Under Li Chen's system, the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is just a name, and it may change in the future. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhu Yuanzhang's proud "will of the Tang Mansion soldiers", not spending a grain of the country to feed millions of soldiers, is simply a joke. Lao Zhu was suspicious and vigilant, and did not let the military power fall aside, but he didn't expect that people's inertia, no one could manage it, and in the end, no one took care of it, which produced many drawbacks.

In addition, the hereditary system is rigid, and it is easy to create a privileged class at the grassroots level, which leads to widespread corruption. Don't talk about the later period, after the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the hereditary generals of the guard station regarded the tuntian as private land and the tun soldiers as slaves. Causing further deterioration of the guardhouse.

Li Chen just took the meaning of his unification and separation, and there was still a Privy Council above the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. Whether the functions are the same as those of the Privy Council in the Song Dynasty, Li Chen is not clear, on the one hand, he imitates the separation of unification and coordination, and on the other hand, he imitates the later generations to set up the kind of department to manage the military.

The Privy Council has five military governors' offices under it, namely the Training Department, the General Staff Department, the Logistics Department, the Military Discipline Department, and the Guidance Department.

The Military Discipline Department, which manages the military police, is responsible for military discipline, correction of errors, meritorious service and other matters on the battlefield, and in normal times, it is also responsible for dealing with the phenomenon of soldiers being oppressed and having to complain, so as to avoid the occurrence of abuse of subordinates by superiors.

The Guidance Department is almost similar to the government. It's commissioned, but the Tang Dynasty called it guidance. Li Chen also put ideological transformation and construction in the first place. In order to completely eliminate the situation of what kind of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty supported themselves without authorization, it was also necessary to cultivate the idea of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism.

In addition, they will also be responsible for calming the emotions of the soldiers, after all, the barracks is a relatively closed place, and the soldiers are more likely to have situations, even if Li Chen has implemented a variety of sports in the army, it is inevitable. The instructor will choose some people who can speak well and listen, and in many cases, as long as there is a channel for expression, there will not be much problem. Of course, since it is a pressure relief pipeline, then their situation will also be reacted, and if the soldiers are bullied and stressed, they must also react.

This is similar to military discipline, and Li Chen feels that the kind of behavior of chasing commanders because of mistreatment seems to be excusable. Although he does not advocate it, it is absolutely necessary to avoid it.

Logistics Department, this does not need to be explained. In the age of firearms, logistics became even more important. General Staff, this is also clear. As for the training department, this responsibility is very heavy.

This is the command of the reservists. Responsible for the training of soldiers, recruits and conscripts. This will be a very busy unit in the future, they will have to deal with it frequently, and the new recruits recruited by each defense area will be trained under the armor protection law. In addition, the military academy is also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Training. There are also various units that train the skills of retired soldiers, all of which are counted as training departments. It is conceivable that in peacetime, they are definitely the busiest department of the Tang Military Department.

In addition to these five services, the Privy Council has jurisdiction over the command of the army, navy and special soldiers. In the future, more than a dozen feudal towns will also have command and management departments.

In addition to the Privy Council, the body that manages the military is the Ministry of War. In fact, the Tang Dynasty had already achieved the separation of unified regulation. The military department of the Tang Dynasty basically managed the human organization. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Sixteen Guards were responsible for the commander-in-chief, although nominally, they were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, but in fact they were separated. The government soldiers sent troops, and the military department sent generals.

After the collapse of the government soldier system, the Wei cavalry replaced the 16 guards, and then the 10th Army of the Northern Ya, which continued to maintain this model. Li Chen is just maintaining it now, only replacing the Beiya with the Privy Council. The Department of Military Affairs still continues to manage the promotion of military generals, and the military status of soldiers is also here. The Treasury Division continues to manage the arsenal. Separating weapon users from storage units is also a form of counterbalance.

'Saint, if the whole people implement the armor protection law, lest it increase the burden on the people, and if there are chaotic people in the future, it will be difficult to cure it. Du Mu was the first to object

Several prime ministers didn't agree with it, and it was not Li Chen's expectation at all, but after saying this, it was already very salvaging, Li Chen broke up the meeting first and discussed it another day.

The next day, the discussion could not continue, Li Chen got an urgent report last night, and the next day he took a minister to the scientific research institute to see things. This kind of behavior, even some prime ministers who have just been in charge are used to it, there must be something big, otherwise Li Chen would not be in a hurry to get angry.

'Did the research succeed?' Li Chen was very excited, he received the news last night, he didn't fall asleep all night, fried eggs on the bed, and tossed and turned. Early the next morning, he urged the guards to send a notice that if he did not go to court this morning, the prime minister would go directly to the Ayaqi Hall to discuss matters.

Finally, when the people arrived, he led them to the West Inner Garden, where the Royal Research Institute was located. However, before he got closer, a pillar of smoke could be seen in the sky in the distance. Li Chen held back the excitement in his heart, and when he arrived at the door, Gundam was already waiting at the door, Li Chen strode forward and asked impatiently, "Really successful?" Did that thing really become? ’

'Back to the saints, it really worked. We've been successful. Gaoda was excited, no lower than Li Chen. How many years? It's been five or six years. It seems that it is more than that, from the very beginning when he heard Li Chen introduce this thing, he was fascinated, and he liked the most strange people to craft him, and led a few colleagues to start researching.

For six years, since Yangzhou, he has been constantly studying this thing, he knows that things have a future, it can be said that once this thing is completed, Datang, and even the whole world will change because of this.

Gundam had some feelings, but Li Chen interrupted him very excitedly, and asked Gundam to take him to see the real thing, and Gundam took the lead, leading Li Chen and the prime minister to walk inward, in the direction of the smoke column.

The closer they got, the louder a strange metal sound became, and several of the statues wondered, what was moving so loudly? 'This plume of smoke? Nishiuchien is out of the water? Watching Gundam walk towards the smoke pillar with a few people, Wei Cong was a little strange, when he came here before, he often saw the smoke column, thinking that it was the firewood room of the Royal Research Institute.

Now it seems that it is not, it is not possible that Li Chen didn't even hold a court meeting in the morning, just to bring them here for a meal, right? But what is it that has such a plume of smoke? Is it steelmaking?

As they approached, the mystery was revealed, and they saw something strange. It looks like three barrels, with a boiler at the bottom, a blazing fire, and then three vertical cylinders, connected by poles at the top, constantly moving up and down.

Then the pole is connected to a huge roller, which drives the roller and rotates continuously. Then the rollers carried up five more looms and kept them in motion.

'This, this is.... Zheng Lang was the first to jump up, although he didn't know what it was, but as a squire of the Ministry of Works, he knew too well about the Royal Textile Factory.

The Royal Textile Mill used water power to drive the loom, which greatly increased efficiency. A worker in a royal textile factory can weave a cloth more than ten times the length of the average family hand-weaving in a month.

In addition to the hydraulic textile machine, the ordnance supervisor has many things, a bunch of machine tools, all driven by water power. Steel mills need blowers, but they also rely on water power. He knows too well the importance of water conservancy, and he also knows the trouble of water power. There had to be a river, so the factory had to be built near the water. It can also be severely affected by the season.

He often regrets that if there is a machine that can break the limitation of water power, then Datang's production capacity will be even higher. It's a pity that there isn't. Now, the thing that appeared in front of him was the kind of machine that could break the inconvenience of water power, how could he not be excited.

'What is this?' Zheng Lang asked excitedly, so excited that he completely forgot that Li Chen was still there, but Li Chen didn't care, and Gundam replied, "This is a steam engine." ’

It's using the vapor principle. We heat the water in the pot, and when the water heats up, the steam pushes up the top of the boiler. Gundam explained.

'It's amazing. Cui Xuan is around this steam engine, but it is just boiling water, it can produce such a great power, and the Cui family is also preparing to establish a textile factory in Qinghe, however, the water conservancy in the north is not as developed as in the south, which was originally nerve-wracking, but now with this steam engine, all problems are solved. However, he couldn't figure out how a little bit of power to boil water could produce a huge thrust.

There's a lot of things involved, one of which is atmospheric pressure. Gundam pointed to the three upright cylinders, "Initially, using a vacuum, the vapor is poured in, and the piston inside is pushed up, and then we expel the vapor, and the atmospheric pressure pushes the piston back into place, so that the cycle is completed." ’

Looking at these statues, do you speak Chinese? I couldn't understand the expression, Gundam smiled and took a group of people to look at it, a model.

Li Chen didn't follow, although he didn't intervene in the research of this thing, but no one knew its structure and principle better than him, and the design of the entire steam engine was guided by him.

In fact, the steam engine was not invented by Watt. We have been deceived for a long time, and there is obviously a huge contradiction in that story, but we have not found out that we have the idea of studying the steam engine, and Watt is to improve the Newcomen steam engine used in the mine at that time, and make the Newcomen steam engine more efficient. This makes the steam engine widely used.

Was the steam engine invented by Newcomen? Why didn't anyone mention him? When everyone thinks of the steam engine, they think of Watt.

In fact, by the time Watt came into contact with the steam engine, it had been invented for fifty-seven years. He came into contact with the Newcomen steam engine and had the idea of reforming it.

Newkomen was also not an inventor, he was adapted from a tsavory steam engine. And this steam engine was patented in 1698. Well, again, he wasn't an inventor either, and his idea came from a design by the Frenchman Bappan, probably in 1680.

For the third time, he wasn't an inventor either, and Bappan was inspired by ideas from the Dutch scientist Heygens and others. It can be traced back to the ancient Greek mathematician who turned the ball.

Li Chen looked at this steam weaving machine, to be honest, they gave him a big surprise, he never thought it would be completed so quickly. It's perfect now.

'Sage, do you want to promote this?' This is a great tool for the benefit of the country and the people, and whether it should be used confidentially. After listening to Gundam's introduction, Li Deyu walked back and asked.

Of course, steam engines were vigorously promoted, but it was absolutely forbidden for foreigners to study, and steam engines could not be exported. Li Chen said solemnly, "Especially in the Japanese country, Japanese students are not allowed to touch the steam engine according to the confidentiality regulations. ’

With the emergence of various inventions, as well as Li Chen's repeated emphasis, confidentiality regulations have gradually become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, such as various meetings, there are different confidentiality regulations. The Tang Dynasty is no longer what it used to be, like a sieve, no secrets can be kept, and the more confidential it is, the faster it spreads.

In addition, Li Chen has repeatedly taken out the example of aiding Tibet in the past, and as a result, he raised a strong enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and now many secrets will not be open to foreign students, especially the Japanese country, Li Chen is very, very wary of this country that seems to be very deferential at present.

Any technology will be kept secret from them, and the Japanese students did not find out, they can only learn the Four Books and Five Classics, and they have access to the highest technology, only primary school textbooks. It's still very nice in name, but these are the ways of the saints, and the rest are small paths, just concentrate on learning this for me. After all, the situation in the previous life was too deep in his heart.

'Saint, such strange and ingenious things are a small way, and the saints must not indulge in them and lose their minds. There is no one else who can say this except Zhou Qi, and it is the same old tune, Li Chen doesn't care, there is always someone to pour cold water.

"Tricks and tricks are a small way, but this steam engine, but it is a big thing for the benefit of the country and the people, as soon as this thing comes out, my Tang national strength will be thriving." Li Chen explained, "Don't think that this thing can only be used like this, instead of water power." What if he is loaded on a ship? ’

'Ships of the sea are to be powered by the wind, and if they are fitted with this, they will no longer be limited by the wind, and as research progresses, the steam engine will only become more powerful, and the speed of the ship will far exceed the speed that the sails can produce. ’

And what if it was used instead of horses? ', horses? Several people turned their heads to look at this large machine, and shook their heads in unison.

Horsepower, which they have just understood in the Gundam explanation, is a steam engine that can replace the output power of many horses. The horsepower of this preliminary steam engine has reached ten horsepower.

Although, if a carriage is pulled by ten horses, the speed and carrying capacity will be considerable. But it's a problem, it's too big, too bulky. You said it was okay to load it on a ship, but how to put it on a carriage? If this thing wants to run, I don't know how much horsepower it will take?

I see. Zheng Lang jumped up, and suddenly, he seemed to have discovered something, very excited, so it was, so it was, genius, genius. I Datang, there will be no one in the world to stop. The sunrise in the east, only I am the Tang Dynasty. ’

Several prime ministers, inexplicably looked at Zheng Lang, like a madman, jumping and laughing, I don't know what he thought, only Li Chen smiled, there is really no stupid person to be the prime minister, this Zheng Lang is in charge of this piece, it is normal to think of it, but he thought of it so quickly, and his reaction was really flexible.

'Horse-drawn carriage. Li Chen smiled and answered the riddle, "If the steam engine is used to replace the rail-drawn carriage, what will be the effect?" ', railcar? Hearing this, several prime ministers were suddenly shocked.