Thinking like this, Yi Ming took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, the power of the new artillery is so great, it should be equipped by the mercenaries, and the ministers beg to contact it more, if you can get such a powerful artillery, it will be the blessing of the emperor, the blessing of my Ming, and the blessing of the people." ”

As soon as he heard that he could also have such a firearm, Zhu Qiyu suddenly became interested, "Yi Aiqing, are you sure?" ”

"Your Majesty, what the mercenaries are trying to do is just money, as long as we agree to the request, it should not be difficult. After all, there is no conflict of interest between the two of us, and in fact, they do not have the idea of being an enemy of us, and the minister thinks it is feasible. Yi Ming knew that this moment was not the time to hesitate, so he took the guess as reality and told it.

"Okay, that's the case, Yi Aiqing and Jin Aiqing will leave this matter to the two of you to do, remember, as long as the other party's request is not too excessive, you can agree." Zhu Qiyu said with brilliance on his face. Even began to imagine in his heart what it would be like once he had such a firearm, at that time, he could first unify the Ming Dynasty and defeat the imperial brother Zhu Qizhen, and then he could even use this to drive to Wara, the shame before the blood, at that time, he should be described and praised in the history books as another one.

As for placing Jin Ying in it, this is also one of Zhu Qiyu's means of self-preservation. After all, the power of artillery is too great, so big that it can threaten your life at any time, even if this is the case, such a thing must and can only be in your own hands, otherwise, I am afraid that I will not even be able to sleep well in the future.

Yi Ming made a suggestion and said about the artillery, and Shi Heng, who was kneeling on the ground on the other side, also said: "Your Majesty, everything is ready." The minister suggested that the matter of changing the guard should be carried out immediately, and the sergeants of Datong Mansion, Kaipingwei, and Guangning Wei and the soldiers of the Beijing Division should be replaced, and the emperor should be allowed to do so. ”

"This is something that has been discussed in the first place, and when Shi Aiqing said it, I will do it immediately." Zhu Qiyu had long been aware of this change of sergeant that had been planned for a while, and originally thought about it later, but now that Shi Heng mentioned it, he immediately started to do it.

Speaking of which, this change of guard is very secretive, and the real insiders are only known by the emperor Zhu Qiyu, the chief eunuch Jin Ying and the Marquis of Wuqing, Shi Heng, that is, even Shang Shuyiming of the military department has been kept in the dark, and now when he hears the dialogue between the emperor and Shi Heng, he kneeling on the side is also confused.

Fortunately, Shi Heng threw a look at him, meaning that he would explain this matter later, so that Yiming did not feel like he was being expelled from the supreme power.

One is to establish a good relationship with the mercenaries and conduct further contacts, and the other is to change the defense of the army. After the two things came to an end, the discussion in the palace about tonight's artillery fire was over. As for what will happen next, let's see the results of tomorrow and then discuss it.

Zhu Qiyu turned around and walked towards the dormitory, there was still some time at this time, but he could go to sleep for a while, and Jin Ying followed by him. Leaving Shi Heng and Yiming behind, they stepped back and walked out of the Zhonghe Palace.

As soon as he got out of the hall, Yi Ming straightened his originally rickety body, and then asked curiously, "Shi Dudu, you can talk to me about the change of guards." ”

"Hehe, it's nature." Shi Heng smiled on his face, once the change of defense involves a lot of things, it must be supported by the Ministry of War, and some things naturally have to be explained. "In fact, this is just the emperor's casual mention, presumably Yi Shangshu also knows, after defeating Wara, some people's fame is too prosperous, plus more than 70,000 officers and soldiers have been rescued from the Warat army, and most of these people are brave again, they are grateful for someone's great kindness in their hearts, such an army, Yi Shangshu thinks the emperor really dares to use it with confidence?"

"Ahh That's why the emperor decided to change his guard? "Yi Ming is so smart, he thought of the key to this matter at the moment. If once the guard is changed, the sergeants from other guards will come, and they have not received the kindness of loyalty and courage, so they can naturally use it with confidence.

"Yes, this time I would rather use money to change the defense of the army, and even before the conscription turmoil in the Beijing Division, the emperor also vigorously suppressed it, and it was for this reason that he came. To tell the truth, most of those who were forcibly conscripted as soldiers were just ordinary people who were convinced of someone, and these people's stay in Beijing was also an unstable factor, so they took this opportunity to get rid of them. Shi Heng smiled, how about you Yang Chendong? After all, the general trend is in the hands of the emperor, no matter how many good things you do, you can buy people's hearts, but once everyone changes, your prestige will gradually fade away with time.

Finally understood what was going on, Yi Ming sighed and said, "The emperor's hand is powerful, it can be said that he is drawing a salary from the bottom of the kettle." By the way, how are things going on Black Well Street? Originally, we were counting on them to find some trouble, but now it seems that we are having no joy again. ”

"Let's do it, after all, we don't have any losses, isn't it..."This is Shi Heng's matter, with this voice, the figures of the two gradually faded away, and finally disappeared in front of the imperial city...

Time goes back half an hour ago.

Black Well Street.

Hu Huaihai, the boss of the Blackwater Gang, was in a room with a secret passage, and what he heard was the information gathered by a famous subordinate, such as the entire street had been surrounded by people sent by Dali Temple, and a large number of officers and soldiers were pouring in this direction.

For all this, the second master Wu Yong has already analyzed it, and Hu Huaihai naturally knows it. It is precisely for this reason that after hearing this, he was not in a hurry, but just nodded his head to indicate that he knew, giving people a feeling that everything was within his design, so that his subordinates were not only more convinced of him.

In fact, Hu Huaihai was also prepared. In the entire Heijing Street, there are at least more than 500 members of the Blackwater Gang who have set up an ambush, plus some outlaws who have taken refuge here and some notorious people in the rivers and lakes, not to mention thousands of people, and all of them have some skills, which are not something that ordinary officers and soldiers can deal with.

Coupled with the geographical advantage, it will be even more difficult for a loyal and courageous man to deal with himself, and it will never be possible to do it without paying a heavy price. Not to mention that even if the situation is critical, he can leave through the secret passage, and then the second and third brothers will take action, so where will there be any danger. At this moment, he had even seen the scene of Yang Chendong being killed.

It is precisely with these backhands and plans that Hu Huaihai at this moment is naturally calm and fearless.

But all of this was changed by the ensuing roar of cannons that shook the earth.

As if without warning, just when the villains in Heijing Street were ready to fight bloody battles at any time and let the officers and soldiers touch the nails, suddenly there were fires roaring in the sky, and then a huge sound that could break people's eardrums sounded.

When everyone didn't react, still stunned, and thinking about what the hell was going on, one after another powerful cannonballs fell into the Black Well Street, fell on the side of those evil men, and then suddenly sounded, turning into huge air currents and fires that devoured them one by one...

The roaring sound of cannons broke the cognition of these evil men, and when they thought that the Ming army would launch a charge, and they were also waiting, the sound of cannons falling from the sky and the power of the cannons that could form a radius of several feet as soon as they landed hit all their self-confidence and self-esteem invisibly, hitting nothing, nothing.

Hu Huaihai, who was waiting in the room, was also frightened by the sound of the cannon, and after more than a dozen breaths, he woke up like a dream, and the first thing he did was to quickly go towards the secret passage, still thinking in his heart, "It's over, it's over, it's all over." ”

Hu Huaihai's reaction was not slow, and his body quickly drilled into the secret passage, but in front of this purposeless and completely covered artillery, the so-called tunnel was not safe, because at this moment, a cannonball fell to the side of the small courtyard, and the powerful shock force rose, causing a huge pit to appear on the ground, under such power, the secret passage naturally collapsed, and the boss of the Black Water Gang, who could cover the sky with one hand on Heijing Street, and even had no king's law, was blocked in the secret passage, and then a large amount of dust pressed towards his body, He shouted, screamed, and walked with his hands in his hands, but none of this could change the fact that he was overwhelmed, and the feeling of suffocation hit his whole body, and at this moment he probably had only one thought in his heart, and that was regret. If he could start his life all over again, he would definitely not choose to offend the loyal and courageous father.

The sound of cannons rang out, spreading far away, and the team that was rushing towards Yangjiazhuang on the old Sanqi Road couldn't help but stagnate.

Looking back, I could recognize that the cannon shot should have landed in the direction of Heijing Street. couldn't help frowning, but the straight-hearted Qi Sanye didn't have the idea of stopping the action, in his opinion, he lost face before, and was actually injured in the hands of a small family, this revenge must be avenged, otherwise where is the face? How can you gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes in the future?

It was this worthless, invisible and untouchable face that made Qi Lu know that things had changed, but he still had no intention of retreating, and took a full two hundred Blackwater Gang brothers to Yangjiazhuang, fifteen miles south of Jingshi City.

Yangjiazhuang outer courtyard.

The commander of the Wusheng battalion, who was ordered to wait here, said excitedly when he saw a huge burst of fire coming from the direction of the Jingshi and bursts of artillery in his ears, "The young master has done it over there, and it will be up to our brothers next." Everyone, listen up, once an enemy appears, don't be polite to call me, until they don't even know their parents. ”