golden scales

Of course, it is impossible for the Navy's large-scale warship building plan to be supported by Ming Emperor Zhu Cihong.Knowing that warships all over the world are in a transitional period, I am afraid that in 50 to [-] years, they will have to anchor at the seaside and use them as museums. How could Zhu Cihong spend a lot of manpower and material resources on construction.

What's more, the only sea power that can threaten Ming Dynasty is the Dutch, and the Dutch would rather bear the burden of paying military expenses in exchange for trade quotas, which undoubtedly shows that they have no intention of fighting against Ming Dynasty.

Shen Tingyang's strategy of attacking the east and attacking the west is very effective for You Shiwei, and His Majesty the Emperor is also very happy. Following You Shiwei's meaning, he agrees to incorporate the iron-clad ship into the key research project of the military.

You Shiwei always felt that he seemed to be cheated, and he could only comfort himself with the reason that the army and navy had the same needs.But this is not wrong. After improving the engine efficiency, it can be used whether it is a steam car or an iron-clad ship.Moreover, the improvement of steel formula is not only important for the manufacture of large ships, but also important for the army.

Everyone needs lighter and stronger armor, and sharper hot and cold weapons.

In addition, both the army and the sea also need more powerful gunpowder, as well as propellants other than gunpowder.After Dai Cang invented the lance, military craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty discovered that to truly solve the problem of gas leakage, it was far from enough to rely on steel bite seals, and a miniature "Francis machine" was also needed.

The firing mechanism and structure of the Fran cannon can be regarded as a rough bullet. Only when its interior is completely sealed can the power of the propellant be maximized to push the projectile, ensuring impact and range.And this kind of propellant obviously cannot use gunpowder that needs to be ignited by an open flame, so where is the way out?

Steel and gunpowder also point to another key point: chemical industry.

Not only does chemistry need to be further developed, but industry must also be formed.

Zhu Cilang knows the importance of the chemical industry, but he also knows that he is too weak. He doesn't even have the qualifications to encourage seedlings. He can only use what he is best at: building a school, spending money, and running journals.

In November of the first year of Longjing, Wulin University officially established a school by the picturesque West Lake to enroll students.This new university with the same specifications as Jingshi University covers the vast West Lake Scenic Area from the Qiantang River to the south bank of the West Lake. The most prestigious garden masters in the south of the Yangtze River were invited to design the campus.

Song Yingxing served as the sacrificial wine of Wulin University.He is also a professor in the Department of Physics and Chemistry.

Different from Jingshi University, Wulin University has received attention from all parties since its establishment, and most of them were donated by country gentry and influential families in Zhejiang Province.They didn't think about using the university to make money and profit, it's just because the name of Wulin University is friendly.There is an illusion of a local university.At the same time, it is also because the chemistry department and medical school of Wulin University have a great impact on their lives.

In their view, chemistry is mostly based on the study of golden elixir established in the "Huajing", which is to solve the problems after death.

The medical school brings together many masters of traditional Chinese medicine from the south of the Yangtze River to solve the problems in life.

These two points are much more important than the engineering studies at Jingshi University.

In fact, nascent chemistry does not require researchers to have particularly high talents. It is more like a "labor-intensive enterprise" in the kingdom of science. It requires a large number of people to conduct experiments, and then form the experimental process and results into a theory, in the form of formulas and equations. Express it.

In the Ming Dynasty, Taoist priests had invented the method of preparing sulfuric acid and used it in medicine.Matteo Ricci and Tang Ruowang also brought the western method of producing nitric acid.The method is different from that of the Taoist priests in the Ming Dynasty, but the result is the same.It can be said that Daming already has sufficient laboratory foundation in the preparation of inorganic acids.

After digesting the knowledge base of predecessors, Song Yingxing named it by definition.Finally started a new journey, led [-] students to study the method of artificially producing soda ash and caustic soda, and also arranged manpower to study how to increase production capacity.

Because of the advancement of chemistry, Zhu Cihong also had to set up the Huangming Naming Society to name various units, elements, and products.

Confucius said that if the name is not right, the words will not go well, so the name is also the goal pursued by Confucianism, so the expectations for this naming society are extremely high.Not only the cabinet assisted Sun Chuanting to join the society, but also invited famous Confucian scholars from home and abroad.People such as Huang Daozhou and Liu Zongzhou also entered the house to make offerings.They are all well-learned Confucian scholars who have read a lot of books. Even new things can find connections with old things of three generations, so they are suitable for this kind of work.

Zhu Cihong mainly studies.Even if he is an emperor, it is impossible to force the people of the world to change to adapt to himself, otherwise he will become a tyrant.Zhu Cihong has no desire to be a tyrant.So he still decided to follow the trend in the general direction.For example, now, he is also accustomed to using "Yang Zuo" to represent oxidation reactions, and "Yin Xiao" to represent reduction reactions.

Of course, this has something to do with Zhu Cihong's mediocre chemistry grades back then.

Seven years after Zhu Cihong implemented "robbing the rich and helping the poor", the powerful families of the Ming Dynasty finally learned to pay taxes according to the regulations.Declare property.For them, paying taxes is an obligation, and declaring property is self-insurance.Only by letting everyone know how much money they have can they avoid unnecessary disasters, not to mention the "crime of unidentified sources of huge wealth" falling on their own heads.

As for the evasion of taxes through clan donations, it happened frequently in the Ming Dynasty, but after seeing the court's "exile of the clan", this kind of behavior has been quite restrained.After all, it was the wealth of the family that fled, and there are still a large number of "innocent clan members" in the clan.They are not willing to be exiled by the government to Hetao, Haixi, and Australia thousands of miles away for this matter.

When expanding the use of "the crime of unidentified sources of huge amounts of property", Zhu Cihong was still a little cautious, but after he tasted the sweetness of exile, he completely left the "modern thought of the rule of law" behind him, and completely ignored the innocent people. Crying, only focusing on the proportion of the Han and Mongolian population in the Hetao area, and the population growth rate of Australia and Haixi.

The reform of the legal system and the taxation system allowed the treasury of the Ming Dynasty to barely support the country's various expenditures, but the millions of taels of military and scientific research expenses still made the helmsmen of the Ming Dynasty feel frightened.

"Your Majesty, if we continue to expand the number of officials and do not control administrative expenses, the national treasury will only be able to make ends meet in the next two years." Yao Tao finally corrected her position as a household official and became the first female minister in Chinese history.

Hearing what Yao Tao said, Zhu Cihong knew that the female minister was still on his side.Otherwise, she would not directly request to control the funds of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials, without mentioning military expenditures.This kind of loyalty is the pillar of Zhu Cihong's reform, and it is also the resistance of civil officials to form an overall bureaucratic group again.

"What about open source? Is there any other way to open source?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Yao Tao showed a tangled face, slowed down her speech, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, if you talk about open source, maybe you can give it a try by using war to support war."

She continued: "My minister read that some people in the newspaper suggested that it might be feasible to use 'the battle of the Southwest, the battle of the Northwest'. Now overseas purchase of grain is the largest foreign trade expenditure of our dynasty, and the price of rice in Annan and Siam is increasing day by day. If we can conquer Siam and Annan and reduce the cost of grain harvesting, it will be of great benefit to the country.”

Zhu Cihong grinned, secretly lamenting the inertia of thinking in farming civilization.When Europeans colonized the world, they wanted markets, specialty products, precious metals, and labor, while Ming still valued land more.

"It's easy to conquer the Southwest, but it's not easy to cultivate it. It's even more difficult if you want long-term stability." Zhu Cihong said: "Is there any way to help relieve the pressure in North Korea?"

"North Korea's wild ginseng and mink fur have already been controlled by our dynasty. If we want to find a way from North Korea, we can only increase the mining of North Korean silver mines and levy regular taxes on North Korea." Yao Tao said.

"You should submit this matter to the cabinet to see what the cabinet elders think." Zhu Cihong nodded, "I think Chen De can control several grain-producing areas in North Korea before establishing the king's kingdom next year."

"Your Majesty, there is Hetao land reclamation, can we import labor from North Korea?" Yao Tao said again: "There are at least millions of acres of irrigated land available for reclamation, which can greatly alleviate the country's food needs."

Zhu Cihong nodded: "You also submit this matter to the cabinet and see the cabinet's opinion."

Yao Tao kept it in his mind, and said again: "Your Majesty, there is also the matter of Yunnan copper mining, which is quite obstructed by the local mountain people. Can we increase our troops in Yunnan?"

Southern provinces such as Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hu, Fujian, and Guangdong did not achieve complete Sinicization until 30 years after the reform and opening up.Even if it completely enters the industrial age, it may not be able to solve this problem, not to mention that Daming has not even touched the door of industrialization.

"It's too much to use the army to suppress this matter." Zhu Cihong said: "Design the Ministry to report to the cabinet."

Yao Tao looked at the answers to the important questions at hand, said yes and backed away.When she returned to the department hall, she convened a meeting with the principals below, made a resolution, and arranged personnel to communicate with each department.Although it seemed that His Majesty the Emperor had not made any decisions, his attitude was already very obvious.

The emperor did not support the issue of conquering Annan and Siam in the southwest; the emperor was very supportive of the issue of collecting taxes from North Korea, so as long as certain cabinet elders agreed, the matter could be implemented; however, the introduction of Korean labor force Regarding the issue, the emperor is cautious and needs the opinions of the cabinet as a whole.

As for the army's suppression of the mountain people in Yunnan, the emperor was very opposed to it and could not mention it again.

This is the influence brought by status, and many times there is no need to make a clear statement at all.This is also the reason why Emperor Shenzong was able to firmly control the government despite not going to court for decades.

Now Zhu Cihong doesn't need to rely on the army to maintain his rule, because in the land of Daming, as long as he has the crown of "emperor", he has supreme authority.Although this greatly satisfied Zhu Cihong's desire for power, the ensuing crisis also alerted the young emperor, and he communicated with the cabinet on major issues much more than when he was the crown prince.

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