"In the future, the number of firearms will be a decisive factor." Dolgon nodded and said, "However, at this stage, the gap between the number of firearms in our Great Qing Dynasty and Nanming is not large, and this point must be reversed." ”

"In addition to reducing the number of firearms in Nanming, we must also increase the number of firearms in the Qing Dynasty."

Speaking of this, Dolgon said: "So in addition to letting the Luo brothers sabotage and destroy the arsenal of Nanming, we in the Qing Dynasty also want to increase the number of blacksmiths as much as possible. ”

"Back to my master, there are no more blacksmiths." Ganglin smiled bitterly and said, "Most of these 50,000 blacksmiths are still old people left behind by Emperor Taizong, and it will take at least two years to train a qualified blacksmith." ”

Huang Taiji left a lot of legacies to the Qing court, and his strong firearms manufacturing capacity was one of them.

When the old slave was killed by the Hongyi cannon of the Ming army in Ningyuan, Huang Taiji was deeply impressed, so the first thing Huang Taiji did after ascending the throne was to imitate the Hongyi cannon.

During this period, more than 40,000 Han soldiers and Baoyi became part-time blacksmiths.

It was precisely because of these more than 40,000 blacksmiths that the Qing court was able to catch up with the Ming Dynasty's firearms production capacity.

Dolgon, however, still felt that it was not enough, and asked, "Summoning all the blacksmiths of the Horqin Mongols, Chahar Mongols, and Tumut Mongols to Beijing to make firearms." ”

Ganglin smiled bitterly and said: "Back to the master, the servants have already summoned all the blacksmiths from the Mongolian tribes to Beijing, otherwise, there will be no 50,000 blacksmiths at all, and there are only more than 40,000 blacksmiths during the period of Emperor Taizong." ”

"Have they all been summoned to Beijing?" Dolgon's brow furrowed, "What about North Korea?" ”

"North Korea?" Ganglin was stunned when he heard this, and replied, "Back to the master, the blacksmiths of North Korea have not been recruited. ”

"Conscripted, all conscripted to Beijing." Dolgon said in a deep voice, "Immediately send a horse to catch up with Aobai, and after Aobai arrives in Pyongyang, he will order the king of Korea to gather all the blacksmiths and transfer them to Beijing to listen to them." ”

……

It was not only Dolgon who was eyeing the Korean blacksmith, but also Chongzhen's father and son.

Almost at the same time, Zhu Cihong also suggested to Chongzhen: "Father, the old blacksmith who can skillfully roll pipes and drill holes, the cultivation cycle is too long, and it is difficult to increase in a large amount in a short period of time, so instead of cultivating, it is better to seek it from the outside." ”

"Seeking from outside?" Chongzhen smiled and asked, "Hong'er, do you mean that there is still North Korea in the Japanese Kingdom?" ”

Zhu Cihong hummed lightly, and said: "Erchen heard that the iron smelting industry of the Japanese State and North Korea is relatively developed, the national strength of the Japanese State is relatively strong, and the current relationship with my Ming Dynasty is also relatively friendly, so it is not easy to make trouble, but the Korean State has been willing to degenerate since the chaos of Bingzi, and it is just taking this opportunity to forcibly recruit its domestic blacksmiths. ”

What does Zhu Cihong mean by supporting Li? For the opportunity of the prince of Joseon, the blacksmith of the Joseon State was forcibly transferred to Nanjing to make firearms for the Ming Dynasty.

North Korea also has thousands of blacksmiths.

Chongzhen just smiled when he heard it.

Zhu Cihong thought that Chongzhen looked down on it, so he went on to analyze: "Father, although the Korean country is small, but according to the fish scale atlas records in the Wanli period, there are six million, if you count the fugitive slaves and hidden population, let alone tens of millions, plus the shipbuilding industry and iron smelting industry are the main industries of the Korean country, the number of blacksmiths in the country will not be less than 10,000, even if it is discounted, there are at least five or six thousand blacksmiths, which must not be underestimated." ”

"It's smaller." Chongzhen smiled and said, "Hong'er, you only want a blacksmith, the pattern is small." ”

"The pattern is smaller?" Zhu Cihong couldn't help but be stunned, but quickly reacted and said in a lost voice, "Father, don't you plan to move all the five million people of the Korean country to Daming, right?" ”

"Why not?" Chongzhen's expression slowly became serious.

"It's not unheard of in history."

Again, Chongzhen really doesn't like the killing policy.

In particular, East Asians of the same roots and species are even less likely to engage in brutal genocide.

In order to realize Chongzhen's grand plan of a billion people, in addition to a large number of births, the assimilation of various ethnic groups in East Asia is also a very important means of population growth, among which the Korean ethnic group is given priority.

Chongzhen has long been eyeing the five million people of North Korea.

Even according to the birth rate of 4% and the total population of 100 million, the number of newborns in the Ming Dynasty is only 4 million a year, and after removing the various deaths, the annual growth of the population will be 2 million.

In other words, the assimilation of North Korea's five million population can save almost three years.

Of course, all of this presupposes complete assimilation, complete cultural and ethnic identity.

"That's just as well." Zhu Cihong suddenly remembered the battle of the Tang Dynasty to destroy Goguryeo recorded in the history books, and immediately said, "After the Tang Dynasty conquered the Goguryeo Kingdom, millions of people from the Goguryeo Kingdom were moved to the Central Plains Jianghuai for resettlement, and Gao Sheji, the father of the famous Tang general Gao Xianzhi, moved into the Tang Dynasty at this time. ”

After a pause, Zhu Cihong asked again: "Father, after the Koreans move inward, where do you plan to settle down?" ”

Chongzhen said without thinking: "The total population of North Korea is only six million people now, and Shandong Province alone is enough to resettle, but in order to achieve assimilation as soon as possible, it is still necessary to settle the Koreans in Shandong, Henan and Huguang provinces. ”

"We can't let too many ethnic Koreans live in one place."

Zhu Cihong nodded: "In addition, I still want the Koreans to learn my Ming official dialect and Hongwu Zhengyun." ”

"Of course." Chongzhen nodded and said, "Not only the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty and Hongwu Zhengyun, but also let them learn Chinese, so that after two generations, there will be no Koreans, only Huaxia people." ”

Speaking of this, he said: "In the future, I will no longer have Huayi, but only the Huaxia clan!" ”

In Chongzhen's long-term planning, there is no ethnic division, and there is only one ethnic group in the entire Ming Dynasty, and all of them are descendants of the Chinese ancestors.

Zhu Cihong then asked: "Does the emperor mean to give the Koreans and other ethnic groups who have migrated inward the same rights as the Han people?" Are their children also allowed to take the imperial examination and the national examination? ”

"Yes, with the same power, you can participate in the imperial examination and the national examination."

Chongzhen snorted lightly and said, "Speaking of the Guozi Exam, this year's Guozi Exam will start soon, right?" ”

"Yes, the exam will start in three days." Zhu Cihong asked again, "Father, is the current national examination still based on the Five Classics, and then the total score of each subject?" ”

Since the first time the Guozi Examination was held in November of the 18th year of Chongzhen, it has been the third subject this year, and Zhu Cihong, as the supervisor (vice principal) of the Guozijian, began to prepare as early as a few months ago.

By the way, nearly 10,000 students were admitted to the second subject of the national examination in November last year.

So now the number of students in Guozijian has reached 12,000, and the number of students in the Shui Shi Academy and the Medical College has also reached 4,000.

Chongzhen asked again: "Have the textbooks of all subjects been distributed to all states and counties?" ”

A few months ago, Pascal, Boyle and others had already compiled the basic textbooks of various subjects, and then the Ministry of Internal Affairs handed them over to the Xu's Printing House for printing, which Chongzhen knew, and spent a lot of money on this.

"It was issued three months ago." Zhu Cihong said, "All students in each state and county have one set, and they are all provided free of charge by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

In order to get the general basic discipline as soon as possible, Chongzhen really made a bloody investment.

Not only did he spend a lot of money to invite scholars such as Pascal and Boyle from Europe to preside over the compilation of textbooks for various subjects, but he also spent a lot of money to hand over millions of textbooks to Xu's Printing House at one time.

For this alone, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spent nearly 10 million yuan.

This is still the cost of reducing the printing volume after the increase, otherwise it will be more expensive.

That's why knowledge was very expensive before industrialization.

The real poor people have no chance to touch books and master knowledge.

Chongzhen said: "If this is the case, there is no need to use the Five Classics to stay, directly take the new school, just use the new school to stay high, count the total results of each subject, and then draw a blocking line, those who pass the line are admitted, those who do not pass the line are eliminated, and the ranking is determined by the total score, and the highest one is taken as the champion." ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Father, won't this be too abrupt?" ”

Chongzhen asked Zhu Cihong rhetorically: "Then what do you mean?" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "Erchen thinks so, can Shiwen also be counted as a discipline?" Parallel exams with mathematics, physics, chemistry and medicine? ”

"That's good." Chongzhen nodded happily, "But the name needs to be changed." ”

"Change your name?" Zhu Cihong was stunned and said, "I don't know if my father has any alternatives?" ”

"Really." Chongzhen said with a smile, "Just change the name to Chinese, and the language test will not only test the eight strands of the text in the future, but to introduce fill-in-the-blank questions, multiple choice questions, judgment questions and reading comprehension questions, etc., to assess the comprehensive appreciation of the four books and five classics, of course, the eight strands of the text must be tested, and the score can be set higher." ”

Speaking of this, Chongzhen continued: "Oh, the disciplines of Guozijian must continue to be improved, and the subjects of astronomy, geography and history will also be opened, of course, there is no need to take the exam this year." ”

"Son's command." Zhu Cihong hurriedly took out a small notebook and wrote it down.

Zhu Cihong said while remembering: "Father, regardless of anything else, just looking at the grand occasion of the Guozi test, you know that the victory of the Ming Dynasty over Jiannu is inevitable. ”

"That's right." Chongzhen nodded happily.

"The competition between countries is the competition of political systems, the competition of economic strength, and the competition of armaments, but in the final analysis, it is the competition between people, especially the competition between the elite talents of the two countries, which is the decisive factor that really determines the success or failure of the victory.

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Even if Jiannu shoots a horse, it is difficult to reach. ”

Chongzhen was inevitably a little proud when he heard this.

In this regard, Jiannu really can't catch up.