Daming Crazy Emperor

Dai Zi has developed a semi-automatic rifle, and the Gongshi list has finally been posted.

There are more than 3000 people in this field!

All of a sudden, the entire capital was in a commotion, and all the students were too excited.

More than 3000, this is not a small number.

You know, before the Taichang Dynasty, only 6000 people participated in the imperial examinations, and at most, more than 300 scholars were taken.

This time, the number of candidates has increased tenfold compared to before, how could all the students not be rejoicing.

It was early in the morning, before the Mao hour, the place where the list was released in front of the Gong Yuan was already surrounded by water, so those who came late had to go back and wait for someone to announce the good news.

There is no way, there are more than 3000 names, even if the arts and sciences are evenly divided, a large number of people must at least read [-] or [-] names carefully several times.

Besides, it was hard to squeeze the position, and few people only read the list of liberal arts or only the list of science.

After all, everyone has relatives and friends, fellow students, fellow countrymen, etc. Even if it is not the liberal arts or science that you are taking, you have to take a good look at it. If you see an acquaintance, you can go to congratulate them. It is not a good relationship.

At midnight, the list will be released on time.

Needless to say, this year's science committee member is Dai Zi from Hangzhou Prefecture, and No. 2 is Bi Dengke, the son of Bi Maokang, the second assistant to the cabinet.

Of course, this was not because the examiner cheated and forced the person up, nor was it that Taichang had disclosed the questions to his general staff in advance.

The exam questions this time are the subjects that Bi Dengke is most familiar with.

After all, his family has a long history, and his father, Bi Maokang, is a well-known weapon expert. Moreover, he has thoroughly understood the performance of all weapons and equipment of Ming Dynasty through his expeditions with Taichang in the past few years.

He is not only familiar with muskets, but also artillery, battleships, and even infantry fighting vehicles.

If we only talk about the existing weapons and equipment, there is no one in this year's candidates who is his opponent.

If it wasn't for Dai Zi, a genius, he would probably be the Science Scholar and No. [-] Scholar this year.

There is no way, Dai Zi is too ruthless, even developed a semi-automatic rifle, and he can only come in second.

As for the third science subject, Taichang hadn't heard of it, and he was only quite familiar with weapons and equipment, and didn't have any good suggestions for improvement, so Taichang didn't know much about it.

The top three in science seem to be not very well-known among the students who participated in the examination. Everyone seems a little unconvinced after seeing that these three occupy the top three on the list.

Liberal arts is different, and no one in the top three is unconvinced.

Because these three people were all well-known domestic scholars in history, and Taichang had even heard of their names.

So who are these three people?
No.1, Kunshan Gu Yanwu.

No.2, Wang Fuzhi of Hengyang.

No.3, Yuyao Huang Xizhi.

These three people are really famous in history. In terms of knowledge, few people in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties can compare with them.

Unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty died.

Those Ming adherents who refused to serve the Qing Dynasty and even determined to resist the Qing Dynasty had a very bleak ending.

There is no way, in history, there are too many people who were born at the wrong time in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and they can only end in tragedy if they have nothing to do.

Of course, it's different now.

Daming was in its prime, and that was where they came in.

Every time the test ends, some people are happy and some are sad.

Those who are on the list are naturally elated and even ecstatic.

Those who are not on the list can only sigh or continue to work hard next time.

Fortunately, even if you can't be named on the gold list at this moment, it is still very easy to become an official and find a job.

Now Daming needs people everywhere, and Juren is quite popular.

Moreover, as a Juren, it is not that there is no future at all when entering an official career. As long as you do things well, you can be promoted to the sixth rank or even the fifth rank.

A few days later, many candidates who failed the list were already discussing whether to respond to the call of the imperial court and directly enter the official career, while the candidates who made the list came to the Emperor Palace to take the palace examination.

The title of this imperial examination is only three words, Ping Tianxia!
The arts and sciences are the same.

The purpose of Taichang is to tell these candidates that Ming Dynasty will pacify the whole world, and everyone must be prepared for a big battle.

As for how to level the world, everyone has their own understanding, and everyone has their own opinions.

Taichang doesn't care too much, every time he pays attention to whether there are any geniuses in science, and if there are geniuses, he will be the number one scholar in science and focus on cultivating them.

As for the ranking of other people, that is the business of Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and others.

At the end of the palace examination, Xu Guangqi, Bi Maokang and others were desperately grading papers, while Taichang was sitting on the dragon chair frowning and thinking.

The next step is the real peace of the world. Where should we start?

The world is such a coincidence.

He was sitting there frowning and thinking, when Cao Huachun suddenly walked up with a telegram, and whispered in his ear: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from Xidaying."

West camp?
Taichang took a look at the telegram, and couldn't help but frowned.

Lu Xiangsheng, governor of the Western Day Camp, reported that he had led his army to take Kabul and was preparing to negotiate with the Persian Empire!
Very good, let's start from Central Asia, it's time to prepare for the expedition here.

Taichang immediately ordered Cao Huachun to send someone to recruit Zhang Zhiji and Xu Yunzhen, explained in detail, and ordered them to negotiate with the Persian Empire.

Early the next morning, he brought Sun Chengzong to Wubei City and the Weapons Research Institute.

At this time, Dai Zi had already been waiting on the shooting range with his people for a long time. Five shooting range guards stood there intently holding five brand new semi-automatic rifles, waiting for Taichang to give an order.

Seeing this scene, Sun Chengzong couldn't help being confused.

Did the emperor want him to see the guns?

To be honest, muskets are not very effective on the battlefield at the moment, especially against the Mongolian cavalry.

Because they have at least approved leather soft armor, a hundred paces away, muskets can hardly hurt them, and when they rush within a hundred paces, it is almost instant, and muskets are even more useless.

Therefore, now they mainly deal with the Mongolian cavalry with chariot formations. Only when they block their momentum can they easily defeat them.

If you can't stop the cavalry's charge and let them charge up, then the muskets and artillery will basically be useless.

Of course Taichang knew this, so he took Sun Chengzong to have a look.

He wanted the experienced old man to see how this semi-automatic rifle could be used to its fullest effect on the battlefield.

As for why he didn't explain it to Sun Chengzong in advance, it was because it was too troublesome to explain. It's better to let others see it with their own eyes.

Seeing that Dai Zi was ready, he ordered without hesitation, "Fire."

"Crack, clack, clack", a musket sounded, and a hole was punched in the wooden target at 150 paces, and a black hole appeared on the wooden target at 250, [-], [-], and [-] paces. point.

This range, this power, is really terrifying.

Seeing this, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but his eyes lit up.

The power of this kind of musket is enough to pose a fatal threat to the cavalry. As long as they are equipped with enough muskets of this kind, they can stand in densely packed three or five rows and carry out uninterrupted attacks on the enemy's cavalry.

If the enemy cavalry charges against this dense formation of muskets, unless they have a huge advantage in numbers, they will all be smashed into a sieve.

Because the lethality of this kind of musket is too amazing, it is estimated that even if someone is wearing armor or something, he may be shot through like a wooden target if he enters the range of fifty steps!

As for those Mongolian Yuan cavalry wearing leather armor, it is estimated that if they can't get close within a hundred steps, they will be beaten into a sieve.

He was just beginning to think about how to use this kind of musket to kill the enemy. There was a crisp "crack, crack, crack" sound, followed by another burst of "crack, crack, crack", and the five shooting range guards unexpectedly Shot again.

What's going on here?

He didn't see people changing bullets!

Besides, even if you change the bullet, it is impossible to change it so quickly.

Just as shock appeared on his face, there was another burst of "crack, clack, clack", followed by another burst of "crack, clack, clack", and the five shooting range guards fired again. up!

Doesn't this musket need to change bullets?
"Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack."

The sound of muskets kept ringing, people really don't need to change bullets!

He also saw that someone pulled something back and forth, and the bullet casing flew out, and then he could continue to shoot.

After ten rounds, the sound of musketry finally stopped.

Sun Chengzong looked at the wooden target that was beaten into a sieve at fifty paces, and couldn't help but excitedly said: "Your Majesty, how many rounds can this musket shoot in succession?"

Taichang said quite proudly: "This musket can fire ten rounds in a row, and this is just the number of bullets in one clip.

After one magazine is emptied, another magazine can be changed, and ten more rounds will come.

I have equipped each Dai Zi semi-automatic rifle with five magazines. As long as the bullets are pressed into the magazines in advance, after a battle, it can fire five rounds in a row and shoot fifty rounds of bullets.

Of course, the premise is that the barrel should not be too hot. Every time a clip is emptied, it is best to wait for the barrel to cool down before continuing to shoot. "

Sun Chengzong asked again: "Your Majesty, is it easy to change the magazine?"

This is of course easy.

However, it is unclear how easy it is.

Taichang simply raised his hand to call the five shooting range guards over, and ordered loudly: "Change the magazine."

The five shooting range guards immediately and skillfully pulled the bolt of the gun, broke off the empty magazine, stuffed it into the magazine pocket at the waist, took out a new magazine, and clicked it into the buckle. Enough.

So simple!
Sun Chengzong couldn't help but excitedly said: "Try changing the magazine with your eyes closed."

This is actually not difficult.

The five shooting range guards all changed the magazines with their eyes closed and clicked a few times.

Seeing this, Sun Chengzong couldn't help clapping his hands and said: "Your Majesty, this kind of musketeer cavalry is completely usable.

Now, if the Shenwu Battalion cavalry is equipped with this kind of musket, they will be invincible, and the Mongolian Yuan cavalry who swept four or five times will have no problem! "

Directly for the cavalry?

Taichang really didn't think about it.

Because it was too troublesome to change the bullets of the previous flintlock guns. After opening the chamber, at least you have to look down to get the shells out, and you have to look down when loading the bullets, otherwise it will not go in at all.

Cavalrymen dare not play like this when they are galloping on horses. It is fine to let go of the reins with both hands, and they have to lower their heads to look carefully.

Therefore, the previous Fengshen flintlock guns were not equipped for cavalry at all, and that kind of guns could only be used by infantry and chariot soldiers.

Now with a semi-automatic rifle, it is different. You can change the magazine with your eyes closed without looking down at all, and after changing a magazine, you can fire ten shots in a row. Naturally, there is no problem at all.

Thinking of this, Taichang said decisively: "Okay, first I will equip you with [-] semi-automatic rifles like this, and you can try the effect first."

Ten thousand is enough to sweep [-] to [-] Mongolian Yuan cavalry. It is hard to say whether Gushi Khan can gather [-] to [-] Mongolian Yuan cavalry at a time.

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he quickly cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

In fact, [-] Dai Zi rifles are nothing at all.

Taichang's goal is to equip all the elites of the Shenwu Battalion and even the Shenji Battalion with Daizi rifles.

However, at the moment, the output of the Wubei City Gunnery Factory is limited, and it can produce [-] Daizi rifles a day.

And the elite of the South Day Camp will arrive here in about a month, so he can only give them [-] first.

Of course, as more and more special machine tools are equipped later, the output of Daizi rifles will inevitably increase, and it is not impossible to produce a thousand or even thousands of rifles a day.

At that time, the Army of the European Continental Union will encounter tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of such rifles.