The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Gao Ming himself has always felt that ideological construction is as important as physical training.It's just that in this day and age, many people think that it's better for soldiers to be empty-headed, so as not to rebel and make trouble.

They don't know that only when their heads are empty will they make troubles. Only when they have a sense of family and country can they change from a destroyer of peace to a guardian, and become a warrior who can build the northern fence with flesh and blood.

It is perfect for Gao Ming to ask Li Gang to write the textbook. After all, Li Gang is a person of this era and a Jinshi background. He has real talents and learning, and can better grasp the scale.

After Gao Ming asked Li Gang, he went home and waited for him to finish the book.

Hua Rong trained those soldiers every day, but he hadn't seen them for several days.

Now these soldiers are still in the stage of coping with high-intensity training, and when they adapt, they will introduce ideological education readers.

It's not hard to find people who teach them. In the Song Dynasty, especially in Tokyo, literati are everywhere, and there is no shortage of people who can teach.

However, these gentlemen who are in charge of teaching have to be carefully selected. Those like Wu Yong are definitely not good. He has a level of education, but he is full of ghost ideas. He may not even believe what the professor is teaching. How can he convince these soldiers?

The teacher Gao Ming is looking for must be a passionate young man.

Gao Ming was lying on the bed with his head resting on his arm, thinking about the suitable candidate.

He always felt that there was a shadow of a suitable candidate in his mind, and it flashed by.

"There must be such a person, why can't I remember it?" Gao Ming frowned, closed his eyes and rested, hoping to dig out the suitable person from his mind.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and sat up abruptly.

"Yes, I remembered! Chen Chaolao, Chen Dong!"

Chen Chao is a graduate of Taixue, and Chen Dong is now a student of Taixue. The two have one thing in common, they are both patriotic and angry youths.

Some time ago, Wang Zaixi deciphered the list of [-] monsters exterminated from the tadpole inscription stone tablet dug up in Liangshan, and spread to the people. It was Chen Chaolao who brought the folks to petition, begging the emperor to clean up the smog and restore the government to a clean government.

And this Chen Dong, when the Jin army besieged Tokyo later, led the Tai students to launch resistance activities. The resistance awareness in Tokyo city was high. The first withdrawal.

These two people are simply sent to the front of the talent, very suitable to go to the military camp to teach.

Gao Ming thought of this, and immediately sent someone to talk to them about this matter.

Chen Dong's convenience is very simple, he is a student of the Imperial College, just ask the Imperial College to assign him academic tasks.

Chen Chaolao was a bit troublesome, but Gao Ming believed that if he understood their intentions and read the textbook compiled by Li Gang, he should be willing to pass on these viewpoints.

Gao Ming had prepared everything that needed to be prepared, but Huarong had just waited for Huarong to empty the minds of these soldiers.

Only by emptying the miscellaneous things in my mind can I put other things in it.

—

Five days later, Gao Ming finally saw Hua Rong, and they all said that seeing each other every day was like three autumns, so the two of them hadn't seen each other for more than ten years.

When we met, we got tired of kissing before we separated.

Gao Ming raised his hand to straighten his messed up collar, "How is it? Are you all obedient?"

"That's right, but someone wanted to escape last night." Hua Rong snorted and sighed: "Oh, how could they escape? Punishment is of course punishment. They should be glad that they met me, otherwise deserters will be punished according to military discipline. , It should be broken bones and beheaded. I have already told them that next time, they will only be corpses. I don’t know if anyone will dare to challenge again.”

"It's normal to want to escape, and they won't obey until they realize they can't escape." Gao Ming asked, "Have you trained their obedience with trivial things?"

For example, specify extremely harsh housekeeping standards, repeatedly kill patience, and train obedience.

The process of striving to achieve the standards required above is a process of gradual obedience.

Hua Rong nodded, "As for drinking, gambling, etc., it is completely prohibited."

Gao Ming said with a smile: "You have done well on your side, and my results are also gratifying. I have already found a suitable writer and lecturer."

Hua Rong happily said: "That's really great." After that, he smiled helplessly, "I really want to stay with you for a while, I have to go."

"You just came back and are leaving?"

"I came back to the city to pick up things. I came back to see you by the way. It's great that you are at home. I was worried at first, but when I came back suddenly, you were not at home."

"What do you take?" Gao Ming asked.

"Scarecrow." Hua Rong said, "You suggested using it for assassination training. I found someone to do it, and it's finished. I'll deliver it today."

Gao Ming remembered that he used the scarecrow to practice assassination moves.

This kind of practice is not to really fight the enemy with the bayonet, but to practice courage.

Even the armies of developed countries in later generations did not cancel bayonet training. Why?The reason is simple, to practice courage.

It is said that in the world war, many soldiers in the army of the Bald Eagle country did not fire a single shot, even if they had weapons in their hands, they never fired.

First of all, I feel that others will shoot, and I don't need to fight.Secondly, and most importantly, he couldn't break through the level of shooting at a living person psychologically, and he wasn't prepared to launch an attack mentally.

I usually lack the attack mentality and attack training, and I will be shocked when I see a real person.

Practicing bayonets with scarecrows is an attacking mentality.

In war, what is fought is hardware, but it is often also a fight of will.

"I remember, it's done so soon? Oh, I'm going to leave as soon as I get the things. I'm in a hurry."

Hua Rong lowered his head and smiled and asked him, "You don't want me to go?"

Gao Ming hugged him, pouted his lips, "I don't want you to go." But there's nothing you can do if you don't want to, you have to let him go.

He reluctantly sent Hua Rong out, "When Li Gang finishes writing, I'll go find you."

Hua Rong hugged him and kissed him, chuckled, "Well, I'll wait for you."

Gao Ming nodded heavily, watched Hua Rong get on the horse at the door, and waved goodbye.

Then he shook his head in a daze, turned around and entered the house.

It's not all bad that Huarong is not at home, at least the quality of sleep has improved.

The next day, Gao Ming woke up early and went to Ling Zhen to see how his research results were doing.

He wasn't in a hurry, he just wanted to take a look. After all, Gao Ming's comeback with the Liao Kingdom largely depended on the pile of black chemicals.

Ling Zhen asked for money to give, and asked for people to give. Gao Ming, as the biggest benefactor, was warmly received by Ling Zhen as soon as he showed up.

Gao Ming inspected the work in Guangbei, and he was very satisfied. Ling Zhen didn't spend the funds indiscriminately.

"My lord, I purified the saltpeter according to your instructions, and the effect really came up immediately. By the way, there is also the specific gravity. Its specific gravity is greater than the original formula, and the burning area is more vigorous!"

"combustion?"

"En! Burning!" Ling Zhen's eyes sparkled, "The effect is very good."

But what Gao Ming wanted was the explosion effect, wouldn't it be the same as before if it just burned?

He frowned, looked at the pile of gray gunpowder powder, and was taken aback suddenly, "Why isn't it granular?"

"Granules?" Ling Zhen shook his head, "My lord, gunpowder is powder."

But why does Gao Ming think that in his memory, the picture of gunpowder is rough and granular?

"Try to make them into particles, the effect will be better." Gao Ming suggested.

Ling Zhen knew that although Gao Ming was an outsider, the advice he gave was more reasonable than that of an insider. The cooking method and proportions before were all correct, so he naturally didn't dare to take this suggestion lightly, "Then I'll try, but how can I Sticky into particles? Surely you can’t use it for free, wouldn’t it be fried in batter?”

Gao Ming also thought, "Is there that kind of transparent paste?"

Ling Zhen slapped his head, "Yes! Isn't egg whites transparent! Use egg whites to make them into particles!"

Gao Ming suddenly realized, "That's right! It should be the egg white! After the particles are formed, put the gunpowder into the jar and try to ignite it."

Ling Zhen said: "Let me try it today, and please come over tomorrow to check and accept it."

Gao Ming told Ling Zhen and other craftsmen to pay attention to safety, and left.

In fact, there is no need for him to talk nonsense about the problem. The masters and apprentices of these workshops have been working in the gunpowder industry for many years. If there is any operation that is not in accordance with the regulations, the master will slap him when he sees it.

When Gao Ming returned home, his father called him to the study room, and persuaded him distressedly: "I know you are busy, but it's about the same. Don't run away by yourself if you have some trivial matters."

Gao Ming stared at his father, and suddenly said: "After you said that, I just remembered that I still have something to do that I haven't run away by myself." After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.

Gao Qiu originally tried to persuade his son to pay attention to his body, but unexpectedly it backfired, he stood up and chased him, "What are you going to do?"

"Visiting a doctor!" Gao Ming left this sentence and walked out quickly.

"Can't you come back for dinner tonight?"

"I don't know, don't wait for me!" Gao Ming said without looking back.

Gao Qiu looked at his son's back, and shook his head resolutely like all fathers who care about their sons, "It's really my son, so I feel sorry for him."

Gao Ming went out of the house and went straight to Shi Jin's residence. Since he returned to Tokyo and took over the task of training soldiers, he has been busy with all kinds of work, and he didn't even have time to take a look at Shi Jin.

Shi Jin was there to protect his injuries, so he had to go and see.

Naturally, you can't empty your hands when you see the wounded, so someone bought fruit cakes and brought them to see Shi Jin.

Because of Jurchen's arrow, Shi Jin has been lying in bed to recuperate, otherwise, he should follow Hua Rong to train recruits.

He heard about it from nowhere, and after seeing Gao Ming, he said regretfully, "I also want to train recruits. I'm lying on the bed now, and I'm just a useless person."

"You're just useless for a while, but you'll be useless for a lifetime." Gao Ming said.

At this moment, An Daoquan came in, he saw Gao Ming, bowed first before smiling and said, "I saw a carriage outside the door, and thought it was the carriage of Prince Shao's mansion, it turned out that Master Gao came."

Gao Ming narrowed his eyes when he heard the words Shao Wang's Mansion, and asked Shi Jin half-jokingly, "Shao Wang's Mansion, is there something wrong with you? Is it the princess?"

Shi Jin hurriedly said: "Whether the princess is not the princess, it is Shao Wang himself! He heard that I met the Jurchens, and he was particularly curious about the Jurchens' riding and shooting. He came to ask me how many times he came. It was only once that Dr. An bumped into him."

An Daoquan has been in touch with Shi Jin for so long, and he also understands his character, so he dared to make fun of him, "Didn't King Shao praise you that day for your courage and courage, and didn't back down when you met a strong enemy? He also said, cough, and said His daughter is not worried, arguing not to marry, giving him a headache, obviously not treating you as an outsider."

Gao Ming raised his eyebrows and glanced at Shi Jin, "Hey, it turns out that the princess is not married yet, why?"

"How would I know?!" Shi Jin said in a panic, "Master Gao, what do you mean by that look in your eyes? King Shao has already said that she is not married anymore!"

Gao Ming smiled and said: "We didn't say anything, don't get excited, just take care of your wounds, Shao Wang has come to see you in person, you should be well." After leaving all the cakes and fruits, Gao Ming got up and left.

Shi Jin was going to send him off, but considering his physical condition, he told him not to move.

Gao Ming walked out by himself, but he really didn't expect that Shao Wang, a maniac recruiting a son-in-law, had his eyes on Shi Jin again.

—

The next day, Gao Ming got up and went to gunpowder to see Ling Zhen's research results. He was excited to welcome the progress of science and technology.

Just as he was walking towards the backyard, he suddenly heard a loud noise from Peng, which came so suddenly that he stumbled on the threshold and almost fell, but luckily his attendants helped him in time.

Fortunately, the location of the gunpowder factory is remote, otherwise, just now, it must have attracted many people watching the excitement.

At this time, seeing Ling Zhen running out with his arms all over his face, he said excitedly: "My lord, you are here, and I want to pick you up. Did you hear that just now? It's done, it's done!" Yes! After granulation, the effect is indeed better."

Infected by his emotions, Gao Ming also smiled and said, "Are you experimenting just now? Take me there to have a look."

Ling Zhen was in a good mood, walking with wind, "Just now I poured some into the bamboo, lit it and tested it, amazing, the bamboo exploded at once! The effect is much stronger than before. The output The gunpowder is all granulated. However, regarding the ratio of various ingredients, I think there is still room for improvement.”

The sense of accomplishment brought by scientific research is unparalleled.Gao Ming felt that Ling Zhen had truly experienced it.

When they came to the workshop, they saw a lot of granulated black powder piled up on the table.

And these people were all excitedly jumping in place to celebrate.

Some touched their chins and continued to ponder, as if they still wanted to improve.

There are also people who are puzzled, as if they are saying, has such an incredible thing really been improved?

Gao Ming picked up a handful with one hand, and said without a word: "Just follow the current method and make as many as possible. I will be of great use."

Ling Zhendao: "Your Excellency, tell me the time and the weight, and we will definitely do it."

Gao Ming reported the quantity, "There are so many, can we prepare them in three days?"

"It's not difficult."

Gao Ming still has confidence in the production capacity of his country. Looking at the world at this point in time, it is undoubtedly the first.

He remembered something, and called Ling Zhen aside, "Are these people reliable? Regarding the formula, it is the biggest secret. Everyone present, anyone who knows the specific ratio and manufacturing method, you must remember, I will To register them."

"Secret leaks? My lord, you can rest assured that those who work extensively are not allowed to leave Tokyo for the rest of their lives. They have been making gunpowder for the country for several generations, so they are reliable!"

Gao Ming was a little more relieved, but he also made up his mind to ask the Imperial City Division under his command to do a good job of spying to prevent leakage of scientific research secrets.

He looked at the pile of black particles and thought to himself, whether he could bring Liao back to the negotiating table depended on them.

Made from gunpowder, he went looking for Zhao Kai without stopping.

—

Cai Jing received an invitation from Gao Ming.

Instead of inviting him to a banquet, I asked him to go to the suburbs to see the results of firearms in a few days.

He remembered that when he proposed training, he also mentioned the need to develop firearms.

Cai Jing thought, could it be that there will be results so soon?

He is old, and the most obvious inconvenience is that his eyesight is not good.

Taking Faith a little farther away, I could see the following words more clearly, and saw that the list of Gao Ming's invitation was attached to the invitation.

The first one is His Royal Highness King Yun.

Cai Jing had no objection, and it was only natural that he invited King Yun to see the results, followed by Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Zheng Juzhong and other high officials in the court.

In addition to these people, there was actually a person surnamed Xiao.

Cai Jing frowned when he caught sight of the word Xiao, thinking that it must be Xiao from the Liao Kingdom with the surname Xiao.

Then I saw that the full name was Xiao Wenshu.

Such a name full of Buddhist atmosphere, at first glance, is the naming style of the Liao people who believed in Buddhism and became idiots.

"Xiao Wenshu?" Cai Jing said in shock, "Isn't this the name of the envoy of the Liao Kingdom in Bianliang?"

Gao Ming wants to show firearms in front of the Liao people?

This is too risky, right?If it fails, wouldn't the Liao people look down on it even more?

Not caring about other things, he hurriedly sent someone to ask Gao Ming to come to the mansion to meet him, but Gao Ming couldn't see the end of the dragon and had no time at all.

When he went to court the next day, when he saw Gao Qiu, he said with resentment: "It's really a big air to mention Gao, the old man didn't show up when I invited him several times."

Who knew but Gao Qi slapped him mercilessly, "Even as a father, I can't catch him, let alone you?! If you find him, let me know."

Cai Jing hoped that Gao Qiu's wish to find someone would fail, so he went directly to the emperor. If the firearms failed, it would be detrimental to the Song Dynasty to show cowardice to the Liao people.

Zhao Ji said casually: "King Yun has told me, it's nothing important. You go and have a look, just come back and tell me."

Cai Jing didn't know what King Yun had said to the emperor, but it was obvious that the emperor listened to his own son more.

Cai Jing's old heart was anxious and uneasy. He had a premonition that Gao Ming was going to make trouble again.

After Liao failed, he became more and more courageous.

I don't know what's going to happen this time.

—

On the appointed day, it was a false cloudy day, coupled with the strong wind in the suburbs, the bleakness and desolation made people feel flustered.

The invited people arrived one after another, and Cai Jing was the first to arrive, but when he arrived, King Yun and Gao Ming had already arrived, and they kept talking, pointing to the distance and making gestures.

Cai Jing went to greet King Yun, and waited quietly. When Tong Guan came, he asked him in a low voice, "Is there any news from Huarong?"

Gao Ming fiddled with firearms here, and Hua Rong must have made some moves.

Besides, according to Tong Guan's personality, it is impossible for him not to send someone to investigate if the matter of military training falls on others.

"I don't know." Tong Guan gave three words. Seeing that Cai Jing didn't seem to believe it, he lowered his voice and said, "There are high walls on both sides of the school grounds, and no flies can fly in."

Cai Jing comforted him, "He's a brat leading a group of soldiers. He's afraid of being ugly, so he doesn't dare let outsiders see him."

Speaking of embarrassment, they couldn't help looking at Xiao Wenshu, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom in Bianliang who had just arrived.

This person stays in Bianliang all the year round. In addition to sending blessings to the Emperor of Song Dynasty on behalf of the Liao Kingdom during festivals, he is also responsible for passing news between the two countries.

He was naturally dissatisfied that the Liao Kingdom exempted the old coins, but out of etiquette, he pretended to have something to do and greeted the officials of the Song Dynasty.

On the surface nothing seems to have changed.

After all the people arrived, Gao Ming left King Yun, stood in front of the crowd and said, "I called everyone here today for no other reason. Did you see the brick wall in front? It used to be a villa of a rich family. I heard that it was haunted, so no one lived there."

It is a hundred steps away from the courtyard wall, but you can still see clearly that it is a tall courtyard wall, which is very solid.

"So?" Cai Jing asked worriedly.

What are you doing with that courtyard wall?

"You'll know it just by looking at it." Gao Ming said to Ling Zhen, "Go and light it."

Everyone saw Ling Zhen walking towards the courtyard.

Gao Ming also returned to the crowd, deliberately standing beside Xiao Wenshu.

Xiao Wenshu glanced at Gao Ming from the corner of his eye, then turned his face away, and said with a fake smile: "I have heard about Mr. Gao's reputation for a long time, but seeing this today, I am really a dragon and a phoenix among people."

Gao Ming didn't bother to be polite to him. Seeing that everyone around him was paying attention to Ling Zhen, he leaned towards Xiao Wenshu and said in a low voice, "I left Liao Kingdom that day. Where I stay, I don’t stay anywhere, so I go to Wu Shu.”

He believed that on the day they left, it was impossible not to send someone to monitor them all the way based on Yelu Dashi's thoughts.

His words must have reached Yelu Dashi's ears.

After hearing this, Xiao Wenshu turned his eyes to Gao Ming, "Oh?" He knew that Wushu was that bastard Wanyan Zongbi of Jin Kingdom.

"However, Wushu is a bit busy and can't come. But my younger brother Alu, whose Chinese name is Wanyan Zongqiang, has agreed to come to Song Dynasty." Gao Ming looked at Xiao Wenshu with a smile.

Xiao Wenshu couldn't laugh, and stared straight at Gao Ming, "What do you mean? Openly colluding with Jurchen?"

"We gave the Liao Kingdom a chance, but you didn't cherish it. I said I wanted to find Wushu, but you still let us go. It's not so much our Song Dynasty's choice, but your Liao Kingdom's choice." Gao Ming said .

Why talk about failure with the Liao Kingdom, but it is reasonable to let Wanyan Zongqiang and others come to the Song Dynasty.

Even if the Liao Kingdom knew about it, they would not be able to blame the Song Dynasty. They forced the Song Dynasty to choose the Jin Kingdom.

I even gave them a reminder in advance, who told them not to cherish it.

Xiao Wenshu's mood was no longer as calm as before, "You—"

"Don't talk for now, look ahead, there will be a good show." After Gao Ming finished speaking, he looked at Ling Zhen in front of him without squinting.

Xiao Wenshu held back his breath, looked at Ling Zhen, and said to Gao Ming: "For your actions like Song Guo, I..."

How are you?Express strong condemnation and indignation?Gao Ming thought.

At this time, Ling Zhen bent down in the distance, and quickly fled away.

Xiao Wenshu was still organizing words to condemn Gao Ming, when he heard a loud bang, the high wall in front of him collapsed, and thick smoke billowed out.

He was stunned, he forgot what he wanted to say to Gao Ming, and only shouted in his heart after a while, isn't it true?

What's this?Thunder?

Gao Ming frowned slightly, the effect was not as powerful as he had imagined, black powder needs a confined space to exert its power.The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom used to use coffins filled with black gunpowder and buried them under the city walls. After igniting, they blew up and collapsed the Yifeng Gate in Nanjing and entered the city.

Gao Ming also referred to this method, packed the black powder into a box in advance, buried it under the wall, and then asked Ling Zhen to ignite it.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was able to blow up the city wall, but he will only blow up the courtyard wall of a landlord's house. The effect is still improving. The way is right, but the technology needs to be further studied.

In Gao Ming's opinion, the effect was not satisfactory, but others were dumbfounded.

So far, gunpowder has only a burning effect, and the explosive effect has never been seen.

Cai Jing and Tong Guan looked at each other.

King Yun reacted first and took the lead in applauding, "Good! That's great!"

The others clapped their hands as if waking up from a dream.

Gao Ming looked at Xiao Wenshu who was obviously shocked amidst the applause, and said with a smile, "I hope you can convey what you have seen today to the Liao Kingdom. It is up to you to decide whether to consider returning to the negotiating table."