Daming: Dad, you are really not good at governing the country

Chapter 328 Now is not the best time to implement the policy of “reform of native officials”

Zhu Biao did not expect that a mere telescope could make the two forces that ruled Siam compete to choose to rely on the Ming Dynasty.

“Although the Ming Dynasty retained the Xuanweisi administrative agency, it had abolished the Xuanweishi and Xuanfushi of the Yuan Dynasty.

Today's Xuanweisi is the next level of local administrative agency under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office.

Although these institutions had a certain degree of autonomy, administrative, military and judicial affairs were all under the strict supervision of the region's Provincial Administration Commission, Military Command Commission and Criminal Supervision Commission.

In addition, the chief official of the Xuanwei Division must be appointed by the imperial court.

Not only must you obey conscription at any time, but you must also pay tribute to the court regularly.

I wonder if you two can accept these on behalf of the king?"

The most unpleasant thing in the world is the truth, because the truth makes privileged people uneasy.

At this moment, Na Kongying and Deputy Envoy Ayutthaya had the same idea in their mind, both thought that Zhu Biao was going too far!
Administrative, military and judicial affairs were all under the supervision of the relevant departments of the Ming Dynasty, which was basically equivalent to being an official for the court.

Although Zhu Biao did not directly abolish the chieftain system, the three regulatory agencies, namely the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Criminal Justice, were obviously itinerant officials with term limits and who could be transferred.

If Na Kongying chose to accept such an order, it would probably take only a few years for the Ming Dynasty to launch household registration checks, land measurements, and tax verification in Siam.

With administrative, military and judicial affairs all under strict supervision, Siam could only become a fish on the chopping board.

Thinking of this, Na Kongying said meaningfully: "I have heard that the northern part of the Ming Dynasty has been troubled by the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, and the southeastern coastal areas are often harassed by Japanese pirates.

In this situation, it is really not advisable to distract your attention.

Besides, both Suphan Buri and Ayutthaya are only one city, so it may not be appropriate to set up a separate Xuanwei Office.

How about waiting until a new Siamese king is elected before deciding whether to set up a Xuanweisi?"

The deputy envoy of Ayutthaya, who thought he had made a big mistake, immediately echoed the situation and said, "I am just a deputy envoy of Ayutthaya, and what I said just now was just a small suggestion.

However, the establishment of the Xuanwei Office is a serious matter, and we need to wait until the delegation returns to Ayutthaya before asking the king to make the final decision!"

When Zhu Biao saw that things did not develop as he expected, he understood why Zhu Gang said that now was not the best time to implement the policy of "reforming the natives and returning them to the Han people."

"You two are absolutely right. In this case, let's discuss this matter carefully.

The main purpose of calling everyone here today is to observe the actual combat military exercise that our Ming Dynasty Plate Armor Breakthrough Force is about to launch.

In addition, since the number of 'telescopes' is limited, please ask the envoys of the vassal states to use them in turn."

Facing the gazes cast by the Ayutthaya envoys, Nakong Ying, who was holding a single-cylinder refracting telescope, finally chose to turn a blind eye.

At this time, Zhu Gang, riding on a war horse, had already walked to the street closest to one of the assassins' resting places.

He looked at Zhu Di in military uniform and said, "Fourth brother, the envoys from the sixty-one countries of the Southeast Yi are now watching from the tower of Shangyuan County!
I even transferred the three-bow crossbow that Gongshu Qi had just restored to the plate armor troops for use.

If we cannot send out the allies from the Jiangnan aristocratic families and capture the assassination squad in one fell swoop.

Not only will our two brothers lose face, but the most elite breakthrough force of the Ming Dynasty will also become a joke."

According to the "Wujing Zongyao·Qianji·Qi Tu", the three-bow crossbow is also called "eight-ox crossbow", which means it takes the strength of eight oxen to pull it open.

If manpower is used, a hundred people will be needed.

The crossbow arrows of this type of crossbow are huge, with a shaft made of hard wood and shaped like a spear.

The three iron feathers are like three swords, and are known as "one spear and three swords and arrows".

A slightly smaller three-bow crossbow would require at least 50 to 70 people to draw the bow.

Its range can reach 300 steps, which is equivalent to about 500 meters in later generations. Although the "Wu Jing Zong Yao" records the pattern of the three-bow crossbow, it lacks detailed description and it is difficult to see its firing principle clearly.

Today's scholar Gongshu Qi has conducted a detailed and in-depth study of the three-bow crossbow of the Song Dynasty.

While copying the model, he also re-drew the structural diagram.

The restored three-bow crossbow is made by installing three bows on a crossbow bed.

The middle one is the main bow, and a short rope is used to connect the main bow and the front bow at both ends.

The rear bow is installed in the opposite direction, and its string is connected to the string of the main bow through small wheels installed at both ends of the main bow and hooked with a traction hook.

The traction rope is connected with the traction hook and the wheel axle respectively.

When the wheel axle is turned, the traction rope is tightened, and the bowstring of the main bow is pulled tight, the front bow will open accordingly.

The string of the rear bow is tightened as it passes around the small wheel, and the rear bow is opened accordingly.

When the main string is pulled to the machine teeth, hold the bowstring with the teeth and untie the traction rope.

When firing this type of crossbow, the trigger cannot be pulled by hand.

The crossbowman in charge of shooting has to load the crossbow arrow into the arrow path and aim at the target.

Then another crossbowman hit the trigger with a sledgehammer, and the three bows rebounded at the same time, shooting out the huge crossbow arrows with great force.

Na Kongying and five other envoys from vassal states, who were standing on the city wall of Shangyuan County, witnessed the entire launch process from several miles away through a single-cylinder refracting telescope.

I saw 50 soldiers wearing plate armor, using an axle-driven cart to draw their bows.

There are seven arrow paths on the crossbow arm, and a giant arrow three feet and five inches long is placed on the middle arrow path.

This arrow has iron leaves as feathers, and there are three slightly smaller arrows on each side.

All the arrows were fired at the same time, and then they were firmly nailed into the rows of tread pegs outside the courtyard wall where the assassins lived.

Zhu Jiantong, who had been waiting for a long time, personally led the death squads who had defected to Zhu Gang to climb up.

After hearing the sound of fighting inside, Zhu Di turned to the deputy governor Zhu Xian who was standing not far away and said, "You stay with a hundred armored soldiers and cooperate with Longxiang Pavilion's third-class guard Zhou Haomiao to complete the final finishing work.

Prince Jin and I will lead the remaining breakthrough troops to the next assassin's stop."

Considering that the three-bow crossbow was very inconvenient to transport, Zhu Gang simply asked Gongshu Qi to take people to fix it on the route that the wedding procession must take.

After the installation was completed, the three-bow crossbow was kept in a covered state and guarded by the guards of Longxiang Pavilion in shifts.

Now that the first crossbow has completed its mission, it not only did not cause any response within the elite breakthrough force, but even the envoys from the sixty-one countries of the Southeast Yi were not affected.

In the eyes of Prince Nakorn Ying of Suphan Buri, the shocking things were not as strong as those celestial phenomena he had observed before through a single-cylinder refracting telescope.

However, when Kong Ying saw the firing process of the second three-bow crossbow, his face suddenly became solemn.

The "Jackdaw Arrows" that terrified the enemy were contained in each bag with dozens of arrows.

Since they are fired almost synchronously, they can cause large-scale damage within a certain area.

Once the arrow leaves the carrier, it can cause damage over a larger area.

By covering the area with points, the "Jackdaw Arrow" makes up for the accuracy problem of long-range sniping, but it also makes those assassins pay a heavy price.

(End of this chapter)