Win the Ding 1617

There is a saying that one mouthful of a storyteller can’t do two things, not to mention how can a broken computer below describe such a magnificent picture of the 40s?

For the time being, Hongguang Emperor Zhu Yousong, General Li Shouhan, Shoufu University Scholar Ma Shiying, this faint and traitorous combination, for money, food and power, did not hesitate to instruct their powerful minions and henchmen to attack the gentlemen of Donglin and Jiangnan Shilin with guns and pens. The brutal persecution turned the original paradise on earth, which was once a picturesque place with warm mountains and soft waters, into a place of mourning. We turned our attention to the city of Beijing, which is thousands of miles away from Nanjing, north of the Yangtze River.

Unlike Nanjing, where the monarchs and ministers were fighting each other, Beijing was in full swing, and the Eight Banners were all beaming.

"Get rich! Get rich!"

This is the unanimous opinion of all members of the Qing Dynasty, from princes and ministers down to ordinary flags and coats!

Entering a big city like Beijing, one of the best in the civilized world at that time, anyone would feel dazzled.

Fortunately, following in the footsteps of Li Zicheng's retreat, it was the Qing army with strict military discipline at that time, and Dorgon had a strict order not to take any grass or tree from the people. The Qing army was very disciplined after entering the city.If it was any unit of the Ming army that conquered and recovered Beijing, they would be sorry for their ancestors if they did not take a good fight for a few days.

All the treasuries of grain and grass will be seized and counted by Dorgon. If the kings and ministers dare to plunder privately, the regent will just find a legal reason to deal with you!

Based on his understanding of the abilities, integrity, and morality of the generals and generals of the Eight Banners Prince Baylor, Dorgon assigned everyone to receive and check the treasuries and key points of city defense, and ordered Fan Wencheng and Ning Wanwo to appease and demote them , ordered Obai to guard and clean up the imperial city, ordered Sony to take over and inspect the grain depots inside and outside the capital, and ordered Bao Chengxian to accompany several princes to take over the six yamen.Let Duoduo be in charge of public security in the city and investigate the spies.

He, the head of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Regent, and Prince He Shuorui, did something that was puzzling and even demeaning in the eyes of the demoted officials.

He personally led Chen Banda and others to take over the eight bureaus of the Military Weapons Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, the Military Weapons Bureau of the Ministry of War, and the 24 Yamen of the Internal Supervision Bureau: the Military Battle Bureau, the Banking Bureau, the Clothes Bureau, the Scarf and Hat Bureau, the Needlework Bureau, Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, Wine and Vinegar Noodle Bureau, Siyuan Bureau.There is also the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Households, which are all places received by the Prince Regent himself.

Regarding this, the Han officials headed by Feng Quan were full of doubts, but they dared not ask rashly.It can only be oblique to ask Fan Wencheng, the scholar of Fan University, what is the meaning of the regent. Could it be that, like Emperor Tianqi, he has a preference for making utensils?

Fan Wencheng smiled and said nothing, he didn't want to tell these new colleagues about this way so soon.However, he has almost figured out Dorgon's thoughts.

The Military Weapons Bureau of the Ministry of Industry, the Military Weapons Bureau, and the Internal Supervision Bureau are all places where various weapons and armors are manufactured. The Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Households also has part of its business related to weapons, armor and staff.Right now, the war is still going on, and the consumption is huge. Everywhere needs to be supplemented with armour, staff and weapons. Naturally, the prince wants to grasp these departments in his hands.

As for the Wine Vinegar Noodle Bureau and the Siyuan Bureau are in charge of food, which are related to military supplies and people's food, naturally they cannot relax.And the Clothes Bureau, Scarf and Hat Bureau, Needle Industry Bureau, and Nei Weaving and Dyeing Bureau belong to the Light Industry Bureau. If you don't hold these things in your hands, what will happen in the future to deal with red and blue flower dyeing?It can be combined with the current red and blue flower dyeing cloth in Liaodong and the trade activities with both ends outside.Prevent someone from taking advantage of Beijing's human resources and technological advantages to pick up the two ends, strengthen their own economic strength, and threaten the status and power of the regent!After finally unifying Shengjing's economic power, how could Dorgon let the two ends resuscitate and develop outside?

As for the role of the silver bureau, what role it can play in Dorgon's hands, Fan Wencheng can't figure it out anyway. "Could it be that the master intends to mint silver coins like Nanman?" The idea flashed through his mind, but he was immediately rejected by himself, and he couldn't help laughing, laughing at his wild thoughts, "There are Nanman ready-made coins." You don’t need the silver coins, and you still have to work hard to mint silver coins?”

Under the puzzled eyes of the government and the public, Dorgon took Chen Banda and other capable craftsmen leaders under him, and began to accept the above-mentioned ministries and bureaus one by one.

Under the guidance of Wang Dehua, the surrendered chief eunuch, Dorgon unfurled a full set of ceremonial guards and went to the 24 yamen of the Inner Supervision Bureau to build military weapons, including knives and guns, swords, halberds, whip axes, armor, All kinds of weapons such as bows and arrows, armor, firecrackers, artillery and other military objects.

"Although we are in charge of the 24 yamen, the people inside are not our people." Wang Dehua still half-bowed, slowly introducing the situation of the 24 yamen to the new owner, Dorgon. "We are just managing these yamen for the emperor."

"There are rumors that there are hundreds of thousands of eunuch husbands in the capital, costing countless money and food. In fact, they are all false rumors. Most people think that the soldiers and horses supervised by the imperial horse and the craftsmen supervised by the Eighth Bureau are the same people as us. In fact, the vast majority of these eight bureaus were craftsmen who were moved by Lord Yongle from Nanjing. In Beijing, there are at least 27 craftsmen in these eight bureaus and other ministries. There are corvee workers in one class every year, and there are also four, three, and two-year classes.”

"How many craftsmen are here now?" Dorgon didn't care much about the past system, he only cared about how many people here can be used by him now.

"Go back to the Lord Regent, there are at least 1 craftsmen here for the prince to drive." After the city was broken, Wu Liangfu, who served Li Zicheng first, and now became a celebrity in front of Dorgon, had a slight smile on his face, and asked Duo Dorgon reported the situation of the personnel here.

"I've made a fortune!" Chen Banda, who had been silent beside Dorgon, was so ecstatic that he almost jumped up and cheered loudly!As an expert in the industry, he naturally knew the technical level of the craftsmen of the Beijing Bingzhan Bureau. The best quality firearms, knives, armor, chariots, etc. of the Ming Dynasty were all made by them.Of course, it also depends on the funding of the court and the integrity of the officials in charge.

However, Chen Banda was not worried about how much money and food the prince regent could invest in the manufacture of weapons.After several years of experience, he is quite pleased with the Qing Dynasty's investment in the military industry, and he is also very satisfied with the treatment given to the craftsmen here.At least, the artisans can eat and clothe themselves, and don't have to pay the officials regular money as sellers themselves.

Dorgon and several Eight Banners officials around him were also emotional.

For Dorgon and his officials, seizing the Central Plains was a long-established policy.However, due to the small population of the Manchurian Eight Banners, the core force of the Qing Dynasty, the number of soldiers they can provide is limited, and the Eight Banners Han Army and Eight Banners Mongols dare not allow them to overinflate.In the early days of entering the customs, Dorgon and others were not clear about how much territory they could occupy and effectively control by relying on their own strength.

According to historical records, when Dorgon first entered Beijing, he once said: "How can we talk about unification? But the inch is the inch, and the ruler is the ear." On the first day of June, the imperial edict of the Qing court also said: "Deeply hurt Er Ming There is no legacy left in the court, and the situation is lonely and difficult to stand. Use it to move my Qing Dynasty house to the north. To fight hard, we will wipe out the ugly people, so as to calm all nations. If you don't have the heart to make the world rich, it is really a plan to save China. Zier, Hebei, Henan, Jianghuai nobles, old ministers, generals, generals, and commoner heroes who are loyal and admiring of righteousness, whether they have received the favor of the country in the world, or they are newly appointed as the lord's family, or they are self-serving as the king. Don't hesitate to confer titles, and give them special admiration. If you don't forget the Ming Dynasty, assist the establishment of virtuous vassals, kill them with one heart, and protect the left side of the river together, the reason is also appropriate. In this dynasty, he cherishes the kindness of continuing to die, and the friendship of good neighborliness."

However, an excuse is also laid in advance in the following: "If the country has no master, people have two minds, or pretend to be stupid and weak, and actually wantonly domineering evil plots; Thieves, bandits of the country. As soon as the Three Qin Dynasty is conquered, they will move to the south to discuss, and kill the whale salamander, and there will be no species left behind."

On the one hand, he stated that he only wanted to keep the fruits of victory now, and competed with Li Zicheng's Dashun for the territory north of the Yellow River, and on the other hand, he laid the groundwork for his future trip to the south of the Yangtze River.This is Dorgon's strategic vision.

Right now, Dorgon needs to digest the biggest victory fruit of Beijing City as soon as possible, and put the energy it provides into the war machine!

After the capture of Beijing, they inspected all kinds of abandoned materials that Li Zicheng had not had time to take away. The amount of these trophies stunned Dorgon and his Eight Banners nobles.

"Sixty thousand sets of cotton armor."

"[-] sets of chain mail and iron armor each."

"[-] pieces of Nanman armor. [-] helmets."

"120 seven pieces of finished artillery of various colors, 360 seven pieces of semi-finished products. One hundred thousand catties of artillery pieces of various colors."

"Ten thousand guns. Two thousand catties of projectiles."

"Nanzhong has three thousand guns and one thousand catties of projectiles."

"[-] barrels of gunpowder of all colors."

"There are more than 420 million and 600 weapons of all kinds. There are [-] bows, more than [-] million arrows, and several arrowheads. Countless bamboo feathers and glue paint."

"There are still countless iron materials, coal and charcoal in various warehouses, which can be used for more than half a year!"

In addition to the raw materials necessary for the production of these military products and weapons, there are also mountains of grain and rice piled up in the warehouses near Chaoyangmen, such as Nanxin warehouse, Beixin warehouse, Taicang, and Haiyun warehouse in the city.

Dorgon had personally seen all these seizures.In addition to these seizures, tens of thousands of stragglers scattered all over the capital were defeated and incorporated by the Qing army.

With food, the army can be fed. With weapons and armor, the army can grow fangs, claws and scales. With iron materials, arrow bamboo, feathers and glue paint, it can continuously provide weapons for the army.To be able to continuously provide weapons and armor, it is necessary to rely on these craftsmen who are shabby and thin in front of them.

Wu Liangfu and others thought they had heard it wrong when they first heard about the fact that Prince Regent Shu had condescended to personally take over one of the 24 yamen of the Inner Prison.If according to their original idea, it would be wrong for this young Liaodong captive chief to arrive in the world of flowers and flowers for the first time in the capital, and not to plunder the beautiful Jinbao in the palace!How can we first look at the place where the weapons are built before entering the palace?

"You have all dealt with Uncle Ning Yuan, and many of you have even been to Nanzhong, his hometown. I have also been in love with him for a long time. Let's talk about it. You think that Uncle Ning Yuan can learn from a corner. What did you rely on to get to today's situation?" Although Dorgon knew very well that Li Shouhan had already been promoted to Liang Guogong, he still used to call him Uncle Ning Yuan.Probably because the impression Tashan left on him was too deep.

Wu Liangfu, Feng Quan and other eunuchs and officials who surrendered each expounded their views on how Uncle Ning Yuan got his fortune. Anyone can make a fortune and become well-off.Some people say that it is human and harmonious.

But none of these formulations could be accepted by Dorgon.

"In my opinion, Uncle Ning Yuan was able to walk from a thousand households step by step to today. What you said about the right time, place and people is just superficial. Uncle Ning Yuan's real reliance is craftsmen! There are no craftsmen, let me ask, Then there are countless local officials and kings in Nanzhong, how come no one can catch up to one ten thousandth of Uncle Ning Yuan's achievement?"

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers held their hands together in admiration.

That's why the regent king came here in person today.

The leaders of the three generations of the Qing Dynasty spared no expense in investing in military manufacturing.Rewards are generous, excellent craftsmen can be given official positions, especially for gunsmiths.Those who don't want to be officials will be rewarded with two taels of grain and silver every month, and five stones and three buckets of rice every quarter.

In the fourth year of Tiancong, because of the triumphant return of Houjin, Fan Jupao, an iron official, was specially ordered to reward him.In the fifth year of Tiancong, Wang Tianxiang, a cannon-casting craftsman, was promoted from a slave to Labulhafan, who worshiped him.

In addition to Wang Tianping and other craftsmen, Ma Guangyuan, Ji Shichang, Ding Qiming and others were promoted to the ranks because they knew the craftsmanship of casting cannons.

Unlike the officials of the Ming Dynasty who compared each other with each other and regarded military manufacturing as a way to make money and corruption, the Qing Dynasty has always insisted on investing in research and development of firearms production, continuously expanding the scale of the military industry, and improving the military technology system.Formed military industrial bases in Shengjing, Liaoyang and other places, gathered many technical officials and skilled craftsmen, integrated the traditional smelting and casting technology of the Ming Dynasty to learn from Western advanced casting, and introduced new design techniques to realize large-scale mass production and installation of artillery. Achieve a 10:1 firearms comparative advantage.

In the seventh year of Chongde (the 15th year of Chongzhen), using the physical properties of copper melting point (1083°C) lower than that of iron (1538°C), after the iron tire was cooled, the mold was made by clay casting or lost wax method, and the copper wall was cast. The astringent effect of the external copper solidification increases the compressive strength of the cannon body. The "Shenwei General" cannon cast with an iron core and copper body can have the advantages of copper cannon durability without having to cast the entire cannon with expensive copper.And light weight, easy to carry.

Multi-party collection and recruitment of relevant technical personnel, absorbing engineering and technical personnel with different technical methods, such as skilled blacksmiths, coppersmiths and foundry craftsmen with unique craftsmanship, etc., formed a technical team with diverse characteristics.For example, Wang Tianxiang mentioned above also casts cannons by the lost wax method, while Ji Shichang uses the clay casting method.The former uses wax to make the same mold as the casting, and applies modeling materials to form an integral casting mold. Then the wax is melted by heating to form a cavity casting mold, and liquid metal is poured into it, and the casting is formed after cooling.The clay mold casting method belongs to a kind of ancient Chinese model casting technology. In this method, firstly, the dry-dried nanmu is used to rotate the wooden core according to the shape of the cannon body, and then the ear, hoop, decoration and other molds are placed on it, and then the clay is applied in stages. After it dries up, the wooden core is knocked out, and the clay mold is fired with charcoal fire for the second time. At the same time, the mold of the ear, hoop and decoration is also turned into ashes. On the surface of the iron core, mud is used to make the core such as the inner cavity of the gun barrel, so that a complete gun mold can be synthesized to pour the metal liquid.

As the head of the Qing Dynasty, Dorgon naturally wouldn't say much to these low-status craftsmen, he just nodded slightly, as a return of the craftsmen's kneeling and prostration. "Come on, issue an order!"

Those craftsmen have heard a lot of the meaning of the long speech, so naturally they will not have any special reaction.However, the decree promulgated by Dorgon today is somewhat different.

After comforting and encouraging these craftsmen to calm their hearts, Dorgon sacrificed the magic weapon of generous treatment.

Every craftsman can enjoy a salary of five buckets of grain and rice every month. If the skills are excellent and the weapons they build are of good performance, they can raise the flag, seal the official, or reward them with silver, rice and cloth. For the craftsmen who cast artillery and guns, Not to hesitate to reward.

"I have a servant under my banner, whose background is the same as yours. They are all craftsmen who make weapons in Beijing. I think some of you will know him. Chen Banda, come out and say hello to your old colleagues! They will be here in the future. Leave it to you to take care of me! You have to take care of me more!"

Chen Banda, as a craftsman who was born in the Armament Bureau of the Ministry of War, knew many people present, from face-to-face to nodding acquaintances, to acquaintances who could call each other by name, and to many people who could be regarded as friends.

Seeing Chen Banda, who was dressed in a brocade robe and blushing, came out of the ranks of Qing officials, and saluted Qianqian in front of Dorgon, the craftsmen of the military battle bureau present were slightly agitated.

"Isn't this the one from the old Chen's family of the Military Weapons Bureau? Many people said that he was kidnapped by the Tartars outside the city and died in Liaodong. Why did he come back in such a decent way today?"

"Masters, uncles, yes, I am Chen Banda of the Armament Bureau of the Ministry of War. Now I am a slave under the Prince Regent's banner. Because I have made a small contribution, the master promoted me and let me take charge of making weapons and firearms for the master. Iron smelting and many other things."

Chen Banda was still talking about his status changes over the years in front of the team, but the guards around Dorgon were not idle either.Hundreds of soldiers from the Two Yellow Banners escorted dozens of large and small vehicles into the military battle station.

"This is the Lord Regent's consideration for everyone's poor life for many years. Now that the dynasty has changed, it will naturally have a new look. A little bit of silver, rice, oil and salt to comfort everyone."

Chen Banda pointed to the silver boxes and rice bags that had been brought down from the car by the auxiliary soldiers, and introduced them quite proudly: "From now on, everyone should just work hard, and the regular money for the officials who should be in charge will be gone. The wages, rice stickers, and rewards that should be given to everyone will not be less than a penny or a grain of rice!"

Because the Bingzhan Bureau is an internal prison office, some things are better.Like the Arms Bureau where Chen Banda used to work, the Arms Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and the Baoyuan Bureau, the craftsmen received the work, received the work materials and paid regular money, and handed over the completed workpieces to the officials in charge for inspection. Also pay.All these links have been completed, and they will be deducted when receiving wages. In desperation, many craftsmen have no choice but to sell their property, or even sell their sons and daughters to deal with it.

"From now on, everyone will be under the Lord Regent's banner, and will also receive money and food on a monthly basis. However, if we don't know the good and bad of the Regent's grace, if we don't know how to appreciate it, we won't be able to complete the tasks assigned by us, or even handle errands. No way, don't blame me, Chen Banda, for not talking about old relationships!"

The craftsmen, however, stared eagerly at the gleaming silver dollars in the silver box, sniffed the smell of rice bran in the air, and nodded their heads like chickens pecking at broken rice to Chen Banda's words.Could it be any worse than the old days anyway?

"Send a reward!"

After the guard of honor who sent Dorgon off, Chen Banda immediately became the highest official here.

According to the standards of one silver dollar for apprentices, two buckets of rice, one catty of salt, and one catty of oil, ordinary craftsmen doubled, outstanding craftsmen doubled, and foremen five times, craftsmen lined up in a long queue to receive their share of rewards.

From the second day onwards, the workshops of Bingzhan Bureau, Ordnance Bureau, Baoyuan Bureau and other factories were full of flames and voices.The clink of the sledgehammer rising and falling could be heard miles away. (~^~)