"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the green grass reaches the sky. The evening wind blows the willow flute, and the sunset is outside the mountains. At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, acquaintances are half scattered. A ladle of turbid wine has exhausted the remaining joy, don't dream of cold dreams tonight."
The sweet and melancholy singing, accompanied by the melodious melody, makes people's eyes sore and their hearts extremely sad.
Outside the window, it was snowy and chilly. Several men in casual clothes were sitting in the flower hall of a mansion, with solemn expressions on their faces, quietly listening to a plump and enchanting beauty playing the piano and singing in the hall. Everyone looked sad and intoxicated, and the fragrance of tea floated faintly in the flower hall.
The woman who is singing and playing the piano is Yang Xiaohuan's biological sister, Yang Xiaomi. She is almost the same age as Xiaohuan, and her figure is almost carved from the same mold. At a glance, you can tell that she is produced by the Yang family's N son's house!
Although her appearance is not necessarily prettier than that of Yang Xiaohuan, and she is not as beautiful as Wu Xiaotuo who turns all kinds of beauties into green leaves, she does have a very attractive "sweetness". Hope everyone is interested, probably because of a beauty like her.
Such a beauty, paired with Li Shutong's "Farewell", can really melt people's hearts
Just when everyone was intoxicated, the singing and the music of the piano stopped suddenly. The beauty's expression was indifferent, and she nodded gently as a courtesy.
The house where Yang Xiaomi played the piano and sang was the outer house given to her by Prince Yu Fuquan. It was located in Shangtoutiao Hutong outside Chongwenmen, not far from Fuquan's palace. During this time, Fuquan often held wine and banquets at his house in Shangtoutiao Hutong, eating and drinking with a group of friends, but it was the first time that Yang Xiaomi played the piano and sang in person.
Of course, those who are eligible to enjoy this "special courtesy" are Fuquan's "loved relatives and friends". The fifth elder brother Chang Ning, the imperial minister Guanyin Bao, the stick chiefs Wang Zhongxiao and Cao Yin, Yang Xiaomi's brother Yang Qilong, and Zhang Xiaobao and Guo Jinbao, the two big bosses next to Fuquan. Oh, there is another person who is not so close to Fuquan, that is the Minister of War, the pearl of academicians.
Mingzhu was originally in the Ministry of Justice, but he transferred to the Ministry of War after returning to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit yesterday. Considering that the current military plan is in place, this can be considered a great use.
And this Minister of the Ministry of War went to the prince's outer house to drink wine and listen to music. It was really out of character! Originally, Mingzhu would not have come, but today when he was reporting to Kangxi in detail about the capture and killing of Prince Zhu in Suzhou, Kangxi asked him to make this trip. Fuquan had something to do and asked for the emperor's instructions. Of course, Mingzhu Don't dare not listen. But he didn't want to stay in Fuquan for too long, lest the censors find out and read a book later.
So when Mingzhu heard Yang Xiaomi finish singing, she winked at Wang Zhongxiao, her good student who was still looking at the beauty Yang infatuatedly. Seeing that the other party didn't respond, she had to cough.
Only then did Wang Zhongxiao react, and then he found that Yang Xiaomi was also looking at him, their eyes collided, and they quickly separated.
Wang Zhongxiao regained his composure and then said to Mingzhu: "Teacher, you see, the student's sister-in-law and the prince are together because they are in love with each other. It is a good thing. But the rule of non-marriage among the banner people prevents them from getting married." Now, it will be a bit difficult for the prince to get a status for his student’s wife and sister.”
"What's so difficult about this?" Mingzhu said with a smile, "Your Majesty, all you have to do is ask for a favor from the Emperor and give the Yang family a banner, right?"
Yang Qilong smiled and shook his head and said: "Mingzhongtang, if the official wants to become a banner official, it will be inconvenient for him to help the prince run Ruixintang."
Mingzhu was right. Ruixintang was helping Fuquan accept bribes legally, and at the same time he was lending money at usury. There were some shady things in it. If Yang Qilong was not in the flag, he would be a chess piece that could be discarded at any time. If he were to join the flag, it would be difficult.
In addition, he wanted to join the assistant collar under Fuquan, so Fuquan would have to be responsible for the things he did.
If Yang Qilong is a subordinate directly under the emperor's control, then he is the emperor's slave. His girls all belong to the emperor, no, they should belong to "the princes"! They all have to go to the Eight Banners draft, so how do they divide it among so many princes? Let alone Fuquan, Kangxi and Wang Zhongxiao would not be happy about this!
"What does the prince mean?" Mingzhu asked again.
"Your Majesty wants Xiaomi to be another teacher, Nalan. Do you think this is okay?" Wang Zhongxiao asked with a smile.
"What?" Mingzhu was startled by Wang Zhongxiao's suggestion, "Another household Nalan? That's not it. Your wife will misunderstand it!"
Although Nalan is a homophone of Nala, not all Nala will be written as Nalan, only Nalan Pearl is written like this. So if Xiaomi becomes Nalan from another household and is called Nalan Xiaomi, then wouldn’t she become Nalan Mingzhu’s illegitimate daughter?
If Wulinzhu, Mingzhu's wife, knew about this, would Mingzhu still be able to survive?
"Why don't we consider her as your niece, teacher?" Wang Zhongxiao made another suggestion.
"No, no," Nalan Mingzhu still shook her head, "My family is small and they are all relatives of the emperor, so it is not easy to arrange!"
The ancestor of Nalan Mingzhu was the chief of the Yehe tribe of the Haixi Jurchen tribe, a direct descendant of the Yehenala clan, and fell in love and killed each other for many years with the Jianzhou Jurchen Aixinjueluo - although Mingzhu's grandfather was the last Baylor of the Yehe tribe. Jin Taiji was killed by Nurhaci, but Jin Taiji's sister also married Nurhaci and gave birth to Huang Taiji. Therefore, although Nalan Mingzhu's family was classified as Zhenghuang Banner, they were first-class royal relatives.
If Xiaomi is considered Nalan Mingzhu's niece, what status will she have in Prince Yu's palace in the future? Sooner or later, I won't be able to get along with Fujin? Will the families of those wives in Fuquan be happy like this?
But Nalan Mingzhu still had to find a way to help Yang Xiaomi get an identity because that was what Kangxi wanted!
Kangxi probably wanted to explore a way, so that he could follow his instructions in the future!
"Yes, yes." Nalan Mingzhu thought about it for a while, and already had the answer, "Your Majesty, how about I arrange for your outer residence to have another person under the leadership of the governor of Dehene with a blue flag. This The people under the leadership of Dehenese Guanzuo are also Yehenala. In terms of seniority, I am their elder, and I can talk to them. Moreover, they are quite large and mixed, and many of them have accounts, Another household, one more is nothing.”
Yehenala with a blue flag? Isn’t that the home of Lafayette and his family?
Wang Zhongxiao quickly looked at Yang Xiaomi again, and found that the little goblin was also looking at him. He had such a charming look that he was fascinated by it!
"Okay," Fuquan was also looking at Yang Xiaomi, but he felt that Xiaomi was ogling him, "In the next two days, I will go to the home of Prince Jian, the owner of the Inlaid Blue Flag, to eat Xi, just looking for an opportunity to talk to the newly appointed Prince Labu."
Labu is the elder brother of Desai who died of smallpox not long ago. Desai is a direct descendant, and he is a concubine. They are both the sons of the previous Prince Jian, Jidu (who also died of smallpox, is this thing still hereditary?), and his younger brother. He had no son, so the prince belonged to him.
"Your Majesty, there are many people who know Xiaomi outside," Yang Qilong intervened again, "How about changing her name before joining the flag."
"Okay, what's the name you want to change?"
Wang Zhongxiao blurted out: "My name is Lan'er, Yehenala Lan'er."
"Lan'er?" Fuquan asked, "Does it sound good?"
Yang Xiaomi covered her mouth and said with a smile: "That sounds good, that sounds good. I will call you Lan'er from now on."
It is already the spring of the tenth year of Kangxi's reign, but the spring has not yet warmed up, the flowers have not yet bloomed, and there is still a blanket of snow outside Beijing.
The sound of horse hoofbeats came, and then a large group of cavalry walked southward on the open official road. Walking in the middle of the group, surrounded by a group of yellow jacket cavalry, were three wearing blue satin-covered cotton robes and wearing The young men wearing mink-trimmed warm hats looked quite thin, like three children.
One of them has a domineering pockmarked face, and of course he is the most pockmarked Kang in the world!
And with Kang Mazi, there were his two good brothers, Prince Yu Fuquan and Chang Ning, who had just been named Prince Gong after the New Year - "Lan'er" was already there, how could there be no Prince Gong?
Now "Datou", "Shikai", "Zhongshan", "Lan'er", "Prince Gong", as well as "Xiuquan" and "Xiuqing" (these two are not born yet) are all almost ready. This time the Qing Dynasty It's going to be over after all, right?
When Wang Zhongxiao was thinking about when his two pregnant ladies at home would give birth, he suddenly heard a "rumbling" in his ears, like thunder somewhere. He quickly retracted his mind and looked up at the sky. It was a sunny day, all blue, and not even a cloud could be seen!
Just when Wang Zhongxiao was feeling strange, Uncle Fu Quanfu next to him started laughing: "Big head, stop looking, there's no thunder!"
"That's... having sex?" Wang Zhongxiao reacted immediately, "Where is it?"
"Boom!"
Two more roars came. The two roars were not at the same time, but one after another, with an interval of twenty or thirty seconds. Moreover, the first roar was lighter and the latter roar was louder.
Obviously, this is a cannon firing explosive shells!
Wang Zhongxiao suddenly thought of something, and his face turned a little ugly.
At this time, Uncle Fu smiled again and said: "You have guessed, this is the craftsmen from the Yangxin Palace Manufacturing Office, led by Master Qintian Jiannan, test-firing the newly made Weiyuan General Cannon!"
Wang Zhongxiao's heart skipped a beat, knowing that it was broken and Kangxi had already begun to build artillery.
This Kang Mazi is going to turn into Kang Dapao ahead of schedule!
Kangxi in history actually attached great importance to firearms!
It's just that Kangxi focused on "Eight Banners Firearms", which were firearms specially used by Eight Banners soldiers, but at the same time he imposed restrictions on Green Camp Firearms.
The Yangxin Hall Manufacturing Office was an yamen under the Ministry of Internal Affairs that specialized in manufacturing palace utensils and weapons. It existed during the Shunzhi period, but it really flourished during the Kangxi period.
Whether Kangxi, the "sage king", managed the country in a sage or wise way is another matter, but one thing is certain, that is, this little pockmarked man is very smart, an engineering master, and he can also personally manage a small workshop to make guns and cannons!
In addition, Kangxi also focused on introducing advanced foreign technology for casting artillery. Master Nan Huairennan from Qintian Prison was the "foreign master" who helped Kangxi make guns and cannons.
Therefore, under the personal supervision of Kangxi, the Yangxindian Construction Office, which introduced many advanced Western technologies, ushered in its heyday during the Kangxi period.
At the same time, the Eight Banners soldiers equipped with a large number of "made by Zaobanchu" firearms are still somewhat capable of fighting!
Although the hand-to-hand combat skills of these Eight Banners soldiers with bows and horses have declined, under Kang Mazi's personal teaching, it is still possible to fight with guns and fire artillery.
Wang Zhongxiao originally thought that it would take a few years for Kang Mazi to pay attention to the muskets and artillery and the Yangxin Palace Building Office, but he did not expect that he would start it so early.
At this time Fuquan said again: "This time in the Battle of Suzhou, we suffered a big loss from the enemy's artillery! If it weren't for the dozens of cannons that the rebels had somehow transported into Suzhou that could open the shells, the city of Suzhou would not have been possible. Lost most of it!
So after the emperor received the report from Duolong, Mu Tianyan and you, he immediately went to see Master Nan. Master Nan said that those artillery pieces were short-barreled cannons designed to open shells. They were probably prototypes from the West and were cast by Wu Sangui's craftsmen. So the emperor asked Master Nan to also help. Cast some.
This cannon is not difficult to cast and was completed years ago. After the Chinese New Year, we will start testing the artillery. Your Majesty knows that you encountered the rebel cannons in Suzhou, so I will take you to have a look and see whether our Weiyuan General's artillery is more powerful or the rebel cannons! "
broken!
Wang Zhong filial piety said: Those stupid officials who wrote random memorials and exaggerated the enemy's situation are doing something wrong this time, and they may trick Wu Sangui!
Although he thought so in his heart, he still had to flatter him, "The emperor is still a wise man! At that time, the slave saw the rebels' explosive shells firing one shot at a time, and he even thought about using a long gun to shoot the cannons. It’s falling!”
"Pfft!" Kangxi, who didn't speak much along the way, was amused by Wang Zhongxiao's words, "Can your spear shoot down cannons? Do you know how powerful those cannons are? By the way, when you were studying in Yunnan Domain , didn’t the gentleman sent by Wu Sangui teach you how to have sex?”
"Of course I have!" Wang Zhongxiao thought for a while and said, "Wu Sangui's artillery is still very powerful. There are many cannons, the big ones are four to five thousand kilograms, and the small ones are hundreds of kilograms. They are all made of copper. The quality is Excellent.
However, when the slave was in Yunnan, he had not seen the kind of "dwarf cannon" that could release ammunition. The slave guessed that it might be an improved version of the squatting tiger cannon, so that it could be easily smuggled. "
What he said was not nonsense, and it couldn't be nonsense, because Kangxi still had many informants in Yunnan and Guizhou, and Wu Sangui's casting and shooting of cannons could not be hidden from Kangxi. Moreover, Wu Sangui did not learn to cast cannons until he arrived in Yunnan. In fact, Wu Sangui had cast many high-quality bronze cannons as early as when he was the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, and some of them were passed down to later generations and entered museums.
In addition, Wu Sangui also forged a large number of artillery during and before the San Francisco Uprising in history. Some of them were hidden in Yuezhou. They were later discovered by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and became their weapon to defeat Wuhan and Jiangning!
These cannons are still sharp after being hidden for more than a hundred years, which also reflects how strong Wu Sangui's Pingxi Fan is in cannon casting.
Of course, Kangxi was not bad in this regard. Otherwise, the San Francisco Uprising in history would have been successful!
Kangxi's pockmarked face was also a bit heavy. Although this time he could be said to be sure of victory and had an overwhelming advantage over Ping Xifan, but those advantages were all based on the general trend. No matter how good the general trend was, the final victory had to be won on the battlefield. come out!
Although the two trapped beasts, Wu Yingqi and Ao Bai, are in a difficult situation, they still have the strength to fight. If the imperial army cannot break their trapped beasts' fight, then the situation may be reversed no matter how good it is!
Even if you fight against the whole country in one corner, victory is not impossible!
Didn't the Qing Dynasty (Daqing Dynasty) in those days just rely on victory after victory to suddenly become a country-wide power?
Kangxi was thinking about how to strangle Wu Yingqi and Ao Bai step by step along the way, and said no more.
As Wang Zhongxiao listened to the roar of artillery that was getting closer and closer, he began to feel anxious. The Battle of San Francisco was about to begin. If Wu Sangui could not win the first battle and then swept Sichuan and Shaanxi in one fell swoop, Kangxi would still have a good chance of winning.
The two people's thoughts were quickly interrupted by the sound of cannons welcoming the distinguished guests.
Wang Zhongxiao looked up and found that he had arrived outside Gongji City.
Gongji City became Wanping City later, but the current Wanping County Government Office is still located in Beijing City. Gongji City is still an acropolis to protect Beijing. There are only barracks and government offices in the city, but no residential buildings. Because there was Fengtai Town nearby, Gongji City was called Fengtai Camp after the Eight Banners New Army President and Minister Yamen moved in.
However, after all, Gongji City is still a bit far from the inner city of Beijing. It is not easy for the Eight Banners soldiers who are on duty here in Fengtai Camp to go home, so Kangxi divided the Eight Banners New Army in three towns into three squads, each of which was ten days old. Camp training, the remaining two classes went home to spend time with their wives and children.
So today, there were actually only one town of Eight Banners soldiers lining up outside the Fengtai camp to welcome Kangxi.
Although there is only one town, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers, wearing yellow, bordered yellow, pure white, bordered white, pure red, bordered red, pure blue, bordered blue and other eight-color cotton armor, either riding in formation or carrying Standing with instruments in hand, they formed sixteen square formations with "partners and leaders" as the unit. Among them, shotgun soldiers account for a lot of the troops, accounting for at least 50%! Even some of the cavalrymen on horseback carry shotguns!
In front of each square formation, various artillery pieces were placed.
Among them was a French machine gun with a seemingly long barrel. The Qing army called this type of gun a sub-gun. It was a proprietary firearm of the Eight Banners, and the Green Camp could only equip it in violation of regulations.
There is also a mortar with a very short barrel - it should be the Weiyuan General Cannon that was tested just now! This kind of Weiyuan general cannon looks much thicker than the mortar that Wang Zhongxiao had privately forged at the small station. The projectile must weigh twenty or thirty kilograms to fire!
Finally, of course, the red cannon carried on a very sturdy two-wheeled artillery cart is indispensable - this cannon seems to weigh about two to three thousand kilograms, and the bullet weight cannot be less than ten kilograms. Although it is inconvenient to move, it is powerful. Not to be underestimated!
All kinds of artillery added together, there are always as many as seventy or eighty!
The Eight Banners New Army, which numbered only 10,000 people, actually had so many artillery and muskets. This kind of firepower, let alone in East Asia, would probably be considered first-rate even in Europe!
This new Eight Banners Army is a bit unexpected!
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On the nineteenth day of the first lunar month of the first year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun looked at the iron triangle in front of him.
The first ally is quite kind-looking. She is the Queen Mother of the Ming Dynasty.
The second ally is just a eunuch whose job is to kowtow.
The third ally is a powerful minister, and he looks domineering.
Finally, everyone turned to me and asked me what role I played:
I looked at my identity and said, I am:
The great emperor who is not doing his job properly
This book is also known as: "I Have a Billion Little Hobbies", "The Emperor's Favor Shattering Fist", "Make the Ming Dynasty Great Again"...
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