A cannon like a fire dragon, a powerful fire blunderbuss?
What about a continuous fire gun?
Zhu Di has always been interested in firearms and formed a pure firearms army - the Shenji Battalion. When he conquered the Oara people, he used the tactic of "the divine machine guns are in the front and the cavalry is in the back" and defeated the Oara people.
The man turned his back on his horse.
Fireguns are perfect for fighting against cavalry, but what troubles Zhu Di is that although fireguns are good, the reloading time is too long. It takes a long time to reload after one round. With this skill, the cavalry will be killed.
Got it. Secondly, the power is too low. The Shenji Battalion's equipment is mainly pear-shaped guns or Tianzi Fire Guns, and the ammunition is iron pellets or black powder.
The equipment of the Southwest Army puzzled Zhu Di.
What kind of thing is this? Is it called a fire gun?
We have never seen a continuous fire cannon!
Where did the Southwest Army come up with this weird thing?
etc……
Zhu Di suddenly realized something. He seemed to know where the Southwest Army had tinkered with this firearm - Nanzhen Fusi!
In addition to supervising its own people, Nanzhen Fusi also has the power to manufacture ordnance. The military craftsmanship of Nanzhen Fusi has the best military craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty!
No wonder the fourth child wanted to ask him for Nanzhen Fusi, co-authoring it was to leave a backup for his children and grandchildren!
Zhu Di felt a little sick when he thought of this. Jiajing lost so miserably, not only due to his own reasons, but also partly because of... Zhu Di, the ancestor dug the hole!
Zhu Di can conclude that when Zhu Gaojie goes to the southwest, he will definitely take away the top military craftsmen from Nanzhen Fusi and leave a blessing to his children and grandchildren!
[After the news of the imperial army's defeat in the southwest reached the capital, the whole court was shaken, and people in the city were panicked.]
[You have been pushed to the forefront. The courtiers are saying that it was you who insisted on going your own way, regardless of the opposition of everyone, and insisted on attacking the palace of Prince Qi, the hero of the Ming Dynasty, that caused the drastic change. 】
[You were unable to refute, so you gathered the courtiers and discussed in the Fengtian Palace how to solve the trouble caused by the defeat. 】
[Now that Prince Qi’s Mansion in the southwest has gathered troops, all the main forces of the court have been left in Annan. If they fight again, the possibility of victory is slim. What’s more, the morale of the court is weak. Even if another army is formed, how can it defeat the high-morale Southwest?
military?】
[The courtiers all suggested suing for peace. They believed that the emperor's surname was Zhu and King Qi was also named Zhu. They were both descendants of Taizu, so why should they fight and kill each other? But they seemed to have forgotten that King Qi had never taken the initiative. It was the court.
Forced King Qi to fight.]
【You know, now it seems that there is no other way besides seeking peace.】
Summation?
If you want to fight, you can fight, if you want to make peace, you can make peace?
Zhu Di felt it was a bit ridiculous. When he led the Yan army to the front of Jinling City, Emperor Jianwen also sent someone to ask him for peace.
But what is the result?
During the Jinchuan Gate Incident, Li Jinglong opened the city gates, Zhu Di led his army into the capital, and succeeded to the throne in Fengtian Hall!
The prerequisite for peace talks is that both parties have equal status, or that you can pay enough benefits to satisfy the other party's appetite!
When the Song Dynasty fought against the Liao Kingdom, it always lost more than it won. Every time it lost a battle, the court had to humiliate the Liao Kingdom and sue for peace, and compensate the Liao Kingdom with a large amount of gold and silver treasures, food, cloth, land, etc. Raising tigers in this way made it more and more troublesome.
The weaker the country was, the stronger the enemy was. When the Liao Kingdom's 300,000 troops marched south, although the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Song Dynasty resisted desperately, the court gave up and thought about what to fight. Before, they had always paid to solve the problem, but now they have to pay some money.
That’s it.
As a result, an unprecedented scene occurred - the victorious country paid reparations to the defeated country!
The generals of the Northern Song Dynasty risked their lives to defeat the Liao army. However, Song Zhenzong did not dare to fight to the death with the Liao people. Even though he had the advantage, he still surrendered to the Liao State. So the two sides signed the humiliating "Chanyuan Alliance" to compensate the Liao State.
made huge amounts of gold and silver money.
Other countries were dumbfounded. There are benefits to winning and losing. Is there such a good thing? So Xixia also wanted to get a share of the pie. Li Jiqian, the chief of Xixia, formed a horns with Liao and defeated the Song Dynasty.
The Northern Song Dynasty ceded territory all the way to seek peace, and the Xixia people had enough to eat and drink, so they reluctantly withdrew their troops.
Under the vicious cycle of seeking peace, the Northern Song Dynasty was in danger. Finally, under the impact of the Jin Kingdom, the "Jingkang Shame" broke out. If Zhao Gou hadn't escaped quickly, the Southern Song Dynasty would not have had the chance to establish.
Drawing on the experience of the previous Song Dynasty, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di had very firm ideas - wars can be lost, countries can be destroyed, but peace cannot be sought!
Zhu Di felt numb when he saw that Jiajing was now thinking of suing for peace.
[At the end of the tenth year of Jiajing, you have waited for a long time and finally received a reply from King Qi.]
[The contemporary King of Qi, Zhu Houxuan, said in a letter: "Our ancestors have taught us that we, the King of Qi, will not interfere in the affairs of the government, nor will we usurp the country and seize power. For hundreds of years, we, the King of Qi, will always respond to the court's requests, and when the world is in chaos, we will send troops to quell it.
If we rebel, the world will be peaceful and we will guard the borders. Over the years, my descendants have never violated the ancestral precepts.
Our ancestors once said that the world is so vast, and our enemies don’t stop at Mobei. Our ambitions are in the West.
According to what our ancestor King Qi Wu said, we have continued to open up and expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty to the west for hundreds of years, and we have never had any thoughts of usurping the country. I don’t know who has inspired your majesty to use troops against our southwest?
After this battle, our Southwest suffered heavy losses. I am afraid it will be difficult to continue to defend the border for Your Majesty. If Your Majesty can assist Southwest with some steel, brass, cloth, leather, and wood every year... I, Southwest, will definitely be grateful to Your Majesty for your kindness!"]
[You understand the implication of King Qi. The attention of Prince Qi’s palace has never been on the Central Plains, but on the West. It’s just that you don’t quite understand what is so good about the West that has made King Qi of all generations so persistent. 】
[At present, it seems that King Qi has no idea of killing the capital to usurp the country. He is just asking for compensation because of the "heavy losses". The losses are so heavy. The Southwest Army won a complete victory in this battle. It is a shame to have such heavy losses.
?]
[You know clearly that King Qi is extorting, but you have to give it. Although King Qi said "some compensation" in the letter, you know clearly in your heart that if you don't feed King Qi, the Southwest Army will dare to send troops to kill him tomorrow.
Go to the capital!】
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! [You have no choice but to promise King Qi that the court will transport a large amount of ore materials to the southwest in the name of "military supplies" every year. This is a huge sum of money.
Eight million jins of iron ore are sent to the southwest every year! The annual output of iron ore in the Ming Dynasty was only 20 million jins!]
[After agreeing to all the requests from Prince Qi’s Mansion, a reply came from Prince Qi’s Mansion. King Qi said that the reason why Southwest was at war with the Ming Dynasty was purely a misunderstanding. There must be a treacherous official at work. He only needed to find out the treacherous official.
Send it to the southwest and let the matter rest.】
[You were so happy that you pushed out the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhang Quan, and told everyone that the conquest of the southwest was all Zhang Quan's idea. This had confused the government for a long time. In the end, you put more than 80 weapons on Zhang Quan's body.
The chief minister of the cabinet suddenly became a heinous criminal and was sent to the southwest to be questioned by King Qi.]
[King Qi beheaded Zhang Xu and sent back Dingguo Duke Xu Yande and a group of captured generals from the imperial court, but left behind hundreds of thousands of imperial troops who had been recruited by Prince Qi's palace. ]
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[You have no objection to this. You have lost the battle and have not lost the throne. You are already blessed by your ancestors. What else can you ask for? 】
When Zhu Di saw this, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Jiajing's move was no different from the Song Dynasty's annual tribute, except that one was to compensate his own family and the other was to compensate foreigners.
However, Zhu Di could also accept it. This was not a case of breeding tigers. The difference was that the former son of the Ming Dynasty, "King Qi", was now the "biological father" of the Ming Dynasty.
There's nothing you can do about it, you asked for it!
Prince Qi's Mansion didn't intentionally cause trouble, it was your court who asked for it. Previously, when I treated you as a son, you would always respond to your requests, but you had to give up on Prince Qi's Mansion as your father.
As for the more than 80 charges against the chief minister of the cabinet, Zhang Con, they were just pushed out by Jiajing to take the blame. They covered the battlefield with a fig leaf and made Jiajing feel better.
The meaning expressed by Prince Qi's Mansion is very straightforward: According to the wishes of my ancestor, King Qiwu Zhu Gaojie, we have been fighting in the West for these years and have no time to be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Now you have nothing to do. If you want to attack me, you haven't done it yet. I listen to my ancestors
If so, I don’t care about your debt, and you will pay me compensation every year from now on, and I will treat this matter as a thing of the past.
Jiajing: It's just a little bit of wind and frost, woo woo...
What puzzled Zhu Di and Jiajing was what was the charm of the West that could make the successive kings of Qi so persistent that they did not even pay attention to the throne.
"I have to ask the fourth boy to see what treasures there are in the West that can make him so interested." Zhu Di murmured, "Zheng He has been to the West so many times, and I don't remember what Zheng He said to me.
what……"
Yao Guangxiao listened with open ears. He was not a meddlesome person, but he just felt that Zhu Di was a little strange recently and always talked to himself.
"Western? King Qi?"
Yao Guangxiao pondered these words in his mind and was a little confused.
[I promised King Qi to pay compensation every year, and this matter has finally come to an end.]
[You feel depressed. Since you came to the throne at the age of sixteen, this is the first time you have fallen so hard. You have found yourself a father in Prince Qi's Mansion, but you have no choice. You have never beaten this father.
I can only give in.】
[After losing the spirit of enterprising, you put all your energy into practicing Taoism. You are superstitious about alchemists, respect Taoism, and love the art of immortality. You suddenly find that practicing Taoism is much more fun than being an emperor. You continue to build fasting festivals every year, causing huge losses.
Wasteful.]
[You are so obsessed with the Tao that you have no ability to discern. You don’t refuse the elixirs and talismans, and you practice every day.]
[In order to practice Taoism, you no longer have time to go to court. Although you have not gone to court for many years, your use of power and tactics has become more and more proficient, and you can play with the courtiers. Everyone is your pawn. 】
[This is a very incredible thing. How could an emperor who never went to court hold power tightly in his own hands? 】
[But you did it. You controlled everyone and amassed money like crazy. The huge amount of money you spend on cultivating Taoism every year is comparable to the huge sum of money sent to the southwest to compensate King Qi every year! 】