Seeing Chongzhen's undeniable tone, Zhao Yan had no choice but to agree, pointing to the gap in the distance on the side and saying, "Your Majesty, then how about shooting over there?"

"Okay." Chongzhen nodded in agreement.

Zhao Yan quickly sent someone to convey the order.

"Dengzhouying, turn right."

"Turn right in a row..."

"Second Company..."

As the orders were issued one after another, the entire Denglai army turned toward him, and Zhao Yan said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, let's go up to the city wall to see it more clearly."

"Okay." Chongzhen said excitedly, "Then go up to the city wall to watch."

The group of people climbed up the city walls in a mighty manner and looked at the Denglai Army under the city. The Denglai Army under the city had already set up a formation, artillery, rockets, etc. were all in place, and the gunners and rocket soldiers behind them lit torches one after another.

"Start." Zhao Yan ordered the orders from the border, and the orders fired a flag-tongued sound at the city - a volley of muskets!

The musketeers of the three infantry battalions immediately trotted to the front line, divided into three teams, each team divided into two rows, one kneeling and the other standing posture.

"First row, prepare..." the commander shouted loudly.

"shooting!"

"Bang bang..."

People on the city wall immediately saw two thousand musketeers pulling the trigger together, a ball of light appeared from the muzzle, and then smoke filled the gun.

"Second row...shoot."

"The third row...shoot."

With a loud call, six thousand musketeers shot bullets continuously like a line.

Chongzhen was surprised to see that Zhao Yan explained to him the benefits of shooting like this. "When the various officials in the Ming Dynasty fought, the muskets could only be fired once, but the Denglai Army adopted a new self-generated gun. Not only was the shooting speed fast and could be used in rainy days, but it was also divided into three teams to take turns to attack the enemy. This time, the Qing gang was killed more than 10,000 enemies."

"Miao, Miao." Chongzhen couldn't wait to say to Zhao Yan: "I'm happy to demonstrate the rest of the firearms."

"I obey the order." Zhao Yan's heart turned slightly and asked the messenger to fire the flag of launching the rocket. He ordered the rockets from the three infantry battalions, with the help of the auxiliary soldiers, ignited the rockets on the launch frame.

The twenty-kilogram rocket rushed into the sky with a whistle-shaped sound, pulling the orange-red flame across the sky.

It was just for the emperor to watch, and did not launch all the rockets, but half of them were launched, but there were 4,500, and their momentum was extremely loud.

The sky was filled with rockets, shooting away like locusts. The shrill whistle sounded across the capital, and the rumbling explosion sounded like this.

Although the various government troops also equipped rockets, and sometimes it is common to launch more than 100,000 rockets in a major battle, those rockets are very small and have no lethality, so they can only make the horses frighten.

This is not the same as the Gris Rockets that are weighed to 20 kilograms.

As the smoke filled the grass, the grassland was burning with raging flames. The bombed area quickly turned into a sea of ​​fire. Zhao Yan smiled as if nothing had happened: "This is a new firearm developed by the craftsmen, called the Vulcan Cannon. It can be fired 1,500 steps (about one step or two meters). After the explosion, the shrapnel flew across the enemy. The effect of ignition is better. If it is used to attack Jianlu City, it will inevitably burn its city into a sea of ​​fire."

It is certain that I had a falling out with Chongzhen, but it is obviously not a good idea to deter it in advance.

Chongzhen's face changed slightly, but it was not too obvious, but it fell into Zhao Yan's eyes and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there are still artillery that have not been demonstrated."

"Then let's demonstrate!" Chongzhen nodded with a smile. The messenger beside Zhao Yan immediately fired a flag-blade shooting.

Soon, a flag uttered below and asked about the bombing distance.

"One thousand meters." Zhao Yan said to the messenger, who fired another flag.

"The target is one thousand meters ahead of it, and the artillery company is in place."

"The target is one thousand trees in front of it, and the cavalry and artillery battalion is in place..."

"Prepare...it's fire." As the commander's roar, the artillery ignited the cannon's fuse.

"Boom boom boom..." The dull guns rang out one after another. Three infantry battalions, plus the cavalry and artillery battalions, opened fire together at this moment.

Eight hundred cannons fired together, and the momentum was imagined. The earth was shaken slightly, and the rumbling sound of cannons rumbling like thunder continued.

The smoke of gunpowder has submerged the artillery positions, but large balls of light are still rising up and then bombarded the grass a thousand meters away.

Many of the large light balls exploded at low altitude, forming gorgeous spots of light, but the grass was raging and riddled with holes.

The deafening sound of cannons made many ministers cover their ears, but Chongzhen did not, stood on the city wall and watched the magnificent scene quietly.

Eight hundred artillery bombed one after another, forming a steady stream of firepower. After two rounds of bombing, Zhao Yan asked the artillery to stop the artillery.

Wen Tiren's face was slightly pale. As soon as the shelling stopped, he immediately said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the Denglai Army is so elite, if it is transferred to Liaodong, it will definitely defeat Jianlu."

After Wen Tiren said this, the other ministers understood it and said, "It's the extreme, the Dunlai arms are so sharp. Your Majesty can choose a veteran general and send out a part of the Dunlai army to Liaodong. It will surely wipe out the decline and revitalize the prestige of the country."

"My dear friends think, how much is appropriate to adjust?" Chongzhen asked in contemplation.

"The war situation in Liaodong is decayed, and it is naturally inappropriate if it is missing. At least 30,000 people are needed." Wen Tiren said after pondering for a moment, as if he had thought about it carefully.

Zhao Yan sneered silently on the side, wanting to divide my soldiers? What if he just explains that he doesn’t get along with him?

"What do you think?" Chongzhen asked Zhao Yan in a negotiated tone.

"Back to Your Majesty, the soldiers from Denglai Army are used to kill the enemy, not to die." Zhao Yanleng said in a testimony.

"Why did you say this?" Chongzhen asked slightly.

"If I, Denglai Jianer, will you ensure that my majesty is sufficient for food and grass?" Zhao Yan asked.

"Of course," Chongzhen replied unquestionably.

"It is natural for your Majesty to allocate money, but can your Majesty ensure that the money is practical?" Zhao Yan looked at Zhang Fengyi and sneered: "I have been dependent for three years. Most of my military money is self-raised. All military money is deducted from me at all levels. Less than half of my hands are given. If I had not had family resources, how could I train such soldiers? If my men and women arrived in Liaodong, how could they be left? The soldiers of the Denglai Army were strong because of sufficient food and money. If the military money was polluted, they would definitely be rusted and the soldiers were trapped and the horses were scarce. How could they fight at that time?"

Zhu Youjian frowned and looked at Zhang Fengyi. At this time, Zhu Youjian had known it, but it did not attract his attention at that time.

"Slander, my military department has always paid as much as possible, and never deducted a single cent." Zhang Fengyi retorted without beating his face.

"Then why are there constant mutiny between officials and soldiers in various ways shortages of wages?" Zhao Yan asked, "If there is no shortage of wages, how could there be disaster for thieves?"

"It's all because of the greed and despicable generals, and the thieves are everywhere, which is the disaster for the Yuan thief." Zhang Fengyi insisted.

"The disaster for the Yuan thief is good, but if Lord Shangshu says this, I am extremely greedy and despised, and I even deprived him of 370,000 taels of silver." Zhao Yan said with a sneer.

The reason why the Shaanxi bandits became more and more powerful was that the Shaanxi border army joined the bandits. How could a group of farmers who farmed the land fight to fight this kind of technical job?

The reason why the Shaanxi border army joined the plunder was entirely because Chongzhen believed in Yuan Chonghuan's strategy and devoted all the money to the Liaodong battlefield, which resulted in the Shaanxi border army being short of salary for 22 months. The border army that lacked salary could only make a living by robbing it, and eventually became more and more intense and fell into a circle of constant cycles of evil surnames, while the occupation of Liaodong also did not improve.

Before Zhang Fengyi could refute, Zhao Yan said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, if the Denglai Army arrives in Liaodong, not only will there be no way to talk about food and salary, but most of the Liaodong generals are afraid of death. When the war comes, my Denglai Army will become an isolated army. Once surrounded, the soldiers above and below will have to die."

"According to what you say, there is no need to fight Liaodong?" Wen Tiren asked with a sneer.

"Wen Guan Gong talked about war, why has there been no signs of victory in Liaodong since he entered the cabinet?" Zhao Yan asked back, "Why did Kong Youde rebels still cause trouble?"

"I can only train 40,000 strong troops to annihilate the invaders and Jianli. How much financial resources of the court have been better than Denglai? How can the Shoufu Wen has not trained a strong army since he entered the cabinet? Why have he not seen a great victory? It is not that the court sold official positions and titles and deducted military pay. What I see is that the number of officials in the world depends on buying, and the small doctor of the Ministry of Personnel decided to send out seven thousand to seek the Ci Forum, five thousand to seek the subject, and three thousand to seek the Tao. How ridiculous is that civil officials bought officials to take office.

It will inevitably be ten times more plundered, forcing the good people to be thieves, and then bribe the people to be thieves, and then bribe them to seek promotion. Generals lead their troops, and their military pay is deducted, and they need to bribe the Ministry of War to seek promotion. How can half of the money be used for military affairs? The military households have no salary and can only plunder the people, kill officials and rebels. The bandits are becoming more and more fierce, and the officers and soldiers are becoming weaker and weaker. How can I feel assured to hand over the soldiers to their group of wine bags?" Zhao Yan said sarcastically and scolded all the officials.

Seven thousand to seek Ci Lin, five thousand to seek academic qualifications, and three thousand to seek Taoism are like the ones who were determined by Lu Mai of the Ministry of Rites, just because they were the relatives of Zhou Zhengyi, the younger brother of the Grand Secretary Zhou Tingru.

"I have something to impeach, Zhao Yan has his own troops and is indifferent to his plans." At this time, a censor immediately jumped out and pointed at Zhao Yan's nose and whispered to Chongzhen.

"Enough." Chongzhen was angry and scolded the censor with a pale face. Even if Zhao Yan had a bad plan, he had heavy troops outside the city at this moment. The firearms were so sharp that the capital city might not be able to point them out casually.

"Hold troops and respect yourself? Your Majesty, I have only more than 40,000 troops and most of them are rural soldiers. If it is recruited for a long time, Denglai will inevitably be deserted. If Your Majesty must be divided, I am only willing to divide it with Lu Xiangsheng. Lu Xiangsheng can share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, and I am also relieved. However, can Your Majesty listen to my plan to pacify Liao first?" Zhao Yan ran the train with a mouth full of words, asking him to divide his troops? There is no door, but it is better to be more tactful, after all, he is the emperor.

"What are your plans to pacify Liao?" asked Chongzhen's righteous god.

"I want to reopen the Dongjiang River, attack Liaodong from the sea, and attack Liaodong from the sea, and respond to the officers and soldiers of Shanhaiguan, Jinzhou and Songshan. The second one is very easy to transport troops and grain. The fundamental reason for pacifying Liao lies in food, grass, soldiers and horses. I settled in the Daxing of Denglai. Now it has improved at the beginning. You only need your Majesty to transfer 20,000 ship craftsmen and me. You don't need your Majesty to allocate a cent of food and wages to restore Liao in three years and pacifying Liao in ten years."

"coax……"

As soon as Zhao Yan said this, the ministers were uproared and they were talking about each other.

"Restore Liao? Pair Liao?" Chongzhen asked with a frown.

"The restoration of Liao was to attack and restore Zhucheng in Liaodong. Denglai's arms were sharp, and this was very easy. However, Jianlu was mainly cavalry and was good at wandering and fighting. Therefore, attacking and restoring the entire territory of Liaodong did not mean that Liaodong could be peaceful. Within ten years, I will be able to slaughter all of his tribes."

"Your Majesty, it's not easy to restore Liao, and you can't repeat the disaster of Yuan thief!" An official suddenly rushed up and knelt at Chongzhen's feet and shouted sadly.

"Your Majesty, how can Yuan thieves be compared with General Zhao? When Yuan thieves bewitched the emperor, they wanted the emperor to restore Liao with all their might. Liao paid the number of days to the day, but there was no effect. Instead, they let Jianlu enter the pass. Yuan thieves avoided fighting, which was a disaster. General Zhao served the king thousands of miles and killed Jianlu 50,000. How could he be a thief? Moreover, General Zhao did not need half a share of the court's money and food, so why did Your Majesty love 20,000 ship craftsmen? The great blessing of the country is that if it fails, it will be without harm to the country." The Ministry of Personnel's Office gave a list and spoke to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen nodded, looked at Zhao Yan, and asked, "Zhao Aiqing, do you think this is true?"

"Since I take it seriously, I have family enemies in Yu Jianlu. I have been devoted to training troops and revenge for three years. I am very sure. If Your Majesty can transfer 20,000 ship craftsmen to Denglai, you will be able to accomplish anything." Zhao Yan said.

"So what if it doesn't work?" Wen Tiren suddenly asked.

"If I don't return to Liaodong for three years, I will retire to the mountains and fields without caring about military affairs." Zhao Yan snorted coldly at Wen Tiren.

"Okay, Zhao Aiqing is making this vow, and I will transfer 20,000 ship craftsmen to you." Chongzhen immediately decided that if he could exchange 20,000 ship craftsmen for Liaodong, the deal would be extremely cost-effective, and there would be no loss if he could not exchange it. It could be said that he would make a profit and not lose money.

"I will definitely live up to your high expectations." Zhao Yan was overjoyed. He didn't expect that he would really get 20,000 shipwrecks. As long as these shipwrecks were transferred to Denglai, the shipbuilding speed could increase several times.

The officials looked at each other, but stopped saying more.

This is indeed a very cost-effective deal, and they can't find any reason to object. As the chief assistant, Wen Tiren can't understand Chongzhen's psychology very well.

Zhao Yan cursed officials in the court, which would only arouse the emperor's favor, because the emperor had huge conflicts with all officials themselves, and Chongzhen also knew about selling official positions and titles. Not long ago, Chongzhen asked him whether he would choose officials by drawing lots to eliminate the trend of selling official positions.

The so-called lottery is to draw lots. The emperor personally presided over the title of officials and worshipped the Ming Taizu in the hall, allowing the selected officials to enter one after another, first kneel down in front of the throne, and then the latter person will draw lots on behalf of the previous person, and wrote to Hezhou and He County of the Ming Dynasty. All the positions will be immediately taken and not allowed to escape.

This way of selecting officials is a genius of all ages, but it also shows Chongzhen's helplessness from the side. However, Chongzhen was still considering it at this time, but the method of drawing lots was most likely to be implemented.

Therefore, it is useless to oppose it again and may even cause the emperor's disgust.
Chapter completed!