Zhu Cihong was well aware of the low efficiency and great loss of the yamen, so he wanted to introduce private capital and use a more effective management model to increase the quality and supply of gunpowder. For modern firearms troops, gunpowder is actually a bottomless pit. There was a world of difference between a soldier who had fired ten shots before going into battle and a soldier who had fired only one.

Especially in the pre-loading era, even if the amount of charge was determined by paper bullets, there was a difference between stabbing with a stick. The stab was so hard that the gunpowder was pressed too tightly, and the internal combustion was not sufficient, so it could not give full play to the best effect. If it is loosened, the gas escapes after ignition, and it cannot achieve satisfactory power.

This "not loose or tight, just right" is not something that can be expressed in words, only by letting soldiers grope for themselves in repeated live ammunition to get a feel. Therefore, it is said that the combat effectiveness of the Shenji Battalion cannot be compared with that of the early Ming Dynasty, and the main reason is that there is too little training and less live ammunition.

Especially against the Mongol and Manchurian cavalry. When the cavalry came within range of the muskets, they were only a hundred paces away from the musketeers at most. Hurry up, the distance of 100 steps is only a few tens of seconds, even if you want to escape, you can't escape. Therefore, the Ming musketeers all fired outside the range, and there was movement, but they did not see the person on the other side fall off their horses, and then they were at ease when they fled.

In order to change this painful status quo, the only way to change this painful situation is to strengthen the coordination of tactical formations, so that the pikeman-dominated killer team can effectively protect the firearms team, and at the same time, let the musketeers get more training opportunities, advance and retreat in a measured manner, reduce battle losses and play a greater role.

"How much money is earned is secondary, what matters is the supply of high-quality gunpowder." Zhu Cihong said to Liu Ruoyu: "In addition to the gunpowder, the gunpowder and explosives have to be made for me as soon as possible." ”

The Ming army was divided into gunpowder and gunpowder, which was made by changing the formula according to the different characteristics of guns. Zhu Cihong was a little surprised when he knew it earlier, and felt that it was rare for the Ming Dynasty to have such a fine classification under such a rule. However, it was only after the actual test that it was discovered that such a classification exists. But there is no real difference. The people below only care about whether the amount is sufficient or not, and don't care about the difference in the formula.

Zhu Cihong had to set up another laboratory in the Anmin factory to re-determine the proportion of gunpowder formulation. Speaking of which, this thing is purely made by people, as long as there is a sufficiently precise balance, patiently carry out the proportional test, and make a good test record. Determining the recipe is not difficult.

In fact, this is also the research method of most early materials science, by adding or subtracting specific gravity, replacing materials to find the most economical and practical formula. This is true not only of gunpowder, but also of steel alloys. Gunpowder is only the first step, and then there are all other industries related to the national economy and people's livelihood, which must be in their own hands.

Zhu Cihong suddenly remembered Marx's conclusion on the greed of the bourgeoisie, although the so-called bourgeoisie has not yet been formed in the Ming Dynasty, but as a budding businessman, he has not minded showing his greedy and ugly side. Even a traitor is nothing.

"Your Highness, there is a will in the palace." Liu Ruoyu flashed into the study of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and said softly. Anmin Factory was praised by the prince, and his mood was naturally much more relaxed. Even if there is any leakage in the future, with the prince's praise and protection, it will not implicate him.

"What's the matter?" Zhu Cihong didn't raise his head.

"The emperor summoned the ministers on the platform, and Zhang Fengxiang, a squire of the Ministry of War, asked Bixia to go on the expedition in person, and the ministers implored him to go out on behalf of the Son of Heaven. This soldier Feng Yuanbiao asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to go west to Luoyang to raise the army. ”

Zhang Fengxiang did not intend to personally take this highly controversial matter on himself. After Yingzong, anyone who dared to persuade the emperor to levy in person. No one can escape the curses of "traitor" and "Wang Zhen". This can't be helped, the civil fort happened too early, so that it left an extremely rich shadow on the young Daming.

As a result, the cowardly ministers even had an attitude of rejection of all wars, and even victory could not be accepted. This is why in the battle of Renchen Pingwa, one of the three major expeditions of Wanli, the Koreans desperately praised the Ming army and the Japanese, and the Japanese desperately praised themselves. Only Da Ming's records have many criticisms and even distorted curses.

In their logic, generals can't win and should be killed. If the generals win, it will cause the emperor's self-confidence to swell, so that he will be reckless. So it should be killed too. It's just that the former can be punished canonically, and the latter can only be killed with a knife and pen.

What really prompted Zhang Fengxiang to change his original intention was a fellow villager.

This kind of relationship between fellow villagers is second to the same door, the same year, and the same classmate in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, and it belongs to the chicken rib relationship that can be used and discarded. A fellow villager who is an imperial historian "inadvertently" let him know that there was a group of people in the Imperial Procuratorate who were secretly planning a proposal to encourage pro-conquest. Thinking of the prince's previous statement, Zhang Fengxiang suddenly found that this was a good opportunity to enter the princeling, and was annoyed by his previous slow reaction. He went home overnight to lay out paper and write, and finally sent the pro-conquest to the emperor's front of the emperor from the perspective of the military department before the imperial history.

Sure enough, even if there was a royal history to follow, there were three pieces of music that afternoon to ask the emperor Bixia to conquer in person. Of course, Chongzhen couldn't ignore this voice, and summoned important ministers on the platform in the evening to discuss the matter of pro-conscription.

In view of the history of the Ming Dynasty, the cabinet ministers and ministers must not agree to the emperor's personal conquest, and they scolded one after another. It's a pity that Chongzhen's temperament is that the more you scold me, the more I have to do it, and I originally had a sense of entanglement about the pro-conquest, but at this moment I firmly believed in Zhang Fengxiang's thesis: Only when the emperor Bixia went to Luoyang could he boost the morale of the army and urge the governors and generals to use their lives.

Zhu Cihong finally waited for this moment, lit up the East Palace guard camp, and went straight to the platform.

Chen Yan had already been extremely annoyed with the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of War, but he was helpless. His prestige was not enough, and the reason why he was able to achieve this position was also related to Emperor Chongzhen's consistent imperial methods.

Since Chongzhen ascended to the pole, he first exterminated Wei Zhongxian, who endangered his own safety, destroyed the "Three Dynasties Canon", and overturned the case for the Donglin Party, but he did not reuse them as the Donglin Party people hoped. The two most popular chiefs and assistants of the Chongzhen Dynasty, Wen Tiren and Zhou Yanru, both claimed to be lonely ministers, while the Donglin Party could only serve in positions such as the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Six Science Corridors, which is enough to prove the taste of imperial checks and balances.

In particular, Zhou Yanru's case was sentenced very heavily, and it was also because Zhou Yanru, who was the first assistant at the time, had a brain pump and made peace with the Donglin Yu Party, which attracted the emperor's thunderous anger and lost his life.

Of course, Chen Yan will not be a member of the Donglin Party, which is also destined that his voice in the court will not be very loud. Even if he strongly opposes the emperor's personal conquest, no one may be able to wave his flag and shout for him. In this way, he could only retreat and ask for an important minister to go out on behalf of the sky. The Metropolitan Procuratorate should also be satisfied with this, in the end, their purpose is to let the prince go on the expedition.

This can be seen from Feng Yuanbiao's letter that came out of nowhere.

- It is really not an auspicious omen for the country to have such a good soldier prince.

Chen Yan said secretly in his heart.

"What does the old gentleman think?" Chongzhen has always been polite to the incumbent Shoufu, and as long as his psychological state is normal, he will not call him by his name.

"The minister thinks," Chen Yan groaned slightly, as if he was really using his brain, "the discussion between the center and the official is reasonable, but his vision is not open, and he only sees its benefits, not its harms." ”

"Please tell me more about it, old gentleman." Chongzhen leaned forward. He is not a prophet who knows 500 years later, nor is he a man of God who has eyes and ears to the world, although he has heard about Chen Yan's bad reputation in the officialdom, he only thinks that it is a villain's attack, and he does not take it to heart, and still trusts him.

"If Bixia can do it in person, maybe it can really get a miracle effect." Chen Yan first affirmed the top table of the military department, and then turned to Feng Yuanbiao and said: "However, I dare to ask this soldier, you can know how many soldiers are worthy of war in the Beijing camp, and how much military salary will be spent if the Shangzhi personal guard wants to follow Bixia to recruit in person." It's not just the soldiers' salaries, bixia pro-levy, and hundreds of officials accompanying them, if all the expenses fall on the local states and counties, can the people afford it? ”

The problem of money and food has always been a big problem for Chongzhen. The folk say that Chongzhen is a "heavy levy", which shows that this additional food and salary has forced the people to resentment against the court. No one wants to be born in a world with heavy taxes and give their hard-earned money to those wealthy and powerful people to squander. (To be continued......)

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