The king dies in the country

The Admiral of Yanziji.

When Liu Qingyan was sorting out the information based on the case, the door of the empty room was suddenly pushed open gently. A slender figure had already come in with the breeze. Only by hearing the sound of footsteps, Liu Qingyan knew that it was Wang Pu who came. Moreover, looking at the entire admiral camp, only Wang Pu could enter her villa.

Liu Qingyan Yingying stood up, looked back and smiled, "Mr. Prince Consort, are you here?"

Wang Pu snorted, walked to Liu Qingyan and sat down, saying, "Your intelligence work is not carried out very effectively."

"Oh." Liu Qingyan gave Wang Pu a blank look and said angrily, "Has the pond transferred from the capital been submitted to the pond?"

"It's okay." Wang Pu said angrily, "It seems that your news is only a little slower than the eight hundred miles in the capital."

"Oh, that's the sister who died unjustly." Liu Qingyan walked to Wang Pu with spring breeze, poked Wang Pu's forehead, and said coquettishly, "Do you think the people of the Holy Sect are the confidants of the thief and Jiannu? So, the sisters of the thief and Jiannu's every move can know immediately? If this is true, it would be easier. Yu'er could kill the thief and the slave chief by talking. Wouldn't the Ming Dynasty be peaceful in the world?"

Wang Pu was stunned, but when I thought about it carefully, it was really the case.

Liu Qingyan turned behind Wang Pu, stretched out her slender jade fingers and inserted it into Wang Pu's hairline. While gently massaged the man's scalp, she said in a charming voice: "The Holy Church has halls in various provinces, including people from the Holy Church outside the pass, but most of them are just ordinary people. Like the Fanjianglong who stole the hands of Gu Sanmazi, they are only a very small number of them. Therefore, the news from the halls in various places can be said to be varied and full of everything. My sister has to spend a lot of time collecting useful information from it, and then analyzing it to get the information you want. This is not an easy task."

Wang Pu said: "It seems that I have to find a few smart little girls to help you."

Liu Qingyan lowered her head, blew up with Wang Pu's ear hole, and laughed and said, "Why don't you find a few handsome and gentle guys for your sister?"

"That won't work."

Wang Pu turned his hands and touched Liu Qingyan's thighs, heading straight to the square foot. Unfortunately, before Wang Pu succeeded, Liu Qingyan had already slapped his paws open honestly and unceremoniously. Wang Pu smiled and said, "If you really ask a few handsome guys to help you, then you will be fascinated by you? I'm afraid you will be more and more helpful."

"Is that so? It's really like it." Liu Qingyan smiled and said, "Why don't you see you being confused?"

"Stop messing with me." Wang Pu swallowed and said in a muffled voice, "Be careful that I will drug you in your tea, which will make you faint first, and then...huh."

Liu Qingyan's little hand suddenly stroked Wang Pu's chest and abdomen, and finally stayed at Wang Pu's vital points. After rubbing the ten slender jade fingers so lightly, Wang Pu immediately had a strong reaction.

It is unknown whether this demon is the Virgin Queen Park, but one thing is certain that this demon must have received special training in men's love and women. He knows what expressions and techniques can best arouse men's desires. It is said that the White Lotus Sect evolved from the Joy Zen Buddhism in Buddhism. It seems that it is not groundless. Otherwise, how could the demon Liu Qingyan be so seductive?

Just as he teased Wang Pu, Liu Qingyan put his ears on Wang Pu's ears and laughed: "Mr. Prince Consort, when will you become Cao Cao? When will your sister make you so enchant, let you taste the most intoxicating male and female taste in the world, let you know what is the real desire to die, haha..."

"Huh." Wang Pu gasped and did not dare to tangle with the witch anymore. He hurriedly changed the topic, "I guess when will the thief fight to Beijing?"

Liu Qingyan said in a charming voice: "Just from all signs, Datong General Jiang Xiang has surrendered to the thief. Once he loses the barrier of Datong, according to his sister, at the latest in early October and early September, Li Zicheng's northern army will be able to reach the city of Beijing. Liu Zongmin's middle and Li Guo's southern bandits can almost reach Beijing in mid-September."

Early the next morning, Wang Pu led the guards to the Arsenal at the foot of Zijin Mountain.

Half a year ago, Wang Pu integrated the weapons workshop and the Gunpowder Bureau and officially renamed the Arsenal.

The Zijinshan Arsenal was newly built in April. Although it is not large in scale, it has an extraordinary status because it was the first arsenal in the Ming Dynasty with mechanical processing capabilities. It is actually a bit exaggerated to say that it is mechanical processing. The Zijinshan Arsenal only has two hydraulic drilling machines.

Moreover, Zijin Mountain is not high at a height, and the water volume of small streams in the mountains is insufficient. These two hydraulic drilling machines can only be used during the flood season between April and June every year. Fortunately, this is only the nature of the experiment, and Wang Pu doesn't care so much. Once the experiment is successful, it is not too late to find a place with sufficient water resources to build a large arsenal.

In the drilling machine workshop, the spindles of the two hydraulic drilling machines and the drill bit fixed to the spindle rotate rapidly under the drive of the winch. Because there is no bearing, the spindle can only slide and rub against the fixed base, and the sound is very harsh!

The spindle and drill bit of the hydraulic drilling machine are installed from bottom to top. The winch wheel connected to the water flow is hidden below the ground. A triangle bracket is also erected above the drilling machine. The bracket is equipped with a guide rail perpendicular to the ground, which can drive the slide seat to slide up and down. The barrel that needs to be drilled is fixed to the slide seat.

Two round and thick craftsmen pulled the handles stretching out on both sides of the slide, and pulled down hard with the weight of their bodies. The rapidly rotating drill bit was spinning into the barrel fixed to the slide bit by bit. The friction between the drill bit and the inner wall of the barrel became even more harsh, and the pungent smell of burnt iron filled the air.

Another craftsman was constantly watering the drill bit and barrel to prevent it from burning.

These two hydraulic drilling machines were designed by Song Yingxing according to Wang Pu's instructions and personally supervised the work. They have been tried for more than two months. The processing speed is indeed many times faster than manual drilling. It takes one month to drill a barrel by manual drilling, but a hydraulic drilling machine can drill a barrel by one day, and the processing speed is thirty times higher!

Moreover, the barrel drilled out of the hydraulic drilling machine is obviously straighter than the barrel drilled out of the manual one!

However, Wang Pu came to Zijinshan Arsenal this time not for the hydraulic drilling machine, but for the breech gun that Song Yingxing had just developed successfully.

The so-called breech gun is opposite to the breech gun.

The gunpowder and lead bullets of the bore gun must be stuffed from the front end of the barrel into the barrel, and then pressed to the bottom with a strip. This is a very time-consuming technical job. Before the paper shell bullet was invented, the most skilled veteran could only fire two shots per minute. After the paper shell bullets, the speed was greatly improved.

The paper shell bullets of the breech gun are no longer loaded from the front end of the barrel, but from the back end of the barrel. The advantage is that they load more quickly and there is no need to stand up and use a strip to press the ammunition into the barrel. In this way, the soldiers can lie on the ground to load the bullets and continue to shoot, which greatly improves the muskets' ability to survive in musket shooting.

Compared with breech guns, breech guns have an overwhelming advantage.

[License: In 1545 AD (the 27th year of Jiajing), the Ming army captured some Japanese and guns who were good at making coercines in the battle to recover Shuangyu, which was occupied by the Portuguese. Ma Xian, Li Huai and others learned the method of making muskets, and on this basis it was studied and improved. In the 37th year of Jiajing, it was built a coercine that was "particularly exquisite than Xifan", called "bird beak gun", that is, a bird gun or a bird gun.

The bird gun barrel is made of cooked iron, weighing about 12 kilograms, with sightseeing, and mounted on wooden brackets. The bird gun caliber is between 9 and 13 mm, the barrel length is between 90 cm and 150 cm, the maximum range can reach 300 meters, and the effective range exceeds 100 meters. This effective range is not blown out. Readers who have played with folk muskets (also smoothbore guns) will know.

Some readers always like to regard ignorance as the truth, saying that the range of a cotspeller is only 45 meters. In fact, the gunmaking process in the Ming Dynasty was quite excellent, far from comparable to that of the later Qing Dynasty. After the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, the gunmaking, cannon casting and shipbuilding processes in the Ming Dynasty were completely interrupted, and the technology was backed back by three hundred years!

As for the bird guns used by the border army of the Ming Dynasty, the fire guns were short-range, with little power and easy to explode the hall. They could not suppress Jiannu's bows and arrows in actual combat, it was entirely caused by official corruption. In order to enrich their private bags, officials of the Ministry of Works used inferior products as good ones and made the pipe walls of the bird guns extremely thin. How could they not explode the chamber?

But this has nothing to do with the gun making process in the Ming Dynasty!]

The breech gun developed by Song Yingxing is only 10 mm in diameter, which is 2 mm smaller than the breech gun used by the Musketeers. The barrel length is still 120 cm, which looks more slender and lighter. Its core device is a winch wheel, which can be folded from the middle like the current hunting rifle, so that the paper shell can be loaded into the breeze, and then the bolt is closed, and it can be fired.

Although the caliber of this breech gun is smaller, the amount of the paper shell is not reduced, so it seems to be longer than the paper shell of the breech gun. The bullet has also changed from a round lead bullet to a cylindrical top sharpened iron bullet.

Wang Pu asked Lu Liu to test fire for more than a dozen shots and found that the breech gun's shooting speed has indeed been greatly improved, almost twice that of the breech gun! The range and accuracy have also been significantly improved compared with the breech gun, with a range of more than 300 meters. Veterans like Lu Liu can accurately hit targets with a size of human bodies from two hundred meters away.

"Okay." After watching Lu Liu's demonstration, Wang Pu said happily, "That's great!"

Seeing Wang Pu's ecstatic appearance, Song Yingxing couldn't help but feel a little proud and clasped his fists and said, "I'm lucky to be humble to be my duty."

"Haha, thank you Mr. Song for your hard work." Wang Pu said this and asked again, "Mr. Song, how many bream-back flintlock guns can be built in one month?"

Song Yingxing said: "As long as the hydraulic power is sufficient, two hydraulic drilling machines can drill sixty barrels in a month."

"Only sixty?" Wang Pu was inevitably disappointed when he heard this, but then he thought that having was better than not, so he said, "Okay, sixty pieces are only sixty pieces. At this time next month, I will send someone to pick it up on time."

Forbidden City, the front hall of the Ganqing Palace.

Emperor Chongzhen was summoning the cabinet chief Zhou Yanru and the second assistants He Fengsheng, Chen Yan, Wei Zhaocheng, Fan Jingwen, Li Banghua and others to discuss matters, and the Minister of War Zhang Jinyan was also summoned to attend.

The Ming Dynasty's power was declining, and the bandits were sweeping across Shanxi and the capital with a destruction and decay.

On the seventh day of the seventh month, Li Zicheng swore an oath to march from Xi'an to the east.

On July 19th, the attack on Pingyang.

On July 26th, we arrived in Fenzhou.

On the third day of August, Taiyuan was captured, and Shanxi Governor Wang Qiaonian died on the death day.

On the ninth day of the eighth month, he went north from Taiyuan and was resisted by Shanxi General Zhou Yuji at Wuning Pass. Zhou Yuji sent people to ask for help from Datong General Jiang Xiang, but Jiang Xiang not only did not send troops to rescue him, but secretly surrendered to the bandits and attacked Wuning Pass from behind.

On August 15th, Wuning Pass was lost, and Shanxi General Zhou Yuji died on the festival.

On August 23, the bandits entered Yanghe, and Jiang Xuan, deputy general of Datong, turned against the bandits.

On the sixth day of the ninth month, the bandits arrived at Xuanfu. Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of Xuanfu, and Wang Chengyin, the general, turned against the bandits.

...

The emergency document flew to the capital like snowflakes. Sun Chuanting and Wang Pu still remained silent and acted as if he was to protect half of the south of the Yangtze River. Although Shandong General Liu Zeqing and former General Wu Sangui agreed to raise an army to help the king, they did not take action. Only Yutian General Cao Bianjiao and Jizhen General Bai Guangen had already led their troops to Beijing to help the king. Unfortunately, the total of the two men was only 8,000. How could they resist the nearly one million thieves?

The thief was unstoppable, but the cabinet ministers such as Zhou Yanru were helpless.

Faced with the impending catastrophe, Emperor Chongzhen felt sad and helpless, and said with great emotion to Zhou Yanru and other cabinet ministers: "I am not a king who destroyed the country, everything is a sign of a destruction of the country. My ancestors have suffered wind and rain in the world. Once they lose it, what will they see underground?"

The ministers were relatively sad and all looked ashamed.

Since Emperor Chongzhen's extreme control, he has been working hard for 16 years. He has been in power for 15 years. He is worried, diligent, and hardworking, and devoted himself to governing. He is a good emperor who works hard to govern. In terms of ability, he may not be comparable to Emperor Taizu Hongwu and Emperor Chengzu Yongle. However, in terms of diligence, he is the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty!

Unfortunately, Emperor Chongzhen was in bad luck. What he took from his father and brother was a mess that was rotten to his bones. Thiefs in the Central Plains emerged, and Jiannu was rampant outside the pass. In addition, years of natural disasters and man-made disasters were rampant, resulting in the people's miserable life and the national strength was exhausted. In such a bad year, even if Emperor Taizong of Tang was reborn, he would have no way to turn things around.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen resolutely said: "Wen died and advised, Wu died and fought, and the king died and the country died. I am determined to live and die with the ancestral temples, live and die with the tombs of the ancestral temples, and die with millions of creatures in the capital! My dear friends can quickly return to the mansion, summon the servants to protect the courtyard, distribute equipment, and fight with the thieves!"

Emperor Chongzhen immediately made a decision and ordered the Minister of War Zhang Jinyan to recruit the powerful men in the capital to organize the army to serve the king, and distribute equipment to defend the capital. Another imperial edict was issued, hoping that the royal relatives and relatives and officials in the capital would pay the national affairs as a matter of concern to pay the family's expenses to help the military. Unfortunately, not many people responded to Emperor Chongzhen's call.

Only the eunuchs Wang Yongzuo, Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua donated 50,000 taels each due to their affection. The rest of the royal relatives and wealthy bureaucrats were all like iron roosters and were silent.

Chen Yan, the second assistant to the cabinet, donated it, but he donated ten taels of silver. He also said that he was honest and never accepted bribes. He only had ten taels of silver in his family. But in the end, the thief came to Beijing. When Liu Zongmin chased the dirt and helped with the money, he actually found more than 200,000 taels of silver in his family!

The eunuch Wang Zhixin was a famous rich man in the capital. Emperor Chongzhen gave up his emperor's dignity and raised donations from him in person. He endured the pain and donated 10,000 taels of silver. However, in the end, the thief entered the capital and confiscated more than 500,000 taels of cash from his home. This was not considered jewelry, antiques, or estate property.

There is also the father-in-law Zhou Kui, the boss of Jiading, and Emperor Chongzhen sent the eunuch Wang Chengen to collect donations in person. But if Wang Chengen was speechless, Zhou Kui just refused to let go. In the end, Wang Chengen was so angry that he left, and before leaving, he left: "The old emperor is so stingy, the general situation is gone!"

Finally, the thief entered Beijing, and Liu Zongmin chased the dirt and helped the money to collect more than one million taels of cash from Zhou Kui's house!

Without silver, you can't buy food. Without food, the soldiers of the Beijing camp and the soldiers of all the royal army could only defend Beijing hungry. After all, Emperor Chongzhen was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He could not plunder the people of the capital like Zuo Liangyu! The thieves were coming in full force, and the Ming government troops were hungry and tired, and the result was imagined.

On September 13, the bandits captured Changping County, the last barrier in the capital, Beixiao, and Bai Guangen died. The eight thousand elite troops of his troops were destroyed. That night, a large group of bandits descended along the Shahe River and headed straight to Pingzemen in the outer city of Beijing. Fires surged into the sky along the way, and the bandits swept across the mountains.

It was late at night and the Forbidden City, which had always been majestic and solemn, showed a desolate scene at this time, and under the reflection of the moonlight, it showed a dead silence.

Recently, there has been a mysterious rumor in Beijing. It is said that pedestrians who walked past the main gate of the Forbidden City at night could hear the wailing sounds of ghosts of the soldiers who died in the battlefield. Unless it was necessary, no one was willing to approach the Forbidden City, and almost all the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace had run away.

Under the cold moonlight, Emperor Chongzhen, accompanied by Wang Chengen, approached Kunning Palace step by step.

Just a moment ago, Emperor Chongzhen had received news that the eunuch Wang Xiangyao who guarded Xuanwu Gate, the Minister of War Zhang Jinyan who guarded Zhengyang Gate, and the Duke Cheng Guo who guarded Qihua Gate, had already opened the city gate at the same time. The bandit army had entered the inner city of Beijing, only one step away from the Forbidden City!

Crown Prince Zhu Cilang, Yong Wang Zhu Cijiong and Ding Wang Zhu Cihuan had already asked Gao Qiqian to escort the father-in-law Zhou Kui's mansion with more than a dozen eunuchs. In fact, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that Zhou Kui was unreliable, but he had no other choice now. Emperor Chongzhen originally wanted to entrust the crown prince to the auxiliary minister of the cabinet, but just now, he summoned the ministers in the front hall, but none of them came to hear the news.

Helplessly, Emperor Chongzhen could only let Gao Qiqian take the prince, King Yong and King Ding to join Zhou Kui, the prince was Zhou Kui's nephew after all. It is said that even if the tiger poison is not enough, he should escort the prince to Nanjing, right?

Emperor Chongzhen was mentally prepared to "death the country". The only thing he couldn't let go was the concubines in the harem, including Princess Changping and Princess Zhaoren. It was inevitable that thieves would enter the capital. As an emperor of a generation, Emperor Chongzhen certainly could not tolerate his concubines and the two princesses becoming dolls of thieves.

Emperor Chongzhen stepped into the Kunning Palace hall and saw Empress Zhou sitting upright in the main hall.

It was so late that Empress Zhou had not yet rested, but was dressed neatly and sat on the phoenix chair with a peaceful expression. It seemed that she knew everything and knew that the last moment of her life was coming. When she met Emperor Chongzhen's guilty and self-blame look, Empress Zhou smiled and said softly: "Long live, I'm going to take the lead."

After saying that, Empress Zhou calmly entered the Donghun Pavilion. When Emperor Chongzhen chased into the Donghun Pavilion a while later, Empress Zhou had already been hung on the beam of the house.

"well."

Emperor Chongzhen sighed to the sky, pulled out his long sword with his backhand, and accelerated his pace and headed straight for Chengqian Palace.

The Chengqian Palace was also brightly lit, and Concubine Tian did not sleep. When she saw Emperor Chongzhen breaking in with a sword, Concubine Tian turned pale in an instant. Concubine Tian was beautiful, gentle and proficient in music. She has always been attracted by Emperor Chongzhen as a soulmate. She never expected that one day she would die under the sword of Emperor Chongzhen.

"Beloved concubine." Emperor Chongzhen sighed to the sky and said sadly, "The country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, and life is useless. Why not follow me?"

Concubine Tian contemplated Emperor Chongzhen for a long time before kneeling down on the ground and knocking three times, saying sadly: "Long live my life, I have bid farewell to you..."

Emperor Chongzhen made a cruel heart, gritted his teeth, and stabbed Concubine Tian's throat with a sword. Blood splattered, and a generation of Concubine died.
Chapter completed!