Emperor Chongzhen decided to go directly to the dry goods, so he said: "Old Taijun Liu passed away, and I am also very sad in my heart. Neither I nor Da Ming can let Mrs. Liu sacrifice in vain. ”

After speaking, he said to Liu Xingzuo: "Liu Xingzuo takes the order." ”

Liu Xingzuo, who was originally half sitting on the stool, hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Minister Liu Xingzuo respectfully listens to the holy oracle." ”

Chongzhen said: "Mrs. Liu sacrificed for the country, I felt his loyalty very much, and posthumously named him a loyal and righteous monarch, from the first product." Give the construction of an ancestral hall, three martyr's archways, and prepare for the construction of the official government in its township.

In addition, Mrs. Liu's ashes were enshrined in the Martyrs' Shrine, so that he could enjoy blood food, and the incense continued at four o'clock. ”

After Liu Xingzuo listened, he was already in tears, and he was happy for the dead old lady in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Minister Liu Xingzuo, thank you for the order, long live my emperor, long live long live!" ”

After ordering Liu Xingzuo to get up, Chongzhen said again: "The deceased is gone." Aiqing still has to be excited, when the Ming Dynasty is calm in the coming day, I will also drive to Liaodong in person. When the time comes, Liu Qing will be a pioneer and use the life of Jiannu to accompany Liu Taijun to the funeral. ”

After Liu Xingzuo thanked him again, Chongzhen continued: "This time Liu Aiqing entered Beijing for the purpose of training the new army.

Although the Daming Guard is numerous, it has been eroded all the way for three hundred years, and it is no longer useful.

I intend to train a new army in another town, and I just need the help of Liu Aiqing and Xu Aiqing. ”

Liu Xingzuo and Xu Guangqi both bowed their hands and said: "The minister is willing to die for His Majesty." ”

Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "Don't always die in the future, it's all good, in the future, let Jiannu die." After speaking, I was amused by my own words.

Chongzhen continued: "Just now I and Xu Aiqing discussed the musket for a while. I have some ideas now, Xu Aiqing will come to me to advise and see if it can be realized. ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Please show your majesty." ”

Chongzhen said: "Isn't the current gun on fire?" I thought, how about using a mechanism to make flint light? Does this save time for ignition? The soldiers pulled the mechanism together, isn't this Jiannu just waiting in line for the execution? ”

Originally, Chongzhen imagined that Xu Guangqi would bow his head, and the scene of shocking heaven did not appear, but there was a feeling of being slapped in the face by Old Man Xu: "Your Majesty, the kind of organ that Your Majesty said, I have it early in the Ming Dynasty." ”

Chongzhen was embarrassed, but the driving experience of the old driver who had been mixed in 1024 for many years made his face inconspicuous, and asked: "In this case, why did the army still use arquebuses when Jiannu knocked on the customs before?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Your Majesty, this matter is all caused by the poor quality of steel. In addition, the use of arquebuses and flintlock pistols requires the use of a strip to smash the ammunition into the chamber, and the time difference is not much, but the cost of the flintlock pistol is higher than that of the arquebus, so I am not equipped with a large number of weapons. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he finally had the opportunity to pretend to be forced, and he smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said lightly: "In this case, I will order to pull out the silver from the inner money and set up another courtyard, called the Daming Royal Academy, led by Xu Aiqing, and the division of categories, such as mathematics, firearms, etc., is all decided by Xu Aiqing, I don't know much about these, so I won't point fingers, so as not to annoy you Xu Aiqing?" ”

As soon as Chongzhen's words came out, Xu Guangqi was overjoyed, and finally the emperor was willing to support him to study these things that he was interested in, and immediately said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." It's just that the dynasty is not rich at the moment, and the minister's family also has a little family capital, so he is willing to sell his property and invest in this Ming Royal Academy, hoping that His Majesty will approve it. ”

Chongzhen laughed when he heard this, and said to Xu Guangqi: "Xu Aiqing, don't worry, I raided the eight traitors and Jin merchants a few days ago, and there is money in the treasury, and within ten years, there is no need to worry about the border salary."

As for this Daming Royal Academy, all the required funds and other expenses should be allocated by the internal funds, as long as the internal funds are not empty, Xu Aiqing will rest assured that they will study. There is no need for the treasury to allocate money, and it also saves the adults in the court from chattering crookedly.

In the future, the dean and research academicians will not have a grade, and they will see the official level by one level, but the prince and the marquis do not need to take the initiative to greet them. The relevant grades of other non-researchers and miscellaneous servants will be discussed by Xu Aiqing and the officials, and then reported to me for decision. ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he was so moved that he choked up at the moment: "Your Majesty knows the grace of the encounter, and the minister can only repay it with ten thousand deaths!" ”

Chongzhen said: "Just now I said that you will die if you don't move, but Xu Aiqing can't remember it at all." He laughed first.

Xu Guangqi said curtly: "The minister has lost his temper, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." ”

Chongzhen said: "This kind of gaffe, I hope that the more the better." ”

After sighing, Chongzhen said again: "Right now, I have a task to Xu Aiqing to do. ”

Xu Guangqi said: "Please give instructions to Your Majesty." ”

Chongzhen said: "I will order someone to build this Ming Royal Academy at the Jingnan Imperial Village, and the cement workshop will be merged into the Royal Academy together. The entire academy is built with cement, modeled after the defense of the imperial city, and I will order the Jinyi Guard and the Internal Investigation Factory to cooperate and work together to protect it, and it is necessary to do a good job of secrecy.

After the completion of the Ming Royal Academy, Xu Aiqing organized manpower to focus on the development of muskets.

I made a few requests, and Xu Aiqing must do it.

First, the musket had to be fired with flint, not with an arquebus.

Second, the ammunition of this musket was smashed into the enemy with a strip in front of the chamber, which was inconvenient.

Xu Aiqing took a look at how to pack these ammunition quantitatively, pack them in advance, and when the enemy is approaching, he only needs to load the ammunition into the gun and fire it.

In this way, isn't this Jiannu really going to wait in line for my army to go and shoot him?

The third is about the range of the musket. If the musket has a longer range than the crossbow, then Jiannu will die. ”

Xu Guangqi smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the first two questions are okay to say, study them slowly, there is always hope."

It's just that the range of this musket is not easy to improve. ”

Chongzhen said: "Xu Aiqing, don't worry, I am a layman, I am just giving advice." This range, you can try to extend the barrel, the barrel is drilled into a spiral rifle, see if you can extend it.

However, I am a layman after all, and Xu Aiqing still has to worry a lot about how to do it. I can only give my opinion, but as for how to get it, it's a matter for you, the head of the Royal Academy.

In addition, don't be afraid of wasting materials, test more, and don't be afraid of failure, no matter what, my internal money is for Aiqing, Aiqing can do it with confidence. ”

After Xu Guangqi was arranged, Chongzhen then began to discuss the issue of the new army with Liu Xingzuo.