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Because His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youxiao requested that the highest science and technology award of the Ming Dynasty be held in February every year from the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the Chongzhi Hall of the Imperial Inner Garden was set up as the awarding point of the science and technology award.

This year is the first Daming Supreme Science and Technology Award, representing the highest honor in the field of scientific research, and the prize is also very high, one million silver dollars, but the number of places shall not exceed two.

That is, the person with the most outstanding achievements in the field of scientific research of the year is not more than two people who are eligible for this award, and the million silver dollars are not subject to tax and are fully enjoyed by the recipient.

In doing so, Zhu Youxiao regarded the traditional scholars as a strange skill, and the low-level scientific research was elevated to the supreme position.

You know, throughout the world, there is no award for anyone who has outstanding achievements in science, psychology and even other philosophical thoughts, of course, this does not mean that there will be no in the future, but now the first one is the science and technology award, which is intended to let the people of the whole world, especially the most basic level of talents, among the people, let them change their views on learning and excellence.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao also had a clear purpose, not only to set up the highest science and technology award of the Ming Dynasty in the central court of the imperial court, but also to require the political envoys of the two capitals and thirteen provinces to also set up corresponding provincial-level scientific research institutions, such as the Huguang Academy of Sciences, not only the province, but also from the prefecture to the prefecture to the county, and there is a right political envoy who is specifically responsible for this matter.

Zhu Youxiao also decreed that once such an institution was established in the local government and the corresponding craftsmen were recruited, it could apply for funding from the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Imperial Court to support the development of its corresponding scientific research projects, and the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Academy of Sciences would also select some people to serve as officials in these institutions, and they would be academic leaders to promote the development of local scientific research.

Because there is money to be gained, the local officials do not hinder it much, although some Qingliu ministers have complained about this, but it cannot stop the local officials' desire to make a fortune.

What's more, the Ministry has indicated that the progress of scientific research will affect the performance of the next assessment.

In particular, the right-hand political envoy is the most active, after all, this is also a small treasury for him.

Zhu Youxiao knew very well that there was no way to completely eliminate corruption, and he naturally knew that the implementation of his own policies would deteriorate a little, but the effect was only six or seven percent, so he had to do it.

As the highest honor award in the field of scientific research, the grade and scale established by Zhu Youxiao are quite large, which is no less than the street after winning the examination.

As His Majesty the Emperor, Zhu Youxue personally presented the awards, and the cabinet scholars in Beijing and the Liubu Jiuqing, as well as the Kedao Yanguan and the Shuntianfu Yin all had to participate.

Zhu Youxiao's doing this must be unprecedented, and it has broken the convention and ancestral system, but now the power is in full swing, and no one dares to touch Zhu Youxiao's rebellion.

After all, Zhu Youxiao still insists on completing the etiquette that should be completed, and when he should go to court, he will also go to court, and the benefits that should be given to you (including gray income) are not less, so for the ministers who are no longer defenders of the Manchu Dynasty, they can also be powerful and patient.

The winners of the first Daming Supreme Science and Technology Award are Xi Jiyong and Qi Xiaohao, who have a big age gap and a big difference in identity.

Xi Jiyong was originally a family of carpenters in a river, Wanli was called into Beijing for repairing the palace, and later because Song Yingxing of the Royal Academy of Engineering needed to manufacture the development of wooden machine tools arranged by Zhu Youxiao and was included in the Royal Academy of Engineering, no one expected that although Xi Jijie was over the age of sixties, but the IQ was not low, and he became the leader of this research group in less than half a year, and even broke through several technical difficulties, using the principle of torsion and lever to manufacture a simple machine tool that can be used to manufacture more fine.

Although such a machine tool is not worth mentioning in modern times, and even in modern times, it is not a thing that is ahead of its time, and it is a few grades worse than the small domestic machine tool that Zhu Youxiao placed in the Academy of Sciences, but this is a real independent product of the Ming Dynasty, and laid the foundation for the application of steam power, and also laid the foundation for the Ordnance Division to manufacture Mini bullets and Mini guns.

Qi Xiaohao is the creator of the Minnie rifle, but he also has an identity, that is, a student of Yueyang Mansion, and a strong contender for the trial solution yuan in Huguang Township, but because his father is the head of the military department, and is also in charge of the Firearms Bureau of the Ordnance Division, he has the opportunity to contact the Apocalypse flintlock pistol, and later through the Royal Academy of Engineering and the attached Daming Museum, he has seen all kinds of firearms since the Two Song Dynasty, and even some of them are firearms beyond the times.

And after reading a lot of relevant information, the talented and intelligent Qi Xiaohao had the intention to make a Mini gun, so he applied for a project through Song Yingxing.

Zhu Youxiao knew that he immediately approved him, and personally met him in the Qianqing Palace and explained to Qi Xiaohao for a whole night.

According to Zhu Youxiao's plan, no matter how smart Qi Xiaohao is, no matter how much Daming's scientific research foundation progresses, it will take two or three years to manufacture the Mini rifle.

But what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that Qi Xiaowu actually took more than half a year to make the finished product, and also passed the most rigorous test.

Of course, there are also defects, that is, some of the finer parts require a skilled blacksmith to polish them carefully for several days, and in the entire royal scientific research and military system, there are no more than ten parts that can be polished more elaborate than jewelry manufacturing.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao had to offer these ten blacksmiths as national treasures, and at the same time let Xi Jiyong and Qi Xiaohao continue to study in depth, striving to make the Ordnance Division can be mass-produced.

This does not affect Zhu Youxiao's affirmation of Qi Xiaohao's contribution, this talented man who is only thirty years old will share with Xi Jiyong, who has passed the age of sixties, which is enough to buy one million silver dollars in the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou.

And it is accompanied by the title of academician of the Academy of Engineering and the special royal allowance of the official position of the Hanlin Academy.

The technology for complex firearms is slowly being explored, but for the flintlock pistol, it has been greatly improved and matured, and the Ordnance Department is now able to manufacture the Apocalypse flintlock pistol on a large scale.

With 100,000 craftsmen and thousands of workshops, the Ordnance Division, which has occupied a large area of land in the entire city of Beijing, can now produce 100,000 Apocalypse flintlock pistols every month, and the entire Ming Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of standing troops will update their firearms every few months.

Of course, this is only the maximum productivity of the Ordnance Division, in non-war periods, this will only be a waste of national strength, and now because the war is about to start, so the Ordnance Division has begun to pull full power.

According to Zhu Youxiao's requirements, not only should the Praetorian Guards be equipped with the Apocalypse Type 1 flintlock pistol, but some ace armies should be equipped with the Apocalypse Type 2 flintlock pistol, and the cavalry should be equipped with the Apocalypse Type 3 cavalry special short-handled flintlock pistol, and all other border armies should also be equipped with the Apocalypse Type 1 flintlock pistol.

This is also something that Huang Taiji and others don't know, they think that the border army and the Praetorian Guard have not moved, and they think that Zhu Youxiao really hasn't started to prepare, but in fact, how do they know that the state violence machine has been running for a long time.

Not only weapons, but also grain, grass and other baggage have been transported to the major concentration points one after another, waiting for the day when Zhu Youxiao officially decided to start the war.

Yang Sichang, the left attendant of the military department, has now become a frequent visitor to the Qianqing Palace, and he is not only him, but also Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi and the commander of the East Factory.

The three of them now organized Zhu Youxiao's temporary staff department, Yang Sichang played the role of operational staff officer, Xu Xianchun was the intelligence staff officer, and Liu Ruoyu assisted and reported on the internal situation of the army.

"There are 50,000 Ding in the Horqin Division, that is to say, the Horqin Department can refuse up to 50,000 cavalry, and the total number of cavalry of our Praetorian Guard is only more than 10,000 people, that is, the cavalry army led by Aobai, and most of them are newly trained Qin soldiers, so this attack on the Horqin Department is still infantry cavalry, but the cavalry army has to be used intensively, the Third Army of the Praetorian Guard Army and the Fourth Army of Lu Jiayu form the Western Route Army, quickly pass through the Chahar Department and the Khalkha Department, and reach the left flank of Horqin in the shortest possible time. Fu Dahai's Second Army and Qin Botong's Fifth Army formed the Eastern Route Army, which was immediately interspersed into the right flank of the Horqin Department after landing, which is our current strategy, but the battlefield situation is changing rapidly! ”

Zhu Youjiao heard Yang Sichang say, and saw that Xu Xianchun had already run in, and signaled Yang Sichang to pause before telling Zhu Youxiao: "Your Majesty, the Khalkha Ministry has attacked our mission, Liaodong Wang Jingluo and Wen Shilang of the Ministry of Rites have successfully escaped, and now Wang Jingliu has strengthened the city defenses, and Wen Tiren has rushed back and asked His Majesty for instructions. ”

Zhu Youxiao was a little stunned, but he didn't show a look of anger, but just ordered: "The Khalkha Department is a dog sitting in a sedan chair - I don't know how to lift it, so I sent someone to immediately tell the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, Ao Bai, that you can directly defeat the Khalkha Department and then wave your army to attack the Korqin Department, after all, you have to wait for the news of the Eastern Route Army." ”

"Yes!"

Here, Xu Xianchun had to be ordered to go, and Yang Sichang immediately began to re-deduce according to what Xu Xianchun and Zhu Youxiao said, and said: "In this way, our enemy will add a Khalkha department, according to the news of Jinyiwei in July last year, the Khalkha department has 30,000 troops, that is to say, there will be 80,000 people in the place we are facing, if the Korqin Department and the Khalkha Department unite, all the elite cavalry that adds up to a total of 80,000 will be used to deal with our Western Route Army, and before our Eastern Route Army lands to recover its strength, it will surround our Western Route Army, But it's not a good thing. ”

Hearing Yang Sichang say this, Zhu Youxiao did not hesitate for a moment, and immediately asked Liu Ruoyu to pass on the order to the Western Route Army to be more careful to prevent the danger of being made dumplings.

At the same time, Wen Tiren was also summoned in by Zhu Youxiao.

As an envoy of the Ming Dynasty, one is the Liaodong Jinglu who is the left attendant of the military department, and the other is the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, but now he was attacked by the Khalkha Ministry when he had already been informed by the Jinyi Wei in advance of the Mongolian departments, which was not only the face of Wang Zaijin and Wen Tiren, but also the face of Zhu Youxiao.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao can't bear this breath, and he won't bear it, but he also has to understand what happened to him, as a superior, it is necessary for him to have a detailed and detailed understanding of the emergency.

Wen Tiren walked in in fear, the experience of this attack touched him a lot, he admired Wang Zaijin, who was also a two-rank jinshi, could move around under the chase of cavalry, and quickly interspersed with him to escape with him, but in addition to bringing him excitement, he also had to admit that the battlefield that was facing a life-and-death crisis was not only as exciting as a verbal battle, but also accompanied by the threat of death.

Wen Tiren trembled and told Zhu Youxiao what had happened, Zhu Youxiao didn't show any anger after hearing it, but he was also a little disappointed with Wen Tiren's timid performance, so he ordered: "I see that you also lack experience, since you are so impressed by Wang Zaijin, you should go to his side to be a patrol of the army, just use your bad stomach water on the Mongols, and it can be regarded as a revenge for the Tartar who hurt you so embarrassed." ”

As soon as Zhu Youxiao said this, Wen Tiren naturally understood that His Majesty the Emperor meant that he was afraid of his lack of courage and dismissed himself.

But he also knows that he is commanded, but his heart is also very bitter, if he really wants to negotiate on the table, he can not be afraid of any opponent, there has never been a case of him digging a pit for others to jump, but there is no such thing as him getting into other people's pits.

But now, the Khalkha Ministry didn't give him a chance to speak, and he greeted him with a sword as soon as he came, which made Wen Tiren suddenly useless.

Fortunately, in Wen Tiren's opinion, as His Majesty the Emperor Zhu Youxiao said, if he goes to Liaodong in the future, he may really be useful, and he doesn't believe that Tartar can play with his heart and eyes better than himself.

At the same time that Wen Tiren took off the red-robed high-ranking civil official uniform, changed into the indigo seven-rank official imperial history uniform, and rushed back to Liaodong, the Praetorian Guards of Ao Bai and Lu Jiayu had also begun to set off and had entered the territory of Chahar.

In this foreign war, Zhu Youxiao used all the troops of the Praetorian Guards, and instead of drawing them from the border troops, he used the border armies of various units as reserves, in order to enable all the officers and men of the Praetorian Guards to participate in actual combat and to enable the new weapons and tactics to mature in actual combat.

Moreover, it would be counterproductive to involve both the Praetorian Guard and the border troops in the Korqin Division, after all, it is difficult for two armies of different natures to advance and retreat together.

This is the first time that Ao Bai has led more than 40,000 troops (including auxiliaries) to participate in the battle, but he is also extremely excited and very serious, and he strictly follows the news from various scouts to determine the marching plan.

He has grown long hair and is dressed in Han costumes, and he has completely lost the characteristics of a slave at this time, and even because he was influenced by Sun Chengzong in the Royal Military Academy and in Qindi, he still has a trace of Confucian style.

Of course, he could not see this on horseback, and as soon as he left the Chahar tribe and confirmed the settlement of the surrounding Mongol tribes, he led his cavalry Third Army to speed up.

The entire Third Cavalry Army suddenly swept towards the Khalkha Department like a torrent of steel.

And Lu Jiayu's Fourth Army also followed closely behind in a four-wheeled carriage, and was ready to meet the Khalkha cavalry after being scattered by the Third Army.