The officials of the Ming Dynasty have not participated in various sports in vain over the years, and they have learned to see the essence through the phenomenon, and everyone knows that the emperor actually thinks that there are a lot of officials in the south, and the officials in the north are not aligned, and the new officials who are loyal to the emperor are not enough, and the officials and people in these central regions directly under the Ming Dynasty are disgusted, and the personality worship of the emperor is far from reaching the point of satisfying the emperor!

However, everyone wants to avoid this storm, but the wind and waves are definitely not something that can be avoided if you want to.

If this continues, the officials up and down the Ming Dynasty must be trained by the emperor to become old athletes.

Zhou Yanru is not a person who is willing to be caught, although he feels that the emperor seems to be going to treat himself as guilty, but he has not the intention of doing it for a long time, and spends a few days in anxiety, this rectification movement of the Ming Dynasty is just in the making, so that all party members feel the smell of the mountain rain coming to the building, and the party members from all over the country on the characterization of the Fuwang case, and the view of Zhou Yanru's cronyism, under the direct request of the emperor, they reported to the party committees at all levels.

The entire party affairs system of the Ming Dynasty is in full swing, but the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is very calm during this time, focusing on the affairs of the Ming Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, and most of the time with Xu Guangqi and Xu Zhengming.

"Your Majesty, the city protection cannons and shore artillery are already very mature, and now after loading hundreds of cannons in Beijing and Tianjin, as well as some fortresses on the three sides, the city defense of the entire Beijing division can be said to be impregnable." Xu Guangqi tested the cannon ten times, and five shots were able to hit targets five miles away. So said to the Emperor.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen looked at the target platform in the distance with a telescope. Smiled appreciatively. He was not very happy, but he still wanted to smile, because his laughter was a reward for these Ming scientific research workers who were fighting day and night on the front line.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen nodded, "It's not enough, the range and accuracy have to be improved, such a level." It is not yet possible to enter mass production, the 100 cannons are too expensive, and they are temporarily equipped as a last resort, and the money spent on 100 cannons is equivalent to the establishment of a 50,000-strong Imperial Forest Army, and the role played is at most the level of 10,000 people, and the gains outweigh the losses, and they cannot be used as standard equipment. ”

Xu Guangqi and Xu Zhengming were very disappointed, in their opinion, this was the biggest progress that the Ming Dynasty could make at present, at least five times more powerful than the original firearms of the Ming Dynasty. But I didn't expect that the emperor was still dissatisfied.

The emperor was not satisfied, mainly because of the high cost of production and use. In the case that there is no way to reduce the cost for the time being, the emperor can only ask for a higher level of technology, and he returned to the Ming Dynasty before he found that his technology is very insufficient, in modern times, he studied with Professor Gu Luo Tu for two years, but it is only the technology of mechanical manufacturing, and he is not directly involved in the production of guns, the principle and structure he understands, but to really from his own hands, from the era of the Ming Dynasty to produce guns that reach the level of 2044, how easy it is to say.

"Your Majesty, what about the Chongzhen-style rifle?" Xu Zhengming was a little unwilling, the Chongzhen rifle was a rifle named after Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, and it had reached five to eight times the power of the traditional three-eyed gun of the Ming Dynasty, and in the eyes of Xu Zhengming and Xu Guangqi, it had reached the level of standard equipment!

Zhu Youzhen also knows that there is no army, no strong army is not possible, no matter how powerful the artillery is, no matter how powerful the navy is, the only one who can solve practical problems can only be infantry, "Let's mass produce 5,000 first, and we have to upgrade the technology, I try not to be very comfortable, the recoil and accuracy must be improved, and the problem of frequent explosions must also be solved, so that people can use it comfortably, and they are willing to reduce the power a little, and don't let the soldiers risk their lives to use it." ”

Although the Chongzhen rifle that imitates the five or six rifles has been developed, there are still too many things to improve, and the emperor has put forward many improvement plans, but a year has passed, and it is still not possible to satisfy the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

After Xu Guangqi and Xu Zhengming heard that the emperor agreed to mass produce 5,000 Chongzhen-style rifles, they couldn't help but be overjoyed, Xu Guangqi breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Majesty, any technology needs to be completed continuously in actual combat, it is difficult to do it in one step, is 5,000 too little?" The old minister thinks that he can equip the entire Imperial Forest Army. ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled angrily, "Teacher, don't you know that firewood and rice are expensive, five thousand Chongzhen-style rifles, the cost of the rifle itself alone costs two hundred taels of silver, and five thousand Chongzhen-style rifles need one million taels of silver, plus ammunition and loss, the use of a rifle actually requires more than five million taels of silver, and the Ming Dynasty now pays taxes only how much silver a year?" This is already the maximum amount of money. Not counting the start of the war, the war started, and it is better to say that you can make money, but you can't afford to lose it. ”

Xu Guangqi listened to the emperor's accounting, he was dizzy, he only felt a lot of pressure, and the emperor confessed a few words, and hurriedly took a large group of technicians to devote himself to the final real yàn again, if it is mass-produced, and then find any problems that can be solved and do not solve them, all of a sudden it is five thousand copies of the same flaw, which will definitely make people regret death, which also makes all the Ming Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau up and down, because the emperor agreed to mass production, and feel great pressure.

With the character of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, in the case of unformed technology, he approved the mass production of 5,000 Chongzhen-style rifles, which is already his maximum generosity, mainly because he expected to prepare for the upcoming Korean War, and planned to take 2,000 to the most elite regiment first, this regiment will be fully equipped with firearms, cannons and Chongzhen-style rifles, it can be said that it is armed to the teeth!

Another 3,000 Chongzhen-style rifles, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen decided to stay in Tianjin, in case of emergency, he did not plan to be attacked by Huang Taiji for thousands of miles, and he wanted to come to the Gyeonggi area.

To solve the thousand-mile attack of Huang Taiji, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen actually has a way, the ancient method of building the Great Wall is too stupid, it can be said that the most useless of the Ming Dynasty, and the one that consumed the most human and financial resources is the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many years of taxation it took the country! He has now mastered the steam engine technology, and the large-scale machinery manufacturing process has also been equipped with technical support, the train has long been not a problem, as long as the three sides can be equipped with the train, the rails are paved, what are you afraid of Jiannu attacking? As soon as the spears and cannons are on, no matter how many people you come, I only need about 5,000 people to ensure that the Gyeonggi region is impregnable, but he doesn't have so much money, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen's main job in Daming is to make money, and he is crazy about money day and night.

Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was busy developing guns in the Daming Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau, Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren were not idle, Wen Tiren saw that the emperor moved Zhou Yanru's affairs, it seemed that there was no follow-up, and he couldn't help but be anxious, and continued to sing high-profile in the Daming Daily, write editorials, and elaborate on the emperor's new law and the direction of social change, Wen Tiren is very smart, his high-profile singing is not fabricated out of thin air, but has his own theoretical basis, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen occasionally read a few articles, all of which are Confucianism as the main body, Supplemented by Legalist thought, because Wen Tiren could see that the emperor wanted to win over the traditional landlord class.

Zhou Yanru was not to be outdone, Wen Tiren issued an editorial, and he also sent it, because Zhou Yanru found that the emperor did not stop his post, nor did he stop not letting him speak, Wen Tiren sent one, and Zhou Yanru sent three or five articles, all of which were based on Legalism as the main body and Confucianism as the auxiliary, because Zhou Yanru also saw the emperor's intention to win over the traditional landlord class, but the emperor's character and way of doing things, Zhou Yanru was very clear, and the emperor hoped to build a political system with a perfect legal system and escort the development of industry and commerce. Then Legalism must be the emperor's central plan! (To be continued......)