In the early morning, the rising sun shone on the earth, hundreds of officials stood in front of the Imperial Palace of the Forbidden City, and it was another day of morning dynasties that was about to end, and the ministers in the square secretly sighed, after all, standing for more than an hour or even more than two hours was also physical work, and it was very tiring.

After all the things were discussed, just as the hundred officials were waiting for the official to announce his retirement from the court, Zhu Cijiong, who was sitting on the high steps, suddenly stood up and said loudly: "The reason why the Ming Dynasty is so strong today is inseparable from the development of technology. “

If it was before he succeeded to the throne, what technology, what European powers, it is estimated that few people would understand, but now of course it is different, no one will not understand, but what kind of new meeting is this seminar, how long will it take? Almost all the officials had a bitter look on their faces.

I Emperor Di, I've been standing for more than an hour, and if I stand down, Weichen's legs and stomach will cramp, your old man is okay, and I'll discuss it tomorrow?

Zhu Cijiong's habit of playing pranks is really incurable, he looked at the painful expressions of the hundred officials with great interest, and then continued to say aloud: "The seminar is scheduled to start at the beginning of the day and end at noon, all officials above the third grade, if they are interested, they can go to the Qianqing Palace to listen, of course, this is based on the premise of not delaying things, if anyone delays the right thing in order to perform in front of me, I will not spare it, okay, retreat from the court." “

As soon as he said this, the ministers all breathed a sigh of relief, and they didn't continue to discuss with the early dynasty for a long time!

At the end of the day, in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, there were about 30 people sitting on a hundred seats, in addition to Bi Maokang and their disciples who had to come according to Zhu Cijiong's regulations, there were more than a dozen senior officials of the third grade or above, and I don't know if they were really okay or wanted to behave in front of the emperor.

"The emperor has arrived" The ministers who were originally sitting there and whispering immediately stood up, Zhu Cijiong walked in from the gate, glanced at the number of people present, and couldn't help joking: "Are so many people okay?" “

The ministers who are familiar with Zhu Cijiong know that the emperor sometimes likes to joke with people close to him, so everyone smiled very cooperatively, and then they arched their hands to him and said in unison: "Weichen see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." “

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Zhu Cijiong continued to smile and said: "Well, I announce here, in the future, when I enter this door, I am Mr. Teaching, you are students, and the common rites are exempted, otherwise I will not be able to go to class." “

Everyone said in unison, "Hello sir." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded and laughed very smugly, but halfway through the laughter, he suddenly choked, because he saw his mentor Xu Guangqi standing tremblingly in the middle of the first row, calling him Mr. with the others!

Zhu Cijiong really had no way to do anything about this teacher, he asked him to go home to care for the elderly, he was just reluctant to leave, Zhu Cijiong had to arrange for the imperial doctor to give him careful care, and even arranged a seat for him to sit and participate in the early dynasty, and he actually came over at this time, and he was still standing there.

Zhu Cijiong hurriedly stepped forward and helped his teacher sit down, and then said embarrassedly: "Teacher, why are you here?" “

Xu Guangqi replied solemnly: "The emperor forgives the sin, Weichen just wants to make a modest contribution to the technological development of the Ming Dynasty." “

The teacher said so, what else could Zhu Cijiong say, could he drive him back to rest?

He had no choice but to walk up to the podium, raised his hand and said, "Okay, everyone sit down." “

When everyone heard this, they all hesitated, because the emperor was still standing, but the emperor asked everyone to sit down, and in the end, everyone sat down carefully.

Zhu Cijiong saw that everyone was sitting down, so he continued: "Everyone knows that the European powers have developed the steam engine, that is to say, muskets and artillery can be mass-produced, so how can the Ming Dynasty maintain its superiority in weapons and equipment in future battles?" “

This proposition is really a bit big, and no one in the audience dares to speak easily, and for a while, the whole class fell silent.

Fortunately, Zhu Cijiong already had the answer, and he continued: "In terms of offense, the Ministry of Industry has developed sniper rifles and super artillery, but, because of the production problem, this is not enough for us to establish an advantage on the battlefield, so the first thing discussed today is an armored combat vehicle that integrates attack and defense. “

With that, he picked up a piece of chalk and turned around and drew a dragon on the blackboard.

Things like chalk and blackboards don't have any technical content, so they were made early in the Ming Dynasty, and various colleges also used this to teach, and everyone didn't think it was strange, but it was the first time that the emperor painted for everyone, and everyone was so excited that they stared at the blackboard intently.

Zhu Cijiong's painting skills in the past few years have not been practiced in vain, and a floor-turning dragon is simply superb, as if he is about to open a blackboard and come down to plow the land!

Everyone's admiration, their eyes were full of admiration, and even Xu Guangqi nodded again and again below, and almost applauded.

Zhu Cijiong looked back at everyone's expressions, and coughed embarrassedly, how did he feel as if he was showing off his painting skills?

Fortunately, everyone came back to their senses when they heard the cough, and put on a serious appearance, and then he continued: "Everyone knows that this is the Earth Turning Dragon, and some people suggested that the Earth Turning Dragon be modified and equipped with artillery on it, but I did not implement it immediately. Why? Because the technology at that time was not mature, a steam engine installed on it took up a lot of space, and the weight also reached thousands of catties, if you add another artillery, not to mention whether the place is enough, the weight is not allowed, it is estimated that such a chariot is made, it is difficult to drive, and even the speed of normal people walking can not catch up, what is the use of being on the battlefield? “

When everyone heard this, they all nodded regretfully, yes, the thing is a good thing, but unfortunately there is a fatal flaw, it is too heavy to run!

However, immediately afterward, Zhu Cijiong said with confidence: "However, it is different now, because we have alloys, and the artillery can be considered to be die-cast with forged alloys, so that there is no need to make such a thick barrel, and the weight will be reduced; The steam engine can also be considered to use alloys, try to make it smaller, reduce the weight, so that the speed of the chariot can be increased. “

The first time he gave a lecture, he didn't want to talk about something too difficult, and even, he even thought about the plan, he did this mainly to build up everyone's confidence, if he started talking about wired telephones, it is estimated that most of the people below will lose confidence, because it is difficult to imagine that thing, let alone do it.

Immediately afterward, he turned around and changed the Earth Turning Dragon, drawing it to look like there were armor plates on all sides, and only one cannon barrel sticking out of the front.

At this point, Bi Maokang and they are estimated to be able to make it soon, so the people below are full of confidence, and everyone feels that this thing is not difficult.

At this time, everyone's confidence was established, and Zhu Cijiong finally dropped a bombshell: set up an armored combat vehicle research and development team, formulate a research and development schedule, invest 500,000 taels of funds in advance, and if it is completed on time, the project team will reward 1 million taels of silver!