The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 212 Development Outline of Ming Dynasty
In addition, Zhu Linmi also came up with some solutions in terms of infantry firepower, logistics, and marching.

The most obvious is the infantry firepower.The performance of the hunters in this battle can explain the problem very well. The hunter company with only more than 280 people killed more than 800 Jianlu in total!Almost everyone made a contribution!
Of course, this is partly due to the fact that the hunters are all carefully selected sharpshooters, but the main reason is the huge superiority of rifled guns.

Compared with smoothbore guns, which depend on luck to hit the target, the shooting accuracy of rifled guns is a qualitative leap.In addition, its range and power have also been greatly improved.

If all the main battle weapons of the Dragon Guard infantry could be replaced with Type II Jaeger guns, it was foreseeable that the overall firepower could be increased by at least two or three times!
However, the processing accuracy of the rifled gun is very high, otherwise the miniature bullets will not be able to fit accurately in the rifling.The more than 200 hunting guns of the Dragon Guard Army are selected from thousands of gun barrels. If this ratio is used, the cost of equipping the entire army with rifled guns will be unimaginably high.

Therefore, in order to popularize rifled guns, the first thing to bear the brunt is to standardize the process.This is also one of the necessary foundations for the industrialization of Ming Dynasty in Zhu Linming's plan, but its implementation is by no means a one-day effort.

There are also logistical issues.Due to the flames of war in Fujing, it was basically impossible to raise food and grass. The logistics contractors of the Longwei Army could only transport food into Fujian from Guangdong and Jiangxi, and the cost was astonishingly high.Fortunately, a large amount of Jianlu's food and grass were seized this time, otherwise Zhu Linmi would have gone bankrupt before the battle was over.

So he immediately thought of the magic tool for solving the food and grass problem in later generations-canned food.Of course, iron sheet vacuum cans are unlikely, and steel rolling and vacuuming technology are insurmountable obstacles, but it is still feasible to engage in high-temperature sterilized glass cans.

With cans, you can carry a large amount of food at one time without worrying about spoilage.Since there is no need to repeatedly transport from the place of origin, the cost of food and grass will be greatly reduced, and it will even be possible for the army to go deep into Mobei and other places where it is difficult to obtain supplies for a long time.

Of course, the production of glass bottles and the construction of canning factories are complex projects, and they have to be done step by step.

Finally, there is the question of marching.Although the marching speed of the Dragon Guards was amazing in this era, it was all due to the soldiers' good physical strength and strict military discipline.One is that it is difficult to last, and the other is that there is no overwhelming advantage over Jianlu.

The Dragon Guards are a typical elite force with a relatively small number of troops. Even if the Polu camp is included, the number of soldiers and horses is much smaller than that of Jianlu.This determines that they must have the ability to arrive at the battlefield in a short time, quickly defeat the enemy with a small number of elites, and then rush to the next target.

The most direct solution in this regard is to increase the number of military horses and form a mobile force of "muses and horses".However, the areas under Daming's current control are all in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is only one horse produced in Yunnan, and the Yunnan horses are short, so they are not suitable for war horses.It seems that several channels for buying horses from the north must be developed.

Another way is to build roads.Marching along a flat road, the speed will increase by at least [-] to [-]%.The Qin Dynasty liked to build chi roads the most, which made their troop delivery ability far ahead of the enemy country.

It's just that Daming is still an agricultural country now, and the whole society has no need for road construction at all. If road construction is only for military purposes, the money invested is absolutely unacceptable to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Therefore, first of all, business development must be stimulated, and business promotion is the right way.But this is not something that can be achieved overnight.

Although Zhu Linmi had been thinking about improving the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Guards, what troubled him the most was the chaos in the Ming court.

After all, for the former, he has a lot of experience and techniques from later generations that can be applied, while the latter involves a lot, especially since he lacks his own influence in the court, even if he has ideas, it is difficult to use them.

Although he has a strong army to rely on, it can only increase his political capital to a limited extent.After all, the main energy of this army must be to deal with foreign enemies, and the Ming Dynasty emphasized civility over military affairs. Unless he wanted to carry out a military coup, the military power would really not have much effect on improving his right to speak in the court.

As for the option of military coup, Zhu Linming will definitely not consider it for the time being. This will not only give Huguang, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places that are already alienated from Germany an excuse to completely separate from the imperial court, it may even cause Ming Dynasty to fall into chaos.Therefore, as long as the Ming court still has a glimmer of hope that it can be cured, such things that can make the Manchu people wake up from their dreams with laughter must not be taken lightly.

Previously, Zhu Linmi had been busy fighting, and had no time to take care of the affairs of the court, but now it was time to take care of it.

The great enemy is at present, but Zhu Yu'ao is clinging to the power, and the Empress Dowager Zeng must hinder him everywhere in order to maintain the imperial power.

There was no need for Jianlu to do anything, but there was a quarrel at home first.In the past, not to mention sending troops to the Northern Expedition to recover the rivers and mountains, or to keep a corner of the south of the Yangtze River is an extravagant talk.

Zhu Yu'ao's personality, Zhu Linming, knows very well that she is not good at fighting captives abroad, but she is good at fighting civil wars.

In history, after Longwu's death, Zhu Yu'ao went to Guangdong to establish the Shaowu regime, with Guangzhou as his capital.But after he ascended the throne, he didn't think about fighting captives. Instead, he put all the main forces on the western front to deal with Emperor Zhaozong Yongli of the Ming Dynasty, so that Li Chengdong led only a few hundred cavalry to break Guangzhou.So far, it has been less than a month since the establishment of Shaowu Dynasty, which shows how incompetent this person is.

Therefore, Zhu Linming's overall plan is to protect the little emperor Taizheng and find a way to seize power from Zhu Yu'ao.

After all, people in this era still attach great importance to the emperor's power. With the golden signboard of the emperor, at least He Tengjiao, Ding Kuichu and his like would not dare to stand on their own.

Even if these two people are obedient and contradictory, and they don't listen to the propaganda, as long as Jiangnan maintains the superficial unity, Daming's people's hearts will be stable.

It's just how to suppress Zhu Yu'ao, but Zhu Linmi has no established strategy at this time.But Empress Dowager Zeng's ordering him to serve as a saint this time is already a good start, and then he can only go back to Tianxing Mansion and take a step forward.

"Your Highness, Your Highness." Seeing that Zhu Linmi was in deep thought and looking absent-minded, Zhen Zhen couldn't help asking, "Is there something wrong with you? Or, let's go back to the car."

"Uncomfortable...oh, no." Zhu Linmi hurriedly waved her hand, then thought about it, then nodded again, "It's fine to get in the car."

He got off the horse, changed to a carriage, asked Shi Lin to fetch a pen and paper, sorted out his thoughts over the past two days, and then wrote down the big characters "Outline of the Development of the Ming Dynasty" on the wooden table in the carriage. Subdivided fields such as "agriculture", "industry", "maritime", "politics", "military", and "education" are listed.

At night, Zhen Zhen looked at the flickering candlelight in the carriage, and wanted to persuade His Royal Highness Chen Wang to pay more attention to his body and rest more, but he was afraid of disturbing his thoughts, so he looked forward and backward for a while, with a worry on his brow, not knowing what to do good.

(End of this chapter)