Chapter 134 The Moon Caused

The purpose of Taoism is to "abandon wisdom from external things", "forget wealth and honor", "not care about poverty, not honorable to achievement, not worry about destruction, not please reputation", and not be happy with the secular world. However, under the centralized monarchy system, the people who are not ministers are not tolerant of the world, and must serve politics in order to have a soil for survival.

Therefore, people in all dynasties had to make compromises. This compromise lies in acknowledging and abiding by the norms of ethics and education, creating the theory of "the power of the monarch is not owned by him personally, and he has no right to abdicate to others. The change of dynasties in history was the result of the transfer of destiny, and the will of heaven played a decisive role. Therefore, the monarch should "serve the heaven" and act according to the will of heaven. Auspicious and disasters are the sacred heaven's response to the satisfaction of the monarch's rule. In this way, the monarch is to standardize the established political order, establish the authority of the monarch, achieve the purpose of being able to survive in the world, and obtain a space for survival!

Zhao Ji originally wanted to use etiquette to educate the people, but after most of the troubles, he had to stop it because he disturbed the people too much and was not worth the loss. This greatly stimulated him. He felt ashamed to see people, and planned to work hard to revive the government and rectify the court. This immediately caused the concerns of several rulers in the court. If the emperor was the master of his family, they would have to stand aside. Besides, if he did too much trouble, he was afraid of hitting a ghost. After a few guys discussed, they would have to find something for the emperor.

Several of the ruling and inner court buddies immediately joined forces to fool the emperor and put forward new rational suggestions: I hope the emperor will follow the national policy of Emperor Zhenzong and the method of setting up a teaching of Shinto, use Taoist doctrine to teach the people, establish a peaceful and prosperous era, and a land of kingly ways!

This suggestion is a long drought for Zhao Ji, and it was scratching his itchy spot. Because he often brags with his ministers. When he was Duan, he had dreamt of wandering in Taixu and sat in the hall with Taishang Laojun to discuss the Tao. When he finally parted, Laojun patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "The earth is about to be destroyed. You must save all mankind. My sect revival will be sent to you!" Since then, Zhao Ji often went to see the Three Pure Lords in his dreams, and played chess with Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Taiqing Taishang Laojun, and played chess with him, and regarded himself as the direct disciple of the highest leader of Taoism. Of course, this does not rule out that he wanted to improve his status among the princes through these. But at this time, he was just just reaching the initial stage of "faith", and there was still a little gap from superstition.

However, with the foundation, things are much easier. Cai Jing and others attacked the emperor internally and externally, while mobilizing their disciples to find the "true god". In this way, the Minister of Rites Qiang Yuanming and Taipuqing Wang Yi recommended Wang Laozhi. He was "proficient in" the magic of the Mingtongshu Zhenshu, which could connect living people with the dead, and invite gods to come to earth. A secret message from the palace made his reputation and suppressed the emperor. With the unremitting efforts of these people, the emperor finally walked into the palace hall step by step.

Most people are obsessed with the idea of ​​throwing basins and bowls to beat their wives. At worst, they just jump off the building and search for the "truth". If a king of a country gets in, the matter will be a big deal. First, he saw the gods of the Heavenly Palace in the Great Ceremony, and immediately built a large-scale construction to build a temple of Yingzhen, and personally wrote an essay to inform all directions. In order to fulfill God's instructions and promote Taoism, Zhao Ji personally issued an edict to allow Taoists to enter prefectures and counties to study. The learning content is based on the "Huangdi Neijing" and "Tao Te Ching" as the great classics, and "Zhuangzi" and "Liezi" as the small classics. At the same time, he must also be proficient in Confucian calligraphy and become a great Taoist. At the same time, he personally changed the Taoist official positions according to the rank of government officials, arranged Taoist people to enter the government and become civil servants.

Besides, Zhao Ji came to Lingxiao Palace and summoned Wang Laozhi to ask him for advice. Wang Laozhi still did not change his clothes and clothes, and lived in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he still retained the style of a paradise and did not look contaminated by the world. However, he was very famous and the emperor gave Mr. Dongwei to him.

"Wuliang Tianzun, what's the matter with the priest's trick?" Wang Laozhi proclaimed the Taoist name and bowed his head.

"Sir, the official has been bothering about family affairs recently. I would like to ask Mr. for some advice!" Tong Guan was very sensible and brought in fragrant tea and asked for the emperor.

"Please say!" Wang Laozhi nodded.

"A few years ago, the second prince fell into the water and died in the palace. But when the comet was in the sky, he actually came back to life. Rumors arose in the palace that the second prince was possessed by a fierce spirit, which would interfere with the people in the palace. The emperor arranged for him to go to Xiangyi to maintain his care. It has been many years since the emperor thought about his fault and wanted to summon him back to the capital. May I ask, sir?" Tong Guan asked.

"May I ask about my birthday!" said Wang Laozhi, and Tong Guan hurriedly told him. Seeing that Wang Laozhi had already entered a state of meditation, his eyes were slightly opened, and he suddenly opened his eyes and said anxiously: "Hiss... The Master should call the second prince back to the capital. I entered the underworld and visited the heavenly palace. Only then did I find out that he had a fate with immortality. That day, the second prince was harmed by a traitor. The Emperor of Heaven rescued the Golden Immortal for his unjust life, but because of the foolish man's rhetoric, he was expelled from the capital for several years and was neglected. The Emperor of Heaven was furious and was about to bring disaster down!"

"Ah..." Zhao Ji was shocked, but before he could come back to his senses, the bells and drums suddenly sounded in the view, and a little Taoist priest ran in panic and shouted: "Sir, big things are not good, Tiangou Devouring the Sun..."

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On a sunny summer morning, a group of guards of the royal palace surrounded the tightly concealed carriage and drove out of the northern palace and headed straight for the field training ground. After arriving, the guards quickly spread out the cordons according to the orders and controlled the area of ​​five miles. The remaining people untied the tarpaulin on the carriage, and a dark guy showed his true face - cannon. Under the command of the prince, a group of people quickly cleared out a clearing area, dug a deep trench five meters later, piled up sandbags, and built a simple bunker.

"Today I'm going to take a serious look. I hope I can fire it in one shot and don't explode!" Zhao Qiong prayed as he touched his masterpiece. This cannon is a kind of Falcon cannon that imitated the modern Western modern Western style - the Little Falcon cannon. It has a diameter of two inches, a length of five feet and six inches, a total weight of four hundred kilograms, a firing angle of twenty to forty-five degrees, a rotation angle of sixty degrees, and an effective range of unknown, which remains to be tested.

This gun has a sight, with gun ears on both sides, thick walls of the gun body, and is forged by full fine iron without the traditional casting method. This is because the casting process is not mature, and it is difficult to ensure quality such as defects such as air holes. There are very small claw marks or other uneven spots on the inner surface of the gun body, which will cause gas leakage during firing, resulting in continuous decline in ballistic performance in the gun, reduced maximum range, increased spread surface, near-air bombs, pre-explosion, or even blow-off of the barrel. The forging method can make the iron fine and reduce defects through the process of making plates, rolls, and combination. This can effectively prevent blowing of the barrel and reduce the weight of the barrel.

The Folang machine cannon is equipped with pre-storage ammunition from the sub-gun, which does not need to be loaded temporarily, and can speed up the firing speed. The sub-gun is actually a kind of gun barrel smaller than the body tube of the "female gun", and together with the body tube of the mother gun, it forms multiple gun barrels. As an internal heavy gun barrel, the sub-gun can be disassembled or installed from the mother gun at any time. Therefore, the ammunition can be loaded in advance, and the iron medicine bag can be used as a pack of iron tubes, and the thickness of the mother gun's tube can be reduced without explosion.

In addition, another advantage of this kind of gun is that it dissipates heat quickly. Because the rear-loading gun is connected to each other, air convection, and the barrel is thin, it is easy to dissipate heat. This can increase the ability of continuous firing and reduce the possibility of gunpowder spontaneous combustion.

Of course, Zhao Jie still made improvements based on imitation. This thing is not as easy as making guns. During the design, he quoted the research results of German artillery development expert Mahler, and used the most reasonable caliber and length ratio to calculate the optimal loading amount of gunpowder. Of course, it was followed by the new gunpowder formula and manufacturing process.

The cannons have strong recoil when fired, and sometimes they jump left and right or turn over, seriously endangering the safety of gunners and horses. He installed the cannon mount with a pitch shaft, axle pivot rod, azimuth plate and a rear bracket. The pitch shaft can be used to mount and stabilize the cannon, and can also be used to adjust the high and low angles; the azimuth plate and the rear bracket can suppress the recoil during the cannon firing and maintain the stability of the cannon; the pivot rod and azimuth plate are used together to fix the cannon when it moves left and right so that it will not move left and right.

The biggest improvement is the connection method between the sub-gun and the mother gun. The original hard connection became a soft connection, and a tightener like a tin bowl was installed between the two. The wooden wedge used to keep the two tightly connected to a screw top tightening. Both functions are used to prevent the leakage of chamber pressure and increase the range and power. The shells are made of lead-cast balls, weighing three kilograms and loading one and a half kilograms. The cannon truck and ammunition truck can be connected together, dragged by two horses, and the gunners sit on the car and accompany the cavalry to provide fire support.

After everything was ready, Zhao Qi ordered the fire, and then everyone jumped into the bunker and opened their mouths to cover their ears. With a loud bang, the cannon body shook violently and the smoke rose. After a while, people showed their heads from the bunker and saw that it was good that the cannon was still there!

Without caring about the dust falling, Zhao Qi jumped out and carefully checked the cannon body, gun mount, and barrel. He looked at it all, and was intact. Then he fired several more shots in a row. After confirming that the chamber would not explode, he adjusted the angle and measured the effective range of the cannon. The data obtained after a long time was an effective range of 400 steps and a maximum range of about 700 steps. The successful test of the cannon was only completed. The most troublesome thing was to compile the "Issue Table", which required continuous changes in angle shooting, collecting data, listing the range of cannons to be calculated from different angles, and then creating proportional rules - gun rules and rules, so that you can shoot quickly according to different situations!
Chapter completed!