matter, the court would definitely give him an explanation. It is not impossible for officials to lose their heads, but the current situation has kept the safety of most people.

Yongsheng Boyu's family was praised for their general understanding of this matter. His family held funerals, and the grief and troubles were not mentioned. Yongsheng Bo's third son was working in the border town of Datong. During this time, there were many people under his command. Few people have injured their bones and can only retire and return home.

There is no place to go back home. According to the past rules, they are all resettled in the village of Uncle Yongsheng.

Some people also found that these "injured" soldiers and servants were not injured at all, and they went to Yong Shengbo's Zhuangzi to take off their uniforms, and immediately began to be on guard.
On the left and right are the servants raised by the third son of the Yu family, and they were given to the Yu family to look after the home. No one could tell what was wrong, and everyone also passed on privately to ignore it.

After the news of Yu Shuangshi's death reached Yu's house, Uncle Yongsheng's mansion was closed for a few days, and then he took care of various matters and sent people to the capital to deliver the booklet for the performance.

In the memorial, he thanked the queen mother and the emperor for their consolation to the Yu family, and then said that Uncle Yongsheng's granddaughter has also reached the age to marry, and she also hopes to get married as soon as possible.

Emperor Wanli has already married, and now he also has a lot of concubines and concubines. King Lu is not yet old, but seeing his children getting married, that is the wish of parents.

Cisheng Empress Dowager Li was very concerned about this matter, and even specially discussed the date, but Yongsheng Boyu's family had a son who died, which was considered a serious funeral, and it would take at least a year before they could marry, but the Empress Dowager The relevant yamen of the inner prison and the outer court have been ordered to start preparations, and it will start in a year.

Although Yong Sheng Bo's family lost a son, but because marriage is a certainty, their status has risen a lot. Seeing how concerned the Empress Dowager Li is, who would dare to neglect her.

However, the Yongshengbo Mansion has shrunk significantly in the business field. It just bought more fields in Fenzhou and Taiyuan Mansions. In fact, many of them are mainly engaged in buying and selling alkali, and now this business can no longer continue.

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"Fanren Hans does have some outstanding features. He carries a small booklet with him. There are shadow figures on it, all of which are how to cast firecrackers. Although Fanren's paintings are not interesting, they look nothing like real people. The difference is that the soldiers will be of great use if they study and practice hard according to this booklet."

Wang Tong and General Tan stood in the back row of the martial arts arena, watching the demonstration in front, while Hans and the two foreign soldiers held firecrackers in their hands, and they were making movements rigidly.

From cleaning the barrel of the gun with a cleaning rod, to putting in the ammunition for compaction... all the way to setting up the gun and preparing to shoot, Hans and the others moved very slowly.

These three foreign soldiers stood on the wooden platform, and every time they made a movement, they explained loudly. If they could not speak Chinese completely, they said it in Portuguese, and the interpreter translated it loudly.

In the direction directly facing the wooden platform, four hundred soldiers stood neatly, staring intently at the people on the platform. Among the ten of them, there was a firecracker. Every time they saw a movement, the following would imitate it.

"Since the Fanren have the booklet, let's do the same. Go to the city and invite a painter to come over and use a wooden board one person high to draw these movements one by one. Let these soldiers watch and study every day. Go do it."

Wang Tong said while looking at the front, Sun Dahai quickly agreed behind him, but Tan Jiang kept frowning, cleared his throat and said in a low voice:

"I don't know why the master attaches so much importance to the firecracker. If the cannon is okay, if it hits it directly from a few hundred steps away, the enemy will definitely be smashed to pieces, but the firecracker must be placed firmly and can only be fired when the enemy is within range. My hands were trembling, my heart was flustered and I was afraid, and I couldn’t hit them.”

Wang Tong looked ahead, but listened intently, nodded slightly, General Tan has seen and experienced many battles from the southeast to the northern border, and what he said was based on experience.

"In the past, when I saw the enemy hundreds of paces away, I would throw the firecrackers at random. When the enemy entered the range, the firecracker tubes were all red, and I couldn't even fight. I had to throw it away and run for my life, let alone the flustered hands. , and this firecracker is so powerful that no one dares to pick it up, let alone have any accuracy. really."

The Ming army used heavy firearms, but this firearm has various disadvantages. General Tan has seen it too much, and he can't stop talking:

"General Qi used firecrackers, and each of them had a swordman standing behind them. If they didn't follow the rules, they would be cut off with a single blow. But doing so would hurt morale and consume too much manpower... Master, this firecracker Ten taels of silver is too expensive."

"The ten taels of silver are apportioned for the purchase of drilling machines, iron stoves, etc. When there are more made, one can be made with more than three taels."

Wang Tong said with a smile, then looked at the wooden platform again, and said in a deep voice:

"Practice diligently at ordinary times, and the military law is strict, so you don't have to worry about them throwing the firecrackers randomly. If there is a problem with the firecrackers, you will kill the craftsmen who made the firecrackers. If there is a problem with the firing of the firecrackers, if you don't fight randomly, you will kill the soldiers who cast the firecrackers. It’s not so easy to get twice the salary of the firecrackers!”
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Maybe it's approaching the end of the year, and I'm very tired, so Chapter 2 will be later
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