A great man of the Northern Song Dynasty

"It takes such a big fanfare to build an iron cylinder. I have a lot of work on my hands. I can't finish it today. Who can help?"

A group of officials muttered and left the duty room. They wanted to go and see the experiments over there, but they were stopped by the guards.

"Hurry over, or else we will die or be injured."

The guards kept issuing warnings, but the officials were lazy.

After walking away, an official scolded: "The higher-ups asked me to do five documents today. This is a job for two people. Why let a certain person do it?"

One of the costs of redundant officials is laxity. One thing is divided into several people to handle, and the efficiency is extremely slow, but the officials are very leisurely.

Once they get busy, they feel uncomfortable.

Fu Bi has been rectifying his internal affairs recently, so life is not easy for everyone.

"Take it out and do it."

Everyone was full of complaints and gave him an idea.

The official thought about it and walked around from the other side.

In front, Shen An had finished loading. He turned around to look at Zhao Shu and others, "Your Majesty, would you like to light a fire?"

"Just order it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Baibian came over with a shield and stood in front of Zhao Shu.

Naturally, the rest of the group didn't get this treatment, and the timid ones quietly moved toward the back, probably thinking that even if they were about to die, it would be their turn after those in front died.

Shen An went over to light the fire, and then thought proudly of the magnificent future...

On land, artillery was roaring, large swaths of cavalry were beaten to pulp by iron bullets, and war horses were neighing. It was like hell...

On the sea, the invincible navy of the Song Dynasty was chasing the enemy, firing volleys of artillery, and the enemy ships caught fire and sank...

When the warship arrived at the enemy's port, the warship rolled sideways, and the side window opened, revealing the dark muzzle...

"Come back quickly!"

Bao Zheng was shouting, his voice anxious.

Shen An stood next to the cannon and raised his hand calmly.

boom!

Not only the Privy Council, but the entire imperial city heard the roar.

Countless people looked up to find the source of the sound.

The iron bullet was fired, breaking through the smoke and moving forward...

Boom!

The door to the check-in room eighty steps away was pierced by a cannon, and iron bullets flew in. Only a crackling sound was heard, and there seemed to be a scream.

Shen An slowly turned around and said with a proud look: "Someone asked before what artillery is, so now I want to tell him that this is artillery, the indestructible god of battle formations!"

Zhao Shu and others finally came back to their senses, and he murmured: "I only saw smoke, can you see clearly?"

Ouyang Xiu said blankly: "I only saw a blur."

Bao Zheng was only concerned about Shen An's safety, so he didn't see the specific situation of the artillery launch.

"I only saw gunpowder smoke."

Han Qi exhaled, "Then I saw that the door opposite was broken, and it was indeed as if it were broken. Let's go and have a look."

Zhao Shu didn't say anything, and Han Qi trotted over.

His body is huge and he makes a lot of noise when he runs.

Han Qi is domineering, Your Majesty!

Someone looked back at Zhao Shu.

Zhao Shu said eagerly: "Go and have a look."

The monarch and his ministers went over together, and Han Qi in front had already entered the check-in room.

"Prime Minister Han, what's wrong?"

Han Qi stood there blankly without replying.

Everyone entered the duty room, and the appearance of the duty room had completely changed at this moment.

The room was full of sawdust, two tables were falling apart, and all kinds of bits and pieces.

Many sawdust can be seen on the wall, seemingly impossible to get into the wall, like a goddess scattering flowers.

Papers were everywhere, and all kinds of debris were scattered in the check-in room.

Bao Zheng wanted to see the sawdust stuck in the wall, but there were too many fragments under his feet, so he could only try to get there step by step.

He walked all the way to the wall and reached out to pull out the wood chips, which eventually broke. He turned around and asked, "Prime Minister, did you do this?"

Fu Bi shook his head, "The Privy Council does not have such means. This is...this is shot out by the iron bullet, this is wood, if it is a man or horse..."

"Crush!" Han Qi suddenly raised his head and laughed.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Zhao Shu leaned over and picked up a table leg. Looking at the broken place, he could no longer suppress his joy. "It's indestructible! What would happen if there was this thing on the battle formation?"

Han Qi had experienced the battle formation. He turned around and said: "Your Majesty, if there is such an object on the battle formation, the iron bullets will be fired out, and the enemy cavalry in front will be punched out with a bloody passage. If there are dozens of these artillery pieces, , I dare to fight the Liao army in the wild..."

At this moment, Han Qi was extremely confident!

"This is a sharp weapon for the country, a sharp weapon for the country!"

Zeng Gongliang turned around excitedly and shouted to Shen An, who was still on the other side of the artillery piece: "Come quickly!"

Shen An was checking the barrel and temperature of the gun.

Hearing the shout, he stood up, looked over, and said with a smile, "Is this an eye-opener?"

This is just a bronze cannon. If it could produce explosive shells, the monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty would probably think that they were in another world.

Cao Yi felt that he was the one who opened his eyes. His eyes were a little dull. As he followed Shen An, he said: "Is that an iron barrel? An iron barrel can only hit dozens of steps. You... I'm afraid it can take more than a hundred steps." Come on! You can still destroy everything after a hundred steps, Anbei, is this an iron cylinder?"

He really couldn't believe it!

"This is the iron cylinder." Shen An said firmly: "Without your invention, this thing would have been hundreds of years late."

Hundreds of years later, Westerners who re-recognized the world through great voyages began to plunder in various ways, and it was at that time that modern firearms were introduced to China.

"Is that someone who has done something big?"

He still couldn't forget his eldest sister's expectations and just wanted to impress her.

"Of course it's a big deal." Shen An said seriously, "You will go down in history for this."

"Definitely!" He felt that his tone was not firm enough, so he added an affirmative.

It will be written in the history books: In the autumn of the fourth year of Zhiping, he made an iron cylinder and used medicine to fire stone bullets. At that time, Longtuge was improved by Shen'an. It was made of bronze and fired iron bullets. It was indestructible and became a powerful weapon for the country.

"I thought that the iron cylinder could only be left there in the end, but I didn't expect that you actually got a bronze one. It's really going to be used now." Cao Yi was so happy that when he went in and saw the tragedy in the check-in room, he also Shocked.

If people in later generations were here, they would probably be surprised and say: "Did a tornado pass by?"

In the messy room, Zhao Shu said with piercing eyes: "This thing is of great use in the army. It can be called a weapon to control the country. Uncle Guo has great merits, and Shen An has great merits. Uncle Guo is one of my own..."

Cao Yi had a smile on his face, but his heart was full of bitterness. He thought, you should reward your family members according to their merits, right?

"There are outstanding children in the family, but there are three officials."

Since Zhao Shu came to the throne, the practice of wholesale official positions has gradually become less and less common. Every year, the number of children of powerful and high-ranking officials has become smaller and smaller, so they are particularly precious.

But today, as soon as he opened his mouth, he gave it to three people from the old Cao family. Cao Yi was so happy that he almost wanted to kneel down.

Zhao Shu said with a smile: "I am afraid that the queen has been waiting for the good news for a long time in the palace. My uncle will go to announce the good news later."

Cao Yi agreed. At this moment, he felt that he could die for the officials.

Zhao Shu's words doubled Cao Yi's loyalty value, and Han Qi and others secretly praised him.

"Shen An..."

Zhao Shu looked at him and felt that this young man had a far-sighted vision and could be called a prime minister. But she’s still too young!

"Shen An can make imperial edicts for his knowledge."

What?

Shen An was startled and shouted in his heart that something was wrong.

Bao Zheng stroked his beard and was very pleased.

For someone in his twenties, it would probably be difficult for an official to know how to make a imperial edict. However, Shen An's contribution was not small, and not being promoted would not be enough to demonstrate the rule that meritorious service must be rewarded.

Han Qi's eyes were full of envy and he whispered: "It's great to be young."

He thought of his official career back then, which was really far behind compared to Shen An.

Zhizhigao, as the name suggests, is the official in charge of drafting edicts.

When drafting edicts, handwriting is the key, followed by literary talent.

An imperial edict must make people admire both its writing and its wording. This is a qualified imperial edict.

But Shen An felt that he was seeking death by doing this.

His calligraphy is still pretty good to this day, which is why Zhao Shu appointed him as Zhi Zhi Gao.

But his literary talent cannot be admired by others!

To this day, he has not written any articles at all. If he really wants to take the imperial examination, the truth will be revealed in a few days.

Famous educator and writer, Shen An, who was in charge of Longtuge at that time, turned out to be a literary liar!

That’s not right!

Shen An said sincerely: "Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!"

Um?

The prime ministers and assistants looked at Shen An and felt something was wrong.

What is Shen An's favorite thing?

Calligraphy, painting and credit.

The calligraphy and painting is said to be for my sister to practice calligraphy. Where is the credit?

Merit and promotion.

Today, the officials asked him to be promoted, and it was the Zhizhigao that attracted much attention, but he refused. What does this mean?

Han Qi looked at Bao Zheng with confusion.

——Xiren! Could it be that Shen An was twitching? Go get a slap.

Bao Zheng was also puzzled, but chose to believe Shen An.

Zhao Shu asked: "Why?"

They are not willing to promote ministers. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net There is such a thing, but it is more of a posturing.

Shen An was not a person who showed off, so Zhao Shu was very curious as to why he was unwilling to be promoted.

"This matter was initiated by my uncle. I just improved it. How can it be regarded as a great contribution?" Shen An's expression was so sincere that people couldn't help but be deeply moved. "Your Majesty is very kind, but I am not You can't be shameless...I would like to grant you the title of uncle."

"An Bei!" Cao Yan didn't expect Shen An to be like this, and his eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Zhao Shu looked at the two of them and smiled: "Don't you regret it?"

Shen An said seriously: "I have no regrets."

"I can't take the credit from Anbei!"

Cao Yi also refused to accept it. Zhao Shu smiled and said: "In the past, when I said who I wanted to reward, I was always happy or at least secretly happy. Today, it is strange. Please think about it carefully."

So elegant and bright!

Everyone looked at Shen An with more appreciation in their eyes.

Loyalty is Shen An's advantage.

He has done a lot for his close friends over the years, and every time he did it with all his strength.

This is loyalty.

The emperor naturally liked the loyal ministers, so Zhao Shu did not hide his emotions and said with a smile: "The palace has received something good recently. I will ask the queen to take Guoguo into the palace later."

Tsk tsk!

This is the Holy Family!

Everyone was envious.

Fu Bi praised: "Anbei has unparalleled loyalty and integrity."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

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