Daming: Spoilers about the future, Zhu Yuanzhang collapsed

Chapter 167 Why did His Majesty rebel?

"Boss, the gunpowder you gave is ready to use, when will you be free to take a look?"

In the Wuying Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang reviewed the memorial for a while, dealt with state affairs, stood up and stretched a long way.

There was a crackling sound.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not feel bored with the long-term revision of the memorial, and still maintained great enthusiasm.

Zhu Yuanzhang enjoyed the process of handling the memorial very much.

In this process, although you will encounter various troubles, you need to find ways to solve them, and sometimes you are so angry that you want to slap the table.

However, on the whole, Zhu Yuanzhang never tired of it.

Because when dealing with the memorial, it gave him a solid feeling that the right was in his hands.

This kind of feeling that one word can decide the life and death of a person, and the rise and fall of a place is really wonderful.

At this time, he felt that he was the emperor of the world!

When Hu Weiyong was not dealt with and the prime minister and Zhongshu province were abolished, there was still a feeling that the prime minister and Zhongshu province officials had separated power from themselves.

Generally speaking, the memorials are first filtered by the Ministry of Education, and then those important ones are submitted to Zhu Yuanzhang for review.

In this case, Zhu Yuanzhang's workload here will be much less.

It is equivalent to saying yes, all he saw was second-hand information, and what memorials could enter Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes was beyond his control.

Instead, it is decided by the prime minister and officials from Zhongshu Province.

This made Zhu Yuanzhang, who had a strong desire to control, feel uncomfortable from the bottom of his heart, and always felt that the imperial power was being restrained.

In particular, Hu Weiyong and others secretly sang against him, which aggravated his unhappiness.

Hu Weiyong and the others don't dare to play tricks from the top when it comes to matters that are really related to the survival of the country. They only play tricks on trivial matters.

Of course, this kind of small matter is only relative to those big things that cannot be covered.

A matter that can be sent to Zhongshu and asked the court to judge, no matter how small, how small can it be?
No matter how small a matter is, it is often related to the interests of thousands of people and thousands of families.

It involves the national economy and people's livelihood of a county.

One thing may not seem very obvious, but once there are too many such things, the threat to Daming will be too great.

It has become a major issue that must be resolved!
Therefore, after some thinking, Zhu Yuanzhang used Hu Weiyong, a courageous and strange man, to abolish the prime minister system that had been passed down for thousands of years, so that he could no longer compete with the emperor for power.

In this way, the power has indeed been concentrated, but the workload is frighteningly large.

But for Zhu Yuanzhang, this is not a pain, but a kind of enjoyment.

His authority as the Son of Heaven was manifested through this incident...

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang resting temporarily, an eunuch standing in the distance immediately stepped forward, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and reported the news.

If it hadn't been for the superior to have explained it before, after this matter is revealed, he needs to be told, the eunuch will definitely not come to report at this time.

However, according to his understanding of the superior, it is likely that this arrangement was made on the whim of the superior.

It is said to be a report, but in fact, at this time, the superior is not so urgent about it.

At least after hearing the news, the superior will not immediately pay attention to this matter, but take a short rest and then deal with the memorial.

The matter of gunpowder weapons, compared with dealing with memorials, is really far behind in the upper ranks.

At the very least, they will not look at the gunpowder weapon until the superior has finished processing the memorial.

"Where is it? Let's go and see!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was stretching at first, but after hearing the news, he didn't finish stretching, so he put his arms down.

Busily looking at the eunuch in front of him, he said aloud.

At this moment, there seemed to be a light shining in his eyes.

For this gunpowder, Zhu Yuanzhang has been looking forward to it for a long time.

On the night of August [-]th, the gorgeous fireworks he saw were always engraved in his heart.

Every time I think about it, there is a lingering surprise and shock.

Especially later, after hearing Han Cheng talk about the atomic bomb, which is a weapon that is more terrifying than the fairy art in mythology, Zhu Yuanzhang only felt that he could not sleep well at night.

I have been looking forward to seeing how powerful the gunpowder produced by the method taught by Han Cheng is.

It can be heard from Han Cheng's words that this thing is far from enough to reach the level of the atomic bomb that Han Cheng said.

However, on the current basis, the power of firearms can be increased by a large amount.

In fact, to be honest, before meeting Han Cheng, Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Daming's current firearms.

It is amazing enough that firearms can have the power they have now.

That's why, after learning from Han Cheng that firearms can continue to develop and obtain more powerful and more varieties of firearms, I suddenly became looking forward to it.

Today's firearms are so powerful, what kind of firearms are more powerful?
How good it would be to use it to fight the enemy!
As long as he thinks about these things for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang feels extremely excited.

After saying this, without waiting for the eunuch to answer, Zhu Yuanzhang took the lead to walk outside, walking like a dragon and a tiger, and the wind was blowing under his feet.

The eunuch Wang Zhong was immediately stunned on the spot, completely bewildered by Zhu Yuanzhang's reaction.

What's the situation? !

Is this... is this still a high position?
After hearing about this gunpowder weapon, you didn't even review your beloved memorial?
After being astonished, he couldn't help wiping the sweat off his forehead with his hands, and a deep sense of gratitude rose in his heart.

fortunately!

Fortunately, I didn't make any claims, but reported it to the superior immediately!
Otherwise, just looking at the reaction of the superior at this time, I am afraid that I will be punished in all likelihood!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly went out to catch up with Zhu Yuanzhang and lead the way for his superior...

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In a school yard in the Forbidden City, Zhu Yuanzhang stood here, holding a firecracker, looking carefully.

This firecracker was sent by the staff of the Bingzhang Bureau.

The Bingzhang Bureau is one of the eight bureaus among the 24 yamen of the inner court. Of course, the 24 yamen of the inner court of the Ming Dynasty are not as complete as they are.

The Bureau of Arms and Staff is mainly responsible for making military weapons, ceremonial guards, ordinary weapons such as swords, guns and sticks, needless to say.

In the Bingju Bureau, there is also a special firearms department, which can not only manufacture ordinary firearms and other firearms, but even bronze cannons.

Moreover, the quality of the cast firearms is exceptionally good, the leather is durable, and things like bombing rarely happen.

The main reason for this is that the Bingzhang Bureau is closer to Zhu Yuanzhang than the Longjiang Treasure Shipyard.

Longjiang Treasure Shipyard is still outside Nanjing.

This staff bureau is directly in the city of Nanjing.

From this point alone, we can know that the quality of the products produced by the Bingzhang Bureau is absolutely good.

Of course, in addition to making all kinds of weapons and ceremonial guards, firecrackers, and cannons, this staff bureau also makes scissors, forks for eating, and even needles.

This is very characteristic of Zhu Yuanzhang, who focuses on self-sufficiency.

Chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry are also fed in the Forbidden City. In Kunning, the empress’s place, which was originally used as a garden, there is not a single flower, but a lot of vegetables are planted instead...

Under such circumstances, it is reasonable for the Staff Bureau to build these things.

"This is the gunpowder we gave you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took the firecracker in his hand, looked at it carefully for a while, and asked the person standing beside him.

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, the man didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Reporting to Your Majesty, it is filled with the gunpowder you gave."

"Have you tried it? Is it powerful?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

When asking this question, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but lift his heart.

Although he knew that this matter would definitely not be too bad, he was still a little nervous, afraid that it would not work well.

After all, when Han Cheng taught them how to make the gunpowder, he did it too casually.

And the ingredients are also very outrageous, even adding eggs and sugar to it.

If it wasn't for Han Cheng who made this thing, and he said it so swearingly, he would never have imagined that these two things could be added to the gunpowder.

When Zhu Yuanzhang asked this question, Zhu Biao beside him, and Jin Wang Zhu Bian, who was squatting on the ground and reaching out to touch a cannon, also cast their eyes on this person.

Zhu Biao and Zhu Min were met by Zhu Yuanzhang on the way here.

Zhu Biao came to look for Zhu Biao, and then went to see Zhu Yuanzhang with Zhu Biao.

What I did was naturally about cleaning up the Japanese navy.

But after meeting Zhu Yuanzhang and knowing what their father was planning to do, they immediately became interested.

Needless to say, Zhu Biao, he participated in the whole process of those granulated gunpowder, and he has a share of the credit in it.

At the same time, I also heard Han Cheng talk about the power of this kind of gunpowder, and I have been looking forward to this in my heart. I want to see if the power of this kind of gunpowder is as powerful as Han Cheng said.

As for Zhu Yan, as a prince guarding the frontier fortress, he is very keen on firearms.

He knows and likes firearms better than Zhu Di.

Because Jin Wang, who has always paid attention to demeanor, felt that it was too unmannered to go to the battlefield with a knife to kill and kill people.

Only the second brother and the fourth child, who are full of brains and muscles, like to do this.

His personable King Jin felt that it would be most enjoyable to use firecrackers and cannons to overthrow the opponent before the enemy arrives.

It's not easy to splash blood on your body like this, and it's much more chic than going into battle with a knife.

Zhu Xi, Zhu Fang, and Zhu Di are the three most conspicuous among the Sai kings of the feudal clan, and the old three Jin kings are equipped with the most firearms.

At the same time, he is also the prince who is best at playing with firearms.

It is also for this reason that after learning that gunpowder that may have greatly increased its power, he followed him without Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao calling.

Asked by Zhu Yuanzhang, and stared at by the three of them at the same time, the officer of the Staff Bureau swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and his face turned red.

Not out of shyness, but excited.

"Big! It's really too big! The power of this new gunpowder is amazing!"

He blushed and said excitedly.

His lips trembled uncontrollably.

"Using ordinary firecrackers, loaded with the kind of gunpowder given by His Majesty, the effective killing distance has reached about eighty steps!!"

"How many?!"

Before Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao had any reaction, squatting there, Zhu Bian yelled, and stood up suddenly from the ground.

Completely ignoring his dizzy head from standing up abruptly, he took two steps forward, grabbed the man's arm with his hands, and stared at him with burning eyes.

As a person who likes to play with firearms, how could he not know the killing distance of this ordinary firecracker?

The maximum killing distance is around 35 steps.

No matter how far away it is, not only the accuracy is not good, but the power is also not good.

As a result, now, this person actually said that after using the gunpowder given by the emperor, he could increase the effective killing distance of ordinary firecrackers to eighty steps?
Eighty steps!

What a concept!
It can't stop turning up and down!

If this is applied to the battlefield, it is simply unimaginable!
The improvement of combat power is not just a little bit!
Almost in an instant, he thought of the situation of using this powerful firecracker to fight against the Tartars.

The Tartars thought that the firecrackers on their side were as powerful as before, but they didn't know that they had reached the effective range on their side.

After a round of firecrackers attack, these tartars will definitely be stunned!
Such a scene makes people feel excited just thinking about it!
And Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were also excited at this time.

Although it was not as exaggerated as Zhu Yan, the excitement in his heart was visible to the naked eye.

"Eighty steps! That's eighty steps! Sometimes, it can even reach a hundred steps!"

After hearing the news from this population, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at each other, feeling unreal as if they were in the clouds.

Although they were basically sure that the power of the gunpowder produced under Han Cheng's guidance was not small, they did not expect that it could be exaggerated to this extent!
It's just adding some eggs and sugar, but it can actually increase the power of gunpowder to such a terrifying level?

"Really? Why am I so unbelievable?"

Zhu Yan didn't know about Han Cheng's existence, and he hadn't heard anything about the existence of this new type of gunpowder before.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, who knew the inside information, could not believe it, let alone Zhu Bian.

Although he also knew that under the current circumstances, this person would never dare to lie.

But because the power has increased too much at once, he is instinctively skeptical.

"Give me the gun, and I'll shoot it myself."

As Zhu Bian said, he picked up a firecracker from the side and prepared to fire a shot.

Even if this person swears about this matter, he will never believe it if he doesn't personally test it out to see the actual effect!
"Your Highness, it's better for the villain to fight, this... this new type of gunpowder is very powerful, in case it explodes..."

The man hurriedly said so, and wanted to reach out to take the firecracker from Zhu Yan's hand.

But Zhu Bing was not willing: "It's okay, I can do it by myself. I don't know how much I have played with this kind of firecracker, and I am very familiar with it."

The man from the Staff Bureau was about to cry when he heard the words.

He really didn't want Zhu Bing to use this gun here.

Although he also knows that according to the current situation, the possibility of these high-quality firecrackers exploding is not too great.

However, the power of the new gunpowder still has some risks.

So it's better for him to do it himself.

This is not to say that he is very courageous, and he is not afraid of the explosion of the gun at all.

It's because, as he demonstrated here, the firecracker really exploded, and the worst result would be that he died alone.

If the chamber is blown up in the hands of His Royal Highness King Jin, then their family will all go on the road neatly. If one is not careful, even the Nine Clans may disappear!

But after hearing the amazing news, Zhu Yan was excited and just wanted to do it himself.

How can you pay attention to this person's words?
But this person didn't dare to forcefully snatch it, nor did he dare to forcefully persuade him, for fear of making King Jin angry, he was so anxious that he was about to cry.

"Third brother, don't do it, let him come. If the chest explodes and your face is blown up, wouldn't it be disfigured?"

Zhu Biao's voice sounded, persuading.

Originally Zhu Biao wanted to continue to persist, but after hearing Zhu Biao's words, he immediately stopped persisting.

He cared more about his handsome face than doing it with his own hands.

Immediately, he handed over the firecracker in his hand to the staff of the Staff Bureau.

The man in the Bingzhang Bureau almost burst into tears when he took the firecracker from King Jin.

Save it!Save it!
My own family, young and old, was saved! !

Next, please Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Min stay away from here, and don't get too close to avoid injury.

After confirming that several people had come to a safe range, the man from the Staff Bureau began to test fire.

Huo Zhezi ignited the fuse, and the sparks squeaked.

A moment later, there was only an explosion, and the gunpowder smoke filled the air, and the projectile shot out, heading straight for the target set in front of it.

After firing this shot, the man took another firecracker filled with gunpowder and projectiles from the subordinates of another staff bureau nearby.

Once again, the fuse was ignited, aiming at the new target ahead...

In order to make this verification more credible, five shots were fired in a row.

Then, in front of the three of Zhu Yuanzhang, he used the granulated gunpowder made by Zhu Yuanzhang to reload it again, and then fired five shots.

During this process, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao, and Zhu Di were three people, all watching without blinking their eyes, for fear of missing any details of this miraculous event.

Before the gunpowder smoke dissipated, Zhu Yan sent someone to quickly bring those targets over for careful inspection.

After some inspection, it can be judged from the marks on the target that after being filled with this new type of gunpowder, the same firecracker can actually hit the damage of the previous 35 steps at a distance of [-] steps!

Incredible!

Really unbelievable!

Even Zhu Yan, who didn't believe it before, had to accept this fact at this time.

There really is such a surprisingly powerful gunpowder!

"Your Majesty, the artillery uses this kind of gunpowder, and its power can also be greatly improved. Would you like to take a look?"

The subordinate officer of the Bingzhang Bureau trotted all the way to ask for instructions.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so excited watching at this time, how could he call stop?
"Look! Of course you have to! Fuck that motherfucker!"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hide his excitement in his voice.

Following Zhu Yuanzhang's opening, these people in the Staff Bureau immediately took action.

After loading gunpowder, there was a sound of earth shaking, and the smoke filled the air, and a large shell shot out!

A beautiful arc was drawn in the air, and it fell into the lake hundreds of feet away, splashing a wave!
After the first shot was fired, Zhu Yuanzhang and the others in the stands all stood up, stood on tiptoes and watched, their mouths grew involuntarily.

Is this... Daming's bronze cannon?
It's just a change of gunpowder, but it's like taking strong medicine?
Is this too powerful?

Really amazing!

After firing three shots in a row, this kind of cannon with a thick inner diameter and a bowl mouth began to test fire a smaller caliber cannon.

There is no doubt that the effect achieved is also extremely amazing...

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"Bull! It's amazing!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang, father and son, came to the lake, looked at the unlucky carp floating on the water that was smashed to death by shells in the lake, and they were all shocked by the power of what Han Cheng called granular gunpowder.

Unexpected!

Really unexpected!
After adding egg white and sugar, the power of gunpowder can really be increased so much! !
Nothing Han Cheng said was a lie!

I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes!

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao looked at each other, and they both saw shock, excitement, and incomparable solemnity in each other's eyes.

The weight of the country!

It is really the most important weapon of the country!
This thing must be kept a secret!
It can only be kept for the Ming Dynasty officials, and it is classified as the top secret!
"Father, how did you get this... this gunpowder? How powerful is it? This...is this gunpowder good to make?
If it is really easy to do, then our Daming will make a lot of money in the future! "

Zhu Yan looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said eagerly.

"It's really useful! If you use it well, our Daming will benefit endlessly!

Moreover, this new gunpowder is not complicated to make and can be mass-produced! "

Zhu Yuanzhang said excitedly.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Yan was so happy that he almost jumped up from the ground!
What he is most afraid of is that this kind of powerful gunpowder cannot be mass-produced.

If it cannot be produced on a large scale, although this gunpowder is still amazing, its significance is not as far-reaching.

"Great! Great! God bless me, Daming!

With this kind of gunpowder, it will be smoother to fight the Tartars in the future! "

Zhu Yan clapped his hands happily.

For someone like him who likes firearms and uses them to fight, there is no better news than this!

"Father, who made this new type of gunpowder?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "It's an expert from the people of Ming Dynasty. A few days ago, I gave the method to the father."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't blush when talking nonsense in front of his face.

Originally, he wanted to say that it was someone from the Staff Bureau, who came up with it after a coincidence, but this statement did not match the previous statement from the Staff Bureau, and the more he explained, the more unclear the explanation.

Therefore, it is still pushed to the strange people in the folk.

"First, a folk expert cured my mother's illness, and another expert from the folk presented this powerful gunpowder formula.

This is really a master among the people! ! "

Zhu Yan said excitedly.

"Father, you must not owe this expert! You must reward him well!"

He reminded Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Is it up to you to say that? This is necessary!"

He thought to himself: "I even gave my most precious daughter to that kid Han Cheng, isn't this thank you enough?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt uncomfortable.

However, seeing the astonishing power of the gunpowder in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt that it was not impossible to marry his daughter to Han Cheng.

This is indeed a capable person, and it will be of great use to his own Daming.

It's just that when I think of my poor daughter, Han Cheng used disgraceful means to force her into a marriage contract because of her mother before.

At this time, not only did I not want to help my daughter out of the sea of ​​suffering, but I also wanted to settle this matter, and a lot of guilt arose in my heart.

If You Rong knew what he wanted to be a father, wouldn't he be heartbroken to death? ?

Thinking of his daughter's reluctance in her heart, but for the sake of family and country affairs, she forced a smile and expressed her willingness to marry Han Cheng, Zhu Yuanzhang felt like a knife cut her heart again...

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"What's wrong? Where is the thunder?"

In Prince Qin's mansion, Zhu Xi, who fell asleep reading a novel, was awakened by the roar.

After wiping his saliva, he asked suspiciously.

Then, there were a few more muffled thunderous voices, and Zhu Xi realized something was wrong.

"It's not thunder! It's the sound of cannons! Who fired the cannons in the capital?"

After a while, Zhu Xi became even more suspicious.

Because judging from the direction the sound came from, he heard that the cannon sound came from the Forbidden City!

"Wow... which Guisun is so courageous! He is here, firing cannons in the Forbidden City? You don't want to live anymore, do you?!
This is, is the Zijin Mountain set up, set up a cannon, and blasted into the Forbidden City? ! "

Zhu Xi cursed aloud, regardless of the pain in his body, he rolled over as soon as Gulu got out of bed and was about to run to the palace.

"Second brother, what are you doing?!"

Princess Ningguo asked anxiously.

"Go, go protect mother!! Cut, cut off the head of the traitor!"

Zhu Xi shouted loudly.

"Second brother, stop! It's different from what you think! The person who is firing cannons in the palace must be the emperor!"

Zhu Yourong's brain turned faster, and he knew more news.

Later, I learned that on the night of August [-]th, because of the fireworks, Father came to Shouning Palace to meet Young Master Han.

The reason was not that the fireworks that Mr. Han lit were too beautiful and suppressed his limelight, but that he smelled a more powerful smell of gunpowder from the fireworks that Mr. Han set off.

Now, there is such a big movement in the palace, I am afraid that it is very likely that the father is watching the power of the new gunpowder!
Hearing Zhu Yourong's words, Zhu Xi stopped in his tracks, and after being stunned for a while, he finally choked out a sentence: "It turned out that it was the father, the grandson, who rebelled!!"

(End of this chapter)