The backyard of the Xu Mansion was filled with the rich fragrance of the spiced haggis, and Zhu Houxi ate the fragrant haggis, but the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and said angrily: "In the imperial city, at the foot of the sky, these noble sons dare to be so arrogant, it is time to rectify it, and in the future, Qingtianzhuang will start with the Guo family, as well as the Zhang family of Shouning Hou." ”

Xu Jin didn't interject, eating the spiced haggis in the bowl with relish, Zhu Houxi slapped Xu Jin, and suddenly rolled his eyes and said: "Xu Jin, now that Guo Xun has been dismissed, it is better for you to lead the Yaowu camp!" ”

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't do it!" ”

"Why not?" The little emperor suddenly asked unhappily, he inherited the throne as a vassal king, he had no foundation in the court at all, and the military power was naturally not his turn, and now he finally had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to support his cronies to master the military power, and Xu Jin was currently his most trusted minister, and he was also in charge of the army and had the ability to command the army.

Xu Jin smiled bitterly and said bluntly: "The minister was only added to the rank yesterday, if the emperor lets the minister take charge of the Beijing camp again, it is equivalent to roasting the minister on the fire, and the cabinet and the military department will definitely not agree." ”

As the so-called rafters rot first, Xu Jin's addition of officials to the knighthood is already eye-catching, if he is in charge of the military again, it is estimated that Yang Tinghe, the first assistant, will not agree to it. When the water is full, it overflows, and when the moon is full, the end of the fire cooking oil is usually prosperous and declining, so you can't take advantage of the benefits and get out of the limelight, otherwise you will soon have a catastrophe and hit the street.

Zhu Houxi frowned and said, "That's right, those old ministers in the court will definitely not agree." ”

Xu Jin said casually: "Actually, the emperor can let the Duke of Wei take charge of the Yaowu camp." ”

"Xu Pengju? Well...... He can't! Zhu Houxi stuffed a piece of crispy radish into his mouth, puffed out his cheeks and shook his head: "This person has no talent to lead troops." ”

Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, was promoted to the garrison of Nanjing during the Zhengde years, but soon after taking office, he encountered a mutiny in the battalion, and he was so frightened that he slipped away first, and since then he has the name of Xu Caobao, and then he honestly returned to the capital as his rich idler.

Zhu Houxi had obviously heard of Xu Peng's name as a straw bale, so he thought he had no talent to lead troops.

Xu Jin smiled and said: "Hengzhi is just a name, isn't there a commander for the specific troops, and there is nothing to worry about whether the Duke of Wei has generals or not." The key is that this person has no ambitions, and he can be loyal to the emperor. ”

In addition to the 12 marquis, the 12 battalions of the Beijing army also have commanders who are responsible for commanding the army's operations, and in addition, a eunuch and a civilian official are set up as the supervising army.

Zhu Houxi smiled: "That's right, then let Xu Pengju take charge of the Yaowu camp for me." ”

Huang Jin couldn't help but be secretly speechless, and at the same time envious, Xu Jin decided a general in Beijing with a casual sentence, when would he be able to gain such trust from the emperor?

In fact, the reason why Xu Jin recommended Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, was because Xu Pengju had no ambition and was easy to control, and secondly, he wanted to ease the relationship with the Xungui Group, after all, one more friend is better than one more enemy, and Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding, happened to have a good relationship with Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, so that they could divide their relationship a little, so as not to let these two guys join together to deal with themselves.

Zhu Houxi devoured a bowl of spicy haggis, and immediately asked Chu Xia to add another bowl for him, while sighing: "It's a pity that the three major battalions of my Ming Dynasty have been lost in the battle of Tumubao, otherwise which round will get the arrogance of the Tatars, and now the twelve battalions of the Beijing army are so weak that the combat strength is not half a star." ”

Xu Jin's heart moved, and he said: "There is one thing in the minister's hand, if it can be created to equip the army, the combat power of our army will definitely increase several times." ”

Zhu Houxi's eyes lit up, and he said in disbelief: "Increase your combat power several times?" Xu Jin, aren't you fooling me? ”

Xu Jin said with a smile: "How dare the minister, no one dares to fool the emperor, that is the crime of bullying the king." ”

"It's good to know, something good, hurry up and take it out to open my eyes." Zhu Houxi couldn't wait to be authentic.

"Don't worry, I'll go to the study after eating, and the minister will give it to the emperor again...... Eye! ”

Before Xu Jin finished speaking, Zhu Houxi's boy was like a hippopotamus, pulling all the bowl of haggis that he had just brought in early summer into his mouth, puffing out his cheeks like a toad, standing up and waving his hand to signal Xu Jin to go to the study.

Xu Jin was speechless, so he had to stand up and take Zhu Houxi to the study, but this thing stuffed too many radishes in his mouth, chewed while walking, and splashed juice outside, like a sprinkler truck.

In the study, Zhu Houxi saw the pile of flintlock pistol drawings that Xu Jin took out, and he couldn't take his eyes off it, this kid is good at martial arts, and he has played with the thunderbolt cannon (long fire gun), hand gun, Dalian bead gun (multi-barreled fire gun), bowl mouth gun, etc., which are commonly used in the Ming army.

Therefore, as soon as he saw the drawings of the flintlock pistol, Zhu Houxi saw some of the advantages, the most intuitive is that the flintlock pistol has a butt and a crosshair, which is convenient for soldiers to grasp and aim with both hands, which can greatly improve the shooting accuracy.

Xu Jin pointed to the drawings and explained to Zhu Houxi: "Your Majesty, please see, this flintlock pistol designed by the minister has a butt and a crosshair, as well as a plate machine, which does not need to be ignited, and the sergeant can aim with both hands of the gun, which can greatly improve the accuracy of shooting." In addition, the most important thing is that this flintlock pistol uses flint to fire, which can be used even in rainy days, and it is reloaded, and the efficiency is greatly improved, and the fire pistol currently used by our army is fired once, which is enough for the flintlock pistol to fire three or four times......"

Zhu Houxi exclaimed: "Isn't that three or four times faster than the fire gun, how powerful is it?" ”

Xu Jin nodded and said, "If the soldier is proficient, the firing speed can indeed be increased by three or four times, and the power is about the same as that of a firebolt." ”

Zhu Houxi was surprised and delighted, although the power is similar to that of a firecracker, but the firing speed can be increased by three or four times, and the lethality is undoubtedly increased by several times, this is simply a nightmare for cavalry, the key is that it can be used in rainy days. If such a sharp weapon is in hand, there is no need to fear any Mongolian iron horseman.

Zhu Houxi suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked, "Xu Jin, can this thing really be made?" Will it cost a lot? ”

The flintlock pistol was invented by Westerners in the last years of Jiajing, and the current Europe only has arquebuses, so Xu Jin is not sure whether the craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty can make the flintlock pistol, but in order to give Zhu Houxi confidence, he nodded affirmatively and said: "It should be possible, but the initial investment is estimated to be a bit large, and if the process is mature, the cost is estimated to be only a little higher than that of the firecracker." ”

Zhu Houxi was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay, Xu Jin, if this kind of flintlock pistol can be made, I will give you a piece of miraculous work, so let's do it, you happen to be in charge of the position of the military department, in charge of the arsenal equipment, the flintlock pistol was designed by you, and you will be responsible for supervising the construction, and the craftsmen of the Internal Supervision and Military War Bureau will be requisitioned with you." ”

Xu Jin naturally has no opinion, if he can make a flintlock pistol for Daming, this will undoubtedly bring a qualitative leap to Daming's military strength, and nodded: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

It is worth mentioning here that the Ming Dynasty was responsible for the development and manufacture of weapons There were three institutions, namely the Ordnance Bureau, the Military War Bureau and the Saddle Braids Bureau, of which the War Bureau belonged to the internal officials and was in charge of the internal officials, and the Ordnance Bureau and the Saddle Braids Bureau were subordinate to the Ministry of War.

Zhu Houyu loved to stroke the drawings of the flintlock pistol with his hands, his eyes were full of heat, if this big killing weapon can be made, let alone recovering the Hetao Plain, and destroying the Tatars and tile spurs, thinking of the tile spurs, Zhu Houxi gritted his teeth, the "change of the civil fort" of the year was a shame that the Ming Dynasty could not get rid of, even the king of a country was taken captive by others, and the Ming Dynasty was almost broken.

Seeing this, Xu Jin couldn't help but be a little worried, this kid won't develop into a reckless monarch like Emperor Qin and Han Wu, everything is too much, a too belligerent monarch is not a blessing for the people, it seems that he has to see the opportunity to put the brakes on this kid.

"By the way, Xu Jin, did you bring five hundred cavalry back to Beijing this time?" Zhu Houxi suddenly asked.

Xu Jin nodded and said: "Yes, it was just temporarily formed by the soldiers of Shandong Shuwei, and now that the war in Shandong is over, the military department will let them return to their hometowns at that time." ”

Zhu Houxi whispered with a little excitement: "Xu Jin, I want to rebuild the Shenji Battalion!" ”

Xu Jin suddenly came to his senses, Zhu Houxi wanted to use the five hundred cavalry to rebuild the Shenji Battalion!

"Hey, if the Shenji Battalion is equipped with this kind of flintlock pistol, how strong will it be?" Zhu Houxi said expectantly.

Xu Jin said bluntly: "If there are 5,000 cavalry equipped with flintlock muskets, it is estimated that it will not be difficult to recover the Hetao Plain. ”

Zhu Houxi's eyes became more eager, and he waved his fist and said, "I want to rebuild the Divine Machine Battalion, Xu Jin, how about leading the Divine Machine Battalion for me?" At that time, our monarchs and ministers swept in all directions, and put the Americas, Africa, and Oceania ...... All of them are included in the territory of my Ming Dynasty. ”

Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat secretly, with the current traffic conditions, even if the seven continents are included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you kid can't manage it, Britain and the United States are the best examples, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, which sentence is it, you want to roast the ministers on the fire!" ”

Zhu Houxi pouted and said: "I didn't say that I would immediately rebuild the Shenji Battalion, let's wait until you get the flintlock pistol out, hehe, I can set up a firearms battalion of 500 people first, well, let's call it the 500 battalion, which is specifically responsible for testing new firearms." ”

Xu Jin had to admit that Zhu Houxi, this kid is quite a bit smart, if he only set up a team of 500 people, it is estimated that the cabinet and the military department will not stop it, and will only be a little emperor who is greedy for petty play, after all, the army of 500 people is a drop in the bucket compared to the nearly 200,000 Beijing army.

"Xu Jin, in the future, these five hundred battalions will be under the command of you, Jing Anbo." Zhu Houxi said triumphantly.

Xu Jin shrugged his shoulders, fortunately it was not the two hundred and five battalions, and nodded: "As long as the matter of forming the five hundred battalions can be passed through the court discussion, the minister will naturally have no opinion." ”()

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