Chapter 350 Firearms R&D Bottlenecks
"Wechen obeys!"
Qin Hui reluctantly agreed, this is the helplessness of being a courtier. The emperor's appointment is not allowed to refuse at all, but there is still a fluke, and he said: "It's just the Banking Regulatory Department, and it hasn't been sorted out properly!"
"The Banking Regulatory Department is also a big deal, and it can't be delayed!" Zhao Pusi pondered, "Just preparing for the establishment of the School of Physics should not be delayed. The Qing family can concurrently serve as the dean of the School of Physics, but only temporarily, after there is a suitable selection, the Qing family can step down! ”
Qin Hui was happy in his heart, it seemed that he was too careful, and the emperor didn't have his mind to move, just said it casually.
Qin Hui said: "Weichen recommends Shen Yun, the son of Shen Kuo!" ”
"Shen Yun, is he okay?" Zhao Pu smiled slightly.
Although it is said that the tiger father has no dog son, Shen Kuo is a great scientist, but his son may not be so good.
"Just give it a try!"
"Well, that's what you should be!" Zhao Pu nodded and said, it can only be like this.
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The court meeting finally dispersed, and Zhao Pu was also liberated, eating food, and his heart was very comfortable.
Today's three questions from the envoy of the Liao State were unexpected, but they were also expected. Historically, it is always said that the Song Dynasty was the pinnacle of China's feudal social sciences, and many ancient science and technology have matured, and breakthroughs have been made in machine manufacturing, metallurgy, textile industry, gunpowder, etc.
To a certain extent, as long as it is a scientific and technological achievement in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Song Dynasty can be born in advance, and it is not considered premature.
It's just that these science and technology are more spread at the bottom, in industrial and commercial activities, and among the common people, and rarely enter the court, and the scholars in the court have never paid attention to it.
The scholars and doctors are still high, and they are still not touched by the fireworks of the world.
And this time. The envoy of the Liao State slapped the scholars and doctors of the Manchu Dynasty severely, which showed the ignorance of these scholars and doctors to another extent.
And for this kind of slapping in the face, Zhao Pu liked it very much, so he watched the scholars and doctors extremely embarrassed, but he didn't solve the siege.
If you are slapped in the face and slapped in the face, you can progress!
And Zhao Pu took this opportunity to prepare for the establishment of the School of Physics.
Physics, explore the principle of change of all things!
If it's in normal times. Preparing for the establishment of the School of Physics, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were talking about it again, and the troubles continued; Now while the doctors are being slapped in the face, they are dizzy and confused. When you don't wake up, you act decisively. Get it done quickly. All the troubles are gone.
"It's better to be responsible for collecting, sorting and editing books on metallurgy, machinery manufacturing, etc., ......"
"There is also the manufacture of firearms, which has now fallen into a lull, and the low-grade copper artillery is too expensive and short-lived; And some of the iron cannons are not good in quality. In the manufacture of firearms, the quality of steel is not good, which has seriously restricted the further development of firearms............"
"The craftsmen are very skilled, but the development efforts are still not good. They also rely on specialized talents, but they are talented readers, who is willing to do these strange tricks and tricks............"
"A craftsman is not a scientist, a craftsman can make it. But scientists will create ......"
Drinking rice porridge, Zhao Pu fell into contemplation again.
In fact, Zhao Pu had always underestimated the administrative level of the Song Dynasty, and it was not until he was in power for a period of time that he gradually understood the whole picture.
The Song Dynasty did have many problems, such as poor administrative efficiency, a small problem, all of which could quarrel endlessly; The Song Dynasty had serious party disputes, and even the unified factions were constantly entangled; There is also serious corruption, no corruption, and serious gray income. However, the administrative level of the Song Dynasty was very high, and the implementation of policies was strong.
In particular, since Zhao Pu came to power, he has established a cabinet to improve administrative efficiency, actively eliminate party disputes, and be honest and self-disciplined.
At this time, although the Great Song Dynasty did not have the name of changing the law, it had the reality of changing the law, and at this time, from top to bottom, they all fell into a frenzy of changing the law.
The core of this reform is military, economic, cultural, political, etc., multi-faceted, multi-level, and in-depth reform.
In the process of changing the law, there are many problems, but the results are remarkable.
Leaving aside other aspects for the time being, the main thing is in the military, and the results are gratifying. At this time, the Song army was undergoing a transformation, its combat effectiveness was slowly improving, and it was still inferior to the elite of the Jin Army as a whole, but it was already able to fight with the miscellaneous troops of the Jin Army, and it was no longer defeated in a battle.
If the Jin army wants to stage zero casualties and capture the city, it is no longer possible; The Jin army delusionally thought that it was no longer possible for hundreds of iron horsemen to crush tens of thousands of Song troops.
Militarily, preparations were made for the establishment of a new army and the reorganization of the old army in the frontiers. In the past, the army's salaries were always based on coins, but this time it is mainly based on the distribution of land, and different lands are distributed according to different levels. In fact, the people's pursuit of land far exceeds the pursuit of money.
After all, this is an agrarian society, mainly agricultural, and the importance of land far exceeds that of later generations.
Under the premise of implementing reform through the military household system, the frontier soldiers fought to defend the land, which once again proved that the great weapon of land reform is a necessary condition for building a strong army in any era.
There is no need to practice "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land", and there will be a large amount of land that can be distributed to the soldiers. Because of several invasions by the Jin army and years of war, a large number of people died, a large number of landlords and gentry died, and there was too much ownerless land. In addition, Zhao Pu made a quick move, and almost as soon as the Jin army left, he accepted the ownerless land, resulting in a large amount of land to be distributed, and the implementation of the army differential system, there was no need to worry about the lack of land at all.
Don't worry about running out of land! The land of the Great Song Dynasty is not enough, there are Taiwan, Northeast China, Southeast Asia, and even Australia, America, etc.
If you have a lot of land, you are afraid, and you will not be too lazy to cultivate it when the time comes!
In the propaganda, there is also a lot of propaganda about how much land there is in the Northeast, how fertile the land is, and how fertile the land can grow if you drop seeds at will. And kept promising that if the Northern Expedition was successful, the soldiers would be allocated as much land as they could, and there was a taste of painting bread to satisfy hunger.
But the effect was obviously much better, and the soldiers had a lot more passion for the Northern Expedition.
Zhao Pu had to admit that righteousness is not as good as profit. In the past, the propaganda of loyalty to the country and the burning and looting of the Jin army did not turn out to be very effective; Later, after changing the strategy and publicizing the Northern Expedition, how much land was divided, and the result was very good.
At this time, we boldly appointed young generals, constantly introduced a mechanism for eliminating the fittest, and constantly strengthened military discipline, which also improved the quality of the army.
At this time, in traditional weapons, swords, guns, swords, halberds and other cold weapons, strict control, the implementation of the real-name system, once there is a quality problem, implicated a large area, resulting in the quality of weapons to improve.
In the manufacture of gunpowder weapons, due to the bold improvement of the workshop system, the reduction of intermediate links, and the multi-layer superposition of material rewards and official rewards, the level of firearms has also been greatly improved. At this time, the guns and artillery had reached the level of the Ming Dynasty, and some armies could implement semi-cold weapons and half-firearms.
The only drawback is that the quality is not guaranteed.
At this time, the manufacture of firearms was also in a bottleneck, and it was impossible to make significant progress.
Mainly in gunpowder refining, metallurgical technology and machinery manufacturing, it is superficial and backward, and it is difficult to keep up with the development of firearms.
To put it simply, in terms of concept design, it has reached the standard, but the technical level is not up to standard.
This kind of backward firearms is destined to have extremely high requirements for discipline, and without extremely high discipline, it is difficult to play with firearms; This kind of backward firearms is also destined to cold weapons are already pig's feet, and firearms play more of a surprising role; This backward firearm has limited lethality to cavalry, and the initial threat is great, but the threat in the later stage is small, or even non-threatening.
War is urging people to make progress, and we cannot expect the enemy to stand still, nor can we expect the enemy to fight to the death.
It may be that in the early stage, the Jin army will be caught off guard by the artillery artillery, but it will soon find a way to restrain it, or even counteract.
Only in the research and development of firearms, walking in front of the Jin Army and always being in the leading position, can we better suppress imitation, crack down on copycats, and form the suppression of weapons. And all this is needed, a firearms research and development academy, in order to bring together a large number of firearms talents, to form a huge advantage.
Zhao Pu didn't believe it, the elite talents of the Great Song Dynasty gathered together, a lot of money was smashed into it, and firearms couldn't break through the bottleneck.
Thus, in this context, the Faculty of Physics was established.
It's called the Faculty of Physics, but it's actually the Faculty of Firearms Research and Development! (To be continued......)
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