Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 361
The Xiyuan Lecture Hall established by Emperor Chongzhen, including the various lecture halls accompanying the army, set up special subjects, taught all the studies, and trained professional soldiers. They are all new troops equipped with firearms and artillery. In order to exert the greatest effect.

Regarding the update and iteration of firearms, Emperor Chongzhen is definitely the most urgent thing in Ming Dynasty.

After all, in view of the current mess, the battle situation in Liaoqian, Shanshan and other places, it is unrealistic to change the overall battle situation by rectifying the troops and horses and implementing the food and payment distribution system.

In Liaodong, the trend of talking about slavery is very serious, and most of the troops guarding the border are unusable.

The generals headed by Liaodong generals, including Man Gui and Ma Shilong's gang of powerful generals, all followed the unhealthy phenomenon of supporting family members and neglecting the soldiers under their command.

The decline of the Ming army's combat power was never caused by one side.

Those are all kinds of stubborn diseases and dross. When they first appeared, they were not solved in time, and gradually became a new trend.

The private line of the guards and family members will inevitably lead to many problems. If things go on like this, how can the overall combat power of the Ming army not decline?
On the other side of Shanshan, the bandits were suppressed. Up to now, the bandits are getting stronger and stronger, and the Ming army is getting weaker and weaker. Under the huge military threat, how could Emperor Chongzhen not be in a hurry?

"Regarding the characteristic of Suifa, the Armed Forces Institute has made a lot of progress." Arriving at the Armed Forces Institute, Jiao Xu saluted Emperor Chongzhen with a serious expression.

"It is the rifling mentioned by Your Majesty, but there are many problems and troubles. The important component of the firecracker is the barrel.

However, before the barrel is forged, it is not difficult to carve a rear rifling line in the closed barrel.

In those days, the Armed Forces Institute also regressed, which is a lot of descriptions, but..."

When it was time to talk about that, Jiao Xu raised his head in shame when he went on to talk about it, and even Tang Ruowang and us rarely looked like that.

"You must be discouraged. Victory is a very unusual thing."

Seeing everyone's reaction, Emperor Chongzhen smiled slightly and said: "If something can be done directly, what's the use of the Armed Forces Academy?

It is precisely because what they do is not difficult, so they have to take advantage of brainstorming, less retrogressive discussion, and less retrogressive research.

It is because I am afraid that the money spent is too little. My attitude is clear and hesitant. I will absolutely support the money spent by the Armed Forces Institute. "

According to Emperor Chongzhen, Tang Ruowang, Jiao Xu and us all ignited their fighting spirit, even Song Yingxing and Deng Yuhan us were the same.

"Please be worried, Your Majesty. I will do my best to break through the cage of the rifled flintlock as quickly as possible." Tang Ruowang assured Emperor Chongzhen with hesitant eyes.

"On the other hand, in terms of artillery, the Armed Forces Institute will also develop it well. It will definitely live up to your Majesty's high expectations and disappoint His Majesty."

Although Xu Guangqi is in charge of the special Armed Forces Academy, Tang Ruowang and Jiao Xu are in charge of the specific matters.

After all, Xu Guangqi was a minister in the cabinet, and he had to do a lot of things. He might leave the court for a long time and go to Xishan.

That is to say, Emperor Chongzhen understood the development of firearms and artillery. If he really understood less, it means that at that time, there will be fewer breakthroughs at the Armed Forces Academy.

"Without the words of Zhuqing's family, I will be worried."

Emperor Chongzhen stingily praised: "They are all Xiao Ming's talents, and they are all heroes that I value. Whether Xiao Ming's firearms and cannons will not change, it all depends on them.

There must be no pressure in the heart, but you must also maintain a good attitude. You must always keep in mind that if the Armed Forces Academy can make no breakthroughs, it will affect the country's counter-insurgency.

Therefore, while doing a good job in the development of firearms and artillery, we must be tolerant and check the quality of the gunpowder produced at this stage, such as Lumi blunderbuss, bird blunderbuss, and tiger squatting guns. "

Emperor Chongzhen also knew in his heart that under the development of firearms and artillery, no matter how slow he was, it could solve practical problems.

The window paper is indeed easy to pierce, but the perfect skill in the process requires thousands of trials and errors, and summing up the corresponding experience and lessons to overcome it.

"Your Majesty... I have nothing to report."

Song Yingxing got down at this time, bowed and said: "Your Majesty said that the Armed Forces Institute should forge a weak eight-edged army thorn that can continuously let blood, and that weapon has actually been made."

"is it?"

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the words, his eyes lit up and he said: "There is no finished product out there, let me have a look."

The Eight-Ring Army Thorn can be described as a classic of hot weapons. It is known for its weak lethality and extremely difficult to recover from the wounds stabbed.

In Xiao Ming's period, if the Eight-Ring Army thorns could be installed in the army, if they could stab the enemy soldiers in hand-to-hand combat, this ordinary trauma would allow them to continue bleeding and die in fear and despair.

At that time, the Jianlu Four Banners could definitely be called the weakest army.

There is no strict hierarchy within the Four Banners, Baya La, Hong Yala, Armored Man, Vest, Infantry, Banner Ding, Yang Bing, Goshha, Coated Aha, etc. , Once organized, it is a strict war machine.

That is also the reason why Jianlu Four Banners can defeat Xiao Ming time and time again in a good battlefield environment.

If the Eight-Ring Army thorns can be mass-produced, and they will be first installed in the Dongjiang Army, Yongwei Battalion and other departments, and play a miraculous effect on the rear battlefield, this will also play a positive role.

"Your Majesty...Although the Eight-Length Army Stab has been made, the killing effect is very weak." Cao Yanqiang reminded Emperor Chongzhen when he handed the Eight-Length Army Thorn.

"It's the iron material needed to pass the Eight-Ring Army's thorn. The requirements are extremely low. With the existing iron material forging skills, at least ten times with the thorn armor, it will break."

"That's right."

Emperor Chongzhen played with the eight-edged army thorn outside his hand, squinted his eyes slightly and said: "This is trying to develop a lower-standard iron material. I think that doping with some ore metals can effectively improve the properties of the new iron material." ?
When the Armed Forces Institute encountered problems, it had to solve them. It can be said that it only focused on the development of firearms and artillery.

If the manpower is sufficient, submit the secret report to the supervisor of ceremonies, and I will send someone to solve it. "

"Here!"

Tang Ruowang hurriedly bowed in response.

It's just that Song Yingxing, who was accompanying him, became a little ugly. He wanted to take this opportunity to take advantage of the emperor's depression to raise the matter of preaching, but now it seems that it has been a waste of time.

How could Emperor Chongzhen see Cao Yanqiang's big thoughts.

Tang Ruowang, Jiao Xu, and others had the right to speak in the Military Academy, and Song Yingxing and Cao Yan forced us to cause other disturbances.

Although Tang Ruowang and Jiao Xu did pursue Western learning, and even Tang Ruowang joined the teaching, but we are Xiao Ming's people, and our primary concern is not missionary work, but how to complete the errands assigned by the emperor.

Master of Heaven and Earth.

Cao Yanqiang, Jiao Xu and others who were influenced by Confucianism since childhood, this can be said to be kept in mind. Such thoughts are something that Song Yingxing, Deng Yuhan and other Western missionaries can understand. .

That is the belief that belongs to China. How can a group of Western barbarians understand those.

(End of this chapter)