"Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guards have arrested eight more people today. This time, they have arrested 17 senior officials, and hundreds of low-level officials were involved." Wen Tiren summarized the anti-corruption results of the past few days to Emperor Chongzhen,
There is too much meaning in the words.
"So what, they are all corrupt. My treasury is completely empty, and their houses are full of gold and silver. If we don't catch them, the Ming Dynasty will fall into their hands!" Emperor Chongzhen shouted angrily
road.
These high-ranking officials of the imperial court took advantage of their power to commit corruption and bend the law, involving almost every aspect of the imperial court. While exploiting the people, they intercepted the imperial court's money entering and exiting the treasury, and privately sold the imperial palace's official equipment. The amount of income and the number of participants were unheard of by Emperor Chongzhen.
, and he can see from this that the worms in the imperial court are by no means limited to the people who have been discovered so far.
Emperor Chongzhen remembered that Master Zhong said that he was the king of the country's subjugation. He always couldn't understand it before, but now it seems that it is really like this. If I am the country's subjugation, I will die in their hands.
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I understand your Majesty's mood. It would be a pity to kill these moths. But in these troubled times, so many senior officials have been arrested, which may not be conducive to the stability of the court." Wen Tiren still advised Emperor Chongzhen to call it a day.
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Emperor Chongzhen originally did not want to go into such a big fight, but seeing the shocking confessions one after another aroused his anger and decided to vigorously rectify the situation.
"Mr. Ge, have you ever thought about it, if these moths occupy official positions, even if they stabilize the government, what's the use? Let them keep lying on the body to suck blood?" Emperor Chongzhen still disagreed with Wen Tiren's view.
"Your Majesty, many officials have been arrested, and many things have been delayed for several days. I hope your Majesty will stop temporarily and only arrest some at a time, so as not to affect the handling of court affairs." Wen Tiren said sincerely.
"Mr. Ge, if the crimes of the officials involved are not serious, I agree with you. But look, all of them are big moths. The family that has been greedy is richer than me. Let it go.
Where is their destiny?"
Neither of them convinced the other; each had their own reasons.
Of course, Emperor Chongzhen knew that it was not good for the positions vacated by being arrested to affect normal affairs. So he instructed Wen Tiren: "The cabinet, together with the Ministry of Personnel, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will select the best candidates based on the assessment over the years and the list of Beijing Procurators."
Officials, fill all kinds of vacant positions, and the list of personnel with rank five and above is submitted to me for review."
Wen Tiren looked at the perseverance on Emperor Chongzhen's face and knew that it would be useless to say anything, so he had no choice but to agree and leave before going to work.
He knew in his heart that since Emperor Chongzhen insisted on getting rid of all the big borers, this storm would probably become more and more violent, and no one knew how it would end.
Early the next morning, Guan Ning's army leader Rui Rui, who did not accept Hu Hao's team, saw the Qin Wang army camp from a distance. He breathed a sigh of relief and finally returned.
They and their group rushed back after Naru appeared at the border of Changli. Unexpectedly, they ran into a large group of Tatars who came out to fight against the autumn wind, and they blocked the way.
Hu Hao had no choice but to take his brothers and go in circles with the Tatars. Fortunately, they were more familiar with the terrain than Jianlu, so there were no casualties. It took them a day and a night to get rid of the pursuers, and it took another night to return to the camp.
At this time, they were already exhausted, and they just wanted to go back to the camp and have a good sleep.
The group of people entered the camp, the other brothers went to rest, and Hu Hao went to report the battle situation.
Zhong Jinwei did not stay at the construction site anymore that day. After getting up, he left the new cement factory with the guards from the East Factory and rushed to the Qinwang Army Camp to find Sun Chengzong.
In the past few days, Zhong Jinwei read the military books given by Sun Chengzong whenever he had time. He dreamed that he had brought a new type of army, trained hard, and fought in all directions, facing the enemy.
What’s even funnier is that he actually dreamed of Xu Sanduo and the 7th Steel Company. After waking up, Zhong Jinwei thought of the scene in his dream and found it funny. It was just a pity. After traveling to the Ming Dynasty, excellent TV series such as Soldier Assault were
No need to watch anymore.
He went to consult Sun Chengzong with the questions in the military book, in order to understand the doubts and bring out a strong army suitable for the Ming Dynasty.
When Sun Chengzong saw Zhong Jinwei, he was very surprised and couldn't figure out what Zhong Xingbo wanted to do when he came so early in the morning.
He asked Zhong Jinwei: "Have you baked all those things?" [
Zhong Jinwei just wanted to explain his purpose, but he didn't expect Sun Chengzong to ask him first, so he had to answer: "Not yet, but it will only happen in the past two days. It will be soon after several new kilns are capped."
Sun Chengzong listened to him while letting him sit in his seat. After listening to Zhong Jinwei's answer, he opened his eyes and said in a loud voice: "I came to the camp before I finished my work. Could it be that I came to see you again?"
Isn’t it brother-in-law?”
When the Dongchang fan who followed Zhong Jinwei heard Sun Chengzong's joke on Zhong Xingbo, he pretended to be serious, but he was secretly amused.
Zhong Jinwei was very helpless when he heard that this old guy was talking nonsense because of his seniority and age. However, it also made him feel the kindness of the old guy. If you want to make excuses, then I'll be shameless: "If you don't tell me, I'll still
I really forgot, do you have paper and pen here? I'll write a love letter and ask my brother-in-law to bring it to my fiancée."
Sun Chengzong was originally prepared to appreciate the young man's blushing expression, but he didn't expect Zhong Jinwei's reply, which made him very embarrassed, so he had to ask: "Tell me, what are you looking for me for?"
Zhong Jinwei's face still needed to be thickened, and he no longer smiled playfully. He replied: "There are some things I don't understand about Mr. Sun's military book, and I would like to ask for advice in person."
Unexpectedly, Zhong Jinwei studied his military art so seriously, and Sun Chengzong was very impressed. He pointed to the tea ceremony just served by his guard: "Come, let's talk while drinking. If there is anything you don't understand, just ask it."
Zhong Jinwei did not go to serve tea, but said to Sun Chengzong who went to serve tea: "Sir Sun, this military book says that chariots, infantry, and cavalry are coordinated, and it is also equipped with shotguns, folangjis, and three-eyed guns.
With rockets and artillery, isn’t this formation a bit too complicated to deal with Jianluo without firearms?”
Upon hearing this, Sun Chengzong put down the tea cup in his hand, looked at Zhong Jinwei and asked him: "Oh, is it too complicated?"
"Yes, with these multiple configurations, the logistics pressure will be great. It is better to keep it simple." Zhong Jinwei expressed his thoughts. This was also a question he had when reading the military book.
Sun Chengzong nodded. It can be seen that Zhong Jinwei knew about logistics. He was not a person who did not understand military affairs at all. So, he asked Zhong Jinwei: "I wonder how Uncle Zhongxing thinks it can be simpler?"
"Just two types of musketeers and pikemen are enough. At most, some cavalry can be added to protect the flanks. They can also be used to chase the enemy when they win." Zhong Jinwei described one of the most common forms of torture in the time-travel books seen in later generations.
The method was explained, and it made sense when he saw it written in those books.
Zhong Jinwei was afraid that Sun Chengzong wouldn't understand, so he further explained: "Pikemen use very long spears, arranged in close formation, for close combat; for long-range use, musketeers are divided into several rows, or three-stage attacks are also acceptable. That's right.
, Mr. Sun, do you understand the three-stage attack? Let me explain it."
Upon hearing this, Sun Chengzong raised his beard and interrupted: "The three-stage attack has been used since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Do you think I understand it or not after leading soldiers for so many years?"
"Ah, it existed at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China?" Zhong Jinwei was dumbfounded when he heard this. Isn't this a tactic learned from the West? Many people in later generations believed that muskets coupled with three-stage attack tactics can defeat the enemy.
"Wang Muying of Qianning during the Hongwu period pioneered the three-stage attack. This tactic has always been used by the Ming Dynasty firearms troops. In fact, this tactic is also called stacked formation. The main purpose is the same, that is, to maintain continuous firepower, as long as the troops are led for a longer period of time.
Everyone understands that no one is a fool on the battlefield." Sun Chengzong took into account that Zhong Jinwei had returned from overseas and was relatively ignorant of the history of this dynasty, so he explained to him.
When Zhong Jinwei heard the words, he should have thought that in terms of wisdom, the ancients were not stupider than modern people, and things that mattered about life and death on the battlefield would not fail to be improved.
When Sun Chengzong saw that Zhong Jinwei was silent, he thought that he was speaking too harshly, so he comforted him: "Young man, it is understandable that you don't know much. Haven't you finished explaining the simple tactics? Tell me about it, maybe.
I can give you some pointers."
"Actually, that's pretty much it. The muskets take turns to shoot far away, killing and injuring the Tatars. The spears form a tight formation and then stab the remaining Tatars to death. The next step is the cavalry chasing the scattered Tatars and killing them. Mr. Sun, you,
Do you think fighting like this is much easier than what the military manual says?" Zhong Jinwei said a little less confident after being hit by Sun Chengzong.