Hongwu Daming: Why hasn't my son rebelled?

Chapter 62 Firearms Are the Gods Forever (Please recommend a monthly ticket)

Zhu Qi originally wanted to speed up the printing speed so that he could print more books and sell them for money. You must know that the words "Journey to the West" on top of these novels are super easy to sell.

But Zhu Qi never thought about what his hand-operated printing machine means to the world's scholars. Books are the medium that carries civilization. Invention, every invention that can reduce the cost of books can greatly improve the literacy rate of society and increase the number of readers.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang and the ministers naturally did not know the importance of literacy rate to the progress of a country's strength, but if people all over the world could read books, that would be the lifelong dream of Confucian scholars.

What is the ultimate goal of Confucianism and Taoism?Isn’t it the Great Harmony of the world? How to realize it?enlightenment!In fact, it is to read the books of sages and learn the principles of the sages.

Zhu Yuanzhang is very strict with officials, but he does not hate scholars, and hopes that there will be more and more scholars in the world, so that there will be more and more talents useful to Ming Dynasty.

All of a sudden, the entire banquet was full of laughter and laughter. The hand-cranked printing press invented by His Royal Highness Liao Wang was more powerful than the battle of Yunzhongshan!

Don't talk about it, let's blow it hard later!

Without further ado, Zhu Yuanzhang placed an order with Zhu Qi on the spot. He wanted to manufacture more hand-operated printing machines as soon as possible. Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't get it for nothing. One machine was purchased at a price of 100 taels!
Zhu Qina is numb, how could he accept this money, he is really not the one who is short of money now, besides, the operation of the Royal Entertainment Center depends on Zhu Yuanzhang's care. For the king of Liao, it is right to contribute to the country, so how can he reach out to the country for money?The hand-operated printing presses made are naturally free for the country to use!
He said it in a high-sounding way, of course, for the purpose of staying on guard. The main reason was that he was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would interfere in his scientific research institute. It was not because he was stingy, but because in this world, no one could understand the importance of technology.

The Chinese cultural circle is strictly bound by Confucianism, while the West is in the late Middle Ages, which is still a dark and ignorant era. Although the Byzantine Empire has shrunk greatly and is still fighting civil wars, it has not yet perished, and the legacy of Rome has not yet traveled far. In Europe, the Renaissance still needs to wait for nearly a hundred years to start.

It can be said that Zhu Qi is the most forward-thinking person in the world. There is no such thing as the most reliable scientific research institutes if they are left in their own hands to manage them.

But for the overwhelming praise, Zhu Qi still felt a little numb. Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand immediately when Zhu Qi was so good for the country and the people, and a lot of gold, silver and jewelry were rewarded. How did Zhu Qi end the banquet at the end? I don't even know, I just fell asleep when I returned to the dormitory.

Don't say anything, just sleep and relieve your worries.

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In the next few days, Li Shanchang, Song Lian and other civil officials did not disappoint Zhu Yuanzhang. When they went outside, whether it was an official occasion or a variety of schools, whenever they had the opportunity, they would praise His Royal Highness Liao Wang's hand-cranked printing machine.

The folk rumors are even more outrageous. It is said that His Royal Highness King Liao took things from the Supreme Lord in the sky and printed them. They are all called heavenly books. These are the books in the Royal Entertainment Center.

Thanks to the ferment of public opinion, the novels and comics in the Royal Entertainment Center became more and more popular.

And because Zhu Yuanzhang asked to speed up the production speed of the hand-operated printing presses, Zhu Qi also followed the trend and hired a hundred more craftsmen. These craftsmen were also selected from the existing craftsmen by the prince Zhu Biao. , dialed to my side.

If it weren't for Zhu Biao, this matter really couldn't be done.

Because of the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, handicraft manufacturers were incorporated into artisan households, called official craftsmen. These artisan households seemed to be supported by the state. They were all civil servants of the state and did not exist. Additional income, there is no great future at all.

There is another kind of artisans in private households. They are farmers on the surface, but they make something by themselves and sell it for money. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the germination of capitalism in the Jiangnan area was basically these craftsmen from private households. It was driven by the opened workshops.

After all, one or two hundred years have passed, do you expect hereditary craftsmen to be better than folk craftsmen?Most of the folk craftsmen's craftsmanship is far better than that of craftsmen. During the reign of Chongzhen, the firearms produced by the official workshops were all inferior products, while the firearms produced in the Jiangnan area were all good products that were not inferior to the west.

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen at the end of Ming Dynasty didn't understand these things. He copied the ancestral system and asked those hereditary craftsmen to make firearms instead of going to the south of the Yangtze River to purchase firearms.

Needless to say, the Donglin Party, which controls the government, let them write stereotyped essays, but it is impossible to mention some good policies that benefit the country and the people. Everyone is busy eating in the south of the Yangtze River, and their mouths are full of oil. When it came time to eat the country to death, he turned his head and became a minister. Qian Qianyi's "water is too cold" and "scalp itching" still make people laugh at him.

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs and settled the world, whether it was the budding of capitalism or the firearm manufacturing technology in the south of the Yangtze River that was not inferior to the times, they were all strangled in the cradle. The original variety of firearms in the Ming Dynasty eventually degenerated into the Eight Banners. Their spears and swords are gone, and the craftsmanship of firearms manufacturing is completely lost.

Even if the Western envoys sent the extremely advanced firearms to the eyes of the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, what they thought was that they must not let this kind of thing be mastered by the Han people, and then directly throw it into the warehouse without looking at it again. What?I am afraid that the Han people will rebel.

So in the fight against Western imperialism in the late Qing Dynasty, most of the firearms were sealed up in the late Ming Dynasty. For more than 200 years, the technology has not made any progress, but has taken a big step backward.

In terms of culture and technology, the contribution of the Qing Dynasty to China is really not as good as that of the Mongolian Yuan. At least the Mongolian Yuan has been left alone, and the high-level officials only care about pleasure. In less than a hundred years, the technological level of the Chinese land has also made great progress. By the early Ming Dynasty, the firearms used in the army had changed from bamboo guns in the Southern Song Dynasty to light hand guns, medium hand guns, light guns and large guns. .

Zhu Qi also knows that the rigid household registration system of the Ming Dynasty is not a good thing, but for now, the household registration system still has more advantages than disadvantages, because it can greatly stabilize social production. What is needed is a stable recuperation, so for now, Zhu Qi is still watching the changes, not thinking about reforming anything in the past, and he doesn't think he has the ability at the moment.

Because of this, during the Hongwu period, these official craftsmen were still very motivated, and all of them had real skills. After Zhu Qi recruited them, he let them learn to make hand-operated printing machines, and at the same time there was another tasks to them.

That is the improved gun!
I am going to be the king of Sai in the future, and I can't get rid of the credit of this body now. If I don't go to Liaodong, I will become a vassal, and I can't count on changing to the Jiangnan fief to be the prince of Xiaoyao. You can only pray every day, and don't let it be your turn.

If you can't hide, you can only prepare early. Zhu Qi, who has a cross-age consciousness, of course knows that compared to swords, guns, swords and halberds, firearms are the eternal gods!

Ever since, Zhu Qi took out his laptop, copied some new blueprints, and sent them to the research institute...

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