Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

The current Daming can't be in a hurry, but if Emperor Chongzhen had more confidantes and more patience at the beginning of his reign, he wouldn't be so exhausted by the current situation.

It's just that this pot has to be borne by the current Emperor Chongzhen.

'I also want to be fast, and I want to be a tyrant, but in the current situation, I can't do it at all. '

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon chariot, leaning on the cushion, feeling the shaking of the car, and secretly said with emotion: "It's great to be a tyrant, whoever does not do things, who dares to take money and perverts the law, who dares to contradict, then kill him." Let it go.

But what about after killing?

Who will come on top?

The civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, the most core thing, before the chains are put on, the more they are killed, the more chaotic the Ming Dynasty will become.

At that time, all the previous plans will be in vain.

A Shanxi officialdom to suppress corruption, and a Shanxi native to resettle disaster-stricken people, so many things were tossed about. If they were killed aimlessly in the court, there would be many rebels in the Ming Dynasty overnight. '

Compared with the second year of Chongzhen, Jianlu invaded Daming, and under the planning and deployment of Emperor Chongzhen, the purges were carried out with purpose and righteousness again and again, the situation is not known to be much better.

At least at the current stage of the court, the many government offices headed by the cabinet and the military aircraft department are doing things on the bright side, and they can solve many problems with their own eyes watching.

It's not like before, pushing and moving backwards, that's really aggrieved.

"My lord, Colonel Xishan has arrived."

Fang Zhenghua's voice sounded outside the dragon chariot, and the car that was driving stopped steadily. Emperor Chongzhen raised his head slightly, showing a smile.

Good to go.

Unexpectedly, on the side of the Armed Forces Institute, the progress is really fast enough. The fire gun side has not broken through the technical barriers, but the artillery side has good news.

Today, Emperor Chongzhen came to Xishan for a field inspection. The memorials presented by Song Yingxing and the others were Hongyi cannons made by improving the casting process according to the Fran cannon.

"I'm waiting to meet your Majesty!"

Under the roar of the mountain, Emperor Chongzhen stepped out of the dragon chariot, looked at the people in front of him, and the huge school ground, with a cannon placed in the distance.

The cannon was more than three meters long.

The chariot carrying the artillery is made of pure iron with large wheels. Although they are far apart, Emperor Chongzhen can clearly see that some of the wheels are pressed into the soil.

"Excuse me."

Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand to signal, and then stepped down from the dragon chariot, looked at Song Yingxing, Jiao Xu, Deng Yuhan, Tang Ruowang and the others, smiling approvingly.

Although the Armed Forces Institute was led by Xu Guangqi, in fact, the cabinet minister came to Xishan very limited times.

Warehouse affairs need to be managed.

Agriculture should be managed.

Try planting sweet potatoes.

When Xu Guangqi got busy, he didn't even have time to eat.

Xiong Mingyu, Wang Zheng, and Li Zhizao are all old, so Song Yingxing is actually in charge of the management of the Armed Forces Institute.

"Song Qing, I see from the memorial you submitted, that the casting process of the Hongyi cannon has improved a lot compared to before, and the range and power of the cannon have improved a lot?"

Surrounded by the crowd, Emperor Chongzhen walked towards the stands of the school grounds, and said as he walked: "If I can solve the materials needed for casting cannons, including the money spent, how much will the monthly output be?

This time, your Armed Forces Academy has made a great contribution. If we can deploy more Hongyi cannons in the Ming army, then the field combat ability will definitely be improved a lot. "

Song Yingxing bowed slightly, and said as he walked: "Your Majesty, the casting process of the Hongyi cannon, including the range and power of the cannon, can be significantly improved. I would like to thank Tang Ruowang and the others.

If it weren't for their opinions and many arguments during this period, which revolutionized the art of casting artillery, it would be unrealistic to make a breakthrough so quickly.

If there are sufficient materials and the money needed for casting cannons, according to the scale of the existing cannon factory in Xishan, like the Hongyi cannons that His Majesty wants to see, it can cast [-] pieces a month, and provide gunpowder and cannons for wartime consumption. son. "

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know much about the technology of firearms and artillery, including production, and he told Song Yingxing and the others everything he could think of.

As for whether it can drive the field of firearms and artillery, and improve it to another level on the existing basis, it depends on Song Yingxing and the others.

Compared with Western missionaries such as Deng Yuhan and Tang Ruowang, Emperor Chongzhen paid more attention to Song Yingxing and Jiao Xu, and even the corresponding talents cultivated later.

Non-my family, its heart must be different.

Western missionaries came to China with a purpose in themselves. Apart from the so-called missionary career, they also had other purposes to understand Ming Dynasty.

All the Emperor Chongzhen could do was to tell the missionaries who came to China, especially the missionaries who went to the Armed Forces Academy, that they would never leave Daming for the rest of their lives, and there were even Jin Yiwei who secretly monitored them to prevent correspondence. , leaking Daming's core secrets.

In addition, on the side of the Armed Forces Academy, just one word, money.

Emperor Chongzhen knew very well that there was no shortcut to the development of the field of firearms and artillery. It was just trial and error again and again, summing up experience and lessons.

This is why Emperor Chongzhen's internal funds have now become abundant, but he dare not relax at all. There are too many places to spend money like running water.

A military academy.

A new army.

The above two items alone did not dare to make Emperor Chongzhen relax.

'This is the heavy artillery for attacking cities and villages. '

Accompanied by everyone, Emperor Chongzhen came to the place where the artillery was in full bloom. Looking at the copper-green red cannon, he stretched out his hand to touch it. His hand was a little cold, but his mind was full of thoughts: "It's just that this heavy artillery is suitable for defending the city. Suitable for siege, only from the aspect of field combat, it cannot form artillery suppression.

The whole body is too large to be suitable for long-distance marches, and it cannot form a scale in the army. It takes a long time to change shells and bombardment. Even if it forms a scale, it will be outflanked by enemy cavalry.

A heavy artillery like this can be cast to a certain scale, and it can be used to defend the front line of the Liao Dynasty.

On the side of the Armed Forces Institute, more research and mass production should be done. Light artillery, medium artillery, and the range and power of artillery should be significantly improved.

I don't know whether the explosive bullets have made great achievements on the Armed Forces Institute, and solid bullets alone are far from enough. '

Although Emperor Chongzhen didn't understand artillery technology, he understood the cost-effectiveness and knew better whether the Hongyi cannon in front of him was suitable for long-distance marches.

What Emperor Chongzhen considered was to be able to create an organized artillery unit under the new army sequence he created, which could provide artillery fire suppression to the army when fighting the enemy in the field, not because it was very powerful, but in exchange This kind of artillery with slow shelling efficiency.

While Emperor Chongzhen was thinking about it, Tang Ruowang at the side introduced this cannon: "Your Majesty, the bronze cannon in front of you weighs three thousand catties..."

For Tang Ruowang, he hopes to win the love and support of the Emperor Ming through this inspection of the performance of the artillery, so that he can get more money from the Armed Forces Institute, so that he can study more fields and at the same time be able to To meet the needs of missionary work, build more churches in the capital.

Deng Yuhan, Luo Yagu and many other missionaries on the side all showed unconcealable excitement. It is a pity that Emperor Chongzhen's thoughts at this time are all about how to refine the types of artillery so that he can create a new army under the new army sequence he created. With combat effectiveness, enter the organized artillery unit.