Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 297 Intensive Development (1)

Politics is a process of repeated pulling and pulling. Among the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty, there are a group of people who are "both responsible and established". To put it simply, you can't give them too much face, let alone be too spoiled by them. Use them when they need to be used. You can't just get out if you have one. Anyway, the most indispensable thing in the world is people who want to be officials.

Zhu Youxiao is pragmatic and does not value the so-called reputation.

Since you want to do something, don't care what others say. In the process of doing things, you will inevitably offend a group of people. After all, you have interests at stake.

So do it first and then talk about it.

The formation of the responsible cabinet gave Zhu Youxiao a place to exert pressure. All matters that were controversial and controversial were brought to the cabinet. It was time for discussion and quarrel. Anyway, Zhu Youxiao's attitude was Just one thing, I will not express my position easily. Since the matter has been left to you, then you must solve the matter for me.

It rained and it was fine.

The capital is still the same capital, and the Forbidden City is still the same Forbidden City. Many people's attention and eyes are focused here, but Zhu Youxiao, who caused the storm, quietly left here.

West Hills.

"It's still comfortable outside the city."

With a smile on his face, Zhu Youxiao said to the people accompanying him: "No wonder you, the whole army, only want to run back to the city to see me when you are short of money. At other times, it is difficult to see you. Knowing that you are busy, then I’m just here to see you.”

The accompanying officials such as Wang Zheng, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, Jiao Xu, Sun Yuanhua, Mao Yuanyi, all with smiles on their faces, followed closely beside the emperor who suddenly drove to Xiyuan.

As Zhu Youxiao's most important field of military industry, this group of outstanding people headed by Wang Zheng currently hold important positions in the Shaofu. They want to develop armaments, continuously improve firearms and artillery technology, and continue to study other technologies to form a virtuous cycle. If there are requirements such as scientific research advancement and technological iteration, then the position in the military industry must be high enough!
At the current stage of the Ming Dynasty, it is obviously unrealistic to want to give these things from the court level. Even if Zhu Youxiao wants to give it, he is afraid that the wrangling and quarrels will continue. Instead of wasting precious time, it is better to temporarily provide it in a specially designed Within the Shaofu system, the military industry is given corresponding status and is supported solely by direct allocation of internal funds!
"How is the war situation developing now?"

After inspecting the gun factory, Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Zheng who was accompanying him and asked: "I have been busy with government affairs these days. I have never asked about the affairs of the Military War Bureau, nor have I come to the Military War Bureau to take a look at what was taken in Liaozuo. The great victory and the military campaign have made indelible contributions. I will remember these achievements for you. When the main force who aided Liao returns to Beijing in triumph, I will reward you together."

After the emperor said these words, all the officials accompanying him felt warm in their hearts. Their dedication and efforts have never been forgotten by the emperor.

With the words of the emperor, everything is worth it.

They don't care about rewards.

Compared with the group of officials in Beijing, even the large number of officials in the Shaofu and those affiliated with the Military and War Bureau, they are very pure.

The national conditions of the Ming Dynasty were to respect Confucianism and promote science. For the majority of scholars, they studied hard for more than ten years in order to be named on the gold medal list and then enter the official career. However, under this background, there are a group of scholars, even He is an official, interested in firearms and artillery and other fields, and is even willing to continue to devote himself to it. This is a typical example of deviance among the scholars who claim to be orthodox.

If they really wanted something, they wouldn't do what they are doing now.

"Your Majesty~"

Wang Zheng collected his thoughts, glanced at his colleagues who were accompanying him, and said with a serious expression: "The size of the current military affairs bureau has increased a lot compared to when it was moved out of the city. In the Xishan area alone, there are guns and cannons. , gunpowder, armor, knives, crossbows, coal, smelting and other factories."

"According to different needs, the factories in Xishan have more workshops, just like the Xishan Smelting Plant has dozens of workshops to meet the different needs of other factories. According to His Majesty's previous decree , the Bureau of War and War is trying to develop special alloys and special steel materials, but the basic theory is still being improved..."

There is a long way to go.Listening to Wang Zheng's introduction, Zhu Youxiao felt deep in his heart. In fact, if we really want to talk about it, Ming Dynasty is not lagging behind in application technology, and a number of outstanding talents have emerged. However, the improvement of productivity cannot be separated from the field of science and technology. Development, and if we want to make breakthroughs in the field of science and technology, the framework at the basic theoretical level must be solid.

Such as algebraic formulas, advanced mathematics, physical laws, chemical formulas, geometric theorems, etc., all of the above must be perfected. If this basic framework is not solid, then the scientific field will not develop.

The most intuitive example is black gunpowder and yellow gunpowder. The performance, explosive power, potential energy, etc. of black gunpowder cannot be compared with yellow gunpowder. However, developing yellow gunpowder involves the field of chemistry.

If there is no breakthrough in this matter, then the development of guns and artillery will be restricted. After all, no matter how good the front flintlock is, it will not be as good as the breech flintlock. But then again, relying solely on black powder as the basis, Everything has limitations and bottlenecks.

They say that if the window paper is pierced, everything will go smoothly.

But that also depends on what stage the window paper is.

After all, what Zhu Youxiao knows is limited, and the direction he can point out is limited to a general direction. He knows that it is right to go in this direction, but there is still a specific process of exploration, otherwise the foundation will not be solid, and you want to develop. Purely whimsical.

"I have been thinking during this period that the name of the Military and War Bureau is not good. If we want to change it, we should change it to the Military and Qingli Division, which will be directly under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu."

Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and said to Wang Zheng and the others: "From now on, all the ordnance and equipment needed by the Royal Guards, Jingying, Jingwei, and Gongwei armies will be produced by the Military and Qingli Department. , the company will clarify the procurement process and system.

In order to facilitate the subsequent development, manufacturing, coordination and other needs, I have decided to set up offices and bureau-level offices in the Arms Cleaning Department for better development and construction.

Just like the gun factory under the former Bureau of War, it can be renamed the Gun Manufacturing Bureau, and lower-level offices can be established internally based on detailed functions to clarify production needs. In addition, in the past, those who specialized in developing new guns and artillery, You can focus on the newly established firearms research institute and find a new location to conduct corresponding research. "

This is going to be expanded!

Wang Zheng, Bi Maokang, Song Yingxing, Jiao Xu and others all showed surprise and disbelief after hearing what the emperor said.

If this is really going to be done, then the military situation, no, the size of the Arms and Cleaning Department will expand to an unimaginable level!
This is no small matter.

Zhu Youjian and Zhu Yujian, who had been accompanying the driver all the time, were in very complicated moods at the moment. If this was really going to be done, the Arms Clearance Department would have to spend a lot of internal funds.

Is this one of the purposes of the Shaofu issuing bonds?
The two people who thought of this looked at each other in tacit understanding. Although they had a lot of doubts in their hearts, they didn't say anything at the moment, they just listened and watched quietly.

"This matter must be handled as soon as possible."

Under such a situation, Zhu Youxiao acted very calmly, "You must draw up the charter as soon as possible. I have decided to allocate 300 million taels directly from internal funds for the reorganization and reconstruction of the Armed Forces Qing Dynasty. I have some ideas written down. After all, you must quickly sort out and absorb them, and implement them effectively."

"!!!"

Wang Zheng, Bi Maokang and others were already shocked. When they heard that the emperor mentioned the direct allocation of internal funds, and it was 300 million taels of silver, specially allocated to the restructuring and reconstruction of the Arms Cleaning and Officials Department, their hearts felt as if they were exploding. Couldn't believe what they were hearing.

But how would they know that the 300 million taels of internal money mentioned by Zhu Youxiao was only the first phase of the plan, and there would be further funding in subsequent phases. After all, if the military industry wants to have development and breakthroughs, in addition to gathering related fields In addition to continuing to move forward in the right direction, talents also need to continue to make money!
(End of this chapter)