Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 697 Great Steelmaking (1)

In the Qianqing Palace in the early morning, with a bit of chill, Emperor Chongzhen sat cross-legged on the Arhat bed, reviewing several memorials presented by the military aircraft.

First, the Beijing elite who suppressed the rebellion against Ningxia Wei had already embarked on their way back to Beijing.

Second, the important towns on the nine borders were promoted to appointed officials.

Third, the military report submitted by the Liaodong Governor's Office.

Fourth, Dongjiang Town submitted the military report for participating in the war.

Fifthly, the East China Sea Navy is prepared, and the various navy divisions are ordered to report to the military.

Sixth, report on the Beijing camp's change of outfit.

In this period of the Ming Dynasty, one had to endure the disadvantage of diminishing timeliness. After all, this was different from later generations. For the same thing, it took time to go from the capital to the area where it arrived, and then to get a corresponding reply. waiting.

Just like the frontier of southern Liaoning, which is thousands of miles away, if any situation occurs in various battlefields, even if Emperor Chongzhen wants to know something, he will have to wait at least 2 days, or even longer if there is a delay on the way.

Not to mention anything else, if you want to meet the needs of all kinds of firearms, artillery, ordnance, armor, etc. that need to be replaced in the Beijing camp, it will inevitably affect other levels. "

"Chen Qing is here."

Emperor Chongzhen didn't raise his head, and continued to be busy.

Emperor Chongzhen picked up a stack of memorabilia, looked at Chen Yansheng and said, "Just through this matter, I want to understand a problem, my smelting industry in Ming Dynasty still needs further development.

Wang Chengen, who was stopped by the call, hurriedly replied: "Nowadays, I eat at the gate of Qianqing. Chen Zhizhou returned to the capital according to the order, and he didn't stop all the way, so..."

There are still many problems like this. Emperor Chongzhen is like the chief architect of Ming Dynasty. He carefully implements the overall deployment of his mind, one after another. If there is any problem during the period, he will first Solve it in a short time to avoid the expansion of hidden dangers, and then more problems will erupt.

Not to mention that the age of steam has not yet arrived. Once it does come, the low steel production will actually not be able to meet the needs of development at all.

Emperor Chongzhen smiled, looked at Chen Yansheng and said, "Sit down, the Qing family was summoned from Tianjin this time because they wanted to discuss something with the Qing family."

If you want to accomplish something in Daming, you cannot rely on yourself alone, and you can't even relax in the slightest. Emperor Chongzhen has been so busy since he decided to reform.

Just like planning the financial field, it may induce inflation.

Chen Yansheng hurriedly bowed in response.

If you break away from this reality and do something wishful thinking, the result you get will be like duckweed without feet, which will disperse when the wind blows.

"Bring it here."

If it is said that the construction of the heavy industry system cannot achieve breakthroughs, then for me, Ming, many of the things we did in the past are useless.

"Well, tell him to come and see me after breakfast."

Wang Chengen bowed in response, then faced Emperor Chongzhen, and slowly retreated to the outside of the hall, but before retreating, he was stopped by Emperor Chongzhen.

And steel is the foundation and pillar of almost all heavy industries, and is also one of the necessary materials for construction. If a country's steel industry is underdeveloped, the overall development activity will actually be relatively poor.

"Your Majesty, I have been thinking about this matter before."

Reform is difficult.

"Chen...Chen Yansheng, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Especially since the fifth year of Chongzhen, there have been more deployments, which made Emperor Chongzhen more and more busy, and he didn't have much free time at all.

The so-called combination of work and rest is only occasionally done.

In order to carry out the Reformation under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to cultivating talents in batches and continuously expanding the scale of the Reformation, one must also understand the fact that due to the influence of the region and the environment, some policy deployments need time to settle , and even wrangling.

"My lord... It's time for breakfast." Wang Chengen walked forward with his head bowed, and bowed to Emperor Chongzhen, "You went to bed very late last night..."

Chen Yansheng frowned, bowed slightly and said, "As far as I am concerned in Tianjin, the annual output of various smelting factories to be built is about 800 million catties, which can only be achieved under the inclination of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. effectiveness.

In the centralized and unified feudal dynasty, it is even more difficult to promote reforms and transition from a single economic model in the past to an industrial-based model.

"The slaves obey the order."

After all, there are too many things to consider, and too many levels to take into account. If there is any link in this, any kind of omission will lead to serious problems.

After Emperor Chongzhen said a word, he continued to deal with the memorial.

Just like planning a nautical field, it may cause foreign enemies to invade.

When Emperor Chongzhen was busy at his desk, Chen Yansheng, the prefect of Tianjin, walked into the East Nuan Pavilion and looked at the breakfast set at the short table, feeling very uncomfortable.

Emperor Chongzhen attached great importance to Zhili Prefecture in Tianjin. It was not only an external port in the north of the Ming Dynasty, but also an important place carrying the pan-Liaodong strategy. At the same time, it also shouldered the burden of incubating primitive industrialization. problem, it will cause many problems.

"By the way, has Chen Yansheng entered Beijing yet?"

One criterion for the continuous advancement of primitive industrialization is the scale of steel production. After all, the process of industrialization does not depend on the development of light industry, but on the development of industry.

"The minister obeys the order."

Just like in the field of supporting industries, there will be a large number of out-of-production groups. If there are any problems in the deployment of food demand, it will lead to a food crisis.

"Since the outbreak of war in the Liao region, Li Zicheng's Liaodong rebel army has been paying close attention to the firearms, artillery, gunpowder and other military supplies ordered from the Tianjin military industry."

Just like trying out the land policy, it may intensify class conflicts...

"Going to Beijing."

Logically speaking, the current output is enough for Tianjin to meet the needs of various fields, but in fact, only Tianjin's military industry consumes a large amount of iron and even high-quality steel every year.

This is inseparable from the pan-Liaodong strategy proposed by His Majesty, which caused Jianlu to fall into the quagmire of an arms race.

As far as I know, the various smelting workshops under the Shuntian Mansion have an annual output of only about 600 million catties. Now affected by the war in Liao, there is a serious problem, the iron material is not enough. "

Emperor Chongzhen sighed softly, and felt emotional in his heart. Indeed, as Chen Yansheng said, this is the problem that Daming is currently facing. It seems that the development of the smelting industry has shown an upward trend in recent years, but with the The number of tossing things has increased, but it has also caused the actual needs to be far from being met.

(End of this chapter)