I want to be emperor

Chapter 409 Ding Gangyi's Choice
As long as he can do things, Luo Zhixue actually doesn't mind his courtiers getting some money to support his family.

After all, when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and it is impossible to completely eradicate corruption. Where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes. Similarly, where there are officials, there will be corruption.

What Luo Zhixue can do is to control the scale and influence as much as possible to avoid causing too much harm, for example, to rectify the bureaucracy every once in a while, kill a group of corrupt officials with relatively bad influence, and try to maintain a A superficially good bureaucratic atmosphere.

But if you can't do things, Luo Zhixue will hate you even if you are an upright official!

If you can't do things and still like to make money, Luo Zhixue will kill people, and if it is serious, he will ransack his family and exterminate his family.

Therefore, Luo Zhixue eliminated the Ministry of Industry and a group of wastemen in the Dangtu Industrial Zone who were making money and did not work, and replaced them with Ding Gangyi, who was also corrupt but capable of handling affairs.

He only gave Ding Gangyi one task: within this year, the flintlock production line of Dangtu Arsenal must start mass production, and the monthly output must reach at least [-] pieces.

otherwise……

Well, there is no need to threaten this, the fate of the right servant of the Ministry of Industry lies ahead.

Now he has been bitten by the censors of the Great Inspector's Office, and a large number of corruption evidence has been dug up. I am afraid that it will not be a few months before we hear the news that this person was ransacked and interrogated.

Ding Gangyi, as the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, personally went to the Dangtu Armory Factory to supervise the factory, and he was not lenient when he came with the task. He cooperated with the Inspectorate and the censors, and dealt with more than a hundred officials belonging to the Ministry of Industry in one go , not only the Dangtu Arsenal, but also many management personnel in the supporting factories, basically wiped out the corruption and laziness in the entire Dangtu Industrial Zone.

It was against this background that Luo Zhixue arrived at Dangtu Arsenal on November 27 for an inspection.

But at this time, Dangtu Armory still hasn't been put into mass production. Even if Ding Gangyi is ruthless, he can do things quickly, but it will take time.

For example, it will take time to install and debug the equipment that has been left behind and has not been installed even if it is now working overtime.

The training of skilled workers has fallen so much in the past, and it will also take time to make up for it.

As for the flintlock production line, there is no shortage of equipment, let alone skilled workers. Only when both are in place can mass production be formed.

Although the Dangtu Arsenal has not yet put into mass production, when Luo Zhixue saw that the remaining equipment in the factory was undergoing intense installation and commissioning, and a large number of workers were also undergoing intensive training, he felt relieved of Ding Gangyi's ability to handle affairs again. up.

After inspecting the Dangtu Armory Factory, Luo Zhixue did not return immediately, but went to Dangtu Iron Works, which was under construction for the second phase of the project. On the way, Luo Zhixue called Ding Gangyi over and asked him carefully. Situation in Dangtu Industrial Zone.

Ding Gangyi is the left servant of the Ministry of Industry. He came to be Tu, not only as the acting supervisor of the arsenal, but also responsible for the rectification of the entire industrial zone, so now he is also in charge of the industrial zone.

Luo Zhixue's question and Ding Gangyi's answer also gave Luo Zhixue a more detailed understanding of the current situation of the Dangtu Industrial Zone.

Today, there are more than 20 large and small factories in Dangtu Industrial Zone. The core is Dangtu Iron Works, Dangtu Machinery Factory, and Dangtu Arsenal. These three are ultra-large-scale factories.

Dangtu Armory Factory is a pure defense factory. Like Hantian Factory, it is a comprehensive large-scale arsenal factory. There are six core arsenal factories, including artillery factory, heavy artillery factory, gun factory, armor factory, sword factory and ammunition factory. In addition, there are many auxiliary branches such as wood and foundry.

Just one dangtu arsenal has more than ten branches under it.

There are three phases of the design. When the construction of the three phases is completed and put into production, the production capacity of the flintlock can reach 24 pieces per month, and the nine-pound field gun can produce [-] pieces per month (if the production is five catties or two and a half catties of field guns, the number is even more), all kinds of [-] catties, [-] catties, and [-] catties of heavy artillery, that is, long-bodied and large-caliber artillery used for sieges, forts, and battleships. Produce about fifteen doors.

In addition to the output of these core weapons, there is also the output of a large number of weapons such as armor, swords, and pistols.

Then there is ammo!

The entire Dangtu Armory Factory has a production capacity of various weapons equivalent to about [-] times that of the Hantian Factory, and its ammunition production capacity has reached twice as much.

With the addition of these two core arsenals, the future production capacity of the flintlock guns of the Great Chu Empire is expected to reach an annual output of 20.

All kinds of long-barreled artillery can reach an annual output of more than [-] pieces!
Of course, this kind of production capacity data is an extreme production data during the war period, which belongs to overtime production regardless of cost.

If it is in peacetime, then this production capacity will drop significantly, and it would be good to have half of the production capacity.

The production capacity of the arsenal in peacetime and the production capacity in wartime are completely different concepts and cannot be confused.

Working overtime during the war, the production capacity of 20 flintlock guns a year is Luo Zhixue's own ambition, and it is also a strategic task he set for the Ministry of Industry.

It is impossible to achieve it in the short term, and it will take at least a year or even longer.

As for now, after the turn of the year, we can achieve an annual output of [-] pieces, which will be a high incense.

The construction of the arsenal and the training of workers will take time. Even under Luo Zhixue's high-pressure policy, construction will be carried out overtime, and production expansion will still take time.

Luo Zhixue estimated that it would take a year to reach the annual output of 20 Sui-Fire rifles.

This means that for a long period of time in the future, matchlock guns and spears will still be indispensable and important individual weapons of the Great Chu Empire.

This is also the reason why the matchlock gun production lines in Xiangyang Arsenal, Changsha Arsenal, and Hantian Arsenal have not stopped production.

After inspecting the Dangtu Iron Works and visiting the Dangtu Machinery Factory, Luo Zhixue did not forget to visit more than 20 other factories in the Dangtu Industrial Zone.

However, the following inspections are just a quick look.

After finishing his three-day inspection, Luo Zhixue officially set off to return to Jinling City.

Before returning to Jinling City, Luo Zhixue brought Ding Gangyi over again.

"The Dangtu Industrial Zone will be handed over to you. Do it well. A large number of soldiers are still waiting for guns and ammunition. The Northern Expedition is also waiting for your guns and ammunition. Let me ask you again, within the year, the monthly production will be three Thousands of flintlock guns, is there a problem? If so, say it now!"

Ding Gangyi immediately said: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best. The monthly production of flintlock guns will reach [-] pieces within this year, and there will be absolutely no problems!"

Luo Zhixue nodded slightly: "Okay, then I'm waiting for your good news!"

After finishing speaking, Luo Zhixue looked at Ding Gangyi again: "By the way, a lot of memorials to impeach you were sent to me a while ago, saying that you corrupted a lot of money and even opened several factories. There are dozens of shops in Jinling City..."

Hearing Luo Zhixuexue's words, Ding Gangyi immediately said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, I have been wronged..."

Luo Zhixue waved his hand, signaling him to shut up, and listen to me before talking nonsense: "This man, don't do such stupid things as picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon!"

After Luo Zhixue finished speaking, he got into the car and drove away!

Ding Gangyi was left shivering in the cold wind!
The few words His Majesty said to him in an extremely flat tone just now, no matter which one, are full of lethality. This is no longer a simple beating, but telling him directly: I know all the shit you did, And let him deal with it quickly, don't lose your official title because of this!

But amidst the panic, he felt a little fortunate. Since His Majesty was able to say such a few words to him, it meant that there was still room for redemption.

After returning, Ding Gangyi wrote a letter for his relatives to send back to Jinling City. Immediately afterwards, a large number of properties of the Ding family began to be sold, including textile factories and shops, and the money obtained from the sale was directly donated to the royal family. The relief home run by the government is used for orphans, widows and old people, for disaster relief, and even a newly built house is directly donated to the government to serve as a school building for the government-run academy.

Many members of the Ding family did not understand or even opposed it. It was not easy for the Ding family to produce a high-ranking official like Ding Gangyi. Life is getting better, but in the end, the head of the family, Ding Gangyi, is about to sell his property just by writing a letter.

It's fine to sell the property, but all the money from the sale was donated to the relief home, and even the new house was donated to the school building of Jinling Institute of Science that the government said.

They do not understand and even oppose it.

But their objection was useless, Ding Gangyi was the mainstay of the Ding family.

In addition, several smart people in Ding's family also sensed a crisis from Ding Gangyi's sudden behavior.

They are all a family, and they know more or less who Ding Gangyi is. The owner of the family dare not say that he regards money as his life, but he is definitely not honest.

Such a Ding Gangyi suddenly wanted to abandon his family business, something must have happened behind it.

Maybe, he was being targeted by the Inspectorate?
No matter how the Ding family reacted, none of them could stop Ding Gangyi from selling his business and donating his property.

Luo Zhixue, who had already returned to Jinling City, also received the news that the Ding family had sold their business and donated it.

"It seems that he still knows how to choose." Luo Zhixue was quite satisfied with Ding Gangyi's reaction.

It’s not scary to do something wrong, what’s scary is that you won’t admit it, let alone change it.

As long as he knows his mistakes and can correct them, then Luo Zhixue doesn't mind Ding Gangyi's previous corruption problems.

People, there will always be people who give up, let alone officials.

Luo Zhixue also knows that there are not many officials in the Great Chu Empire who are honest and upright officials, so there is no need to conduct special investigations. Look at the recent high-level officials in the Great Chu Empire. It can be seen.

Before these people followed Luo Zhixue to play rebellion, they were basically from middle and low-level backgrounds, and they were only small landlords if they were great.

At the same time, although the salaries of officials in the Great Chu Empire are quite high, and the annual income of some senior officials can reach several thousand taels of silver, it is impossible for them to live such a luxurious life.

Behind this, there must be more income channels, and most of them are definitely illegal.

It's just that Luo Zhixue has always turned a blind eye to this.

People follow him to fight life and death, and put their heads on their belts to play rebellion. This rebellion is more than half successful. You still let people enjoy the glory and wealth, which is unreasonable.

In other words, why do you, Luo Zhixue, be able to have 72 concubines in the Three Palaces and Six Courtyards after becoming the emperor, and enjoy the supreme enjoyment of the world every day, while those ministers who follow you Luo Zhixue to conquer the world are only Can you eat bran pharynx?
Everyone risked their lives to play rebellion with you, Luo Zhixue, for the sake of melting wealth!

So for this situation, Luo Zhixue's principle is: don't go too far!
It's still the same sentence: it's no problem to make a small fight, make tens of thousands of taels to support the family, and maintain a decent life.

But if you want to make big news, don't blame Luo Zhixue for being cruel.

The family raid and extermination of the Great Chu Empire was not only aimed at the recalcitrant gentry, but also at the internal corrupt officials.

(End of this chapter)