Chapter 277 Shipbuilding and Cannon Building
While establishing various subordinate divisions, Yang Xuan also actively carried out various armament preparations to cope with the escalation of future wars.
Considering the increase in demand for steel, the company sent personnel to various places to investigate, and urged the establishment of corresponding steel workshops in various places to smelt high-quality steel through new smelting methods.
Considering the development of the war, it was decided to build a gun factory in Hanyang to build flintlock guns, cast tiger squat cannons, Furlong machine guns, redcoat cannons and other firearms.
Build an ammunition factory in Hanyang to make gunpowder, lead shots, and cast all kinds of different shells.
Yunnan-Guizhou, Xiangxi, Western Hubei and the Three Gorges region are the main producing areas of Nanmu in China, and considering the convenience of timber transportation, a shipyard was established in Yichang to produce a variety of different ships.
A vehicle factory was established on the other side of Hankow to build four-wheeled vehicles, two-wheeled vehicles, and bicycles.
Increase the cultivation of talents, since the ancient city of Yunshan Yang Xuan began a large number of various technical talents, during the Song Yingxing's two sons Song Shihui, Song Shiyi, Bi Maokang's high apprentice Zhang Jimeng, as well as foreign missionary An Siwen and others to join, but the engineering and technical personnel are still very short.
After learning from the pain, Yang Xuan decided to be appointed by Song Shihui, a waiter of the Ministry of Industry, as the general office, to build the first engineering and technical college in Hanyang, and set up four majors of steel, weapons, rivers, and ships.
For those with major technological innovations, the palace will award the glory of Gongjinshi.
At the political meeting held in the Carrier Palace, hearing this major policy announcement, Lei Yuelong, the waiter of the Rite Division, shook his head and said: "Lord, since ancient times, there have only been Wenju people and Wuju people, how can the prince make a Gongju person today, this, this is really incredible?" ”
Considering that in the past, the system of the court meeting was flashy and unrealistic, and all the officials concerned and big and small were invited to each meeting, so there was no practical effect at all.
With the help of various meeting management methods in his previous life, Yang Xuan formed a new meeting system of departments and departments, which not only dealt with daily affairs, but also included:
At 8 o'clock in the morning every day, each division will be convened by the waiter to arrange the work of the day.
Every single morning, the palace convenes the ministers of the left and right, the imperial history and the attendants and langzhong of the relevant ministries and departments to discuss relevant government affairs.
Every two mornings, the royal palace convenes the ministers of the left and right, the chief and deputy envoys of the Privy Council, the governor of the Governor's Office, the Imperial History Office, the Governor's Office, and the Military Department to discuss relevant military affairs.
The left and right ministers convene the ministers and attendants every afternoon to discuss relevant government affairs with the relevant Langzhong and Wailang, and implement the relevant resolutions of the palace.
On the first day of every decade, the royal palace holds a court meeting to announce various resolutions and matters.
At today's political meeting of the Carrier Palace, Yang Xuan sat on the top, the left and right ministers sat on both sides, and the servants of each division sat below, and behind the waiters sat their subordinate officials.
Song Shihui, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, put forward the concept of Gongju people and Gongjinshi according to the plan agreed in advance, and Lei Yuelong, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Gong Wanjing, and Qian Bangqi, the supervisor of the imperial history, objected one after another, saying that the imperial examination system was the most basic system of the imperial court, and if these craftsmen were awarded as lifters and jinshi, it would be quite unfair to those who were born in the imperial examination.
Song Shihui refuted again and again, and in the end, he actually moved out the Zhu Rong clan and the Yousui clan, thinking that these people were not saints and should not be awarded relevant honors.
Qian Bangxin felt that the matter was big, and both knelt down and said: "Lord, as the saying goes, everything is inferior, only reading is high, Song Shihui and Song Shilang proposed to award Gongju people and Gongjin Shishi, if those craftsmen can be compared with Confucian disciples, this, this is a shame for all the world's scholars." ”
Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Don't be excited, we still have to carefully watch Song Shilang's recital."
Look at it, didn't Song Shilang say in his song, that those who enter the academy must pass the show?
Zhongguo Xiucai is still a scholar, and he is also a disciple of Confucius, how can this be regarded as an insult to a scholar?
This is clearly a shortcut to those who fail to make the list, although the lonely king is just a showman, but he also knows the hardships of ten years of hard study. ”
Qian Bangxin was stunned for a moment, and continued to persuade bitterly: "Lord, the ministers know that you are a scholar who is sympathetic to the world, but a scholar should be familiar with the book of the sage, how can he play opportunistic tricks?"
Lord Wang, you have opened up this work, and you are so afraid of being opportunistic for others."
Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Qian Du Yushi, this is a bit serious. This king has said many times that this soldier, agriculture, industry and commerce are five in one, this scholar is equivalent to a human brain, and the agricultural worker is equivalent to a human body, which is a human body.
Besides, in the past, there were not only Wenju people and Wenjinshi, but also Wuju people and Wujinshi, and these scholars who were proficient in the manufacture of various instruments were awarded the corresponding Gongju people and Gongjinshi, which was also a move to consolidate the source and clear the source.
If the hoe is not good, the plow is not good, the farmers are not only more tired, but also produce very little food, if it can improve our method of farming and reading, so that the people can harvest a little more, do you say this is a move to consolidate the source and clear the source?
Also, what are the people most afraid of? In addition to the harsh government, it is drought and flooding, a little better in recent years, in the past few years, natural disasters have continued, floods are rampant, if there is that person to help the people can manage the river, you say, is this a move to consolidate the source of the source?
The fraud mentioned by the imperial history of Qiandu, the imperial history of Qiandu has participated in the imperial examination, and the imperial examination is so strict, and the fraud has been heard from time to time. We must guard against and prevent fraud.
Wu Zhaoyuan sighed and said: "Lord Wang, the ministers know that you are quite annoyed by the bad habits of the imperial examination now, and some people write very well in Baguwen, but they are a mess when they become officials.
Lord Wang, do you want to make up for the shortcomings of the imperial examination system in this way? ”
Yang Xuan smiled and said: "Zuo Guoxiang, we scholars pay attention to self-cultivation and Qi family governance and peace in the world, just like the folk say that the master is the ancestor of our scholars, these four books and five classics are very helpful to our self-cultivation Qi family."
But if it is really as Zhao Pu said, half of the treatise rules the world, this is probably a bit exaggerated. Guwang hopes that in the future, our readers will not only be able to understand the sage's principles about life, but also be able to understand the basic laws of the development of things, and be able to have a lot of skills.
Zuo Guoxiang, the lonely king also knows that you are good at the eight veins of the strange scriptures, and you have also healed several passers-by. As the common people say, the arts are not pressing, so if you enter the office, you will benefit one party, and if you go out, you will benefit the people, which is not very good compared to those who have no long skills? ”
When Wu Zhaoyuan heard this, he nodded again and again and said: "Lord Wang, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and the ministers know that this is good governance, and many things still hope that the prince will take his time, and there is no need to rush for a while, otherwise it will get twice the result with half the effort." ”
Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Prime Minister Zuo, this is what you need." As the prime minister, of course, you should adjust yin and yang.
Wu Guoxiang, when you arrive, you will discuss with the Department of Rites, the Department of Officials, the Department of Works, and the Department of Households, including the size of the college, the number of teachers, the annual expenses, the admission requirements, and the graduation requirements.
How to prevent fraud, etc., everyone will brainstorm and come up with a concrete plan, which will be discussed and approved at the next political meeting."
When Wu Zhaoyuan, Qian Bangqi and others heard this, they quickly got up from their seats and said yes.
At the same time as the establishment of the College of Engineering and Technology, Yichang Shipyard and Hanyang Vehicle Factory also came with good news.
The day before yesterday, the general office of the Hanyang Vehicle Factory reported that the vehicle factory has been completed and put into operation, with more than 1,000 craftsmen of all kinds, and can manufacture 20 wooden bicycles, 10 two-wheeled vehicles, and three four-wheeled carriages every day.
The shipyard has also begun to operate, and there are currently more than 1,000 craftsmen, and now it is starting to build an 800-ton Jinghai gunboat and two Jingjiang-class gunboats, according to Yang Xuan's ideas, the 800-ton ship will be needed to recover Taiwan in the future.
Now, Yang Xuan is most concerned about the Hanyang Gun Factory, listening to the report of Zhang Jimeng, the general office of the Hanyang Gun Factory, after the implementation of the division of labor, there are often inconsistencies in the size of the parts before and after, resulting in difficulties in assembly.
Early in the morning, Yang Xuan crossed the river by boat and came to the Hanyang Gun Factory, which was built at the foot of Guishan Mountain, covering an area of about 200 acres, which was twice the size of the CD weapons workshop.
Due to the raging war ahead, a large number of artillery and guns were needed, and everyone was working on the production in the open air while building houses.
In order to avoid possible fires and ensure the safety of production, Yang Xuan required the house to be a brick structure, surrounded by brick walls, with a height of 2 zhang, and bricks and tiles on top to ensure the firmness and safety of the house.
However, the amount of work is too large, just as Wang Xiang of the military division said, such a large area and high requirements, in just half a year, it is difficult to complete the construction.
The whole gun production implements the division of labor system, which is divided into more than 10 workshops, such as the iron-striking workshop, the gunpowder workshop, the shrapnel workshop, the parts casting workshop, the earth-shaking thunder workshop, the gun assembly workshop, and the cannon casting workshop
Each workshop is divided into different small workshops, each of which has a master and two masters to guide a group of craftsmen to produce a specific component.
But because of this, there are many problems.
In the past, a flintlock pistol was manufactured by the master alone from beginning to end, and in the manufacturing process, the master knew that the part was large and the part was small, and he would pay attention to it when producing other accessories, but now many problems are gradually exposed after the division of labor.
As many people say, although the output has increased greatly after the division of labor, there are still many problems in the assembly process.
After pondering for a while, Yang Xuan thought of the quality department, set up a quality department, which was co-organized by the factory to monitor the quality of each section.
During this period, although some people said that people would be the working dog supervisors, due to Yang Xuan's insistence, the quality management system of the gunpowder supervision, shrapnel supervision, and casting supervision was established, and then the quality of the earth-shaking thunder and bullets produced was spot-checked and found that the overall quality could far exceed the previous level.
After Yang Xuan gradually introduced the concept of quality department and technical department in his previous life, Hanyang Arsenal is gradually on the right track.