The accounts of Gongfangcheng Firearms are very standardized. Even if they are more standardized, after all, the accounts are for more than ten years and cannot be sorted out in a short time.
Zhao Xi did not stay with Su Song, so he could understand Su Song's reluctance to speak. After all, the attack on the prince was a matter involving the palace, and it was not suitable for ministers to get involved too deeply. It was even said that ministers who Su Song had already done
limit.
I don't know if it was Su Song's intention, or it was because the firearms accounts in Workshop City were arranged in chronological order. Among the accounts presented, the first one Zhao Xi saw was the earliest firearms account.
The accounts are very complete, and even the earliest muskets and gunpowder in the escort camp workshop are recorded, including the registration of receipt, consumption, recycling and destruction of all trainings, battles, expeditions, etc.
Zhao Xi looked at the accounts and was a little immersed in them, as if he was repeating his process from setting up the escort camp... This was the best way to calm down.
From the mass production of firearms, to first equipping the guard battalion, and then to training with the captains and soldiers of the old guard battalion, the consumption of each training was recorded.
The barrel of the gun was so hot that it was immediately discarded. The quantitative assembly of gunpowder, lead ball bullets to iron ball bullets, shotguns to single-bead bullets... one by one, one after another, repeated in Zhao Xi's mind
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No! Zhao Xi suddenly remembered the issue of training in using firearms...
At the scene where the prince was attacked, remnants of the first-generation firearms appeared, but none of the Imperial City Division detectives were injured by firearms. All casualties were basically arrows... What does this mean?
Borrow a gun! Only when gangsters borrow a gun and hastily organize an attack without training can the firearm fail to perform any meritorious deeds.
"Zhongzheng, I want you to ask those who were at the scene at that time, what are the details?"
Zhao Xi seems to have found the entry point.
"Back at the official residence, the moment the Imperial City Division discovered something unusual, the Crown Prince's Guards immediately divided the work. Most of them escorted the Crown Prince away, while a small portion stayed to stop the gangsters. In fact, all the guards who stayed behind to stop the gangsters
All the exploration is gone, and there is no exploration to understand the details of the battle at that time."
"The official family escorted the prince to leave. Because in the Funiu Mountain area, the sound of gunfire did not travel very far. They all only heard the sound of gunfire and thought it was all gunfire fired to stop the gangsters."
Wait, Zhao Xi felt that something was wrong again.
The prince had to go overland because of a water leak in the water transport ship he was traveling on. Considering the prince's safety, the Imperial City Department would never choose a remote passage and would only take the official road, which was still the official road connecting the water transport terminal and the rail station.
How could there be no human traces?
"Zhongzheng, how about the Imperial City Division investigating the witnesses?"
Zhao Xi was a little bit complaining about himself. Ever since the attack on the prince, he had been demanding results in many affairs of the court, and had not paid attention to the process... It was impossible to tell whether he paid attention to it or not.
"When I returned to the official house, there were no witnesses. Every year before and after the imperial meeting, the local state capital would invite the garrison to conduct recruitment training for local young men of appropriate age."
"Since the implementation of the military service system and the selection of soldiers became part of the evaluation of local officials, local state governments have been inviting garrison troops to train civilians of appropriate age."
"All the training is for the selection of soldiers. Whenever it is time to train civilians, the local state government will designate some areas as prohibited areas. When the prince passed by the official road of Xiangzhou, it was the closed official road of Xiangzhou for training.
The last day."
If this were not the case, the Imperial City Division would not have found nothing in its investigation in Xiangzhou.
However, the Imperial City Division has no direct power over the local state capital. Xiangzhou's reasons are legitimate and all the regulations are in compliance. The Imperial City Division's investigation can only go so far.
"Is there a fixed time for local training of young men? Or does it depend on the situation in each place?"
Zhao Xi really didn't know much about these trivial matters.
"Back at the official house, the Imperial City Department has also made a comparison on this point. The time is not fixed in various places. Generally, during the slack season, the time is determined arbitrarily by the various state governments."
"The time of Xiangzhou was determined after the local people in Xiangzhou left to participate in political affairs and left the state government's official business and farm work at the same time."
"The Imperial City Department has checked that the training time and location in Xiangzhou were determined before. That is, before the attack on the prince, it was basically close to the Daqing time planned by the imperial court."
The Imperial City Division could not find a reason in this regard, otherwise, simply saying that the prince was attacked in the Xiangzhou area would be enough to hold the Xiangzhou Prefecture accountable.
Unfortunately, the imperial court required secrecy, so even the place where the prince was attacked was cleaned up by the Imperial City Department. Even the officials of the entire Xiangzhou Prefecture were not aware of the incident of the attack on the prince.
"In the official family, due to the Han River, water transportation in Xiangzhou is prosperous, and the number of people on the official road on land is sporadic. Training on closed official roads is also common practice in Xiangzhou."
Wang Zhongzheng once had doubts about the officials of the Xiangzhou Prefecture, but the results of the investigation made it impossible for him to retain such opinions, let alone make suggestions to the officials at will... ~ The responsibilities and authority of the Imperial City Division made it impossible for him to pass
Most of them involve the court.
"Who is the officer leading the training?"
"Back at the official's house, it was the Xiangzhou Tuanlian who sentenced the official to pardon the sentence and uncle He."
Xing Shu? This name seems familiar to Zhao Xi. Oh, it’s the Xing Shu who is quite close to many great scholars.
From the situation described by Wang Zhongzheng, there seemed to be no problem with Xiangzhou Mansion. However, Zhao Xi still wrote down the name.
Just like Cai Bian, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, and his brother Cai Jing, he wrote them all down, and also used a special board to write down people and things that seemed unrelated but seemed related.
This is the method of later generations, confusing clues, and he needs to have an intuitive understanding so as not to make mistakes in judgment again.
Wang Zhongzheng saw that the officials no longer asked, but added the names of Xiangzhou, Tuanlian, and Xingshu on the board. Like Cai Bian, the Ministry of Rites, and Cai Jingjinghu Road, they were all on this page, very scattered.
Wang Zhongzheng did not dare to ask any more questions, but continued to serve the officials carefully and accompany them to look through the accounts of Gongfangcheng Firearms.
Zhao Xi read through it very carefully, and stopped to express emotion from time to time. Of course, it was just emotion from his heart.
Although it is just an account of Gongfangcheng's firearms, it is also the process of the rise of the Song Dynasty.
In a court atmosphere like the Song Dynasty, it was indeed not easy to reach the point where we are today.
Since Zhao Xi came to this era, he has never thought of being out of tune with this era. Instead, he has carefully integrated into this era and then slowly changed.
Fortunately, things have changed somewhat.
This is...how could I forget this! In addition to the firearms warehouse in Gongfangcheng, the other place where firearms can be kept is Dali!
Because the Gao family rebelled, the Duan family in Dali asked for help, and the imperial court had a certain degree of control over Dali, the imperial court originally provided firearms support to Dali.
Dali was suspected, and Zhao Xi's heart sank a little. The whole incident seemed to be developing in the direction he had been trying to avoid.