"Your Majesty, Song Yingxing is not talented, but he is confident that he has a very comprehensive understanding of technical machinery craftsmen, and he doesn't dare to say that he is familiar with all of them, and he doesn't dare to say that there is anything that can be called the top, but if the variety is complete, no one in the world can come out of Song Yingxing's left and right, Daming Science and Technology Institute is a total of miscellaneous categories, and Song Yingxing's learning is just right!" Song Yingxing answered Zhu Cihong's question with great confidence and calmness.

Before Zhu Cihong could speak, Peng Chengxian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, shook his head and said in disbelief: "You old man, you are so confident, there are hundreds of industries in the world, how can you know everything, if you brag and want to deceive the emperor, are you not afraid of being accused of bullying the king?" ”

In the face of Peng Cheng's questioning, Song Yingxing was not the slightest annoyed, and he had the momentum of being rich and not afraid of any questioning.

"Your Majesty, what Song Yingxing said is true, there is no deception, if the emperor doesn't believe it, you can ask, if Song Yingxing can't satisfy the emperor, he has no shame to serve as the director of the Academy of Science and Technology!"

"Hey, Lao Er has said it, you know, there are hundreds of engineering courses in the world, even if you start at the age of ten, learn two things a year, and at your age, you can learn at most at your age. Peng Cheng shook his head, although Song Yingxing was extremely calm, he just didn't believe it, because it was too hard to believe.

Song Yingxing calmly arched his hand to Peng Cheng and said: "This lord, what you said is good, Song Yingxing did only complete the world's hundreds of engineering disciplines three years ago, and there is indeed no one that can be called exquisite and transparent, but at least know their principles, understand the role they play, and know the process of their operation, if the emperor appoints Song Yingxing to be one of the craftsmen, Song Yingxing is indeed ashamed, but if Song Yingxing is in charge of the Academy of Science and Technology, there is really no one to do!" ”

"Oh, you old man!" Peng Cheng was amused and felt that Song Yingxing was arguing with strong words.

"That's it! Peng Cheng, you can step down, there is no need to ask, I believe that Song Yingxing has the ability to take charge of the Daming Science and Technology Institute. "As a person of later generations, Zhu Cihong is naturally what Song Yingxing said, after all, if Song Yingxing is really talking big and has no real talent, how did the heavenly creations in history come out.

Speaking of heavenly creations, Zhu Cihong's heart moved, and he stared at Song Yingxing slightly eagerly and asked:

"Song Yingxing, I heard that you are writing a book dedicated to recording the world's hundreds of engineering disciplines, have you ever written it?"

"Your Majesty, do you even know about this?" Song Yingxing was extremely surprised, except for mentioning it to a few friends back then, he never told anyone else how the emperor knew about it, could it be that the emperor has been paying attention to him, when did he Song Yingxing get into the emperor's eyes. Song Yingxing thought about it for some reason, but he couldn't figure it out anyway.

Of course, Zhu Cihong couldn't explain these things to Song Yingxing, and said with a smile: "I am the emperor, what can I hide from me, I not only know, but I also decided to support you, as long as you write the real thing, I will order it to be printed into a book, support you to establish a science and technology palace, recruit apprentices to teach, so that a hundred engineering disciplines will really bloom everywhere from now on, carry forward!" ”

This is the future of the Ming science and technology progress must go through the thing, the later generations of universities taught are all from the hundred engineering, this is the source of the continuous outpouring of scientific and technological talents, the future is the world of science and technology, and to develop and innovate science and technology, indispensable to the participation of scientific and technological talents, if one day in the future, the hundred engineering can really blossom everywhere in the land of China, I believe that the Ming will continue to give birth to a flower of scientific and technological civilization, just like the emergence of the first steam engine, the emergence of the first computer, It has led to the progress of civilization again and again.

"Long live Song Yingxing Xie Wuhuang!" Song Yingxing was so excited that his old eyes were full of tears, and he knelt on the ground to worship, the emperor is really wise today, it seems that he came to the right place this time, even if he works hard in the future, he will not have the emperor's high expectations, and he will definitely achieve hundreds of engineering courses everywhere.

"Get up, from today onwards, you will go to the Academy of Science and Technology to take charge of the selection of the best talents for the 100 engineering competitions, and I am waiting for them to work for the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"It's the emperor, and the minister Song Yingxing obeys the order!"

Zhu Cihong nodded, waved his hand and asked Peng Cheng to take Song Yingxing out of the palace to the Daming Academy of Science and Technology.

With Song Yingxing at the helm, the Academy of Science and Technology has vigorously started the first competition of the Academy of Science and Technology, regardless of men and women, and constantly selected batches of top talents of all kinds for hundreds of engineering courses. Elected, Zhu Cihong gave them positions and salaries as promised, even if those who were not selected, Zhu Cihong generously gave them round-trip travel expenses. This move undoubtedly moved all the craftsmen from the bottom of their hearts, and they became more supportive of the Ming Dynasty and the current emperor.

"Your Majesty, more than 30 officials from the Ministry of Rites, Wailang, Xin Chengbo, Zhan Shifu and other officials have sent a joint letter again, please take a look at it!" Zhao Dequan, the chief eunuch, came in with a copy of the recital and presented it to Zhu Cihong.

"Take it and burn it, don't get in the way of my eyes." Zhu Cihong didn't need to read it to know what was written on it, since the establishment of the Academy of Science and Technology was announced, the status of craftsmen in the world has been greatly improved, and there is even a momentum of overpowering the peasants to chase the scholars in one fell swoop, the officials are naturally not convinced, if it were not for the fact that more than 200 officials of the Salt Administration had just been dismissed, most of the officials had not yet eased their breath, and more than 30 officials had come to write against it.

Zhu Cihong's heart is firm and cannot be changed, so he is too lazy to listen to those people's nonsense, as long as it is about opposing the Academy of Science and Technology, he doesn't even look at it, and directly asks people to burn it.

After selecting the top talents of each engineering discipline, Zhu Cihong immediately waved his pen and allocated a one-time allocation of 1.5 million taels to Song Yingxing for the research and development and innovation of various technologies in 100 engineering disciplines.

Since then, with the unwavering and firm support of Zhu Cihong, the current emperor, the Academy of Science and Technology has achieved steady development, and finally led the progress of science and technology in the world for nearly a thousand years in the future.

On February 15 of the second year of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, the new Shenwu cannon developed from 10 to 60 after more than a month of full production.

Originally, because alloy steel was extremely difficult to practice, the firearms bureau used to have a monthly output limit of only ten, but why there are now more than fifty in a month, it is also thanks to a blacksmith who created a three-layer jade furnace smelting method, which can increase the steelmaking output several times at once on the original basis.

This is undoubtedly a great achievement, for which Zhu Cihong issued a decree to reward the blacksmith, not only awarded him a title comparable to the rank of the Nine Rank Official, but also rewarded him with 10,000 taels of silver, and spread it to the world!

The world's craftsmen shook again, all of them took this as a model, painstaking research and development and innovative technology, not only for a huge reward, but also for the opportunity to become famous in one fell swoop, and Daming's science and technology have since entered a period of vigorous development.

Due to the production of 60 field Shenwu cannons, each army of the Yinglong Army can be equipped with 10, the Yinglong Army immediately reorganized, equipped with artillery battalions, each Yinglong Army from the original 20,000 pure infantry to 18,000 infantry and 2,000 artillery battalions, although it is still 20,000 people, but because of the existence of artillery battalions, the combat effectiveness of each army of the Yinglong Army has been more than doubled.

Although according to the establishment of 2,000 people in the artillery battalion, ten field Shenwu cannons are less, but they will be gradually equipped with the production of the Firearms Bureau, and eventually each Yinglong army will be equipped with eighty field Shenwu cannons.

Not only the Yinglong army, due to the abundant treasury at present, the other six standing armies of cold weapons and the garrison armies of eighteen special garrison places have all resumed the establishment of 20,000 people, and the Ming army has finally met the establishment of 600,000 people.

On February 17 of the first year of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Cihong and Li Yan, the secretary of the military department, had a secret conversation in the imperial study room for one night, and the next day again ordered a large-scale mobilization of the army.

Many officials have not yet recovered from the purge of the salt administration, and they feel a depression that seems to be about to come!

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