The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 157
Yan Wangfu.

Zheng Yuncheng, the governor of Beiping, came out of the palace. Behind him was the eunuch in charge of the palace. His attendants who were waiting in the gatehouse heard the movement outside and hurried out to inform the bearers waiting on the street.

"Stay."

"Zheng Qian, go slowly." The eunuch smiled.

The bearer carried the sedan chair to the gate of the palace, Zheng Yuncheng sat on the sedan chair, his attendants bowed to salute the eunuch who was seeing him off at the gate, and then waved their hands, the figures of a group of people gradually disappeared on the street.

Zheng Yuncheng, who was sitting in the sedan chair, closed his eyes and rubbed his temples.

From sending someone to hand over the greeting card to today's visit to the prince, I don't know if the king of Yan can hear his advice.

The people of Ying Tian Mansion looked at themselves, in the current situation, it is time for the Wang Mansion to stop.

King Yan is not a person who doesn't understand the general situation, he understands the principles of advance and retreat, if the palace stops expanding now, he can also explain to Ying Tianfu.

"Eldest son."

Zheng Yuncheng opened his eyes with a look of boredom.

There are no secrets in the government, nor in the royal palace. It is impossible to hide who and what standpoint.

Yu Fengchen, the old gentleman of the palace, is a respected and reassuring Confucian, and he is also the companion of King Yan.

Shi Gecheng, the head of the Changshi Mansion, is also a steady official.

However, I don't know which monk surnamed Yao, and when he flattered the prince. I heard from Yu Fengchen that this person is quite radical.

It is really unheard of for a bodyguard to be promoted to You Changshi.

In addition, another big son came out.

The attitudes of these three people are worrying. I hope the prince will not be affected, otherwise Peking will follow.

Zheng Yuncheng sighed, he couldn't help himself in the rivers and lakes.

After sending Zheng Yuncheng off, the eunuch returned to report to the prince, and the atmosphere in the hall was quite dull.

Yao Guangxiao was holding a string of Buddhist beads, while Jin Zhong looked ahead, as if thinking.

"This Zheng Yuncheng doesn't show off the mountains and doesn't show the water. Unexpectedly, he has a very sensitive mind and a good judgment on the current situation."

Zhu Di praised it a lot.

"In the past, I mainly dealt with the Chief Secretary's left and right political envoys and political participants, but I neglected this person."

Zhu Di confessed to the eunuch: "You turn around and make a gift and send it to this man's house."

"Back to the prince, at what level?"

"Let's just follow his grade, so as not to cause criticism."

Zhu Di dismissed the eunuch, looked at Yao Guangxiao and Jin Zhong, and asked, "What do you think? Will the Liaodong matter continue?"

"Amitabha." Yao Guangxiao muttered.

Jin Zhong knew that Yao Guangxiao didn't think of a way to deal with it, so he took the initiative to speak up and brought out the eldest son: "The Liaodong matter is the eldest son's plan."

Zhu Di smiled wryly upon hearing this.

Although Yanshan Zuowei Zhang Yun did not directly pledge allegiance, his attitude has changed, and it is impossible for this person to show more obvious performance.

Otherwise, Yingtianfu's gang would not let Zhang Yun go, because it was a betrayal of Yingtianfu's gang.

And even if this person didn't change his attitude, he couldn't move him, and it was also Ying Tianfu's gang who were protecting Zhang Yun.

So the current situation of Yanshan Sanwei is already the best situation.

There are also Miyun Guards, Miyun Guards, these two elite guards, and Tongzhou and other guards. Zhu Di has promoted many cronies in the past few months.

The Wangfu has already obtained the greatest benefit from the big blue jade case.

As for going further.

It depends on the will of the emperor and whether it will touch the bottom line of Ying Tianfu's gang. If it causes a counterattack, it will not be worth the loss.

"Where is the boss?" Zhu Di asked.

"The eldest son has gone to Zhuozhou."

Jin Zhong replied.

"Have someone call him, let him go back to Peiping, run around outside every day, he's busier than us, what's the matter?"

Zhu Di's attitude is obvious, and he doesn't want to make extra troubles.

Yao Guangxiao glanced at Jin Zhong, Jin Zhong also looked at him, Yao Guangxiao looked away, and could only look at the eldest son next.

Only the eldest son can change the prince.

……

Zhuozhou.

early morning.

"Left and right, left and right."

Two people lined up, a team of more than a thousand people, extending to more than half a mile, trotting with neat steps under the slogan.

The railway from Miyun to Beiping has been opened to traffic, freeing up a lot of manpower and being dispatched to support the rest of the road, which has led to the accelerated construction of railways everywhere.

Although Huo Zhen is a Mongolian, he has served as a thousand households in the Yanshan Guard for many years, and has gone out with the King of Yan many times, so his qualifications are not small.

Instead of Qiu Fu, he managed the drills of the [-] military workers, and he did not cause any trouble.

"This kind of practice method is indeed the most suitable." Huo Zhen came to Zhu Gaochi's side and said in agreement.

Zhu Gaochi was wearing a long gown, followed by several guards.

There are eight hundred guards in the palace.

These [-] guards need to be supported by the palace, and it is because Zhu Gaochi provided a sum of money, otherwise there would be less than [-] guards in the palace last year.

Zhu Di allocated fifty guards to Zhu Gaochi, and Zhu Gaochi appointed Li Biao as the commander of the guards, and recruited fifty elite soldiers from the three guards of Yanshan through the introduction of Zhu Neng and others.

"In the future, we will transfer a batch of firearms and train more firearm formations." Zhu Gaochi pointed out the direction of future development.

In the era of cold weapons, although there are requirements for military formations, personal bravery is irreplaceable. A fierce general who can charge into battle can play a huge role in the morale of the army.

Ordinary archers cannot shoot through the general's armor, so there are often allusions that the general continued to fight after being hit by a few arrows on the armor.

Only the heavy archers who have been trained for many years will greatly reduce the safety of the generals, but the generals are not fools, they will avoid the heavy archers phalanx.

But getting into firearms is a different story.

Firearms can penetrate armor.

Even the Huomen gun, the predecessor of the matchlock gun, can penetrate armor with any gun.

After the lead bullets entered the body, they burned and exploded in the human body. The pain beyond the physiological limit immediately made people lose their combat effectiveness.

Moreover, it takes at least three years to train a qualified archer, like the British longbowman, it takes more than ten years to train.

And a qualified firearms hand only needs three months.

The disadvantages are low accuracy, slow launch, and extremely high requirements for military formations and intensive types.

Therefore, there will be great changes in the army, from the absolute requirements for the quality of generals to the absolute requirements for middle-level officers.

With the advancement of firearms, from matchlock guns to muskets, it slipped down to the grassroots.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the bird guns were matchlock guns, and technology was not a problem. Zhu Gaochi planned to start making bird guns next year, and then spread them to the army.

Bird guns were made in Peiping, and so can other places.

But Zhu Gaochi was not worried.

It was only five years before Zhu Yuanzhang died.

It will take a year for the entire army in Peiping to get used to the bird gun, a year for the transmission of news, and at least a year for the investigation of the exchanges between Peiping and Yingtianfu.

Only one year is left for Ying Tianfu to imitate.

From start to production, what is the use of a year, there are thousands of guns in the sky.

Therefore, it is most appropriate to promote bird guns next year. With the addition of the Frang cannon, it should be able to play an important role in the Jingnan battle.

"Do you use a musket?" Huo Zhen asked curiously.

Zhu Gaochi nodded.

Huo is really disappointed, his specialty is riding and shooting, firearms are not his forte.

Zhu Gaochi didn't see Huo Zhen's expression, and he didn't care when he saw it. He didn't expect Huo Zhen to become the general of the firearms unit.

Huozhen will still lead the cavalry in the future.

But the firearms troops need to understand the tactics of the cavalry, so Zhu Gaochi asked Huo Zhen to come by his side.

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Neng on the other side, and asked, "Is there a letter from Liaodong?"

Zhu Neng shook his head.

"Pay attention, Qiu Fu has a letter, let us know as soon as possible."

For Chuff and Golden State.

Zhu Gaochi is very useful.

According to his plan, it will become his other trump card, which can play a decisive role.

"Young Lord, don't worry, my subordinates will never delay receiving Qiu Fu's letter." Zhu Neng promised.

The situation in the palace has recently turned upside down, and these generals who were born in the Yanshan Guard are tied to the palace to share weal and woe.

In addition, after the opening of China Heavy Industry, the continuous big moves, the situation is gratifying, and the morale of the people present is high.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't be happy, and asked softly: "Is there still no news about the commander of the three guards in Zhuozhou?"

Zhu Neng was startled, and understood why the little prince was a little disappointed.

Seeing that no one answered, Zhu Gaochi laughed.

"We have no name and no status, and people look down on us. Seriously speaking, they are the ones who abide by the rules, and we are the ones who don't understand the rules."

"Don't be annoyed, little lord, but the idiots, the lord will take care of them later." Huo really didn't understand the ambiguity in it, and cursed as it should.

Zhu Gaochi glanced at Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng nodded.

In Zhuozhou's railway project, Zhu Neng personally took charge of it for a month, and took the opportunity to contact the generals of Zhuozhou's three guards.

Zhu Neng has his own account of who is respectful to the palace and who is closer to the third division.

Knowing yourself and the enemy is invincible.

Zhuozhou is the gateway to Beiping, and it is also a key battle for Zhu Di to reverse the strategic situation. Some of the generals are facing the court.

night.

Zhu Neng handed the list to Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaochi opened it and took a look, the content recorded in it was very detailed.

When did we meet, where was the place, what did the other party say, how they behaved on weekdays, their attitude towards the palace, whether they could be wooed, etc.

With this list, the situation in Zhuozhou is clear at a glance, and Zhu Gaochi is very satisfied.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"It's a matter of marking your duties." Zhu Neng was not surprised, and after more than a year of training, he already had the demeanor of a famous general.

That's what Zhu Gaochi thought, or maybe it was the idea that came from his habitual impression.

In short.

Compared with when I first met Zhu Neng, although Zhu Neng at that time was also very calm, he was always a bit immature, unlike today, who gave people a trustworthy temperament.

"The three guards of Zhuozhou are very important, you should pay more attention to this place."

"Those who can be won over among these people, we must do our best to win them over." Zhu Gaochi withdrew his smile, showing killing intent, "For those who cannot be won over, we must get rid of them."

Such murderous words made Zhu Neng bow his head.

Zhu Neng doesn't think so, although it is said that the prince is like a father in the world, although the prince is decisive, he acts steadily.

Although the eldest son is kind to the lower class, he actually acts extreme.

Those who follow will prosper, and those who are against will perish, leaving no room for it.

(End of this chapter)