Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 34 Who Says My Daming Technology Is Backward
The news of Qian Qianyi's dismantling of the Donglin Party spread throughout Daming overnight.

Countless Donglin Party members were so angry that they vomited blood and called Qian Qianyi a shameless villain. Many of Qian Qianyi's friends and students resolutely broke with him.

But on the contrary, "Da Ming Daily" rarely made a high evaluation of Qian Qianyi.

It is said that he abandoned the dark and turned to the bright, and burning down Donglin Academy is undoubtedly the best nomination certificate. Even Wei Zhongxian, the guarding eunuch, announced in the "Daming Daily" that Qian Qianyi was his most respected talent, not only that, Qinhuai No.1.Ma Yuner, who is a prostitute and Ma Xianglan's god-sister, also published an article in "Da Ming Daily", saying that in this life, she only wishes to write and write for Mr. Mu Zhai.

Qian Qianyi, who had mixed reputations and reputations, was once again pushed to the forefront, and almost the entire Daming hot topic was about him.

Even Zhu Youxiao has recently received a lot of papers about the impeachment of Qian Qianyi, and some young officials even beat the Dengwen drum directly.

Zhu Youxiao ignored these things. While letting Qian Qianyi keep his mouth shut, he was letting Wang Chengen's Dongchang go around confiscating the property of the radical officials of the Donglin Party.

But it was also because of this that the Donglin Party complained more about Qian Qianyi. In their eyes, it was because of traitors like Qian Qianyi that the Donglin Party was suppressed so badly by the court.

Qian Qianyi is very depressed now. When he went out, he saw that his yamen was labeled with the words "shameless villain", and he was hit by a bullet flying from nowhere while walking on the street.

Even when he was eating, he would suddenly vomit and have diarrhea. When he went to the doctor, it turned out that someone had poisoned him secretly.

Qian Qianyi, who was restless every day, was completely angry, and directly exposed the scandals of several Donglin Party officials who had turned against him. Enough words.

This [-]-word impeachment letter was directly published in the "Daming Daily". Because there were too many words, Wei Zhongxian also personally allocated money to change the "Daming Daily" from eight to four.

And the main content of this Wanyan book is only one, that is, the Donglin Party is a cult that endangers the country and the country!
To completely negate the nature of the Donglin Party, Qian Qianyi did something that even Zhu Youxiao didn't do. Because of this, the ten thousand words book caused an uproar.

The entire Daming Shilin class has launched a heated discussion on this, and it all revolves around a topic, that is, whether the Donglin Party is a cult or not. The platform for discussion is naturally "Daming Daily", and the sales volume of "Daming Daily" is even more breakthrough millions of households.

Naturally, the two sides of the discussion were still dominated by the Royalist Party and the Donglin Party, but because the Donglin Party had already been attacked and torn apart, they were finally defeated.

Because of this, after a lapse of one month, the imperial court officially decreed that the Donglin Party is a cult, and anyone who talks about the Donglin Party, who claims to be the Donglin Party, or promotes the ideas of the Donglin Party, will be punished with a light salary Removal of officials and honors, and severe punishment.

After Qian Qianyi's theory that the Donglin Party was a cult was completely affirmed by the court, the overall defeat of the Donglin Party basically ended, and the Royalist Party naturally took his place.

The nominal leader of the royalist party, Zuo Zhongyun, Li Mingrui even rushed directly from the capital to Wuxi, bought the original site of Donglin Academy at a high price of 2000 taels, and built the Daming Royal Academy on this basis.

Dare to build a royalist academy on the site of the Donglin Party, and directly name it the word royal, so the royalists dare to do so.

Even on the opening day of the academy, countless high-ranking officials from the south, such as Wei Zhongxian, the guarding eunuch, and Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, came to celebrate.

At this time, Qian Qianyi didn't have the luck to see what the Donglin Academy that was burned by himself would look like after it was changed into the Daming Royal Academy, because he made great contributions to completely destroying the Donglin Party. He was appointed as the right servant of the Ministry of Rites.

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The camera returns to the capital city. After several months of hard work, Xu Guangqi, who has almost all his board and lodging in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, finally returns home with a dark face.

After returning home, he washed up briefly, changed into an official robe, and entered the palace with an iron box wrapped in oiled paper.

"Your Majesty, the old minister and Bi Maokang have finally made it. Although it is not as exquisite as the firearm in your hand, it can still shoot in rainy days, and it can shoot in bursts, and it can shoot five hundred paces away." Xu Guangqi saw Zhu Excitedly, the school held a strange imitation modern pistol that looked like a Mauser in his hand, and said to a sparrow outside the hall: "Your Majesty, the old minister has offended you. Let me show it to you."

Zhu Youxiao really can't believe that Xu Guangqi and his Ming craftsmen can create firearms of the 21st century. After all, it involves alloy smelting, machine tool manufacturing, rifling, and precision instrument manufacturing. , but when Xu Guangqi pulled the trigger several times, puffs of white smoke appeared, and the sparrows outside the hall were also beaten to pieces, he couldn't help being stunned.

Although I Chinese have mastered certain alloy smelting technology such as bronze ware as early as the Shang Dynasty, it is really incredible to be able to manufacture firearms with such advanced performance.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel that he had underestimated the ability of Ming craftsmen too much. Thinking about it, the Chinese nation never seemed to lack super skilled craftsmen. Even in some high-tech fields in the 21st century, China can be at the forefront of the world. There are many key technologies that are actually built by many old craftsmen using traditional handwork. In this way, it is not a problem to be able to imitate such firearms.

It's just that, even if a very few skilled craftsmen can create one or two objects beyond the age, it is impossible to achieve mass production, and there is still a lot of gap between modern and similar firearms.

But Zhu Youxiao was shocked to be able to make one, and couldn't help but praise a few words: "Very good, if anyone says that my Daming's technological level is behind, I, Zhu Youxiao, will definitely be welcome!"

"However, Your Majesty, I and my colleagues from the Ministry of Industry have been pondering for a long time and have not figured out how to make the yellow bullet you showed me. I don't understand why gunpowder can be wrapped in a gold case, and It can still explode, and there is no smoke."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't answer Xu Guangqi's question. He just laughed secretly. Not to mention Ming Dynasty, even in the 21st century, few countries can produce good bullets.

One or two firearms can be imitated by skilled craftsmen, but alloy bullets in the 21st century do not have a complete industrial system and a solid military industrial foundation, so it is not easy to manufacture them.

But Zhu Youxiao didn't want to discourage Xu Guangqi's enthusiasm, and said with a smile: "You know, I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, there is no good steel or iron, and it can't be mass-produced. Even if a few skilled craftsmen work overtime day and night, it can satisfy my Ming soldiers." Do you need it, so I hope that you will not focus on making rare firearms in the future. Firearms are improved step by step. Don’t worry. The key now is that one day, making firearms is as efficient as making knives. Understand ?"

"Your Majesty is wise, what makes the Ming better than the barbarians is firearms. If, as Your Majesty said, making such firearms in the Ming is like making swords, then why should we be afraid of the Tartars?"

Zhu Youxiao could see that this Xu Guangqi was a technology enthusiast at heart, so he was very pleased and said: "You can arrange it. I will take some time to go to your Ministry of Industry to discuss how to develop Ming's technology. The capable people under your command are the best. Everything is available, including all craftsmen."

Xu Guangqi was excited when he heard this. His Majesty wanted to visit the Ministry of Industry to discuss with him in person, which is enough to show that His Majesty attaches great importance to his career.

(End of this chapter)