Daming 1805

Chapter 16 Go to the Ministry of Works First

Chapter 16 Go to the Ministry of Works First

The early morning of the sixth day of the sixth day ended quickly, but after the next day, all the yamen went crazy.

It is not just that each department is busy on its own, but under the coordination of the cabinet, multiple departments coordinate and work together to be busy.

For example, the Invalids' Academy, theoretically, is the order of the Ministry of War and the Taichang Temple, which is under the administration of Yinglie, but this matter cannot be done without the relevant departments of finance, engineering, and land.

Regarding the related tasks of the Labor Bureau, the imperial edict was issued to the Ministry of Personnel and the Metropolitan Censorship at the same time, requesting the head of the Ministry of Personnel and the Censorship Office to check, but obviously it was necessary to consult the relevant engineering departments.

The most important thing should be the withdrawal of the feudal lords, and it is even more important for the cabinet to lead, and all departments to cooperate collectively, including the five armies and the royal consortium.

The most leisurely one seems to be the Honglu Temple, which should have been busy. Waiting for the details and scope of the withdrawal of the vassal to be determined, it is enough to delete the corresponding vassal state.

It's just that the princes and ministers who attended yesterday's royal meeting know that Honglu Temple is the leading push department for this reform.

Zhu Jianyan took his son out of Zaochao and instinctively drove out of the palace to Honglu Temple, preparing to go back and teach his son how to negotiate.

The car exits Chengtianmen, turns left and enters East Chang'an Avenue. There are various central government offices on the side of the street.

The original central government offices of the Ming Dynasty were all concentrated on both sides of the Qianbu Corridor outside Chengtianmen, with civil officials on the left and military officials on the right. The total area is not as large as the Forbidden City.

The working conditions are really not very good, and after the modernization, the central organization of the empire has expanded rapidly, and it will soon be unable to meet the daily office needs.

After the rebirth of Emperor Shizu, the Wenhua Hall was rebuilt, and the cabinet was moved from the small courtyard under the south wall of the palace to the annexed building of the Wenhua Hall, and the office conditions of the cabinet improved all at once.

The central government office outside the Forbidden City was also rebuilt and expanded as a whole.

Now the entire south side of Chang'an Street, from Chongwenmen to Xuanwumen, is the office area or reserved office area of ​​each yamen.

They are all buildings with traditional oriental appearance and brick-concrete structure. Later, water, electricity and heating were connected. Now, like the palace, they are equipped with electric fans. The office conditions are much better than before.

The headquarters compound of the royal consortium, as well as the headquarters of the Royal Bank as the central bank, are placed on the north side of the west end of West Chang'an Avenue.

That is, the depression in the southwest corner of Xiyuan Palace City, which belongs to Xiao Yongfang Street, so it is very convenient to communicate with the palace and various government offices.

When Zhu Jianyan's car was on the way to Honglu Temple, near the entrance of the office area of ​​the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Jingyuan suddenly shouted to stop:
"The driver stopped the car, Father, I'll go to the Ministry of Works."

No matter what the driver has to do for His Royal Highness, in short, pull over slowly to ensure safety.

Zhu Jianyan looked at his son very confused and asked:
"What are you going to do at the Ministry of Industry at this time? Your top priority now is to go to Honglu Temple with me to study while you still have a little time."

Zhu Jingyuan explained seriously:
"Father, according to our discussion before the court, in order to create pressure on the enemy, the court must announce reform measures and plan military operations at the same time.

"Now that the reform measures are in place, the momentum must be huge, but the military action has not yet been carried out. I went to the Ministry of Industry for this."

Zhu Jianyan was even more confused when he heard his son's words:
"Since the Ministry of Industry is to cooperate with the military, why not go to the Governor's Mansion or the military aircraft office first? Why go to the Ministry of Industry?"

Zhu Jingyuan suddenly realized that he had not spoken completely, and it was impossible for his father to think that he was going to engage in ordnance:

"Ordnance design and battleship construction are all under the control of the Ministry of Work. I now have a few ideas for weapons and battleship design, and I am going to the Ministry of Engineering to find craftsmen to verify."

Zhu Jianyan understood his son's purpose, but his doubts became more and more. At the same time, he couldn't help reminding and asking his son:

"Emperor Shizu once said that the design of ordnance is a highly specialized job, which must be handled by a full-time master craftsman, and laymen should not interfere arbitrarily.

"It is said that officials did not take it seriously in the early years, but in recent decades, the machinery has become more and more complex, and it has become really difficult for non-professional craftsmen to intervene.

"When did you learn weapon design, Jingyuan? I remember that in the course of the royal family's children, there is only the most basic principle content."

"I……"

Zhu Jingyuan felt that Emperor Shizu's rules were good, but now it became an obstacle for him to exert his ability as a transmigrator.

A traveler must invent and create, and what is a traveler who does not invent and create:
"I haven't studied ordnance design specifically, and I'm not going to directly interfere with the design. I'm going to propose some...conceptual and creative nature-imagination...

"Yes, it's creativity and ideas, how to realize the specific functions, and the detailed design of the specific objects must be handed over to the craftsmen to complete.

"Emperor Shizu has invented so many things in name, but in fact, most of them are done this way? So interfering and providing ideas are two different things.

"I went directly to the craftsmen under the Ministry of Work. Most of them would not listen to me, a layman. I had to use the imperial decree to make arrangements with the officials of the Ministry of Works."

Zhu Jianyan finally figured out that there were consequences, and then his expression became very serious, frowning in thought.

Zhu Jianyan was a little worried, whether his son had won the prince's award, reserved a future top official position, and gained enormous power, and then he began to become complacent.

He was about to participate in the peace talks as a representative of Daming, but instead of learning the negotiation knowledge, he had to toss with weapons and equipment.

The education received by the princes and grandsons focused on politics, economics, and military affairs, and other subjects were common sense.

Zhu Jingyuan's participation in the reform meeting and giving his opinions, and even participating in the peace talks are understandable behaviors, and they can also be regarded as some kind of exercise and training.

But the design of ordnance is really out of the ordinary. Can people who have not really learned professional knowledge have any reasonable ideas and plans for the design of highly specialized ordnance?
Zhu Jianyan was a little sullen and hated that iron is not steel, and subconsciously wanted to forcibly drag his son to Honglu Temple to study.

But I was worried that if my most intelligent baby son really had a genius idea in weapons, it would be a loss for the court not to let him try it.

Although the probability is certainly low, it cannot be said that it is completely impossible.

Considering that it should not take much time and cost to find some craftsmen to do some engineering tests.

In addition, he can supervise on the spot to prevent him from messing around himself. The specific work is left to the craftsman to complete the work, and this kid can give his opinions on the side.

After thinking it over and over again, Zhu Jianyan finally put on as serious an expression as possible, and reminded his son with a stern face:

"Well, you can try it, but you must remember that you must not act arbitrarily.

"Grandpa you gave you the right to act cheaply for the sake of cooperating with the yamen in the negotiations, not for you to enslave the court officials to satisfy your selfish desires!

"The Ministry of Works must be very busy right now, I will accompany you to watch it, so as not to conflict with the officials of the Ministry of Works...

"You explain your ideas carefully to Da Sikong and the craftsmen, and make sure not to put on the air of a prince."

Zhu Jingyuan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that his father would not let him go, and if he insisted on not letting him go to the Ministry of Works, it would be really troublesome.

As for the warning behind it, I didn't take it to heart at all.

His own ideas have been verified by history and are definitely epoch-making, and can even change the design of the war mode.

It is even more desirable for his father to follow him and help him deal with the officials of the Ministry of Industry:
"Father, don't worry, I'm definitely not fooling around. My idea will definitely be of great use. You'll know when it's done..."

Zhu Jianyan didn't believe it in his heart, so he patiently accompanied his son to the compound.

Zhu Jingyuan stopped at the door of the yard of the Ministry of Industry, looked up at the surrounding "Ming-style" brick-concrete buildings, and said with emotion:

"I may have to deal with the Ministry of Works often in the future, so the actual position in the future will start from the Ship Division of the Ministry of Works..."

After recovering the memory of his previous life, Zhu Jingyuan analyzed the current weapon system of the Ming Dynasty and believed that Emperor Shizu did not understand modern weapons and equipment.

Now the industrial and scientific level of Daming is close to the earth before World War I, and the technology required for the dreadnought has been formed.

However, this kind of battleship design, which is very important in modern history and can be divided into battleship categories, did not appear in the Ming Empire Navy.

The empire's current technological capabilities should already be able to manufacture early aircraft, but the official and royal family have not moved.

Early tanks should also be produced, but I haven't seen any news.

Therefore, the "ideas" that Zhu Jingyuan prepared to come up with were tanks, planes, and dreadnoughts, the core equipment of the army, navy, and air force in the new era.

(End of this chapter)

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