Now the reason why this Chongzhen Emperor hopes that the Armament Institute will produce artillery with a large caliber, a long range and a lighter weight is because he is not only thinking about these enemies in front of him, but also thinking about the enemies in the future. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

As for the enemy in front of him, taking the strength in front of him as an example, if he can go all out to extinguish the thieves in the northwest, it will not be a big problem.

Even if the Jin State outside the Northeast Pass is built, according to the current momentum, it will not be a problem to bury its head in development for a few more years, and it will not be a problem to eliminate them.

The problem is that after destroying these enemies, the upcoming enemies are even more vicious, such as the Rakshasas, who will appear on the north bank of the Heilongjiang River in twenty years.

At that time, the armament level in front of the Ming Dynasty will not be the opponent of the insatiable Rakshasa Kingdom.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten, and this is really not true at all.

And to stay not lagging behind, you must always be aggressive.

Now the Chongzhen Emperor is constantly giving tasks and putting pressure on the Wubei Academy, which is to keep them enterprising.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen in history, Huang Taiji led the army to besiege Songshan for half a year, and the reason why Songshan was finally captured was that the Manchu army also cast a Hongyi cannon weighing more than 4,000 catties, and transported the Hongyi cannon to Songshan City with great difficulty.

Originally, the historical Songshan Castle did not have a fortress outside the city before it was built like now, so when dozens of Hongyi cannons were transported to the battlefield two days later, Songshan Castle was captured.

The Ningjin defense line, which had been standing majestically for decades, was also lost, and since then, Jianyu was far from the capital division of the Ming Dynasty, and only one Shanhaiguan guarded by Wu Sangui remained.

In this battle, Jianyu's greatest reliance was to use heavy Hongyi artillery to break through the fortified city.

However, only a few decades later, when the Manchu Eight Banners Army met the Rakshasas who were moving further north to the south, thousands or even nearly 10,000 people besieged a small Yaksa city, but they could not take it for a long time, and there were only a few hundred Rakshasas in the city.

The reason for this is that after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, considering that firearms were too powerful and the Han population was too large, they did not dare to develop and promote firearms, and still adhered to the old road that mounted archery was the fundamental of Manchuria, and banned most of the field firearms.

Although it has only been a few decades since entering the customs, there is nothing to be done in the face of the few twelve-pounder cannons of the Rakshasas.

At present, what Emperor Chongzhen wants to avoid now is this kind of military and technical unprogress and stagnation.

What the later Manchu emperors were worried about, he knew very well in his heart, the so-called Manchu and Han families were just talking, and the Manchurian aristocracy never regarded the Han people as a family, and this point was also the root of the tragedy of the Chinese nation two hundred years after the death of the Ming Dynasty.

When the emperors of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were like thieves guarding against the Han people, the Han army and the green battalion, how could they possibly equip these Han armies with advanced firearms and equipment?

Whether it was the Kangxi Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty or the Qianlong Emperor, of course, they all knew the sharpness of Western firearms, because they themselves collected many flintlock muskets that were very advanced at that time.

When these Manchu emperors went to the paddock of the Chengde summer resort to hunt, they often killed hundreds or even hundreds of deer or rabbits a day, not because of their boasting of riding and archery skills.

Because they relied on the advanced flintlock muskets that the Western colonial powers had given them as gifts, they knew of course that these muskets were much more powerful than the arquebuses that their armies had inherited from the Ming dynasty.

If they could be like the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, who they said were like pigs, and let the skilled craftsmen of the people or the court imitate them, and then equip the army, then there would be no later Chinese tragedy.

This is not just a matter of barbarism and ignorance, because these Manchu emperors were almost entirely selfish and out of consideration for preserving the Manchu Dynasty, and deliberately prevented the spread of advanced Western firearms in the land of China, and deliberately pursued a policy of fooling the people.

Because they know that once advanced firearms are popularized, or only knowledge about advanced firearms, the so-called Manchurian cavalry that these Tungusic aliens have always boasted about will not be fart.

The encounter of Dai Zi, the world's first firearms genius to create a series of beads, during the Kangxi period, is a typical illustration of this point.

On this issue, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care at all, and other emperors before the Ming Dynasty rarely had selfish intentions on this issue.

First, the establishment of the legal system of the Ming Dynasty was established on the basis of expelling the Tartars and restoring China.

The second, and most fundamental, is that Zhu Yuanzhang is a Han Chinese, the so-called Huaixi cloth was born, so the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not as narrow as the Manchu emperors on racial or ethnic issues, and they had so many selfish thoughts based on racial or ethnic identity.

The reason why the Manchu rulers of later generations made so many bizarre traitorous moves and signed so many bizarre traitorous treaties is completely because the cubs sold Ye Tian and did not feel sorry, and the most fundamental reason is that these Manchurian magnates whose ancestors came from the Tunguska region of Siberia did not regard themselves as real Chinese descendants and were not of the same mind as the vast majority of Chinese.

They were afraid that they would be unlucky if the Han people gained power, so in the end, they also had the "famous saying" of the old witch Cixi "I would rather be with friends than with domestic slaves".

This time, Emperor Chongzhen and his entourage had a simple lunch at Bali Bridge, and after explaining several key tasks of the Armed Forces Institute to Bi Maokang, Sun Yuanhua and others, they left Bali Bridge with their entourage and returned to Tongzhou City.

The group stayed in Tongzhou City for about an hour, and Emperor Chongzhen took the time to meet with three groups of people.

On the one hand, the governor of the household department and the governor of the warehouse of the household department, which was also located in the city of Tongzhou, and his subordinate officials, arranged for them to continue to purchase large quantities of grain, cloth, and other materials stored in Gyeonggi at market prices.

In the case of frequent natural and man-made disasters in the late Ming Dynasty, there can never be too much food, cloth and other materials.

On the other hand, Xu Ji and Wang Zheng of the Agricultural Affairs Institute gave them a stern encouragement and exhorted them to make persistent efforts to make use of the good reputation they had worked hard to establish over the past year or so to continue to promote new high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes in other places other than Beizhili, such as Shandong, Xuhuai, and Henan.

The last group focused on meeting with the Western-Yiren who are currently in and outside Tongzhou City, including Luo Ruwang, Xiong Sanba, Rodriguez, Dias, as well as John Tong, Antonio de Capo and others.

During the meeting, Emperor Chongzhen asked these people that if there was anything they wanted to ask him for, they could do it now, and if the emperor could agree, he would definitely agree to them.

Among them, Luo Ruwang, Tang Ruowang, Xiong Sanba, these missionaries put forward the request to buy land near Tongzhou in order to build churches and live in missionaries, and Emperor Chongzhen agreed after a little consideration.

However, he also took the opportunity to attach three seemingly simple conditions: first, Westerners who purchase land or houses within the territory of the Ming Dynasty must live there for more than three years.

There is nothing to say about this, later generations of Chinese themselves want to buy a house in Beijing and settle a household registration, and they have to work for a few years and pay taxes for a few years, not to mention that you are a foreigner.

Second, all missionaries from the Taixi countries must translate more than one Western scientific work and publish it in the Ming Dynasty or present it to the imperial court.

Third, non-missionaries from the Taixi kingdoms must have served or served in the Ming court or army in order to purchase land or houses for business and residence within the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

These conditions are in line with human nature, so as soon as Emperor Chongzhen brought it up, although these people wanted to go, there was really nothing to say.

Besides, these conditions are already very enlightened compared to the previous replies of the imperial court, and they will basically be enough for a while.

As for Rodríguez, Dias, and Antonio de Capo, the merchants, sailors, and retired military officers, the demands were very different from those of the missionaries.

They hoped to do business in Gyeongshi and Gyeonggi, and even use their technology to set up factories and mines.

For example, Rodriguez wanted to run the import and export trade between Portugal and China, while Cabo and Dias wanted to open their own gunpowder factory in Baliqiao.

These people came to Daming Jingshi from Haojingao for as little as half a year, and as much as a year, although they are currently serving the imperial court of Daming, but they have never forgotten the original intention of coming to Daming Jingshi to make a fortune.

In this regard, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it and agreed.

But of course, there are conditions, first, the people of the Taixi countries, etc., in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is to operate import and export trade, or to open factories and mines, the object of future transactions can only be the Ming court and the merchants authorized by the court.

Second, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, whether they are engaged in import and export trade, or set up factories and mines, in addition to purchasing shops and land where factories and mines are located at market prices, they must also accept the tax rate of 10 taxes or 5 taxes according to the difference between military or civilian materials.

For the Taixi countries of this era, it was a matter of course to pay taxes for running a business, so there was nothing to say.

Besides, the other party is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and Chrysostom can't allow you to refute it!

But no matter what, these people have been coming to Daming Jingshi for so long, and they have finally received a positive answer.

And the impression that the emperor in front of them gave them was much more enlightened than the monarchs of other Eastern countries they had seen before.