"Ridiculous!"

Zhu Youzhen suddenly shouted angrily at Xu Shilan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works.

If it weren't, Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen had just heard from the words of Xu Shilan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, that he was not greedy for the pension silver allocated by the Mo Imperial Court to the craftsmen under the government, but really helped these craftsmen open shops to make a living.

Zhu Youzhen wanted to kill this Xu Shilu directly.

Although in this era, many people regard craftsmanship as a trick.

However, Zhu Youzhen, as a traveler in later generations, knows that the number of these skilled craftsmen plays a very important role in the strength of a country's hard power.

There are even genius craftsmen who cast mechanical parts or other products that are more perfect than those produced by computer control.

Some people can complete the manufacture of a precision instrument with a single file.

In Daming, there may not be a craftsman who can use a file to process parts, but there will naturally be no shortage of skilled people who make all kinds of fire gun parts.

These people can be regarded as national treasures of the Ming Dynasty, especially in this era when there are no advanced machine tools.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen would rather move south at a slower pace and take these craftsmen away, and even the treatment given was not lower than that of the officials who followed him.

And now.

The dignified scholar of the Ministry of Industry, the second-grade master of the well-educated people, Xu Shilu actually made these craftsmen really become craftsmen, either striking iron or mending pots.

This is simply a great irony.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen is not angry.

"Many of them are old craftsmen who manufacture Franco cannons and red-clothed cannons such as the Ordnance Bureau, the War Bureau and the Gunpowder Bureau, Wang Gongchang, etc., one person can be worth a million troops, you Xu Shilu let them mend pots and pans, you are going to be angry!"

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but roar.

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the will that Wechen received was just to settle these people, so Wechen didn't think so much, what to do, and asked Your Majesty to make it clear."

Xu Shilu was also frightened into a cold sweat, and at the same time he was also very aggrieved, now that His Majesty is severely punished, he didn't dare to be greedy this time, and all the money allocated by the household department was used to settle these craftsmen.

But where did Xu Shilu think that doing so was still scolded by Zhu Youzhen angrily.

However, Zhu Youzhen did not reprimand him very harshly, but just said: "You are very incompetent as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, so resign from above." ”

Zhu Youzhen said and entered the Nanjing Ordnance Bureau.

"I have passed on the decree that Song Yingxing, the former governor of Bozhou, was promoted to Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry, where is he now", Zhu Youzhen asked Xu Shilan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, at this time.

Even if Zhu Youzhen is not a college student who graduated from a history major, he is interested in history and knows who are the capable people who really understand the theoretical knowledge and practical experience of natural sciences in the late Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, he had already begun to send people to find them.

Among them, Song Yingxing is counted as one.

Zhu Youzhen naturally couldn't let him stay at home.

Xu Shilan, who was losing the secretary of the Ministry of Works, saw that Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen suddenly asked him again, and hurriedly pointed to the official who was standing next to an iron stove in official uniform to give wind to a blacksmith: "Back to Your Majesty, this person is Song Yingxing, and he is now acting for the Ordnance Bureau, the War Bureau, the Armor Factory, etc. ”

At this time, Song Yingxing was over fifty years old, and his sideburns had already turned gray, but he could still help the blacksmith pull the wind together.

Zhu Youzhen can also guess that this Song Yingxing should be in good health at this time.

"You are Song Yingxing?"

Zhu Youzhen walked over and asked.

"It's this official, I don't know who Your Excellency is?"

Song Yingxing has not seen Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen, and Zhu Youzhen is wearing civilian clothes today.

Therefore, this Song Yingxing did not recognize Zhu Youzhen.

"I haven't seen the emperor yet!"

Xu Shilan, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, shouted in a low voice.

Song Yingxing came back to his senses and hurriedly saluted Zhu Youzhen.

"Excuse me, tell me what you're doing?"

Zhu Youzhen asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, Wechen tried to make them make a better steel, Wechen interviewed some veterans, they said that the Ming artillery is easy to explode, Wechen thinks it may be related to the brittleness of the barrel, so Wechen according to the suggestions of some old blacksmiths in the past, used a new steel-making method, using wicker to fry wrought iron, which can make the steel not easy to break, and not easy to deform."

After Song Yingxing finished speaking, he wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead.

"Very good, Xu Shiyan, you have done a good job in this, you know how to use it", as he spoke, Zhu Youzhen asked Song Yingti to report to him the specific situation of the Ordnance Bureau and others.

Song Yingxing also answered cleanly, and the number of existing craftsmen and the production of various types of weapons in the Ordnance Bureau and several other institutions that produce firearms can also be answered.

Zhu Youzhen even simply promoted Song Yingxing to the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, with full responsibility for the manufacturing and research and development of important military equipment in the Ming Dynasty.

Meanwhile.

Zhu Youzhen also demanded that all the weapons production workshops in the Ming Dynasty, including the Ordnance Bureau, be reorganized into the Daming Ordnance Institute, which would include a Gunpowder Bureau, a Gunpowder Bureau, an Artillery Bureau, an Ordnance Bureau (mainly for the production of cold weapons), a Iron and Steel Smelting Bureau, and a Wang Gong Factory.

Although Wang Gongchang is an old name derived from the city of Beijing, it is actually an institution that Zhu Youzhen is preparing to set up for the future development of various unconventional weapons in the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, according to Zhu Youzhen's requirements, the military factories of the Ming Dynasty will no longer be just a small scattered organization under the control of the Ministry of Industry and the Inner Government Supervisor.

He will be a high-ranking yamen under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Works, and will be directly accountable to the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

And the five bureaus and one factory are now the basic structure of this ordnance institute.

Zhu Youzhen intended to elevate the status of the military equipment manufacturing organization, that is, the Daming Ordnance Institute.

At the same time, he also wants to make all craftsmen in the system have a clear positioning, so as to determine who is suitable for which bureau's technical talents.

Zhu Youzhen immediately ordered Song Yingxing to recall most of the craftsmen who had been dismissed by Xu Shilan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, back to the Ordnance Institute.

Even, Zhu Youzhen will consider grading these tens of thousands of craftsmen according to their technical level, and if the level is high, they will be given treatment not lower than the level of the squire Shangshu.

Although the current social education is still dominated by Confucian education.

Zhu Youzhen has not yet had time to completely change the basic method of national education.

But now, Zhu Youzhen can take advantage of the war to encourage people to conduct natural science research on the grounds that they are in dire need of sharpshooters and cannons, and mobilize the enthusiasm of these craftsmen, so that they can feel honored as craftsmen.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen is considering that he can establish a Daming Academy of Sciences like the Hanlin Academy, and even a Daming Engineering Academy.

In this way, it is equivalent to giving all craftsmen a benchmark for the highest goal.

Just as the pinnacle of the promotion of officials in the political system is the cabinet, and the military system is the generalissimo's office, and now the highest academic institutions in the field of science and technology are the Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering, which will naturally make more attempts to change their fate have one more choice, and the Ming Dynasty will not be biased because of this, and only cultivate a group of officialdom masters, but not a group of famous generals and academic elites in the army.